Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 180
At the beginning of [-], Liu Xiaonan gradually sold all the stocks in his hand.Since [-], the era of stock speculation by the whole people has entered, and the stock price has risen exponentially. A steel stock in his hand has risen from a few yuan to more than [-] yuan per share, far exceeding the market's expectations.

He made his first pot of gold in the stock market. After more than ten years of hard work, he had a premonition that after a big rise, there would be a big fall.The golden age of stock trading has passed, so I resolutely made a move and decided not to get involved in stock trading in the future.

Housing prices in Bincheng are also rising year by year, and the rate of increase is staggering. Young people and working-class people are increasingly unable to afford houses.Instead, Liu Xiaonan invested all the funds withdrawn from the stock market into real estate.

The house that Lin Yidan left him has been demolished, and he bought a bigger house on the original site.After the house decoration is completed, he will transport back to the farm the furniture for preservation, as well as Yue Xuelian's personal belongings and books, and then transport them back to decorate them, waiting for the return of Teacher Yue, Aunt Lin.

Sure enough, a worldwide economic crisis ensued, and the stock market plummeted. Guan Xiaoyun was the hardest hit.

Jerry's factory is closed and production is suspended. He wants to return to China and wants to take Guan Xiaoyun with him.Guan Xiaoyun was tired of fighting wits and bravery with the women surrounding Jerry, and he didn't want to make any more troubles, so the two broke up peacefully.

A big event also happened in Liuzi Street.Since the [-]s, very few young people have stayed in the countryside. At the last time, they have to go to a vocational high school and find a job in a development zone.

There are obvious gaps in the age structure of the villagers. The post-[-]s and a small number of post-[-]s have become the main force in rural production.Similarly, the children in the village also have obvious gaps. The number of elementary school students from the upper grade group to the lower grade group shows a decreasing trend. The smallest class has less than ten students.

In view of this situation, the township abolished the village primary schools and concentrated them in the central primary schools in the township for unified teaching.The village primary school built with Liu Xiaonan's donation has fulfilled its historical mission and removed the school sign written by him.

Since then, there has been no school in Liuzijie Village.The school building is still intact, and the village committee has moved in.

Guan Deyu was getting old and planned to retire very early, so he took advantage of this opportunity and resigned from the post of village party secretary.

Liu Xiaonan also took this opportunity to resign as a temporary village head.Liuzi Street has been developed, the vegetable and fruit distribution center is booming, and the planting and breeding industry is mature and stable. He has already taken off the hat of a poor village and embarked on the road of independent development. It doesn't matter whether he has a job or not.

Standing next to Mr. Guan's stele, Guan Deyu said to Liu Xiaonan, "We men are worthy of this stele and Liuzijie Village."

Liu Xiaonan smiled: "Third Uncle, I am 43 years old, and I have finally seen Liuzi Street flourishing. However, the village lacks fresh blood, and I worry that one day it will weaken."

Guan Deyu said: "Yes, your generation is now the main labor force in the village. In the future, when your generation gets old, who will farm the land?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "Our father and I have already retired, don't think about it, it's useless."

"Don't think about it. Go to the third uncle's house and have a drink with the third uncle."

"Okay, I haven't had a drink with third uncle for a long time."

In the summer of this year, Qiyu and Qimeng graduated from junior high school, and both were admitted to No. [-] Middle School, a key high school in the city.During the summer vacation, the family of four lived in the Longwangtang farm as usual.

Qiyu and Qimeng each borrowed a lot of books from the library. This place is away from the hustle and bustle and away from Internet cafes. It is closer to nature, and it is easier to calm down and read extracurricular books seriously.Qiyu likes to read books on natural science and military subjects, and Qimeng likes to read classic literature and romance novels.

Waking up early every morning, Qimeng would run with his parents, and Qiyu would learn military boxing with his two uncles, Shashi and Shashan.

Compared to the quietness and delicateness of his dream, Qiyu's personality is more like his mother's, passionate and courageous, and always likes to do some adventurous things.When swimming in the sea, he and his father swam behind, like a little man, protecting his mother and sister who were swimming ahead.

He also likes to dive with his father, exploring the mysteries of the seabed, as flexible as a little seal.

Regarding the formation of the two children's hobbies and personalities, Liu Xiaonan and Meng Xiangxiang never interfered indiscriminately, imposing their own wishes on the children.

