Chapter 3 Two Homes

Summer vacation, busy farming season, seize the day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info Yu Yue has never seen rice cutting, no matter how hot the day is, he has to follow Shi Yuan back to his hometown to see. My parents agreed with this point, recalling the life of the educated youth back then, and sighed with emotion: "How to know the difficulties of Chinese farmers without experiencing it personally, saying how many people's youth have been ruined by going to the mountains and going to the countryside, but to a certain extent, it has indeed narrowed the distance between urban and rural areas.

Shi Yuan's field is too far away from the house, Yu Yue is very curious, "Why is there no large field at the door of the house that is his own?" Shi Yuan sighed with emotion, "The land reform divided the fields, and at that time it was not operated according to the actual situation of each family, which family has many powerful people, the quality of the land allocated is the best, the crying child has milk to drink, the stronger the more he can call, no one dares to treat him badly, the weak family or the honest person just waits for the final distribution, can there be fairness and justice? Some concepts are good, but there is no operability at all." , Shi Yuan rolled up his trousers and cut rice under his pants while explaining, and it could be seen that the action was quite skillful, Yu Yue stood on the edge of the ridge, holding a sun umbrella and watching, two fields with three people working, two old people working on a field, and Shi Yuan one person else. "There has been no division of land for many years, a few rural people live by farming, they are all old people who barely plant something at home, there are barren fields and wasteland everywhere, and the young people in the village, whether they are studying in college or not, no one stays here, and they go out to work to earn money for themselves to support the elderly and prevent diseases. Rural people have no security, and they have to rely on themselves for everything. How can it be like you city people, born to eat commercial grain, in the early years, rural people still had to pay public grain, a large part of which is to be co-ordinated to urban residents" Shi Yuan gushed, while raising his head to see Yu Yue's reaction, seeing that she was listening very seriously, Shi Yuan continued, "We are okay, close to the city, peasant women grow vegetables, raise chickens to sell in the city, and there is still a little stable income every year, and many of the towns and villages in it have become deserted villages." Yu Yue has been interpreting the words that Shiyuan talked about, "public grain", "commercial grain", "overall planning", "guarantee", ...... These words seemed so stiff before, but now they are so vivid when they come out of Shi Yuan's mouth.

In her senior year, Yu Yue was a student assistant to Mr. Jin on the school radio station, and once two classmates on the radio station had a big fight, Yu Yue accompanied the teacher to deal with the aftermath. These two classmates on duty in Taiwan are from the provincial capital, their parents are working-class, and the lower bunk is from the border city, and they are authentic peasant children. With a passion for journalism, the two got acquainted over the radio, but they couldn't get used to each other in life. The lower bunk is very frugal in life, diligent study until midnight three watches, in addition to classes, that is, the radio, the library, never entertainment activities; the upper bunk, reading is never serious, giggling is very pleasing, three years to change two or three girlfriends, sometimes girlfriends come to the radio station and wait, a lot of resentment is accumulated over time. It is said that once the upper bunk asked him how he knew how to read every day, and he had no interest in life at all, and the lower bunk replied that he was under great pressure and would have to support the second elder in the future. The upper bunk was puzzled, and muttered, "They have a pension, why do they want you to raise it?" The lower bunk glared at him, and then walked away angrily, making the upper bunk inexplicable. Hearing this, Yu Yue also shook his head and blurted out: "Isn't it?" Teacher Jin was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "You, you must also be from the city." Yu Yue hurriedly explained, "Small county town." Teacher Jin said with a smile, "Now that the county town is going out with the wind of the big city, who will understand the vast rural world behind it, and the post-80s generation is not as good as our post-70s, and the urban-rural generation gap is deeper." Thinking of this, Yu Yue asked him, "Then when will your parents retire?" Shi Yuan glanced at her: "Rural people never retire!" Yu Yue was angered by his attitude of answering with emotion, and what was even more crazy was that she didn't know what she was wrong with. "Don't you care about social news every day? The state is reforming social security, and rural people may have a little pension after the age of 60, but the wool comes out of the sheep, and they must pay 10-15 years before the age of 60, which varies from person to person, ranging from a few hundred to several thousand a year, and there is nothing after not paying. Yu Yue's study habits are very good, and she insists on reading the news and reading newspapers every day, but these seem to have nothing to do with her life. Sometimes I just glance at it and don't take it to heart, I can't imagine that Shiyuan cares so much. Yu Yue guessed what the so-called "burden" and "conditions" refer to in Shiyuan's attitude, just like when her parents' friends came to introduce her boyfriend to Yu Yue, the people who came always emphasized that the man's family was "no burden", "civil servant", and "house...... There is a sense of confidence between the lines.

