Chapter 108 Everything is beautiful
Fubao is now a big celebrity in Pingxi Production Brigade. When Fubao walks on the street, the old men and women he meets all smile very kindly and treat him as the friendliest person. Of course, some of them even chant "Amitabha" when they see him.
Before the end of summer vacation, Fubao went to visit Huixin and Huiru.
Because Gu Weidong had sent them a message, they had made preparations in advance, and life was relatively easy. They had stored food so that they wouldn't starve even if the next year was bad. However, when the fern root powder incident came out, they all followed suit and went up the mountain to collect fern roots.
"We don't know how long this famine will last, so we should stock up as much as we can."
Huiru, now a mother of three, has calmed down considerably. With her hair tied back in a nylon bun, she looks just like any other rural woman. Huixin, now a mother of four, still speaks softly and gently, just like before.
Fubao suddenly remembered something and asked Huixin, "Sister Huixin, do you often sing hypnotic songs to Xiao Taozi?"
Xiao Taozi is Huixin's daughter.
When Huixin heard this, she said, "A hypnotic song? I don't have the time for that right now!"
When Fubao asked this, Huiru recalled the time when Fubao was in the nunnery, and how Huixin held Fubao and coaxed her to sleep.
As he spoke, Fubao pursed his lips and sighed.
The abbess of the nunnery is no longer alive, and the other nuns have all returned home. Now the only ones who can be contacted are these two sisters. The sound of the wooden fish has faded away, and the sisters have returned to the secular world and are living the lives of ordinary people.
The Buddha statue that was once shrouded in smoke and the delicate and soft things that were once there have been lost in the years as people work day and night.
At this time, Huiru no longer mentioned Buddha or Amitabha in her catchphrases, but instead she would curse her youngest son as a "disobedient little bastard."
Fubao, filled with emotion, bid farewell to Huiru and Huixin and returned to Pingxi Production Brigade. However, as soon as he entered the production brigade, he found something wrong. After asking casually, he learned that a major incident had occurred in the production brigade.
This so-called major event is related to the capable man, Mr. Li, at the entrance of the village.
It turned out that Uncle Li found that some food was missing from his house. He became suspicious and began to mark and check. Later, he finally confirmed it and went to find Chen Youfu, saying that his house had been thieved.
Over the years, Pingxi Production Brigade has rarely seen any thieves, except for Nie Laosan's wife who climbed into the manhole of Gu Weidong's house and was fainted by the smoke. When Chen Youfu heard this, he naturally took it seriously and hurried to catch the thief.
But no one expected that after investigating, they actually found out that it was Uncle Li’s son Li Jinlai.
Uncle Li was so angry that he beat Li Jinlai severely.
Li Jinlai was beaten, but he didn't say a word and didn't explain why he stole the food. Later, Widow Wang burst into tears and said that the food Li Jinlai stole went to her house.
Everyone was shocked, and after listening to Widow Wang's crying, they finally understood what had happened.
It turned out that Widow Wang had sold old grain with Liu Zhaodi before. When the famine came, there was no food at home. Even if she could dig fern roots, she couldn't dig much as a woman. Widow Wang also had a son who went to school in the commune and she had to support him. Life was really difficult.
Li Jinlai had an affair with Widow Wang in the past. Seeing this, he secretly helped Widow Wang dig fern roots and gave her his own food so that she could make dry food for her son who went to school in the commune.
As soon as this incident came to light, the entire production team was excited.
They couldn't believe it, were curious, and wanted to gossip. They asked about the old ladies, the girls, the wives, the uncles, and everyone else.
You should know that there are a lot of gossips around a widow, and the affairs of a widow always have a bit of a romantic flavor. It's so exciting to listen to them when you have nothing to do!
Widow Wang cried bitterly. After Li Jinlai was scolded and beaten by his family, he suddenly felt stronger.
He was starving, suffering from famine, and almost losing his life, but suddenly he was not afraid anymore.
What are you afraid of? If you keep wasting time like this, both of them will come.
Li Jinlai asked his family to marry Widow Wang.
Widow Wang was being poked in the back by everyone, saying that she was about to drink 1605, but when she heard Li Jin say that he wanted to marry her, she suddenly felt hopeful and stopped drinking.
When Fubao returned, the incident had just happened. Chen Youliang was sitting on the well platform, talking about it with his mouth full of saliva. After he finished speaking, he sighed: "Hey, I can also give food to Widow Wang. Why doesn't she consider me?"
Others burst out laughing and kept saying "Pah, Chen Youliang", "Who do you think you are? How could they take a fancy to you?"
After some joking about it, the matter was over.
