Accidentally Born in the ‘60s:

Beicha is a vast area and sparsely populated. Most of the local residents came from the desert during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The rest were recruited from other provinces to build factories and forest management after the founding of the People's Republic of China. . The land at the foot of the mountain where Lao Li's family is located is not only large, but also has a lot of vacant land. When Li Muwu went to the street and said that his son was going to marry a wife, the street immediately approved a piece of land. Nowadays, getting married and having children is a major event. With a small population in Beicha, how can they support socialist construction if they don’t have many children?

Li Muwu saw that the people on the street were easy to talk, he hesitated and asked: "My three boys are getting married next year, but the fourth boy Yan Zhan also graduated, and my second child is in the army, but he doesn't know when he will get married. Come back, just give me the land."

The people on the street glanced at him and were a little speechless: "Lao Li, do you know how much it costs to build a house? Although your salary is enough to support a family, building a house is a bit of a problem, right? You Take a look at how much space you have, let me tell you, it's not that other people don't want to build a house, they don't have the money to build a house. Don't just ask for a place and leave it there for me later, I can't speak for you ."

Li Muwu didn't know what to say. He smiled honestly and tried to explain it more clearly: "I'm thinking about building the third boy first, and then building the fourth one at the end of next year. The money for building a house is not only about I saved my salary, as well as the pension my eldest brother and fourth brother gave to my mother, and my second child's salary is also quite a lot, otherwise I would have so much money to build three houses."

As soon as people on the street heard it, they remembered that Li Mingxi could send back nearly 600 yuan in allowances in half a year, and they immediately envy: "Your second kid is really good, and he can get such a high salary as soon as he graduates. Our street is also the first. By the way, what is your second boy doing in the army? Is there a partner? I have a niece who graduated from high school and is very handsome. Would you like to introduce your second boy?"

"I don't know either, it's a secret, and I haven't come back for several years. What kind of person are you introducing? It's a waste of time for other girls." Li Muwu smiled honestly: "Then what, can I approve my land? "

"Approval!" The clerk on the street happily stamped the official seal: "As long as we have the ability to stamp it, we will approve it."

Li Muwu went to a literacy class and knew some words. He took it over and read it with difficulty and felt that there was no problem. He quickly folded the approval document and put it in his arms, and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and took out a To a few people in the room: "This is what my fourth child brought back from Bingcheng during the Chinese New Year last year. We didn't sell it here." Those people hurriedly took it over and thanked them. He sniffed it and caught it in his ear.

Seeing that the matter was done, Li Muwu hurriedly went home and handed the approval note to Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li glared at him and tapped his **** with a cigarette bag and pot: "Forget about your mother, I don't know how to read. ? Read it to me again, what am I dictating."

Li Muwu stammered and finished reading it, and then Mrs. Li took the approval note, opened the box and put it in a used notebook, patted the kang and motioned for Li Muwu to sit up: "It's autumn now. Seeing that it will snow in a month, find someone to build the house while it's empty, or it won't be able to thaw until after the Qingming Festival. Another one, you will go to the carpenter's house to order a large wardrobe first. , two big boxes and a kang qin, how could he finish playing it in one winter." Li Muwu remembered them one by one, and hurriedly got off the kang to do it.

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Mingnan works in the hydrolysis plant's power plant, where the power plant and the baths, barber shops, hospitals, supply and marketing cooperatives, fire brigade, etc. are all in the same place, and belong to the logistics support. From noon to noon, Mingnan quickly washed his face, brushed his short hair in front of the mirror, and went to the hospital in a good mood.

Li Mingnan is tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and always speaks politely, so the little nurses in the hospital remember him. When they saw him coming, a bold girl took the initiative to ask: " Why is Li Gong here? Are you here to get medicine?"

Mingnan absently shook his head: "No."

The nurse also asked if she wanted to see the patient. Mingnan suddenly saw Meng Xiaoxi coming out of the office, his eyes lit up instantly, and he jumped over in a few steps. Meng Xiaoxi looked up at him, her face was a little red: "Are you here?"

