Chapter 7 Chapter VII

Achuan is one year older than his sister's elder brother. When he was studying, his homework was not very good, and he only passed an ordinary junior high school.But he was lucky enough to be assigned to Dafeng Farm in northern Jiangsu. Two years later, he was recruited to work as an electric welder in the shipyard.Later, the Shanghai Film Studio went to their factory to make a movie and chose him as an extra.A special scene was given to him: Welding on the ship's berth, electric sparks radiated, he pushed the protective mask smartly, and the welding was completed.It can be seen that his image is very good.Slender, with broad shoulders, compact facial features, and sharp outlines, curly hair, and dark skin.With such an image, the old-school people want to call him "rough embryo", but the new trend thinks he is a man.Actually?Both views have merit.Looking at the profile, he is indeed masculine, his face and body are somewhat like a sculpture of a Westerner, and his muscles are very strong.But there is a domineering look in his eyebrows and eyes, he looks fierce and rude.He is an only son, his father died since he was a child, his widowed mother loved him very much, and his two sisters let him in everything, so he was raised to dominate the world.In the alley, he is not afraid of anyone, there is only one person, and he cannot be said to be afraid, but obedient, and this person is the girl.When he was a child, he rode his uncle's bicycle straight up and down the alley, and the little children would avoid him one after another, leaning against the fence to watch him pass and then come back.An alley has become his world.Only the younger sister dragged a few female companions, crossed the cowhide bands, and danced the cowhide bands by herself.When he rode up to him, the girl said, "You ride, you ride."He really rode over, and the cow rubber band was dragged so long by the wheel of the bicycle that it was about to break, and the little girls behind him screamed sharply.The girl's voice was the loudest, still those two words: you ride!you ride!you ride!After all, he didn't dare to ride over, so he had to get off the bike, backed up, and let go of the cowhide band.The girl is still relentless: you ride, you ride, you ride!Later, when I grew up, I became more sensible, got a job again, and naturally became more stable, so I didn’t spend much time in the alleys, but I became arrogant. , and only when I see my sister, I will say hello.But what kind of person is the girl, if you talk to her, she won't talk to you!He was indifferent to him.But in the girl's heart, she could feel that Achuan liked her a little.This liking is not a big liking, after all, there is nothing in common, just a little bit of care.Introducing one's girlfriend to a man who secretly likes oneself is almost a woman's instinct. There is a kind of possessive desire and a desire to dominate, which is very superior.

Meitou's matchmaker was very successful, and Achuan and Xue Yaqin got better soon. Both of them were admirers of Meitou to varying degrees, and they were willing to obey her orders.Besides, Xue Yaqin had long wished to marry into her sister's alley, because her sister once told her that if her brother didn't talk about friends, she would definitely let her brother get along with her. Such words, of course, reminded her.Living in such a location and a house undoubtedly means entering the upper corner of Shanghai, which means the upper floor.And A Chuan's image was placed there, and she felt that she had nothing to say after taking a look at it, and could only listen to the man's opinion.A Chuan couldn't say anything good or bad about this square-faced, big-eyed girl, but her strong body and sullen expression aroused his lust.A Chuan belongs to the kind of big boy who gave Xiaobai and the others enlightenment on the relationship between men and women on the farm.They all already have some experience.The life on the farm is quite boring, and the future is uncertain, so the young men and women are looking for some stimulation to serve as the joy of youth.After returning to Shanghai, the situation is different.In a normal life, moral constraints are also very strong, and there is no pure sensual pleasure, or marriage.Therefore, as soon as the girl built a bridge for them, they connected with each other and started a warm communication.Now, when Xue Yaqin arrived at Meitou's alley, she went straight to the bottom of the alley and entered Achuan's house.Instead of working for my sister, I also worked for Achuan.They fall in love and talk differently from others. They rarely go out for shopping, watching movies, eating, or recreational activities, and they always stay at Achuan's house.Either Xue Yaqin was helping his mother with work, or the two of them were locked in the room with the doors and windows tightly closed.Achuan didn't change much, but Xue Yaqin seemed to be a different person.Her face became ruddy, her figure became plump, and her expression also changed, becoming confident and satisfied, even a little bit proud.Showing off, she washed Achuan's oil-stained work clothes, big-toed shoes, bed sheets and quilt covers, or a pile of greasy pig intestines and belly in the alley, telling people that she was going to make soup for Achuan. deficit.The sister looked at Xue Yaqin from the eyes of her master, and concluded that they must have had the relationship between her and Xiaobai.She seemed a little upset in her heart, as if she was overtaken head-on by Xue Yaqin, who had always looked down upon her.But, isn't it relying on her sister?Without her sister, would Xue Yaqin be where she is today?However, the last time she asked Xue Yaqin to help wind some peach wool, Xue Yaqin actually said that she was going to buy rice cakes for Achuan's team, and flatly rejected her sister.What is it called: Ingratitude.

