Second Marriage in the 1970s

"Hey, I heard that the newly married wife of Lu's family is very good. Even Mrs. Lu couldn't fight against her. The next day she got married, she had a fight at home. She lay her angrily on the bed and complained that she shouldn't bring back such a dominatrix. ."

The rural news is blocked, and those who are a little bit older are not literate. If you can write your name clearly, you will be literate.

No books, newspapers, or TVs to entertain. There is not even a black box for a tape recorder. Except for the occasional village cadre reading one or two of the above-issued documents on the big loudspeaker in the village, the farmers have no way to gain knowledge or talk. Any ideological progress can only pass the time by the short gossip of those parents.

Originally, the gossip of mother-in-law in Xiaoling Village didn't have much market in Daewoo Village. Which village didn't have any trouble with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and could still care about these messy things from house to house?

But the Lu family in Xiaoling Village is different. The only son of Lu’s family was married to the young daughter of Dong Changgui’s family in Dayu Village. He was driven back by the Lu family a few months ago. Married a new daughter-in-law, the new daughter-in-law has trouble with Mother Lu. This kind of familiar gossip is still very popular in Dayu Village.

"It deserves it, this old lady is bullying and fearing hardship. It wasn't like that to Jiahui before, but now she has found her right."

The daughter of the Dong family is from their Dayu Village, so a daughter was bullied by the people of Xiaoling Village. Naturally, she should be outside at this time. Otherwise, in the future, other villages will learn to bully their daughters who went out of Dayu Village.

Since this incident, the daughters of Daewoo Village must get a marriage certificate when they marry, so they are afraid of encountering a faceless, unreasonable person like the Lu family.

"The wicked are tortured by the wicked. It's not that the family doesn't enter the house. It's a good day but it has to be tossed, right?"

"The Lu family is not righteous. There is no such thing as divorce and divorce among ordinary people. As long as we are married, we have to live a lifetime regardless of whether the mother-in-law is good or bad. It means that we have no children. This is only three years, not ten years. In ten years, the Zhang family’s daughter-in-law has been married for several years, thinking that she will not be able to give birth, but also finds someone to adopt a little girl, but what happens, the Zhang family’s daughter-in-law will come to be pregnant next year."

"This is indeed the case. The old people all say that giving birth depends on good luck. Without good luck, you can't give birth to a child. The Zhang family adopts a little girl that others don't want. Only by accumulating virtue and doing good can you open your arms."

After Chen Guixiang came back from the temple, he heard a group of people gathered at the head of the village and didn't know what they were talking about. When she approached and heard, it turned out that it was the Lu family's trouble. It was so miserable now, and he went home with a cold snort.

Unexpectedly, she entered the house, and several daughter-in-laws in the family were also whispering about it.

After listening to the second child, Mrs. Lu talked about Jiahui with the other two daughter-in-laws.

"Have you noticed that Jiahui looks better now, she was yellow and thin when she first came back, and now she has white skin and flesh on her face."

"No, she had a hard time in Lu's family. I heard that Mrs. Lu was not going to the land. There were only three people in Lu's family. All the work of the family fell on Jiahui's head. She was not willing to give her good food and food for a long time. It's not dark and thin."

"So it's good for Jiahui to go back to her family's house. You see, no one at home let her work on the ground. She sews clothes in the house and embroiders embroidery patterns. Our family eats well. She raises them every few months. Don't you just raise it."

"Jiahui was very delicate when she was a child, you see how neat our mother is, she must not be bad when she was young."

"Indeed, only their three brothers are not bad, otherwise we wouldn't like it either."

The three wives laughed.

"You're really not ashamed, you caught up with Wang Po selling melons."

"I'm all the truth. I went to the health clinic to buy medicine when I was patriotic. I happened to go there too. I saw a young man with big eyebrows and white teeth with a smile. I thought he was pretty good at the time."

"What then? You went up to find him?"

"No, I'm still reserved. Everyone in the health clinic knows him. When he left, I asked someone to inquire about him. He said that it was the third kid from the Dong family in the Daewoo village team. There was no target. I went back and told my family quickly. ."

This is the first time that Zhao Lijuan mentioned this past. She was shy and embarrassed when she just married. Later, she didn't have the opportunity to talk about it. Today, her mother-in-law is not at home.

"Hey, have you told Aigo about this matter?"

Zhao Lijuan pursed her mouth and smiled, "I said, I said it right after I dealt with him. Guess what he said?"

Zhou Yindi and Liu Xiuyun both looked curious, "What did you say?"

"He said that he also noticed me at the time. He saw a girl in a red gown with two braids. She was very attractive with a smile, and she always stared at him."

After hearing this, the two wives covered their mouths and smiled, and even Chen Guixiang under the window smiled.

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Zhao Chenglin went through the formalities of leaving the army, bid farewell to the leader who was so kind to him and his comrades who had struggled for more than ten years and left the army. Along the way, he took the train first, which took 15 hours to reach the provincial capital, and paid three train fares. It took five hours to get from the provincial capital to the county seat.

