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Guo Yaling actually looked down on Li Shuqin in her bones. Li Shuqin is fifty-two years old this year and belongs to a sheep; Guo Yaling is 50 years old this year, her birthday before the beginning of spring in 1969, and she belongs to the monkey. Of course, Guo Yaling looked down on Li Shuqin not because Li Shuqin was two years older than herself, but because she felt that Li Shuqin used to be a laid-off worker, and now her father's leather shop helps people with trouser legs and zippers. It is not because of laid-off workers, helping people tie trouser legs, and repairing zippers to look down on, Principal Guo Yaling will not be so shallow, but after meeting several times, Guo Yaling feels that she and Li Shuqin have different educational backgrounds and different growth environments, so they decide that the levels are different, and the different levels of thinking are not in the same channel, and they can't talk together!
Golden monkey green sheep
□ Yu Sheng
Li Shuqin really felt that she had suffered a dumb loss in the first round, and her face was cloudy, but this rain could not fall, and the sultry and irritability was like the weather before the summer thunderstorm, and anyone who met it felt unhappy.
"Shuqin, how can this be the first round? This is not the first time we have met Qianqian's parents. Husband Dong Weihong retorted.
But Li Shuqin did not agree with Dong Weihong's statement, before returning to the past, he only met and met, and did not discuss the wedding, whether he won or lost before, it was a passing cloud. The first round of the contest should be counted from the night the wedding date is negotiated.
The wedding was agreed to take place during the Eleventh long holiday. There are seven days for the eleventh long holiday, which day is better to hold it? The in-laws Guo Yaling is optimistic about the National Day day, because this day is celebrated all over the world and the wedding is held, which is called joy and joy. Holding a wedding on the National Day also means witnessing the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people, so that the little couple can more consciously contribute to the new era. Guo Yaling, a primary school principal in Heping District, raised her daughter's wedding to the height of family and country feelings.
And Li Shuqin is more optimistic about the second day of the long holiday, because the next day is the double day of the Gregorian calendar, the day of the lunar calendar is the sixth day of September, and the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar are both double days, which is called a good thing into a pair, auspicious! Aren't we all Chinese to be auspicious? Not to mention such a big event as the marriage of children.
It was a Saturday at the end of August 2019, and the morning and evening in Shenyang were already a little cool. According to Li Shuqin's later account, this first round of the battle was played in a Yunnan cuisine private room on Puchang Road in Shenbei New District, and the two sides were played by Guo Yaling and Li Shuqin. The audience included Li Shuqin's husband Dong Weihong and Guo Yaling's husband Liu Xiangdong, as well as the bride-to-be Liu Siqian and the prospective groom Dong Yang. None of the grandfathers were present – the ring match was temporary, or the dinner was organized.
In the afternoon, Liu Siqian pulled her mother to Textile City to see the wedding curtains booked. Coming out of Textile City, Dong Yang drove. Liu Siqian and her mother sat in the back seat of the car, and her daughter affectionately held her mother's arm. On Saturday, the roads were clear, tall buildings and pedestrians outside the car windows receded, and the scene on the street sounded like something out of a movie. The marriage certificate was obtained half a year ago, and it was received on February 19, taking the homonym of "love lasts a long time".
Guo Yaling yawned tiredly, and the expression on her face was a little lost. Tired of going to Textile City, the rift between herself and her husband can no longer heal, and after the day of her daughter's big day, it should be the day when she and her husband parted ways, but neither of them is willing to show their rift to their daughter now. Because her daughter was about to leave her mother's side, her heart was a little reluctant, but her tone was relaxed and happy and said to Dong Yang who was driving the car: "Yangyang, my mother can be tired in the afternoon, let's order a special restaurant?" Treat my mother well! "When my daughter is coquettish, she likes to call her mother "mother".
Guo Yaling came back to her senses in a daze, patted her daughter's face lovingly, and said, "You two book a private room, mother treats." ”
"Mom, look what you said. This single buy, a must! The daughter leaned her head on her mother's shoulder.
Dong Yang skillfully drove the car, familiar and unfamiliar restaurants flashed in his mind, and finally locked one, asking: "Qianqian, how about we go to that Yunnan restaurant?" Please eat Yunnan fungi, okay? ”
The daughter shook her mother's arm, "Mom, that Shangri-La Matsutake soup is a must, it can make you eat the 'Yunnan stomach'." ”
The daughter is wearing a mustard yellow crewneck jacquard short-sleeved shirt today, and three circles of fuchsia agarwood bead bracelets with ethnic style around her slender wrist, Guo Yaling ridiculed: "Qianqian, you have long been interested in Yunnan cuisine, right?" ”
When the red light came, Dong Yang dialed the restaurant's ordering phone.
Guo Yaling looked at the silhouette of the prospective son-in-law and scored him in his heart, if he was on a 100-point system, he could still score 65 points. At the beginning, when her daughter first introduced the young man to her, Guo Yaling couldn't help but be surprised when she was sure that her daughter was indeed not joking. My own good girl, a graduate of the Department of Foreign Languages of Shenyang Normal University, also went to the University of Illinois in the United States for a year of study during her studies, how can I see a young man who doesn't even know where to open the university door, let alone the young man's family, three generations up are workers, and the door is not right. The key is to mention the Tiexi District Workers' Village, Guo Yaling has palpitations, and resolutely opposes: "Liu Zhe, how good that young man is, you two are still college classmates, and now you are working in the Education Bureau, not to mention the high social status of civil servants, the Education Bureau is your superior authority, the minimum job is stable, and the salary is not low." Where is the factory wow, maybe it will be yellow one day. In the eighties and nineties of the last century, there were hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers in one Tiexi district. ”
Liu Siqian said coldly: "Mom, I understand what you said, Liu Zhe is also excellent, but I don't feel for him!" ”
The words made Guo Yaling roll her eyes.
Liu Xiangdong also objected, "Qianqian, you still don't know that the machine tool factory is about to enter bankruptcy and liquidation, do you want to find a laid-off worker's son-in-law for your father?" ”
Liu Siqian countered sharply, "Dad, didn't you say, 'I believe Qianqian's vision, Qianqian just looks at a beggar, Dad recognizes it!'" 'Dad, have you forgotten? I haven't forgotten! ”
Liu Xiangdong was so angry that he couldn't even speak smoothly, and then he said smoothly, "Qianqian, Dad believed in you too much!" Dad never dreamed that his girl, who drank foreign ink, would repay his trust like this! ”
Liu Siqian tilted her head and said playfully: "Dad, maybe you never dreamed that your girlfriend bought a high-performing stock, you can trust your girl's vision." ”
What about outperforming stocks, typical junk stocks! Qianqian, what is this child? Liu Xiangdong opposed! Guo Yaling opposed! But none of these objections are valid! After the "hot war" and "cold war", parents had to compromise and turn the war with their daughters into jade. Later, after meeting the young man a few times, regrets are always some regrets, but I gradually see the advantages of the young man. The first is masculine, with the appearance of a young man.
The young man should be masculine, how did it become the first advantage? In the era of the only child, young men were raised as girls, and many young men were raised without the appearance of young men and became female cannons.
