Chapter 32
"You keep saying something is wrong. It's the Chinese New Year. If something happens, it won't happen. If you are unhappy, my family will not be happy either." Xiao Yuxuan said with a cold expression: "My mother drank too much at night. Since you can't even wait until tomorrow."
, then if you have anything, just tell me directly!"
The three people were stunned by Xiao Yuxuan's behavior, as if they didn't even recognize him.
Speaking of which, it was because Xiao Yuxuan was a completely submissive master in the past. He didn't speak all day long, and those who didn't know better thought he was mute. Even if he occasionally said a few words, he was hesitant and unable to express his meaning.
It was the old lady who was the first to react: "Is it useful to tell you? You don't even look in the mirror and take a good look. If your hair is not long enough, you can't be a wolf with a big tail..."
Xiao Yuxuan directly rolled his eyes in return, "I know that the blood in my body is not from your Chen family, so you never treat me badly. When I was a child, I was lucky if I wasn't beaten to death by you and starved to death... Don't rely on me and show off your old age in front of me.
.....If you want to say it, just say it. If you don't want to say it, you can push me down. Don't be weird and angry to no end..."
It is not without reason that the original owner has been afraid and hated the old lady he calls "grandma" since he was a child.
From the time she can remember, my grandma would beat the original owner once for any mistakes, and scolded her for nothing. She was merciless when she was beaten and scolded, and it was common for her to go hungry without enough food.
The most impressive time was when his parents went out and left the original owner at his grandmother's house. Several children in the same village laughed at the original owner as a "wild child". They were so angry that they picked up a stone and threw it hard. By coincidence, one of the children was hit on the head.
I opened the gourd. Later, the child's parents came to argue, and the grandma was so angry that she had to pay for the medicine. When she turned around, she punched and kicked the original owner, yelled and cursed loudly, and picked up one without getting angry.
The bamboo stick hit the original owner, and the original owner subconsciously reached out to block it. The result was heart-wrenching pain in his left elbow.
It wasn't until my parents came back in the evening and took off their clothes amidst the original owner's cries of pain that they discovered that the elbow was swollen to a disgraceful shape. I rushed to the county hospital overnight and was told that the radiology department was off work and I could only handle it briefly in the emergency room. It was delayed until
After the doctor went to work the next day, he took a X-ray and found that the bone was dislocated and fractured. Later, although it was cured, the original owner's left arm could no longer straighten at the elbow like a normal person.
And this incident was the trigger for the original owner's family to move to the county town to rent a house.
When he was a child, whenever the original owner saw children from other families being treated as treasures by his grandparents, he could not help but feel envious. At the same time, he could not understand why he alone was regarded as an outcast.
It wasn't until I grew up and became sensible that I slowly pieced together the answer from some rumors and casual chats with people close to me.
Everything happens for a reason, and this involves some old things.
Xiao Yuxuan's grandfather was called Xiao Jiancheng. In their time, people who could read and write were looked down upon. It was absolutely remarkable that a college student could be born from eight villages in ten miles. So the thing that made him most proud was
It’s not about being a primary school teacher and becoming a leader of the county education bureau, but it’s about being able to train two sons and three daughters into “literate people” that others would envy.
The youngest daughter Xiao Zening, who he loves the most, is also the most up-to-date. Unlike her elder brothers and sisters, she has a high school diploma, a junior college education, and a health school. She was admitted to the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Education. It is this daughter who makes him most proud, who has received four years of education.
After college life is over, what I bring home is not only the ink in my belly, but also the little life in my belly...
This unexpected news made Xiao Jiancheng feel like he was struck by lightning, but his daughter refused to reveal the "culprit" and objected to aborting the child. His determination and stubbornness left him helpless except for anger.
Counting the days, it was almost obvious that they were pregnant. Xiao Jiancheng and his wife knew that delaying it was definitely not an option. Rumors about "getting pregnant before marriage" would ruin their daughter's life. The only feasible option was to find an in-law for their daughter to get married as soon as possible, but they were reluctant to let their daughter get married as soon as possible.
Marry far away. Moreover, even if you get married, your daughter's pregnancy will definitely not be hidden from your husband's family, and you can't hide it for the sake of the future.
Is it easy to find a husband's family who can't live too far from home and is willing to accept a pregnant daughter as a wife?
Xiao Jiancheng and his wife kept the secret of their daughter and made inquiries in various places. In desperation, they could only "pick generals among cripples". Not to mention, the male owner of the family who was chosen was really a cripple.
The lame man's surname is Chen Dongsheng. He lives in a remote village called Tumen in Qingyuan Township, dozens of miles away from Guangyang County. His parents died when he was young and he has no brothers or sisters. He was raised by his uncle. When he grew up, he joined the
After joining the army, he broke his leg in an accident in the engineering army and became lame. He was discharged and returned to his hometown. He walked with a limp, so he was gradually called Chen Laizi.
