Second Marriage in the 1970s

Speaking of the Zhao family in Shanghe Village, the entire Victory Commune can be said to be unknown to everyone.

"The Zhao family is terrible. The eldest son is a cadre in the county, the younger son is doing business in the provincial capital, and the eldest daughter runs a restaurant in the county. The younger daughter is a teacher at the county junior high school. Let's talk about his eldest daughter-in-law. I heard that it is a translator who specializes in welcoming foreigners. I saw the leaders of the province. The little son-in-law is a policeman. This family, let alone in the village, can walk sideways in the county."

"That's not true, but it's useless for others to envy them. People take college entrance examinations seriously. If you are envious, you might as well go home and let your children study hard."

This is reasonable. Reading is naturally useful. Since ancient times, too many people have jumped through the dragon gate by reading a carp. This is the best way to change the class.

Jiahui graduated from Zhao Donglin in 1981. After graduation, Zhao Donglin was assigned to the Yunxian Economic Reform and Development Committee. At the beginning, he promised Secretary Zhong to return to the commune. However, in September 1980, the central government issued a strengthening and improvement The document of the agricultural production responsibility system, the responsibility system was quickly promoted, and the people’s commune system was gradually abolished throughout the country.

On this day, Zhao Donglin went to the countryside to investigate and ran into the mayor Zhong.

"Donglin, you are in charge of the economy in the county, so you have to get some welfare for our township."

"The mayor, look at what you said, I am a general clerk, and I can only act according to the rules."

At best, the research report should be beautified and detailed, and the decision-making has to be done by the top leaders.

The mayor Zhong also joked with him. He patted Zhao Donglin on the shoulder and said, "I believe you are doing things. Vegetables have been supplied to the province, as well as animal husbandry. They have contracted the eggs for our entire township."

Who could have imagined that the Dong family, who was scolded by the villagers for being stupid, has now truly become the largest household in the village. The family was too busy and hired workers to work. For this, someone told the village and said that the Dong family was The remnants of feudal society are the old wealth of landlords.

The leaders of the township were helpless and funny. Now that the economy is reforming, the country is very supportive of the people's wealth creation. The land planted by the Dong family has formal contracting procedures, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Of course, the Dong family is also very good at being a human being. Every New Year's holiday, they will send vegetables and eggs to the leaders in the village. There will be 20 catties of pork and two chickens for the New Year.

In this way, under the premise of not violating policies and regulations, naturally no leader will have trouble with the Dong family.

"I have a project here. I met a friend in the provincial capital. His uncle wanted to start a clothing factory. The workers in the provincial capital are paid high and the land is expensive, so he asked me if there is a suitable place in Yun County."

The chief of Zhong Xiang heard the string, patted Zhao Donglin's arm, and said with a smile, "Go, I will treat you to dinner at noon. Let's talk while eating."

There are many places in the village. What is lacking now is a formal factory. In addition to taxation, it can also provide employment opportunities. He must take down this opportunity. The key point of this opportunity lies in Zhao Donglin.

When Zhao Donglin went back to the county in the afternoon, he called a friend in the provincial capital and explained the situation.

"Yes, it doesn't matter where my uncle runs the factory anyway, since it's your hometown in Donglin, you have to go and see if it gives you face."

"The transportation in Shengli Township is still very convenient. It takes only a few hours for trucks to travel from the village to the county seat, and the folk customs are also very simple."

"I understand, there are outstanding people, how else can you cultivate so many outstanding talents in your family."

Zhao Donglin smiled heartily, "Yes, let me know in advance when you come over, I will arrange it for you, and I will definitely make you feel at home."

"Oh, you see, you are too polite, don't prepare anything else, just give me enough of your husband's pheasant, and I love to eat your daughter-in-law's chicken stewed with mushrooms."

"Then Ms. Dong has to arrange this time. She is much busier than I am now. I haven't seen her in a few days."

"From what you said, I can hear a deep scent of complaining about her husband, why, I miss my wife!"

"Daughter-in-law must be thinking about it, can you miss your daughter-in-law?"

"I don't need to think about it. I stay with her every day, and the two hate each other."

Zhao Donglin smiled, "Okay, don't complain in front of me, you two are standard bedside quarrels at the end of the bed."

"All right, you can tell me when Ms. Dong has time, and then I will bring my uncle and my daughter-in-law there."

"Okay, then it's settled."

