Wen | Zhao Jingxuan
In 1976, shao Hongmei, a female intellectual, set out from Zhaojiagou in Yanchuan, northern Shaanxi, and carried 4-year-old Zhao Yugang back to her home in Beijing, and her mother was stunned when she saw her daughter, who had not been seen for several years, and was still holding a child in her arms.
When she returned to her senses, she opened her mouth and scolded: "After going to the countryside for a few years, you actually got a child back, do you know the shame?" The face of the ancestors has been disgraced by you! ”
Shao Hongmei did not argue either, and silently entered the house. The mother slammed the door into the bedroom and refused to show her face again.
Looking at Xiao Yugang's panicked eyes, Shao Hongmei smiled softly at him: "Yugang is not afraid, my mother makes egg noodles for you to eat." ”
Under the hot egg noodles, Zhao Yugang returned to liveliness, and he asked confusedly: "Mother, does Grandma not like me?" I'm very well-behaved and won't make my grandmother angry. ”
Shao Hongmei hugged him tightly and comforted, "No, Grandma is just not familiar with you." ”
In the evening, the father and brother and sister-in-law both returned, Shao Hongmei said the origin of the child in front of the family, the mother listened, took Xiao Yugang over, touched his head and murmured: "The child who is suffering from life, grandma will hurt you well in the future." ”
His father also affirmed Shao Hongmei's approach: "Hongmei, you did the right thing!" We must cultivate Yugang into a talent! ”
The sister-in-law thought more thoughtfully: "Parents, Hongmei is not married after all, with a child, it is not good to say, I am willing to adopt Yugang." ”
Before her parents could express their position, Shao Hongmei had already taken Zhao Yugang from her mother's arms, and she refused: "No, sister-in-law, Yugang will have to be brought by me, and I will raise him as my own son!" Otherwise, my heart was unstable. ”
Who is Zhao Yugang, what is his relationship with Shao Hongmei, what happened to them, and what happened to them afterwards?
01
In 1969, after graduating from junior high school, Shao Hongmei actively responded to the call of the state, came to Yan'an, and began to settle in northern Shaanxi, receive rural labor education, build the Great Northwest, and build a life of zhiqing in Yan'an.
Among the more than 20 people they came together, only Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan were two female classmates, so the two were divided together and lived in the newly married Zhao Yantian family.
Speaking of Zhao Yantian, zhao Yantian is also a bitter person, since he was a child, his parents died, and his disabled second uncle pulled him up, because his family was poor, and he did not ask for a mother-in-law until he was more than 30 years old.
Fortunately, Zhao Yantian was skillful in his heart, and when he grew up, he learned a good carpentry job, and slowly saved a few money and built two caves.
They lived in one place, and gave Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan another place.
Zhao Yantian's mother-in-law, Yan Yulan, is 6 years older than Shao Hongmei and is a gentle and kind woman.
The two men knew that they were going to come to the two female zhiqing from the city, and they were afraid of wronging them.
Yan Yulan cleaned the house in advance, and Zhao Yugang burned the kang warmly.
Originally just married, the cave is very new, and after the two of them have cleaned up, how comfortable and comfortable.
Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan slept soundly and sweetly, and had no dreams all night. The next day at Zhiqingdian, I heard others say that I didn't sleep well last night after being bitten by fleas, and they threw out their tongues, and they realized how lucky they were to be able to live in Zhao Yugang's house.
A few days later, Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan's rations came down, and Yan Yulan only needed rations and confiscated their partner fees.
Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan did not want to go, and went to the brigade supply and marketing cooperative to buy oil and salt and other necessities of life, Yan Yulan knew, and blamed them: "I and your brother Zhao really treat you as sisters, you don't want to see each other, save the money to buy something for yourself." ”
In this way, between them, you help me, I help you, and get along like a family.
Zhao Yantian has carpentry skills in his body, often goes to the outer village to secretly help people do some private work, earn a melon and two dates, and bring it back without forgetting to leave a copy for Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan.
And no matter how late Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan go home, Yan Yulan will put a hot meal on the bottom of the pot for them.
At the end of 71, Yan Yulan was pregnant, but Zhao Yantian was broken, and Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan were also very excited.
For a time, Yan Yulan became the key protection object of the three people. Needless to say, the heavy physical work of carrying underwater land is borne by Brother Zhao.
Even if it is to cook these tasks, Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan will not allow Yan Yulan to intervene, only let her guide next to her.
In the Spring Festival of that year, the two female Zhiqing were given the opportunity to visit their families, and Zhao Yantian and Yan Yulan prepared large bags of local specialties for them.
When they returned, the parents of the two also specially brought candy and pastries to Yan Yulan, and Wang Yan's mother also bought several sets of baby clothes for the unborn child.