Qian Shiyuan straightened his waist, saw the silent Yu Yue, and regretted that he had said too much, didn't he just love Yu Yue's purity and reserve, and he didn't eat the fireworks of the world like a goddess on top. Of course, this is a dream come true. At the age of 13, he was admitted to the city to study in junior high school, and he knew that there was another world completely different from his hometown, with concrete buildings everywhere, wide roads, busy traffic, bright classrooms in the school, and countless good-looking books in the library, especially those Chengguan students, who could play and know how to spend money, and when it came to the end of class, several Chengguan students in the class would talk about all kinds of experiences in the video hall game hall and skating rink, and they were eager to try all those who had not been there, and they only hated the hero's shortness of breath, and their parents were not angry, and they couldn't afford such a "chic walk" 。 There is nothing that boys talk about more than commenting on who is beautiful, who is interesting to whom, who wants to chase whom, and so on. Shi Yuan likes to see those girls who speak politely, behave generously and decently, fashionable and not exaggerated in the city, which is very different from the girls in the village who speak loudly, are dirty, and rustic, and at that time he understood that he had to work hard. Although the situation of his family has changed a lot after the second year of high school, a successful mining has created a huge wealth for the family, and Qian Shiyuan, who has never had material enjoyment, has lived the life of the second ancestor for a while, but fortunately, these have not changed his good habit of hard work.

The college entrance examination came out and went to the first line, and the single Chinese subject score was the first in the city, but the volunteer was reported long before the score came out, and Shiyuan went to a second school in another province. His flamboyant and loving personality is very "open" in college, there are buddies everywhere, there are brothers everywhere, but the economic abundance is at most just to shorten the distance with his classmates, and he has not been able to give Qian Shiyuan courage on the road of love, the province he went to, there are talented and beautiful people everywhere, although Shiyuan is a particularly likable character, but the behavior habits formed by long-term poverty have long been deeply imprinted in the body, he continues to work hard to narrow these gaps, and he does not dare to pursue girls easily, let alone a kiss. Although the family is financially well-off, it is still far from catching up with those families who "eat the emperor's grain"; they are rich in human resources and have abundant human resources; their own families are sitting on empty mountains, lacking follow-up, and having no way out. Shiyuan wants to take root in the provincial capital, but it is not easy to have a compilation, and if there are many people who have hit a wall, they will think, even if it is a private company, and they will talk about it after mixing. At the same time, the family is also anxious, especially the father, who always feels that eating "public food" is the right way. The father begged the boss to come forward and asked someone to arrange the work. From this, Sewon returned to the small town. Two years later, Shiyuan waited for Yu Yue. To his flattery, Yu Yue was able to take a fancy to himself. He didn't know that after years of hard work, he was no longer the rural kid who had never seen the world in the eyes of others. Yu Yue knows that he is the good young man who understands everything and is willing to be motivated and pursued. Since Yu Yue graduated, Xu is all kinds of discomfort brought about by the sudden change in the environment, everything is dull, and only Shiyuan can really let himself laugh without scruples. Two "complementary" people just walked together.