Guo Yaling has a teacher Ren who teaches mathematics in her school, and Ren's son-in-law is a lady. Teacher Ren did not complain to the colleagues around him, such as a big and small matter at home, Teacher Ren's daughter has not shed tears, and her son-in-law has long been in tears. Teacher Ren's son-in-law is still a graduate of Kyunghee University in South Korea, and he has to draw his eyebrows and apply lipstick when he goes out, and at every turn he is "the baby is worried to death" and "ouch, the baby is worried to death", what is the use of high education? Not to mention that Teacher Ren was really worried to death, even Guo Yaling was almost worried when she heard this!
Later, I learned that the machine tool factory was to be reorganized and merged into China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd., not only would it not fall, but it would also be transformed from a "local team" to a "national team". Machine tool factory is the first metal national emblem of New China, the place where the first lathe, drilling machine and boring machine was born, representing the highest level of development of China's machine tool industry. How could a machine tool factory fall? How can a young man become a laid-off worker? The times are different, and there will be no more waves of layoffs in the eighties and nineties of the last century.
Besides, the young man is still a pacesetter for young workers in the unit. Blue-collar and white-collar workers are talents, and the daughter said that in the United States, blue-collar wages are generally higher than white-collar workers, and blue-collar talents are more desirable than white-collar talents.
In this way, Guo Yaling and his wife had to turn a blind eye and gradually admit this prospective son-in-law.
Masculinity is one aspect, and the other, Guo Yaling has been observing quietly, and she can see that the young man obeys his daughter's words. The connotation of obedience is different, some are daughters-in-law and children before they get their hands and obey their words, and after they get their hands, they don't obey their words. Guo Yaling felt that Dong Yang's obedience should not belong to the latter situation, and his obedience should be out of sincere worship of Qianqian. Qianqian will be able to hold this home in the future.
Whether a man has the ability is one thing, what woman does not want to find a capable man? The key is whether the woman can hold this capable man. A capable man is like a wolf, and if a woman holds it, the wolf will become a docile lamb. Can't hold it, the wolf is still a wolf, at most pretend to be a docile wolf for a while. Isn't Liu Xiangdong like that? How cunning Liu Xiangdong is...
Unconsciously, Guo Yaling added another 10 points to the young man in her heart. 75 points, enough to be of a good standard - Principal Guo is more rigorous and demanding in school.
At this time, seeing the prospective son-in-law booking a private room, remembering that it is not easy for the parents of the prospective son-in-law to raise their son so big, why should he gather around you? The parents of both sides are parents, and Principal Guo Yaling is a reasonable person, or she suggested, "Yangyang, also call your parents, we will get together in the evening." ”
The daughter reminded, "Mom, you can't bear to let my dad eat instant noodles at home alone?" ”
Guo Yaling sneered and said, "Your father, such a big person, can eat instant noodles at home?" I was dragged away by my fox and dog friends. ”
The daughter asked carefully: "Mom, you didn't make trouble with my father, did you?" ”
Guo Yaling was shocked in her heart, but her face did not change, and she said angrily: "How can this child speak, there is no big or small." Okay, you call your dad! ”
Liu Xiangdong is the head of the sales branch of a large state-owned holding enterprise, which night is missing the bureau? Fortunately, this fashion was not dragged away by the "fox dog friend".
The daughter was coquettish, "Dad, haven't you gone out yet?" It's hard for you to pull anything now, my mother and I are in Shenbei New District. Address? I'll send you on your phone! Dad, you have to come early! ”
So the bureau was formed.
On the wine table, the matsutake soup is fragrant and tempting, and "China on the Tip of the Tongue" says, "A matsutake mushroom purchased in Yunnan for 80 yuan will appear in a supermarket in Tokyo for 700 yuan in six hours." "In the past two years, Yunnan restaurants have spread all over Shenyang City, and Shenyang people always have a heart to eat all over the country.
In addition to matsutake soup, there are also Shiping tofu, Qujing steamed bait silk, Yunnan steamed pot chicken, Dali casserole fish, etc., and the Yunnan restaurant is of course all authentic Yunnan cuisine. Between pushing cups and changing cups, the two mothers disagreed over whether the wedding should be held on the day of National Day or the next day.
Guo Yaling actually looked down on Li Shuqin in her bones. Li Shuqin is fifty-two years old this year and belongs to a sheep; Guo Yaling is 50 years old this year, her birthday before the beginning of spring in 1969, and she belongs to the monkey. Of course, Guo Yaling looked down on Li Shuqin not because Li Shuqin was two years older than herself, but because she felt that Li Shuqin used to be a laid-off worker, and now her father's leather shop helps people with trouser legs and zippers. It is not because of laid-off workers, helping people tie trouser legs, and repairing zippers to look down on, Principal Guo Yaling will not be so shallow, but after meeting several times, Guo Yaling feels that she and Li Shuqin have different educational backgrounds and different growth environments, so they decide that the levels are different, and the different levels of thinking are not in the same channel, and they can't talk together!
If it weren't for Qianqian's death and life to marry Dong Yang, Guo Yaling felt that she would never sit at the same wine table with Li Shuqin in her life, and there would not even be an intersection in life.
At the first meeting, Li Shuqin boasted of her son, "Yangyang is indeed not as educated as Qianqian, but in their factory, they are skilled and have a monthly salary more than the college graduates in his factory!" ”
Guo Yaling used a sentence from Long Yingtai at that time to scare Li Shuqin, "The meaning of not going to college is not because of the monthly salary, but because going to college will have more rights to choose work, and can choose meaningful and time-based work, rather than being forced to make a living." ”
Li Shuqin grabbed white at that time, "Why is Yangyang forced to make a living?" Machine tool factory, that is a business card of our Shenyang City! But that day, Dong Weihong didn't know which tendon he pumped, and calmly stopped her! It must be because of the first meeting, the second meeting, husband Dong Weihong did not know the sky and thickly raised the bar with Liu Xiangdong, Dong Weihong is good at lifting the bar, and he can hang up the number in the factory.
At that time, Guo Yaling said coldly to Li Shuqin in her heart: "Look at you are still not convinced like that, it is useless to say anything else, say a thousand words and ten thousand, you failed to train your son to become a college student, it is a dereliction of duty as a parent, how can you still be ashamed!" ”
Such a derelict mother is about to become her daughter's mother-in-law.
Guo Yaling looked down on Li Shuqin in her bones, and her upbringing would also make her understand that she had to get by no matter how she could get by, and then listened to Li Shuqin's objections, and said with a smile: "Dear family, our opinions are for people's reference." Old Liu, what do you say? ”
Liu Xiangdong is raising the bar with Dong Weihong. The large industrial enterprise where Liu Xiangdong is located, like the machine tool factory, has now moved to the economic and technological development zone, and the two enterprises are not far apart, but Dong Weihong is an assembly and maintenance worker of the machine tool factory - an ordinary worker, but Liu Xiangdong is the boss of the sales branch. According to Guo Yaling's logic, Liu Xiangdong and Dong Weihong are also at different levels, thinking is not in the same channel, and they cannot sit at a table. But the strange thing is that two people with different levels not only sit together, but also sit together and can also lift the bar, and no one is convinced by the other's anger.
