As the boss of the Gao family, Gao Fusheng is now in his fifties. Because he was the only boy in the family at the beginning, he was sent to the school in the town to study, so he became promising later on. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he went to work in the commune cafeteria, and later he went to work in the commune supply and marketing cooperative.
In this era when you have to buy tickets in limited quantities, people who work in supply and marketing cooperatives have to be looked up to wherever they go. They can always find a way to secretly leave some things that don't need tickets.
So Gao Fusheng is a very respectable person in the whole Gaojia Village.
However, at this time, the respectable Comrade Gao Fusheng was offering things to his wife with a face full of treasures.
Mrs. Gao looked at it with a straight face. There were some cloth tails that did not require a ticket, and a few taels of sugar. "Come back with some brown sugar next time. Xiulan likes that. She said it's better for my daughter to drink more brown sugar water."
Gao Fusheng nodded immediately.
Mrs. Gao put away her things, then turned around and asked, "What did you take for your wife?"
"Mom, I didn't take it, I didn't take anything." Gao Fusheng said quickly, patting his heart. "Just the dried sweet potatoes from last time. I thought you wouldn't be able to bite into them now, so I gave them to her."
"Hmph, I can't eat. I still have Xiulan to eat, and Qingmiaoer to eat. What are you doing for her? Is her surname Gao? It didn't come out of my stomach, why should I give it to her? I can't give birth to myself. Give me a son and blame me!"
Gao Fusheng said, "Mom, it's been so many years..."
"No matter how many years I will never forget. How nice I was to her when she came in before. How much you doted on her. Your girls gave way to her and waited on her. As a result, what happened to them? Seeing your eldest sister give birth to a daughter, you start to blame me."
Mrs. Gao said and reached out to touch her son's head. Too short to light, "Low your head."
Gao Fusheng lowered his head with a bitter face, and was stunned by his old mother, "You are also a person who doesn't remember to eat. If people really thought that our family could not have a son, her daughter-in-law would not be able to go to heaven." , you can’t ride on your neck to shit and piss. You have to remember your third sister’s kindness. If it weren’t for Xiulan’s struggle, how would our mothers live this day.”
Hearing what my old lady said to Mo, Gao Fusheng also nodded in agreement. At the beginning, he was very upset. He felt that he had inherited the life of his old mother who only had daughters, so it was as if he could only have daughters.
Because of this, his wife had given birth to so many daughters, and he had nothing to say.
It was later that Xiulan gave birth to three big fat boys in a row, which gave him the confidence to go out.
The old lady Gao said again, "Jianwei looks like this, even if he can marry a wife in the future, he doesn't know if he can have children. You still have to count on the three nephews of your third sister's family. Didn't you say that nephews are like uncles, and sons It's not much worse. Xiulan said that they don't have a father, so they have to be filial to your uncle in the future."
Gao Fusheng felt uncomfortable. His only son, Gao Jianwei, was only 18 years old, but his health was so bad that he couldn't do heavy work. Normally, I can only do light work with the lesbians in the team, and I have to work for half a day and rest for half a day.
What should be said is that the daily conversation is over, and Mrs. Gao drags him to talk about business.
"Xiulan came here today, and she casually talked about Qing Miaoer's marriage. She's sixteen now, and she's going to start seeing each other anyway. If she's optimistic, she'll be married after two years of raising her at home. Xiulan usually I don’t know many good people who work in the village, so you can look for them at the commune.”
Hearing this, Gao Fusheng had a headache.
He knew his niece was a baby bump. But others don't know. Everyone wants to find a girl who can work... "Mom, Qing Miao'er is too young, besides, she can't work outside the house."
Mrs. Gao was unhappy, "Why do you want her to work? She doesn't work at home, so why should she have to work when she goes to her in-law's house? Let you find her, just let you find her a house where she doesn't have to work , let her be raised. The conditions of the family should be good, and it is best to have more brothers and the youngest in the family. After getting married in this way, there will be brothers and sisters-in-law to take care of her."
"..." Gao Fusheng was confused, there is such a good family? He would rather be reincarnated as a daughter and marry.
