Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 51

"May [-]" Labor Day, the textile factory has a day off, plus the night shift rest, there are two and a half days to make full use of.Liu Xiaonan told Guan Xiaoyun in advance that he was not going to go home, and asked her to send a message to his parents and buy something for her to take home.

Guan Xiaoyun looked at Liu Xiaonan with great distrust: "It's the busy time of spring plowing, why don't you go home and help with the farming?"

Liu Xiaonan said, "I have more important things to do."

Guan Xiaoyun sneered: "I don't even care about going home when I'm in love, is it the 'villain' or Wu Yanli?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "I don't have as much leisure as you. I'm free in the dormitory during the two days of vacation, and I want to finish my creation."

After the second night shift, all the partners in the same dormitory went home to help the family cultivate the land.Liu Xiaonan slept soundly all afternoon, and at night began to complete the final revision of "Jingjun Ji".

After talking with Mr. Zhao Guangzhi, he has a solid foundation in his heart and no longer has any mental burden.After repeated revisions several times, he felt satisfied, and decided to use these two days to transcribe the 7-word novella and hand it over to Mr. Zhao.

I didn't feel sleepy until after one o'clock in the morning. I re-checked the transcribed part, and then reluctantly lay down to sleep.

I was falling asleep when I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. I opened my eyes and saw that it was already broad daylight, and it was past eight o'clock in the morning.Who is the one?Liu Xiaonan yelled to wait, got out of bed after putting on her clothes, and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was Wu Yanli who smiled and said nothing.For a moment, Liu Xiaonan immediately thought that Guan Xiaoyun had "betrayed" herself.Wu Yanli once asked him if he would go home during the May Day holiday, and he said yes.He didn't want to be disturbed in the past two days, so why did Guan Xiaoyun feel at ease?

Liu Xiaonan explained embarrassingly: "I wanted to go home, but I changed my mind temporarily."

Wu Yanli still smiled: "I won't disturb you, let me see what I can do for you."

Liu Xiaonan let Wu Yanli into the dormitory: "You sit down first, I'll go wash your face, I slept too late last night."

"You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?" Wu Yanli stood up and said, "Give me the lunch box, and I'll buy you breakfast."

The staff canteen has long been closed, and Wu Yanli said that breakfast can still be bought on the street, so Liu Xiaonan had no choice but to follow her.Wu Yanli bought something early and went there early. He washed his face and brushed his teeth, gradually trying to understand Guan Xiaoyun's intentions.

Guan Xiaoyun has completed his apprenticeship and is working independently.During their apprenticeship, Wu Yanli and Guan Xiaoyun were more like a pair of little sisters than a master and apprentice. Apart from work, they whispered endlessly all day long.He always looked at Liu Xiaonan when he was talking, his strange eyes and playful look were very suspicious.

Liu Xiaonan purposely moved closer to them, but Guan Xiaoyun stretched out an arm or a leg to block him, and sometimes he simply kicked his weft-loading cart far away.The two girls laughed together, he chased back the trolley where the weft was loaded, and could only laugh dryly along with him.

After get off work, Liu Xiaonan stopped asking questions, but Guan Xiaoyun took the initiative to talk to him.Guan Xiaoyun said that Wu Yanli had been asking her about Liu Xiaonan's past.She told Wu Yanli that Liu Xiaonan peed on the kang when he was twelve or thirteen years old, knew how to hook up with little girls since he was a child, was lazy and didn't study hard, didn't listen to his parents' discipline, and was useless except for good handwriting.

Liu Xiaonan laughed it off, he was sure that Guan Xiaoyun didn't know that Wu Yanli had read his novel before her, so Wu Yanli would not believe her nonsense.

In fact, what Guan Xiaoyun said was all irony, what she told Wu Yanli was Liu Xiaonan's excellence.She also said that her father had asserted long ago that people like Liu Xiaonan are rare, but they don't know which woman has this blessing.

After his apprenticeship expired, Guan Xiaoyun asked his master Wu Yanli to attend a concert.A song and dance troupe "walking around" performed at the Workers' Cultural Palace, and the tickets were expensive.

Guan Xiaoyun bought four tickets and brought Dong Xiaojun and Liu Xiaonan with him, but the seats were separated.Liu Xiaonan and Wu Yanli sat together, separated from Dong Xiaojun and Guan Xiaoyun by more than ten rows.

At the end of the show, Dong Xiaojun and Guan Xiaoyun were nowhere to be found, so Liu Xiaonan had no choice but to send Wu Yanli home alone.Talking about the performance all the way, the mood is neither high nor low.

When the bus arrived at the terminal, Liu Xiaonan insisted on taking Wu Yanli to the door of her house. The corridor was very dark and unsafe.There was another flight of stairs. Liu Xiaonan stopped at the corner of the stairs, looked up at Wu Yanli and knocked on the door.

The door opened, Wu Yanli glanced at him, walked into the house after a short moment, and closed the door gently and swiftly.

Liu Xiaonan walked out of the building lonely, stood in front of the building and looked up at the dim light from the small window on the fifth floor, feeling like looking up at the stars in the sky.He didn't leave heavily until his neck was sore and the curtain was closed on the small window.

