In the book, the female supporting role dreams of being an idle fish

"I stay out of their business and even send them food and drinks. They are all very satisfied with me."

"Like Lixia, you don't have a father-in-law or a mother-in-law now, and you don't have any direct elders in your hometown. Your life is good. Xiu'er is also a gentle and polite girl."

"Lixia, if you treat this family well, they will naturally treat you well. Do you think I'm right?" Aunt Cui asked Gu Lixia.

Before Gu Lixia could reply, Jiang Xiu spoke first, "Yes. My second sister-in-law is also very good to me. She made new clothes for Huainan and Huaibei just a few days after we got married. My second brother hasn't made any yet. My sister-in-law didn't bring any clothes when she came, so she made two sets for herself, two sets for each of us."

"I was saying that. I saw your whole family wearing new clothes this afternoon. It turns out your sister-in-law made them. She also washed so many mosquito nets and coarse cloth yesterday." The aunt who washed clothes with me yesterday came to the rescue.

"As for our family's previous conditions, you'll know if you ask around. I don't know how to use a sewing machine, I can only sew by hand. We paid for it and bought it, and Xiu'er basically did it all by herself."

"Well, no matter who did it, at least your whole family is wearing new clothes. Huainan, are you happy to wear new clothes?"

"Happy." Jiang Huainan never participated in the conversation. He just rubbed the clothes silently like his aunt and second aunt.

There weren't many clothes to begin with, so the three of them finished washing them quickly. Gu Lixia washed her own and Jiang Wen's clothes.

Xiuer washed herself and her two nephews.

And Jiang Huainan washed his own.

This group of people also realized that Jiang Huainan was not washing the whole family, but only rubbing two pieces. How should he rub them? If they rubbed them, they could rub them out in two handfuls.

After Gu Lixia and the Jiang family left, a group of people started discussing this family like a beehive of fire.

Aunt Yan, "I wonder how this family gets along?"

Aunt Xu said, "I don't think this girl is mean. She made new clothes for the children right after she came home. She is kind-hearted. What's more, didn't she write a guarantee letter for the job? I'm sure the eldest daughter of the Jiang family won't have to go to the countryside in the future."

Aunt Wang, "Who knows? Time will tell. You've only been married for a few days. Let's wait and see. When I was young and just got married, my mother-in-law told me that you would be the head of the family in the future."

"The following year, his second uncle married his niece, and instantly, both of them disliked me every day. If I hadn't followed his father out, I would have had to serve her for decades. That family doesn't want money, but only wants fine grain every month. We have to carry as much fine grain as we receive..."

Aunt Zhang said, "We've all become mothers-in-law now. We've started to dictate other people's lives. Just live your own life well. The more you watch others do, the more jealous you become."

Aunt Liu said, "Yes, I heard Lao Jiang say that his second son wanted to sign up to go to the countryside. We all have daughters of similar age, but we didn't consider him. But he already has a partner. In the end, our daughter may have gone to the countryside, while he is now working well."

A group of people began to change the topic from the Jiang family's affairs to their own children going to the countryside.

After all, it is graduation season these days. If you fail to get into high school and have no job after graduating from junior high school, you have to go to the countryside. If you don’t have a job after graduating from high school, you have to go to the countryside. In the end, it doesn’t matter if your family is biased towards you. Both sides of your family are your flesh and blood.

But everyone knows that this is fate, and whoever's turn it is will get it. It's not like the Jiang family, who let their daughter stay in the city and send their son to the countryside.

Daughters are raised by outsiders, and only sons can carry on the family line and break the pot for oneself. This is the most correct idea that most people think during this period.

……

When the Jiang family returned home, Gu Lixia and Xiu'er hung up the clothes.

Send two students to read books.

The newlyweds went to the kitchen to cook.

In fact, you don’t need to eat something too hard at night, after all, food is still scarce at this time.

Gu Lixia cooked another red bean and vegetable porridge.

The one who enjoyed this meal the most was the younger Jiang Huaixi. But since he was still young, I didn't dare feed him too much, so I just gave him a small bowl.

After the family finished their meal, they washed up and went back to their rooms.

Jiang Wen lay down first, and Gu Lixia followed. Before she even lay down, she heard Jiang Wen's words. "Lixia, do you have any plans?"

"What plan?" Gu Lixia continued to lie down. Although she didn't know what the other party was talking about, it didn't allow it to affect her rest.

"That's your plan for the next few years."

"No, I'll go back to work first. After the mourning period for Dad is over, we'll have children if we have any. If we want to make a big splash, we'll have to wait at least 80 years. It's too early to think about that now."

Jiang Wen was actually most curious about Gu Lixia's previous world. After all, it was a world completely different from this one, not to mention that he had witnessed the magical existence of space. "Is that world you lived in your ideal world? Is it very happy?"

Gu Lixia was silent for a long time. "I don't know. Let me tell you my story."

"Before my tenth birthday, I lived in the countryside with my grandparents. But my brother and I weren't the only grandchildren. Besides my dad, they had four sons and two daughters."

"It's just that my dad is the youngest. Other families love the older ones and care for the younger ones. My dad is several years younger than my uncle's eldest brother."

"At that time, the eldest grandson was definitely more important than the youngest son. I heard my father say that when he was young, he had to rely on snatching. If he didn't, he wouldn't even get a turn at the dinner table. Every time he ate a full meal, he would be beaten."

"So when the economy opened up in 80, he was 20 years old and still unmarried. He climbed onto a train and left. He never looked back. He worked for nothing. He was cheated and beaten."

"Later, I met my mother, a fellow villager who was also in the wholesale business. The two of us formed a partnership, buying and selling goods from south to north."

"Four years after leaving home, my mother became pregnant with my brother. After the birth of the baby, they discovered that my father couldn't sell anything on his own. So they sent my brother back to his hometown. Then a few years later, he was born and I was also sent back to his hometown."

"They are both very foresighted. They continue to invest their earnings. Because my father was treated unfairly, they won't give all their earnings to the elderly. They will only give a portion according to the rural pension standard."

"And they would call us once a week. When I was little, I thought my parents lived on the phone. I asked my brother about it, but he ignored me."