Chapter 224: Three Years
Zhou Hongxiang's family has had many disasters in the past three years. First, Zhou Hongxiang was caught stealing wood from the construction site and went home to make a fire, and was almost fired from public office.
In fact, the so-called timber is just the leftover slabs and scraps from the construction site, and the workers of the construction company take it home, and some small leaders or popular old workers regularly use cars to pull them home as firewood.
What anyone can take, Zhou Hongxiang can't take. Because Shen Guodong has his eye on her.
It was still when the family first broke up in 63, Shen Guodong said at the time that he wanted Zhou Hongxiang to double his one hundred and thirty yuan, and then really got a bicycle from her, everyone thought that this matter was over, but for Shen Guodong, this was just the beginning.
Of course, he will get the money back with interest, and what he is most angry about is that they dare to think about selling Zhou Wanwan! This is something that cannot be forgiven!
was targeted by Shen Guodong, and Zhou Hongxiang's family lived a life without suspense, hiding at home and not going out.
Qian Gang and Qian Tie ran into walls everywhere, and even went to pick up rags and were driven all over the street; Qian Shouyi was drunk and slept in the doorway of the house, and when he woke up, he said that he had lost the salary he had just paid that month; Even Qian Yan was bullied by two male classmates in the class when she went to school, and she was beaten lightly every day.
Zhou Hongxiang was recorded as a major demerit, and the leader disliked her for not being able to do heavy work, and didn't want her to come to replace her, either Qian Shouyi came to work, or the unit had to find someone else to replace her. This is the benefit of disguise, Zhou Hongxiang understood it when she went home and pondered it.
She thought about it at home for a night, and Qian Shouyi drank and went crazy every day. In addition, she is more than ten years older than her, and her body is no longer good, so she can't go to the construction site class. She's always on shift. There is always a handle in the hands of the leader, and she has to give it whenever she wants benefits.
Rather than this, it is better to let Qian Shouyi retire early and let Qian Tie take over.
Succession, the standard name is the "child substitution employment system", which is the most important form of employment for the children of workers in China's enterprises and institutions from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the 80s.
After the parents retire or retire, the vacant quota is replaced by the children. Go to work in your parents' original unit.
Qian Shouyi's official job of eating and supplying food is all the hope of their family's life, and Zhou Hongxiang must keep it. At all costs.
Qian Shouyi has not reached retirement age, and Qian Gang is a rural household registration. It is difficult to take over. But Zhou Hongxiang went out and couldn't keep the job, and their whole family was completely finished.
Zhou Hongxiang found Mrs. Zhou again. After the separation, the power in the hands of Mrs. Zhou has been greatly weakened, and the money and food have been looted by Xu Yidao's family and Xu Dali. What can be given to Zhou Hongxiang is very limited. But fortunately, she is still holding her three sons tightly in her hands!
After Zhou Chunfa was sentenced to 15 years in prison for embezzlement, Mrs. Zhou's grip on her three sons became tighter.
After some crying and begging from Mrs. Zhou, and just in time for the slack time before the previous year, Zhou Hongxiang secretly took the three Zhou Chunxi brothers and Li Guizhi into the city.
They began to stealthily carry large bags for vegetable companies and pull bricks for construction companies to make money. This is all dirty work that regular workers are unwilling to do, and when someone comes to do it, the wages will be half less than that of normal temporary workers hired outside, and the small leaders in charge of the site are of course happy. I turned a blind eye and let them do it.
In the cold winter of Layue, the four of them got up early in the morning and worked greedily and darkly for more than ten days. earned nearly thirty yuan, which was enough for Zhou Hongxiang to give gifts and find a relationship.
Zhou Hongxiang is not satisfied, and plans to let them work for a few more days, and earn the family's New Year's money for her, and the cotton clothes of several children should also be changed, it would be better if they could earn it together. It's a pity that as soon as her abacus was finished, Zhou Chunxi's few sneaking out to make money were known to the team.
The four of them were immediately arrested and criticized, if it weren't for Shen Guodong's fear that Zhou Chunliang would affect Zhou Yang's brothers and sisters, and he communicated with the leaders of the commune early, they would definitely be labeled as engaging in capitalism.
