Back to 1979: Sending the Educated Youth’s Wife Back to the City

Chapter 5 Send you away
Three days later, on the fifth, the educated youth would leave en masse.

Fang Mingche said to Lin Yan who was going home to get her luggage: "I won't be seeing you off later. I'll take Yanyan out to play."

He didn't want to see his daughter react, so he followed the other children left behind by the educated youth in the village and ran after the tractor crying.

Then, one of the mother and daughter cried on the tractor, while the other ran behind and cried.

In his previous life, the educated youth returned to the city en masse, and the scene of their farewell left a deep impression on him. It was so sad!

In the past three days, except for sleeping, Ayan has been at home. Yanyan is still not very clear about the whole thing.

Although I told her that day that her mother was going back to visit her grandma and grandpa, she was only two years old, so what could she remember? She would probably forget it in a moment.

Maybe she would feel better if she didn't cry with her friends who were suffering from the same disease.

Lin Yan nodded and said reluctantly: "Mingche, you must come to see me in half a year."

"Don't worry. As long as you don't change your mind, I will definitely come."

Lin Yan rolled her eyes at him and said, "I wouldn't do that."

"Then it's over."

Lin Yan looked at him and said, "If you don't come to me, I will come back to you. So, don't think that you are really a divorced person."

At worst, she could give up the benefits of a BJ hukou, and she could also refuse the job that the state might arrange for her.

Fang Mingche said quickly, "No, no, no, people go to higher places and water flows to lower places! You are a BJ resident, and maybe in the future your daughter will follow you and also have a BJ resident."

Lin Yan stared at him and asked doubtfully, "Mingche, why do I feel like you seem to have changed a little?"

The Mingche of the past would not have had these thoughts.

Fang Mingche said, "I don't want you to regret it in the future and blame me. You should try your luck while you are still young. Besides, a BJ Hukou may help my daughter to have less hardship in the future. My previous thoughts were a bit narrow-minded."

Lin Yan said, "It's okay to be content with what you have. Besides, it's my own decision. Why should I complain to you? Complaining won't change the situation. And speaking ill of you will only make the relationship worse."

She looked at Fang Mingche and wanted him to get a letter of introduction during the winter vacation and bring his daughter to BJ to see her, but she couldn't say it out loud.

On the one hand, the cost is definitely high; on the other hand, the last time he followed me back to my parents' home, he was not treated well.

I guess the work problems I encounter when I go back this time may not be so easy to solve.

At least for a while, her family status will not change.

If you let him go, he will just be bullied.

She can't come back during the winter vacation.

After being separated from my parents for so many years, how could I go back, get my household registration and then run away again?

Fang Mingche also knew what she meant, but he couldn't be so understanding and take the initiative to bring it up.

It’s not because his parents-in-law and brother-in-law would not be polite to him if he went.

They would not think that he was just taking his daughter to see her mother, they would only think that he was going to harass A Yan.

The most important thing is that he has to drive a truck during the winter vacation to make his first pot of gold.

Based on his understanding in his previous life, Brother Mingfeng's brother-in-law would not be able to resume work until after the Lantern Festival at the earliest.

Then, he would need to make a trip before the New Year and another trip after the New Year. There was no extra time! He couldn't take his daughter to Yan's parents' home during the New Year.

He also wanted to make one more trip to Guangzhou to bring in contraband goods. By then, even if he had only borrowed money from Brother Mingfeng once, he could still make more money.

Lin Yan thought about it and said, "I'll go ask after I get settled back, if someone with BJ hukou marries someone from another place, can the hukou of the other place be transferred with them?"

"If you ask like that, they will definitely not give you priority in arranging work. You will only create a burden for the neighborhood office!"

It is not possible to allow family members to move with their parents at present. It is difficult for them to find jobs for the 1700 million educated youth who returned to the cities.

Moreover, the supply of food and oil for so many people will also increase the workload of relevant departments.

Someone outside shouted, "Lin Yan, we have to go—" People were saying goodbye everywhere today, but the train waits for no one.

Fang Mingche said: "Go!"

Lin Yan looked back at him, then went out with her backpack and luggage. She didn't dare to say goodbye to her daughter, as she couldn't bear her crying.

After watching Lin Yan go to meet up with other educated youth, Fang Mingche asked for leave and didn't go to class, letting the students review on their own. The final exam was in a few days, and the new class was finished in the morning.

The school is not strict nowadays.

He is a math teacher and teaches three grades.

It is common for students to attend classes in the morning and work at home in the afternoon.

Principal Wu also knew that the educated youth returning to the city were leaving today, and he approved it readily.

Fang Mingche rode his bicycle, wrapped his daughter tightly, and took her out to play. He patiently accompanied her to turn candy figures and visit the supply and marketing cooperative.
Yanyan has been very happy, as it is rare for her father to respond to her every request.

Fang Mingche took his daughter home only after he figured out that the educated youth had already left.

Yanyan sat on the crossbar of the bicycle, holding a small red lantern in her hand.

When I came back, I found that several uncles and aunts in school were looking at me and calling me over with sweet words.

Everyone responded quickly. Seeing Fang Mingche had the same stern face as the other men and women who were dumped by the educated youth, no one dared to say anything more to him.

The parting scene this morning was so sad.

Several little kids in the village followed the tractor for a long time before they were taken back by their parents.

They cried so hard that they couldn't stop for a long time! One of them even had hiccups from crying.

Several teams of educated youth gathered at the village primary school, so they saw it.

Judging from Yanyan’s expression, she seems to know nothing.

Fang Mingche nodded to a few colleagues and pushed his daughter back home.

"This Xiao Fang seems to have become much more serious all of a sudden. He is not as talkative and cheerful as before."

"It's really cold! It's a fake divorce, but who knows if it will become real and irreparable."

"Xiao Lin is the same. He had previously said that he would not leave. But he changed his mind after receiving the letter from home. Wouldn't it be better for him to stay and reunite with his wife and daughter and live a good life? Both of them are teachers, so their life will not be bad. They can even get a letter of introduction to visit their relatives in Beijing during the winter and summer vacations."

"They come from big cities and look down on us from small places."

"Don't say that. Who wouldn't want to go to a big city? Are we not going because we don't want to? Besides, we're going home."

Fang Mingche was actually too lazy to respond to other people's concern, whether well-intentioned or malicious.

It’s easiest to keep a straight face!

Yanyan held the lantern and wanted to show it to her mother. As soon as she entered the house, she looked for it inside and outside.

"Mother--"

"Didn't I tell you that Mommy is going back to visit Grandma and Grandpa? They are Mommy's daddy and mommy. When you go away from home in the future, will you go home to visit Daddy and Mommy?"

Fang Mingche felt upset when he saw that there were several pairs of shoes missing from under the bed.

He was not completely sure that this was the best development, but he had to give it a try.

If Yan is left behind, the tragedy of his previous life is inevitable. And she will definitely stop him from transporting goods for the black market boss.

Because there is danger on the road!

But now that the person has really left, he feels empty inside.

(End of this chapter)