Chapter 2 Chapter One

Gu Xiaoxi was successfully married when she was twenty-four years old.Her husband, He Jianguo, is a postgraduate student in the Department of Computer Science of Tsinghua University. He is now the backbone of a well-known IT company, with an annual salary of 120,000 yuan, after tax;One time, a girl stopped me to sign on the street, insisting that he was Bae Yong Joon.When he got home, He Jianguo asked Gu Xiaoxi who Bae Yong Joon was. Gu Xiaoxi said that he was an actor who was particularly good at playing farmers.He Jianguo knew that she was talking nonsense and he couldn't help it. He never watched TV dramas, including Korean dramas.From Gu Xiaoxi's point of view, Pei Yongjun especially likes the acting.One of the immediate reasons why she likes it is because Bae Yong Joon and He Jianguo look alike.

But there are always people who say that Gu Xiaoxi has lost his marriage. Gu Xiaoxi was quite proud when he heard this kind of statement at first, and felt that he was boasting about himself.Later, the more I listened, the more something went wrong. What is a loss?It is obvious that she is in good condition, but if you turn a little corner, you can hear other meanings in the words: He Jianguo's condition is not good. He Jianguo was born in a rural area, not in the suburbs of the city, such as Huairou in Changping, but in a typical rural area: Yimeng mountainous area in Shandong.Xiaoxi's mother had once led a medical team to the countryside, so she knew what was going on in the countryside, so she firmly opposed her daughter's marriage.But when the mother said that the next day was coming, the daughter just refused to enter, and there was a good reason: I married He Jianguo, not He Jiacun.What does it have to do with me to cover a rotten quilt with a family of rotten quilts?I'm not going to live there.I earned my own money and spent it myself, never thinking of taking advantage of others.After finishing speaking, I did not forget to criticize my mother: What's wrong with being poor?There is no shame in being poor, it is shameful to discriminate against the poor.My mother was so angry that her voice trembled: You don't want to live in a poor family, why don't you ask them if they want you to live?You are someone's daughter-in-law, do you think that if you don't want to go there, you don't have to go there?Also, have you ever asked people if they want to come and live with you?It's only natural for parents-in-law to see their daughter-in-law. If they have this request, can you just say no?You went, can you say that it has nothing to do with you to discriminate against women and build a rotten quilt for your family?You don't want to take advantage of others, but do you know what they ask of you?People live frugally and tighten their belts to give up a son, not only to be your husband, pamper you and pamper you, they have raised you for more than 20 years, and they want to pay back!

At that time, Gu Xiaoxi didn't know what "return" was. When she knew it, she realized that her mother used this word too tenderly.So where is the return? It is not too much to say that it is a debt that will be paid off in a lifetime.What Jianguo owes is the grace of upbringing, so how can you repay it. "Jianguo, your elder brother has to pay a fine for passing birth", "Jianguo, your uncle's grave should be repaired", "Jianguo, your niece has to go to school", "Jianguo, the road construction in the village needs to raise funds", "Jianguo, Your second uncle's fourth girl graduated from college, are you going to find a job in Beijing?"...No matter what, as long as the father opens the mouth, the son will agree with it with a "hey", no matter whether it is reasonable or not , can not be done.The reason was that, as a son, he couldn't ignore family affairs.Only then did Gu Xiaoxi know that you don't dislike the poor and love the rich, you earn your own living, and you start from scratch, that's your view of "home".In your concept, your home is you and him, and the two of you work hard together, not to mention ample food and clothing, even BMW light fur is just around the corner.It's a pity that in He Jianguo's concept, "family" is not only him and her, but also his parents, his brother-in-law, his brother-in-law's children, and countless uncles, grandparents, grandparents, grandparents, uncles, uncles, and six who lived in Yimeng mountainous area for generations that Gu Xiaoxi didn't recognize. Aunt.In the past, Gu Xiaoxi thought that with regard to his "family", he could help if he could; if he couldn't help, he couldn't help.Don't think that He Jianguo can do whatever he wants with her, he will do whatever he asks, but as long as the matter has anything to do with his "family", his ass will sit directly on the kang of the old folks in Hejia Village, and his attitude is extremely stubborn.

Not to mention, last year's Spring Festival.He Jianguo knew that Gu Xiaoxi was pregnant, but because of his father's words, he forced Gu Xiaoxi to go to Hejia Village to celebrate the New Year with him.Gu Xiaoxi originally wanted to get away with smug talk and sweet talk like in previous years, and the worst thing was to spend a sum of money to settle the matter, but this time He Jianguo turned his face and insisted on negligence: I have never been to my house once when you are a daughter-in-law from the time you got married to now. , makes sense?What's the matter with our family?Isn't it poor?If our family has a big house with a garden, swimming pool and golf, you will definitely come to live in our house crying and clamoring!When Gu Xiaoxi heard this, his face didn't change color and his heart skipped a beat: Please, He Jianguo, give me such a chance to live in your house crying and screaming!If it is normal, Gu Xiaoxi said so, and He Jianguo would be over if he had a good laugh, but this time it can't be over, Che Luru kept saying: Our family is poor, don't poor people even have the qualifications to ask their daughter-in-law to go home for the New Year? are not there?Gu Xiaoxi, are you going too far? Poor people shouldn't celebrate the New Year?Do you have to be deserted during the Chinese New Year?Of course, Gu Xiaoxi cannot deny the qualifications of poor people to see their daughter-in-law. She can only re-explain the reasons she has said every year in conjunction with the new struggle situation. Train tickets are not easy to buy, and a large number of migrant workers go home for the New Year. What should I do if the child is squeezed out?He Jianguo sneered when he heard this, as long as you agree to go home with me for the New Year, there will be no difficulties that cannot be overcome!One day when he came home from get off work, when he saw the old Cherokee that He Jianguo borrowed from nowhere, Gu Xiaoxi knew that the overall situation had been settled: this time He Jianguo would not only successfully complete the task assigned by his father to bring his wife home for the New Year, but also He had to overfulfill the part of the task that his father didn't say - returning home.Borrowing a car and driving home, clearly saying it was for her, but to make his father look good: all the folks came to see, the second boy of the He family drove his Beijing wife's home in a small car!