The hat can not be buckled, the criticism can't run, Shen Guodong didn't bother to hint, "If you don't teach them a lesson, you can't remember it for a long time, and clean it up ruthlessly!" ”
Zhou Chunxi and the four of them were cleaned up so ruthlessly Zhou Hongxiang didn't care at all, she had to hurry up and take over the matter of Qian Gang taking over.
As soon as she started running the relationship, someone came to tell Shen Guodong, Shen Guodong smiled evilly, and let her toss it! If you toss enough, Lao Tzu will beat her to death with a stick, then it's interesting!
Qian Gang took over the matter and finally got done, Zhou Hongxiang breathed a sigh of relief, and their family's job was saved.
After Qian just went to work, Shen Guodong was ready to give Zhou Hongxiang's family a head-on blow, but the change in things surprised everyone.
Qian just talked about the object. This subject is very shrewd, and he has influenced Qian Gang to be shrewd. With his salary to support the whole family, what do they get married? Do you have to support your parents and siblings after you get married? What about their own little home?
Qian just moved out and lived in a single dormitory in the factory, and his salary began to save for marriage, and he no longer gave his family a penny. I have to say that Qian Gang is very good at Zhou Hongxiang's true biography, and he has a tendency to be ruthless to his relatives.
Zhou Hongxiang went crazy, found Qian Gang's unit and made a fuss, but nothing was solved, which made Qian Gang's attitude more resolute.
Zhou Hongxiang cried, begged, and even found the object of Qian Gang to sprinkle, but it was useless, her son couldn't help it, her son now doesn't recognize his mother, she has no choice.
Zhou Hongxiang really had no choice, without wages and food supplies, their family of five couldn't survive in the county at all, so they could only take their two children back to Sanjiatun to work and earn work.
Qian Shouyi said that he would not go back to the countryside to farm, as a city person, he couldn't afford to lose that face! I can't stand that pain either!
Qian Tie got along with a group of little hooligans, and of course he wouldn't follow her back to the countryside.
Zhou Hongxiang took Qian Yan and Qian Lei back to Zhou's house, the two children had to go to school, and they had to spend money on food for Qian Shouyi and Qian Tie in the county, and of course her own work was not enough. Fortunately, she has Mrs. Zhou, who has three sons in her hands!
Zhou Hongxiang's mother and son came to Zhou's house. Fighting wits and courage with her sister-in-law and younger siblings every day, Qian Yan took Qian Lei to pinch Zhou Xia, Zhou Meihua and Zhou Ling, and for a while, the children in the Zhou family cried every day and the adults were noisy. It's very lively.
A few months later, Zhou Hongxiang went home to see her son with the new wheat she had received, and was dumbfounded when she arrived home, and their house was occupied by her brother-in-law's family.
"You haven't been home for months, and Shouyi can't even eat hot food! I'll take it back! My own son, I hurt myself! Zhou Hongxiang's mother-in-law was full of words, "The house is empty and empty, so what's the land for the second family to live in?" It was bought by our old man! Why can't my second son live? ”
The wicked have their own grinding. Zhou Hongxiang's mother-in-law is also a well-known old Diao woman, in order to fight for the house for her beloved little son, she planned to have a good trouble with Zhou Hongxiang.
Qian Shouyi was drunk all day long. I don't know when I transferred the house to my younger brother's name, when Qian Tie and the little brothers were in a hot fight, Zhou Hongxiang couldn't find anyone, and she couldn't find anyone to help her.
The house where I have lived for more than 20 years has become my brother-in-law's house. Zhou Hongxiang was completely dumbfounded. I can only go back to Sanjiatun to continue farming and earn work.
She has two more children to support. Now, the only thing she can count on is these two little ones.
Therefore, no matter how difficult it was, she did not give up letting Qian Yan and Qian Lei go to school. She doesn't have to think about it in her own life when the people in the city eat the food, but her children have to be human beings!
With this breath, she was able to survive the heavy physical labor and the restless life of the Zhou family, but she couldn't survive this incident. Qian Tie was arrested by the Public Security Bureau for reselling food stamps.
