Chapter 7 six

Just as her mother, Shuzhen, was looking for a way out for Daxiu to return to the city time and time again, Daxiu from Ulapu, Inner Mongolia was extremely gloomy in her heart. Seeing that one after another the educated youths had returned to the city, she had plotted in her heart that this would continue. She was the last one to go back to the city. The educated youths who went to the countryside later than her had almost left. She was still far away without a trace of hope. She knew where she was. Even if there is no direct way, she can still make some connections. She can't count on a mother who picks up trash, she can only save herself.She couldn't think of a better way, so she decided to take root in Inner Mongolia.So she married a herding expert who had a crush on her for many years.The local government attached great importance to and supported Daxiu's choice. The government stepped in and held a grand wedding ceremony for Daxiu. Red flowers, gongs and drums were of course indispensable.On the wedding night, the bold and unrestrained herdsmen played the matouqin.The sound of the piano was low and sad, as if it was pulling on Daxiu's bleeding heart.

After Daxiu got married for half a year, she wrote a letter to tell her family the news. When Dalin read Daxiu's letter for her mother, Shuzhen didn't speak for a long time. She bit her lip stubbornly to keep her tears from flowing. Dalin knew that his mother was not feeling well, so he pretended to be Daxiu's letter, and went to the side to think about his own affairs.Dalin was about to get married, and the girl who married her was an educated youth who had returned to the city, and she was arranged to work in their foundry as his apprentice for a while, so the two fell in love.Dalin is worrying about his own affairs. He wants to get married but has no house. He is thinking of a way to occupy a room in the temporary dormitory in the factory area.

Xiaoxiu doesn't think much of her sister Daxiu's way of taking root in the countryside. She is facing going to the countryside, but her mentality is quite different from that of Daxiu when she first went to the countryside.Xiaoxiu is in love, and the lover will naturally go to the countryside with her. The lover's family conditions are very good, and his father works in the city government.Therefore, Xiaoxiu seemed carefree.Xiaoxiu should be the least diligent in studies among the four children, but she is the most beautiful among the four children.She inherited all the advantages of her mother Shuzhen and carried them forward.Xiaoxiu is known as the school belle, and many boys court her, so she falls in love with a boy from a good family.The hyperactive Xiaoxiu simply agreed with her sister's approach, she said: What's the matter, it can take root and blossom everywhere.Shuzhen rolled Xiaoxiu's eyes, but Xiaoxiu didn't take her mother's eyes down.A few days later, she happily went to the countryside. She regarded the important event of going to the countryside as a trip, and she didn't even ask her family to send it off.The village Xiaoxiu went to was not far from home, it only took more than an hour by car, and the village there was the most affluent place in this area.Of course, this is all the result of the operation of the boy's father who loves Xiaoxiu.Every now and then, Xiaoxiu would return home unexpectedly, stay there for three or two days, and then leave happily.As if she was still in school, Shuzhen was not satisfied with Xiaoxiu's state either. What was satisfactory was that, from Xiaoxiu's situation, she was not going to suffer, but to enjoy. Xiaoxiu was worried.What is dissatisfied is that Xiaoxiu's laughing and joking appearance all day makes her feel at ease. In her mother's impression, life should not be like Xiaoxiu's, but should be rigorous and heavy.

Xiaoxiu had just been in the countryside for a year, and returned to the city in a legitimate way. Her lover was placed by her father to work in the district government, and she immediately joined the government, and enjoyed the treatment of a cadre, which was often referred to at that time as a substitute for work.Soon, he really became a cadre, and soon became a section chief.Xiaoxiu was assigned to work as a salesperson in the largest department store in the city. Mother was finally relieved by Xiaoxiu's result, she had no reason to worry about Xiaoxiu anymore.When the children came home, Xiaoxiu was the one she talked about the most. She kept saying: Look at Xiaoxiu, she never made me worry about it.When she said that, Xiao Lin lowered his head with shame on his face. Xiao Lin is in junior high school, his future is uncertain, and judging from the current situation, he can't surpass his sister Xiaoxiu, so he can only lower his head.Daxiu was far away in Inner Mongolia and couldn't hear it, but his mother asked Xiaolin to write a letter, telling Daxiu the current situation at home and Xiaoxiu's personal affairs in detail.

