Restarting life in Siheyuan

When Zhu Xuefeng first learned the news, he also had a gloomy face and issued a series of instructions. He had known that these people were unreliable, but he did not expect that they would take action now. The autonomous region is developing so rapidly now, even a fool knows that this is a period full of opportunities, but these people are still too lazy.

All the leaders have rich savings and a much higher starting point than ordinary people. It would be easy for them to become rich in any industry they work in. However, they are used to getting something for nothing and cannot seize the opportunities they see. They are short-sighted and actually destroy the good situation that has been formed with great difficulty. They deserve to die.

"Investigate thoroughly, get to the bottom of it, and crack down on it resolutely and show no mercy!"

Song Yan and others conveyed the latest instructions in the conference room. Their eyes were stern. The leader's decisiveness surprised many people. Many people were worried about Li Xiaojun. Without the leader's instructions, he actually cleared out so many leaders in one go. Would it destroy unity? Now they are finally relieved.

"Now, according to the instructions of the chief and in accordance with the laws of the autonomous region, we will hold a public trial for these criminals who planned and destroyed the stability and unity of the autonomous region and disrupted the production order of the autonomous region. We will invite all the headmen, chieftains, and clan leaders to participate. We must expand the impact and let all the people know about their crimes."

The autonomous region launched an unprecedented inventory and publicity campaign, the centripetal force of the people in the autonomous region was further strengthened, and the enthusiasm for building their homeland was even higher. Zhu Xuefeng did not expect all this.

He was drinking with his roommates in the cafeteria. "Sixth brother, you are so mean. You have been hiding it. In fact, we all know that you want to graduate early, but you are graduating too early. You are only in the third year. How can we live?"

Fang Jiaming continued to vent his dissatisfaction under the influence of alcohol, "We agreed to be classmates for six years and brothers for life, and you've slipped away halfway through."

"I didn't expect that either. I thought I had to do an internship for another year. Come on, even though we've only been classmates for three years, we can still be friends for life."

Now the school has notified that the academic system has been changed from six years to five years, but this person left after only three years. Several roommates stood up and raised their glasses with mixed feelings. The sixth child had good academic performance and was warm-hearted to others, but it was a pity that he could only accompany him for three years.

"Stop talking, old master. Don't be sentimental. It's a good thing that Lao Liu can graduate early and devote himself to national construction. Don't be so sad. Let's toast to Lao Liu together. I wish you a bright future and great achievements from now on."

The eldest was the first to raise his glass and drank it all, and the other roommates followed suit...

The dinner in the cafeteria has ended. Zhu Xuefeng has finished his exams, but the other students have not yet, as they all have final exams. After seeing off his roommates, only Fang Jiaming is left with red eyes, ready to see him out of the school gate.

"Sixth brother, they don't know you're going to study abroad. What are you thinking? Why are you hiding it from them?"

"I'm not trying to hide it from anyone. The school hasn't announced it yet. There's no point in talking nonsense, lest they think I'm showing off. You haven't noticed, Lao Zhang's thoughts are different from yours. Forget it. We're all classmates, so let's part ways in peace and don't affect their exam review."

Fang Jiaming couldn't tell. They had been classmates for three years and knew everyone's temper.

"Let's not talk about him, Sixth Brother. When we graduated, you also graduated from graduate school. Damn it, we have always been very hardworking, but in just three years, you have left us far behind. To be honest, every time I think about this, let alone him, I feel unbalanced."

"Come on, the three of you have won awards for material research, and people are really jealous of you. Let's not talk about this anymore. I will be gone for two years. If you still want to practice martial arts, come to my house to find me after you finish the exam. Let's not talk about anything else. We will be brothers for life, and there is a long way to go."

The two had already reached the school gate, so Fang Jiaming had to stop and said, "Okay, I'll find you after the exam. You still need to practice kung fu."

Zhu Xuefeng has temporarily bid farewell to Peking University. All that remains is to get his diploma and wait for the notice to gather. He no longer needs to stay in school, which is a good opportunity for him to take care of his second child who is preparing for the college entrance examination.

"Brother, you're back." When they returned to the compound, it was already dark. The two girls had returned to school. The second oldest was still reviewing under the lamp, but the youngest sister jumped up.

"Well, have you finished studying?"

"Well, my second brother is still studying, and I don't want to sleep either, so I'm waiting for my eldest brother to come back. I have an idea I want to talk to my eldest brother about."

"Let's go to the room and talk. Let's not disturb your brother from studying." The two came to the south room.

It turned out that after my younger sister knew that she would be alone at home in the second half of the year, she thought a lot.

"Brother, I think we should let Jie Di come and live with me. Her house is small and very crowded, so it's just right for her to keep me company."

