Chapter 136: Inside and Outside the Red Wall
Ten days later, the capital.
In the heart of the city, which is positioned as the political and cultural center, there are areas that are defended by high walls. Ordinary people in the market can't enter such a controlled area in their spare time, so there are some speculations full of imagination and awe inside. The high walls surrounding these areas, both ancient and modern, have not been destroyed, even the ancient walls that once surrounded the city have long since been transformed into a busy road that now represents the boundaries of the central city by the orders of a great man.
People used to call these high walls the red walls. This is not because of the beliefs of the party that now wields power in China. As early as the days of feudal emperors, the high walls here were of this color. And when the revolution succeeded many years later, the astonishing coincidence of the color of the wall and the political totem may also be understood on another level as an indissoluble fate that this color became a symbol of power.
In a courtyard in the red wall, in a spacious courtyard in the setting sun, an old woman was looking eagerly at the young girl on the TV, her eyes not taking her eyes off the TV screen. No one else in the room dared or wanted to disturb her interest at the moment. So the only thing in the room was the melodious singing voice coming from the TV speaker.
The door to the room suddenly opened, and a woman in her thirties came in and turned on the light: "Yo, it's so late, why don't you turn on the light?" ”
The old lady glanced at the woman disapprementedly. She hated the sudden glare of light disturbing the TV she was seeing. But soon her eyes were on the face of the singing girl on TV.
The woman who came in noticed the old lady's displeasure and did not care. After putting down the designer handbag she was carrying, she walked up to the old lady and sat down elegantly in a random chair.
I said, Mom, your old man is looking at this tape again. I really can't get enough of it. You said that if my fifth brother knew that you had been thinking about their family before, and now you are staring at the performance of your little granddaughter who has never met again. Will you immediately forget the fight with you at the beginning, and promise to transfer back to Beijing to give your two elders a good age? ”
When the old lady heard her say this, she snorted, 'Don't mention that boy who has no conscience. In vain, I pulled him up with a handful of and urine, and now I don't know how to call or write a letter to me during the New Year's holidays. He didn't know if his father's stubborn temper was angry at that time? Neither of them is a worry-free master. ”
The little daughter of the old lady next to her heard her mother say this, got up and stood behind the old man, and pressed the old man's shoulder. He smiled and said, 'That's it, men are dead without conscience.' To say that it is really better to have a son than to have a daughter. You always look at me, this little padded jacket, thinking a lot about your old man, and come to you every morning and dusk to greet you. ”
The old woman glanced at her daughter and said, 'All right, don't brag about it there. You're no better than them! You said that you are in your thirties this year, and you don't know how to find a man to marry. Running around like this, where does she look like a good girl? Two days ago, the daughter-in-law of the Lao He family came to me again, and the words were extraordinary, meaning to inquire about the news for their little brother-in-law. ”
The daughter snorted disdainfully: "It's just the gentleman of their family." Want to eat my swan meat? I haven't woken up yet. When did our old Shen family be the kind of person who could think about it? ”
'Do you think you're still a little girl, don't worry about getting married?' As soon as this woman turns thirty, men will pick and choose when they want to marry you. Men, they are all greedy for young and beautiful. You said that your good time has been delayed by jumping around all over the place. Speaking of this, the old lady of the Shen family was not happy. This little daughter just graduated from college and said that she wanted to travel around the world, and walked the line of the old Wu family. In the first few years, she was worried that her daughter should never marry a foreigner and come back, which is a taboo for political families. But after all these years. Finally, after the world world was over, the daughter who came back made her mother worry about her marriage again.
'That kind of man, why should I grieve myself?' I'm short of food. Or do you wear less? I can support myself myself, so I don't have to find a man to come back and feel uncomfortable. Besides, Mom, how do I remember that you ran away from home to make a revolution at a young age, right? ”
The old woman looked at her daughter's untouchable appearance and sighed in her heart. Years after giving birth to five children. gave birth to this daughter. It is said that when parents are biased, because when they give birth to their first few children, they are too busy with work and have no extra time and energy to take care of their children, so they often go to the nursery to do something. But when it came time to give birth to the fifth child. The revolution succeeded, and he ushered in a new life for which he was fighting, and naturally hurt this young son who was regarded as a blessing to his heart. When she gave birth to Xiaoliu, that is, the youngest daughter, although her family was affected by the political movement at that time, she also had more time to take care of the children, and she was the most emotionally invested. The old man sometimes can't look past her favoritism for her children, and often says that a loving mother has many defeated children. She didn't listen to it at the time, but now that she thinks about it, isn't that what she is? The youngest son and youngest daughter who hurt the most did not let themselves worry about it the most. Speaking of which, not letting adults worry about it can be said to be what his favorite two children have in common.
