7. Educated Youth Who Abandoned Their Wives and Children

The original person did not have many memories of his father in his memory, but Yan Chu thought that just a few letters could give a person who was destined to die regain the hope of life. For the other person, the original person may be He was a very important person, but it was a pity that he never saw his son again until his death in his previous life.

"Yan Chu, what are you doing? Are you so happy?"

Lin Qingshan pushed Yan Chu aside. Now is the time to go to the bride's house to welcome the bride. The auspicious time cannot be delayed.

Yan Chu came to his senses and ignored the three hundred points for the time being. He led a group of educated youths and neighbors and rushed towards the Lin family in a lively manner.

Because Yan Chu's elders were far away in the capital, the wedding was organized by the Lin family inside and out. There were also many gossips in the village. They felt that on the surface, the Lin family was marrying off their daughter, but in fact it was no different from recruiting a bride, so they paid to pick one up. son in law.

These words are unpleasant. Huang Ruhua is really annoyed by those talkative bastards. She knows the self-esteem of a normal man and knows some sense about these gossips. She will not offend her daughter-in-law. If she meets a black-hearted person, she will hear these words. , why don’t you blame your daughter-in-law and her natal family for all the mistakes?

There are many people with low self-esteem and arrogance in the world. The scheming ones will keep this in mind for you, hoping that one day they will gain the upper hand and you will be the one to look after them.

Huang Ruhua's temperament is easy to think too much, but her worries are not unreasonable. Fortunately, Yan Chu is not that kind of narrow-minded person. Besides, in fact, what the villagers, including some educated youths, said is reasonable. He does seem to be a A freeloader, the job was arranged by the wife's uncle, the house is the old house of the wife's family, the only gift is the Omega watch she originally wore, that's the watch, that is, just for a show, she will still be Lin Dingding when the time comes. The dowry was returned.

Yan Chu didn't feel angry at all after hearing those rumors. He just felt more and more that his wife was good, his father-in-law and mother-in-law were kind and generous, and all he could do was treat them better.

Time will witness everything. One day, others will know whether his father-in-law and mother-in-law made a loss or a profit by marrying Ding Ding to him.

*****

"Have you heard that the college entrance examination has resumed?"

In October 1977, a shocking news spread throughout several nearby villages. The news was brought by someone from the county. Almost on the same day, all the educated youth who got the news went crazy.

There is no educated youth who is not looking forward to returning to the city, including those who have already married and had children in the village. For them, returning to the city has almost become an obsession. Their relatives are in the city, and their dreams are in the city. The countryside, heavy labor, obviously the decent and relaxed life in the city is their accustomed way of life.

Lin Guangguo looked at the field originally allocated to the educated youth. He saw no one today. He was holding a pipe and smoking. His forehead wrinkles were deep and full of sadness.

"What is going on?"

Huang Ruhua has been feeling unmotivated these past two days. She is cleaning tables and mopping floors. She gets a headache whenever she stops.

"Master, what are you talking about Yan Chu's child..." My daughter has been married for more than half a year. Apart from not having a child yet, she has almost no dissatisfaction. She can even say that Fuwoli was gossiping behind her back. Yes, who doesn't envy her daughter now?

Yan Chu is a responsible and considerate man. Now he teaches at the commune primary school six days a week. He goes home at night and helps his wife boil water and cook. Which grown man in the village would do this for his wife. When Lin Dingding was little, Yan Chu wouldn't let her touch cold water, and he even helped wash her underwear.

Not to mention the family's income. He teaches in an elementary school and gets a salary of twenty yuan a month. As soon as his hands are warmed up, he leaves them all in his wife's hands. He doesn't smoke, drink, or beat his wife. In summer evenings, young couples can often be seen walking by the river or at the foot of the mountain to enjoy the cool air. Lin Dingding can often be seen holding a bouquet of beautiful wild flowers in her hands and asking who picked them? Yan Chu didn't pick it specially to make his wife happy.

The men in the village may think that Yan Chu's behavior is too unmanly. Isn't it just for the wife to have a son and take care of her? If she doesn't obey, she will beat her. After being beaten, she will know how to serve a man. He is so good to his wife. It makes people feel like they have lost the backbone of a man.

The women sneered at this. What do a group of heartless men know? They are so disgusting to a good husband like Yan Chu who doesn't like bathing, smokes and drinks, and stinks every day just thinking about getting into bed. Compared to a god.

At first, she secretly laughed at Lin Dingding behind her back for blindly finding a useless man and wasting girls of her own age who had a good family background. Not to mention she regretted it. If they had known that Yan Chu was such a considerate husband, they would have done it themselves. .

In addition, this husband is notoriously handsome, which makes people scratch their heads and hearts with jealousy, causing them to toss and turn and unable to sleep.

"Stop thinking nonsense. Yan Chu is a high school student. How could he not participate in the college entrance examination when it resumes? Today the team will help them register. His and Ding Ding's names are both on it."

Although Lin Guangguo was surprised that his daughter actually signed up for the college entrance examination, he still knew about his daughter's results and probably just joined in the fun. On the contrary, Yan Chu was a high school student from the capital and had great hope of passing the college entrance examination. A college student and a country girl, even if Yan Chu missed his wife and had no intention of being Chen Shimei, as the days went by and the gap between the couple became wider and wider, it would be difficult to live this life.

