Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1741 Second Stop

Han Li had seen them before, but he suddenly saw them again after more than a year in the freezing cold.

A red and yellow scarf, a beige and blue open down jacket, and white, cherry red, magenta, and black—the vibrant colors gave him an impulse he had never felt before.

We have a lot to say, so can we communicate and exchange ideas while chatting?

After a long while, the passionate singing and dancing in the room came to an end.

After a while, once she had caught her breath, Zhang Chaomei told Han Li about her family's situation this year.

Back then, through the connections of Grandpa Niu Dahai, Han Li arranged for Zhang Chaomei's brother, Zhang Ganying, to go to Wuchang County, where no one knew he was impotent, and gave him a job as a gatekeeper in a factory that didn't require much effort.

Zhang Ganying never returned, and she rarely contacted her family.

After that, Wang Chunhua went to Beijing to help Han Li take care of his children, and no news came back from her.

Zhang Chaomei's younger brother, Zhang Hongqi, receives his sister's salary and his mother's help. He attends school full-time in the county and rarely comes home except during holidays.

All that was left in their family was Zhang Chaomei's mother, a widow. Fortunately, the Zhang surname was one of the three major surnames in Shanghe Village. Although they had their own conflicts, they were relatively united when facing outsiders.

In addition, Captain Liang knew that Zhang Ganying had left through Han Li's connections, and Wang Chunhua was also helping their family take care of their children and was very kind to their mother in the village.

Whether it was a dispute in the village, the land distribution a couple of years ago, or the fact that Zhang Chaomei's family couldn't farm that much land and needed to find someone to rent it out, Captain Liang put in a lot of effort.

Therefore, although Zhang Chaomei's mother was a widow, she lived a relatively comfortable life in the village.

Production brigade? Shouldn't it be called a village committee after the reform and opening up?

During the time period covered in our book, most villages across the country were still called production brigades.

However, last year, in May of 1982.

Zou County in Shandong Province and Ningxia-Jinan region was selected as a pilot area for rural reform.

The area became the first in the country to abolish the people's commune and replace it with a two-tiered government at the district and township levels. The original production brigades were converted into administrative villages and village committees were established.

The promotion and implementation of a policy requires observation over a period of time before it can be widely implemented, including the initial distribution of production to individual households.

So at this point in time (early 83), most parts of the country, including villages in Harbin, were still called production brigades.

Getting back to the main point, although Zhang Chaomei's mother was doing well in the village, she could only consult with her daughter about many things, and there were many things she had to do, and she couldn't refuse.

Furthermore, a large portion of Zhang Chaomei's salary must be handed over to the government, as this money is to be saved for Zhang Hongqi's future marriage.

Last year, Zhang Chaomei's younger brother, Zhang Hongqi, failed his college entrance examination and didn't even get into the worst vocational school or university. So her mother came to Harbin to ask her daughter for advice.

What could Zhang Chaomei do? She could only suggest that her younger brother repeat a year of high school, and that she would cover all the expenses.

Her mother came to Harbin for this very purpose, and upon hearing this reply, she immediately agreed.

However, before leaving, Zhang Chaomei's mother said that if her youngest son couldn't pass the exam, she, as his older sister, would have to help him find a decent job, otherwise she shouldn't blame her for coming to make trouble for the future of the Zhang family.

Zhang Chaomei worked and studied at the same time. Although Han Li's materials and tutoring were the main reasons for her success, she was admitted to university on her first try.

Her younger brother, Zhang Hongqi, does nothing but go to school and study, and now he hasn't even passed the entrance exam for a vocational school.

Therefore, Zhang Chaomei estimated that her younger brother was not academically inclined, and she worried that her mother would come and cause trouble if her brother failed the college entrance examination repeatedly.

It's one thing for Zhang Chaomei to pay for her younger brother's education, but finding him a job, especially a decent one, is not so simple.

Zhang Chaomei was a newcomer in Harbin, and her best friend was Gu Xuehong, who fought alongside her against the enemy.