Seeing that Gao Fusheng didn't speak, Mrs. Gao was unhappy, "You are still not Qing Miao'er's uncle. Our Qing Miao'er is sensible. To make you face, she was born at the end. In the end, even her own father didn't even see her." You are just like his own father. Why don't you care?"
"Mom, Mom, I know all about it. Am I wondering who is the right one? I was thinking about going to the county town to have a look. The people in the town are not worthy of our Qing Miao'er." The key is to know the basics, Qing Miao'er The situation, people are easy to inquire about...
Granny Gao nodded, "That makes sense, we Qingmiaoer are destined to go to the city."
After talking with Mrs. Gao, Gao Fusheng went back to the room. As soon as he entered the room, he saw his daughter-in-law sitting on the edge of the bed with a stern face and not speaking.
"What's wrong, who are you showing your face to? I've worked so hard to support the whole family all year long, and I still have to see your face when I come back." Gao Fusheng was mentioned by Mrs. Gao, and now he looks at himself The daughter-in-law is somewhat unhappy.
Seeing that Gao Fusheng was angry, Mrs. Gao didn't dare to show her face anymore, and hurriedly waited on her to change her shoes and clothes. "Jianwei's father, it's not what I said. Xiulan took all the things you gave mom today. Mom didn't even eat them."
After Gao Fusheng heard this, he felt unhappy, and sighed, "Mom is like this. When we were young, she was reluctant to eat and drink. It's the same now. It used to save money for me to study, but now it hurts Xiulan. That's how she misses the kids."
Mrs. Gao: "..." She doesn't feel sorry for the old lady! She loves those things at home!
"Jianwei's father, all the things you brought back were given to Xiulan, and the others didn't eat them."
Gao Fusheng wiped his face with a towel, "Xiulan's family has many sons and grandchildren, so we should take more. Our Jianwei usually eats too much. Didn't Xiulan give him chicken last time?" ?”
Isn't it just a chicken head and chicken butt? That time the house was emptied! Mrs. Gao was about to cry. "And our daughter didn't eat it."
After Gao Fusheng heard this, he said angrily, "You think I really have three heads and six arms. I have raised my daughters, and I have to support their in-laws. You want to exhaust me, don't you?"
Mrs. Gao was so frightened that she dared not speak. He sat down on the bed obediently.
After a while, Gao Fusheng cleaned up, and Mrs. Gao went to pour water. When she came back, Gao Fusheng was already lying on the bed. She hurriedly went to fan her man with a fan, gossiping to ease the atmosphere, "Jianwei's father, what did mother tell you just now, it took so long to come out, I was waiting for you to rest."
Gao Fusheng closed his eyes and fell asleep comfortably, "Talking about Qing Miao'er's marriage, Mom asked me to find her a family in the city who doesn't have to work."
Mrs. Gao heard the words and said casually, "Mom's thinking is too simple. Of the three girls in our family, which one is not married to work in the countryside?" Qing Miaoer is as lazy as Qing Miaoer...
Gao Fusheng said lightly, "Can it be the same? Our Xiulan can have a son, and Qing Miao'er will definitely be the same in the future. We can only have a girl, and it will be good if my girl is willing to marry her."
Mrs. Gao's face was cracked immediately. Mother, what did she want to say more
The day before Su Qinghe's birthday, five fish weighing one catty appeared in Gao Xiulan's big urn, as well as some side dishes. It looks very complete.
Gao Xiulan hugged the big urn immediately, "Dagen, I know you love my daughter, and I know it's her birthday tomorrow, so I even brought you delicious food."
After Su Qinghe came over to have a look, he smiled and said, "Mom, I think my dad is thinking about your hard work when you gave birth to me. Didn't you say that my dad used to catch fish and bring them back for you to eat? You like him the most. fish."
"This child, why do you say that." Gao Xiulan's face was sullen in embarrassment, but she still couldn't stop the joy on the corners of her mouth and eyebrows. "Whoever gives it to him, anyway, I'll make it for you tomorrow."
