Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife

Everyone saw Wang Zhenguo being so serious, and they immediately inclined their ears to listen, with a very earnest attitude.

This seriousness comes from their respect for Wang Zhenguo.

Wang Zhenguo's gaze swept over several tables of educated youth present, and he slowly said, "You educated youth who went to the mountains and countryside, are complying with national policy, coming to our rural areas to support construction, exerting your skills. In the blink of an eye, it's been nearly ten years. Some came with enthusiasm, some reluctantly, but no matter what, you have all taken root here."

Upon hearing these words, the educated youth felt mixed emotions, whether they had always remained unmarried or had married for the sake of life. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by NoveIＦire.net

Indeed, as Wang Zhenguo said, perhaps at the outset they were full of enthusiasm, but as they faced various inconveniences in rural life, their enthusiasm gradually faded. Fortunately, the life in Wanglou Brigade was good, lacking neither food nor clothing, and they could eat meat every year. Most of them had the money given by the state to avoid feelings of regret.

However, this did not include those forced to go to the countryside, nor those who considered themselves urbanites and looked down upon rural areas, even if they ate better than in the city, it could not ease their desire to return to the city.

Wang Zhenguo observed all the expressions of the educated youth and sighed softly in his heart, saying, "What I'm going to say next you might not like to hear, but I still have to say it, because it concerns the lives of many children in our brigade."

Chen Yuan had always been the big brother at the educated youth spot, and he loudly said, "Squad leader, speak, we're all listening. Without your and the villagers' tolerance, we wouldn't have our present."

"Yes, squad leader, my parents say that going to the mountains and countryside, I've landed in a nest of fortune, not only not suffering, but living more freely than they do."

The speaker was Bai Xiaolin, from Shanghai, with decent family conditions, but even so, in the city, she had to live frugally, especially compared with the batch of educated youth assigned elsewhere living an unbearable life.

Based on her careful investigations, village cadres intercepting educated youth's mail and parcels was already considered good. Some cadres even took pleasure in ruining female educated youth; of course, some educated youth willingly offered themselves up for a living.

Thinking that such things might happen to her, Bai Xiaolin shivered all over, once more feeling fortunate to be assigned to Wanglou Brigade.

Wang Zhenguo nodded at them, "I won't speak about those of you who are unmarried. You came alone and leave without attachment. To you, Wanglou Brigade is just an experience. I mostly want to speak to the married educated youth from my heart."

Upon hearing this sentence, some of the married educated youth's faces changed color, while those married to the educated youth revealed a hint of joy on their faces.

Among them, those with a bit of intelligence worried that their educated youth partners might leave and never return, but they couldn't stop them from taking college entrance exams, fearing future resentment.

Now it's great to have the squad leader caution the married educated youth.

Wang Zhenguo placed the wine bowl on the table, feeling tired, then said, "Back then, when you married the educated youth, I analyzed the pros and cons with you. Later, I insisted on having you get marriage certificates, and those who didn't, should go obtain them because I feared one day the educated youth would return to the city and never return. Many consider the experience of going to the countryside a part of life, but many also consider it a humiliation."

Cheng Baoguo chuckled, "You're saying the bold truth." Didn't you see some educated youth's faces don't look good?

Wang Zhenguo ignored him and solemnly said to the married educated youth, "I only hope that while you achieve success, you don't forget your revolutionary companions with whom you've shared joys and hardships. Don't do things like abandoning wives and children or abandoning husbands and children!"