Chapter 178 The prosperous days of the New Year
The women talked to each other and soon divided into camps, you and I are friends, and I don't get along with you.
Gu Weiguo, Gu Weimin, and Gu Weijun, the brothers, didn't have any special feelings about it. Men were rough in nature, but they could live a decent life anyway. After the family split up, they were all brothers. They usually envied the fourth room, but when it came to the New Year, they would do whatever they wanted.
On the contrary, the younger generation, Niu Dan, Niu Shuan, Fu Bao and Gu Shengtian have always had a good relationship. They pulled Gu Shengtian aside and asked him about the capital for a long time. They were jealous and felt that it was meaningless to cultivate the earth in the countryside. They also wanted to go to the capital to do some business and make money in the future.
They are already married, have children, and can run around. Rural men, when they have children, feel that the burden on their shoulders is heavier. They have to save money to raise the children and find wives for their sons. The mission of the new generation has begun.
Tusheng, the son of the second wife, has also been on a blind date and is about to get married. His parents are now working for Gu Weidong and his wife, and their lives are better than those of the first and third wives. This time he is marrying a girl from the town, which makes his life particularly respectable and glorious.
His sister Zaochun is three years older than Fubao. She is twenty-one years old this year and is about to get married. She asked Baoni about the conditions for getting married nowadays. She said that all the conditions for getting married must be mentioned, such as thirty-six legs, three turns and one ring.
Bao Ni listened to this and smiled: "It's up to me. Nowadays, the girls in the mines have high requirements for marriage, but if you meet a good one, it's the same even if you don't have such requirements."
Her child is now three years old. Her husband recently got a promotion, and she has become the women's director at the mine. It can be said that she is well-liked and lives a comfortable life. She rarely comes home, and when she does, she brings things for Miao Xiuju, but rarely for Liu Zhaodi.
Liu Zhaodi resented her daughter for this, saying that she had raised her in vain.
Bao Ni didn't care too much. After all, she gave the recruitment opportunity to Gu Yuehua, which was already a capital crime in Liu Zhaodi's eyes.
As they were talking, Xiuni, who was the same age as Fubao, stared at Fubao, looking at the hairpin on his head and his jacket. Finally, she couldn't help asking, "Fubao, is the capital good?"
Fubao: "Very good."
Xiuni: "Is there anyone you can introduce to? Can you come back and introduce us to someone?"
Fubao thought for a moment and said, "I'll keep an eye out, but it might be hard to find the right one."
This is of course just a response. After all, young people in cities also have their own ideas. The difference between urban and rural household registration is like a natural barrier. Eating commercial grain is very different from eating in the countryside. Young people in cities generally rarely look down on rural household registration.
Xiuni: "But aren't your biological parents from the city? They must know a lot of people, right? Can they help introduce you to a job in the city?"
Fu Bao: "They do know a lot of people, but they are just ordinary workers. It is impossible for them to use such connections casually."
Xiuni said "oh" and was a little disappointed. She stopped talking to Fubao and turned to ask Gu Shengtian.
Bao Ni chuckled, pulled Fu Bao to talk, and then whispered in her ear: "Don't listen to her, she envied you for going to the city and dreams of going to the city every day!"
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After the lively New Year's Eve, firecrackers were set off, and dumplings were eaten. The next day was the first day of the new year. This year's first day of the new year was different from previous years. This year's first day of the new year was a happy day for Huo Jinyun and Su Wanru.
The people in Pingxi Village respected Huo Jinyun and Su Wanru very much. When they learned that the two of them were coming back to celebrate their wedding, they were happier than anyone else and felt proud.
This is an educated youth who has been a teacher here for ten years. Now that he has returned to the city, he actually wants to hold his wedding in their village. Just think about it, it's a face-saving thing.
For the sake of face, they had to make the wedding of these two a success.
Therefore, the wedding of Huo Jinyun and Su Wanru became the most grand wedding in Pingxi Village in the past ten years. All the men, women, young and old in the village came out together. The women helped to welcome the guests, and the men helped to carry the sedan chair and shout slogans. Miao Xiuju also invited people to play suona, gongs and drums. As for people who made trouble for the wedding and set off various firecrackers, there were even more groups of them.
Because of the excitement, I heard that people from the neighboring village came to watch the fun.
The wedding lasted for most of the day, and the wedding banquet started at noon. The banquet was served in a big pot of dishes, which were stewed until they were fragrant and tender. There were big chunks of pork belly, delicious cabbage and mushrooms in the pot. The soup was full of oil and looked delicious.
The villagers of Pingxi Village were all excited. Led by Chen Youfu, they all stood up and wished Huo Jinyun and Su Wanru a happy marriage and a baby soon. The momentum and fanfare were beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Huo Jinyun looked at his fellow villagers, his eyes welling up. He raised his glass and said loudly, "Fellow villagers, when I first came to Pingxi Village, I was still young, the oldest age a person can be in their life. But at that time, I felt like I was already dead. My heart was icy cold, just like death. I thought that this was my life, like a walking corpse, and it would be like this forever."
When he said this, everyone present remembered that more than ten years ago, such a long time ago, that group of educated youth with green faces came to Pingxi Village, and everyone ran over to watch the fun.
Everything seems to be right in front of me, but that was all more than ten years ago.
It’s so fast.
Huo Jinyun continued, "Ten years have passed. I'm in my thirties now, well into middle age, but even with my age, I feel like I've been reborn! The people of Dagunzi Mountain thank me for teaching them how to read. But I'm actually even more grateful to Dagunzi Mountain. It was here that I rediscovered the meaning of life and rekindled my passion for living. It's the people here who make me feel like a human being, not a walking corpse!"
He paused briefly, his voice choking with sobs. "In this life, I still have a long way to go and many things to do, but no matter where I go, I will never forget Dagunzi Mountain and the people of Pingxi Village. Thank you, fellow villagers!"
After these words were spoken, the banquet fell into silence.
The first thing that broke the silence was a solitary applause. Then, the applause became louder and louder, and finally everyone clapped, cheered, and shouted wildly. Some women were so moved that they lowered their heads and wiped away their tears.
Fubao looked at this scene and suddenly remembered the wedding of Li Jinlai and Widow Wang many years ago when she was still very young. After so many years, it was still the same wedding and the same lively celebration, but one was full of scarcity and poverty no matter how hard it tried, while the other was as prosperous as it could be with firecrackers, dumplings and stewed pork.
The past decade or so has been an important decade for Teacher Huo and Teacher Su, and it has been the same for them.
History has turned a new page, and their days have also entered a new chapter.
Everything looks good.
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