The first time I met her, she had just returned from watering the ground, and the 1 meter 5 tall carried a pair of large buckets, carrying a sprayer, speaking an authentic, particularly fluent Zhen'an dialect, and warmly beckoning us into the house to sit. At that time, if it were not for the introduction of others, we really did not know that she came from a foreign country.
After sitting down, while drinking the hot tea she had made for everyone, we began a pleasant and smooth chat...
Coming from a foreign country, he started a new life in Zhen'an
She said that her name is Baosan, and in 2002, under the introduction of her little sisters, she took her son under the age of 1 from Myanmar to marry into China, and since then she has settled in The Xiaozhai Group of Zhen'an Zhenbei Community in Longling County, and started a new life with Zhang Zhikai. Bao San was only 19 years old that year, and Zhang Zhikai was 45 years old.
Zhang Zhikai's family is a big family, with a total of 8 brothers and sisters, and Zhang Zhikai is the eldest son. When Baosan married Zhang Zhikai in 2002, 5 sisters and sisters had already started a family, and 1 of them also moved out of the family. Elderly parents huddled together with Zhang Zhikai and Zhang Zhikai's little brother in a low, tattered, crumbling wooden frame room. The middle room is used for the hall house, the whole room is blackened by the fire smoke of the fire, and the curved "slender" rafters are hung with long, short, thick and thin kang cigarettes, which can only emit a little yellow halo gourd bulb, a listless, half-dead and pitiful appearance; the two rooms next to the hall house are where the two brothers and their parents sleep.
There is a lot of rain in Zhen'an, and there are only a few sunny days a year, which makes the small courtyard muddy for many years and covered with thick green and thick moss. In the middle of the yard, there is a "road" stepped out by large and small, deep and shallow footprints, which leads to the simple kitchen in the corner of the courtyard, and the number of people who fork out of this "road" can go to the neighboring village without a few steps.
After Zhang Zhikai and Bao San got married, their parents and brother vacated a room for Zhang Zhikai and Bao San to use for marriage. After that, the days of pots and pans began.
"I am the eldest son of the family, and it is my duty to bear some of the burdens of the family. In the first years of my marriage, I used to go to the end of the mountain to collect one or two big pigs and sell them to butchers before each market day, making a small amount of hard money. 5 days a street, a street has 3 days on the mountain, all by walking. After buying the pigs, walk slowly to drive the pigs back. This kind of 'pig herding' life is more than 10 years. People are very hard, but they don't earn much, and they can only help the family a little. Bao San's husband, Zhang Zhikai, recalled.
When he first arrived, Bao San still encountered many difficulties in language communication. Bao San recalled: "At that time, I couldn't understand anything, lao Zhang and his family patiently taught me, often took me to interact with the neighbors, and it didn't take long for me to learn from the central government." ”
Baosan's phrase "Yangxue Yanghui" means "learning while meeting" and is the authentic Zhen'an dialect. After Baosan overcame the language barrier, he did farm work, did housework, or "central learning and central work", and gradually embarked on the "right track".
Children fall to the ground, and small family life sets sail
"Life is very difficult, as if counting, but Lao Zhang and his family are good to me." In a foreign country, I still get a lot of warmth in this small family. Colds and flus and the like, Lao Zhang also greeted well. In 2005, my son Lao Zhang and I were born, which brought a lot of warmth and happiness to this poor family. Bao San continued: "There is a saying that 'the tree is big and branches, and the people are divided into families', and in the blink of an eye, the little uncles have also reached the age of starting a family, we have to set up another small family, in 2011 we came out to build our own house, and the small family life began." ”
"It's hard to start from scratch! At the critical moment, the government helped my family, and with the financial support of relevant policies, we built a main house and a box room. Bao San recalled, "After the house was erected, the decoration cost became a problem, and I discussed with Lao Zhang that the government had helped us a lot, and we had to take advantage of the upward trend and strive to live a smooth life as soon as possible through our own hands." Bao San continued: "In 2011, Lao Zhang continued to drive pigs to sell, and the income earned by chasing pigs in a year was about 6,000 yuan. At home, while taking care of the children, I do all kinds of farm work, planting small vegetables when I should plant small vegetables, planting rice when I should plant rice, shoveling corn when I should shovel corn, picking tea when I should pick tea... Anyway, it will not give the 2 acres of land idle, nor will it give more than 1 acre of tea land to become a defeated grassland. Every year we also raise two pigs, and when we are fat, we sell the pigs to subsidize the family. ”
When Bao San talked to us, Zhang Zhikai, who was not very good at talking, smiled and nodded frequently, agreeing with Bao San's statement. Zhang Zhikai also said very matter-of-factly: "Later, the days changed slightly, and Baosan and I discussed that the house decoration should not be busy first, and the courtyard and the pig pen and the cattle pen should be built first." Only when it is built can we take good care of the homeland, raise pigs, cattle and chickens. When the wall was built, Baosan hit the wall and I mixed sand ash, and the couple had to complete the support of more than 500 hollow bricks by themselves. ”
Talking about this, we all lamented that Bao San was also too capable. But Bao San said shyly, "The days are forced out, and if you can do it, you can do it yourself!" If you want to make some, if you don't want to do something, you will do it. Zhang Zhikai on the side looked at Bao San approvingly.
