Chapter 099

After copying the notice, Li Shuang used her sleeve to wipe all the tears from her face and stabilized her expression.

She folded the copy of the notice she had copied and put it in her pocket, got up and said to Director Xia, “Director Xia, I’ve copied it, is there anything else, there is nothing else I’ll …… do first.”

“First go home and wait for it.” Director Xia said and stood up from the sofa.

“Eh, thank you.” Li Shuang did not bother him much, answered and left the office.

After leaving the committee, she walked under the sunlight and realized that today’s weather was unusually good, the sunlight was so bright that it stung her eyes.

Eyes were sprinkled down the sunlight slightly squinted twice, she floated steps up a few steps, suddenly felt that there are thousands of rays of light straight down, little by little pierced through the thick layer of her body shell and haze, slowly illuminated the world.

She had been pessimistic before.

She had been pessimistic before, thinking that she would never see the sun again in her life.

But now, she saw the sun again, saw the bright sky.

***

Back home, Li Shuang first poured water to wash her face.

Her emotions were too overwhelming, and her entire mind was in a daze.

After washing her face with cool water to soothe her a little, she sniffled and went outside to continue washing clothes.

Scrubbing the clothes alone, she unconsciously thought about the past and the present, and finally dared to think about the future.

When she thought about these things, her heart was stirred with emotions, and her eyes were always moist.

But she didn’t let the tears come out again, and only sniffled from time to time.

After washing the clothes, she wrung them out one by one and shook them out, and hung them up on the clothesline.

After hanging up the clothes, Li Shuang went into the house and didn’t go out again.

She took out the notice of rehabilitation from her pocket, carefully unfolded it and placed it on the table.

Then she sat down in front of the table and read the contents of the notice over and over again.

She also told herself over and over again – He Shuo had really been vindicated.

Li Shuang waited like this for an afternoon.

As the sun sank in the west, she jerked when she heard a knock on the door.

The door was hidden, and she turned her head to look at the door panel and froze for a few moments before gathering her face to open the door.

Opening the door, she saw He Shuo standing outside.

He obviously picked up before he came back, face clean shaven, hair looked freshly washed, wearing a new washed clothes, although the whole person looked old, but very clean.

Tears in the eyes turned, Li Shuang spoke out: “back.”

I thought it was a very normal and plain voice, but the voice came out hoarse, with a little choking.

He Shuo followed Li Shuang into the house, Li Shuang habitually brought the door a little.

It was almost evening, the door was hidden again, and the light in the house was relatively dark.

He Shuo entered the house and turned his head to look around, sweeping his eyes over every dim corner of the cramped hut.

No need to ask, sweeping natural also know Li Shuang these years with two children, what kind of days.

But he did not say anything sad words, suddenly reached out to Li Shuang put in his arms, said: “Come on, husband hug a little.”

Exit tone, as if he is still once that spirited, sunny and happy man.

More like, he hadn’t experienced anything, just went out on a business trip.

He actually can still easily immoderate up.

Li Shuang wanted to push him and say “get out”, but in the end, she didn’t say it.

She flopped down in He Shuo’s arms, tears instantly broke the dike, held back for a long time, and spoke out in a heavy nasal voice: “Is it really over?”

Is this really not a dream? She was afraid that once she woke up from the dream, there would be nothing left.

He Shuo hmmmed softly above her head, “It’s over.”

He would never let her and the child suffer again.

***

In the evening, He Ziyan and DouDou come back together after school.

Ever since Dan Sui had gone to the song and dance troupe, it was only Dou Dou and He Zi Yan who walked together after school.

The two of them were now middle school students, in their second semester of their first year.

DouDou asked He ZiYan, “Hasn’t your dad’s vindication notice come down yet?”

He Ziyan shook his head, “Not yet.”

Doudou said, “It should be soon.”

He Ziyan naturally hoped that the sooner the better, but didn’t dare to expect too much.

He grew up in a repressive environment, not daring to do much, not daring to say much, not even daring to think much.

For them, life was good enough if it didn’t get worse.

How could they dare to have the extravagant hope that one day life would really get better?

After entering the compound and separating from DouDou, He ZiYan went home alone.

Compared to He Zi Ran, he is an extremely worry-free and understanding child, and has been going to school and coming home honestly every day for all these years, never getting into trouble outside, and not letting Li Shuang worry too much.

Walking to the front of the bungalow, he saw a few pieces of clothes hanging on the clothesline, so he reached out to touch it.

It was still hot and the clothes he was wearing were relatively thin, so they dried in half a day.

He put away the dried clothes and carried them in his arms to go home.

When he arrived at the door and just raised his hand to push it open, he saw that there was an extra person in the house.

This person was naturally his father, He Shuo, the one he could only hurriedly visit for half an hour every month, the one he had just mentioned to Doudou.

He Ziyan froze without saying anything.

Li Shuang came out of He Shuo’s arms, raised his hand to wipe his tears, sniffled and said, “School’s over.”

Looking at him still frozen, He Shuo smiled and said, “What? Don’t recognize your dad anymore?”

He Ziyan came back to his senses a bit.

His lips moved, and he spat out a word after a few moments, “Dad ……”

He Shuo raised his hand to touch his head, his tone slightly light, “Dad is back.”

He Ziyan cried out all of a sudden, and it was a collapse and silent style of crying.

