Chapter 5 chapter Five

Over the years, Kang Weiye has followed the rules, worked diligently, returned home after work, and rushed to do housework when he returned home.Because of Duan Lina's habitual miscarriage after marriage, her bleeding again and again made her weak, and when she gave birth to her daughter, she bled heavily again, leaving only a skeleton in her whole body.The child is young, the wife is weak, the work is busy, the salary is meager, and I ride a bicycle to work every day, with the same sunrise in the morning and the same sunset in the evening. Life is very tiring.But Kang Weiye has a heart that is not tired, whether it is bitter or not, think about the 25,000 Red Army; Difficult guiding ideology.

He has been struggling tenaciously, doing every bit of things seriously.He firmly believes that under their struggle, everything will slowly reach their ideals.As Kang Weiye expected, Duan Lina loves their little family very much.She is able to pull many substances, ranging from household appliances to vegetables and fruits, from her parents' house confidently and continuously.They also have what other people have, so that their small family can better maintain their self-esteem in front of relatives and friends, and their life can basically be regarded as ample food and clothing.Of course, the leadership of the family is also in the hands of Duan Lina.Kang Weiye didn't care about this, so he didn't bother to worry about such mundane things as daily necessities.On the contrary, Kang Weiye's parents became more and more disgusted with Duan Lina's overbearing, accusing their son of having no backbone at all.Kang Weiye either ignored them at all, or just said: "What do you know?" That is, no one can know what is going on in other people's family relationships, and all people can see are superficial things.The analysis method from the outside to the inside is not applicable to the family, neither is logical reasoning, nor is it useful to measure the belly of others with one's own heart.The family is a closed independent unit, a derivative of history and society, a war game between men and women, summer rain, hazy poetry, and a sticky paste.Everything is only for the person involved, like a fish drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or not.Kang Weiye washes dishes and mops the floor all day long, does he have any complaints?he has.The average man would not be happy to do the never-ending chores of these mother-in-laws.But Kang Weiye kept his complaints in his heart and never told anyone.He can't tell, as long as he complains, the target must be Duan Lina.But Duan Lina didn't want to do it, but she was in poor health and couldn't do it.Duan Lina didn't do nothing at all, she also did some things within her power.Kang Weiye's complaints had nowhere to go, so he could only digest them by himself.

Who made him a man?Fortunately, Kang Weiye often realizes that he is a man, and he encourages himself with this: A good man will not die, and he will not be able to do a little housework?In fact, what really hit Kang Weiye was an invisible force, which was Duan Lina's forward-looking political sensitivity, as well as her complaints and contempt for Kang Weiye's hatred of iron and steel. In 1980, the first anniversary of their marriage, Duan Lina brought back a document from their home, which was Deng Xiaoping's speech at an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, entitled "Reform of the Party and State Leadership System."She reads very carefully and meticulously, even squatting on the toilet to draw key points with red and blue pencils.Then he announced alarmistly: "It seems that my father is about to die. The old ones will all step down, and a large number of young educated ones will be promoted. Weiye, from now on you must pay attention to creating conditions for yourself, do something The outstanding political achievements have left a deep impression on the leaders." Kang Weiye joked: "Is the problem that serious? Do I have such a good chance? Is the pie falling from the sky?" Duan Lina frowned and criticized him: " Look at you, you don’t have any sense of politics at all, and it will be too late to regret it.” Kang Weiye said: “Come on. I think your prediction is very correct.” What Kang Weiye really meant was to laugh at her very ridiculous prediction.Unfortunately, what happened later proved Duan Lina's correctness and Kang Weiye's ridiculousness.