The next day, Guan Xiaoyun asked Liu Xiaonan if there was any progress.Liu Xiaonan asked knowingly, what progress?Guan Xiaoyun was outspoken, holding hands and kissing on the mouth.Liu Xiaonan shook his head, Guan Xiaoyun scolded him for being an idiot, he didn't make good use of the opportunities created for him, and wasted an expensive performance ticket.

Liu Xiaonan couldn't understand why Guan Xiaoyun suddenly cared about his relationship with Wu Yanli.Guan Xiaoyun made no secret of it, through the contact these days, she felt that Wu Yanli was gentle, kind, pure and beautiful, and she was a hundred times stronger than that "harmful spirit".

She would rather Liu Xiaonan be with her master and close sister than to see that "harmful spirit" appear by his side.

It turned out that Guan Xiaoyun had always hated Gu Yu and hated her for changing herself, so she tried her best to create opportunities for herself and Wu Yanli.Will she still hate herself?Liu Xiaonan couldn't be sure.

Before the holiday, Liu Xiaonan had suggested to Guan Xiaoyun that during the holidays, Dong Xiaojun could be brought home, let the third uncle have a look, and let Dong Xiaojun get familiar with the rural environment.Guan Xiaoyun was a little hesitant, she hadn't fully figured it out yet.

I haven't fully thought about it, but I still have some dissatisfaction.Dong Xiaojun is cheerful and optimistic, and he is also honest. Even if he is not too tall, standing with you Guan Xiaoyun is half a head taller, which is a perfect match.

What about living in a tile-roofed house in the city?Isn't the first floor of a building the same as a tile-roofed house?It is true that you, Guan Xiaoyun, have a non-agricultural hukou, but you have to marry a city resident to have an urban hukou.It is a matter of complementary advantages, and urbanites with good conditions will not find a rural non-agricultural household.

Liu Xiaonan doesn't understand why Guan Xiaoyun is dissatisfied with Dong Xiaojun. She has always hated Gu Yu, and she still can't let it go. Does she have other thoughts hidden in her heart?
Wu Yanli bought breakfast, deep-fried dough sticks and soy milk.Liu Xiaonan sat at the table and had breakfast, while Wu Yanli sat on the bed and watched him.

After breakfast, Liu Xiaonan said to Wu Yanli: "You saw it in the editorial department that day. I have to write the novel I talked about with Mr. Zhao in the next two days. I don't have time to accompany you. The weather is warm and the flowers are blooming." , go to the park and play by yourself."

"It's so boring to go out alone." Wu Yanli looked around the crowded dormitory and asked, "There are so many people living in it, and there is only one desk. Where do you usually write novels?"

Liu Xiaonan pointed to her bed and said, "Write it lying on the bed, or run to the roof."

"How tiring is that?"

"What you like to do, don't be afraid of how tired you are."

"It's almost summer, and the quilts should be dried outside, and the sheets and quilts should be changed and washed."

"Guan Xiaoyun just washed the sheets and quilts for me a few days ago."

"Don't bother Guan Xiaoyun anymore, I'll wash it for you."

"It doesn't matter. In the village, our two families are like one family."

"That's not good, what do you make Dong Xiaojun think?"

I'm afraid you will think the same.Liu Xiaonan no longer forced herself to do so, and let Wu Yanli toss about on her bed, calm down and began to revise and transcribe the manuscript.

Wu Yanli took his quilt outside the building to dry, and then washed his coat, bed sheets and pillow covers.After finishing all the work, it was time for lunch in the cafeteria, so I took back the meal tickets from Liu Xiaonan's cafeteria for two meals.

The two got together for lunch.Wu Yanli said curiously: "That's how the novel was originally written. I thought it was a miraculous thing, but in your normal life, your brain must be different from others."

Liu Xiaonan said: "My head is also a gourd with seven eyes, and I have to breathe, eat and sleep, it's no different."

"It's a pity that I can't help you with anything."

"No one can help me, I can only rely on myself."

After lunch, Wu Yanli still had no intention of leaving, she sat on the bed and watched the manuscript that Liu Xiaonan had transcribed.

Her wrist was sore, Liu Xiaonan put down her pen and moved her wrist.As soon as he raised his head, his astringent eyes collided with a pair of clear and focused eyes. They smiled knowingly at each other, and the warmth flowed silently like sunshine.The sore wrists and astringent eyes have acquired a kind of magical power, like bubbling clear springs into the heart, becoming an inexhaustible driving force.

The room is very quiet, the rustle of writing, the swishing of manuscript paper, all make people feel happy.Occasionally, Wu Yanli would laugh softly, sigh softly, put down the manuscript with tears in her eyes, and unconsciously fall into the words written stroke by stroke by the person opposite.

She was so surprised, how did he write it?She is so yearning, it must be very interesting to live with such a person.

Time flowed unknowingly, and when the sun disappeared in the room and the light gradually dimmed, Wu Yanli suddenly remembered that the bedding, sheets, and clothes were still drying outside.