There is no bus to the countryside in the county town. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to catch a tractor to the neighboring village. When he got off the tractor and walked to the entrance of the village, the whole journey had taken more than 20 hours.

Shanghe Village is still the same Shanghe Village. The willows are Yiyi, the grass is fragrant, the fields are staggered, and the uncle at the entrance of the village is slowly driving a buffalo.

"Second Uncle!"

Zhao Changlin carried his luggage and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Oh, this is?"

The uncle's eyes are not so good. It has been a few years. The production team leader has taken care of him and arranged for him an easy job to herd cattle in the team.

"Uncle, this is Chenglin, my nickname Shuanzi."

With that, Zhao Changlin took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and gave one to the uncle.

The uncle suddenly realized that he smiled and took the cigarette and clamped it to his ear.

"Oh, Chenglin, didn't you serve as a soldier, come back to visit relatives?"

The uncle has bad eyes and ears. He doesn't usually gossip with the villagers, so he still doesn't know about Zhao Donglin's divorce, and he doesn't even remember when Zhao Donglin got married.

"Yes, uncle, if you keep busy, I will leave first."

"Oh, okay, okay, you are busy."

At the moment, everyone in the village was working. In May, when the farming was busy, except for the second uncle who had poor eyesight at the entrance of the village, and a few little dolls in the village who didn't need to go to school, Zhao Donglin didn't meet anyone else along the way.

The Zhao family’s house is in the center of the village, neither the front nor the rear. There is a long river in front of the house with weeds growing along the river, and there is also a specially set aside for growing some vegetables.

Pushing open the waist-high wooden door outside his yard, with a creak, the quiet and familiar small courtyard once again appeared in front of him.

The yard was very quiet, and there was no movement besides the clucking of a few hens.

Zhao Donglin put down his luggage and looked at his yard. Their yard is in good condition in the village, half of the soil embryo, half of the blue brick, a row of triangles, and a short chicken coop and pigs are built on the east side of the yard wall. lock up.

The Zhao family raised a sow. This year, raising pigs is an extra income in addition to work points. The commune and the brigade encourage members to raise pigs.

In the era of planned economy, all production teams had the task of raising pigs. Live pigs were not allowed to be sold privately. Just like grain, the state had to be regulated and distributed uniformly to ensure the living needs of urban residents.

When the door rang, Zhao Donglin turned his head and looked over, and saw his mother Zhang Qiao'er entering the door carrying Yingbao, and she was carrying a bamboo basket in her hand, carrying fresh hogweed from the river. .

However, he didn't go home for more than a year. His mother looked more than one year old. I don't know if it was because of her carrying Yingbao. She squatted on her back and lost the young agility she remembered.

"mom."

Zhao Donglin's nose was sour, and he called Zhang Qiaoer. At this moment, he was very grateful that he had chosen to return to his hometown. Not only did he have children to take care of, but also his aging parents also needed his care.

Zhang Qiaoer entered the door and didn't notice that there were other people in the yard. When she heard the voice of her elder son, she thought she had hallucinations. She looked up and saw a tall and burly young man in military uniform standing in the yard. Wasn't it her elder son Donglin? ?

"Donglin? Why are you back?"

Zhao Donglin didn't answer immediately. He walked over and took the bamboo basket on Zhang Qiaoer's back, and took his daughter Yingbao into his arms.

Yingbao was only seven months old, and she hadn’t come to recognize someone. She had a good temper. She could hug anyone on weekdays without crying or making trouble. At this time, when she was held in her arms by her father, she just stared at the grapes. Staring at Zhao Donglin with big eyes, the white and tender face was dull and cute, and Zhao Donglin's heart was softened.

He has never seen Yingbao. This is the first time their father and woman have met in their lives.

To be precise, the only role that Yingbao played was to provide a seed, and he did not participate in the rest of the matter. Not only Yingbao, but also for the black eggs.

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Donglin felt that Wang Mei's choice to leave was not unreasonable.

Other people’s husbands are at home every day, and they work together at sunrise and sunset. When the wife is pregnant and giving birth, the husband is by his side and can take care of his wife’s needs at all times, and he will stay with him for several years after marriage. Her time has only been more than two months, and he has been absent from many important moments. She has reasons for resentment and dissatisfaction.

"Donglin, why did you come back suddenly and didn't say anything in advance. How long have you been in the car? Are you hungry? I'll go and give you the whole meal first."

Zhao Donglin smiled while holding Yingbao's small hand, and said to Zhang Qiaoer, "Mom, no, I ate dry food on the road."

The steamed buns were pickled vegetables. The comrades asked the cooking team to prepare them for him. The troops' steamed buns were big and strong, one topped two. On the way, he ate twelve steamed buns. I really didn't feel hungry when he was hungry.

After that, he kissed Ying Bao’s little cheek, and handed Ying Bao to Zhang Qiao'er. He carried the bamboo basket to the pigsty and fed the pig food to the pigs.