Chapter 22 Struggle
Bai Meijuan hurriedly pushed her bicycle out of the factory. On her way home, she saw a new newspaper being released. She bought a copy and took it home.
After arriving home, seeing that the meal was not ready yet, she put down her bag, opened the Dongfanghong newspaper, and saw an article in a different style than before.
Bai Meijuan read it carefully. The name of this article is: Struggle
The article begins by describing how in the past, when people did not have enough to eat or clothing to keep warm, poor families who gave birth to baby girls would either drown or give them away because they could not afford to raise them.
Until the founding of New China and the people had enough to eat, there was no such thing as drowning of baby girls.
In a place called Lijiacun, Li Fugui's family gave birth to a girl named Li Xiaohua. She was smart and smart since she was a child, and her family loved her very much. Later, a younger brother was born at home, and both of them were sent to school.
Li Xiaohua has excellent grades, but her younger brother is very playful and has never been good at studying. Li Xiaohua usually tutors him in his homework.
When it was time for them to go to junior high school, the family's financial situation was not good and they could only pay the tuition for one person, so they asked her younger brother to study while Li Xiaohua stayed at home to work.
Li Xiaohua's grandmother said: "Xiaohua is just a girl. What's the use of reading so many books? She will still get married in the future anyway."
Xiaohua’s parents also believed that it was enough for their daughter to know a few words and there was no need to read further.
Li Xiaohua was dissatisfied. She cried and said: "I study very well, and the teacher said that I will definitely be admitted to high school."
Xiaohua’s father advised her: “There is no money at home, so we can only support your brother to study alone.
You have gone to school and are literate, so you are already much better than the other girls in the village, many of whom have never even gone to school. ”
Later, Li Xiaohua's younger brother went to school, while Li Xiaohua stayed at home to work, but Li Xiaohua, who was already literate and well-educated, was unwilling to give up.
She always went to town every month and worked for the old man at the scrapyard in exchange for the books inside. No matter what they were, Li Xiaohua would take them back and read them carefully.
This education lasted five years. After her brother entered junior high school, he could not keep up with his studies. After two years of education, he returned to the village without passing the high school entrance examination.
Because she had a junior high school education, the village arranged for Li Xiaohua's younger brother to be a scorekeeper. Li Xiaohua thought that if it were her, she would definitely be admitted to high school, but her family thought she was a girl and would get married in the future, so they were unwilling to provide for her. read.
On this day, Li Xiaohua's family gave her a crush on a young man from the same village and wanted Li Xiaohua to marry him. He was a good man, down-to-earth and capable, with an upright appearance and good family conditions.
Li Xiaohua's grandmother said that Li Xiaohua was lucky, and her mother also said that the family was good.
Li Xiaohua is also familiar with that person. The other person likes her and she is not disgusted with it, but she always feels a little empty in her heart.
One day, when she was following her family to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy red cloth for her dowry, she encountered a small truck parked halfway.
The car seemed to have broken down on the way and could not be driven now. A leader on the side asked the driver anxiously: "Can you do it?"
The driver is a newbie and doesn’t know how to repair cars: “Director Zhao, I’m just a driver and I don’t know how to repair cars.”
Seeing this situation, Li Xiaohua thought of the repair books she had read and wanted to give it a try.
So she stepped forward, looked at the leader and said, "Can you let me try?"
The leader didn't believe it and asked her: "Can you do it?"
Li Xiaohua said honestly: "I have learned about it in books, but I have never done it. Why don't you let me try? You have no other way now, right?" Li Xiaohua's grandmother and mother wanted to stop it, but the leader agreed. Okay, let Li Xiaohua come forward and try.
Later, when Li Xiaohua repaired the car, the leader was very surprised and asked which school Li Xiaohua came from.
Li Xiaohua said that she had not studied since she graduated from elementary school. She learned all these by herself.
After that, Li Xiaohua began to prepare for the marriage at home. During the preparation, she discovered that her partner was not related to the widow in the village. She told her family about this.
The man knelt down and apologized to Li Xiaohua at her home. After receiving the bride price, the man did not want to break off the engagement, so he persuaded Li Xiaohua to marry her.
Li Xiaohua was unwilling, but her family forced her to compromise.
She shut herself in her room all day long and cried.
On the other side of the machinery factory, in the director's office, Director Zhao, whom Li Xiaohua met last time, was preparing to ask Li Xiaohua to take an exam in the factory.
He was deeply impressed by Li Xiaohua's performance last time. He admired such a studious and capable young comrade and wanted someone to break the rules and join their factory.
Director Zhao asked around to find out where Li Xiaohua's home was, and then headed to Lijia Village.
Here in Lijiacun, Li Xiaohua put on new clothes and was getting ready to get married.
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The article is gone at this point. The following content should be in the next issue of the newspaper.
"Oh, why is it gone?" Bai Meijuan muttered dissatisfied. At this time, Bai Meijuan's mother came over: "What are you doing? I've called you so many times and you still don't agree. Come and eat quickly."
Bai Meijuan enthusiastically told her family about the story she had just read at the dinner table. After dinner, the family was still discussing what happened to Li Xiaohua until they went to bed at night.
Du Lan was also reading this story at home and saw that the author's name was "Fei Xiang". Du Lan asked Shen Feifei: "Is this your pen name?"
Shen Feifei said yes, and Du Lan calmed down to read the article. As she read, she suddenly slapped the table and said angrily: "That's too much! That man broke the widow's shoes, and her family still wanted to Let her get married.”
After getting angry, she continued to read. After reading, she asked Shen Feifei: "Feifei, what happened to Li Xiaohua later?"
Shen Feifei said with a smile: "What's behind Li Xiaohua, of course we have to wait until the next issue of the newspaper comes out. Mom, it's boring to know in advance, otherwise you guess first, and then read the content later and it will be different from what you thought."
Although Du Lan wanted to know what was behind it, but if Shen Feifei didn't tell her, he could only wait for the next issue of the newspaper.
Song Qingfei was on an outing for the past two days and was not at home. Du Lan told Chief Shen, Shen Yueru, and Shen Yaoyang about the story she had read written by Shen Feifei. Everyone in the family was fascinated by it, even Shen Yueru, who had never liked Shen Feifei. She listened. After finishing it, I took the newspaper and read it again.
After Shen Yaoyang listened, he pestered Shen Feifei: "Second sister, please tell me, I want to know what's behind."
Shen Feifei didn't give any spoilers. She knew that the article would be published in the newspaper in parts. Unexpectedly, the editor-in-chief was very good at choosing the nodes. In fact, this article is a cool article about the heroine's struggle. It often appears in the market outlook, but it is still very attractive now.
Many people who bought the newspaper today are discussing Li Xiaohua in the article. They all want to know what will happen to Li Xiaohua's fate later.
Early the next morning, Editor-in-chief Sun was working in the editor-in-chief's office of Dongfanghong Newspaper. A man knocked on the door and entered. His brisk steps and excited expression showed how excited the man was.
He took out a report and handed it to Editor Sun: "Editor-in-chief, yesterday's newspaper sales were 20% higher than usual."
(End of chapter)