Dinner was the leftover dumplings from lunch. There were not many entertainment activities in this era. After burning the kang at around 7pm, the brothers lay down together in the back room.
Sun Qianchao turned around and asked, "Brother, what do you think about this?"
"What the hell?" Sun Qianwei said drowsily while lying on the bed.
Because he was almost asleep. He was so excited to go home last night that he didn't sleep well at all. Today he had to ride in the car all morning, and he argued with his mother all afternoon just now. It was just too tiring and nerve-wracking.
Hearing this, Sun Qunchao wrapped himself up in the thick quilt and sat up: "You know what you're asking, what else can you do? Now that our mother doesn't agree, what are you going to do?"
After hearing what his brother said, Sun Qianwei had no intention of sleeping. Even though he had thousands of words, they only turned into a silent sigh:
"Oh, what else can I do? I'm worried too. I can't just elope to Guizhou like Zhou Rong from the old Zhou family~"
Sun Ganchao smiled: "Don't imitate Zhou Rong. She is careless and extremely selfish. She only cares about herself and doesn't care about what her parents think~"
"I corresponded with that old man named Feng Huacheng when I was more than ten years old. She knew nothing at that time. She was moved by a few love poems. She replaced me with Bingkun. When she found out about this, she immediately wrote a report!"
"The charges are all ready-made. A (criminal) fifth-category person tries to seduce the children of the working class, and he is still a minor. Just these two crimes can make him eat peanuts!"
"Brother, a marriage with parents' blessing may not be happy, but a marriage without parents' blessing will definitely not be happy!"
Sun Qianwei naturally knew what his brother meant by these words, and kicked him lightly.
He said angrily: "You kid, it's different now that you're a cadre. You talk in the same way!"
"Don't worry, I understand what you mean. I will advise my mother carefully. If my parents don't agree, I won't get married easily~"
Sun Qianchao asked and nodded, but then he didn't know what to say. At this time, he suddenly remembered that his sister left a key for him.
So he suggested: "Brother, let's drink some more. I just want to chat with you. Let's go to my sister's house. There is no one in their house. They should all be at the house of my brother-in-law's parents. Let us go and get drunk~"
Sun Qianwei was also upset because of his mother's strong objection this afternoon, so he thought it would be a good idea to drink some wine.
So he nodded: "Okay, but how are we going to get in? We can't ask you, Xiaoli, for the key this late at night, right?"
"Brother, do you seem stupid? Since I said that, it must mean that I have a spare key. Let's get dressed quickly~" Sun Ganchao said, picking up the cotton jacket and trousers and putting them on.
In fact, this time I was drinking, I also wanted to ask my eldest brother about his future plans. Today's unexpected incident disrupted all his previous plans.
After getting dressed, he got off the kang and put on his cotton-padded shoes: "Brother, hurry up, I'll go tell our mother, so she won't have to worry about it tomorrow morning when she can't see anyone~"
"Yeah~" Sun Qianwei nodded. Because he didn't turn on the lights and he hadn't been at home for a long time, he was a little slow to get dressed.
Here, Sun rushed to the big house. He knew that his mother, who was lying on the edge of the kang, must not be asleep.
He leaned down and whispered in his ear: "Mom, I know you're not asleep. Did you hear what we just said~"
"Don't worry, I will advise my brother carefully and tell you as soon as possible after asking him what he thinks~"
"Alas" Sun's mother sighed. First she patted her youngest son's hand happily, then sat up and found several boxes of canned fish and a bag of peanuts from the cabinet.
"Take these. There is wine in the outer room and there are some dumplings left. Let's talk to your brother. We can't stay in the countryside forever~"
As a father, Sun Guofu on the side naturally didn't fall asleep either. His younger son had been busy these years, and after helping his sister, he also had to help his brother. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he thought about this.
There were a lot of things I wanted to say, but in the end I just said: "Echao, thank you for your hard work~"
"Dad, that's my eldest brother and eldest sister. If I don't help, who will help? A family doesn't talk about two families. You two should go to bed early. Don't worry~" Sun Qianchao comforted.
Then he picked up his things and left the house with his brother. The two brothers rode a bicycle together and pedaled for more than half an hour.
Locking the bicycle downstairs, Sun Qianwei expressed his concerns when going upstairs: "Enchao, what are we going to do if Xiaoli and Pingfan stay home? Isn't it good for us to just go there like this?"
Sun Qianchao said with a nonchalant look on his face: "Let's just stay home, I just want to have a drink with my brother-in-law~"
Then he went to the door, took out the key given by his sister from his pocket, opened the door and went in, then turned on the light in a familiar manner.
"Brother, please sit down first~" After saying that, he took out the iron lunch box from his bag, walked aside and put it into the basin.
He picked up the thermos bottle on the side and poured three-quarters of the hot water into the lunch box. Then he picked up the wine bottle and pressed it on top to prevent it from floating.
After about ten minutes, I changed the hot water twice. When the water became warm, I picked up the lunch box and opened the lid. The dumplings inside were no longer cold and tasted just right.
When Sun Qianchao came back with the dumplings, he saw that his elder brother had also opened the canned fish and poured the wine and other things.
He sat down and said, "Let's get started~"
"Take a sip first~" Sun Qianwei said nothing, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing this, Sun Qianchao could only accompany him for a drink. After drinking, he said: "Slow down, why are you in a hurry? Just wait for me..."
This time there were only two brothers, and more than two kilograms of white wine were quickly consumed. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Sun Qianwei also talked freely, whatever came to mind.
Here Sun Qianchao has been listening carefully, then he picked up his wine glass and said:
"Brother, I'm quite embarrassed too. After my sister came back, I felt that it would be too conspicuous if both of you came back to our family, so I delayed it until now~"
"Let me tell you the truth. I will definitely find a way to get you back to the city after the Chinese New Year. But to be honest, I could still have a trust relationship in the past few years, but now it is a bit difficult to bring my sister-in-law back with me because she is from a rural area. Hukou!”
So, what do you think? "
Sun Qianwei smiled at first, and then said with a serious face: "I have promised not to give up on your sister-in-law, Erchao, and thank you too, brother."
"I know you've been trying to get me back, but you don't have to bother me this time. In fact, I'm pretty good there. I don't have to work now. I just teach every day, so I'm quite free~"
"Brother, since you have made up your mind, I won't advise you. I just want to ask, do you believe me?" Sun Ganchao looked into his brother's eyes and said.
Sun Qianwei didn't hesitate for a second: "I believe it!"
"I said before you left that our country cannot stay like this forever. The development of society requires intellectuals. The college entrance examination will definitely be resumed by then!"
"You and your sister-in-law will teach and learn at the same time. Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. Then again, even if you don't recover, it is useful to learn more knowledge!"
"And I will also try to find a way to get both of you back. Let's work on both sides. There will always be a way through!"
Sun Qianchao could only say this. He couldn't tell his elder brother that he would definitely recover in 1977, otherwise he would definitely be regarded as a fool...
(End of chapter)
