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After drinking, Lu Zhansheng didn't sleep very well. He woke up just after dawn. When he woke up, he habitually went to see Xiao Chunsheng, and found that the little guy was sleeping on top of him, with two small arms hugging his neck vigorously. As if afraid that he would run away.

Lu Zhansheng got up, carried the little guy down, put it aside, covered him with a quilt, and turned around to find that Zhou Mingliang was sitting in front of the stove. He asked with some doubts, "Why did you get up so early?"

He didn't wake up so early. After learning about the relationship between Lu Zhansheng and He Zhi from Chunsheng, Zhou Mingliang stayed up all night.

He thought a lot, variously, there were many things he couldn't understand, there were also many resentments from his heart, and there were many things he wanted to ask and say.

But when he looked back at Lu Zhansheng, he opened his mouth, but felt that he couldn't say anything.

I struggled and twisted for a long time in my heart, and in the end, I just said: "I have to catch the train so I won't be late."

Lu Zhansheng got up, stretched, and yawned. He didn't notice whether others were depressed or not. He even joked with a smile:

"Comrade Xiao Zhou, where's the train at noon? I'm thinking about leaving now. Why are you in such a hurry? It seems like my buddy didn't treat you well?"

"... "

Zhou Mingliang turned his head and sighed silently.

"Oh, don't be so anxious."

Lu Zhansheng was heartless, he smiled to himself for a long time before going over and patting him on the shoulder. "Don't worry, branch secretary Wu will come and see you off on time, and you won't be late."

"... "

Zhou Mingliang sighed silently again, then tried his best to adjust his emotions, nodded, and replied: "Yes."

Lu Zhansheng went to wash up briefly, and Aunt Li from the next door brought food.

This has been the case these days, He Zhi and the other educated youths are not here, and Lu Zhansheng is not very good at cooking, so when the villagers take turns to deliver meals to Grandma Sun, they will also give him and Xiao Chunsheng a copy by the way.

These days Lu Zhan ate hundreds of meals, and Zhou Mingliang also followed suit, eating with emotion.

Soon after breakfast, Wu Changde came on time, and asked Wu Tiezhu to pick the fastest donkey in the village to hit the cart.

Before leaving, Zhou Mingliang solemnly said goodbye to Grandma Sun. Although Grandma Sun had been asleep, she might not be able to hear her at all.

Lu Zhansheng originally planned to send Zhou Mingliang directly to the county seat, but when he reached the village entrance, Zhou Mingliang told him to stop.

Zhou Mingliang didn't like procrastinating parting scenes very much, and he didn't like to say too many polite words, but when everyone was about to say goodbye at the entrance of the village, after struggling in every possible way, he still walked up to Lu Zhansheng and asked a question:

"Lu Zhansheng, are you living a happy life now?"

"... "

For Lu Zhansheng, this question is really a bit abrupt.

Lu Zhansheng felt a little puzzled, but he didn't delve into it, and even gave an answer casually. "Happiness, buddy is shining here, not only has a family, but also has a son, not to mention happiness, I even feel that my life has reached the peak, so far everything is enough and there is nothing else I can ask for."

"... "

This is just nonsense.

But he opened his mouth without thinking, which just happened to explain that this was the case.

Zhou Mingliang was silent for a while after listening, then smiled faintly, then went to hug Lu Zhansheng, and returned the hug Lu Zhansheng gave him a few days ago.

Happiness is good.

Zhou Mingliang had nothing else to ask for. He lightly patted Lu Zhansheng on the back, and said solemnly, "Lu Zhansheng, take care."

After speaking, he turned around and boarded the car that was waiting for him.

Lu Zhansheng still didn't realize anything, and even after the cart drifted away, he slandered:

Zhou Mingliang is fine, he can leave as soon as he says, and he walks so quickly that he can't even see his shadow and doesn't even look back. People with this kind of personality are rare, and they can make big things happen in the future.

"... "

After sending Zhou Mingliang away, two or three days later, after Grandma Sun fell asleep peacefully, she never woke up again.

The departure of an elderly man in his 80s is a happy and mourning event. Besides, he had already prepared for it, and everyone accepted it calmly.

According to the custom in the countryside, all acquaintances in and out of the village must come to express their condolences, and Wu Changde led the village leadership team to make arrangements.

Three days later, he was buried in the ground.

At this point, Grandma Sun went to another world to reunite with her family, and Shimen Village returned to its former peace.

As the middle of the first lunar month approached, the two factories began to resume work one after another, and the students in the village also went to school to start self-study.

The shadow of the New Year is over in a busy way, and the educated youths who go home to visit their relatives should come back.

Lu Zhansheng led Xiaochunsheng to the village entrance every day, waiting for He Zhi's return.

Every day to wait.

but.

After waiting for two days beyond the holiday time stipulated by the policy, everyone still didn't come back.

Gradually, Lu Zhansheng became anxious and began to fidget.

At first he wondered if there was any change in the policy, so he went to the County Educated Youth Office to ask, but the result was that all the educated youths in other villages had reported back to the village a few days ago, except for the educated youths in Shimen Village who did not return. .

He didn't know what was going on, so Lu Zhansheng became more and more anxious. He was even ready to force Liu Dawei to sign a document for him if he couldn't do it, and then went back to have a look.