"Okay, have you talked to her?" Zhu Xuefeng was having a headache about this matter. Although his sister was not young anymore, he was really worried about letting her stay at home alone. He wanted her to go to the compound to keep Lin Yilan company, but she refused and insisted on living here. Lin Na and Xia Yuhong could accompany her to review, but she still had to go back to school at night. Staying overnight once or twice might not be a big problem, but it was impossible for her to stay overnight off campus all the time.

"No, I want to wait for the eldest brother's notice to come down before asking her. She will definitely be happy to do so. Now the eldest brother's notice has not come down yet, and I don't want everyone to know."

"Yes, you did the right thing." Zhu Xuefeng nodded. His younger sister was one year older and became more thoughtful.

"I originally wanted to go to my second uncle's house and ask the fourth uncle to accompany you. After asking, it seems that your idea is not bad."

The fourth child of his second uncle is fourteen years old this year and will be in the third year of junior high school in the second half of the year. Zhu Xuefeng wanted to let him come to the city to study for two years, and then use the family's quota to get a job as a worker in a steel rolling mill after finishing his first year of high school. But after asking around, he found that the transfer process was quite troublesome, so he had to give up.

"Yeah, big brother is the best." Seeing that big brother agreed, the little sister jumped up excitedly and ran out happily.

Lying on the bed, thinking about the things that needed to be done before going abroad, there were really a lot of them. As he was thinking, he got drunk and fell asleep unconsciously. He didn't know how long he slept. He was awakened by the slight noise and whispers at the door. Looking at Xiao Hei squatting at the head of the bed, Zhu Xuefeng looked at the time. It was already past eleven o'clock, so he got up quickly.

"Second brother, you two should get some rest. It's getting late. What are you doing, mumbling to yourself?"

"We were getting ready for bed, but my second brother said you were tired and wouldn't let me wake you up to practice."

Zhu Xuefeng opened the door and walked into the middle room. The two of them had already packed their schoolbags. He touched the little sister's head.

"You two take a break. I'm going back to practice. I don't have to go to school during this period. I'll prepare breakfast and dinner. You two don't have to prepare anything tomorrow."

At the end of June, many people in the yard were sleeping with their doors open. Zhu Xuefeng had no choice but to push his cart out, asked his second son to help him close and lock the door, and then went to the compound.

Riding in the alley, Zhu Xuefeng was still thinking, this time I went abroad to study, it is very likely that I will not be able to work in the steel mill after returning. The steel mill does not seem to have any graduate students, except Professor Xu. What department will he be assigned to in the future? What will the future path be like? It seems that all plans are messed up. Forget it, just take it one step at a time.

Throwing down the sword, he sat in meditation, sweating profusely. His swordsmanship had already reached the elementary level, and all his kung fu had already broken through the elementary level without any suspense. He looked at a pile of familiar pills, and it happened that the pills he would send to Fang Jiaming in a few days were also ready. He collected them all and threw them into the space. Now exercise has become a habit. Time passed quickly, and he went back to school to attend the graduation ceremony, and accompanied his younger brothers and sisters to complete the exams. The school was closed for vacation.

"How should we plan our vacation this time? Sister Na and I can't travel around this time. We have to go to internship in a few days."

The two girls did not have Professor Lin's excuse this time and could only intern in government departments as usual. Xia Yuhong chose the Ministry of Commerce with the help of Professor Xia, and Lin Na chose a newspaper under the arrangement of Professor Lin. They were all planning for the future.

"We can't go to places that are too far, so let's make it tighter. Let's go to our hometown together first, and then go to Baiyangdian together. I promised them. Everything is ready. We will stay together for two days."

"Well, this is not bad. It's not too far. You are free this time. There are still two and a half months until mid-September. It's really enviable."

"Xiao Hong, there's nothing to envy. I would say that the past two and a half months he's had aren't enough for him. Just wait and see, he's definitely going to be very busy. I don't think he'll be idle at all during this holiday. Maybe we won't even see him a few times."

Lin Na also knew that Zhu Xuefeng was not the kind of person who could sit idle. In addition, he had Hong Kong and the autonomous region to worry about, so she didn't believe that Zhu Xuefeng would sit idle.

"Alas, I was thinking about whether I could sneak to Hong Kong to play with Qianqian during the summer vacation. It seems that it is difficult. After the internship is over, it will be the end of August and school will start in a few days."

The two children did not object to their older brothers and sisters' plan, but only suggested that they could go to Baiyangdian first and then return to their hometown. According to them, they did not want to travel anywhere during this holiday, so they would stay in their hometown and raise fish with their younger brothers and sisters, which would also be a way to escape the summer heat.

Zhu Xuefeng did not have much impression of this summer flood. He did not seem to have heard of any mountain torrents in the northern mountainous areas, but the western section connecting to Hebei Province was completely washed away.