Su Qinghe said, "Mom, let me do this, I want to be filial to you." This is her second course of assessment. In order to accumulate these fish and side dishes, she has not changed food for a long time. Fortunately, there is a lot of grain at home, and there are hundreds of catties of grain in the storage space of my own system. It's not even short of food. At times like this, she felt that the system was cheating. At this time of lack of material, if she wanted to take the assessment, she had to accumulate materials by herself.
Gao Xiulan's nose was sore when she was moved, she felt that she was so happy. The man loves her, and the girl is so filial.
The only thing that bothers her is that she has to go to the county town to fool some uncaring sons.
But it's been a long time since I went to the county seat, so it's good to go for a stroll, just to exchange the old millet rice at home for some coarse grains to eat.
Knowing that Gao Xiulan was going to exchange coarse grains, Su Qinghe was worried and went with her.
When I ran into a villager on the road, I greeted them from afar, "Patriotic mother, where are you going with Qing Miaoer?"
Gao Xiulan wanted to say it's none of your business, but no, her daughter is now a self-sacrificing hero in the team, a figure of honor, and she can't embarrass her daughter, "Our family's Qing Miaoer's birthday is tomorrow, go to the city to see if I can get something .Hey, the big root of our family is gone, and this child is suffering."
"Oh, it's quite bitter, patriotic mother, be nice to Qing Miaoer. Remember to give Qing Miaoer dry sweet potatoes, she loves to eat."
Su Qinghe: "..." She always felt that what the other party wanted to say was that mice love to eat.
Gao Xiulan is friendly to everyone who loves her daughter. After exchanging a few friendly greetings with the other party, I hurried on my way again.
When the two arrived in the county, Gao Xiulan immediately gave Su Qinghe cold water mixed with rock sugar. "It's really hard for my eldest daughter. It's all for those bastards."
"Mom, you drink water." Su Qinghe took a sip and gave it to her mother.
Gao Xiulan took it and continued to carry it with the lid on. "What to drink, it's important to do business."
Su Qinghe looked at the kettle in the basket and licked his lips. "Mom, I won't add sugar next time. I want to drink some cold water. Quench my thirst." I was willing to drink the cold water.
"Okay, next time Mom will bring you cold water to drink."
The two found someone who secretly asked someone near the machinery factory. Although they have an acquainted working family, it is not safe to go to others frequently. So most of the time going to the black market, or asking around the factory, is like fighting a guerrilla war.
The mother and daughter were waiting, and a healthy-looking woman came out from the machinery factory. Gao Xiulan and Su Qinghe walked over immediately, "Comrade, do you eat fine grains?"
The woman was taken aback, wondering if she wanted to eat refined grains, she thought, of course she wanted to, no fool would want to.
He glanced to the side, then quickly dragged Gao Xiulan's mother and daughter into the alley next to her.
First, I inspected the product and found that although it was stale, it was really rice. The woman's eyes lit up immediately. When my uncle was at home, these fine grains were all eaten by my uncle. Now it's finally their turn.
"A total of twenty catties, right? I want it all!"
The lesbian didn't have so many food stamps and coarse grains, so she led Gao Xiulan and the others to the neighborhood to wait for the food stamps.
He didn't dare to take Gao Xiulan and the others back, so he could only let them wait in a nearby alley. Then the lesbians went to the county party committee compound, "Brother and sister-in-law, Changping, mom, do you have any food stamps, and cornmeal, hurry up, let's change to white rice."
As soon as the family members heard that there was a lot of white rice, they hurriedly searched for food stamps at home, and finally took ten catties of food stamps and fifteen catties of coarse grains to exchange for Su Qinghe and the others' twenty catties of rice.
As soon as Gao Xiulan's mother and daughter left, the lesbians returned home and heard soft cries from the house, "My poor Chang'an, I don't know if I can eat rice when I go to the army. There are It’s so delicious that he can’t even take a bite. Our Chang’an is so pitiful.”
Her eldest son and daughter-in-law, and her second son and daughter-in-law suddenly looked numb.