Historical inertia

"It's just as good to give birth to a boy and a girl, and a daughter can carry on the family line" was a slogan painted in the streets twenty years ago. Its purpose is self-evident-it is to publicize and abandon the old patriarchal ideology, and it was also the family planning policy at that time.

I remember reading a book by Yu, which contains a story about the last eunuch in history. At that time, the feudal dynasty had collapsed, but a father still castrated his son and sent him to the palace to house arrest the emperor. Yu calls it "the inertia of history"-history is like a huge wheel. Although the things in front have disappeared, the wheels will continue to roll forward until the inertia disappears. ...

Twenty years later, open cities and most young people have long ignored the view of son preference. But this is not the case for middle-aged and elderly people in closed rural areas.

? A family in the countryside has two sons, with little difference in age. The two brothers grew up with almost the same food, clothing, housing and transportation, and grew up together.

? Another family has a sister and a brother. It is said that the mother was also found to be a girl when she was pregnant with her younger brother. Her parents are going to send her to grandma's house to continue their efforts to have a son. Fortunately, I gave birth to a son.

The grandmothers of the two brothers have four children, two men and two women. Grandpa died, and the four children took turns to take care of grandma, which was reasonable.

? My sister's grandmother has five children, three girls and two boys. Grandpa died, and five children raised grandma together. Grandma lives in a separate house because she doesn't want to go to Children's Home. Take turns to take care of the elderly. When it's uncles' turn, they all come to deliver meals. My mother and aunts are not from the same village. They usually go to my grandmother's house. It seems reasonable.

The grandmothers of the two brothers brought up a group of children, and none of the children of their daughters and sons were left behind. Grandchildren and grandchildren don't feel different in treatment.

? The grandmothers of the two brothers and sisters look after their grandchildren and like their granddaughters. I am over eighty years old and still miss my son very much. I hope my daughter can help my son when he is in trouble. Grandson comes to play and give money. Granddaughter buys a car to get money. Lovely grandma.

? If you feel unwell, go to the hospital, and your daughter will pay for it and take care of it at home. Leave your own money to your son. The sister and brother's mother once joked that she would share it with her children. Not-so-cute grandma said you don't want it either, and the implication was to leave it to your two sons.

? Sister and brother got married. The younger brother understands the elder sister's preference for boys and has no wild desires for his parents' wealth.

? My brother is really, going to my mother-in-law's house is a job, and I do all the odd jobs at home. Even taking the initiative to wash dishes after meals has long been a habit. Going to my sister's grandmother's house is not idle. Grandma seems to have been relying on "waiting for her granddaughter's husband to come ..."

? My brother is very stubborn, and he slowly discovers that something is wrong. This son-in-law is different from what he imagined. It's good for mother-in-law to be a son behind her back. Even though he just wants to muddle along. But I can't get through.

? The daughter-in-law is pregnant. "Go and get her underwear." The balcony is clean and cold. ) the son-in-law answered.

? Mother-in-law is taking the aired quilt into the house. The son-in-law habitually stepped forward. "Whose quilt is this?"

"Daughter-in-law's just didn't give you the sun." (Everyone else's is sun-dried.) The son-in-law didn't speak and came in with a quilt.

? When going out to buy things, "your father said, drive your car." My mother-in-law smiled brightly and seemed to have found an ally again.

? The son-in-law who washes hot pot is looking after the baby and letting his son go outside to get cuttings. Tell me to get dressed, it's cold outside. Called twice, but my son didn't come out and went by himself.

? After dinner, he said to his son-in-law, "Go outside and charge the electric car."

? Married men are sons and sons-in-law. Married women are also daughters and daughters-in-law. Mom, isn't it? Is the oppression of the previous generation destined to be released to the next generation? This is an abnormal cycle.

? In the words of Mr. Lu Xun, "I carried the traditional burden and the dark door, and let them go to a wide and bright place;" After that, I will live happily and be a reasonable person. "

Time is too short to express one-tenth of it, nor to tell the essence of things here. However, I am lucky to have a little story.