Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife-Chapter 1770: Arranging the Return Home 1
At this point, Deng Hongling suddenly realized and suspiciously looked at Feng Qingxue, "Doctor, how do you know my brother participated in the Anti-American Aid Korea Campaign?" She didnโt remember mentioning it. ๐ง๐๐๐๐คโฏ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฃโฏ๐ญ.๐คโด๐ฎ
Feng Qingxue lowered her mask and smiled at her. Her skin was like snow, her brows and eyes like a painting; amidst such beauty, there was an unmistakable gentleness. Deng Hongling was almost mesmerized, having never seen such a captivating person, and the melodious voice reached her ears, "I guessed. I thought Wucheng is very close to North Korea, so the country would definitely first dispatch soldiers from the Capital Military District to aid. Of course, it doesnโt mean soldiers from here are necessarily assigned to nearby troops; they could be allocated to border areas. So I said it was a guess."
Deng Hongling listened and did not doubt her, mainly feeling more grateful to Feng Qingxue, believing someone willing to help them in this situation would not harbor ill intentions.
"My brotherโs unit is in Ludi, part of the East Sea Fleet, not the Capital Military District," said Deng Hongling.
So he was in the navy!
No, Lu Jiang had always been in the army, which means Deng Nan was assigned to the East Sea Fleet after the anti-American campaign.
Feng Qingxue paused for a moment and remembered it.
Feeding the sleeping child with half a bowl of porridge, Feng Qingxue slowly asked, "Whatโs your nephewโs name? How old is he?"
"His name is Deng Wu, with the character for martial prowess in his name, and his nickname is Xiaowo. My brother married late and wasnโt often home after marriage, so Xiaowo is nine years old this year," Deng Hongling answered without hesitation, "When my brother had the accident, Xiaowo was just over a year old. I was rejected from marriage and poured all my heart and energy into caring for this nephew who was abandoned by his mother."
The more Deng Hongling spoke, the more painful her heart felt, yet she couldnโt tell anyone about it.
Their ancestors supported the Anti-Japanese War, almost offering up their entire family fortune, leaving only some land and an ancestral home. After liberation, the land was confiscated. Her father, who had passed away, was still classified as an exploitative class landlord. Because her brother Deng Nan served in the military with merit and her parents passed early, the state showed leniency towards their family, initially spared them from persecution. Many red capitalists and landlords with merit were like this, but none escaped the catastrophe that began in 1966.
Her brother was arrested due to their sister-in-lawโs report and then exiled to a distant place. Her fiancรฉ, whose wedding was scheduled for the end of the year, suddenly turned his back on her, canceled the marriage, and married someone from the worker and peasant class with โpure roots and red lineage.โ Angrily, because she had been engaged to him, he leveraged his job to frequently criticize and humiliate her in public.
The class identity followed the father, not the mother, so she was nailed to the pillar of shame, never to rise again, but she couldnโt die, didnโt dare to die. She had to raise her nephew, with the two of them struggling to survive.
Even if Deng Hongling didnโt say it, Feng Qingxue could guess mostly accurately.
On the surface, the current movement seemed to have calmed down significantly, and some people were gradually returning to work. Actually, the actions below hadnโt decreased; perhaps it was the final frenzy. They invented many new ways to torment people without reason, and things like what happened to Deng Hongling occurred all over Jiang Nan. Itโs just that due to Feng Qingxueโs work and life in recent years, she hadnโt encountered it.
"Everything will get better," Feng Qingxue said as she cupped Deng Wuโs chin, fed him another half bowl of porridge, and stopped, patiently repeating what she had said before to boost the otherโs confidence. "Thereโs hope as long as you stay alive. Living means you can see your brother return safely with your nephew. You havenโt received any bad news about your brother all these years, have you?"
