Mornings by the Qingshui River are always lively, the river is winding, the river surface is filled with morning mist, and the women doing laundry are squatting on the bank, with the sound of running water and scrubbing one after another.
After He Xiaoyun finished washing her clothes, she carried the tub on her waist and walked home along the path by the river.
It is already mid-April, the weather is getting warmer, and the rain is gradually becoming abundant. It just rained yesterday, and the yellow mud road is full of puddles one after another. She watched her step carefully so as not to step into the mud puddle.
On one side of the Qingshui River is a mountain, and on the other side is a field. The plowed paddy fields are cut into pieces by the ridges. The fields have been filled with water, ready for transplanting rice seedlings in a few days; In the early morning light, several egrets waded through the water to pick food, and above the bamboo forest farther away, there was a curl of green smoke, and someone was cooking breakfast.
A sister-in-law of the same clan came towards her. He Xiaoyun didn't know her very well, so she just wanted to nod a little, but she yelled from a long distance, "Xiaoyun, you are still here, your family Jianwei is back, hurry up!" Let's go back!"
She only felt her heart thump, and she fell heavily.
The sister-in-law approached, and then said: "Yesterday they said that Xiaojuan is her man, Gu's family. If you ask me, no one can compare to your family's Jianwei. The army takes a few days off all year round, and they are in a hurry to plant rice seedlings every time." When he came back, he was already commissioned as a cadre, so why is he still so diligent?"
He Xiaoyun was absent-minded, didn't hear what she said, and nodded indiscriminately.
The other party misunderstood that she was in a hurry to go home, and joked: "Look at me, I'm so ignorant, and I'm still dragging you. Hurry up and go home, and I'll come to your house to beg for candy later!"
"Sister-in-law must come." She forced a smile, and staggered away from the other party. Just then, she stepped half of her foot into the puddle and looked down. A layer of mud.
In her previous life, since she was able to earn money, she never wore such shoes again.
A cancer brought death and strange new life to her—she was now in a book, the mother of a hero with the same name and surname that she would not have been impressed with if she hadn't.
It is now 1975, and the plot in the book will not begin until twenty years later. At that time, the male protagonist's father is already in a high position, dignified and dignified, and he is a big man who speaks his words. He Xiaoyun couldn't be happy about taking over such a promising husband out of thin air.
Because this marriage was not a pleasing couple, but forced by the original owner. In order to marry the male lead's father, she pretended to fall into the water and depend on him, cried, made trouble, hanged herself, and resorted to various means to finally get her wish. People's feelings can be imagined.
What's even more troublesome is that before coming here, He Xiaoyun never held hands with the opposite sex, not to mention getting married, but now, she not only has a husband, but even a three-year-old son. Every time that little chubby boy called her mother, she wanted to ask: Who am I? where am i What am I going to do
If the general environment did not allow it, she really wanted to divorce the marriage.
But fortunately, there are good things, at least she took her life for nothing, and this alone is enough for her to cheer up and deal with all kinds of additional troubles.
She was never afraid of cancer when she was dying, but she was afraid of him as a man? After giving herself enough energy in this way, she continued to walk home with her head held high.
As for some remarks that "for a single dead house, the opposite sex is fiercer than a tiger", she very Ah Q ignored it.
Just walking to the door of the house, I heard the voice of a child from the yard. The rest of the family is busy today. Only the three-year-old hero Wei Yuanhang and his grandmother are at home, plus Wei Jianwei who just came back from the army.
He Xiaoyun planned to watch outside the door, but the child with sharp eyes picked her out immediately and shouted excitedly: "Mom, Dad is back and bought us a lot of orange candies!"
He Xiaoyun was like an ostrich pulled out of the sand, she had to bite the bullet and walk in slowly.
She glanced at Wei Jianwei. Wei Jianwei was tall and straight, with a sharp aura that ordinary people did not have. This kind of aura often made people ignore his appearance, but from the photos on the wall at home, his appearance The appearance is also very handsome, otherwise how could he give birth to a male protagonist's son
"Xiaoyun is back, Jianwei just got home, talk to me, I'll get him a bowl of noodles." said the hero's grandmother, Wang Chunhua.
He Xiaoyun didn't want to stay here and talk, so she quickly put the wooden basin on the stone wall and said, "Mom, let me cook the noodles."
Wang Chunhua waved her hand, took off her apron and put it on her waist, and walked quickly into the room, "No, I'm fast."
Without waiting for He Xiaoyun to say anything else, the little boy Wei Yuanhang ran over and tugged at the corner of her clothes, "Mom, come and see, there are so many orange candies, there are so many!"
He Xiaoyun had no choice but to walk forward with his strength. When passing by Wei Jianwei, she said "I'm back" in a voice that only she could hear.
Wei Yuanhang said a lot, a lot, a lot, two big bags. Nowadays, materials are scarce, not to mention sugar, even salt, many people have to save it.
