Chapter 70 Reality Hit
Chapter 70 Reality Hit
"I think it was also during that time that Wei Hua's psychology underwent a huge change."
"I usually work in silence, not saying a word for half a day."
"When I get home, I often quarrel with my wife."
Hearing this, Lin Meixia leaned on Li Kang's shoulder again and cried out.
She was so young at that time. Lin Weihua passed away not long after she was born.
I haven't held her many times since she was born.
The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was only my mother, not my father.
The word I called the most since I was a child was "Mom". I heard the word "Dad" from my classmates in kindergarten.
A child of a few years old has to bear tremendous pressure.
In a half-family without a man as the pillar of support, it is like a beggar in the cold wind.
"Your father has a hard time too." When Liu Bing met the child of an old friend, he drank glass of wine one after another.
Fortunately, the amount in each sip is very small. When people in Shanghai drink, they like to use small porcelain cups, and the amount in each sip may be only five milliliters.
The topic could not be stopped, and Grandma Cai wanted to stop him to avoid causing any psychological trauma to the child.
Liu Guangqing held her back and said, "This is an opportunity for the children to understand what their fathers went through, instead of just complaining about it."
"You have long hair but short vision! You almost ruined a good thing."
"What are you talking about! I've washed your clothes, cooked for you, and gave birth to two sons for you over the years. Do you despise me?" Grandma Cai put one hand on her waist and grabbed the old man's flesh with the other hand.
"When I was young, I was also a beautiful lady with a charming figure. I was blinded to fall in love with you."
Grandma Cai used to be from southern Jiangsu.
The two old men were quarreling quietly on the side, trying to keep their voices as low as possible for fear of disturbing their main target.
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"After Wei Hua returned to Shanghai, he locked himself up at home. The college entrance examination in 77 was held under the first snow."
"When the educated youth who returned to the city received news of the college entrance examination, they only had three months left to review."
"Your father locked himself in the room for three months." Liu Bing sighed, "The result..."
He shook his head and wanted to take a piece of ham. It tasted so delicious. "Why is it gone?"
"Sister-in-law, go and help me cut some more."
"Brother, eat less. This is very expensive. You spent hundreds of dollars on it alone!"
Li Kang didn't mind that Liu Bing ate a lot. Instead, he was quite interested and hoped that he could talk more, provided that he ate and drank to his heart's content.
"It's all right, aunt. Next time I meet that Spaniard, I'll ask him for two more hams. Just cut them for uncle."
Chen Lijuan felt sorry for the ham which was worth thousands of dollars being eaten so quickly.
But they also have to take it seriously. Without Li Kang, how could they enjoy the delicious food?
So he went to cut a large plate of ham, mixed with some lean bacon.
It was also cut into thin slices and passed off as inferior quality food.
"Why does this plate of ham taste different?" Liu Bing muttered to himself, guessing that it must be because Chen Lijuan put the salty lean meat in it, which gave it a smoky taste.
Old lean meat will always be salty no matter how you cook it.
"Brother, there's a piece of lean meat left from stewing, so I'll cut it up for you as well."
Zhang Yiming covered his mouth and laughed.
Liu Bing smacked his lips as he continued to talk about Lin Weihua's experience.
"It was December 77, and I still remember the time of the college entrance examination in Shanghai that year."
The earliest in the whole country is November 25th, and BJ starts the earliest.
The college entrance examinations in other provinces were also completed in December.
“Wei Hua worked hard for three months but failed the exam.
At that time, there were more than 4 million people taking the college entrance examination, and the admission rate was less than 20%, with more than people admitted. And among them, % of the places had to be reserved for high school graduates of the current year.
At that time, it was very common for uncles and nephews to take the exam together. They all knew that this was a good opportunity to make a breakthrough.
Everyone studied very hard during those three months.
"Wei Hua is good at writing, but he is terrible at math. He failed to get into Fudan University's literature department."
Liu Bing didn't say exactly how many points he was short of, but it was a lot.
People at that time loved literature and the competition was extremely fierce.
He gave Lin Weihua some face. "I came back the following year."
"It's ridiculous!" Liu Bing poured a glass of wine and gulped it down.
Today, we had an open chat in front of the younger generation.
There is nothing that can't be said.
I've been holding it in for so many years, and now I feel relieved to say it out.
"At first, I was reluctant to leave my wife and children in Yunnan. But when I saw the educated youths who worked with me leave one after another, there were only me and Lao Xu in the team of young people who came from the city. He had a lame leg and could not return to Shanghai."
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At that time, Lao Xu even said to Liu Bing self-deprecatingly: "Lao Liu, a cripple like me has no hope of returning to Shanghai. It is better for me to stay here and live with my current wife."
"What are your plans?"
"Lao Xu, to be honest, I'm really nervous." Liu Bing was also drinking with Lao Xu at the time.
“Everyone has gone back, and we are the only two still here.
The days here are predictable.”
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"Before I left, I made a big promise to her: I will definitely do something earth-shattering when I get to Shanghai."
"I took the college entrance examination with Wei Hua in 78. He was admitted to Shanghai Normal University, but I failed."
"Ah!!" When Liu Bing said this, the middle-aged man actually burst into tears.
Except for Li Kang, Lin Meixia, Liu Lang and Zhang Yiming didn't understand why Liu Bing suddenly cried.
In that era, failing to get into college meant that your future was cut off.
Sure enough, Liu Bing's subsequent confession confirmed Li Kang's guess.
"I was too arrogant back then. Wei Hua also advised me to take the entrance exam to the Teachers College with him. But I insisted on taking the entrance exam to the Huazhong Normal University. As expected, I failed."
Chen Lijuan said, "It seems that the younger brother of our neighbor, Jiang Yunfeng, was admitted to the South China Normal University this year. His mother has been very impressive recently."
When Liu Bing heard that his neighbor's younger brother was admitted to the university of his dreams, he felt extremely sad.
"That failure wasted several months of my review time. The next college entrance examination was a year later, so I didn't take it. I was confident that even if I didn't go to college, I would not do worse than those who did!"
Facts have proved that the vast majority of those who went to college are doing better than those who did not.
Even the worst performing college student has a stable job.
It's a decent job and you don't have to stay in a factory workshop for the rest of your life.
"Dad, don't blame yourself. Mom has never complained about you in all these years. She just misses you so much."
Just when Liu Bing was bursting with emotion, he heard Liu Lang's sensible words and hugged him in his arms for the first time.
The two men, one big and one small, cried without any shyness.
Who wouldn’t find this corny?
Li Kang turned his head and found that Lin Meixia and Yiming were also crying.
At this moment, he felt like it was going to rain, but there was no rain on his face.
He reached out and touched it, and found that it had fallen out of his own eye.
"It must be the obsession of my predecessor!"
It was impossible for Li Kang himself to shed tears over such a thing.
He has a deeper understanding of the sins of the previous generation, and they are in the past now, and he has grown up.
If you keep dwelling on past mistakes, you are just being hard on yourself.
Liu Jun stood up and raised his glass.
"Brother, come here. I'll give you a toast."
"If you hadn't been there to support me at home, I might have gone to the countryside as well. I might have experienced the same tragedy."
Liu Bing shook his head. "It has nothing to do with you. Not only were you not old enough at the time, but the country was also undergoing a major transformation. The city needed more working people."
"You've been educated, don't you understand this?"
Liu Jun scratched his head in shame, "I just don't have a brain for studying."
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