The summer vacation has passed, and the school has not arranged for Yu Yue to continue to be the head teacher in the new semester, and Yu Yue has not realized that in this small city with a strong concept of men and women, she has been unconsciously treated as a "family member" by the unit.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the two talked about getting married. Yu Yue is a particularly unobtrusive person in these "mundane things", he only thinks that it is a matter of two people, and he doesn't think about asking anyone for advice. The man's family began to operate in a decent way, Shiyuan's younger brother was engaged before, and the family didn't want the two brothers to be awkward in this matter, Shiyuan didn't dare to advocate it, worked for two or three years, and was too poor to teach liberal arts and didn't save any money, so he could only listen to the family and do it according to their model. That day, the father and son came to the door with a large bag of peanut candy and special wine, and when my mother saw this form, she glanced at Yu Yue, and Yu Yue immediately understood that look. Mom was unhappy in her heart. But despite this, she greeted the guests very much and responded calmly with a smile. After the people left, Yu Yue prepared her mother's nagging, and sure enough, "Look, when our family has never seen the world, what about making a lot of "snacks" to coax the children? Not to mention that people come to the door with foreign wine, they can't even take Moutai Wuliangye." The future mother-in-law will not come, it can be seen that most of the women in their family have no status, this kind of family, not to mention in the city, even in the countryside, is also a lower-class person, thinking that they have seen the world after making some money, cut, the small family is too angry, don't say that my mother didn't remind you, such a family, you can't be valued when you marry, don't cry and come back and regret it when the time comes!" Yu Yue sneered, "Aren't you yourself married to a rural person, fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter." When my mother heard this, her voice was sharp, "Can they compare with your father's family? Your great-grandfather was the political commissar of the Red Army, your grandfather was the director of the public security bureau, and your father grew up in the city, and he was a capable person in the countryside a few generations ago, otherwise how could he have the ability to rush out of the countryside? If it weren't for **********... Maybe your dad won't go back to this county, so there will be no you. Yu Yue closed her lips and protested silently, her mother couldn't stop, "You are the first generation to enter the city at best, how will you live with him in the future? When you quarrel, you have to remember that you said that you have a common language with him, hum!" Dad's face was not good-looking, he just didn't say anything, Yu Yue knew that his father was angry in his heart. Yu Yue couldn't get off the stage, but she was arrogant, "I am responsible for my own marriage, and I have nothing to do with others." ”

On the other hand, Qian Shiyuan always instilled some truth in Yu Yue intentionally or unintentionally, what "now that men and women are equal, marrying a daughter is not selling a daughter, enlightened parents will not ask for too much dowry", "Some rural people have a high dowry, that is to sever the relationship, the money is left to be taken away, and it will be relatives in the future", "The affairs of the parents are all in charge of the son, and when a woman marries, her husband's family will be the mainstay"...... For this reason, Yu Yue quarreled with Qian Shiyuan a lot, and some of Shiyuan's words were insincere, the traces of borrowing were too obvious, obviously he was not confident enough, but he couldn't help but want to "preconceive" and pull Yu Yue to his side. Yu Yue was angry on both sides, blindly escaping, and choosing to pretend to be deaf and dumb for more time, women, will always be blinded by the current sweetness, indecisive, and have a fluke mentality, thinking that there will be a new life after marriage, and men will change for this. At the same time, Qian Shiyuan deliberately guided the direction of the topic, saying that his father had ambitions and dared to resign and go to the sea, and his mother dragged her three children to grow up, and she also trained herself as a college student. Later, Yu Yue learned that Qian Shiyuan had been avoiding the important and talking lightly, and his father would be expelled if he did not resign, because he had a heavy concept of giving birth to a son, and he was not satisfied with giving birth to one, so he had to give birth to a third child so that he had no chance to enter the teaching team, and he refused to be solid in the countryside, and he told fortunes everywhere, until Shenhan said that he was Liu Bang's life, and he had to go out to earn the world before he could leave home as if he had a holy decree, and his mother, after living together for many years, he saw that he was constantly nagging and blaming every day, always picking on other people's faults, and everything was clear and self-protecting, hanging high, and there was absolutely a way to push it to others when he did something wrong, and he found a good way to retreat early to shoulder the burden, and he only had negative emotions for a lifetime, people pretend to be instigated in front of people and majestic in the back. Qian Shiyuan's growth is really a miracle of this family, you must know that one of his sisters graduated from junior high school in the worst school, and a younger brother bought high school at a high price and was almost expelled because of a fight, and as a result, he graduated from high school in the second year of high school and went out to work. According to Shiyuan himself, since he was a child, he has carried the black pot for his mother, and if he doesn't do a good job, he will deduce that his son is sabotaging, and he will always be his mother's punching bag, and she always beats and scolds while saying, "Crooked seed, like grandpa's crooked seed"! The reason is very simple, her mother married herself, and she was either beaten and scolded by her father or called by her grandfather, and she hated them in her heart but did not dare to resist, and when she had resentment in her heart, she found this son who was most like "his grandfather" to vent her anger. Mother and son also talk about fate, and in the days to come, Yu Yue realized how entangled the problems between the two of them were. Fortunately, Qian Shiyuan met a good teacher in elementary school, who guided him in the direction of his life, so much so that he always wanted to be a teacher and repaid his wish when he filled in the volunteers later.

