Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 5
The first two years of marriage were pretty good, but Qi Dongqiang was a child who grew up in the city after all, and the passion of love was quickly worn out by the hard country life. The letter urged him to go back to the city, and the husband and wife inevitably quarreled and bickered.

Originally, the noisy days passed and passed away, but the year before last, when the country resumed the college entrance examination, Qi Dongqiang started the idea of ​​the college entrance examination. Liu Jiahui knew that the two had another quarrel, and this time the two of them refused to let the other, and they both quarreled. Really hot.

Qi Dongqiang secretly returned to the city in a fit of anger, Liu Jiahui went to the city to look for him, but he avoided seeing him, and asked someone to bring a message to Liu Jiahui, saying that he was preparing for the college entrance examination and did not want to meet her.

After half a year, Liu Jiahui went to look for him again, and his family members said that Qi Dongqiang was admitted to a university in another province and had already gone to school.

Liu Jiahui has a strong temper. Seeing that Qi Dongqiang was determined to abandon his wife and son, she drank dichlorvos when she couldn't think about it when she returned home.

Only his son, Xiao Zhuer, was left alone, living in his uncle's house.There are five children in his uncle's family, and the conditions are not too rich. They can't afford to support their own children. How can they take care of him? His uncle and aunt are all attached to their children, so how can they take care of him? So Xiao Zhu'er was not welcome in the old Liu's house, he was beaten and scolded a lot on weekdays, he was hungry and full, sometimes someone would give Xiao Zhu'er something to eat when they saw that he hadn't eaten. Children can be regarded as eating a hundred meals.

It turned out to be the case.

"Then Xiao Zhu'er's father has never looked for or talked to Xiao Zhu'er?" He Ping couldn't help asking.

"Why don't you say that this man is a beast, it's okay to abandon his wife and son, and he never came back after his wife died, maybe he has forgotten that there is a son like Xiao Zhu'er, he can't wait for it." Ma Dongmei Said angrily.

He Ping couldn't help but get angry after hearing this, he's really a bitch.

Seeing He Ping and his wife's resentful expressions, Han Zhaoguo said, "That's all, all right, the meal is ready, let's eat first, what's the use of being idle."

Seeing the couple preparing to eat, He Ping said: "Brother Zhaoguo, sister-in-law, eat first, I'll go back and come over later."

Declining the couple's invitation to stay for a meal, He Ping walked home, thinking about Xiao Zhu'er on the way, still with resentment on his face, don't let me see this bastard, beat him every time I see him.

The production team said that they were paid three times a day, but in fact, except for the collective labor organized by the commune or the brigade after the autumn harvest, such as digging canals and repairing reservoirs, the rest of the time the team members went home to eat or brought meals.

In the morning, I didn't feel anything because I ate first. After work at noon, He Ping went home alone and had to cook. He was so tired that he couldn't lift his arms, and he had to cook.

Damn, the more I think about it, the angrier I get.

Don't eat.

He Ping sat on the stone outside the doorway, sulking alone.

Xiao Zhu'er came out from nowhere, staring at He Ping with two big eyes, it was obvious that I was hungry.

Seeing Xiao Zhu'er, most of He Ping's anger subsided. He remembered what Han Zhaoguo said, and patted Xiao Zhu'er's head in distress.

Xiao Zhu'er shook his head, why is this big brother always messing around, why don't you just come over and grab some food.

Cooperating with Xiao Zhu'er to cook the fire, having someone to help saves a lot of energy.

After forcing his stomach full of sorghum rice, Xiao Zhuer disappeared again.

Continue to work in the afternoon, still carrying dung.

Looking at the female comrades who were overtaking one after another around him, He Ping wished he could replace them. After all, two people carried a basket, but he carried a basket alone.

I'm too hard!

Han Zhaoguo took care of He Ping. Looking at his delicate skin and tender flesh, he knew that he hadn't done any physical work before, so he only filled half of the baskets for him every time, but it couldn't last so many times.

He Ping felt that his shoulders must have been stretched out by ropes into two deep gullies. In the end, He Ping felt that his soul was about to go out of his body, and he relied on his faith to support him.

After finally surviving until the afternoon when work was over, He Ping dragged his exhausted body back home.

Lying on the kang for a long time, he doesn't care whether his clothes and pants are dirty, he just wants to lie down now.

The door was not closed, and Xiao Zhuer walked in, He Ping didn't even bother to turn his neck, "Hungry? Wait, let's cook after I have had enough rest."

