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Chapter 27 Yellow leaves falling in the autumn wind (11)

Collected Works of Lu Yao 路遥 2413Words 2018-03-20
After Liu Liying got married again, she was completely intoxicated with a kind of happiness that called her novelty.This beautiful and strong woman is very satisfied with her current life.Her decent new husband soon arranged for her to be a teacher in Chengguan Kindergarten. Since her husband, Lu Ruohua, is the deputy director of the County Education Bureau, her colleagues respect or fawn on her.She feels that life matches her now. All this was something she had dreamed about in her sleep before.It's all a reality now.As for the real life in the past, she now feels that all that is like a dream.

Gao Guanghou, a poor gentleman from the countryside, is uncomfortably honest, and disgustingly quiet.She found him as a man, and often didn't even dare to lift her head in front of everyone.The reason why she married this man back then was purely because he still enjoyed a bowl of public food. It sounded better, saying that she had found a son-in-law who lived on the state treasury.Otherwise, she wouldn't be with him! When she thought of the years she had lived with Gao Guanghou, she felt extremely wronged, what kind of family was that!Can't afford anything.She loves to dress up by nature, but if she wants to buy a new dress, she often has to suffer from poverty for several months, and she depends on the little money saved between her teeth to satisfy her vanity.Every time she goes to the market, she often sees some farmers' daughter-in-laws whose clothes are of a higher level than hers.She blames herself for being unlucky; she is no match for anyone else.The only thing she can be proud of is that she is naturally beautiful, which can conceal her shabby clothes.She often thinks: If she has a decent man, plus her outstanding appearance, how glorious she will be in front of this world!Talented men and beautiful women, husbands and wives are expensive, these words in ancient books are true!

Because of this, she resented the worthless man in the past; she felt that she was "flowers planted on cow dung".But at the time, no matter what, it seemed that nothing could be changed.Her own "family status" is not high.Both parents are farmers, as honest as Gao Guanghou. There are a lot of brothers and sisters in the family, and the situation is also very poor.Although she was the "Queen" of their family since she was a child, they could only make do to support her until junior high school.None of her siblings went to school - because they couldn't afford it.Her parents valued her intelligence and kindness, and they did their best to guarantee her; they hoped that she could bring some glory to the Liu family.She is a junior high school student in the class of 1968.Not long after entering junior high school, the "Cultural Revolution" began.She likes this lively revolution, she can use it to show off.Of course, she didn't dare to learn from Nie Yuanzi and Han Aijing to be a leader.She has her specialty: it's okay to dance twice and sing twice.So she joined the Pai Xing literary and art propaganda team, and became the main actress, giving condolence performances to "Wuwei" soldiers all day long.Later, the fighting became fierce, and the "comrades in arms" were beaten out of the county by the "enemy", and their propaganda team was disbanded.The men took up their guns and went to "make a revolution", and the women all went home.Both their family and her ideals were extinguished by the great social turmoil.

She stayed in the countryside for several years.Later, as she grew older, she could neither participate in the work nor find a decent son-in-law—she looked down on farmers, and neither did cadres.Finally, after being introduced by someone, he married Gao Guanghou so-so.Only after she got married did she know that Gao Guanghou was also from the county, but she seemed to have never seen this person when she was in school.Soon after her marriage, she discovered that her husband was a "pretty wimpy man".She also tried to teach him to develop some.It was nothing more than asking him to go to the homes of the leaders of the commune and the county culture and education bureau (the culture and education were not separated at that time).She even tried to get him and the leader of the county party committee to get acquainted through her relationship.But Gao Guanghou is too mediocre in this respect!So rigid!Sometimes I don't have the chance to get the job done by those capable brigade secretaries in the countryside.Indeed, there is a village called Gaojia in the river beside her natal family, and the brigade secretary in that village is called Gao Minglou, who has trampled on land in both the commune and the county!

She once thought about divorcing Gao Guanghou.But she also understands her "worth".What kind of man can a woman with a rural household registration without a job get married even if her charm is still intact?Especially after giving birth to Bingbing, she basically gave up, and she poured all her feelings into the child.She was used to all this too.Although she was not very satisfied with Gao Guanghou, she tried her best to treat him like a wife.Of course, Gao Guanghou also had some things that satisfied her.He is honest and loves her sincerely; although he is not very beautiful, he is physically strong.There is less interest in life, but his muscular chest also made her feel the warmth of a man.When she is in a good mood, her sex life is also satisfying.After dear Bingbing was born, she even began to develop a certain tender feeling for him.The child gradually drew her heart closer to him; sometimes she couldn't help showing affection to him—but every time this happened, Gao Guanghou, who was usually lacking in emotion, would double his enthusiasm for her like crazy Yes, she was disgusted again.Either way, it looks like their married life is going to survive.Especially Bingbing is becoming more and more cute - this little thing belongs to the two of them after all... But suddenly Lu Ruohua appeared!

Ever since Deputy Chief Lu appeared in front of her, her heart was in a mess.She is a very sensitive person, and she can tell at the first sight that he likes her.When she knew that he was a single man now, the closed crater in her spirit began to smoke again.Old Lu used watching Ruoqin as an excuse to often go to Gaomiao Primary School.Of course, she knew that he mainly came to see her. They approached quickly - without much language.The man's attraction to her was powerful.He is so young, he should be a deputy director!The deputy director, although he has the word "deputy", but in this remote county town, he has a lot of power. All the schools in the county are under his leadership!He was also a college graduate, good-looking, personable, respected everywhere.In the past, Liying never dared to dream that she could live with such a man.Now once she has this hope, she thinks she will make it a reality even if she pays any price and sacrifice!

The only thing that made her suffer was Bingbing.She felt from Old Lu that he was unwilling to accept this child.However, this child is a piece of meat in her heart! She did not know how many times she thought about it with tears in her eyes, and finally she convinced herself: the child will come from the happiness of having a child, and if she misses this opportunity, she may never have her own happiness in this life... When the relationship between the two of them implicitly progressed to a certain point, Liying proposed to live with him without hesitation.But he didn't answer her directly.

Liying is a smart person, she understands his difficulties.Apparently, because of his social status, he cannot be charged with destroying someone else's family. The brave woman immediately took the initiative to divorce Gao Guanghou first.In order to let this man accept her, she finally reluctantly left the child behind - a crazy woman can be quite ruthless at this moment, even though she will have to eat this bitter fruit in the future.At the gate of her mother's house in Liujiaqu Village, Damahechuan, she patiently waited for the public opinion caused by the divorce among acquaintances to subside.She married Lu Ruohua quietly when people hardly paid attention to her. Except for Lao Lu's younger sister and her former man, probably no one in the society knows that she was married when she was not divorced. Just get along with Lu Ruohua.The first evening of their marriage the newlyweds extolled each other's composure or alertness for their successful ruse.In this way, the wife of a rural elementary school teacher immediately became the wife of the deputy director of the county education bureau.Liu Lixiang felt that the world suddenly became brilliant in her eyes.

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