At the age of 72, Chongqing educated youth went back to Northern Shaanxi to visit their first love. He learned that he had five grandchildren. He was so guilty that he cried

At the age of 72, Chongqing educated youth went back to Northern Shaanxi to visit their first love, and when he learned that he had five grandchildren, he wept with guilt

Author: Mr. Xiao Han

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The once beloved missed each other because of different life goals. When he looked back, his hair was already white. When he set foot on the land of northern Shaanxi again, 48 years later, he learned that he not only had twin daughters, but also had five grandchildren, which made him cry with joy. But when he faced his daughter and grandson, he shed tears with guilt, What kind of unbearable pain is this time and space dislocation with love and relatives?

In 2024, at the age of 72, Wu Junwei returned to Northern Shaanxi, the "second hometown" where he had lived for seven years. This place bears many memories of Wu Junwei, including the winter he couldn't bear, the play and noise of fellow villagers, and the most important thing is his former lover, Li Lu.

The story began in 1969. Like many aspiring young people, Wu Junwei, 17, responded to the call of the country and was duty bound to choose the hardest place in northern Shaanxi to become a young educated youth. Wu Junwei's father is a soldier. He is full of enthusiasm and heroic spirit, and also has the mentality of making contributions to the country. He firmly believes that he is a good seedling, and can grow into a towering tree no matter where he is inserted.

When he arrived in Yanchuan County in northern Shaanxi, he knew what a hard life was. Although he had the rich name of "Qiankun Bay of the Yellow River", it was too hard here, worse than he thought.

Once you come, you should take it easy. How to spend these difficult years has become the most important question for Wu Junwei to think about.

Although the conditions here are difficult, the enthusiasm and boldness of the people in northern Shaanxi make Wu Junwei feel that the fellow townspeople not only have a rough character, but also have a lovely side. For example, some people sing letters and play sanxian in the slack season. Sometimes they can sing with the youth in the neighboring village across the mountain. Wu likes this folk custom.

The village where Wu Junwei joined the queue is called Lijiachuan. It is a large village with 60 or 70 households. The whole village has 363 people, most of whom are young. This time, he joined the queue in Lijiachuan with nine educated youth. He is not the youngest. There is also a girl from Chengdu, Guo Fengling, who is only 16 years old and has just graduated from junior high school.

The leader of Li Jiachuan's production team is Li Mao. He is a small but burly middle-aged man. According to the villagers, Li Mao has great strength. He can carry a load of 400 kg at a time. He doesn't know whether Wu Junwei is real or not. But after a few months, Wu Junwei really saw the leader's ability and carried a tree trunk more than a foot thick alone, At least two or three hundred jin.

There were four female educated youth who jumped the queue this time. The male students lived in Li Demin's house. Their cave was old, with a depth of 11 meters; The condition of the girls is better. They live in the home of Leader Li Mao and are still in a new cave.

At this time, it's April in the solar calendar. The bare mountain is also slowly putting on green clothes. The villagers are ready to work hard in the new year. For these educated youth, the villagers take good care of them. Captain Li Mao also provides teachers for everyone. Wu Junwei's teacher is Li Pei. He is a middle-aged man with few words. People in the village say Li Pei has a bad character, He is very angry. Let Wu Junwei pay attention to his words.

At first, Wu Junwei was really careful. Later, he became familiar with him. Wu Junwei and his master often talked. He learned that Li Pei was worried because he didn't have a son. Not long after he met Wu Junwei, he knew that the master had four beautiful daughters, but Li Pei wanted children most.

Although Wu Junwei is young, he has a strong body and is quick to work. The main thing is that he can bear hardships, which makes his master very satisfied. He thinks that the young people from this big city are a talent that can be made, but he has wronged this great talent in Lijiachuan. Although he can bear hardships, he has never done farm work after all. Within a few days, Wu Junwei's hands and feet had more than a dozen blood blisters. The master was very distressed by this land and solved Wu Junwei's pain with his own local method.

Since then, the relationship between the master and the apprentice has been very good, which also made the villagers see another side of Li Pei. They are not as grumpy as they see, and even have a gentle side.