After putting down the phone, Zhao Donglin thought for a while, and then broadcasted a call to Jiahui's office.

"Hello, hello."

A familiar voice came, and Zhao Donglin's heart softened unconsciously. He unbuttoned the button on his neck and relaxed his sitting posture.

"It's me, Donglin."

Jiahui was preparing a translation material. When she heard Zhao Donglin on the phone, she said in surprise, "Well, why are you calling me at this point, something is going on at home?"

"No, I just miss you."

Jiahui shook the phone and smiled, "Don't lie to me, I don't know you yet. It's always a clear distinction between public and private, and won't call me during working hours."

Zhao Donglin also laughed and told Jiahui about the garment factory.

"This is a good thing. With a garment factory, our village will be able to survive."

Economic development needs a "live" word, which must be circulated like capital. It is impossible to develop the economy if you just close your door to farming. This is why so many polluting enterprises were established in the early stage of reform and opening up, and why these polluting enterprises should be excluded when the economy is sufficiently saturated.

Garment factories have a certain degree of pollution, but they are better than paper mills and chemical factories. On the other hand, garment factories need a lot of workers, which drives local employment.

"Lao Xing said he wants to eat the chicken stew with mushrooms you made. When can you come back again?"

Jiahui works as an interpreter in the provincial government and often receives foreign guests. The provincial capital is more than 100 kilometers away from Yunxian County and it takes more than two hours by car. Zhao Donglin has no time to go to the provincial capital every day, and Jiahui does not have time to come back every day. In this way, I lived in a different place.

"The day after tomorrow, I have a material to rush, and I will definitely be able to come back the day after tomorrow. You can tell Lao Xing, and also at home."

"Well, good. Don't work too hard, pay attention to rest."

"Well, don't worry, you should take good care of yourself and a few children. Go back at night and care about them. Life and study, there should be no omissions."

"Okay, I will definitely complete the task assigned by Ms. Dong."

The children’s school has been transferred from the provincial capital to the city. With Jiahui’s current work situation, there is no way to take care of them. Zhao Donglin works in the county town, and the two bought a house in the county town. Zhang Qiaoer specializes in taking care of the children’s daily life in the county town. .

"Poor mouth, so let's do this first, if you have something to say after get off work."

"Okay, you hang up."

Jiahui smiled, he is like this, always let her hang up first.

After that, Jiahui stepped up to finish her work, and worked overtime until ten o'clock in the evening, and Shen Nianru was waiting for her when she returned home.

"Godmother, why are you still asleep?"

"I don't worry if you haven't come back, why is it so late today?"

"I'm going back tomorrow afternoon, and the things on hand have to be done quickly."

Shen Nianru sighed helplessly, "You should also pay attention to your body, don't think of yourself as a desperate third mother."

"No, I'm a combination of work and rest. Going back tomorrow is equivalent to taking a rest."

For Jiahui, work always serves life, and gaining social status and economic accumulation are all in order to better enjoy the quality of life.

In the afternoon of the next day, Jiahui and her leader asked for leave and returned to Yunxian, just in time for the last long-distance bus.

The sky was overcast halfway down the road, and she looked like she couldn’t get down. Jiahui was worried that she would get on the road. Fortunately, the rain didn’t fall until Jiahui got off the bus until Jiahui walked halfway. Lei Li's got down.

"On the June day, the child's face is cloudy for a while and sunny for a while, but it can be tormenting enough."

Jiahui heard the voice and looked up. Wasn't it her mother-in-law Zhang Qiao'er who was muttering while walking on the road.

"Mom, where are you going?"

Zhang Qiao'er was not prepared to be shouted like this, and was taken aback.

"Oh, Jiahui, I was so scared that I almost didn't hold my breath."

Jiahui smiled and walked over, "I just came back, mom, where are you going with the umbrella? It's not Saturday today."

"It's Saturday. There is a study group in Black Egg School to make up lessons. I went to school today. I haven't come back yet. I think it's raining, so I have to send him an umbrella."

"Well, then I'll go, I'll go fast, I'll be there in a few minutes."

The house they bought was close to the school and not far from the county government. Such a house cost more than 3,000 yuan. It had two floors and six rooms. It was previously built by a capitalist. During the great movement, the whole family walked away. The house was inherited by a nephew from afar.

Jiahui took the umbrella and took the umbrella to No. 1 Middle School. She was already familiar with this school. Meixiang had been teaching here for three years. Xiao Li's restaurant was also opened near No. 1 Middle School. Heidan is now The second grade students will be promoted to the third grade next semester, and it is understandable that they are more intense in their studies.

