Xie Yuanshan is a Beijing educated youth, and he and 15 classmates went to the countryside to join the second production team of the Zhangdaogou Brigade in Mizhi County, northern Shaanxi. Forty years later, that day still lives in the back of his memory – it was November 16, 1968. During the period of going to the countryside, many educated youths were lonely and fell in love, which was a kind of spiritual enjoyment. Xie Yuanshan and village aunt Zhang Fangfang fell in love, but the two missed their marriage. Zhang Fangfang has never forgotten the good of her first love. In her later years, she felt even more lonely, and she was determined to find her first love to express her lovesickness to him. Will she be able to get her wish?
1) He was only 16 years old at the time, and he went to the countryside after graduating from junior high school. There is no way, the times have sounded the clarion call for young people to forge ahead. After so many years, Xie Yuanshan still remembers that he lived in the house of villager Zhang Dejun. Zhang Dejun's eldest son is already married and has passed away. The east wing of the house is idle. Xie Yuanshan lived in those two wings.
Zhang Dejun also has a young daughter named Zhang Fangfang, who was only 15 years old and returned to her hometown to work as a farmer after graduating from primary school. She's a good girl. As soon as Xie Yuanshan moved in, she helped him make his bed and wash his face. After finishing all this, she asked him to rest for a while, and then went to cook with his mother. After so many years, he will be inexplicably excited when he thinks of Zhang Fangfang.
Three days later, the captain arranged for the educated youth to participate in the labor and sent farm manure to the field. There were mountains everywhere, and the captain asked everyone to work in pairs. Zhang Fangfang took the initiative to find Xie Yuanshan.
Brother Xie, let's be a group.
Xie Yuanshan looked at Zhang Fangfang's thin body and reluctantly agreed. Of course, Zhang Fangfang knew the meaning in Xie Yuanshan's eyes. She thought that she must behave well, but she didn't expect that Zhang Fangfang's thin body emitted a huge amount of energy. After half a day, Xie Yuanshan was so tired that he was out of breath. Zhang Fangfang trotted all the way, and Xie Yuanshan couldn't keep up with her steps.
Xie Yuanshan said: Sister, I really admire you, I didn't expect you to be so quick in your work.
Zhang Fangfang said: We are all used to doing this work. In the afternoon, Zhang Fangfang took the initiative to move the rope to her, she had to take care of Brother Xie, otherwise he really couldn't walk.
When the rainy day comes, the educated youths should stop participating in labor and can lie in bed and sleep for half a day. Xie Yuanshan didn't get up until noon, and as soon as he washed his face, Zhang Fangfang called him to eat. Today, Aunt Zhang made spicy soup and rolled out pancakes. The spicy soup is made with the crust of the ground and the taste is particularly fresh, and it is boiled in a large pot.
Xie Yuanshan drank two large bowls in one go, and ate three more pancakes before he felt that his stomach was full. After these days of labor, Xie Yuanshan's appetite opened.
Xie Yuanshan lives in Zhang's house, his clothes are dirty, someone washes them, and he has a hot meal to eat when he comes back from work. In his spare time, he likes to read a thick ** "Red and Black", he is attracted by the love story of the hero and heroine, and worries about the fate of the protagonist.
That day, Zhang Fangfang took advantage of her absence to secretly look through it, and there were many words she didn't recognize. Because of this, she admired Xie Yuanshan. It is said that liking a person starts from admiring him, and Zhang Fangfang likes Xie Yuanshan.
She thinks that he is an educated youth in the city and has an urban hukou, and she is just a girl in the countryside, there is a gap between the two, will he take a fancy to her?She could only bury this thought quietly in her heart.
That day, Zhang Fangfang and a few girls in the village went to catch up with the Wei, and the girls walked around to take a look, wanting to buy something they liked.
The last few people entered the supply and marketing cooperative, some wanted to buy flowers, some wanted to buy salt, and some wanted to buy sugar, didn't they know that there was a young man behind them who had already set his sights on the handsome Zhang Fangfang.
She was so good-looking, she was so conspicuous among the girls. The young man was about to be stunned, and involuntarily followed.
A few girls bought things and smiled and were about to leave, the young man stood up, he walked up to Zhang Fangfang and said: Hello, my name is Wu Guangrong, my father is the Minister of Armed Forces, let's make friends!
Zhang Fangfang was startled by the young man who suddenly appeared, she was so flustered, she said: I don't know you, why should I make friends with you. Then she and a few girls quickly ran away, leaving Wu Guangrong standing there in a daze. By the time he could react, the girls had already walked away.
Wu Guangrong hurriedly asked others which village these girls belonged toA salesman in the supply and marketing cooperatives happened to know them, so he said to Wu Guangrong: Those girls are from Zhang Daogou. The girl's name was not said by the salesman. Wu Guangrong bought two yuan of candy and gave it to the salesman, who told her name.
Wu Guangrong begged his mother to tell him the matchmaker, and the other party was Zhang Fangfang from Zhang Daogou.
b) A week later, the matchmaker came to the door. The matchmaker said it with a three-inch tongue, and the people in the village also spread the word, saying that the son of the commune's armed forces minister had taken a fancy to Fangfang, and if he married him, he would definitely be able to live a good life.
