Chapter 27 Part II.4.3

After decades, Ye Lianzi still turned her eyes to the face of the owner of the trousers - it really was Gu Qiushui. Now Ye Lianzi can also repay him with the words Gu Qiushui said to her back then: "Why are you here?" But she willingly gave up this excellent opportunity. Gu Qiushui said: "The receptionist said that Wu Wei has gone abroad. I said, I will come to see her mother." Even before Ye Lianzi said "Please come in", he still entered Ye Lianzi and Wu Wei like the head of the family. For the door.Looking around at this home that is completely different from his style and has no place for him, that bit of pretentious slyness can't help but turn into a bit of sincere jealousy.

Ye Lianzi sat across from him peacefully, that was the peace made by decades of bitter wind and rain.Gu Qiushui felt the weight of it, so he had no choice but to put away his falsehood, and asked the truth: "I want to see Wu Wei and my granddaughter." When the chin and neck were almost the same as the Thanksgiving turkey, Gu Qiushui suddenly remembered that there were still some flesh and blood of him in the world.Although this Thanksgiving turkey made Ye Lianzi feel like time flies, everything will go with it, but after all, there are still traces left on the shore by Liuguang... When Wu Wei returns from his visit, Ye Lianzi Speaking of Gu Qiushui's visit: "...I sent him away quickly."

"why?" "Nothing to say." "Nothing to say? You never told him what you suffered for him. Shouldn't you have a good talk with him now? He always said that he has no common language with you, yes He said, this is your common language." "We have been divorced for decades, why are you still talking about that?" "Shouldn't he reflect on himself? How can he treat our orphans and widows like that? Even if he treats a passer-by, he can't do nothing!" "He knows that you are doing well now." "Hmph, just know." Wu Wei Imagining Gu Qiushui sitting in their home, she suddenly understood that the reason why she was able to struggle out from the bottom of society and take revenge on Lao Gu should be said to be an important motivation.She flatly rejected Gu Qiushui's request.One day in 1952, Mr. Qin, who had been promoted to the principal, invited Ye Lianzi to the office with great difficulty, and said in a roundabout way: "Mr. Ye, the school, teachers, and students are all satisfied with your teaching. Wu Because I went to middle school, I heard that you didn’t apply for a bursary...you are still so strong.” After 1949, they separated, because they all came from the old society, and some people inevitably said that they were connected, so they could only stay calm. Peaceful, conscientiously doing a job.

"Life is stable now, and prices are also stable. My salary is enough without Wu Wei applying for a bursary." "Maybe it's better." "It's much better than before, you remember four or nine years ago..." "Of course." How could Teacher Qin not remember!Ye Lianzi did not really have the qualifications to be a teacher at one time. He witnessed how Ye Lianzi became an excellent teacher step by step by means of checking "Ci Hai". Because she was too poor to even light an oil lamp, Ye Lianzi stayed in the office every night to check Ci Hai, leaving Wu Wei alone in the mountain cave.Little Wu Wei, sitting silently in the cave at the mountain gate, didn't know what to think. He sat there all night, or fell asleep alone early in the morning, wondering if the starlight could give some light to their hut next to the mountain gate... I never expected adults Is the caring for you like a dog who forbids living and tossing?

Sometimes I couldn't understand "Ci Hai", so I had to ask others for advice, for which I was often ridiculed by others.Whenever she was ridiculed, Ye Lianzi remained stubbornly silent, neither crying nor retorting... Now that their mother and daughter's life has just stabilized, and Ye Lianzi just took a breath, this letter came.It's kind of cruel.Gu Qiushui went through a lot of trouble to find Ye Lianzi through the public security department, just to go through a formal divorce procedure with her.After 1949, those who were as uninhibited as Gu Qiushui also understood that they had to follow the rules and could no longer do whatever they wanted, even for a woman like Ye Lianzi who could be kicked at will.

"Your body is much better than before, isn't it?" "Yes." "Wu Wei is going to school?" "Oh, you're still so naughty, don't study hard." Teacher Qin smiled, "Girls, it will be fine when you grow up. Are there any difficulties now?" She thought about it seriously, "No, no." But in an instant, Ye Lianzi had finished thinking about her life.Now her life is work, and if she has a job, she will be paid, and if she has a salary, her mother and daughter will have food to eat, and Wu Wei is still in school... Alas, she doesn't seem to be prepared at all, "Here is a letter... Ye Lianzi raised her eyes, and the horizontal lines on her forehead deepened, "Comrade Gu Qiushui is here." Teacher Qin continued.

