When Wang Kaiyun saw Du Juan for the first time, his heart skipped a beat, and he could never forget this figure again.
Wang Kaiyun lives in the same alley as Du Juan. The difference is that he lives in a low and dilapidated bungalow, while Du Juan lives in Sister Yu's second-floor bungalow. Although this bungalow is also very dilapidated, it is almost the same as the nearby houses.
Bungalows blended into one.
Wang Kaiyun has just turned eighteen this year. He is the apprentice of Sister Yu's husband Lei Zhenyu and a worker at Yangpu Power Plant. When he was thirteen, his father died and the family lost its mainstay.
Under Lei Zhenyu's strong recommendation, Wang Kaiyun went to work as an apprentice in a power plant, doing odd jobs and receiving a monthly salary of three yuan in addition to one lunch.
Three years ago, Wang Kaiyun became a regular worker after his apprenticeship expired, and his salary increased to 6 yuan per month. But as soon as he became a full-time employee, something happened to his master.
After Lei Zhenyu passed away, Wang Kaiyun has been busy helping Sister Yu maintain her life. Every month he will have one yuan or eighty cents left from his food expenses, and after saving for three or two months, he will give it to Sister Yu.
go.
During holidays, he would go to the factory to collect donations from Lei Zhenyu's former friends. The co-workers would pool together a sum of money so that orphans and widowed mothers could live a stable New Year.
However, workers' salaries are already very low, and they have to support a large family, so there really isn't much money to spare.
Sister Yu knew the situation of these workers. They also lived like this when Lei Zhenyu was alive. At that time, she still had some jewelry and only had one child, so she pawned the jewelry and subsidized it in her life.
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She asked Wang Kaiyuan to tell the workers that she accepted everyone's wishes and should not send her any more money, even if it was sent to her, she would not accept it.
After she rented the second floor where she lived to Du Juan, her financial difficulties were relieved. In addition to sleeping with her son in a narrow utility room on the first floor, her daily life was more spacious than when Lei Zhenyu was alive.
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The fried steamed buns and condensed milk that Du Juan brought back from the factory every day were really good things. Not only did the malnourished mother and son recover completely, but they also became much stronger.
Du Juan liked Xiao Jiu very much and simply regarded Xiao Jiu as his godson. He said that he and Sister Yu would support Xiao Jiu together. When he was older, he would send him to school. If he could learn well, he would go to university and become a great person in the future.
A pillar of society who is knowledgeable and capable.
At night, Xiao Jiu was often taken upstairs to sleep by Du Juan, who taught him how to read and write. Xiao Jiu also relied on and liked this new godmother.
Although Du Juan has never been to school for a day, she has received a complete education in classical cultural knowledge. This is a compulsory course for every Changsan Shuyu girl. She has learned Tang poetry, Song lyrics and Yuan music since the Fourth Book. Of course, some people don't like to learn.
I just heard a superficial story.
Du Juan loves to learn. Not only does her husband teach her well, she also takes the initiative to ask for advice. She can still recite many famous poems.
She started with literacy and taught Xiaojiu how to read the Three Character Classic and Hundred Family Surnames, just to lay a solid foundation for her children.
In fact, Sister Yu is also an educated person. She did not teach her child to read. Firstly, the child was still young, and she felt that even if the child was willing to learn, there would be no money for him to study in the future, so she simply gave up the idea.
Now it's different. Du Juan promised to help Xiao Jiu study. Sister Yu's thoughts came to life again. She also started to teach Xiao Jiu how to read with Du Juan. In just two months, Xiao Jiu was able to memorize the Three-Character Sutra.
I can also recognize all the characters on my family name.
Du Juan plans to teach Xiaojiu to read the Analects next. Although she doesn’t know what books are taught to children in school, she feels that as a Chinese, the Analects is a must-read at all times. If Chinese people don’t read the Analects, then
It's like forgetting your ancestors.
A week after Du Juan stayed at Sister Yu's house, she met Wang Kaiyun on the road who was returning home from get off work. The two met at the entrance of the alley and walked in the same direction.
The first time Wang Kaiyun saw Du Juan, he was completely stunned.
