Chapter 21 Section 21

After Jiao Jianguo was taken back by his aunt, she hoped that he could make up for his lost studies and become a qualified student like other children. For this reason, she contacted him with the best acting school and bought him a new schoolbag. , new stationery, let him read. My aunt pulled Jiao Jianguo to her, held his hand in hers, and said, Jianguo, you haven’t been supervised by your mother in the past few years, and you missed a lot in your studies. Study, learn skills, and build our motherland in the future. Jiao Jianguo is very smart, and he doesn't struggle at all when he reads. Although he dropped out of school with Jiao Liushi for a period of time, he is not like other children who can't keep up with their studies. Drag behind.Jiao Jianguo is the kind of child who is very agile. He never studies hard. He doesn't like being forced to memorize formulas, read texts, and do exercises. The teachers must also be moved. More often than not, he will be annoyed by his studies, has no interest in learning, and doesn't even bother to do homework.But his grades are not bad, he will always create some miracles, his teachers are often surprised to find that he, with poor basic training, can get scores beyond the reach of ordinary students in the exam, which makes the teachers Puzzled.

My aunt has always been strict with Jiao Jianguo, but my aunt is busy with work and has no time to follow him.Every day after Jiao Jianguo comes home from school, his aunt is still working in the unit, and it will take a long time to come back. During this time, Jiao Jianguo will make full use of it and play with his feet up. Grasp the time carefully, go home, wash your face, pat the clothes on your body to dust, quickly take out your homework from your schoolbag, sit at the desk to do your homework, and make the aunt who pushed the door into the house very satisfied. A few months later, my aunt sent Jiao Jianguo to a boarding school.My aunt didn't send Jiao Jianguo to boarding school because she saw through the conspiracy, but because she was really too busy to take care of his study and life.In her view, both are important.And after Jiao Jianguo returned to his aunt for a while, he was not used to the strict management and education of his aunt. He wanted to get out of his aunt's control a long time ago, and his aunt discussed with him about sending him to a boarding school. He hastily agreed and said, Mom, I wanted to have an environment to study hard for a long time. I really can't bear it, so what kind of good son am I?

What she said made my aunt almost shed tears. Jiao Jianguo later proudly said to me, "Fuck, why doesn't my mother understand that she actually made such a bad plan, she couldn't have imagined that this time I let the tiger go back to the mountain." Since my aunt came to the city where we live, my parents have been fighting. My parents and they used to quarrel, but they used to quarrel mostly about our own family affairs, and as long as there was a quarrel, my mother never refused to admit defeat to my father, and she would never give up until she fought to the end.But now most of their quarrels are not about our own family affairs, and whenever they quarrel, my mother always admits defeat. It seems that once the purpose of the quarrel changes, my father will win, and my mother will lose the ability to resist.

The father said to Mu Nai, take care of that little sister of yours, the whole world knows about her trouble with that little boy, even our work unit knows about it, is it embarrassing or not? Mother said, you mean Xiaolu, right?what happened?What's there to be ashamed of? The father said, I didn't quite understand it before, and I couldn't figure it out for your little sister, why everyone else is doing well, but she is not doing well, but now I understand, she is so unreliable, don't say it is bad If you don't, even if you live a hundred times, don't even think about it!

My mother said, if you have something to say, just say it, why bother to go around that detour. My father said, no matter how hard I go around, I won't be out of line, and I won't be looking for a boy who is a lot younger than me! Mother said, what's wrong with Xiao?What happened to the boy?Shouldn't you live when you're young?Shouldn't you live if you have a pale face? My father said, what is that if not vanity? Mother said, who is vain? My father said, vanity is fine, vanity is vanity, you can either tell that little boy to stay away, or tell your younger sister to marry him, don't talk about it for no reason, she is not shabby, I will be shabby for her Woolen cloth!