After walking for two days, all the words He Jianguo and Gu Xiaoxi said during the two days had only one central meaning: they only lived at home for three days, and Hejia Village was not suitable for human habitation, so three days could be tolerated, right?You can't dislike this or that when you go, you have to give me face.Gu Xiaoxi agreed.I thought, just three days, no matter how hard it is, what can I do, can I kill someone?In the end, it really killed someone, and the child in Gu Xiaoxi's stomach fell out: On the way back, the car got stuck in a pit, and there was no way to go to the village or back to the store, and there was no one in sight. Gu Xiaoxi couldn't drive, only He Jianguo After hitting the accelerator on the car, she went down and pushed it. The wind was like a small knife. When she put her hand on the car, it seemed that it would be frozen together immediately.She tried her best to nurse, with snot and tears streaming down her face, and the car remained motionless.Fortunately, a passing tractor brought them out, or else they would have really "survived in the wild" that night.That night, Gu Xiaoxi's health started to go wrong. She rushed to Beijing for an investigation and found that she had a miscarriage.

Of course, Gu Xiaoxi’s miscarriage may not be entirely caused by a pushcart. Maybe the pushcart is just the last grass that overwhelms the camel——Gu Xiaoxi’s Chinese New Year celebration can only be described as “one is not afraid of suffering and the other is not afraid of death.” up.On the way she went, she fantasized that she was pregnant, and she was pregnant with a descendant of the He family. Even if she didn't need to be served, she had the right to not serve others—she knew that a rural daughter-in-law was to serve the young and old at home—but once Seeing Jianguo's sister-in-law, I know that her idea is really just a fantasy.Jianguo's sister-in-law is about to give birth, she has a big belly, and she is busy eating and eating, so she is never idle.In other words, it is not a problem for a woman to be pregnant in Hejia Village.In this case, can Gu Xiaoxi say not to work?All He Jianguo said along the way was to let her give him face.If she doesn't work, she doesn't give him face.In good conscience, Jianguo still takes good care of Gu Xiaoxi. My sister-in-law cooks, and she works as a laborer; my sister-in-law does all the hard work, and Gu Xiaoxi is just a helper, such as washing and choosing vegetables. bowl.But, the water there is cold, no, no, no, it's not cold, it's ice, it's piercing to the bone!But Gu Xiaoxi can't be cold, Jianguo's sister-in-law put down her rice bowl and two buckets and went straight to fetch water from a well two miles away-the power of role models is infinite-watching Jianguo's sister-in-law Gu Xiaoxi think, no matter how hard it is, no matter how hard it is. So what if I'm tired, isn't it just three days?Difficulties are like springs, put a knife on the head of the word, jump into the river and close your eyes, just think that the three days in your life are not good, and everything will be done according to the rules of Hejia Village.Cook meals for seven or eight people every day!After finishing, I cat in the stove, listening to the old men in the back room eating, drinking, and talking loudly.This is also the rule of Hejia Village. Only men can serve meals, and women have to wait for the men to finish eating before eating.In the past three days, there was only one thing that Gu Xiaoxi couldn't do. She couldn't do what Jianguo's sister-in-law did.But for the sake of her dear husband, she didn't say anything.Only quietly adopted a compromise measure, eating only dry food and no vegetables, and the principle of not dying of starvation.Therefore, when old and young in Hejia Village saw Jianguo's father, they praised Jianguo's father, saying that Jianguo's father was blessed, and that although Jianguo's daughter-in-law was a daughter-in-law in Beijing, when she arrived in Hejia Village, she was exactly the same as Hejia Village's daughter-in-law, and there was no specialization.Jianguo's father was so happy that his old face turned into a blooming chrysanthemum.

