Chapter 6: Family Strife (Revised)
"Youth, youth, beautiful time, more vivid than the colorful glow, more fragrant than the rose, if you ask where the youth is? Where? Where? It carries love, but also happiness, and more importantly, strength, in your heart, in your heart. ”
The sunset melts gold, and the sky is full of colorful clouds.
Untied the knots in his heart, Chen Wenhui's mood relaxed, hummed a song, held Chen Xiaoyu's hand, and walked happily on the way home.
Chen Xiaoyu listened to him humming a song, and the young faces he had just seen in Xinhua Bookstore appeared in front of him, full of thirst for knowledge and longing for the future.
It was a passion that would never be seen again after many years.
In front of the Xinhua bookstore, there was a big red slogan that read, "We want to regain lost time." It appropriately and effectively proved the vigorous and energetic mentality of the people at that time.
Xiaoyu's heart suddenly ignited a long-lost passion, fate brought her to this era of ruins to be revived, no matter what the outcome is, she has to live seriously again.
"Xiaoyu, I plan to go home today and tell my dad about the school entrance examination." Chen Wenhui suddenly turned his face and said to Xiaoyu, his eyes shining with brilliance.
Now he has a different feeling about this niece, as if only Xiaoyu is the one who understands himself and knows him best.
"Okay, okay, just do it, and say it when you get home."
"Well, time is running out. Now we almost have to start from scratch, especially mathematics, physics and chemistry, and we have to make up from junior high school. Chen Wenhui lowered his head and was ashamed, "I didn't study hard when I was in school. ”
"**Said, there is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb. As long as you are determined, there is no problem. ”
Chen Xiaoyu was surprised after speaking, could it be that his knowledge system was also reborn? How can I memorize the previous texts so smoothly, after many years, I still remember this poem I learned in elementary school.
Chen Wenhui nodded and clenched his fists, "Yes, 10,000 years is too long, just seize the day." ”
When I got home in the evening, my grandmother had already cooked mung bean porridge and bought Xiaojiao steamed buns (a kind of pointed steamed buns that had been roasted over a fire on one side), and the side dishes for the meal were a bowl of fried edamame, a little shredded meat, and a bowl of braised eggplant.
Grandpa came back from work, his face was gloomy, and he glanced at Xiaoyu, "I'm sick today." ”
"Well, it's much better." Chen Xiaoyu replied in a proper manner.
"That's good." He paused, "Don't you want to learn from your mother in the future......"
"Eat, eat. Xiaoyu went to get the bowl. Grandma intercepted his flower head and opened the meal.
Grandpa frowned at her.
The four of them sat together at the table and ate dinner in silence.
After eating a steamed bun and drinking a bowl of porridge, Grandpa put down his chopsticks, looked at Chen Wenhui, who was immersed in eating, and said with a stern expression, "Today I came back from work at the intersection and met Director Li of the street neighborhood committee, he said, you have been wandering around all day long with nothing to do, and you are not willing to go to the assigned work, I also want to ask you, what is your idea now?" ”
Chen Wenhui stopped his chopsticks and was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and continued to eat, and said lightly, "I don't have any ideas." ”
Grandma was loading the meal, and hurriedly played the round, "Let's eat first, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it after eating." ”
Unexpectedly, grandpa slapped the chopsticks heavily, Xiaoyu was so frightened that the chopsticks in her hand almost fell to the ground.
Grandma frowned tightly and looked at her grandfather with disgust, "If there is anything you can't say after eating, it scares Xiaoyu." ”
Grandpa glanced at Xiaoyu who was on the side, and handed her the empty bowl on the table, "Xiaoyu, go, help me go and add another bowl of rice." ”
Xiaoyu agreed to take the bowl, looked at Chen Wenhui, who was silent, sympathetically, and got up to go to the kitchen in the courtyard. As soon as the lid of the pot was lifted and the meal was about to be served, I vaguely heard my grandfather's scolding, "I'm idle all day long, wandering around, like what, I refuse to do work, I refuse to go to the countryside, tell me about it, how long will it be?" ”
His voice was loud and loud, and he could hear it when the kitchen door was closed. She sighed in her heart, Chen Wenhui had just had a plan for her future before she could speak, and she was reprimanded with a split head.
