Chapter 681
Time flies, and another two years have passed.
1972 to 1973, these are two very special years.
As the country's strength and status increase, more and more countries are coming to establish diplomatic relations with China.
Relevant information can be found in newspapers almost every month.
Every time, it triggers a heated discussion among the public.
Where that country is, what the people look like, what specialties it has, etc., have greatly given rise to a large amount of gossip knowledge.
Of course, there is also a discordant side.
He actually established diplomatic relations with Xiao Rizi.
Many ordinary people don’t understand, including Wang Tiedan.
However, he just complained about it and didn't have time to think about it for the time being.
This year is a lively one for the Wang family, and it is always exciting.
First, the eldest sister’s family had a new baby, a girl, nicknamed Honghong.
After that, my second brother had a baby boy, nicknamed Jinxiang.
Last but not least, my younger sister got engaged to someone else quietly and was transferred to the Lanzhou Military Region. After she sang six songs for the art troupe in one breath, she announced that she would temporarily stop writing.
The impact of the incident was beyond Wang Tiedan's imagination.
You know, as more and more hit songs are widely sung, my younger sister, as the lyricist and composer, is not only a household name, but her name as a talented woman is almost resounding throughout the entire literary and art circles.
No one is dissatisfied.
At this prime age, giving up on getting married and having children is such a waste of talent.
A large number of letters and phone calls flooded into the art troupe, even alarming Zhongnanhai.
After communication, the younger sister could only apologize in the newspaper, saying that she was physically and mentally exhausted after years of high-intensity creation, and wanted to solve her personal problems and take a break for two or three years before starting to create again.
This calmed the impact of the incident.
Only Wang Tiedan knew that being known as a talented woman was both an honor and a pressure.
Wang Tiedan even regretted letting his younger sister go down this path.
My younger sister's partner was a bit surprising, but also not unexpected. He was Luo Hanhai, the one who came to propose marriage.
A good girl is afraid of being clingy, that's all.
I wrote a letter every week, without fail, for four or five years.
Just get married. As long as my younger sister likes it, Wang Tiedan has no objection.
Except stay away.
But the Luo family has promised that they will be transferred back to the capital at an appropriate time. After all, their family is also in the capital.
In addition to the Wang family's affairs, there are many other things.
For example, Dawang Village joined forces with surrounding villages to barely reach the scale of a medium-sized breeding farm, becoming a direct procurement target of the Quartermaster Department.
This has caused great hardship for the commune above Dawang Village.
The cheap meat supply chain that has lasted for more than three years has been cut off just like that. Who can we turn to for justice?
Secretary Sun of the commune had no choice but to settle for the second best and buy chicks from the Mujiatun incubation base and support other villages to become new targets of bloodsucking.
In July of 72, Shouhou went home. After five years of military service, he finally became a lieutenant.
This means that family members can be brought to live in the military area.
So he came back and took his wife Man Lingling to live in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
It’s not that I don’t care about my family, it’s just that I can’t take care of them for the time being.
After another two or three years, I can be transferred back to the city at any time.
Wang Tiedan and Shouhou drank heavily three times in three days before they reluctantly saw the young couple off.
But fortunately, Shouhou has his annual leave and can come back once a year from now on.
It was Dahan who made them both very worried.
There has been no news since we last parted in Tibet.
I only heard from Zhu Jie's brother Zhu Yong that he went abroad for training. He couldn't tell me the details, but it was definitely not dangerous.
For Dahan's army, there is no experience without danger.
However, good news came the next year. Zhu Jie became pregnant and returned to Beijing to take care of her baby. She lived in the yard where Aunt Jiang lived.
Dahan's house was too small, so the Zhu family used their connections to clear out a room in the yard.
Wang Tiedan also specially sent some fruits over and informed Shouhou of the news.
There are a lot of things going on in Courtyard 95.
In 1973, Yan Bugui turned years old, and after the summer vacation, he began his retirement life.
The 40 percent salary cut made Yan Bugui feel uncomfortable.
So he decided to take care of the child. Three or five yuan a month was not too little, and ten or eight yuan was not too much.
Unfortunately, Yu Li got there first and took her mother over.
For a moment, I almost got sick from being angry.
However, Liu Haizhong, who is also retired, often comes here to play chess and drink tea with Yan Bugui, and stays for most of the day.
Some people also mentioned becoming an official.
Liu Haizhong waved his hand generously and didn't want to think about it anymore.
After some inquiries, I found out that Liu Haizhong had already paid off the debt of the steel rolling mill.
The so-called debt-free state refers to this state.
With a monthly pension of more than 60 yuan, the old couple's life is really great compared to their previous life of only 10 yuan a month.
Of course, he also has troubles.
The youngest son, Liu Guangfu, had been in prison and was a street sweeper, so it was difficult for him to find a wife. Finally, he had no choice but to find a country widow, and he needed support from Liu Haizhong every month.
There are also good things happening to the Jia family.
Maybe he was inspired or he didn't want to go to the countryside, Xiaodang worked hard and was admitted to a key high school with very good grades. He will definitely be assigned a good job in the future.
Similarly, Xiao Huaihua's academic performance has always been good, and her awards are all over the walls of the Jia family.
In Jia Zhang's mouth, the two girls were no longer money-losing goods, and she cherished them all day long.
At night, people often hear someone shouting "Bang Bang" and then groaning in pain.
Mrs. Jia Zhang is over sixty years old and has already suffered from various old age diseases.
Compared with Jia Zhang, Qin Huairu is more low-key. She goes out early and comes back late every day, as if she is devoted to her work.
There is no choice but to earn extra money.
Ever since the last time Banggeng failed to return to the city, the number of times he asked for money from his family has increased significantly.
Although Qin Huairu did not agree to all of them, she was always looking for opportunities to let Banggeng return to the city.
Many things require money.
Qin Huairu knew that her savings were still too little.
Compared with Jia Zhangshi, the people in the new retirement group are still very energetic every day.
Whether it is Grandpa Nie who is almost eighty years old, or Grandma and Third Grandma who are already over eighty, and Grandma Yang, they are all full of energy and work very hard.
The most energetic one is Liang Tingyu, who is just over 30 years old, and is even more energetic than Qin Huairu was back then.
In terms of temperament alone, they are not on the same level.
Tongtong is ten years old and very sensible.
After much persuasion from the elderly people in the retirement group and the street office, Liang Tingyu decided to look for another one.
In the new society, it is no longer fashionable to remain a widow for a lifetime.
Liang Tingyu just nodded, and all the matchmakers in Nanluoguxiang were alarmed.
For a moment, the threshold of No. 95 Courtyard was almost trampled to pieces.
You can't just choose randomly, it has to be suitable for you.
After Liang Tingyu considered many aspects, she finally chose a villager from Dawang Village who was as ordinary as could be.
From Wang Tiedan's perspective, he should call him uncle, Wang Dacheng.
He was widowed early in life, had two children, and never remarried.
Liang Tingyu had gotten used to living in the yard and didn't want to move out because of getting married, nor did she want to cause trouble for Wang Tiedan.
It just so happened that the yard had been lacking strong laborers to help the new nursing home group with work.
By asking people from Dawang Village to come over, we can kill three birds with one stone.