vines and melons

Chapter 43

Fang Jie never forgets her mother's hardships. She has been obsessed with making her mother happy since she was a child. She was so stubborn that she was blind. On the morning of the first day of the lunar new year, as long as Gui Zhi put the dumplings into the pot, she would just watch the dumplings in the pot intently. Roll over and guess which dumpling has money in it.Because, they have a saying: whoever eats the dumplings with money on the first day of the new year will be blessed.She really wants to eat this dumpling, because as long as she is blessed, she can make her mother and younger sister enjoy the same.

Guizhi knew her daughter's carelessness, so she intentionally made the dumpling a little bigger. When scooping up the dumplings, she ran the spatula over the surface of the tumbling pot to see which one was bigger, scooped it up and poured it into Fang Jie's bowl.Gui Zhi is not biased towards the eldest daughter, but understands.

Fang Jie is not selfish, but love.When she got the money, she put down the bowl and chopsticks, spit it into her hand, scooped up a ladle of water, and handed it to her sister.

Fang Qiong never raised any opinions. She knew that her sister never wanted the money, but it was for her. Whenever Fang Qiong took the money, she would give her a smile.She knew that her elder sister loved her, and her elder sister never let her carry water, grind dough, or do heavy work.

To be honest, sometimes Fang Jie is a bit pretentious, because when she is 18, she will be able to take over from her father. At that time, she will not be a farmer, and she will be able to take her mother and sister away from this sad place. She doesn't want to see her aunt Tiantian is so arrogant, and she doesn't want to see her uncle, and it makes her feel uncomfortable to think of her uncle occupying her family's homestead.She often stretched out her chubby hands to compare hands with her classmates, and she became more confident than herself. She heard that men's hands grab gold and silver, and women's hands grab putzen (rags).The implication is that women's hands are small.When she was in junior high school, she saw a woman in a pictorial (with a job) with short hair, a watch, leather shoes, and a blue woolen coat.

Fang Jie was less than 18 years old, and her dreams were shattered when she was 14 years old.

In 1978, Guizhi went to Guishan to bring up Fang Jie's succession again.The person in charge said: "The policy has changed, we cannot take over now." He showed the relevant documents for Gui Zhi to read.In fact, at that time, the unit agreed to Fang Qiang's excessive demands in order to settle the matter.Gui Zhi, who has experienced the world, knew that her arms could not hold her thighs, so she finally compromised.

Fang Jie looked at her frustrated mother, and comforted her with bold words: "I will definitely be admitted to university! I will still have a job after I am admitted to university!"

The reality gave Fang Jie a resounding slap in the face. She didn't pass the exam, and she didn't pass the college score.

No matter what she said, she would not repeat it.

Last year, production was contracted on a household basis, and it was impossible for a single person, let alone a woman, to work in the field.There are many people in other people's fields, bustling and bustling, Guizhi is fighting alone, Fang Jie sees it and is anxious.She thought: You can’t get into this school anymore. You have to repeat the exam for another year. If you pass the exam, you can go for another three or four years, which adds up to four or five years. How much hardship will you have to suffer in these four or five years!How much you suffer!

Gui Zhi persuaded her daughter, "Four to five years will be soon, and I will suffer for another four or five years. You will be happy for a lifetime!"

"No, I don't want to make you suffer for a day," Fang Jie said stubbornly, "You can still earn money if you don't go to school, and you can still have a job."

At that time, with the reform and opening up, team companies and private companies came into being.Several of Fang Jie's classmates went to work directly without taking the college entrance examination.

Guizhi also knew what Fang Jie said, and it was not unreasonable to think about it.

Feng Nian wants to persuade his niece to continue to study, after all, the job after school is stable, and the old age has something to depend on.Gui Zhi said that my daughter is not young anymore, let her be.

(End of this chapter)