She listened attentively, and it seemed that her grandmother's persuasion voice came, "Don't worry, Wen Hui has Wen Hui's thoughts, he told me in the morning that he wants to go to university, and he doesn't plan to wander around." Nong asked him to speak slowly, Wenhui, Nong told Daddy. ”
Grandma finally spoke for Chen Wenhui, Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the room with her rice bowl.
As soon as I entered the door, I heard my grandfather snort heavily, "Going to college?" Where is it so easy, he has been studying for more than ten years, either suspending classes to make a revolution or studying engineering and agriculture, and he has only been in cultural classes for a few days? You ask him what he will take. Whimsical, will he factor it out? Will the list of chemical elements be memorized? In addition to being able to memorize the old three articles of the year, what else will he do? What is said about going to university, it is clearly an excuse to be lazy, and you still believe him. ”
"Yes, he didn't learn anything in school, he has this heart now, and Nong has to believe in him." Grandma got angry and said coldly.
Xiaoyu never had the impression that her grandmother was angry.
"Trust him? Ask him what he's done. Every day on the road, I follow a group of ruffians to fool around, Zhang Heipi in the No. 4 courtyard, and the bandit son of the rebel leader back then. It's all these people. How did the rebels come to our house in the first place to raid our house, and Nong forgot about it? Today, Director Li said that if this continues, the police station will be registered. Grandpa banged his fist on the table, heartbroken.
Chen Wenhui didn't move while holding the rice bowl, didn't make a sound, lowered his head, and stared at the rice grains in the bowl in a daze.
"How could Wen Hui be mixed up with those people? He went to the hospital with me a few days ago, went to the bookstore to buy books in the past two days, and went back in the afternoon. Xiaoyu followed him. ”
"Yes, I went with Uncle Xiao." Xiaoyu hurriedly said, "Uncle Xiao finally walked through the back door today to buy the book, and there are many people in line." As she spoke, she brought the bag of books on the chest of drawers and spread it out on the table for her grandfather to see.
"What's the use of reading these novels? Can four modernizations be achieved? These are of no use except to disturb people's minds. Grandpa glanced at the cover of the bag of books and said sternly, "Xiaoyu, you are not allowed to read it." ”
Grandpa is a teacher of engineering, and he is a believer in the theory of "learning mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and he is not afraid to go all over the world". Xiaoyu brought out foreign literature, which can only add fuel to the fire.
Xiaoyu hurriedly took the book back to the chest of drawers, stuck out her tongue, and it was over, her memory of her grandfather was not deep, and it added fuel to the fire.
"Daddy, don't talk about it." Chen Wenhui suddenly put down the rice bowl in his hand and shouted.
The dishes, chopsticks and water cups on the table were all shaken by him.
Grandpa and Grandma were stunned and looked at him.
For a long time, grandpa was on fire and slammed the table, "The bigger the more rules, this is the tone in which you talk to your father." ”
"Daddy, Mom, don't talk about it, I know Daddy, you think I don't have a job, eat rice at home, okay, then I'll listen to you, go to the carton factory to paste cartons, paste cartons a day to earn five cents, it's my own strength." I won't take the university exam anymore, so I will save you and waste your money to train my unpromising son. As he spoke, Huo Ran got up and rushed out of the room.
"Wenhui, where are you going?"
"Stop."
Grandpa and grandma spoke at the same time, and what answered them was that the door of the room was slammed and Chen Wenhui slammed into a mountain.
Xiaoyu saw her grandmother's expression, and quickly got up and chased out.
It was getting late, the steaming heat on the concrete floor was rolling, and Xiaoyu stood in the yard and looked around, where was the shadow of Chen Wenhui.
Chen Xiaoyu ran to the room where Chen Wenhui lived opposite, knocked on the door, and no one answered.
She knocked a few more times, but no one answered,
Xiaoyu looked at her surroundings, used her hands and feet together, climbed up to the pool on the side of the patio, stood on the edge of the pool, stood on tiptoe, stretched her neck, and planned to see if there was anyone inside through the skylight of the door.
The room was pitch black, as if no one was in it, but where could this Chen Wenhui go?
She was unwilling to move under her feet, intending to take a closer look inside from a different angle.
The public pool is made of terrazzo, and the edges are smoothed over time. I don't know if it's because the water hasn't dried up or if Xiaoyu's balance is not good, she slipped under her feet, and fell from the pool more than a meter high with a cry of "Hey".
plunged headlong into a hot embrace.
"Oh, who are you? Black Gollum stood there, scaring me to death. ”
"I haven't asked you who you are? Climb that high and steal something? ”