However, it didn't take long for Xue Yaqin to find her sister again.At first, the younger sister had no good voice, and she was indifferent, but when Xue Yaqin said that she was happy, she couldn't help turning her face around.Xue Yaqin has experienced things between men and women, so she no longer has any scruples about speaking.Although the girl experienced it earlier than her, it was the first time she heard such an expert and explicit statement, and she couldn't help but blush.But she remained calm.She first reprimanded Xue Yaqin for her lack of brains, how could she let Achuan do everything?Then he complained that Xue Yaqin didn't care about the consequences, that such a thing happened before he was full of teachers, and the investigation would even go to her sister's head, who asked her to lead them?Then he asked Xue Yaqin, what is she going to do?Xue Yaqin regained her original humility, asking her sister to tell her what to do.The girl got angry and said you asked me, how would I know?You should ask him!He said whatever, Xue Yaqin said.The girl became even more angry, and she pulled Xue Yaqin and went to Achuan's house.He walked up to the third floor and opened the door. A Chuan was taking a nap on the bed when he was called up by his sister. He didn't know what happened for a while, so he asked nervously: What's the matter, what's the matter?The girl pushed Xue Yaqin against him and said, ask yourself!After speaking, he turned his head and left, and pushed the door hard, making a loud noise.A Chuan really cared about the girl, and started to take it seriously.He found his old contacts on the farm, helped him with a letter of introduction, and took Xue Yaqin to a hospital in a suburban county for surgery.A day later, Xue Yaqin came to work with a yellow face, and she didn't show much pain. On the contrary, she was still interested, and wanted to talk about details with her sister when no one was around.The girl didn't have the appetite to listen, so she turned and left.After such a misfortune, Xue Yaqin and the others not only did not learn the lesson, and restrained themselves from now on, but they became more at ease and bold because they saw a way out.Just like that, another operation was performed, and finally got Xue Yaqin's full teacher.Almost, after receiving the full teacher's salary of 36 yuan on the front foot, I went to apply for marriage registration on the back foot.On the wedding day, experienced people can see that the bride is pregnant.Sure enough, six months later, Xue Yaqin gave birth to a son.

This son looks like both his father and his mother, and he looks like both good and beautiful.He is tall and tall, with long legs and a long body, and he weighs eight catties when he falls to the ground.Achuan's widowed mother and sisters were overjoyed and rushed to take him.Xue Yaqin suddenly became a hero of his family, and was almost confessed, confinement was done very well.Even Ah Chuan was very happy.Their family is from Ningbo, and they value children very much. A Chuan is also the one who wants a son, so he has been paying attention to Xue Yaqin ever since.At this time, Xue Yaqin thought of her sister, and really thanked her.Of course, she would not really send eighteen hooves to thank the matchmaker like the old school, but bought a pair of Jinhua hams, and the husband and wife solemnly sent them to the sister's home.

