Chapter 16 is a great rebellion but a happy one
readx;? Qiao Xiaojing thought of her relatives, in fact, she didn't want to think about her relatives, she was afraid of thinking of her relatives. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Like Jade, she longs for happiness, because they are both poor and unfortunate people, and they have been teased by fate, and the unfortunate fate has made them both suffer the pain of life early on, and experience the hardships of survival.
Qiao Xiaojing has two fathers, one father is the starting point of her happiness and the end of her happiness, this person is her biological father, his unexpected death made Qiao Xiaojing's originally weak happiness mansion completely collapse.
The other father was the beginning of her misfortune, which made her live in the dark night of her soul completely, made her lose sight of light and hope, made her lose faith in the future, and made her a lonely ghost, this person is her stepfather.
These two men, who occupy a pivotal position in Qiao Xiaojing's life, seem to have partnered to send her into the rough waves of misfortune, and from that moment on, the torrent of misfortune roared inexorably, unstoppable, breaking through the calm embankment, surging and wanton, collapsing the beacon of hope and drowning the path of hope.
Qiao Xiaojing's life trajectory and life trajectory completely deviated from the previous normal course and sailed towards one reef jungle after another full of terror.
Cuiyu's experience is not much better, she has also experienced a series of changes, experienced a miserable life, and finally fell into the dusty land before Qiao Xiaojing--- and entered this kind of place, for women, it is labeled as unclean.
As the famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy wrote at the beginning of "Anna Karenina": Happy families are all alike, and unhappy families have their own misfortunes.
For the people at the bottom of China living in the thirties and forties, they quietly stepped into an era of turmoil and unrest, and the fate of all kinds of little people was bound by the big net woven by this turbulent and uneasy era, and their tragic fate was intertwined in this big net of turmoil and unrest.
Little people like Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu are just ordinary members of that particular era, but they can still reflect the tragic fate of the little people in that era.
Qiao Xiaojing's family of three lives in western China, where the feudal landlord economy is still dominant and the materials are occupied by the big landlords.
Qiao Xiaojing's father, Qiao Liang, used to work as a helper in a landlord's house when he was young, and the owner saw that he was clever and honest, and he was close to his son's age, so he let him accompany his son to study for a while.
This experience is of far-reaching significance to Qiao Xiaojing's father, Qiao Liang, who has learned a lot of things that are impossible for children from poor families through learning and contact, and most importantly, it makes him understand that knowledge can make him discover his own ignorance and ignorance, and make him understand that life is not what it is now.
--- this may be the reason why he insists on letting his only child, Qiao Xiaojing, go to school, even if he has to walk for nearly an hour every day, he will be sneered and maliciously accused by the villagers.
According to the general view of the countrymen at that time, it is also the traditional view, the boy is the hope of the family, he shoulders the heavy responsibility of inheriting the family and glorifying the lintel, at least it is also the strong labor force to support the family;
But Qiao Xiaojing's father Qiao Liang doesn't think so, since he had his daughter Qiao Xiaojing, he has always regarded her as the hope of the family, thinking that children should accept knowledge and expand their horizons, because they should say goodbye to an ignorant life.
When Qiao Liang put forward the idea of letting his daughter Qiao Xiaojing go to school, even Qiao Xiaojing's mother, who had lived together for many years, was surprised, she couldn't believe that Qiao Liang would have such an idea, she felt that Qiao Liang must have something wrong with her brain, "It must have been something dirty at night, it must have been a demon."
Qiao Liang said firmly: "I don't want to watch my daughter be tied to the prison car from the moment she was born, she should have her own ideas, and she should have her own life." ”
So when Qiao Xiaojing reached the age where she could go to school, Qiao Liang resolutely took her daughter's little hand through the village and went to a primary school more than ten miles away, making Qiao Xiaojing the first female student of this school since its establishment, and also letting Qiao Xiaojing follow twenty or thirty boys to study and read under the same roof.
Although many people can't understand Qiao Liang's move, there are still many women and girls who cast envious eyes on Qiao Xiaojing, although Qiao Xiaojing was less than ten years old at that time, she could feel the meaning behind this look, she felt that she lived in such a home, poor and simple, but very proud and happy.
"I heard that you have already let your girl go to school, but is there such a thing?" At the family sacrifice event, Qiao Baocai, the patriarch and wealthy man, questioned Qiao Liang in front of the whole clan.
The sacrificial activities are held in the ancestral hall of the Qiao family, which is wide and deep, and every five steps there is an oil lamp to guide the people to enter the main hall of the ancestral hall when it is dark. In the main hall, there is a table like a cabinet lying horizontally, there are many ancestral tablets on the table, in front of the tablet are placed the tributes to the ancestors, and the incense candles are placed on both sides of the tribute, and from time to time there is a "pop" sound.
