The Role of Women in Novels
Chapter 83

Li Yufeng was reading in Chen Jianjun's study. His uncle Chen Jianjun went to join the army after graduating High School, and his education was relatively low.Most of the books here were written by his aunt Xiao Yan.

There are many foreign masterpieces on the bookshelves, including "Red and Black", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Complete Works of Maupassant Novels". Back then, there were restrictions on the distribution of foreign masterpieces, for novels like this exlibris could be purchased at the Xinhua Bookstore.

Li Yufeng took a copy of "Complete Works of Maupassant Novels" and turned over several pages. Outside, Lady Tian came over and said, "Miss Yufeng, Captain Chen is back." Li Yufeng hurriedly put down the book and

come out to greet him.

Although he had not seen his uncle since he arrived here, there were two photos of Chen Jianjun in military uniform under the glass of the dressing table in his mother Chen Zhaodi's room. One of them is a photo of him wearing a camouflage uniform when he first joined the army, and the other is a photo of him wearing a green uniform and a flat cap with a medal in his hand while serving second-class military service.

But after Li Yufeng saw it in person, she felt the photos were far from showing the truth. It was no wonder that Xiao Yan, a woman from the chieftain family, could like him, who was born in the countryside.

“Uncle!” Li Yufeng walked over and saw Chen Jianjun enter from the door, change shoes at the entrance, and Aunt Tian took her bag and invited her in.

“Hey, my little Phoenix is here.” When Chen Jianjun came out to serve as a soldier, Li Yufeng was still a baby, so in his eyes, he always felt that this junior was very young. He glanced towards the people in the living room and asked: "Three Where is the tiger? Why isn't it here? "

Xiao Yan walked over with a smile and said, "He sent his comrade home. "

Chen Jianjun nodded, walked to the edge of the sofa and sat down.

He was over 1.78 meters tall when seen visually, at that time he was considered a very tall person, his facial features were very clear, and he was handsome with a little seriousness.

Chen Jianjun raised his head to look at Li Yufeng and said, "I hear you're an adult now?"

Li Yufeng blinked her eyes, thinking to herself what does it mean to grow up? Chen Zhaodi might not have told Chen Jianjun about the matter between Yuanshen and Liu Zhenhua before, so after all the calculations, did that mean he would enter university?

“I'm still young, so I just want to learn a little science in order to serve mother earth in the future!” Li Yufeng said seriously.

Chen Jianjun suddenly laughed, nodded and said: "Yes, you have indeed improved. When I was young, I asked what your purpose was, and you kept telling me that you wanted to get married in the city ..." These things

it was clearly found in Yuanshen, but I don't know why, It still makes people feel blushed, Xiao Yan smiled and said: "When Yufeng lectures, she will naturally take root in the city, she will naturally take root in the city, so why is it so hard to get married? someone?" Everyone laughed, Xiao

Yan Yan had Madam Tian prepare a table for dinner, when she heard the sound of the door being pushed out.

Li Sanhu is back with Ma Xiuzhen.

Everyone was a bit strange for a while, but Xiao Yan greeted him with a smile and said, "Those three tigers are back? Coincidentally for dinner. "Li Sanhu is

the object of Ma Xiuzhen, and the Ma family must console him for the first time in the city. No matter how bad ... even if Li Sanhu was not comforted, even Ma Xiuzhen returned, so what was the reason?

Li Yufeng frowned and looked at Ma Xiuzhen's slightly red and swollen eye sockets.

“Sister Xiuzhen, you will sleep with me and my aunt tonight.” Li Yufeng walked over, pulled Ma Xiuzhen to sit down, and then kept quiet again.

Ma Xiuzhen was sad, but he was a dignified person, and he did not want to show his weak side in front of Li Sanhu's relatives.

“Come to eat!” Xiao Yan smiled, calling a large group of them to the restaurant.

...

After dinner, a film was screened in the auditorium of the military factory next door Knowing that Ma Xiuzhen was in a bad mood, Xiao Yan gave Li Sanhu two movie tickets and asked him to take Ma Xiuzhen out to relax.

