Reborn 1980

Chapter 14

The moment he stepped out of the bus area, the fresh air rushed in. Zhao Damei felt as if he was reborn. He took a few deep breaths and then slowly relaxed, and the churning gastric juices calmed down a lot.

It was really killing her. When she was in the car, she even thought she might die in the car.

It was only eight o'clock in the morning when I left home. When I arrived in the city, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. It was almost dark. Looking up at the unfamiliar space, I did not see the prosperity as I imagined. Zhao Damei was a little disappointed and sad, "Junjun, Look at the area around this bus station. Why aren’t there any small buildings? We have them in the countryside." She came with expectations. Unexpectedly, after getting off the bus, except for the empty bus station, she was surrounded by old and desolate buildings. The one-story wooden house is still in a mess, with melon rinds and scraps of paper everywhere. It is not as clean and tidy as their fishing village.

"It's not bad." Although Liangang City in 84 was developing pretty well, and the people's lives were much better than before the reform, it could not extend to all directions in the entire urban area. Thirty years later, there will still be a gap between the rich and the poor. This is the national condition of China, and it will be the same in the future capital. It is impossible to be prosperous everywhere, so she is not surprised that the cheap mother will be disappointed.

"It's getting dark, let's find a place to rest first, and then have something to eat." Perhaps after leaving the house, Liu Jun became less silent than at home and more calm, and he unknowingly brought a sense of leadership to his conversation. Meaning, and Cheap Mom didn’t realize there was anything different about her eldest daughter at all, so she just followed her daughter away.

After leaving the station, there was a human-powered three-wheeler to pick up passengers. The small carriage was enclosed, but it was protected from wind and rain. After asking about the starting price, I got on the bus. In this era, as long as it is within ten kilometers, it is [-] cents. Any further away, It would have to be doubled.

The wind blew in from the small window. Looking at the scenery along the street outside the glass window, Zhao Damei was a little confused. On the unfamiliar streets, there were wooden telephone poles, street lamps hung high, oval flower beds made of cement, and some simple plants. The flowers, plants and trees add some life to the streets. There are not many pedestrians coming and going. Compared with the motorcycles and cars with two or three kittens on the main roads in the county town, the urban area can be said to have a lot more people. Occasionally, people pass by. It also has a completely different mental outlook from the people in their village. It's as if... it seems that they really don't live in the same world as them. They are far away and out of reach. Is this a big city?
As the car moved, slowly, small two-story buildings began to come into view. Most of them were relatively old, with white walls, flat roofs, and no tiles. There were people standing on the roof of the buildings fiddling with something with wooden sticks, and there were people on the roof. Racks were set up to dry clothes, and some people moved stools to sit on the roof to rest.

Compared with Zhao Damei's distraught and heavy psychological gap, Liu Jun was interested in appreciating the customs and customs that seemed to her like ancient times.

I found a clean and comfortable hotel and got a double room with a separate bathroom and two beds. The decoration inside was good, with white walls, white tile floors, and gray-black curtains, which was pretty decent.

Zhao Damei was naturally amazed again and lamented that five yuan a night was well spent, while Liu Jun smiled and went to the bathroom to wash up briefly.

Riding in a car is always the most tiring.

After teaching and studying for a long time, Zhao Damei finished washing, and the mother and daughter had the opportunity to lie on the bed quietly and comfortably to relax.

Looking at the snow-white ceiling and round incandescent lamp, while Liu Jun's mind was spinning, Zhao Damei's somewhat vicissitudes of voice reached his ears, "Junjun, if it weren't for you, my mother would have been stuck like that all her life." In the family, it is not so much that mom took you away, but that you gave mom the courage to redeem herself." Looking sideways at her daughter's calm gaze, Zhao Damei's nose felt a little bitter, "No matter what the future holds, at least, mom will be the one to save her. Even if you tighten your belt and sell iron, you will be raised as adults. Mom doesn’t hope that one day, any of you will be like mom, living a life where you can’t breathe even if you let others teach you. If that happens, mom I won’t even forgive myself.”

"Junjun, your grandparents are both very powerful people. Mom hasn't told you yet, right? Mom was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine. According to your grandpa, extending to more than 100 years ago, the ancestors of our Zhao family were still One of the best doctors in the palace has made countless contributions in his life. It is a pity that his descendants are not very up to date. With the changes of the times, one generation is not as good as the other. Many people die in the middle of the journey, and few of them die. By the time your mother In my generation, your uncle is the only one who practices Chinese medicine. Your uncle and I, one is a dabbler and the other doesn’t understand anything. At such a young age, we think about making money every day, which almost made your grandfather angry to death.

Your grandma is a Western medicine doctor. She went to study abroad and got married to your grandpa when she came back. As a family, our life has always been very good. Our father is kind and our son is filial. We live a happy life and laugh every day. But the good times did not last long. Your grandma gave birth to a child. The youngest was injured, and even your grandfather's medical skills could not save him. He passed away at the end of that year at the age of 39. At that time, I was only ten years old, but I could still do a lot of things; your grandfather was very sad. It was so cruel that I locked myself in the house for three days and three nights and did not come out until my eldest brother and I sat at the door with our youngest and cried for a long time. Then we came out, but our temperament became silent and hesitant, and we were always busy when we had nothing to do. Depressed; but fortunately, there is a medical clinic to run, and the old man doesn't have much time to think wildly.In the days that followed, your grandpa became both a father and a mother, and his life and education did not fall behind. Until something happened, your grandpa and uncle were suddenly taken away while they were practicing medicine. They left a message asking us not to leave. If you are looking for me, don’t ask me anything, just run away!At that time, your uncle was 28, I was [-], and your brother-in-law was only ten years old. I took your uncle and ran away crying, with only a dozen dollars, and then, one night, we got separated, and then, I went crazy, searching, searching... I never saw him again. Until now, I don't know where your uncle is, and there is no news from the others..."

Liu Jun fell asleep amidst Zhao Damei's ramblings. Half asleep and half awake, in her hazy mind, several strange yet familiar faces seemed to vaguely appear, smiling at her kindly and gently. , although she didn’t know them, but she knew that these people were all her blood relatives. She thought that she had found another meaningful thing to do in the future. She wanted to go to her grandfather, uncle, and the others to meet them. , they will see their graves, they are all warm-hearted people, they are worth cherishing.

It takes time for people to get along with each other, and they need to treat each other sincerely. Liu Jun herself doesn't know that before, she could watch the cheap mother get beaten indifferently, but now she wants to desperately fight for everyone's blue sky and find her lost blood relatives. I have gradually integrated into this warm family and regarded myself as one of them.

(End of this chapter)