Second Marriage in the 1970s - Chapter 80

On the third day after returning from the provincial capital, the elder sister 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. The husband and wife were very happy, and the big girl was looking forward to having one more at home. Younger brother or sister.

Da Ya wants a younger sister. She thinks Erpang is too naughty and always annoys her. Erpang wants a younger brother. He especially envys his friends who have brothers. He can even help when fighting.

“Sister, do you want a boy or a girl?”

Jiahui gave Zhao Caixia a chair and let her sit in a cool place to escape the heat.

“Boys and girls, I don’t care, but I want to give birth as soon as possible. It’s too much pain.”

In October of pregnancy, the blood-connected child changes a little in his stomach, from the size of a sesame seed to a round watermelon. As a mother, she is subjected to various physical and psychological changes, especially in the middle and late stages, in order to protect the safety of the child. , Not only is the action restricted, but also every day to worry about being afraid, afraid that there will be an accident or something.

“The expected date of birth is October? The birth was good at that time, and the weather was neither hot nor cold.”

“Yes, it’s coming soon.”

When talking, Zhao Caixia unconsciously put her hands on her abdomen, with a smile on her face, very maternally brilliant.

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 work made her skin no longer smooth and delicate, with fine lines around her eyes and very rough hands.

Of the four brothers and sisters of the Zhao family, three of them were admitted to college, and now the eldest sister has the worst experience.

Zhao Donglin didn’t mention to Zhao Meixiang, one had savings, and the other had already started work. Even if Zhao Donghe did part-time jobs in the city during his free time during his studies, he was 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 any hard work.”

In addition to work, she also has to do housework, three meals a day must not be less, but the big girl has grown up and is sensible, she can take the initiative to help her after school, now in summer vacation, big girl does not need to go to school, Zhao Caixia Followed a lot of ease.

“I heard Mom said that you suffered from backache when you gave birth to second fat. How are you doing now?”

Zhao Caixia sighed unconsciously, “It’s okay, just be careful not to get tired.”

But how can it not be tired? There is also the separation of the pubic bones in the late pregnancy. I can’t even turn over when I lie in bed at night. When I feel the most uncomfortable, my eyes shed tears, but I think that the child has to endure all the pain and pain.

Jiahui smiled and nodded. She had some thoughts in her heart that she could help the old lady find a way to improve her life, but it is not a good time yet, and she has to wait a while.

As soon as Da Ya came, she went to Meixiang. The 13-year-old girl was already in junior high school. She was slim and graceful. She followed Zhao Caixia in appearance and was quiet and beautiful.

She went to junior high school in the commune and was particularly curious about what the middle schools in the county were like.

“The content of learning is the same, but there are a lot of extracurricular activities in the county. Sometimes students are organized to watch patriotic education movies. There are spring outings and autumn outings every year, and there are art performances during the festivals. It feels that the children in the county are better than ours. Are more confident.”

“As for the provincial capital, isn’t it more prosperous, it has everything.”

She has never been out of the Victory Commune. Her mother said that she had taken her to the provincial capital once when she was a child, but she couldn’t remember it at all. She didn’t think so much before. After living in the city, Da Ya became curious about the outside world.

“You have to study hard, and then go to college like your uncle, aunt and aunt, and live a good life in the city.”

Daya herself is a very strong girl. Her cousins ​​and cousins ​​have all moved to live in the city. During the winter and summer vacations, they came back from the city and talked about a lot of interesting anecdotes about the city. She was very envious.

It turns out that little girls in the city can wear dresses, beautiful white socks, and black leather shoes. There are many delicious foods in the city.

“Auntie, can I stay here for a few days? I want you to help me with my composition.”

She is very good at math, and her composition is a weakness. The teacher said her composition lacks imagination and appeal. She doesn’t know what imagination is. Shouldn’t writing be true feelings and tell the truth?

“Yes, you just live with your aunt, and the aunt will help you with your homework.”

Zhao Donglin was doing carpentry in the yard that day when the village head suddenly came.

“Donglin, what are you up to?”

Zhao Donglin looked back, it turned out to be the village head, and hurriedly put down the tools in his hand.

“The village chief, why are you here?”

He greeted him and shook hands with the village chief, who smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

“I came to see college students and heard them say that you are off for summer vacation. I’ll come to talk to you.”

The village head was very polite, but Zhao Donglin knew that if he didn’t go to the Palace of the Three Treasures, the village head must have asked himself to talk about something.

“The village head comes into the house and sits and has a sip of tea.”

