The summer of 1981 was extremely hot. Even after a heavy rain last night, there was still no coolness. Instead, there was an indescribable feeling of boredom.
Jiang Youtao got up early, and Fu Shaohua bought her a bowl of eight-treasure porridge from the entrance of the alley. The porridge had cooled down, but Jiang Youtao still had no appetite.
Since the beginning of summer this year, Jiang Youtao had a bit of a bitter summer.
"Eat as much as you can." Jiang Youtao didn't eat anything last night. If she didn't eat now, Fu Shaohua was always afraid that Jiang Youtao would get a stomachache from hunger.
Jiang Youtao touched her belly and sighed: "I want to eat too. Isn't this a loss of appetite? I just want to eat something cold."
Fu Shaohua raised his eyebrows: "Okay, I understand. Just wait."
Fu Shaohua went out in a hurry, and soon came back with a thermos.
"I went to the ice cream factory to buy cold water, and I put the porridge on ice for you. It will be ice cold in a while." The ice cream factory was newly opened last year. It is located in this area. It is said to be a factory, but it is actually a workshop. There are only three or five people, including the factory director.
Jiang Youtao nodded.
Half an hour later, Jiang Youtao drank a whole bowl of porridge. The cold porridge went down her throat, and Jiang Youtao felt comfortable all over.
Fu Shaohua was also happy, and the two packed up and headed to school.
They graduated from college this year.
Today they went back to take graduation photos. After taking the graduation photos, the students went their separate ways.
When they came out of the alley, they saw Gu Nianwei waiting there.
Today, Gu Nianwei has successfully become a mother. Even Jiang Youtao's seniority has grown a lot.
"How is Xiaomi Sui? Is she making a fuss?" Gu Nianwei's child is called Han Sui, and her nickname is very unique of those born in the 1990s.
Xiaomi Sui is about to be one year old, and she is very rare because she can talk and walk already.
"No trouble, she was still sleeping before I went out. The little thing slept like a pig, snoring." Gu Nianwei smiled when she mentioned her daughter.
Neither she nor Han Yanqing were favoring boys over girls. They gave birth to a daughter, and the whole Han family was happy. When Old Mrs. Han came out of the delivery room, she held Gu Nianwei's hand with tears in her nose. She was so moved.
When the child was born, Gu Nianwei didn't take care of it. Old Mrs. Han took care of everything. Han Yanqing was a very qualified father. As long as he was at home after returning from work, the child never fell into Gu Nianwei's hands.
However, Gu Nianwei and her child were very, very close after all they were mother and daughter. Now that Gu Nianwei was back from school, the two of them had to play for a while before going to bed.
Jiang Youtao thought of the soft Mi Sui and felt her heart melt.
There was nothing unlovable about this human cub when it was little!
The three of them walked slowly. Gu Nianwei looked at Jiang Youtao and said, "Now that we have graduated, your marriage has not been settled yet?"
Counting the time, the two of them have been together for eight years, and it's time for them to get married.
Jiang Youtao glanced at Fu Shaohua and said, "We plan to get the weather cooler and get things done in September."
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1978, Fu Shaohua proposed to Jiang Youtao, and Jiang Youtao agreed.
Now that they have graduated from college, Jiang Youtao doesn't want to delay.
She also wants to have a healthy and soft baby like Xiaomi Sui.
"Now it's July, there's still a month to go." Gu Nianwei nodded and said: "At that time, everyone has finished reporting, and the operations have been figured out, so we can have our hands free."
The foundation of the Fu family is in the capital. When they get married, there will be many people coming. Jiang Youtao's relatives and friends are all from universities in other places. Except for those who want to go back, those who stay in the capital must figure out what to do.
"You know me, Weiwei, I have the same idea."
The two chatted and laughed and entered the school.
Xu Manqiu was waiting for them at the school gate: "Come on, come on, the three of us must take a photo today."
Xu Manqiu is a popular figure in the school. She started doing projects with her teachers in her freshman year. In her sophomore year, she began to prove the difficult mathematical problems in the world. In her junior year, she solved the math problems. The problem caused a sensation in the world of mathematics, and famous mathematicians in the world took turns to praise her in mathematics journals. She became a hot new mathematical star in China.