My mother said, those are your thoughts, your thoughts do not represent the facts.I asked, they are just colleagues now, no relationship like that.Xiao Lu pursues Mei Qin, but Mei Qin is unwilling, that's how it is. The father said that the situation is far from that, and there is also an old king. Mother can't beat father.The most important thing is that the mother felt that what the father said was not unreasonable. The matter was really serious, so the mother asked the aunt to understand the situation. My mother talked about this with my aunt, and my aunt told the truth that Lu Huihuang had caused her troubles, and she just wanted to find someone to lock him up. She couldn't scold him or kick him. No, she really doesn't know what to do with him now; Pharaoh often calls and visits her when he has time. He doesn't say anything, but the meaning can be heard. She is trying to lure him in that direction. She is thinking about what to say to this old comrade-in-arms. Woolen cloth.

Mother took a deep breath and said, look, how did it all look like this? My aunt has been in the sea, she said that, but she didn’t take it seriously, maybe everything came, mud and sand, and she can’t control it, she can only be angry, and use standing there and not cooperating as a counter, the mother is full of worries. No matter what, she was not in a hurry, took a handsome golden apple from the fruit plate, left her mother, washed it in the kitchen, gnawed it all the way back, and sat back beside her mother. The mother said anxiously, then have you considered it, who are you with? The auntie took a bite of the apple, looked at her mother in confusion, and said, what to whom?

The mother said, these two people, Xiao Lu and Lao Wang, which one do you want? My aunt said, why do I want them both?Who should I want them for? Mother said, you don't want it, they put it there, they are all attached to you, everyone is watching, so you have to express your opinion? My aunt understood, she spat out the apple peel in her hand, and said firmly, I don't want any of them. Mother said, how can it be done, Xiao Lu has done everything for you, and the only thing left is to kneel down and kowtow to you; Lao Wang is also waiting for the wind and rain, just waiting for the gongs and drums to start, and he is clearly about to die. Fight back.Both of these two people are attracted to you, you can't let people fall in love with you in vain, you have to ask for one.

The aunt looked at her mother and said, sister, it’s fine if other people say such things, and you also say such things, why should I want one?Did I owe it in my previous life or should I owe it in this life?You only said that they were moved by me, you only said that I couldn't let them be moved in vain, but why didn't you ask me, why didn't you ask me what I thought? My mother asked, then tell me, tell me quickly, what do you think. The aunt slowly raised her chin.Her face was like a piece of clear mica in the dim light of the room.The incomplete apple in her hand was oozing out little by little blood.She said word by word, I will not want a man again.I'm tired of men.I will never let a man come near me again in my life.never!

In fact, my aunt did not keep her promise. Less than half a year after she said never, she accepted Lu Huihuang and let Lu Huihuang approach her.My aunt no longer rings up Lu Huihuang's phone number when he calls her, and no longer drives him out when he goes to her office to find her, or when he comes to her house on Sunday, which is equivalent to acquiescing There was a relationship between her and him that was not very different from the one she had told her mother. Mother didn't tease my aunt because of this.Even the mother was moved by Lu Huihuang's infatuation.The mother said to the aunt, feeling her conscience, my sister can't do it, and I'm tired of it, let alone irrelevant people, where can I find a man like Xiao Lu who is loyal and has no regrets?I have never seen it.