Last time, the center of the lifting bar was the cause of the outflow of the northeast population. Although Dong Weihong is only an assembly and maintenance worker, the products of the machine tool factory are sold all over the country, and the installation and maintenance workers follow the machine tools sold everywhere to the south and north. It should be the bar head from Liu Xiangdong. Dong Weihong believes, "Our northeast has a cold climate, and the southern coastal areas have a warm climate, so everyone wants to go to a place with a better climate!" Liu Xiangdong shook his head, "Old Dong, you are not right, the climate is not a reason at all. To say cold, Northern Europe is colder than our northeast, but the economy of northern Europe is more developed than our northeast. To put it bluntly, many cities in our northeast are resource-based cities, and now the resources of resource-based cities are depleted or devalued, trees are dead, people are alive, and they are not waiting to drink the northwest wind? Dong Weihong was not convinced, "The natural resources of southern coastal cities are not very rich, for example, Zhejiang, I also went to Ningbo last month, how can Zhejiang's natural resources be compared with our northeast, not at the same level!" Liu Xiangdong smiled and said, "Old Dong, you can compare the resources of one province with our entire northeast!" Dong Weihong said: "Even if it is not comparable to our Liaoning." ”
Liu Xiangdong and Guo Yaling are husband and wife, the three views converge, and they didn't want to raise the bar with Dong Weihong. But in the past two years, Liu Xiangdong and his wife have been in the cold war, of course, the cold war is behind the cold war, and outsiders have to show affection, but this affection is Guo Yaling pretending, can Liu Xiangdong not feel her indifference? In order to cover up Guo Yaling's indifference, Liu Xiangdong unconsciously raised the bar with Dong Weihong. And Dong Weihong raised the bar, on the one hand, out of hobby, on the other hand, he also felt that he had won, and he also fought for his son's face, glorious! Therefore, if he is not reasonable, no matter what logic he is, no one can convince anyone.
This time, two people were playing on the bar. World Cup qualifiers have already kicked off in June, with the national football team taking on Maldives on September 10.
Dong Weihong gestured at the chopsticks and analyzed it head-on, "This World Preliminary Tournament, we will take the Maldives as a starting point and win the opening match 100%." Why, you see eighteen years ago, the national football team played the Maldives for the first time, although the away game was a small 1-0 victory, but did not let the opponent score a goal; Although the home game scored a goal, don't forget that we won 10-1 and scored ten goals at once. We are not what we used to be, there are both Yang Xu, Wu Lei, and foreign aid Axon in the front court, if I am the head coach, let these three form a trident, the midfielder in the attack to grasp the weakness of the opponent's defense, to achieve a wing breakthrough cross, not surprisingly, this time the national football team can get at least three goals. ”
Dong Weihong's level is enough for a TV commentator, and Liu Xiangdong spits lotus flowers.
Liu Xiangdong, fifty-two years old, one year younger than Dong Weihong, shook his head and said: "Old brother, your patriotic heart is indeed pounding in your chest, and everyone can understand your desire for our national team to win." But the saying is 'ideal is very full, reality is very skinny'. Take what you said eighteen years ago, when was it, it was when the national football team was the strongest! Can today's national football be compared with the national football team at that time? As you said, we won 1-0 away from home. So eighteen years later, the Maldivian team is not improving? Let me tell you, as far as I know, in the last ten international matches, the Maldives has achieved a record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats, scoring a total of 17 goals and conceding 20 goals. Let me tell you again, in the second round of the 2006 World Cup Asian Preliminary Round, the Maldives drew at home against South Korea, and this time we are away again, why are we so optimistic..."
Liu Xiangdong was able to get up, and his wife asked him to express his position by name, although Liu Xiangdong felt that Guo Yaling was making some fuss, but he wanted to please Guo Yaling, and he wanted to end the Cold War as soon as possible. There must be a misunderstanding between Guo Yaling and him, why bother, how long can a lifetime be? Why can't you live anymore? Liu Xiangdong said to his wife flatteringly: "Yaling, I agree with you very much. It's just that whether this wedding is the National Day or the 2nd, or let Qianqian and Yangyang decide! Isn't it more appropriate for us as parents to 'give selflessly and quit in a timely manner' and leave enough space for others? ”
Liu Xiangdong has something to say! What's the point of leaving enough space for others? Hmph, in a few days let you free yourself and give you enough freedom! Xiangyu was angry, anger spread to Guo Yaling's face, she felt it herself, turned her head and squeezed a smile, and said to the little two who were whispering: "Qianqian, Yangyang, it's up to you two to decide!" ”
The little couple stopped whispering, one left hand pulling the other's right hand, ten fingers tightly interlocked. Yangyang looked at Qianqian, Qianqian's eyes were affectionate in addition to the pulse. Yangyang said, his voice was magnetic, he said: "Then listen to our mother..."
Li Shuqin breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Guo Yaling proudly, the look in her eyes was clearly saying, see it? The son was not raised in vain, and his own son belongs to his own son in the end, and he has to go to his own mother at the critical moment. If you don't yourself at the critical moment, isn't that a white-eyed wolf? She watched the corners of Guo Yaling's mouth rise slightly, making her elegant smile, and her heart was somehow depressed!
Who knew that the prospective daughter-in-law explained, "Yangyang and I mean, or according to what my mother said, the National Day is the most appropriate." ”
As soon as Li Shuqin heard this, the smug expression on her face froze.
Guo Yaling applauded, "Good! This is called 'the whole country celebrates everyone's happiness, and the little family is happy made in heaven'! In-laws, the rest, let's listen to the orders of the little two. ”
Li Shuqin's face had to squeeze out a smile, raised her slap and slapped it twice, only to feel that a vicious aura burst out from the depths of her dantian, and suddenly blocked her throat, and she felt that it was a little difficult for her to even say a smooth word.
After the end of the song, Liu Xiangdong had a bureau that could not be resigned at night, and a car drove up to pick him up. Dong Yang drove his future mother-in-law and Qianqian back to their home near Taiyuan Street.
Li Shuqin and Dong Weihong took a bus back to their homes in the workers' village. Shenyang has developed public transportation, you can also take the subway home, just take the subway home, to the nearest station, it takes 20 minutes to walk. Take the bus to the nearest stop and get down, which is a ten-minute walk at most.
There were not many passengers on the bus at night, and Li Shuqin and his wife found a double seat and sat down. Dong Weihong encouraged Li Shuqin, who was bubbling up, "Yangyang didn't send us, it should be sent to Qianqian and her mother, this is in line with the courtesy." Don't you think Yangyang should send us and not them? ”
Li Shuqin glanced at Dong Weihong angrily and said, "If you can't speak, talk to me!" ”
Dong Weihong was familiar with Li Shuqin's temper, so he turned his head to enjoy the night scene outside the window. Shenyang's urban construction has changed greatly in recent years, the lights illuminate the green plants next to the road, green into a cloud of smoke, the lights in the nullah reflect the lights on the shore, even in the sky, I am afraid that you can not find such a beautiful scenery. Such a beautiful life, how can his wife Li Shuqin still have these unhappy things! There is no need to ask for trouble!
