Literary Master 1978

It was already late August, and there was still a week before Tao Yushu started school. When they returned to Beijing, they had to go through the procedures for changing their household registration and arrange work for Lin Chaoyang. Time was tight.

The date for arriving in Beijing was set, and on the first night, Lin Chaoyang was ordered around by Zhang Guiqin.

"Chaoyang, bring me the bag of hazelnut mushrooms."

"Chaoyang, where is the bottle of medicinal wine your father brought back?"

…

Lin Chaoyang took the time to glance at Tao Yushu while he was busy. At this time, she was sitting on the kang, with a dining table in front of her and books on the dining table. She was concentrating on reading. He seriously suspected that this girl was pretending to study in order to avoid labor. .

"What are you looking at? Didn't you hear me?"

Lin Chaoyang was hit on the head, and Zhang Guiqin scolded him angrily, "Don't be lazy when you're working. If you can get into college, you can also sit on the kang and read."

Lin Chaoyang was speechless. Nowadays, the family is engaging in blatant academic discrimination. In the past few days since Tao Yushu came back, he had no human rights at all. Except for finding some glory on the kang after turning off the lights at night, he spent the rest of the time working as a coolie.

This soft meal is not delicious, Lin Chaoyang sighed in his heart, he already had a premonition of the dire life in the future.

After finally finishing packing his luggage, Lin Erchun called him outside again. The pipe and pot were half-dark in the darkness. Lin Chaoyang said, "If you have anything to say, hurry up and say it. There are a lot of mosquitoes outside."

"Don't hold your breath." Lin Erchun scolded him, and then he warned: "Er, going to Yanjing is no better than being at home. Yushu treats you sincerely, so you can't let her down."

Lin Chaoyang nodded, "I understand."

"You are already married, so I won't tell you the truth. I will just give you a few words."

Lin Chaoyang looked at his father seriously.

"We still have to pay close attention to our children!"

Lin Chaoyang looked at the old man in surprise.

"Don't look at me like that. Isn't this just for you?"

Lin Erchun said earnestly: "You have been spoiled by your mother and me since you were a child. You have never suffered much, and you have no vision at work."

Lin Chaoyang was unhappy, "What do you mean? I don't have any work to do at home?"

"I haven't seen you hold up the soy sauce bottle when it fell." Lin Erchun began to reveal the truth.

"With my mother at home, I also do a lot of school work and team work!"

Lin Erchun said: "Isn't the situation different? In the past, you were the sole child of our Lin family, so you didn't need to worry about family affairs. From now on, you will be the Tao family's son-in-law, so you have to be aware of it."

It's difficult for Lin Erchun, a senior elementary school student, to hold back the word "brother-in-law", which shows his concern for his son's future life.

Lin Chaoyang almost felt hurt when he heard this word. Those who are close to him are often "real hurts".

"Don't worry, this situation is just a transition. Your son and I will soon establish a foothold in Yanjing, and then I will take you two over to enjoy a happy life."

Lin Chaoyang's vow did not reassure Lin Erchun, but instead made him worried.

"Don't be too ambitious. Try to get Yushu pregnant before the end of the year. Once you have a child, your marriage will be stable."

Lin Erchun has had this calculative problem for most of his life, and he has never been able to change it. He has worked very hard for his son, and has already set the KPIs.

Children are often a powerful weapon for the weaker party to bind the stronger party in marriage.

Obviously, in the eyes of Lin Erchun, an "outsider", Lin Chaoyang is the weak one.

Lin Chaoyang looked at the person in the crack of the door - the old man who looked down on him, and wanted to say: Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty.

But after thinking about it, let it go. After all, the old man doesn't know his identity as a time traveler, so it's not strange for those who don't know.

Early the next morning, Lin Erchun drove Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu into the city to catch the train in a donkey cart.

Ermatai came here specially to see off Lin Chaoyang. The two had been friends since childhood. Lin Chaoyang was now "flying on the branches". Ermatai felt very uncomfortable and asked Lin Chaoyang quietly: "Sister-in-law, there are still some people at home?" No sisters or anything?”

Lin Chaoyang looked at him carefully. He had an unkempt beard and dark lines could be faintly seen on his neck, which were traces of sweat stains left by not washing for a long time.

"Take care of yourself first. As you are, what woman can fall in love with you?"

Being disparaged by Lin Chaoyang, Ermaitai was very angry, "What do you mean? You can have a wife, why can't I? Besides, you are still living on a soft rice?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Chaoyang kicked him on the butt.

Ermatai wasn't angry either, "Since you're leaving, I'll let you go this time."

Then he said with a playful smile: "Chaoyang, when you have established a firm foothold in Yanjing, I will join you."

"Get out!" Lin Chaoyang scolded him, "Clean up after yourself first."

Arriving at the train station, Lin Erchun and his wife burst into tears when they separated.

How could the old couple not worry about raising such an old son, marrying a wife as soon as he asked for it, and going to Yanjing?

"Dad, Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of Chaoyang." Tao Yushu said on the spot.

The more Lin Chaoyang heard this, the more awkward he became, and he urged: "Get in the car quickly."

After getting on the train for a moment, the whistle sounded, the train started moving slowly, and Lin Erchun and his wife disappeared from Lin Chaoyang's sight.

Tao Yushu asked him, "Why are you not sad at all?"

"We're just going to Yanjing, don't make it look like we're parting from life or death." Lin Chaoyang said calmly.

Tao Yushu had been worried that her husband would be depressed away from home, but now it seems that he is too heartless.

Less than five minutes after getting on the car, he began to take out all the food he brought.

Boiled eggs, roasted sweet potatoes, dried tofu, green onions, soybean paste, pork head...

Poor family, rich road, before Lin Chaoyang left, Zhang Guiqin was afraid that the young couple would be hungry, so she prepared a whole bag of food for them.

Not only that, Zhang Guiqin also stuffed Tao Yushu with 500 yuan, which is almost equivalent to the salary of a mature worker with a city household registration for a year without food or drink.

For Lin Erchun and his wife who are in the countryside, it is even more difficult to save money over the years, and they almost spent most of their family assets.

Tao Yushu held the money in her hand at the time, and she understood their painstaking efforts in her heart.

She looked at Lin Chaoyang who was eating and drinking stupidly, and for some reason, she suddenly wanted to laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Lin Chaoyang asked with a puffed mouth.

He was eating dried tofu rolls with green onions, dipped in the soybean paste made by Zhang Guiqin herself, with the aroma of soybeans, but slightly bitter.

Tao Yushu took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, "Can't you eat slowly? Are you a starving ghost reincarnated?"

"I was busy packing my luggage this morning, so I didn't eat enough!"

"I know, I know."

Tao Yushu said, peeling eggs for him, and Lin Chaoyang enjoyed it with peace of mind.

Sitting on the opposite berth was a young man with a red flowered Sai Lulu frame and light brown crystal glasses. At this time, he was holding a magazine in his hand and reading it. The four words "Yanjing Literature and Art" were written on the cover.

The young man who was concentrating on reading was choked by the dog food of the couple. He was restless and glanced at Tao Yushu from time to time, and then glanced at Lin Chaoyang.

Lin Chaoyang understood the meaning of that look very well:

This man has something.