It is said that Qian Tie's crime is called "gang crime", which is a big case. In order to conduct a thorough investigation, the public security comrades also came to Sanjiatun to interrogate her.
Fortunately, the old captain testified that she had been working hard in the tunzi for most of the year, and she had not delayed a day of work, Qian Tie had not been to the tunzi in the past two or three years, and the public security who came to investigate did not arrest her and go to the public security bureau to continue the interrogation.
She was fine, but she couldn't ignore Qian Tie's affairs, Zhou Hongxiang hurriedly ran back to the county seat to visit, only to know that the people who were arrested with Qian Tie insisted that he was the mastermind.
But Qian Tie shouted tears with her snot, saying that he usually just ran around blindly and smoked, and he never took a penny of dividends.
Zhou Hongxiang looked at his son's old clothes from two years ago and believed his words. This little son has the best face, if he has money in his hands, he has to change his clothes without food.
Zhou Hongxiang wanted to rescue Qian Tie, but she didn't have any money and couldn't move an inch. Qian Gang was already married and had children, and he already knew about Qian Tie, so when he saw Zhou Hongxiang, he hid, and he couldn't say a word to him, let alone take some money to save his younger brother.
Qian Shouyi drank so much that he sat there shaking his hands and feet, he was basically a waste, and he couldn't count on it.
On the Zhou family's side, Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Chunxi have made their mothers and sons clean in the past few years, Zhou Chunliang and Zhou Chunlai have a daughter-in-law at home, and Zhou Hongxiang has a deep hatred with her two younger siblings, not to mention that there is no money, even if you have it, you can't get it.
And to save Qian Tie, it is necessary to have a lot of money and a very hard relationship, which only Zhou Yang's children and the grandson of Chief Shen who lives in their family can do it.
Zhou Hongxiang came over this time to think about it, and if she said anything, she had to let them promise to save Qian Tie, crying and begging, if she didn't work, she would be bitter, and if she didn't work, she would stalk and kneel at the gate of their house and not leave, they couldn't do it, and Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Hongying, if it didn't work, they would bring Old Man Zhou over!
Anyway, their family depends on them! No matter how they say that they are the elders of these children, they don't come to be hard, and if they kneel and kowtow like this, I don't believe they can give up this face.
Anyway, Zhou Hongxiang is planning to be shameless this time, in order to save her son, she can do anything!
It's a pity that she didn't get into the door of Zhou Yang's house at all, and as soon as she pushed open the door and opened her mouth to howl, Xiao Wang, who had heard the footsteps and was guarding the gate, pounced.
Xiao Wang never screamed when he really wanted to bite, so Zhou Hongxiang didn't prepare at all, the black shadow flashed, Zhou Hongxiang was knocked down, crying turned into screams, Qian Yan and Qian Lei were so frightened that they ran away, and they didn't dare to save her.
Shen Guodong waved at Xiao Wang, "Fish it out and bite!" Don't dirty our place! ”
Zhou Yang sat at the table and didn't speak. Zhou Hongxiang opened the door and howled, which was obviously here to spill. If they get used to her, they don't know what annoying things are going to happen in the future, so it's best to drag them out!
Xiao Wang grabbed Zhou Hongxiang's arm and dragged her out. Her arms immediately peeled open. Half of the sleeves were stained red with blood.
Zhou Yang and several people paid close attention to Zhou Wanwan, always ready to take her away if she was slightly wrong.
Before going home, Zhou Wanwan seriously discussed the reason for her illness with her four brothers, with only one purpose, that is, to tell them that she was not sick because of fright, and that she was not so fragile.
Zhou Wanwan is very willing to be a little sister to coquettish and sell to a few brothers to make them happy. But he can't accept that he will live an overprotective life for the rest of his life. That's not what she wants.
So she had to explain it to her brothers. The person who knows Zhou Wanwan's mood best is Zhou Chen, and as soon as Zhou Wanwan finished speaking, he immediately understood what his sister meant. Began to negotiate terms with her in earnest.
