Chapter 38 Section 12

The sun is shining warmly on the withered grass and cut rose branches in the small park in the neighborhood. Children and the elderly are laughing and playing in the fitness equipment area.He Lin and Xiuhua sat on warm recliners, watching people coming and going on the sidewalk outside the park. Four or five large convenience bags were piled up under their feet. It must have taken a lot of time to purchase. Xiuhua said sincerely: "I know why people like to run to the city. There is everything in the city, food, drink, play, and use. Only you can't think of it, and you can't see it. There is nothing in my hometown. Each family guards a few acres of thin land and three tiled roofs, and from the beginning to the end of the year, life is boring."

He Lin said: "It's interesting to have a son." Xiuhua also laughed, and didn't think the sister-in-law was being sarcastic, "It's generally like this. A family with a son is more exciting than a family with a daughter. Like me and your elder brother, I've been annoyed to death, and I've been annoyed for several years. In addition, her grandma is nagging all day long, which makes me feel guilty..." He Lin wondered, "Why are you so sorry that you can't have a son? The man is the one who decides this matter, so don't blame yourself for everything!"

Xiuhua sighed and smiled, "Rural people have old ideas and never look at it this way. If they can't give birth to a son, they blame the woman's stomach for not being up to date. The rooster crows and the hen lays eggs. If they can't lay good eggs, of course they blame the hen's belly. What's the matter with the cock?" "Cut! Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes to phoenixes, the son of a mouse can make holes, and the fleas planted by a man, if you can't harvest the dragon seeds, blame the woman? The daughter-in-law just has an angry face!" Embroidery has a good temper, and slowly explained: "The environment is different. In the city, it seems that having sons and daughters is the same. In the countryside, it is not good. If you have no sons, you will be bullied. No matter how many daughters you have, you will not be able to fight and support you. Just talk with your fists, and talk after hitting, people are wild now. If you want to have two sons, ordinary people will not dare to provoke you."

"My mother-in-law has three sons, should they be able to eat well?" "Now it's time to eat, especially when Chuanzhi became an official in Beijing. Her grandma is straight, grinning around, always saying 'my second son became a high-ranking official in Beijing and earned a lot of money to live in a building', walking sideways! There are hundreds of people in the shop behind the village. How many people have been to Beijing in their lifetime? Just because they heard that Beijing has Tiananmen Square and Chairman Mao, they feel that this city is big and good. .Her grandma is very proud, especially after returning from you last time."

He Lin smiled slightly, "Why do you become an official in Beijing? It's just a small civil servant with no power. It's just a job. The salary is not as high as mine, but the benefits are better than ordinary people. How can there be any lucrative benefits? You just say that." It’s like an ancient scholar who went to Beijing to catch up to the number one scholar.” Embroidery covered her mouth with a smile, "I don't understand, I just think that being a public servant is a sure job. If you work long enough, you will be promoted! You will receive wages all your life, and you will never be unemployed for the rest of your life. How nice it is! You are safe and rich, and others think highly of you." Eye."

"By the way, the last time the mother came back from me, what did you say? Show off?" "Needless to say, in my hometown, I went from one street to another, saying that I saw Tiananmen Square, Chairman Mao, the building where I lived, and the meeting place of national leaders. He praised the city of Beijing vigorously, there are many cars and people, the streets are full of college students, and the people on the streets speak exactly like the announcers on TV..." "Did you tell me?" "I said, the second daughter-in-law is an intellectual, a college student, good-looking, rich in family, so she can stay with her when she gets married. I heard that her mother's family has a money printing machine, and if she needs money, she can print..."

He Lin laughed loudly, "What a vanity!" "Yeah, Chuanzhi looks capable when he finds a young lady like this in the capital! Like Chuanxiang looking for me, the dowry is only a cupboard, a cupboard, and an eight immortals table. It's unreasonable. There are at least three tiled houses in his house." head!" Facing the sun, He Lin squinted her eyes, took a breath, felt a burst of sadness in her heart, and remembered what her aunt had said: when a girl finds a boyfriend, it’s best to be in the right family, and no one is shorter than the other, so life can be smooth; How many good endings are there for those who stick things upside down?When people think you are rushing to marry, it can only prove that their son is more attractive.Like buying clothes in a shopping mall, expensive ones cost a lot of money, so they are valued by the owner. The same quality is bought for twenty or thirty yuan, that is, clothes to wear with you.From this point of view, in the old demon's unusual utilitarian mind, at least his sister-in-law is more valuable than himself, at least his elder brother Chuanxiang prepared three tile-roofed houses, and he posted a building for Chuanzhi.Thinking of this, she became angry, "Didn't she say how she got back?"

