Childhood (9)

Liu Zhilu didn't go to Ah Fan's house to play with him, but to play with his sister. Ah Fan and his sister Jia Huan are fifteen years apart. The age difference between the brothers and sisters is so big, this is because family planning was strict at that time, and Ah Fan's father was assigned to the local state farm after he was discharged from the army, and he was in a public office, so he could only have one child.

In order to steal their daughter's family joy, they gave up the public office and welfare of the farm and moved their family over. But later it turned out that their family moved here not just to steal a second child; They also came to compete with Liu Zhilu's eldest and second uncles for land.

Liu Zhilu's little cousin's father Liu You and Liu Zhilu's grandfather are half-brothers (after Liu Zhilu's grandfather's mother died, Liu Zhilu's maternal great-grandfather remarried, and later his maternal great-grandmother took her son Liu You to remarry).

Liu You's old comrade-in-arms was the secretary and cadre of the brigade in the village and town. He told Liu You that the fields in the villages and towns here would be expropriated by the state, and suggested that he come back to help him get a share of the pie.

Liu You considered that the income from the state farm was low, so he became greedy. planned to ask Liu Zhilu's uncle for a homestead to build a house on the grounds of stealing his life. Liu Zhilu's uncle was originally unhappy, but Liu You let his pregnant wife come to Liu Zhilu's house to stay first under the pretext of stealing the birth. Later, Jia Huan was born, and Liu Zhilu's father also stepped forward to help. In the end, Liu Zhilu's two uncles had no choice but to agree.

But Liu's father never expected that Liu You would have the support of his own cadres and comrades-in-arms, and take all the dry fields around his residence as his own, and he would also take a large share of the land everywhere when he expropriated the fields. This made Liu Zhilu's two uncles very angry, but they were helpless. So, he resented Liu Zhilu's father.

Liu's father was made so that he was not a human inside and out, so he came up with the idea of moving out of the village and town. He thought that the environment of the village and town was becoming more and more unfavorable to Liu Zhilu's growth, so he made up his mind to move out.

Liu's father and mother got up early and worked late to buy a small piece of residential land in the county with their hard-earned money. After a few years, a house was built there, and finally the family moved out of the village.

Liu You named his daughter Family Joy, which originally meant wanting to have a happy family, but ironically, what was waiting for them was family sorrow. After Liu You moved here, he became addicted to gambling and gambled all day long. His son Ah Fan was addicted to drugs and died in the end. After his wife moved in, she often felt depressed because her life was not satisfactory. Especially after seeing that his son was infected with drugs, he couldn't live in peace all day long. Within a few years, I got a brain tumor. He died shortly after the operation, and he was not yet 50 years old.

If Liu You didn't want those few acres of land and stayed on the state farm honestly, their family might not have ended up so miserable. The greed and indulgence of the men in the family are the bane of the family's tragedy!

But as far as Liu Zhilu is concerned, the arrival of Liu You's family has more advantages than disadvantages. After they moved in, Liu Zhilu was taken care of, and his aunt's warm smile was always remembered by Liu Zhilu many years after her death.