On the evening before the plan to implement the plan, I finally waited at the entrance of the village for a cart from the County Educated Youth Office to send people off.

However, there is no He Zhi.

"Where's He Zhi?"

The moment he found that He Zhi was not in the returning team, Lu Zhansheng suddenly had a very strong bad feeling. He immediately grabbed Zheng Yan and asked anxiously, "Where is He Zhi? Why didn't he come back?"

"... "

Zheng Yan felt a little uncomfortable when asked.

In fact, on the way back, Zheng Yan thought of many ways to deceive Lu Zhansheng, but when he saw Lu Zhansheng stare after returning, he gave up, he knew that he could not deceive Lu Zhansheng.

"Brother He Zhi is not coming back for the time being."

"He intends to stay and work in Beijing," Zheng Yan said.

"what?"

Lu Zhansheng was stunned.

Zheng Yan directly sighed helplessly.

In other words, after returning to Beijing, Zheng Yan took Wu Qingqing to see his parents, relatives and friends, the Forbidden City, and the Great Wall. He spent a busy month and didn't pay much attention to He Zhijia's situation.

It was originally said to be good, everyone set off to return to northern Shaanxi on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and the tickets were all bought, but when the departure was approaching, He Zhi suddenly couldn't come back.

Although He Zhi didn't directly say what the reason was, Zheng Yan could make a good guess just by guessing.

After all, ever since He Zhi returned to Beijing, Aunt Luo has been trying every means to make He Zhi stay. Zheng Yan knew at that time that He Zhi probably couldn't bear the pressure from Aunt Luo and compromised.

Speaking of which, there are currently several ways for educated youths to return to the city, such as enlisting in the army, recruiting workers, retiring from illness, and having the only child take care of their parents, and so on.

For ordinary people, each of these items is very difficult and not easy to do, but He Zhi is different.

He Zhi belongs to the children of martyrs, so he already received certain preferential treatment, and the conditions for returning to the city were relaxed, and he did not belong to the group of educated youths who were driven to go to the countryside by the policy, not to mention, he often wrote articles for newspapers , the newspaper hoped that he could turn back and become a full-time employee.

So going back to the city through recruitment is a breeze for He Zhi. He doesn't even have to go back to northern Shaanxi to go through the formalities in person. The newspaper is affiliated with the administrative agency, and the leaders directly greet the Educated Youth Office on Bian Sui's side. , let people go right here.

If it’s just a simple return to the city to work, that’s fine, as soon as you return, the key is that Aunt Luo’s purpose is definitely not limited to just getting He Zhi to come back to work, the next step after returning to the city is definitely to force He Zhi get married.

Zheng Yan is not very clear about how He Zhi dared to go against Aunt Luo’s wishes and insist on going to Shaanxi to jump the queue, but for the fact that He Zhi has always listened to Aunt Luo’s words since he was a child, and even pointed to the state of not going west. Zheng Yan had witnessed it with his own eyes since he was a child, and believed in it.

So Zheng Yan was very anxious at the time. He felt that He Zhi would probably follow Aunt Luo's wishes if he stayed. Then, Lu Zhansheng didn't know what would happen.

And Zheng Yan also didn't understand. He felt that He Zhi must have thought of this, but for some reason, He Zhi was very firm this time. If he couldn't come back, he really didn't plan to come back. Zheng Yan even asked Lu Zhansheng what to do When doing it, He Zhi just kept silent.

Zheng Yan really didn't know how to explain to Lu Zhansheng when he came back, so he changed the ticket again and again, and the return date was postponed day after day.

Finally, when he couldn't drag it any longer, the night before he left, he called He Zhi out, and asked He Zhi what he meant for the last time.

He Zhi's answer was a letter to Lu Zhansheng.

Zheng Yan couldn't ask any other words from He Zhi's mouth. In the end, he really had no choice but to carry the letter, with Wu Qingqing and a heavy heart, and got on the train back to northern Shaanxi with Zhao Jun and the others.

Lu Zhansheng really didn't expect such a result. After reading He Zhi's letter, he still couldn't understand and accept it.

He Zhi wrote in the letter that the reason for staying with work was because Aunt Luo was getting old and needed someone to accompany and take care of her, and the reason why she didn't come back this time was because she didn't know how to bring this matter up to Lu Zhansheng and couldn't face.

As a child, there is nothing wrong with wanting to stay with your parents to fulfill your filial piety, and wanting to go back to the city. He Zhida raised this matter openly, and Lu Zhansheng would not stop him.

But he couldn't understand and accept that He Zhi didn't believe him so much.

Lu Zhansheng was very angry. He ignored everyone's obstruction and went straight to the county seat. When he arrived at the Educated Youth Office, he forced Liu Dawei to sign a release document for him, planning to take the train back to Beijing the next day.

However, when he was about to go to the train station with the paperwork, Wu Tiezhu suddenly came to find him, crying anxiously.

Because Xiao Chunsheng was gone.

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The author has something to say:

Zhou Mingliang: About "I'm Very Happy".

Lu Zhansheng: ...

Zhou Mingliang: Brother Lu, what's wrong with you?Why don't you talk?Why are you upset?

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Zhou Mingliang: Hey, who will the heavens spare~~

Lu Zhansheng: ...Zhou Mingliang, a man who is obviously a bitter lover but insists on making fun of his jokes! !