"Yes!" Ming Nan nodded stupidly, looked at Meng Xiaoxi for a long time before he remembered his purpose: "Well, I'll take you to the cafeteria to eat."

Meng Xiaoxi nodded, looked at Ming Nan with big bright eyes, and turned her head shyly: "I'll change clothes."

Looking at Meng Xiaoxi's figure, Ming Nan couldn't help grinning, and the girl who took the initiative to talk to him but was left to the side by Ming Nan was a little embarrassed. Yizui: "Are you dating Meng Xiaoxi?"

As soon as he heard the word "subject", Mingnan couldn't hide the excitement and joy on his face, and he kept his head up, Meng Xiaoxi just saw this scene when he came out, and couldn't help but give him an angry look: "Stupid. like.”

Meng Xiaoxi took off her white clothes and wore a sea soul shirt with white and blue stripes inside, looking energetic and good-looking. Meng Xiaoxi walked to Ming Nan for a while and then walked forward, Ming Nan hurriedly followed, and when he opened the door and saw no one beside him, he whispered, "You look so good in this dress, I also have sea Soul shirt, we will wear the same tomorrow."

Meng Xiaoxi burst into a smile, her big eyes turned into two crescent moons, revealing two dimples on her cheeks: "Who wants to wear the same clothes as you? Are you ashamed?" Ming Nan smiled, feeling his heart pounding , The excitement was about to jump out of his chest.

The hydrolysis plant occupies more than half of the urban area of ​​Beicha District, so not only does each branch have its own canteen, but also has a shared canteen in each area. Although the food in each place is similar, it is still very fresh to eat in a different place from time to time by one chef and one taste.

The two went to the window with their lunch boxes in line. In autumn, the variety is more abundant. Ming Nan stretched his neck to watch for a long time. He saw that the dishes on sale today included stewed beans with pork, stewed potatoes with melon, and stewed eggplant with catfish. The young man Mingnan had just reached his twenties, when he was ready to eat. He ordered a large portion of stewed eggplant with catfish, stewed beans with pork, and two multigrain steamed buns. Meng Xiaoxi didn't have much appetite and liked sweet and savory dishes, so he only bought potatoes stewed with melon and two ears of corn.

Ming Nan looked at the rice in her lunch box, and put the two pieces of fish she bought into Meng Xiaoxi's lunch box: "The stewed eggplant with catfish is killing the old man. This is the first time that the canteen has stewed catfish this year. Try it. Is it delicious?"

Meng Xiaoxi looked at the lunch box and was a little worried: "But I'm afraid I can't finish it and waste it."

"It's alright, isn't there me now?" Ming Nan looked at her and smiled: "The leftovers are mine."

Meng Xiaoxi blushed again, bowed her head and took a bite of the fish and moved towards Ming Nan Yile: "Delicious!"

In an instant, Ming Nan felt that his soul was about to fly.

Ming Nan was honest when he was in school, and he didn't read any romantic books like Ming Dong did in those days. Meng Xiaoxi met the straightforward and enthusiastic Ming Nan at the beginning of her love affair, and fell deeply into it within a few days. She began to think about Ming Nan all the time, looking forward to having dinner with her, taking a walk by the river, and even washing dishes at home at night also suddenly burst into laughter.

Aunt Meng looked worried, poked Master Meng, and motioned him to look at Meng Xiaoxi, who was wearing a sweater: "Look at your daughter, it's only been a month since she was married, and she seems to have lost her soul."

Master Meng was stunned when he saw Meng Xiaoxi, who was constantly playing on the sweater with both hands, and the direction his eyes were looking at the void, and from time to time he pouted and smiled. Master Meng coughed softly: "So now the country advocates free love, and it will be like honey in the future."