The two computers Jiang Youtao donated to the country played a big role. Xu Manqiu was transferred to the secret research laboratory and conducted core research on the algorithms of those two computers.
Now, those two computers have been thoroughly studied by the country, and they have begun to appear in major shopping malls.
This is more than ten years shorter than the time before personal computers were popularized in the country.
This will be a monumental take-off.
Xu Manqiu also contributed to this.
Her talent has been seen by others, and after taking photos with Jiang Youtao and the others, she will enter the research institute.
Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei both left her alone. The three of them wandered around Capital University, leaving photos of them in every beautiful corner.
Fu Shaohua, who was holding a camera, became their photo-taking tool.
After taking photos all morning, Jiang Youtao and the others didn't eat anymore after taking graduation photos with their classmates. Instead, they helped He Shuangxi and others in the dormitory carry their bags to the train station.
There were many students like them who went back to their hometowns to build their hometowns after school, so they all chartered a bus to the train station.
After sending He Shuangxi and others away, Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei walked home together.
They walked slowly along the sidewalk. On the road there were office workers rushing to work on bicycles, fashionable people riding motorcycles whizzing by, and taxis and public buses plying the streets and alleys.
"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, it's already the early 1980s." Jiang Youtao said to Gu Nianwei with a smile,
"Yeah, it seems like the day of going to the countryside to jump in line is just around the corner."
Speaking of the days when she went to the countryside, Jiang Youtao thought again about the melon-eating system that had been unbound and left.
It will be the third anniversary since Melon-Eating System left.
Jiang Youtao missed it very much.
"You were still young at that time, but now your children are so old." The two of them seemed to be elderly people, nostalgic for the past.
They walked and stopped all the way, and when they got home, it started to rain again.
This rain was different from the one last night, with a hint of coolness. Jiang Youtao wanted to drink chicken soup.
Just as they were about to make it, Fu Shaohua came: "The rain has made it cool. My mother guessed that you must want to drink chicken soup, so she made it early. Let's go, we can just catch up with the hot soup."
Jiang Youtao smiled, took off her apron and walked with Fu Shaohua.
Sure enough, Shao Qing stewed a large pot of chicken soup and put some hazelnut mushrooms sent from Xu Dazui's family in Liushugou Village in autumn. It was so fresh that it made people stomp their feet.
Her sister-in-law Jian Rou is also at home. She is pregnant and has just passed the period of happiness. Everything she eats tastes delicious.
A chicken has two big drumsticks. Shao Qing doesn't show favoritism to anyone. Jiang Youtao and Jiang Rou have one each.
The chicken soup and chicken had been dried, and it was the best time to eat it. Jiang Youtao was not polite and started talking when she sat down. Fu Shaohua quickly took out a bowl of rice and ate it together.
Chicken soup is also a perfect match with rice.
Jiang Youtao glanced at Shao Qing who was in the kitchen: "Is Aunt still angry?"
Before she got married, Jiang Youtao still won't changed how she called Fu Shaohua's mother.
"Still angry." When Jian Rou said this, a sad look appeared on her face again.
The two of them were from college batch in 1978 and will graduate next year.
In the junior year of college, everyone has to determine their future employment direction.
Fu Shaoguo wanted to go back to the northwest rural area where he and Jian Rou had stayed.
No matter how open minded Shao Qing is, she won't let them go there. She had been waiting for her eldest son to come back from the northwest for six years. After finally coming back, he was leaving again. How could Shao Qing be willing?
If Jian Rou hadn't been pregnant with the child, even Jian Rou would have thought of going back.
Jiang Youtao looked at Jian Rou: "You're about to give birth soon. When you graduate next year, you will still be in confinement. Do you want me to help you?"
Jian Rou shook her head: "It's okay. Your eldest brother and I have already made plans. When the child was born, let mom take care of it. Your eldest brother and I will go there."
Seeing that they already have some plan, Jiang Youtao stopped talking.
Shao Qing in the kitchen was chopping with a knife.
What she was angry about was not that Fu Shaoguo was going to work in the northwest, but what Jian Rou said.
