Chapter 8 Let my sister live for herself
In the early morning, the sun shines through the glass and shines on the kang.
"Brother, wake up!"
"Let your brother sleep a little longer, he just came back yesterday."
Fang Yan was awakened by the noisy sound and opened his eyes He opened his eyes, quickly put on a long-sleeved sea soul shirt, stepped lazily, and walked out of the room.
I saw Fang Yan sitting at the dining table, wearing a white shirt and blue trousers, with a ponytail and her coat on the side.
"Hurry up and wash your face and eat."
Fang Hong, wearing braids and dark blue overalls, reached out and turned the page of the calendar. The date on the latest page was fixed in October. The 30th is the day of the opening ceremony of the Literary Congress.
Fang Yan enviously thought of Lu Yao and Jia Pingwa attending the meeting, picked up the washbasin from the door, and walked out casually.
The water used in the courtyard is collected from public taps, and a cement pool is usually built around it.
In the morning and evening, water for brushing teeth, washing face, and washing clothes and cooking is collected from the pool. Households wait next to each other to receive water. Sometimes there is a long queue, so every family has a water tank.
In the past, I and Fang Yuanjun took turns carrying water.
But fortunately, water pipes were connected to the yard, and since then I have never had to fetch water from the public pool on the street.
As soon as I stood in the water tank, a familiar voice came from behind.
“Yanzi!!”
Liu Jianjun and Su Ya's faces were full of surprise.
Seeing the two young girls, Fang Yan had mixed emotions, especially Su Ya, who was both a childhood sweetheart and the first girl he fell in love with. Of course, Liu Jianjun also liked Su Ya.
In their last life, the two of them had been jealous since high school, digging holes for each other. When Liu Jianjun wanted to go to the countryside to join the team, Liu Jianjun had a lot of fun.
They were buddies on the surface, but they were love rivals behind their backs. They even fought for her, and it was so unpleasant that they couldn't even be friends in the end.
As a result, Su Ya did not choose between them.
Unlike Liu Jianjun, who focused solely on college entrance examinations. Since the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, he has taken the college entrance examination for three years and failed for three years. He was too ambitious and applied for prestigious schools.
Unfortunately, I don’t have this ability!
Su Ya did not participate in the first two years. The Su family owed foreign debts, so they relied on her to earn wages to repay the money. If she went to college, although tuition would be free and there would be subsidies, the family's only source of income would be cut off. .
So, after paying off the foreign debt and saving money, Su Ya started to take the college entrance examination. This year's college entrance examination was her first.
The score is only enough to get into the guaranteed Yanjing Normal University.
I didn’t go to school and chose to repeat my studies.
The next year, Liu Jianjun and I were both admitted to Yenching Normal University. After graduation, we were assigned to different high schools as teachers. Liu Jianjun was a math teacher and Su Ya was an English teacher.
At that time, I accomplished nothing.
He was just a dawdling noodle factory worker, a "bad example of being backward and unpromising", so when facing Su Ya, he felt very inferior, especially when Liu Jianjun made trouble and exposed the fact that he relied on his sister to go through the back door. When he came out, there was an uproar in the alley.
I have no shame to pursue Su Ya.
But it was a blessing in disguise, so I resigned in anger and went to work. Unexpectedly, I caught the trend of the times and took off directly.
"When did you come back?"
A trace of fear flashed in Liu Jianjun's eyes, and it disappeared briefly.
“Just last night.”
Fang Yan caught it, but pretended not to see it.
"No wonder, I told you why your family made such a big fuss yesterday. My mother thought some relatives came to your family."
Su Ya cast a scrutinizing gaze.
"You too, you didn't say hello in advance when you came back. It's so out of touch. Even if you don't tell me, you should tell Su Ya."
Liu Jianjun said in a strange way, "We are still not friends. La! "
tmd, you are digging a hole for me again!
Fang Yan's expression did not change, "Don't tell me, I didn't even tell my mother and sister. I am not going back to the city this time. I came back only when I have something to do. After I finish it, I have to go back to northern Shaanxi."
"No, why do we have to go back?"
The corners of Liu Jianjun's mouth rose, and he quickly pulled them down the next second.
"Then when will you come back?"
Su Ya couldn't help but be concerned.
"I'm not sure."
Fang Yan shrugged and put toothpaste on his toothbrush.
The three of them were reminiscing, and suddenly Fang Hong’s voice sounded in the yard, interrupting them, “Let’s go, Xiaoya, it’s time to go to work.”
“Hey, Sister Hong! ”
“Fang Yan, it’s time for me to go, I have to go to cram school”
"Mom, brother, I'm going to school!"
Those who should go to work go to work, and those who should go to school go to school. The whole yard suddenly became empty, except for Fang Yan, who was brushing his teeth alone.
“Gulu, Gulu.”
After rinsing your mouth, wash your face, and return to the house with the washbasin.
On the table, there are two white steamed buns, a plate of pickles and a bowl of polenta. Such a breakfast is quite luxurious!
"Drink some water and eat while it's hot."
Yang Xia handed him his rice bowl.