That was the happiest year Jianguo's father had ever lived in his life.In addition to driving the Beijing daughter-in-law home with the second child, another important reason is that the second wife is pregnant with a child.Originally, the second child was admitted to university and stayed in Beijing, which gave him a lot of face in the village, but after five or six years of marriage, he didn't give birth to a grandson, which made him feel uneasy and felt that others I must say behind my back, what's the use of my son's future?There are mountains of gold and silver in the family, and it is useless to cut off children and grandchildren-the eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to a girl in her first child.It's all right now, the second daughter-in-law is finally pregnant, and, after taking a B-ultrasound, she is a grandson.That is to say, the old He family has a queen, and the old He family is perfect!Throughout the year, Jianguo's father talked with people about the future of his second child, the virtuousness of his second wife, and the grandson in his second wife's womb.Unfortunately, the old man was too happy.A few days after he said this, the eldest daughter-in-law gave birth, Chaosheng was still a girl; the second daughter-in-law was even worse, she simply gave up the child.

Before the Spring Festival this year, Jianguo's father took the initiative to call in advance to tell the young couple not to come back during the Chinese New Year, because it was cold in his hometown.He Jianguo is sympathetic, but Gu Xiaoxi doesn't appreciate it.After so many years of tug-of-war guerrilla warfare with the people in the old areas and countless encirclement and counter-encirclement campaigns, her heart has hardened little by little.She felt that Jianguo's father said this not entirely out of consideration for them, but 100% for other reasons.What is the reason?It is very likely that it is for the child, the big talk is released, but the grandson is gone, the He family has no heirs, and there is nowhere to put the old face.But Gu Xiaoxi didn't tell He Jianguo about this. First, He Jianguo might not admit it;

Someone in the corridor shouted "Jian Jia".Jian Jia went to get lunch, and Gu Xiaoxi ran out of the office while agreeing. Jian Jia is Gu Xiaoxi's roommate and close friend.Standing by the elevator was a middle-aged beautiful woman, the director of the third editorial office of the publishing house, with a strange flower blooming on her chest.The third room is at the west end of the corridor; Gu Xiaoxi is the sixth room, at the east end.Gu Xiaoxi ran towards her quickly, and before she could stand still, the other party had already handed over the huge bouquet of flowers tied with ribbons and sprinkled with gold powder to her arms.It is heavy enough.The flower is "Blue Enchantress", the most expensive kind of roses nowadays, with hundreds of flowers per branch, and this big bouquet can cost ordinary people several months' wages. "Jane Jia's. Couriers are not allowed in the reception room. I brought them up." The director of the beautiful woman said concisely and left without expression, her high heels knocking on the ground all the way.Gu Xiaoxi didn't take offense at it, he was a man of temperament, he could do whatever he wanted, which was fine.To be honest, she really likes the independence of her colleagues who turn a blind eye to each other.

Holding the roses and walking back, Gu Xiaoxi suddenly remembered that today is Valentine's Day.Needless to say, this top-notch rose was given by Jian Jia's boyfriend, and Jian Jia has a top-notch boyfriend.Gu Xiaoxi has been married for six or seven years, and has nothing to do with Valentine's Day.Husbands and wives who celebrate this festival either have a particularly good relationship or a particularly bad relationship.When she arrived at the office, Jian Jia came back from cooking and was looking for soup ingredients to make soup. When she saw Xiaoxi, she glanced at the flowers in her arms and said, "I didn't expect you to like flowers." Gu Xiaoxi shouted angrily: " Of course I like it, who doesn't like good things, the problem is that you have to be qualified!" Pushing the flowers into Jian Jia's arms: "Your! It was delivered by express!" Expressing her envy in an exaggerated way.The reason why she wants to exaggerate her envy is because she not only does not envy but also has some sympathy for Jian Jia: a woman in her early thirties, what does it mean to receive roses on Valentine's Day?It means that she hasn't been able to marry herself off yet!

