Wang Shaoyang's gang does everything for money. The protagonist Zhang Qiusheng is also worried about money.

Copper rods can't be sold, and it doesn't matter, anyway, if you come with them, you should never have them. He really didn't want to sell bracelets and jade pendants, but they were grandparents' things. But if he didn't buy the house because of this, Grandpa would definitely be angry. Drag on for a day, why should I talk to Brother Lu about buying a house? If you don't agree to Brother Lu, you won't be so embarrassed now. Alas, it was all the bronze rod that harmed, and the ill-gotten wealth harmed people.

Zhang Qiusheng has been going to bookstores and libraries to read books about jade and jade these days, and try to master as much of this kind of knowledge as possible. Either go to the antique street and the stall to open a shop, go to see and touch and talk with the bosses, theory and practice. When you sell bracelets and jade pendants, you can not be deceived and not suffer losses.

Let's sell the bracelet and jade pendant tomorrow, Zhang Qiusheng thought all the way. After buying the house and renting it out, you can improve your living standards, and your grandfather doesn't have to set up a shoe repair stall anymore, which should also be considered filial piety, right?

"Hey, Qiusheng! What do you think when you walk? Zhang Qiusheng fixed his eyes and saw that it was Lin Ling. Lin Ling wore a sleeveless shirt on top, a floral short skirt below, a pair of white light-top sneakers under her straight calves, and long hair casually curled behind her head. The endless youthful vitality, the bright and beautiful that makes people's hearts move.

Lin Ling carried a soy sauce bottle in one hand and a baby-faced ice cream in the other. It seems that he is making soy sauce for the family, and by the way, he buys an ice cream and eats it while walking. Lin Ling handed the ice cream to Zhang Qiusheng's mouth and said, "I haven't touched the one below, can you take a bite?" ”

Zhang Qiusheng would eat this thing, shook his head and said that he would not eat it. Lin Ling didn't force it, she took a bite by herself, and then said, "Hey, I remember, your mother is here." Sister Ran Ran is not at home, and you are not at home. ”

"Oh, how many will come?" Zhang Qiusheng hurriedly asked. My mother has to take the college entrance examination every year to mark the papers, and she has to come to stay for a few days after the end. "It's been a long time, and you and Sister Ran Ran are not at home. When I met my mother downstairs, I went to my house to rest. Lin Ling ran to Zhang Qiusheng and said backwards as she walked.

These neighbors have a good relationship, and there is no difference between yours and mine. It is inconvenient for grandma to be paralyzed and open the door, so it is natural to go to Lin Ling's house to rest.

Qiu Ran is the pain in Liang Siqi's heart, when will this pain end? Is it really going to be forever, until the day of his death? When he joined the queue in the countryside back then, he made up his mind to take root in the countryside for the rest of his life. The vast majority of educated youths in the country think like this, standing on the top of the field and looking at the whole world, the countryside is a vast world, and there is a lot to be done there.

Later, there were sporadic recruitment indicators, and some educated youths returned to the city to become workers, which aroused the envy and jealousy of many other educated youths. Liang Siqi is also envious, but she is not jealous. As a descendant of a historical counter-revolutionary, rightist, and capitalist, she is a black black five category, and she has no part in these at all. Despite the propaganda slogan that the origin is involuntary, the path can be chosen. Liang Siqi understands that this so-called choice only allows you to choose whether to stand on the side of the revolution or stand on the opposite side of the revolution. Instead of letting her choose to go back to the city to be a worker, or stay in the countryside and become a farmer.

Liang Siqi worked honestly, worked hard to transform his worldview, and made a revolution in the depths of his soul.

In '72, I heard that the university was going to recruit again, which was exciting news, and Liang Siqi seemed to see the dawn. She is not afraid of the exam, this is based on real skills, not a background that she can't make decisions at all. She reviewed day and night, memorized mathematical formulas, memorized foreign languages, and memorized newspaper editorials that she could use when taking essays.

When people are unlucky, the bath water sticks to the pot, but at this time there is a lot of water. All the young and strong laborers went to the river embankment for rescue and disaster relief. At that time, the understanding of equality between men and women was that the times were different, men and women were the same, and what gay men could do, lesbians could do. Women also have to carry dirt and bags like male laborers, and the Iron Maidens are all the rage throughout the country.

Liang Siqi followed the male laborers, carried heavy soil, braved the pouring rain and fought on the front line of rescue. With a book still in his mouth, he took a short break to do the exercises. The loudspeakers on the river embankment repeatedly broadcast slogans of fighting heaven and earth, quotes of great men, editorials of major newspapers, and news. When Liang Siqi heard on the radio that the university examination had been canceled and was recommended by workers, peasants and soldiers, he fell headlong on the river embankment.