Fang Yan took it and took a sip, then picked up the chopsticks and sat down.
"Yanzi, Mom wants to tell you something." Yang Xia said as she watched him devour the food.
"You said." Fang Yan slowed down his eating speed.
"After you return to the city, do you have any plans?"
Yang Xia asked: "Should you prepare for the college entrance examination like Jianjun did, or should you just find a job?"
"Mom, what do you mean?"
Fang Yan asked instead of answering.
"I have discussed it with your sister. If you want to take the college entrance examination, we will fully support you." Yang Xia pushed the pickles in front of him. "As for work, your sister asked about it. If you can't take over the job as an educated youth back in the city, , it is difficult to find a job, and some people have even been running around the streets for more than half a year, but they still can’t reach a target.”
Fang Yan took a bite of the steamed bun and said, "Mom, this is normal. How can there be so many jobs? When we were sent to the mountains and countryside, it was just to provide employment for people like us. At least we would have food to eat."
Yang Xia lowered her voice, "If I could let you go to your sister's noodle factory, would you go?"
Here it comes!
Fang Yan's face changed, "Mom, although I am a model worker and advanced, I am not a leader. Can you arrange for me to be in the factory? I won't be a temporary worker, right?"
"What a temporary worker, a regular worker!"
Yang Xia rolled her eyes, "Your sister can't handle this, but there are people who can. Do you still remember that Lu Dacheng?"
"Remember, why don't you remember, my sister's high school? My classmate looks like a dog. He follows my sister like a dog all day long. He often follows me after school. Once, he was almost beaten by me, Su Ya, Jianjun and I for being gangsters. Another time..."
< br>Dialect opens and shuts, belittling without mercy.
“Okay, okay.”
Yang Xia's face darkened after hearing Lu Dacheng's bad deeds, "You can't say that in front of others. His father is now the deputy director of your sister's factory. He is the propaganda officer and can be considered a cadre. If If he works hard for you, you will probably get the target."
"Him? Why should he help me?"
Fang Yan pretends to be confused." You don’t want me to beg him and let him go to his dad, right?”
Immediately waved his hands in disgust, “Mom, it’s useless, he’s like a grandson in front of his parents? Yes, they said go east, but he didn’t dare to go west. It’s impossible to ask their family to open the back door for me. It’s not a relationship.”
“It’s hard to say!”
Yang Xia shook her head and laughed, "You don't know, this Lu Dacheng asked someone to come to our house some time ago to do ideological work for me, and wanted me to agree to your sister's relationship with someone else."
"Mom, you You won’t agree?”
“No, why, you don’t seem to like him?”
"Didn't I just tell you what kind of person he is? He just covets my sister's body, a gangster! A despicable person!"
Fang Yan saw that the topic brought up Fang Hong, "Mom , you’re not going to sell your sister to Lu Dacheng and give me this indicator, are you?”
"You kid, why are you talking? It's so ugly. Your sister and I did this just because we wanted you to return to the city as soon as possible."
"That's not the way to respond."
" You just don’t like Lu Dacheng, don’t you?”
Yang Xia said angrily, “In the past so many years, people will always change. I've seen the photos. He's quite polite and a cadre. With his father working hard from behind, he will definitely continue to make progress."
Fang Yan said: "Mom, the key is that my sister doesn't like him. Do you think so? Think about it, if my sister really liked him, do you think she would wait until now to find someone else to do the work for you?”
"Yes, but..."
Yang Xia hesitated.
“The key is, Mom, I don’t want to work in a noodle factory!”
Fang Yan’s eyes were firm and he was determined not to let Fang Hong become the demon to help his younger brother.
“You don’t want to join a noodle factory? Why?”
Yang Xia was surprised and confused.
“When I think about my father’s death in the noodle factory, it was so miserable. If I stay in this factory, I feel uncomfortable. Besides, it was at the expense of my sister. Do you think I can do a solid job? ”
Fang Yan used the ultimate move he had prepared long ago.
"Alas."
As expected, Yang Xia fell into silence as soon as she heard Fang Yuanjun, looked at her husband's photo, and sighed.
"Dad often said, 'A poor person is not poor but his ambition is not poor.' I think our family is not that poor, and I am not that poor, and I am not wanted by anyone."
Fang Yan advised: ""Yanjing Literature and Art" But I’m about to publish two novels. Does anyone else have such an advantage?”
“Yes, my son is still a writer.”
Yang Xia thought it made sense, "Then tell mom honestly, what do you think?"
"I have thought about it and focused my energy mainly on creation, and then I want to study, but I can’t just stay at home and eat. I plan to find a class to solve my food problem.”
Fang Yan spoke of his plans with reservation.
"Temporary worker?"
Yang Xia looked shocked and stared at Fang Yan. At this moment, she realized that her son, who had been in the countryside for so many years, had become extremely strange.
“That’s pretty much what it means.”
Fang Yan nodded.
In fact, no matter whether it is a regular job or a temporary job, you will definitely make money in the end anyway, but it is not the time yet, at least during this period, just write novels honestly.
Thanks to Xi Fat Mao for the 300 starting coins.
(End of this chapter)