Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 181 Responsibilities
Among the five diaries, Qimeng starts from the first one and guesses the development of his mother's emotional development while reading; Qiyu starts from the last one and deduces the origin of his parents' feelings backwards while reading.The brothers and sisters exchanged ideas while reading and discussed the emotional history of their parents.

Qi Meng said: "Brother, it was a coincidence when our parents met. My father paid attention to my mother because my mother came from the Liu family's hometown recorded on the stone tablet. My grandma's family used to be very poor. When my mother was in college, dinner was a meal. Steamed buns are served with boiled water, if I hadn’t met my father, if my father hadn’t supported my mother, my mother might have dropped out of school.”

Qiyu said: "The ending was unexpected. My mother loved my father deeply, but my father didn't believe in love. He only treated my mother as a relative, so I could get married. When my parents got married, they didn't have a house and lived in my father's dormitory. But Mom and Dad's wedding is special."

Qi Meng said: "The emotional history of my parents is a bit like the ancient gifted scholars and beautiful women. My mother secretly fell in love with my father, so I accepted my father's funding, because at that time my father already had other lovers. No wonder my mother always called grandma and aunt. At that time, grandma I recognized my mother as a daughter-in-law, and my mother was called grandma and auntie, first daughter-in-law and then daughter-in-law, and she didn’t change her words after marriage.”

Qiyu said: "The marriage of parents is an arranged marriage. It is the grandparents who make the decisions. Dad marries mother. But it is different from traditional arranged marriages."

Qi Meng said: "Parents still have emotional foundations, and their marriage is a traditional and modern model."

The mother's diary brought great shock to the two children.Parents are different from the love view and experience in the book, subverting their imaginary cognition, and also bringing a lot of confusion, some starting points are difficult for them to understand.

Qimeng asked her mother: "Mom, the love between you and your father is not romantic at all. If your father doesn't love you, how dare you marry him?"

Meng Xiangxiang said: "What is romance and what is love? Have you thought about it carefully? Please have dinner and watch a movie, buy chocolates and flowers, if you can deceive people with sweet words, it is romantic? If you can buy flowers for you today, you may also buy them for others tomorrow." Buying flowers; talking sweet words to you today, coaxing you around, and maybe talking sweet words to others tomorrow. Mom can tell you responsibly, these are superficial things that do not reflect a person’s inner world. True romance, The most romantic romance is a sense of responsibility."

Qimeng asked: "Where is the sense of responsibility reflected?"

Meng Xiangxiang said: "For the sense of responsibility, each generation has its own understanding and interpretation. I only talk about your father. Your father never said that he loves me, but for everything he has done for me, my family and society , Which point is not reflected in a word of love? The meaning of love is very broad and cannot be simply understood as love. Your father was hurt by love, and he transformed love into a broader and deeper love. "

Qimeng asked: "Has mother ever loved anyone else?"

Meng Xiangxiang said: "No. When your father told me the story of his female classmate in junior high school, I was sure that I would never fall in love with anyone else."

Qiyu asked his father: "Dad, you never said you loved your mother, and the marriage was arranged by grandparents. I know this is a superficial phenomenon. In Dad's eyes, there is nothing special about mothers."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Your mother is hardworking, simple and kind, which conforms to the traditional aesthetic standards. What attracts me the most is her happiness, self-confidence, understanding, and courage to forge ahead. When your mother graduated from university, she was originally on the list of insurance research institutes. , she gave up in order to work earlier to support herself. When you and your sister were very young, I just started a business and couldn’t take care of the family. It was all up to your mother to raise your brother and sister. Your mother taught herself while teaching, relying on herself I was admitted to a graduate student through my hard work, and the sacrifices in it are conceivable."

Qiyu said: "In my father's opinion, what is a man's standard equipment."

"Responsibility!" Liu Xiaonan said without hesitation: "When you talk about it at a big level, you are responsible for the country, the nation, and society. At a young level, you are responsible for your parents, feelings, family, brothers, sisters, and children."

Qiyu Qimeng failed to ride a bicycle to and from school in the end.A classmate who was the class teacher in a high school called Meng Xiangxiang and said that Qiyu was assigned to her class. She wanted Qiyu to be the class leader and asked her parents for their opinions.

Meng wanted to say that the parents had no objection, and everything depended on the child's own attitude.Gossiping for a while, talking about letting the children go to school by bicycle, this made the classmates angry.

The classmate said: "Why are you two so irresponsible to your children? Thanks to you, you are still engaged in education. Now ordinary middle schools don't ride bicycles to and from school, let alone key high schools. Parents are afraid that children will have a little accident. How are you two? Taking children's study and safety is completely irrelevant. Is this an education for children? Either live in school, or pick up and drop off by car."