Wu Junwei and Li Lu, Li Pei's third daughter, had a good relationship. They were about the same age. Moreover, Li Lu was eager to read. There were no teachers in the village. Wu Junwei was willing to teach Li Lu to read. He came and went again and again. The look at each other also changed, but no one would fall in love openly and boldly at that time.

Although these educated youth are all intellectuals, in Li Pei's mind, Wu Junwei is a great talent. If he were in a big city, he would certainly do something. Even though he knew that his daughter liked Wu Junwei, Li Pei felt that it was wrong not to be a householder, and he would never make a couple. If Wu Junwei returned to Chongqing one day, would he take his daughter with him? He did not dare to take such a risk, so he reminded Li Lu from time to time: Don't have unreasonable thoughts about Wu Junwei.

When the love comes, no one can stop it. Wu Junwei has lived in Li Jiachuan for the sixth year. At this time, he is 23 years old, two years older than Li Lu. Although they dare not hold hands openly, everyone in the village knows that Li Lu likes Wu Junwei.

Wu Junwei also boldly expressed his thoughts to Li Lu, thinking that when he returned to the city, he would take Li Lu with him.

But Li Pei stood up at this time, refused Wu Junwei's promise, and broke off the master apprentice relationship with Wu Junwei. This made Wu Junwei very sad. The two people who had loved each other could only meet once at work. They could not even say a word of missing each other. Until a year later, Wu Junwei was going back to the city. Li Lu was worried that this farewell would be forever.

A few days before Wu Junwei returned to the city, the two often dated without telling Li Lu. When Wu Junwei left, Li Lu did not come to see him off, but hid in the cave to wipe away tears.

Wu Junwei left Li Jiachuan in tears. He didn't give up the enthusiasm of fellow villagers, let alone Li Lu.

Shortly after Wu Junwei left, Li Lu became pregnant, but Wu did not know about these things. Wu Junwei returned to Chongqing, found a job with the help of his parents, and later went to college through recommendation.

Wu Junwei's life was smooth, while Li Lu's was much worse. She insisted on giving birth to twin daughters despite her father's opposition.

After that, Li Lu married a man who was more than ten years older than herself in order to take care of her two daughters. They didn't love each other, and they didn't really feel together. It wasn't Li Lu's husband that was to blame, but Li Lu was always making a fuss. Although she had a son with her husband, she divorced in 1996.

Wu Junwei's life was also not smooth. Although he met a beautiful girl with the introduction of his parents and finally got married, Wu did not have children and even paid a great price for it, such as losing his job.

In the millennium, Wu Junwei also divorced. Although his life was lonely, what made him suffer more was the feeling of missing. He always loved Li Lu in his heart. But he didn't have the courage to see Li Lu. In Wu Junwei's heart, he was a traitor and let Li Lu down.

As he grows older, Wu Junwei puts down his psychological guard and prepares to go back to northern Shaanxi to meet a woman who has loved him all his life.

For decades, many things need to be put aside. But when Wu Junwei returned to Li Jiachuan, he learned that Li Lu was living in the county seat, and turned to go to the county seat again. On the way, a fellow villager said that Li Lu had given birth to twin daughters for Wu Junwei. Wu Junwei wept when he heard that.

When he really arrived at Li Lu's house, his legs were shaking because he didn't know how to meet Li Lu.

However, with the encouragement of fellow villagers, they knocked on the door of Li Lu's house. It was Li Lu who opened the door. Their eyes were opposite, and they still felt like they were in love for the first time. But their hair was gray. Silent love bloomed brightly in their eyes.

Li Lu called the two daughters back that night and asked them to take the children with him. That night, Wu Junwei saw the two daughters and five grandchildren, which made him very happy, but his guilt over the years was beyond words. Li Lu hoped that Wu Junwei would stay this time. Wu Junwei said that he would come back. Li Lu was not at ease. She was worried that she would leave as she did decades ago.

This time, Wu Junwei didn't break his promise. He returned to Chongqing, sold all his property and returned to Yanchuan County, where he spent his old age with Li Lu. This love came a little late, but it was just right.