"If you want us to believe you, it's useless to just say it, it depends on your future performance, if you can really get less sick. Don't get sick. Leave it to your heart's content. If you're still like this time, how can we rest assured? "Of course, you can't let go.
Zhou Wanwan also asked Zhou Chen for benefits, "Then the second brother also has to give me a chance to exercise, you can't hide anything from me and avoid me, otherwise how do you know if I can stand it?" ”
Shen Guodong didn't think it was a big deal, he was too confident, and the little girl had already promised him. Tell him anything in the future. So what's the problem? Tell him, and he will naturally solve it for her. Of course, I won't be like this time, and I will be choked out of my illness.
He has always believed that Zhou Wanwan is not cowardly, as Mr. Guo muttered in private, this little girl is just too heavy-minded.
The most worried and can't let go are Zhou Yang and Dunzi, the sister in their eyes is delicate and weak, especially after giving birth to this disease, the whole person is so weak and pale that the sun shines on them, they are worried that they will be illuminated, how can they rest assured that they will let her participate in everything, and they can't hide it from her? !
Let her see all the mess, but she can't be scared, their clean little doll, let those people smoke and get angry, they have to feel distressed!
However, the final vote was three to two, and Dunzi and Zhou Yang could only obey the majority in the minority, but they still had reservations.
Zhou Wanwan sat obediently in Zhou Chen's arms, the warm autumn sun shone on her small curly hair and curly thick eyelashes, forming a circle of golden halo, adding a bit of warmth to her expressionless face, like the purest and most innocent little angel, no matter how dirty and dark the world is, she can hold on to her own side of the world.
Seeing such a sister, Zhou Yang and Dunzi were really relieved, and Zhou Chen couldn't help but bend his eyes and kiss his sister's little curly hair that was warmed by the sun.
Shen Guodong raised his chin proudly, I said that you are worrying blindly! Our family will be afraid of this little?! She's bold!
Zhou Wanwan's heart was not as calm as her face showed. In the past and present lives, Qian Tie was involved in reselling food stamps, and they couldn't avoid it.
But this time Zhou Chen was safe, and no one dared to pay attention to him anymore, so he went to apologize for Qian Tie. Now, they could sneer and watch Zhou Hongxiang struggle in despair, just as she had done to their brothers and sisters in her previous life.
"Xiao Wang! Come back! "Don't bite them to death, you have to listen to them cry and mourn.
Xiao Wang didn't plan to bite Zhou Hongxiang to death, Zhou Wanwan had already gestured to her, otherwise the five Zhou Hongxiang would be gone in this moment's effort.
Xiao Wang came back upside down, and Zhou Hongxiang stopped screaming.
Shen Guodong wanted to go to the gate with Zhou Wanwan in his arms, but Zhou Chen hesitated for a moment and walked over with his sister in his arms. At this time, Zhou Chen didn't trust anyone, and he had to look at his sister to rest assured.
The five brothers and sisters went to the gate together, Zhou Hongxiang came prepared today, and it was impossible to just stop like that. They don't want her to make a fuss at the door, and they plan to solve anything outside the gate, anyway, their brothers and sisters don't have anything to do with it, and they are not afraid of her nonsense.
Moreover, on the street, Zhou Hongxiang didn't dare to play any tricks. For the people of the Zhou family, it is impossible to take precautions, this is a consensus reached by several people a long time ago.
To the surprise of the brothers and sisters, Zhou Hongxiang and her three sons did not play tricks at the gate of their house, but knelt on the ground together, and when they came out, Zhou Hongxiang didn't care about her bleeding arm, and kept kowtowing to Qian Yan and Qian Lei.
"Sanle, Sile, save your cousin! As long as you can save money. You can do whatever you want to my aunt! Even if you let your dog bite me to death, I'm willing! Auntie kowtowed to you! ”
Zhou Hongxiang's mother and son kowtowed and cried and begged. Coupled with the bloody arms, it is really miserable, and it can inspire compassion in others.
Of course, it was other people's compassion, and the Zhou Yang brothers and sisters only rejected and defended her when they looked at her like this. They know Zhou Hongxiang too well, and today this is to let them make a big effort, otherwise she would not have invested so much.
