Fengcheng old events

Chapter 12 Mother
"Sister-in-law, my brother is gone. It stands to reason that I, as a younger brother, should take care of your orphans and widowed mothers. But you have also seen that the world has changed. You have to rely on your household registration and labor for food and shopping. Brother You're worthless, and you really can't afford to support your mothers, so you should think of a way."

Liu Huawen lowered his head, stood in front of Zhang Jingyi and said these words like reciting a text.His daughter-in-law stood behind him, with a bit of complacency and arrogance in her eyes.

Zhang Jingyi tightly hugged Liu Jinrong, who had a filial belt sewn on his arm, and remained silent like a fool.

Liu Huawen said, "I've already allocated the household registrations for you. In the past few days, sister-in-law, you can find a place to move out."

Liu Huawen's daughter-in-law said: "Sister-in-law, you can see the state of the house now. We are really powerless. Otherwise, you should go and find your brother. You have brought many good things over in those years, such as bracelets. It's a coat again, your brother should take care of you in turn, what do you think?"

Liu Zhaofeng stood aside, clenched his fists tightly.

Early the next morning, Zhang Jingyi was woken up by Liu Jinrong's crying, the girl was hungry.

Usually at this time, Liu Huawen's daughter-in-law would have come over early to ask his mother to go to dinner.

Zhang Jingyi got up, washed his daughter's face, took her hand out, and searched around the kitchen, but there was nothing to eat.

Liu Zhaofeng went to the barn to find some sweet potatoes, boiled them, and gave them to his sister and mother. Liu Huawen's daughter-in-law stood in the yard and scolded them.

Liu Zhaofeng rushed to the door of the main room and shouted into the yard: "How many years have my father raised your family? Has my mother ever said that? Where is your conscience?"

Liu Huawen's daughter-in-law was dumb for a moment, and said resentfully: "If the household registration is divided, you will not be a family anymore. I am generous. I will allow you a few more days and move out quickly." She turned and went back to the house.

Liu Jinrong held the sweet potatoes and asked Zhang Jingyi, "Mom, what are you talking about?"

Liu Zhaofeng came back bitterly, sat next to his mother and sister and got angry.Zhang Jingyi looked at his daughter, then turned his head to look at his son, wiped his face, handed Liu Jinrong into Liu Zhaofeng's hands, and said, "Take your sister with you, and I'll go find your uncle and see what I can do. I won't come back Don't go out of the house, take care of your home."

Liu Zhaofeng shook his sister's hand and nodded.

Zhang Jingyi went back to the house, washed his face, picked up some clothes, took some money out of the box and put it on his body, after thinking about it, he took some money with him.

This is all the property of the mother and the others. It was a little pocket money that Liu Huaqi occasionally gave in the past. A while ago, the workers' propaganda team came to exchange money. One new dollar was exchanged for 100 old money.

All the money in the family is under the control of Liu Huawen, Liu Huaqi left suddenly without any explanation, Zhang Jingyi had no idea at all, that's it.There are still 10,000+ in Liu Jinrong's purse, but that can only be seen as a picture.

After taking the money and giving some instructions to his son, Zhang Jingyi decided to leave the yard with some apprehension and some resoluteness.

Standing at the gate of the yard, looking at the cold and desolate street, Zhang Jingyi took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and walked north.

At the age of 16, she left home and got married. Now at the age of 31, Ms. Zhang Jingyi and Mrs. Liu are facing the society, the world, and the real life independently for the first time.

Walking on the dirt road is very tiring, because it is uneven, and there is always a feeling that one foot is deep and one foot is shallow. In addition to the toe problem, Zhang Jingyi is already sweating before leaving the county.She was a little wronged, wanted to cry but didn't know who to cry for.

She wanted to shrink back and go back to the cold but only hut that gave her a sense of security, but her daughter's crying and her son's unwilling eyes sounded in her ears.

She thought of a lot, the panic when she first got married, the distant ice city, the shark fins in the new world, the car, and the house in Daoli.I remembered the happy time at Luda, the peace of mind when I first returned to Zhuanghe, and the joy when I first had a son.

I remembered the joy of the old man when I gave birth to Jin Bao, and Liu Huaqi's love and laughter.

She wanted to take the car, but touched the little money in her bosom, she couldn't bear it anyway, just walked forward numbly, forward.

The whole world became hazy in her eyes. The loudspeakers in the distance blared revolutionary songs, and the crowd nearby made noise, and gradually they all moved away from her.

The sky is getting darker, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the sound of the sea roaring and beating the reefs can be heard.

She was very cold and hungry, and all the humiliation that was suppressed in her heart burst out all at once, and her tears couldn't stop falling down.

There was no more pain in his feet, Zhang Jingyi gritted his teeth, and walked while looking at the front that he couldn't see clearly.My daughter's cries filled my mind: Mom, I'm hungry.Mom, I'm hungry.Mom, I'm so hungry, my baby is starving to death.The son clenched his fist so tightly.

She was very tired and couldn't lift her legs anymore. She really wanted to take a break, but a voice kept saying in her ear: Go back, it's useless, go back.But the illusion was shattered by Jin Baoer's cries, no, the child has to live and go to school to learn to read.

Liu Huaqi's voice sounded: "Yes, this is Zhang, which is your surname, your surname is Zhang, you must remember this word."

"My Jing Yi is smart, and her handwriting is beautiful. Let's learn a few more, shall we?"

Zhang Jingyi tried his best to look ahead, but in fact he couldn't see anything clearly. It was completely dark, and the wind was howling. The night wind by the sea was always so strong, but today it was very cold.

She walked forward step by step, constantly writing her name in her heart. This was the only thing left to her by her husband.

She thought of Liu Zhaorui again, that mature boy, he heard that he became a senior officer of the People's Liberation Army, why didn't he come back to save me?Your younger siblings have nothing to eat.

"No," Zhang Jingyi said to himself in his heart: "I can't let the children starve, I have to raise them, otherwise there will be no one to visit Hua Qi's grave in the future. I have to feed them and hand them over to them Big Brother."

In 1958, in mid-autumn, late at night, the sea wind howled.

With tears on her face, a thin woman staggered along a deserted dirt road in the wild.She forgot the pain, the fear, even the hunger.She has to find hope, and she has to raise her husband's children.

More than 90 Huali.

It was still dark at 04:30 in the morning.

Zhang Jingyi finally saw the family and the house.

Relying on her memory, she walked into the chaotic and complicated streets, trying to identify with her eyes wide open.

She came back with Liu Huaqi a few years ago to attend her father's funeral.

"Peng Peng Peng, Peng Peng, Peng Peng." The sound of knocking on the wooden door was heard far away in the night before dawn, causing a barking of dogs.

(End of this chapter)