That year, the flood raged, and the grandfather's figure was swallowed by the huge waves, leaving behind the eldest aunt, the second aunt and the father who had not yet been born. The eldest aunt was ten years old, the second aunt was only eight years old, and the father was still in the mother's womb. Grandma, the woman with the little feet of the three-inch golden lotus, although she has more than enough heart but not enough strength, she still tries to raise these three children. However, the hardships of life forced her to make a difficult decision - to give her aunt to someone else's family as a child daughter-in-law.
There are six brothers in the eldest brother-in-law's family, and he is the eldest. When my aunt arrived, he was still a fifteen-year-old boy. The mother of the family has a pungent personality and a strong physique, and the arrival of the eldest aunt seems to have strengthened her majesty as a mother-in-law. The young aunt, short, thin, and timid, without the protection of her parents, she can only be at the mercy of her mother-in-law like a lamb. The mother-in-law was calling and drinking, and if she was slightly dissatisfied, she would either beat or scold, and the aunt's life was like a candle in the wind.
However, the passage of time has brought subtle changes. The eldest sister-in-law began to have a protective desire for the eldest aunt, and whenever he saw his mother making things difficult for his daughter-in-law, he would stand up and fight for the eldest aunt. This angered her mother-in-law even more, and her resentment towards her aunt deepened.
After a few years, the aunt's stomach has never moved, which was regarded as unfilial piety in that era. Seeing that the concubines have continued the incense for their husbands, the pressure on the aunt is increasing. In 1950, the horn of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea sounded, and the 23-year-old sister-in-law resolutely signed up for the front line. Without the protection of the aunt, life has become more difficult. Fortunately, there were kind neighbors who secretly helped each other, and when the eldest aunt returned to China with honor and was arranged to work in a different place, these news were quietly spread to the ears of the eldest aunt.
Knowing that if she didn't flee, her life would be in danger, so her aunt resolutely decided to look for her husband. She secretly left home, bought a ticket to the south, and finally found her brother-in-law after hardships. Under the arrangement of the organization, the two traveled to two cities, and finally settled down in a county town in the south. Got rid of the scolding and supervision of her mother-in-law, and her aunt's life finally had a free and comfortable atmosphere.
With the birth of the children, the aunt and the aunt enjoyed the joy of family. Although they gave birth to four sons in a row, they still hoped to have a daughter. When the fifth cousin was five years old, they finally brought back a little girl with a round face from the nursery and named her "Fenfen".
In 1970, the eldest cousin and the second cousin responded to the call of *** and returned to their hometown to join the queue. The eldest cousin is honest and honest, and he will do whatever his grandmother tells him to do;My second cousin was smart and mischievous, and he often came to our house to play with my younger brother and me. When my mother saw that their clothes were tight, she bought them new clothes. Over the years, the second cousin has always remembered his mother's kindness.
Later, his second cousin was laid off due to the closure of the food factory, but he was not discouraged, but went to Guangzhou to learn cake decorating skills and opened a cake shop in his own county. Although the business was tepid, he persevered. A few years ago, he also took his second sister-in-law back to his hometown to visit his parents, which made his mother feel very pleased.
The eldest cousin was assigned to the Shengli oilfield drilling team, while the second cousin found a job in the county seat. Although the eldest cousin is short and stout, because of his urban hukou and formal work, he has become a sweet spot for the aunts in the village to introduce him. He knew that his conditions were limited, so he chose a girl from his hometown to get married. The second cousin attracted a young girl because of his handsomeness and talent, and the two eventually tied the knot.
When the children grew up, the eldest aunt and eldest sister-in-law also felt that their son was burdened, so they fulfilled the wish of the second sister-in-law and let the second brother live in the county where the second sister-in-law lived. Later, the eldest brother-in-law was promoted, the third cousin entered the fertilizer factory and became the deputy director, and the fourth cousin entered the bank. And the fifth cousin is the best-looking of the five brothers. When my brother and I went to my aunt's house in '91 to see him, he was tall, handsome, slender, and wearing a name brand, which made my younger brother, who was in college, envious.
As the years passed, although the life of the aunt's family experienced ups and downs, it finally ushered in happiness and contentment. They have written an extraordinary life story with their own efforts and perseverance.