When Qiao Baocai finished the ancestors and the sacrificial activities were about to end, he mentioned this matter as a violation of the ancestral teachings and a great rebellion, and reprimanded Qiao Xiaojing's Fuqing Qiao Liang in front of everyone.
The whole clan stared at Qiao Liang, who looked even thinner and thinner under the light, waiting for him to give everyone a satisfactory explanation, the patriarch was in the Qiao ancestral hall, in front of the ancestors of the tablet, questioning this matter, this matter must be a big deal.
What puzzled everyone and embarrassed Qiao Baocai was that he didn't wait for the answer he wanted, all he waited for was Qiao Liang's faint smile.
"Sending a girl to school, it is undoubtedly uncomfortable to be full, this girl is someone else's sooner or later, it makes a difference whether she goes to school or not, even if she can read and hyphenation, what is the use of a fart?" Qiao Baocai faced the ancestral tablet, and walked around Qiao Liang with his hands behind his back.
The entire ancestral hall suddenly fell into a terrifying silence, and all the people had stiff faces and dull eyes, staring at Qiao Liang, who was a little disapproving, in the faint light.
Qiao Liang knew that in the face of these people, even if he shared his thoughts and thoughts, it would be useless, and it would definitely attract endless and meaningless arguments, and even sneers with guns and sticks, so he chose to keep silent.
"A woman's lack of talent is virtue, which is an ancient adage that has been handed down for thousands of years. The ancestors have followed the words of the sages, and have never done such a thing that violates the ancient teachings, but now you do not follow the rules, and do things that greatly harm morals and humiliate the family, and the people must not let you do whatever you want. Qiao Baocai saw that Qiao Liang never squeaked, and the tone was higher.
Qiao Liang still stood expressionless, silent.
"Our clansmen are all responsible villagers, can't spoil a pot of soup with mouse droppings, in front of the ancestors, I want to tell you, don't always let the girl show her head, lest outsiders say that our people are unruly and uneducated. Qiao Baocai looked around the clansmen in the hall with firm eyes, and seemed to be telling everyone with his own eyes that they should attack them in groups.
"The patriarch is right!" Qiao Laosi, the eldest in the clan, was the first to stand up.
This Qiao Laosi is the only old bachelor in Qiaojia Village, nearly seventy years old, with unkempt silver hair and a white beard slightly curled, looking very thin. He had no children, and usually lived by feeding Qiao Baocai's livestock, and received almost all the help of the whole village. Although the seniority is not high, he is old, and his speech naturally has some weight.
"Yes, you can't do such an offensive thing. ”
"The whole people shall not be disgraced because of you. ”
"Our ancestors have been upright people for generations, and we can't lose face because of it!"
“......”
Almost all of them stood on Qiao Baocai's side, pointing fingers at Qiao Liang, and all of them accused him of not.
This Qiao Liang was like being deaf and blind, ignoring everything that was happening in front of him, and even had a faint smile on his face, this battle could only end in nothing.
Women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, but this scene that happened in the ancestral hall soon reached the ears of Qiao Xiaojing and her mother Chunhua, and when they learned that the whole clan was besieging their father, they were all scared and worried, worried that their father would suffer alone, be injured, and have accidents.
When her father Qiao Liang came home, Qiao Xiaojing knelt in front of Qiao Liang with tears, crying and telling her father that she didn't want to go to school anymore, she didn't want to see her father have an accident, and she didn't want her father to be attacked by everyone, as long as her father was safe.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Liang's face suddenly changed greatly, his smile disappeared, and he reprimanded solemnly: "Who made you have such a useless idea, do you want to be blind for the rest of your life like us?"
Because he was worried that his father would be hurt, he had the idea of dropping out of school, but he didn't expect his father to be so resolute, not only did he not have the slightest sense of comfort, but he was furious and reprimanded, and Qiao Xiaojing cried aggrievedly.
Qiao Liang, who looked indifferent, said: "In order not to let my daughter be ignorant for a lifetime, I am willing to bear all the blame and pressure. ”
The clansmen couldn't resist Qiao Liang, and finally chose to acquiesce to Qiao Xiaojing's schooling.
In the remote and backward countryside of the thirties and forties, it was a very important event, which shook the position of the words of the saints in the hearts of the ignorant people, and challenged the deep-rooted ideology of ignorant ordinary people.
This incident is the happiest and most worthy of showing off Qiao Xiaojing's childhood, she carries her schoolbag every day, walks through the village, goes to and from school, like a flower that has escaped the mud and sewage and grows on the high platform that is in the limelight.
More and more young girls cast envious glances at her, which made her heart ripple with happiness for a long time.
Unfortunately, Qiao Xiaojing's happiness was short-lived, and with the death of her father in a tragedy, this happiness ended instantly.
The tragic death of her father Qiao Liang made Qiao Xiaojing feel that the sky had fallen to a corner, who knew that the arrival of her stepfather Liu Ma made the sky above her head completely collapse, and it fell firmly on her weak body that could not bear the burden.
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