At the Twelfth National Congress of the Party held in 1982, a Central Advisory Committee was formed, full of old comrades, with Deng Xiaoping as its director.Because Deng Xiaoping took the lead, a large number of veteran cadres had nothing to say, and the lifelong tenure of leading cadres was abolished.What followed was the massive disarmament of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The Wuhan Military Region canceled its designation and was merged into the Guangzhou Military Region. Duan Lina's elderly father was completely useless.Because Kang Weiye did not actively express himself, the third echelon composed of young cadres screened out Kang Weiye.Duan Lina, who was in a bad mood, settled accounts with Kang Weiye: "Let's take a look now, don't you think the problem is serious?" Of course Kang Weiye was at a loss for words.Duan Lina chased after him, severely accused Kang Weiye of being politically dull and confused, and warned him to wake up suddenly and take remedial measures in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.Kang Weiye couldn't stand being scolded so much, he resisted and said, "Of course you are right, but don't be unforgiving. There are so many ordinary people in society, how do they live? Anyway, I am still a section chief. "Duan Lina sneered and said: "It's because you don't listen to me again. Wake up: now you are retiring when you reach the age, and you have already appointed a large number of young cadres. You are in your thirties , It’s still a subject, it’s useless! If you don’t believe that the phoenix’s feathers are not as good as chickens, just wait and see.” What’s more unfortunate, the facts once again proved Duan Lina’s wisdom and Kang Weiye’s stupidity.It turns out that the level of a cadre not only means that the bigger your official is, the more you have to serve the people and worry about the people, it also means that your living conditions will rise.When Duan Lina’s father was in power, there was a small car for going out, a small stove canteen for eating meat, free tickets for watching movies and plays, and the best medical equipment and medicines for illness; Direct dialing, when relatives and friends are in the remotest corners of the world, a phone call seems to be in front of your eyes; even changing the gas tank is a matter of orderly soldiers; finding babysitters is also done by the army, and they are pulled from the countryside by military vehicles and sent to the hospital for health checks. During the holidays, military vehicles are also sent back and forth, and so on.Tangible treatment and intangible treatment are innumerable.Let's put it this way, when Duan Lina grew up, she didn't feel that food, clothing, housing and transportation were issues that she had to worry about. Between people, only Duan Lina and the others gave others the wrong look, and no one else dared to give them the wrong look. to a "no".After Kang Weiye and Duan Lina got married, they enjoyed the convenience brought by Duan Lina unconsciously.Get used to it, without the slightest realization that they are enjoying a lot of privilege.It was different later on. As the days went by, Kang Weiye found that the commonly used medicines in their drawers were no longer available. Duan Lina no longer brought fresh lean meat back from home. Her grandfather no longer sent a car to pick her up, and Kang Weiye began to replace gas tanks for Duan Lina's house. Movie tickets and theater tickets became less and less, and then they disappeared completely.Duan Lina's parents became very sensitive, cautious and self-conscious. They looked like they were starving to death, tried not to use the car, used the phone as little as possible, and said some cynical sarcastic remarks all day long.Kang Weiye's family of three went back much less frequently.Duan Lina of Kang Weiye had to squeeze the bus frequently; she had to queue up to spend money to go to the hospital, and she was angry; she was angry when she went to the vegetable market to buy meat.Hiring a babysitter is also my own business, the first one is not suitable, the second one has hepatitis, the third one is stealing food, drinking and stealing small things, less money, less New Year's gifts, so I won't do it again dry.Faced with all of this, Kang Weiye was also angry and annoyed, but Duan Lina couldn't stand it anymore, she almost had to quarrel with others when she went out to do errands.Once when I went to the hospital to see a doctor, I asked the doctor to prescribe Hong Kong Qi Tianshou's Honey-Lian Chuanbei Pipa Gao, but the doctor didn't bother to pay attention to her, and prescribed a pack of licorice tablets. Duan Lina took back the medicine and threw a handful of licorice tablets at the doctor. face.The hospital's security department "invited" Duan Lina to the office and asked her to write a self-criticism.How could Duan Lina have ever been wronged like this, she smashed all the glass panels in the office, the security department was so angry that she must send Duan Lina to the police station.Later, Kang Weiye had to ask the relevant leaders in the city for help, and the leaders interceded in person, so Duan Lina was able to go home smoothly.However, she heard all the worst words, and the people in the hospital said to Kang Weiye who went to pick her up: This is for the sake of the leader, otherwise, she will be given electrotherapy as if she is mentally ill.Said: Looking at you as a decent cadre, how can you find a shrew on the street?Said: It's quite unruly if you don't have a good appearance, and you don't have a good appearance. This kind of wife is not good.

Duan Lina got under the quilt when she got home, closed the door, and didn't come out for three days and three nights.When Kang Weiye saw Duan Lina again, her nose was bruised and her face was swollen, she was haggard, and she was full of hatred and looked like she could not share the sky with anyone.Kang Weiye tried to persuade her, but as soon as she spoke, the volcano erupted, blaming everything on Kang Weiye's mediocrity.Duan Lina said: "If you had listened to me earlier and used your wit wisely, even if you were only a director, people would not dare to abuse me like this. Useless things! You will spend your own family's money to pay for those things. The glass plate of the dog bastard. You just ignore them and see if they dare to eat me!" Kang Weiye was furious when Duan Lina scolded him. He originally wanted to remind Duan Lina that she had gone too far.But when he thought about it further, he couldn't argue with Duan Lina anymore.Duan Lina is indeed wrong in terms of facts, but from a macro point of view, Duan Lina is right.As Chairman Mao said: If you lag behind, you will be beaten.The history of human development is a history of biological evolution: the strong survive, and the natural selection.However, what's wrong with Kang Weiye?Kang Weiye asked himself, he felt that he was not wrong, whether at work or at home, he did his best.The fundamental change in their family's situation began when Kang Weiye went to sea to do business.There are various factors that prompted Kang Weiye to make up his mind, one of the more important ones is their family status.Kang Weiye thought, instead of dying like this, it would be better to fight back.He, Kang Weiye, just didn't believe that he was a mediocre person. If he failed, he could just jump down from a tall building.Anyway, there is only one child, and several families will raise her together, so she won't suffer any hardships.Duan Lina has been thinking about the reform of the country's economic system for a long time. Seeing people she knows get rich in business, sometimes she can't help whispering to Kang Weiye.But this time, Duan Lina didn't dare to act rashly. In the opinion of people like Duan Lina, business is always inferior to being an official.What's more, if Kang Weiye went into business, he would have to lose his job, and there would no longer be a unit or organization to manage his life, old age, sickness and death. Who can guarantee that there will be no accidents in the future?After all, this kind of decision is too important, Duan Lina will not easily encourage Kang Weiye.This time it was Kang Weiye's own decision.He was on a business trip to Beijing and met He Hanru when he was looking for someone at the Wangfu Hotel.He Hanru was Duan Lina's middle school classmate, Kang Weiye's elementary school classmate and an educated youth comrade-in-arms. At one time, they were so good that they wanted to cut their heads and change their necks.When the educated youth recruited workers, because He Hanru's family background was a capitalist, he was assigned to a small workshop in the street office.He Hanru only stayed in the street factory for a few months before defecting to a relative in Xinjiang.He Hanru went to Xinjiang with tears, and Kang Weiye even paid off for him to pay for the toll.Kang Weiye couldn't recognize He Hanru who he saw in the palace this time.