How many years can the child have to grow? Jian Rou can say that she leaves her children at home and they leave. Isn't she's not a good mother?
How much harm will it do to the child if he/she grows up without parents? When she was in such a difficult situation, she didn't let the two brothers Shao Guo and Shao Hua live at home to be raised by others!
The more Shao Qing thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became, but she didn't want to tell Jian Rou. Jian Rou had a difficult pregnancy and couldn't eat or drink. She lost about 20 pounds in the first three months and is only feeling better now. Shao Qing was so anxious during that time that her mouth blistered.
She was just getting better now, and Shao Qing didn't want to make her angry again because of this.
Fu Wenyan was beside her and advised her: "The children have grown up and have their own thoughts. They have stayed in the northwest for so long and received so much care from the fellow villagers in the northwest. Now that they are capable, it is normal for them to want to go back and thank them back. You should be proud of them."
Shao Qing said nothing. Fu Wenyan added: "If you really don't want them to be separated from your grandchild, let's take the child there a few more times. It just so happens that the sales of your factory has not been very good in the past two years. You have been busy for so many years and your health is not good, it's time to retire."
The two got married relatively late. Shao Qing is one year older than Fu Wenyan, and he is just fifty this year.
Shao Qing can actually still work, but as Fu Wenyan said, the slaes of their factory is not very good. During this period, every time the factory has a meeting, they talk about the issue of factory efficiency. And her health is really bad. She hasn't stopped taking medicine since last year.
Fu Wenyan said: "When Shaohua gets married, let's all retire. When we were young, we said we wanted to see all the great rivers and mountains of our motherland. In the past few years, we stayed at home for a living and never went out. Now is the time. "
Shao Qing finally answer: "Go and ask him to come back for dinner in the evening."
Fu Wenyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Shao Qing casually pulled the vegetables she had washed twice in the pot and took them out.
At the dinner table, Jiang Youtao and Fu Shaohua announced that they would get married in September, and Shao Qing was extremely happy. She gave Jiang Youtao a lot of her favorite dishes.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye, and September is still very hot.
Jiang Youtao and Fu Shaohua were very busy. Not only did they have to go to work, they also had to buy things and decorate their home.
The house Fu Shaohua bought was small, and Jiang Youtao didn't plan to live there. After discussion, they decided to live in the previous house, and the Fu family would decorate it.
Shao Qing decided to arrange a complete set of home appliances for Jiang Youtao and Fu Shaohua.
Refrigerator, washing machine, rice cooker, television, etc.
In the 1980s, the economy took off, and since the mid-1970s, the country has embraced a large group of time travellers, and has also taken off in terms of technology and people.
At this time, many difficult and complicated diseases that were only fully overcome in later years began to have drugs put into the market, because the research cost is low and the price is not expensive. Ordinary people can also afford and receive medicine.
Refrigerators and other electrical appliances are also slowly becoming available. Although the prices are still high now, these appliances have entered the market. In a few years, these appliances will be available in thousands of households.
Jiang Youtao's family had these electrical appliances before, but now Shao Qing just replaced them with new ones for her.
After graduation, Gu Nianwei joined the Women's Federation in Zhongcheng District. Because she had this experience, as soon as she entered, she was picked up by the section chief and she was extremely busy every day.
She really couldn't care about Jiang Youtao.
Fu Shaohua stayed in school after graduation and became a university professor in the Department of Archeology, occasionally going to the countryside with the professors.
Jiang Youtao has no goals and nothing to do.
The melon seed factory she opened at the beginning was running well, and now the factory's brand was sold all over the country. She still didn't care about anything, and she couldn't spend all the dividends she got every year.
Melon-Eating System said that this was the feedback given to her by the world.
Jiang Youtao sighed, turned over and continued to sleep.
Having no money is a problem, but having money is also a problem.
Who would have imagined that some people are not only beautiful, but also have a lot of money and don't know how to spend it.
Jiang Youtao really didn't expect that one day she would be able to understand the troubles of rich people.
September 12th in the Gregorian calendar is a good day, and the wedding of Jiang Youtao and Fu Shaohua is scheduled for this day.
As the marriage got closer and closer, Jiang Youtao became more and more nervous. Gu Nianwei understood her and made time to see her every day no matter how busy she was.
