Xianyuan Farm

Gu Hongyu's parents are both ordinary working class. His father Gu Jianming works in a local cement factory, and his mother works in a ceramic factory not far from the town. Generally speaking, they are doing well.

But that was only before the reform. Originally, their family was envied by others. However, a large number of state-owned enterprises went bankrupt during the reform, and ordinary workers who were helpless in this big wave became one of the laid-off workers.

His father Gu Jianming started to find odd jobs with his strength. Later, when the state-owned enterprises were annexed by private individuals, he was re-employed. The result was not bad, but his mother's ceramic factory really went bankrupt and closed down. After receiving a very small compensation, she became a full-time housewife.

In addition to his parents, Gu Hongyu also has a younger brother Gu Hongchen, who is three years younger than Gu Hongyu. He has good grades and was admitted to Kyoto University of Political Science and Law last year.

It was hard for parents to have two children studying. The money saved by the family began to be stretched. When Gu Hongchen went to college, the family borrowed money from everywhere and was in debt. Later, his mother went out and started looking for odd jobs. The family, which was originally slightly wealthy, lived a tight life.

Fortunately, Gu Hongyu is about to graduate, and the financial pressure of the family will be relieved soon. When his mother Liu Yuanlan opened the door for Gu Hongyu, his mother, who he hadn't seen for half a year, seemed to have aged a lot, so Gu Hongyu had the urge to cry.

Liu Yuanlan looked at Gu Hongyu standing outside the door, exhausted, and quickly took the package on his back and the things in his hands, shouting happily: "Old man, come out quickly, look who's back!"

Gu Hongyu grabbed things from his mother, "Mom, let me take these things, they're light, no need for your help..."

"Look at what your child said, you're still being distant with your mother after not seeing her for a few months, right?" The mother said, then opened the bag and yelled again: "Why did you buy some fish and vegetables when you came back this time? You don't mind the trouble, there's everything at home, do you need it... Really!"

Ignoring the nagging of the mother, every mother will generally use a lot of nagging words to cover up the changes in their inner emotions when seeing relatives they haven't seen for a long time, and fathers will basically pretend to be calm, using his fatherly side to cover up the fluctuations in their mood.

After entering the house, the father sat on the sofa in the living room, holding a newspaper in his hand and glanced at Gu Hongyu, saying calmly: "You are back, sit down and rest!"

After that, he turned around and said to the mother who was carrying vegetables and wild fish to the kitchen: "My dear, add a few more meat dishes tonight!"

"I know, you don't need me to say that!" The mother's brisk voice came from the kitchen.

Gu Hongyu rolled up his sleeves and walked into the kitchen: "Mom, let me help you, I am not bad at cooking now."

The mother said with a smile: "Go and talk to your father, although he doesn't talk much, but he mentions your two brothers from time to time. Now he is back, he is so happy."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. The wild fish and vegetables I brought back are good. Let's cook them later!" It seems that I can't help with today's meal.

Walking into the living room, the father has turned on the TV and pretended to stare at it, but his eyes glanced at the kitchen from time to time, and saw Gu Hongyu walking in and watching TV seriously again.

Gu Hongyu's father is such a person. He is usually taciturn, but his love for his two sons is no less than that of his mother, but he never shows it easily.

His personality is also like this. He is very inconspicuous among ordinary workers, but because of his good temper, many workers in the factory are very friendly with his father and have established a good relationship with him. Lin Yuantao's father is one of them.

In summary, Gu Hongyu remembered a sentence from his grandmother: "If you can only suffer losses, others will be willing to associate with you, but such thoughts are no longer in line with people today."

"Dad, how is your work recently?" Seeing that his father did not speak first, Gu Hongyu took the initiative to talk.

His father turned his eyes from watching TV to Gu Hongyu, and said with some emotion: "The factory is still the same. Recently, some new production equipment has been introduced, and workers like us are basically less and less needed."

Gu Hongyu understood his father's concern, that is, the new equipment replaced manual labor. The original cement factory relied entirely on manual labor. Now that mechanization is implemented, the demand for labor has decreased, and these workers will be dismissed.

My father still has some skills in operating the machine. Gu Hongyu, who is a worker who relies purely on labor, has also heard that several batches of workers have been dismissed. However, with the continuous purchase of equipment with increasing production capacity, the operators of the obsolete equipment will eventually be fired.

"Dad, it's okay. I'm about to graduate. I've earned several thousand yuan from internship at the company during this period. Last time, I sent two thousand yuan to my brother. Even if you quit, our family can still survive." Gu Hongyu's father said.

"Well, it's good to graduate. You, as the eldest brother, have to bear some responsibilities. After all, we are not a wealthy family. It's only you who are wronged!" The father spoke with a heavy face.

Gu Hongyu didn't want to continue this dull topic. He now had space. He believed that with this kind of guy, he should make money quickly, so he changed the subject and said: "I can't stay at home for a few days this time. After the internship at the company, I have to rush back to school, finish the things there, and then I can officially go to work and make money. At most two months, the family can recover!"

"Okay, but I heard that it's easier for you to find a job in the coastal area if you study business. Doesn't that mean your future workplace will be far from us?" Father usually cares about Gu Hongyu's major and usually collects some information on TV.

However, after Gu Hongyu got his own space, he didn't plan to be a company employee. He could only lie to his father in good faith and said, "It's possible to go to a coastal city, but it's still uncertain. There will be a job fair after returning to school. We'll see the situation then. But our major is still quite popular, and the salary should be good. Just wait for my good news!"

It's been a long time since I sat at home and talked quietly with my father. Seeing that his gray hair seemed to cover his black hair, Gu Hongyu felt very sad. The man in front of him looked very ordinary, but he was the one who supported a family of four, and it was his arms that supported a piece of blue sky.

"Okay, old man, quickly clean up the table, and dinner will start soon!" Mother quickly and easily prepared a table of delicious food.

Soon, the whole family mobilized, some cleaned the table, some took out the dishes and chopsticks immediately. Before dinner, the father even took out the aged wine at home. The mother usually didn't let the father drink, but when Gu Hongyu came home and saw it, she didn't say anything, which meant she tacitly agreed!