Accidentally Born in the ‘60s:

On Sunday, the old Li family dressed up and went out early in the morning. Mrs. Li has small feet, and the way to and from the hydrolysis plant is too long. Li Muwu asked Mingnan to ride a bicycle with Mrs. Li to Lao Meng's house first, and by the way, he took the things that he brought to Lao Meng's house. The provincial Li Muwu carried.

Ming Nan rode a bicycle and disappeared in a flash, Li Muwu and Wang Sufen walked forward with their heads sullen, for fear that they would be late and delay the time to speak. On the other hand, Zhen Zhen just walked around and played, she didn't have much time to pick a bunch of flowers, Wang Sufen looked back at her and saw that although she was walking and playing, she was always close to her, so she didn't say anything about her.

Zhen Zhen held the flower in her left hand, and plucked off the extra leaves with her right hand. When the three people in front of them bowed their heads and hurriedly walked away, she would do something on the flower from time to time. The flowers have turned into a beautiful bouquet.

The buildings in the 1960s had no soundproofing function. As soon as Zhen Zhen and her group climbed up from the first floor, Aunt Meng heard the movement in the room, and hurriedly opened the door and went out with Meng Xiaoxi: "Just now I also told my aunt that your time is coming, hurry up and come in!"

Aunt Meng greeted Li Muwu, let him in, and held Wang Sufen's hand enthusiastically: "I'm tired of walking this way." She looked at Mingbei with a smile on her face: "This is the youngest one in your family, I didn't see you last time."

Wang Sufen nodded: "Isn't this a high school student at No. 1 High School of the Hydrolysis Plant? I will graduate next year."

Aunt Meng became envious when she heard it: "These children in your family are really promising. I heard Xiaoxi say that Zhen Zhen is good at studying, and she is the first in the exam every year."

"It used to be, but now I don't have exams, who knows how." Wang Sufen smiled: "But every time I see her teacher, she says she is good at studying."

Aunt Meng reached out and touched Zhen Zhen's head: "Zhen Zhen, this child is not a bad boy. It seems that he has grown taller after not seeing him this month."

Wang Sufen looked at Zhen Zhen with a face full of pride, but she couldn't help but say modestly: "If you go up the mountain or down the river, go wild everywhere, this child will jump faster than the honest child." /

"It's good to be naughty. It's smart when you look at it. I don't like it. It's aura when you look at it." Aunt Meng looked at Zhen Zhen and said with a smile on her face. Zhen Zhen stepped forward to say hello, and handed the bouquet to Meng Xiaoxi: "I picked it up on the road and gave it to Sister Meng."

A girl as big as Meng Xiaoxi likes flowers, grass, etc. What's more, the bouquet of flowers in Zhen Zhen's hand is not only big and watery, but also brightly colored. It's more comfortable to look at in autumn when the leaves are falling. .

Meng Xiaoxi waited for Wang Sufen to enter the house, and hurriedly dragged Zhen Zhen into the house, found a can, filled it with water, and inserted the wild flowers into it. Zhen Zhen looked left and right, and shook her head in dissatisfaction: "The flower pole is too long, it looks like it's going to fall down. Sister Xiaoxi, you can get me a pair of scissors and I'll trim it for you."

Xiaoxi went into the house and took a pair of large scissors and handed it to Zhen Zhen, Zhen Zhen cut a large part of the flower stem with three or two strokes, and placed them in the canning bottle in a random pattern, which is pleasing to the eye no matter how you look at it. Zhen Zhen put the scissors in her hand on the table, took a step back and admired the flowers on the table, she was a little complacent: "This is my first time arranging flowers."

"Is it important?" Meng Xiaoxi looked at her in surprise: "I said how did you make it look so good, I used to just grab a handful and put them in the bottle, looking at the mess, it's not as good-looking as this."

Zhen Zhen smiled embarrassedly: "What's more important than that, it's just how to look good and put in. By the way, Sister Xiaoxi, will you let me put flowers at home? Stop letting people go. What about the capitalist way of life?"

"It's okay, I'm afraid of wild flowers. I used to go to my house to set flowers. Come and see my flowers." Meng Xiaoxi said and took her to his room, with a pot of Clivia on the window sill: "This is It was given to my house by the people from the water source station. It was still blooming during the Chinese New Year last year, but this year after the summer, it was a little wilted."

Zhen Zhen was reluctant to use her powers in front of outsiders, so she only touched the leaves of Clivia to sense its condition, only to find that the roots of Clivia had begun to rot. Under Meng Xiaoxi's curious gaze, Zhen Zhen shook the plant: "Although I don't grow flowers or grass, but I see the sky running up the mountain and mixing with flowers and plants all day, I can know a little bit. Sister Xiaoxi, You see, your Clivia is shaking a little, I guess it must be a rotten root."