Jian Jia smiled, put down the flowers nearby and continued to do what she was doing, found the soup package, tore open the package along the saw teeth, poured it into the lunch box, and took the lunch box to the water dispenser to collect water.The soup material is pork rib sauce soup, after the hot water is washed, immediately, the tangy and strong aroma of sauce meat permeates the office.Gu Xiaoxi suddenly felt sick, covered her mouth with an "oh" and trotted out the door.Jian Jia waited for a while and saw that no one came back. After thinking about it, she packed her bag and went to the bathroom.Sure enough, Gu Xiaoxi was there, she had almost vomited at the moment, and was standing in front of the sink to rinse her mouth with water.Jian Jia came in and asked, are you pregnant?Gu Xiaoxi raised her wet face and was stunned.In the past few days, I have been not wanting to eat, feeling nauseous, and thought it was a stomach problem, but I never thought it might be pregnancy.She didn't react at all during her last pregnancy.At the moment, I was surprised, happy, and then began to feel uneasy. Originally, Gu Xiaoxi didn't have much feeling for the child, there was nothing to do, but He Jianguo insisted on it.She didn't want to have it so early, she felt that the financial conditions were not mature, and she didn't want to be a poor mother.It was because He Jianguo couldn't be persuaded to go, so he wanted it.Therefore, when I learned that it might be a miscarriage last time, I secretly rejoiced for a long time.He Jianguo accompanied her to the hospital for the curettage and curettage. When he went there, he didn't notice too much emotion in him. It was because when he saw the bloody residual tissue of their child scraped out of the container, he couldn't hold back anymore, and tears came out all at once. I couldn't stop it, but I insisted on not making a sound, until the veins on my forehead throbbed violently.It's been ten years since he got married and Gu Xiaoxi has never seen him like this before, so he was horrified at the moment.So I comforted myself, maybe it will be fine in a few days.Unexpectedly, after many days, he is still not well, and it seems that he is not getting better.Talk less, don't smile, people seem to be stooped, as if their tendons have been pulled by someone.Only then did Gu Xiaoxi realize that he still didn't know enough about He Jianguo, at least when it comes to children.An ancient poem describes couples: "Take a piece of clay, make a you, and make a me. Break the two of us together, mix them with water, make another you, and then make a me. There is you in my clay, and I in your clay. "Look, there is me in you and you in me, he is half dead all day, how can your life be easier?After weighing the balance, Gu Xiaoxi decided to have another child right away.Since sooner or later is a must, she doesn't have much to lose.Of course, she wouldn't say that to He Jianguo, but to He Jianguo, she had to say that she did this for him and their family.After hearing Gu Xiaoxi's decision, He Jianguo hugged her into his arms and said two sentences: one was "sorry" and the other was "thank you".Curled up in He Jianguo's arms, Gu Xiaoxi didn't feel any pride in the success of the plot, but was only moved and joyful, and only then did he deeply understand the meaning of "you are in my mud, and I am in your mud", which means , the two in one share sorrow and joy.From that moment on, the couple began to work hard for a common goal, and the quality of life was affected by it: I was passionate tonight, but suddenly thought of counting the ovulation period, so I stopped, counted, and waited until I pinched my fingers to count It is clear, if it is the ovulation period, the mood may be gone; if not, it is even more impossible to do it, good steel must be used wisely, don't wait for the time to use it, the steel is gone here.Of course, there were times when the two happened to coincide, but for some reason, they began to work hard after the one-month taboo period of the last miscarriage, and several months passed without any results.He Jianguo was anxious, and Gu Xiaoxi was even more anxious.Not wanting children is one thing, not wanting children is another thing of a different nature.I once went home and quietly asked my mother whether the first miscarriage would lead to loss of fertility. My mother said it might or might not.If mother's factor of comforting her is excluded, the possibility of "yes" is relatively high.Therefore, when Jian Jia asked her if she was pregnant, she was naturally anxious, and immediately asked Jian Jia, why didn't I have such reactions when I was pregnant last time?Jian Jia replied that the reaction of each pregnancy may not be exactly the same, she is different.While talking, she walked to each squatting pit, opened the baffle to see that there was no one inside, then turned around and locked the door of the toilet from the inside, and then opened the bag she had brought.The bag was not big, but with distinct layers. It was a Valentine's Day gift that Jian Jia received last year. It was printed with exaggerated flower patterns, and it was gorgeous and coquettish. It was a typical Ukiyo-e style, and Xiaoxi once described it as a school of ghosts and monsters.Jian Jia took out a portable "early pregnancy" test strip from the depths of her bag. "You still carry this with you?" Gu Xiaoxi asked in surprise.Jian Jia didn't answer, she just urged Gu Xiaoxi to do the test quickly and stop talking nonsense.A minute later, two red lines appeared on the test strip, indicating a positive pregnancy.Gu Xiaoxi didn't allow Gu Xiaoxi to express her pregnancy testimonials, someone pushed the