At the end of a certain year, he suddenly received a call from his hometown asking him not to bring his wife and children back to celebrate the New Year.
My mother was hesitantly explaining the reason on the other end of the phone. It was too cold back home and she was worried that her daughter-in-law and children would not be able to bear it and would suffer if they went back...
He listened silently without interrupting.
A month ago, my mother also bombarded them with calls every day, but at that time she asked them to go back for the New Year. He couldn't go back alone, he had to bring his wife and children with him. The train tickets had already been bought, and it was my mother's style to change her mind at the last minute.
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After Wang Changjiang hung up the phone, he still called his sister Wang Chang'e to ask what was going on.
He knew how much his family wanted them to go back home to celebrate the New Year.
Wang Chang'e told her brother everything. When it came to the Hua family, she could only sigh in her heart.
Who would have thought that the little girl who was just a little pretty back then would have such good fortune!
If my brother hadn't divorced me...
I heard that the news spread throughout the village that the third son of the Hua family, Hua Youcai, had built a new house that had never been lived in, and the Hua family started cleaning up before the twelfth lunar month.
There have been rumors of returning to my hometown to celebrate the New Year before, but I have never been back. So when it started this time, the villagers didn't take it seriously.
When the New Year came to an end, the three brothers of the Hua family came back first, and it was confirmed that the youngest brother's branch would come back to celebrate the New Year this year. Hua Yuanyuan and Hua Fangfang, brother and sister, came back with their whole family.
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Wang Chang'e said whatever she wanted to say. What happened between my brother and Hua Yuanyuan happened many years ago. It was the same for me. There was no reason why she couldn't just say it directly.
"Changjiang, don't think too much. Your family is just worried that you will feel uncomfortable when you go back..."
People in my hometown have nothing to do in winter, and these old stories about the Hua family and the Wang family are just the right way to pass the time.
There are all kinds of comments.
It was said that the Wang family did not have that destiny, and they pushed Hua Yuanyuan, the big Buddha, out of the way.
It is said that if the Wang family had treated Hua Yuanyuan better, they might have become rich a long time ago...
Only the parties involved know the inside story of Wang Changjiang and Hua Yuanyuan's divorce, and outsiders are all making such speculations.
The Wang family knew what was going on. Their son had been promoted, so how could he be interested in a country girl like Hua Yuanyuan who only graduated from junior high school!
Not only did their son look down on her, they also felt that Hua Yuanyuan was not worthy of her.
I originally thought that my son would return home after serving in the army for a few years. It would be okay for him to come back and farm and live with Hua Yuanyuan, but it would definitely not be okay if he became an official.
How can we live without a common language?
Originally, the Wang family was the envy of the villagers, but people are afraid of comparison.
Compared with Lao Hua's family, Lao Wang's family is not worth mentioning.
Wang Changjiang has a formal job in Beijing, which is good, but it is incomparable to Hua Yuanyuan's man who is a high-ranking official.
Compared with the old farmers in the village who work hard in the fields all year round to make a living, the children of the Wang family are certainly not envious!
The brother and sister from the Hua family are capable of making a lot of trouble and they have some money, but that's not a big deal. The problem lies with Hao Li, the son-in-law of the Hua family.
I heard that this son-in-law is very awesome. Hua Youcai himself said how awesome he is.
One summer, when the Hua family's twins were still a little bit older, they went back home.
The promising son-in-law of the Hua family was dragged by Hua Youcai to be exhibited around the village. He was not good-looking and was not as handsome as Wang Changjiang.
When you are a high-ranking official, you will be upright and righteous beyond reproach.
What impressed the villagers most was that he was obedient and would do whatever his father-in-law told him to do without saying a word.
Hua Youcai was so proud that he held his head high! His butt was even raised to the sky!
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Wang Changjiang always received news about the Hua family passively and never took the initiative to think about it. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't look for it.
Every time this happens, I can't help but ask myself if I regret it?
It would be a lie to say that he didn't regret it. If he hadn't divorced Hua Yuanyuan, he could have been in Hao Li's position. Even if he didn't reach this position, he wouldn't mind if it was a few levels lower.
This kind of thinking is meaningless. Wang Changjiang is a rational person and extremely clear-headed. How could he not know this!
Even if he had not chosen to abandon Hua Yuanyuan, could he be like Hao Li?
This is the most sensible way to think.
But as long as one is a human being, he or she will rely on greed.
Don't analyze objective facts, just take it for granted.
The best possibility is that everything Hao Li has now belongs to him. As long as he thinks this way, it feels like a dream.
Is this possible?
Now that he has met the conditions and can join the army, will Hua Yuanyuan leave her hometown?
His truest thought was that he didn't want Hua Yuanyuan to come over.
The family compound is also a small society.
Hua Yuanyuan doesn’t have much to show for herself, she doesn’t know how to deal with things, and she smiles silly all day long…
Yes, Wang Changjiang later tried hard to recall what kind of impression Hua Yuanyuan had of him.
She had two pigtails, lowered her head, and fiddled with the corners of her clothes with her hands...
When he was at home, I would steal glances at him with a red face. I was not at all frank and was very shy and embarrassed.
He also met Hua Yuanyuan recently. When his comrades came to Beijing, he accompanied them back to their base to revisit their old place.
This little-known, shabby village next to the army has changed a lot.
The brothers strolled around the village. When they passed by Hua's house, Hua Yuanyuan was standing at the door, talking to someone unknown.
At just one glance, even though he hadn't seen him for many years, Wang Changjiang recognized him at once.
Because Hua Yuanyuan has hardly changed, she hasn't gotten fatter or older...
No, it has changed too.
In his memory, Hua Yuanyuan still had pigtails, but now she has fashionable big waves.
People were coming and going on the street, but Hua Yuanyuan didn't even glance over here. She just listened to what the people on the other side were saying with a smile.
Wang Changjiang slowed down his pace and couldn't help wondering if she would still recognize him if she looked up.
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