Chapter 4 fourth quarter

A peaceful and harmonious life begins.On the branches of the elm tree in the yard, strings of emerald-like elm coins were embroidered and woven, and a flower magpie croaked among the branches.Wuxian sat in the slanting sunlight at the root of the east courtyard, holding the soles of his shoes.The back door was closed, and the front door was closed. The father-in-law and husband, each with a ram, went to some village to make adobe until it was unclear, and came back at night.She was alone in the small courtyard, so quiet that she could only hear the "sizzling" sound of the hemp rope being pulled through the sole of the cloth shoe.A little lonely, she wants to gossip with people; no, a new daughter-in-law who has only been in the house for a few days, will cause criticism if she goes from house to house.She just sat, sat, tossed and turned, thinking about the changes in this new family.The most obvious thing is that Grandpa has a better temper than his biological father.Her father, Wu San, scolded her whenever she saw something that was not pleasing to the eye.Grandpa is very easy-going.He never asked his daughter-in-law to take care of and serve him. When he came back from the adobe at night, he would eat whatever came out of the pot.Usually at home, she asks grandpa what to cook?Broad or thin?Dry or Soup?Grandpa always smiled and said, "Don't ask, you can eat and do whatever you like." She seemed to be happier in this crop yard than in front of her own mother.People say that a new daughter-in-law is difficult, but being a daughter-in-law for a diligent baby is fun!

Qinwa is also good.Diligent, honest, frugal, and a real good farmer.She believed that before she got married, her mother did not coax her about Qinwa's character.He went out in the morning and came back in the evening, and sometimes he went to a village more than ten miles away to dig adobe, but he still had to rush back.He whispered in her ear: "If I don't have you in the room, I don't want to go this wrong way!" What happened last night was very unusual. When Qinwa came back from making adobe, as usual, she handed over the money she earned that day to the old man.The old man took the money, put it on the table, and asked Qinwa to call his wife.Yuxian followed Qinwa to Grandpa's house.

Grandpa sat on the kang, glanced at Qinwa, then at Yuxian, knocked off the soot, and said: "From now on, if Qinwa earns money, don't pay it to me, but give it to Xianwa." The old man is not used to being called Yuxian, or Xianwa, but rather like calling his own daughter.Yu Xian was suddenly moved, and said quickly, "Dad, that won't work! You are always the head of the family..." "The family doesn't talk about differences." The old man explained sincerely, "I'm in my fifties, and I don't want to do anything, I just want to be harmonious and eat a bowl of hot rice. The sun and the moon are yours. , Good or bad, poor or rich, it’s all yours. You have to think about how you live your life and how you arrange your family affairs! Qinwa said the day before yesterday that she wanted to build three tile-roofed houses. It is not difficult to have three houses. The money my father earned from building adobe all his life would not be enough to build ten tile-roofed houses. Now it is still these two crappy houses. How? It's much more. Now it's better, my father and son are building adobe in our free time, and in just three years, we've built three brick-roofed houses!"

"Dad, I'd better put the money in front of you..." Qin Wa said. "You two understand the baby! What does Dad want money for? Why don't you save it for you? Just put it in your box so that I don't have to worry about it." The old man took the dressing box left by his dead wife, the family's treasury, It was stuffed into Qinwa's arms at once, and as a symbol of power, he handed it over to his son without hesitation, "Boy, don't blame your father for having a bad day!" Qinwa burst into tears and said, "Dad, you will need money sooner or later. You talk, go to meetings, go to markets..."

"Hi! Don't you know?" The old man smiled cheerfully, "Dad will only make adobe all his life, earn money by sweat, and don't know how to spend money." Now, the dressing box containing the money earned by the father and son from hammering adobe is locked in the corner of the box.Yuxian felt that this home was really his own.When she was in her natal family, the daughters-in-law in the village had to tell their son-in-law first and then their grandpa and grandma if they wanted to spend one yuan. The family often had fights over spending money.She had just been in the house for two months, and the old man suddenly handed over the property rights to her. Is it because the old man is too old?still……

She saw that the sun had set over the east wall, and it was getting cold in the courtyard, so it was time to cook dinner. When Qinwa and Grandpa came back at night, they both wanted to drink a bowl of corn grits to warm their stomachs. The street door squeaked, and Mrs. Jin, the women's director, poked her head in. "Yuxian, the government calls on women to learn to read and write. The village sends gentlemen to eradicate illiteracy and hold winter schools. Will you be able to attend?" Yuxian had long heard rumors that a winter school would be held to eradicate illiteracy, and it was confirmed today.She finds it fresh, how interesting it would be if people could know how to read.Although I thought so in my heart, I said in my mouth: "I have to ask my father about this matter."

"Your father doesn't stand in the way, neither does Qinba." Sister-in-law Jin's words and actions are straightforward, "Which feudal brain dares to hold back the call of the people's government?" "You have to tell the old man whether you can stop it or not." Yu Xian said reservedly and modestly, "We can't treat the old man with respect." "A good wife, really a good wife." Aunt Jin said with a smile, "I'll name you first, and if anyone lags behind, you can find me!" Mrs. Jin was swept out of the house like a whirlwind.

"It's a good thing! It's a good thing to learn to read and study!" Kang Tiansheng said to Yu Xian, who was standing at the table and asked for literacy, while eating the corn grits handed over by his daughter-in-law with both hands, "I can't read, and Qinwa didn't even when I was young." After reading a book, one person can read and write, and no one can coax us." Although Grandpa is illiterate, he is not feudal like those stubborn old men in the village.Yuxian didn't immediately show an impatient look, but deliberately pretended to be indifferent to Shangdongxue, lest the old man say that she was living restlessly in the small crop yard, and her heart became wild: "If you want to go to school, let him go. I'm a woman Home, it doesn't matter if you can read or not..."

