Chapter 986: The story of the two elders of the Gao family (2)
Tang Jingyue held her chin and asked seriously, "Is that young man in military uniform my Uncle Gao?"
Mrs. Gao smiled and nodded, "Yes."
"What's next?" Tang Jingyue became even more curious.
"It turns out that this boy in military uniform is the son of my father's coworker. He used to fight outside. After the Japanese were beaten away, he returned home. Because of the war, he became an older man. His parents were very worried. That day his father led
He came to my house and wanted my father to introduce his son to a wife in a nearby village. When my father saw that he was so handsome and that he was a soldier, his eyes gleamed and he ran into the woodshed and pulled
Unkempt and disheveled, I went to the kitchen to wash up. My mother braided my hair again and put on a red-flowered cotton-padded jacket. Then, she pulled me in front of his friend and the soldier."
Tang Jingyue heard this in disbelief.
Mrs. Gao vividly and emotionally performed the scene at that time.
My father said to his coworker, "Lao Gao, what do you think of my daughter?"
His co-worker was shocked when he saw me. He opened his eyes wide and asked, "Old Yao, when did you have such a handsome girl? Why haven't you seen her before when you came home?"
My dad said excitedly, "She is Erya."
Mrs. Gao was afraid that Tang Jingyue wouldn't understand who Erya was, so she first added a narration, "My name was Erya at the time, silly Erya."
“At that time, Xiaozheng’s grandfather was shocked when he heard it.
He has been to my house several times before. Every time he came, he saw that I was wearing dirty clothes and my face was smeared black. Whenever I saw a stranger, I would run into the woodshed. He always thought that I was a fool.
This is the first time I’ve seen me sigh with regret.”
Mrs. Gao said, "After my father explained to them the reason why I acted ugly and stupid, the young man in military uniform was very angry and told me in a very gentle tone that the Japanese had surrendered and there was no need to be afraid anymore."
Tang Jing also had mixed feelings when she heard this and was very touched.
Unexpectedly, during the war years, Mrs. Gao would encounter such a thrilling thing.
In order to hide from the Japanese and traitors, the young girl spent her days unkempt.
She asked again, "Have you decided to get married after seeing this?"
Old Mrs. Gao smiled and said, "It has been decided, but it is not easy to decide because Grandpa Xiaozheng has always been worried and tried to trick my father by saying that this girl is really okay with her brain, right?
Of course my father said no, but the other party was skeptical. My father tried so hard to get me to marry that young man in military uniform. In front of Grandpa Xiaozheng, he tested me in different ways and gave me another test.
The addition and subtraction test also tested me on a lot of common sense questions about life. I remember that he asked me some very strange questions at that time, and also asked me what I thought about the old wealth of landlords.
I still had a bright mind and answered his questions diligently. After the efforts of our father and daughter, the Gao family finally believed that I was not a fool."
Mrs. Gao recalled these past events with deep nostalgia on her wrinkled cheeks, "The two elders made the decision and decided on this marriage at that time."
"Then you just got married without ever meeting each other again?" Tang Jingyue really listened to the story now.
Mrs. Gao nodded, "When Grandpa Xiaozheng came here for the second time, he brought a basket as a betrothal gift and found an auspicious day.
Son, let’s get married.”
"After we got married, he gave me a name, Cuiping, or Erya Taitu. He also told me a lot about the policies at that time, Jingyue, do you know, at that time, I really
It was like opening the door to a new world. He said that in the future life, the common people would be the masters of the country and there would be no landlords or oppression. Hearing this made my blood boil. I began to learn to write, go to night school, and make progress with him."
When Mrs. Gao said this, her expression darkened again and she began to sigh, "Oh, but the good times did not last long. Within two or three months of getting married, he was going to fight again."
"This fight lasted another four years. When he left, I happened to be pregnant with your sister. The child was born in the countryside for more than three years, and she never saw what her father looked like. During those three years, Xiaozheng
My grandparents also passed away one after another, and I gave them death alone. After the war, he came back to the village to find us. When Xiaolan saw him, he was so frightened that he cried. The child cried, and his father also cried.
The father and daughter were crying so sadly in the dilapidated yard of our house that the neighbors came to watch."
Mrs. Gao's tears fell unconsciously when she said this.
