Before 1990, except for a few streets, everything in the Jiangdong New Area of Shanghai was like a wild area, and as far as the eye could see, it was all barren grass and fields, and there was no one in the area. With the release of the password for the opening of the new area, tens of millions of the first batch of outsiders from all over the world have poured into this future oriental artery.

The bustling flow of people, the weaving of large trucks, and the carriages of construction materials from all over the country have gathered on this soil full of hope in this passionate era.

Zhang Wenming and his wife are one of them, the man who is only thirty years old is in a good time in his life, but the man in front of him makes people look a little sad, with fluffy hair, a thin face full of stubble, and a thick eyebrows that seem to have an unsolvable melancholy.

A pair of white-washed labor gloves were stuffed into the pockets of torn trousers and drooped, and a labor coat full of mud was put on the upper body, and through the cracks, you could see the faded red thick thread sweater inside, the edges of which had long been worn off, but the threads were densely sewn by a pair of skillful hands.

After experiencing the vigor of youth, the young man who was once full of sharpness has already smoothed out the edges and corners, and the burden on his body made him succumb to the ground under his feet step by step.

"Civilized, civilized, bring me some hot water in, Xiao Qinwu will catch a cold in a while!"

Suddenly, a soft cry came from the simple wooden room behind him, and the tired man immediately answered and got up and lifted the boiling water bottle placed in the corner and walked into the house.

In the dimly lit room, a young woman of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in labor clothes, was squatting on the ground, and in front of her, in the old-fashioned plastic basin, sat a little baby who was only about a year old, and was excitedly slapping the hot water in the basin, making a splash, which was extremely cute.

Usually such a big baby will cry and scream when he is put in a bath basin, but this beautiful child is happily being supported by his mother and playing with a splash.

The man poured a little hot water into the basin next to him, added a little cold water to test the water temperature, and then poured it into the basin under the baby, with a smile on his meticulous face, and touched the little one's little head with a little yellow nipples.

"Xiao Jingwu, do you miss your father!"

"Don't get in the way here, go and bring out the porridge in the pot, put some sugar in it, and wash it later, and the little guy will eat it later."

The woman on the side saw that her man stretched out the baby's trouble with one hand of cement dust, and immediately said that the man saw this and had no choice but to walk out.

Parents in this era rarely have the ability to buy enough milk powder for their children to eat, basically start to eat porridge or rice noodles and other things at a very young age, only some families with better family conditions can afford to provide enough milk powder for babies, but this is an era when most people are not in a good family. In rural areas, babies are often picked up by their parents and left behind at birth, and when the country's economic situation begins to improve greatly 20 years later, there will be countless scenes of children recognizing their relatives.

"Civilization, how much money do we still have on us? If I go back to the house this year, I will definitely be blocked by those creditors again, and this baby is superborn, and the village doesn't know how much we want to be fined, hey! I don't know what happened to Shinichi's child, if it weren't for my mom and them, the child would have starved to death! ”

"Well, I, Zhang Wenming, have married a good wife in my life, have a good mother-in-law and father-in-law, and in the future, when the conditions are good, I will be filial to the two old people, as well as a few brothers-in-law."

"There are still a few hundred yuan on the passbook, last year a little money was used when I gave birth to this baby, I calculated, the family still owes people 10,000 and 500, plus the interest rolling, two years add up to a total of more than 14,000 yuan, the girl's fine must be 2,000, we must not pay it back, but if you don't go home, it will definitely not work, the child's household registration will also fall home, can not delay the child's life.

And last time, my parents also asked us to go back to see Shinichi, saying that if we don't go back to see the child for so long, there will be a gap in the future, that kid has good grades, and I heard my mother say that he went to junior high school in the county, and he is still the first. It's good to live in a room with Runping. It's just that it's hard to runping, and I have to take care of him as a child. ”

"Yes! When the time comes, if it doesn't work, it's a big deal, and I'll be arrested and locked up for a few months! ”

The woman was silent for a long time, and then said suddenly.

"He dares! Then I will play with them, and I will see if this is still not a world of [***], or a country of the masses of workers and peasants! ”

"Be quiet, what are you arguing about, you go and work hard, I'll see what you are capable of, who do you think you are, can this be solved by working hard? If you had the ability, would you drag your children and daughters so far, and do you still have to hand over your children to others, my poor son, I haven't had a mother to take care of me for two years. Whining! ”

The woman suddenly screamed and cursed loudly, and then fell into a wordless whimper, and the pressure that had accumulated for a long time was nested in her heart, so that the always gentle woman could no longer hold back the grievances and anger in her heart.

The man's face was pale, he endured the anger in his heart but did not attack, no matter how he was, he couldn't be strong in front of his own woman, he didn't know what kind of person his wife was, he didn't know what kind of person he was, he had more than one in a thousand miles, and he had also attended night school for five years, he could read and understand culture, but he had suffered and been poor for so many years, and he never complained.

Secretly suppressed the temper in his heart, the man silently turned around in the room, pushed open the door and walked out, looked at the hanging tower on the construction site and the hastily built shed, fell into silence, took out a grass cigarette without a cigarette butt, lit it and inhaled sharply, spit out a thick smoke, looking at the thousands of lights in Puxi in the distance, full of emotion.

"I, Zhang Wenming, was smart for a while, and I was confused all my life, and I was sold and helped to count the money, but I just suffered my wife and children! Ay! ”

The cold wind of December made his face a little biting pain, but he sat quietly on the cold cement slab as if he didn't feel it, smoking one cigarette after another, and after a while, there was only an empty box left, and a cigarette butt on the ground, looked at the empty cigarette box in his hand, and smiled bitterly.

"I smoked a cigarette for a month in one night, and now it's okay, hey, it's okay, so that she doesn't always complain about the smell of cigarettes, and Lao Tzu will quit smoking in the future, and it will definitely become a career."

The man is proud, he thinks he is a smart man, but he was sold by his brothers-in-law, owed a large amount of debt, and was full of unwillingness to be pressed in the bottom of his heart before, but this somewhat sad night burst out.

"What are you still doing outside, hurry in and sleep, you have to go to work tomorrow!"

The man's voice suddenly came out from behind, so he got up and patted the dust on his buttocks, and went into the house.

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