"Xu Qiang, I really didn't expect that our family could celebrate the New Year together this year."

Lou Xiao'e's beautiful face emitted a pale light in the slightly dim light, and at this moment she snuggled in Xu Qiang's arms, with a shallow smile between her eyebrows, and her whole body exuded the brilliance and tenderness of motherhood.

Her eyes are as bright as the stars in the sky, and the fireworks in the night sky are reflected in her bright eyes, bursting with thousands of colors.

Xu Qiang looked at her in a daze, and was a little stupid for a while.

"Daughter-in-law."

He called softly.

"Huh?"

Lou Xiao'e looked up at her grandfather and subconsciously responded.

Xu Qiang also looked at her, with a warm smile between his eyebrows, and lowered his head to kiss her soft lips:

"You're so beautiful!"

Although they are all old husbands and wives, Lou Xiao'e is still a little embarrassed, and her pale cheeks are stained with a faint flush.

……

In 1964, Xu Qiang and his daughter-in-law's family spent the Chinese New Year on Hong Kong Island, and returned to the rolling mill at the end of January to continue to work.

In February of this year, the "Agricultural Dazhai" movement was launched across the country. The first atomic bomb was successfully exploded in October, and the Chinese people have straightened their backbones ever since.

In 1965, the main trunk canal of the man-made Tianhe "Hongqi Canal" was opened to water, and in December, the first 10,000-ton ocean-going freighter "Dongfang" independently designed and built by the state was successfully delivered.

In February 1966, the whole country set off an upsurge of learning Jiao Yulu, and in May, the people of the whole country began to study ideology and engage in movement.

The rolling mill began to shut down one after another, and Xu Qiang, the deputy factory director, spent most of his time at home.

During this period, the young man in the alley of Hutong wore a red armband on his shoulders and wanted to wear a high hat to parade the streets, and Xu Qiang's anthology that he had read many times finally came in handy:

"We Marxists are revolutionary realists, and we never fantasize."

Red armband: "All reactionaries are paper tigers." ”

Xu Qiang: "There is no straight road in the world, we must be prepared to take the tortuous road, don't be greedy, the road is tortuous, and the future is bright." ”

Red armband: "Those who are officials should learn from the warriors." ”

Xu Qiang: "Our destiny should be completely controlled by ourselves, and the party must realize the correct opinions of the masses in accordance with the masses. ”

Red armband: "Meetings must be notified in advance." ”

Xu Qiang: "We must not only be good at uniting comrades who have the same opinion as ourselves, but also be good at uniting comrades who have different opinions from ourselves to work together. ”

Red armband: "All reactionaries are paper tigers." ”

Xu Qiang: "If you don't understand, you don't understand, don't pretend to understand, don't put on a bureaucratic stand." Comrade, I can't even remember ten quotes from the Red Book, is there something wrong with my thinking, and I don't want to support his old man? ”

The red armband retreated, went home that night and stayed up late to read hard, memorized ten quotations, and found Xu Qiang again.

……

"Comrade, every quotation of a great man is the greatest and most correct thought, and you only remember ten, is it not that your thinking is not positive, is it not that you do not support the old man?"

……

This situation was staged for seven days in a row, and Xu Qiang became the team leader in the red sleeves of the surrounding alleys, and led his comrades to raid many homes of the old and the young, and got a lot of good things.

He knew that even if he didn't take these things, they would be taken by others and sold to foreign devils at a low price after they were changed.

In this way, it is better to give it to him, at least the meat is rotten in the pot.

Domestic activities were in full swing, and Kong Qixian's affairs were also affected, and in the next eight years, Xu Qiang secretly followed him to Hong Kong Island six times.

Every time after dealing with important matters, I will set aside a few days to see my daughter-in-law and children to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

In eight years, Lou Xiao'e gave birth to two more sons and a daughter.

The third child is twins, two sons, and Xu Qiang didn't know that his daughter-in-law was pregnant when he left. When they met again, looking at the pair of twin sons, his eyes were about to pop out.

As the father-in-law slowly opened up the situation on Hong Kong Island, coupled with Xu Qiang's financial help, Lou's restaurant also opened three branches.

At the same time, the old man also bought some land and operated convenience stores and supermarkets next to the big restaurant, and his worth soared.

Lou Xiao'e's "Lou Kee" tea restaurant is also getting bigger and bigger, opening four branches and two clothing stores, and the business is booming.

Seeing his daughter-in-law's business getting bigger and bigger, Xu Qiang's "ambition" that he didn't have much in his heart was wiped out little by little.

It turns out that an excellent man like him is still suitable for eating soft rice!

In 1977, the national movement ended, and domestic policy changed dramatically.

As the first heavy snow of winter fell, Xu Qiang rode his bicycle back from work at the rolling mill.

Today is his last day at the mill as deputy director of the rolling mill, and a month ago he had submitted his resignation to the organization.

Back in the yard, every household is full of happy smiles, and after more than ten years of tossing, I can finally put my mind at ease and live a good life.

Xu Qiang's resignation was also expected by everyone, after all, the current rolling mill is different from the past, and there will be no profit if he stays any longer.

In the backyard, he parked his bike and went to his brother's house to have dinner together.

Xu Damao now has three children, two sons and a daughter, although he still works in the rolling mill, but privately started a small business on his own, and also made a lot of money.

My sister-in-law, He Yushui, is still in school, but now she has become the director of teaching, and she doesn't substitute for teaching, so her work is a lot easier.

"Xu Qiang is back?"

He Yushui greeted Xu Qiang while serving food to the table.

"Hey, sister-in-law, it's too cold this winter, the children have to wear gloves when they go out to play, I see that Xiao Song's hands are frostbitten."

Xu Qiang was helping to set the dishes and chopsticks while talking to his sister-in-law.

When Xu Damao next to him heard this, he grinned disappreciatively:

"If you have chilblains, you will get chilblains, can we pick out one who didn't have chilblains when we were young? Anyway, you quit your job, what are you going to do? ”

Xu Qiang shook his head: "I don't want to do anything." ”

Xu Damao looked at his younger brother with some surprise: "Don't want to do anything?" ”

Xu Qiang nodded, with a smile on his face: "Xiao'e is doing a good job on Hong Kong Island now, and she won't leave after she comes back with the children this winter." ”

"When the time comes, she will do whatever she wants, and I will provide her with logistics at home."

When Xu Damao heard Xu Qiang say this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Your daughter-in-law and child are coming back?" ”

He Yushui's face was also full of joy, how Xu Qiang had lived over the years, no one knew better than her and Damao.

Now that Xiao'e and the children can come back, his little uncle can be regarded as having survived.

"I'll come back when the business over there settles down, and I'll definitely be at home for the New Year this year."

When Xu Qiang mentioned this, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

In the next few days, Xu Qiang rode his bicycle to go around, picking up the courtyard house he bought some time ago, otherwise his daughter-in-law and children would have no place to live when they came back.

Xu Damao has also saved some money in the past two years, and when he saw that his younger brother had bought a courtyard house, he also bought one next door.

In fact, he had this plan for a long time, after all, his three children are growing up, and it is not convenient to live in a room for a long time.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Xu Qiang finished eating and was about to go to the next yard to pick up again, but as soon as he arrived in the middle courtyard, he heard the horn of "Dididi".

In recent years, although there are more cars than in previous years, they are still rare.

As soon as they heard the sound of horns outside, the children playing in the yard ran outside one by one to see the cars.