Three or Two Things about Rebirth

"Oh, I see." Qiu Luming felt a little annoyed, "Why hasn't my second brother come back yet?"

"Don't change the subject. You'd better really know it." He Manshu was very disappointed.

"This kind of person is like a toad on the back of the foot. He doesn't bite people but makes people feel annoyed. Mom, I'll find someone to smash the windows in his house!" said Qiu Moshi.

"No need, absolutely no need!" He Manshu refused, "You are going to find that Xie Zhi to do those little hooligan things again, I don't need you to vent my anger for me, I don't take people like her seriously at all, a dog bites me, do I have to bite back? If Yoyo has grown up, then you can really slap her in the face and vent my anger!"

"Only the wisest and the stupidest are unchangeable. It's absolutely true. Mom, you are really stubborn! You have been in Jiayang for 30 years. You say that you regard this place as your hometown, but in fact, you can't really integrate into it. You are always the intellectuals who are high above. My mother still has the arrogance of a capitalist lady and the nobleness of a scholar. In fact, when you encounter such a scoundrel, the most effective way is to fight back in their way, which is a loud and painful slap in the face! If you don't fight, are you going to wait for your little maid to do it for you?"

He Manshu looked at her eldest son in disbelief, "You, say it again!"

Qiu Huaixin drank the white wine in his glass in one gulp and put the cup on the table. "It's the same no matter how many times I say it. You all came here with good wishes to build the country. Especially my dad, who always had the idea of ​​sacrificing himself and dedicated his youth and children to the people of the border areas! However, the world will continue to operate as usual without anyone, and others may not need your dedication! Dad, can't you see that we stick to our posts and face only minor illnesses such as colds and headaches?"

"Aren't minor illnesses good enough? As a doctor, do you want your patients to have serious illnesses?" Qiu Jiye frowned and said disappointedly.

"Dad! It's not that they don't have serious illnesses, but those who have serious illnesses have all gone to Yishiha City! In the past, you needed a letter of introduction, a border pass, and food coupons to go out, but now you don't need anything. As long as you have money, you can go anywhere you want to see a doctor! In this small place, no matter how good your medical skills are, you still need good hardware support! In the past few years of medical reform, our hospital has increased investment in cosmetology and dentistry. What else has it done? The shadowless lamp in the operating room is still from 20 years ago, right?"

Qiu Jiye looked at his eldest son for a long time, "Huai Xin, you are not complaining about the hospital, you are blaming me."

Qiu Huaixin quickly turned his head towards the window.

There was a dark sky outside the window, with a few brilliant fireworks rising occasionally.

He Manshu grabbed her husband's arm and said, "Old Qiu."

Qiu Jiye looked back at his wife and said, "Old He, paper cannot suppress fire, and there is no need to worry about the New Year. Let's just speak out. The first year of the 1990s is destined to be turbulent. Let's face the problem of the eldest and the second together!"

Liu Xiaomei snatched the wine glass in front of Qiu Huaixin, and put the wine bottle into the kitchen, then came back and pulled him, "Let's go to Lu Ming's room and take a nap to sober up!"

"I'm not drunk, why should I wake up?"

Liu Xiaomei couldn't pull her husband away, so she turned around and apologized to her father-in-law, "Dad, Huaixin doesn't drink alcohol normally, but today he drank a little and started talking nonsense. Don't be angry with you and my mom!"

Qiu Huaixin pushed Liu Xiaomei away, "I just told the truth! My parents have seen the reality a long time ago, they just don't want to admit it! Thirty years have passed, people have to learn to adapt, so as not to fall behind and get beaten!"

Liu Xiaomei was so angry that she hit Qiu Huaixin. "The second child's affairs are enough to worry my parents. Even Lu Ming knows how to make jokes to cheer my parents up. But you, as the eldest brother, think the matter is not big enough and are adding fuel to the fire!"

"What flexibility? Is it about the Harbin Second Hospital hiring me?" Qiu Jiye slammed the table, "Isn't it because they also agreed to transfer you there and give you a house? I didn't agree, and you still feel resentful about it! If you have the ability, then use your own ability to make people hire you! Instead of targeting someone like me who can't adapt!"

Dabao burst into tears, "Grandpa, don't hit Daddy! Grandpa, don't hit Daddy!"

Liu Xiaomei ran over again, hugged Dabao, and kept comforting him.

Qiu Luming was also shocked. In his memory, his father was always peaceful and he almost never lost his temper.

Qiu Huaixin's face turned red, then white, and then red again. He stood up without saying a word, took his coat and hat from the hanger, and said, "Go home!"

Liu Xiaomei was at a loss. She held her child and looked at her husband and then at her parents-in-law.

Qiu Moshi grabbed Qiu Huaixin's coat and said, "Brother, you and Dad don't drink often. You both drank a lot today... It's New Year's Day, don't leave."

Qiu Huaixin stared at Qiu Moshi and said, "Let go!"

"Brother, if you really leave, how are we going to spend the New Year?"

"Tsk! The second son's ex-girlfriend is here, so he can leave. Your bad friends will come later, so you can go out to play mahjong and poker. Only I, the eldest son, can't leave. I have to set up a household and stay up all night..." Qiu Huaixin was really drunk. It was not obvious when he was sitting, but he staggered after standing up and taking a few steps. "The Northeast is the eldest son. All the resources and talents have been contributed... All contributed. You see, in a few years, we will have no food to eat..."

