The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

"But you're finally back~!"

"Hurry up, I'll carry it. Are you hungry? Didn't you eat well on the train?"

"Dumplings. I weighed two pounds of meat yesterday, chopped the stuffing, and made them tonight. I'll make dumplings for you when you get home~!"

At the entrance of Nanluoguxiang, she stood on tiptoe, looking at the road outside from time to time. When she saw her daughter Li Nan at the corner, she immediately trotted over, extremely excited.

"Mom, it's okay, I'll do it~!"

Li Nan, the little girl who joined the army, has grown into an adult in the blink of an eye.

The baptism of time and the training in the army have transformed a girl who used to be lively and active into the quiet and steady person she is now.

Maybe it's because she has been in the art troupe for a long time that her temperament has changed. After years of dancing, she exudes a kind of elegance that is unique to artists.

No matter how old you are, even if you are in your thirties, you are still a child in your mother's eyes.

Especially this child, who has been away from home for many years and can only come back occasionally. It is so rare to see him, and I feel so heartbroken.

Parents dislike those who are close to them, but miss those who are far away. This may be the unified standard for parents all over the world.

"Hey, is the girl back home?"

"Hey, Li Nan is back. I was wondering why Liu Yin was standing guard here so early in the morning. She looked so absent-minded~!"

Aunties and aunties were sitting at the entrance of the alley, picking vegetables and chatting.

After retiring, the old men who gathered with a few good friends, set up chess stalls, and practiced chess saw this scene and greeted them happily.

"Hey, I'm back~!"

Although Liu Yin looked older, she was happy that her daughter came back today, and when she was happy, she became more energetic.

"Aunt San, Aunt Lu, Uncle Zhang, Mom and I are going back first. We'll talk again when we have time~!"

Li Nan, who is in his twenties, is no longer a teenager. When faced with the kind greetings from his old neighbors, he will respond with grace and grace.

"This girl has really changed. When she was little, she was so impetuous, like a little boy. The army is a training ground for people~!"

"As a girl gets older, her temper becomes more stable. Well, she is very determined to do well. But Liu Yin sometimes has a headache, too. You know...!"

After the mother and daughter disappeared into the alley, the neighbors' topic quickly shifted to Li Nan.

The girl has not married yet, and she always seems to be different in the eyes of her neighbors.

"If you ask me, Courtyard No. 95 has a problem with feng shui. Look at all the weird things that happened in the past few years. The fact that the girl is still unmarried at an old age is the least of the problems~!"

"Old Gao, don't talk nonsense. This is just now. If you said this two years ago, you would have been...!"

Li Nan went home. This topic didn't last long. After all, he was a soldier. Everyone at least respected the soldier.

The only thing that people can talk about is that I’m unmarried.

Compared with those educated youth men and women who went to the countryside, joined the production teams and have not yet returned to the city, these people feel more at ease knowing that their sons and daughters are in the army, as at least they can come back to visit.

Looking at the people around me, I can only envy them in my heart. I don’t know how their children are doing after bidding them farewell in tears.

Girls who have gone to the countryside are worried that they cannot survive in the countryside. If they find a rural hukou and get a marriage certificate directly, it will be useless for their parents in Beijing to slap their thighs until they are swollen.

Almost all the sons have gone to the frontier areas to work in the countryside. In the past ten years, countless young people have gone to other places, which has touched the hearts of countless families.

Of course, this excludes the Liu Haizhong family in the backyard
"Old Liu, your Guangtian has been in southern Yunnan for quite some time, right? He seems to have left later than Li Nan?"

Old Liu, who was playing chess with someone, remained silent. The chess piece kept turning in his hand, and there was no sign of any inner fluctuation, as if he was the second in command and was no longer a human being.

"Well, he passed away in 1966 when the weather was hot, not even 11 years old~!"

"The last time I wrote to you, I said that life there was pretty good. The winters weren't cold, and the summers weren't hot. Except for the first time when we were there, we were working hard to open up rubber plantations, plant fruit trees, dig reservoirs, and build canals."

Facing the kind inquiry from his chess friends, Lao Liu scratched his cheek. He really didn't care at all. His little eyes were confused behind the lenses of his glasses for a long time before he calculated the approximate time.

As for caring for the second child, he sends money every six months. As a parent, all his care is put into the money.
The chess player on the other side drew a rook and ate a cannon, with an intriguing expression on his face, and asked: "He's not married yet, so he probably still wants to come back~!"

"Let him be. He's not a kid anymore. Anyway, the people above him are wavering. Tsk, it's not easy for the educated youth to return to the city. This affects more than just our family~!"

"Think about it, with so many young people returning to the city, at least they need jobs. If there are no jobs, unemployed people will be hanging around on the streets. Will something bad happen? All these things need to be taken into consideration."

After all, as a former community deputy director, Lao Liu's interpretation of the instructions is naturally different from that of others, and he has his own opinions.

