Above a dilapidated street, this is an old street in the west of the city.
At this time, a beautiful girl in a dress was walking on the gray cement road. She was carrying a lot of things in her hands, and she had obviously experienced a pleasant shopping experience.
However, she was not very happy, but her eyes were full of confusion.
The surrounding courtyard walls seem to have cracks and gaps, and the ground is full of potholes, but fortunately, the trash cans here don't smell much.
Nowadays, there is very little garbage in daily life and food. At most, it is vegetable roots and the latter is rotten vegetable leaves. It does not have such a turbid and rotten smell. This kind of pungent smell is all found in public toilets.
By the time she got here, she had already walked through that smelly area.
In a similarly old courtyard house, many tiles are missing from the eaves of the main door, which makes people worry whether the remaining tiles will fall off.
The girl, who looked like a zombie, walked into the courtyard with a dull expression, and finally walked into the west wing.
Inside the room, dinner was being prepared. A taller middle-aged woman immediately turned her head when she heard the sound.
Seeing the familiar face, the middle-aged woman also noticed the absent-minded look of the young girl. She immediately asked in an anxious tone: "Begonia, how was the place you visited today? Why do you look like this?"
Yu Haitang regained consciousness slightly and said with a low expression: "I'm gone, it's okay."
Hearing the response, Yu's mother felt relieved a lot, but looking at Yu Haitang's devastated look, she was still very worried, "What happened? Why are you looking like this?"
Yu Haitang shook her head gently and did not respond, but now she cheered up a little, "I'll go to the room and put the things down."
The area of this courtyard is relatively small. In the past, it was only a residence for wealthy people. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the residences in Nanluoguxiang near the imperial city.
Yu Haitang and Yu Li lived in a small room in the side wing. It was about ten square meters, which was enough for the two sisters to live in. The son kept a curtain in the main room.
At this time, Yu's mother also discovered the things in Yu Haitang's hands, and followed her into the ear room. She watched Yu Haitang put down the things. There were some dried fruit snacks, hairpins that girls like, and a small black leather bag!
Yu's mother exclaimed, "I bought so many things! I won't reimburse you. According to what we said before, eh, this is one dollar." She threw the dollar on the wooden frame bed where the two sisters slept. "
You don’t even think about how you will live in the future!”
Yu Haitang turned her eyes and stared at the dollar for a while. She just responded with a bleak expression, "Oh."
Then there was no reaction.
This made Yu's mother puzzled. This girl had a stronger temper before, but she was also a little money addict. Now that the money was reimbursed, why did she react like this?
Too little?
"Child, what happened? Why did you react like this? Did that man named Yi bully you?"
Yu Haitang raised his eyes, bullying?
Strictly speaking, it is indeed bullying.
Ignoring her, does that count?
There was also a look of slight contempt and disgust that was not concealed at all.
She knew that it was not contempt for her being poor, but contempt for something else. After thinking about it for a while, she never thought that maybe it was because she looked down on her as a person, and she didn't even have a reason to refute.
Recalling the scene he saw in the courtyard, Yu Haitang was a little dazed and had some enlightenment in her heart.
That lazy man, on top of being an eighth-level fitter, is also a master stone carver!
She was praised by many leaders in the factory. Even she had to admit that she was so outstanding. After completing a lifetime journey in more than half a year, no one could compare or match her.
Outside, the friends he knew were second-generation officials from high-ranking families. They were all very outstanding young people. They might not be the most powerful people in the future, but they were already considered leaders now. As for her, she was just a newbie who had just entered the company.
Still came to the door with a task at home.
She knows a little bit about that family, the Lou family. Sister Lou is everyone's eldest daughter. Even if she doesn't do it now, it can't delay her's good clothing and food. The whole family is healthy and free from the pressure of life. She can study and cultivate her sentiments when she has nothing to do.
Master is an old doctor with profound virtues who has saved countless lives. He has a strong historical aura. He is truly immortal and has an ethereal temperament. He looks like a sage at a single glance. He is not a person from the same world. After a while, he seems to be experiencing physical and mental experiences.
After a baptism, my mind became clear.
Even the female neighbor is not simple. She sits there and her movements are extremely elegant. She is not pretentious, but has a natural temperament. Comparing her with her makes people feel ashamed.
Not talking about appearance, just in terms of intelligence, she is the same as Yi Chuanzong and his wife. Go? What kind of Go? I can't understand... It's not something she plays... Yu Haitang is thinking that maybe she knows more than just chess.
Maybe he is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
After being hit hard, she felt that everyone was stronger than her, or even much stronger.
There is a certain inferiority complex in my heart.
She went on a shopping spree after leaving, but it didn't relieve her at all. What's the joy of having a dollar now?
That's not something money can change at all.