Haha...I am the eldest son, I listened to you, went back to Jiayang, got married and had children early, and enjoyed the happiness of your parents. You so-called intellectuals, you are fashionable people, you play the piano, skate, read books, sing operas, and have a bunch of children, but you want me to take care of them!

I just want to ask, if Xiaomei is not so good to Luming, do you still like her? What is the value of our existence? What else do you want me to do in the future...ah? What else do you want me to do? Can't I have my own life?"

He Manshu stood up in surprise, "Boss, you can always live your own life. If you don't want to do something, just say it! Boss, when did your parents ever force you?"

"Ha, I knew you would say that..."

Liu Xiaomei explained, "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry. Huaixin received a phone call a few days ago and was a little upset. One of their classmates has become the director of a department in Jiamusi, and another has become the vice dean. A female classmate went to Beijing and has passed the doctoral exam..."

"Shut up!" Qiu Huaixin yelled at Liu Xiaomei.

"Shut up!" He Manshu pointed at Qiu Huaixin's nose. "As the eldest son in the family, you have received the most attention and expectations from your parents since you were a child. In order to establish your prestige in the hearts of your two younger brothers, we never beat you and made them listen to you. How many beatings have your two younger brothers received since they were young? Have you ever been hit by a finger? In a family, everyone has his or her own role, and has his or her own responsibilities and obligations. Don't tell me that you can't bear the responsibility of the eldest son!"

Qiu Moshi tugged at Qiu Huaixin's coat from behind, signaling him not to make his mother angry.

Qiu Huaixin laughed, "Mom, it's been three years. Don't always use menopause to bully us. Mom, I feel sorry for you, but I have a lot of anger, and I'm stuck here. I want to shout and vent!" At this point, he laughed at himself, "Oh, don't worry, I won't leave Jiayang. Without Dad, how can I take shelter from the heat? Haha!"

He Manshu suddenly picked up the cup at hand and poured half of the drink onto Qiu Huaixin's face.

"Ah!" The sound came from Liu Xiaomei.

Qiu Huaixin's face and collar were covered with orange liquid. He laughed, lowered his head, then raised it suddenly and wiped his eyes, "Mom, don't be angry, I won't leave, I won't leave, I won't go anywhere..." After that, he laughed and walked towards the kitchen, "I'm going to sleep! In dreams, there are all kinds of things... Hehe..."

Liu Xiaomei put the child in Qiu Luming's arms, grabbed a towel, and went to Qiu Luming's bedroom. After settling Qiu Huaixin down, she took out his coat and washed it in the washbasin.

Qiu Moshi turned on the TV. The Spring Festival Gala had already begun. The host was saying auspicious words with a smile on his face, but no one in the family, except Dabao, had the heart to watch TV.

The dining table was cleared, Qiu Luming and Qiu Moshi were washing dishes in the kitchen, and Liu Xiaomei mopped the living room floor.

Qiu Huaixin's snoring could be heard from the north bedroom. Qiu Luming frowned, "I didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect that my eldest brother would get drunk and act crazy. He even pissed off my dad." Qiu Moshi said.

"I mean, I didn't expect that a handsome man like my brother would snore."

"Heh, not only does he snore, he also poops and farts!"

"Hateful!" Qiu Luming nudged his third brother with his elbow.

"It's all because of you, a troublesome guy. If it weren't for you, how could the topic be brought up to Xia Yanjing, and my brother wouldn't have lost control."

"Hey! What's your logic? Big brother has been in a bad mood for a long time. Even if this didn't happen, he would find other excuses. How can you blame me?" Qiu Luming was determined not to take the blame and argued immediately without giving an inch.

"Okay, okay, you are right. You are always right."

"What do you mean I am right? I am right!"

.......

At this time, the only noise in the Qiu family was the extremely boring bickering between the brother and sister and the singing from the TV series.

After washing his hands, Qiu Luming walked into the living room and found that his parents were not there. Only the little Dabao was sitting on the sofa anxiously.

She touched her nephew's head and gently opened the door of her parents' bedroom. She saw her mother lying on the kang, facing the wall, motionless, while her father was sitting at a small desk, writing furiously.

She walked in, "Dad, let's play a game of Go!"

Qiu Jiye put down his pen and said, "Yoyo, Dad wants to ask you, you have been studying in Harbin for half a year, do you like it there? Do you also want to live in a big city? You have to tell the truth!"

Qiu Luming nodded, then shook his head, "I like Harbin, but I don't necessarily have to live there."

She couldn't help but think of a learned and brilliant gentleman she had admired. During the months she spent in Changsha, she never missed any of his classes. But it was just admiration. All the female students in Peking University had the same idea as her, but no one really wanted to marry the gentleman, because liking someone is one thing, but whether you can possess him or be worthy of him is another.

"Harbin is great, but what would I do there? The world is so small, it doesn't matter where I live."

"Dad thinks so too." Qiu Jiye sighed, "But Dad overlooked one point. We formed such ideas after having some experience, and some decisions were indeed forced by the situation.

I forgot that your mother and I have been through a lot, but you guys have not experienced any storms yet. It is unfair to ask you to live a rough life like this."