The hard work paid off, ten days later, the list was announced, Yunbai was selected, and seventeen-year-old Miao Jiao, Ou Mingxiang was unsuccessful, Jin Yufeng was also unselected, and only three people were selected in the entire railway station, Sister Wang's train accounted for two, both were unmarried young women, and the other was married and had children, among which Miao Jiao was the most beautiful and the first to be selected.

Yun Bai cried with joy, and hurriedly told Qi Shufang the good news, and Qi Shufang was very happy for her.

However, after the Yun family learned about this, their mood was a little complicated.

Beijing is the capital, no one wants to work there, not to mention that the salary of the same level is three percent higher than that of Gupeng, but other treatment is better than that of Gupeng, and you can know more powerful people, no longer the frog at the bottom of the well.

However, Yun Bai's departure is no different from marrying, what should the family do?

Yun Bai is not married, she has more than half of the supply every month to subsidize the family, because she works for half a month, eats on the train for half a month, and supplies other food and non-staple foods are more than the family, basically not into her own mouth. If the family encounters difficulties, Yunbai's colleagues will enthusiastically donate food stamps, which are things that the family cannot do.

The Yun family has no money to buy non-staple food, and it is another matter to give the quota to others to get benefits.

If Yun Bai gets married, his family can get a bride price and live a very good life, and in the future, he can also ask Yun Bai for 30 yuan as living expenses every month, how can he speak now? Mica frowned sadly, Yun Song and his wife chattered, and finally Yun's father made a final decision and asked Yun Bai to send back half of his salary every month.

Yun Bai's heart fell into the ice cellar, and it was so cold.

I knew that my family's feelings for me were not pure, and my previous requirements for my marriage were already very excessive, and my face was very ugly, but I didn't expect it to be now.

She gritted her teeth and agreed to her father's request.

Even if she pays a salary of 30 yuan a month, she will go to Beijing without hesitation!

She has calculated, she does not buy expensive industrial goods, with her usual food and clothing expenses, half of her salary can completely allow herself to live a life without worrying about food and clothing, and she can save some private money, she does not need to subsidize rations to her family, she does not have to hand over all her salary, she does not have to wait for her parents to unwillingly pay a few cents to herself when she goes to work, and she does not have to watch her parents, brothers, sisters-in-law and nephews secretly eat the non-staple food that she occasionally buys when she goes to work.

Go! Must leave.

Yun Bai's will is very firm, she has no reluctance to her family, as soon as she heard that she was chosen, she immediately persuaded her to obey the order.

Listening to Yun Bai tearfully confiding in his family's actions, Qi Shufang sighed slightly.

Yun Bai is not at home, so he will not have to deal with the Yun family in the future.

During his pregnancy and confinement, He Jianguo used the supply of the Yun family and the Zhang tailor's family, nominally, these two families gave it to his family, and there was no transaction involved, in fact, the Zhang tailor's family was given away for free, and the Zhang tailor and his wife said that their family had to pay extra money to buy the ticket, and the Yun family's condition was to exchange the same amount of grain for the supply of non-staple food.

When Yunbai packed his luggage and prepared to go to Beijing with the cadres of the Ministry of Railways, the He family welcomed guests from Beijing.

Liu Xiaomei.

When Qi Shufang saw Liu Xiaomei, who came to visit her home, she learned that the Ministry of Railways was selecting waiters for the special transportation office.

As soon as the work was over and she had to leave the next day, Liu Xiaomei came to meet Qi Shufang.

"It's a pity, I originally thought that you would definitely be selected, but I didn't expect that you were in confinement, and missed the opportunity of the Ministry of Railways to select waiters this time. This matter was not mentioned in the letter, Liu Xiaomei did not see Qi Shufang on the train, and only after asking Sister Wang did she know that she had taken maternity leave.

Qi Shufang smiled lightly and copied the words she had said about pity and happiness in front of Yun Bai.