Ye Lianzi's body, which had always been straight and straight, leaned over at once. She rarely had a vivid face like unearthed cultural relics. It was unbelievably ever-changing suddenly, and the wind and thunder stirred up. This prompted Teacher Qin to explain the truth as soon as possible, "He hopes to deal with you. A formal divorce procedure." She didn't seem to understand, using her face and body instead of words, asking for reconfirmation.So Teacher Qin repeated the words again, this time he found it much easier.Ye Lianzi's face had a gust of wind and rain again, and then it became numb, like a terminally ill person who finally accepted death after some reflections, "Well, I..." She wanted to say that I agreed, but after thinking about it, she said , "Can I talk to him face to face?"

That's right, did Gu Qiushui just want to use this piece of tissue paper to send Ye Lianzi away?Teacher Qin said: "Alright. The winter vacation will be here soon, you might as well go to Beijing." On New Year's Eve, Ye Lianzi took Wu Wei onto the train.There were hardly anyone in the carriage, and people had already gone home for reunion. As soon as Wu Wei got into the car, she lay down on the car seat and fell asleep. She was in a deep sleep. She didn't care if she saw her father or not. Ye Lianzi's mood was in a mess, thinking that maybe she could get back the old days, and thinking of all the efforts in the past that ended in failure.Before boarding the train, she had her hair permed in the small town barber shop, and kept examining herself in the mirror, feeling that there was still hope for her face.Then I remembered what Gu Qiushui often said: "You are just a beautiful porcelain beauty. Although you are beautiful, you are not popular with men."

How can I invite men to see me? She thought of Aso. Far away from the past, Ye Lianzi gradually broadened her horizons in the struggle for survival, Ye Lianzi no longer hated Asu, but began to study Asu's success. That's right, Asu doesn't ask for a marriage, and doesn't care about a status, that is to say, he won't be a burden to any man.What a pure pleasure-seeking without morality, responsibility, conscience, and economic constraints.Which man doesn't like this kind of exchange where you only receive but don't pay? Holding a face that is still unwelcome by men, Ye Lianzi arrived at Beijing Qianmen Railway Station.Still no one answered, it was very similar to Naier's trip to Hong Kong when he was looking for his husband thousands of miles away.But this time it was much easier.Wu Wei was tall and big, not at all like eleven or twelve-year-old children, who picked up their luggage and left, thump, thump, thump, asking questions, rushing back and forth, and she didn't have to worry about everything.

Then at the tram stop, Wu Wei supported the luggage on his shoulder with one hand, and pulled Ye Lianzi into the car with the other, and found a seat for Ye Lianzi. "Is it this ferry?" Ye Lianzi hesitated. "Yes." "Is it time to get off the bus?" "Just sit down, there are seven stops in total." As soon as the tram stopped, Ye Lianzi couldn't help but ask, "Is it time to get off?" Wu Wei said, "Seven stops, mom." "Luggage, look at the luggage, don't lose it." The days on the plateau have transformed Ye Lianzi into a complete country woman.