"Could it be that I watered too much?" Meng Xiaoxi also shook the Clivia, and found that it was as Zhen Zhen said, and was immediately regretful: "It must have been watered twice a day in summer, Baixiao this flower, The rotten roots can't survive, I'll throw them out later, or else the rotten roots will fill the house with stench."

"Don't, it's a pity to throw away such a good Clivia." Zhen Zhen stopped her quickly: "Let's wash the roots, cut off the rotten parts, and maybe replace with some new soil. It's over." Meng Xiaoxi was also interested when she heard it, and she and Zhen Zhen moved the flowers to the kitchen to clean up their roots.

The Meng family is a small three-bedroom house, and Meng Xiaoxi lives in the innermost hut, with a single bed and a writing desk. The slightly bigger one next door is a Datong shop, where Meng Xiaoxi's three younger brothers live; and directly opposite the door is a kitchen. Originally, there was a two-square-meter toilet inside, but Aunt Meng thought it took up space and demolished it. There was a cage of chickens there.

Aunt Meng's family is also a cauldron that burns firewood. At this time, a big rooster is stewing in it. This stewed chicken can't be ready in a while, so Aunt Meng looked at it and went to the house to talk to Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen.

Ming Nan sat with her in the East Room for a while, but she didn't see Meng Xiaoxi coming out for a long time, so she couldn't help but look at her: "What are you two doing?"

Zhen Zhen and Meng Xiaoxi were carrying flowers to the kitchen, and they couldn't help laughing when they saw Ming Nan coming over: "Come here and move the flowers."

"Where is this going?" Ming Nan took the flower and asked in confusion.

"Put it in the sink in the kitchen." Meng Xiaoxi instructed Ming Nan. In this era, the sink in the building was made of cement, about 30 centimeters high, and it was long and rectangular enough to squat down to wash clothes or something. .

Aunt Meng stretched her neck and looked at the three flowers, and couldn't help but say: "Xiaoxi came to accompany your aunt and your milk to talk, you child, what are you doing there and making flowers."

Xiaoxi ran over a little embarrassed and smiled at Mrs. Li: "The Clivia in my house is a bit rotten, and I'm going to see with sister Zhen Zhen how it can be cured."

Old Mrs. Li smiled kindly: "It's okay, you go and get the flowers first, Zhen Zhen likes to play with these things, but she doesn't grow in pots at my house, so she planted a row at the base of the wall and under the fence. , the colorful ones will look good in summer.”

Aunt Meng saw that the Mingnan brothers and sisters had moved the flowerpot to the kitchen, and she was afraid of soiling Zhen Zhen's clothes, so she hurriedly called Xiaoxi to rush over: "Go and see your sister Zhen Zhen, don't let Zhen Zhen's clothes be soiled. People and children start, you have to work on your own."

Meng Xiaoxi quickly stood up again and said hello to Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen: "Nanny, auntie, you sit and eat melon seeds, and I'll go get some flowers with my sister."

"Let's go." Wang Sufen laughed, turned her head and said to Aunt Meng, "It's not bad for Xiaoxi, our family Zhen Zhen can't walk wherever she sees flowers."

In the kitchen, Zhen Zhen wrapped the rhizome of Clivia with her consciousness, loosened the soil, lifted it gently, and the whole Clivia came out. Putting the flowers in the pool, Zhen Zhen wiped the sweat from the tip of her nose with her arm, and instructed Ming Nan who didn't know what to do on the side: "Brother, pour the soil under the tree at the back and dig some new soil up. "Ming Nan responded, and winked at Meng Xiaoxi with both eyes, hoping that she could go out with him, but unfortunately Meng Xiaoxi focused on watching Zhen Zhen cleaning the flower roots and using scissors to trim the rotten part without even a single glance. Allocated to Mingnan.

Zhen Zhen put the cut flower roots in the trash can on the side, when she looked up and saw Ming Nan was still squeezing her eyes, she couldn't help but ask him: "Why don't you leave?"

Mingnan looked at Meng Xiaoxi pitifully, Meng Xiaoxi pursed her lips and smiled, and helped to put the flower in a direction, Mingnan sighed helplessly, took a shovel, and walked back three steps.

Zhen Zhen has never dealt with rotten roots. All she can do is to prune off the rotten parts. When Mingnan brought new soil and planted the orchids back, she used a little bit of power to re-plant the orchids. Inspired the vitality of Clivia.