I don't know why, since Daxiu took root in the frontier, she seldom wrote letters to her family. Even if she wrote a letter to her family, it was only a few words and vague.As if she had nothing to say, or had said all that needed to be said. Daxiu's situation deeply aroused her mother's worry and concern.She decided to go to Ulap, Inner Mongolia. If she didn't see Daxiu's life with her own eyes, she would feel restless.After a period of careful preparation, Xiaolin asked Daxiu to write a letter before departure, so they set out on the road. First by train, then by car, then by car, then by car, turning back and forth, in the dark, she bumped on the road for more than a week before reaching Ulap.Daxiu's family was stunned by her mother's appearance. She never dreamed that her mother would come here from afar.Before Daxiu’s mother arrived, she had never received a letter from her younger brother Xiaolin. It was not until the mother lived in Daxiu’s house for more than ten days, and the day before she was leaving, that letter fell into Daxiu’s hands. What a remote place Ulap is in terms of days.

Daxiu’s family doesn’t live in yurts like people think, they also live in adobe houses, which are made of dry bases, which are somewhat different from the adobe houses in the mainland.There are yurts, and that is the grazing season. People use horses to carry them. Wherever they grazing, they live there overnight. However, grazing has become out of fashion in recent years. It's very pitiful, sometimes it's not worth the many seeds planted.The days of Daxiu and these people can be imagined.But there are still more cows and sheep than in the interior. They can't eat wheat, so they eat milk bricks and drink milk tea, but these things are too expensive, and they won't take out these things unless guests come in.

Daxiu entertained her mother with milk tea, and her mother spit it out after taking the first sip of milk tea, she was not used to that taste.Daxiu had no choice but to entertain his mother with corn dregs. The Construction Corps planted wheat every day, but they couldn’t eat any wheat.But they still believe that man will conquer the sky, maybe one day, the wheat they planted will be endless when autumn comes, and the ten thousand hectares of wheat fields will turn into the sea of ​​gold. This is their ideal.Mother held the bowl and drank the porridge, tears streaming down her face. She thought of the sad winter of 60 years.The Mongolian son-in-law looks very simple, he speaks blunt Chinese, and calls mother repeatedly.Daxiu's first child was born, and there was not enough milk. The child who was a few months old could only drink milk tea.Daxiu was so skinny, her eyes were like lanterns.Seeing all this, my mother's heart was about to break, she was sad and sad.Regardless of the persuasion of her Mongolian son-in-law and Daxiu, she resolutely bid farewell to Ulap and returned to the city.As soon as she got home, she threw herself on the kang and burst into tears, crying out of breath.For Daxiu who is suffering, and for his immature grandson.Mother was seriously ill.After recovering from the illness, the mother's hair turned half white, and the lines on her face became much darker.

Since then, Da Xiu, Long Xiu, and Short have returned to their mouths.Every time she eats, as long as she picks up the rice bowl, she starts to talk about Daxiu and Daxiu's life.Then she said to Dalin and Xiaoxiu with tears in her eyes: If you still have a conscience, squeeze some from your teeth and send it to Daxiu. Daxiu's life is miserable.Speaking of this, tears flowed out.After talking about it several times, Dalin took out 50 yuan and sent it to Daxiu out of the expenses for her preparation for the wedding. Xiaoxiu bought a cheap dress for Daxiu in the mall and sent it to Daxiu.Xiaolin was still in school and had no financial resources, so he had to give up.

Later, when it was time to eat, the three children put some rai in the rice with bowls, and they all hid aside to eat.When Shuzhen was narrating Daxiu with tears in her eyes, when she looked up and saw that the three children were all away from her, her tears flowed more violently.She scolded the three children for being heartless and tasteless, and forgot about their younger sister and older sister. Mother went to the streets more frequently to pick up rubbish and scraps, and saved up a penny and a dime. So, every once in a while, she sent three or five yuan to Daxiu through the post office. Said: Mom, don't send the money, we are fine now, we are used to it...

Every time Xiaolin read a letter from his sister, his mother burst into tears. Dalin finally squeezed out a room in the temporary housing in the factory yard, and got married happily.He rarely came back, because every time he came back, his mother would cry and talk about Daxiu, destroying the good mood accumulated in the past few days.His life is also tight, and he can't spend more money to support Daxiu. Xiaoxiu is also married, and Xiaoxiu's wedding is much more upscale than Dalin's.It was a Shanghai sedan that squeezed into the alley and dragged Xiaoxiu away.Xiaoxiu can't live in this kind of small house anymore, but lives in a high-rise building, and lives in the same household with her parents-in-law. Xiaoxiu occasionally comes back to visit her mother. In the city government compound, she had thousands of reasons to criticize the compound where she was born and raised.Every time she came back, she always said: Mom, stop picking up junk, what a shame, I will support you and Xiao Lin in the future.Having said that, I didn't see her take out a penny, but she just brought a fish, a box of moon cakes, etc. to her mother on New Year's Day.

Mother still went out early and returned late to pick up the trash.