Looking at the gifts they brought back, Yan Yulan was touched, especially for those sets of baby clothes, she couldn't let go, fantasizing about the small appearance of the child after putting it on, and a happy smile appeared on her face.
However, the weather is unpredictable!
In May of the following year, Yan Yulan accidentally fell and showed signs of premature birth. The midwife heard the news and rushed to direct Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan to boil hot water, and she helped Yan Yulan deliver the baby inside.
Until the evening, there was no birth, the three people outside, anxious to turn around, the heart of seven up and eight down, Zhao Yantian walked around, I don't know how many times I looked at the door slit.
Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan also boiled water while praying to Yan Yulan in their hearts, asking God to bless her mother and son with peace.
Later, the midwife hurried out and said that Yan Yulan's fetal position was not correct, and she wanted to go back to her daughter-in-law to come and help.
The two women were busy for half a day, about three or four o'clock in the middle of the night, Shao Hongmei heard the baby's crying sharply, she and Wang Yan suddenly came to the spirit, and quickly added a fire to the stove.
Bringing hot water into the room, the midwife said that the water was too hot, and Wang Yan quickly went to bring a basin of cold water. Before entering the door, the midwife pushed the door out and shouted: "Zhao Yantian, go and ask Li Langzhong, Yulan is bleeding profusely!" ”
Zhao Yantian rushed away, waiting for Li Langzhong to run over sweaty, and the three midwives were busy until more than 10 o'clock in the morning, and after a while, the three people came out one after another, and their faces were very ugly.
The midwife held the baby and said to Zhao Yantian with a heavy face, "Go inside and take a look at the magnolia." Zhao Yantian pushed the midwife away, staggered into the delivery room, and after a while ran out again, grabbed the child and turned around and ran in, Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan also followed into the delivery room.
Yan Yulan looked at the child, teardrops slid down, she grabbed Zhao Yantian's hand, looked at Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan, wanted to say something, but could not make a sound, lips squirmed, with infinite attachment and reluctance to her son, closed her eyes.
The tribulations that belonged to Zhao Yantian did not end, and greater disasters followed.
02
The child had no milk to eat, and was so hungry that she cried, Shao Hongmei and Wang Yan took turns holding the child, watching the child cry heart out, and they also shed tears.
Later, Zhao Yantian went to the production team to issue a certificate and bought back a dairy sheep. Wang Yan and Shao Hongmei learned to milk goats, boil goat's milk, feed their children with water and milk, and change diapers.
Zhao Yantian worked, took on private work, and often could not take care of the children, so the two took the initiative to take over the burden of taking care of the children.
They also named him "Zhao Yugang".
With the passage of time, the two girls' feelings for Xiao Yugang became deeper and deeper, and the children were more clingy to them, and even had to hug them at night to sleep.
Two years later, Wang Yan was recruited to return to the city, and Zhao Yantian was afraid that Shao Hongmei would be too tired to take care of her son alone at night, so she took the initiative to take her son back.
Who knew that Xiao Yugang cried so much that he didn't sleep soundly all night, and the next day he also started a fever. Shao Hongmei said to Zhao Yantian in pain, "Elder Brother Zhao, or let Yugang sleep with me, listen to him cry so pitifully." ”
Since then, Zhao Yugang has completely "lai" Shao Hongmei, and even he called out that Shao Hongmei's first voice was actually "mother", and the intellectuals jokingly said: "Hongmei, you and Yugang are really related, simply you recognize this son." ”
After that, Yugang really called Shao Hongmei "mother".
Fast forward 4 years, June 1976, the rain is particularly heavy, one after another, the brigade seed bank fell into disrepair, at any time there is a danger of collapse.
The brigade organized Zhao Yantian and 10 other villagers and 6 Zhiqing to form a commando team to transfer the seeds in the heavy rain, and Shao Hongmei and the warehouse manager were responsible for counting the numbers.
After a busy morning, 18 people finally transported all the seeds to a safe place. However, Shao Hongmei and the warehouse manager repeatedly counted and found that there was one bag missing, and they decided to go back to the warehouse to see if a bag was missing.
Halfway met Zhao Yantian, the three of them came to the old warehouse together, after careful searching, sure enough, half a bag of seeds was found in the corner of the wall, which may be that the bag was broken and leaked on the ground.
They were about to find tools to collect these scattered seeds, when suddenly something fell from the roof, and Zhao Yantian shouted, "Not good! The house is going to collapse! Get out! He said and took Shao Hongmei in his arms.
After a loud noise, Shao Hongmei lost consciousness, and when she woke up, it was 3 days later, in the hospital. Knowing that only he was alive, Zhao Yantian and the warehouse manager had already died, and Shao Hongmei's eyes went black and he fainted again.