bathroom door, and knocked bang bang if it couldn't be pushed open, conveying the high-profile anger of the knocker: who is inside?What are you doing locking the door?Jian Jia threw the test strip in her hand into the pit as if it was burning. The person who came was the director of the third section office, that middle-aged beautiful woman, she came in and pierced the two of them with eyes like an awl, but didn't ask anything, she opened the shutter, went in, closed it again, and after a while, there was a loud noise coming from behind the shutter. The sound of going to the toilet made Gu Xiaoxi, who was walking out with Jian Jia, vomit again "Wow", and the director of the beautiful woman screamed "Oh" through the baffle... When He Jianguo's phone rang, the phone in their office had just been put down, and the line had been busy before, otherwise Gu Xiaoxi would not have called the phone.This is also the tacit understanding formed by their long-term living together: there is a landline and no mobile phone.Don't spend money that shouldn't be spent. It was the young Xiao Wang who had been occupying the public phone just now.Today's young people have such a good psychological quality that they can insist on making private phone calls for thirty-eight minutes amidst the sound of computer keyboards in a room full of galloping horses.As the time passed minute by minute, He Jianguo's face became longer and longer, and the space bar and the Enter key squeaked.They are developing an application software for the bank. The time is tight and the task is heavy. He Jianguo is the project team leader of this project.The young man discussed Valentine's Day matters with his girlfriend on the phone, and the final decision was to go to Obaike for a Valentine's set meal at night.After putting down the phone, someone asked him how much the set meal was, and he answered nine hundred and ninety-nine, which drew a crowd of exclamations: nine hundred and ninety-nine, what are you eating, living people? ! ...No one noticed or cared about the increasingly ugly face of the team leader—it can’t be blamed on everyone taking bean buns as dry food. Separation——Finally, He Jianguo couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed the cup at hand, stood up, pushed the chair back with too much force, and collided with the computer desk behind, making a loud "boom", and the room fell silent all of a sudden. down.In the silence, He Jianguo went to fetch water from the drinking fountain with a sullen face. The young man leaned over to please him without knowing what to do: "Boss, where are you going tonight?" "go home." "Today is Valentine's Day!" "I only have a wife." "That's right," the young man nodded, "The fish has already been hooked, why bother feeding the bait again." "Also! Hurry up and go to work!" He Jianguo stopped drinking with such force that the water in the cup in his hand splashed his pants and shoes. The young man looked at He Jianguo in surprise, and walked away, more doubts than dissatisfaction in his heart: What is the group leader doing?Pulling a donkey face all day long, getting angry at every turn.He wasn't like that before. He used to be kind and friendly. He Jianguo has been in this situation for a year, starting after Gu Xiaoxi had a miscarriage last year.At first it was because of the son who died young, and later it was because of Gu Xiaoxi's unsuccessful pregnancy - behind his back, he went to the hospital for an examination, and the doctor said he was fine.If he has no problem, it means that Gu Xiaoxi has a problem. If Gu Xiaoxi has a problem, he and his family are all responsible. Before this year's holiday, his father took the initiative to call and told them not to go back to make him unhappy. What do you mean? Entered the house?If Gu Xiaoxi is barren, will their family not tolerate her?If their family doesn't allow her, what will he do?Of course, a marriage without love is an immoral marriage; however, a marriage with only love is an unrealistic marriage.The year was spent at Gu Xiaoxi's house, and after one year, He Jianguo's bad mood got worse.It must be known that at this time, if Gu Xiaoxi's family can show him enough love, tolerance, and give him strength, he will have the courage to carry through his marriage with Gu Xiaoxi to the end, but they have disappointed him. There are four members of Gu Xiaoxi's family.Father Gu Zichuan, a retired professor of the Chinese Department of the university.His mother, Lu Shu, is the director of general surgery at a large hospital.The younger brother, Gu Xiaohang, is unmarried and lives with his parents.During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, He Jianguo worked at this house for a week, which was more tiring than going to work.Don't be afraid of being tired, children who grew up in the countryside are not afraid of being tired, no matter how hard or tired they are, it's good to be sweet in their hearts.The key to him is that he is unhappy, which is not enough to describe. During the seven days of getting along with Xiaoxi's family day and night, all he felt was bitterness.The mother-in-law becomes