It was the time of the noon break, and the people working in the production team came back for lunch. The members who returned to Tunzi from the eastern field all passed by the door of Zhou Yang's house, just in time to see the excitement.
Zhou Hongxiang chose to come at this time, probably because of this idea.
Zhou Chen made a color with the pier. Seeing that Dunzi bypassed the crowd and went out, he suppressed Shen Guodong, who was about to kick them, and asked Zhou Hongxiang with interest:
"What's wrong with Qian Tie? How can a few of us old farmers help her? Not to mention what to save him, you are so headless and brainless to kowtow at the gate of our house. What is it for? ”
"Qian Tie. Qian Tie was arrested. Zhou Hongxiang looked at the people around him, his voice became smaller and smaller, the people in Qian Tie's matter didn't know yet, the old captain was strict and wouldn't say it casually, and their family was a black five category that no one cared about, and a few sisters-in-law and younger siblings wanted to go out and say that no one cared about it.
Zhou Hongxiang still wanted to leave a fig leaf for herself. It's a pity that Zhou Chen didn't give her this opportunity.
"Qian Tie was arrested?" Zhou Chen deliberately amplified his voice, "What bad thing did he do to make people arrest?" You don't hurry up and find a way to atone for his sins. What's the use of coming to us? ”
"People, people say that if you pay the fine, you can deal with it lightly." Zhou Hongxiang was forced to a dead end by Zhou Chen. I don't care about the ugliness of my family, so I can only say it hard:
"Sanle, Sile, I am your aunt, Qian Tie is your cousin, why can't you watch him die! Do well, and save him. ”
"No matter how close Qian Tie is to us, he is also a cousin, doesn't he still have a brother? His brother is also a regular worker in the county construction company! That's not much more capable than a few of us kids! What does it mean for you to come to our house if you don't go to their door and cry and kneel? ”
After Zhou Chen's words were finished, the onlookers all shook their heads and laughed, what Zhou Hongxiang meant, everyone didn't understand it very well, it was for sure!
"Third brother, fourth brother, save my second brother!" Qian Yan cried and kowtowed twice, with a pitiful pleading face, just like the arrogant little girl a few years ago.
Qian Yan is twelve years old this year, and she is no longer the little girl who is ignorant of the world and blindly knows that she relies on her grandmother and mother to be powerful in the Zhou family.
In order to get out of the countryside as soon as possible, she studied hard, in order to please Mrs. Zhou, so that she could earn a little more benefits for her family, she could say anything to please her, in order to let Zhou Yang contribute money and efforts to save Qian Tie, and in order to create public opinion pressure to force them, of course, she can kowtow and pray today.
Qian Yan didn't mind making herself more pitiful, anyway, she put down her body, bent her waist lower, and kowtowed a few more times.
In order to achieve her goal, she does not mind making herself a little more pitiful.
"Tell me, how can we save him?" Zhou Chen asked.
"You have money......
"We don't have any money." Zhou Chen interrupted her, cold and brief, without any emotion.
"You've got big houses." Qian Yan was in a hurry and told them what they were going to do.
"You want us to sell the house to save money?" Zhou Chen still asked expressionlessly. Shen Guodong couldn't help but laugh out loud next to him.
Qian Yan didn't dare to nod, in her current form, she wouldn't agree to Zhou Chen. She turned her gaze to their other goal today, "Brother Shen knows a lot of people......
"! You him. Mother. Who's called?! Looking for death, isn't it?! Shen Guo kicked over, kicked Qian Yan to the ground and rolled several times, and lay on the ground with a pale face and couldn't speak for a long time.
Shen Guodong was completely annoyed by this "Brother Shen", it was so disgusting! He was called all over the body, "You him. Mother. How old are you?! How dare you call me that?! Is this what you can call?! I'll kick you to death! ”
Zhou Yang hurriedly stopped Shen Guodong, if he really let him go, he might really kick Qian Yan to death.
"Too he. Mother. It's disgusting! Don't stop me! I can't swallow this breath if I don't kick her! Shen Guodong pushed Zhou Yang away, he was really angry.