However, Gu Xuehong only has connections within the medical community. Even if she manages to find her brother a job through those connections, it will likely only be a regular support job. Zhang Chaomei knows without a doubt that her mother will not be satisfied with such a job and will definitely make a scene. That's why she brought it up today to ask Han Li for advice.

Han Li had a very close and deep relationship with Zhang Chaomei and Wang Chunhua.

Han Li couldn't possibly ignore Zhang Hongqi, his brother-in-law or sister-in-law, and he also felt bad for both of them having followed him all this time.

Moreover, a decent job might have been difficult to obtain in the past, but it's no big deal for Han Li now.

Whether it's Aunt Liu and Ding Zhengmin, or Niu Dahai and Hou Xiujuan, it wouldn't be difficult for Han Li to ask them to help Zhang Hongqi find a decent job.

However, Han Li felt that Zhang Hongqi had only failed the college entrance examination once last year. Life is not complete without failing five, six, seven, or eight times. He himself had spent several years working in Shanghe Village.

The more times Zhang Hongqi fails, the greater the favor Han Li will do for him by arranging a decent job for him.

Therefore, Han Li's advice to Zhang Chaomei regarding her younger brother was to let him continue taking the college entrance examination until he himself no longer wanted to take it.

Han Li paid for Zhang Hongqi's repeat year of high school, and Zhang Chaomei kept her salary to buy clothes for herself.

Han Li took full responsibility for Zhang Hongqi's continued failure to pass the exam.

If that situation really occurs, he guarantees to arrange a very respectable job for Zhang Hongqi, which will definitely satisfy Zhang Chaomei's mother, but he will not cause her to come to Harbin to make a scene.

After Zhang Chaomei finished asking her question, Gu Xuehong reached out and teased Han Li while recounting the matter that had been weighing on her mind and was etched in her heart.

At this point, Zhang Chaomei also joined in, so the matter that Gu Xuehong was talking about was finished by them in a series of intermittent conversations.

After a passionate night, Han Li stayed on Hequ Street for the rest of the next day.

Because Han Li said he had to rush back to Beijing this evening, he spent the whole day eating, drinking, and chatting with the two of them, reliving the story of last night in various places.

After a long separation, the two were reunited, and Han Li indulged himself in his desires.

When Han Li left Gu Xuehong's house on Hequ Street at dusk, she and Zhang Chaomei could only barely stand at the street entrance watching his figure disappear into the swirling snowflakes. They didn't have the strength to see him off to the station.

After leaving Hequ Street, Han Li turned a corner and soon arrived at the entrance of his villa on Huayuan Street.

Han Li stayed here to guard Fu Weiyi's Kimura. It was still as clever as ever, sensing its master's arrival from afar.

While Han Li was looking for the key to open the door, Kimura was whimpering on the other side of the door.

As soon as the door was opened, Kimura pounced over, its tail practically wagging like a fan. It whimpered and circled around Han Li several times before lying down at his feet, exposing its belly.

After locking the gate, Han Li squatted down and petted Kimura's dog.

When Fu Weihong was in school, Kimura, that dog, suffered a lot.

After Fu Weihong graduated and started working, Kimura's living conditions still couldn't compare to those of his brothers and sisters, Yamamoto, Inoue, Fujiwara, and Watanabe.

But it no longer has to live a life of going hungry or eating well; it gets fresh food fed to it by Fu Weihong every day.

Because Kimura didn't shout, and it was snowing, Fu Weihong didn't hear any noise at the door, and she didn't know that Han Li had arrived.

Han Li patted Kimura at the door for a while, took out some internal organs from the decomposition space and fed them to it, then stood up and walked towards the building in the middle.

The trees on both sides of the path were decorated with colorful paper decorations, creating a beautiful scene against the backdrop of white snow.

Spring Festival couplets were pasted on the door of the house, and a pair of small red lanterns, which were not on the main door, were hung on both sides. Paper-cut window decorations were pasted on the pillars and windows.

After admiring the view, Han Li walked up the steps and arrived at the door of the house.
(End of this chapter)