Chapter 2: A lover is not a lover
Second, a lover is not a lover
One
For ordinary men, finding a lover may not be a big deal, but for Zhang Jiayong, it is a big thing that needs to be carefully considered.
First of all, I'm sorry for my current wife, Huibei. Whether morally or emotionally, if Zhang Jiayong and his current wife Huibei are divorced, it is absolutely impossible, take a step back, go out to find a lover, Zhang Jiayong still has difficulties in his heart, and he will not be so at ease.
The second is that I am afraid of affecting the child, there are too many such things around, affairs, and in the end, it is the child who is hurt the most.
Zhang Jiayong is lackluster in his career, that is, his family life is enviable, in that era when the one-child policy is very strict, except for ethnic minorities, most families in the city are only children, Zhang Jiayong took a son and a daughter out, although he was a little tired, he greatly satisfied his self-esteem in a piece of praise.
In addition to a son and a daughter, whether in the family home or the unit, many men saw the slender and beautiful Huibei, holding Zhang Jiayong's arm in and out of the pair, and there was fire in their eyes: This ordinary man who has no ability actually married a pair of sisters who are like flowers and jade!
Zhang Jiayong and Huibei came together in adversity.
On the night of Huiru's death in a car accident, Huibei saw that her brother-in-law Zhang Jiayong was so cowardly, helpless, and arrogant, and her heart moved with compassion, in her sister's house, Huibei was like a confident commander, giving everyone a detailed division of labor, two younger brothers, one went out to contact the car, the other went to buy funeral supplies, and arranged for a few aunts to go to her mother's house to comfort her mother and take care of her mother's life. Uncle and uncle, go to the traffic police team, and then contact my sister's unit, take care of my sister's funeral, and let the young colleagues in my sister's unit be responsible for notifying my sister's former friends. Let follow her boyfriend to take a few of her male friends to the hospital to issue a death certificate, the boyfriend was a little unhappy, but he still pouted, and asked a few of his female friends to help him clean up his sister's belongings and arrange for the evening and tomorrow to buy vegetables and cook.
Under Huibei's Zhang Luo, everything seemed to be in order, and after sending a group of people out, the room suddenly became quiet, only the brother-in-law was still cowering in the corner, sobbing quietly.
Huibei walked over, looked at her brother-in-law's trembling shoulders, and suddenly had the urge to hug her brother-in-law, she said softly to her brother-in-law, "Brother-in-law, it's time for you to eat something." ”
Zhang Jiayong raised his head and looked at his sister-in-law Huibei with teary eyes.
Two
Although Zhang Jiayong has been married for three years, he has not had contact with Huibei a few times.
Huibei works in a mine on the other side of the Yellow River, not too far away, but not a province, bounded by the Yellow River, east of the Yellow River, belonging to Inner Mongolia, and west of the Yellow River, belonging to this province. The mine where Hui Bei works is located in Inner Mongolia, but the superior unit is in this province. Before the 1980s, there was no bridge between the mines on the east side of the Yellow River and the west side of the Yellow River, and the traffic on both sides of the river could only be ferries. Drivers who don't often take this line can't find the ferry at every turn. There is also a bridge over the Yellow River between Inner Mongolia and the province, but it is a long way to go.
The city where Zhang Jiayong lives is a coal-based city founded in 1960, and most of the units in the urban area are related to coal mines. With the expansion of coal mines, a coal company was established first, and later became a mining bureau, and after the reform and opening up, it was restructured into a coal group, under the jurisdiction of a number of coal mines, tentacles extended to Inner Mongolia on the other side of the Yellow River, and there were also many mines and factories in Inner Mongolia. Huibei works in a mine in Inner Mongolia.
When they got married, Zhang Jiayong saw Huibei for the first time, and he didn't have any special impression, like most sisters, the sisters looked very similar. The same slender and beautiful, the same big eyes, the difference is that the younger sister is cheerful and lively, with a big voice, which contrasts significantly with the sister's soft voice.
After my sister got married, Hui Bei went back to work, and occasionally came back, Zhang Jiayong saw a few times when he went back to his father-in-law's house, and he didn't say a few words, in my impression, this little sister-in-law is not like those sisters-in-law described in literary works, she likes to joke with her brother-in-law, and when she saw Zhang Jiayong and her sister taking the child back to her parents' house, Hui Bei spent most of her time with her sister and whispered some words, teasing her little niece, and basically didn't take the initiative to talk to Zhang Jiayong, cold, I didn't feel like I didn't like her brother-in-law very much.
After the car accident, the most practical problem is compensation, Huiru died on the way to work, according to the current regulations, it should be counted as a work-related injury, but in 1986, this problem is not too clear, the work-related injury compensation of that year is not like now, the current work-related injury compensation is a matter of social security, there are specific regulations, and most of them are still solved by the work unit at that time.
In order to compensate for the aftermath of the car accident, the introverted Zhang Jiayong hardened his head and began to embark on a difficult and long road of complaint accompanied by his family, in this process, many things need to be discussed with Huiruniang's family, at first, Zhang Jiayong went to tell the old mother-in-law, but the mother-in-law has experienced the double blow of losing her husband and eldest daughter, she has been in a trance, her mother-in-law is a typical housewife, and there is no culture, and most families in that era are the same as most families in that era, the big and small things in the family are the men's decisions, never have their own ideas, now such a big thing, except sighing, there is no other way。 Every time Zhang Jiayong went to his mother-in-law's house, his mother-in-law didn't have any idea, but just said, you better talk to the children, I don't understand anything.