She thought about the hard years in the past and was so sad that she wiped her tears.
When Tang Jingyue heard this, she was very moved. The current peaceful and happy life was obtained by the older generation of soldiers with their lives. The hardships they endured in the past are simply unimaginable to today's young people.
She handed Mrs. Gao a handkerchief, and the old man wiped her tears and continued, "It took Xiaolan and her father four or five days to make Xiaolan not be so afraid of him. During those four or five days, he
He would make a bed on the floor at night, and as soon as he got on the kang, the child would cry."
The old man recalled the past events with mixed feelings.
"Later, he took me and my child to Bincheng and lived in the military compound. Only then did I know that he was already a battalion commander, and I was just a rural woman who had never seen the world and didn't understand anything.
, in this military compound, just like when Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, I saw that the chiefs who were soldiers married wives who were educated and fashionable. I felt very inferior and was afraid of embarrassing Lao Gao, so I just followed Lao Gao.
Gao said, how about we divorce, and you place me and the child in the village, and you, I will marry you another wife. With your current conditions, it will not be difficult to find a daughter-in-law with good conditions.
I remember there was a political commissar in their compound at that time. After he became an official, he divorced his wife in the village and found a beautiful nurse in the city."
"What did my uncle Gao say?" Tang Jingyue looked at her curiously and asked.
When Mrs. Gao said this, she couldn't hide the look of happiness on her face. She smiled and said, "He scolded me and said that if I divorced him because of my low self-esteem, he would resign and go back to my hometown to farm with me and my children. In this way, I
I won’t feel inferior anymore.”
"I was frightened when I heard that, for fear of delaying his future. From then on, I never dared to mention the divorce. Later, after living in the compound and getting to know each other, I found that everyone is quite approachable. You
Grandma, I think, is a daughter of a wealthy family. She is quite delicate, but she is quite nice to me and does not look down on me. After all, your grandfather and Xiaozheng's father are good brothers."
Tang Jingyue heard the old lady mention her grandparents, and she asked with a smile, "Does my grandpa particularly dote on my grandma?"
Mrs. Gao nodded, "That's right, your grandfather was famous for doting on his wife. Your grandmother was injured that year, so he found a nanny against all odds." Tang Jingyue held her chin and asked seriously, "That military uniform
Young man, is this my uncle Gao?"
Mrs. Gao smiled and nodded, "Yes."
"What's next?" Tang Jingyue became even more curious.
"It turns out that this boy in military uniform is the son of my father's coworker. He used to fight outside. After the Japanese were beaten away, he returned home. Because of the war, he became an older man. His parents were very worried. That day his father led
He came to my house and wanted my father to introduce his son to a wife in a nearby village. When my father saw that he was so handsome and that he was a soldier, his eyes gleamed and he ran into the woodshed and pulled
Unkempt and disheveled, I went to the kitchen to wash up. My mother braided my hair again and put on a red-flowered cotton-padded jacket. Then, she pulled me in front of his friend and the soldier."
Tang Jingyue heard this in disbelief.
Mrs. Gao vividly and emotionally performed the scene at that time.
My father said to his coworker, "Lao Gao, what do you think of my daughter?"
His co-worker was shocked when he saw me. He opened his eyes wide and asked, "Old Yao, when did you have such a handsome girl? Why haven't you seen her before when you came home?"
My dad said excitedly, "She is Erya."
Mrs. Gao was afraid that Tang Jingyue wouldn't understand who Erya was, so she first added a narration, "My name was Erya at the time, silly Erya."
“At that time, Xiaozheng’s grandfather was shocked when he heard it.
He has been to my house several times before. Every time he came, he saw that I was wearing dirty clothes and my face was smeared black. Whenever I saw a stranger, I would run into the woodshed. He always thought that I was a fool.
This is the first time I’ve seen me sigh with regret.”
Mrs. Gao said, "After my father explained to them the reason why I acted ugly and stupid, the young man in military uniform was very angry and told me in a very gentle tone that the Japanese had surrendered and there was no need to be afraid anymore."
Tang Jing also had mixed feelings when she heard this and was very touched.
Unexpectedly, during the war years, Mrs. Gao would encounter such a thrilling thing.
In order to hide from the Japanese and traitors, the young girl spent her days unkempt.
She asked again, "Have you decided to get married after seeing this?"
