After washing up, Shen Xiaobei and Duan Xichuan sat down to eat breakfast with the family. When they found that Yang Qiushi was not there, they immediately asked, “Sister, why is Brother Yang not here?”
"He went to work at the docks."
"oh!"
During the conversation with Yang Qiushi’s wife Chen Simei, Shen Xiaobei also got to know this family.
Chen Simei's parents had five daughters, and she was the fourth. The one who gave birth last night was the youngest sister who married and lived closest to home.
Yang Qiushi's parents died early, and he met Chen Simei through a matchmaker, and after marriage he married into her family.
It seems that their family doesn't have many sons.
After they got married, they had two daughters. The eldest and second daughter got married when they were only in their teens. Jia Jia is the youngest, but she is also 13 years old and will soon go to junior high school.
Chen Simei has never had a formal job. After getting married, she gave birth to a child every one or two years. She even lost one of the babies in between. She has been busy with pregnancy, childbirth, and taking care of the children and her elderly parents.
The family relied on Yang Qiushi's odd jobs and the two acres of thin land he owned in his hometown brigade to make a living.
Because the other four sisters were all married and their family had no sons, the other four sisters would occasionally give her family some food coupons or fish and vegetables to help share the cost of supporting their parents.
The fish on the table was sent by Chen Simei’s second sister two days ago. Her second brother-in-law’s family contracted a small fish pond.
There are also some vegetables that were sent by my third sister, which were also grown by her family.
The five sisters have always gotten along well with each other and are filial to their parents.
However, they all had many children and married ordinary men, so life at home was not easy.
However, as a window of reform and opening up, the Shenzhen government is working hard to develop and build this city.
They all believe that people in Shenzhen will definitely live a good life in the future, but when exactly will they be able to do so and how will they be able to do so?
As ordinary people with low cultural and cognitive levels, they don’t know.
So the current days are still difficult and directionless for the Chen sisters.
They just give birth to children as soon as they get pregnant, raise them after they are born, and let them get married as soon as they reach their teens. They have no plans for their lives and don't know how to plan them.
I just passively move forward step by step as time goes by.
"Fourth sister, have you and Brother Yang ever thought about starting your own small business?"
After learning Chen Simei’s name, Shen Xiaobei changed his words affectionately.
"Hey, what kind of small business can I start?"
"Little sister, you can see that the houses in our area are all old and dilapidated, and they are all inhabited by poor families. No matter what we sell, we can't make much money because no one is willing to buy and doesn't have much spare money."
"The houses in your area will probably be demolished and rebuilt in the future, and everyone will live in a good house."
"I've heard some neighbors say that, too. But with such a big event like demolishing so many houses, who knows when it will happen? It's going to be hard to wait!"
"Fourth sister, why don't you consider opening a small shop in the area that's being developed? As the saying goes, a tree that doesn't move dies, but a person who moves lives. If business can't make it in this area, then change locations."
"Open a small shop in the area that's being developed?"
"I heard from Jiajia's dad that the place is more than ten miles away from us. My family is very old and young... We don't even have the capital to open a shop. Besides, I don't even know what kind of shop we can open."
"Fourth sister, the hand-rolled noodles that Brother Yang made that I ate last night were delicious! I think if you open a noodle shop there, business will definitely be booming."
"Well, I also think that Brother Yang's cooking skills would be good for him to open a noodle shop."
Duan Xichuan had been eating in silence. When he heard Shen Xiaobei's suggestion to Chen Simei, he immediately agreed.
Just now, he heard Chen Simei say that she and her sisters, as well as their daughters, all dropped out of school early to get married and have children because of their family's poor conditions, repeating the fate of the previous generation.
After hearing this, he felt a little uncomfortable, just like Shen Xiaobei.
The arrival of every child should not repeat the fate of the previous generation because of the parents' ignorance, powerlessness, incompetence and helplessness.
They should have a broader future and more choices.
This requires parents to abandon their existing cognition and, like the emerging city of Shenzhen, dare to break the rules and make bold attempts with foresight.
"Mom, I also support my dad opening a noodle shop. Look at how hard it is for him to move goods to the dock every day! His shoulders are sunburned and he has so many white hairs!"
Yang Jiajia is truly a filial daughter who knows how to care for her father Yang Qiushi.
Such a good child, if her parents are unable to improve the family's financial situation, and she has to live one day at a time, her future will repeat the fate of her two sisters and get married in her teens.
Whenever Shen Xiaobei thought about it, he felt sorry for the little girl.
"You kid, do you think I don't know how hard your dad works? How much does it cost to open a noodle shop? I have you and grandpa and grandma at home, so how can I leave? What do you, a little kid, know?"
"Hey, Fourth Sister, don't scold Jiajia."
"It's all your father and I's fault. We're already old, but we haven't saved a penny. Our health isn't good either. We can't do anything for you and Qiushi. We're just a burden to you!"
"Mom, what are you talking about?"
"You are my biological parents. It was not easy for you to raise me and my sisters. Isn't it our duty to be filial to you? What do you mean by burden? Aren't you deliberately trying to make me feel bad? Wuuwuwu..."
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