The classmate gave the order, and the two had no choice but to obey. Meng Xiangxiang was responsible for driving the two children to and from school.

At the school gate, Meng Xiangxiang unexpectedly met Gu Yu, who also came to send his son to school.Although he only met once, Meng Xiangxiang still remembered that Gu Yu's son was called Fang Shujun, and now he was also a handsome half-grown boy, in the same grade as Qiyu Qimeng.It's just that Qiyu Qimeng studied science, while Fang Shujun studied liberal arts.

I haven't seen Guyu for many years.Meng Xiangxiang didn't know if Gu Yu and Liu Xiaonan were still in contact. Anyway, he knew that Liu Xiaonan hadn't mentioned Gu Yu in the past few years, and he hadn't seen any communication between them.

Meng Xiangxiang thought it was very strange, logically speaking, the friendship between the two of them would not be interrupted, and she didn't know what happened between them.She didn't ask Liu Xiaonan, anyway, it's a good thing for her that the two of them don't contact each other.

They were still very enthusiastic when they met, praised each other's children, and left each other's mobile phone numbers so that they could ask for advice on how to prepare for the college entrance examination in the future.When Meng Xiangxiang returned home, of course he had to tell Liu Xiaonan about it.

Liu Xiaonan said: "From now on, you should have less contact with Gu Yu, and don't let her see our children, she has no good intentions."

Meng Xiangxiang was quite surprised that these words could come out of Liu Xiaonan's mouth. She said, "Why? Gu Yu has always praised our daughter, saying that she looks like me, but her personality is as you like, and she has the advantages of both parents. .Quiet and delicate, not coquettish, with the temperament of a lady."

"She's met a lady from everyone?" Liu Xiaonan said angrily, "That's the problem. You can't let her bewilderment. To tell you the truth, she always wanted our daughter to be her daughter-in-law. "

Meng Xiangxiang smiled and said: "No wonder you said before that whoever marries our daughter is a bastard. I have met Gu Yu's son Fang Shujun, and he is also a pretty good kid."

Liu Xiaonan interrupted Meng Xiangxiang's words: "Stop it early, you can't marry anyone who you marry. Her family's roots are not good, the officials are big-hearted and small-minded, she is having an affair with her subordinates, and even suspects that I am having an affair with Gu Yu The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, how can her son be better? Can our daughter marry her family and have a good life?"

It turned out that it was because of this that I hadn't contacted Gu Yu in these years.Meng Xiangxiang secretly rejoiced, and she said, "We are chatting at home, do you have a rough standard for your future son-in-law?"

"The ability to be rich, poor, ugly and handsome comes second. A sense of responsibility and family education are the hard targets. When the time comes, I will personally check on my daughter's marriage."

"Who wants to marry our daughter, it's very difficult. With a father-in-law like you guarding the gate, the future son-in-law may not have a good life."

"You are wrong. Whoever can pass my level will have a good life in the future."

Small talk is small talk, Meng Xiangxiang believed Liu Xiaonan's words, went out early every day and arrived at school late, deliberately avoiding the opportunity to meet Gu Yu.

Taking advantage of the National Day holiday, Wu Yanli and the nanny pushed Wen Tian and catkins to fly out to play.

The National Day is originally the peak season for clothing sales, and a large number of foreign tourists flock to Bincheng, which happens to be a good time to make a fortune.However, Liu Xufei must go out to play, so Wu Yanli had to entrust the clothing store to her parents.For this daughter, she is responsive.

I don't know if it's because he doesn't have his father by his side, or because of his nature, Liu Xufei is timid and timid.In the kindergarten, she was blatantly bullied by other children and did not dare to resist. For this reason, Wu Yanli often asked teachers and parents to stand up for her daughter.At home, she also likes to be petty, crying and beating, and everything has to satisfy her wish.

Wu Yanli had no choice but to cry secretly.As long as her daughter doesn't bring up her father, she is already thankful.

Guan Xiaoyun gave her an idea: "While you are still young, quickly find a father for your child. What's wrong with bringing two children, now you can be regarded as a little rich woman. To put it bluntly, if you want to find a young man, you can find him." get."

It's not that Wu Yanli didn't think about it, and she was worried that she would wrong her two children, so she kept procrastinating.Her situation is very different from Guan Xiaoyun's. Guan Xiaoyun can be free and easy, but she can't.

