Chapter 3 Ye'er's thoughts
Ye'er and I plan to use this summer vacation to decorate our new house by ourselves. One night when I was sleeping, Ye'er lay on the bed alone and turned to her side, crying without warning, I was very panicked, and hurriedly asked Ye'er what was going on? Did someone bully her? But Ye'er didn't say anything, just let the tears flow down the corners of her eyes, the more I asked, the more Ye'er's tears flowed, and finally she cried bitterlyγγγγγγ I immediately panicked, so I had to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes while sitting next to Ye'er at a loss.
After a long while, Ye'er got up and sat up, sobbing and saying to me that she missed her sister, the eldest sister who married far away from northern Zhejiang, Ye'er said that she hadn't seen her eldest sister for several years, that is, her eldest sister hadn't returned to her parents' house for several years.
I haven't seen Ye'er's eldest sister, but I've heard Ye'er tell me before that her eldest sister is a very kind and hardworking eldest sister. She dropped out of school early and went home without graduating from elementary school, which was not her own will, and her eldest sister was very smart and had a good academic performance. But because there are two younger sisters under the eldest sister, that is, Ye'er and Ye'er's second sister, Ye'er's parents go to the boat to fish every day, and the two younger sisters in the family have no one to take care of, so Ye'er's mother decided to let Ye'er's brother continue to go to school and finish junior high school, and let Ye'er's eldest sister drop out of school early and go home to take care of her two little sisters.
When Ye'er's mother told Ye'er's eldest sister about this decision, Ye'er's eldest sister didn't say a word, but tears flowed down in an instantγγγγγγ The next day, Ye'er's eldest sister didn't carry her schoolbag to school as usual, but took care of housework at home, laundry and cooking, and then sent Ye'er's second sister to school.
Ye'er said that her eldest sister loves her very much, and she is always reluctant to take half a step for Ye'er, no matter where she goes, she always likes to carry her on her back, even if she goes up the mountain to find those sheep to go home, she always carries Ye'er on her back. Since then, Ye'er's family has an older sister and mother who can take care of housework and go up the mountain to herd sheep, but there is one less sister who is smart, laughing, lively and optimistic.
Ye Er said that as long as it was the day when her mother was at home, Ye Er's eldest sister always had a gloomy face, and she never smiled on her face. It was only when her mother returned to her small fishing boat that Sister Ye'er would smile and laugh and play with her two younger sisters.
Ye'er said that her eldest sister dropped out of school at home when she was very young, and she was like a mother who took care of her and her second sister carefully. Ye'er's eldest sister should be two or three years older than me, and later, when Ye'er reached school age, the eldest sister changed from sending one person to school every day to sending two people to school, Ye'er and Ye'er's second sister. After sending her two younger sisters to school, Sister Ye'er went home and was busy with her never-ending housework, laundry, cooking, and herding sheep in the mountainsγγγγγγ
Ye'er's mother always screamed and scolded loudly when she came home, and she was domineering, so that no one could stand it. Ye'er said that as soon as her mother came home, the original laughter and laughter in the house would immediately be like a silent night, silent. Because her mother was always yelling and short-tempered when she saw things that she thought she was unaccustomed to, and she was domineering and domineering, and could not tolerate any different opinions from others, including her father.
Yes, almost all irritability comes from poverty. In that poor era, the unsatisfactory life, the hardships of life, and the complaints of life could only be released through loud scolding, or perhaps only through temper short-temperedγγγγγγ
Later, Ye'er's eldest sister actually got acquainted with a soldier of the local garrison behind her back because she went to the mountains to herd sheep every day. At that time, there was a company of garrisons stationed on the hill of Ye'er's family, so it was not surprising that Ye'er's eldest sister was able to get acquainted with a soldier.
There is a discipline for soldiers not to fall in love with local girls in the garrison, so their acquaintance and love can only be carried out without knowing it, they have known each other for about a little more than a year, this soldier is about to be discharged, and he is going to return to his home in the mountains of northern Zhejiang, which is also a small mountain village.
One afternoon, Ye'er and her second sister came home from school, and the elder sister did not go down the hill to greet them from school with a smile as before, and the elder sister was gone. When the two sisters opened the door to look for their sister, they saw a letter prominently placed on the table.
At that time, Ye'er's second sister was already able to understand the content of the letter, and when they opened the letter in confusion to read, Ye'er's second sister suddenly sat on the ground and cried loudly: "My sister is gone, my sister doesn't want us anymore." β
Later, not long after, Ye'er's parents also returned home. It turned out that Ye'er's eldest sister had already made an appointment to elope behind the scenes in advance after the soldier returned home. If Ye'er's mother knew about this, she would never agree. Sister Ye'er hid this matter very deeply, and it wasn't until more than a year later that the soldier returned home from the army, and Sister Ye'er took away dozens of yuan from the family, as well as the address left by the soldier, and went to find her happiness alone, what courage it takes!
How could she bear to abandon her two younger sisters who had been brought up since childhood? How could she bear to leave her parents behind? How could she bear not to say goodbye to her brother?γγγγγγ
Everything came so suddenly, everything came so suddenly! Even so, Ye'er's mother didn't forget to scold her sister for being a white-eyed wolf and raising a useless waste, but just after scolding, Ye'er saw her mother, who had always been strong and never cried, and she also turned back to the room and cried! I cried very miserably and helplessly.
Sister Ye'er's departure may be because she can't stand her mother's endless scolding every day, maybe she can't stand her mother's domineering character, maybe she can't stand the heavy housework day after day, maybe she can't stand this poor life, maybe she can't have enough of staying in this remote and desolate small fishing villageγγγγγγ
However, I believe that the departure of Sister Ye'er is more about finding her own happiness! I believe that the departure of Sister Ye'er is more about chasing her own love!
In this way, Sister Ye'er left, left the desolate and remote fishing village where she had been born and raised for 18 years, and married in the mountainous areas of northern Zhejiang.
Can Sister Ye'er really find her own happiness?