Even if there are tens of millions of reasons, the authorities will not sit idly by and watch the 20 million educated youth become unemployed youth. At least they are in the educated youth centers, in the countryside, and on the farms, where they have food and drink.

The first batch of educated youth like Liu Guangtian had already chewed the hardest bones, and those who went later were not as tired as before. "Work is something that can't be made up. It would be great if everyone could work as hard as the Red Star Factory~!"

"Don't be so pessimistic. We will definitely return to the city, but it's impossible to open the gates directly. I guess it will be divided into batches. Guang Qi has heard that the city has held a special meeting. Their public security department is also investigating. I guess they will squeeze out some temporary positions such as public security and auxiliary defense~!"

"Anyway, don't worry, everyone. Believe in the country. It will solve this problem sooner or later. As elders, we can just wait and see~!"

"General~!"

While discussing policies, Lao Liu disturbed the mind of his opponent, and with a leap of the horse, he took away the opponent's general.

The chess pieces were rearranged at the chess stall, and Old Liu dusted off his coat and gave his seat to someone else. Although he did not return to the position of deputy director, his aura remained the same as before.

He likes to speak in official language and act like an official when he has nothing to do. Because of Guangqi's existence, the boss is more motivated and the retired old men in the courtyard still respect him very much.

When he came out from the crowd, everyone around him made way for him. He raised his chin slightly, put his hands behind his back, and strolled back to the yard.

"Piaji~!" I was bumped by some blind person and staggered and almost fell down~!

"Hey~, I'm talking to you, don't you look at people when you walk?"

It doesn't really matter if he was hit. Old Liu is not that narrow-minded. After all, he was a deputy director. But he should at least apologize to him, right? This is what Mr. Jing should be like. He should be a decent person.

"One, a great uncle~!"

Xu Damao didn't notice it either. He was too anxious and wanted to go home to take a look, so he didn't recognize Liu Haizhong who was facing away from him.

After all, the Old Liu in his impression was once as round as a ball, but now he is the Old Liu who has suffered a blow and successfully lost weight.

"May…?
Xu Damao~?
You are Xu Damao~!!!"

Hearing a voice that was somewhat familiar but also somewhat unfamiliar, Liu Haizhong frowned and looked around.

At first, he thought his eyes were blurry, so he took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and looked at the person in front of him carefully again. He looked very old, but the donkey face with a shoe horn was none other than Xu Damao.

It has been more than ten years since Xu Damao was taken away from the factory, and now he is back?
"Yes~!"

"Uncle, I'm back. Don't be so surprised. I was released after serving my sentence. I didn't sneak out~!"

When he saw an acquaintance, he almost didn't recognize himself. Xu Damao felt very complicated. He didn't want his appearance to age so quickly.

Old Liu still had some doubts. He scratched his cheek and used his limited brain capacity to think about whether what Xu Damao said was true or false.

"I've been in jail for more than ten years, and I've survived it all. What's wrong with me? I'm just an old man!"

Holding back tears, Xu Damao took out the certificate of release from prison that he had read countless times in the past few days from the envelope, looking extremely aggrieved.

"Oh~, you just came back, right? Well, I need to change my address. I'm not the boss in the hospital anymore. I was admitted to the hospital two years ago, so I gave this job to Old Yan~!"

After checking the time on the certificate, Xu Damao was indeed released. Old Liu also breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand and reminded Xu Damao that Old Yan would feel uncomfortable if he heard it.

Xu Damao doesn’t know what the situation in the hospital is like now, and what changes have taken place over the years. It’s okay when he meets Lao Liu, because Lao Liu is easy to coax and doesn’t hide anything in his heart.

Then just coax her~!

"Hey, we live next door to each other for so many years. You've watched me grow up. Even if you're not my uncle, you'll always be my uncle~!"

"You have to take care of your health. Your health is the capital of a GM. The courtyard cannot do without you. We still have to rely on you, the white jade pillar that supports the sky and the purple gold beam that spans the sea~!"

The one who was flattering was Xu Damao Benmao, no doubt. He only said nice things and never belittled others, but he actually made Lao Liu feel good.

"What are you doing back here this time?"

"I'm coming back. I'm going home, my great uncle."

Xu Damao opened his eyes and when he heard Liu Haizhong's question, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Your house is not in our yard. The house in the backyard that you had before was taken back by the factory. The same goes for Qin Huairu's house. Someone has already moved in there~!"

Liu Haizhong shook his head and looked at Xu Damao, whose face was old and full of wrinkles. He was stunned and wondered in his heart, is this kid planning to come back to retire?

"Really, uncle, you can't joke like that, can you?"

"If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself. The people living in that house now are Qin Huairu's cousin Qin Jingru and her lover Ma Hua~!"

This was such a huge blow to Damao, it was as if a bolt of thunder had struck the sky!

"I, I have no home?"

"To be precise, your home is gone~!" (End of this chapter)