The village head nodded in response, glanced around with his hands behind his back, pointed at the seesaw slide under the tree and smiled, “You did this? You did it for the kids, right?”

Zhao Donglin smiled helplessly, “No, my spouse sees that I have nothing to do at home, so let me practice my hand as a carpenter.”

“Very good, life is so interesting.”

After the two entered the hall and sat down, Zhao Donglin poured a cup of tea for the village head.

“It’s quite quiet, the family has gone out?”

“Yes, it’s cool in the morning. If there is something to do now, it’s morning in the day.”

Jiahui and Meixiang went down to the river to pick water chestnuts. Zhao Manzhu and Zhang Qiaoer took his grandson to go to work. He earned one work point for every work point. As for the black eggs, they made appointments to go to the mountain to fight sparrows.

The village head nodded, turned the cup and took a sip of tea.

“You are studying economics. Have you heard of the’big contract job’ in Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, ** Province 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, eighteen households in Xiaogang Village had signed the’Life and Death Contract’ to distribute their fields to their households because they were so poor that they could not eat. The central authorities were all alarmed.”

This incident was seen as the prelude to rural reform, and the production team leader in Xiaogang Village was praised for it.

The village head nodded, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, smoked a cigarette and handed it to Zhao Donglin. He also took one, and Zhao Donglin took the fire and lit it to the two of them.

“The day before yesterday the commune had a meeting and talked about this, and asked all the production teams in the villages to come back to think seriously, use their brains, and say that others have already moved forward in great strides.

This is called “ride the boat against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat.”

“The leaders of the commune also made sense.”

The village chief sighed, “I know it makes sense, but how is this going to be done? No one has come up with a charter. No, you are a college student or economics. I will come over to talk to you and see if you can Can’t give me an idea.”

Zhao Donglin spit out the smoke ring and nodded, his determined eyebrows smelled indescribable in the smoke.

He didn’t answer right away. After all, he is not working in the village now, so he will consider everything he says.

“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. The system has also inspired everyone, that is, how to mobilize farmers’ production enthusiasm to 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 Shanghe Village, and even outside the Victory Commune, many things are quietly undergoing changes.

When they went to the provincial capital in 1978, Jiahui started a business with the movie theater. It was the first stall in the city. At that time, they were also afraid that the relevant departments would make trouble. In fact, everything went well, especially the business was handed over. After Boss Zhu, only people from the Bureau of Industry and Commerce supervised the relevant procedures, and no one came out to stop it.

After a few months, some people started to imitate their business. Boss Zhu asked Jiahui to buy some recipes. The business became more and more prosperous. Last time I met Boss Zhu, he frankly has made tens of thousands of yuan and is about to start. A snack bar.

He was kind of embarrassed and felt that the six thousand dollars was underpaid.

Of course, these are all secondary. The reason why Zhao Donglin thinks of this is because from these events we can see that the whole society is undergoing tremendous changes. This change is accumulated bit by bit and is closely related to people’s lives.

The village head carefully chewed Zhao Donglin’s words, frowning and asked, “You mean, let’s also do a big contract?”

Zhao Donglin smiled and lit the ashes, and looked at the jujube tree in the yard. It was about to become “ill” a few years ago. Later, the bad branches were sawed off and new branches were grafted, which brought new life to life.

Perhaps the same is true for the economy. Abandon the bad parts and make some appropriate changes. Unexpected changes will surely occur.

But he couldn’t say these words directly. His current identity was just a student, and he could only stop at it.

“This is just my humble opinion. The development plan of our village has to be bothered by you, the village chief.”

After hearing this, the village chief laughed twice and patted Zhao Donglin on the shoulder with emotion, “You still have not changed. You are so cautious in speaking and doing things. However, after talking with you this year, I learned a lot. I will write a copy of the material when I go back. Go to the commune to find Director Zhong. Then you will go with me. Director Zhong often mentions you.”

Zhao Donglin responded with a smile.

The village chief left after speaking. Zhao Donglin sent him out of the hospital, and happened to meet Jiahui and Meixiang who had returned from the water chestnut.

“Hey, the village chief? Why are you here?”

“I came to Donglin to say a few words.”

The village chief looked at the two with a pleasant smile on his face.

“Mixiang, I heard that you graduated and taught in the county seat.”

Mika nodded with a smile.

“Okay, you have achieved something in your studies. You are all outstanding young people in our village.”

After speaking, the village chief waved away, Jiahui also politely declined to leave him for dinner.

After talking with Zhao Donglin for more than forty minutes, he had a lot of thoughts in his mind and he had to go back and write them down quickly.