My aunt looked at her mother with her eyes.Mother quickly said, I am not persuading you?Don't think I'm trying to persuade you.I don't persuade you a word about your matter, I don't persuade you from the beginning to the end, I just feel sorry for Xiao Lu, he has such a good condition, and it's not just your way, he asked for it himself, why bother? What made my aunt accept Lu Huihuang was not what her mother said, but what people said. Before my aunt acquiesced that Lu Huihuang approached her and said the above words to her mother, the relationship between my aunt and her colleagues in the unit was getting worse and worse. Her every frown and smile would lead to various opinions in the unit. She has almost become the most criticized figure in the Cultural Bureau. Auntie's personality is getting weirder and weirder. She no longer tolerates people pointing at her, and no longer tolerates people's gossip. Going to the door to ask for an explanation, she even developed to the point where she couldn't bear not only people's discussions, but also people's eyes. My aunt has put on a posture of not caring at all.She doesn't care what people think, she doesn't do what people want to see, she doesn't work with anyone.My aunt became a different character in the Cultural Bureau, a person who went alone, a person who didn't have any friends and didn't want to associate with anyone.Even when the party committee is in a meeting, there is no one sitting next to my aunt, and everyone sits far away to make the seat next to her vacant, and when the members of the party committee vote, everyone subconsciously does not stand with my aunt , as if standing on the same side with my aunt, if you stand a little closer, there will be something unclear about it. My aunt told Lao Wang about her inner depression.She called him and told him her troubles.My aunt hopes to find understanding and comfort from her comrades-in-arms and benefactor, and also wants to hear his views on these matters. Lao Wang said on the phone, Xiaomei, I've wanted to talk to you about this for a long time, but I've been too busy during this time, so I haven't taken the time. The aunt said, Lao Wang, I want to transfer a place. Lao Wang said, where do you want to transfer? The aunt said angrily that it can be transferred anywhere, as long as it can avoid the saliva. Old Wang said frankly, it’s not about spittle. You can’t hide from spittle, and there’s nothing terrible about spittle. The key is whether you can stand up straight in front of spittle. What if the saliva becomes the sea?You make the sea out of your saliva, and I swim in the sea, and I even come out with a trick to show you, what's so great about it? Auntie was amused by Lao Wang's words about spittle.When she thought of the tall and burly old Wang swimming in the sea of ​​spittle, she almost burst out laughing.My aunt was encouraged, she calmed down a little, and said, Lao Wang, you still understand me when you say this, and I am worried that you will not understand either. Old Wang said, Xiaomei, we have been comrades-in-arms for so many years, we understand the rain of bullets, life and death, how can we not understand even a little saliva?Let me tell you, even if I can't understand it, don't take it seriously, spittle, when the sun comes out, it burns, it can't even see its shadow, what are you afraid of? My aunt was completely encouraged by the optimistic and cheerful Lao Wang, and felt relaxed physically and mentally.The aunt said, "Old Wang, what you said is really good. After all, you are a great leader and can inspire people." Pharaoh said, who can I inspire?I can't inspire anyone.Me, that is, I have recognized the truth of death, ten strong bulls can't pull back, it's just a person who has gone all the way to the dark. My aunt was reminded by Lao Wang's words that he walked all the way to the dark, hesitated for a while, and said, Lao Wang, there is one thing that I was just about to tell you. Pharaoh said, what did you say? My aunt said, Lao Wang, people in our unit have been talking about our relationship behind our backs. Lao Wang asked inexplicably, what is the relationship between the two of us? The aunt said, they said, you brought me from other places, you always come to see me, you have your own plans. Lao Wang said strangely, I have my own plan, how can I not have my own plan?Is there something wrong with this?Does this have anything to do with others? The aunt said, Lao Wang, this is what I have always wanted to tell you.You got me out of prison, you helped me transfer to this city, you helped me connect with work, you often cared about me and helped me, I am very grateful, as an old comrade in arms, I also respect you very much, but we are just a I don't have any other thoughts about you, and I don't want to be said by others on this issue. Pharaoh said, what do you think?what did you say?Xiaomei, you're going around in circles like this, it's confusing me. My aunt simply put it bluntly, and said, Lao Wang, let’s put it this way, in my life, I will never think about starting a family again. I will not marry you and be your wife, and I don’t want you to be involved in this matter. There is some misunderstanding. Lao Wang didn't speak on the other end of the phone for a while, and then he burst out laughing.Lao Wang's smile is very contagious. Even through the invisible black leather thread, my aunt can feel that she has made a mistake. Lao Wang said, Xiaomei, you are so funny, you make me blush, but fortunately I am not in front of you, I want to be in front of you, you still don’t regard me as a red-faced cock?Xiaomei, when others say that, they are the masses. When the masses are not high in consciousness, we can educate and guide them, but we can't make regulations to prevent them from thinking or saying that.But you are a leader, you are not the masses, your