Back to the golden age

At the dinner table, Chen Yuqin earnestly asked about Zhao Minglei's situation in school, and Zhao Minglei said it happily, especially when he proudly mentioned that he had been elected into the student union and became a cadre of the student union. "My heart is even more satisfied.

In Chen Yuqin's view, Zhao Minglei has a cheerful personality, is good at communication, and is a college student. He must have a great future in the future, and he knows his family situation well. Such an outstanding young man is undoubtedly a good match for Lin Yan.

"Swallow, you have to learn from Ming Lei, don't just know how to study, get in touch with your classmates more in school, and participate in more social activities. By the way, Ming Lei, my Yan Zi has a bad temper since she was a child, and she doesn't know how to deal with the world. On the one hand, you have to teach her well!"

"Swallow has a very good personality. Auntie, don't worry, I will." Zhao Minglei said with a smile, while looking at Lin Yan with gentle eyes.

The chopsticks in Lin Yan's hand paused. The education she received since she was a child made Lin Yan restrain her dissatisfaction, but now she can't restrain it.

Just when he was about to put down his chopsticks and explain the matter clearly, Lin Daoyuan on the side picked up a piece of fish and put it in Lin Yan's bowl.

"Swallow, don't you like fish? Your mother made it for you today, eat more." Lin Daoyuan said kindly to his daughter, with a hint of meaningful warning in his eyes.

"Thank you, Dad." Lin Yan sighed inwardly, thanked her father, picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat.

Lin Yan was very tired from this meal, and Zhao Minglei stayed at his home for a while after the meal. When Zhao Minglei got up to leave early, Chen Yuqin originally planned to ask Lin Yan to send Zhao Minglei out, but at this time Lin Daoyuan was Lin Yan got out of the siege and found a reason to talk to Lin Yan about something, which didn't embarrass Lin Yan too much.

He motioned for Lin Yan to follow him into the study, and when Lin Yan entered, he closed the door behind him. Lin Daoyuan sat down and lit a cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at his grown-up daughter.

"Tell me, your attitude is not right today, what do you think of Zhao Minglei?" Lin Daoyuan asked.

"Dad!" Lin Yan held back until she felt aggrieved, and her eyes turned red when she said dad.

"Sit down and talk slowly..." Lin Daoyuan pointed to the sofa beside him.

Lin Yan sat down and looked at her father. Lin Daoyuan usually doesn't talk much at home, but the children have been afraid of him since they were young. In the eyes of the children, Lin Daoyuan is a very principled and strict father.

"Dad, I don't have any feelings for Zhao Minglei. I even...even dislike him." Now that her father has seen what she thinks, Lin Yan doesn't hide it. Besides, she planned to make it clear today. Since father asked Lin Yan, he planned to tell the truth.

Immediately, Lin Yan talked about her views on Zhao Minglei. In Chen Yuqin's eyes, Zhao Minglei might be an absolutely outstanding man, but to Lin Yan, the two were completely different in terms of their personalities, hobbies, outlook on life and worldview. .

From the beginning of this matter, Chen Yuqin did not ask Lin Yan's opinion, which made Lin Yan extremely dissatisfied. More importantly, in order to make Lin Yan and Zhao Minglei a pair, Chen Yuqin secretly hid Lin Yan from Song Yuanchao. her letter.

These days, Lin Yan has been suffocating grievances in her heart, and she is even more angry about this matter.Now that Lin Daoyuan asked this question, Lin Yan didn't hide anything, and immediately said everything he wanted to say.

"Dad, maybe Zhao Minglei is a good partner in your eyes, but isn't it necessary to respect the opinions of both parties when talking about a partner? Is it necessary to be happy with each other? Is it necessary for each to understand each other and have a relationship foundation? If you let me love A person who doesn't love at all, and even spends his whole life with this person, I can't imagine what kind of future this will be."

Lin Yan said so, Lin Daoyuan looked at his daughter, and sighed slightly in his heart, it seems that his daughter really doesn't like this Zhao Minglei.

Although he does not deny that Zhao Minglei is an excellent man, Lin Daoyuan has one point of view that is different from his wife Chen Yuqin, that is, he thinks that Zhao Minglei is a child who is ambitious and more utilitarian than ordinary people.

If Lin Yan accepts Zhao Minglei, these problems are not a big problem. Zhao Minglei also has the qualifications based on the status of his own family and the Zhao family. Lin Daoyuan has done revolutionary work all his life, and he has a far more thorough understanding of the nature of the problem than ordinary people.

"Swallow, Dad asked you something." After Lin Yan finished speaking, Lin Daoyuan took a puff of cigarette and said.

