Grandma Zhang Aili is the Zhiqing I know, one of the few Beijing Zhiqing who stayed in northern Shaanxi, Zhang Aili was born in Beijing, after coming to northern Shaanxi in 1969, she has been staying in northern Shaanxi, and Grandma Zhang Aili met more than ten years ago, when she and her wife Wang Maocai still lived in a dilapidated tile house, and now a three-story small building has been built, and the son also hired a nanny for them to take care of their living.
Zhang Aili has two children, a daughter and a son, son Wang Lei is now the chairman of a local enterprise, daughter Wang Xiaoping graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University, is now a professor at Lanzhou University, fellow villagers are very envious, Zhang Aili has two children with a career, although the conditions are good now, but before, Zhang Aili and his wife Wang Maocai lived a very hard life, after Zhang Aili and Wang Maocai married seven or eight years, are relying on Zhang Aili's parents to help a difficult life.
When Zhang Aili and Wang Maocai got married, Zhang Aili's parents were very opposed to them being together, but Zhang Aili eventually went against her parents' wishes and married Wang Maocai, who was so poor at the time, many people did not understand why Zhang Aili would like Wang Maocai, on the one hand, because Wang Maocai was honest and generous, and another reason was that when Zhang Aili was in northern Shaanxi, Wang Maocai saved her life.
At the beginning of 1969, Zhang Aili responded to the call of the state to come to Ganquan County in northern Shaanxi to receive re-education for poor and lower-middle-class peasants, and what Zhang Aili did not expect was that this trip to northern Shaanxi completely changed her fate, and she did not expect that she would one day marry a farmer in northern Shaanxi who was three years older than herself.
There are more than thirty people in Zhiqing who came to northern Shaanxi with Zhang Aili, including seven or eight idle young people in society, and the reason why many people choose to join the team is mainly because they can give priority to arranging work after the team returns to the city.
Life in northern Shaanxi is much more difficult than Zhang Aili imagined, Zhiqing and fellow villagers are living in caves, there are more rats in the caves at night, female Zhiqing are very afraid, they all sleep with lights at night, although Zhiqing has his own rations, but because he is too backward, Zhiqing's rations are often not issued, everyone often digs wild vegetables with his fellow villagers to eat, and it is a luxury to eat a meal of white noodles, most of them are mainly buckwheat noodles, corn noodles can occasionally eat one or two meals.
Zhiqing got up early every day to participate in labor, and in Zhang Aili's impression, there was endless work every day, coupled with a hard life, many Zhiqing had lost weight after a month in northern Shaanxi.
In 1971, the second year of the team in northern Shaanxi, because of long-term malnutrition, coupled with high-intensity labor, Zhang Aili fainted at work because of severe anemia, and Zhang Aili's group of compatriots Wang Maocai, driving his own carriage to send Zhang Aili to the hospital, after the doctor's examination, said that it was caused by anemia, said that it was to be transfused immediately, at this time the captain Li Changgui also rushed to the hospital, with fellow villagers and Zhiqing are waiting outside, Zhang Aili's blood type is O blood type, everyone has expressed their desire to donate blood, But in the end, only Wang Maocai's blood type matched Zhang Aili's blood type, and Wang Maocai did not hesitate to donate blood to Zhang Aili.
Wang Maocai donated twice, after the donation, he was also admitted to the hospital because of his weakness, Zhiqing spontaneously donated money to buy them nutritional products, and the captain Li Changgui also slaughtered a chicken and stewed chicken soup for the two people.
After experiencing this incident, Zhang Aili was very touched in her heart, the simple kindness of her fellow countrymen and Wang Maocai sacrificed blood to herself in spite of her own comfort, Zhang Aili silently remembered in her heart, especially for Wang Maocai, this humble northern Shaanxi Hanzi, left a deep impression on Zhang Aili.
In fact, Zhang Aili and Wang Maocai work in a group, they have known each other very early, usually Wang Maocai does not like to talk, Zhang Aili does not pay much attention, but Zhang Aili, because of her cheerful and lively personality, everyone likes her very much, Wang Daniang, who works together, joked that she wanted to introduce her nephew to Zhang Aili, but no one thought that Zhang Aili eventually married Wang Maocai.
Since Zhang Aili fell ill and was discharged from the hospital, the relationship between Zhang Aili and Wang Maocai has also become a lot closer, and Wang Maocai seems to be a little embarrassed, because every time Zhang Aili takes the initiative to talk to Wang Maocai, Wang Maocai always stutters and cannot speak, because Wang Maocai will have some stuttering as soon as he is nervous, and later under the encouragement of Zhang Aili, Wang Maocai finally overcomes the problem of nervousness.
In 1974, Zhang Aili made a bold decision, she wrote to her parents that she was going to get married, at first her parents were very happy, but after knowing that Zhang Aili's object was a farmer, her parents were very opposed, Zhang Aili was determined to marry Wang Maocai, her parents felt that her daughter was confused for a while, and wrote many times to persuade Zhang Aili, hoping that she could recognize the reality, marriage is not a child's play, but when Zhang Aili sent her parents a wedding photo of her and Wang Maocai, Zhang Aili's parents understood that everything was too late.
When Zhang Aili and Wang Maocai got married, Wang Maocai's wedding clothes were still borrowed from Zhiqing, and he did not buy furniture, but simply cleaned up the house, posted a few happy words, changed new sheets and quilts, the captain Li Changgui was their witness, and the money for the banquet was also borrowed by Wang Maocai, if Zhang Aili's mother knew that her daughter's wedding was so shabby, she would definitely lift the table.
The second year of marriage, Zhang Aili gave birth to a son, the birth of the child, brought warmth and happiness, but also increased the burden of the family, although the days are difficult, but barely able to maintain life, in 1978 when the daughter was born, Wang Maocai's family really could not open the pot, Zhang Aili had no way, had to write a letter to let the parents send some money over, although Zhang Aili's parents, some resentment in their hearts, but also could not bear to watch their daughter suffer, until 1985, these years Zhang Aili's family are relying on their parents to help live.
In 1986, Zhang Aili, as a left-behind zhiqing, found a cleaning job in the county government canteen, and Wang Maocai learned to cook with Master Li in the team, and it was not until 1995 that Wang Maocai's family life gradually improved.
Now Wang Maocai and Zhang Aili have long retired, both children have established a family, and they are very successful, their later life is also very happy, which experienced only Zhang Aili herself can understand, but she has never regretted, if she can choose again, she will still choose to marry Wang Maocai.