When she woke up, she didn't know where she was lying, and she didn't want to know, staring at the roof with gloomy eyes. The thatched hut, which has not been renovated for many years, reveals straw that has rotted into gray white. The walls that were painted with lime water have been stripped of most of their white, revealing the dark brown adobe base, forming mysterious patterns.

There is no greater mourning than death, and the disillusionment of hope is more deadly than the blow to people who have no hope in the first place. Why didn't they fall headlong into the river, but they fell on the embankment?

Liang Siqi took the flat shoulder and went to the river embankment again. Life is not stopping, fighting is the slogan of that time. Originally, there were some educated youths on the embankment, but at this time, they all lost their burdens and went to the commune to recommend places. Those who are eligible to fight for the recommended places, the eight immortals cross the sea to show their magical powers. Liang Siqi is not qualified, so he can only honestly pick the embankment. Perhaps heavy labor can numb a fragile heart.

The mud soaked in water pressed heavily on Liang Siqi's shoulders, and he climbed the steep embankment more than 20 meters high with deep footprints step by step. I fell and got up, and came again with the rain and mud.

After the flood season, Liang Siqi fell in love. The wounded heart longs for the nourishment of love, and the loneliness needs love to dispel it. The boy's name is Fang Jinzhong, and he is also a young man who joins the queue, and his parents are both capitalist roaders. The full name of the capitalist roaders is the establishment faction that takes the capitalist road, which was originally the red five categories but was put into a separate book, and the treatment is similar to the black five categories.

The two are also connected by the same disease, looking for spiritual solace for each other. At that time, people's morality was as simple as a blank sheet of paper. Liang Siqi is even more conservative. The two have been in love for more than a year, and they have held hands no more than ten times. Pure soul clinging to each other, no wine, no coffee, no flowers, but romantic like a song and poetry. Together, they watched the sunset slowly set and the crescent moon gradually rise. In the spring, they watched tadpoles swim in the water by the stream and sing in the fields full of golden rape flowers. In the autumn, she knitted a sarn for him to survive the winter, and he carried home the grain distributed by the production team for her.

They are ready to get married, and they have to take root in the countryside for the rest of their lives anyway. Liang Siqi wrote home in the hope of getting her mother's consent and, of course, the blessings of her relatives. The father is still in prison, and the mother is in charge of the family. The mother's reply was first to scold her daughter, and the most reciting ones at present were the Black Five and the capitalist roaders. The mother strongly disagreed with the marriage. At that time, it was popular to eat cabbage hearts when eating vegetables, and to marry the People's Liberation Army. Except for the military, her mother did not agree with Si Qi marrying anyone. The father is still in prison, and the mother is in charge of the family.

Liang Siqi is still married, she loves Fang Jinzhong, and she believes that Fang Jinzhong also loves her. Love overcame her mother's opposition.

They went to the commune hand in hand to get a marriage certificate, and the twenty-mile mountain road, they felt that it was very short, and they would arrive in a while. It's a pity that the civil affairs assistant was not there, so he went to the county for a meeting. It's so frustrating, why is the way back so long?

The production captain was puzzled that they still had to apply for a certificate to get married, and no one had ever applied for a marriage certificate when they got married here. To prove whether two men and women are married, the important thing is the wine banquet and the candy. Yes, at this time, even urban people don't pay so much attention to marriage certificates, let alone rural people.

This situation continued until the new "Marriage Registration Regulations" came out in '92, and the state recognized de facto marriages without a marriage certificate before '92, and marriages after '92 had to be registered.

They got married in this way, and the wedding wine was held and the candy was dispersed, and people recognized them as legal husband and wife.

Winter is over, and so is spring. Summer is here, and the annual college admissions season has begun again. Fang Jinzhong went back to the city to see if he could get a recommended place. Some of his parents and grandfather's old subordinates had been liberated and resumed work.

Fang Jinzhong went and didn't come back for a long time. Liang Siqi held a big belly every day, standing at the entrance of the village and watching the road under his feet lead into the distance, and there was no Fang Jinzhong at the end of the road. Summer has passed again, and autumn has begun to creep in. The university enrollment work has ended, and when the new students are about to enroll, Fang Jinzhong returns.

Fang Jinzhong looked at Liang Siqi, who was eight months pregnant, and said that he had worked hard and had only one place, so he had to go to college first. After he goes to college, he will find a way, next year or the year after, and the year after next at the latest, he must get Liang Siqi to go to college.

Fang Jinzhong left and never came back. Liang Siqi gave birth to the child alone on a bitter autumn night. In the stormy adobe house, the cries of newborn babies can be heard. The midwife, who was a little old, sighed: "Alas, a girl. "In the mountain village, patriarchal thinking is strict.

