Reborn in 1977

Chapter 438: A Clear History

Chen Fan didn't take them to find Jiang Lili. There were too many people around today, so it was better to keep a low profile to avoid causing trouble for the two sisters. He went straight out of the education office and took them around the "CBD" of Yunhu.

He didn't buy them gifts, but they used the money they had earned from making pottery blanks to buy a hat and a woolen scarf for Teacher Chen.

To Chen Fan's relief, the hat wasn't the most popular green color, but a brown leather newsboy cap, which he gladly accepted.

As for Liu Dan initially wanting to buy him a green Lei Feng hat, and his disgusted expression at the time, these details could be ignored.

After strolling through the department store and the thrift store, he took them to the Workers and Peasants Restaurant for a meal before going to the passenger terminal to pick up the yacht and slowly head back.

Sitting on the small boat, Liu Dan's face was flushed. Although her body was tired, her eyes were still full of excitement. "Teacher Chen, did I get into Peking University?"

Chen Fan held the steering wheel with both hands and said without turning his head, "The teacher said so, so it's almost certain."

After a pause, before Huang Ying could repeat the question she had asked eight hundred times that morning, he quickly added, "There's something you two must remember."

The two of them looked at him together, "What is it?"

Chen Fan, "After you go back, don't say that you have been verbally notified of your admission by the teacher. Just talk about the interview process and the end of the exam."

Liu Dan looked puzzled, "Why?"

Chen Fan pursed his lips, turned his head and glanced at her, "You'll get beaten."

The two looked at each other, stuck out their tongues, and giggled non-stop.

…

Happy times are always short. It felt like no time had passed before they returned to Lujiawan.

As soon as Chen Fan got home, Yang Ju came to meet him. "Teacher Chen, the brigade headquarters just called my dad and asked you to go over there when you get back."

"Okay."

Chen Fan responded and asked, "Did they say what it was about?"

Yang Ju shook her head, took the backpack he handed her and held it in her arms, "They didn't say."

Chen Fan didn't care. Yesterday, An Quan came over and said he was going to the Yunhu Machinery Factory to buy a feed machine. He probably wanted to find him to discuss it.

When he rode his little mare to the brigade headquarters and saw Zhu Gong'an and the somewhat sullen Secretary Yang and others in the office, he realized that the situation was not what he had imagined.

Secretary Yang sat in his seat and squeezed out a smile when he saw him come in, "Little Chen is here."

Chen Fan "ah"ed, smiled at Zhu Gong'an, and went to find a place to sit down.

He looked at Zhang Wenliang and An Quan, whose expressions were obviously a little strange, but still squeezed out smiles. Just as he was about to ask, Zhang Wenliang threw a cigarette over and asked him, "How was the interview with them today?"

Chen Fan took the cigarette, took out a lighter and lit it, "It felt okay."

An Quan smiled, wanted to say something, but pursed his lips and hesitated.

Chen Fan's eyes turned slightly and he looked at Secretary Yang.

Secretary Yang lowered his head unconsciously, avoiding his gaze, and then pointed to Zhu Gong'an, "We asked you to come here today because Zhu Gong'an has something to ask you."

Chen Fan looked at Zhu Gong'an again, took out one of his own cigarettes and handed it over, and said with a smile, "Looking at how nervous you are, and Zhu Gong'an came over in person, you wouldn't have found a clue to my family, would you?"

Zhu Ming had just taken the cigarette in his hand when he heard this and was immediately stunned.

He turned his head and looked at the others who also looked surprised, realizing that no one had given him a heads-up in advance. He looked at Chen Fan again and勉强 said with a smile, "As expected of Teacher Chen, he's just smarter than the average person."

Chen Fan instantly turned on his acting skills, looking at him with feigned surprise, then looking at the others. He turned back, his eyes showing a bit of complex emotions, with apprehension, surprise, and anticipation, and asked, "Did you really find it?"

Zhu Ming smacked his lips, squeezed out a smile on his face, and was about to speak.

At this time, Xiao Liewen suddenly knocked on his pipe, knocked a ball of unsmoked, burning tobacco shreds into the ashtray, and turned to Chen Fan and said, "Little Chen, before Zhu Gong'an tells you, let me say a few words to you first."

Chen Fan turned to face him and nodded solemnly, "Yes, please speak."

Xiao Liewen also turned to face him and said softly, "I won't say much about the contributions you've made to Lujiawan. I'll just say one thing. Although you haven't formally become a disciple, you can be considered half my apprentice, do you admit that?"

