In the past year of 1985, many major new changes have taken place in the world structure.
For example, the Israeli army retreated from Lebanon.
Gorbachev was elected First Man of the Soviet Union.
The United States became a debtor nation for the first time since 1914.
The United States, Japan, Britain, France, East Germany, and five other countries signed the "Plaza Agreement"...
Compared with other countries where the external situation is changeable and the national conditions are turbulent and unclear.
The Republic, which announced to the outside world that it would lay off one million people, has steadily and firmly embarked on the path of rapid economic growth and re-established people's confidence.
The best proof is that the quality of life of our people has increased dramatically this year.
This year, our country already has 40 million TV sets, initially achieving nationwide TV popularization.
As the name of the popular TV series "Four Generations Under One Roof" that aired this year suggests.
This modern form of entertainment provides thousands of families with a reason to live under the same roof every night.
This year, the income of Chinese residents’ households entered a stage of significant increase.
With the deepening of reform and opening up and the development of foreign-funded enterprises and the individual economy, the highly unified wage system and rigid employment constraints have been broken, and income has become diversified.
This year was also the year when Beijing opened up prices and markets for agricultural and sideline products.
The city government not only allows "price independence" but also "opens the city gates."
Actively introduce agricultural and sideline products and industrial products from other provinces and cities to various wholesale markets throughout the city.
As a result, Beijing's New Year's goods are much richer than last year, and the market can be described as thriving.
Not only are there many fresh vegetables only found in the south in the vegetable market, but peanuts, melon seeds, meat, poultry and eggs are also on sale.
Expensive seafood products have also become a hot-selling product favored by people before the holiday.
Even the pastry industry has made great progress.
All kinds of fresh and soft cakes have replaced the traditional walnut cakes, glutinous rice sticks, and hawthorn pot cakes and become the latest choices.
However, even in such a good year and such good days, the Shui family in the west courtyard of Guanyin Yuan could hardly find peace.
On the contrary, Aunt Shui is obsessed with lawsuits all day long and has no energy to do anything.
And the closer she gets to the end of her life, the more depressed she becomes.
If not for anything else, isn’t it because there is one less person in the family this year?
As the saying goes, the mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles.
Shui Lan was very happy and rushed out of the country impatiently.
But Aunt Shui, a mother, can't help but think about her and miss her.
This kind of emotion is difficult to control, so the family members around the old lady inevitably become the punching bags for her emotions.
The unlucky guy who bore the brunt of this was neither Shui Gengsheng nor Shui Qing's family of three, but Shui Lian.
The reason is simple.
People in the capital are very particular about not shaving their heads during the first month of the year.
Therefore, Shui Gengsheng's craftsmanship was the most popular a year ago.
Everyone is rushing to get a haircut before the end of the year, and the barber shop can hold off a queue of twenty meters.
He was so busy that he had to rub his head at least a hundred times every day when he was not sitting down.
As for Shui Qing and Hong Yanwu, they have many things to do due to the year-end review, inventory and bonuses.
There are a lot of important things to deal with, and Jian Tian is not at home.
That leaves Shui Lian and Shui Xiaoying who are on winter vacation.
Shui Xiaoying was still young, so she went to the east courtyard to play with Hong Jun, Hong Yi and Ding Ling'er every day.
Moreover, this little man is still Aunt Shui's pet, a treasure that the old lady can't bear to say a word about.
So if the water ripples of Sixteen or Seven are not affected by this energy, who will?
In addition, she had to help with many household chores and chores during the Chinese New Year.
So this girl is tired and angry, and she can't run away even if she wants to. It's a huge grievance.
No, on this day of Laba Festival, Aunt Shui still has a bad face.
When Shui Lian came back from going out, as soon as she called "Mom", she was scolded all over her face.
"Hey, you wild girl, why did you come back? Where have you gone crazy? There are a lot of things going on at home, and you are pointing at me alone?"
Of course Shui Lian was extremely unjust.
"What's wrong with me? You knew the day you picked me. Where was I? Didn't I buy you something with my shopping book? You go to the kitchen and have a look. If it weren't for me, those things would have grown on their own.
Are your legs running back?"
But as for Aunt Shui, her photo of "Bai'er" is correct.
