Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 7
Daan, who is about to face graduation assignments, is busy with pre-graduation preparations. When he first entered school, he was elected as the class leader by his classmates when he was selecting cadres in his first class because of his proficiency in handling things. Walking in the forefront of the whole school, he has won the trust of his classmates and teachers. Based on this, he has become a busy person in the class when he graduates soon. The ranking of the students' work assignments, on the one hand, prepares for their own graduation exams.

"Da'an, Teacher Wang told you to go to his office." Da'an, a classmate, shouted to Da'an, who was discussing the work assignment with his classmates.

"Okay!" Da'an agreed and walked out of the classroom.

As graduation was imminent, the counselor Mr. Wang asked him to discuss a lot of things these two days. Da'an didn't think much about it, so he knocked on Mr. Wang's office.

"Your telegram said that you have an urgent matter at home!" The counselor showed a little surprise, and handed Da'an a telegram.

Da'an took a look at the telegram, frowned, and then relaxed, "This...", Da'an hesitated to speak.

Teacher Wang seemed to have noticed something, and said, "It just so happens that tomorrow is Saturday. You go back to deal with it in the morning and come back on Sunday."

"Okay!" Da'an was full of gratitude when he saw Teacher Wang's trusting eyes.When I came out from Teacher Wang, I thought about it.

"Although the telegram only stated that there was an urgent matter at home, San Xia is very busy now, what is the urgent matter? I can almost say with certainty that the so-called urgent matter is my own marriage." This reminds me of the letter I wrote to Huiqin a few days ago letter.

"The letter that mentioned the breakup was a decision I had thought about for a long time, and it was also a long-term consideration I made recently from work assignments and my own future. In terms of appearance, Huiqin can be said to be one in a million, and I am worthy of myself. In terms of character, there is nothing wrong with it. In the past three years since I met her, she has cared more about me than anyone around her. In order to knit sweaters for me, she will always finish the farm work during the day and often sit under the lamp at night. During the two years at school, she gave me all the money she had saved to buy books and school supplies, lest she would be wronged at school. Although she hadn’t passed the school, she had already become a As a member of the family, she is a good girl, if not for Xia Juan's confession to me a few days ago, she is the most caring person for me, and the person who understands my heart best!"

Da'an walked to the rockery in the school yard. The stone pier beside the pool in front of the mountain was exactly the one Xia Juan invited him to sit on. What Xia Juan said to him at that time was still in his ears.Compared with Huiqin, Xia Juan is also a good girl who is well-educated and reasonable, but there is always a choice between the two. For Xia Juan's confession, it did come a bit suddenly, so she didn't answer Xia Juan directly at that time, but I always want to give people a clear response, so after thinking twice, I made up my mind to write the letter to Huiqin. Although the content of the letter rejected Huiqin very tactfully, I still feel very guilty because this person has given her heart to her. My own good girl.

At this time, Daan really couldn't figure out why he had this emotional debt. Daan suddenly thought of the saying that some of his classmates once mentioned, "Sometimes people have to believe in fate, and if they violate fate, they violate God's will. People must be punished." These words are too reasonable for Daan at this time, one end is his fiancée who has been dating for three years, and the other end is a classmate who has studied together for three years, where is God's will?Daan kept asking himself, staring blankly at the two butterflies chasing each other on the lake, thoughtful, and suddenly heaved a long sigh, making up his mind to go back first.

Early on Saturday morning, Da’an took the bus home. Although it was only two hundred miles from the provincial capital to his home, he had to wait for the bus, transfer, wait for the bus, and transfer again. The clothes were already soaked in sweat, but even so, Da'an did not take a moment to rest. Although he guessed nine out of ten of the urgent matter mentioned in the telegram.If it was really her own marriage, the moment she returned home, she would have to make a clear statement in front of so many people.

When the bus slowly drove into the commune station, Da'an saw Wei Hong standing at the gate of the waiting room of the station through the car window, looking at the vehicles coming in from time to time. Hong hurried over, pushed up the bicycle parked not far away, and followed the vehicle into the station.

"I've been waiting for you for almost an hour!" Wei Hong complained coquettishly to Da'an who just got off the car.

"You know when the bus comes. There are only two buses a day, and the one in the afternoon is at this time. It doesn't matter how early you come?" Da'an said in a critical tone.

"Why don't you ask yourself, if everyone hadn't been waiting impatiently, would I have come so early?" Why did Wei Hong come so early?Are you late? "Wei Hong glared at his elder brother standing in front of him.

"Hurry up, get in the car, you take me, everyone is waiting for you at home?" Wei Hong urged.