Liu Xiaomei shook her head: "You don't know the inside story, you think it's the same as usual, choose ordinary waiters." Let me tell you, no, this time the stakes are very important, so I am not qualified to be fully responsible for this work, but together with the other three of them, the first and the other two department-level cadres. ”

In addition to her, she is Qi Shufang, and the little baby sleeping soundly on the bed, there will be no such thing as a wall with ears, but Liu Xiaomei still lowered her voice, "The Ministry of Railways held a meeting and decided to select and transfer conductors from all over the country to the special transportation office, and after a certain amount of training and inspection, the qualified ones will be transferred to the special train of the central chiefs." If you are selected, what a great honor it will be? It's like flying up into the clouds from the mud, even if you have always been a conductor, no one will dare to underestimate you when you return to the locality!"

Qi Shufang raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Really?"

"Of course it's true, what do you think??"

How many cadres can be called the head of the central authorities? They are definitely the mainstay of the central organs of the state, and it seems that they cannot reach the level of provincial governors and cannot sit on special trains.

Yunbai told Qi Shufang that although she felt a little pity when the Ministry of Railways came to pick people, she didn't take it to heart, after all, she still had to pay for the sake of the child, but, listening to Liu Xiaomei say this, Qi Shufang was really suffocated, indeed as Liu Xiaomei said, no, even if she only worked on the special train for three or five years, she would come back with a beautiful resume.

"Wow......" Qijin frowned, opened his mouth wide and cried.

Qi Shufang hurriedly checked whether her son's crying was hungry or urinated or pulled, and quickly threw the pity just now to the back of her head.

Oops, as soon as the quilt is opened, it stinks, unwraps the diaper wrapped around the legs, and then untifts the diaper under the butt, which is full of feces and pee. Fortunately, she and He Jianguo were very willing, the diapers were all new cotton and torn into a large piece, washed and boiled and dried before being used by their son, a diaper was stacked in four layers, and there were six layers of diapers wrapped around the legs, so even if there was feces and urine under his buttocks, the diaper did not penetrate and get on the quilt.

"Sister Liu, wait a minute, I'll clean up for the child. ”

"Get it quickly, don't freeze the child. ”

Liu Xiaomei kept watching and said, "Shufang, you really love the child, the quilt, clothes, and diapers are all new, let people know, most of them scold you for being extravagant." ”

"He's a child that the two of us have been looking forward to for a long time, and of course we have to use the best. ”

"Forget about the quilt clothes, why do you use new cloth for diapers? It's good to tear up old clothes that can't be worn as diapers, and the diapers on your bedside have to use up your cotton supply for a year, right?"

"No, no, how can it. ”

Even if there is, she can't admit it, Liu Xiaomei said that she wasted it, not to mention others, they must say that they ruined the heavens.

However, the child is born delicate, and the current medical means are still relatively backward, and there are no babies who have died in the city and countryside, and they have not been vaccinated since birth.

Qi Shufang quickly poured a basin of boiling water, mixed it with cool white boil, soaked it in a seven-pound cotton handkerchief for wiping her buttocks, first wiped her buttocks with pink toilet paper, then wiped it with a soaked handkerchief, and then wiped it with a dry handkerchief, and finally wrapped it with a dry diaper and quilt, tied it with a red band, and threw the dirty diaper into the basin at the end of the bed to soak it and wait for He Jianguo to come back and wash it.

It is estimated that he noticed that his lower body was very dry and comfortable, and the crying of Qijin soon stopped.

Liu Xiaomei sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the white and tender baby in the swaddling clothes, and it was obvious that she looked very similar to Qi Shufang, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, very handsome, "Your son is really handsome, what is his name?"

"Born seven catties, his father named him seven catties, the name He Daoyuan. ”

"Seven catties, seven catties, what a good name. Come, smile, smile. Liu Xiaomei teased Qijin for a while, because Qijin is not yet a full moon, and she doesn't realize the people and environment in front of her at all, so she won't laugh for a long time.