The two planted the Clivia and asked Ming Nan to move back to the house. Meng Xiaoxi washed his hands, lifted the lid of the cauldron, and poked it slightly with his chopsticks. Seeing that the chicken pieces were half cooked, he Put the washed mushrooms in, stir fry them a few times, put some firewood at the bottom of the stove, and take Ming Nan and Zhen Zhen to the east room to talk.

Lao Meng's house is not big. Although the east room is more spacious, the crowd of people who squeezed in is instantly full, and there is no place to stay. Mingbei took the opportunity to stand up and said cautiously: "Auntie, I'm going to find my classmates to play for a while."

"Go." Aunt Meng stood up and grabbed the melon seeds in his pocket: "Go, remember to come back when you eat at noon." Then she turned around and threw her three boys out: "All go out. Go play, don't delay our conversation."

The four big boys ran out, the room was quiet for a while, Zhen Zhen felt that the air was fresh and her breathing was smooth.

Old Mrs. Li also felt refreshed, she sat on the bed with her legs crossed and changed her posture, talking about the house: "The land has been approved, the boss has a piece of land, while the weather is still cold, just now The foundation was dug. We came out today, and Ming Nan’s third uncle was busy with him, and it is estimated that it will be finished before it freezes.”

Aunt Meng's face was full of joy when she heard it: "Oh, auntie, your housekeeping is too quick, I thought it would have to be built in the spring of next year."

"Early build the kang and bake it in winter." Mrs. Li said with a smile, "Just don't think it's a one-story house. Except for the hydrolysis plant, there are no three-story buildings in Beicha. ."

"What's so good about this building." Aunt Meng also moved cross-legged to the bed: "We have changed several times to get this big one. At the beginning, we lived on the first floor opposite, and there is only one room in total. The house has a kitchen. Right now, this house is the biggest one. If you see too many people, you will feel aggrieved. You have to keep a chicken in the kitchen. How can you have a big yard at the bottom of the mountain, and there are trees and vegetable gardens. , I'm in love."

"After the children get married, you can live there for a few days after the spring flowers bloom. Anyway, they can live in the same house as a couple." Mrs. Li said cheerfully: "It just so happens that we are also looking forward to someone who can talk. ."

"Okay, I'll have to stop by at that time." Aunt Meng quickly replied politely.

Meng Xiaoxi glanced at the alarm clock on the table, guessing that the chicken stew with mushrooms was almost ready, she stood up and smiled: "Nanny, auntie, you sit and talk, I'll go cook."

Aunt Meng glanced at her daughter with some contentment, and couldn't help complimenting Mrs. Li: "Auntie, it's not me complimenting Xiaoxi, she is much better at cooking than me, and you can try her craftsmanship later. . This girl in my family is very good at cleaning up the house and cooking, and living a life is not bad."

Wang Sufen nodded in agreement: "When you see a big girl, she is a neat person, and when you see a small stream, you can follow you."

Zhen Zhen was a little bored sitting on the stool listening to them compliment, so she stood up and said, "I'm going to the kitchen to help Sister Xiaoxi cook."

Mrs. Li was so frightened that she immediately stopped her. Usually at home, she wouldn't even let Zhen Zhen do it with hot water, for fear of burning her. But if she bluntly said that she would not be allowed to go to the kitchen, because she was afraid that the old Meng family would think too much, Mrs. Li was in a hurry and saw Ming Nan, and suddenly said in a hurry: "Let Ming Nan go to help, it is also better to enhance the relationship, you What the **** is a little girl involved in?"

Meng Xiaoxi was very quick in her hands and feet. She poured out the chicken stew and mushrooms. In a blink of an eye, she cooked five dishes. Master Meng poured white wine. When the second cup was drunk, Mrs. Li talked about finding a matchmaker. On the matter of the Meng family's proposal.

Aunt Meng was a little apprehensive about the matter of pre-marital love, for fear that it would not cause her daughter's reputation to be jeopardized, she nodded hurriedly when she heard this: "It's just according to your arrangement, our family has nothing to say."

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The house for Ming Nan's marriage was finally finished before the cold winter came. When Mrs. Li was sitting on the kang and planning to invite someone to marry at Lao Meng's house, the news on the radio suddenly said: "...Important order: It is very necessary for the educated youth to go to the countryside and receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants..."

The hazelnuts in Zhen Zhen's hand were sprinkled on the kang, she stared blankly at the radio and was a little dazed: She didn't have a deep impression of this history, she always thought that she would go to the mountains and the countryside next year, but she didn't expect it to happen at this time .

"Zhen Zhen, what's wrong with you?" Madam Li was startled and quickly touched her head.