Da'an didn't respond, he took the handlebar from his sister and got into the car.

"What's urgent at home, tell me!" Da'an waited for his sister to get into the car and asked.

"It's about your marriage. It was said that you were retiring. They came to the door, so they sent you a telegram and came back to deal with it! Because of this, the family is very anxious! You will know when you get home!" Wei Wei Hong really couldn't explain clearly, so in the end, he pushed the problem to his family members, and he didn't want to explain further.

Daan understands that the person who tied the bell is needed to untie the bell, and the purpose of everyone asking him to come is to untie the knot.

It was past three o'clock in the afternoon when the two brothers and sisters returned home. His arrival made the village, which was about to be quiet after three summers of work, immediately boil again. There was almost no topic discussed on the streets that was not related to Da'an who had returned.

Da'an, who had just entered the house, saw Lao Mu standing in the yard staring at the sky in a daze.

"Cousin is here!" Da'an greeted his cousin who was standing in the courtyard.

"I'm back! I've been waiting for you here for a long time! Are you afraid that you won't come back?" Old Mu replied.

"Why didn't you come back because of something at home?" Da'an said as he went straight into the house, and Lao Mu also entered the house.

"Mother, let me come back, is it a matter of marriage?" Da'an asked his mother who was sitting in the house pressing the board.

"Do you still know about marriage? How did you tell Huiqin? How could he be sorry for you? If you don't want to, mention the breakup early. When it comes to this, bring it up again. How can you make everyone think about it? This makes people trouble Come home, do you think it looks good?" Old Mu Gu asked questions like cannonballs, making Daan not know where to start.

Seeing the girl make such a call, Lao Mu swallowed the words he originally wanted to say to his cousin. He watched silently as his cousin picked up the water glass on the pressing board and drank it in one gulp, and then sat down with Lao Mu. on the other side of the board.

"I want to start from the beginning of this matter, and ask you to give me advice!" Da'an opened his mouth.

"Just ten days ago, a female classmate named Xia Juan in our class told me that she wanted to keep me in the provincial capital and wanted to become a member of her family in the future. Her father was a veteran of our provincial police. , can help me resolve future organizational relationships. I was not tempted when I heard it, so I didn’t express my position immediately, but just let me think about it.”

"Then what happened later? Then you broke up with Huiqin!" Old Mu Gu asked eagerly.

"After she told me, I've been thinking about it. If Huiqin didn't tell me I'm sorry, it would be very embarrassing for me. After thinking about it for a long time, I asked Xia Juan to tell her that my family is from the countryside. Going back to my hometown to work is more suitable for me, so I didn't promise her."

"Then why did such a thing happen again? Did you look down on mud-legged people after studying for a few years? Think about it, our ancestors were all rural people, and Huiqin is one of the best in the world." Girl, don’t look down on rural people and want to divorce just because you’ve gone to school for a few days! I won’t agree here!” Old Mu Gu said angrily.

"How could it be? The problem is more serious than you imagined. On the day I proposed to Xia Juan, Xia Juan's father asked Xia Juan to invite me to have a detailed talk outside the school. I have developed very well and can help me solve the household registration problem of my family in the future. Xia Juan is his only daughter, so it is not the most important thing for the family to choose a son-in-law. What is important is me. He also expressed his gratitude I appreciate it very much, even if he can't be his son-in-law, he still wants me to be his godson!" Having said this, Da'an picked up his water glass and took a sip of water.

"He is definitely the leader in the province's public security system. Even our principal respects him very much. No one knew Xia Juan's identity at the beginning. Now she has told me that she trusts me and sincerely respects her. Hello! Later, I really had no other choice, so I mentioned that I already had a girlfriend in my hometown, and she took many examples of famous people as comparisons, told me a lot, and asked her to be one of the best in the class. The female classmate will do my work." Da An paused.

"Just a few nights after his father talked with me, he didn't sleep well, and his mind was full of thinking about my personal problems. I was really confused. Everyone knows that Huiqin treats me well, but what about the future? ?Once you get married, who will you rely on in the future, and where will you go? As far as your current personal development is concerned, I am more suitable to work in the city. Hukou, working in the city is a problem. Not only is her job a problem, she will have children in the future, and she will also have an agricultural hukou. The son-in-law of the family is bound to achieve something in his career. Although Xia Juan is not as beautiful as Huiqin, she has true feelings for herself. She has not taken care of herself less in the past two years, but she has not expressed her love. The way she expresses it now , really made myself defenseless. The ancients had the fish and the bear’s paw, how to deal with love and career? It’s really difficult! I wrote a letter to Huiqin with a tentative mentality. It’s just that we will work in the future. It may be very painful to be together all day long! What do you think I should do?" Da'an's last words obviously left his future to the relatives and friends present to decide.