"Do you already have someone in your heart?"

Lin Daoyuan's eyes were vicious. He saw that Lin Yan's rejection of Zhao Minglei must have other reasons besides what she said, and this reason may be the most important.

Lin Yan bit her lower lip slightly, lowered her head and said nothing for a while, Lin Daoyuan didn't urge her, and quietly waited for her answer.

"Yes!" Lin Yan suddenly raised her head and admitted this to her father.

Lin Daoyuan's expression was still serious. He looked into his daughter's eyes, as if to confirm whether what her daughter said was true.

"Tell me, tell me about your him," Lin Daoyuan said lightly.

"His name is Song Yuanchao, he is from Shanghai, he is two years older than me, and he and I are both educated youths who went to the countryside in the northwest..." When things came to this, Lin Yan no longer kept secrets, and talked about her and Song Yuanchao .

Unlike the discussion about Zhao Minglei just now, when talking about Song Yuanchao, Lin Yan was in high spirits and her eyes were shining brightly, especially when she was talking about the past between Song Yuanchao and herself when she was in the northwest, the corner of Lin Yan's mouth hangs. A smile from the heart makes people feel the deep affection between her and Song Yuanchao.

"In the college entrance examination, there was a limited number of places in our brigade. In order to ensure that I could apply, Yuanchao voluntarily gave up his place..." Lin Yan recounted the past, her eyes seemed to return to that time through time and space.

"In order for me to have the conditions to prepare for the exam, Yuanchao set off at three in the morning and walked dozens of miles to the county to collect books and tutoring materials. I didn't come back until midnight. I ate two corn breads and drank a pot of cold water all day. In order to allow me to have enough time to prepare for the exam, Yuanchao picked up all the work in my field, and one person took over the work of two people. Not only that, he also used a plum watch his father left him to buy from a fellow villager. The old hen and eggs were replaced over there to give me nutrition..."

Telling, Lin Yan couldn't help but shed tears. During the period of reviewing and preparing for the exam, Song Yuanchao almost tried every means to create better conditions for Lin Yan. When Lin Yan finally passed the university entrance examination, she almost lost weight A large circle of Song Yuanchao congratulated Lin Yan with a smile from the heart, and silently helped her prepare her luggage for returning to the city...

Lin Yan remembered that on the day she left, Song Yuanchao saw her all the way to the train, stood on the platform looking at Lin Yan affectionately, and watched the train start slowly.

When the train left the platform, Lin Yan's tears fell uncontrollably. She poked her head out of the car window, waved to Song Yuanchao desperately, and shouted: "Yanchao! I'm waiting for you at Jingshi University! You Must come!"

The same is true for Song Yuanchao on the platform, chasing the train while running and shouting, waving his hands at himself until the two of them can no longer see...

Taking out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Lin Yan's voice was a little choked up. This was the most unforgettable moment in her life, and it was the last meeting with Song Yuanchao.

Lin Daoyuan listened quietly to his daughter's narration, the cigarette butt in his hand had long been extinguished.

He could feel the sincere feelings between his daughter and Song Yuanchao. If all this was true, this young man named Song Yuanchao had paid too much for Lin Yan.

Subconsciously picked up the cigarette and took a puff, only to realize that the cigarette had gone out. Lin Daoyuan threw the extinguished cigarette butt into the ashtray, took out another cigarette from the box on the side, lit it, and asked: "Then this Song Yuanchao was admitted to university later. Is it?"

Lin Yan shook her head: "It was only later that I found out that Song Yuanchao fell ill after sending me away. The local medical conditions were poor, and he was seriously ill and almost survived. It took several months for him to slowly recover. But it was precisely because of this illness that Song Yuanchao failed to enter the university, and then the policy changed again, and he and a few other educated youths returned to the city from there, and returned to Shanghai..."

"It's a pity...such a good boy..." Lin Daoyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Judging from Lin Yan's narration, Song Yuanchao was originally fully capable of going to college, but because he gave up his place for the first time to Lin Yan , and the second time he lost his name because of illness.

"What about him now?"

"He is now in Shanghai, because his father was a teacher of Shanghai No. [-] Middle School, so he found the leader of the No. [-] Middle School and joined the school-run factory of the No. [-] Middle School to work. He works very hard and is also very respected by the leaders. Pay attention, in just a few months, I have already become the workshop director of the factory."

Lin Yan said proudly that although she was only the workshop director of a small school-run factory, in Lin Yan's heart Song Yuanchao was even more proud of Song Yuanchao as the workshop director than Zhao Minglei's identity as a student union cadre.