He Hanru's back was combed slickly, his shirt was white, his suit was straight, he was full of fragrance, and he was carrying a mobile phone.He invited Kang Weiye to have evening tea, spread out a large table of Cantonese-style small dishes and small cages, and said, "Cantonese food is the most fashionable in China now." He said, "Kang Weiye, don't stare so wide, now I am a citizen of the Marshall Islands." Kang Weiye's eyes widened, he never imagined that the social changes would be so huge, and He Hanru would become a foreigner.As a citizen of Marshall, he works as an agent in China for an American company. The general manager is written on his business card, with a basic annual salary of 200,000 US dollars.His tone was endless, and he said: "I have already built several large hydropower stations for you in China." Kang Weiye said, "He Hanru, fuck you!" laughing out loud.He Hanru opened a room for Kang Weiye in the Wangfu Hotel, and they talked about the past and looked forward to the future seriously.Kang Weiye decided to accept He Hanru's suggestion and open a branch in Central and South China for He Hanru's US head office in Wuhan.Kang Weiye called his bold decision to seize the opportunity and reform and open up.On the day Kang Weiye resigned, the couple sat on the bedside all night.Kang Weiye was already on the verge of breaking out, appearing extraordinarily heroic and resolute.He entrusted Duan Lina with the upbringing of the children and some household chores one by one, saying that shopping malls are like battlefields, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take care of the family in the future.Duan Lina has suffered repeated setbacks over the years, hoping that Kang Weiye can revitalize her family.She also understands that, as far as Kang Weiye himself is concerned, there is hope for him to be promoted if he continues to hang around like this in the agency, and he will be comfortable and stable for the rest of his life.Now that Kang Weiye swung his knife to cut off his back, he also deeply understood her painstaking efforts.Is there any reason for Duan Lina not to be emotional?Duan Lina naturally lowered her eyebrows and smoothed her eyes, her voice was gentle, and she had an unprecedented virtuous attitude.She nodded again and again and said again and again that you don't have to worry about family affairs. Connie is getting older, so it's no trouble, and the elders of the two families love her, so I just need to worry about her studies.Duan Lina also hung up the long-distance call to He Hanru in Beijing in the middle of the night, and said to He Hanru: "I will leave Albert to you. You can't cheat anyone! You know my father's temper, you cheat If he kills his son-in-law, he will shoot you." Duan Lina encouraged Kang Weiye like a mother coaxing a child: "You just let it go, with your intelligence, the social relationship you have worked for so many years and the social relationship between our two families, Still can’t do those self-employed people who have no culture and no relationship? If it doesn’t work in the future, don’t worry, I’m always a state cadre, and I’m not afraid of a family who eats the imperial food. Don’t you think so?” Kang Weiye said: “Yes, Your words are always very reasonable." This time Kang Weiye spoke the truth, and Duan Lina moved him.He held hands with her, chattering heartily, just like lips and teeth that depend on each other.In the end, Duan Lina pointed to Kang Weiye's heart and said: "Kang Weiye, Kang Weiye, if you really get it in the future, you must not engage in women. If you do, I will die with you." Kang Weiye said: "You What is this? It’s insulting! Think I’m a hooligan? After ten years of marriage, you still don’t understand me?” Duan Lina said, “Then make an oath.” Kang Weiye said, “I swear, if my life style is not Decent, let me die without a place to bury. "Duan Lina covered Kang Weiye's mouth, both of them thought they were ridiculous. So, the couple will be fine. After dawn, Kang Weiye, like a roc trapped in the mountains for a long time, spread his wings and flew to the vast, infinite and unpredictable world Blue sky. For the first time in many years, his bicycle, which he rode to work every day, was idle in the corner of the corridor, covered with dust, divided and distorted by irregular light, like a surreal oil painting, put on hold In the past.