Afterwards, he described how he felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He was completely numb and stood there like a wooden and clay sculpture.
When he came back to his senses, he didn't know how much time had passed. The images of those few seconds were played over and over in his mind: a celestial girl walked lightly in front of him, her heels making crisp sounds on the cinder road.
sound.
He stared blankly in the direction where Du Juan was going, as if Du Juan's back was still appearing in front of him.
He couldn't believe that such a girl would appear in this shabby civilian area. Such a figure could only appear in the "Four Major Department Stores" on Nanjing Road in Shanghai.
"Silly boy, don't look at it. You are not worthy of me. She has her own master. I don't think this little girl will stay here for long." At this time, a person patted his arm and said with a smile.
Wang Kaiyun turned around and saw that it was his neighbor Grandma Wang.
He nodded and completely agreed with Grandma Wang. He was indeed not worthy of her. Compared with Du Juan, Du Juan was a heavenly being. He was just the most ordinary cinder on this road. He had no more requirements, just
I wish I could be stepped on by cuckoos every day.
From this moment on, the shadow of the cuckoo never left his mind. When he was eating, he thought of the cuckoo, and when he was sleeping, he still thought of the cuckoo. He didn't have any intention, he just couldn't stop himself from thinking about the cuckoo.
After his mother found out what her son was thinking, she just sighed and did not try to persuade her son.
From that day on, Wang Kaiyun hurried home after get off work, and then listened attentively to the movement in the alley. Once he heard the footsteps of Du Juan, he rushed out as if he was possessed, and watched the Du Juan pass in front of his eyes. , and then will not return to the room until long after the cuckoo disappears.
Wang Kaiyun's mother knew that her son wanted a woman, so she started looking for matchmakers everywhere to arrange a marriage for her son.
Wang Kaiyun is similar to his master Lei Zhenyu. He is also tall, handsome, and cheerful. If the neighbors around him have something to do, he will take the initiative to help without calling him.
Wang Kaiyun works at Yangpu Power Plant. He has a stable job, a relatively high salary, and is handsome. He is the only elder brother in the family, so he has no further burdens.
In the eyes of ordinary people, such a young man is of course a very good match.
Many families intended to betroth their daughters to this young man. Wang Kaiyun's mother kept talking to him every night about what happened to the daughter of this family and what happened to the daughter of that family.
They are all girls who grew up nearby, know their roots well, are virtuous and beautiful, and will definitely be good at running a household after marriage.
Wang Kaiyun couldn't listen to a word. He waited for his mother to finish speaking, and then shook his head. Sometimes when he asked urgent questions, his head would shake like a rattle. His mother was so angry that she scolded him for several days.
Mother knew that a pretty girl had moved into the alley a while ago. From the looks of it, she was not a daughter-in-law that a commoner family could keep.
Whether someone can like his son is one thing, but whether his family can accommodate him is another matter. This kind of love at first sight, which cannot be compared with each other, is a thousand miles away from marriage.
The mother got angry and blamed her son. All the toads in the world wanted to eat the swan meat, but did anyone eat it? As a result, he couldn't get anything, and his marriage was delayed in vain.
Du Juan didn't know what Wang Kaiyun was thinking, nor did she care about this man. Although the young man looked very energetic, he was just very energetic.
This is Du Juan's best evaluation of Wang Kaiyun, and it has nothing to do with being handsome and beautiful.
In Du Juan's eyes, Lu Ming is the only man in the world who can be described as handsome and beautiful, otherwise she would not love him so much.
Wang Kaiyun looked at him with a very special look, a little focused, a little excited, and a little shy, but she had long been used to it, so she was not surprised.
Every time she walked through the alley, there were not a hundred but eighty pairs of eyes staring at her, ranging from children as young as seven or eight years old, to old people as old as seventy or eighty years old, and even older girls and younger wives.
Stare at her.
She herself wondered, they were all the same people, what could she see?
Sister Yu once told her with a smile that there was a young man in the alley who became lovesick because of her. Dujuan just smiled faintly and didn't answer a word. Whether others got lovesick or not had nothing to do with her, and she didn't.
Every day, she deliberately goes out to seduce men like a fox.