"What are you talking about! In the new society, women are held in high regard!" the old man said loudly, "Qinwa and I are too busy to stay at home, and we can't learn even if we want to." She achieved her goal, serving grandpa to eat, and warming the rice in the pot for Qinwa.Qin Wa can only come back after dark.In spring and March, it was the season for turned farmers to repair and build houses. The work of breaking adobe was heavy. Qinwa did the work in the distant villages, and let the old man do the work in the nearby villages.How interesting it would be if I really learned how to read and write...

Kang Tiansheng was very satisfied with the hot corn grits accompanied by the sour and delicious sour yellow vegetables.After two or three months of on-the-spot observation of the new daughter-in-law, he was fortunate to marry a good wife for his son. She is knowledgeable about etiquette and body, diligent and fast, and she is a rare inner shopkeeper for a dutiful farmer.From daily subtle observations, he saw that the daughter-in-law was more alert than the son.Such a smart woman is really kind to his straightforward and diligent baby.He willingly handed over the property rights to the younger generation prematurely, and the self-evident meaning is: your property, your sun and the moon, you must work hard!He readily agreed with his daughter-in-law to go to winter school, and it was also out of such considerations, let the clever Yuxian learn some culture, so that no one will be able to tease the son-in-law in the future.Make sure that after his passing, Qinwa has a shrewd housekeeper.As the saying goes, a man is a rake, who manages to earn money; a woman is a box, who manages to save; I am not afraid that the rake has no thorns, but I am afraid that the box has no bottom.It is not easy for a farmer to live the life of the sun and the moon!

In a ditch outside a strange village, Qinwa took off her cotton-padded clothes and even her long-sleeved shirt. Under the sunshine of March in Yangchun, she carried a bluestone rammer weighing twenty to thirty kilograms and smashed it hard. Again, the rhythmic sound of the bluestone rammer hitting the wet adobe echoed on the loess cliff.Cracking adobe is one of the heaviest labor projects in the countryside.For Kang Qinwa, who was in her early twenties, the stone ram was like a light and comfortable toy in his hands.He played the adobe with light movements and a quick rhythm; the adobe he knocked out had full edges, was flat and firm.On the ridge of the adobe moat where he made adobe, there are often some idle farmers squatting around, talking gossip and admiring his graceful movements of adobe. Qinwa is smiling all day long, smiling at the master who beats the adobe, and smiling at the onlookers; no matter whether the master treats him with good or bad food, he always smiles.The work is surprisingly good, he is not particular about his life, and he is friendly and easy to talk to. His work is very heavy, and he often comes to make an appointment before he can call enough for this family. He feels at ease.When resting while drinking water, he often thought strangely that the time when a person has a daughter-in-law is very different from the time without a daughter-in-law.He is extraordinarily vigorous in body, and extraordinarily energetic in his heart. When speaking and doing things, he seems to feel that he should not be reckless and reckless, and should be kind to others.Many truths in life can only be awakened naturally after personal experience; without personal experience, others will always feel that they are covered by a layer of paper. After knocking out the adobe, he finished his supper, wiped his mouth, and got up to say goodbye. "We still have to drive tomorrow. It's seven or eight miles away, so don't waste your time." The host sincerely persuaded and tried to persuade him to stay, "Our family has a place to live. You have been tired all day, so take a rest early." "No!" He declined with a smile, "It's seven or eight miles away, and you can reach it by stretching your legs. Don't worry, tomorrow will be right." He left, thinking: I sleep on the cold kang in your house, is it more comfortable than the warm quilt in my house? He was walking on the river dirt road, the night is charming, the apricot blossoms on the slopes are like a piece of snow in the misty moonlight, and the night wind brings a faint fragrance.How interesting it is to be alive! "Have you eaten yet?" Yuxian greeted. "Eat it," he said. "Why come back so late today?" Yuxian asked. He smiled without answering, took out a stack of banknotes from his close-fitting shirt pocket, and handed it to Yu Xian. Yuxian counted and asked in surprise, "So many?" "I played three stacks in two days." He smiled proudly, "Now you understand why I came back late!" "Don't work so hard! Don't!" She said affectionately, the average person is tired enough to make one pile a day (500 yuan), but he actually made three piles in two days, "Be careful to get sick!" "It's okay, I'm playing like a joke." He said lightly.The more she loved and cared for him, the more motivated he felt, "Once the spring is over, there will be no work. Besides, I want to prop up three tile-roofed houses sooner." Spring night is short, the couple fell asleep. He suddenly heard his father coughing and knocking on the cigarette pot from the back room.He came back late, and his father had already lay down, so he didn't go into the back room.He asked: "Did you burn the kang for our father?" "It's hot, dad won't let it burn." She said, "Why do you ask every day?" "I'm afraid you forgot." "How can I forget?" "The old man has suffered all his life." He said, "There is no outsider in our family, so you have to worry about Dad." "Do you still need to tell me again?" Yuxian said, "I want to use money to tear a foreign cloth shirt for the old man. When I go out to visit relatives in June, I can't always wear black coarse cloth..." "Sure. You tear up the cloth." He was very moved. Quiet spring night, warm farmyard, and beautiful newlyweds. "Let me tell you something." Yuxian said, "Sister-in-law Jin asked me to go to winter school. I don't want to go, what are women doing knowing those words! The village chief counts men and tells you to go to winter school too, saying it's to catch up. Before harvesting the wheat, we must wipe out the illiteracy of the young people!" "Can I just sit there and read? Haha! What a leisure!" He said mockingly, "If a family has to go to one person, you can go. It doesn't matter if you can't read two characters. It's all about errands!"