After all, think about Widow Wang. It wasn't easy either. Since her husband passed away, she has been raising a child alone. Everyone can see how difficult it is. Besides, Uncle Li is a capable man who has helped the village a lot over the years. If a bachelor and a widow fall in love, it seems like it would be a good thing for them to just get married, right?
Since everyone had this idea, they simply turned around and persuaded Uncle Li.
Uncle Li was indeed very annoyed at first, so angry that he beat Li Jinlai severely. Later, after being persuaded by everyone, he felt that it seemed okay. Widow Wang was a good woman who managed the household, and it would be a good thing to marry her.
You must know that sometimes many things in the world are just a matter of thought. When an autumn leaf blows by, the world may have changed.
In their previous life, Widow Wang and Li Jinlai were stealing in a corn field and were caught. Their reputations were ruined and they were spitting at people. But in this life, their affair was exposed just when everyone was happy that they didn't have to go hungry. Moreover, although the affair between the two was exposed, it was relatively decent. Everyone's opinions changed, and Uncle Li's thoughts also changed.
Then everything changed.
Everything that happened next seemed to go smoothly.
Grandma Hu arranged for Uncle Li's son, Li Jinlai, to marry Widow Wang. Widow Wang's son followed him into the family, but he did not change his surname and continued to carry on the Wang family's legacy.
This day is the day when the new daughter-in-law comes into the house.
Although the current situation is not good and everyone is having a hard time, Uncle Li's family still hired musicians, made a brand new red coat for Widow Wang, and set up a simple banquet.
Amid the sound of firecrackers, everyone was talking and laughing, their weathered faces all beaming with joy. A mischievous young man even picked mulberry thorns from the mountains and deliberately sprinkled them on the bride's neatly combed hair: "To tease the bride, to tease the bride!"
A wife came forward to protect the bride and scolded the young men: "Just wait, when you get married, I will not let you off!"
Everyone laughed and didn't take it seriously.
In the countryside, there are always people teasing their wives, which makes life more lively. The more lively it is, the better life will be in the future.
Fubao and Chen Cuier walked hand in hand among the crowd, with happy faces. They were responsible for distributing candies today. Although there was not much candy and it was not good candy, it was just homemade pear paste candy from the countryside, but it still tasted sweet in the mouth.
They both ate it, and now the taste still lingered on their tongues.
"It would be great if someone could get married every day!" Chen Cui'er yearned for it naively.
"Eating sweets every day will damage your teeth." Fubao warned Chen Cuier, thinking about what he had learned from the book.
"I'm actually looking forward to breaking my teeth..." Chen Cui'er chuckled.
As the two were talking, they heard someone shouting, "The bride is getting married, the bride is getting married, come and see!"
Chen Cui'er was in high spirits: "Let's go and see it together!"
Fubao was not far behind and quickly followed Chen Cui'er to squeeze to the front. The new bride was still wearing a red veil and the groom was grinning foolishly. Uncle Li and Aunt Li wore fine cotton clothes made more than ten years ago and sat there smilingly waiting for their son and daughter-in-law to greet each other.
The groom and the bride bowed to each other and were sent to the bridal chamber. Then a group of young men came to make trouble in the bridal chamber, and some asked the groom to light cigarettes for everyone.
The villagers around were cheering, watching the fun, eating candy, and celebrating. The shadow of famine had disappeared.
This was the Pingxi Production Brigade when Fubao was twelve years old. Many major events happened in the production brigade that year, with joy and sorrow, bitterness and sweetness. The fate of many people changed inadvertently.
Many years later, Fubao clearly remembered that her sister Bonnie, who had dropped out of school long ago, was lucky enough to be selected by people from the mine to work there, and from then on she became a government employee.
The day before Sister Bonnie passed away, she hugged Fubao and cried for a long time.
She said that she would never forget Fubao who found her in the haystack that day, nor would she forget what Fubao said to her.
She was so lucky. No one had thought of recruiting her this time. She was so lucky that she wanted to cry.
She said that it was Fubao who gave her luck, which gave her this opportunity.
That year, Fubao, Gu Shengtian, Chen Cuier and others entered the junior high school in the commune and began their three-year junior high school career there.
At first, there were six classmates going to school together. Later, Wang Zhuzi and Chen Baojia stopped going. Only she, Fubao, Gu Shengtian, and Shengyin, who insisted on going to school, were left.
After three years of junior high school, she was admitted to the county's top high school with the first place in the county and became a high school student.
She was fifteen years old that year.
At the age of fifteen, she was full of longing for her future and believed that as long as she worked hard, the world would be in her hands.
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