"I'm stepping on the handle on the luggage." After a while, he asked again: "Where is the luggage?" After getting off the tram and changing cars, Wu Wei led Ye Lianzi around, as if he knew where to go.Wu Wei also wondered, Beijing is just her birthplace, and she never returned to Beijing even in her dream, so how does she know where to go now?Could it be that her soul is still living and growing here during the ten years since she left Beijing? Now Wu Wei is leading her.That year I went to Hong Kong to look for Gu Qiushui. When I got on the train in Xuzhou, I could hardly climb the steps of the carriage because I was holding Wu Wei in one hand and a suitcase in the other.The Japanese thought she was slow to move. According to her back, there was a gun butt. She fell on the steps of the carriage. Wu Wei's head was smashed, blood flowed, and she also fell below her knee... Before they knew it, they changed location. Ye Lianzi was a little short of breath, Wu Wei asked, "Mom, are you tired?" "No." She wasn't tired, she was flustered. Walking in those familiar alleys, looking at those familiar and unfamiliar gray walls, small courtyards, and screen walls that welcome the door... At that time, she was just a little girl who knew nothing, sat in an empty room, and waited wholeheartedly for her husband to come back to realize her dream. Daughter-in-law, although she is now an elementary school teacher, she still brings their slim flesh and blood to realize a couple's dream.It took a long time to find Gu Qiushui's agency.Thinking of going to Hong Kong that year, Ye Lianzi was a little scared again. Gu Qiushui immediately said "Why are you here?"She said to Wu Wei: "You go in first." "You are Nan Nan?" Gu Qiushui said meaningless words in random ways. Who am I?Wu Wei sized and studied Gu Qiushui unscrupulously, like a ticking time bomb that would explode for him at some point or somewhere.Is this her father?Look at him like that, the whole old society. Wu Wei, who grew up on the Loess Plateau, clearly knew that Gu Qiushui's "oldness" had nothing to do with his scholarly family status, but the "oldness" made up of various half-assed people.Because he is half-baked, he is vulgar and not in place.She was ashamed that such a vulgar dwarf, out of tune with his new life, should be her father.In comparison, Wu Wei would rather like the coarse cloth socks and rustic freshness of Liberation Yubu.Her face was flushed red by the cold wind, and she looked down at the pair of cotton shoes on her feet that Ye Lianzi personally sewed for her father. Khan said: "My mother is still waiting outside!" If Wu Wei didn't take off his hat, he would really look like a boy, very different from the five-year-old photo left in his hand. Someone is playing diabolo, buzzing, sometimes strong and sometimes weak.There are also ping-pong firecrackers ringing, and the sound of the Lunar New Year's Eve echoes in an instant.Ye Lianzi remembered the time when there was no Wu Wei, it was just her and Gu Qiushui's Spring Festival. This time Gu Qiushui didn't say "Why are you here?" It seemed that 1949 had shaken everything up a bit.They all kneaded again. They were very polite to each other: "Come on, is the journey going well?" "It went well, just changed the car once." Gu Qiushui looked at Ye Lianzi's hair that was tightly curled up like a sheep's tail, frowned pityingly, and led them into the house.Wu Wei was bold and reckless, walking in front, swinging his arms quickly and widely, like a porter.Of course Gu Qiushui didn't know that Wu Wei had been doing the physical work at home for him since he was ten years old, for example, carrying a 40-jin bag of flour from the bottom of the plateau to the top of the plateau.If she doesn't take on the man's physical work, is it possible to let the frail and sick Ye Lianzi do it? Somehow, Gu Qiushui had the feeling of being dismounted.When Wu Wei looked at him silently with a pair of almond eyes, there was actually a kind of condescending pity, sarcasm and judgment in the boy's eyes.Gu Qiushui was startled, and suddenly felt that he had met an opponent, and he was an opponent that could not be underestimated.Gu Qiushui took them out to restaurants, and visited Dong'an Market and Longfu Temple.When they passed Dongsi-an alley by car, Ye Lianzi stared at Wu Wei and said, "You were born in that alley." Wu Wei turned his head and glanced at the passing alley.That alley, like all the alleys in Beijing, did not attract more attention from her, and she would have to wait for decades before she knew how to cherish that alley that passed by in a blink of an eye.Regarding this meeting, Wu Wei believes that the most important task is to find an opportunity to take revenge on Gu Qiushui, in order to answer the training he gave her on how to make her a slave. On the second-hand stalls are American soldier olive green cotton monkeys, American curtains, old furniture, clothing, cheongsams... The owners of these things may have gone far away, and the servants who stayed behind wanted to make a small fortune; In order to make a living, he had to sell these things to make ends meet. Gu Qiushui stopped in front of a street stall and bought a pair of high-heeled old leather boots for Ye Lianzi, one of which was nearly worn out. Gu Qiushui said, "You can wear it for a while." Wu Wei thought : Does he have no money and deal with his mother, or does he admire the style of the rotten boots?After all, Wu Wei has the blood of Mo He's family, and it is impossible to escape the family's fun and traditions. But Ye Lianzi couldn't be happier.She was not happy to get a pair of rotten boots, but felt