consciousness should be higher than theirs, why do you have this idea?How could you think that I want to marry you?I got you out of prison, I transferred you to this city, do I want to marry you as my wife?Yes, I have an idea for you. My idea is that we are comrades-in-arms, revolutionary comrades who have experienced the test of bloody wind and war. We have more common cause than ordinary comrades, and more friendship that cannot be exchanged for life and death. , that is not stronger than what kind of argument?My old Wang is also a person who has seen the scene. My old Wang is still a member of the Communist Party. My old Wang is especially the most loyal person in the Communist Party. What reason does my old Wang not understand?Could it be that I can still put aside the discipline of the Communist Party and do things that the Communist Party does not allow?No, I won't do it, I won't do it in the past, I won't do it now, and I won't do it in the future. I will never let the party down in my life. The aunt stood there in a daze, speechless for a long time.She is a little confused.She was very confused.She thought there, no, that's not the case, something was wrong, something must be wrong. The conversation between the party secretary and my aunt was conducted in an informal manner. That day, my aunt was dealing with the work at hand in her office. She was explaining the work to a cadre under her, when the secretary of the party committee walked in with her hands behind her back.My aunt didn't notice it at first, but later she found out. She stopped what she was doing and asked, "Old Chen, what do you need from me?" The secretary of the party committee waved his hand and said, it's okay, it's okay, you are busy with your work. The aunt didn't care, and turned around to explain the work to the cadre.After the work was done, the cadre left my aunt's office. My aunt found that the secretary of the party committee hadn't left yet, so she stood by the wall and looked at the world map on the wall with great interest.The aunt put down what she was doing and said, Secretary Chen, tell me, what's the matter? The secretary of the party committee turned around, waved his hand at his aunt, and said, "It's nothing, really nothing, I just turned around casually." The aunt smiled and said, "Old Chen, I have been in the bureau for more than a year, and it's not like you haven't been in my office. You always come to my office when you have something to do. change. The secretary of the party committee was a little embarrassed, scratched his head embarrassingly, and said, yes, yes, usually I don’t have time, and I have too much work, so how can a poor person like me take the turn of me? The aunt said, then you can save time, if you have anything to say, hurry up and say it, won't you just finish it? The secretary of the party committee held back for a long time, knowing that this kind of thing would have to be said sooner or later, so he said, Director Mei, there are some things that I really don’t want to say, and I also know that not every sentence is true. How many words can be heard accurately?But there are too many reactions from the masses, so much that I can't suppress it if I want to. In this case, for the sake of the work of the bureau and the reputation of the person concerned, I, the top leader of the bureau, have to say . The aunt smiled and said, you finally have to come forward for this kind of thing? The secretary of the standing committee looked at my aunt in confusion and said, do you know what I'm going to say? The aunt said lightly, yes, I know what you are going to say.But I don't think you need to say it. The secretary of the party committee didn't understand even more, and said, how do you know what I'm going to say?How do you know there is no need to say it? Isn't what you want to talk about the relationship between me and Lu Huihuang from the Peking Opera Theater?My aunt sat calmly behind the desk and looked at the party secretary, remember, I think I'm right? The party secretary sighed, as if he had made up his mind, walked over, sat down on the chair in front of my aunt, and said, Comrade Mei Qin, it’s not that I have to do this kind of thing, I really don’t want to do it either. I also know that you have your difficulties, but no matter what, this incident has caused a lot of trouble in the city, and you also know that it affects you. As the main person in charge of the bureau, I can't pretend that I don't know what to do. Now that I know, I will I have to say. The aunt said, I have already said it just now, you don't need to say it.Now the city is full of ups and downs, isn't it because the relationship between me and Lu Huihuang is normal?Right? The party secretary said, yes, this is the crux of the matter. My aunt asked: What if we are in a relationship? The party secretary was a little dazed and said, "You and Lu Huihuang, one of you is unmarried and the other is unmarried. If it is a romantic relationship, of course it will be nothing." The aunt said calmly, well, I can tell you now that Lu Huihuang and I are in a romantic relationship, and this is the relationship we have, so there should be no problem, right? Under the surprised gaze of the party secretary, my aunt leaned over to the desk, picked up the receiver, and made a call. My aunt said into the microphone, please call me Lu Huihuang. After a while, the person over there answered the phone. My aunt said to the phone, Xiao Lu, right?I'm Meiqin, don't you want to invite me to watch a movie?Tomorrow is Sunday, how about we go tomorrow?I'm waiting for you at home, can you pick me up? When my aunt put down the microphone, she had a faint smile on her face. Her kind of smile was not familiar to the party secretary.The party secretary sat there thinking, should I get out of here?He also thought, this woman, what does she want to do?