Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1225: Four More Threes

Chapter 1225: Chapter 1225: Four More Threes

Lu’s father looked at the speaking elder in surprise, "May I ask for your distinguished name?"

"My surname is Ding, Ding Guofeng." The elder pointed to his grandson who had taken the candy and was now playing with Xibao, "My grandson Hailan fell ill with meningitis last year, and it was only with the medicine from Comrade Qingxue that he was saved. Our family encountered difficulties, and everyone avoided us as if it were the plague; our hometown even wanted to expel us. His parents were sent down to the Northwest, where living conditions are tough, so I kept the child with me."

Lu’s father thought carefully for a long time, "Bezoar Pill!"

When discussing the marriage between Lu Tianjun and Jiang Xiaoyue, Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue casually mentioned having saved several children with this remedy, building up a few good connections, and one of those children was Hailan.

"How did you..." Seeing Ding Guofeng nod, Lu’s father wanted to ask how he had fallen to such a state, given that he had lived in a large courtyard before, but then he thought, in this world, what logic was there to discuss? So he forcefully changed the topic, saying, "How do you remember it so clearly? It’s only right for children to save others. Now that you have come here, settle down with peace of mind. Although we can hardly take care of ourselves, at least we have the support of the old leader’s word. As long as we don’t cause too much of an outrage, no one will come to criticize us."

Gratitude shone in Ding Guofeng’s eyes, "Thank you, thank you. After those people left, Wang Brigade Commander arranged for us to stay in a house and not in a cattle pen, and took care of our food and lodging issues. I knew our lives were spared."

"Indeed, indeed!"

"That’s what I was thinking, we’ve really encountered kind people."

"Although we have been brought low by villains, we have been saved from disgrace through the kindness of others. Life’s encounters are truly unpredictable! Truly unpredictable."

The remaining three came from Shanghai and one from the southeastern coast.

The two from Shanghai were Xia Shuhuai and Chen Anlin, and the one from the southeast was Zhou Fengchun. Guan Cheng said the one with the disabled arm was him, the one with the most severe injury among the four.

Wang Zhengguo said earnestly, "In our Wanglou Brigade, I consider myself to have some say. Do not worry about your lives; most of our local fellows are very decent people. Even if there are one or two with malicious intent, they can’t stir up much trouble. After all, every household has parents, siblings, and close relatives. If something were to go wrong, it would bring shame upon the entire family. However, outwardly I must still bark orders at you and have you do whatever work you’re assigned. You’ve just arrived and the situation is tense, so I’m forced to be harsh."

Ding Guofeng hurriedly said, "It’s only right, it’s only right. We old folks have weathered such great hardships; what are a few harsh words? Being outwardly tough but privately kind, we have truly struck luck."

Hearing the agreement of the other three, Wang Zhengguo asked in surprise, "Do you all know each other?"

"We do, we all do, all of us came out of gunfire and bullets. How many are there that don’t know each other?" Ding Guofeng replied to Wang Zhengguo, "However, since the founding of the nation, except for the big meetings in the Capital, we rarely saw each other. Who would have thought that in our old age, we’d end up living together in a cattle shed? If I must live there, then I’ll live there. What haven’t I endured when I was fighting in the war?"

Xia Shuhuai, being somewhat more refined, smiled and pursed his lips, "That’s because you were originally a cattle herding boy! Seeing the troops pass through your village, you insisted on following them, wanting to live or die with them, and for many years your job was to take care of horses and herd cattle."