Qi Shufang changed the warm boiled water three times to wash the two handkerchiefs, hung them on the clothesline outside the house, came back to dry her hands, saw Liu Xiaomei's movements, heard her words, and said: "He is still young, he can't laugh, only grinning inadvertently when sleeping." I asked Sister Ye next door, and little babies will only be laughed at when they are two or three months old. ”

Liu Xiaomei sat up straight, "So there is such a saying!"

Qi Shufang looked at Liu Xiaomei suspiciously, she was almost thirty years old, how could she not know the growth process of the baby? Unless she had never given birth to a child, this was Liu Xiaomei's private matter, she did not express her curiosity.

When she was breastfeeding with seven catties, Liu Xiaomei picked up the topic again.

"At first, I heard the eldest sister say that you were choosing a waiter for the chief's special train, and I was a little pity, but when I saw the seven catties obediently feeding in my arms, I suddenly didn't feel it at all. Qi Shufang looked down at Qijin, paying attention to whether the milk and room would block his nostrils, "The opportunities in life are incredible, often full of accidents, and it is impossible for everything good to happen to me." It's not necessarily bad for me to lose this opportunity. ”

If she is really selected to work in Beijing, what should her husband do? What should she do with her son? Even if she wants to balance family and work, if she is in Beijing, she will not be able to reach it.

I have been separated from my husband before, will I have to separate the two places in the future?

At present, most people are work-oriented, and it is common for two husbands and wives to be thousands of miles apart for many years without seeing each other, and no one complains, but she is different, she still hopes to live a sweet life with her husband and son.

Liu Xiaomei sighed: "Even if you think it's a pity, it's useless, the selection is over." ”

Qi Shufang said yes with a smile, and suddenly mentioned Yunbai, "There are two people on our train who were selected, one is my very good friend named Yunbai, and the other took over as a broadcaster before I gave birth, and I also instructed her for a while, called Miao Jiao." I don't know much about Miao Jiao's family situation, it is said to be very good, Yunbai's family is very poor, and the burden is heavy, I rushed Ming'er to Beijing, whether I was selected to work in the chief's special train, please pay attention to the eldest sister, don't let people bully them. ”

"Little things, I remembered. It's not a request to embarrass herself, Liu Xiaomei agreed very happily, "You can rest assured, when they arrive in Beijing, I will be careful not to let people frame them." ”

Who doesn't want to be selected to work on the chief's train? Even if most of the people obey orders, a few will fight openly and secretly.

"Sister Liu, I'm sorry for you!"

"You're welcome, we have such a good relationship, and I'm just doing it. ”

Qi Shufang pursed her lips and smiled, very grateful in her heart.

After eating the seven catties, she picked up the seven catties vertically, supported his face against her shoulder, palms like bowls, gently patted his back, from bottom to top, heard the milk burp out, and then put him back on the bed and covered with a small quilt.

Liu Xiaomei looked at her skillful movements, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I really didn't expect you to be so young and so good at taking care of children." ”

Because Qijin fell asleep, she consciously lowered her voice.

"I learned from others, where did I get my experience?" In the first few days after returning home from the hospital, she and He Jianguo were really in a hurry, in addition to holding the child, He's father was limited in what he could teach, they didn't know whether the child's crying was hungry or urinating, and made a lot of jokes, or invited Ye Cuicui to come over and teach for a while, and they slowly got started.

"Seeing that Qijin looks so cute, I also look forward to having a child as soon as possible. My wife and I have been separated for many years, and we were officially reunited when we were transferred to Beijing last year. Looking at the seven catties sleeping soundly, Liu Xiaomei's eyes were full of anticipation.