Xiuhua looked at her sister-in-law with a certain sly look, with a half-smile, "Of course I can't get used to it. Telling about the quarrel with you makes people feel that they were kicked out by their daughter-in-law. How embarrassing!" He Lin looked into her sister-in-law's eyes, with a pair of characteristic single eyelids, "Do you think she was kicked out by me?" Obviously, He Lin underestimated the IQ of this woman in her thirties. Maybe she doesn't speak Mandarin well, dresses poorly, and doesn't have fashion concepts and thinking, but she has an extremely accurate grasp of human relationships.Xiuhua said calmly: "What's wrong with kicking her out? If I kick her out too, this old bastard is vicious and cruel. Except for her own children, who can grow up with her?"

He Lin looked at her quietly. "In addition to the big girl, Qingxia, that shameless dead girl, the broom star who is afraid of chaos in the world, living with the rare girl in the world, do you still want to have a good time? No Drive the two of them out, be angry, and have a good life!" He Lin: "Hehe, I thought they would try to ruin me when they went back, but I'm not afraid, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so what if the saliva drowns people over there? I don't go back often, and I will go back even less in the future. Yes I heard that last time Chuanzhi was scolded by his two uncles, is it true?"

"Hey, my uncle wants to scold my nephew, let them scold him! Uncle, uncle, uncle, broken bones and connected tendons, two things that rely on the old to sell the old, have the same heart and temper as our mother-in-law, can find trouble, and can talk! I used to He would go to my house to mediate every now and then, scolding his nephew for being afraid of his mother-in-law, not caring about his wife, and getting on the sidelines, letting Chuanxiang beat me until my nose bleeds, and then he finally vented his anger on his sister!" He Lin was very surprised, "Brother really did something to you?!"