"You stinky girl, how dare you talk to your mother like that! Morning and night you will make me mad to death. What's wrong with saying a few words to you? How can you show off your achievements after doing such a small thing?"
Shui Lian couldn't help but lament.
"Mom, are you still being unreasonable? It doesn't matter if I do it or not. If you want to annoy me, I might as well stay away from you..."
Of course, these words made the old lady glare even more.
"Hey, how old are you before you dare to teach me a lesson? You still have to ride on my neck when I can't move anymore? You damn girl! I want to make your mother angry to death, don't you?"
Shui Lian had no choice but to quickly soften and beg for mercy.
"Mom, Mom, how could I have done such a big sin! I still feel sorry for you. In fact, I understand what you are thinking. You miss my second sister, right? But going abroad is a good thing. Others can't wait for it.
My second sister is able to leave because of her ability. Why are you worrying so much? Worrying will make your hair grow gray."
Then he saw the water in the kettle boiling, and Shui Lian took the initiative to carry it down to fill the thermos.
But Aunt Shui was still not in a good mood.
"A good thing? Look at what you said. What's good about foreign countries? They all say it's good. Who has seen it with their own eyes?"
"As the saying goes, a home of gold and silver is not as good as your own thatched home. No matter how nice it is, it is still not a home. This is the foundation of life."
"What's more, foreigners are all bad. You don't know about the burning of the Old Summer Palace? You don't know about the Eight-Power Allied Forces? You haven't learned about the Anti-Japanese War?"
"Why don't you go abroad? All the books you read are in vain."
Just as he was talking, he saw that the water was not strong enough, so he poured water into the thermos and it looked even more unpleasant to his eyes.
"Slow down, ancestor! Pay attention to the ironing! Okay, okay, just leave it there..."
Shui Lian was forced to give up, but did not admit defeat.
"Mom, you are just as good as me. Why didn't you control my sister?"
"Besides, what is written in the book is true? Your TV is still from Japan, and our refrigerator is still from the United States. Don't believe what is in the book."
"In fact, even our teacher said that Japan is good. He has a relative who went to Japan to study. He said that Japanese people are very hygienic, polite and follow rules. He said that studying in Japan is no worse than studying in the United States."
Of course, the old lady was even more annoyed by such a hasty quarrel.
"Hey, this kid, if you had said that earlier, he would have been called a traitor."
"Both Japan and the United States are imperialists. How can they be so kind?"
"Stop worshiping foreigners in front of me! I'm offended by your clothes! You're quite an older girl, and you run around wearing foreign words? Don't you think you're shabby?"
Shui Lian also had to accept this.
"Mom, I...I can't even tell you anything. I don't understand anything! What's wrong with my clothes? They say 'china', which is the name of our country..."
But I didn’t expect that my mother was my mother.
Aunt Shui's verbal confrontation routine is never something that a teenage girl can challenge.
"Where else do you want to unwrap it? Where do you want to unwrap it? Just unwrap the quilt for me quickly!"
"It's almost the Chinese New Year, and the quilt hasn't been taken out and washed yet. In the past few years, your sister helped me, but now I have to rely on myself."
"Don't even think about letting go. Your mother is the only one who is tired. A girl like this has to learn how to do it. Go! Come here with the quilt!"
Okay, Shui Lian is completely at a loss for words.
It is no exaggeration to say that she really had stars in her eyes at this time.
Of course, in addition to being angry, there are also reasons for feeling empty.
I couldn't help complaining.
"Mom, you are really good at making people happy. I went out this early in the morning and haven't eaten anything yet. I'm so hungry that you have to give me a bite, right? Wait until I finish eating."
Unexpectedly, as soon as the cotton curtain was opened, the legs had not yet stepped out.
Shui Lian's fragile little heart was hit hard by the differential treatment full of discrimination.
"Okay, there are two steamed buns and millet porridge in the cupboard, so you can warm them up and eat some. By the way, don't touch the bowl of egg custard and red bean paste buns in the pot, they belong to Xiaoying..."
Shui Lian couldn't help but look back angrily.
"Mom, you are too partial! Let me ask, am I your biological child?"
Aunt Shui looked over with an unreasonable look.
"Hey, that's strange? You girl still want to argue with your child?"
"Fortunately, Xiaoying Jiantian called you 'Auntie' and 'Auntie'."