The educated youth married the granddaughter of a capitalist and returned to the city to pick up the treasure
Wang Chengcai, a high school graduate of the class of 1968, came to Pingdu County in December of the same year as a Qingdao educated youth. At that time, he and his good classmate Yang Mingzhong went to Cuijiaji Commune, but when the commune read out the distribution list, they were forcibly divided into two different brigades, Wang Chengcai was assigned to the sixth production team of the Liuzhuang brigade, and Yang Mingzhong was assigned to the eighth brigade.
Wang Chengcai, as the leader of the educated youth group of the Liu Zhuang Brigade, is responsible for the daily life and study of the educated youth. Their first meal when they came to Liuzhuang was white flour steamed buns and pork stewed vermicelli, and the captain also asked Wang Chengcai to serve as the leader of the six teams of educated youth.
Although everyone is a Qingdao educated youth, Wang Chengcai was appointed as the team leader because he was the tallest and a high school graduate. On the first day they came to Liuzhuang, they carried shovels, picked up earthen baskets, and pushed rubber-tyred carts to dig drainage ditches.
Digging drainage ditches is a very heavy manual labor, and even the female intellectuals are tired and crying. Although the conditions were difficult, Wang Chengcai and his family still insisted on working for the basic construction of farmland and water conservancy in their hometown.
Because everyone was going home for the New Year, Wang Chengcai took the initiative to stay and take care of everyone's housekeeping. During the Spring Festival, he and Liu Hui cooked together, read books together, and took care of each other.
Captain Liu's daughter-in-law also taught them to make dumplings, which made them feel the warmth of home. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the educated youths returned to Liuzhuang and continued to devote themselves to the labor of farmland and water conservancy infrastructure.
Liu Hui and Wang Chengcai have spent many unforgettable days together at the Educated Youth Point. Wang Chengcai cared about Liu Hui very much, which made her feel meticulous care. Once, the Liu Zhuang brigade got two places to go to the Qingdao National Cotton Factory as workers, and the sixth team got one place.
Captain Liu gave the place to Wang Chengcai, but Wang Chengcai gave her the place for Liu Hui. However, the director of the Educated Youth Office refused to stamp it, saying that her family background was problematic.
Wang Chengcai was upset about Liu Hui and argued with the director of the Educated Youth Office for a long time, but it did not play any role. In the end, only Wang Chengcai and Liu Hui stayed in Zhiqing Point.
Liu Hui was deeply grateful for Wang Chengcai's selfless behavior, and Wang Chengcai had an inexplicable affection for Liu Hui. They go for a walk together every day after dinner, ** questions, read books and study.
In 1977, Liu Hui returned to Qingdao through recruitment, while Wang Chengcai stayed in Zhiqing Point. Subsequently, the educated youth point was revoked, and Wang Chengcai was merged into the first team of the Li Zhuang brigade.
In the spring of 1978, Liu Hui brought good news from Qingdao that the state had announced the policy of resuming the college entrance examination. Wang Chengcai and Liu Hui worked hard to review and prepare for the college entrance examination.
Eventually, they made it to college and got married in the spring of 1983. Their married life is very happy, Liu Hui is not only a talented woman, but also a good wife and mother, and she is also very filial to her in-laws.
Wang Chengcai was very satisfied with his married life, and he said that it was his ancestors who accumulated virtue and did good deeds that allowed him to marry a virtuous and filial daughter-in-law. Their stories made the students who settled in the queue together very envious.
Liu Hui thanked Wang Chengcai for his care and encouragement, and said that without Wang Chengcai's care and care, she would not be able to cheer up, nor would she have the heart to read and study, let alone be admitted to university.
And Wang Chengcai also thinks that Liu Hui is a treasure he picked up, he is kind-hearted and upright, and he is Liu Hui's most ideal partner. Many years later, the educated youths who settled in Liuzhuang returned to their second hometown to visit the villagers, and they all expressed their gratitude and blessings to Captain Liu and Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu smiled and recalled the incident of teaching them to make dumplings back then, and especially mentioned the "mandarin duck dumplings" she made for them. Liu Huicai remembered this incident, it turned out that Aunt Liu really wrapped two very special dumplings, and put the two dumplings together, looked at her and Wang Chengcai smiled, and told them that these two dumplings, one person eats one, must remember.
Wang Chengcai and Liu Hui returned to live in Qingdao after retirement, and their children also settled in Qingdao. For them, Qingdao is their hometown, their roots, and only by spending their old age in their hometown can they feel at ease.
Every time they mentioned their former youth years, Wang Chengcai felt very excited. He said that although those days were very hard, it was also those hard years that made him get exercised and cherish the hard-won happy life even more.
He believes that labor is the foundation for creating a better life, and only by experiencing some difficulties can we truly feel the sweetness. This kind of life is delicious and meaningful.