Chapter 7: Half of the Dictionary

It's the New Year, and my relatives who came to visit my hometown told me that half of the dictionary is dead, and there will be a funeral on the sixth day of the first lunar month tomorrow. Although I haven't seen her for several years, my heart is still heavy and I can't say anything. If it weren't for hearing about her death, I would have almost forgotten about her. Half of the dictionary is her nickname, in the village in terms of seniority is my old sister-in-law, is an old high school student of that era, in the countryside can also be regarded as a cultural person, it is precisely this belly of knowledge, so that she got a nickname "half of the dictionary". It was none other than her husband, the father of her children, and a worker of the county electricity bureau who ate national food with a huge halo on his head. I heard that when she was young, her husband thought she was ugly, and she could not come back for a whole month, she raised four children by herself, and the salary she earned did not go through her hands, and when she was short of money, she ran dozens of miles to ask her husband for it. Later, when I got old, when my husband came home, there were often people who went to their house to chat, nonsense, she listened on the sidelines, and often said something that others couldn't say, couldn't say completely, and said the wrong things, and the people who listened nodded frequently, and then remembered that she was an old high school student in that era, and her husband pouted, "You are indispensable there, half of the dictionary." ”

In front of everyone, her husband said too much about half of the dictionary and half of the dictionary, and "half of the dictionary" became her nickname. When the package was delivered to the household, the village accountant could not calculate the number of acres according to the triangular land, and the people of the village waited for the distribution, but he did not come up with a positive number. The old sister-in-law walked over and made a gesture on the ground, and the accountant smiled and narrowed. The person who wanted to take the opportunity to persuade her husband told her husband about it, and her husband pouted, "She can do it, and she is half the sky!" ”

So, she has another nickname "Half the Sky". In this way, half the dictionary and half the sky have been called for many years. The husband retired, the son took over, and married a daughter-in-law who was known as a capable woman. Not only did her husband not give her the honor of being a mother-in-law, but he teased her in front of her new daughter-in-law, and she didn't fall into the eyes of her daughter-in-law at all. At that time, she seemed to be stimulated, singing loudly on the street. At that time, I was already in junior high school, and I could hear that she was reciting famous passages in Tang and Song poems, and they all said that she was crazy. Her husband disliked her even more, and often teased her in front of everyone, and some people with ulterior motives who catered to her husband also followed suit. From their eyes, I clearly saw the thrill of playing monkey. She began not to speak, did not speak to anyone, and sat in the groves and ditches in the south of the village for half a day. The birth of her grandson rekindled hope, and she held her grandson on her back, sang, and rowed on the ground every day. When her grandson was in the third grade, she reaped the most glorious results of her life. The grandson asked the self-righteous grandfather a question, and the grandfather did it for a long time, but he didn't get it out.

The grandson followed his grandfather's example, and pouted: "Stupid, don't you die!" It's not so simple, and I look down on my grandma all day long, and my grandma who can't be a teacher can! ”

After retiring, her husband, who has experienced many failures, examines half of his dictionary and half of the sky for the first time. As I grew older, I gradually regained the arrogance of that youth, became more and more obsessed with our culture, and admired our ancestors more and more. Take a woman as an example, call a woman a jade and a flower, and only those who really understand her and love her know what a priceless treasure and a rare treasure is. The value of the same piece of jade and the same flower is very different in the eyes of different people.

This reminds me of Cai Wenji, if Cao Cao hadn't found her and brought her back to Xudu, she would have been humiliated and beaten at the hands of that layman for the rest of her life, who of us would know about her? Finally, I wish all female friends to find someone who understands themselves and loves themselves, and a lifetime of companionship with someone who understands jade and loves flowers.