Zhen Zhen grabbed Mrs. Li's hand and was about to cry angrily: "My fourth brother is miserable this time."

Old Mrs. Li was taken aback when she heard it. Just as she was about to ask why, she listened to the radio and continued: "...Junior high school students and high school students in school have to go to the vast countryside..."

"Is Mingbei going to go to the mountains and go to the countryside as an educated youth?" Mrs. Li asked in a daze.

This is not the first time that the phrase "going to the mountains and going down to the countryside" has been mentioned. This concept had already been mentioned in the early 1950s. At that time, many educated youths from all over the country came to Hei Province, and many farms were reclaimed. To a certain extent, the problem of food shortage in the Black Province has been solved.

Remembering that the educated youth who came to Hei Province to open up wasteland in the past came from all over the world. There are many urban educated youth who have been in the wasteland for a few years.

I remembered that Mingdong taught in Anbei all the year round, Mingxi had been in the army for two years without a word, and there were only two grandsons, Mingnan and Mingbei, who originally thought that after Mingnan got married, he would give Mingbei is going to do it, why do you have to cut the queue before the new year? For a while, Mrs. Li couldn't hold back and sat on the kang wiping her tears.

Zhen Zhen was also helpless about this situation. Not only did the queue cut this time take a long time, but there were also many uncontrollable problems in the subsequent return to the city. That night, the old Li family sat on the kang to discuss what to do about this matter. It is impossible to resist the country's policies hard. Now it seems that only by letting Mingbei take over quickly can this matter be avoided. Ming Bei was silent for a rare night without saying a word, and got up early the next morning to go to school.

This kind of policy with obvious instructions has been implemented very quickly across the country. Every half month, Mingbei, who had only graduated in half a year, got his graduates ahead of schedule. Just go out.

Wang Sufen thought about her four sons, two of them were not around, and now another one had to go, she couldn't help crying while sitting on the kang, and Mrs. Li also sighed while sitting on the kang, and the two waited eagerly With the news of Li Muwu.

Perhaps the period when Li Muwu proposed to let his son take over was too obvious, and the grain depot did not reply for a while. Li Muwu took the cigarette and took pictures several times, and finally got the right words: No!

The road to take over is also blocked. It seems that Mingbei has only one way to go to the countryside. The family is so uncomfortable that they can't help but care for Mingbei. Mrs. Li once again told Li Muwu to kill the pig early. I gave Mingbei stewed meat twice a day, thinking about making up for him in advance. When I cut the queue later, I might not see the meat smell.

Zhen Zhen thought that Mingbei had said many times over the past few years that the roasted venison was delicious, and quickly used her consciousness to control the deer down the mountain, letting it run to the gate of Lao Li's house by itself, Li Muwu, who was about to go out, bumped his head.

Old Mrs. Li knew that Zhen Zhen could control animals. She touched Zhen Zhen's head, half happy and half sad: "If he eats pork, you can get used to him." /

"Eat, eat, don't go out and cut in line." Zhen Zhen sighed: "He wants to eat whatever he wants, maybe he will have to cook by himself in the future. How hungry is my brother?"

After hearing this, Wang Sufen cried again.

The brazier was lit again, the iron plate was on top again, and the venison was roasted in the same way, but there were fewer people who ate the roasted venison together. Ming Bei stared straight at the venison, and when the first plate was cooked, it was sent to Mrs. Li's table, and he couldn't wait to put new venison.

Ms. Li picked up a piece of venison, but she couldn't keep her mouth down. She raised her head and called Ming Bei: "You should eat it, the milk can't be eaten."

Ming Bei sat on the kang, took the chopsticks and rolled a meat roll for Mrs. Li with the cabbage heart and handed it to her: "Milk, it's actually nothing, I think it's pretty good. When I cut the queue, I guess I If I can get together with Yu late autumnal equinox, maybe if we spend two years together, she will be willing to marry me."

Mr. Li was almost never choked to death by the meat in her mouth. Most of her previous sadness was gone, and she looked at Ming Bei inexplicably: "Who is Yu Wanqiu?"

"It's the girl I like, from our class." Mingbei was a little embarrassed when he mentioned Yu late autumn: "It's the girl I met when I took Zhen Zhen to the hydrolysis factory for the first time to watch a movie. It looks good."

Old Mrs. Li put down the venison in her hand, pinched her waist and stared at Mingbei: "So the reason you worked so hard to take the Hydrolysis Factory High School is just to be in the same class as her?"

"Not so good." Mingbei nodded vigorously: "And in order to have a table with her, I even gave it to my classmate."