more and more happy when she sees her son-in-law, and the old man hots the wine for the son-in-law to drink the food, all of which are stories that happened to other people.They treated him invariably neither far nor near nor warm.Gu Xiaoxi must have felt this, otherwise she would not have intentionally or unintentionally found love for her parents. All intellectuals are like this. Say.It's not that he hasn't seen intellectuals, and furthermore, it's not that he hasn't seen how Xiaoxi's parents treat others, and to be more specific, it's not that he hasn't seen how they treat Gu Xiaohang's girlfriend.Those are completely two faces, and the kindness and enthusiasm are beyond words.When a girl peels an orange for Xiaoxi's mother, she will be excavated and summed up several profound background advantages: good family style, tutoring, sophisticated human relations, and a lady.Completely different from He Jianguo, no matter what job he does at Gu Xiaoxi's house, it seems that he should be able to do it - the same identity and two standards.Why?Because He Jianguo's parents are farmers in the Yimeng Mountains, and the girl's parents are professors at the Conservatory of Music. He Jianguo kept these words in his heart and didn't tell anyone, including Gu Xiaoxi.He never said anything useless.Moreover, it is not only useless but also has side effects, and people will be accused of "inferiority".Rural children who go to the city will be forcibly labeled with this label even if they do not feel inferior.As long as you are labeled like this, then whether you are angry or sad, it is not the fault of others, but your own fault for being too sensitive. This is their living environment.As soon as he arrived in Beijing and entered university, he deeply felt the severity of the environment.For example, if something is lost in the dormitory, it must be stolen by a rural student.For this reason, a rural girl was forced to commit suicide and hanged herself.He doesn't, he doesn't hang himself, he works part-time to earn money to learn Taekwondo, he doesn't care if he says behind his back, as long as who dares to say it in person, try it?It has been nearly ten years since he graduated from school and entered the society. He Jianguo has always adhered to two principles for his situation: 1. Face it; 2. Keep silent.If you want to say that human feelings are sophisticated, this is it.Does peeling an orange make you human?joke. During the seven days of the Gu family's New Year's Eve, three meals a day, sanitation and cleaning, shopping, welcoming and sending off, He Jianguo was busy all by himself, and Gu Xiaoxi was just a helper.There are young ones in the family, and the old ones can rest, but the young ones should reach out—not referring to Gu Xiaoxi. He couldn't forget the consequences—her brother he meant.Twenty-five or six-year-old people don't do anything, they eat and leave every day after sleeping in spite of.They don't care about him.With a faint smile on his face every day, he is busy with this and that work.Isn't it just seven days?Difficulties are like springs, with a knife on the head of the word, jumping into the river and closing your eyes, it is right to give these seven days of life to the Gu family. He endured it for seven days, but at the dinner on the seventh day of the seventh day, he fell short. Everything was fine.Thinking that it will be the last meal of the year at this family, He Jianguo specially made the dishes richer, sweet and soft, light, and thick in soup, taking into account the tastes of everyone in the family. I spent the whole day, and I was determined to draw a successful end to my seven-day hard work, or an eye-catching exclamation point. It all started with Gu Xiaohang. That night He Jianguo cooked braised pork.No one in this family likes braised pork, except Gu Xiaohang, who loves it very much. With rice, one person can finish a whole plate, and when it's done, they have to mix the rice into the broth of braised pork and eat it all.That is to say, the braised pork is specially cooked for Gu Xiaohang.Braised Pork is a Kung Fu dish, simmered on low heat for at least three hours.At that dinner, except for Gu Xiaohang, everyone understood He Jianguo's painstaking efforts and expressed their feelings.Xiaoxi’s father, who loves sweet and soft food, was full of praise for the plate of Wensi tofu; Xiaoxi’s mother, who loves light food, nodded to He Jianguo while eating broccoli with garlic; A dish that was dropped.Gu Xiaohang didn't say a word, he just buried his head in the bowl, pushed the chopsticks, lifted his buttocks and left.Seeing this, He Jianguo told himself silently, hold back, hold back.But Gu Xiaoxi couldn't see it, and yelled at her younger brother: "Xiaohang, take away your bowl!" Gu Xiaohang didn't turn his head back: "I have something to do!" Gu Xiaoxi said again: "You don't want to take your bowl!" Who will collect it for you?" He Jianguo spoke at this time, and blurted out without thinking: "He Jianguo!" The atmosphere suddenly froze.A few seconds later, Xiaoxi's mother spoke. "The children in our family, no matter Xiaohang or