Xue Yaqin's sons are all delivered, but Xiaobai has not been transferred back yet.For a period of time, they were somewhat tired, but they were indeed used to being together. When they broke up, each other felt empty in their hearts.It seems that there is a gap in life, and it is not so complete.They are, naturally, depressed.Things are in such a state of stagnation, and they have done everything that should be done, but they can't help them.They can only wait patiently, waiting for things to turn around.Sister is not used to waiting, she always has to do something.At this time, she began to prepare for the dowry.This is a time when materials are relatively scarce, and everything needs to be rationed, and it is very limited.In addition to cloth tickets, industrial vouchers are also issued, and industrial vouchers are required to buy silk, wool, and chemical fiber fabrics.For a person who is going to get married, industrial vouchers are far from enough.But, what can trouble the girl?She looked for deals that received little or no industrial coupons.Because they are produced for export, their colors, patterns, and styles are not popular products on the market, but unique.And because of the strict control of export production, the quality is quite guaranteed.So "processing" is just because of a little flaw that is hard to find with the naked eye.Once there is a sale, there will be a long queue immediately.Therefore, it is said to be a processed product, but it is actually a material that is in short supply.Buying cheap goods is exactly the strong point of the sister-in-law.She can be very keenly aware of where and when the processed products will be sold, as if there is her eyeliner in the store, she can always arrive in time.She is not like most people who are keen on handling goods, buy what they catch up with, and accept everything.She has a choice.There are treatments that look good but aren't, and treatments that are really good but don't work.She made a quick decision: give up.In short, she is well-informed, has vision, and has a calm mind and overall thinking.So, gradually, she had some high-quality and distinctive bed sheets, quilt covers, and pillowcases, and she didn't spend any industrial coupons.She has accumulated a considerable amount of industrial vouchers, and searches the counters for genuine products.She wants to use these precious industrial vouchers for the most important and worthwhile things.If she encounters such an opportunity, she will not be relentless at all.Once, she saw a light snow-green soft satin quilt covered with peonies of the same color, which was very luxurious and auspicious.She paid 120 industrial certificates without hesitation, and all the industrial certificates of the whole year of Meitou's family are here.This quilt has a classic meaning and elevates her collection.Good quality is good, but after all, it is too chic, and it is inevitable to be out of the trend, and Meitou respects the trend.She also pays close attention to the country people who hang out in the alleys.Most of them are women, wearing blue flower cloth clothes woven by families in the south of the Yangtze River, wearing bibs, a headscarf, and carrying a large cloth bag on their shoulders.Under their dull faces, there are sophistication, experience, and cunning hidden.They didn't make a sound, didn't look around, they walked past the door, suddenly stopped, went forward, and asked in a low voice: "Auntie, do you want Huzhou Dahong brand silk floss?"Almost every question they asked was right, and there was nothing wrong with it.This family either has a daughter who is waiting to be married, or is about to enter the house. In short, it is time to add clothes and quilts.Then, they were let into the kitchen in the back door to look at the goods and negotiate the price.This girl is good at this matter, which kind of bastard can catch her eyes?Really, from the dowry that a girl prepares by herself, you can see her mind, intelligence, taste, and life experience.