Facing her mother's inquiry, Yu Haitang could only say flatly: "No." Then she lay quietly on the bed and began to doubt her life.
We live an ordinary life with daily necessities, including rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. There seems to be no difference, but we seem to be living on different levels.
Unfortunately, that kind of life is elusive and out of reach.
Now she understood a little bit why Yi Chuanzong looked like that in the factory.
The laziness before was just self-confidence. There were no problems, no opponents, and no interest in my own industry.
Now, a group of common people, a group of people who have not yet reached the peak, are talking about him and slandering him. Naturally, if he wants to live his life lazily, then he will be more lazy. When he is unhappy, he will pick up his posture and look down on everyone.
But Yu's mother was worried and began to rummage through Yu Haitang's clothes.
The skirt was lifted up, and Yu Haitang naturally retreated and struggled like a cat with explosive hair. She shouted urgently: "Mom, what are you doing?"
Mother Yu said confidently: "Let me see what's wrong with you? Why did something go wrong when you went out? Tell mom what happened?"
At this time, Yu Haitang successfully snatched away the hem of her skirt and looked at her own mother with shame, "It's okay! The task you arranged has been completed perfectly."
"Actually, I don't have to go at all. Sister Lou didn't change her attitude toward me at all. She was still bored when I went there, so we just chatted at home for a while."
"Then I went to her new home and took a look. Yi Chuanzong's master was playing Go with a young girl. After a while, Yi Chuanzong went home. He won first place in the factory technology competition and was promoted to level eight fitter.
, he said that he would let me report the praise tomorrow, but there are just some things that I can’t figure out.”
Yu's mother asked suspiciously: "Is this really true?"
Yu Haitang replied affirmatively: "That's true, why should I lie to you? At most, this person is a bit weird, and he doesn't feel too hot even under the bright sun!"
Mother Yu stared closely at Yu Haitang, who felt uncomfortable and shrank back.
"Begonia!"
"Um?"
Yu Mu said earnestly: "Haitang, I know this young man is excellent. Your father and your sister have met so many people at the supply and marketing cooperative, but none of them are so outstanding."
"Even our family has never heard of it. But, he is already married! He has children! You don't have to worry, your parents will definitely find a good in-law for you in the future!"
Yu Haitang said shyly: "Mom! What did you say? I didn't think about this at all! You don't understand anything! Get out! Get out!"
At this moment, Yu's mother did not take advantage of her physical strength and refused to leave. She half-pushed and half-stepped out of the door. When she heard a bang, she curled her lips in disdain and said, "You talk back hard. That absent-minded look is not thinking about men."
, what are you doing?"
"snort!"
Turning around, Yu's mother went back to cooking. The stinky girl dared to attack her. If she hadn't just completed the task, she would have been punished.
Thinking about random things all day long was a thorn in the side. When she was a child, she would definitely have had to give Yu Haitang a beating to help her wake up.
In the room, Yu Haitang's eyes were very bright. After being teased by Yu's mother, she also figured it out.
The biggest advantage of free love is that you can choose your own partner.
It is indeed difficult for her to change the status quo, or even change herself, improve her culture, or improve her style and temperament.
This is very difficult. Living in that kind of environment, there are no such people, and she doesn't even know how to improve.
But if she marries someone with the same culture, temperament, quality, and style, she will be changed, and at worst she will be promoted.
The feeling of being inferior to others is even more unbearable than the embarrassment and embarrassment caused by simple poverty. It is a heavy blow to the soul!
She is a girl with such a strong personality and such clear thoughts that she sometimes dreams of those salty fish eyes when she sleeps, as if she is born with restraint.
The most I saw before was disgusting.
Now, seeing the life at Yi Chuanzong's side, she would feel guilty unconsciously.
She was completely stimulated by what she saw and heard today. She made a lot of assumptions in her head, and her thoughts were a little extreme.
Yu Haitang, who feels that her idea is very correct, has forgotten what it means to be a good match, and that the true meaning of marriage is not the pursuit of interests, but life.
Little do they know that art is the last hurdle for men. Countless successful people have pursued it all their lives, but they are just arty and have not even crossed the threshold.
After a while, a girl wearing an old-fashioned black diagonal collar dress walked in. The style of the dress was very simple and the color was relatively monotonous, but when she wore it, she felt gentle and intelligent.
Mother Yu glanced at her again and said casually: "Go and see your sister, she is suffering from hysteria!"
"ah?"
Yu Li, who had just entered the house, was shocked by her mother's words. How could she be a good person and suffer from hysteria?
Yu's mother curled her lips and said, "Go and see her. Come out to eat during meal time, otherwise don't blame me for pinching her ears!"
"Oh. I'll go right away."