After they left, Li Yufeng talked about Ma Xiuzhen's family affairs in pairs and threes. Patriarchy was a common problem in that era, and most people expressed their understanding. After hearing this, Chen Jianjun nodded and said, "If so, then I will go visit tomorrow to settle this matter. In the future, such a relative doesn't matter if you don't move." Xiao Yan was sitting on the sofa talking on the phone, when he saw that Chen Jianjun had finished talking, he said, "My cousin will come later, he went to his partner's house today.” Xiao Yan's cousin Zhou Haiyan was in their art troupe. The twenty-five-year-old actress did not yet have a partner, and the adults in the family were very anxious. I heard that she had just fallen in love with someone she liked recently, but her family was a little poor. "Which family is your cousin looking for? It was kept secret, and no news leaked out," Chen Jianjun asked casually. "I heard that he was an ordinary working class. His family condition is not very good. Hasn't my cousin been cheated before? This time it was determined that there would be no brothers-in-law in the family." Xiao Yan said. "Your baby is real too. Aren't all brothers-in-law in this world the same? Isn't our Jianying family pretty good?" Chen Jianjun had always felt that some people in their city had strange ideas, but they would not face each other face to face Say a word or two to me. “I tell you something serious, you have to block me!” Xiao Yan glared at Chen Jianjun with great dissatisfaction, Chen Jianjun immediately laughed, and said solemnly: “Mrs are right, Haiyan was also once bitten by a snake, too, I've been afraid of the rope well for ten years." Although Chen Jianjun was usually dignified and solemn in the barracks, he was also very obedient in front of Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan ignored her, but the doorbell rang outside, Mistress Tian went to open the door and brought in Zhou Haiyan who was standing in front of the door. They all lived in the military compound, just a few steps away.

As soon as Zhou Haiyan entered, she cried and said with a sad face: "Cousin, I only know that his family is all workers, and his family is poor, but I did not expect to be so poor ... "Zhou Haiyan is already twenty-five years old, and he is not young at this age. It was because he was tricked by the younger sister of the previous couple, so he had a physical aversion towards such a creature as the sister-in-law.When he heard that Ma Jianguo did not have a younger sister, Ma Jianguo did not have a younger sister, he was willing to try to talk to her.

"I went to their house as a guest and bought canned fruit, cigarettes, booze, and two pieces of cloth, but his mother only made food in the form of vegetables and meat dumplings, and the meat inside was so small that I couldn't even choose. It doesn't taste like meat." Zhou Haiyan came from a rich family, so even though she could not open her hands to eat meat, she must have eaten meat from time to time. Zhou dumplings also have more meat than vegetables ... "Miss, do you think everyone's like yours?" Xiao Yan leaned against the sofa and continued: "Just because I eat vegetable and meat dumplings, Are you going to rest with someone?" It seemed like this reason was a bit ridiculous, even Li Yufeng who was sitting beside him felt a little funny. But the reason is the fact that love without a material basis will definitely not last long. “By the way, I have a little regret in my heart.” Zhou Haiyan lowered her head and sighed inwardly. Xiao Yan felt a little curious, and continued to ask: "Which one? Why don't you tell me, after two days, I'll ask your brother-in-law to investigate and see if their family is really like that?" hard as you can see?" In fact, which working class is not difficult today? They were all paid a dead salary, more than 30 yuan a month, and they had to take care of the food and drink of the whole family, it was certain they lived a strict life. But this oldest woman had never suffered much since she was a child, so it was definitely unacceptable for such a family. “This is Ma's house in Kuutong Lane No. 246.” Zhou Haiyan continued: “He worked in a socks factory and became a technician in a workshop.” As commissioned by the government, anyone with good or established connections will be assigned to a military plant, a fraction will be assigned to supplier and marketing cooperatives as a salesperson, and a small part will go into a large collective to work as workers. Of course, it does not mean that being a worker is not good, if you can get into some good factories, such as cigarette factories and steel factories, you will be very envious.

But socks mills, garment factories, textile mills and so on are heavy and tiring work.

As soon as Xiao Yan heard that the other party belonged to the socks factory, he knew that the other party's family might really have no choice.

"How many brothers are there? Is someone queuing up? "Xiao Yan continued to ask.

"My brother ..." After Zhou Haiyan finished speaking, she frowned and said confusedly, "No, it seems like no one in their family will be lining up. His younger brother was in the farm equipment factory." was that possible?" Xiao Yan

wondering, frowning and saying inwardly: "Are you able to keep your own children from jumping in line, but unable to arrange a good job for you?" Li Yufeng had just been chatting

with Chen Jianjun, and suddenly reacted after hearing this, and exclaimed: "Circle No. 246, Tong Lane, isn't that sister Xiuzhen's house?"

When Ma Xiuzhen did not go to the commune, he often asked someone to send a letter home to him. Li Yufeng had seen this address on the envelope several times, so she must have remembered it correctly.

Zhou Haiyan raised her head in confusion, frowned, and said, "Who is that?"

Xiao Yan immediately reacted, his face became a little shocked, and he said: "Cousin, the family named Ma should have a daughter, jumping in line at Hongqi Commune, Guang'an County."

"G ..." Zhou Haiyan could not close her mouth in surprise, and said with a frown, "No way, she never told me that she has a younger sister, either, he also did not say that he had a younger sister in his family. If anyone's in line, just say that there's a younger brother in the house." "They

must have lied to you!" Xiao Yan said solemnly: "If you don't believe me, don't leave. Now her sister lives in my house. When he comes back later, just see if it looks like that."