Gu Yu followed An Jie and stood at the door of the noodle making room, looking inside. There were more than a dozen women dressed simply, each performing their duties. The machine kept turning, and their clothes and faces were covered with flour.
An Xin was among them, but Gu Yu couldn't feel that anyone was different from rural women for a while. Thinking about it this way, An Xin, who was also born as a capitalist and received higher education, is naturally in a disappointing situation, while Ouyang Yi, a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University, is even more depressed.
While Gu Yu was observing and sizing up, An Jie saw his sister at a glance. There was a scarf on his head, his face and body were covered with flour, and he was collecting the noodles that had just been squeezed out by the machine.
At that moment, Anjie almost couldn't control her tears, but finally suppressed them. She didn't want to make too much noise this time.
For a moment, An Jie and Gu Yu stood blankly at the door,
"Are they here to find you?" An Xin was busy and didn't notice An Jie and Gu Yu. A colleague on the side patted her and pointed at the door. An Xin looked in the direction of her colleague's finger. , also froze in place.
"Little sister?" An Xin slowly walked up to An Jie and asked in disbelief.
"Sister..." An Jie's voice was a little choked. Looking at An Xin, who was dressed as a rural woman, he felt uncomfortable. The two sisters were speechless for a moment, just holding hands together and looking at each other.
Two sisters who come from the same family and have a close relationship meet again in completely different situations.
"Is this a military celebration?" After a while, An Xin and Anjie calmed down a little. Seeing Gu Yu being held by An Jie, An Xin asked uncertainly.
She looks so cute, doesn't she look like a little girl who inherited Jiang Defu's genes? That's not right, and it doesn't look like Anjie either.
"He is Gu Yu, the third child in our family. Xiao Yu is called Auntie. She is my biological sister." An Jie smiled and stroked Gu Yu's little head, lowered his head and said to Gu Yu.
"Hello, aunt." Gu Yu asked politely, raising his head. Hearing this, An Xin had a rough guess in her mind, but she didn't say much. She was stunned for a moment before squatting down.
"She looks so good-looking. Can you shake my little hand with auntie?" An Xin said with a smile, and suddenly thought that her hands were covered in flour, and she felt embarrassed for a moment.
Gu Yu took the initiative to let go of An Jie's hand, and then hugged An Xin.
"Auntie, An Ma misses you so much. Can we see each other more in the future?" The child's childish words made the two sisters' eyes moisten instantly. They looked at each other and saw how much they miss each other.
Gu Yu, who said this, felt a little nauseous and kept thinking to himself, "I am a three-year-old boy now, and it is normal to talk like this."
The sisters, who were a little more emotional, quickly realized that the noodle shop in the village was not the place to talk.
So An Xin asked An Jie and Gu Yu to wait. After changing her clothes, An Xin took the mother and son to their current residence.
This is a hut made of stones, seaweed and mud on the seaside. It looks a bit shabby and shabby on the outside, and An Xin's face also shows something unnatural.
"Go in." After entering the house, Gu Yu's first impression was that it was clean. Maybe it was because of the appearance of this hut, which gave people the first impression of being dirty. Of course, this is not the same as living in it. It is related to people's living habits and cultural literacy. The living habits developed by Anxin's previous living environment allow her to live a life with dignity even in difficult times.
"The house is quite clean." Anjie looked around and saw that the house was not big and only had two rooms. It was certainly incomparable with the environment where he lived. He looked for something to say.
"The only thing I can do now is to be clean." An Xin smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
"Where are the children?" An Jie didn't know what to reply for a moment and changed the topic.
"It's at the neighbor's place." An Xin squatted in front of the cabinet and looked for something.
"The neighbor is quite nice to you and even helps you take care of your children." Anjie said with a smile.
"Don't you want to live in a world of fireworks?" An Xin said.
"Oh, do you have to pay?" Anjie asked a little embarrassed.
"There is no free lunch in the world." An Xin replied helplessly and continued to rummage in the cabinet.
"How much does it cost per month?"
"Seven dollars."
"That's not expensive." An Jie said nonchalantly. After hearing this, An Xin turned back to look at An Jie, with a look of pain on her face. You must know that she was also a eldest lady.
Seven yuan in 1961 was not a small number, especially for Ouyang Yi Anxin and his family.
You must know that the current monthly salary of an apprentice is about 15 to 20 yuan, and the salary of a master can be more than 40 yuan. However, Ouyang Yi and An Xin are both hard laborers, and their monthly income may be less than 40 yuan.
The purchasing power at this time is that one yuan can buy one pound of pork or eight pounds of rice. The tuition for one semester of primary school is only a few cents in rural areas and only one to three yuan in cities.
In this era, 7 yuan is enough for a family of three to spend for a month. After seeing this, Gu Yu also thought of the exquisite life style of his Anma, which was different from this era. There were a bunch of various teacups and glasses in the house, each with different uses, for drinking tea, drinking coffee, drinking wine, and drinking wine. There are different glasses for both foreign wine and white wine. Therefore, Anjie is happy. She is well protected by Jiang Defu. I believe that this trip to Xiaoheishan Island will bring her a different experience.
"What are you looking for?"
"Find you a drinking cup." An Xin replied without raising her head.
"Isn't there a cup here?" Anjie picked up the steel cup on the table.
"How can I let you use that?" An Xin smiled bitterly again.
"Forget it, I'm not thirsty. Stop looking for them. Go and bring the children to me for a look. Xiaoyu and I came here on the duty boat and will go back with the boat later."
"Okay, I'll go then." An Xin quickly stood up and walked out of the house. After An Xin left, Anjie carefully observed the living environment of his sister's family and entered the bedroom. He was trying to find a place to put the money he brought when he saw a photo of her and her sister pressed under the glass on the table.
Not only did she miss An Xin, but An Xin also kept thinking about her little sister. Although they were very close to each other, they couldn't see each other because of their identities and were worried about the impact. At that moment, An Jie's complicated emotions came to her heart. There were two sisters in the past. Missing me, sympathy for my sister’s experience, guilt for my actions, etc.
"An Jie, don't be sad. We will visit my aunt's family more in the future, and we can also invite them to Songshan Island as guests." Gu Yu felt An Jie's sadness, shook her hand holding his, and said with his head raised.
"Xiaoyu is so good. I'm fine. I just fell in love with the scene for a moment. Come, let me show you the photos of An's mother when she was young." An Jie wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, adjusted his mood, picked up Gu Yu, and smiled. said.
"Anma is so beautiful, just like now."
"It's still the same everywhere. Now I'm old. I was only a teenager at that time."
"I look the same now as I did when I was a teenager." Gu Yu stared at it with his eyes wide open for a while and said seriously. An Jie smiled even happier when he heard this, temporarily forgetting the sadness just now.
