1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Li Duoyu dismantled the old bed and assembled the new bed in the bedroom.

 The 1.8-meter large bed is put down.

 There was not much space left in the bedroom, and everything seemed very crowded.

 After installing the new bed.

Li Duoyu lay down on it. It was not very hard, but not very soft either. Although the Brown Shed mattress was not as comfortable as Simmons, it had good breathability, was warm in winter and cool in summer, and was not prone to insect infestation.

But for Li Duoyu, after changing to this mattress, his knees will not be so easily scratched.

 Little Tutu was also very satisfied with the new bed. He lay on his back like a turtle and patted the mattress from time to time.

Aniang Chen Huiying is now responsible for taking care of him. In fact, compared with other children.

 The small picture is pretty good.

Not only are there bottles, but also diapers, and people will take care of them 24 hours a day.

There are many newborns in the village, and there is no such condition at all. Some parents have to support the family, and they can’t take care of them, so they can only put them on the bed. No matter how miserable they cry, no one will care about them.

 Some of them were tied to their backs and worked together. The group of people weaving nets at the dock often carried their children on their backs while weaving their nets.

 Li Duoyu pinched Xiao Tutu's cheek: "Uncle, you are already very happy, can you please stop crying?"

Li Duoyu pinched it like this.

 Little Tutu cried very hard.

Chen Huiying glared at him: "Are you so coaxing with children? Go and do your thing quickly. I will take care of the children."

“When I was young, no one cared about me or my brother.”

 “Can it be the same now?”

Chen Huiying quickly picked up Tutu and shook her from side to side: "Tutu, are you hungry?"

 “Your mother will be back soon, don’t cry.”

Li Duoyu looked at his watch. It was past eleven o'clock. In elementary school, classes would end at 11:30 in the morning.

So Li Duoyu got on the 28-inch big bike and headed towards the school.

This year, there have been a lot of boat rides, but I have ridden bicycles less. I feel a little rusty, but fortunately, it won't be like the first time I rode it.

 I fell straight downhill.

　　When Li Duoyu rode to the school gate, the school bell had just rang.

Unexpectedly, the first person to come out was not the students, but Principal Zhu from Dandan Island Primary School. He seemed a little anxious.

 He walked in front.

 The students behind him really didn’t dare to pass him.

After seeing Li Duoyu, Zhu Yuanzheng hurriedly greeted him: "Director Li, why are you here? Are you here to pick up Xiaoying?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "Where are you going in such a hurry?"

Zhu Yuanzheng sighed: "That teacher Lin from our school is making noises about getting a divorce. Party Secretary Wang wants me to go over and do some ideological work for her."

Li Duoyu frowned.

This Teacher Lin should be Lin Shanshan. Li Duoyu remembered that this woman was quite tolerant and did not get divorced so quickly in her previous life.

How come this life has sped up?

However, it is really not easy to get divorced in this 1980s. It may be due to traditional thinking. Everyone regards divorce as a bad thing.

First of all, your relatives, seven aunts and eight aunts will take turns to talk to you.

 Then, the leaders of the unit will ask you to do ideological work, and finally the women director and village cadres in the village will also come to talk to you.

 In the end, some were successfully brainwashed, while others got tired of talking and just gritted their teeth and continued to live their lives.

 After Principal Zhu left.

Xiaoying, who was wearing a white shirt and black pants, also hurriedly walked out of the school.

After seeing Li Duoyu, Zhou Xiaoying was very surprised, and then immediately asked: "Tutu, are you not crying?"

 “Didn’t cry.”

 “It’s good that you didn’t cry.”

 Li Duoyu patted the back seat of the bicycle: "Come on, I'll take you back."

Zhou Xiaoying sat on it sideways, and then she discovered that Li Duoyu was not riding very fast, and he was also riding crookedly.

 “Can you ride faster?”

 Li Duoyu said awkwardly: "I've worked very hard."

 “Forget it, I can walk faster.”

Li Duoyu was a little embarrassed. Since he had not been pumped up for a long time, and because the road was full of sand, it was okay to ride alone, but it seemed a bit difficult to ride with two people.

Zhou Xiaoying walked quickly back home.

Li Duoyu rode a bicycle and followed her. He was a little embarrassed, but he thought in his heart that he might as well buy a motorcycle.

 It’s silly to buy a motorcycle on the island, because there are not many places to ride it, and once you ride it to the beach, it will easily corrode and rust.

Since Zhou Xiaoying walked in a hurry, she got home in about ten minutes.

 Before she entered the door, she heard little Tutu's cry, with a look of distress on her face. This was the first time since her child was born that she had been away from him for so long.

 “I cried so hard, but I still said I didn’t cry.”

Li Duoyu said: "It's not normal for a child to cry. I cried a lot when you were here."

Zhou Xiaoying quickly walked into the house, took Tutu from her mother's hand, lifted up her top, and started breastfeeding on the spot.     "Slow down, don't be in a hurry."

As the sound of crackling sounded, the little kid stopped crying and fussing instantly.

 See Xiaoying coming back.

Chen Huiying also hurriedly went to cook.