"That's fine. I'll talk to them. If possible, we'll go to Baiyangdian first."

Li Bin and others had been looking forward to this day for a long time. They had heard that the baby was ready and had finally waited until the holiday. When Zhu Xuefeng mentioned it, everyone readily agreed.

"Hey guys, why don't we go to Baiyangdian first and then follow this guy into the mountains? It's a good chance to avoid the summer heat, take a few days off and then come back for internship." When Li Bin heard Zhu Xuefeng say that he was going back to his hometown, he also became interested and proposed it to his friends.

"That's great. We can also go hunting. When the time comes, I'll bring my dad's hunting rifle and show off my skills to everyone." Xiao Donghai was the first to agree, and Zhu Xuefeng quickly stopped him.

"If you want to go, of course you are welcome, but there is not even a guesthouse in the village. With so many of you, I can only discuss with the team and borrow their office to host you, or else you can just sleep on the floor."

If this really happened, there would be a lot of people there. The preliminary estimate is that there would be fifteen of them, and no one would be able to accommodate them.

"Also, you don't need to bring this hunting rifle. The mountains were cleared last year. There are no big game left. Even pheasants are hard to find now."

"If you don't want to take it, then don't worry about where to stay. We'll get a few big tents, one for the hot summer outside. We'll even prepare camping pots, so you don't have to worry about it. How about this? I've heard that Wuling Mountain has beautiful scenery and is cool in the summer, so we've settled it. We'll all follow you to the mountain, and it'll take three or four days to go back and forth, which is just the right amount of time."

Seeing that others were cheering and very excited, Zhu Xuefeng couldn't stop them and had to agree.

"That's fine. Don't complain that life in the mountains is too hard when the time comes."

"No way. Everyone has suffered. Let's stop talking. Let's go home and prepare now. There is no time to lose. We'll get together in the evening. If it works, we'll set off tomorrow morning." Seeing that everyone agreed, Li Bin immediately made a decision and assigned everyone to find a car. This time they had to transport eight jet skis, so four trucks would be needed. He couldn't do it alone.

The few of them were still very energetic. When they met up to report in the evening, the vehicle problem was solved. There were four trucks and four jeeps. It was a bit crowded, but there was nothing they could do. The convoy was already very large, and it would be difficult to find more.

This time there were no soldiers guarding the area, so they just borrowed a few trucks. At dawn the next day, they drove eight jet skis to Baiyangdian.

The group of people who revisited the old place did not stay in Baoding this time, but went straight to Baiyangdian and came to Xiaozhangzhuang where they were last time. Gazi's movies had already been screened during the Spring Festival, so naturally there were no people filming at this time. Under the arrangement of the village party secretary, they cleaned up a few rooms at the last shooting site and stayed there.

"Little comrade, you are here again, and this time you are making a lot of noise."

"Old Secretary, there is no need to arrange guards this time. We are just here to test the new products to see if they work as well as last year's. Haha, just go ahead and do your thing."

Li Bin lied without blushing. Looking at the team this time, except for the driver, no one was wearing a military uniform. There were obviously two smaller ones in the team. The secretary really didn't understand the composition of this team, but he still remembered clearly the last time they caught thieves on the water.

"Then you guys go ahead and I'll go arrange dinner."

Li Bin signaled and Xu Mingchuan hurriedly followed. There were food and some vegetables in the car. Everyone understood this principle. How could they take advantage of the common people? As for these trucks, according to Li Bin, every household paid for the gas, and the only advantage was that the drivers used them for free. There was no other way. Several parents firmly disagreed with their children driving trucks.

The roar of eight jet skis caused the wild ducks and other water birds near Xiaozhang Village to flee. The second child and the youngest sister were having fun under the guidance of Lin Na and Xia Yuhong. They had never played like this on the water before. Couples were also running away on the water. After Zhu Xuefeng and Xie Junjie ran a trip, they went ashore, sat under the shade of the trees on the pier, and lit a cigarette.

"Oh, you smoked it? When did it happen?"

Zhu Xuefeng was very curious about Xie Junjie's smoking. Among these people, only Xiao Donghai, Xu Mingchuan and Huang Yuanshan had smoked in front of Zhu Xuefeng. Li Bin and Xie Junjie never smoked.

"Not long ago, my dad was upset and asked me to come over to talk to him about something. He smoked, so I started smoking too."

"What could possibly bother your father?"

The fathers of these people all hold very high positions. Zhu Xuefeng couldn't understand what else could be upsetting them, considering that it was still more than two years before the major event that upset them.

"How would I know? He would never tell me anything that would upset him. Anyway, he just reminded me that in the days ahead, apart from studying at school, I must not get involved in anything else. I should study hard and devote myself to construction, and not worry about anything else."

(End of this chapter)