"In the countryside, it's not common for couples to fight!" "why?" "One is for the money, and the other is for the mother-in-law who is a shit-stirring stick. Your elder brother Chuanxiang and I fight every year, every month, and I got it right after my eldest brother was born! Chuanxiang is a silly bear who listens to everything. Damn, take his mother's words as an imperial decree. When there was no separation, I was the one who cooked for the spoon in the same pot. His mother had too many things to do, and he thought the soup was too thin, too thick, and it was never right. , the teeth came out and shouted to my face. As soon as I replied, she immediately ordered her son to beat me, from the house to the yard, the old man watched me being beaten by riding, and didn't even roll his eyes! At first I was stupid, I was beaten If you don’t run or cry, you hold on. Later, after suffering a lot, you figure it out. If you hit me, it won’t hurt others. When will you get a head?! If you hit me again, you will run away. How far will you run? How far away, when I was caught, I bit my mouth, once the flesh on Chuanxiang's arm slumped. That time, he beat me hard, my head was smashed, my face was covered with chicken shit, he Ancestors, what kind of life did you live in those years, no one bullied my natal family. I am a brother, short, weak and sick, and can't help - if there is a male laborer from my natal family who can take it out, stand up and give me a break , I won't be so cruel again and again! Chuanxiang's ruthless son and his mother would not dare to do this to me!" Hehe, He Lin was dumbfounded. She didn't expect the relationship between her mother-in-law and Xiuhua to be so bad. It was beyond imagination. Moreover, in my impression, my uncle was a naive, silly, honest person who would only laugh "hehe" when encountering problems. So violent in private! "Sister-in-law," He Lin called sister-in-law for the first time, "Is it because you didn't give birth to a daughter?" But I want to know more about the things in my old home, after all, this is the cultural atmosphere where my husband Chuanzhi grew up. Embroidery, who has always been quiet, opened up the chatterbox, and the conversation was very lively, spitting stars flying in the sun, "That's right, if I give birth to a boy as my first child, what can I say, the situation will be different. It is common in rural areas. Patriarchal, pay attention to the value of mother and child. Good thing, that is, stronger than now, this old thing is so vicious, you don't know how cruel she is. Since the birth of the eldest and second child, I have had seven abortions. I had a second birth, and they were all girls—oh, it’s my fate to be blind. I suffered such a serious crime again and again, and I almost took my life twice! The baby’s life is not good, it’s four or five months in my stomach, and it’s life and death. Crushed and pulled out. When I was born, it was winter, and the north wind was whizzing like a knife. During the confinement period, I vigorously went to the ditch to break the ice to wash diapers and Chuanxiang’s clothes. My hands were so cold. My joints hurt when it’s cloudy now! I cook for myself and cook for their family. No one in their family said that I’m in confinement and rest for a while, no! I gave birth to a child, even an egg skin I didn’t eat it either, my natal family sent a basket, and the next day I asked the old stuff to go to the market to sell it. I bought two and a half catties of pork belly, and when I got home, I had pork belly stewed with radishes, and then I had a bowl of big radishes for me. - Think about it, it's better to die! "When I gave birth to my second girl, the child didn't even let me take a look at it. She passed it on to Chuan Xiangyuan's second cousin. His family didn't have any children. Let the team know about it. Let me wear a ring, but don't let me wear it." Rebirth. I came back from the hospital just in time for the busy spring, so I limped and went to work. If I was slower, I was pointed at my forehead by the old man and scolded me for not being able to give birth to a son, so I pretended! Because I replied a few words Mouth, her eldest son who is not human knocked me down and beat me on the ground, but luckily the ground was on the ground, the neighbors were close and pulled away, otherwise I would have the determination to kill them both with a hoe!" It may be too sad Come on, Embroidery couldn't help wiping away tears. He Lin's eyes were also wet, "Sister-in-law don't talk about it, it's over, you are pregnant now, crying is not good for the child." Embroidery didn't care, "Let me finish. I can't find anyone to talk about it. I've been pressing it in my heart, and I feel uncomfortable. My body is fine, and I have survived all the hardships and tiredness. This little thing will pass. The old man The Wang family still wants a grandson, the eldest son and the grandson, the old man dreamed that Chuanxiang would have a son. The idiot in the past had resigned himself to his fate, so the daughter should be the daughter. Chanting scriptures on his ears! I had the idea of ​​having a son again, so I secretly went to the hospital to find someone to remove the ring. Since the birth of the second child, family planning has been like a year. Just married young daughters-in-law to 50-year-old women are forced to go to the hospital for examination. Every year, I hide like a thief. I have to hide for four months. When I go to the hospital, a man and a woman are photographed. Anyone who takes a picture of a boy , did not live at home, went south