Three or Two Things about Rebirth

Dinner time is the most common discussion time for the Qiu family.

Although it was called a discussion, in reality, it was Teacher He who did the talking most of the time.

In the past, whenever Qiu Luming ate, she would feel a blockage in her stomach, because she didn't like what her parents said. They kept repeating the same things over and over again, and they thought they were hinting at her in a very covert way.

She couldn't understand it. They were all intellectuals and doctors. They knew that having emotions while eating would affect physical health, but they still had to say it at this time!

But now, Qiu Luming loves to listen. She feels that having her mother teach her how to behave in society is the happiest thing!

——It seems that many things are not absolute and it all depends on the mood of the person involved.

Today, my eldest brother and his wife went home as usual to have a meal. It’s not quite accurate to say they had a meal, because my eldest sister-in-law is the chef, and as soon as she got home from work, she went to the kitchen to cook. Teacher He was just a chopper, responsible for cutting and preparing vegetables in advance.

The town has a small population, a small hospital, and few patients, so the two doctors in the family can basically get off work on time; the population is small, there are few cases, so the police officers can also go home on time.

While eating, Qiu Luming couldn't help but mention what happened in the morning.

Qiu Huaixin was the first to say, "It's normal. People always want to move up. Now is not the time when the Northeast was the only one in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Big Brother's resources have been exhausted. The South China Sea has been drawn in a circle, and coastal cities are developing rapidly. Moreover, Xu has the shrewdness and pride of Shanghai people in his bones. It is very normal and reasonable for him to do this. Sooner or later, he will break off diplomatic relations with you."

"That's too absolute!" Qiu Jiashu disagreed. "Yoyo and the others are friends who grew up together. There is no conflict of interest between them. Even if Xu Zhenhua returns to Shanghai, he will still miss his childhood very much when he recalls it several years later!"

"That was just a thought that flashed through my mind occasionally. I might even feel wronged or ashamed because of Jiayang." Qiu Huaixin took a bite of food and ate it, then said to Qiu Jiashu, "Old Second, with your personality, you're fine for a technical position, but you can't do a preliminary investigation. You think things are too simple."

"Hey, I'm simple! Doctor Qiu, I've come into contact with more dark sides of society than your cases!"

"Oh, what's there to praise about this? In this little mountain village between the two of us, who can be more knowledgeable than the other?" Qiu Huaixin laughed at himself.

Qiu Luming keenly noticed that his elder brother was in a complaining mood, and quickly turned his attention to his mother.

He Manshu swallowed the tofu in her mouth and said, "Let me tell you, Xu Zhenhua went to Shanghai and realized how big the world is. It was the same shock that the overseas students received when they went abroad. In particular, he felt that he should have been a person in that big city.

The eldest brother is right. We live in a remote town, so we have less vision and experience. That is why we cannot be satisfied with this. We must open our eyes and accept new things, even if you cannot accept them yet. As long as they are progressive, you can try to understand and distinguish them first! You three brothers have studied abroad and have a certain amount of experience. You know that people in every province and city have local characteristics and local features, and even people in every industry have their professional habits and advantages and disadvantages.

Only Youyou didn't have it. So I asked Jiashu to take her out to see the world. When there's a chance, Youyou should also go to Shanghai! Go to a few places to live. Girls can have poor grades, but they can't lack experience! "

Qiu Luming nodded repeatedly.

Qiu Jiashu smiled, "The father of the kid surnamed Xu must have said that it is better to make matchboxes in Shanghai than to be a section chief in Jiayang, and it is better to live in a pigeon cage than to live in a big brick house in Jiayang. In addition, the children of the educated youth have returned to the city one after another, so he must be anxious. My analysis is that he really wants to leave Jiayang, but he still feels reluctant to leave your friendship. I know this kid. He has a sharp tongue but an average brain. He is the same as our Lu Ming. He will definitely not be able to get into college, and he will be a low-level citizen if he returns to Shanghai. I guarantee that he would be better off staying in Jiayang in the future!"

Qiu Jiye immediately stopped him, "Just stick to the facts, don't make irresponsible comments about others, and even bring up your sister!"