that Gu Qiushui's purchase had bought back their old relationship.Ye Lianzi obviously couldn't put it down that pair of rotten boots, but she just didn't wear them.No matter how poor she was, she couldn't afford to wear this kind of rotten boots from the second-hand stall, but one thing is certain, her attempts to realize the dream of husband and wife are getting stronger and stronger. If Gu Qiushui knew that this pair of old boots had brought about such a result, he would definitely not have bought them. Ye Lianzi took out all the money sewn into the padded jacket, and said to Wu Wei: "Your father has gone to work, can you take your mother to Dong'an Market?" Ye Lianzi bought a chopping board, a kitchen knife, Colander, rolling pin, pot, bowl, ladle, basin... It cost more than 20 yuan in total, and she spent almost all of it, but she didn't feel bad.She looked left and right with the stainless steel pot, and said to Wu Wei: "Look, the rice made from such a pot may be a lot of white." They had never used such a beautiful pot, and they used black sticks. Heavy cast iron skillet.Wu Wei looked at those cooking utensils and thought, is their poor family worthy of these things? Their house is so broken!The potholed land, no matter the foot of the bed or the table, has to be padded with bricks to level it; two benches are built on a broken bed with several wooden boards; the old suitcase that Gu Qiushui left behind was placed on a long On the stool; two old stools; two old classrooms; ... one is used to prepare Ye Lianzi's lessons and homework, and one is used to put oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, chopping board, bowls... But my mother is rarely happy , It is rare to spend money, and it costs so much. Wu Wei hugged the pile of things, but her eyes glanced at the windows of one store after another. In the window of ..., she saw a violin with a price tag of twenty-five yuan.Wu Wei didn't want to learn the piano, but she wanted Gu Qiushui to buy her the piano. Eleven or twelve-year-old Wu Wei, her revenge and sabotage are so naive and low-level, just for this, she also hopes that she will grow up soon, and believes that her revenge against Lao Gu will also mature by then. Back at the residence, Ye Lianzi put those things in Gu Qiushui's room.Only then did Wu Wei realize that everything was done for Gu Qiushui.She yelled loudly, "Mom!" Ye Lianzi didn't say anything, but looked at Gu Qiushui expectantly with a pair of big eyes. Now it's time for a showdown.Gu Qiushui made Ye Lianzi a cup of tea, brought it in front of her, and said, "Sit down." She said, "I can't drink tea, and I can't sleep when I drink tea." He looked at Ye Lianzi's big eyes, and they were indeed big eyes that couldn't fall asleep after drinking tea.Once Ye Lianzi was hung on his neck again, Gu Qiushui would hate her beautiful eyes so much. Gu Qiushui himself is also very strange, why Ye Lianzi's sticky and heavy love can only arouse his bloodthirsty desire instead of the echo of love?He really wanted to kick her, kick her a few times, call her a bloody head, and beat her to death like before, but when he just opened his mouth and said "something I have to say..." he turned into crying hysterically, falling It seemed that he was the one who suffered a lot, not Ye Lianzi, and today he finally had a chance to vomit his bitterness. Crying and crying, Gu Qiushui didn't know why he was crying.Do you want to cry all the grievances of your life at this moment, or cry that he has no past worth remembering?Anyway, the more I cried, the more painful it became. Ye Lianzi had never seen Gu Qiushui cry so terribly. She thought that the husband and wife in distress would reunite after the catastrophe, and they would inevitably think of all the unsatisfactory things in the past. Instead, she comforted him: "Forget it, it's all over. As long as in the future..." After crying, Ye Lianzi's "as long as the future" immediately woke Gu Qiushui from the elegy of the first half of his life, "What I want to say is that I'm sorry for you, I'm guilty, but I can't reunite with you again. Please forgive me我，原谅我，和我离婚吧。你是个最好、最好的女人，可不是个让男人爱的女人，要是咱们再生活在一起，我拯会恨你、揍你的。” Seeing Gu Qiushui crying so hard, Ye Lianzi was so distressed that she couldn't speak.Compared to Gu Qiushui's weeping, all the sufferings he has suffered are nothing!If the reunion with her caused Gu Qiushui such pain, then it would be avoided. Ye Lianzi simply lost her mind, lost herself, and forgot what she came to Beijing for, so she hurriedly said, "Do whatever you want." Then she signed the divorce agreement that Gu Qiushui had already drawn up, and she tried her best to be neat, because the hand that signed it was trembling, and she was afraid that the signed words would be crooked and affect the effectiveness of the divorce agreement.After signing, she felt that the situation was over, and Ye Lianzi proposed: "I want to leave tomorrow, and I will go back to my hometown to have a look." "Let's stay for a few more days, there are still many places to visit." Gu Qiushui's retention is sincere at this time. Just a second before Ye Lianzi signed, Gu Qiushui still felt that she was a bitch who clings to men, but once she was no longer his wife, he immediately felt that she was extremely respectable and would not let him Great women who want to kick some feet. "No, I'm not going." Ye Lianzi was in a daze, she didn't know if she said something or what she said. As soon as she got on the train the next day, she woke up suddenly.This time it’s really gone forever, it’s not that the train is gone forever, it’s the old dream of decades, and it’s really