to Shenzhen and Guangdong, went north to Northeast, and some went to Xinjiang. They didn’t want their homes anymore. Anyway, they didn’t have anything valuable at home. There were only three tiled roofs. "My life is not good. The ones who were found out were all daughters. I was caught twice. Two big men twisted my arms and carried me to the car. I went to the hospital to have a miscarriage. The abortion was gone. Fortunately, it is a daughter. The one who was arrested with me was also aborted. There were also two girls on it. The luck was so bad that I was about to back up when I ran to Jinan, but I was arrested again. I heard that the aborted The baby who comes out can move its arms and legs! People are so cruel now, the key point is, who is pity for the other! The mother of the twins went crazy after leaving the hospital. She feels sorry for the children, and now she often runs out naked. It's all locked to the legs of the bed." He Lin burst into tears, almost unable to comfort the woman beside her who had been so traumatized physically and mentally.What can she say?Everything is beyond her imagination as a city girl. The countryside, the peaceful and beautiful vast land like an idyllic on TV and the simple and honest farmers on the land, are in reality a world intertwined with blood, violence, ignorance and cruelty.No one has ever shown her this kind of bloody original ecology, and it's right beside her husband.She was overwhelmed. "Speaking of the dead girl, big aunt Qingxia, my chest hurts with anger! She is a shameless and obscene girl who eloped with a gangster in the back village, and rumors and jokes spread around her for tens of miles. In those two years, the whole family couldn’t hold their heads up in the village. Chuanzhi also had an uncle, Chuanzhi’s father and brother. Chuanzhi’s father wanted it and brought him here. It's better to raise relatives. There are no other relatives in Wang's shop. The eldest is gone. The sisters-in-law should live together and live together, so as not to be bullied by others. Chuan Zhiniang is a poisonous old thing, and she has nothing to do with the second. It is good for her to draw a clear line! Chuanzhi's grandma is not dead yet, she has to be raised by two sons, Chuanzhi's father is dead, and he is not his own, Chuanzhi's mother has something to say. She didn't want to raise her, and said that the old lady had nothing to do with her. In the early years, because of Chuanzhi's grandmother, the two families fought and scolded every year. In the past, the old things prevailed, and there were many sons, and the gang still Not enough for her to scold! "Since Qingxia's accident, she has scolded her daughter and made the old lady sad. She deserves it! Retribution! Anyway, she hasn't scolded anyone in the past two years, and she was suppressed by him—" He Lin suddenly remembered that when she went to the countryside, she went shopping with Zhaodi, and when she arrived at the door of a house, someone poured cold water on her.The kid Zhaodi actually said that he was a family enemy, a world feud! "It's Qingxia's butt that's gone for a long time, so she doesn't know how to be ashamed. She eloped back with a big belly, gave birth to a child, cooked rice, and went back to her mother's house to be so happy! She doesn't care about others poking her back. This person is cheap It's also inherited from the older generation, this dead Qingxia gave birth to a son in her husband's house, and she didn't look good. She was beaten into a pig's nest all day long. Every time she went back to her mother's house, her nose was blue and her face was swollen. , the married girl poured out the water, she poured it out and then returned to her mother's house, she was a guest (read kei, three times), the guest must also look like a guest, but they don't, they regard their mother's house as their own home, and mix everything And, the chicken has a mouth and a duck mouth, I think I can't cook, the rice I cook is salty, salty, and her brother is hungry, and her brother raises me better than a pig. There is no such a dead woman in the world Not so messy! "Once she happened to catch up with me fighting with her mother. She slapped my ear door directly without saying a word. My ears were buzzing for a week and I couldn't hear. After half a year It just got better slowly. You don’t know that at that time, the two girls began to yell and beat me so much that I ran all over the yard, unable to get out, and finally tripped me. The two girls kicked and pinched me, and my thighs were bruised and purple. Yes. It was just in time for the wheat harvest, and there was no one in the neighbor’s house, and no one would know if I was killed! In the end, I kowtowed to apologize!” "What did brother say when he came back?" "Don't mention that silly bear, you can't be trusted! According to him, a daughter-in-law is like clothes, and you can change it if it doesn't fit, but there is only one old lady! If you can only choose one wife and old lady, he can only choose my old lady! Otherwise, others will look down on him, and he himself He also despises himself! "When I think about it, I have the heart to die. I have suffered all the unspeakable crimes. I will be punished for even a trivial matter. So, that's why I didn't show up when Qingxia was beaten at her husband's house. The reason, the beating is light, she deserves to be beaten to death! Let her be cheap! She has killed people. It was the last time, when I watched her pass by the door crying and crying, I immediately sent Chuanxiang to Qiancun to play cards. The Han Xiong