Surviving the end of the world

Chen's father, Chen Weimin, really didn't have a good life in the first half of his life. He was the second child, and he was the one who didn't love his mother or father. Since he was a child, good things have never been cheap for him. There is a big age difference between the three brothers in his family. At that time, his clothes were all left over from his boss Chen Weiguo. Chen Weiguo was mischievous since he was a child, and his clothes were poor. , was ridiculed.He is not a person who resigns himself to fate. Among the three brothers, he is the best in reading. He went from elementary school to high school. He did not do badly in the college entrance examination. Yes, that is more than enough.

But here comes the problem, the third child is also going to school at home, and the family conditions are relatively poor, his parents are not in good health, and the eldest is going to marry a wife, so how can he have the money to let him go to school? , but it was a technical secondary school. At that time, teachers did not spend money, and there were subsidies. In order to save money, Chen Weimin spent half a day on his two legs going back and forth between school and home, just to save the bus fare, which was only a few cents at the time. Then I can save some living expenses to subsidize the family, and stop the mouths of my parents, lest they say that other people's children are farming at the moment, or go to work somewhere to make money.

When he graduated from the normal school, Chen Weimin was assigned to teach in the elementary school in Xiaohe Village. At that time, the schools in the countryside, especially the elementary and junior high schools, were still dominated by private teachers, and there were no regular teachers. Unlike private teachers, People like Chen Weimin are naturally more popular and well-established. In the eyes of many people, this is the iron rice bowl.

At that time, teachers' wages were very low, and most of Chen Weimin's salary had to be handed over to his parents. Who let him live at home, and the remaining money was only enough for Chen Weimin to smoke some low-quality cigarettes.

It was at that time that Chen Weimin met Chen Ma, Li Yueqin.At that time, Li Yueqin could be regarded as a high-level intellectual. She graduated from a kindergarten teacher, but there was no kindergarten in the countryside, and Li Yueqin's family had no way out.

At first, it was just the wife of the school dean's teacher who acted as a matchmaker as a joke. People from the Li family inquired about it and found that Chen Weimin and Li Yueqin were well-matched. Except that they were a little poor, but their family was not a wealthy family. In their eyes In Li, being poor is not a big deal. After all, both of them have an iron rice bowl, the family also has a house and land, and they can’t starve their own daughter. Of course, it turns out that the people of the Li family ignored one thing. Everyone can be regarded as the best.

It's not easy to go back on your engagement, and to be honest, Li Yueqin's education is also a problem. A technical secondary school student can't marry someone who didn't graduate from high school, so this matter was settled.Li Yueqin is the eldest daughter, the family loves her very much, therefore, there are a lot of dowry things, and she didn't dislike the shabby gift from the Chen family, so she got married so simply.

To be honest, ten fingers can be long or short, and it is human nature for parents to be biased. For children, you have no other choice but to accept your fate, and you can't really just let it go.Even if Chen Weimin wasn't a foolish filial piety, he was pretty much the same. Although Li Yueqin wasn't born in a good age, she was the eldest daughter at home, and was pampered by her family, and her parents were capable, earning a lot of work points and money. Even if Li Yueqin's grades are not bad, she still can't go to school all the time. She has long been like ordinary rural girls. As soon as she graduated from junior high school or even elementary school, she was sent to learn tailoring and other crafts to earn money.

After Li Yueqin got married, her father-in-law was not in good health, and her mother-in-law liked to point fingers, and she treated the eldest daughter-in-law who gave birth to a grandson as her ancestor, while the second daughter-in-law was a free servant who had to do everything.When Li Yueqin was pregnant with Chen Jin, it had been eight or nine months, and she had to sit by the well to wash the family's clothes. Later, when Chen Jin gave birth, the Li family sent a lot of shortbread and eggs, but Few of them fell into Li Yueqin's mouth, and some of them were eaten by her father-in-law, mother-in-law and members of the eldest and third families. Those who couldn't eat them were sold directly. Li Yueqin ate vegetables for a month during her confinement. I couldn't even bear to let the oil go, and I just suffered from stomach problems. Later, for almost 20 years, I was conditioned to see panacidic water in my stomach when I saw green vegetables.

Later, the father-in-law was sick in bed and needed someone to take care of him. Li Weiguo's wife used the excuse that she had too much work in the house and had no time to take care of him. Working and serving at home, he insisted on serving until his father-in-law passed away.Li Yueqin was not a saint, and she had complained to Chen Weimin in private. Chen Weimin had always been a machismo, so he just said it was right.

When the old man who had been ill for several years passed away, and the third child wanted to marry a wife, he clamored to separate the family. Then the eldest and third child joined forces, and together with the eccentric old lady, directly gave Chen Weimin half of the unlivable house. Kicked out, of course, the family is separated, and the monthly alimony cannot be reduced.Chen Weimin had no choice but to defect to his father-in-law with his wife and children.

This is not a glorious thing, although people will not say anything on the surface, but secretly, some people want to laugh at Chen Weimin as a door-to-door son-in-law.

Chen Weimin has a good face, but this is the truth. He has no choice but to work silently. He attended the college correspondence course at that time and got his college diploma not long ago. Now he has been transferred to Xiaohe Village I taught in junior high school. At that time, there were only two junior high schools in Xinxiang Township, one was in Xiaohe Village, and the other was on the other side of Xinxiang Township. Therefore, half of the junior high school students in Xinxiang Township were studying here.

