Chapter 51 end

After writing here, the author feels that he can put down his pen.For those readers who like the ending of "happy reunion", such an ending will naturally disappoint them, and some people may protest and say: "The story of the Gao family is not over yet!" But, dear readers, you should think that life itself It just won't end.Those with abundant (full) vitality live long and are capable of many, many things. However, I can tell you one more thing about the situation of the Gao family.Here are two excerpts from Juexin’s letters to his third younger brother Juehui and his cousin Shuying:

The first letter (sent in mid-March 1924): ... I haven't written to you for more than a month.I want to write a letter every day, but I am busy all day long, and I never have time to take a pen.Now that I finally have some free time, I should talk to you about our "house affairs". I told you about the sale of the mansion last time.The letter was written the day before the move.We have been really busy for a while since we moved.So after moving, I only wrote a short message to my third brother. Our Gao family is over now.The family business that my grandfather had created was also over.Our big family was so strangely dissolved.When everyone moved out, they seemed to be very happy, without the slightest nostalgia.We were not ready for the second room in our junior year, and we moved out at the latest.In those few days, I looked at Ji Mo's garden alone in the morning and evening, recalling all kinds of things in the past, and I was really moved.Now we move to live in a newly built detached courtyard near my aunt's house.The third aunt's residence is on our street.We often communicate with our aunt and third aunt, and we feel more intimate than before.

After we moved out of the old house, our life is more pleasant than before, and our daily life and diet have been reformed.Go to bed early and get up early every day.Breakfast is served at ten o'clock, lunch is served at four o'clock, and breakfast is served for midnight snacks, all of which are bought outside.Although the dishes and rice are not very rich, everyone still eats lively.The whole family lives in harmony, and there is hardly any noise. There are also many people we use: a firehouse for cooking, called Lao Yang, which is newly hired; Su Fu is still with us; there are three old wives, namely Mrs. Back home, we got along for a long time and had a good relationship, so I tried my best to persuade her to stay); the gatekeeper was Xu Bing, the gatekeeper of the old house.In addition, he also raised a very good foreign dog called Yangzi.Because Qixia is a girl who sends meals, her father took her back to the countryside last month, saying that her mother was dying of illness at home, we don't know if it is true or not.She is a kind-hearted person, and she has the best relationship with the third sister.When Qixia left, she, her third sister, and Cuihuan all cried.She promised to come and see us later.The bearers are all dismissed.We rarely leave the house and are not inconvenienced by it.

The third sister has worked very hard since entering school, and her test scores are also very good.During the winter vacation, I am also very diligent in reviewing my homework at home.Now that classes are in session, she happily carries her schoolbag to and fro every day. ... The second letter (issued in early July 1924): ...I have written many letters to you in the past three months or so, but they are all text messages.The whole family went out today.I am alone at home quietly.Take this good opportunity to write you a long letter, reporting our current situation. About the second brother and sister Qin, they will write to you at any time, so I don't need to say more.They were officially engaged the month before last, and the ceremony was very simple. This kind of engagement is considered unprecedented in our Gao family.This time, I refer to the wedding arrangements of my second brother's classmate Huang Jun and Ms. Cheng (Qinmei's classmate).This time it was all thanks to my aunt who came out to help host. Although there were all kinds of gossip from outsiders, we were not affected.Their wedding will be held soon, not in August at the latest.The second brother plans to leave the provincial capital with sister Qin after they get married.He will either teach in a middle school in Jiading, or work in a newspaper in Beijing. Both are under discussion and have not yet been decided.He advocates relying on his own ability to support himself, which is ambitious.I can't dissuade him either.Their newspapers are also well developed now.I have also been to the new site once.Although there are often unfavorable rumors outside the newspaper, apart from the order to suspend the publication for two weeks, the authorities did not take any other actions.His friend Fang Jishun was once arrested for a student riot, and was released after more than a month.You must have known these things already.

In the provincial capital, more and more women cut their hair, and you can also meet them in the streets.Since the second sister wrote last time that she had cut off her braids, Qinmei and third sisters were very excited. They discussed for many days and finally got the family's permission to cut off their braids yesterday.In the eyes of you and Second Sister, this must be good news. Mom is in good health and in good spirits, but she is very depressed these few days because of uncle's affairs.Uncle is getting weirder and weirder.After my cousin gave birth to a daughter last month, my uncle used the excuse that the Zhou family had no sons, and my aunt hadn't given birth for many years, so she clamored to take the girl Cuifeng into the house.Neither my grandmother nor my aunt agreed.My uncle loses his temper at home almost every day, and quarrels with my aunt every other day.When there was no solution to the quarrel, grandma would send someone to ask mother to persuade her.It's not much use for Ma's talk.In the end, it was the grandmother who made a compromise with the eldest aunt.Yesterday he took Cuifeng into the house and treated her to a big party, what a strange thing!Grandma's body is not as good as before.Cousin Yun is in a better situation, but the second aunt loves her very much. The second aunt still understands the truth. She is also a little chilled when she sees the precedent of cousin Hui and cousin Mei. So cousin Yun is nineteen years old and has not yet married.The second aunt once talked about the third sister with me, and she seemed to have the intention of sending cousin Yun to school.Cousin Yun is very kind-hearted, and in the end she is willing to help cousin Mei.She gets along very well with her cousin now.Cousin Mei's temper has changed a lot, and she is also very humble to people, but she has a very sad face. It is said that she spends most of the day bored in the room reading, but cousin Yun often goes to talk with her.Now that she is a mother, she has some sustenance, and maybe she will be better.