Xu Manqiu took leave on the 10th. At the same time, Jiang Youtao's old friends also came.
Zhong Qianxi, Su Jianing and He Shuli set off from Zaoxiang together and arrived in the capital together.
Jiang Youtao hadn't seen them for several years, so when she saw them now, she was very surprised.
Zhong Qianxi is still engaged in agricultural research, but because she loves this industry, she has been enriching herself over the years. She is now the director of the Zaoxiang Agricultural Science Station. Last year, she worked in the Zaoxiang experimental field The corn she selected and improved was planted, and the yield was quite abundant.
She married technician Xiao Meng in 1978, but they never had children.
When she saw Jiang Youtao, she gave her a big hug.
"We haven't seen each other for so many years. You have look more beautiful." Zhong Qianxi has not changed her temperament after so many years in this world, she is still generous and cheerful.
Su Jianing and He Shuli smiled softly beside them.
"Sister Jianing, Sister Shuli, have you been doing well these past few years?" Jiang Youtao asked.
Su Jianing is the heroine of a small world, a woman who is coerced by the plot to be the woman behind the male protagonist Lu Xiangqian. When she met Jiang Youtao, she changed a lot.
Su Jianing reached out and smoothed the hair on the side of her face: "That's right, that's right."
Lu Xiangqian passed away as early as 1978. Su Jianing's reputation has been very good these years. After Lu Xiangqian's death, except for the Lu family who wanted to fight for the house, no one in the Lu family said she was not the right one.
As for Su Jianing's family5 and two children, Su Jianing doesn't care about them very much. They can do whatever they want. Even if her eldest son is only ten years old and doesn't study every day, he picks up garbage and sells scraps every day. She doesn't care about them.
The main reason is that the last life was too hard, so why would she want to act coquettishly in the arms of the disabled boss? That is to be the wife of the disabled boss Lu Xiangqian.
Now Su Jianing has opened a grocery store in front of the middle school, and now she is living a happy life.
If you are separated from a man, you feel that your life is brilliant everywhere.
Jiang Youtao looked at He Shuli.
He Shuli said with a smile: "We moved to the county town. I rented a small stall at the county town train station selling snacks from the southwest, which was very interesting. We still don't have children, but we went to the southwest last year. In Dashan, I have supported several students. Now my family's greatest pleasure is to come and send letters to those children after work."
He Shuli had a smile on her face, Du Yuanzhou was in good health, and their days were getting better and better. Nothing could be worse than this.
Jiang Youtao was also very happy for her. She felt that He Shuli deserved such a peaceful and happy life. After all, her small world No. 8 was the first small world Jiang Youtao encountered that attempted to save itself and succeeded.
Jiang Youtao sent them to live next door to Gu Nianwei's house.
Gu Nianwei has lived in the Han family since she got married, but she has never rented out this house, so now it comes in handy.
Zhao Yonglan and Zhong Qianxi arrived the next day.
Zhao Yonglan did not go to college. She went to a technical secondary school and majored in accounting. After graduation, she entered a factory. When she was about to get married, she was introduced by her family to a well-matched colleague. She had been living a good life these past few years.
She didn't come alone, she also brought her partner with her. They planned to take advantage of the time they were attending the wedding to visit the capital city.
Seeing Zhao Yonglan chatting with everyone in a congenial manner, Jiang Youtao couldn't help but think of Zhao Yonglan, who was hated by people when she first went to the countryside. After being out of controlled by the plot, she herself became more lovable.
During dinner in the evening, everyone were people who had stayed in Zaoxiang. As they chatted, they talked about Zaoxiang.
He Shuli first said that she was the master who taught Su Jianing embroidery.
"Didn't the old couple have a son who went to join the army, but haven't come back? Everyone thought that his son must have died. But last year, his son came. It is said that he joined the wrong army when they went to war and became the national army. He was taken directly to Treasure Island."
"After the reform and opening up, he couldn't wait to go back home." He Shuli was very sad when she remembered the situation that day.
The old couple at No. 10 Xingfu Lane were prepared to die alone. The old lady taught Su Jianing embroidery so that someone would collect their bodies when they died. In the end, they lost all hope and suddenly their son came back.