"Okay, okay." Qiu Jiashu quickly picked up a piece of food and covered his mouth.

He Manshu said: "This child knows how to work hard for himself and wants to change his fate, which is always good. He will be right in the future."

Qiu Huaixin put down his chopsticks. "Just now the second brother said that those kids of Yoyo have no vested interests. Actually, that's not entirely true. Look at their parents. Which one of them is an ordinary worker? They are all the top leaders of the units mentioned in recent years. The seven of them only started to form a small gang five years ago.

Look, my father is the vice president, Xu Zhenhua's father is the deputy director of the Transportation Bureau, and that Huifang's father is the director of the Grain Bureau, right? I heard that Han Meifen next door can't join your Jiayang Seven Monsters?"

Qiu Luming laughed when he heard this, "Brother, it was Lin Dahai who wanted to join us and turn us into the Eight Immortals of Jiayang, but none of the boys wanted to pay attention to him, saying that he was a sissy and that his parents were too fussy. Han Meifen never thought of joining us at all, she didn't like Qin Huifang, who had bullied her."

"Look, look, the social circle of middle school students is so complicated!" Qiu Huaixin suddenly turned to his parents and said, "Mom and Dad, you have been in Jiayang for 30 years, have you never thought about going back?"

"Where are we going back to? This is our home, where else can we go back to?" Qiu Jiye took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth.

"But you are from Hebei, and my mother is from Anhui!"

"We have dedicated our youth to the Great Northern Wilderness and have spent most of our lives on this black land. We have long regarded Jiayang as our hometown. Your mother and I don't have many relatives on either side. I never planned to leave Jiayang. The people here need us too!"

"So, you are going to devote your youth to your children and grandchildren?" Qiu Huaixin said with a wry smile while looking at the chopsticks on the table.

"Isn't our motherland built by generations of people? We gave birth to you all very smart and trained you to be talented. You are all outstanding and will shine and serve the people wherever you go!"

Qiu Huaixin nodded, picked up the bowl, shoveled the remaining few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, and stopped talking.

Qiu Luming remembered that his eldest brother wanted to work in Harbin when he graduated from medical school, and he asked his father to find his old classmates in Harbin to help him, even if it meant being assigned to Yi City. He only studied Western medicine, and in a small place like Jiayang, he had no chance to practice or learn.

But my father didn't agree.

So my eldest brother was assigned back to his hometown.

To be honest, Qiu Luming also felt that with the excellence of her father and elder brother, it was really a waste of their talents in this small place. Even for her handsome second brother, she felt that no girl in the city was worthy of him. She felt sad for him when she thought that he would have to marry a wife one day.

My second brother went to university in Shenyang, but he didn't try to stay there. However, he didn't want to go to the Forestry Bureau where he was assigned. Instead, he used his connections to go to the Public Security Bureau. He said that only by doing what you love can life not be boring.

Her father’s “indifference” to her two brothers made Qiu Luming even more grateful to him: such a proud father, for the sake of her who was not doing well, he gritted his teeth and used his connections twice to get her a job.

Qiu Luming picked up the gray checkered handkerchief that his father had placed on the dining table, stood up, washed it at the kitchen washstand, and hung it on the nylon rope next to the fire wall.

As usual, the mother was praising her daughter-in-law, "Look at your sister-in-law. She is also a girl from Jiayang, but her character and temperament are different from others. When she was sixteen, I discovered her excellence. So when I found out that your eldest brother and her were in a premature relationship, I turned a blind eye!"

His mother had said this more than ten times, each time with sincerity. Qiu Luming knew that his mother was strongly against his elder brother's love affair delaying his studies, but his elder brother formally wrote a letter of guarantee, stating that he would not date again until he was admitted to university, so his mother did not talk to Liu Xiaomei.

My eldest brother and Liu Xiaomei really started a romantic relationship after college. They dated for five years. After my eldest brother graduated, they discussed getting married. My mother had already investigated the Liu family thoroughly and felt that the girl could barely be their daughter-in-law. After discussing it with my father, she finally agreed to the marriage.

