Chapter 11: Returning to the Door
In the evening, the little couple rested early, and early the next morning, the little couple packed their things and prepared to go home.
Su Anying's mother's home is in Daying Commune, from the Dongjiang River to Daying, you have to walk to Jewel Gang, then take a train from Jewel Gang to Xianren Bridge, and then walk from Xianren Bridge to Daying.
If you look at it from the map, walking like this is equivalent to going around half a circle, it is better to take the mountain road along the Dongjiang River and go straight to Daying.
But the mountain road is rugged and difficult, and there is a section of the road in the middle where you have to climb the rocks, which is too dangerous, so Xu Shiyan would rather be safer.
From the Dongjiang River all the way to the north for more than eight miles, it is the Qingling where Xu Shide taught, and then go seven or eight miles to the north, and then come to the Jewel Gang Boarding and Landing Station.
Jewel Gang is the phonetic transliteration of Zhu Ge Gang, which means dead in Korean.
During the Japanese pseudo-period, many people died of Keshan disease in the Jewel Gang area, so such a place name was left.
The construction of the Hunbai Railway began in five or eight years, and the whole line was opened to traffic in seven or four years.
Just the express and slow trains from Baihe to Tonghua and Baihe to Shenyang have several trips a day, plus there are zero trains along the line, and it is quite convenient to go to Xianren Bridge.
At ten o'clock at five, there happened to be a trip along the zero car to enter the station, Xu Shiyan escorted his daughter-in-law to squeeze into the car, made up the ticket and sat down.
Along the zero car, that is, the freight train is hung on two carriages to carry passengers, most of which are short-distance.
The trains of this year were still old-fashioned steam engines, the kind that burned coal, and some people were responsible for filling the boilers with coal.
When encountering an uphill slope, add coal in advance, and the train will hold back black smoke and climb uphill.
From Jewel Gang to Xianren Bridge, a total of 244 or 5 miles of road, stop at Huangjiaweizi in the middle, slow along the zero car, 20 minutes later, to Xianren Bridge.
Walk five or six miles west from Xianrenqiao Station, and you will arrive at Daying Village, where Daying Commune is located, also called Daying Brigade.
There are many place names with the word "Ying" in Fusong area, and most of them are related to ginseng.
In 1910, Xie Taixin, the big ginseng household in Yingkou, hired more than 100 workers and set up a relatively large mallet camp here, so this place was later called the big camp.
As soon as the little couple entered the village with their things, they were seen by children playing outside.
"Oh, oh, the second sister of the Su family led her son-in-law back to the door." A group of children were shouting there, making Su Anying's face red.
"Okay, okay, don't make a fuss, one person will give you a piece of candy, and let's play while we go."
Xu Shiyan took out a handful of candy from his pocket and distributed it to the children to prevent them from making a fuss.
Now that life is hard at this time, getting a piece of candy is about to catch up with the New Year, and they are jumping with joy.
"Quick, hurry up and go to Su's house to report a message, and say that the second sister has led her son-in-law back to the door."
The child's head had sugar in his mouth and commanded indistinctly.
When the two boys heard this, they rushed out with a whoosh, so frightened that Su Anying hurriedly shouted, let them run slowly, don't choke on the sugar in their mouths.
"It's okay, I'm used to it." Xu Shiyan shook his head with a smile.
The children of these years are all out in the wild, crazy everywhere all day long, they don't care about anything, they are real.
The husband and wife walked side by side to the village, followed by a group of children, and met several old men and women from time to time on the way.
"Hey, isn't this the third boy of the old Xu family? Are you accompanying your daughter-in-law back to the door today?
Good guy, you still have these old things, no wonder people say that the old Xu family is living a good life, it's true. Someone sighed.
The ancestors of the Xu family came to the northeast through the eastern part of the country, and initially lived in Shijiagou, Yinkuangzi Village, Qingshangou Township, Kuandian.