Some things, like ordinary girls, must be brand new, but some things, my sister would rather have old ones.Like, remember?The eiderdown quilt on sister's mother's bed.The sister asked her mother if she wanted to come.This eiderdown quilt, because the satin surface is a little worn, the warp and weft are sparse, and the eiderdown comes out, and it flies away when shaken.But Meitou's mother was reluctant to continue to build it, and she was unwilling to spend a lot of money to send it for gallbladder replacement, so she had to store it in a camphor wood box.At this time, the girl was about to come over.She decided to change her own gallbladder.Knowing herself without a teacher, she undid a row of seams on the old gallbladder, pulled out a row, put a new satin cover on it, and sewed up a row with fine needles.Then tear apart one row, wrap one row, and sew one row.The four sides of the new gallbladder are also bathed with double rollers.Both the satin and the scroll are re-matched, orange and yellow soft satin, and the scroll is one color of red and one color of emerald green.It is the color of opening and closing, it sounds quite aggressive, but it can be put together and spread out, it is actually magnificent.After it was finished, everyone in the alley came to appreciate it, and even Lingling's proud second sister heard about it and came to visit when she returned to her natal home.She married a chef of a western restaurant and gave birth to a girl, but she was still young, fair, small, and cold-faced.Although Meitou didn't think much about her anymore, because she was an idol when she was a child, she still maintained a sense of awe. She was honored to spread out the old and refurbished eiderdown quilt for her to criticize.Lingling's second elder sister looked at it blankly and didn't say anything, but after she watched it for so long, the younger sister already knew her evaluation.When my mother gave my sister the eiderdown quilt, she also gave her the camphor wood box in which the eiderdown was placed, and my sister accepted it.She went to the workshop to find some copper rubbing oil, wiped off the patina on the copper lock, and the lock was immediately shiny. It was new, but it could be seen that it was an old product, showing a heavy family background.

At the same time, Xiaobai also brought out the arrangement plan for the new house.The plan is very simple. In a word, let them use the ground floor as a room.A Niang and her elder sister, who occasionally went home to visit relatives, lived upstairs. They ate, or downstairs, and set up a dining table in their new house.The girl wanted to make a room on the second floor, but after thinking about it again, the upstairs is very sun-drenched, and it is embarrassing to ask the adults to give up the room. Also, she had a new idea, and she decided to build a bathroom downstairs .She would rather move the partition wall of the outer kitchen one meter inward. In this way, although their room will shrink to four square meters, there will be a bathroom in this way, and there is no need to block the toilet in the room, and there is no need to empty the toilet, which is important. Unfortunately, the nature of the house is different.What's more, the kitchen has also been expanded, and it can be used as a dining room, so there is no need to cook meals in their room.So, it's still worth it.She made up her mind, and then discussed it with Xiaobai. Xiaobai felt a little overwhelmed when he heard it.Strictly speaking, as soon as their affairs entered into specific operations, he was always in a state of confusion.He also knows that these things cannot be avoided, so it is best to do it like a dream.Just in time, Ah Wutou came back.Ah Wutou suffers from hepatitis and goes home to recuperate.When Xiaobai returns to Shanghai from the farm, he spends half of his time running to Ah Wutou.Because of being separated for so long, the estrangement between them seems to have never existed before, and they suddenly returned to the best time.Although each of them had some decidedly different experiences, they all put it aside.They are the kind of friends who have a tacit understanding. Needless to say, as long as they are together, they will naturally understand each other.They went to People's Square again, and the Shandong man was still there. Since they had never seen his face clearly, they felt that he hadn't changed at all.This makes them feel that not much time has passed, and personnel and affairs remain the same.At that time there was no mention of homosexuality, but the girl just thought they were so nice.The world of the two of them is something my sister doesn't understand and doesn't want to understand, but she can accept this fact.On the contrary, if everything about Xiaobai is within the range of Meitou's intelligence, she will feel bored.She likes that Xiaobai has something beyond herself. This kind of understanding of men comes from the influence of her brother in her life.Therefore, she didn't force Xiaobai to realize her plan together, but said, you only need to convince your adults, and I will do the rest.This request was not excessive at all, and Xiaobai also felt that it was not good to shirk, so he went to ask his parents and A Niang for permission.The adults couldn't say anything wrong with this plan, but they didn't necessarily agree with it very much. They were even a little displeased, thinking that the girl was picking on them.But since the younger sister said that she will take care of everything, it is not easy to object.So, the sister took Xiaobai's household registration booklet and house ticket book, and went to run around, trying to get permission from the Ministry of Housing and dispatch workers.At that time, the engineering teams were dispatched by the Housing Management Office.Because it is an additional toilet, a defecation pipe needs to be discharged. This defecation pipe needs to take some detours before it can be put into the septic tank, which will break the road surface.The matter involved three heads and six sides, but the sister's head was settled.

