Chapter 15: A Father's Wish
"the kid, go fry peanuts!"
After Zhang Xueru went home, he sat down at the table, proudly cocked Erlang's legs, rolled up his sleeves with his hand, and issued the Zhang family's "highest instructions" to his wife. β
"Don't sleep in the afternoon?"
His wife looked at him with concern, and when she saw that he didn't answer herself, she went down to the kitchen to fry peanuts.
Zhang Xueru's family, if socially speaking, is inconspicuous. But in any case, it is also a small independent cell in the whole larger society. As long as he enters the house, Zhang Xueru is the "supreme commander" in this family, with absolute authority, and he has always said the same.
Zhang Xueru's ancestral home is Qufu, Shandong, and he is an authentic fellow of Confucian saints.
When he was a child, his father taught him the Three Character Sutra, and taught him "Three Principles and Five Constants", "Benevolence, Righteousness, Etiquette, Wisdom and Faith".
Zhang Xueru is unswerving about the "three outlines" of "monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, husbands and wives", or the norms of life.
In ordinary life, as long as his wife is slightly disobedient to him, Zhang Xueru will move out of the ancient precept of "the king is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife", and severely reprimanded his wife with a straight face. If his wife dares to fight back, he may resort to force, adding fists and kicks, and swearing in his mouth:
"Mom, that B! Don't you understand thousands of years of ethics and morality in China? I don't know why you want to get married? What a stupid pig who rebelled against his ancestors! β
Under Zhang Xueru's absolute obscenity, his wife's body will always leave traces of blue and purple.
Watching the scene of her mother being bullied by her father, the two daughters were sometimes angry and hateful, and often hugged their mother and cried.
The mother always wipes tears for the child, and at the same time sincerely persuades:
"It's not easy for your dad to be in charge. The man is the head of the family, we all have to eat him, wear him, use him, and suffer some grievances, and endure it. β
Alas, women, as long as they are not financially independent, they will not have a place in the family.
Zhang Xueru's wife was the wife he married in the countryside when he went to the countryside to cut the queue, and she couldn't find a job after going to the city with her husband, so she could only do some temporary work here and there on weekdays, earning two small money to supplement the family, so she was used to being obedient in front of her husband.
It's so unlucky, everything is leisurely in the world, and everything is unsatisfactory.
Zhang Xueru gave birth to two children, and he gave birth in violation of the national family planning policy, but he didn't have a "handle", he felt uncomfortable!
Confucius said: There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great.
Zhang Xueru, a fellow villager of Confucius, is heartbroken by this matter!
He would often complain about his fate alone, and often repent in his heart, asking his ancestors to forgive him for being a descendant.
Suddenly, Zhang Xueru got inspiration out of nowhere, called his wife to him, and announced categorically:
In the future, when Liping is looking for a partner, she must find a son-in-law who is inverted.
With the inverted son-in-law, the incense of the Zhang family will not be broken in my place!
For his decision, his wife naturally could only nod in favor and obey.
Fortunately, the living conditions have improved in recent years, and Zhang Xueru and his wife have gradually grown older. Therefore, Zhang Xueru's scolding and reprimanding of his wife is also much less. In this way, the scars on my wife's body are naturally much less.
However, sometimes which daughter annoys Zhang Xueru, Zhang Xueru will inevitably use his wife as a punching bag.
But what about today? After Zhang Xueru heard the good news from Hao Desheng's mouth that "which mayor's child took a fancy to Liping", he was so excited that he no longer mentioned the topic of his son-in-law's inverted door.
Soon, my wife fried the peanuts and served them on the table.
Zhang Xueru picked up the "Four" wine bottle on the table, poured wine into the usual small wine glass, poured a small half cup in one gulp, and then picked up a peanut that was still a little hot with chopsticks, stuffed it into his mouth and took a few bites, and smiled at his wife with a red face:
"I really didn't expect that after living for so many years, half of my body is about to go to the ground, Pingping actually made a face for my parents, this time, we really want to glorify our ancestors!"
"Isn't Liping just going to dive? When she gets older in the future, what else can she do? β
Previously, my wife didn't pay attention to the conversation between Hao Desheng and Zhang Xueru, and I didn't know why the old man was so happy now. At this time, she was wiping the nose of her little grandson who was squatting on the ground and playing, and when she heard Zhang Xueru unusually praising Liping while drinking, she looked at the old man who was immersed in joy very strangely.
"Hmph, let me tell you, Director Hao said just now, Pingping may be good with the son of the mayor of the provincial capital! Do you know? The mayor of the provincial capital is very high, only one level worse than the governor, and he is a senior cadre! β
Zhang Xueru gestured with his eyebrows and said:
"Now, with our Pingping's appearance, level and ability, maybe we can really become the daughter-in-law of the mayor! By thenββ, hum! β
Zhang Xueru raised the wine glass, tilted his chin dry, and reached out to take the wine bottle to add wine.
Today, because of her happiness, Liping, the daughter who was often scolded by him as a "money-loser" in the past, is now affectionately "Pingping".
"Pinny, you say? Isn't she getting along with Xiao Gang of the old Li family? How is it possible to get along with the son of a mayor? β
After all, being a mother is simple-hearted, Zhang Xueru's wife knows that Liping and Li Gang have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and they have no guesses. Not to mention that the neighbors praised them as a natural pair, even the old man used to nod his head and acquiesce. How can you say that change is changing now? Although the wife said that she was afraid of the old man in her heart, she felt that she still had to respect the child's opinion on her daughter's marriage, so she reminded her head-on.