 The previously orderly family became a bit chaotic because Zhou Xiaoying suddenly left to teach.

Li Duoyu said: "Didn't you notice that there was a new bed?"

 After Li Duoyu’s reminder.

Zhou Xiaoying realized this, but her face was also full of sadness, and she finally couldn't help but said:

“Duoyu, if you have time, go and see Shanshan. She is at Mrs. Wang’s house now. She is so pitiful this time. She has refused to eat even a morsel of food since she was beaten yesterday.”

Li Duoyu sighed: "I went to see it. Is it useful?"

"I don't know if it's useful or not. Let's take a look. She often played with us when she was a child. Besides, when I was raising children, she was always helping me teach."

 “Okay, I’ll go see her later.”

Li Duoyu suddenly asked: "But if I go to see her, will I support her divorce or not?"

Li Duoyu asked.

Zhou Xiaoying was stunned and couldn't speak for a long time.

Although she also hopes that Lin Shanshan can get rid of her **** husband, in this era, divorce is very difficult, and most people encourage reconciliation but not divorce.

"I don't know either."

After lunch, Li Duoyu wanted to go to the women's director Liu Xiuzhu to ask about the situation.

 But there seems to be no need to ask, who her husband Xiao Weidong is, Li Duoyu may know better than everyone else.

  After all, in his previous life, he was a figure who always dominated the news headlines in Xiasha Village.

Every time this guy gets drunk, he will hit a woman. After losing money in gambling, he will also hit a woman when his temper gets angry.

At that time, Xiao Weidong's family was relatively wealthy because he had a relative who was doing business in Nanyang and would send them some foreign exchange every year.

With overseas remittance coupons in hand, his family can afford to eat meat when other families cannot eat meat. It can be said that the village is living a relatively good life.

When Lin Shanshan first became a teacher, there were many people chasing her, including Xiao Weidong. Lin Shanshan's family also liked this, so they agreed to the marriage.

Unexpectedly, not even half a year after getting married, Xiao Weidong showed his true nature, relying on having such a relative.

 I don’t do any work, I just idle around all day, and I often play cards and gamble.

 Two years ago, I don’t know what happened. His relative who was doing business overseas suddenly stopped sending money to his family.

 The economy plummeted instantly.

The entire family relied on Lin Shanshan's salary alone. After becoming moneyless, Xiao Weidong not only failed to restrain himself, but also became more and more irritable, beating Lin Shanshan at every turn.

Whenever the two of them quarrel, Xiao Weidong will definitely say:

“You didn’t like me because of my family’s money at first. Now that I have no money, why don’t you look down on me?”

 And the two of them are not in an arranged marriage or human trafficking. It is a matter of husband and wife, and it is difficult for others to intervene.

Li Duoyu took two steps and arrived at Mrs. Wang's house. As soon as she arrived at her door, she saw a stunned scene.

Lin Shanshan’s husband, Xiao Weidong, knelt directly at the door of Mrs. Wang’s house, while his mother kept shouting:

"Shanshan, Wei Dong has been kneeling to you for so long, and he knows he was wrong. Just forgive him. He just drank too much last night. I promise he won't do it again next time."

After seeing Li Duoyu, Xiao Weidong’s mother immediately came over and said:

"Village director, you have a better relationship with Shanshan. Go and persuade Shanshan. The child is still so young and cannot live without his mother."

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly, "How good is my relationship with Shanshan?"

Li Duoyu glanced at this woman and said that the fact that Xiao Weidong, a giant baby, could become like this is inseparable from the doting of the woman in front of him.

 What do you mean, just drank too much?

 What does it mean that a child cannot live without a mother?

Li Duoyu walked into Mrs. Wang's house, and sure enough, half of the village cadres were here, including Principal Zhu who was in a hurry just now.

Even Wang Dapao was there. Li Duoyu took a look at him and found that something was really wrong with him.

That guy's hands are shaking, it's not like he's pretending, and he's starting to stutter a little when he speaks. Could this guy really have convulsions?

The tearful Wang Po saw Li Duoyu and said quickly: "Duoyu, please advise Shanshan to let her eat something."

"Don't worry, I just came back from a meeting in the county town. I want to understand the situation first."

Liu Xiuzhu, director of women’s affairs, said: “Let me speak on this matter.”

 After listening to Liu Xiuzhu’s speech.

Li Duoyu roughly sorted out the whole story. Two days ago, Xiao Weidong went to the next town to gamble, lost all his money, and still owed a lot of money.

 Then, as soon as I get home.

I just want to sell the chickens, ducks and piglets raised by Lin Shanshan to pay off my gambling debt.

Lin Shanshan refused.

The two had a quarrel, so Xiao Weidong picked up the bench and threw it at Lin Shanshan, punching and kicking her.

 Until the neighbors heard the screams,

 This was stopped.

During this domestic violence, Lin Shanshan needed seven stitches on her head, one side of her face was swollen, and she had many bruises and abrasions on her body.

After Lin Shanshan went to the health station to get seven stitches, she packed her things overnight, took her children with her, and ran back to her parents' home, arguing for a divorce. (End of chapter)