He Shuo’s tears were in his eyes, forcing himself not to cry out, trying to smile as he held He ZiYan in his arms, saying, “You’re such a big man, you’re a man now, why are you still crying.”

He Ziyan cried so hard he couldn’t speak.

Until he sat down to eat, he was still wiping tears from his eyes.

Finally able to speak, he choked slightly and said, “It would be nice if brother was at home.”

Even if He Ziyan didn’t mention it, He Shuo still missed He Ziran in his heart.

He Zi Ran had been in the countryside for almost four years, and hadn’t been back all these years, only writing letters back from time to time.

The letter didn’t say much, I don’t know how he’s been doing in the countryside these past few years.

He Shuo looked at He Ziyan and said, “Let’s write him a letter together after dinner.”

He Ziyan sniffs a bit and nods, “Okay.”

***

Wen and Zhen Zhen both knew that He Shuo had come out today, but neither of them went to look for Li Shuang either.

He Shuo had been separated from his family for so many years, so this night, let the three of them talk as a family.

At night, after practicing the violin, Zhen Zhen and Squire Huai Ming went to bed together.

The topic of conversation couldn’t be separated from He Shuo and Li Shuang, and Zhen Zhen said to Shui Huai Ming, “Sister-in-law Li Shuang has finally made it.”

In this day and age, many families fall apart, and not many are reunited at the end.

Servant Huai Ming said, “It’s a good thing He Shuo is optimistic and pulled through.”

There are plenty of people who didn’t make it.

Zhen Zhen looked at the service Huai Ming, and asked: “What did the organization say, the official reinstatement?”

Shui Huaiming shook his head, “There’s no definite news yet, so I guess we’ll have to discuss it.”

Zhen Zhen: “It would be great if I could be reinstated.”

Servant Huai Ming gently patted her hand.

***

The next day when she got up, she still went to school and went to work.

When she got off work at noon, Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen discussed calling Li Shuang He Shuo He Zi Yan together to have dinner at home.

So instead of going straight home, the two of them went to Li Shuang’s bungalow first.

As it turned out, when they got there, Li Shuang and He Shuo were already cooking lunch.

Zhen Zhen and Wen hadn’t seen He Shuo in all these years.

The moment they saw He Shuo, both of them unconsciously seized up in their hearts and shuddered fiercely again.

The good thing is that He Shuo’s face and eyes do not have the misanthropy and decadence after repression, but can still see some shadows of the past.

When we met and greeted each other, no one mentioned those unhappy things.

Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen only smiled and said, “Why are you cooking so early? I want to call you over for dinner.”

Li Shuang’s spirit today also looked very good, much more relaxed than before.

She also smiled and said, “I’m not going, he just came back, let him rest at home first.”

Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen naturally understood.

He Shuo had just gotten out of that environment and was returning to normal life, so there had to be a transition period.

With this, they nodded, “Okay, it’s time to take a good rest.”

He Shuo didn’t look bitter, smiling freely.

He told Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen, “Let’s take a look in a while and invite everyone for a meal.”

Zhen Zhen said, “Eating together is a must, but there’s no need for you to invite us.”

It would cost a lot of money to organize the food and drinks, so how could they afford it.

After all, it was almost lunchtime, so Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen didn’t stand around much, and after a few more words, they went back.

After lunch, the service Huai Ming and Liu Zhi again about to go together to see He Shuo.

When the three men met, they didn’t say anything emotional.

After smoking a cigarette and chatting for a few sentences, Mr. Huai Ming and Liu Zhi told He Shuo the most practical thing: “Don’t worry too much about your work, we’ll try to help you, don’t worry.”

He Shuo took a drag on his cigarette and exhaled smoke.

He smiled down and said, “I don’t have anything to worry about, being able to reunite with Ah Shuang’s children is already very satisfying. I don’t have any big expectations, the rest of my life can guard my wife and children, down-to-earth on the line.”

Listening to these words, I couldn’t help but feel a sour feeling in my heart.

Serving Huai Ming and Liu Zhi patted He Shuo’s shoulder together.

***

Half a month later, the organization decided to let He Shuo return to his original position to continue working.

On the day He Shuo was reinstated, the seal on the gate of the yard next door to Zhen Zhen’s house was also torn off by the Revolutionary Committee.

There was nothing to pack in the bungalow, so Li Shuang, He Shuo and He Ziyan came back with a small bag.

The day they came back happened to be a Sunday, Zhen Zhen A Wen, Shi Huai Ming Liu Zhi, Shi Dan Ling two families, as well as Chen sister-in-law and children, are in the hutong to welcome their family back.

Seeing the family enter the hutong, Dan Sui was the first to rush up.

She is a young open and outgoing personality, into the dance troupe on the stage, became even more direct and enthusiastic, rushed up to the mouth then shouted: “Godfather! Godmother!”

She is now big, He Shuo and Li Shuang can’t reach out and catch her like she did when she was little and hug her up.

So after she rushed over, she directly reached out and sat on Li Shuang’s arm, then hugged Li Shuang’s arm tightly, looked at Li Shuang and He Shuo and said with a smile, “Welcome home!”

Li Shuang smiled and patted her hand.

Together with Dan Sui, he walked over to the others, who also smiled and said, “Welcome home.”

Li Shuang took a deep breath to hide the wince under her eyes, smiled up and looked at everyone and said, “Well! We’re back!”