Chen Laizi was an honest man. After returning home from the army, he dragged his lame leg to dig food in the fields. A few years later, under the guidance of his elderly uncle, he married a widow from the next village. The widow's surname was Ma, although she started doing farm work.
He is a good hand, but he has a young daughter who is a drag, coupled with an extremely aggressive temperament and a sharp mouth. Naturally, he has no good reputation, so he has never been able to remarry. Now the two of them live together, which is unfortunate.
Also, don’t dislike anyone.
This Widow Ma is Xiao Yuxuan's grandmother, Mrs. Ma.
After Mrs. Ma got married, she gave birth to a son and a daughter to Chen Laizi. The son was named Chen Manfu.
After all, Cripple Chen's legs were weak, and although Mrs. Ma worked hard to support her three children, her life was extremely embarrassing. Looking at Chen Manfu, he was already 23 or 24 years old. Because his family was so poor, he couldn't even afford a wife.
But both Chen Laizi and Mrs. Ma were very anxious.
When Xiao Jiancheng and his wife came to the house sincerely to propose marriage, they naturally hit it off.
In the view of Xiao Jiancheng and his wife, although Chen Cripple's family is very poor and the head of the family, Mrs. Ma, is a "powerful person" who is not easy to get along with, the advantage is that the population is simple and Chen Manfu seems to be an honest person who is at least willing to accept the situation.
A pregnant daughter is a daughter-in-law. If she is worried that her mother-in-law will irritate her after marriage, the worst case scenario is that the couple will live in the county town after marriage and arrange a teaching job for their daughter. As long as the son-in-law is not lazy, under his care, the small family can still prosper.
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Chen Zizi is an honest and taciturn person who listens to his wife in everything, so naturally Mrs. Ma is the head of the family. When she heard that she could marry an official from the County Education Bureau and her daughter-in-law was a college student, Mrs. Ma naturally became the head of the family.
I was overjoyed, and when I learned that the woman not only didn't want a betrothal gift, but also had a generous dowry of 600 yuan in cash, I was even more happy. I put aside my grudge about getting pregnant before marriage and hurriedly agreed.
Xiao Zening, who was gradually becoming pregnant, was worried about the lack of news from that bastard man who "took up his pants and refused to admit it", but she was told that the wedding was approaching. How could she accept this? But she couldn't help but talk to her parents again and again.
Her advice fell on deaf ears, and her mother, who was worried about her, even threatened her with death, making it impossible for her to remain indifferent.
Xiao Zening, who felt that he was being unkind to others, finally resigned himself to his fate.
This "improper marriage" shocked countless people, and the news that the bride gave birth five months after the wedding made all kinds of rumors and speculations rampant.
At first, Mrs. Ma argued hard and defended her daughter-in-law. For this reason, she had constant quarrels with outsiders, and it was common for her to curse.
It is no joke to accumulate bones and destroy bones, and to make gold out of public opinion.
As time went by, the grudge that had been forgotten slowly grew again. In addition, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was already difficult, and naturally Mrs. Ma gradually felt that everything was not pleasing to her.
For example, I feel that my son's rustic appearance is not worthy of my daughter-in-law, as others have said; for example, my delicate daughter-in-law cannot lift her shoulders, and she does not look like a farm wife; for example, my son treats his daughter-in-law as his ancestor every day.
It is extremely rare to have the same support and obedience; for another example, the daughter-in-law looks glamorous every day, no wonder some people say she is a willful person...
What makes Mrs. Ma very angry is that the slowly growing eyebrows of her cheap grandson, whose nickname is "Yi Yi", do not look like her son. What is unacceptable is that it has been several years since she had this cheap grandson.
There has been no movement in the daughter-in-law's stomach. What makes her furious is that when her grandson registered for residence registration, he even named her Xiao Yuxuan without her surname. What makes her completely furious is that when she asked about it, her son dared to look at her with a smile on his face.
He explained that after discussing with his wife, he decided to only have this one child in his life, so his nickname was "Yiyi"...
When Mrs. Ma heard this, she was so angry! This flowery daughter-in-law was just a fox. She fascinated her son to the point of losing consciousness. Even such a big thing as passing on the family line was treated as a trivial matter. She really wanted to let her
If Hu Meizi's trick succeeds, even if the bloodline of the old Chen family is cut off, how can she endure this?
Therefore, once the conflict that had been simmering for a long time broke out, Xiao Yuxuan's situation took a turn for the worse. When Chen Laizi couldn't see it anymore, he occasionally tried to persuade her with a few words, but Mrs. Ma, who was used to being arrogant, scolded her all the time.