Liang Siqi is a woman living in the countryside with her children, and there is no need to talk about the hardships. But she felt very happy, and when she saw the child, she felt that it was worth any hardship. Everyone in the mountain village knew that she was a child born after getting married seriously, and they all scolded Fang Jinzhong for being Chen Shimei. But the outside world said that Liang Siqi was unmarried and pregnant, and Qiu Ran was an illegitimate daughter. Marriage certificate is usually not taken seriously, but when it comes to the most important place, it is really the same thing.

The Gang of Four was shattered, and all the work of the country was quickly on the right track, and everything got better. His father also wrote to him that the organization was reviewing his materials and that he would be rehabilitated soon.

Finally, the college entrance examination was resumed, and at this time my mother came. This is the first time my grandmother has seen Qiu Ran, this former capitalist lady, and the current state cadres don't even look at Qiu Ran. She told her daughter that she must fill in the college entrance examination form as unmarried, let alone have children.

Liang Siqi said that this is to deceive the organization. The mother replied, how do you call it a deception organization? What about your marriage license? What about the father of the child? If the child's father dies, what about the death certificate? If there is a divorce, what about the divorce certificate? If you don't have any of these, you can't fill in married. If you are unmarried and have children, you are pregnant before marriage, and pregnancy before marriage is a matter of morality. If you have a problem with your moral character, no matter how good your grades are, the university will not admit you. "So, what should Qiu Ran do? Without Qiu Ran, I would rather not go to this university! Liang Siqi was resolute.

Mother was in a hurry. said that she knew that Si Qi was stubborn and came on purpose. You can't miss your daughter's future because of her stubborn temper. The mother cried and made trouble, but she couldn't win back her daughter's heart. The mother finally said to her daughter, you don't take the university exam, right, then you will stay in the countryside for the rest of your life? Well, if you want to stay in the countryside for the rest of your life, I can't control you. But, aren't you distressed about Qiu Ran? Can you bear to let Qiu Ran stay in the countryside with you for the rest of your life and be a country girl?

The villagers all rushed to listen to the quarrel between the mother and daughter. The villagers are simple, they know that the educated youths have returned to the city, and now only Liang Siqi remains. They understand that the city is of course better than the countryside, and they also know that their daughter is connected to her mother's heart.

At this time, the captain interjected: "I have a distant uncle, who is in his sixties and almost seventy years old this year. The old couple has no children and no daughters, so in my opinion, send Qiu Ran to him. He is a city hukou, and Qiu Ran went to be able to become a city person. Liang Siqi shouted: "Qiu Ran must not give it away!" Qiu Ran can't be a child without a mother! ”

Liang Siqi hugged Qiu Ran tightly in his arms and cried loudly. Qiu Ran was ignorant and saw her mother crying, and she cried too. The villagers also shed tears, scolding Fang Jinzhong for being a white-eyed wolf.

Liang's mother's biggest problem is that she is too calm, and she doesn't know why a woman should be so calm when she encounters something. But she's not a woman anymore, just an old woman. But her biggest advantage is also calmness, so she is in charge of their family. When Liang Siqi was crying with his daughter in his arms, and the villagers were also crying. Mrs. Liang suddenly asked the captain, "Can you ask the old man if he can adopt foster care?" I'll pay for living expenses. ”

The captain nodded and agreed, and he would ask immediately. Mrs. Liang took out the travel expenses and hardship expenses, and thanked her for her entrustment. Seeing that her daughter was still crying, she patiently said to her: "Liang Siqi, I sue you, I can break my heart for your Liang family." Now it's foster care, and the child is still yours. You can't take your kids to school, can you? You can't let your child just be a rural hukou, right? Do you still have to think about your child's future? You always understand what kind of school your child goes to and what education you get, whether the education conditions in the city are better or the rural areas are better, right? ”

The mother's words are also very reasonable, and the children's education in the future is indeed better in the city than in the countryside. If you insist on taking your children with you, it will be a small matter if you can't get into college, and it will really harm your children.

Liang Siqi was admitted to university, and after the exam, she went to Grandpa Zhang's house to see her daughter. The strange thing is that Qiu Ran is very clingy to her grandparents, and there is also a baby boy, I heard that he only came a few days later than Qiu Ran. Grandpa followed Qiu Ran's name and named the baby boy Qiu Sheng. The daughter is surnamed Zhang with her grandfather, otherwise it will be difficult to get a household registration. Liang Siqi doesn't care about this surname, what's so good about her daughter being surnamed Fang? originally wanted his daughter to have his surname, but he had a younger brother, and the Liang family had no shortage of surnames.

The boys who chased Liang Siqi in college could be lined up in a reinforced platoon, and the answers they got were all faint: "I am already married and have two children." "No one believed it, not even the female classmates. This gentle and demure girl, always with a little sorrow and a little tenderness, was she married?

