Chapter 63: Preparing to Return Home
Around 1984, it can be said that it was the "honeymoon" period of Sino-US relations, and the students who studied in the United States from Chinese mainland went to the sea, among which there were many Chinese students in Los Angeles, and Wu Xiaochuan did his best to help these later students, they got in touch with the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, united Chinese students in several universities, established the "Los Angeles Chinese Students Association" and personally served as the secretary general, so he had a high prestige among Los Angeles students. Wu Xiaochuan soon got a double master's degree with excellent grades, and the school also awarded him an academic excellence scholarship. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wu Xiaochuan because of his excellent performance in the college, several famous professors of the college have expressed that they want to continue to take him, his supervisor especially hopes that he will continue to stay and complete his studies - that is, to get a doctorate, the college he studied said that if Wu Xiaochuan continues to study in this college, the college will exempt him from all tuition, but Wu Xiaochuan is going to return to China, because returning to China is his mother's will! The Wu family was even more reluctant, and her cousin Hui Ting hugged her cousin and begged him to stay as soon as she saw Wu Xiaochuan, because the current cousin is not only her relative, mentor but also her good friend.
Wu Xiaochuan is already preparing to return to China, especially when he received a letter from Wu Yumei, which vaguely said: Godmother Lin Shuqing's health is not very good! Frequent colds and coughs! Wu Xiaochuan has a heart and is very concerned about his mother's body, and he doesn't want to stay for a day and is desperate to return to China.
Wu Xiaochuan's early return to China made his tutor very regretful, and later Wu Xiaochuan's former college teachers and classmates also felt a pity when they found out. Even today, decades later, people may also feel incredible about this, and they all think that Wu Xiaochuan is too obedient and perfect, and he is simply a delicate baby under the protection of his parents! Living in the United States for a few years does not have the independence that young people in the Western world should have, but in real life many people should believe in the saying: Whoever wears the shoes on knows whether they fit or not! Whoever has the matter on it has a personal feeling! Wu Xiaochuan's mother gave all her efforts and love for him, and even more for him to pay her youth and love, Wu Xiaochuan was absolutely obedient to his mother's words.
Seeing that her nephew had to go, Wu Wenying encouraged Wu Xiaochuan to buy something to bring back to China, and she specially took out a large credit card at home and handed it to her nephew and said, "Buy whatever you want!" Don't worry about the money! The eldest cousin Yang Huizhong volunteered to take his cousin there, but cousin Huiting rushed to say, "No! I'm going with my cousin! Besides, do you know what to buy? As he spoke, he took his cousin Wu Xiaochuan's hand and left.
There are a lot of supermarkets in the United States, the most famous is the Wal-Mart chain, there is a supermarket two steps away from the street façade, and there are many supermarkets opened by Chinese, it is strange that Wu Xiaochuan has not been to the supermarket a few times after studying here for two years, if there is no cousin, Wu Xiaochuan does not know what to buy! bought some things with the help of Hui Ting's staff, which made Wu Xiaochuan feel strange, why can't you see a regular bookstore here? Wu Xiaochuan had no choice but to walk the small bookstall on the street, looking at it all the way and buying it all the way, but he didn't buy many books as gifts, but bought a lot of books, and his cousin Huiting had no choice but to make her own shopping, and the brother and sister didn't return home until the evening.
In other words, Wu Xiaochuan packed up everything, bought a plane ticket to return to China, and waited for his aunt's birthday to leave for China.
Aunt's birthday was very festive, the pregnant eldest daughter and son-in-law, the eldest son Huizhong and his girlfriend all came, the youngest daughter Huiting and Wu Xiaochuan took turns playing the piano to cheer up their mother's birthday, and her husband Yang Jiaxuan wrote with a brush "Happy birthday to my beloved wife!" "Six banners with official characters were given to Wu Wenying.
