Because Chen Chunmei's No. 62 Factory Branch of the Second Automobile Technical School is in Shiyan, she discussed with Chen Wenhai: let Chen Wenhai go to Shiyan to find her first, and then the brother and sister will go back to Junxian together.

When Chen Wenhai came to the 62 Factory Technical School, Chen Chunmei was very excited, and as soon as they met, she said to her brother with a smile:

"Now it's okay, you've finally graduated!"

"It's not a graduation yet, I'm getting a certificate of completion now!" Chen Wenhai hurriedly corrected, and then told his sister, "However, the school promised to let me take the make-up exam in half a year, and if I passed the make-up exam, I would replace my graduation certificate with a graduation certificate." ”

"Do Cao Xiaoyan's family also know about these situations?"

"They all know it."

"Xiaoyan, her father must look down on you even more if he finds out, right?" Chen Chunmei blamed, "You shouldn't tell them about your situation!" ”

"I don't think it's necessary to hide these circumstances, they will find out sooner or later."

"How did Xiaoyan react when she found out?"

"She doesn't care, she's still as warm and friendly to me as she used to be!"

"It shows that she really loves you!" Then, Chen Chunmei asked again, "Except for her father, how are their families treating you?" ”

"They're all so good to me!"

"Her dad is mainly prejudiced against you! Blame my mom for not going to her house to ask for your marriage for you! ”

"My mom will be fooled in, and this will make a mess of things!" Chen Wenhai said distressedly, "If my mother is so involved, I can't tell it even if I have a long mouth!" How will you tell me to be a person in the future? I'm a disgrace! ”

"As long as Xiaoyan can understand and not dislike you!"

"Fortunately, Xiaoyan is reasonable, otherwise, my reputation would really be completely finished!" Then, Chen Wenhai told his sister worriedly, "Now, there are many people outside who don't know the truth of the matter and devalue me as worthless, and I'm about to become a bunch of stinky shit!" If I can't get the truth straight after a few decades, I'm really going to be a bunch of shitky shit! ”

"What do you want to do so much? It's a day to live! ”

"If life has a bad reputation in the world, you say, is there any meaning in such a life?"

"I think: there are still people in the world who understand, and they will never believe gossip!"

"It's a pity that there are too few people who understand like this, and for me, their understanding can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, and they can't save me at all!"

"Then you can save yourself!" Chen Chunmei joked with her brother.

"That's all there is to it!" Chen Wenhai also joked with his sister. "However, I am not alone, I still have friends who will help me!" Chen Wenhai said seriously.

"If only you could think like that!" Chen Chunmei then said to her brother, "Since you rejected that family business, Master Gu and their gang have made a lot of rumors about you!" In this case, our family had to move! ”

"Qiu Mei didn't say anything bad about me, did she?"

"She's a girl, what else can she say?" Chen Chunmei said disdainfully, "Besides, she is not beautiful, she is a country girl, she has no education, she has no job, and she has the face to speak ill of you?" ”

"It's a shame that they thought of it, and they wanted me to marry such a girl!" Chen Wenhai said angrily, "With my conditions, will I still not be able to find a daughter-in-law?" Then he added, "Of course, marriage cannot only be about conditions, but also based on love. Speaking of this, Chen Wenhai was still angry, "These guys are so hateful, I almost died of illness!" ”

"Many people are surprised that you can survive strongly, because in their opinion, you are just a weak scholar and can't afford this blow at all!"

"I've survived, but my body is completely finished! I'm so worried that I'm going to smash the book and end up with a miserable end of disrepute! ”

"You're too pessimistic, it's going to be bad for your body!"

"Just now, what I said was just a little worry about me, in fact, I am still quite optimistic, otherwise, how could I have escaped death again? And I'm still confident about the future! ”

"I know: you will never be pessimistic and misanthropic, because you believe in Marxism-Leninism and are a staunch Marxist!"

"In the past year or so, what I am most troubled about is that I can't read books, as long as I read books, I have a headache, I have never touched those Marxist classics, and I am a little rusty with Marxist theory! In the past, I have always had a strong interest in Marxist theory, and even under such difficult conditions in the countryside, I was able to persist in reading Marxist classics! ”

"A lot of people admire you for that!"

The No. 62 branch of the Second Automobile Technical School was built on the mountain, and Chen Wenhai and Chen Chunmei walked down the hill while talking along the long hillside.

"It's really tiring for you to climb such a long hill every day to go to school!" Chen Wenhai sighed to his sister.

"What's the solution?" Chen Chunmei smiled and said to her brother, "However, I am used to it now. Then he added, "We'll go home after lunch." Then he told his brother, "It's very troublesome to go home, you have to take a bus to Sanyan long-distance bus station first, and then take a long-distance bus from Sanyan to Junxian." ”

As soon as Chen Wenhai and Chen Chunmei walked into the canteen of Factory 62, they met two girls, Chen Chunmei pointed to one of the girls and introduced to her brother with a smile: "This is Zhang Chunfang, and she is my classmate. Then, smiling, he pointed to the other girl, "I don't need to introduce this one, because you already know each other." Do you remember her name? ”

"Remember, isn't her name Li Hui?" Chen Wenhai said with a smile, "Last year, the three of you went to Yunyang Normal School to see me, and one of the girls was not this Miss Li Hui?" He asked his sister with a smile, "Li Hui is also your classmate, right?" ”

"You're absolutely right." Chen Chunmei replied with a smile, then pointed at Chen Wenhai and said to Zhang Chunfang with a smile, "This is my brother, who just graduated from college." ”

"Which school are you in? It's the children of Factory 62, right? Zhang Chunfang asked with a smile.