It was at that time that he met Yang Xiaoyun.

Yang Xiaoyun is his student, because there are many brothers and sisters in the family, and she goes to school late. She is only eight years younger than Chen Weimin, and it was the age when she first fell in love.Chen Weimin was good-looking. He was the youngest among the junior high school teachers at that time, but his level was quite high, and he had a way of speaking and acting. Although the family had no money at that time, the Li family did not wrong him. He has always been very glamorous outside. , who is studying Chinese language and literature, although she can't recite poems and compose Fu, she looks refined and romantic. Naturally, compared to the boys around her who are younger than her and still scare girls with bugs and pull girls' braids Well, a man like Chen Weimin who is personable and well-spoken is naturally more likely to arouse the enthusiasm of girls.

Yang Xiaoyun included a simple letter in the Chinese homework she handed in, expressing her affection very straightforwardly and boldly, and Chen Weimin was taken aback at the time.At that time, the folk customs were simple and simple, especially in the countryside, which was more traditional and conservative. Even if he was not married, he would not dare to make any such things as teacher-student romance, and such things could not be made public. Suspected of seducing an ignorant girl, after a long headache, Chen Weimin had no choice but to find Yang Xiaoyun in private, and told her that he already had a family, and that as a student, he should focus on studying and not think about it.

Adolescent girls are always naive and rebellious, if Yang Xiaoyun had listened to Chen Weimin, then there would be nothing wrong with it!What's more, even though Chen Weimin had a headache because of this matter, he couldn't help being a little proud. A young girl, born not bad, was fascinated by himself, which greatly satisfied his vanity as a man!Therefore, in normal times, it is inevitable to take care of Yang Xiaoyun a little more.

This gave Yang Xiaoyun the illusion that Chen Weimin also had intentions for him, but they couldn't be together because of their identities.Yang Xiaoyun is not a careless girl. She continued to pursue Chen Weimin. At that time, people were pure-minded, and no one would have thought of this level. Yang Xiaoyun had never told anyone that Chen Weimin was also very popular, so , in the eyes of others, it is just that Yang Xiaoyun studies seriously and likes to ask questions from the teacher.

The so-called men chasing women, separated by mountains, women chasing men, separated by layers of gauze, Chen Weimin was regarded as a door-to-door son-in-law, no matter how good and virtuous Li Yueqin was, she still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, Yang Xiaoyun's pursuit was still treated like a child Gradually, he was also moved by the impulse and infatuation.

To be honest, this can be regarded as Chen Weimin's first love. He and Li Yueqin were colleagues at the beginning, not in the same office. They met a few times under the arrangement of others, and they didn't hold hands much. For things, I got married in a hurry, and then the parents were short-sighted, and the family relationship might be brewed. Love, that's not at all.At the beginning, Chen Weimin still struggled a little, but slowly, he was immersed in the thrill that was similar to having an affair.

However, at that time, Yang Xiaoyun was already in the third year of junior high school, facing the high school entrance examination, and the teaching conditions in the countryside were the same. Yang Xiaoyun's grades were not bad, and she was not affected by this love. A platonic love is not suitable for these two people who are also teachers. On the eve of Yang Xiaoyun's high school entrance examination, she went to Chen Weimin for pre-examination counseling, and then, in the empty office on weekends, the two had a relationship.

Later, Yang Xiaoyun went to the town to go to high school, and Chen Weimin stayed in Xiaohe Village to teach. The two still kept in touch with each other through letters. Chen Weimin would often meet Yang Xiaoyun when he went to town. Until later, the old lady Was diagnosed with esophageal cancer.

The eldest brother and the third child cried poorly there, thinking that the cancer could not be cured anyway, and they would die at home. Chen Weimin had always been filial, so he had no choice but to borrow money everywhere. The financial pressure made him unable to take care of romantic affairs. The eldest brother and the third child didn't take away a dime, and they even took the favor money from others. Chen Weimin still gritted his teeth and sent the old lady to the Municipal People's Hospital for surgery with heavy debts.

The operation is done, but it doesn’t mean everything is over, and you still have to take care of it. The monthly nutrition fee is also a lot of money. Chen Weimin’s salary is thrown in, and there is not even a splash, because he quit his job at school before. Li Yueqin, who has been a housewife at home like ordinary rural women, faced heavy debts and had to entrust someone to work in a chemical factory. What protective measures can this kind of private chemical factory have? Working shifts is also a common thing. For money, Li Yueqin sometimes even has to work more than twelve hours a day. The family has no money, even if her parents subsidize her, she is reluctant to eat and dress well. If she has money, she has to pay off her debts. Naturally, The heavy and highly polluting work, coupled with malnutrition, caused her to suffer from a whole body of illnesses, and she had no money for treatment. She could only prescribe some cheap painkillers to support her. Even after paying off her debts, she stopped working there. Life also improved, but her health never came back.

Li Yueqin has paid so much, and the family affairs are handled by himself, so Chen Weimin doesn't need to worry about it. Of course, Chen Weimin is not a heart made of stone. He felt sorry for Li Yueqin and Chen Jin, so he cut off contact with Yang Xiaoyun. Until Li Yueqin died of illness, At the hospital in the town, he met Yang Xiaoyun, whose husband had died and who was living alone with her son who had just entered elementary school.