Chapter 151: Quick Transmigration: Film & Television Multiverse Chapter 31 — New Year Arrives Again

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Protagonist:

Lin Hao

After a series of investigations and trials, this matter finally reached its final resolution.

Shui Ziliu, Tu Zhiqiang, and the others were sentenced by law to prison terms ranging from ten to fifteen years for the various evil deeds they committed at the timber factory that night.

After Lin Hao set the fire and left the timber factory that night, Shui Ziliu and his group were not so lucky.

Because of the firelight, they had just been rummaging through things in the office when they were discovered by the gatekeeper.

These people had guilty consciences; the moment they saw the gatekeeper, they panicked instantly, no longer caring about anything else. Grabbing the already burning wood, they started setting fires everywhere in an attempt to create chaos and seize the chance to escape.

But their struggle caused the fire to spiral out of control in an instant. The raging blaze roared and burned, and before long it had consumed more than half the timber factory.

Moreover, during their escape, they heartlessly injured two gatekeepers, striking with ruthless force that left the two men lying on the ground groaning in pain.

If a patrol team had not happened to be nearby and rushed over quickly upon hearing the commotion, they might really have managed to flee.

These people are truly heinous; every single one of their crimes is enough to keep them in prison for a good long while.

Now look at Luo Shibin's side: he lay in the hospital, eagerly awaiting treatment fees, but Shui Ziliu and Tu Zhiqiang could barely save themselves — how could they still spare any thought to get him money for treatment?

Although the hospital upheld the principle of saving lives and healing the wounded and ultimately gave him some treatment, the best treatment window had been missed because of the earlier lack of money.

The result was that Luo Shibin's four limbs were basically ruined.

After discharge he walked with a limp, looking utterly pitiable. Both arms had no strength left; he could not do even slightly heavy work.

Furthermore, whenever the weather turned cloudy or rainy, his limbs felt as if pierced by countless needles simultaneously, hurting so much he grimaced in agony.

All this can be considered their just deserts; who told them to never do good deeds normally, only engaging in illegal, disorderly, bullying activities.

Upon learning the final dispositions of Shui Ziliu, Tu Zhiqiang, Luo Shibin, and the others, the stone that had been hanging in Lin Hao's heart finally settled.

He felt that since these people had already received their due punishment, there was no need to keep them in mind anymore; he should put his energy into more important matters.

Lin Hao knew clearly that the college entrance examination would be restored in the coming years — a great opportunity to change one's destiny.

He pondered that he must let the people around him seize this chance, especially Zhou Bingkun.

In the original story, Zhou Bingkun had always felt deeply inferior because he lacked education, and his father seemed to look down on him a bit as well.

Lin Hao felt that if Zhou Bingkun could get into university, his future life would be completely different. Even if he could not get into a top institution like Peking University like Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi, getting into a local university would still be very good.

Fortunately, Lin Hao was very confident in his Education Skill — that was no joke.

Thus, at Lin Hao's insistence, Zhou Rong, Zhou Mother, and Zheng Juan all responded in turn, and together they "forced" Zhou Bingkun to study hard.

In this way, every evening Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan would come to Lin Hao's home and study with Lin Hao for two hours.

Zhou Rong, for her part, would come over most of the time to check on the situation, and sometimes she would bring Zhang Yumei along as well.

After all, Zhang Yumei was alone in the city now and had nothing special to do in the evenings; coming over to join the liveliness was nice.

Lin Hao was naturally delighted beyond measure that Zhang Yumei could come; the study atmosphere became even warmer and more enjoyable with her addition.

As for Lin Kun and his wife, Lin Hao also took their actual circumstances into account.

Lin Kun and Ding Xiu were quite busy with work every day; making them run back and forth to the house to study after work would be too exhausting. So Lin Hao did not have them come study together, merely giving them some review materials to look at in their spare time — they would learn whatever they could.

As for Zhou Bingkun, he would sometimes complain that work was tiring and he did not want to study, but everyone pretty much ignored his complaints.

Why? Look at Lin Hao — he has to juggle his own proper job and still carve out time to teach them, yet he never says he's tired. You, Zhou Bingkun, just go to work, study two hours in the evening, and still claim you're tired — how can that fly?

So every time Zhou Bingkun complained, he would be teased a few words by everyone and then urged to hurry up and study properly.

In such an atmosphere, everyone was earnestly preparing for the upcoming college entrance examination, all hoping to change their destiny through knowledge.

Time flowed like a babbling stream, and unknowingly it quickly reached the Spring Festival of 1977.

This year's Spring Festival, the Zhou family was exceptionally lively. Father Zhou had long looked forward to this reunion day, and Zhou Bingyi and his wife, who had been busy away from home, both rushed back for the New Year; the whole family was finally able to gather together completely.

As early as 1974, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei had already married in Xinjiang, yet this year was the first time she met her in-laws.

Thinking about it, these years everyone had been scattered in different places struggling for a living; opportunities to reunite were truly too few.

Moreover, it was said that Hao Dongmei's parents' side also had good news.

Previously, due to some special historical background, they had suffered many hardships, but now they had all been rehabilitated.

Although they had not yet returned to the city for the time being, Hao Dongmei and Zhou Bingyi had already made a special trip to visit them.

The elderly couple were in good health, and the great stone in Hao Dongmei's heart finally settled; she could return peace of mind to celebrate the New Year with her in-laws.

The family sat around together, the house filled with a thick New Year atmosphere.

Father Zhou looked at his two sons and two daughters-in-law, his face full of gratified smiles, muttering nonstop: "For the New Year, the family must be together, round and round, only then does it count as the New Year."

Zhou Bingyi smiled and poured wine for his father, saying: "Dad, this year our family is finally all together; we must have a good, lively New Year."

Hao Dongmei also chimed in with a smile: "Yes, Dad, this is my first time celebrating the New Year with you and the family; I'm very happy inside."

Everyone chatted back and forth, sharing their experiences and observations over these years; laughter rang out continuously, as if they wanted to make up for all the past time they had not been able to spend together during this Spring Festival.