Chapter 153: Recruiting Husbands
Because of this oolong incident, no matter how greedy Yang Xiaobei is in the future, he will not dare to sleep outside. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info it's a pity to be such a waste of camping......
I didn't sleep well at night, and I was a little sleepy in the afternoon. Yang Xiaobei moved the recliner to the shade of a shady tree and began to catch up on sleep in a dazed state. Yi Huifen held the soles of her shoes on the side, and complained while guarding Yang Xiaobei: I have never seen anyone who can sleep with Xiaobei, she can sleep whenever she has free time, and she won't wake up for an afternoon if she doesn't tell her, are you a pig......
It rained heavily last night, and although the temperature is high today, it is not so stuffy. Under the shade of the trees, there was a breeze, and everything seemed quiet and beautiful—but often the quieter, the more big things happened.
Huang Zhiyi is going crazy! The adoptive father did not listen to anyone's dissuasion, and stubbornly wanted to return to China to visit relatives when the policy was slightly relaxed. Fortunately, they have been living in country R for many years, and this time in the name of overseas Chinese (investors), they were able to return to this remote town in northwest Hubei under the full escort (monitoring) of government personnel. He really doesn't understand, except for a big brother, there are no other relatives, why be so persistent?
So many people who went to Taiwan Island together in the past didn't all have families here, and people were not as eager as him. If it weren't for the adoptive father's poor health, the doctor said that he might not last long, and he would never agree! You must know that although the mainland blockade has been severe in recent years, some rumors have also spread. Many people's family members have been persecuted, and their sensitive identity is deep in the hinterland, are they not afraid of being beaten to death?
Over the years, the policies of a certain party have been demonized, Huang Zhiyi grew up in country R since he was a child, and he didn't know that this side and the high-pressure blockade were completely different from the outside world. But he couldn't refuse, his adoptive father had no children, and pulling him up from an early age was tantamount to giving him a second life. So even though he knew that there was danger ahead, he still refused his adoptive father's suggestion to return to China alone and came back with him.
Unexpectedly, it was just that it took a lot of time to apply and enter the customs, and after he actually made the trip and set foot on the mainland, Huang Zhiyi found that the atmosphere here was not at all as advertised by foreign media. Although the people were dressed relatively simply, and the buildings were relatively low and down, the smiles on people's faces and the relaxed atmosphere opened his eyes. It may be relatively backward here, but it is definitely not like the people are living in dire straits, as rumored to be.
Accompanied by diplomats, they smoothly returned to their adoptive father's homeland. The government people here are also very friendly (perhaps for the sake of their promises of investment), but in any case, the heartfelt welcome of the hometown people can't fool people. They enthusiastically arranged the car and sent their group to their adoptive father's brother's house as soon as possible.
Only then did he realize where the problem arose every time his adoptive father wanted to stop talking. What the hell is "sitting in the hall to recruit a husband"? How could he see the embarrassment in capital letters from the faces of the escorts?
It took a lot of effort for him to realize that although the uncle had been in this family for decades, the family was not surnamed Huang, and he was just similar to the existence of a long-term worker - worse than a long-term worker, at least the family could leave. And the uncle will stay in someone else's house for the rest of his life, and he will not be able to get the worship of his children after death. And they came to visit the uncle, but they were in someone else's house.
Who the hell came up with this crazy idea? Huang Zhiyi was angry, this family is not the uncle's home, it is embarrassing for them to visit relatives at other people's homes? This is trampling a man's dignity into the mud! How could such an inhumane thing happen?
The adoptive father stopped his outburst. He sighed, "Ayi, you can't blame others, it's been such a custom since ancient times, your uncle is voluntary, no way!" They were all poor back then! ”
The famine of 1934, because the time is so far away, is that few people except the old people remember it anymore. But as long as I say it, I still can't help but shudder. The most recent famine was in 1959, and although it was extremely difficult, there was a reliable government that allowed everyone to persevere in their chaff. At that time, it was a time of war, and the annual floods were followed by droughts, and it was estimated that 6 million people died of hunger and plague.
In those years, both parents died of illness and starvation, leaving the two brothers to depend on each other. Hungry! It was the only feeling he had at the time. Half of the eldest son starved to death of Lao Tzu, and the two of them were hungry every day when they were growing their bodies, and their eyes were green with hunger. I heard that some people were so hungry that they went to eat Guanyin soil, and the second child of the Huang family was also ready to eat, "If you die, you have to be a full ghost!" "The eldest is older, but he has seen the tragic situation of people who died in pain after eating Guanyin soil, and he was not allowed to go.
Seeing that he was going to starve to death in the grass hut where he lived like this, the eldest of the Huang family remembered his mother's last words when he died, and he gritted his teeth and went to the big family in the village. The man of the family had just died, leaving behind orphans and widows, and the woman was very strong, and she refused the help of her people, and said that she would sit in the court and recruit a husband.
But any man who has a little way to live will not choose to take this path. What's more, the widow is in her 30s, more than ten years older than the boss of the Huang family. But in this cannibalistic year, even such a humiliating way is rushed to do. But the old and the weak were rejected by the widow. Her requirements are simple, young and strong, and honest.
The boss was so hungry that he lost weight to ribs during that time, but the shelf was there, and the people were honest and honest, and he was hit when he came to the door. At this time, the second child knew his brother's plan and disagreed. "Brother! How can you go to the job of recruiting? I don't even have a person to worship when I'm old! "In the countryside, this is the deadliest, and if you die without worship, it will be a tragedy for the rest of your life.
The elder brother had made up her mind, and the widow had promised to keep her younger brother and move out when he was married—this was already a rare kindness, so she agreed to it. But the younger brother couldn't figure it out, he didn't want his brother to make cattle and horses for other people's families all his life for a bite to eat, for himself, and secretly joined the army in grief and anger.
At that time, if you wanted to be a soldier, you would not refuse. But except for the ruffians and hooligans who want to mix up with white skins and play prestige, almost no one of the common people has joined the army. "A good man is not a soldier, a good iron is not a nail", in the thinking of the countrymen, honest farming is serious, how many soldiers have a good end? By the time the eldest brother reacted, the wood had already been completed, and the younger brother had already left with the army, not to mention, even he himself was almost pulled into a strong man, and he finally got out and came back.
Although the younger brother went to be a soldier, the manly man spat and nailed. The family promised that they would help raise their younger brother, and they also took care of a few days' full food, and they couldn't be without faith. So the eldest went to the widow's house anyway. He never had a child, but two men raised a son, and the widow was shrewd and capable, but never harsh him. Although the son does not call himself father, he also has enough respect for himself, except that he has no offspring, he does not feel anything bad.
The only thing I am worried about is my younger brother who has gone and has not been heard from. Although there is little hope, he always thinks in his spare time, what if it happens? What if the younger brother didn't die in the war and went to Taiwan...... Even if you don't see him for the rest of your life, as long as he's alive, it's fine.