Accidentally Born in the ‘60s:
Zhen Zhen walked out of the alley and ran quickly to the woods. She used her consciousness to check her surroundings at any time to see if anyone was following her. When she got to the edge of the forest, Zhen Zhen found a flat place and scattered the seeds in her hands. In an instant, a golden-yellow wheat field grew, without Zhen Zhen's hands, the wheat grains fell off automatically, and the other parts turned into ashes and melted into the soil. Zhen Zhen waved her hand, and the grains of wheat were automatically piled together.
After doing the same thing, after a while, there is another pile of rice next to the wheat pile, each of which is exactly 50 jin.
Clap her hands, Zhen Zhen felt a little complacent: "Fortunately I have this ability, otherwise it would be hard to change money." As time passed by, Zhen Zhen has been closely monitoring the surrounding wind and grass with her consciousness. After half an hour, the man who was in the alley just now drove the carriage over, Zhen Zhen deliberately swept over the carriage with her consciousness, and she was relieved when she saw that there was no one hiding inside.
The man was also very cautious, looking around while driving the carriage. When the two met, the man saw the food next to Zhen Zhen and felt relieved.
Rushing to the cart to the side of Zhen Zhen, the man looked at the food all over the place and the corner of his mouth twitched: "Anyway, you can find a bag of rice and noodles to put it in."
Zhen Zhen looked at him confidently: "We don't have any in our house, the only noodle bag that holds rice noodles, how can there be anything for this."
"Okay." The man looked around and saw that there was still no one around, so he couldn't help asking her: "Your family left the food and left? You are really careful, are you afraid that people will see your face? ?"
Zhen Zhen looked at him impatiently: "Why do you care so much? Hurry up, buy it or not? If you buy it, just pay the money, if you don't buy it, I'll have to find another home."
"The little girl is not young, but her temper is not small." The man sneered, and hurriedly removed the basket from the car and weighed it: "Fortunately, I have prepared everything, otherwise we would have to carry it to the car. "
The two first weighed the basket, and then took the shovel to load the grain into the basket, which was exactly one pound more than one pound. At the current market price, rice is 16 cents and 5 cents a pound, white flour is 18 cents a pound, and a third cheaper is 11 yuan and 50 cents.
The man took out the money from his pocket and counted ten dollars to Zhen Zhen. The bills for Zhen Zhen didn't need a place. As long as they were universal in the province, the person had to pick from the bills he brought and give them to Zhen Zhen. There are some general industrial tickets, cotton thread tickets, light bulb tickets, cloth tickets and the like that are common in the province.
Put the money and bills in the school bag, Zhen Zhen remembered the high-priced cakes that she bought from the hydrolysis factory in the summer without food stamps, she felt distressed and pumped. White noodles are expensive, no wonder the whole family, including Ming Bei, are reluctant to eat that cake.
With a sigh, Zhen Zhen watched the person leave and walked in the opposite direction. After seeing the person walking away with her consciousness, she immediately teleported to another city and exchanged twelve dollars in the same way. After a long time, Zhen Zhen went around three surrounding small towns, not a single gold bar was sold, but a lot of food was sold, and a total of about 40 yuan was saved.
Zhen Zhen couldn't help sighing, in fact, this is also to be expected, she went to small cities, people in these places are very thin, and they don't have much spare money, the only ones who can buy fine grains are Yinshi people, Like gold bars, it is estimated that only places like Bingcheng can be shot.
But if you go to the ice city to sell gold bars, you will be more adventurous than in these places. It is densely populated and it is difficult to find an open place to live. It is also a big city where fish and dragons are mixed, and the army is stationed. At such a young age, she holds sixteen Two large yellow croakers are a bit too eye-catching. Zhen Zhen was a little hesitant, thinking before and after thinking that the money would be enough for a while, there is no need to rush to cash out now. If you really spend that much money in the future, it's not too late to go to Bingcheng.
Seeing that it was noon, Zhen Zhen's body flashed, and she teleported several times in a row and returned to the big river near her home. She looked back at the smoke from the chimneys of each house, and pointed to the weeping willow by the river. , a dozen wickers fell down and intertwined to form a rough little basket.
Zhen Zhen picked up the small basket, found an ice hole in the middle of the river that had not yet frozen solid, took a stick and hit it down, breaking the thin layer of ice. A mandarin fish lying on the bottom of the river suddenly swam up and jumped up from the ice cave to the ice surface more than one meter high. Zhen Zhen hurriedly took the basket to catch it, and the mandarin fish was falling into the basket. It was frozen solid in an instant.