Yu Yue's words made her parents have no way out. It's another few days of secret war, the parents comfort each other, let her go when the child is older, don't listen to it, if she gets up like someone and drags it out to the age of thirty, it won't hurt her. In the past few days, Qian Shiyuan threw out a question. That day, the two walked on the North Ring Road, chatting while walking, Yu Yue said that he liked the days when the two of them were together, even if it was a little noisy. Shi Yuan asked after a long time: "If, hehe, in fact, although my parents are uneducated, they are very open-minded, I mean, in case, they want to come to live with us, can you accept living with them?" "No!" Yu Yue didn't think twice. She looked at Shi Yuan with a straight face, "Didn't you say that they are familiar with the neighbors in the village and are not used to coming out of the city? Doesn't it mean that they are very comfortable growing some green food and raising some natural food in the village? Someone else is someone else, I am me, I have told you more than once, I like to live a life of freedom and self-determination, I don't want to be like a monitor at home, I don't want to report everything to others, I don't want to explain everything. Besides, my parents didn't live with my grandparents, I didn't have the experience of living with other people's parents, I didn't come from a big family, and I was afraid of many problems when I was a child, and I couldn't cope with them at all. I don't want life to be so complicated!" Yu Yue said in one breath, leaving no room for it. "If they want to come out to live, we'll go to the school and apply for housing!" Shi Yuan swallowed, "I'm afraid that you will work hard, and you don't look good at housework, how good it would be to have someone to help you." Yu Yue comforted: "I have capable genes, but I don't have the opportunity to practice, I can learn anything if I give some time." Shi Yuan stopped talking, thinking about whether he could "get" his parents, "Let it be, she has to learn to accept it when she gets married anyway." It's still naïve. Shi Yuan thought so in his heart, but he only said "hey" in his mouth. Yu Yue guessed his thoughts, "I want you to swear, your parents won't come out to live with us, or we'll move out!" Now Shiyuan didn't have any steps to go down, "Okay, I swear, they won't come, they have their own house, how can they come to squeeze with us, they can't get used to living in the suite!" But after saying that, he regretted it, and shouted over and over again in his heart, "It should be beaten, it should be beaten!"

On the day of the proposal, the father and son came, his father asked for the bride price, and Yu Yue's parents smiled and said, "There are courtesies for how much you take, and we can afford to take as much as you take." The father and son exchanged glances, and their faces relaxed. Mom added, "The girl has to make a motorcycle, and she is riding mine now." Shi Yuan was about to say something, but his father immediately interrupted him: "His brother didn't have this when he was engaged, so it's worth it for Shi Yuan himself." When Shiyuan heard this, he immediately felt weak and didn't dare to answer. Xu felt that Yu Yue's parents were easy to talk to, so his father was not polite. When it came to the issue of Caijin, his father almost did not hesitate, and said directly how his youngest son did it at that time, how many things the little daughter-in-law's family was going to take, and their family was also from the city, so they should all look and feel. Yu Yue's parents are not powerful characters, and they haven't reacted for a long time. Usually, my mother has a strong mouth, but when she is present, she is a strong inward. Yu Yue was in a hurry, in fact, her thinking and eloquence were better than her mother's, but it was difficult to answer at this time. After a while, my mother said: "If you want to treat yourself, it is Yangchun Hotel, you go and inquire about how much a table is, we don't want you to have an all-inclusive table, according to the rules, the man only needs to book a half seat, do I want to earn you this money?" His father saw that Yu Yue's mother was not easy to fool, so he turned back to his son and said, "Shiyuan, you go and deal with this matter, how to tell the family when the time comes, I always have to support as a father." When eating, my mother deliberately left a plate of chicken on it, and as soon as they left, my mother took it out and asked Yu Yue to eat, "People like them are also worthy! What kind of little family, you just wait to be led by their nose for a lifetime, everything is based on his younger brother, how can he not take his elder brother as the standard, thousands of years are the eldest son, which discipline is the rule! Don't say I didn't remind you, it seems that this eldest son is a useless person at home, don't expect him to protect you in the future." Yu Yue pursed her lips, "I don't want to live with them, I can't protect them." When my mother heard this, her voice immediately rose an octave, "Just you fool to believe him, even if he is willing, his parents may not be willing, rural people depend on their sons for life and death, I'm afraid that you won't call them if you have food." Hmph!"