Back home, Li Shuqin let out a long sigh, feeling that the evil qi blocked in her throat and eyes was spit out, before she calmly said to her husband: "Old Dong, what are you thinking!" Am I angry with them? You also underestimate my old Li! Li Shuqin couldn't hold back her words, even if she couldn't hold it for long, "You look at what our family said, 'Then listen to our mother!'" 'Our mother' turned out to be the old Guo mother-in-law, this is not married yet, why did you change your mouth..." Li Shuqin hated the more she spoke, and her teeth crunched.
As soon as Dong Weihong went home, he thought about the ball game on TV, regardless of which station broadcast, as long as there was a ball game, he watched it, of course, the national football game was given priority, and the World Cup game was given priority. Li Shuqin hummed angrily and took the lead and confiscated the TV remote control. Dong Weihong had to smile and said: "According to me, that is, you love more true, No. 1 is No. 1, and No. 1 is a day earlier than No. 2." Marry your daughter-in-law a day earlier, not marry your daughter a day earlier, you, how can you not turn this tendon in your head? ”
Shenyang words, the brain can't turn this tendon is to describe people stubborn. Li Shuqin is about to be a mother-in-law, and when she is young, her husband dares to say this about her, and she can pounce and tear his mouth. At this time, he just hummed angrily and said: "Old Dong, you are like that idiot, you are either raising bars or playing balls all day." You play all day, why don't we see you take home a trophy? I just can't see the face of the old Guo mother-in-law, a look of learning and profoundness, a look of knowing astronomy and geography, ouch, mother, she is just an elementary school principal, if a university principal is not allowed to go to the sky? ”
Dong Weihong said: "If she were the president of the university, our family would really not be able to climb high!" ”
Li Shuqin said disdainfully: "Yo, I can't afford to climb high!" To be honest, I still can't look at that Qianqian, what kind of thing, wearing such thick lenses at a young age, thin as a noodle, where do you like her? ”
Dong Weihong said: "That's it, it's actually their old Liu family climbing our family." Our family's old Li, resting in Qianqing, that's Gege! "Li Shuqin's ancestor belongs to the Manchurian Red Banner people, and her Li surname was changed by the Fucha clan.
When Li Shuqin heard this, she was happy, "That person may still say that he is a descendant of Liu Bang!" Old Dong, what is out of place, it's all another story. I just can't think of the face of the old Guo mother-in-law, and I can't swallow this breath when I think of the face of the old Guo mother-in-law! ”
Dong Weihong said: "What about empathy? ”
Li Shuqin asked, "How to change positions?" ”
Dong Weihong said: "You think, people are marrying daughters, we are marrying daughters-in-law." Let's marry someone's daughter into our family, we are the victorious party, and the victorious party must be generous! Why do you care so much about No. 1 or No. 2! ”
"Wei Hong is right, we are marrying a daughter-in-law, and marrying a daughter-in-law is king!" Mother-in-law Zhang Jinfeng opened the door, supported a wooden cane, dragged a leg wrapped in plaster, and walked out of her bedroom. The Dong family's house was changed in 1995, although it is a three-bedroom and a living room, the area of the suite is only 89 square meters, everywhere is small, and the living room is only 123 square meters. Zhang Jinfeng carefully sat down on a plastic stool leaning against the bedroom door and leaned the wooden cane against the wall next to the stool. Zhang Jinfeng is 76 years old this year and has been living with his son and daughter-in-law. Two months ago, when I went down the stairs, I accidentally stepped on the empty level and broke my ankles.
"Did you marry into our house?" Li Shuqin's anger originally subsided a little, and seeing that her mother-in-law also said so, the flame in her heart jumped again, "Mom, do you think you were married into the Dong family like you married me back then." The little two have their own nest! Mom, tell me, if we marry a daughter-in-law, he marries his daughter, that is, one person from each of the family, and they don't live with us, what's the difference? ”
Zhang Jinfeng said with a glance: "There is no difference, marrying a daughter is marrying a daughter, marrying a daughter-in-law is marrying a daughter-in-law, Yangyang just doesn't live with us, and Qianqian is also married into the door of the Dong family!" ”
Dong Weihong turned to his wife, "Or Shuqin is right, there is really no difference!" ”
The mother-in-law lost face, and angrily picked up the crutches at hand and stomped on the floor.
The husband turned towards him, but Li Shuqin was even more angry, "At that moment, you are all blowing nonsense!" As soon as you see Lao Liu, you raise the bar, can you carry him? You can carry him, why don't you also get a boss to do it? ”
Dong Weihong said seriously: "Shuqin, you don't know this. It is precisely because we are not the boss, we must carry the bar down with the boss. This is called not being able to bow your head in momentum! ”
The mother-in-law could not listen to her daughter-in-law degrading her son, and angrily picked up the crutches at hand and stomped on the floor.
Li Shuqin knew in her heart that she thought that she would also become a mother-in-law soon, and those who were going to be mother-in-law and those who had already become mother-in-law found something psychologically. Li Shuqin patiently explained: "Mom, don't you know, for the wedding date of Yangyang, I also specially checked the old yellow calendar, the 2nd is the sixth day of September, this day Chong Hu (Bingyin) Funan, our family Yangyang belongs to the rabbit, Si Qian belongs to the dragon, this day is called a good thing into a pair, I tell you, there is no better day during the eleventh period." ”
The mother-in-law said: "Isn't the old Liu family married their own daughter?" Shuqin, the old Liu family is married to their own daughter, won't the old Liu family pick a day? ”
"Mom-" Li Shuqin felt blocked in one breath again, and her mother-in-law also breathed out with Guo Yaling's nostrils!
Before Li Shuqin's rebuttal could be finished, the door lock rang. The son Dong Yang broke in like a gust of wind, "Dad, mom, oh, and grandma, why haven't you slept?" ”
Zhang Jinfeng's tense face stretched out when he saw his grandson, and he said with a smile: "Yangyang, why did you come back so late!" Grandma also left you a bowl of dumplings, leek filling, grandma gave you hot go! Saying that, he picked up the crutch at hand and got up.
Li Shuqin said: "Mom, you rest, can you still starve him?" ”
Dong Yang said: "Grandma, the dumplings with leek stuffing are good, I will get up tomorrow morning to eat them." ”
Zhang Jinfeng said: "I know you can't be hungry, but didn't you just send Qianqian and your mother-in-law back?" You have circled around Shenyang City, you should have been hungry a long time ago..."
Li Shuqin had to say: "Mom, you rest, I'll go!" ”
Zhang Jinfeng just raised his butt and sat down, and instructed uneasily: "Shuqin, the dumplings are placed on the top layer of the refrigerator, covered with plastic wrap." I know that wearing plastic wrap can not spoil my grandson's tummy. ”
Li Shuqin entered the kitchen. The mother-in-law herself experienced the era of hunger, and all her life she was worried that her grandson would not have enough to eat, and this is still the case today when she is rich in material things. The mother-in-law's love for her grandson only stays at the level of food and clothing, and she has always let go of her grandson's learning when she was a child. Not only did he let himself go, but he often felt that Li Shuqin's supervision of study was redundant, "Didn't you both go to college?" Aren't they all alive and well? You two are no worse than that who went to college! "What do you two want to do, poor Yangyang is now as thin as a hemp stalk, don't let him light the lamp and bother with oil!" ——Lighting lamps and boiling oil should be the memory of my mother-in-law when she was a child, when the country was just liberated, most of Shenyang's urban areas were electrified.
