Su Jianmin asked: "Don't want to go to college? Then what do you want to do?"
"I..." Su Zhiyuan pursed his lips and hesitated for a while, then said, "When I graduate from high school, I want to go to Daqing Oilfield to mine oil and contribute to the construction of the motherland."
Before his father could say anything, his mother said excitedly: "No!"
"Mom, my grades are average and I will most likely not be able to go to college. The teacher said that the country is short of oil and young people like us are especially needed to work in the oil fields."
When Su Zhiyuan said this, he couldn't help but stand up, "I am strong and strong. Now is the best time to serve the country. I must go!"
"I don't agree with you going," Bai Lu said. "If you don't go to college, your dad will arrange an apprenticeship for you in the factory. Then you will still live at home and go to work conveniently. Besides, you have your dad."
Taking care of you, your work will definitely be easy..."
"I don't want an easy job, I want to be a screw and contribute to our country!"
After Su Zhiyuan finished speaking, his second brother clapped and praised: "I support my eldest brother! Well done eldest brother!"
Su Xiaosi also started making noises at this time, and his mother patted him on the head and stopped him from talking any more.
"Jianmin, please tell me about your son!" Bai Lu said anxiously, "If you don't listen, I'll beat him!"
"Look how anxious your mother is. In the past, when I wanted to hit you, she always stopped her. Now she is so anxious that she lets me hit you..."
When Su Jianmin said this with a smile, his expression became serious. He stood up and patted his eldest son on the shoulder a few times, "Zhiyuan, do you know how difficult it is there? You are full of enthusiasm now, but when you get there, I'm afraid you will cry.
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"I know that the Daqing Oilfield is located in a deserted land with hundreds of square kilometers of desolate land. There are no houses there. Everyone can only sleep in straw huts and cellars. The weather can reach more than 40 degrees below zero at the coldest time, and drilling workers will suffer from it.
freeze."
"You still want to go now that you know it? Aren't you afraid of hardship or cold?"
Su Zhiyuan said: "I'm afraid, but if everyone doesn't go, who will extract oil? Without oil, planes can't fly, ships can't move, cars can't run, and all factories will shut down. How can we make guns and cannons?"
Unexpectedly, his son would have such an ideological consciousness. Su Jianmin felt moved in his heart, "Okay! Your mother did not give you the wrong name, Zhiyuan, committed to lofty ideals... I agree!"
Su Zhiyuan didn't expect that his father would agree so easily, "Really?"
Many of his classmates at school wanted to work in the oil fields, but their parents disagreed, so he had been worried these days that his father would not agree either.
"When you get your high school diploma next year, go do what you want to do." Su Jianmin said.
Bai Lu looked at her husband in shock, thinking that he was probably crazy.
In the evening, after tidying up the beds of her mother-in-law and Xiao Wu, she sat on the edge of the bed with Jin Bao in her arms and said to herself, "No, we can't let Zhiyuan go. He will die if he does."
In the next few days, she went to her eldest son many times to persuade him not to work in the oil field.
Su Zhiyuan was making faces to make Jin Bao laugh, but when he heard his mother's words, his smile immediately disappeared.
"Mom, please stop talking. Dad has already agreed. I have also written the application. I will leave when I finish studying next semester."
"Your dad agreed, but I didn't," Bai Lu said with worry and anxiety in her tone, "You stupid kid, you have never suffered hardship since you were a child. You will definitely not be able to bear it when you suddenly go to such a difficult place!"
Li Xiu'e, who was sitting aside sewing clothes for Xiao Wu, couldn't help but said: "Jin Baoniang, Zhiyuan has grown up and has his own ideals and ambitions. I think it's good. Besides, other people's children have endured that hardship.
Our Zhiyuan must be able to eat it too!"
"Grandma is right! I am young and in good health, and I am no worse than others! If others can work in the oil field, I can definitely do it too!" Su Zhiyuan put down his sister for fear of his mother nagging him, "Mom, I'm going out."
Jinbao saw his mother sighing repeatedly and almost getting wrinkles from worry. He stood on tiptoes and touched her forehead, comforting her with a simple voice, "Mom, don't worry, big brother will be fine."
Li Xiu'e echoed her granddaughter's words, "Listen to Jin Bao, she said don't worry..."
"Mom, you don't know," Bai Lu said, "not only because of the difficult conditions, but also because drilling oil wells is inherently a very dangerous job. Once an oil blowout occurs during mining, an accidental explosion is likely to occur. Hey, how could I not
Are you worried?"
Jinbao secretly recalled that she remembered that there had never been an oil well explosion in Daqing Oilfield.
It's hard work, and the workers in the recoverable oil plants are well paid. Especially in a few years, the price of oil will skyrocket. By then, even the wages of workers in Jinghai City will be much lower than those of workers in Daqing Oilfield.
In the 1970s, many people were proud that their daughters could marry oil factory workers. If their son was a worker in the Daqing oil field, others would stare at him with envy.
Jinbao thinks it will be a good idea for his eldest brother to go work in the oil field next year.
The conditions should be much better next year, and workers will not have to live in thatched cellars...
On the contrary, if the eldest brother goes to college instead of being a worker, not only will he not be able to complete his studies, but he will also be fought back and forth by the students and will not learn anything.
Jinbao thought about what would happen a few years later, and when she looked at her mother, she felt worried.
Not only was she worried about her mother, she was also particularly worried about Aunt Yang and Uncle Yao...
But that was three years later, and it was useless for her to worry now.
"Mom, do you believe Jin Bao?" The little girl looked at her mother, her voice childlike but very serious.
Bai Lu and her daughter looked into each other's eyes and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Of course I believe Jin Bao."
"Let big brother go, the oil well will not explode, Jinbao and mother promise."
"Jinbao..." Bai Lu felt that there was no reason for it. She felt that Jinbao said it wouldn't explode just because it wouldn't.
In the evening, when Su Jianmin came home and saw his wife, he couldn't help but swallowed, for fear that she would scold him again.
These days, because he agreed that his eldest son would go to work in the oil field after graduation, and even signed the parent column on the application form, Jinbao's mother was angry with him. They started to quarrel within a few words, calling him cold-blooded, which was not the best at all.
He cares about his son's life and death.
The two had an argument again this morning, and she asked him not to go home for dinner at night.
"Daughter-in-law, what about...I..."
"Why are you just standing there? Come here and sit down to eat." Bai Lu prepared the bowls and chopsticks for Su Jianmin. "Everyone is waiting for you."
"Ah?" Unexpectedly, she would agree to eat by himself. Su Jianmin walked to the table and sat down, "Can I eat?"
"What are you talking about? You earn all the money in the family, how can I still starve you?"
When saying this, Bai Lu filled his bowl with rice, and then said: "I have figured it out. Zhiyuan wants to contribute to the country. This is a good thing. I will not object anymore."
Su Zhiyuan's eyes lit up, "Mom, are you serious?"
"Well, you have to thank your sister for this. It was Jinbao who did the ideological work for me."
After Bai Lu finished speaking, several children exclaimed and looked at the little girl sitting in grandma's arms in surprise.
Li Xiu'e smiled and said: "Jin Bao is a little lucky star. She said that her eldest brother will be safe and sound. He must be fine, so Jin Bao Niang is relieved."
After explaining these words, she seemed to have thought of something, and said again: "I have been living here for several days, and it's time to leave. Jianmin, go buy me a train ticket."
Su Xiaowu, who was still picking up vegetables, made a move, and the next second, his eyes turned red.