Everyone was silent, and Lao Mu took out a cigarette and lit it, puffing and puffing, and he was speechless. "After all, this is my cousin's life-long decision. This decision is his life's destiny. It's not all about a marriage. Now that the marriage is retiring, it is very likely that everything will go well in the future, and even become prosperous. It's not certain. I offended you. The relatives are small, but the future of the cousin is the big thing!" Old Mu thought this, and Old Mu Gu opened his mouth first: "Then you can't make such a trick at this juncture, so that everyone can't do farm work. Besides, if you don't agree, you are Chen Shimei. I don't agree with you being Chen Shimei! Not only do you not want to be Chen Shimei, but now we don't lack food and clothing, and there is no need to recognize a godfather and be someone else's godson! "Old Mugu showed her usual style of doing things in this matter. Although she is not educated, she always nails and rivets when she speaks and does things, and she never hesitates.

Old Mu took a deep puff of his cigarette, "It seems that this matter is not as simple as we thought. It is related to your future job and livelihood, so you really need to seriously consider it. This is the most important thing in your life." The family does not have the right to choose. I wonder if you mentioned to your female classmate that you have a girlfriend?"

"I didn't tell her directly, and I never told her classmates in the past two years. I guess she probably doesn't know about the girlfriend!" Da'an was almost sure of his guess.

"Maybe it's better to tell her directly, so that you can see how deep her feelings for you are!" Old Mu thought for a while, and then came out with such a nonsensical remark.

"You really want him to climb high!" Old Mu Gu retorted.

"Marriage pays attention to the right family. In our marriage, brother Huiqin works in the county government. Although his father was not there long ago, the elder is also from a scholarly family. It is also a blessing for us to find such a daughter-in-law. As for now If you stay in the provincial capital, you will definitely be able to look like yourself! Even gold will not let the earth bury it, and jade will always shine!" Old Mu Gu's words silenced everyone.

The cigarette held between Lao Mu's fingers had been burned out, so he took out a new one and put it on.

"This matter, don't make Huiqin sad. It's the busy season of the three summers in the countryside. Although it's coming to an end, there is still farm work to be done, so don't disagree, otherwise everyone won't have the heart to spend on farm work. Well, it's also a year's livelihood, after the busy season, you should come back, and then take care of this matter, do you think it's okay?" Lao Mu's compromise words really worked.

"That's fine. During this period of time, I'm very busy at school, reviewing for exams, and there are a lot of things in class. Let's deal with it for a while and then talk about it. As for how to tell Xia Juan, I will find a way!" Da'an Station I got up, scooped a ladle of water from the water tank in the yard, poured it into the washbasin, and washed up.

Old Aunt Mu looked at Daan's back and said to Old Mu: "Go and explain to others today, don't guess that it's either wind or rain!"

"Okay, I'll ask Xiuhua to go to my aunt's house when I go back, and don't expect anything unexpected to happen again!"

Da'an came back from washing his face, sat on the bench again, stared at the door without saying a word.

"Tell your cousin to go back and call your cousin's sister-in-law to comfort her, and you will follow along, so nothing will happen to you. Then everyone will not look good!" Old Mu Gu said in a strong tone.

"Okay, it will be late in a while, let's go now! I have to go back to school tomorrow!" Da'an finished speaking, stood up and went out with Lao Mu.

Zhangwang Village, where Huiqin's family lives, is about [-] miles away from Liu Village. From Liu Village to Zhangwang, they happened to pass by Dawang Village, and it happened to be on the way to pick up Xiuhua.After seeing his cousin, Daan exchanged a few words of courtesy, and Lao Mu simply explained to Xiuhua the meaning of going to Huiqin's house together, and let Xiuhua get on Lao Mu's bicycle and left the house, riding towards Huiqin's house .Everyone has nothing to say all the way, each thinking about his own thoughts.

It was after five o'clock in the afternoon when the three of them arrived at Huiqin's house. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Huiqin helping her mother sort out the bean seeds.

"Auntie, how busy are you?" Xiuhua greeted first.

"His sister, come in and drink water." Huiqin's mother greeted her, then stopped her work and went to wash her hands.

"Cousin!" Seeing Da'an, Huiqin only called out to her cousin, then shyly lowered her head and entered the West Room next to the main room.

Lao Mu and Da'an also greeted Huiqin's mother, and they went into the main room and sat down together.