Li Shuqin feels that her son was not admitted to college, of course, it is related to the doting of her mother-in-law. Otherwise, if Yangyang goes to college, how can he be despised by Guo Yaling!
The son also came to the kitchen and said with a smile: "Mom, I'm really not hungry!" ”
Li Shuqin looked at her mother-in-law sitting in the living room and whispered: "You have to eat two, otherwise, your milk will not go to sleep!" ”
When Li Shuqin went to the kitchen, the TV remote control was casually placed on the TV case, but when her son returned, Dong Weihong dismissed the plan to watch the ball, and pulled her shoes into the bathroom to wash.
Dong Wei has a wide heart and a fat body, and since he entered the machine tool factory as an apprentice at the age of eighteen to this year, he has dedicated thirty-five spring and autumn years to the machine tool factory. It has experienced the period of hot and declining machine tool factories, and also experienced the period of developing cordyceps, mineral water and real estate in machine tool factories. Whether the machine tool factory is hot or declining, Dong Weihong is inseparable from the factory. It is good to say that he is good at lifting the bar, and he can speak well, but he never sells tricks, and his job has always been completed meticulously. The steps of machine tool installation and debugging: the first step is to check the appearance before powering on, the second step is to turn on the total voltage of the machine tool, the third step is to check the parameters one by one after the electrical box is powered on, thirty-five years later, every parameter on the machine tool Dong Weihong is clear, and there is almost nothing to worry about in the work.
When his son was a child, Dong Weihong never paid attention to his studies. It's just that when his son was thirteen years old, Dong Weihong had a rush, pulled down the belt around his waist, pressed his son to the floor, the belt was slammed into a tsunami, and his son's butt was beaten so that he could not be beaten on a stool for half a month, and he could only sleep on his stomach - his son mixed with a group of hooligans in the workers' village, walking sideways in the workers' village, and that day the gang of hooligans kicked over the fruit basket of a peasant who entered the city, and was looked at squarely by him when he came home from work.
Later, Dong Weihong often said to his wife smugly that he had lost his belt, otherwise his son would not even be able to pass the vocational high school exam.
Now my son and he are in the machine tool factory. Machine tool factory is the name of the old Shenyang people, now the full name is "General Technology Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd.", in 1993 by the former Shenyang No. 1 Machine Tool Factory, Sino-Czech Friendship Factory, Shenyang No. 3 Machine Tool Factory jointly initiated and established. The original enterprise did not do its business, developed cordyceps, mineral water and real estate, and became insolvent, and just this year through judicial reorganization, it joined China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd. and changed its current name.
The son's entry into the factory actually has nothing to do with Dong Weihong's half a dime - the company directly went to the job high school to recruit workers and recruited his son. Father and son are also not in the same workshop, Dong Weihong is the installation and commissioning worker of vertical CNC machine tools, and Dong Yang works as a fitter in the vertical drilling center. The factory is large and requires driving from workshop to workshop, so father and son rarely meet. Even if they meet, whether it is father to son or son to father, they are polite, some rusty, and some like outsiders.
At night, Dong Weihong slept soundly and snored. Li Shuqin couldn't sleep, and a car roared past Weigong South Street, like an engine cylinder with one cylinder not working. The restaurant on the street on the first floor closed so late, and there was the sound of the roller shutter falling to the ground—it was landing, not rolling, and there was a metallic sound of bouncing upwards sharply. The wind picked up, and the night breeze made the curtains tremble, like a shivering person hiding behind the curtains. Li Shuqin realized that the sash was not tight, and quietly got out of bed and tightened the sash. Windows are plastic steel doors and windows with good sealing performance. The windows in the workers' village were originally wooden windows, and aluminum alloy doors and windows were popular in the mid-to-late nineties of the last century, and people in Li Shuqin's community replaced wooden doors and windows with aluminum alloy doors and windows. Not at the same time and not the same processing plant replaced, some people like to use blue glass, some people like to use green glass, some people like to use white glass. The window sash of a building, blue, green, and white, looked like the old monk's cassock from a distance - at that time, the residents of the workers' village were still "tasting" the pain of being laid off, and they just had a comfortable life, who was in the mood to care about the beauty of the whole building. In the new century, plastic steel doors and windows became popular. Compared with aluminum alloy doors and windows, plastic steel doors and windows have elegant appearance and better sealing performance. Some people knocked out the aluminum alloy and replaced it with plastic steel. Strangely, since the new century, people seem to have discussed it, and the plastic steel sash is almost always made of white glass. In this way, in a building, the windows of blue glass and green glass gradually decreased, and the old monk's robe gradually became a workwear with several blue and green patches. Li Shuqin's aluminum alloy window was replaced with plastic steel window later. It's not that Li Shuqin's economic conditions are not good, it's that Li Shuqin is busy all four feet - there is no time, and another Li Shuqin is also totaling in her heart, maybe two years later, other doors and windows will become popular, and when the time comes to be in place, won't it save the middle link?
After going to Guo Yaling's house to recognize her relatives, Li Shuqin did not delay for a week, and invited the master to immediately change to plastic steel - the doors and windows of Guo Yaling's house are plastic steel. As for Guo Yaling's big house, that's another matter, Guo Yaling's house is big, didn't his son also buy a spacious big house? That layout, that community, is stronger than Guo Yaling's!
When did Li Shuqin bow her head to people in her life?
Li Shuqin's first job was as a workshop worker, and at the age of eighteen, she graduated from technical school and enrolled in a light bulb factory in Shenyang. Don't look at the light bulb in the palm of the hand is not one or two heavy, the work is not light. In the last century, there was a saying in Shenyang, which was called "light work is not light, heavy work is not heavy". Light bulb factories, like textile factories, belong to light industry, and there are many female workers. Li Shuqin's father, Li Xinghai, was worried that his daughter would not be able to suffer from this, so he asked her opinion and said, "Girl, how about we wait another half a year?" Isn't that cousin of yours a manager in the bus branch? If you can enter the bus company as a flight attendant, the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine, and you can also see the western scenery along the street. It's just that your cousin said that you will be able to enter in half a year. ”
Li Shuqin had a good idea since she was a child, and replied: "Dad, what if the bus company produces other moths half a year later?" Your girlfriend is not really out of character, the light bulb factory is the light bulb factory, other girls can do it, your girlfriend can also do it! ”
Li Shuqin entered the furnace workshop of the light bulb factory. The furnace furnace for burning glass in the furnace workshop is made of refractory material, with eight diamond-shaped holes on one inclined surface. After the glass is burned, the workers have to use an iron pipe one meter five or six long to take out the glass raw material from the mouth of the stove with a tongue of fire, and then blow away the bubble skin of the bulb in one breath before the mold. There are also machine bubble blowers, but the temperature of the workshop is about 50 °C all year round, and when you enter the workshop, you follow up the sauna, the shift has not yet come down, the clothes of the whole body are like fished out of water, and the soles of the feet are sweaty.
