Narrator: Wang Rong
When I was a sophomore in high school in the '80s, a male classmate that my cousin didn't like was caught in my favor, and she said I was so stupid at the time, and now she envies me.
My name is Wang Rong, born in 62 in a small town by the river in Sichuan, my father is a coal miner, my mother has no fixed job, I earn some pocket money by pasting paper boxes, I am the second in the family, there is an elder brother above, there is a younger sister below, a family of five mainly lives on my father's salary, although it is said that it is a city hukou, there is a supply of grain and oil, hungry and hungry, due to the small economic resources of the family, the life of the family is also tight.
Since I was in school, my brother and sister and I would either help my mother Lake cardboard boxes or go out to pick up scrap and sell them after finishing our homework.
In order to alleviate the economic pressure on the family and improve the living conditions, when the elder brother finished junior high school, in order to let him find a job so that he could find a wife, his father and mother discussed and went through the internal retirement procedures in advance, so that the elder brother went to work in his father's coal mine and became an underground worker.
One more person in the family earns a salary, increases the economic income, the living conditions have improved significantly, my sister and I can continue to study, after hard work, in 78 I was also admitted to the county high school, in September of that year, when the class was divided, it happened to be in the same class as my cousin.
My cousin Liu Hong's family lives in the county seat, she was also born in 62, she is the child of my aunt's family, only two months older than me, she is the third in their family, she has two older brothers, my uncle worked in the grain bureau at that time, and my aunt worked in a candy factory, and their family's economic and living conditions were obviously much stronger than my family's at that time.
And my cousin is the only girl in the family, uncle, aunt and two cousins, whether it is usually in terms of food, or clothing, etc., everything is dependent on her and spoiled her, at home she is really like a little princess, surrounded by love all day long, no one will let her do a little heavy work.
As soon as school started in September 78, my cousin was the most dazzling person in my class of high school freshmen, when she was in high school, she was 1.62 meters tall, with a melon seed face, red lips and white teeth, short hair that reached her ears, and the clothes and pants she wore were the most fashionable at that time.
At that time, there were 50 students in our class, 42 from rural areas, and most of them were wearing patched clothes and pants, and most of the students' clothes and pants did not fit, and it was obvious that the older brothers and sisters above wore them.
In addition, in terms of life, my cousin did not live in school because her home was in the county, she went to school in the morning and evening, and ate at school at noon, while our students who lived in the school carried food from home or took food stamps to school for meal tickets, and most rural students brought radish pickles from home in order to save money.
When most of the classmates couldn't eat enough, the candy and other snacks in my cousin's pocket never stopped, and she also gave us tastes from time to time, which also increased her sense of superiority.
The boy didn't have a spring, the girl didn't feel emotional, we were all at the age of the flower season at that time, as the cousin of the school flower, there were naturally a lot of suitors, but she could maintain her concentration, and she was not moved, and she kept her energy on studying.
When I was about to graduate from high school in the second year of high school in 80, most of my classmates saw their academic performance clearly, some were making the final sprint, and some of them simply gave up.
Most people who secretly write love letters to their cousins, after being rejected once or twice, basically died down, and there is a rural classmate Li Zheng who is not good-looking, he is different, very persevering, and wrote more than ten love letters to his cousin in a row, and his cousin didn't pay attention to him, but not only did he not give up, but he was more persistent, and the level of writing love letters was getting higher and higher.
One Saturday afternoon, when school was out, my cousin was really angry, so she called me together and asked the male classmate Li Zheng to meet in the grove by the river, wanting him to give up his unrealistic fantasies.
But as soon as we met, without waiting for Li Zheng to speak, my cousin said, Li Zheng, you are really a toad who wants to eat swan meat, what qualifications do you have to pursue me, your academic performance is average, your family conditions are average, your height is about the same as mine, your talent is average, and you are still from a rural area, and I am a school flower, a county person, and my parents are regular employees of the state, the gap is too big, when will your family catch up with my family's conditions? ! Can you make me happy?!
At that time, my cousin was like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and she didn't care whether her words hurt her self-esteem or not, and after saying everything she wanted to say, she turned around and left, while Li Zheng and I stood in place in a daze, frightened by her sudden words.
When Li Zheng and I came to our senses, my cousin had already run away without a trace, and then Li Zheng really realized the gap between himself and his cousin, his face was confused, tears were about to fall, and he muttered in his mouth, if you don't look at it, you can't look down on it, why be domineering and hurt people's self-esteem?!
At that time, I also thought that my cousin's statement was a bit excessive, and what I thought in my heart was that what a cow is, it is not that he has great ability, but he is just from a good background, although Li Zheng's overall condition is average, but he is hardworking and simple, and most of the heavy work in the class is done by him, and he is also helpful, and the relationship with his classmates is also very harmonious.