Wu Guangrong's mother said: As long as you are willing to marry, I will get you to the supply and marketing cooperatives as a salesman after marriage. But Zhang Fangfang said that she didn't want to say anything. Many people are very puzzled, and Zhang Fangfang's parents don't know why their daughter can't look down on such a good family.
The matchmaker and Wu's mother turned around and left, and before leaving, Wu's mother said: You should think about it!Aunt Zhang said: I don't know what evil my daughter has fallen into, so I'll persuade her when I go back.
After the two left, Aunt Zhang asked: Why didn't you agree to this family business?The young man is also very handsome, his family background is good, he can eat commercial grain, and become a salesman, such a good thing, I'm afraid other people can't ask for it!
Zhang Fangfang just lowered her head and blushed without saying a word, and her mother was so angry that she turned around and left.
In the evening, Xie Yuanshan came back from work, he heard about Zhang Fangfang's blind date, and Aunt Zhang asked him to persuade Fangfang. Xie Yuanshan was a little panicked in his heart.
After eating, Zhang Fangfang blushed and entered his room and said to him: Brother Xie, there is a boy who chases me, but I don't like him, what can I do?
Xie Yuanshan said: Good girl, I heard that the other party's family conditions are good, you can consider it.
Zhang Fangfang said: What are you considering?I don't like him, flamboyant, standard ***!
Xie Yuanshan said: Then what kind of do you like?
Xie Zhiyuan's face turned red. This is a particularly sensitive topic, he didn't speak for a long time, and finally he mustered up the courage to say: Good girl, let me tell you the truth, I liked you from the first time I saw you, but I didn't dare to say it!
Aunt Zhang came over and happened to see this scene, she left quietly and told her husband about it, and the two said together: It is also a happy event for my daughter to marry a young man in the city!
A week later, the matchmaker came to the door again, and this time Zhang Fangfang still had the same attitude. The matchmaker added another condition, if Zhang Fangfang agreed to marry, she could also get her brother to work at the grain station. That's a generous condition!
The matchmaker went back and said to Wu Guangrong about it: Guangrong, people are already famous, you will die of that heart!The good girl in the village has it, I'll tell you another beautiful one, why do you have to hang yourself from a tree?But Wu Guangrong had to marry Zhang Fangfang. Now comes the problem!
That day, the Minister of Armed Forces summoned Xie Yuanshan to the office of the Armed Forces Department of the Commune. The two talked once. Minister Wu promised: As long as Xie Yuanshan took the initiative to give up Zhang Fangfang and promote his son's marriage, after the matter was completed, he could fight for Xie Yuanshan a place to be a soldier. He asked Xie Yuanshan to think about it.
To be honest, this is a great opportunity to leave the countryside and return to the city. But after Xie Yuanshan thought about it, he felt that it was against his will to do so, and he would definitely have a bad conscience in the future, and he would definitely regret it. He rejected Minister Wu's request.
Wu Guangrong was very angry, he was about to take action. That day, Wu Guangrong found two good buddies and quietly ambushed them in the grass on the side of the road behind the mountain. Wu Guangrong recognized the captain and sent a message to Xie Yuanshan, saying that there was something important to discuss.
Xie Yuanshan felt that it was good to talk to him openly and irreverently, so that he would always pester his sweetheart in the future. So Xie Yuanshan went to see Wu Guangrong.
Wu Guangrong deliberately provoked him to say: I want to find a way to get Zhang Fangfang, and I will also remove all the stumbling blocks. Otherwise, you're welcome.
Xie Yuanshan was furious, and he wanted to reason with Wu Guangrong forward. When Xie Yuanshan stood on the stone, the two people quietly pushed the stone from behind him, and Wu Yuanshan fell into a deep ditch of more than ten meters. The two men turned and ran.
Wu Guangrong pretended to be surprised and said: Xie Yuanshan, how are you?Why are you so careless!After making sure that he had fallen to the bottom of the ditch, Wu Guangrong hurriedly ran to call the captain and said: Xie Yuanshan has stumbled and fallen into the bottom of the ditch, hurry up and save people.
The captain rushed over with someone, he grabbed the rattan on the edge of the ditch and went down to the bottom of the ditch, and found that Xie Yuanshan was unconscious. He hastened to lift him up. The captain carried him to the commune hospital again. Doctors rushed to rescue Xie Yuanshan, and Xie Yuanshan broke seven ribs and suffered a comminuted fracture of his left lower leg.
Zhang Fangfang came to the hospital to visit her sweetheart, and when she saw him lying there and couldn't move, she lay on the bed and cried. Three days later, Xie Yuanshan woke up. He went to remember what had happened.
The captain said: That's if you accidentally slipped and fell.
Wu Guangrong bought canned fruits, sugar and other nutritious products to see Xie Yuanshan. Wu Guangrong said: If I hadn't found someone to save you, I'm afraid you would have died a long time ago. I saved your life, do you want to thank me?Do you want to fulfill my marriage to Zhang Fangfang?