Aunt Meng sneered: "Wait for a bunch of children to be born with firewood, rice, oil and salt all day long. It's almost like drinking bitter water. But Xiaoxi is always better than me..." She glanced at Master Meng and turned her face away in disgust. Past: "She drank honey, but I drank bitter water."

"Why do you drink bitter water?" Master Meng was a little unconvinced: "I haven't had more than a day of salary in my hands since I got married. It's not all about what you say in our family. It's still called bitter water. What are you drinking?"

Aunt Meng couldn't help being happy when Master Meng said it, and Master Meng also laughed: "Don't make this useless, find a day to let that child from Mingnan come to the house for dinner, and order one to come. It's been a month, and I bring Xiaoxi back from get off work every day, but I haven't eaten a single meal in our family yet."

"Just call Ming Nan's family, you and Ming Nan's father will chat, and I will talk to his mother." Aunt Meng slapped her thigh and made a decision: "Or just pray this week. God, none of you go to work."

Master Meng touched a cigarette and knocked on the table: "We didn't buy much pork last month. Can we buy pork this week?"

"It should be almost the same. When I talk to the neighbors and ask them to borrow us meat for a month, we have to order it properly." Aunt Meng said: "Last time at Mingnan's house, it was both fish and meat. , I also made a pot of flying dragons, the meat is so fragrant, I still ate two when I was born Xiaowei."

"That's because his family knows how to hunt." Master Meng said dully: "I'm not good at this. We don't necessarily have to cook the same dishes as her family. It's the first time my uncle comes to the house, so we have to kill him. A chicken, dumplings with pork and celery wrapped in a curtain, and then you go to the supply and marketing agency to buy some canned food, it looks so bright.

The two negotiated. When Mingnan sent Meng Xiaoxi to the door of the building the next day, Aunt Meng stopped him from the second floor: "Mingnan, come up, I have something to say to you." Please, Ming Nan quickly tidied up his clothes and followed Meng Xiaoxi upstairs.

Aunt Meng looked at Ming Nan up and down, and the more she looked, the more she liked it. The young man is good to his own girl, and there is no burden on the family. How do you like this marriage.

"Mingnan, is your family doing well recently?" Aunt Meng pulled Mingnan to cook at the dinner table and boiled a bowl of poached eggs in sugar water for him: "It's very tiring for a day at work, so I eat a few poached eggs to cushion my stomach. ."

Mingnan looked into the big bowl, and there were five eggs in it, and he said quickly, "Auntie, this is too much, take out another bowl, I will give Xiaoxi two, and she will leave at noon. I didn't eat much."

Seeing Mingnan thinking about her daughter, Aunt Meng grinned happily: "I'll have dinner when I go back home. You can eat."

Mingnan pushed the bowl to the side of the stream and said habitually: "You eat first, I will eat the leftovers."

Meng Xiaoxi smiled at Ming Nan, lowered his head and ate an egg and drank half a bowl of sugar water, then pushed the rest aside, propped his chin with his hands and watched Ming Nan ate up a large bowl without blinking . Aunt Meng looked at the young man with amused and speechless frowns, and when she saw her own girl, she almost forgot her mother except Ming Nan.

Ming Nan finished eating the poached egg and drank the sugar water cleanly. He stood up and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Aunt Meng grabbed him and put it on the table, dragged him and sat down again: "Don't be busy, it's useless. , listen to the aunt talking to you about the serious business, this Sunday, invite your family to come to our house for dinner, you two have been together for so long, and you haven't invited your family to come and sit."

As soon as Ming Nan heard that his mother-in-law was satisfied with him, he nodded happily: "I will tell my mother when I get home."

"Okay, then you can go back early, it will be dark in a while." Ming Nan stood up to say goodbye, and looked at Meng Xiaoxi reluctantly. Meng Xiaoxi stood up and said with a blushing face: "I will send Send Mingnan." He pushed Mingnan out.

Aunt Meng looked at the back of the two with joy and sadness: "My daughter is too old to stay."