at home is a gambler. Whenever he sees the poker table, he moves forward. He is closer than seeing his mother. He usually fights about it. Even if he loses two that day, he can’t vent his anger on his sister! Tonight , the old thing searched everywhere but couldn't find her son, asked me, I said I don't know, your son has legs, and he can go wherever he likes. The old thing has no choice but wants me to go to Qingxia's husband's house with her to reason, but I won't go In the end, the old man went by himself, took a hoe and almost dug off half of Grandma Qingxia's butt—" He Lin wondered, "Isn't it a rolling pin?" "What kind of rolling pin? No one takes it seriously when they say that the rolling pin is like playing with it. It's actually a hoe! The old woman has been in the hospital for half a year, and even reported the crime. Finally, considering that the two have children, they cannot divorce. , can't let the child's mother go to prison, pay some medical expenses, say a few good things, and let it go." He Lin sighed: "It's too messy! But she deserved what she deserved. Looking at her like that, she is not a good bird!" "It doesn't matter whether she is a good bird or not, anyway, it will be difficult for her to get ahead in this life. Her mother-in-law will be on top of her until she dies; she has found a man who is fooling around and acting like a two-hundred-five-year-old man. Women who are not four and four hook up and hang out. People say that there are many gossips in front of widows, so he went to walk a few more times. He has never seen such an unscrupulous thing. She catches up with it once every 100 years! Said, sooner or later, a deep prison is waiting for him! "That little tiger, I really answered the saying that dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, the son of a mouse can make holes, and his mind and temper follow his father's. You don't know how much he likes you! The old and the young are all in the litter. In this way, pure and half-cooked, how do you think she can live better? I can't even look forward to it, she deserves it! Retribution!" He Lin felt chills in her heart when she heard the gnashing of teeth, wondering if Grandma Midnight would say the same about her? Finally, the embroidery sighed: "He Lin, you are still lucky, a girl in the city can go to school, go to middle school and go to college, and after graduation, she can find a job that earns money, has her own house to live in, and can write her own name. Is it reasonable for mother-in-law and her son to quarrel and let you go? Women can only live hard when they earn money by themselves, and they don’t get angry anytime and anywhere. Unlike my rural women, who live a hard life. People from the in-law’s family die as ghosts of the in-law’s family. They are not treated as human beings. They have been oppressed by the mother-in-law and her son for half their lives. Rural people are really suffering. The smaller the place, the more shit and bad things. In this life, I have to pay for my children to go to school, and also for my eldest daughter. I can’t let her suffer like me again, and come to the city in the future Going to college in the city, looking for a job in the city, and finding an in-law’s family in the city. I don’t have much to do in the countryside. If I don’t starve to death, I count on my children to have a future. I hope that when the children grow up, they can understand the sacrifices of their parents for most of their lives. Be obedient and filial..." Embroidery was chattering trivially, He Lin suddenly realized, and even panicked, especially the last sentence, isn't this the mother-in-law's footprints along the way?All the hardships you have experienced are not for yourself, but only for your children. All the support and all the sacrifices in the later years of life will turn into asking for rewards from your children and asking for the cost of paying for a lifetime of life-no matter how hard you embroider, you are responsible for two. children, while the mother-in-law was responsible for five! In any case, the two chatted so much crying, laughing and laughing, their relationship naturally became closer.On the way back, Xiuhua explained to He Lin why her mother-in-law was able to accommodate her second daughter-in-law: "First, you are a girl from the city of Beijing, Chuanzhi is a college student, and so are you, and her family is from the countryside, with a small family and a small family. First, she feels inferior to your family, so she can't find any reason; second, your natal family is a big family (He Lin is ashamed), aunt is a university professor, and uncle is a company leader. On the surface, she bullies you; 3. You are dowry and accompanied by a building, and you are obsessed with old things and money. If she wants something, she has to make a smile first; 4. You look down on her. People are different from normal people when they get old No ambition anymore. The better you treat her, the more she will step on you and take you seriously. If you don't take her seriously, she will fawn on you. Fifth, Chuanzhi is more caring than his brother. He is a knowledgeable person, has his own opinions, and does not dance with his mother's chopsticks. Anyway, what I see is that Chuanzhi hides and coaxes at both ends. Be foolish from the inside out, pass from both ends, start a fire in the middle, and then watch us fight! When mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along, they all depend on the man in the middle. Where is the difference? If he is careless and careless, this family will become