A widower's entertainment

Chapter 3 [Pen Holder and Broom]

Decheng Chunfeng Lane.

There are many alleys in the corners of this city, which connect old courtyards and houses one after another. Lin Youcheng's home is in this old courtyard, with four or five families living in it.

Lin Youcheng's family lived in the second house. Two old-fashioned houses were connected by a dark main room.

One room was the bedroom where Lin Youcheng had sex with his children. Two-year-old Lin Zhaohuan naturally lived in front of Lin Youcheng. The other room naturally housed Lin Zhaoxi's four brothers and sisters.

Originally, there was a lawsuit involving these two old-fashioned houses. When the family was separated, Lin Youcai naturally did not want this old-fashioned house because he later moved to a welfare house allocated by his work unit.

At that time, my sister-in-law Fang Mei said some things about the separation of the family, which provoked Lin Youcheng to scold her directly. Lin Youcai originally took the job of his father's steel factory, and after a few years of work, his father also received welfare housing. For the sake of sacrifice, the eldest sister-in-law is not satisfied. How about moving his family to a welfare house and the eldest sister-in-law comes to live here.

Because of these words, the relationship between Fang Mei and Lin Youcai was naturally tense at that time.

As for the family separation, the second sister Lin Youfeng, who is already married, naturally has no objections. In fact, she also feels sorry for the third brother Lin Youcheng, otherwise she would not send the fifty yuan.

Logically speaking, Lin Youfeng was married and had a baby, so it was inappropriate for her to take the college entrance examination. Her second brother-in-law stopped her, but Lin Youfeng didn't accept this and couldn't stop her. She took her baby and was admitted to the University of Jiangsu Province, and later joined a newspaper office. The work, I have to say, is really great.

At this moment, the old courtyard is very quiet.

However, the kerosene lamp in Lin Youcheng's house was on.

Early in the morning, it was still dark outside, and Lin Youcheng, who had not followed his child's mother to die in love, got up.

There was no way, now that the child's mother was gone, and there was no one to sweep the street for him, Lin Youcheng didn't dare to really lose his job as a street sweeper, so he naturally didn't dare to be late.

It was a bereavement leave a few days ago, and the street office asked other people to clean the area of ​​Chunfeng Alley. Naturally, he couldn't let others clean it for him in the future.

Inexplicably, Lin Youcheng felt a little sad. He had changed his identity after time travel, but he still went to work honestly, for fear of being late and losing his job.

Lin Youcheng went to the street office to get the keys and tools, and then hurried to sweep the streets. Naturally, he had to rush early for the job of sweeping the streets.

"Hey, you're successful, today is——"

Naturally, they all knew each other from the same street. A woman was a little surprised when she saw Lin Youcheng coming to get tools to sweep the street. She was just about to say something when she realized that the woman who used to help Lin Youcheng sweep the street was gone, and she quickly stopped. After a while, he turned around and said, "It's early enough!"

Lin Youcheng nodded and responded without saying anything.

The woman also knew Lin Youcheng's temperament and couldn't help but click her tongue twice. She sighed in her heart about the woman who died in childbirth and got busy after registering.

Although it was very early and the sky was hazy, some people recognized Lin Youcheng who was sweeping the street, and they were all whispering and talking.

"Hey, he actually came to sweep the streets? I thought he wouldn't come."

"Is it okay if I don't come? Then the whole family will drink from the northwest wind!"

"It's so pitiful that these children are left behind once that one leaves!"

"Who says otherwise? He will always take another step forward. He is only in his thirties. Those children may be even more pitiful in the future."

"Yes, a widower in his thirties will always look for someone else."

"It's not that easy. We have a big family, five or six children, and his conditions are not good."

"Yeah, it's hard to find. If you sweep the streets and add those children, what kind of good family would be willing to marry a widower!"      …

Lin Youcheng could naturally hear these discussions among the neighbors. It could be said that he vaguely heard a lot of these after-dinner conversations at his child's funeral.

Yes, he was a good young man, but now he is just a middle-aged widower sweeping the streets.

Thinking about it makes me sad.

Although Lin Youcheng didn't feel it was shameful to sweep the streets, he never thought that one day he would become a sanitation worker sweeping the streets.

However, in this era, there is no overt discrimination in later society. The idea that work does not distinguish between high and low, and the glory of labor is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Furthermore, Lin Youcheng's job should be regarded as a staffing position in the subdistrict office.

"Youcheng, are you sweeping the streets today?"

A newsstand on Chunfeng Roadside was also set up early. The owner of the newsstand, Fan Aiguo, naturally knew Lin Youcheng and knew what happened to Lin Youcheng's family. When he saw Lin Youcheng coming to sweep the street, he felt a little sad.

This sadness is naturally not for Lin Youcheng, but for the woman who used to sweep this street.

Lin Youcheng put down the broom in his hand, squatted and rubbed his waist. Why was his body in his thirties so bad, and why was his waist so sore? He looked at Fan Aiguo and said tiredly, "Yes." Ah, this life is not easy at all."

Fan Aiguo took a small bench, handed it to Lin Youcheng, and asked him to sit for a while.

"There's no such thing as an easy life!"

Lin Youcheng sat on a small bench and glanced at the newsstand. In addition to some newspapers, there were also magazines and some small pictures of Hong Kong stars. Lin Youcheng looked at those specious Hong Kong stars and knew that there was something different in this world. .

However, Lin Youcheng's eyes finally moved to a "Novel Monthly".

"Novel Monthly" is a literary journal sponsored by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House. It was founded in Jincheng in 1980. However, it was probably in 1984 that "Novel Monthly" launched the "Hundred Flowers Award" selection, where readers vote for their favorite outstanding works. , this is the predecessor of the Hundred Flowers Literature Award. Why is there now a "Hundred Flowers Award" selection in 1983?

Fan Aiguo saw Lin Youcheng staring at the "Novel Monthly" journal, handed it over directly, and said: "Maybe it's easy for them to write articles."

Lin Youcheng took the "Novel Monthly" from Fan Aiguo and couldn't help laughing when he heard Fan Aiguo's words.

These words reminded him of a certain writer who didn't want to be a dentist but wanted to work in the Palace of Culture.

I don’t know if the writer has fulfilled his wish at this moment and went to the Palace of Culture where he wanted to go.

However, from Lin Youcheng's point of view, it is not easy to write an article. In his previous life, he had been working hard to change the script, and changed it repeatedly, until he doubted his life.

Now that he heard Fan Aiguo's words, he didn't say anything. He just flipped through the magazine "Novel Monthly".

Looking at this unfamiliar journal, Lin Youcheng thought of the children at home who were waiting to be fed, and then looked at the "Novel Monthly" in his hand and the broom sweeping the street next to him.

Labor is glorious, then keep working.

Whether it’s a penholder or a broom, let’s work together.

It’s all about supporting your family!
  　The new book needs support! Asking for all support! !

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)