Qi Meng likes to read quietly, or like his father, squatting on the concrete floor with a brush dipped in water to write big characters, Meng Xiangxiang accompanied his daughter to read and write together; Qiyu and his father have the same hobby - fishing , Liu Xiaonan accompanied his son to fish together.

At night, the island is illuminated for Spanish mackerel and bass.Especially when the tide is high, the school of fish comes chasing the lights, throwing the hook to catch the fish. The father and father are often in a hurry, and they are so busy that they catch more than 100 catties of perch with a single weight of about one catty in one night.

Qiyu likes to try different fishing methods, and Liu Xiaonan decided to show his son a trick - hookless fishing.Qiyu said it was impossible, how to fish without a hook?

Liu Xiaonan said to her son: "For unknown fields, or things you have not touched, you should never say that it is impossible, non-existent, unrealistic, or not available."

Of course Liu Xiaonan used the method Li Hongxia taught him - fishing with a needle.He disassembled the sea pole, leaving only the two-meter-long front end, without copper coins, he replaced it with a screw cap, wrapped it with cotton thread and tied it with two needles.He led his son to the tidal ditch in the upper reaches of the bay, and personally demonstrated it. After a while, he caught two or three catties of fathead fish.

Qiyu was quite surprised, and then carefully savored what his father said to him.There are too many unknown things in the world, and we need to keep a childlike innocence to explore constantly.He became more firm in his ideals, and was admitted to university to study shipbuilding, and in the future he will build large ships and aircraft carriers.

Liu Xiaonan handed the fishing rod into Qiyu's hands, and Qiyu, like him back then, couldn't grasp the strength and timing well, and often threw the fat fish flying all over the sky.Seeing his son's clumsy appearance, he thought of himself back then, and Li Hongxia, wondering how she is doing now.

Before the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the family returned to Liuzi Street.Qiyu has long passed the age of riding and wrestling with dogs, so he has to help grandma with work when he enters the house.Grandma said there was no work, so he ran to the pond to learn wrestling from his fourth grandfather.

On July [-]th, Liu Xiaonan took Qiyu Qimeng to visit the graves of their great-grandparents and grandfather.First remove the weeds around the mound and the grave, and then burn incense and paper.

When the paper incense was burned out, he knelt in front of his father's grave and said, "Dad, Qiyu Qimeng was admitted to a key high school. Qiyu was No. 1 in their school, and Qimeng was a few behind. It's easy, it's much better than your son, you can rest in peace."

Qi Meng knelt beside her father, and she asked her father, "Dad, can Grandpa hear us talking here?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "How do you know that your grandpa can't hear you? It's our belief to comfort the spirits of your ancestors. Your grandpa dropped out of school at your age. He used his immature shoulders to bear the burden of supporting you. The family burden of my grandma and grandpa. You can think about how difficult it would be. Your grandpa always hoped that I could study hard to make up for his regrets, but unfortunately I couldn't do it. You two brothers and sisters did it , Mom and grandma and I are happy for you two, and your grandpa will definitely be happy too, and will protect you both."

Qiyu knelt on the other side of his father, and he said to his grandfather: "Grandpa, I heard from my father that you were No. Dad is winning glory for Liuzi Street."

Qimeng asked her father: "Grandpa is so good at reading, why don't you continue reading?"

Liu Xiaonan felt it was time to tell her family history to her children.After kowtowing three heads, he took the two children to the stone tablet of Mr. Guan in the village, and told the stories of their grandparents and Mr. Guan from the time when their ancestors traveled across the ocean to settle in Chaotou Village. Why their grandpa dropped out of school, why they escaped from Liuzi Street, and told the love story of their grandpa and grandma.

After listening to these passionate or sad or touching original stories, Qiyu Qimeng shed tears.Liu Xiaonan said to Yu Qimeng: "You must keep these stories in your heart, tell them to your next generation, and pass them on from generation to generation."

Qi Meng suddenly said: "Dad, I want to know the love story between Dad and Mom."

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "Your mother keeps a diary, and the stories about me and your mother are all in her diary."

Qiyu asked: "I heard from my mother that this was originally the primary school in Liuzi Street, and it was the Hope Primary School built with the donation from my father."