Xiaoxi, have a bad habit. They don't want to do anything that you think is boring, and they don't want to do it. But you can't just do things based on interest. There is also a responsibility. Jianguo is not Same, much more sensible than the two of you!" A few words defined her son's behavior: do things based on interest.The language style of a typical intellectual avoids the important and ignores the trivial.He Jianguo immediately got up and left the meeting, the anger that had been suppressed for seven days broke out in an instant.Going home at night, Gu Xiaoxi quarreled with him, thinking that he did not give her face in front of her family, which made He Jianguo sad.If this continues, where is the future of their marriage? Where is the hope?After the new year, when He Jianguo reappeared in the unit, his face was cold and hard, which made all the young people in the group wonder. When the group leader's cell phone rang, everyone heard it. It was very quiet in the room at the time. He had just finished getting angry at Xiao Wang, and there was water everywhere on his pants, shoes, and his cell phone next to the computer rang.The CRBT has a beautiful and melancholy melody, which fits perfectly with the team leader's temperament.The team leader's face was still darkened when he picked up the phone, but a minute later, his face and even his whole body shone brightly, as if electrified. "...I still have to go to the hospital for an examination to make sure! I'll go to your unit to pick you up right away, so don't get slick on the snowy road today!" While yelling into the phone, he started to walk outside, and only when he reached the door did he remember what happened in the house. The subordinates in the group turned around and told perfunctory words such as "work hard and hurry up", and disappeared in a blink of an eye... After checking out from the hospital, the sky with little snowflakes has cleared up.The laboratory test form stamped with "pregnancy positive" in red was stored in the inner pocket of He Jianguo's jacket, which directly warmed his heart inside.There was still remnant snow on the steps outside the clinic, He Jianguo walked carefully with Gu Xiaoxi by his arm, for fear that something might happen and fall their hard-earned child.Once you have children, you really have a family.With a family, he has roots in Beijing.With the root, he no longer has to look at anyone's face.After leaving the hospital, the two went to the restaurant for dinner. Gu Xiaoxi didn't eat at noon. He was hungry now and wanted to eat kimchi, so he decided to go to the restaurant and treat He Jianguo. The restaurant was almost deserted, and it was past dinner time.The waiter quickly brought up the kimchi, red, green, and white.He Jianguo picked up a piece of cabbage with his chopsticks and fed it to Xiaoxi. Gu Xiaoxi took it with his mouth open, with a half-smile on his face: "Mothers value children, ah?" up.Gu Xiaoxi took a bite and stopped eating. He thought the kimchi was not as delicious as he had imagined, so He Jianguo immediately beckoned the waiter to serve a plate of cold radish tassels. His thoughtfulness and humility made Gu Xiaoxi feel at ease physically and mentally.As soon as she felt comfortable physically and mentally, she thought she had to say something. "Jianguo, look, you are ten months pregnant, and you will have to breastfeed for at least three months after birth, right? ... It will take more than a year inside and out!" "What do you mean?" "What I mean is, if a child is tossed out, the man only needs to work for ten minutes, and the woman will have to work for more than a year. The child still belongs to two people when it comes to lawsuits, and the two have equal rights." Shaking his head. , "I can't figure it out." He Jianguo just giggled. "Okay, stop complaining, the baby is born, let my mother take care of it. After confinement, what should you do, you don't need to worry about anything." "If it's a girl, will your mother bring it?" "Bah bah bah! Crow's mouth!" "Hey, what's the matter with the girl? Look at Empress Wu Zetian, the big area kneeling under her feet is not all of your men!" "Wu Zetian? Tch, for thousands of years there has been only one!" Just as Gu Xiaoxi was about to fight back, the waiter brought radish tassels, which were fluffy and bright green. He Jianguo picked up a large chopstick and stuffed them into her mouth.The radish sprouts are mixed with a moderate amount of sweet and sour, with a little spicy taste of radish. It tastes great.Gu Xiaoxi ate big mouthfuls, praised while eating, and put aside the debate with He Jianguo for the time being. "It's delicious! Jianguo, how did you get the radish tassels?" "Pinch off the leaves on the radishes when they are still tender." "What if Ye'er pinched the carrot?" "No more." After eating, He Jianguo sent Gu Xiaoxi back to work.taxi.On the road, Valentine's Day lovers and roses can be seen everywhere.Passing by a construction site, migrant workers are working, all of them are covered with dirt, and they are thousands of miles away from the lovers on Valentine's Day in the city. "I started