Chen Fan nodded without hesitation, "Don't say half, I look up to you as my master."

Strictly speaking, he had four masters in Nanhugongshe: Xiao Liewen, who taught martial arts; Lu Siye, who taught traditional culture such as qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting; Dr. Lu, who taught acupuncture, pulse diagnosis, and medicine; and Dr. Dong, who taught orthopedics and massage. He sincerely recognized all of these people.

Xiao Liewen smiled with satisfaction and continued, "I don't dare to be your master, after all, I didn't teach you any particularly powerful skills. If you really want to recognize a master, go recognize your Uncle Lin. He taught you all of his most valuable skills. In the past, those things were only passed on to direct disciples!"

Chen Fan smiled and nodded, "I will naturally recognize Master Lin as well."

Xiao Liewen nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "What I mean is,"

He pointed to Zhu Ming, "No matter what Zhu Gong'an tells you later, you must remember one thing, Lujiawan and my place will always be your home. You are a person with a home, understand?!"

Chen Fan took a deep breath and nodded solemnly, "Understood."

Only then did Xiao Liewen gesture to Zhu Gong'an, signaling him to continue, while he lowered his head to fill his pipe with tobacco.

Zhu Gong'an coughed dryly, took out a file bag from his briefcase, and then took out a few pieces of paper from it and handed them to Chen Fan, "Take a look at these first."

Chen Fan took it in his hand, looked at him first, and then looked down at the information. The one on top was the file paper with the photo he had replaced at a police station in the district committee.

Seeing that Chen Fan kept his head down and carefully looked at the contents, Zhu Gong'an said softly after a while, "When you first came here, I reported your situation. At that time, the district committee's public security department notified the relevant units in the entire area to search.

However, at that time, they only searched the case files and missing persons files within one year, and did not find any clues.

It wasn't until a few days ago, when the public security department requested to sort out the population data within 5 years, that the Jiefang Street Machinery Factory police station in the north of the district committee found this file form in your hand from the missing persons file."

After a pause, seeing that Chen Fan still had no reaction and was still browsing the information behind, he continued, "After they notified me two days ago, I immediately rushed to the district committee. According to this form, I went to the school you used to attend and the former units of your parents to understand the situation, which indirectly confirmed the authenticity of the information, and then I checked everything this morning and rushed back immediately."

Actually, the investigation of these matters was entirely the responsibility of the provincial leaders. He was merely assisting with the work. Only when the provincial leaders were satisfied that they had uncovered the truth did they entrust him with the task of notifying Chen Fan. The others had already returned to the provincial capital, and the matter was considered "resolved."

Zhu Ming spoke for a long time, but seeing that Chen Fan still didn't react, he couldn't help but smile wryly and turned to look at Secretary Yang and the others.

As a result, including Xiao Liewen, who had just been comforting Chen Fan, some were looking up at the ceiling, while others were looking down and smoking, none of them making eye contact with him.

Zhu Ming wiped away some sweat, turned to look at Chen Fan, took a light breath, and said softly, "Your parents were both from the north. Later, they were transferred to our provincial capital for work. When Yunhu Machinery Factory was being built, they volunteered to support it, so they were transferred to Yunhu and became one of the earliest key members of Yunhu Machinery Factory.

As for what happened later, it can only be said that it was unavoidable…"

He said, looking up, "However, we only learned during the investigation that your parents' case was clarified last year. The unit restored their positions and reputations. It's just a pity that their family members couldn't be found because too much time had passed, and the relatives in their old home in the north had also lost contact. So it has been put on hold, and the compensation hasn't been paid out either.

The leaders of the unit were very happy to hear that you were still alive. They said that as long as you are willing to go back, Yunhu Machinery Factory can take you back at any time. They can solve both your household registration and your job.

The leaders of the machinery factory also said that they know you are now a well-known writer and a deputy section-level cadre in the prefectural health department. If you are willing to go to the machinery factory, they can arrange a position of equivalent level for you.

For example, the deputy director in charge of medical and health management, or the deputy director of the general office of the agency. They can also recommend you to study at the Prefectural Electromechanical College. As long as you can successfully obtain a graduation certificate, you can be promoted to full director."

By the time he finished speaking, Chen Fan had almost finished reading all the materials.

He slowly sorted out the few pieces of paper, then raised his head to look at Zhu Ming, his eyes slightly red, and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Is there any possibility of a mistake?"