Seeing her slightly yellowed face, which seemed to be a little lacking in qi and blood, Qi Shufang said, "First of all, you have to take care of your body." ”

"You're right, several doctors say so, it's just that they are busy with work, and they used to fall into the root of the disease, and now it takes time and energy to recuperate, but fortunately, now the work is stable, and it is usually very smooth, and there is nothing to worry about. When I'm done with this work, I'll calm down and take care of myself, I'm so old, if I don't have a child, it will be even more difficult in the future. ”

The next day Liu Xiaomei left Gupeng City, Qi Shufang gave her a large bag of things, mainly a few catties of new peanuts and some air-dried game, she told Liu Xiaomei that the peanuts were given to her by her sister-in-law after harvesting the land.

Wang Chunling and Zhang Cuifang's family planted peanuts in their own fields, and the harvest was not small, and they each sent back ten catties.

He Jianguo was resting at home that day and asked Qi Shufang, "Don't you regret it?"

"What do you regret?" Qi Shufang took the rosewood comb he Jianguo bought back and combed her hair gently, her rounded comb teeth massaged her scalp, very comfortable, and when she heard He Jianguo's inexplicable question, she looked back at him with a strange expression.

Her hair is very long, she hasn't cut it since she crossed it, it's up to her hips, it's very difficult to take care of during the confinement, she knows that she should be kept clean during the confinement and can wash her hair, but He Jianguo believes in the experience of everyone around her, but she doesn't agree, she only takes a clean towel to wipe her scalp, fortunately, she can take a shower in two days.

"Because of seven pounds, you don't even have a chance to be picked. If you are here, with your ability, you will definitely be selected, and maybe you will be transferred to the chief train smoothly. ”

"With seven pounds, what is there to regret? I am not the pride of the sky, all good things come according to my time. ”

Qi Shufang stood up, held his head and kissed his chin, "He Jianguo, you listen to me, I don't regret it at all, I don't envy Yunbai's good luck at all! If I am selected to go to Beijing, without you and without seven catties, let alone the chief's special train, even if I work in the leader's special train, it will not bring me happiness!"

He Jianguo's eyes were full of smiles, sweeping away the previous haze.

"Fool. Qi Shufang spit out two words in a small voice, and a cry of seven catties came, and the two of them immediately got busy.

Qi Shufang has a normal heart, but others don't.

After the cadres of the Ministry of Railways and the selected conductors left, everyone learned that they were actually selecting staff for the chief's special train, and most of the crew members who were not selected regretted that they did not show themselves well, including Jin Yufeng and Ou Mingxiang.

The Yun family suddenly felt honored, straightened their chests, and looked very vigorous.

When Ye Cuicui came to He's house, she mentioned it and sneered: "I just said that I was transferred to the special transportation department of the Ministry of Railways first, but I didn't say that I would definitely be selected, why are you so proud? Be careful and be too proud, the news came that it was not selected, then it would be embarrassing!"

Intellectually, everyone knows that it is not their fault that the Yun family puts the burden on Yun Bai's shoulders, who doesn't want to have a job? But what can the whole family do if Yun Bai works alone? Moreover, the rest of the Yun family has been doing odd jobs to earn money, and they have not blindly exploited Yun Bai. However, emotionally, everyone still thinks that the Yun family is too harsh on Yun Bai, and they don't let her get married at such an old age.

Qi Shufang smiled after hearing this, but did not speak.

Yun Bai is gone, and she has nothing to do with the Yun family, mainly because the original supply of non-staple food was both goods and money, and she didn't owe much favors, so why bother to gossip about them behind her back, but let herself fall into a broken image.

"Comrade Qi Shufang, your parcels and letters!"

The postman knocked on the door, Qi Shufang went out and got it back, Ye Cuicui asked, "Who sent you something?" A street is so big, who has letters and packages, everyone knows it, and Qi Shufang has received a lot of packages recently.