"Auntie, the family doesn't know about my cousin and cousin. What did the two of them say? Everyone, the second monk, can't figure it out. Because of this, I stayed up all night last night. Yesterday I sent a telegram to tell my cousin My brother came back on a special trip, no, we came to your house as soon as my cousin got home, let them meet and talk!" Lao Mu said, pouted at Da An who was sitting beside him.Da'an understood and stood up: "Auntie, let me go and have a private talk with Huiqin!"

After speaking, he walked out of the main room and went to the Westinghouse.This Westinghouse is a special room for Brother Huiqin to come home from. From the perspective of rural people, the layout is very unique. There is a bed, a cabinet, a chair, and a writing desk. Through the window glass, you can see all kinds of clothes neatly stacked inside, and the desk There was a stack of books on it, and when Daan entered, Huiqin was sitting at the desk looking at the stack of books in a daze.

"It's all my fault these days. One of my thoughts misunderstood you. What the letter said was inappropriate because I recently heard that after working as a police officer, I will travel a lot for work in the future and it will not be very stable, so I'm afraid you will be hurt. Wronged, you may understand that I have changed my mind!" Da'an closed the door, sat down on the edge of the bed, and this opening speech broke the embarrassment of the two looking at each other.

"You didn't make it clear that I would support you no matter what kind of work you do. Although you think about me, I don't know the reason. I cried for a long time when I received the letter. I didn't know what to do until my mother I went to your house to talk about it after asking about it, otherwise I wouldn't know how to live?" Huiqin's words spoke from her own heart, but these few words had a great impact on Da'an's heart.

"The breakup made her not know how to live?" Although these words were serious, they were sincere, and Da'an re-savored the last few words in his heart.

"Why did I propose to break up for no reason! I just told you the truth because I was afraid that my work would make you lonely in the future." Da'an said a little guilty.

"I understand you, why don't you support your work?"

"That's what everyone misunderstood. I've been very busy at school recently. Fortunately, this time it's Saturday, otherwise I don't know how to ask for leave and come back?" Da'an saw that Huiqin didn't speak, and continued: "After graduation, I plan to go to the district. Work, there is not much time to go home, so you should be mentally prepared!"

"It doesn't matter, I understand you and support you!" Huiqin said, rubbing a piece of red-headed rope in her hand.

"Then let's go back. During this period, the family is busy with farming, and I have a lot of things at school. I won't write to you before graduation. I will come to your house after the holidays and work assignments! Do you think it's okay? " Da'an said with a begging expression.

"Of course I have no objection, I just hope you will have good grades in school!" Huiqin said innocently.

"Then we will stop soon. I have to rush back to school tomorrow morning. If there is anything else, we can talk about it during the holiday." Da'an reminded.

"Okay!" Huiqin said, stood up and opened the closet at the back, took out a few ten-yuan bills from one of the clothes, and handed them to Da'an, "I'll give you 50 yuan as travel expenses. If you need money during this period, Send me a telegram and I'll prepare it for you!"

"Well, why do I always spend your money!"

"Now you and I are still together, we will be a family in the future!" Huiqin put a little emphasis on the family, Da'an felt embarrassed and took it over.

"Then let's go!" Da'an said as he opened the door and went out into the main room. Huiqin's mother and Lao Mu were still talking about the household chores. Seeing Da'an coming out, everyone stopped talking. Da'an came in, smiling He said: "Ma'am, it's getting late, we should go back. I have to go back to school tomorrow. I have discussed everything with Huiqin, so you can worry about it!" Qin also showed joy, which naturally made everyone feel relieved.

When Daan returned home, the sun had already turned into a big ball of fire, burning the mountains in the west and half the sky turned red. Tomorrow would still be a fine day. Aunt Mu simply asked about Daan's situation, and she was relieved. There was nothing to say here overnight. Don't mention Da'an's return to school.

When Lao Mu returned home, his heart felt like a five-flavored bottle. "When my cousin was admitted to school, I was afraid that there would be problems with the marriage that I mentioned back then. At that time, he told his wife that his cousin was admitted to school. Retirement, as long as two people are willing, others say resignation, isn't that tearing down other people's marriage? In the words of my wife, I would rather tear down a temple than tear down a marriage! Now it seems that for my cousin, this marriage It is the hands and feet that bind my cousin's future development. Maybe because of this marriage, the scope of my cousin's development will be determined!"

After Lao Mu told Xiuhua about her cousin's affairs at school in detail, Xiuhua was stunned for a long time without saying a word, and suddenly said two words "God's will!" and lay down and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)