On the third day after returning from the provincial capital, my eldest sister-in-law Zhao Caixia and her brother-in-law Li Wangping came back with two children. After this year, Zhao Caixia found out that she was pregnant. brother or sister.
Da Ya wants a younger sister, she thinks that Er Pang is too naughty and always makes her angry, Er Pang wants a younger brother, he is very envious of friends who have brothers, and they can even have multiple helpers in fights.
"Sister, do you want a boy or a girl?"
Jiahui gave Zhao Caixia a chair to sit in a cool place to escape the heat.
"I don't care if it's a boy or a girl, but I just want to give birth quickly, it's too painful."
Pregnant in October, the blood-linked child changes little by little in the stomach, growing from the size of a sesame seed to a round watermelon. As a mother, she is undergoing various physical and psychological changes, especially in the middle and late stages, in order to protect the safety of the child , Not only is my action restricted, but I also worry about being afraid every day, fearing that there will be an accident or something.
"The expected date of delivery is October? The baby will be born then, and the weather will be neither too hot nor too cold."
"Yeah, it's coming soon."
When talking, Zhao Caixia unconsciously put her hands on her abdomen, with a smile on her face, showing a maternal brilliance.
Jiahui looked at her. In fact, Zhao Caixia was only four years older than Zhao Donglin, but she looked like she was seven or eight years older. Years of labor made her skin no longer smooth and delicate, with fine lines around her eyes and rough hands.
There are four brothers and sisters in the Zhao family, and three of them have been admitted to college, and now the eldest sister's life is the most unsatisfactory.
Not to mention Zhao Donglin and Zhao Meixiang, one has savings and the other is already working. Even Zhao Donghe is doing part-time jobs in the city when he is not studying and earning some money, but it is not without income.
"Sister, do you still go to work in the field every day?"
"Go, but the captain took good care of me and didn't let me do hard work."
In addition to going to work, she also has to do housework, and three meals a day cannot be missed, but Da Ya has grown up and is sensible, and she can take the initiative to help her with things after school. Now that the summer vacation is over, Da Ya doesn’t have to go to school, Zhao Caixia It also became a lot easier.
"I heard from my mother that you suffered from back pain when you were born fat, how are you doing now?"
Zhao Caixia sighed unconsciously, "It's okay, as long as you don't get tired."
But how can I not be tired, and there is also the separation of the pubic bone in the late pregnancy. I can't even turn over when I lie on the bed at night. When I feel the most uncomfortable, the pain makes me cry, but I think that the child has to endure all kinds of pain.
Jiahui nodded with a smile. She had some ideas in her mind, and she could help her sister-in-law find a way to improve her life, but now is not a good time, and she has to wait until later.
As soon as the big girl came, she went to look for Meixiang. The thirteen-year-old girl had already entered junior high school.
She went to junior high school in the commune, and she was particularly curious about what the middle schools in the county were like.
"The learning content is the same, but there are a lot of extracurricular activities in the county. Sometimes I organize students to watch a patriotic education movie together. There are spring outings and autumn outings every year, and there are cultural performances during the New Year's festival. I feel that the children in the county are better than us. more confident."
"The provincial capital, isn't it more prosperous and has everything?"
She hasn't been out of the Shengli Commune yet. Her mother said that she took her to the provincial capital once when she was a child, but she can't remember it at all. After living in the city, Daya became curious about the outside world.
"You have to study hard, and then go to university like your uncle, aunt, and aunt, and live a good life in the city."
Da Ya herself is a very strong girl, her cousins all moved to live in the city, and they came back from the city during the winter and summer vacations, and told a lot of anecdotes about the city, Da Ya was very envious.
It turns out that the little girls in the city can wear dresses, beautiful white socks, and black leather shoes, and there are many delicious foods in the city.
"Auntie, can I stay here for a few days? I want to ask you to help me with my composition."
She is good at mathematics, but her composition is weak. The teacher said her composition lacks imaginative appeal. She doesn't know what imagination is. Isn't writing a composition supposed to be true, honest
"Yes, you can live with my aunt, and my aunt will help you with your homework."
One day, Zhao Donglin was doing carpentry in the yard, and the village head suddenly came to the door.
"Dong Lin, what are you busy with?"
Zhao Donglin looked back and saw that it was the village head, so he quickly put down the tools in his hand.
"Village chief, why are you here?"
He went up to shake hands with the village head, who smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"I'll come and see the college students. I heard from them that you're on summer vacation. I'm here to talk to you."
The village head said very politely, but Zhao Donglin knew that if he didn't go to the Three Treasure Hall for nothing, the village head must have something to say to himself.
"The village chief came in and sat down, drinking some tea."
The village chief nodded in agreement, looked around with his hands behind his back, pointed to the seesaw slide under the tree and smiled, "You made these? For children, right?"