Qi Shufang opened the letter and looked at it, and said with a smile: "A friend." ”

"You have a lot of friends, it seems that there are all over the world, especially in Shanghai, and they send you a lot of things. ”

Ye Cuicui is talking about Mu Xuexun, indeed, she and Mu Xuexun have given each other a lot of things, and the relationship is getting better and better, this time the things are still sent by Mu Xuexun. Mu Xuexun sent something last time because the due date was approaching, and she didn't know that she had given birth to seven catties in advance, and Qi Shufang didn't reply to her until after she gave birth.

Therefore, Mu Xuexun immediately sent this letter, saying that if Gupeng City was not a sad place for her, she would definitely come to see what Qijin looked like, and said that if she had the opportunity, let her take Qijin to their house to play.

Take seven catties to Shanghai to play with her? Qi Shufang smiled, seven catties are so small, how dare she take seven catties out of the house.

"You're about to get out of confinement, aren't you?" Ye Cuicui is not a person who likes to get to the bottom of things, she didn't urge Qi Shufang to open the package and see what she sent, but changed the topic with interest.

"Today is twenty-four, and there are still two days left before the full moon. ”

"Where do you do the full moon wine? is it in the city, or in the hometown, if it is in the city, don't forget to tell us. ”

I, He Jianguo, plan to invite a few relatives in my hometown to see the children, and other friends will not accept gifts. ”

The 24th is the weekend, He Jianguo rested, accompanied his wife and children all day, others came to ask him to go out for a drink, he did not agree, but the 26th was the working time, he was very good because of his good appearance, and he asked for a day off to entertain relatives and friends from afar.

Shortly after the birth of seven catties, it was originally said that he would go home to hold a banquet after the full moon, but after the corn cobs were harvested at home, although wheat was planted, so many corn cobs were not threshed, and every household was very busy.

In fact, the main reason is that He Jianguo and Qi Shufang do not live in their hometown, and they can't make up a lot of materials for the banquet.

They had a lot of crops in that field in the mountains, and they couldn't let people know about it, so they had to be careful.

Entertaining guests in a state-run hotel saves a lot of things, except for staple food, meat and vegetarian dishes do not need tickets, Yi He Jianguo and Qi Shufang's financial resources can fully afford it, the food stamps are ready, and the relatives are from their hometowns, and there are no food stamps in their hands at all.

You can't come to eat noodles empty-handed, so there aren't many people from my hometown.

Qi's father and Qi's mother, Qi Shude and his wife together with their children, He father, He Jiandang and his wife with their younger son, He Jianjun and his wife with their youngest son, this is the closest relationship, and the others are He Jianguo's sworn brothers and cousins, one person from the family came, and Huo Jianfeng, Qi Shufang's cousins did not come, Qi's father and Qi's mother carried two bamboo baskets.

One basket contained a few catties of wheat, twenty or thirty eggs, two handfuls of steamed dumplings, and one basket contained two catties of rice and two catties of noodles, as well as a handful of rolled out noodles and two handfuls of steamed dumplings, each covered with a three-foot cloth.

Wang Chunling and Zhang Cuihua took out the steamed dumplings to make brown sugar tea and gave it to everyone to drink, and the two looked at each other.

Why did Qi Shufang's parents suddenly become generous?

How did they know that Qi's father and mother had tasted the sweetness of not asking their daughter for too much, He Jianguo went home alone for the festival, and compared to the New Year, he gave them another twenty yuan. Ask for it, you can't get anything, and you have a bad reputation for treating your daughter harshly, don't want it, they have what Father He has, and Father and Mother Qi are not stupid, of course they choose the latter.

In order to get more benefits, Qi's father and Qi's mother made a bloody investment, and paid ten yuan on the spot as a meeting gift to seven catties.

Qi Shude and Jiang Xiaocui also took out two yuan.

In addition to He's father, He Jiandang and He Jianjun and his wife all gave five yuan, and they didn't dare to compare with Qi Shufang's parents, and the other cousins and sworn brothers were all one dollar per family according to the rules. Only Huo Jianfeng was not among his relatives, and generously took out twenty yuan to give seven catties, because He Jianguo had already worked when his son was born, but the money had arrived.