Besides, the sister said that she took care of everything, so Xiaobai couldn't ignore it, it was his family's business after all.When work started, I would ask for leave and come back to work together, send cigarettes and water, and warm up with the workers.A few times, Ah Wutou also came to see, mainly to talk to Xiaobai.Speaking of which, Meitou is also a classmate with him, but he has no impression of it at all.It seems that he has no interest in sisters.Both Xiaobai and Meitou could feel this point.Behind his back, he didn't express any opinion to Xiaobai about his sister, and in person, he and his sister had nothing to say.His indifferent attitude undoubtedly annoyed my sister very much. Since then, she has planted dissatisfaction with this person, and she will make sarcasm and attacks whenever she has the opportunity.And Xiaobai felt a little ashamed, as if he couldn't hold his head up in front of Ah Wutou.Sometimes, he will intentionally play against his sister, as if he wants to ruin the relationship.But he will be stopped immediately by his sister: what are you going to do?Xiaobai, be sensible, don't look for trouble!The girl came to him sentence by sentence, not targeting his meaning, but very specific to his meaning.This is the skill of the girl, no matter how complicated the surface is, she can see through it at a glance and point to the truth.If you want to mess with her, you won't be able to.So, I had a few emotional quarrels, but nothing came of it, and I lost all at Meitou.In order to show that he doesn't care about his sister, he can only go to Ah Wutou's house more frequently to be with Ah Wutou.

Their conversations are more esoteric now, revolving around the meaning and nonsense of existence.They are all young and don't have much life experience to use as inference materials. They just reason step by step with the way of argumentation and tenacious spirit.So, it's all air-to-air, purely the operation of thought.This kind of operation is not completely meaningless, although it is carried out under virtual conditions, but they show an independent thought process.Under their persistent promotion, this process was finally able to justify itself.The two of them are really the best partners. They cooperate extremely closely and perform their duties.In comparison, Ah Wutou is better at thinking. He has whimsical ideas, his thinking is essentially different from ordinary people, and his logic is rigorous, which shows the good results of mechanistic training.The former is due to his imaginative nature, while the latter is due to his extensive and complex reading.As for Xiaobai, he is actually a formalist, so he pays more attention to literature and poetry, which makes him obsessed with gorgeous words and expressive expressions.Later, Xiaobai became a well-known literary theorist.His articles are all structured in the form of dialogue, with A and B as the two parties in the dialogue. A is Wutou, and B is himself, Xiaobai.It can also be seen from this that he unintentionally approved of the name given to him by his sister, "Xiaobai".Occasionally, the three of them would go out to play together, watch a movie, or go for a walk on the street, and the girl would say whatever they wanted, but usually she would not interrupt. As I said just now, the girl thought that the boys should have some topics of their own.But in one case, the girl had to speak.Since it is not easy to express in Shanghai dialect, they often contain some Mandarin, especially conceptual nouns, which must be Mandarin.At times like this, the girl would give Xiaobai a supercilious look: What Mandarin!He felt embarrassed and couldn't continue the discussion.Ah Wutou didn't hear what sister said, and he was not a sensitive person, so he talked boastfully.After a while, he realized that there was no opponent. Xiao Bai was passive and silent, and then he lost his energy.After doing this one or two times, Xiaobai will not let his younger sister participate in his and Wutou's gatherings.