Mingnan's mother-in-law invited me to dinner, and the old Li family was busy at once, and Mrs. Li was not afraid of wasting electricity. In the evening, she rummaged through boxes and cabinets to turn out her neat clothes and checked them one by one to see if they were eaten by insects. .

Zhen Zhen sits on the kang in Mrs. Li's house and teases Mrs. Li while playing with the sheep's crutches: "Milk, can you see such a dim light?"

Old Mrs. Li squinted her eyes and touched a little: "If you can't see it, you have to look at it. If there are insect eyes, you have to sew them up quickly, or the more you pull the holes, the bigger the holes will become, and you will be blind. All the tickets are given to your eldest brother, and the rest is enough for a patch or something, and I have to save it for your third brother to get married in the past few months, and I don’t know if it will be enough by then.”

The more Mrs. Li spoke, the more worried she became, Zhen Zhen also sat next to her and sighed, Mrs. Li was worried about Mr. Bu, and Mrs. Zhen was worried that there were all kinds of cloth in the western-style building of the space, what excuse did she use? Take it out.

Mr. Li sighed, Zhen Zhen followed with a sigh, and when Mrs. Li sighed three or four times, she finally realized that something was wrong, she looked at Zhen Zhen Le: "What do you have to sigh, the whole family It's just that your clothes are numerous and neat."

"I'm not thinking about cloth." Zhen Zhen sits on the kang holding her cheeks: "When the third brother gets married, he has to make bright clothes for Sister Meng to look good when he picks up the relatives. Besides, the bedding has to be made too. Two new beds."

"That's not true." The more Mrs. Li spoke, the more worried she became, but Zhen Zhen suddenly remembered something: "Mum, I heard that people in the past could spin cloth, what kind of spinning do you use? At least I can be a quilt or something."

As soon as Mrs. Li heard it, she was refreshed: "If you don't tell me, I forgot about this, just use cotton. It's just that our spinning wheel has been broken long ago, but it doesn't matter. It's not a rare thing. I'll let you a carpenter. Uncle can help us with another call."

Wang Sufen brought a pot of hot water to Mrs. Li and asked her to wash her feet. Hearing their grandfather and grandson talk, he asked, "What are you fighting again?"

“When you hit the spinning wheel, Zhen Zhen said she spun a bed sheet and quilt.” Mrs. Li hurriedly told Li Sufen: “Tell me about my brain, when Zhen Zhen was planting cotton for the past two years, I didn’t think about it. stubble."

Li Sufen was also interested when she heard it: "I'm good at spinning this thread. It's winter, and I can't go out of the house. Then I'll be spinning at home."

Mrs. Li nodded her head happily, "The cloth spun from cotton is soft, and it would be good to be a diaper for Mingnan's children in the future."

Seeing that Mrs. Li was running more and more, Zhen Zhen tried her best to bring the topic back: "Then what about the material of my third brother's wedding clothes?"

"Save, and then ask other people to borrow some cloth tickets. Don't we all do this now." Mrs. Li put her feet in the hot water basin and sighed comfortably: "Give me another pot of hot water. Come on, I'll go back and continue it myself, soak it for a while."

Wang Sufen went out to get the water bottle, Zhen Zhen finally thought of an excuse she could say in the past: "Milk, I can get some cloth."

Mr. Li looked at her with a look of disbelief: "There is a shortage of cloth now, and only your third aunt and her niece's classmate are selling cloth in the supply and marketing cooperative, saying that now they have to collect cloth tickets for defective products."

"Don't worry about it." Zhen Zhen was afraid that Mrs. Li would ask endless questions if she talked too much, she hurriedly got off the kang and pretended to be sleepy, and yawned in a decent manner: "I Not necessarily, I'll talk about it later."