There were not many people coming, so a total of three tables were set up, and it cost ten yuan and two cents.

After eating lively, everyone returned to He Jianguo and Qi Shufang's house, the people who had been here sat and gossiped, and those who had not been there such as Qi Shufang's parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, looked inside and out with bright eyes.

Qi Shufang has a lot of experience in receiving her mother's family, and she has long asked He Jianguo to hide the grain and air-dried game in the west.

Qi's mother walked back and forth, returned to the bedroom, and said to Qi Shufang happily: "Your house is really good, the blue brick and tile house, big and spacious, similar to the landlord lived in before." I want to discuss with your father, buy bricks and tiles in the autumn and winter this year, and build three tiled houses in the spring of next year, the wind can't blow away the roof, and the rain can't fall into the house, but the money is not enough, so you have to spend three or four hundred. ”

Qi Shufang rolled her eyes: "If you want to build it, you can cover it, and when you wait for the beam, I and Jianguo will not give away the filial piety that we should do." But don't ask us for money to buy bricks and tiles. We spent a lot of money on this house, and this wolf genius paid off the debt. ”

"I just said I wanted to build a house, and I didn't ask you for money. Qi's mother was stunned, she knew that her daughter was slamming the door.

Wang Chunling said enthusiastically: "Auntie, you have a good life in the brigade, I heard that this year's work value can reach an unprecedented dollar, and you can save a lot of money a year, right? Our house is still a mud house, and your family actually wants to build a brick house, which means that the savings in your hand must build a house. ”

Mother Qi hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no, how can you have so much money? I'll go to see Shufang and his father, I have drunk a lot of wine today." ”

Afraid of being found out that her family had more than 400 savings, Qi's mother hurriedly made excuses to slip away.

Zhang Cuihua couldn't help laughing: "Shufang, your mother is no different from before! But today is so generous, incredible." ”

Qi Shufang smiled and told them about the seduction she had taken advantage of, and the two of them were dumbfounded, and Qi Qi gave a thumbs up: "It's really to the point, no wonder I didn't see your father and mother make trouble this year, and I thought they had changed their sex, so they planned to rebuild the old friendship with you because it was not beneficial." That's not bad, who can stand making trouble every day. ”

This Qi Shufang really has an idea, love and hate clearly.

Wang Chunling is secretly glad that she has changed it early, if she is still very stingy, then the things that her children have gotten in the past year are the same as those of the second family on the surface, but in fact there must be differences.

Take Qi Shufang's pregnancy and childbirth as an example, seeing that her family lost four chickens and a lot of eggs and goose eggs, but with her understanding of Qi Shufang, when she is out of confinement, she will definitely have a reward, and the return will not be less than the value of four chickens and eggs and goose eggs, and she can still have a good reputation of friendship and concubine.

Zhang Cuihua saw through the eldest sister-in-law's thoughts at a glance, shook her head and smiled, anyway, it is not a bad thing.

Zhang Cuihua can see through it, how can Qi Shufang not see it?

Seeing off all the guests, He Jianguo boiled water and entered the house, she said: "The eldest brother and the second brother's family have paid a lot to us, and I didn't have the energy to repay them when I raised the fetus and gave birth to a child, Ming'er, I asked Jin Yufeng to bring me some cloth for processing, and make a gown for each of the seven nephews and nieces, what do you say?"

Both parents bought new clothes that year, but the children did not, and they all wore old clothes that were sewn and mended.

Cotton cloth costs six cents a foot, and you can continue to wear it after you grow next year, the eldest He Daorong needs four or five feet at most, and the small one is three or four feet, and it doesn't cost much to do it with a sewing machine.

"Okay, just don't be tired. ”

"Then you look at the child, I'll go take a bath. ”

"Good. He Jianguo's eyes became hot.