After the couple reached a unanimous agreement, they went back and called Lu Haici to the room alone.
Lu Cheng was not a person who would drag his feet. Since he had made up his mind, he said it directly. But before he said it, he expressed himself first: "Hai Ci, before we talk about the next thing, mom and dad want you to understand that we all love you very much."
Lu Haici nodded: "I know." He had never doubted this. His parents loved him, and he loved them too. "Don't worry, Dad. Just tell me. I believe in you."
Seeing him like this, Lu Cheng said directly: "Actually, you are not my biological child."
Lu Haici: "... Dad, are you kidding?" He couldn't help laughing. However, as he laughed, he saw that his parents were silent, and he realized that this might not be a joke. "Dad, is this true?" His voice was trembling, because he was afraid. He was not his father's child? When his mother came in, he was already five years old. He knew that he was not his mother's biological child, but he was not his father's biological child
Lin Qingqing went forward and hugged him: "Whether you are your parents' biological child or not, it makes no difference, and it will not affect your parents' love for you. Moreover, your father is very outstanding. He is an excellent and great soldier, and he sacrificed for the country." Lin Qingqing directly told the truth of the matter, "Your father and Lu Cheng's father were childhood friends and grew up together. Before your father went on a mission, he wrote a suicide note to your Lu Cheng father. After he died, the army gave his suicide note to your Lu Cheng father. Haici, mom wants to say that you are happier than others because you have two fathers who love you and two mothers who love you."
Lu Haici's voice was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word. However, he shed tears in Lin Qingqing's arms. When he first heard that he was not his father's biological child, he was shocked. To be honest, the shock was greater than the sadness. But when he heard that his biological father had died, he couldn't help crying. He didn't know why, but he couldn't help crying.
Lin patted his back gently and hugged him tightly. This was what she and Lu Cheng had agreed on. They only said that Lu Haici's biological father and Lu Cheng were childhood friends. Now was not the time to talk about the grievances of the previous generation. After all, Lu Haici was still young.
the next day
When Lu Haici went to school, Lu Cheng went with him. Lu Haici continued to go to school, and Lu Cheng found Lu Haici's class teacher and explained the situation.
After the teacher knew about Lu Haici's life experience, she felt very sorry for him. She didn't expect that Lu Haici was the orphan of a martyr. Ordinary people respect soldiers and naturally take better care of the orphans of soldiers.
After Lu Cheng came out of school, he did not rush back, but went to the Youth League Office.
The staff of the Youth Office came in and saw Lu Cheng in military uniform and the badge on his uniform. They knew that he was a powerful officer and immediately said respectfully, "Hello, comrade. What can I do for you?"
Lu Cheng said directly, "I am the parent of Lu Haici, a Grade 1 student at the County No. 1 Middle School. Yesterday, two of your comrades went to see Lu Haici and said that he met the requirements for going to the countryside. May I ask who these two comrades are?"
Hearing Lu Cheng's words, the comrades from the Youth Office thought that Lu Cheng was looking for trouble and became a little nervous. Especially the two comrades who went to find Lu Haici, but they still stood up and said, "We are here to find Lu Haici."
Lu Cheng nodded and came to them: "Don't be nervous, I want to know how you know that Lu Haici meets the policy of going to the countryside? Lu Haici's household registration is not here, so you guys shouldn't know about it."
One of the comrades who went to the No. 1 Middle School in the county yesterday said: "We went there because someone reported it. Although the national policy now requires going to the countryside, we can't go door to door. But in the case of Lu Haici, someone came to report it. Since we know about it, we must go to supervise. Please understand our work."
Lu Cheng naturally sympathized with them: "The country requires real-name reporting, so when the other party came to report, you verified the identity of the reporter, right?" Lu Cheng was worried that someone would cause trouble.
The Youth Office comrade also readily found the accusation letter: "Yes, it was a male student from the No. 1 Middle School in the county. We checked his identity and there was no problem with his identity, so we went there."
Lu Cheng read the letter. To be honest, he never thought that the other party would be a classmate of the No. 1 Middle School in the county. But since he is a student of the No. 1 Middle School in the county, then it should be a personal grudge between Lu Haici. Lu Cheng would not care about the personal grudges between children. He said: "I came here today for another reason. Lu Haici is not my biological son. He is my adopted son. His father is my childhood friend and he is also a soldier, but he died before Lu Haici was born, so I adopted Lu Haici. I will send the military certification documents to you in a few days. I came to say hello in advance to tell you that Lu Haici does not meet the national policy of going to the countryside."
Seeing that Lu Cheng had no intention of blaming them, the comrades from the Youth Office breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for telling us, we know, we will not look for Lu Haici again."
Lu Cheng said: "Thank you for your understanding. I will take the letter."
Comrade from the Youth Office: "Please take it. It's no problem."
After Lu Cheng came out of the Youth League Office, he went to No. 1 Middle School in the county. Since he knew who reported Lu Haici, he had to tell the children to prevent them from being plotted against.