She also saw yesterday that a child held a piece of fruit candy, smashed the candy through the packaging bag, and distributed some pieces to a group of friends, and asked them to obediently regard him as the leader. The scene was both funny and sad.
When Wei Jianwei came home, Wei Yuanhang was so happy, most of it was because of the orange candy, otherwise, he was only at home more than ten days a year, and a two- or three-year-old child was forgetful, so it would be nice to remember such a person, how could it be like this enthusiasm.
"Mom, can I have one?" Xiaopang held a candy in his hand, and Wei Yuanhang looked at her eagerly.
He Xiaoyun didn't like children very much in the past, just like ordinary people, she looked at cute children twice, and shunned children when she saw bears. Wei Yuanhang has a round head and round face, white and chubby, he is rarely spoiled by his family, he has not spoiled his temperament, even if he is naughty occasionally, it will not be annoying.
He is still young, but he can understand the truth. He Xiaoyun refused to let him eat some cold and sweet things because of his cough a few days ago due to the change of seasons. What's interesting is that one time he clearly wanted to eat it, but he purposely said loudly in front of He Xiaoyun, "You can't eat candy when you cough, it will make your cough worse." she listens.
"Did you not cough last night? Let's take one." He Xiaoyun touched his head, and out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Wei Jianwei walking around the yard, not knowing what to do.
"No more coughing!" Wei Yuanhang's eyes lit up, and he said immediately, "I didn't cough today either."
She nodded and said, "You can't eat too much if you don't have a cough."
"I know, I know, I will cough if I eat too much, and mom can't eat too much!" Wei Yuanhang said eagerly, claiming credit.
"You're just a clever ghost." He Xiaoyun said with a smile.
Hearing the sound of clothes shaking, he turned his head and saw that it was Wei Jianwei who took the clothes she put on the stone wall to dry.
"Hey..." She was about to stop her, but remembered that they were all Wei Yuanhang's clothes, so it would be fine to let him hang them out. On the contrary, he would take the initiative to do such trivial things, which surprised her a bit. After all, those men nearby only work in the fields to earn work points. In their view, housework is a woman's job.
On the way back just now, the sister-in-law mentioned "Xiaojuan is a man" because he can cook and wash dishes when he is at home. Although he did it when Xiaojuan was sick, it is enough to make other women envious.
However, the relationship between Wei Jianwei and the original owner seems to be really ordinary. From the time she entered the door until now, the two of them haven't exchanged a single word, and she hasn't even said a serious hello, and she doesn't see any opinions from him, let alone take the initiative to speak up. , this couple is really a model of "respecting each other like ice".
But thinking about the superb things the heroine's mother did in the book, it's better to respect each other like ice.
Wei Yuanhang begged for another candy to share with the little girl next door. After he ran out, He Xiaoyun entered the house to avoid embarrassment in the yard.
After Wei Jianwei finished drying his clothes, he leaned the wooden basin against the wall, glanced at her back, and then went to pack the luggage he brought back.
Wang Chunhua was cutting noodles in the kitchen, while He Xiaoyun sat under the stove, added water to the pot, and started the fire.
Wang Chunhua shook out the noodles and glanced at her.
This second daughter-in-law, she was not very satisfied at the beginning, her personality was too aggressive, and she was always striving for strength. It's just that at that time she insisted on marrying Jianwei, looking for life and death, and she was too noisy. Wang Chunhua was afraid that she would die and affect her son's future in the army, so she decided to marry her in.
After getting married, she settled down a bit, and there was a little conflict. As an elder, she just opened her eyes and closed her eyes and it passed. In the past two years, her little grandson has gradually grown up, and she has the idea of separating the family from what her second daughter-in-law said.
At first, Wang Chunhua thought, anyway, sooner or later the family will be separated. When the second son comes back this time, it is better for the family to discuss it together, so that the second daughter-in-law will not make trouble again in the future, and make others laugh.
But these days, seeing her calm down again, her temper has also restrained a lot.
And before Jianwei came back, she was always the first to go through his luggage, for fear that someone else would snatch any good things first, and asked about salary and allowances. Asking about it, it was even more unusual for her to come to boil water for her on her own initiative than the sun coming out from the west. I don't know what's on her mind, maybe she really changed her temper
"Let Jianwei accompany you home tomorrow, and we will start planting rice seedlings in two days, so we won't have time to move around." When the water boiled, Wang Chunhua put the noodles into the pot and stirred them with chopsticks.
He Xiaoyun froze for a moment before realizing that she was talking about going back to her natal family. The son-in-law rarely comes back, so he should visit his father-in-law's house, but she hasn't adjusted to her status as married and child-bearing, and she always feels weird and uncomfortable, but at this time, a song she heard before is still playing in her mind old song:
"I have a chicken in my left hand, a duck in my right hand, and a fat baby on my back!"
She was suddenly embarrassed.