After tidying up and going back to the house to make the bed for Liu Xiaonan again, I suddenly felt a strange feeling in my heart, like picking up a neighbor's sister who just gave birth to a baby. Although it is not my own, the emotion that fills my heart is real.

It's time to go, I've been out for a whole day, and it's time for my parents to ask questions when I go back late.Accompanied by Liu Xiaonan, Wu Yanli walked out of the staff dormitory, waved lightly, and walked lightly along the factory road.He has to work and write novels at the same time, he is too tired, bring him some delicious food tomorrow to supplement his nutrition.

Liu Xiaonan stood in front of the gate of the dormitory, watching that deer-like figure jumping away, a prairie rich in water and grass appeared in his heart, vast and far away.

The next morning, Liu Xiaonan got up early, it was too embarrassing to be stuck under the covers by her.After breakfast, I mopped the floor, opened the windows to let in the sunlight for fresh air, and kept the dormitory tidy and clean.

The door was ajar, and Liu Xiaonan sat at the table with her back to the door and continued to revise and transcribe.

There were very few people walking around in the corridor, and the occasional footsteps were not familiar to him, they were heavy and stagnant, and stopped outside the dormitory door.The knock on the door was equally heavy, Liu Xiaonan didn't look back, and just called out to come in.

The strange breath stopped behind Liu Xiaonan, he turned his head, and the man in front of him seemed familiar, and he took a closer look to see that it was Wu Yanli's father.Get up quickly, give the only chair under your buttocks to Father Wu, sit on the edge of the bed by yourself, and get ready for trial.

Papa Wu glanced at the manuscript on the table, sighed softly, turned to Liu Xiaonan and said, "I came to talk to you because I couldn't do it, you made our family very difficult."

Liu Xiaonan was displeased. He said, "I can roughly guess the purpose of uncle's visit. I haven't done anything out of the ordinary."

"Don't get me wrong." Dad Wu said, "When you came to our house that time, your aunt and I saw that you were a good boy and didn't suspect that you had evil intentions. However, the reality does not allow you to talk to my daughter Fall in love, let alone get married. You are still young, and you think too little about the difficulties you will face in the future, which cannot be solved by a good relationship."

Wu's father was very frank, and Liu Xiaonan also confided in his heart: "Wu Yanli and I have a mutual affection. This is an undeniable fact. But the example of our team leader Wang Aiqing is there. I understand some of the hardships of their lives. I will not Repeat the same mistakes. I told Wu Yanli that I will not think about emotional matters for the time being, falling in love now is harming others and myself.”

"I believe you." Father Wu nodded and said, "I know my daughter, she is too simple. We know that she stayed with you for a day yesterday. After returning home, my mother and I talked to her all night. She said She likes you and wants to be the second Wang Aiqing, even if your contract expires and you are dismissed from the factory, she has a job and can maintain the life of the family. How can it be so simple?"

Liu Xiaonan didn't expect that Wu Yanli would really take that step, and was moved, but what else could he say besides being moved?

Father Wu said: "I told her, even if you have a deep relationship, if you have a rural hukou and an urban hukou, where do you get your hukou when you get married? When you form a new family, you must have your own hukou book, and the hukou cannot be in the city. , move to the countryside? Isn’t this a step backward? Have you ever wondered if you have a child in the future, where will the child’s future be? The reality you are facing is different from when Wang Aiqing went to the mountains and went to the countryside. Can you live in a daze without registering? Together? Take a step back, now you can buy food, oil, custard, and milk at a bargain price, and the difficulties in life are easy to overcome. What about the house? You are not eligible for housing allocation, and she also loses the qualification for housing allocation when you register for marriage. You've been wandering all your life?"

Father Wu became more and more excited as he spoke, his voice trembling and his expression serious.Liu Xiaonan handed over a glass of water, feeling deeply guilty for causing so much trouble to others, and said, "Don't worry uncle, I haven't thought about these issues so deeply, but I have really thought about them, and I won't leave rashly." to that point."

"No way!" Dad Wu drank a few sips of water, calmed down a little and said, "You and my daughter are both good children. If I have the ability to help you solve the household registration problem, if I have a spare house, your aunt and I will also help you." I won’t have the heart to break you up. I’m just an ordinary worker, and I don’t have anyone in my family who can do big things, so there’s really nothing I can do!”

Liu Xiaonan expressed her understanding.Father Wu said the ultimate purpose of this trip: "You work together, and I don't object to your normal relationship. I just hope that you and my daughter don't get too close, and don't give her any hints. She will fall in love and get married in the future. If you are still sticky, where do you let her put her heart?"

After seeing off Papa Wu, Liu Xiaonan stood in the sunshine of early summer in May, not feeling any warmth on her body.

Cold in late spring, a common natural phenomenon.After the spring equinox, the grass sprouts tender buds, and the flower buds are budding on the branches.A cold snap hit suddenly, the temperature dropped with rain and snow, the cold wind shook off the flower buds on the branches, the ice and snow covered the young grass buds, and the earth reappeared in a chill.

At this moment, Liu Xiaonan felt the bone-chilling chill.

(End of this chapter)