Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 26 Rebellion

After her son left, Jiang Changling said to Liu Zhixin: "When my son grows up, you can't just reprimand him like you did when you were a child. You have to be sympathetic. He likes to read books, so you can borrow them for him."

Liu Zhixin said: "At school, there is a teacher watching all day long, and you can eat the books. Now I read those useless books, what can I see? I don't bother to talk to him deeply. He spends all day Reading books is not a proper job, and when the fields are left uncultivated, you will not even be able to eat."

"Look at what you said, it seems that I don't know how to do farm work."

"Don't spoil him all the time. Does he read those boring books and let you suffer alone?"

"To raise a son for old age, you must first raise your son. Besides, my son also does some work, and I am not old or young."

"Raise a son, how old is he? Do you still care for him? Twenty, at his age, I have worked as an accountant for the production team for several years, and I can support a family."

"I can't compare my son with you. He's only just finished school for less than a year when he's [-]. There's no way to do anything."

"He just has a habit of relying on it. People are forced out, and he will never become an adult if he is not forced."

Jiang Changling thought for a while and said, "When you say this, I have an idea. I might as well make a family relationship for my son. Once I have a daughter-in-law, I will know how to support the family."

Recently, Maggs of the upper house made a marriage for his son Liu Qishun. The girl was tall and beautiful.At the same age, someone else's son had a partner, and Jiang Changling was somewhat anxious.

Liu Zhixin said disdainfully: "I'm out of tune all day, whose blind girl can fall in love with him?"

Jiang Changling smiled proudly: "You underestimate your son in this regard. Didn't you see that Xiaoyun is interested in our son? Deyu didn't treat our son like an outsider."

"This is a good marriage." Liu Zhixin felt a little relieved: "To be honest, our bear son is not good enough for Xiaoyun. If this marriage can be done because of the virtues of our ancestors, maybe Xiaoyun can take care of him."

"Our house is too old and dilapidated. We have to build a new house for our son."

"The two of us don't have any money. They are still young. It's not too late to save money for a few years."

While the parents were thinking about plans for their son, Liu Xiaonan filled up the peanut seedlings and was walking down the mountain with an empty bucket.Two empty buckets dangled back and forth on his shoulders, making creaking noises.

He walked slowly, his mood had settled down, and he had a clearer orientation for his future life.

Life itself is a heavy book. It is not easy to understand the book, but it is even more difficult to understand life.I can't be too far away from real life, don't read books if I don't read books, and I can't always make my parents angry.

The books on agriculture that my father put on the top of the cabinet are obviously for me to read, and I don’t need to read the books if I don’t read novels.The editor, Mr. Zhao, let himself experience life with his heart, observe and study the farmers around him, and become a real farmer himself.

I am not special than others.Xiaoyun can do it, Liu Qishun can do it, and he can do it himself.Anyway, no matter how hard I struggle, I can't get rid of the peasant identity that has been sealed at birth.

Walking into the village, Liu Xiaonan saw Guan Xiaoyun coming out of the alley where her family lived.The toned back is like a mature golden corn swaying in the wind, waiting for someone to harvest and pick it.

He clasped the dangling bucket with both hands, quickened his pace and quietly followed her, admiring the short shoulder-length black hair and the dynamic and energetic walking posture.Suddenly I feel that she is also a wonderful book, but I used to regard it as a Xinhua dictionary, which is readily available and did not attract enough attention.

Liu Xiaonan hurried a few steps, and the bucket on her shoulder made a sound.Guan Xiaoyun sensed someone behind him, turned around and saw it was Liu Xiaonan, with a smiling face like a blooming sunflower, showing joy and excitement unabashedly.

Liu Xiaonan said: "What are you thinking, I followed you for a long time without knowing, fortunately I am not a bad person."

"You think you are a good person?" Guan Xiaoyun put away his smile, suddenly became angry again, and said angrily, "I read all day long, but I haven't made any progress at all, and I can't hear good words. Kindness is like a donkey's liver and lungs."