Huiru and Huibei's two younger brothers, the eldest brother is still studying in college in other places, he came back in a hurry, and left in a hurry, without saying anything, the younger brother is in junior high school, he does not study well, his father and sister died one after another, the younger brother does not want to go to study anymore, drops out of school, buys a tricycle, goes to the grain station to wholesale steamed buns, and sells steamed buns on the street. When it came to his sister's funeral, he couldn't say anything, looking at his sad brother-in-law, helpless.
In desperation, Zhang Jiayong could only go to Huibei.
Zhang Jiayong is still a little afraid of going to see Huibei, I don't know why, in front of this strong sister-in-law, he is always a little short of breath, and now in order to deal with the aftermath, he can only bite the bullet.
Three
After her sister's car accident, Huibei found a unit, hoping to transfer back to the city to work, to take care of her mother and family nearby, considering her special situation, the unit quickly handled the transfer procedures for her, the coal group in the city's coal washing plant, machine repair work. Hui Bei's boyfriend is a native of Inner Mongolia, and he has been chasing Hui Bei for more than a year, but there has been no substantial progress, scratching, hearing that Hui Bei was transferred back to his hometown to work, he was stupid, and hurriedly found it, Hui Bei was very simple: Either go back with me and take care of my home together, or pull it down! My family is in trouble now, you have to think about it!
Hui Bei's boyfriend still asked for leave to come over to help Hui Bei take care of the family's funeral, in Hui Bei's house, her boyfriend saw the embarrassment of Hui Bei's family with his own eyes, far more difficult than he imagined, plus, Hui Bei has always been like a departure from him, and saw Hui Bei always closed the door, whispered with her brother-in-law, treating him as an outsider, plus the family's strong opposition, the family believes that Hui Bei's family is in this situation, marrying her is jumping into the fire pit, the future is full of uncertainty, think about it, or quit.
In the process of dealing with the car accident, Zhang Jiayong and his sister-in-law Huibei gradually developed feelings, and after many twists and turns, they finally came together, and now they have been living together for 20 years, how can they have rebellious thoughts again?
Zhang Jiayong is in his fifties this year, when he was young, he had a chance, but he didn't have this idea, he was with his deceased wife Huiru for three years, the newlywed Yan'er, and he couldn't kiss him, the couple had a strong relationship, where would they have this idea?
After his deceased wife left, Zhang Jiayong and his deceased wife's sister Huibei restarted their family and had a son, Chengcheng. Hui Bei treats her sister and her daughter Yan Yan as her own, treats her very well, Yan Yan is also very sensible, treats Hui Bei as her own mother, calling her mother one by one, Yan Yan and her younger brother get along very well, like sisters and brothers. Zhang Jiayong himself sometimes feels incredible, he didn't have this idea when he was young, but now he is in his fifties, and after half a lifetime, he thinks it seems a bit ridiculous to go out to find a lover.
Four
As the saying goes, it's not easy to go out of a house and enter a door.
It is usually said that a woman remarries, but this word is also suitable for Zhang Jiayong, they have lived together for more than 20 years, Zhang Jiayong has become accustomed to this kind of life, accustomed to his wife Huibei's loud voice, accustomed to Huibei's home-cooked food, and even used to Huibei's nagging, at home and outside the home, it is still the same as when his deceased wife Huiru was alive, it is the current wife Huibei who has the final say, not only family affairs, In the affairs of the unit, Huibei has to participate in the opinions, that is, Zhang Jiayong's own philatelic hobby, Huibei often gives advice, not to mention, although Huibei knows nothing about philately, but her suggestions often benefit Zhang Jiayong a lot.
However, after living together for many years, Huibei's temper began to become more and more irritable, most of the time, for a little thing, she jumped like thunder, often inexplicably tantrums, beating the child, her son didn't say anything, the start was not light or heavy, so that the son saw his mother, the atmosphere did not dare to come out, every time he came back from school, as soon as he entered the door, he slipped into his room to do his homework, what was the matter, he only dared to tell his father, or his sister, never communicated with his mother, often said that his son and his mother kissed, but this son and his mother could not kiss, after his son went to college, he never took the initiative to call his mother, just called his father or sister。
Not only beating her own children, Hui Bei is also very strict with Yan Yan, not only strict, but also not soft, Yan Yan is very sensible, as soon as Hui Bei gets married, she calls Hui Bei her mother, one mother after another, which makes Hui Bei burst into tears. Huibei treats Yanyan better than her own son, but she doesn't care about her temper. Fortunately, Yan Yan is very sensible, never resists, and does not stay away from Hui Bei because she is beaten, her mother still calls her, and she is still intimate with Hui Bei, but every time Hui Bei beats Yan Yan, Zhang Jiayong's heart still beats and beats, and his heart hurts inexplicably. Especially when Hui Bei and Zhang Jiayong lost their temper, they were even more unreasonable.
Zhang Jiayong feels that he can't stay in this home anymore, and he always wants to run away from home, what is the outside world like?