Zhen Zhen went back to the house and plugged the door, her figure flashed into the space, she entered a foreign-style building on the far side to find the accumulated fabrics, the owners of these foreign-style buildings are all capitalists, and the wives of capitalists are the most I like to wear cheongsam. But in the current trend, not only is wearing a cheongsam to be criticized and contested, but even wearing clothes with fancy colors will be said to be a manifestation of the "Fengzixiu" and "decayed" lifestyle. Fortunately, in these people's homes, men's clothes are mainly gray, black, and dark blue, and there are a lot of fine woolen fabrics in the home, which are soft and thick when touched.

Zhen Zhen found a furoshiki, filled it with three meters of gray woolen fabric, three meters of dark blue woolen fabric, and took ten feet of blue silk and put it on top. Woolen fabrics can be used to make coats in winter, but when Mingnan got married it was summer, and Zhen Zhen thought about going to the department store in the imperial capital some other day, where there were a lot of good fabrics for sale.

But it's still early to get married, and the old Li family's mind is now on the matter of visiting Meng Xiaoxi's house. Zhen Zhen pondered that she is a big family, Mingnan and Mingbei are very good at crafting, it is estimated that the two of them can eat three pounds of snacks for others, why do they have to bring something to the door.

Ms. Li prepared a basket of eggs and ten catties of white noodles. Zhen Zhen went to the mountains to catch two hares, two pheasants, and two big fat fish. Mingnan also wanted to get some wild things. , but he went to work during the day, and it was dark when he got home at night, so he couldn't go up the mountain at all. Seeing that Zhen Zhen had brought back so many things, Ming Nan excitedly picked up Zhen Zhen and threw it up, frightening Zhen Zhen. His head: "If you dare to throw me, I will stew these things at night."

Ming Nan smiled and put Zhen Zhen down: "I forgot that you are a big girl when I'm not happy, so what, next Sunday, brother, please watch a movie, this month's new movie, it's so good ."

"Okay." Zhen Zhen happily agreed: "I will sit between you two then."

Mingnan immediately held back his words: "Well, or I'll give you the money, you can show it to your fourth brother."

"Okay, okay!" Mingbei was very happy: "Zhen Zhen, you called you Sister Wanqiu, then you will sit between us, I have no problem."

Ming Nan couldn't help laughing: "It seems that your opinion works. If Zhen Zhen doesn't go, can you go to the movies with you in late autumn?"

Mingbei's face immediately turned green: "I haven't graduated yet. After graduation, the matter between me and Yu Wanqiu will be completed. She knows that I like her."

"I must know, even the blind can see it." Ming Nan chuckled: "But that girl has an idea. With your simple mind and developed limbs, she may not really like it." Looking at Ming Bei His face turned green, and Mingnan quickly added: "There is still more than half a year, you can't act like you haven't grown up all day, at least let the girls see that you can be reliable."

Ming Bei only calmed down after hearing this. He scratched his head and looked confused: "I'm not as tall as you, why don't I grow up?"

Mingnan stretched his arms around Mingbei's shoulders: "Growing up is not about your size, but about your maturity in psychology and behavior. Do you like other girls and want to marry them?" Seeing Mingbei blushing and nodding , Mingnan couldn't help laughing: "It's just to make her feel that you can be trusted, don't be a hammer and a hammer all day long, at least prepare for the factory exam now, let her know that you are right in the future. The days are in mind.”

Ming Bei nodded, and looked at Ming Nan with some worry: "But since you entered the factory, the hydrolysis factory has not recruited workers for the past two years. What if there is no recruitment next year?"

"Then go to pick up Dad's class." Ming Nan rubbed Ming Bei's head: "If you think about marrying a wife, you will forget about your work."

Ming Bei nodded with a smile: "Then I won't be afraid. I'll tell her when the work is done."

Mingnan waved at him with a smirk, and whispered to her: "It's not bad for half a year, tell her that you can take over when no one is there, this girl is smart, she definitely knows who you are. I mean, it also gives people a time to think about it."

Ming Bei nodded seriously and looked at Ming Nan with a look of admiration: "You are really my brother!"