Xie Yuanshan was silent, he didn't know how to answer.
Xie Yuanshan's mother heard that her son's leg was broken, so she took a car to northern Shaanxi to visit her son. She cried on the spot when she saw her son lying on a hospital bed with a cast on his leg and unable to move where he slept.
Xie's mother stayed in the hospital for three months, urging doctors to do their best to save her son. She went to the county educated youth office and the commune educated youth office, and found the person in charge and asked to take her son to Beijing**, because the conditions here are too poor.
Zhang Fangfang came to serve him for these three months. Bring him meals every day. Xie's mother asked her son: Who is this girl?Why did I come to serve you?
Xie Yuanshan said to his mother: She is the daughter of the landlord, and the captain sent her to take care of me. But Xie's mother still found the clue in the eyes of the two. She immediately decided to find a way to get her son away as soon as possible and leave this place of right and wrong.
Three months later, Xie Yuanshan was discharged from the hospital. But his leg did not recover well, and he still walked with a limp and could not bear weights. The doctor told him to strengthen his nutrition, drink more bone broth, and exercise more when he returned.
Xie's mother couldn't wait to get her son to Beijing immediately. Before leaving, she chatted with Aunt Zhang for a long time, and she wanted to thank Aunt Zhang's family for taking care of her son.
While the two were chatting, Zhang Fangfang took the opportunity to enter Xie Yuanshan's room and help him pack his things. Seeing that there was no one around, the two hugged each other and cried. Zhang Fangfang told him that he must recuperate well when he goes back.
The next day, Xie's mother took her son in the shuttle bus and left.
Zhang Fangfang has been waiting for her sweetheart to pick her up, but after a year, she still hasn't seen him come back, and she is a little disappointed. Finally he came a letter, in which he said that his leg was almost healed. He also said that his mother was against him marrying her, and his mother's fate was difficult to disobey, and he hoped that she would understand and hope that she would find a suitable person to marry as soon as possible.
3) On September 16, 1974, Zhang Fangfang married Wu Guangrong. After marriage, she gave birth to a son and a daughter for him.
Wu Guangrong did not break his promise, and got her to become a salesman in the commune supply and marketing cooperative, and also got his brother to work as a warehouse keeper (temporary worker, who can be turned into a regular if he behaves well). Gradually, Zhang Fangfang came out of that relationship, lived a good life with her husband, and did her best to raise her two children.
In July 1993, Zhang Fangfang's eldest son was admitted to Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. In July 1995, his youngest daughter was admitted to the Beijing University of Political Science and Law.
On July 17, 1996, Wu Guangrong suffered serious injuries while driving drunk and died seven days after being taken to the hospital.
Zhang Fangfang buried her husband and cried to death, after all, the two lived together for 22 years, and he brought her a rich life after marriage.
On May 1, 2008, Zhang Fangfang retired from the unit. At this time, her two children have also completed their own careers, and she can enjoy her old age in peace.
She has been single since her husband left, and she was only 43 years old when Wu Guangrong left, and her relatives and friends persuaded her to change her door, but she refused. She thought about raising her two children ** and then thinking about her own affairs.
Now both children have their own lives. She didn't feel too lonely with her children, but as soon as she was at home, she felt very empty and lonely. During the day, she can tend flowers and plants and plant a small vegetable garden.
After so many years, she hasn't forgotten Xie Yuanshan, and she doesn't know how he's doing nowIt occurred to her that it would be great if she could find him and tell him what was in her heartBut how can I find him?
She thought of the letter he had written, and according to the address on it, she took a car to Beijing. When I inquired about it, it had already been demolished. Things are not people, Beijing is so big that you can find it?
She was about to go back, and was walking on the road, when a woman in her 30s saw her wiping her tears while walking, and couldn't help but ask forward: Auntie, what is wrong with you, I see you crying. You name it, and I might be able to help you.
Zhang Fangfang stopped crying, she handed the letter to the beautiful woman and told her about her situation.
The beautiful woman said: This is easy to do, I am a reporter for the TV station, I can help you find him.
The beauty took Zhang Fangfang to the TV station, found the missing person column group, and sent someone to look for her according to the address she provided.
A week later, the results of the search came out. Zhang Fangfang waited anxiously.
The beautiful host said: If you find him, he is also single, and you are also single, would you be willing to marry him?
She said, "I do." This is what I couldn't ask for.
So, would you be willing to put on your wedding dress on the spot?
She blushed and said, "I do."
The host also said: If he still has a wife who can't marry you, what will you do?
She thought for a while and said: Then I can only wish them a hundred years of happiness and a happy life.
The host said: If he dies and you can't see him anymore, can you accept it?
The surroundings fell silent all of a sudden, Zhang Fangfang was silent for a while, and tears fell down in large numbers.
The host said: Auntie, don't cry, it's sad to look at. Maybe he has a hard time, and he doesn't want to see you. You still have that beautiful image of him in your heart!This is also a good result.