The bathroom was repaired, and Xiaobai's family enjoyed great convenience first.According to the design of the sister, the kitchen was expanded into a pistol-shaped space, and a dining table was placed on the handle of the pistol, making a small dining room and a center for the whole family to gather.Taking advantage of this large-scale construction, the new rooms on the ground floor will be built together.Repair doors, windows, floors, paint the ceiling, put up wallpaper, install wall lamps, and the adults of Xiaobai's family gave a sum of money to buy furniture.A Niang hoped that they could inherit the Ning-style sleeping bed, Xiaobai didn't care, but sister firmly refused, and didn't care about the good time they spent in it.In her eyes, this bed is old stereotypes, not old stereotypes of Western style, like her eiderdown quilt and camphor wood box, but stereotypes of the countryside, which has a dark history.Who knows how many dead people slept on it?It's going to be a nightmare, the sister said meanly.Xiaobai said: It seems that you have never slept.The younger sister said sharply: So, so, don't sleep!Xiaobai don't even think about talking about her.There was a little difficulty with the bed.A Niang first wanted to move upstairs, and said, "You don't want it, I want it!"Xiaobai's parents didn't really want it either, thinking it took up space, as if there was another room inside the room, but they didn't want to get angry with A Niang, so they had to move upstairs.I don't want to, the stairs are too narrow and I can't lift them up, so I propose to sell them.A Niang refused, and shed tears while watching the bed. Everyone looked at the girl, but the girl just didn't want it, and finally carried it to Xiaobai's uncle's house.Although the matter was resolved, A Niang was not happy in her heart, it seemed that it wasn't this bed, but her who was expelled from the house by her younger sister.This is how the mustard is planted.

Now, the room is brand new, every month Xiaobai comes back from vacation and sleeps in it alone.Usually it is mostly closed, only girls have the right to come in, look east and west.At this time, my sister’s things have not been brought here, the bed is Xiaobai’s old quilt, the windows are also old curtains, there is no tablecloth on the table or chest of drawers, the sofa is wrapped in plastic paper, and the chairs are also covered. .The smell of paint was still there, and the new furniture smelled of resin and glue, and the smell of freshly waxed floors.All in all, it is the smell of new things and new things, which makes people happy.I have everything, but Xiaobai is missing. When will Xiaobai be transferred back? Lingling also has a boyfriend, an overseas Chinese, her parents are in Hong Kong, and she will go to Hong Kong after she gets married.The man's parents had already come to propose marriage formally, bringing many strange things: semiconductor radio, electric sewing machine, various kinds of clothing materials, woolen yarn, and invited the whole family to the International Hotel for dinner.Now, Lingling enters and exits such high-end places.At this time, it was the end of the "Cultural Revolution", and the atmosphere in clothing was still relatively conservative, but Lingling was seeking development and change amidst the cracks.It is novel, and it has not crossed the threshold half a step.For example, the shirt is made into a men's collar, the sleeves are twice as long as usual, with three buttons in a row, and the waist is narrow and long.The trousers are relatively wide, but not as wide as flared trousers, so they are out of line. In fact, they are straight trousers later, and the trousers are flat to cover the feet.There is also a corduroy jacket, the front and the back are spliced ​​to form a pattern with stripes, and the seams are light and light, which is also the effect of pressing the pattern, which is somewhat similar to a hunting suit, but not so masculine.In short, it is 12 points unique.Lingling is now the top person in the alley, and her status in the family has also risen above the second sister.In fact, she has been suffocating in her heart all the time, and she must earn it out.She knows that marriage is a woman's second reincarnation—like her parents have raised so many daughters, but they are unable to create better conditions for their daughters, and most of their hopes for their daughters are pinned on the second reincarnation—so she grasped it firmly. this opportunity.Compared with Meitou, Lingling is more intelligent and calm, not as willful as Meitou.This movie is in the position of a supporting role, keeping a low profile and accumulating character.The girl is very sure that she is not jealous of Lingling, how can she think that she can do everything off-the-shelf?But once she got busy with her own affairs, she was caught by the fun again, and felt that Lingling's behavior was meaningless.She had seen Lingling's overseas Chinese boyfriend. He was tall and thin, with a calm expression, and he matched Lingling very well.The girl also thinks that Xiaobai is not as interesting as her. She can't imagine what kind of things can happen between Lingling and this almost completely unfamiliar man.But no matter what, she and Lingling are already bridges back to bridges, roads back to roads, and there is no relationship anymore.