Zhao Donglin smiled helplessly, "No, my wife sees that I have nothing to do at home, so let me practice being a carpenter."
"That's fine, that's what makes life interesting."
After the two entered the main room and sat down, Zhao Donglin poured a cup of tea for the village chief.
"It's pretty quiet, the family has gone out?"
"Yes, it's cool in the morning. If you have something to do now, it's morning."
Jiahui and Meixiang went down to the river to pick water chestnuts, Zhao Manzhu and Zhang Qiaoer took their little grandson to work, earning every work point they could earn, as for Heidan and the others, they made an appointment to go up the mountain to play mahjong.
The village head nodded, turned the water cup and took a sip of tea.
"You major in economics. Did you hear about the 'big contract' established in Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, ** last year?"
It turned out that the village chief was looking for him for this, and Zhao Donglin knew it well.
"I heard that at the end of last year, 18 households in Xiaogang Village, because they were too poor to eat, signed a 'life-and-death contract' to distribute the land to each household. The central government was alarmed."
This incident was regarded as the prelude to rural reform, and the captain of the production team in Xiaogang Village was praised for it.
The village chief nodded, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, smoked one and handed it to Zhao Donglin, and took one himself, Zhao Donglin lit a fire for the two of them.
"The commune held a meeting the day before yesterday to talk about this, and asked the production teams in each village to come back and think carefully, use their brains, and say that others have made great strides forward, and we can't stand still. If we don't make progress, we will regress."
This is called "sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat".
"What the commune leaders said makes sense."
The village chief sighed, "I know it makes sense, but no one has come up with a charter for how to fix this matter. No, you are a college student or a student of economics. I will come to talk to you and see if you can do it." Can't give me an idea."
Zhao Donglin exhaled the smoke ring and nodded, his resolute eyebrows and eyes had an indescribable smell in the smoke.
He didn't answer right away, after all, he wasn't working in the village now, so he had to think carefully about what he said.
"I read the newspaper a few days ago. The central government officially approved the two coastal provinces to implement special policies and flexible measures in foreign economic activities. This shows that our country's economic policies have changed. We must speed up economic construction. The system also inspired everyone, that is, how to mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for production and maximize production efficiency."
Zhao Donglin has lived in the provincial capital for more than a year, and knows that the entire social environment is undergoing earth-shaking changes. Outside of Shanghe Village, and even outside the Shengli Commune, many things are quietly changing.
When they went to the provincial capital in 1978, Jiahui started a business through the venue of the movie theater, and she was the first to set up a stall in the city. At that time, they were also afraid that the relevant departments would make trouble. After Boss Zhu, only people from the Industry and Commerce Bureau urged to go through the relevant procedures, but no one came out to stop him.
After a few months, someone began to imitate their business. Boss Zhu asked Jiahui to buy a few prescriptions, and the business became more and more prosperous. The last time I met Boss Zhu, he confessed that he had earned tens of thousands of yuan and was about to start a business. A snack bar.
He was quite embarrassed and felt that the six thousand yuan was underpaid.
Of course, these are secondary. The reason why Zhao Donglin thinks of these is because it can be seen from these things that the whole society is undergoing great changes. This change is accumulated bit by bit, and it is closely related to people's lives.
The village head carefully chewed Zhao Donglin's words, frowned and asked, "You mean, we also engage in big contracts?"
Zhao Donglin lit the cigarette ash with a smile, and looked at the jujube tree in the yard. It was almost "sick" a few years ago. Later, the bad branches were sawed off and new branches were grafted, which gave off new vitality.
The same may be true of the economy. Abandon the bad parts and make some appropriate changes, and unexpected changes will surely occur.
But he can't say these words directly, his current identity is just a student, he can only point to the end.
"This is just my humble opinion. The development plan of our village has to be taken care of by you, the village chief."
After hearing this, the village head laughed twice, patted Zhao Donglin on the shoulder and said with emotion, "You still haven't changed, you are so cautious in what you say and do, but I have learned a lot from talking with you this year, so I will write a report when I go back. Go to the commune to find Director Zhong, and you will come with me when the time comes, Director Zhong still mentions you often."
Zhao Donglin agreed with a smile.
The village chief said goodbye and left. Zhao Donglin sent him out of the hospital, just in time to meet Jiahui and Meixiang who came back from picking water chestnuts.
"Hey, village chief? Why are you here?"
"I'm here to talk to Dong Lin."
The village head looked at the two of them with a pleasant smile on his face.
"Meixiang, I heard that you have graduated and are now teaching in the county."
Meixiang nodded with a smile.
"Okay, you have learned something, you are all outstanding young people in our village."
After finishing speaking, the village chief waved away, and Jiahui politely declined when he asked him to eat.
After talking with Zhao Donglin for about forty minutes, he had a lot of ideas in his mind, so he had to go back and write them down.