Aunt Wu returned home once last month, and saw Uncle Wu take Monday to live with Miss Xi in his new home. She lived there for less than ten days, knowing that Uncle Wu was about to sell all the land, and couldn't bear it anymore. After a big quarrel with my fifth uncle, I still went back to Xufu.Yuan Cheng was still waiting on her.She also sent a letter yesterday, saying that she had arrived at Uncle Shen's place safely.She came back this time and went out of the city to visit Simei's grave once.The fourth sister is often mentioned in the conversation, it is really "I knew today, why did I have to do it at the beginning"!

Fifth Uncle's cigarettes have also become a big addiction, comparable to Fourth Uncle's.The fourth uncle has two families, one raises the fourth aunt, and the other raises Zhang Bixiu, and spends like water every month.I'm a little worried for them.The fourth uncle did not allow the fifth brother to enter the school, so he only invited an old gentleman to teach them to read the Four Books and Five Classics at home.The situation is very similar to that in the old house.We don't have much contact with my fourth uncle.But now he is taking care of the account, and the ancestors and gods keep the tablets in his house, and when the offerings are made to worship the ancestors, people from all houses have to go to his house to kowtow.He still has the same old temper, and the fourth aunt has not changed.The food is paid out of the public account, but they never keep people for a meal.

Aunt Chen has taken back her mansion in Shima Lane to live with her mother and cousins.The sixth younger brother follows her now, going to theaters and restaurants all day long, and never reads books.Aunt Chen treats him like a treasure.We don't see Aunt Chen a few times a year.I can also meet her when I make a confession at the fourth father's house.But I heard that she has a close relationship with her fourth aunt, and she often invites her fourth aunt when she goes to the theater.She has gained weight, and she is still dressed in colorful clothes like her grandfather in Japan, and she is a fragrance when she walks over.

The third aunt lived very close to us, and because the third uncle personally asked me to take care of the funeral for the descendants before his death, so I went there almost every day.The third aunt often writes letters to the second sister, and you must know the current situation of her family.The second aunt misses the second sister very much because the second sister cannot go home for a while.The second sister should write more letters to comfort the third aunt.The fourth brother has entered a private school this semester, but he refuses to work hard, so he is much better than before.Although the third aunt disciplined her from time to time, he was not always willing to obey.Although he is seventeen years old in terms of age, he is not as sensible as his seventh brother.The seventh brother entered junior primary school.He's okay, and he's willing to obey, but he's a little weaker.The new eighth younger sister is only seven months old, and she looks very much like the third father.The third aunt liked her very much.

Now for myself.I myself am still an underachiever.He is not young anymore, he has neither knowledge nor ability, nor has he learned a craft to earn money, so he has to live on the inheritance of his ancestors.After we moved out of our hometown, I had a quiet life.Recently, the commercial site is under construction and reconstruction, but I have already resigned from my post.Apart from visiting relatives' homes sometimes, I read books at home every day, and I am very leisurely.There is a spacious and clean building in the new house. The window is open to look at the pine trees and peach blossoms in the yard. The view is very good. I use it as a study.The window is clean, just right for reading.I know I'm worthless, I can't hold the great ambition of saving people and the world like you and your second brother, I just want to do something harmless to others, enjoy some happiness, and don't do evil.I also know the mistakes of the past, but the addiction is so deep that I can't extricate myself for a while.So I dare not answer your several times of advice.But I still expect you to hold me accountable from time to time.Please think of brotherhood, don't abandon me just because I am worthless.In fact, my self-motivated heart has not died.

In addition to reading, I also teach Cuihuan how to read and write every day. This is the daily lesson I set for her.Speaking of Cuihuan, I must explain to you that I took her into the house last month in accordance with my third uncle's will.I really like her.She is also very nice to me.I will not treat her wrong.The second sister can also rest assured.In fact, there is no such thing as "small" in our room.She is a good woman, and I treat her just like my sister-in-law in the past.I will never continue another string.In the past, everyone persuaded me to continue, but now I choose someone I like, so there is nothing wrong with it.Although the people in the other room call Cuihuan "Miss Cui" and treat her the same as Xi'er, the third aunt takes her as a goddaughter, and her mother treats her as a daughter-in-law, and the second brother, sister Qin, and third sister all call her Do "sister-in-law".She is my only comfort, and she is also my right helper.She gets along well with her mother, third sister, and sister Qin.The second brother is also good to her.Even her aunt praised her.I believe that when the third brother returns home in the future, he will also like her and treat her as his sister-in-law... This letter is still addressed to both of you.Unexpectedly, there are so many written.Now, taking advantage of Su Fu's going to Bingshengrong to call Mi Zhi, and asking him to take it to the post office to send a registered letter, I had to stop writing.Cuihuan and the third younger sister are writing letters to the second younger sister, and it will probably be mailed next time... These are Juexin's own words. Some readers may misunderstand and ask: Is Juexin a person with substantial vitality? I can answer with certainty: Of course he is not.As for what will happen to him in the future, I cannot make any predictions to the readers.Where a person will go depends, of course, on the kind of road he walks.A person goes north all the way, he will not go south. But regarding Juexin's future, I ask readers to remember his own words: "My desire to make progress has not died." For the time being, we believe that this is his sincere confession. I stopped rapping to my readers.