Xiao Zhuer took out a handful of things from her bosom.

"Hazelnuts? Where did you get them?" He Ping became a little interested, and finally saw something that future generations would eat.

"I picked it up on the mountain." Xiao Zhu'er showed her small canine teeth, a little proud.

He Ping picked one up and squeezed it with his hands, it was quite easy to open.

"Yeah~ delicious!"

After eating sorghum rice and Chinese cabbage for several days without even a little bit of oil, He Ping's mouth almost faded out, and he let out a delicious exclamation.

A satisfied smile appeared on Xiao Zhuer's face.

"eat together."

"Ah."

The arrival of Xiao Zhu'er gave He Ping some comfort and motivation.

Now that I have come here, I have to try to live more comfortably.

No, after work was over for another day, He Ping ran over to the old captain to complain.

That's right, He Ping's way to strive for a more comfortable life is to come over to complain, and get a meal, and see if he can get something to go home by the way.

"Old captain, you don't know that the house I live in these few days is freezing. And that mouse, it's running around my ears in the middle of the night, and it doesn't avoid people at all, it's so courageous..."

"I've been eating sorghum rice for so many days, and I don't even see any oily flowers. I can't get enough to eat at all."

As the saying goes, a crying child gets milk.

He Ping, who has been in society for so many years, of course understands this truth. If there is a date or not, he will be hit with two sticks first, and whether he can give him some benefits, I will cry first.

The labor of the past few days has really tortured He Ping enough, and he doesn't have the strength to clean up after returning home. The original delicate skin and tender flesh have long since disappeared, leaving only the word "unkempt".

In the past, the educated youths who came from the city lived in the homes of fellow villagers. Although they worked every day, at least they had someone to take care of them. It was indeed a difficult situation for He Ping.

After smoking a pipe and pondering for a long time, the old captain said: "How about this, I will send you a warehouse worker to watch the night in the brigade's warehouse. There will be two divisions of work in one night."

The captain's wife on the side coughed and gave the old captain a wink, but the old captain pretended not to see.

He Ping was overjoyed after listening to it. This misery was really useful. Seeing the reaction of the captain's wife, this must be a good job. He was so happy that his teeth burst out, "Okay, then I will go there at night."

"Thinking about bringing my own bedding."

"Okay. By the way, old captain, I'm thinking about writing a letter to my family. Can I use the office so that I can see better with the lights on?"

He Ping just climbed a pole, and was worried about how to charge his mobile phone. Isn't this opportunity coming.

The old captain hesitated for two seconds, "Okay, you kid, save me some time. Also, don't rummage around when you go, and let me throw things away to see how I deal with you."

"Don't worry, old captain, I'll just write a letter."

When He Ping went out with his teeth bared, the captain's wife couldn't help complaining: "The head of the house, why did you let him go to the warehouse, what's wrong with Xiaoer?"

The old captain frowned, "It's a good time for him to go, and the second brother in the province is thinking about it. With that little promise, people in the team will not be afraid of gossip."

The production team has several rooms, which are the places where the old captain took He Ping to pick up daily necessities. One of them is the office of the brigade, and the other rooms are the warehouses of the team, which are not only the place for the team to hold meetings, but also the place to store supplies and farm tools. , in order to prevent thieves from stealing and mice stealing the seeds, the team will send two male commune members to work night shifts in the warehouse, and each will be subsidized two jobs per day.

This is a light job, and the big guys are rushing to do it. According to the rules, the male members in the team take turns to be on duty according to the order of drawing lots. Later, they were thieves twice in a row because the members were sleeping, but it’s okay not to let the members sleep at night. After all, the first time Everyone had to go to work the next day, so the old captain simply assigned the work of looking after the warehouse to the five-guarantee households in the team. There were only a few five-guarantee households, all of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they couldn't do much at all. live.

The second son of the family, Han Zhaokun, is always thinking about looking after the warehouse. There are two work points a day, and six work points in a month. , Just stay up late, where can I find such a beautiful thing.

The wife told the old captain several times that the old captain knew what his son was thinking, but he couldn't do this. If he was the captain, if the bowl of water was not level, the hearts of the team would fall apart.

He Ping was alone, he didn't know the place where he lived, and his family was poor and poor. If he was given a job as a warehouse watcher, he would earn two extra jobs. No one could tell him what to do.

"Old lady, every family, what do you know?"

The old captain's mantra was exchanged for a big white eye from his wife.

"It's nothing."

(End of this chapter)