Chapter 9 Wife Xiaoge

His wife Xiaoge is a bookbinder in a printing factory.She is skilled in technology and has mastered the process of a full set of hardcover books. I think the books bound by her hands are enough to circle the earth's equator for one week.Less than a year after my wife gave birth to our only beloved son, she went to participate in the "combat preparation labor" of "deep digging" at that time. As a result, her body was damaged and she is still thin and thin.But my wife has a characteristic, which is that I rarely suffer from insomnia. Because I am a "crawler" and a "night owl", after my wife falls asleep, I often stay at the desk under the lamp and write quickly. Become an invisible accompaniment in my soul.I am very envious of my wife who does not suffer from insomnia. She said: "I am tired of books, you and the children all day long. When I go to bed, I feel calm. Why do I have to suffer from insomnia?" I think there are countless ordinary "office workers" in this world. Countless ordinary laborers, like her, work honestly and contribute silently. They go to bed with a clear heart, and God should not punish them for insomnia.Of course, this does not mean that all insomniacs are punished by God. For example, I have chosen the profession of a writer and developed the habit of moving according to my mood regardless of day and night, so insomnia at night is common. However, I knew that I hadn’t done anything wrong, and I checked my heart at night, and I was quite calm in the insomnia. 

Under the premise of honest labor and dedication, one can naturally enjoy the life that belongs to oneself alone. This revelation comes from his wife.  My wife loves to go shopping, and people in Guangzhou and Hong Kong call it a "trading company".What I was most afraid of was that my wife asked me to accompany her to "go to the company". I was often surprised at why she was so interested-for example, goods that our family didn't need at all, or things that we couldn't care about given our consumption level. As for the goods, she can also inspect and look at them carefully, and it seems that there is a lot of fun in it.If she decides to buy a certain item, then, well, the salesperson must accept the test of "not bothering to ask a hundred questions and never getting tired of taking a hundred things" in the "Service Agreement". I often complain for the salesperson outside the counter and urge her to hurry up. make up your mind.It was not until a long time later that I was able to appreciate the joy in her careful selection-a trivial life joy that is especially attractive to women.Yes, trivial, but absolutely harmless and even beneficial joys of life--I now understand that my wife has bound countless books with her slender fingers and dedicated them to the society, so the commodities she has carefully set up in society with her slender fingers It is only natural to choose facial cleanser or woolen sweater in the exchange place and feel happy. 

Wife likes cooking.Having eaten a certain dish in a restaurant and thought it tasted good, my wife would often go home and try it out based on her impressions instead of relying on the "recipe".On the one hand, my wife often poured out her complaints to me: "You know how to eat ready-made meals! How do you know how much hard work it takes from purchasing raw materials to washing dishes!" At this time, I think she is "Sanlu Doctor Qu Yuan".On the other hand, she often wondered by herself: "What should I get for this Sunday?" My son and I sincerely expressed our opinion to her: "It's simple, as long as you can fill your belly!" We were amazed to come up with some soup dishes that seemed to be seen only in restaurants--in addition to Chinese dishes, there were also Western dishes.When my son and I smacked our tongues and praised her, she smiled triumphantly. At this time, I felt that she was "Li Qingzhao, the layman of Yi'an", who had just finished filling out a good line.Of course, too frequent is unbearable, but every two or three months I invite some friends to my house, and she carefully designs a table of "Chinese and Western" meals, enjoying the pleasures of eating and drinking ordinary people, which is also the life of her and our family One of the fun.When I am on a business trip, when people ask me if I want to go home, I always admit frankly that I do. If you ask me what I miss the most? I always answer: "Before dinner at home, the oil pan in the kitchen was hot, and the leaves of the vegetables fell down. The sound that comes out of the pot!" Before marriage, it was the mother who made it, but after marriage, it was the wife's "good voice".Of course, this is more trivial to the extreme joy of life, but now I not only cherish it, but also enjoy it more deeply than before. 

Wife likes to play the piano.Although she is an extremely ordinary bookbinder, everyone has a love of beauty, and she is no exception.The ultimate beauty, some people think that one is music and the other is advanced mathematics.Few people can appreciate the beauty of advanced mathematics, but the beauty of music is quite popular.When my wife was in elementary school, her family was not well off, and at the neighbor’s house, there was a piano, and the sound of the jingle made her daydream, especially the song "Shepherd Boy Piccolo" by He Luting. In her girlhood dream, she often had herself sitting on the piano. The illusion of playing the melody in front of the piano.So when we had coins to buy a piano, as soon as she discussed it, I echoed it, and the two went to buy a piano excitedly.We were both nearly forty years old when the piano was brought into the house, but my wife practiced the piano after dinner after work, only relying on the guidance of an old chorus member who was not good at piano in the neighborhood, and Before playing the complete version of "Bye", I tried "Shepherd Boy Piccolo".Maybe it was due to sincerity. After a year of hard work, she "gnawed" the "Shepherd Boy Piccolo", which even professional pianists thought was difficult to control. Later, she practiced it again.Since then, the joy of life in my family has greatly increased.Encouraged by my wife, I also practiced the half tie with my clumsy hands.When the spring breeze penetrates through the window, or the summer sun lays down the keyboard, or the autumn light pours into the room, or the snowflakes are flying outside the window, when my wife and I play the piano to entertain ourselves, it is really like sailing into a state of forgetting worries in a boat of freedom.Thank life for giving us a piano.Thanks to my wife, I can taste life more delicately.