After the marriage, the mother treated the daughter-in-law very well and never criticized her. But Qiu Luming recently realized that Teacher He was too cunning. She had been training her sister-in-law. She praised her in the direction of what kind of daughter-in-law she wanted, even more than she praised her students!

Who doesn't like to hear nice things? The eldest sister-in-law was so praised that she laughed out loud, "Luming, you know, the people in the whole county envy no one but you for having a pair of good parents and three good brothers! But there is one thing you can't compare to, eldest sister-in-law!"

Qiu Luming asked cooperatively, "Which point?"

"You won't find a better old lady than mine!"

The whole family laughed, even Dabao laughed without knowing why.

The atmosphere at the table suddenly became relaxed.

***

Although she was somewhat dissatisfied with Qiu Luming, Director Li thought that she should deal with each matter separately, and she handled Qiu Luming's file and salary procedures as quickly as possible. So, on January 5, which was Qiu Luming's fourth day at work, she successfully received his January salary for 1990.

Qiu Luming was standing in line behind Sister Wan, feeling a little excited. When it was finally her turn, she took the blue salary bag handed to her by the cashier Sister Feng, pulled out a thin salary slip, looked at it, took out banknotes, poured out coins, and counted them. It was one hundred and twenty-eight yuan, fifty-six cents. She happily put the money and the salary slip into her little cotton-padded jacket pocket, returned the salary bag to Sister Feng, signed the registration book, and skipped downstairs.

I feel good all day long.

As far as she could remember, she didn't know how much her parents earned, nor did she know how much her eldest brother, sister-in-law, and second brother earned, but she had a rough idea of ​​the purchasing power of one hundred yuan.

She decided to go shopping at the department store on Monday and buy gifts for her family. After all, it was her first time getting paid. No, it wasn’t her first time getting paid. Hey! Why was her mind so confused?

There are only four slightly larger shopping malls and five or six decent clothing stores in the county town. Qin Huifang accompanied her to choose gifts. She spent the whole morning buying a piece of tweed trouser material for each of her parents, spending most of her month's salary. She also bought three kilograms of mohair yarn to knit scarves for her brother and sister-in-law, and a sky blue ski jacket for Dabao. In the end, the money was not enough, so she added the money she had saved before.

Qin Huifang was shocked. "Lu, you are really willing to spend money on your family. What are you going to do this month? The New Year is coming soon!"

"They give me much more than this!" Qiu Luming smiled, "I don't spend money on meals or books at home. This month I only save ten yuan for Dabao's New Year gift, and another six yuan for blowing his bangs!" After saying that, he made a flower on his forehead with his right hand, indicating a curled hairstyle.

Qin Huifang laughed out loud at her gesture. When she had laughed enough, she patted her chest proudly and said, "It's okay, buddy! I have money, and what's mine is yours! Apart from your boyfriend, I can't give you half of it, and your son in the future can also give you half!"

This attracted the attention of several customers in the mall. Some people even said, "What's wrong with this kid?"

Qiu Luming held her hand, and the two of them walked quickly out of the mall. As soon as they got out of the door, they looked at each other and immediately burst into laughter, filling their bellies with a lot of anger.

Qiu Luming didn't expect that her parents and family would be so excited when they received her gifts. He Manshu held the two pieces of fabric and said, "No, no, I have to ask tailor Wang to make them. I don't want my handle to be damaged!" After saying that, she rubbed the fabric on her face.

Although Qiu Jiye didn't say anything, he was smiling from ear to ear.

The eldest sister-in-law thanked him profusely and took away a ball of red and gray yarn respectively. "You don't have to knit. I'll take over the class. There are still more than ten days until the New Year. You can knit for your second brother and yourself."

Dabao put on the new clothes, bowed to Qiu Luming, and said with a smile: "Thank you, aunt! When I grow up, I will buy you nice clothes!"

"Okay! I'll just wait and enjoy my life!"

"I also bought some for my grandparents, my grandparents, my parents, my second uncle, and my eldest and second uncles!"

"Ouch!" He Manshu put down the cloth and touched the back of her grandson's head, "You're tiring my eldest grandson again! Darling, just take care of yourself!"