"Fuck you!"
Without thinking about it, Zhang Xueru was annoyed when he heard this, and slapped his hand on the table and shouted:
"Who is Li Gang's father, Li Agen? A little wrenchman, like me! The family is so poor that he can't even get a decent electrical appliance, what can he do to let his son marry my Pingping? β
Zhang Xueru was a little excited when he spoke, with a wave of his right hand, he accidentally knocked over the wine glass on the table, quickly lowered his head and sucked the spilled wine on the table, and accidentally knocked the peanuts to the ground; Pick them up one by one, put them in the palm of your hand and blow them with your mouth, pinch off the red skin outside, and throw them into your mouth to continue chewing.
After chewing a few bites, Zhang Xueru said to his wife in a non-negotiable tone:
"Liping's marriage is up to me, listen, in this matter, you are not allowed to mix blindly!"
The wife opened her mouth to say something, but she was afraid that the old man would be angry, so she was silent.
However, after all, marriage is a lifelong event for children! Now is a new society, marriage is about free love, and this matter is not going to go wrong. After a while, my wife still plucked up the courage to say:
"His father, marriage is a lifelong event for children, when Liping comes back, you should discuss it with her, right?"
"What do you say? Talk to her? Now there are two choices in front of Liping, one is the mayor's son, the other is the wrenchman's son, one is in the provincial capital and the other is in the county seat. What is the difference between being in the county and ****** in the country? Is this still a matter of discussion? Doesn't Liping even have this brain? β
Zhang Xueru listened to his wife's words and immediately waved his hand to deny his wife's opinion.
At this time, Zhang Xueru seemed to have chosen a son-in-law, raised his head and said:
"Hmph, if we really climb up to the in-laws with which mayor of the provincial capital, see what else she Yang Shufang will show off in front of me? If she dares to show off, be careful that I go up to the army to sue her. β
After that, Zhang Xueru also glared angrily at Yang Shufang's house on the other side.
This is a relieving statement!
mentioned the woman on the other side, every time she bullied the neighbor with her man's signboard, her heart was also a little ruthless!
I remember that it was in the summer, during the summer vacation, the eldest daughter Jianping took her grandson back to her parents' house for a vacation.
One day, Yang Shufang rode a bicycle home from the street, obviously she bumped into the grandson of the Zhang family who was playing at the door, not only did she not apologize, but blamed Jianping's child for not giving way, and scolded on the street:
"Little hillbilly, don't go into the city if you don't know the rules, see what you pay for my bike!"
The eldest daughter Jianping couldn't help it, rushed out to reason with Yang Shufang, didn't want Yang Shufang to simply throw the bicycle to the ground with a "bang", and pointed at Jianping's nose angrily and scolded:
"Just a country woman like you wants to ride on my head and pee? No way! Do you want to bully military families? Let's go, follow me to the webmaster's review! β
As she spoke, she had ruffled her hair, then reached out and grabbed it, tearing the brand-new orchid shirt that Jianping had worn when she came home.
Jianping is also a temperamental woman, she doesn't eat Yang Shufang's set at all, and twists the other party's hand vigorously and says:
"If you are looking for a stationmaster, you will find a stationmaster! Reason goes all over the world, and it is difficult to move an inch without reason! Don't rely on your husband to be the battalion commander of the army, you can be lawless and rampant in the township! β
"My husband is the battalion commander, what's wrong? Red-eyed? Jealous? If you have the ability, you can find a battalion commander and show me, wow! I'm afraid you won't even be able to find a soldier! Hmph, dare to argue with me! β
Yang Shufang also fought with Jianping with a broken face.
If Zhang Xueru hadn't rushed out to stop his daughter and slapped his daughter twice, I really don't know how the quarrel that day would have ended.
Alas, people are more angry than people!
This time, if I can really get to the mayor of the provincial capital, no, even if it is with Director Hao, then, in the future, no matter what happens, I, Zhang Xueru, will no longer have to hide my crotch with a black face!
Thinking about the anger he suffers on weekdays, Zhang Xueru's anger will not hit anywhere!
While drinking, he told his wife what he thought, and at the end he snorted angrily:
"What's so great about her Yang Shufang's husband? Isn't he just a little battalion commander? In the future, he will be demobilized from the army to the local level at most, and he will be far behind the mayors of provincial capitals! β
Listening to the narration and analysis that her husband did while drinking, don't say it, Mrs. Zhang's thoughts are actually a little lively.
To tell the truth, of course she hopes that her second daughter can marry into a big cadre family.
If that's the case, not only will Liping be able to live a good life in this life, but maybe she can also help the whole family get out of the muddy living environment!
After a while, Mrs. Zhang cautiously asked the old man:
"Pingping will come home in a while, will you let me probe her tone first?"
"What kind of breath? You told her plainly that marrying the mayor's son was a great deal! Great promise! You have to tell her clearly that if she marries the son of the governor of the province and city, we will raise our hands and agree! β
Zhang Xueru made his wishful thinking:
From ancient times to the present, in all dynasties and dynasties, which one person has not attained the Tao, and the chicken and dog have ascended to heaven?
Say a thousand things and ten thousand, the fate of the common people will always be in the hands of those who are big officials!