Old Mrs. Gao smiled and said, "It has been decided, but it is not easy to decide because Grandpa Xiaozheng has always been worried and tried to trick my father by saying that this girl is really okay with her brain, right?
Of course my father said no, but the other party was skeptical. My father tried so hard to get me to marry that young man in military uniform. In front of Grandpa Xiaozheng, he tested me in different ways and gave me another test.
The addition and subtraction test also tested me on a lot of common sense questions about life. I remember that he asked me some very strange questions at that time, and also asked me what I thought about the old wealth of landlords.
I still had a bright mind and answered his questions diligently. After the efforts of our father and daughter, the Gao family finally believed that I was not a fool."
Mrs. Gao recalled these past events with deep nostalgia on her wrinkled cheeks, "The two elders made the decision and decided on this marriage at that time."
"Then you just got married without ever meeting each other again?" Tang Jingyue really listened to the story now.
Mrs. Gao nodded, "When Grandpa Xiaozheng came here for the second time, he brought a basket as a betrothal gift and found an auspicious day.
Son, let’s get married.”
"After we got married, he gave me a name, Cuiping, or Erya Taitu. He also told me a lot about the policies at that time, Jingyue, do you know, at that time, I really
It was like opening the door to a new world. He said that in the future life, the common people would be the masters of the country and there would be no landlords or oppression. Hearing this made my blood boil. I began to learn to write, go to night school, and make progress with him."
When Mrs. Gao said this, her expression darkened again and she began to sigh, "Oh, but the good times did not last long. Within two or three months of getting married, he was going to fight again."
"This fight lasted another four years. When he left, I happened to be pregnant with your sister. The child was born in the countryside for more than three years, and she never saw what her father looked like. During those three years, Xiaozheng
My grandparents also passed away one after another, and I gave them death alone. After the war, he came back to the village to find us. When Xiaolan saw him, he was so frightened that he cried. The child cried, and his father also cried.
The father and daughter were crying so sadly in the dilapidated yard of our house that the neighbors came to watch."
Mrs. Gao's tears fell unconsciously when she said this.
She thought about the hard years in the past and was so sad that she wiped her tears.
When Tang Jingyue heard this, she was very moved. The current peaceful and happy life was obtained by the older generation of soldiers with their lives. The hardships they endured in the past are simply unimaginable to today's young people.
She handed Mrs. Gao a handkerchief, and the old man wiped her tears and continued, "It took Xiaolan and her father four or five days to make Xiaolan not be so afraid of him. During those four or five days, he
He would make a bed on the floor at night, and as soon as he got on the kang, the child would cry."
The old man recalled the past events with mixed feelings.
"Later, he took me and my child to Bincheng and lived in the military compound. Only then did I know that he was already a battalion commander, and I was just a rural woman who had never seen the world and didn't understand anything.
, in this military compound, just like when Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, I saw that the chiefs who were soldiers married wives who were educated and fashionable. I felt very inferior and was afraid of embarrassing Lao Gao, so I just followed Lao Gao.
Gao said, how about we divorce, and you place me and the child in the village, and you, I will marry you another wife. With your current conditions, it will not be difficult to find a daughter-in-law with good conditions.
I remember there was a political commissar in their compound at that time. After he became an official, he divorced his wife in the village and found a beautiful nurse in the city."
"What did my uncle Gao say?" Tang Jingyue looked at her curiously and asked.
When Mrs. Gao said this, she couldn't hide the look of happiness on her face. She smiled and said, "He scolded me and said that if I divorced him because of my low self-esteem, he would resign and go back to my hometown to farm with me and my children. In this way, I
I won’t feel inferior anymore.”
"I was frightened when I heard that, for fear of delaying his future. From then on, I never dared to mention the divorce. Later, after living in the compound and getting to know each other, I found that everyone is quite approachable. You
Grandma, I think, is a daughter of a wealthy family. She is quite delicate, but she is quite nice to me and does not look down on me. After all, your grandfather and Xiaozheng's father are good brothers."
Tang Jingyue heard the old lady mention her grandparents, and she asked with a smile, "Does my grandpa particularly dote on my grandma?"
Mrs. Gao nodded, "That's right, your grandfather is famous for doting on his wife. Your grandma was injured that year, and he went against all odds to find a nanny for her."