He Xiaofang: "Even if we can't work together, you, Du Wanying, are still my best friend!"
"I'm fine, don't worry about me." Du Wanying smiled and asked, "When will you go to work?"
"I'm going tomorrow. Will you accompany me to buy two new clothes?"
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go now?"
The two chatted and laughed as they went to the supply and marketing cooperative. Without stopping, they went straight to the clothing counter. He Xiaofang took a fancy to a braid and asked, "Yingying, does this dress look good?"
Du Wanying thought the dress suited He Xiaofang very well, so she said, "I think this dress will look good on you."
Hearing Du Wanying's words, He Xiaofang showed her eight little white teeth and asked, "What about these little leather shoes? Do they match the skirt?"
Du Wanying lowered her voice and jokingly said, "Xiaofang, you have good taste. When you wear this to work tomorrow, you will definitely charm a lot of people."
He Xiaofang knew Du Wanying was teasing her as soon as she heard it. She glared at Du Wanying coquettishly, then turned to the salesperson and said, "I want both this skirt and these little leather shoes."
Hearing this, the salesperson responded with a smile, then issued a receipt and collected the money. He put the receipt and money in a clip and slid it to the cashier. After a while, the receipt and change flew back and He Xiaofang took the change away.
The salesperson packed up the leather shoes and the braid and handed them to He Xiaofang, smiling and reminding her, "Hold your things."
"Thanks."
After buying her favorite new clothes and shoes, He Xiaofang was obviously in a better mood than before. She wanted to go home and change her clothes right away, but when she thought of what she had promised Du Wanying, she suppressed her anxiety.
"Yingying, shall we go shopping for a while before eating?"
"Okay, I want to go shopping too."
After all, this was Du Wanying's first time at the supply and marketing cooperative. She was very curious and looked around as she walked, getting a rough idea of the prices.
Before leaving, Du Wanying and He Xiaofang each bought some candy worth two cents.
Eight packaged candies cost one cent each, and one unpackaged candy costs one cent each.
After paying the money and taking the candy, the two walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative.
He Xiaofang smiled and said, "Yingying, let's go to the state-owned restaurant. I'll treat you to a meal."
Du Wanying also wanted to experience the state-owned restaurants of that era, but she didn't tell her family. She was afraid that her parents would worry, so she wanted to go back and tell them first.
"Xiaofang, I'm going to go home and tell my parents first. Otherwise, they'll be worried if I don't go back at noon."
"Okay, I'll go with you. I'm going home to put my things away."
The two of them staggered back to the machinery factory. At the factory gate, they separated and walked towards their respective homes.
Less than two minutes after they left, Du Wanying saw her father riding his bicycle with her mother rushing out. Du Wanying wanted to ask what was going on, but her father didn't even give her a chance and just rode his bicycle past her!
It was only when Du's mother saw her daughter that she patted Du's father on the back and shouted, "Old Du, it's our daughter, stop!"
Although Mr. Du was anxious to go to the hospital, he stopped because he was afraid that Du Wanying would worry.
Seeing this, Du Wanying hurried over. Mother Du didn't wait for Du Wanying to get close and shouted, "Yingying, you and your third brother should go to the cafeteria for lunch. Your grandmother has a broken leg and is in the hospital. Your father and I need to go see her as soon as possible."
Father Du also spoke up and said, "Yingying, your mother and I are leaving first."
Du Wanying quickly replied, "I understand, Mom and Dad. Please go to the hospital quickly and be careful on the road."
After seeing her father pedal his bicycle again, Du Wanying turned around and went home, thinking about her memories of her grandmother as she walked.
Mr. Du is the only son of my grandparents.
My grandmother got pregnant just half a year after my grandparents got married, but she gave birth to a girl as her first child. My great-grandmother's face changed immediately. Not only did she not want to take care of the child, she didn't even want her to stay in bed for the confinement period. She wanted her to go back to work that same day.
Later, grandma gave birth to seven fairies in succession. Great-grandmother took out all her resentment on grandma, thinking that it was because grandma's womb was not cooperating and she could not give birth to a son.
My great-grandmother had asked my grandfather to divorce her countless times and find a new wife and have children, but my great-grandfather refused.
Grandma had no choice but to pretend to compromise, but how could she really compromise? Instead, she came up with another plan: she was going to force Grandma to divorce herself!
From that day on, great-grandmother had two faces. If grandpa was at home, great-grandmother would at most not talk to grandma, but would never beat or scold her.
But when grandpa wasn't home, great-grandma changed her attitude. No matter whether she was in confinement or not, she would make grandma wash her own diapers and cook for her! !
Great-grandmother would go out to visit friends and would stay there for half a day. She would come home fifteen minutes before grandpa came back and tell him that she had prepared dinner for him when he got home!
Although grandma gave birth to Father Du in the end, the damage to her health caused by the previous years could not be recovered at all.
Fortunately, all eight children are very filial, which can be considered a blessing for grandma.
Not long after Mr. Du got married, he wanted to bring his grandparents to live with him, but his grandmother was unwilling. She said that the two generations had different living habits and there would definitely be friction if they lived together. She had raised eight children with great difficulty and wanted to live an easier life in the future.
The main reason is that my great-grandmother had a profound influence on my grandmother. My grandmother didn't want to use the same tactics her mother-in-law used against her to deal with her daughter-in-law. She just wanted a quieter life in the future.
Mr. Du had no choice but to compromise, but he would take Mrs. Du and the children to visit them whenever he had a holiday.
In recent years, the old couple has lived in the countryside, worked in the fields to earn work points, and received subsidies from their son. They have lived a good life, and so many years have passed in a flash.
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As soon as Du Wanying arrived at the door, she saw Du Yuanzhan opening it.
"Third brother."
Du Yuanzhan turned to look at Du Wanying and asked in confusion: "Little sister, where are our parents? Why is there no one at home?"
Both Du's father and mother work in a machinery factory, so they come home earlier than Du Yuanzhan. But when he came home today, there was no one at home. How could he not be surprised?
"Mom and Dad are going to the hospital..."
When Du Yuanzhan heard his parents were in the hospital, he couldn't stand it any longer. He ran to Du Wanying and nervously grabbed his sister's arm, his voice trembling: "What happened to Mom and Dad? Why... Why did they go to the hospital?"
Du Wanying was also confused by Du Yuanzhan's actions. The third brother was still the same third brother, with an extremely impatient temper.
"Third brother, mom and dad are fine. It's grandma. Her leg was broken. Mom and dad went to the hospital to see grandma."
Du Yuanzhan was relieved to hear that his parents were fine. But when he heard that his grandmother's leg was broken, his heart started to lift again. "Little sister, let's go to the hospital to see grandma?"
Du Wanying also wanted to go. After all, her grandparents were very kind to the four of them. But her parents and grandparents hadn't had lunch yet, so it would be better to bring some food with them.
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