Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 395 - 0395 Solution 3_1

Chapter 395: Chapter 0395 Solution 3_1

Why didn’t he go to Wang Zhengjun’s house directly? He was embarrassed, as he didn’t know Wang Zhengjun’s residential address.

Perhaps Wang Zhengjun was wary of relatives from his old village coming to ask for help, so when he got married, he held his wedding at the mines’ cafeteria. Even his brothers and sisters from his hometown hadn’t been to his house for a cup of water, let alone having visited his son’s new room.

"Comrade, don’t leave your donkey cart at the entrance." The old Li, who was guarding the entrance of the Mining Bureau, said.

However, his voice was soft, as he noticed that the old man in front of him wore a battered dogskin hat, an old padded jacket patched upon patches, with no buttons, tied around the waist with a hemp rope. He had black cotton pants underneath, with trouser legs tied and patched as well, and worn a pair of black cloth shoes with layers of patches. The man bore an identity loud and clear, reflected in just two words, Farmer!

An old farmer, with a coppery face full of wrinkles, clearly someone used to hard labor.

Wang Zhengguo stepped forward, held old Li’s hand, and said in a honest tone, "Comrade, I’m here to see my brother. Could you perhaps do me a favor and call him out? Traveling dozens of kilometers by cart isn’t easy. As you can see, it looks like it might snow soon, and I need to hurry home to not let the donkeys from our production unit freeze."

"Who is your brother, Comrade? Why didn’t you go to his house? You came directly to his workplace?"

Old Li was baffled. When someone from an old village wanted to drop something off for a staff member, wouldn’t they hide it, scared that others might find out? They’d always sneak it directly to their home, not come straight to their workplace.

Besides, if they were real brothers, how could the older not know his younger brother’s address?

Wang Zhengguo awkwardly touched the patch on his dogskin hat, "I’ve never been to my brother’s place, I don’t know where he lives. See, my brother told me that his daughter-in-law is pregnant, and they don’t have enough grain at home. He wanted to borrow the reserve grain from our production brigade. But the reserve grain belongs to the collective, and I dare not to touch it. Even as the captain, I don’t have the right to move it. I need to set a good example. At the time, I refused. But then I thought that no matter how difficult it was, we cannot let our brother starve, nor can we let our sister-in-law starve. I heard that her father is a cadre in the Mining Bureau, so my wife and I talked for a while, and managed to squeeze out some grain for my brother."

Stammering out the reason, Wang Zhengguo continued: "Oh, I forgot to tell you my brother’s name. It is quite similar to mine. My name is Wang Zhengguo, and his name is Wang Zhengjun."

Hearing the name Wang Zhengjun, Old Li’s face changed slightly, and he took a closer look at Wang Zhengguo.

Then he quickly grabbed Wang Zhengguo’s hand, shook it vigorously, "Comrade Wang Zhengguo, it must be many years since we last met, right? The great secretary and captain of Wanglou Brigade, even though I am just a gatekeeper now, I often hear of your great reputation!"

"Huh?" Wang Zhengguo was taken aback.

"My wife is called Fenghua, back in the days she was considered a flower in the Wanglou Brigade!" Old Li said proudly, "Our state’s policy is really good. Before the liberation movement, we had already moved into the city to become workers, you should know about this, right? Fenghua went back to the Wanglou Brigade and met you. I later became injured in the mine and could not do heavy work, so a few years ago I was transferred to guard the gate of the Mining Bureau, receiving and sending newspapers and documents. My wife has worked in the coal mine for several years and became the Women’s Director. Our daughter is a minor official in the county committee, she said they commended the Wanglou Brigade in a meeting, not a single person has starved in the past three years!"

As soon as Fenghua was mentioned, Wang Zhengguo immediately remembered who it was, "You’re Li Dazhu!"