Out of this understanding, I don't know where I got the courage at that time, or maybe it was to comfort and sympathize with Li Zheng, so he said to him, Li Zheng doesn't matter, although my cousin said that he ran away, I am here! This guy found a life-saving straw, and climbed up the pole, and since then, he has launched a fierce offensive against me, and he has not studied all day, and has written me a love letter every day, and has tried his best to say good words.
In this way, Li Zheng and I secretly fell in love, during this period, my cousin once asked me, said that we met by the river that day, after she left, what did I say to Li Zheng, I told my cousin, I just comforted him, did not say anything else, and then my cousin said, Li Zheng is not worthy of her, nor worthy of me, and persuaded me not to be stupid, fell for him, on the surface I agreed, but what I thought in my heart was, you don't like it, don't you let me like it?!
After graduating from high school, my cousin, I and Li Zheng were not admitted to college, and after graduating from high school, my cousin went to work in my aunt's candy factory through a relationship; and I went home and was unemployed, mainly by pasting cardboard boxes with my mother to earn some money; Li Zheng went home and planted the land for a few months, and in 81 they happened to be short of teachers in their commune, so he was hired as a private teacher.
In May of 82, because I always ran to Li Zheng's school, and my cousin may have seen a clue a little earlier, she secretly told my father and mother about the matter between me and Li Zheng.
You must know that there was still a big difference between urban and rural areas at that time, so my father and mother said, it is not easy to train you to graduate from high school, there is no lack of arms or legs, although it is said that you are not as good as your cousin, but you are not leprosy, let your uncle in the food bureau or let your aunt in the candy factory, just find a worker is not a hundred times stronger than Li Zheng?
If you want to be with a rural person, you have to give us a reason! Otherwise, we will not be able to raise our heads in front of our relatives, friends, and neighbors!
At that time, I told my father and mother in tears that the current conditions of Li Zheng's family are not as good as our family and the people in the city, and I believe that through hard work, it will get better and better, and at the same time, the main thing is that I like him, he also likes me, and they are inseparable from each other.
At this point, my father and mother threatened me with severing relations, saying that it seems that you are determined to follow Li Zheng, so don't go back to this home in the future, I won't go back if I don't go back, so I ran to Li Zheng's house in anger, and his father, mother, and even neighbors were very friendly to me, a city girl.
In this way, I happened to go to Li Zheng's house in July '82, just in time for him to take a vacation, and during the vacation, I did housework and farm work with their family, and felt very happy.
Before the start of school in September '82, there was still a shortage of teachers in the junior high school of Li Zheng's school, and the principal didn't know where he knew about me and Li Zheng's situation, so he suggested that I go to their school to teach, so that I also became a private teacher from a city girl.
On May Day in 83, Li Zheng and I walked into the palace of marriage without the blessing of our mother's family, the conditions at that time were very difficult, and we rented two private houses next to the school as a home for two people after marriage.
After my cousin went to work in the candy factory, under the operation of her uncle, she found a young man who worked in the Food Bureau in 83, and after understanding each other, they got married in 84 years and lived in the county after marriage.
To tell the truth, the situation at that time was really incomparable! It was really one in the sky and the other on the ground, and no matter how hard and tired I was, I could only knock out my teeth and swallow it in my stomach! Because it was my own choice.
However, feng shui takes turns, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, in the late 90s, my cousin and cousin-in-law were laid off one after another, and the two of them were also ill-fated, because they had no technical expertise, they all relied on physical work everywhere to live, and Li Zheng and I were both in 97 years, through the examination successfully changed from private teachers to public teachers.
At this time, my father and mother's grievances were relieved, and they also said that our family has vision and blessings, and it is really bitter.
My husband Li Zheng did not disappoint me after he became a public teacher, he first became the vice principal of the school through his own efforts, and then worked hard step by step, forging ahead, retiring from the post of county education director in 2021, and I myself retired from the senior title of middle school in 2017.
Some time ago, when I was chatting with my cousin, she said, "Sister, you not only have your own opinions, but you also have the strength to see the long term; I was really arrogant when I was young, and now I really envy you! I was also for your own good, don't hold a grudge against me for suing your uncle and aunt about you and Li Zheng!
I didn't expect that the male classmate who was not favored by my cousin at the beginning became my husband after being photographed by me, which also changed my fate, and now I am still envied by my cousin.
Now our children have settled in Chengdu after graduating from university, my father and mother are healthy, and my husband and I are tasked with taking care of our grandchildren and the elderly, and our health is the greatest happiness.
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