Heaven knows how many episodes of *That Year, Those Rabbits, Those Things* he recalled in order to grasp this emotion.

Zhu Ming took a deep breath, blinked, and then said softly, "Based on the evidence currently available, you are this Chen Fan, and there shouldn't be any mistake."

He pointed to the information in Chen Fan's hand, "Look at this photo. Although it's from more than two years ago, it's still 90% similar to you now."

Chen Fan looked at it, frowned slightly, and said nothing.

Speaking of which, the time was still a little short, only half a year. Although he had worn off the gloss on the surface of the photo, and there were yellow edges on the photo soaked by the dampness in the pile of paper, the change was still not very big. If he took a photo with the appearance he had when he first came, the effect would be even better.

Zhu Ming continued, "Looking at your family background, your parents were both senior intellectuals. Your father was a graduate of the Tsinghua Electromechanical major, and your mother was a returned student who was proficient in English and French. Later, she taught herself Russian and translated many professional documents.

And you learned to repair broadcasting machines as soon as you came here, and you also learned mechanical, English and other knowledge very quickly, and you can also draw. This accumulation of knowledge should be greatly related to your parents' verbal instruction and the hundreds of professional books in your home."

After a pause, he analyzed from other aspects, "Our staff took your files and visited the school and the machinery factory to talk to people who knew your parents. They all said they had an impression of you, saying that you didn't like to talk and went home to study and read by yourself every day after school. You were a good kid praised by everyone."

Speaking of which, he sighed again, "After you fell into the water that year, several of your parents' coworkers tried to find you, but unfortunately, there were no clues. This time, when they heard the news that you were still alive, they were all very happy for you."

Chen Fan pondered for two seconds, then asked, "Just now you said, they…"

He raised the materials in his hand, "I mean, Chen Fan's parents, they were both from the north, are there no people in their old home?"

Zhu Ming immediately shook his head, "No. The machinery factory also asked the Provincial Commercial Department to look for your parents' past files, but to no avail. Only a little sporadic information was found in the Commercial Department's archives.

Your father should be from the capital, and your mother is from Tianjin. The family conditions are…"

He coughed twice, "Ahem, it can be regarded as a good match, which was very good back then."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly. If it wasn't very good, it wouldn't have fallen into such a state of decline.

After a brief silence, Chen Fan handed the materials back to Zhu Ming and smiled, "Thank you for your trouble. If it's convenient, please say thank you to the public security comrades who helped find the information for me."

Zhu Ming didn't take it, but waved his hand and smiled, "Hey, it's all our job, no need to say thank you."

After a pause, he handed the file bag in his hand to him, "This is not an official file, you can keep it yourself. I have already added a note to your household registration information. The key is yourself."

He looked at Chen Fan and said softly, "What are you thinking about? Do you want to go back to the machinery factory? Or just stay here?"

Chen Fan smiled without hesitation, "I'm not familiar with the machinery factory. Don't say whether this information is really related to me. Even if it's true, the machinery factory is a stranger to me. If I want to go to the city, I can go to the health department. Why should I go to the machinery factory?"

Then he looked at Secretary Yang and the others, and smiled again, "Unless Lujia Bay refuses to take me in, then I can only go to the health department."

As soon as Secretary Yang heard this, he immediately took the tobacco pipe out of his mouth and said loudly, "As long as you are willing to stay, stay here. If anyone dares to let you go, I will skin him alive!"

Xiao Liewen also nodded repeatedly, laughing, "Didn't I just say that? This is your home. Of course, you can stay as long as you want. You don't have to worry about other things. I'll take care of it for you if anything happens."

Now that Chen Fan's origin has been clarified, and everything looks reasonable and innocent, even Chen Fan's strange skills have an explanation, then what is he worried about!

Chen Fan nodded with a smile, stuffed the information in his hand into the file bag, handed it to Secretary Yang, and smiled, "Then put this in the brigade headquarters."

Secretary Yang took the file bag without saying a word, stuffed it into the drawer, and patted his chest to guarantee, "Just put it here with me. From now on, you are a native of Lujia Bay. I guarantee that no one can touch you."

An Quan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "His file is in the health department. Shouldn't this go with his personal file?"

Several pairs of eyes stared at him at the same time. An Quan felt a chill in his heart and quickly said, "I mean, now that Xiao Chen has this relationship with the machinery factory, can we buy the feed machine sooner?!"