Liu Xiaonan knew that Guan Xiaoyun was still angry about not being able to watch TV at her house, so he said with a playful smile, "I'm blind, so I don't know what's good and what's wrong."

"It's good to know." Guan Xiaoyun cast a sharp glance at Liu Xiaonan, and asked solemnly, "I brought you good news, how can you repay me?"

Liu Xiaonan didn't believe that any good news would come to him, he said, "You can do whatever you say."

"Come to my house to watch TV at night."

"Okay, I'm a mangy dog. If I'm sleepy, I'll sleep at your house. You're not allowed to drive me away."

Guan Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth to say something but didn't say anything, two blushes flew on his face, he turned his head and handed a piece of paper to Liu Xiaonan, and said in a low voice, "My dad brought it back from a meeting in the village in the morning, you can There's going to be a break."

Liu Xiaonan took it over and saw that it was a notice from the cultural and educational department of the township government.The notice said that high school students should aspire to the development and construction of the countryside, arm their minds with agricultural science and technology, and make contributions to their hometown.

He was invited to study at the Agricultural Broadcasting School. After graduation, he passed the examination and was awarded a nationally recognized technical secondary school diploma, after which he could continue to study for a university degree.

There is already a self-taught agricultural technology in the family, so why waste time repeating it.Liu Xiaonan raised the notice in his hand, and said flatly, "Is this considered good news?"

Guan Xiaoyun opened his eyes wide: "This is not good news, what is good news? My dad said that there are only a few high school students in the whole town, and they are all invited this time. Studying is your strong point. With a college degree and technical skills, I will be able to be a village cadre and a township cadre in the future.”

"I'm not interested." Liu Xiaonan returned the notice to Guan Xiaoyun: "Let your father tell the village that I have to work hard at home and don't have time to attend any agricultural broadcasting school."

"Why are you like this?" Guan Xiaoyun really couldn't understand Liu Xiaonan, and begged: "What a great opportunity, why don't you just give up? Don't you think about the future? Go learn, I strongly support you, I Make you new clothes to wear."

"Xiaoyun, why don't you understand?" Liu Xiaonan was very disappointed: "I don't like others forcing me to do things I don't like. Just like you, if you don't like Liu Qishun, will you marry him if you are forced? It's the same reason, it's not a question of whether you make me new clothes or not."

"Where did you go?" Guan Xiaoyun was also very disappointed. She asked further, unwilling to ask: "Even if I beg you, you don't want to go to the village to participate in the study, right?"

Liu Xiaonan answered very briefly: "Yes, I don't want to."

Guan Xiaoyun's expression of eager anticipation cooled down, his face showed a look of shame and embarrassment, with tears in his eyes, he stared at Liu Xiaonan for a long time before mustering up the courage to say: "I understand, you never put me in your heart , I’ve always been making fun of myself.”

Before Liu Xiaonan could answer, Guan Xiaoyun turned around and left, walking cleanly.After walking far away, Liu Xiaonan probably wouldn't be able to see it, so she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Liu Xiaonan was stunned for a moment, feeling very uncomfortable, a little unbearable and a little relieved.His steps were heavy but he walked very fast, and the two empty buckets rattled again.

I have read a lot of books, and the love described in the books is ever-changing, but none of them match me, and I can't provide any reference and help.He always feels that love is still far away from him, at least it lacks the ups and downs and dreams described in the book.

When I got home, my father had already finished his lunch and he didn't know what to do, but my mother was still waiting for him.Liu Xiaonan sat down to eat lunch with a sullen face and said nothing, Guan Xiaoyun was so disturbed in his heart that he didn't know what choice to make.

Jiang Changling thought that his son was tired from work, or he was angry with his father, so he took out ten yuan and handed it to his son: "Keep it for yourself to buy books. Don't fight with your father. Your father's life is not easy."

Liu Xiaonan didn't answer: "Mom, I won't read anymore, I will work hard from now on."

Jiang Changling stuffed the money into her son's pocket, sat aside and discussed, "Xiaonan, how about finding a wife for you?"