If you want to live well, he gives her a "thumbs up"
Today, Baosan's eldest son is 18 years old and works in the car wash yard at home, with about 1500 yuan per month. The second son is in junior high school. "The two children are obedient, they will come back to help with some housework, and the feelings of the two brothers are also very good!" Bao San said happily.
In the small talk, Bao San's mother-in-law returned, and the old man was 85 years old and had some backs to his ears. Bao San told us that in recent years, her mother-in-law has been living with them. After the death of her father-in-law, her mother-in-law has been picking up garbage, and then sorting it out and selling it to waste buyers, with an income of 20-30 yuan per day.
During the gossip, Zhang Zhikai stood up and added pig food to the pigs in the pigsty, while saying: "My age is much older than Bao San, and now I am 63 years old, as I grow older, many heavy tasks in the family have to wait for her to do, and this family mainly depends on her!" ”
In reality, more heavy and tiring work at home is mainly borne by Bao San. Bao San said: "Rural people are suffering and wearing everywhere, so they will do more at home, and try to do as much as they can!" ”
At present, Zhang Zhikai is old, mainly at home to feed pigs, feed cattle, not long ago, the family raised 2 old sows also gave birth to 15 piglets, soon can be out of the pen. Baosan transferred his family's 2 acres of land to a company that went to the village to grow vegetables, and there was a land rent of 2,000 yuan per year. She rented some scattered land with villagers at a price of 600 yuan per mu to plant flue-cured tobacco, and the planting area has reached 15 mu, which is larger than last year and the previous year. Baosan also developed post-tobacco crops in the tobacco fields, planting wheat, planting grains, and planting vegetables, so as to strive for the greatest benefits from the land as much as possible.
When the farmer is idle, Baosan does muddy water work nearby, mixing sand ash, picking bricks, not picking or picking, trying to do the work that can be done, and trying to earn the money that can be earned. Asked if Bao San could bear to be so busy, Bao San said simply: "It's okay, although the main room is simpler, it has been renovated." Lao Zhang and I plan to work hard to make some more money and strive to decorate the box room well next year. As long as there is a plan and a plan, there is no blind work, there will be strength! ”
We also asked Bao San if zhen'an spoke so smoothly and whether the local customs were understood. Bao Sanyi came together: "In the New Year, we must wear new clothes, eat pig rice, and want to scoop rice; during the Qingming Festival, we must sacrifice graves and sacrifice the dead; during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family should eat mooncakes together; during the Dragon Boat Festival, we should wrap rice dumplings... Haha, how brutal, I can't finish it for a while and a half. Bao San smiled heartily and said, "Anyway, now I live very happily in China, a family of old and young love each other, neighbors and neighbors live in harmony, life is peaceful and peaceful, everyone has completely integrated together." Usually there is a big pain and small illness and medical insurance, and the policy is good and brutal! With Bao San's hearty laughter, we also laughed.
We asked, "The place of activity in the village is just behind the house, will you go dancing and singing?" Bao San said bluntly, "The sisters in the village have also come to ask me out, but I don't have time for the time being, if I go, I think I will also sing and dance!" However, it is not a pity, first of all, live a good life and then say, it will be better and better in the future! ”
After Zhang Zhikai fed the pigs, he sat down again and listened to our small talk. We talked about everything and were very cheerful. At the end, Lao Zhang said shyly: "My family really relies on Bao San, and my life is changed after she came!" Bao San is really my family's 'treasure'! Lao Zhang said as he cocked his thumb, and a heartfelt, comforting, and happy smile rippled across his face.
Editor: Wang Can
Responsible editor: Yang Dongyan Ran cowardly Hun Tang Linyuan