As soon as Shiyuan and the others left, his father couldn't help but scold while still on the way, "The men in the city are all bad seeds, look at your father-in-law, he didn't say a word, I saw your mother-in-law pointing fingers." You listen to me, and you will cure your wife in the future, don't follow the example of your mother-in-law, if it is me, a woman who dares to intervene will slap her when she talks about business. Men who are women in charge of the house are not productive. I think your girlfriend seems to be very well-behaved, don't spoil her, she dares to bully you when she gets powerful, and she has to step on her. Shi Yuan agreed and thought to himself, Yu Yue's family has been in the family for so long, and the things in the unit are naturally willing to share, Yu Yue's parents have been in the system for several generations, and they can always give themselves good advice and remind themselves of the rules of the game for survival in the unit. Seeing that her parents are in a harmonious relationship, almost 50 years old and flirting, everything is so natural and unpretentious, more intimate than us who have just fallen in love, Yu Yue is used to disagreeing, her parents are very harmonious from childhood to adulthood, family members are equal, the atmosphere is harmonious, see Yu Yue and her younger brother Yu Cheng are also harmonious, and the children who grow up with superior family conditions are not much materially comparative, and they are used to making each other. Isn't this kind of family what I have always wanted to have? Unlike myself, I have to learn to fight since I was a child so that I can eat good food and meat and not be bullied. The relationship between the parents is cold, they take care of each other, and the things under their names are clearly distinguished, and they all live as if they have completed their tasks. But what my father said is very good, men, if they can't even control their wives, it's too coarse.

"Two kinds of families" fought in Shiyuan's heart.

The ninth half of the lunar calendar is the day of "Jiao" in the hometown, and the Shiyuan family invited Yu Yue's parents and uncle, obviously the fields in the countryside evoked their memories, and the older generation chattered about the past years of cutting in line, until the meal was still unfinished. When I got home, Yu Yue's mother couldn't help but say, "Hey, it would be nice if we had such a piece of land, as before, it is convenient to grow flowers and vegetables and raise chickens, and I love it, and now the green belt at home can not get these", in the past, the unit had a large garden, and each employee was assigned to the vegetable field, chicken coop and pigsty, and his parents were all good children who loved labor and life under the teaching of Chairman Mao, so they have never wasted these jobs, and they are solid. Yu Yue said, "Yes, the first time I went, I just stared at the field, but unfortunately it wasn't theirs." Either you have to divide a little. Yu Yue covered her mouth and smiled, and her mother reacted, "Heh, it's different to do this in the countryside, it's not a joy of life." ”

After going on a trip and coming back, everyone expressed their puzzlement, why did Yu Yue wronged himself with such good conditions and married to such a place? Mother-in-law is too sleek and sophisticated, always follow your wishes, blindly catering, the house was originally public, it stands to reason why it shouldn't be so dilapidated, it is estimated that they have not been well renovated in their hands, saying that it is a bit of family wealth, but at first glance it is not going to run a decent family, how important is the woman in the family, things are placed everywhere in the house, and the actions of Shiyuan's mother are like Mrs. Miss, which is worse than us. If he hadn't become rich overnight and bought two houses in the city, this family would have been poor middle peasants for a long time. Especially the uncle, who wanted to introduce his good friend's son to Yu Yue, in any respect, the uncle felt that the two of them were more compatible, why was this kid the first to get there. Yu Yue's heart is also up and down, she can't see the future clearly, she only knows that she has always been at peace with what she encounters, and even love is resigned to fate.

Shortly after the engagement, the younger siblings became pregnant. The matter between Yu Yue and Shiyuan had to be put on hold for the time being, and his younger brother should get married first.