Chapter 3: The old brother beats the mandarin duck

Qiao Zhengqing was in a dilemma, he didn't want to meddle with other people's affairs, and wanted to avoid this embarrassing scene, but as the duty of the cadre on duty, he had to ask a few questions.

Zhou Guoliang suddenly grabbed Qiao Zhengqing's hand. "Please, Master Qiao, don't tell others, or we won't be able to wash it by jumping into the Yellow River."

Yu Xiaoying stopped crying and looked up at Qiao Zhengqing, pear blossoms with rain, pitiful.

Qiao Zhengqing sighed: "What's the matter with you two? It's too late today, go home, I have to go to work tomorrow! ”

Zhou Guoliang said in a trembling voice: "Master Qiao, please listen to me, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well tonight!" ”

Zhou Guoliang and Yu Xiaoying were originally childhood playmates, studying in the same school, sitting at the same desk, and going to the countryside to join the queue together, and the relationship between the two parents is also good.

Zhou Guoliang's father Zhou Jianxing and Yu Xiaoying's father Yu Shunli both worked as maintenance workers in Sanjiang Chemical Fiber Factory, Zhou Jianxing was the maintenance team leader, and Yu Shunli was a maintenance fitter. In the early 60s, Zhou Jianxing led the maintenance team to forget to sleep and eat, and served wholeheartedly, winning praise from the top and bottom of the woolen mill. Zhou Jianxing was rated as "Lei Feng Activist" in the woolen mill, and the maintenance team also won the honorary title of "Lei Feng Advanced Group". The two often pat each other on the shoulder and call them "old brothers". Later, the great revolution, which is rare in the world, set off huge waves. Zhou Jianxing and Yu Shunli joined the propaganda team together, stationed in the cultural system of Sanjiang City, and led the revolutionary masses to "completely smash the black line of counterrevolutionary literature and art". The two old guys have been in the same boat for several years, and there was a joke about "children and daughters". Zhou Guoliang and Yu Xiaoying are also happy with each other, and they are wholeheartedly "lovers will eventually become married".

On this day, Zhou Guoliang mentioned this matter to his father, but Zhou Jianxing refused. "No, absolutely not!"

Zhou Guoliang's face changed abruptly: "Why can't you do it?" ”

Zhou Jianxing's voice was full of emotion: "No, it's not good, it's nothing!" ”

Zhou Guoliang said: "You are too domineering!" It's me looking for a wife, it's none of your business. ”

Zhou Jianxing glared at him, and his voice softened slightly. "Red face and troubled water, so it has been like this since ancient times! Marry a beauty at home, and you're not afraid of getting into trouble? ”

Zhou Guoliang raised his head and said: "I'm not afraid!" She is not a half-hearted person. ”

Zhou Jianxing said loudly: "Our two families are not in the same boat!" Besides, you can afford to support her with a salary of more than 30 yuan a month? The Zhou family is poor and can't afford to toss. ”

Zhou Guoliang was not to be outdone. "Freedom of marriage, I am the master of this matter!"

Zhou Jianxing's anger came up again. "The toad wants to eat swan meat, I don't recognize you, a son who can't do anything!"

Zhou Guoliang was aggrieved, he wanted to cry without tears, his father's stubbornness was incredible! "If you don't admit it, you won't admit it, I've never seen you be a father like this!"

In the Yu family, Yu Shunli is even more categorical. "If you find a gangster, Xiao Qisan can't marry into the Zhou family!"

Yu Xiaoying was puzzled: "What is that for?" Aren't you and Uncle Zhou old brothers and good friends for decades? ”

Yu Shunli said euphemistically: "You don't understand the adult's business, all in all, I firmly disagree!" ”

Yu Xiaoying said anxiously: "I don't understand, do you think the Zhou family is poor?" Don't think Guoliang is a college student? Do you think the good character of the country is not good? ”

Yu Shunli sighed slightly. "No, neither! What are people afraid of when they are poor, our family is also poor, but if we are poor, we must be poor and ambitious. If the culture is not high, it is nothing, and elementary school students can't find a wife? Guoliang has a good character and a strong temper, which is reasonable. But if you want to become the son-in-law of the Yu family, you can't! ”

Yu Xiaoying's tears fell. "Dad has to give me an explanation! I've been with Guoliang for so many years, and I said that if I broke up, I would break up, who could stand it? ”

Mother Kang Xiulan also persuaded her. "Yingying, don't embarrass your dad anymore, your dad won't let you marry the Zhou family, he has his own reasons. You're still young, and there are more people out there than you can count. Your dad has been through a lot of the world, and he can't be wrong about what he sees. ”

Yu Xiaoying felt inexplicable. "What happened between Dad and Uncle Zhou? What does it have to do with Guoliang? ”

Kang Xiulan frowned. "Don't ask too much, things between adults, if you know it, it will cause trouble. In short, your dad is all for your good, break off with Guoliang as soon as possible, and worry about it early! ”

Yu Xiaoying was heartbroken, and her father's ruthlessness made her heart like a knife. Usually, her mother loves her the most, but she is also against Guoliang like her father. Her parents are so stubborn, if they forced her to break up with Guoliang, she even had the idea of dying!

Master Qiao patiently listened to Zhou Guoliang and Yu Xiaoying's story, and his heart was heavy.