Old Mrs. Li angrily reached out to touch the cigarette bag and pot, and when she held it high, she remembered that her grandson was about to go far away, and she couldn't bear to beat him: "How good is the pen your brother bought for you, what do you say? If you give it to someone, you will give it to someone, you prodigal child. Then you give someone a pen, what do you usually use?"

"He also gave me one. Although it looks old, the water is very smooth." Mingbei laughed twice: "Well, isn't going to school to get a good wife and find a good job? I'm not all here to get a wife."

Mrs. Li was choked up and down in one breath. She didn't want to look at Ming Bei, so she turned around and called Zhen Zhen to her: "Then what happened to Yu Wanqiu? What kind of person is he?"

Zhen Zhen sat next to Mrs. Li and said to her in detail: "I'm a child of the hydrolysis factory. I look at people and look good, otherwise my fourth brother wouldn't be able to fall in love with them at a glance."

Seeing that Mrs. Li was in a bad mood, Zhen Zhen deliberately made her laugh: "Nurse, one of your three granddaughters is more beautiful than the other. How can you say such a good thing."

Mr. Li snorted coldly: "The first two are no problem. As for the late autumn, who knows if she will become my granddaughter-in-law. If you haven't seen it, people will ignore him."

"It's not that I don't agree." Mingbei scratched his face in confusion: "She just didn't speak, so I guess she has to think about it."

Mrs. Li sighed: "Are you sure you can go together? Do you know where to cut the line?"

"The school said it will be notified the day after tomorrow." Mingbei immediately replied: "I will fight for it and go with her. When I go back to the city in the future, I might hold my daughter-in-law in one hand and hold my son in the other. "

For a moment, Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

All parts of the country responded very quickly to the clear instructions issued by the chairman. Mingbei went to school according to the day, and when he came back at noon, he was very happy: "Mom, I have chosen a place, and I will go to an educated youth spot in late autumn. "

Mrs. Li hurriedly asked, "Which province are you in? Not far from home? Isn't it the Great Northwest?"

"It's about the same direction." Mingbei nodded, and Mrs. Li's legs softened, so she didn't fall down, so she heard Mingbei add: "I and Yu Wanqiu go to the twelve educated youth spots."

While supporting Mrs. Li, Zhen Zhen anxiously asked Ming Bei: "Don't talk halfway, where are the twelve educated youths?"

"It's on the northwest side of our North Fork." Mingbei explained in a vague way: "The hydrolysis plant is building a special line for a small railway, but it is said that it is not that fast. Recently, I can only take a big car or something, which is far from our north. The fork is a full twelve kilometers, so it's called the Twelve Educated Youth Point. After I cut the queue there, I can't go home every day. I heard from the factory that I can only come back once every two weeks."

Suddenly, Mrs. Li's legs stood up straight. She picked up the cigarette bag and pot on the kang and knocked at Mingbei. It's called Da Northwest? You're a heartless thing, give me a good pen in exchange for a broken pen, do you think you have a weak head?"

Mingbei was beaten and ran away: "Daddy, I'm going to jump in the queue, why are you still beating me? Don't you feel bad for me?"

"I feel bad for you." Mrs. Li felt bad when she thought of her big fat pig who had eaten half of it: "Your brother and sister-in-law haven't come back yet, so you killed the pig first, and you left home altogether. Twenty kilometers is a waste of my tears."

Wang Sufen stood beside her, crying and laughing, and kept encouraging Mrs. Li: "Mother, knock him hard, you bastard, you scared me to death."

"I didn't know it would be so close to home?" Mingbei squatted on the ground with his head in his arms and was aggrieved: "Why don't I talk to the school and give me a different place? There are also forty-two educated youth spots. What?"

"You can pull it down." Mrs. Li was sitting on the kang panting heavily and looking at Ming Bei, Mrs. Li suddenly stabbed Ming Bei's chest: "Don't come back every two weeks, It's not enough trouble to cook for you, just come back once or twice a month."

Mingbei:...

Wang Sufen: Mother is right, so what, mother, let me freeze the pork and venison. It's still two months before the Chinese New Year, so it can't be so boring. "

"No." Mingbei looked at his mother who was still reluctant to part with him just now in disbelief: "Didn't you say braised pork at noon?"

Mr. Li sneered and glanced at him for the first time: "What are you going to eat with braised pork? You can't eat it with stewed cabbage. Mingdong motherfucker, don't stew meat this week, we'll be here when Mingbei is gone. Put some pork slices in the dish, look at what he ate this week, full of fat intestines."

Mingbei squeezed his smooth belly, and he was about to cry without tears: ...my grandmother!