The second-year class of the second grade was on the second floor. Jiahui walked to the door and looked inside. There were sparsely seated students in the class. Some were immersed in homework, some were whispering, and some were reading with idle books.

Jiahui knocked on the door, and the sound of "dong dong dong" sounded, and the students who were whispering to read idle books immediately sat down, thinking that the head teacher was coming.

"Zhao Zhuojun."

A gentle female voice sounded, and the students turned their heads to look backwards, and saw a gentle and beautiful woman standing at the back door, with long hair and shawl, wearing a decent suit, carrying a black leather backpack, and stepping on black high heels. .

"Wow."

This is too good to see, it is simply a movie star on the pictorial.

At the moment, people don't pay so much attention to dressing. Maybe the big cities receive more and faster fashion information, but the small county towns are worse.

Zhao Zhuojun, who was lecturing his classmates, turned his head in surprise when he heard the familiar voice, and it was Jiahui who was standing at the door.

He got up from his seat and walked towards her under the gaze of all the classmates.

"It's raining, I'll give you an umbrella."

Jiahui smiled and passed the umbrella.

"Well, you just came back? I didn't see you when I went back at noon."

"Yes, come back and rest for two days." As she said, Jiahui looked at the time on her watch. It was already more than four o'clock.

"You're going to end school soon, what you want to eat tonight, I'll make it for you."

Zhao Zhuojun looked at Jiahui's half-wet hair and speculated that she must have been in the rain halfway through. He remembered that it started raining only after 3:40, that is to say, Jiahui was on her way home from the station at this time.

"I don't have anything special to eat, you should go home quickly, don't catch a cold."

Knowing that he is caring about herself, Jiahui is very happy.

"Well, I know, you can go in, I'll be back."

Zhao Zhuojun nodded and returned to his seat. The classmates were asking, "Who is this? Zhao Zhuojun's aunt?"

"Zhao Zhuojun has two aunts, one is the restaurant and the other is Teacher Zhao from our school."

"Then who is this? It can't be his sister, right?"

"This is Zhao Zhuojun his mother."

"Mom? Who do you lie to, his mother looks so young, in her twenties?"

"You don't know this, Zhao Zhuojun's mother divorced his father. This is Zhao Zhuojun's stepmother. Zhao Zhuojun keeps calling her aunt."

"Oh, no wonder he is so young, but his stepmother treats him well and gives him an umbrella."

"It seems to be good, but who knows, they say that the stepmother is not good. If it is good, Zhao Zhuojun can not call her mother."

It was originally spoken in a low voice, but then the louder it became, and in the end the whole class could almost hear it.

Zhao Zhuojun closed the book, glanced at the classmates in the back row, picked up the schoolbag and umbrella, the class was gone, and he left the teacher directly.

"Hey, you got into trouble, Zhao Zhuojun is angry."

The gossiping classmate covered his mouth, feeling a little sad and unwilling to admit his mistakes, and said, "I'm telling the truth, so others say the same, and I'm not alone."

"Then what else do you know, what does Zhao Zhuojun's stepmother do and how to dress so beautifully."

"I heard that I work in the provincial government and work as translators for foreigners. I often bring back chocolates from abroad. I earn more than 200 a month."

"Really? Then Zhao Zhuojun's family is very rich."

"His dad also belongs to the government."

"Yes, you think he wears well."

"His stepmother looks very kind and smiles so kindly, not like a bad person."

"Why didn't Zhao Zhuojun call her mother so good to him."

"Maybe I just don't want to shout, it's okay."

Everyone said one word after another. After talking for ten minutes, the head teacher really came and was very angry when they saw that they didn't study hard.

"What's going on, let you learn, not let you whisper to each other!"

Everyone looked down and read, no one dared to speak, the head teacher turned around and finally found something was wrong.

"Where is Zhao Zhuojun?"

After asking for a few seconds, a student risked the teacher's anger and replied in a low voice, "Go back."

"gone back?"

The head teacher did not believe that Zhao Zhuojun studied hard and never left early.

"Teacher, it is Zhao Zhuojun's stepmother, oh no, it was Zhao Zhuojun's mother who gave him the umbrella, and then he left."

The order is indeed the same, but there is a little discrepancy in the middle, which is completely negligible.