Li Shuqin later recalled her first job countless times, and what made her proud was that she clearly remembered that she had never cried out a bitter cry.
Ms. Li's mother, Mi Hailan, was a worker at a factory run by the neighborhood of the workers' village, which closed down in 1984. In 1984, Li Shuqin was only seventeen years old. In the last century, there was also a saying in Shenyang, called "the most popular occupation in the seventies was a technician, the most popular occupation in the eighties was a street stall, and the most popular occupation in the nineties was a driver". But Mihailan went to the street stall pancakes, set up a street stall to sell socks and key chains, got up early and was greedy, and in the end he only earned one "physically and mentally exhausted", and nothing else. Her mother's hard work is reflected in Li Shuqin's eyes, Li Shuqin understands the taste of not working, and cherishes the job opportunity in the light bulb factory.
The benefits of the light bulb factory are also good, after the end of the apprenticeship, in just ten years, Li Shuqin's monthly salary can get 1200 yuan, which is a lot higher than the minimum wage standard of 680 yuan in Shenyang City at that time, and benefits are also issued every New Year - rice, noodles, oil... Fish have been sent.
The bulb factory also has a benefit - the bath is open twenty-four hours. After Li Shuqin and Dong Weihong got married, they had Dong Yang. When Dong Yang was young, Li Shuqin often took him to the factory bath to take a bath. Dong Yang is three years old, and some workers kindly reminded, "A three-year-old child can almost realize the gender difference, and you always bring him to the women's bath, be careful to wash out a fake girl in the future!" But without taking his son to the women's bath for two years, the light bulb factory was transformed into "Northeast Lighting Co., Ltd." After the light bulb factory was converted, Li Shuqin did not take her son to enjoy the benefits of bathing in the women's bath, and fortunately, Dong Yang did not have any signs of a girl cannon on his body when he grew up. Maybe it's because the temperature in the furnace workshop is high, so that your eggs are also extremely active? So, her son was studying as if he had ADHD. Li Shuqin occasionally analyzes the reasons why her son can't get into college.
The name of "Northeast" is much larger than that of "Shenyang", but the company's operation is bleak, and it is not as good as it is. Li Shuqin worked for more than ten years, and her monthly salary could get 1,200 yuan, but after changing it to "Northeast", she could only get 1,200 yuan per month. Until 2005, the "Northeast" turned off the lights and withdrew from the market. This year, Li Shuqin was only thirty-eight years old, and her son Dong Yang had just entered junior high school.
In addition to doing a good job in the factory, her husband Dong Weihong's only remaining hobby is football. The year Li Shuqin lost her job, Dong Weihong was still a midfielder for an amateur football team in Tiexi District. That year, the amateur soccer team often held friendly matches with an amateur soccer team in Fushun. On weekends, Dong Weihong was either in Shenyang or going to Fushun's stadium, and when he returned home, he collapsed into a dead pig.
Li Shuqin told him that he was unemployed, and Dong Weihong just said "oh" and fell asleep with his head next to the pillow. Li Shuqin looked cold and cold in her heart, and that night was the same as tonight, turning over and over on the bed to "burn cakes". Li Shuqin understood that telling her husband was purely a waste of words. Don't look at Dong Weihong's oil mouth, he is actually an honest person in his bones, honest is incompetent, and he can't be counted on to cover himself from the wind and rain at the critical moment. But who is to blame for this? Complain about your own life!
That night fourteen years ago, Li Shuqin crossed her heart and made up her mind: If it is not good, go to my father's repair shop!
The next morning, Li Shuqin told her husband about her plans. Dong Weihong jumped up and objected, "Which woman did our father's work!" ”
Li Shuqin said coldly: "Am I a woman? I have long stopped thinking of myself as a woman, but you still treat me as a woman! ”
A sentence choked Dong Weihong speechless, and the opposition was naturally invalid. That morning became a watershed in Li Shuqin's status in the Dong family, in the past, she listened to her father-in-law and husband, and after that morning, the major affairs of the Dong family were gradually decided by Li Shuqin, especially after the death of Li Shuqin's father-in-law Dong Shuguo six years ago.
Li Shuqin's father, Li Xinghai, is 77 years old this year. Fourteen years ago, Li Xinghai was sixty-three years old. Li Xinghai was originally a worker at the Shenyang Explosion-proof Equipment Factory, a small factory with less than 200 employees, but in 1986 this unknown enterprise created a first in the history of New China - the first enterprise to go bankrupt. Li Xinghai was forty-four years old that year. That year, Li Shuqin was nineteen years old and was still receiving the salary of her internship in the light bulb factory.
Mi Hailan's life after being laid off began on the street, and Li Xinghai's life after being laid off also began on the street. Mihailan earned only one "physically and mentally exhausted" on the street, and nothing else. Li Xinghai found his own "first pot of gold" on the street, as if to confirm that "the most popular profession in the 80s was a street stall". By the year Li Shuqin was laid off, Li Xinghai's street shoe repair stall had become a leather goods repair store.
The past of fourteen years ago was played back in Li Shuqin's mind, and the memory of the day she came to her father's leather goods repair store was extremely clear. That day, when she walked into her father's store, his father was burying his head in repairing shoes, and on a small stool in front of him sat an older sister waiting for shoes to wear. Li Shuqin held her breath and waited quietly on the side, waiting until the eldest sister put on repaired shoes, tried to walk around the store of less than twenty square meters, and walked satisfied, before opening her mouth to her father. Li Shuqin was not a little embarrassed, and poured beans on a bamboo tube and generally talked about her current situation and plans. After listening to this, Li Xinghai spread out a pair of rough big hands and said: "Girl, Dad is not afraid that you can't endure hardships, it's that we only have these jobs a day, and Dad can deal with it alone!" ”
Li Shuqin was unreasonable and said, "I don't care, dad, your daughter is laid off, anyway, you have to think of a way for me." Li Shuqin suddenly remembered what her father had said about letting her work as a flight attendant in the bus company, and said, "Or, Dad, you can immediately help me ask if the bus company still wants someone?" ”
Li Xinghai said with a smile: "Girl, that's all about the year of the monkey." Besides, your cousin has been retired for several years. Li Xinghai scratched his head with rough fingers, scratched off several strands of thinning hair, and then said, "Well, girl, you can set up a sewing machine in your father's shop, take on the work of repairing a zipper, reeling a trouser leg, and the money you earn will belong to you, what?" ”
Li Shuqin didn't say a word, and rode a tricycle to move the sewing machine at home. This sewing machine is still the flying brand sewing machine produced by Shanghai No. 1 Sewing Machine Factory when she got married. When Li Shuqin got married, her mother's family also married a Baishan brand bicycle made in Shenyang. The bikes have long since been thrown to the scrapyard, and the sewing machine is still as good as new.
Fourteen years have passed since Li Shuqin's work, and she has such a strength to not admit defeat.