He came home with a thick hand and a wicker basket in his hands, before Mrs. Li opened her mouth to ask, Zhen Zhen handed over the things in her hand: "Nanny, look, I'm going to the river after school. I caught a mandarin fish."
Old Mrs. Li handed the small basket to Wang Sufen, who came out, and dragged Zhen Zhen into the house. She used a feather duster to help her clean the snow on her legs and boots, and kept talking to her: "School is over in such a cold day. If you don’t go home, you’re still outside. If you want to eat fish, talk to your father and ask him to fish it for you. The ice is slippery, and you’ll be fine if you fall.”
Ms. Li put the feather duster on the kang and helped Zhen Zhen to take off the leather jacket and boots: "Hurry up and sit on the kang head to keep warm, milk will touch your little face to see if it's cold?"
"It's not cold, milk, my palms are still sweaty." Zhen Zhen stretched out her small hand for Mrs. Li to touch.
Old Mrs. Li touched her hand and forehead. She was sweating so much that she felt relieved. Sitting on the kang, Mrs. Li began to ask every day: "What did the teacher talk about today? Are there any classmates bullying you? Is it cold in the classroom?"
"It's not cold, and no one bullies me. I'm the squad leader, and none of them dare to yell in front of me." Zhen Zhen repeated what she said every day, and put her arms around Mrs. Li's arm. Tell her the same thing about going to school: "The teacher didn't give a lecture today, so she gave us an exam. I won't go to school in the afternoon. I'll go to school the day after tomorrow to pick up papers and homework for winter vacation, and then I'll have a vacation."
"It's a good holiday, I don't like to let you run out on this snowy day." Mrs. Li opened the box and took out a bunch of melon seeds and handed it to her: "I picked up two hairs in the morning, specially fried for you. .”
"Thank you, milk." Zhen Zhen "haha" and kissed Mrs. Li on the face, coaxing Mrs. Li to hug her happily: "With you, the big baby, coaxing milk to be happy all day long, milk can Ten more years to live."
"Ten years is too short, it's no problem to live a hundred years." Zhen Zhen smiled and peeled a melon seed and stuffed it into Mrs. Li's mouth: "You will have to help me take care of the child then."
"Okay, I will live with you when the time comes." The grandfather and grandson happily negotiated an agreement. Wang Sufen had already cleaned up the fish in the kitchen, washed her hands, came over and asked, "Zhen Zhen, fish. How would you like to eat?"
"Pine nut mandarin fish!" Zhen Zhen replied quickly, pine nut mandarin fish is a famous dish that has been passed down from the Qing Dynasty. When Li Muwen returned to his hometown last time, he mentioned that the pine nut mandarin fish tasted very good in Bingcheng. Zhen Zhen immediately tried her best to entangle Wang Sufen to make it like a cat. Although it was a bit expensive, it was really sweet, sour and delicious.
As soon as Zhen Zhen said she wanted to eat pine nuts and mandarin fish, Wang Sufen looked at her and sighed: "Why are you so greedy, you can't eat steamed and stewed, you have to consume oil and sugar." /
Old Mrs. Li was about to spoil her granddaughter, she heard Zhen Zhen want to eat and quickly spoke for her granddaughter: "I can't eat it once a year, I can make it for the child if she wants to eat it, isn't there oil in the kitchen? ?" Wang Sufen also spoke up, and when she saw Mrs. Li helping to speak, she didn't say anything, and turned to the kitchen to make pine nuts and mandarin fish.
Pine nut mandarin fish must first be treated with a flower knife and then fried in oil, then poured with sweet and sour sauce, and finally tickled. Today's conditions are not good, sugar and vinegar are scarce things, so naturally we can't be so particular about it.
The family harvests a lot of soybeans every year, most of which are squeezed into soybean oil, so the old Li family has no shortage of oil to eat all year round. Pour oil into the pot, put the sliced mandarin fish in the pot and fry it, then take it out. The oil that has been fried can still be used for cooking, and it will not be wasted at all.
Put the peeled pine nuts and all kinds of mushrooms in the pot. Wang Sufen put two tablespoons of the sauce made from the foreign persimmons picked in the autumn, and carefully poured a tablespoon of white sugar into the pot. Stir it well, then add the glutinous rice and pour it on top of the fish, and the fragrant pine nut mandarin fish is ready.