"No, it's a school for the children of the Material Transportation Department."

"That's a long way from us!" Zhang Chunfang asked Chen Wenhai puzzled, "Your family is about to move here, why didn't the leaders assign you to the 62 Factory Children's School?" Then he added, "You are not in good health, and the leader should consider it." ”

"It's because I don't want to come to the 62 Factory Children's School!"

"Why?" Zhang Chunfang's eyes widened.

"I don't want to be dependent on my family, I want to exercise my ability to live independently."

"You're sick like this, and you still don't want to rely on your family?" Zhang Chunfang was in awe, "I really admire your spirit of daring to challenge fate!" ”

"People should have this spirit when they live, especially we young people should not bow our heads in front of fate!" Chen Wenhai said impassionedly.

"Well said!" Zhang Chunfang's eyes flashed, "When you say that, I admire you even more!" ”

After buying the food, the four of them gathered around a table to eat. Li Hui smiled and said to everyone: "I didn't expect the four of us to eat around a table!" Then he told everyone, "My family lives in Factory 50, and after graduation, I will probably be assigned to Factory 50." Factory 50 is very close to the material transportation department. ”

"Then it's very convenient if you want to see my brother!"

"My family also lives in Factory 50." Zhang Chunfang reminded Chen Chunmei and Li Hui.

"Then the three of us will often go to see my brother!" Chen Chunmei put forward her own suggestions to Zhang Chunfang and Li Hui.

"How can't that?" Zhang Chunfang and Li Hui replied in unison.

After lunch, Chen Wenhai and Chen Chunmei first took a bus to Sanyan long-distance bus station, and then took a long-distance bus back to Junxian County.

When the long-distance bus passed by Happy River Commune, Chen Wenhai couldn't help but say to his sister:

"An Le River Commune is the place where I cut the queue, and I really miss that place! At that time, eight of us intellectual youths settled there. Although it was a remote, poor and backward mountain village, we lived happily. ”

"Why are you so happy?" Chen Chunmei couldn't help but ask.

"Because at that time we were all young and innocent, full of political enthusiasm. At that time, I was prepared to go to the countryside to join the queue and settle down with the idea of receiving re-education from the poor and middle peasants. Then he said, "At that time, we eight intellectual youths got along day and night, like brothers and sisters to each other! Speaking of this, Chen Wenhai's eyes seemed to see the smiling faces of Chen Yali and Zhang Huifang, and he was intoxicated with good memories!

Seeing that her brother was silent, Chen Chunmei asked with a smile:

"Are you thinking of Chen Yali and Zhang Huifang again at this moment?"

Chen Wenhai nodded with a smile, and then said thoughtfully:

"I heard that Zhang Huifang is married and has children."

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Chunmei felt that her brother's demeanor was a little strange at this time, so she couldn't help but ask, "Do you regret that you couldn't marry Zhang Huifang?" ”

"......" Chen Wenhai smiled noncommittally.

"What the hell is wrong with you? I don't even want to confide in front of my own sister! ”

"I don't even know what to tell you!" Chen Wenhai shook his head in distress, "All in all, we were all too young and naïve at that time, and in most cases, we buried our true feelings deep in our hearts!" In fact, love needs to be expressed, and the deeper it is buried, the more painful it will be! Looking back now, I often have a bitter feeling, a bitter feeling of love! ”

"You're talking so profound, I don't even understand it!"

"That's because your current social experience is still too shallow, and your understanding of society and life is still on the surface!" Speaking of this, Chen Wenhai couldn't help laughing, "Actually, I'm not qualified to say that about you, because I'm still young, but I've experienced a little more things and setbacks than you!" Speaking of this, Chen Wenhai couldn't help but sigh, "In recent years, I have gradually seen the ugly faces of some people, who are selfish and hypocritical, jealous and cruel, and can sell their souls for their own selfish interests, and even want to put their friends to death!" Can they still be considered human? ”

"However, it is a miracle that you can survive this time, and you should feel lucky!"

"And what about later? I can't imagine what my future holds! Chen Wenhai told his sister frankly, "In the more than a year of illness and recuperation, I often feel the impermanence and helplessness of life!" In life, there are too many unsatisfactory things, even if you use all your strength, it is difficult to live a chic life! Those who seem to live a chic life, in fact, their hearts are also painful! ”

After getting out of the car, on the way home, Chen Wenhai and Chen Chunmei met Gu Changjiang and his daughter Gu Qiumei, Gu Changjiang nodded at the two of them with a smile, "Are you back?" Then he asked Chen Wenhai:

"It's winter vacation, right? You've graduated from college now, right? ”

"......," Chen Wenhai nodded.

Seeing that Gu Qiumei always kept her head down, Chen Chunmei deliberately smiled and said to Gu Changjiang:

"Sister Qiu is about to get married, right?"

"She's still young, don't worry!" Then he said, "Your family Wenhai is a college student now, I'm afraid that the people who come to your door to ask for relatives are about to break the threshold of your family, right?" ”

"Master Gu is really good at telling jokes, and I feel very difficult to even survive now!"

"How so?"

"How not? I got so sick that I almost died! Haven't you heard? ”