One time when she went to Guan Xiaoyun's store, Wu Yanli saw Dong Xiaojun helping Guan Xiaoyun unload the goods, while Guan Xiaoyun stood aside and gesticulated.She understood what was going on. After all, they were the original couple, which meant getting back together.She stabbed Guan Xiaoyun secretly, but Guan Xiaoyun didn't seem to care.

Seeing Wu Yanli, Dong Xiaojun was embarrassed, saying that he came to see his daughter and help with some physical work.She thought Dong Xiaojun was embarrassed because of her presence, but she didn't know that Dong Xiaojun was ashamed because Wang Aiqing had matched him and her.

In the morning, I went to the forest zoo and saw all the animals.At noon, Liu Xufei proposed to eat KFC, and Wu Yanli took the nanny and children to a KFC restaurant.I am not afraid of spending money, as long as my daughter is happy.

In the afternoon, go to the underwater world and walk in the glass corridor to watch marine life.When a big shark swam over, Liu Xufei cried on the spot.Wu Yanli quickly squatted down and hugged her daughter tightly, and coaxed, "Sharks don't bite people. Look, didn't they swim away?"

Liu Xufei sobbed and said, "If Dad is here, I won't be afraid."

Afraid of what would happen, Wu Yanli picked up her daughter, wiped her tears and said, "Daddy will come back, he will definitely come back."

This sentence was said without confidence, and Wu Yanli herself did not believe it.Will her dad come back?Is it possible to come back?
Not long after the National Day, Guan Xiaoyun and Dong Xiaojun remarried.The two went through some things, and finally felt that the other was the most suitable for them, and they also considered giving their daughter a complete home, so they lived together.Dong Xiaojun still drove his taxi and occasionally went to the store to help out.

Dong Xiaojun asked Guan Xiaoyun in private: "Whose child is Wu Yanli's daughter? How can she be so rich now? Didn't she work in Liu Xiaonan's farm?"

Guan Xiaoyun said angrily: "You shouldn't inquire about it. Don't inquire about it. It's his private life. Can you take care of it? We are masters and apprentices or sisters. It's not convenient for me to inquire about it. You old man is full. of."

That being said, it also reminded Guan Xiaoyun that if things go on like this, things will definitely leak out and reach Meng Xiangxiang's ears, and that would be bad for Liu Xiaonan.She found Wu Yanli and advised her not to wait foolishly, if it was really for Liu Xiaonan's own good, then get married quickly.

Wu Yanli also had the idea of ​​getting married, and her daughter asked her for a father every day, and she really couldn't stand it.However, after seeing a few men, they all came for her clothing store and the money in her hand, and gradually became disheartened.That's it, how many difficulties I have to bear by myself.

That night, Meng Xiangxiang was helping the two children with their homework, and Liu Xiaonan was reading by herself.When Wang Aiqing came to visit, seeing this situation, she took the opportunity to call Liu Xiaonan to her home, and made the rural elder brother and children avoid it.

Wang Aiqing said to Liu Xiaonan: "Guan Xiaoyun and Dong Xiaojun are remarried, do you know?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "I don't know. It's not a rare thing. As expected, Master Wang didn't come to me for this matter."

Wang Aiqing said: "Of course not for this matter. I met Wu Yanli, and there was a little girl beside me who opened a clothing store. I didn't ask her. I want to know what happened from you." It's not that I'm nosy, it's a big deal."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I have been thinking that it is not a problem for Wu Yanli's mother and son to live in the farm for a long time. I bought her a house and a retail store, and let her do some business on her own. With an independent financial foundation, it is easier to find a man. Meng Xiangxiang knows this, and she has no objection. However, Wu Yanli said that she wants a healthy child, otherwise she will not leave the farm. I have no choice. "

Wang Aiqing nodded Liu Xiaonan's forehead and said: "You, you, you know people who do some stupid things, how can you agree to this kind of request? Are the two of you unclear now, so I'm sorry for Xiaomeng. "

Liu Xiaonan said: "We agreed that after Wu Yanli leaves the farm, she will never meet or contact her."

Wang Aiqing said: "You two can think about it, but have you ever thought about that child without a father? It seems that I have to run more errands and talk more, and find another father for that child. Do you agree?"

"Of course I agree."

"I came to you just for this matter, to ask about this matter. Don't worry about the fact that you two still have a relationship in private, I'm trying to please both ends."

Liu Xiaonan returned home and took the initiative to tell Meng Xiangxiang that Guan Xiaoyun and Dong Xiaojun were remarried.Meng wanted to say that this was a good thing and worthy of congratulations.Liu Xiaonan snorted, congratulations, this is a typical self-slap in the face, without any self-esteem.

(End of this chapter)