working just after the Spring Festival, and I don't know if I came back from home or didn't go back at all." Gu Xiaoxi looked thoughtfully at the migrant workers outside the car window.After a pause, he said thoughtfully, "Jianguo, what good is it if you have a boy like them?" "Can't we hold our breath and give birth to a Li Ka-shing?" "You gave birth to Li Ka-shing just because of your inheritance?... Let me tell you, it's better to be safe and give birth to a daughter. Look at Yang Yuhuan, 'Natural beauty is hard to give up on, and once you choose the king's side'. What is the result? One person If you get the Tao, you will ascend to heaven!" "That's right, there is still a lot of room for girls to develop." He Jianguo nodded and admitted, "Wu Zetian advances, and Yang Yuhuan retreats. Unlike us men, we can only advance and cannot retreat." "It's useless for me to say that your mother gave birth to you two brothers! She is going to give birth to a beautiful daughter, like Yang Yuhuan, and you two brothers will become uncles of the country? Your mother must be so high above the world. What? As for what it is like now, it’s still "White-haired Mother" and "Mother in Candlelight" in a remote and poor mountainous area!" The song "White-haired Mother" was playing in the taxi, and Gu Xiaoxi was improvising. "Mother in Candlelight" and "White-haired Mother" belong to the same type of song, sensational. "Okay, okay, I'm pregnant, let's accumulate some virtue!" He Jianguo glanced at Gu Xiaoxi and smiled maliciously, "If it's really impossible, it's okay to have a girl, even if it's not like you like Yang Yuhuan. Alas, this saying It's really good, there are leftover men, there are no leftover women, you see, even you are followed by a man like me in the end—" Gu Xiaoxi yelled to hit He Jianguo, He Jianguo grabbed her and said: "Be careful, watch out for a child!" The two snuggled together.After a while, He Jianguo said softly, "I have to go back to the company to send you—" Gu Xiaoxi's voice was softer than his: "Go ahead. Work hard and earn more money for our children." This was a rare moment of warmth between the two for more than a year, and it was at this time that He Jianguo's beautiful and melancholy ring bell rang.It's his father.A distant uncle of He Jianguo came to see a doctor in Beijing, accompanied by his two sons, and led by Jianguo's father. At this time, a group of four people had left Beijing South Railway Station and were rushing to Xiaoxi's mother's hospital. He called to let He Jianguo inform Gu Xiaoxi to go too. Meet them at the hospital, and help Zhang Luo if there is something to do. The "Moment of Warmth" suddenly fell apart. 这时车正好在出版社门口停住，顾小西拉开车门要下去，被何建国一把拽住，嘴里一迭声地“小西”，眼里是固执的软弱。 “他们来为什么连个招呼都不打？”顾小西咬牙切齿，已经不是头一回了，他家为怕她家推辞，干脆就这样先斩后奏。谁说农民傻？狡猾着哪！“你爹当我妈是什么人啦，宫廷御医啊，整天闲着没事儿专候着你们来传啊！她一天几台手术你知道吗？跟你说何建国，我不是不能去医院，但我不能保证找到我妈。她要是上了手术台，谁去也没用！” 何建国一声不响任顾小西数落，心里头也是突突冒火。说来就来一来就是一个小分队，除了看病还得吃住，依他爹的禀性，肯定还要带着他们在北京转转逛逛。怎么住怎么吃怎么玩都是何建国的事，何建国是他们村惟一的北京人，是他爹这一生的人生骄傲。多少次了，他想就这件事跟爹好好谈谈，跟爹说不能再这么着了。背地里，心里，也已将谈话内容谈话方法预习了N遍：他说什么，他爹说什么；他爹说了什么，他再说什么。言辞恳切逻辑严谨感情真挚，有几次把自己都感动得要哭。但每每真跟爹面对面了时，那些烂熟于胸的字、词却是一个也出不来。你想啊，跟爹见面只两个地方，北京，老家。在北京，爹是投奔你来了，你说那些话，不论怎么委婉着说，都会让爹觉着是嫌弃，是一种“撵”。可惜，在北京不能说的话回老家后照样不能说，不，更不能说，说不出口。一回到老家，他整个人就会被那种熟悉的忧伤和惭愧牢牢控制，说出的话和事先想说的话完全相反：家里有什么事，找我！ 前边出租司机等不及了，问他们二位到底想怎么着，走，去哪儿；不走，付钱。何建国不说话，只看顾小西。顾小西长叹一声后让司机“开车”并说了去处。何建国感激地一把攥住了顾小西的手，顾小西厌烦地一把将手抽了走，何建国立刻把手收回，同时把屁股也向旁边挪开一点以示他“明白”。之小心之谨慎，仿佛身旁是一枚炸弹，他得想方设法不让它爆炸：医院那么大，科室那么多，好多地方都是患者止步。要没个跟医院有关的人领着，别说农村来的人了，就是何建国去，也没法自己上病房找大夫，打门卫那儿就得给截住。更何况，看完了病后还有一系列的事儿在等着他，不，他们。他和顾小西。 果然不出顾小西所说，外一科主任吕姝正在手术。肝移植。手术从上午九点一直做到这会儿，吕姝中午饭都没吃，问谁谁也不知道啥时候能完，顾小西只能带着建国爹他们在病区楼道里等。楼道里医生护士往来匆忙，一下子五个大闲人戳在那里，十分的醒目十分的碍事，来往的人都会用奇怪的目光看他们一眼，顾小西只能假装不知。……平车的嘎嘎声从走廊入口处传来，顾小西精神一振翘首以待，终于看到了，看到了身穿淡蓝手术室服的护士！护士一手高举输液瓶，一手扶着嘎嘎作响的平车，不用说，平车上躺着的是刚下手术台的病人，如果这病人就是那例肝移植的话，那么，妈妈随后就到！ 妈妈到时顾小西却没能在第一时间看到。当时她正好来了个电话，简佳的，跟她说书的事，她们俩合作了一本书叫《人比黄花》，不料发行部主任坚决反对这书名，说是“卖不动”。他主张书名火爆刺激，否则无法“在书的海洋里一下子抓住读者的眼球”。顾小西登时火了，说那就叫《地下通道的无头女尸》。简佳这时才说，发行部主任说叫《我被包养的三年》。顾小西的第一感觉是，这书名不错，肯定好卖，也不是过于低俗。但听简佳的口气似乎很不喜欢——要不她也不会特地打电话来完全可以等到明天上班——这时顾小西才突然想到，“被包养”对简佳来说实在是太过敏感的字眼，她得想办法说服她。书名嘛，还是得听发行部的，毕竟直接面对市场的是人家，人家最知道市场上需要的是什么。咱就别整天把自己当文化人了，动不动弄点儿什么帘卷西风人比黄花什么的，过瘾倒是过瘾了，书卖不出去不照样白搭？正说到顺畅处，身旁一声突兀响亮的大叫打断了她的滔滔不绝，是建国爹。 “哎呀亲家母啊！你好啊？”同时人已三步两步蹿了出去，等顾小西抬头看时，他双手已紧紧握住了妈妈的手。妈妈神情十分疲惫，刚刚站了五六个小时，近六十岁的人了。她强打精神跟建国爹招呼，同时闪电般看女儿一眼，相当地不满。这也是小西预料中的。要叫她，她也得不满。But what can she say?什么都不能说，惟一能做的是赶紧收起电话，硬着头皮张罗。 “妈！……他们，来看病。” “这是小西大伯！” 建国爹显然对顾小西含糊不清的介绍不满，指着身边那个农村老汉对小西妈补充强调，令小西妈在心里苦笑不已。这就是他们的观念，只要结了婚，他的就是她的，她的就是他的，一切共有，亲戚也是一样，建国爹没指着那老汉对她说“这是你大哥”就算不错。又有平车的嘎嘎声从走廊入口处传来，32床回来了，贲门切除胃大部切除，他们这六七个人不能总堵在过道里。稍一思忖后果断决定，她先带“大伯”做检查，其他人由小西带着去科会议室里等。 看病检查是件非常麻烦的事，小西妈本人一年一度医院组织的体检都懒得去做，现在却要领着个陌生人楼上楼下地跑。刚刚站了五六个小时，午饭没吃，两条腿灌了铅似的沉，拖不动拉不动。好不容易把该做的检查都做了，还不能马上确诊，有几个项目的结果得过几天才能出来。也就是说，这事还远远没完。得跟小西谈谈了，不能再这样下去了。这件事，这种事，于情于理于哪个方面，都说不过去。检查完后回到科会议室，会议室里烟雾腾腾，建国爹在抽烟，令小西妈更加不快。难道小西不知道这里是病区禁止吸烟吗？你公公不懂事你也不懂事吗？怎么就不能跟你公公说一声呢？但她什么都没说，只让小西开窗通风自己也去开窗，为的是有点事干，以不用跟建国爹正面接触。从她们一回来他就开始张罗，高声大嗓毫无顾忌，好像他是这里的主人。 “怎么样大哥检查的？……坐坐坐，坐下说。别客气，到这儿就跟到自己家一样。我亲家母是这科里的主任，一把手，权力大着哪！”听到这儿顾小西不禁偷看妈妈，妈妈脸板得像块生铁——但是，且慢，建国爹这才只是序幕，高潮戏还在后头哪——“刷杯子，倒水啊！站那干吗！”这话是对好心赶来帮吕姝主任招呼客人的护士长说的，护士长当即就愣在了那里——人家哪里见识过这等阵势。 顾小西脸腾地红了。小西妈脸刷地沉下来了。