Mrs. Liang was also puzzled, her daughter was not bad, and the boys in the university were blind, why didn't anyone chase her? Seeing that I am about to graduate, I am getting older. The old lady began to be anxious, and almost made the old lady angry when she inquired.

At that time, college students were called the pride of the times, and all localities and departments rushed to ask for it, which made today's college graduates blush. Liang Siqi contacted Qilin No. 1 Middle School and went to work there after graduation. Liang Siqi stayed in Qilin City all summer with a pair of children. Thinking that when she officially went to work in No. 1 Middle School, the school promised to give her a suite. Although it is a small apartment, it is enough to bring two children. But we're all gone, what about our grandparents? Liang Siqi is still worried about this.

I don't know why, but the last dispatch certificate assigned her to Yaohe City No. 1 Middle School. It was too late for her to go to the school, to the Education Commission, and to the Personnel Bureau. Liang Siqi wanted to cry without tears, she was not a noisy person, crying and asking the leader for leave. She wants to send her daughter to school, and the child can't go to school on the first day without her mother.

As soon as she returned home from Qilin City, Mrs. Liang called Si Qi to her side. took out a rope and a bottle of sleeping pills, and said to his daughter, "Do you want your mother to hang herself?" Or do you want your mom to take medicine? Liang Siqi was stunned, and he didn't know which one his mother was making trouble. Mrs. Liang said to her: "I introduced you to a partner, and I will go on a blind date today." Do you still want to be widowed for that Chen Shimei? For the sake of the child, is the child not good? I'm in the first grade. Wouldn't it be nice for her to have grandparents and a younger brother? ”

Mrs. Liang ordered again: "This is a regiment commander who has just returned from the battlefield, what do you want to say about getting married and having children or something." I'll die for you. ”

Now Liang Siqi is already dead-hearted. groggily followed his mother to go on a blind date. She didn't even look at what the man looked like, and she agreed to the marriage. She only made one condition, she was going to graduate school. The man immediately took a fancy to Liang Siqi and readily agreed to her request. It wasn't until she got the marriage certificate and looked at the name on the marriage certificate that she knew that this man's name was Li Huiyuan. In addition, I heard my mother say that this man was transferred from the army at the regimental level and is now a deputy county magistrate. Which county is the deputy county magistrate? Liang Siqi didn't know, and she didn't bother to ask. Li Huiyuan is a shrewd master. After getting the marriage certificate, he discussed it with Liang Siqi. Of course, I support graduate school, but I think it's better to report to the school first, and let's take the place first. Then you can get a paid graduate school, and I'll be responsible for that. Anyway, you've already passed the exam this year, so you can't stay at home for a year, right? Liang Siqi is now just sticking to his bottom line, which is to go to graduate school. Everything else is fine. Marry a chicken and marry a dog with a dog, do whatever you say.

Liang Siqi went to Lin Ling's house today to wait for the children to go home, and Lin Ling told her about Qiu Ran's encounter with hooligans that day. Liang Siqi was so frightened that his heart was beating, and Wang Changqing came and said it again. She is very popular in this area, and the neighbors come to see her when they hear about her. Everyone knows about Qiu Ran's encounter with hooligans, and they criticize hooligans and talk about why this world is so unpeaceful.

When Zhang Qiusheng came home, his mother was hugging his sister and crying. What's going on? When he was confused, his mother grabbed him, touched his head and said, "Qiusheng, good boy, good boy." After Zhang Qiusheng knew what she said, he thought, it's nothing, this is my sister.

There are more and more barbecue stalls on Fuyou Street, and because there is no electricity, they are illuminated by the bright light of the street lamps and the acetylene lamps in front of the stalls. I have to buy the house quickly, so that at least I can connect the electricity from it, Zhang Qiusheng thought while busy working.

Liang Siqi also came with him today. She wanted to see what the Qiu Ran sisters and brothers had done with the neighbors, and the neighbors were all boasting. Even a stall owner like Yue Yiming, who is not a neighbor, heard that she was the mother of Qiuran's sister and brother, so she came over to praise her. Some people praise their children, and of course they are happy to be mothers. It's a good thing that children know how to start a business, know about work-study, and don't delay their studies.

Hearing that Qiusheng was going to buy the house behind this stall, Liang Siqi sighed at the child's ambition. If you dare to do anything, you will want to do it, and this child will definitely have a future in the future. Liang Siqi couldn't help but take a look in the back house. The back door was open, and she carefully looked at every detail of the house, and it could be seen that this house used to be the side courtyard of a large family. Her family's previous house was like this, and she lived in such a house when she was a child. Qiusheng is a good child, and he is the material for doing big things.