In the past fourteen years, what kind of person has Li Shuqin never seen? Those who come to repair zippers and tie trouser legs are not necessarily poor, thrift and thrift are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. In the past 14 years, the unit price of repairing zippers and trouser legs has also increased from one yuan to ten yuan, to be honest, she now earns a lot higher than Dong Weihong's salary a month! Guo Yaling can't compare with her, how much can a primary school teacher's monthly salary be? The old Liu's life is moist, it is just because Lao Liu is the boss of the sales branch, Li Shuqin knows very well in her heart.
This first round of the confrontation can be regarded as a subservience, and the second round must be won anyway, otherwise it will really live up to their "qualified" identity. Li Shuqin thought so and smiled secretly. In a daze, she heard the sound of the mother-in-law next door getting up and walking around early, and the crutches were on the floor, tuk tuk, like a rooster announcing the dawn to remind her that a new day had begun again.
On this day, Guo Yaling couldn't sleep at night. The year Guo Yaling graduated from university, Ai Jing's song "The Story of Pink Street" was singing throughout the country:
My childhood family lived on Pink Street / There are many stories that happen there / I don't have a beautiful stroller / My game is to jump squares / Adults are busy living / I love five-cent candy / Our three sisters are the joy of dad and mom / Even though I don't have a passbook at home...
Guo Yaling's family did not live on Pink Street, her family lived in Heavy Industry South Street. She remembers the song deeply because when the song was sung, her father Guo Yingjiu was the deputy party secretary in this street, and her mother, Meng Qingwen, was also a teacher at the No. 1 Primary School on Pink Street. In the eighties and nineties of the last century, there was a saying to describe the dilemma of life of people living in Pink Street, "Afraid of wind in spring and rain in summer, afraid of severe frost in autumn and afraid of snow in winter" - Pink Street is a low shantytown, Shenyang is located in the Northeast Plain, and the strong wind in spring can set off the roof built by Pink Street to fly all over the sky; The houses in the shantytown are always low, but the streets are constantly rising, and the ground of the small houses in the shantytown is a foot lower than the outside, and in the summer there is a heavy rain, and the rainwater pours into the edge of the people's kang like a river that bursts; Before the first frost of autumn, in order to buy coal and vegetables for the winter, the whole family went out to queue up for the whole night; Heavy snow in winter can seal the doors of many homes. Coupled with the presence of small hooligans, big hooligans and even the underworld, throughout the year, the people who live here do not have a moment of comfort. The wave of layoffs of hundreds of thousands of workers in Tiexi District in the 80s and 90s of the last century made Pink Street even worse.
By the time Guo Yaling graduated from university, Shenyang had already started a large-scale renovation project of Pink Street. But Guo Yaling still had lingering feelings about Pink Street and the Workers' Village, so when she chose a two-way choice after graduation, she chose a primary school in Heping District without hesitation. Guo Yaling when she just graduated naively thought that she would never intersect with Pink Street, Workers' Village or even Tiexi District in her life, who knew that first Liu Xiangdong, then her daughter.
Liu Xiangdong is also a graduate of management from Liaoning University, and his father is a retired cadre of Shenyang Blower Factory who enjoys the deputy factory level, and Liu Xiangdong is willing to play his specialty in large industrial enterprises. Then her daughter chose Dong Yang, but she didn't understand it when she thought about it, and the result now can only be regarded as a compromise with her daughter. At night, I still think that Dong Yang can score 75 points, but now remembering Li Shuqin's conversation at the dinner, Guo Yaling lost another 10 points to him in her heart.
Guo Yaling couldn't sleep, so she simply turned on the bedside lamp on her side and turned on the faint light. Liu Xiangdong seemed to feel it, because he changed his lying position and gave his back to her, and Liu Xiangdong, who came back late, continued to have his Spring and Autumn dreams - he and she were already in the same bed. She knows the existence of that woman, that woman is from Dalian, Dalian woman is tall and fair, should be his customer, should be in love with him for a long time, they also want to build a love nest by the golden pebble beach - when the woman sent him WeChat, he happened to be bathing, and finally was seen by Guo Yaling, who had long been suspicious, and when he saw it, he broke the truth. Brother, what I want is not to have it, I want to be forever - the woman said. Well, I'll fulfill you! May you all be happy - Guo Yaling thought, she and Liu Xiangdong have long lived not like husband and wife, they have long lived together as partners, and sometimes they are not even as good as partners!
Guo Yaling glanced at her husband in disgust, her body was far away from his, she simply rolled over and pulled open the drawer of the bedside table, and held out the photo album of her daughter's childhood. The cover of the album is made of crystal, and the photo on the cover is taken when her daughter was in kindergarten, Qianqian had eyebrow bangs at that time, wearing a white shirt, and leaning on the back of a furry panda toy taller than her body, her eyes were clear and transparent, like two of the brightest morning stars in the blue sky. Guo Yaling's face couldn't help but stick to the pink face of her daughter in the photo.
As soon as September arrives, the footsteps of the wedding day gradually approach, and the sound is more hurried than the next.
Where is the wedding site? Who needs to be invited on that day? How do I post an invitation? How many vehicles have been booked for the wedding? ...... Li Shuqin is a person who loves to worry, and she likes to worry about things that should and should not be worried about outside the home and home.
Her son's wedding definitely can't be done as he was at that time, and the phrase "times are different" Li Shuqin came with her mouth open. On the day Li Shuqin got married, the Dong family set up a large stove for cooking in the yard, and the cook was the brother of the Ben family invited by her mother-in-law Zhang Jinfeng from Sujiatun's hometown. Tables, chairs, plates, and plates were all borrowed from neighbors, and on the day of the wedding, a total of eight tables were set up - six tables were placed in the yard, and two tables were placed in the house of the neighborhood committee. Each table has twelve dishes, including four joy balls, braised elbows, braised carp, pot wrapped meat, and goubangzi roast chicken. The wine is Tohoku Laoyaki, and there is snow beer, and two bottles of drinks are placed on each table, namely Hachioji soda and Dabai pear sparkling wine.
The welcoming vehicle, according to Dong Weihong's vision, is a bicycle, decorated with several colorful balloons and a large red flower in front of the handlebar. Dong Weihong said that several of his co-workers did just that.
Father Li Xinghai said with a black face: "Let's not mention this song of Gege, Xiao Dong, I tell you, without Liutai Xiali, this marriage can't be done!" ”
The Dong family had to rent six Xiali. That day, the two sisters in the same workshop acted as bridesmaids and carried Li Shuqin, who was wearing a red tweed top and a red tweed skirt, to the Xiali car at the head. Xia Li couldn't sit all the people who sent off relatives, and the rest of the people rode bicycles, followed by six Xia Li, and came to the wedding scene in Tiexi District Workers' Village from Cangshan Road in Huanggu District.
My son has almost lived in a new house during this time, which is located in Shenbei New District, a property developed by Vanke. The wedding scene was already known, and I booked the AllBright Hotel near the North Railway Station. In addition to the closest relatives, who to invite on the Dong family's side, Li Shuqin and his wife have already notified by phone. But how can a wedding event be so simple? Who is in charge of the scene? What wine is served at the banquet? What smoke? What kind of candy to buy? Doesn't this all have to be planned in advance?