"That's it, okay, I don't think you are thinking about going to class anymore. It's raining outside. Those with umbrellas can go back, and those without umbrellas are waiting for family members to pick them up."

Everyone was excited. At this moment, just don't stay without an umbrella, just share it with others.

Hula la, after a while, everyone in the class was gone.

…

Zhao Zhuojun was walking on the road with his schoolbag and umbrella. Although he was young, he had grown to 1.7 meters. The boy was slender and slender, with no expression on his face, but he was immature that could not be hidden.

He doesn’t mind others saying that Jiahui is his stepmother, because it’s a fact in itself, just as Jiahui doesn’t mind others attacking her with marital problems, what Zhao Zhuojun cares about is the sentence someone said, the stepmother treats him badly. Don't call "Mom".

In many late nights with insomnia, Zhao Zhuojun secretly gave himself the courage to shout out that word, but after dawn, to Shang Jiahui's gentle smile, he seemed to be muted, and he couldn't make any sound at all.

He knew that he was a twisted child, and if he changed to another child, he might have changed his mind. It was because he took this matter too seriously that he couldn't easily say it.

He was not stingy, but was unable to accept the care and care. After all, he was a child who was abandoned by his biological mother. How could he be worthy of love?

Passing by the corner, I saw Jiahui shopping for vegetables in a braised meat shop.

"I'm home?"

"Yes, boss, three catties of beef."

"Okay."

"Come on to cook another one and serve as a supper for my little ones."

"Okay, your kids are in junior high school, right?"

"Yes, it's the second year of the junior high school. The learning task is heavy, so I have to make up for it."

"That is, when you really grow your body, you have to make up for it."

The boss neatly cut the meat and put it in greased paper, and handed it to Jiahui on the bundle.

"The money is just right, I'm not good, you go slowly."

Jiahui carried two packets of lo-mei, stepped on high heels Tingting and left curledly. Behind her, Zhao Zhuojun's eyes were moist.

She always kindly and proudly called him "big son", "my son" or "my family Zhuojun", she treated him as if he had been out, why he stayed in that identity and couldn't get out.

She is a mother, and only she is worthy of the title "mother".

That night, Jiahui brought the hot roast chicken over.

"Zhuo Jun, I haven't slept yet, I will heat the roast chicken for you, and eat some if you are hungry."

Jiahui put the plate on the desk and was about to leave after speaking.

"Wait a moment."

Jiahui turned her head, and saw her elder son looking at herself with a serious face, and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Zhuojun's heart thumped and thumped, and he plucked up the courage to open his mouth.

"Mom, thank you. I have always wanted to say thank you."

Although thank you two words can not express my gratitude, but I really want to tell you, I know your contribution, and I am grateful.

Jiahui didn't react at first, and she thought she had auditory hallucinations, but looking at her son's expression, she knew that the sentence she had just heard was true.

She unconsciously reddened her eyes and smiled at Zhao Zhuojun with tears in her eyes.

"Silly son, it's only natural for a mother to treat her child well."

He has grown taller than himself, but his figure is thin and looks a little thin, but he is already a little boy.

Looking at him, Jiahui has the kind of gratification that my family has grown into a young boy.

"Don't read it too late, go to bed after eating roast chicken, and go to grandma's house with me tomorrow."

Zhao Zhuojun's eyes were also red, and he nodded heavily. Tomorrow, he can finally say frankly that he is going to grandma's house.

Jiahui went back to the bedroom with red eyes. Zhao Donglin, who was still working under the lamp, looked back at her and found something was wrong, and quickly put down the pen and walked over.

"What's wrong, is this crying?"

Jiahui shook her head with a slight smile on her face.

"Not crying, but crying moved."

Zhao Donglin wondered, "Moved to cry? Why are you moved?"

Jiahui held Zhao Donglin's hand, played with his fingers, lowered her head and slowly said, "I just sent Zhuo Jun a midnight snack. He called me'Mom' and said thank you."

After speaking, Jiahui's tears couldn't help but stayed, she fell on Zhao Donglin's shoulder, Zhao Donglin hugged her clearly, patted her on her back, silently comforting.

"I'm so happy, although I don't mind if he recognizes me, and doesn't care about a title, I am just happy."

Jiahui talked about it and didn't know what she was talking about. Zhao Donglin hugged her like this, comforting her loudly, "I know, I know."

He understands her contribution, her tolerance, and her touch.

It is precisely because I understand that I love so deeply.