Huang Ruhua's worries really came true. She threw the rag on the table. Like her husband, she also didn't think her daughter had any hope of passing the exam.

"Boss, didn't you get the list? Otherwise, you can quietly, quietly..."

Huang Ruhua still couldn't tell him to remove her son-in-law's name from the list. After all, it was too insidious. She was an ordinary peasant woman. Although she was worried about her daughter, she couldn't say such words frankly.

"Do you still want your daughter to live a good life?"

Lin Guangguo rolled his eyes at his wife. He only knew how to give stupid ideas. If he removed his name from the list, when the exam came, everyone else would receive the admission ticket, but Yan Chu would not. What would he think? He was not a fool.

"Don't worry, our son-in-law is not that kind of person." Lin Guangguo frowned, which made Huang Ruhua curl her lips. While saying that the son-in-law was not that kind of person, he didn't know who was tossing and turning in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep.

*****

"Lin Dingding, your husband is here to pick you up."

After getting married, Lin Dingding found a job to supplement the family income. They were near the sea, and some factories would assign some work to women from several nearby villages to help weave nets. A group of women chatted while working. Lin Dingding was quick and could earn two or three cents a day. Although she didn't make much money in a month, she could reduce some of the burden on her family.

Because the location for weaving nets was set at a family with a relatively large yard at the head of the village, Yan Chu would pass by every day when he came back from school to pick up his wife. The guys were used to this young couple who were still affectionate after almost a year of marriage, and most of the jokes were well-intentioned.

Lin Dingding put away the net she had woven most of the time, looked at her husband standing at the door and waving at her, smiled sweetly, and ran over briskly.

"What are you so proud of? The college entrance examination has been restored. The educated youths are still willing to stay in this small village. I think Yan Chu won't stay for long. The more affectionate they are now, the more embarrassed they will be when they become yellow-faced women."

Looking at the handsome and upright man carefully protecting the back of his wife, a young wife who was about the same age as Lin Dingding murmured jealously. The people around him looked at each other and moved away from her tacitly.

The man was so jealous that he didn't notice this and tried to resonate with others.

"Just watch. Isn't it because Yan Zhiqing treats Lin Dingding well that Lin Dingding's father is the leader of the production team and his uncle is the deputy director of the commune? When he is admitted to the university and becomes a college student, we will see if he will still flatter this wife."

She said it with confidence. In fact, her life was too bad, so she was jealous of others and wished that all their happiness was fake and pretended.

"I went to the county to report my mission today. I bought your favorite meat buns and cut five taels of meat. I'll make you steamed meat with egg at night and bring some to my parents."

Yan Chu took out a bun wrapped tightly in oil paper from his arms. Because it was placed close to his body, even though the weather had turned cold, the bun was still warm.

"Let's have half each." Lin Dingding happily took the meat bun and broke it into two halves without thinking, and stuffed the half with more meat filling into Yan Chu's mouth.

"It's the buns from the state-owned store No. 1. The buns there have more fat and meat filling, which is more fragrant, unlike the second store, where the meat is all lean." Lin Dingding ate the love buns specially bought by her husband, and her eyebrows curved with joy. It was just an ordinary meat bun, but she felt as if she had eaten some delicacies from the mountains and the sea.

"Yan Chu, what do you say if I can't get into college?"

I don't know what she thought of, the always energetic little girl suddenly drooped her shoulders, and even when she was eating her favorite meat buns, she seemed to have lost her taste.

Lin Dingding knew her level in her heart. Although Yan Chu often tutored her after they got married, he even increased the intensity of tutoring after the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came.

But Rome was not built in a day. Lin Dingding's foundation was there. It was not that Yan Chu's help would make her grades soar. She only had a junior high school education, and she had basically returned all the knowledge she had at the time to the teacher, not to mention that she still had to make up for several years of high school courses. It was like a dream to get into college.

"Yan Chu, if you go to college, go ahead. I'll wait for you at home."

She raised her head and looked at her husband who could make her blush and heartbeat at any time, and said firmly.

She knew that Yan Chu should not stay in this small village. He had talent and a broader future, and she should not be the one to restrain him. Besides, she saw all the efforts Yan Chu made. Even if the discussions around her made her flustered, she didn't want to selfishly keep him.

"Fool."

Yan Chu finally understood why she had been losing her appetite these days. It turned out that she was just daydreaming again.

"You scolded me."

Lin Dingding was now the man's treasure, and she was spoiled to the point of having a temper. When she heard that her encouragement of sacrifice was exchanged for a fool, she pouted and didn't want to pay attention to him.

"Even if you didn't get into college, would you bear to let me go to school alone? What if I'm thirsty and hungry? What if it's cold at night? My little wife is so cruel that she just abandoned her husband."

Yan Chu helplessly tapped the little girl's nose. From beginning to end, he never thought of leaving her alone to go to school. Even if he got into college, he would take her away with him.

"What, what do you mean."

Lin Dingding's eyes widened, and then she cheered with joy.

"It's getting dark, let's go home and cook." Lin Dingding stuffed the remaining buns into her mouth, and there was no trace of the previous melancholy. Her brisk steps seemed to fly up, and she didn't dare to look at Yan Chu's expression at this time. She always felt that she was acting like a sad drama just now, and she must be very stupid in Yan Chu's heart.

Yan Chu shook his head, looked at his little wife who was still like a child, and followed her and left.