For several days, my father was not at home.

Chen Yang knew that his father was busy with his own affairs.

Chen Yang also knew that what his father did was useless.

The hatred between the Chen and Cai families is too deep.

As the eldest son, his father told Chen Yang about the past of hatred seven years ago.

Twenty-four years ago, my grandfather competed with Cai Zhengyuan from the same village for a spot as a county-level model worker.

Not only did grandpa win, he also rose to the top and was elected as a regional model worker.

It’s just that Cai Zhengyuan wrote many letters of complaint and tried his best to fabricate his story, so his grandfather was not elected as a provincial model worker.

The hatred between the two families began at that time, and they have never interacted with each other until death.

My father joined the army at the age of eighteen, in 1955.

Five years later, my father became the deputy platoon leader. Two years later, my father was promoted to the platoon leader.

My father participated in the self-defense counterattack against India and was awarded first-class individual merit once, second-class individual merit twice, and first-class collective merit once.

My father was promoted to deputy company commander and company commander by FireWire.

After the war, my father went to Nanjing Army Academy for further studies.

After graduating from the Army Academy, my father was promoted to deputy battalion commander. Later, my father was ordered to lead his troops north and participated in the Battle of Zhenbao Island, and was awarded first-class merit once and second-class merit once.

In the 12th year, Hedong, in the 12th year, Hexi.

In 1970, in order to help his hometown, his father obtained three tons of cheap fertilizer from the army farm, but Cai Zhengyuan's son Cai Baofu reported him.

My father was convicted of reselling military supplies and was transferred back to his hometown.

My father was convicted and lost his status as a cadre, and was assigned to work as an ordinary electrician at the county power plant.

In August 1973, Wenlin County was hit head-on by a Category 10 typhoon, and all the Wenlin Power Plant buildings were destroyed.

My father and others who were on duty at the time were later dismissed from the power plant for dereliction of duty.

In this way, my father returned to the village and lived a life with his face facing the loess and his back facing the sky.

Later I learned that Cai Zhengyuan’s son Cai Baofu was responsible for his father’s expulsion from the power plant.

At this time, Cai Baofu was already the deputy leader of the county production leading group, equivalent to the later deputy county magistrate.

My father could bear it. He even had his party membership suspended and he didn't say anything.

There are old people at the top and young at the bottom, and the father has to endure it. There are old parents and a weak and sick wife at the top, and six children at the bottom. The father is the backbone of the family.

But now, the hatred of the elders has continued to the third generation.

My father has many old comrades-in-arms, but their positions in the army were not as good as my father's. Some old comrades-in-arms also work in the county. If they can come forward to help, they should be able to help.

But the Cai family is now at its peak, and they are still saying that anyone who wants to help the Chen family is the enemy of the Cai family.

The rich in the mountains have distant relatives, the poor in the city have no one to care about.

There is nothing my father can do about Chen Yang.

The list of candidates for the re-examination has been announced and the admission tickets for the college entrance examination have been issued. It is impossible to add Chen Yang’s name.

It wasn't until one night at the end of November that my father's tired figure appeared in front of the house.

Chen Yang waits for his father every day, and tonight is no exception.

"dad."

My father was sitting on the threshold of the hall, looking tired but with a smile on his face.

"Are they all asleep?"

"Yeah. Dad, have you eaten?"

"without."

"I'll get you something to eat."

Chen Yang brought his father two pieces of steamed sweet potatoes, a small bowl of pickles, and a jar of home-brewed rice wine.

The father held the jar of wine, tilted his neck, and drank at least half of the jar.

"Yang, you drink too."

Chen Yang was stunned. In his memory, his father never allowed him to drink, not even a sip.
Chapter completed!