Zhen Zhen smelled the smell and came out of the room, Wang Sufen thought about the white sugar she used just now and said distressedly: "It's too expensive, just eat it once a year, do you hear? I can't do this next time. What a waste of good things."
Osmanthus carried the meat buns from the back room to the front yard with her stomach erect. As soon as the meat buns entered the house, her eyes lit up, she ran to the stove, stretched out her head, and asked in a milky voice, "Damn, why is it so fragrant? ?"
"I made fish with milk, remember the sweet and sour fish I ate last year?" Meat Bun nodded quickly, Wang Sufen smiled and said, "Go, wait on the kang with your aunt. , the milk will bring the fish up in a while."
Zhen Zhen supported Osmanthus on the kang, looked at her tall belly and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you going to give birth this month?"
"It is estimated that it will be at the end of the month." Osmanthus leaned on the chopped piece and rubbed her waist: "The belly has been pounding so badly these past few days.
Zhen Zhen touched Osmanthus' belly, the little doll inside seemed to be aware of it, and immediately stretched out her little feet and kicked both feet, Zhen Zhen couldn't help smiling when she saw the bulging bag on Osmanthus' belly and said: " This kid is really strong."
"It's not that bad, I guess I'm also a kid, the same as when I was pregnant with the meat bun." Osmanthus touched her stomach, with a gentle smile on her face: "It's better to have another kid, like We are like mothers, first give birth to a few more boys to support the family, and have a daughter who is very painful, and can talk to me when I am bored."
While the two of them were talking, Wang Sufen had already brought everything to the kang table. Now the weather is cold and the snow is thick. It is too laborious to go back and forth to work. Li Muwu eats at his work unit at noon. Mingbei's school is also far from home, so I usually leave in the morning and go home when it gets dark after school. The grandfathers can't go home for lunch. Every morning, Wang Sufen boils a large pot of vegetables, fills a lunch box for the two of them, and brings some dry food. There is a place for hot meals in both the workplace and the school. You can also eat a hot meal.
Although my family often eats fish, it is only in the past two years that Wang Sufen is willing to cook it once a year. Every now and then, he raises his head with a smile, and says in a milky voice: "Delicious."
Mr. Li and Wang Sufen were reluctant to eat fish, so they went to eat stewed cabbage after eating two chopsticks. Zhen Zhen knew the characters of Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen, so she didn't persuade them, she just stretched out the chopsticks and grabbed the fish. When they put rice in their bowls, the two of them were as sweet as eating honey due to Zhen Zhen's heart-warming behavior. Mrs. Li was even more delighted to close her mouth and said, "Don't squeeze it, milk can't be so sweet and sour." At the same time, she couldn't stop complimenting Zhen Zhen: "Why don't you say that the girl is caring? , I can think about the old one, and I didn't hurt her in vain."
The meat buns also learn something. Standing up and delivering fish to the bowls of four, Wang Sufen said with a smile: "There are no children in our family who are unfilial. It is also good for meat buns to grow up."
"Not so good." Mrs. Li nodded, and then instructed Osmanthus: "The meat bun is the first of the next generation in our family, so I have to teach him well, and when he grows up, he can support the family and have a big brother. In this way, our family can get better and better." Osmanthus responded quickly.
The weather is getting colder and colder. Mingnan and Mingbei have finished their final exams and went home one after another. According to the days of previous years, Mingdong is estimated to be on the train back, but Mingxi still doesn't know this year. Whether I can come back or not, the military school does not have as many vacations as ordinary universities. It is said that it is managed according to the army, and it is very strict. Besides, after hearing the meaning in Mingxi dialect, he learned all the things that needed to be kept secret, and he couldn't even mention it outside the army.
Finally, on the second day after Mingdong arrived home, Osmanthus started. Mingnan and Mingbei were sitting in the kitchen to boil water. Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen worked together to help Osmanthus deliver the baby. Osmanthus gave birth to another big fat son.
With the meat bun in the front, this kid called the bean bun smoothly and naturally, and Ming Dong, who is familiar with the road, became a nanny, helping with washing and washing.
The family lived their lives step by step, and Mrs. Li was thinking about Mingdong's work again. Thinking that Mingdong would graduate next year after the Spring Festival, Mrs. Li went to the back room to ask him about the situation. .
As soon as Mrs. Li entered the door, she put down her crutches, took off her leather jacket and hung it on the hook at the door. She stretched out her head and greeted the east room, "Mingdong, come out and ask you something."