Liu Xiaonan said: "This is where my father studied. Later, the school building was dilapidated. My father happened to have the ability to rebuild the primary school. My father is a descendant of a farmer, and so are you. No matter where you go, you must not forget that Liuzi Street is your root." Let's go, Dad will take you to the vegetable and fruit distribution center."

The vegetable and fruit distribution center on Liuzi Street is busy with transactions.More than a dozen large trucks of foreign merchants parked there side by side to buy seasonal melons, watermelons and peaches from farmers.The growers in the nearby ten-mile-eight townships drove their electric tricycles to transport their agricultural products here, waiting for the transaction.

Liu Xiaonan greeted the farmers, inquired about the market, and greeted the merchants, inquiring about the quality.Take the two children around, let the children feel the difficulty of farmers' life.

Walking out of the distribution center, Qiyu asked, "Dad, I want to know why you invested in the construction of this vegetable market."

Liu Xiaonan said: "No fame, no profit. One must do something meaningful in one's life. Dad has no shame in his heart, and Liuzi Street."

His dream said: "Dad is ordinary but great."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Thank you for your daughter's praise. You can't talk about greatness. Ordinary people can only do ordinary things."

School was about to start, Liu Xiaonan and Meng Xiangxiang decided to let their two children take the bus to and from school.

Qi Meng first pouted: "In junior high school, some classmates were picked up by the car at home. My brother and I walked, and high school made us squeeze the bus. It's not that there is no car at home."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Your mother walked up and down the mountain road for more than 40 miles every day for three years in high school; when I resumed classes and lived in school, I ate corned pickled vegetables, and my monthly living expenses were only ten yuan, which is probably not as good as yours for a day." Is there a lot of pocket money? Your mother and I don’t want to let you eat all the hardships we have suffered. Take the bus, don’t compare and don’t be luxurious, you can learn more about the society and investigate the society, and you can’t just read the books .”

Qiyu said: "Buy me a mountain bike. I ride a bike to and from school, so I can manage my time flexibly and exercise my body."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "It depends on your sister. You two must walk and sit together, and you have to take the responsibility of protecting your sister."

Qimeng said to her mother: "I don't want to take the bus. There are everyone on the bus. My brother and I ride bicycles to and from school. But I have a condition. You have to show me your diary. I want to see it." A love story between father and mother."

Qiyu said, "I'm also interested in seeing it."

Meng Xiangxiang looked at Liu Xiaonan: "You revealed my secret?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "They both want to hear our stories, but I can't tell them, I can only say that it's all in your diary."

Meng Xiangxiang smiled at the two children, "I'll show you the day I don't write a diary, and the day you can understand it."

Qimeng hugged her mother and protested: "We grow up, what can't be understood, is it more difficult to understand than literary classics? Dad told us the love story between grandpa, grandma and Mr. Guan, and also told us We can all understand the love story of grandpa and grandma."

Qiyu said: "Mom didn't show us the diary, not because she was afraid that we wouldn't be able to read it, but because she was afraid that we would fall in love early. In junior high school, there were also those who fell in love early in the class. Let me see, what you told your parents about when you were young is nothing. the difference."

Qi Meng echoed: "That's right, I've read "A Dream of Red Mansions" three times, and "Jane Eyre" twice. Isn't that what happened? What's the matter?"

in one sentence.Liu Xiaonan and Meng Xiangxiang glanced at each other, it turned out that the two children already knew about puppy love.

When the child was in junior high school, the two of them feared that the child would fall in love early, but fortunately, there was no sign of puppy love.Going to high school is different. Puppy love will affect a child's life.Forcibly suppressing is not the solution, it can only be unblocked, and the two of them reached an agreement in their eyes.

Liu Xiaonan said: "Your mother's diary, even your father has never read it, which shows how precious it is to your mother."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "I can show you the diary, but I also have a condition. After reading it, you must talk to me and Dad about your thoughts and understandings."

Meng Xiangxiang had to take out the stuff at the bottom of the box, one diary a year, a total of 21 diaries.When stacks of diaries were placed in front of the two children, the two children invariably exclaimed: What is the power that made the mother persist in writing the diary for 21 years, and she is still writing.
Meng Xiangxiang picked out five diaries and said to the children: "These diaries were written before my father and I got married. You should read these first, and read the rest after you go to college."

(End of this chapter)