The old lady cried so much that she almost fainted.
Jiang Youtao likes reunions in all forms. She was very happy to hear this.
"Are they still in Zaoxiang now?"
Su Jianing shook her head: "No, it's already happened. My master's son are getting married and starting a business on Baodao, and they will follow him there."
He Shuli said: "At that time, they also asked Jia Ning, but Jia Ning did not come with them."
Su Jianing said: "I'm used to staying here, but if I really go there, I won't be used to it. Anyway, everything will be quite developed in the future, so I'll go see them if I want."
Over there, Zhao Yonglan also talked about Zhang Huihui and Liu Yingjun.
"They are getting divorced." As soon as these words came out, Jiang Youtao and others looked over.
Zhang Huihui and Liu Yingjun have been in love since they went to the countryside. Later, the two of them were recruited to the county town together. The latter two did not take the college entrance examination, so they worked as workers in the factory and lived a small life. Not too bad.
Why are they getting divorced now?
"Liu Yingjun is not happy to work at Zaoxiang Cannery. His father asked him to leave because of his connections. You also know the situation in Zhang Huihui's family. Her parents are very patriarchal. How can she move back again?"
"Last month, Zhang Huihui took family leave and took her children. As soon as she went there, she saw Liu Yingjun going on a blind date at the Liu family. She quit on the spot and beat up Liu Yingjun. Now she is arguing for divorce. Woolen cloth."
Jiang Youtao and others were sighing.
This relationship is like this. No matter how two people love each other at the beginning, maybe if you look again in a few years, the relationship will have disappeared.
Zhong Qianxi also brought a wedding gift from Meng Linyi to Jiang Youtao.
Zhong Qianxi and Meng Linyi have always had a close friendship. They always exchange several letters a year to talk about their respective situations. Knowing that Jiang Youtao was getting married, she specially made some skin care products for Jiang Youtao.
She has always been unmarried and prepared to be alone all her life. She once said that she felt happiest when she could study those drugs.
No. 11, the master of cultivating immortals, Mo Yu, has always been by her side, and the two have become very good friends.
Han Taorui also came in the afternoon. She was also married. She was married to Yan Qinghe, and they lived a good life after their marriage.
On the night of the wedding, Gu Nianwei and Xu Manqiu came to accompany her.
The three of them lay on the bed and talked a lot.
At one o'clock in the middle of the night, Hao Juxiang and Ying Caixia knocked on their door.
They came half a month in advance, and during this time, they helped Jiang Youtao take care of a lot of things.
Jiang Youtao and the others had just fallen asleep, and were still drowsy when they got up and opened the door.
Ying Caixia brought her water, and Hao Juxiang brought her wedding clothes to put on. Gu Nianwei struggled to get up, and after washing her face with cold water to wake up, she came over to give Jiang Youtao makeup.
Xu Manqiu was still sleeping soundly on the bed.
Jiang Youtao looked at herself in the mirror and her face with makeup gradually took shape.
Hao Juxiang looked at her, her eyes getting softer and softer, and in a daze, she seemed to have gone back to more than 20 years ago, when she send away the eldest daughter of her family to get married.
Time flies so fast, and now her granddaughter is getting married.
Hao Juxiang thought that if her eldest daughter returned, her daughter would be very happy.
Ying Caixia's eyes turned red as her makeup gradually took shape.
At seven o'clock in the morning, the sun slowly rises from the east, spreading its light across the entire land.
After breakfast, Fu Shaohua came with a group of people playing gongs and drums.
After passing through many people who blocked him, Fu Shaohua finally arrived in front of her house.
Her entire body came in against the light. She rarely wore red today, and her face was lined with red, which made her look whiter.
He walked towards Jiang Youtao step by step, his steps steady and his eyes appraising.
Jiang Youtao looked up at him, and Fu Shaohua smiled at her: "I'll pick you up."
Jiang Youtao stood up, Xu Manqiu ran to Jiang Youtao, Jiang Youtao lay on her body, and she carried her out.
Before she even reached the door, Xu Manqiu started crying.
Jiang Youtao's discomfort disappeared while Xu Manqiu burst into tears.