As the name suggests, Shijiagou is full of stones, and the movement can be heard on this hillside and the hillside.
The land is barren, the grain production is low, and it is very poor.
It is said that the poorer you are, the lazier you are, this is really true, when Xu Chenghou was young, he was not only lazy, but also loved to gamble. often goes out to play money, and I can't see anyone for ten days and half a month.
If you win with money, you will buy a lot of delicious food, and if you lose, you will beat your daughter-in-law and scold your children when you come home.
The family is poor, and there is no firewood to burn the fire, as soon as it is time to cook, Zhou Guilan has to go to the back mountain to collect firewood, and in case of rain, the fire is worried.
Later, after liberation, people like Xu Chenghou became the target of people's hatred.
If it weren't for Zhou Guilan's mother who came up with the idea to let them move out, it is estimated that Xu Chenghou would have been arrested long ago.
In the autumn of 57, Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan moved to Fusong with their children.
Maybe it was the old lady of the Zhou family who knocked it out, or maybe Xu Chenghou repented.
Xu Chenghou changed his way in this way, worked hard to earn work points, and successfully gained a foothold in Daying.
It's a pity that in the sixth, seventh, sixth, and eighth years, Xu Shixian jumped up and down all kinds of babbling, writing about the "black materials" of the commune leaders.
offended people, was ostracized everywhere, and couldn't get along in the big camp.
In the 70s, Xu Shide became a substitute teacher and taught along the Dongjiang River, and the family had to move to live along the Dongjiang River.
It has only been seven years since the Xu family left the camp, and there are relatives here who often move around, so most people know Xu Shiyan.
Seeing Xu Shiyan accompany his daughter-in-law back to the door, he had to say hello and chat a few words.
The Su family was on the edge of the river in the middle of the village, and before they could cross the bridge, they saw Su Anying's fifth sister Su Anfang and sixth sister Su Anhua running over head-on.
"Second sister, second brother-in-law, you're back. This morning, my father and mother were still chattering, saying that I didn't know if the second sister could return to the door today. ”
Su Anfang rushed over, squeezed Xu Shiyan away, and reached out to hug the second sister's left arm.
"Just now, a few boys came to report that the second sister was back.
Father and mother were very happy, let us come out to greet us. Su Anhua hugged her sister's right arm.
The sisters of the Su family have a very good relationship, especially the fifth and sixth children, who have grown up on Su Anying's back since they were children, so they are very affectionate when they see their sister come back.
Xu Shiyan was squeezed away by the two sisters-in-law, but he was not annoyed, he just smiled and followed behind with his things.
Cross the bridge and turn north and walk outside the gate of the Su family.
The Su family lives by the river in three adobe houses.
The roof is made of a kind of wood that is split to the thickness of a finger and more than a foot long, and the locals call it "Tomafang Halberd". ”
The camp has a large population, and the Su family is in the middle of the tunzi, so the courtyard is not very large, and a cane is sandwiched with a wooden piece more than one person high.
The two wooden doors do not have door buckets, and the gate is open at this moment, and Su Anzhen, the third child of the Su family, and Su Anfen, the fourth child, are standing in the courtyard, looking out eagerly.
As soon as they saw Su Anying and his wife, the two immediately became happy and shouted towards the house.
"Dad, mother, it's really my second sister and second brother-in-law who are back."
As soon as the words fell, Su Weizhong, the old man of the Su family, and his wife Han Cai'e came out of the house, and happened to meet Xu Shiyan and his wife.
"Dad, mother, I'm back." When Su Anying saw her father, she couldn't help it, with tears in her eyes.
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I will accompany Eiko back to meet the second elder." Xu Shiyan stepped forward and saluted, which he owed in his previous life.
"Hey, hey, it's good to come back, it's good to come back, quick, get into the house, get into the house."
Su Weizhong also looked very excited, and hurriedly beckoned Xu Shiyan and his family into the house.