Wu Wenying is very happy today, since her nephew Wu Xiaochuan has a good relationship with her children, the family is lively every time she celebrates her birthday, can you not be happy? She knew that Wu Xiaochuan had practiced calligraphy since she was a child, so she said: "Xiaochuan! Write a word for your aunt too, and your aunt will be greatly rewarded! "She wants her nephew to show her hand!
Wu Xiaochuan didn't want to write, so he smiled and said to his aunt: "My aunt said this, I don't dare to write it, otherwise people will say that I am greedy for my aunt's reward, and how can my words be compared with my uncle!" Everyone laughed, but the rest of the Yang family really hadn't seen Wu Xiaochuan write calligraphy, so they all said: Forget it! Don't be embarrassed for Xiaochuan (brother, brother)! Daughter Huiting also protected her cousin and said: "Mom asked my cousin to play the piano again, which made my cousin write, which is a bit too much!" Wu Wenying looked at her husband and several children, smiled again and said, "Embarrassed for him? Or excessive? What do you know? After that, he turned his face to Wu Xiaochuan and said as if ordering: "Chuan'er! Write one! Wu Xiaochuan couldn't hide it, so he dipped his pen and ink, wrote a big "Shou" word on rice paper with cursive dragon flying phoenix dance, and then changed the small pen and wrote it in Yan Ti block letters: "I wish my aunt a happy birthday, nephew Xiaochuan worships the book, September xx day of the year of Jiazi".
Oops, so beautiful! This calmed down a large family: Xiaochuan still has this specialty? That's amazing! My uncle hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up and frame it!" Wu Wenying's heart was overjoyed, and she said loudly: "How are our Wu family children?" "She is so proud of her nephew!
Wu Wenying took Wu Xiaochuan's hand and said, "Chuan'er! Let's go back! Return home and contribute your ingenuity to the motherland! As she spoke, her aunt had tears in her eyes: "It has been thirty-seven or eight years since I came here at the age of twenty-one, and I have given my youth and knowledge all my life to this country, although she treats me well, but it is not my motherland after all." After leaving the motherland, in which country does not have a history of Chinese blood and tears? In the past, we also wanted to return to China, but the terrible political environment on the mainland is really prohibitive! When her family saw Wu Wenying like this, they comforted her.
Wu Wenying's words speak out to the hearts of the people of their generation: After the founding of the People's Republic of China, political movements again and again have hurt countless people, especially a large number of intellectuals, and there have been even catastrophes in the middle of the decade, which have brought a shadow on the hearts of the vast number of overseas Chinese, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to eliminate them for decades, and the "return fever" in the early 50s and the "tide of going abroad" after the 80s are the weather vanes that reflect this mentality of the people.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. ****** and his comrades-in-arms led the people of the whole country to work the basis of the poverty and whiteness of old China, overcome many difficulties and obstacles on the way forward, and made achievements that attracted worldwide attention, and the new People's Republic finally stood like a giant in the east of the world! Although it has long been decided how to evaluate the people and events in that period of history, there is still endless debate among the people.
Not long ago, Mr. Xi Jinping said in his speech at the symposium to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of ******: "We cannot depart from a comprehensive understanding of historical conditions and historical processes and a scientific grasp of historical laws, and we cannot ignore the relationship between historical inevitability and historical contingency. We cannot simply attribute the success in the good times of history to the individual, nor can we simply attribute the setbacks in the adversity of history to the individual", "we cannot use the conditions of today's times, the level of development, and the level of understanding to measure and demand the predecessors, and we cannot demand that the predecessors do the achievements that only the future generations can do." It's so convincing! Judging from the meaning between the lines, this general secretary really puts himself in the perspective of an ordinary person.
This is true for evaluating a person, and I am afraid it is also good for evaluating the party and the government at that time! The key is that people must insist on seeking truth from facts in the future! Stick to the mass line! Persistence in practice is the only criterion for testing the truth!
The next day, the Yang family sent Wu Xiaochuan to the airport, and Wu Xiaochuan said goodbye to his reluctant aunt's family and flew to the motherland by plane......
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