The wedding car also circled around Zhongcheng District. When it arrived at Fu's house, Fu's house was already full of guests.
Although they decided to live in Jiang Youtao's house from now on, the Fu family still kept a wedding room here, and they will live here today.
The whole west wing room was opened up, and Jiang Youtao sat on the kang inside, listening to the commotion outside and talking, as he was dealing with the relatives of the Fu family.
The Shao family also came, as did the greasy boy Shao Hongnian. He had been married as early as 1977, and he met Gu Nianwei by chance after he came to the capital. Gu Nianwei didn't look at him, but Han Yanqing knew about him, so he held him down and beat him up.
From then on, Shao Hongnian kept his distance from Gu Nianwei and the others.
At this moment, Shao Hongnian, like most men in this world, has gained weight. Holding a cigarette in one hand and drinking wine in the other, he brags to the guests about his flat belly many years ago. He has become a huge beer belly.
When he saw Gu Nianwei, he glanced twice and then looked away, fearing that he would be beaten if he looked too much.
In the afternoon, Jiang Youtao and Fu Shaohua toasted everyone table by table. With everyone's blessings, the wedding of the two came to an end.
The west wing also has a bathroom.
When Jiang Youtao came in after taking a bath, Fu Shaohua had already laid out the kang and was lying on the kang to take a nap.
The light of dragon and phoenix candles danced on him.
Jiang Youtao patted him: "Go take a bath."
Fu Shaohua stood up and went to the bathroom.
When he came out, he stared at Jiang Youtao closely. Jiang Youtao opened her arms towards him, and Fu Shaohua rushed towards her with his head down.
The moonlight was dark, and he didn't know who made the move first, or who fell asleep first. Jiang Youtao just felt that when she woke up the next day, her whole body ached.
It wasn't like being run over by a car, but it was similar to being beaten.
It was bright outside, and one or two rays of sunlight shone through the curtains. Fu Shaohua was still sleeping beside him. Jiang Youtao kissed Fu Shaohua, and Fu Shaohua woke up.
"Are you awake? Are you hungry?"
Jiang Youtao nodded: "Hungry."
Fu Shaohua stood up and got out of bed: "Mom cooked eight-treasure porridge last night. It should have cooled down by now. You wait in bed and I will bring it to you."
Fu Shaohua fell silent before Jiang Youtao could say anything.
After Jiang Youtao went to the bathroom to wash up and put on bright red clothes, Fu Shaohua came in with porridge.
She must have known that Jiang Youtao had been experiencing a bitter summer recently, so her porridge was always chilled. After eating, she felt refreshed and all her fatigue disappeared.
After breakfast, the two of them went home. There was a package in Jiang Youtao's room, and no one knew who put it.
Jiang Youtao went over and opened it. Inside was a wad of money and a mobile phone.
This is a gift given to her by Melon-Eating System. After all, only the system knows that Jiang Youtao loves money first and high technology secondly.
This mobile phone is already the most high-tech gadget in the world today. If it is more advanced, the melon-eating system will most likely not be able to do it.
Jiang Youtao was very moved.
Hao Juxiang wiped her hands and came in: "Who sent this?"
Jiang Youtao's eyebrows were gentle: "An old friend."
Hao Juxiang stopped asking.
On the third day after Jiang Youtao's wedding, Hao Juxiang and her group left. Jiang Youtao took them to the train station, and Hao Juxiang stepped forward and hugged Jiang Youtao fiercely.
Zhong Qianxi and Hao Juxiang left not long after.
A week after Jiang Youtao's wedding, everyone was busy again, and Xu Manqiu was involved in intense work again.
Jiang Youtao had nothing to do. Suddenly one day, she felt the desire to write something, so she tried to submit it to a publisher.
A year later, Jiang Youtao sold the copyright of a dog-blood novel she wrote. Her novel accompanied many people who grew up in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Two years later, Jiang gave birth to a child, a girl named Fu Ling, nicknamed Ling'er.
Ling'er was as smart as her name, and she was loved by everyone who knew her. She grew up carefree. Whenever Jiang Youtao saw her, she felt that the world was beautiful and that life was worth it.