So, when Lu Haici learned what happened from Lu Cheng and saw the letter, his worldview was completely shattered. "Dad, I know. I will take care of this matter. Sorry to have worried you."
Lu Cheng touched his head, just like when he was a child: "I am your father, it is normal for me to worry about you. Tell your family if anything happens. You must remember that you will always be my son."
"Hey." Lu Haici responded particularly loudly.
At noon that day, when Lu Cheng returned to the family compound for lunch, he told Lin Qingqing about the matter.
Lin Qingqing was a little surprised, but not too surprised. Some people couldn't bear to see Lu Haici doing well, so they reported Lu Haici. This is probably human nature.
Lu Haici also went to find the person who wrote the letter after lunch. Why did the other party report him? Because since junior high school, Lu Haici has been the first in the school, and he is the second. Who likes to be the second forever? So, he was jealous of Lu Haici and reported Lu Haici.
When Lu Haici was in junior high school, he was young and did not need to go to the countryside to report the case. This year, Lu Haici is 16 years old and is old enough to go to the countryside, so he went to report the case.
The two even had a fight at school, and were later pulled apart by other students. However, the reason for the fight was known to everyone, and everyone looked down on the student who reported the fight.
With Lu Haici's problems in the countryside resolved, during the winter vacation of that year, Lu Haici went back to his hometown, which was his biological father's hometown. Qin Ming and Ji Yang went with him. Several children aged sixteen or seventeen took the train alone. Some were worried, while others were relieved.
Take Qin Ming and Ji Yang for example. Commander Qin and Ji Changfeng were relieved, while Zhang Hongping and Xu Huijuan were worried. In the minds of Commander Qin and Ji Changfeng, they were already soldiers when they were sixteen or seventeen years old, especially Commander Qin, who was already fighting the Japanese when he was sixteen or seventeen years old.
Therefore, when the children want to travel far away alone, he is very happy. This is called training children as early as possible.
The three children came back before the New Year. Since their return, the parents of the three families felt that the children had matured a lot.
Only children who have been independent will grow up gradually.
In the blink of an eye, it was already 1976.
That day, when the family was having dinner, Lu Cheng suddenly said something.
"I'm going to be transferred next month."
Lin paused: "Why so sudden? Are you going to be transferred to another unit?" She had gotten used to being here and really didn't want to leave.
Lu Cheng said: "No, I was transferred to the capital. The situation is different now. Many people in the capital have been investigated. Some positions have been vacant and need to be filled, so they considered me."
Lu Cheng is 41 years old this year, and his position has not changed for more than ten years. It's not that the higher-ups don't allow it, but the leader of the independent regiment is the most senior, and there are no more positions above him.
Lin Qingqing thought: "It's good to go to the capital. Anyway, we can wait..." Next year, when Lu Haici is admitted to a university in the capital, they are still worried about the separation between the two places. Now they don't have to worry about it. "But, is it too rushed to go there next month?"
"It was arranged by the higher-ups." Lu Cheng had no choice.
"My son-in-law has gone to the capital, what should we do?" asked Lin's mother.
Lin Qingqing said: "Let's stay here and wait until he is settled there, then they can go." In fact, Lin Qingqing's idea was to wait until Lu Haici was admitted to university before they went there.
Lu Cheng said: "Qingqing's job can be transferred. With her qualifications, it should be easy for her to change jobs." As for Lu Haici, she can go to the capital to take the college entrance examination when the time comes, because they used to transfer their household registration there.
Lin Qingqing thought about it and thought that this was fine. Although she planned to work for herself in the future and not rely on the government's job because she didn't want to work from nine to five, it would take several years before the reform and opening up, so she didn't want to resign so quickly. "Then I'll apply to the army for a job transfer and see how the army arranges it. You go first, and I'll go after the job transfer is completed."
Lu Cheng: "Okay."
Lu Cheng was transferred to the capital in November 1976. He thought Lin Qingqing would be able to transfer to a new job quickly, but she was not transferred until March 1976. She was transferred to a job in the municipal government.
The family of four did not live in the house arranged by Lu Cheng's unit, but in the house that Lu Cheng bought after he went there. They bought a two-story house with an independent yard. The house was not big, but of course not small either. They spent 50,000 yuan on it. At this time, those who could come up with 50,000 yuan to buy a house were definitely not ordinary people. You have to know that over the years, Lu Cheng and Lin Qingqing only earned about 20,000 yuan from their work, plus the more than 10,000 yuan in dividends from the braised meat that Lin Qingqing got in the early stage, which was only more than 30,000 yuan. So they were able to come up with 50,000 yuan to buy a house, all thanks to the money left by Lu Cheng's mother.
In October 1977, the country announced the resumption of the college entrance examination, which brought laughter to students across the country. Lin Qingqing also followed the trend and signed up for the college entrance examination.
Lin Qingqing was reluctant to go, but Lu Cheng said that there were four people in the family, he was a college student, Lu Haici must be a college student, Lu Xiaobao would also take the college entrance examination in the future, and Lin Qingqing couldn't fall behind. So Lin Qingqing also went, thinking that if she was admitted to college, her grandparents would definitely be happy.