gone without worries.She felt empty inside.The man she loved and guarded has nothing to do with her from now on, even his cruelty, his insults, and his viciousness have nothing to do with her.She burst into tears. Wu Wei turned her face away, both sympathetic and angry that Ye Lianzi was worthless, she really couldn't see anything worthy of love in this wretched man.She didn't know that decades later, she would also copy the current set to Hu Bingchen.She turned her head and looked at the violin on the luggage rack, thinking, this was far from her revenge.It should be said that Gu Qiushui behaved more squarely than Hu Bingchen.After they divorced, they never provoked Ye Lianzi again, but made Ye Lianzi completely give up, and lived out the rest of her life quietly. After Hu Bingchen divorced Wu Wei, he solemnly said to Wu Wei more than once: "No man can touch everything I once owned." Then he added with a thief smile, "Especially that key part, It is even more important.” Wu Weihui said, "Do you think I'm still the dog that wagged my tail at you thirty years ago?" Hu Bingchen had never experienced Wu Wei's rascal face, worried that she would forget him, so he tried every means to transform Wu Wei from a "laid-off wife" to a lover. The trouble caused Bai Fan to call Wu Wei's door again.Hu Bingchen actually told Wu Wei very proudly: "Now I even have to watch Bai Fan outside when I go to the toilet, and she also follows when I go to the office to read documents. No matter how long I stay in the office, she will sit in the car and wait... ...I'm afraid I'll come to you." Regarding this "marathon love" that spanned almost half a century, Wu Wei finally cleaned up "the land is so clean". I will not take any responsibility for you. You should tell Bai Fan the truth. Whether you betrayed her decades ago or this time, it is not my responsibility. If you still don’t have the courage to tell the truth, she will sign up again. My door is messing around and I'm going to call the police." Hu Bingchen had a deep understanding of Wu Wei's vigorous and resolute style of work, and immediately persuaded Bai Fan with the old saying not to "bring shame upon oneself". But Hu Bingchen still came to Wu Wei every other day.In order for him to end this nonsense that harmed others and himself, Wu Wei had no choice but to say to him: "Please don't come to me again, I have a boyfriend." "What?! You are such a ruthless woman, you have a boyfriend so soon!" "You're welcome, it's not as fast as you, you and Bai Fan remarried within less than a month of my divorce." Wu Wei rejoiced at his quick response.Once people get out of the lost way, they really want wind and rain to come and rain to go. This is from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom. "No, I have to see you." "Sorry for the inconvenience." "Why?" "He will come to see me anytime. I don't like to be like you, always stepping on N boats." "Where did you get the bastard? Be careful that he cheats you of money." Wu Wei let out a miserable laugh. He wanted to say, Hu Bingchen, you have cheated you of everything that is more valuable than money. What else can I afford to lose?She swallowed the words again, until now she still couldn't bear to strip him to pieces, so she just wrote lightly: "What else is there for me to lie to?" Fan, "Besides, he is much richer than me, and I have never received such care from a man. I really didn't expect to meet such a man when my life is about to end..." But who can say that Hu Bingchen, after divorcing Wu Wei, doesn't have any real affection for Wu Wei?And Wu Wei's ruthlessness is not a great hatred born of great love? When Gu Qiushui's last wife pleaded for Gu Qiushui through Ye Lianzi and asked Wu Wei to take Chanyue to visit him, Wu Wei said "No!" "He's sick, maybe..." "No!" Wu Wei's voice became louder.She was angry, angry with Ye Lianzi.Ye Lianzi can do whatever Gu Qiushui wants, she lives for him when she is his wife, and lives for him when she is not his wife.Ye Lianzi didn't hate that bastard herself, but she didn't want to.But she didn't want to think about it, she was worse than Ye Lianzi - at least Ye Lianzi started living for Gu Qiushui after she became Gu Qiushui's wife, and she lived for Hu Bingchen before becoming Hu Bingchen's wife. Why doesn't she get angry with herself! During Wu Wei's countless contacts with Gu Qiushui, they could even be said to have become friends, but she never forgot to take revenge on him.They were friends when she couldn't find a chance to get revenge on him; Thinking about how Gu Qiushui lay on the bed and couldn't look forward to the scene of her and Chanyue, Wu Wei actually felt bloodthirsty. From this point of view, she is indeed Gu Qiushui's daughter. In her despair before she went mad, she thought that with the same blood flowing through them, she could always find... some strength to hold her from Gu Qiushui, and even went to the small town where Gu Qiushui lived for this.Wu Wei, who was determined to take revenge on Gu Qiushui on the second wife's stairs, now seeks a way of salvation from her enemies to avoid madness. One can imagine how cruel this way of salvation is to her!One can imagine how desperate Wu Wei is when she is on the verge of going crazy! But they still can't talk like enemies, and in their final meeting, Wu Wei finally finds a way to get revenge on Gu Qiushui, which is no different from a knife. It can also be said that they died together in the last meeting.It can't be completely said that Gu Qiushui cut off her way of retreat, but that she never let go of this hatred, and they had to go crazy together and perish together.