Ming Dong hurriedly invited her to sit in the room, and Mrs. Li waved her hand: "The body is full of cold air, and if the child is frozen, I will ask you about the assignment after graduation. ."
Ms. Li picked up pieces of red pine trips from the ground and stuffed them into the stove. The burning firewood in the stove reflected the two's faces turning red: "Do you have any faith in your graduation assignment? Probably can be divided. Where are you going?"
Mingdong is a cautious character. He originally wanted to get the notice and then tell his family about it, but when Mrs. Li asked him, he said one by one: "It's already known, the teacher said that our family is far away. In Anbei recently, considering taking care of the nearest neighbors, it is estimated that I will be assigned to teach at Anbei Agricultural College.”
"It's good to teach, but it's far from home." Mrs. Li smacked her lips: "It's more than 100 kilometers away from our home."
Mingdong pushed his glasses and smiled helplessly: "This is my latest job. I'm studying agriculture, and I'm good at farming. We don't have serious villages and farms in Beicha. The agricultural school, no matter how it is assigned, will not be assigned to the family. In fact, Anbei is not too far away, and the train is also fast, not much farther than we are to Yidong.”
Once Mrs. Li heard that she was about the same distance from Yidong, she felt a little better. Except for Mingbei who had to take the hydrolysis factory high school, the others all went to high school in Yidong. Come back once, so I don't think it's far.
Just thinking of the sweet-scented osmanthus, Mrs. Li touched her cigarette bag and took a sip: "I haven't had a great reunion since you got married. I used to have winter and summer vacations when I was in school, and I always spent half a year together for half a year. It's hard to say, we can't leave the child at home and let Osmanthus go to Anbei with you."
Mingdong nodded: "That's fine, but it's too early to say, I'll have to wait until I get to Anbei to see what's going on there. If there's a more spacious single dormitory then, I'll do it. Bring both the sweet-scented osmanthus and the meat-wrapped bean bag, I am afraid that the child will feel uncomfortable without the sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus."
"It's up to you." Mrs. Li mainly advises her children and grandchildren. If they have other ideas, they don't force it: "Actually, it's best for children to stay with their parents, but you have to be tired. "
Ming Dong smiled and added some cigarette leaves to Mrs. Li: "We are young and tired, so don't be afraid. Both our milk and parents are old, so we should have a good time and enjoy ourselves."
Ming Dong's remarks said Mrs. Li's body was relieved, and her smiling eyes became a seam: "It's enough to have your words, while we can still move, it is necessary to help you, this generation's Isn't that how they all come here. Besides, after working all my life, I really can't be idle, and I feel empty when I don't work for a day."
The eldest grandson's job was settled, and Mrs. Li was relieved. She returned to the house and told Wang Sufen the original words again: "No matter how far away you are from home, this is a stable and good job." /
Wang Sufen was overjoyed when she heard that her son could actually be a teacher in the university: "Dongzi's brain seeds are so good that even college students can teach them?"
The two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were very excited about the discussion, but Zhen Zhen's heart sank. Even though she didn't know much about those ten years, she also knew how low the status of teachers was during that period. They were called "stinky old men" Nine", and even some people will be criticized and beaten if they don't make trouble.
Zhen Zhen thought about it for a long time, but she still decided to tentatively discuss with Mrs. Li: "I think this job is not good, it's better to ask my brother to resign. It would be better to go home and enter the hydrolysis factory."
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, how can you just not do the work assigned by the state?" Mrs. Li rubbed Zhen Zhen's head: "Are you reluctant to part with your brother and sister-in-law? It's okay, they will let them go. I'm going home after a vacation."
Zhen Zhen held her chin in a sullen voice: "I feel panicked when I hear this work."
"Don't talk nonsense." Madam Li put Zhen Zhen in her arms and peeled the pine nuts to feed her: "I see that your brother likes this job very much, with a happy face, don't say it in front of him Do you know this spoiler."
Zhen Zhen nodded helplessly, and knew in her heart that if she didn't understand, Ming Dong would definitely not give up her job as a university teacher, but this matter couldn't be said. Well, it will cause a lot of trouble. Anyway, as a college student in Mingdong, reform through labor is indispensable, and doing a little work in this era is not a big deal, as long as you don't get criticized and fight anything.
Zhen Zhen thought about it for a long time and decided to go to Anbei to see what it was like.