a nest of gooses!" The two returned home with their things, and Mrs. Wang and her son were busy with lunch. "I'm resting, I'm not working, where have I gone to make a fortune? Then adults are a little ignorant of human affairs, and let the old mothers in their sixties make them for them to feed their ancestors! I think back then, when I was a young daughter-in-law Every day before dawn, I get up to prepare pig food to feed the pigs, and then cook a pot of rice for the whole family. After eating, I have to go to the fields to work, carrying dozens of catties of medicine barrels to apply pesticides to cotton, which is not like now My daughter-in-law is so leisurely and at ease, she can wake up whenever she wants to sleep, and eat whenever she wants, without letting others say a word, and asks the old woman to prepare it and bring it to the table, with the chopsticks..." After putting down the things, Embroidery went in to help.The mother-in-law came out of the kitchen, saw so many clothes and food, and rummaged through the convenience bags one by one, "Tsk tsk, I'm rich! I also went to the big shopping mall (it's customary to treat supermarkets as shopping malls) to buy so many things. Poor days are rich. But, ouch, this little piece—” The old lady held a piece of floral underwear with two fingers trembling. If you change the top of your trousers, it will be all right, and if you have two small coins, you will spend them where the water will not be wiped out!" Then he looked at the milk powder for pregnant women, "What is this, sir, flour is not like flour, and rice noodles are not like rice flour. Rice noodles, like lime, are not cheap, hum, there may be oil cakes hidden in the doghouse, and you only buy things that don't shit after eating..." He Lin was drinking water, and replied coldly: "I bought it, and the money I earned is given to my sister-in-law!" The old lady threw things on the table, "You have more money!" "I don't have much money, so I'm willing to buy it!" Chuanzhi quickly came out to calm things down, "Don't say a few words. From now on, everyone will strictly manage themselves and don't care about others." Then he turned around and started with the old lady first, "Mother, why do you care so much? If she wants to buy it, she can buy it. If you don't spend it after you finish it, what are you worrying about?" The old lady replied angrily: "A woman has to learn to live diligently and manage the house frugally!" "Ha!" He Lin heard herself laugh loudly, "I live diligently and live frugally, so who should I support with the money I save? I don't feel bad when I earn what I spend!" The old lady slapped her knees, "Son, take a look at your chosen wife! Take a look!" Then she turned and ran to the kitchen. Chuanzhi turned to He Lin again, the bow hadn't been fired yet, so it was obviously serious, "Honey, can't you be like a gun, and explode when something happens?" "You seem to have been shot! You were shot!" "Okay, can you not be like a hedgehog, put your thorns up beforehand? The old man has been used to thrift all his life, and he can't see spending money like water. Isn't it for our own good!? It's our duty to be diligent and thrifty, where? wrong?" He Lin retorted: "We've been married for more than a year, and you're thrifty in managing the house, but what about the money you saved? Which mouse hole have you filled?" "Unreasonable!" Chuanzhi turned and went into the kitchen again, but was pushed out by his mother forcefully, "No, wait outside! How many men from our Wang family are in the kitchen? If they can wait to eat, you can too." Wait!" He Lin didn't give him a chance to stare at each other, so she thumped upstairs. Looking at herself in the mirror, she realized that her piercing eyes might have been frightened by a bunch of messy and violent stories that Xiuhua told. In a short period of time, she actually formed a protective mechanism of fierceness and inwardness. In fact, she was afraid and timid in her heart. At one point, she fantasized that her mother-in-law would come upstairs to beat her, and her husband would join in to greet her, so what could she do?Maybe call 110, and the police will show up and say a few words, do they really care about these housework that are constantly being cut and messed up? She is very worried, worried that her peaceful home will slowly evolve into a battlefield where either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. Now that there is Mars, she and the old lady are evenly matched, each with its own trump card, and the goal is the space of this home power, discourse power, property control and heroine status.She has marriage as a bargaining chip, and uses the law as a shield to actively defend her territory; the mother-in-law uses blood relationship as a bargaining chip, and uses tradition and selfless dedication to her son as a means to actively strive for the treatment of a "super family member" who is the queen mother who listens to politics behind the curtain.And Chuanzhi became the referee in the middle, and his sympathy and favoritism for any party might break the balance of power and shift the balance of this fierce competition. But as a twenty-five-year-old man who has grown up and has his own marriage, whether his first identity is someone else's son or someone else's husband is very important, and it is related to whether she can win this defense battle in her own space!She can't allow her husband's mother to boss her around on her own territory, to be domineering, to intervene in all the affairs of a family and become the de facto second hostess!