Liu Xiaonan looked up at her mother.The mother must have discussed it with the father, and she already guessed who it was. Guan Xiaoyun was offended by herself just now, how could she agree?"I'm still young," he said.

Jiang Changling said: "I'm not young anymore, I'm an adult when I have a wife. Liu Qishun is the same age as you, his wife is so beautiful, don't you envy her?"

Liu Xiaonan said, "I'm not greedy."

Liu Qishun's partner often came, and the two of them worked and hung out together, talking and laughing.What's so ridiculous?He felt that the laughter of the two of them was hollow, lacking in connotation and actual content, and they were just getting married and living in a few years.

Jiang Changling smiled and said, "Silly son, you will have to get married sooner or later. You will feel at ease when you have a wife. The daughter-in-law your mother finds for you will definitely satisfy you. Once you have a daughter-in-law, you will know the benefits of a daughter-in-law."

Liu Xiaonan upset her mother, so she had no choice but to say, "As long as you and my dad are happy, we can do whatever we want."

In the evening, Guan Deyu came to the house.Liu Xiaonan knew why he came, felt guilty but couldn't say it clearly, wanted to hide after saying hello, but was stopped by Guan Deyu.

Guan Deyu asked with a serious face, "Xiaonan, Third Uncle wants to hear what you think."

Liu Xiaonan said, "I didn't think much about it, I just wasn't interested."

Guan Deyu said: "There are some things that you don't have to do if you are willing or not. Farmers all over the world are unwilling to farm the land. They depend on the sky for their food, but someone has to farm the land."

Liu Xiaonan said in her heart, my dad likes farming.He glanced at his confused parents, and said to Guan Deyu with good reasons: "Uncle San, I remember when I was a child, I asked Mr. Guan why he had pigtails, and the old man said it was a character. The meaning, now I understand, sticking to oneself is a kind of strength of character.”

Guan Deyu didn't expect that Liu Xiaonan would move out of his old man and wait for him here irrefutably.He groaned for a long time speechless, raised his hand and gave Liu Xiaonan a slap, scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, third uncle can't convince you anymore, why don't you use this cleverness in a serious place?"

Liu Xiaonan said earnestly: "Third Uncle, please believe me, I am not fooling around all day long, I have my own goals in life. Realizing it is called a dream in life, and failing to realize it is a dream in life. It is empty talk to say it in advance. nonsense."

Liu Zhixin interrupted and asked Guan Deyu what wrong his son had done.Guan Deyu handed him the notice from the village, and said helplessly, "Many people want it, but Xiaonan is not interested."

Liu Zhixin read the notice, smiled and said to his son, "Don't you think this is also a way?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "It may be a way for others, but it is useless for me."

"What on earth do you want to do?" Liu Zhixin was really annoyed, he couldn't get angry, and his voice was stern: "Can you talk about your ambition?"

Liu Xiaonan stood up and said: "I want to raise fish, but you say I can't do big things, and I can be successful if I can plant the few acres of land at home. I don't like studying at the Agricultural TV University, and you say I have no ambition. You can't put your Likes and dislikes are imposed on me."

"You're mad at me!" Liu Zhixin reached out to hit him, but Guan Deyu jumped up to stop him.

Guan Deyu persuaded and said: "Brother, calm down, it's a good thing Xiaonan wants to raise fish."

Liu Zhixin was very stubborn: "Absolutely not."

"Brother, you are indeed a little unreasonable." Guan Deyu began to help Liu Xiaonan with good words: "To be honest, we really shouldn't force Xiaonan. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. My children, I will never do anything I want to do." Don't interfere, why not let them go on their own? Why should we worry about it, earning a lot of effort is not good, and it makes others unhappy."

Liu Zhixin was giving Guan Deyu some face, which made sense after thinking about it, letting his son sit down and sulk alone.

Guan Deyu said to Liu Xiaonan: "Xiaonan, I hope that when you reach the age of me and your father in the future, you won't regret what happened today when you think about it."

"I won't regret it." Liu Xiaonan said desperately, lonely and tragic.

If you give up your dream, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

(End of this chapter)