Waking up again, surrounded by a circle of people in front of her, looking at everyone's concerned eyes, Shao Hongmei couldn't help but cry loudly. Everyone advised her to open up a little, and the mourning went smoothly.
Shao Hongmei knew very well that without Zhao Yantian's protection, she would have died a long time ago, and if it were not for her own protection, with the skills of Elder Brother Zhao, she would not be unable to run out.
At that moment, Shao Hongmei secretly resolved: Brother Zhao saved his life, he was no longer there, no matter how difficult it was, he also had to cultivate his children into talents.
After being discharged from the hospital, back at home, looking at the dirty little Yugang in the arms of Second Uncle Zhao, Shao Hongmei's tears could not be stopped.
Second Uncle Zhao told her that he was an old bachelor, old, physically disabled, and how he did not have the ability to pull this child, and was preparing to see which kind person to give him.
Xiao Yugang pricked his small arm to ask Shao Hongmei to hug her, kissed her on the face, and called "Mother" vigorously.
Shao Hongmei hugged Xiao Yugang reluctantly to let go, and soon, she also received a notice to return to the city, immediately packed up her things, and carried Xiao Yu just back to Beijing, and there was the opening scene.
In the 70s, an unmarried woman with a child naturally attracted many strange eyes. Shao Hongmei's marriage was therefore very unsmooth.
Originally, many people came to propose to her, but when the other party heard that she still had a child, they all retreated.
Until 1979, shao Hongmei's classmates who had joined the team in Inner Mongolia returned to Beijing, and after hearing about Shao Hongmei's affairs, they said to her: "If you don't hate me, I am willing to raise Zhao Yugang with you and regard him as my own son." ”
When the two got married, she and her husband discussed it and changed Zhao Yugang's name to "Li Yugang", saying that it was her own son. The following year, Shao Hongmei gave birth to twin sons, named "Li Shanming" and "Li Shanli" respectively.
03
With her own son, Shao Hongmei has never reduced her love for Zhao Yugang in the slightest. The three children have also loved each other since childhood, and Zhao Yugang loves his brothers very much, and he always has to give it to his younger brother to eat when he has good food. The two younger brothers also adored the older brother, and followed him upside down, as his "little tail".
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yugang went to high school, watching his mother get up early every day and prepare a nutritious meal for himself, he was very careless not to go, sensible let his mother not be so tired, he was not picky about eating, he ate everything, and there was no need to add nutrition at all.
However, the two younger brothers are still young, and it is when they grow up, they must make more delicious food for them. Shao Hongmei comforted him: "You don't care about these things, you can study with peace of mind, strive to be admitted to college, and set a good example for your brothers, and your mother will be at ease!" ”
In 1993, Zhao Yugang was admitted to the university, and four years later, he graduated from the university. On October 23, Shao Hongmei took Zhao Yugang to the cemetery in Houshan, Zhaojiagou Village, Yanchuan, northern Shaanxi.
In front of a grave, Shao Hongmei laid out the offerings and said to Zhao Yugang: "What is buried here is your biological parents, you are now graduating from college, tell them this good news!" ”
Zhao Yugang couldn't believe his ears, his mother was so good to himself, he never saw the difference between him and his brother, how could he not be his own biological mother?
Therefore, Shao Hongmei slowly told him about this past more than 20 years ago...
Now, 46 years later, Shao Hongmei has long become an elderly person, and her three sons have long graduated from college and have their own careers and families.
They could not bear to let their mother, who had worked hard all her life, to work hard again, and the three brothers made an appointment not to let the mother bring a child for herself, so that she and her father could enjoy their old age in peace.
Every weekend, the brothers and sisters will take their lovers and children to their mother's house to reunite, happy laughter, from time to time floating out of the window, floating into the distance...
Zhao Yantian and Yan Yulan in heaven must have heard it too...
Jing Xuan would like to say:
Zhao Yugang lost his parents from an early age and was a poor child, but he was lucky because he met Shao Hongmei, who was very affectionate and righteous.
Shao Hongmei was grateful for Zhao Yantian's grace of saving and raised Zhao Yugang as her own son, and what is even more valuable is that her family and lover can support her with practical actions.
In that still relatively conservative era, an unmarried girl, despite the criticism of others, bravely took up the burden of taking care of the benefactor's children with her weak shoulders. This courage and responsibility is admirable!
Hard years, experienced simple and kind people. In the 1960s, the young people who went to the countryside dedicated their youth to that special era.
Those who love to come out love to return, and those who come to love are blessed,
Shao Hongmei used her own actions to interpret what is "Zhi En Tu Bao" and what is "Righteous Thin Cloud Heaven". Her ability to enjoy the joy of life in her old age is inseparable from her kindness and responsibility.
Bless her and bless all those who are as kind as she is!