Xiao Yuxuan's arm was broken by a bamboo stick, which made Xiao Zening determined to move to the city to rent a house. Chen Manfu, who was scolded by Mrs. Ma as being "obsessed and ignorant of good and evil", also went with him.
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Seeing that her son was like a bastard eating a weight - she was determined not to divorce Hu Meizi no matter what, so Mrs. Ma could only hold her nose and admit it, but it was okay not to divorce, but it would be absolutely impossible not to give herself a biological grandson.
It didn't work. So, Mrs. Ma came to the house every now and then to make trouble. Xiao Zening was so annoyed by this that she moved several times.
Seeing that there was no result in arguing with Hu Meizi, Mrs. Ma simply went straight to her in-laws who were officials and asked for an explanation.
Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. For a time, the city was full of turmoil, and all kinds of rumors were flying all over the sky.
At this time, it was Xiao Zening's mother who came forward again. She tried to talk to her daughter several times, saying both good and bad things, and then she was able to get her daughter to relent and have another child.
News of Xiao Zening's pregnancy finally allowed Mrs. Ma to give birth safely, and the whole matter slowly subsided.
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next one will taste like. The same is true for pregnancy and childbirth. No one can tell whether it will be a boy or a girl except the prenatal doctor.
The next year, Xiao Zening gave birth to a daughter, and because of this birth, there was no chance of pregnancy in the future.
When Mrs. Ma learned about this, although she was extremely unwilling to do so, she also knew that there was no reason to quarrel with Hu Meizi or even her in-laws anymore. Unless her unsatisfactory son was divorced and remarried, it would be impossible to realize her grandson's dream.
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It just so happened that those few years were the prelude to the booming development of the domestic construction industry. Although Xiao Yuxuan's uncle Xiao Zeli only graduated from high school, he could not afford to enter the industry early. He also had a father who was a leader of the Education Bureau, so the largest building in Guangyang County
The company's Guangyang No. 1 Construction was appointed as the project manager, and he was prospering.
Xiao Zeli couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with his brother-in-law Chen Manfu when he was tired of the house and the crow. However, out of concern for his little sister, he took his brother-in-law Chen Manfu to work in the construction industry. Later, he also successively subcontracted some small projects to Chen Manfu.
.With the care of his uncle Xiao Zeli, Chen Manfu gradually became a small foreman. He could not make a lot of money, but it was more than enough to support his family.
After Xiao Zening's daughter Chen Yumo was weaned, she also chose to join the teaching force and became a teacher in the county's No. 3 Middle School.
At this point, the family's life gradually became peaceful.
But the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop.
Mrs. Ma, who was getting older, was naturally not willing to give up her thoughts on her grandson. She tried many times to persuade her son to divorce Hu Meizi and remarry, but failed to do so. When her plan failed, she tried another plan - to marry her eldest daughter.
Together we persuaded our son to raise a small child. After all, his son became a foreman, so he couldn't afford to raise one.
I don’t know which old saying is true, is it: “Men become bad when they have money”, or “There is no cat that doesn’t eat fishy fish”, or “Domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers”?
Anyway, when Chen Manfu was poor, he could tighten his belt to protect Xiao Zening, and just ignored the words of his mother and eldest sister. After his life gradually improved, he didn't know whether it was because his belly had grown fat or his ears had become soft, but he felt that his belt was too tight. This time
Songpian was completely indulged.
Therefore, people are all very cheap. They know how to live a hard life, but they don’t know how to live a good life...
Paper, after all, cannot cover fire.
In Xiao Yuxuan's memory, during the years of junior high and high school, his mother Xiao Zening was angry, cried bitterly, and made noises. At this time, his father Chen Manfu would just smoke without saying a word.
I can’t remember when my mother, Xiao Zening, changed, learned to drink, and occasionally got drunk; my father, Chen Manfu, also changed, becoming more indifferent and often staying out at night; the only thing in the whole family that has not changed is
There is only this dilapidated rented house...
At that time, my younger sister Chen Yumo was still ignorant. Xiao Yuxuan, who was already sensible, asked her mother about her inner doubts, and her mother replied nonchalantly: "Just let the three of us live well!"
What my mother said was true.
She supported this family that didn't feel like home, and she tried her best to take good care of her brother and sister.
The experience of growing up shaped Xiao Yuxuan's taciturn and introverted character. When he grew up, his only hobby was music. He deeply remembers that despite the poor conditions at home, his mother still fulfilled his wish to learn piano and applied for college.
, I chose a music school by myself, and my mother never said a word against it.
So now these three people are making things difficult for their mother, how can Xiao Yuxuan endure it?
Chapter completed!