He didn't have the interest to ask them about their private affairs, he couldn't manage his own affairs well these years, how could he have the heart to take care of other people's affairs? Protecting oneself wisely is the wisest thing to do. At this moment, I heard that their fathers had participated in the cultural system propaganda team, which touched my heart, so I continued to listen to them.

Yu Xiaoying had a bitter face, tears rolling in her eyes. "Later, my parents introduced me to a boyfriend, who was Ge Chunsheng, and it didn't take long for me to force me to get married. I refused, my parents forced me to marry. My mother often cried behind my back for this incident, and I lost more than ten pounds in a month. Once, my mother said to me, don't think that your father wants to climb high branches, it's okay if you don't marry, but you must not marry Zhou Guoliang, otherwise it will harm our whole family! The same is true of the Guoliang family, who resolutely opposes me entering the door of the Zhou family.

I couldn't bear to feel sorry for my mother, so I reluctantly agreed. However, Ge Chunsheng is not a human, he is a brute, and the old problem of flowing in and out of anger has not changed at all. He treated me like a prisoner and beat me if I wasn't satisfied. ”

Yu Xiaoying rolled up her sleeves and trousers, and Qiao Zhengqing saw that her arms, legs and feet were bruised and purple everywhere, and some even had new and old wounds in a row, which was miserable.

Zhou Guoliang's face was gloomy, and he turned his head to look at the dark sky outside the window.

Ge Chunsheng is also an old classmate, and Qiao Zhengqing is reluctant to comment more behind his back. But what he saw in front of him still surprised him. In his impression, Ge Chunsheng is still an honest person, but he didn't expect that after many years of not seeing him, he would become so fierce! However, in any case, they are two people.

Qiao Zhengqing persuaded: "Xiaoyu is already married, so you two have to pay more attention, so as not to give people a grip and be unclear when the time comes." ”

Zhou Guoliang was furious. "Ge Chunsheng is a pervert, I have to clean him up sooner or later!"

Yu Xiaoying couldn't hold back the pain in her heart, and tears rained down.

Qiao Zhengqing was silent. There must be many things behind Yu Xiaoying and Ge Chunsheng that are inconvenient for people to know, and the relationship between people has become more and more complicated these years, not to mention the matter between two men and a woman.

Qiao Zhengqing said: "You have to be yourself, you are all people with brains, what to do and what not to do, judge independently, remember one thing, don't touch anything illegal!" ”

Zhou Guoliang clenched his fists, and sparks came out of his red eyes. "He doesn't let Xiaoying live a good life, and I don't let him live a stable life!"

Qiao Zhengqing looked at his fierce face, and felt faintly uneasy. After thinking about it, I don't know if I can sort out the affairs of my own family in the Year of the Monkey, so what is the mind to worry about other people's affairs? However, the fact that their father had participated in the propaganda team made him remember it, and he heard his mother say that his father's death must have something to do with the propaganda team. Seeing that the time was not early, he was afraid that Yu Xiaoying would go back too late and that there would be extraneous branches, so he urged her to go home quickly.

Qiao Zhengqing went home and remembered many past events, and he didn't sleep well all night. On the second day, I couldn't help but ask about Zhou Guoliang's father's participation in the propaganda team.

Zhou Guoliang's expression was a little embarrassed. "I fell out with my dad, he didn't want to see me, and I didn't want to see him, and now I live in a dormitory and rarely go home."

Yu Xiaoying readily agreed. "My dad never told me about those years, and when he occasionally mentioned it, he always said that the past was unbearable and avoided talking about it. Why don't I go back and make an appointment with my dad and ask him face to face? ”

Qiao Zhengqing thought for a while. "Forget it. Everyone has secrets that they don't want to be known, so don't force them. ”

Yu Xiaoying smiled: "Don't get in the way, I'll tell my dad when I go back." ”

After getting off work in the afternoon, Yu Xiaoying went back to her parents' house first.

Yu Shunli's face was embarrassed, and he said in a deep voice: "Who is Qiao Zhengqing, and what is he doing at home?" ”

Yu Xiaoying said: "Qiao Zhengqing and I are classmates in No. 2 Middle School, and his father Qiao Jianyi turned out to be the director of the museum and committed suicide during the movement. ”

Yu Shunli's face became even more ugly. "Xiao Ying, don't worry about this kind of nosy. In the past, those things were not clear at the time, but after so many years, it is even more difficult to explain them clearly, so it is better not to mention them. ”

Yu Xiaoying didn't believe it: "His father used to be the director of the museum, and you were in the cultural system propaganda team in those days when the accident happened, so it is impossible not to know such a big thing!" ”

Yu Shunli was impatient. "Don't ask, you go and tell Xiao Qiao that I had a serious illness, my brain is not good, and I have long forgotten what happened in the past."

Yu Xiaoying is patient. "Qiao Zhengqing is a very good person, he is very decent, and he will also help and be considerate of others. We are old classmates again, he is in trouble, we should help him. ”

Yu Shunli was very annoyed. "You haven't taken care of your own business, and you're still taking care of others! Hurry up and go home, you'll be scolded again when it's late. Blame me for being blind and letting you marry that madman! ”

Yu Xiaoying saw that her father resolutely refused to reveal her true feelings, and she was helpless.

Yu Shunli muttered to himself, worried. "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided. Sooner or later, you have to come! ”