Zhou Hongxiang didn't care about the injury on her arm, screamed and rushed at Qian Yan, and saw her lying on the ground with a pale face, covered in cold sweat, and she was at a loss with fright.
If Shen Guodong really did it with someone, Zhou Yang would not be his opponent. Obviously, he was so angry today that he was going to move for real.
"Brother Shen!" Zhou Wanwan hurriedly called him, no matter how disgusting and annoying Qian Yan was, she would not be guilty of death, so she couldn't just watch Shen Guodong kick her to death.
Shen Guodong took two deep breaths, snatched Zhou Wanwan from Zhou Chen's arms, "Call again." ”
"Brother Shen." Zhou Wanwan called him softly again, and put her little arms around his neck to coquettishly, "Brother Shen, Brother Shen, Brother Shen!" Brother Shen, don't be angry, let's ignore her! ”
Shen Guodong was immediately coaxed to be happy, his face changed faster than turning a book, and he smiled brightly, "Okay!" Let's ignore her! It's sad not to watch them here! Let's play on the swing! ”
Zhou Wanwan can only coax Charizard away first.
I don't know how the mother and son tossed Zhou Wanwan in the back, but I only know that the old captain was invited by Dunzi and sent Zhou Hongxiang and Qian Yan to the commune health center.
Zhou Yang also followed, he had to pay the medical bills with him, Xiao Wang and Shen Guodong ran away after being injured, and he, the head of the family, had to be responsible for the aftermath.
Zhou Yang soon came back from the commune health center, Zhou Hongxiang's mother and daughter were fine, just go home and raise them. There was an old captain in town, and a doctor testified, and they couldn't succeed if they wanted to slander people, so they didn't dare to do this.
When their brains are normal, the mother and daughter are still very knowledgeable about current affairs. The idea of beating Zhou Yang's brothers and sisters this time even targeted Shen Guodong, but it can only be said that they are crazy and their brains are completely confused.
Zhou Wanwan's illness is cured, everyone is happy, and today we eat dumplings to celebrate.
I can't do it every night when I cook other meals, she is still very good at making dumplings, and the small dumplings are delicate and small, better than those of several brothers.
"People say that children who wrap dumplings well look good when they grow up." Dunzi put the small dumplings made in the evening of Zhou Wan on a separate curtain, smiling beautifully.
"Some people say that if the dumplings are well wrapped, the children will look good in the future." Zhou Chen winked at Zhou Wanwan while rolling the skin, and just wanted to say that his little niece would definitely be good-looking in the future, but Shen Guodong snatched the talk:
"Your mother's dumplings must be very good-looking, you look at Nan Nan who looks so good-looking, no one can compare!"
Zhou Yang and Dunzi laughed, and Zhou Chen laughed when he thought about it, "My mother's dumplings are really good-looking!" ”
When eating dumplings, Zhou Yang suddenly remembered something, "Qian Yan secretly asked me for money and paid tuition." said that in the future, when you study and make a profit, you will definitely repay us. ”
". Mother. Eggs! As soon as he mentioned Qian Yan, Shen Guodong was angry, and now when he thinks of her "Brother Shen", he is still uncomfortable, and he can't wait to drop his chopsticks and kick her again.
"I'm not allowed to go to school, what tuition does she have to pay?" Dunzi thinks the most practically.
"How many years is she going to let us provide for her? Why do you have to give her an offering? If she's so confident, can she be sure that she can make a difference? Zhou Chen's eyes were full of sarcasm.
"I told her directly, we don't have money for her, and it doesn't matter to us whether she can make a profit or not." Zhou Yang soothed Zhou Chen with a dumpling.
"That's it! Where can she go? When our family went to school, we compared her to tears! Shen Guodong is full of confidence.
However, none of the people sitting at the dinner table today thought that it would be like that when the school day was Sunday evening.
May 1969.
"I don't go to school! I can study at home on my own! I'll stay at home for another year, skip a grade next year, and I won't be pulled down by others! Zhou Wanwan was in Zhou Chen's arms, saying that he would not follow him to school. (To be continued......)
PS: Two chapters and one chapter, very fat~
Plus more, there is no broken promise~