That night, Dong Yang went home, and Dong Yang came back to get a passbook of his own, in a hurry. Dong Weihong watched the ball in the living room, the match between the national football team and the Maldives team has ended, and the national football team won 5:0. Dong Weihong is now watching not the match between the national football team and the Maldives team, but the match between West Ham United and Manchester United in the Premier League, Dong Weihong is like a monkey sitting on the sofa, from time to time to get up and jump for a while. "Side road, side road, oops! Look at your straight eyes, what a stupid thing! ”
Dong Weihong patronized the football game, ignored his son, and his son did not greet him, rushed into his house for a while, and was about to leave when he got it, and opened the door with one hand. The son finally showed up this time, Li Shuqin had to seize the opportunity, but she couldn't just let him go so easily. "Yangyang, how many tables were booked for the banquet? Mom has to remind you, it's better to book one more table than one less! ”
Mother-in-law Zhang Jinfeng said: "Big happy day, big happy day, more preparation for sugar, Yangyang, our old nougat in Shenyang is sweeter than any sugar, you buy more!" ”
Li Shuqin ignored her mother-in-law and said to her son: "Yangyang, what do you need your mother to prepare, you also have to say in advance, your new wedding is not at all in your mother's heart." If you don't say it in advance, how will your mother have a face for you then. ”
Liu Siqian was sending a text message to urge Dong Yang that some details of the wedding by the etiquette company had to be discussed with the little couple in person, and the standard of charging was different for different details. Dong Yanghuo lost patience with his mother and said, "Mom, you and my father and my grandmother will go that day, you don't have to worry about anything!" ”
When Li Shuqin heard this, she said unhappily: "This kid, how can you talk!" If you don't let your mother worry about such a big thing as a wedding, who should worry about it? ”
The son opened the door, and the sound of knocking footsteps disappeared to the end of the corridor in an instant.
Li Shuqin said in annoyance: "Oh, dare to worry about your mother!" Yangyang, you muddy boy, you are this mother raised with a handful of and urine, together you have a daughter-in-law and forget your mother. As she spoke, tears welled up - these days, Li Shuqin's feelings have become fragile.
Mother-in-law Zhang Jinfeng sat on a stool and savored nougat, "I think the best sugar is not as good as nougat." Seeing his daughter-in-law's tearful appearance, he comforted him like a mirror in his heart, "Don't worry, Shuqin, your own cub can't be lost, it's always your own." The crutch in his hand echoed and made two tuk tuk sounds on the floor.
Li Shuqin wiped her eyes and asked, "Mom, can the plaster be removed in the past few days?" ”
Zhang Jinfeng said: "Yes, why not!" These days I feel a lot sharper, how can I drag my grandson's wedding with a plaster leg! ”
I don't know if it's the end of the ball game or the intermission, Dong Weihong interjected unknowingly, "Mom, it's nothing if the plaster is removed or not, it doesn't affect attendance!" ”
Li Shuqin rolled her eyes at her husband.
Rolling his eyes, he could only discuss with his husband about his son's wedding.
Dong Weihong installed and debugged the vertical machine tool in the line, Kanqiu in the line, and the bar lifting in the line, and the wedding program door of the new era has not been touched, isn't it difficult for him to discuss with him? Lying in bed at night, Dong Weihong gave his wife an idea, "Fucheng is the boss and has seen the big world, I think it is appropriate to ask Fucheng about this." ”
Fucheng is Li Shuqin's younger brother. When Li Shuqin was laid off from Northeast Lighting Co., Ltd., Li Fucheng had just graduated from Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, and he was not looking for a job, and he was looking for his own business all day. The current "Fucheng Chemical Co., Ltd." has been fighting for more than ten years. Otherwise, when Li Shuqin was laid off and cornered, she would definitely give priority to finding an errand in her brother's company.
Li Shuqin thought that her husband's words made sense, looking at the time, it was only about ten o'clock at night, Fucheng must not have rested, even if he rested, there was nothing to do, his own brother! Li Shuqin sent a voice invitation to her brother.
Li Fucheng's Chemical Co., Ltd. mainly produces building exterior wall cleaners, and also undertakes building cleaning projects by the way. Li Fucheng is home to the company tonight, and before his sister Li Shuqin called, he had just returned from a dinner party with customers to celebrate signing the order for Wanyu Building in Shenhe District today. Wanyu Building has 32 floors, excluding doors and windows, the exterior wall area is more than 11,000 square meters, which is a big job for Fucheng Company. At this moment, he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office, watching the headlights outside the window merge into several long, quietly flowing rivers. One moment imagines the river as a shuttling time, the next as a symphony of life being played, and of course it is a beautiful movement. Li Fucheng listened to his sister's talk happily, and replied happily: "I said old sister, can I not care about my nephew's wedding?" This is my own nephew! I had already asked Yangyang, and the guy had a good idea, and he didn't let me worry about anything. According to me, you don't have to worry about it, old sister. You say you broke a heart, but what a whole! The point is, the more you worry about it, the more you feel like you're adding to the chaos! ”
Li Shuqin said: "How can the old lady not worry about it? The first round of the clash of the old sister failed! He confided in his brother about the confrontation between himself and Guo Yaling in the first round, "Brother, don't laugh at your sister, you say, isn't this person living in the world just to fight for breath?" ”
Li Fucheng sat on the wide boss chair, comfortably rested his legs on the boss table in front of him, and said: "Old sister, in my opinion, that day, you and my brother-in-law were fighting well, we don't fight for anything else, it's useless to fight for those, let's overwhelm her in momentum!" ”
Li Fucheng's words suddenly reached Li Shuqin's heart, otherwise what else could she do, Guo Yaling is not another woman, she is Yangyang's mother-in-law! On the wedding day, he could only overwhelm her in momentum.
Li Shuqin thought for a while, and then instructed, "Brother, you have to give your sister a long face that day, don't let her old Guo mother-in-law find that there is no one in our family!" ”
Li Fucheng said proudly: "Sister, you just put a hundred, a thousand hearts, what, their old Liu family invited the mayor?" (Excerpt)
(For the full text, please read "Changjiang Literature and Art Good Novel" Issue 2, 2023)
Selected from Anhui Literature, Issue 10, 2022
Original editor: Zhang Lin
Editor-in-charge: Yan Li
About the author
▲Yu Sheng|
Yu Sheng, male, born in 1971, from Tongcheng, Anhui. He is a member of the China Writers Association and a specially contracted writer of the Liaoning Provincial Writers Association. He is the author of the novel "Blue Bird", the collection of novellas "The Moon in the City", "Looking for Mr. Zhu Sanwu", "At Newark Airport", and the essay collection "Dandelion Seeds". His works were selected into the "Ten Years of Works of New Strength Chinese Writers". He has won the first Lu Yanzhou Literature Award Novella Award, the second Cao Xueqin Chinese Literature Award Short Story Award, Dalian City Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China Prose and Reportage Excellence Award, etc.
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Production: Golden Dragon Sun Yu
Reviewer: Yan Li
Issued: He Ziying