Thinking of this, the old woman asked her daughter, 'You haven't been in contact with your fifth brother for so many years?' Or do you keep it a secret from me, but you actually have a private connection, but you don't tell your dad and me? ”
When the daughter saw that the old woman had brought up this matter again, she couldn't help but rub her head and complained, 'Mom...... How many times have I told you? You said that I have been abroad all these years, and at most I just sent a postcard to my fifth brother. At the speed of our post, by the time he receives it, I guess I will not be in the original place for a long time. How do you want him to contact me? ”
'Really? The old lady was still skeptical, "You two should be small." Your fifth brother picked you up when you were a child. Can he really not contact your most painful sister at all? ”
If you hadn't asked me to tell him on your behalf that I firmly oppose his marriage to his fifth sister-in-law, maybe we would still be here today. It's good now, I guess I was hurt by you, and I guess he even hates me. ”
The old lady remembered the incident that could be described as a sensation in the capital back then, and she was also embarrassed in her heart. Now that I think about it, why did I and the old man be so unhappy with Xiao Wu at that time? Even now, the knot has not been untied.
Seeing that her mother stopped talking, she guessed that the old lady must have felt sorry for herself again, thinking that this was not good. Every family in the red wall of the capital knows that the adage of 'there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure', is a true wise saying here. The juniors of every family regard the elders as the pins of the family, and they are afraid that something will happen to one accident. Because the health of these old people is not only related to the fate of the family, but also involves the change of power in the court. As a member of the older generation of national leadership collectives, the old lady also has her own political energy, but she can't be affected by her sadness.
Thinking of this key, the daughter hurriedly thought of pulling the old man's thoughts away from these past events.
"Don't say it, the daughter of the fifth brother's family, my little niece is really beautiful and talented, and she really has the style I had back then." ”
Hearing her daughter's obvious words of putting gold on her face, the old woman laughed and said, 'All right, don't talk big there.' If you want me to say, our family is a hundred times stronger than your aunt. Didn't you say that the little girl of the Qiao family told you that the two most outstanding programs in this school's performances were made by our family one by one, and this girl performed so well by herself. What are you doing at your age? ”
'Mom, look at what you said. I don't have such a good chance at my age. At that time, it was all popular in the whole country, and these songs sung by our family one by one were immediately branded as the object of bourgeois cultural restoration and were dictatorship. The aunt was jealous when she saw that her mother was so partial to her little niece.
The old woman nodded: 'Well, that's good. So Yiyi is also a blessed girl. It's a good time. He turned around and lowered his voice and said to his daughter, "I heard Xiao Huang report to the old man yesterday that it was your fifth brother's division that was secretly equipped with a secret weapon this time, and was ready to make a splash in the real confrontation." also said that this was also made by this little girl. Why do you think this little girl is so versatile? The old lady was already completely immersed in the pride and complacency that my granddaughter was a genius, so she also subconsciously skipped that the old man who heard the report at that time was very dissatisfied with this, and said that Comrade Shen Jianguo was not a good man, and he didn't know that Lu Dao brought out a strong army from morale and spirit, but instead engaged in these showmanship.
'Mom, that's not all. I said Qiao Shanshan said, our family has tossed out a snack shop one by one, and there is also a garment factory, and I heard that the current net worth is nearly one million. ”
When the old lady heard this, she was interested: 'Really? This is a rare occurrence. After thinking about it, he asked, 'Your fifth brother didn't take advantage of the situation at home to bully others, right?' Our family can't afford to do anything that harms the public and the private. ”
'Don't worry, my fifth brother hid his family's background deeply, and no one told him. All this money was tossed out by our little genius. You said that if there was really anything illegal, the Qiao family would have reported it to the old man a long time ago. The fifth brother and the fifth sister-in-law are sober, making money openly, just reporting to the Political Department truthfully, and they can withstand investigation. (To be continued......)
PS: What's that?,I just found out that I forgot to release it yesterday.。
There are two watches today.