Yu Li quickly put down her navy blue bag, turned around and walked towards her room.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Yu Haitang lying on the bed, supporting her head with her hands and swinging her feet up and down. She looked innocent at best, or nymphomaniac at worst, with her skirt almost exposing her buttocks.
Yu Li closed the door gently, then walked over and lay on the bed as well.
There was such a big movement, but Yu Haitang didn't even react at all!
Yu Li stared with a pair of apricot eyes and turned her head to block Yu Haitang's sight.
At this time, Yu Haitang woke up. Her face was slightly red. She had just been thinking about the prince charming in her dream, but she didn't notice her sister coming in. "Sister, when did you come back?"
Yu Li's face looked a little strange. She really looked like she was suffering from hysteria just now. She asked curiously: "What were you thinking about just now?"
Yu Haitang felt ashamed and couldn't bear to discuss those things with her sister. She quickly asked, "Sister, do you know what I saw when I went to Sister Lou's house today?"
Yu Li followed her words and asked, "What did you see?" In fact, she carefully observed Yu Haitang's expression.
Yu Haitang began to describe in an exaggerated way what she saw at Yi Chuanzong's house, such as the old miracle doctor with a celestial spirit, the daughter of a top capitalist in the old society, and the mysterious female neighbor. How was it in the yard, and how was Yi Chuanzong?
…
"Sister! Two stones cost four hundred yuan! I heard that dozens of people pulled it here together, and it was very lively at the time! But the person hasn't carved it yet."
Yu Li was originally listening to the story to see what happened to her sister, but she was attracted to it as she listened. In the end, she was shocked when she heard that four hundred yuan would buy two stones.
These days, people are thinking about how to live. A person spends 100 yuan to buy two rocks. If the rocks are good-looking, then that's fine. They are just two big rocks from the mountain. At most, they are white marble or granite.
Naturally, the father and mother are not as ruthless as the third uncle. Fifteen yuan a month is just living expenses at most. Girls spend a lot. If the eldest daughter wants to marry well and live well at home, she naturally needs to package it.
.
After working for more than two years, she spent more carefully and saved about 100 yuan.
She hadn't asked about it before, so she didn't know that she was so poor that she couldn't even afford a stone!
Yu Li said hesitantly: "If he is promoted to the eighth-level fitter, won't his salary be ninety-nine? And his uncle, who treats him as his son, will get two hundred yuan a month?"
"you do not say!"
After saying this arrogantly, Yu Haitang lay miserably on the bed again. Thinking about her salary, she was really poor! She was paid half a year a month.
Yu Li hesitated and said: "Sister, our mother said that you have hysteria. Were you thinking about your partner just now? Or let your parents find it for you first?"
"don't want!"
Yu Haitang firmly opposed it. She had just thought about Prince Charming's request. How could she just find someone to make do with her life?
"I don't want to go on a blind date to find someone, I want to find someone I like!"
Yu Li's eyes were a little surprised. Did she and her mother guess wrong? She didn't look like she wanted a man.
"Sister, let me tell you, you must not be careless about finding a partner! You can't just find someone. Life will be complicated in the future. This is not just a matter of suffering, but a life-long happiness! It is even an ideal.
pursuit.”
"Let's just talk about the most basic thing. We should at least find someone we like. We can't feel like we're on a blind date and just be cheated casually! The second hurdle is the mother-in-law. It's okay if we separate the family. If we don't separate the family, the two of us can fight each other.
!If the man we find here is no longer useful, we will be the ones who suffer."
"She has to give birth to a baby later, how dangerous it is! As for Widow Qin in the courtyard, she has just given birth to a baby, and her mother-in-law has to take her back. How much money will it cost? Treating our daughter-in-law as a human being! I'm afraid she has forgotten
He killed me back then!"
"Also, you have to control men. I think Sister Lou does a good job. If she gets angry, she will pick up the stick!..."
"The most important thing is pursuit! Now the organizations ask the elders of the Women's Federation to let us female compatriots stand up! We also have to have our own thoughts and pursuits. Of course, happiness is definitely important! We still have to live a good life first, and then consider pursuit
The problem."
When Yu Haitang said this, little stars were shining in her eyes. If her pursuit is met, she will be very happy! Meeting her pursuit is the life she wants.
Yu Li was indoctrinated with too many ideas, and she felt a little confused for a while.
But she was also worried. Marriage was very complicated. She had considered it before, but not that much. She thought that if her parents were optimistic about the young man, it would be good. After all, the old man had a better vision than her.
Now when my sister talks about it, she is a little worried. The problems mentioned are all real, especially for the mother-in-law at home. If she can't handle this well, how can she live a good life?
"What are you two doing? You haven't come out to eat yet!"
There was a roar outside the door, and the sisters quickly got up from the bed and ran outside.
You can think about it whenever you want. If you go out late, you might get beaten!