Reborn in the 70s / Reborn in 1978

"I'm busy, I don't have time to talk to you." Grandpa lowered his eyebrows and took a puff of cigarette, and responded in a neutral tone.

Dad didn't say another word, and led Zhang Xingming out the door. Grandpa didn't even look at Zhang Xingming from the beginning to the end.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, I met Zhang Xingming's second aunt, and said with a smile: "Qingzhi is back, is this Dajun?" Dad nodded, and replied: "This is the second child, Dajun didn't come."

Then, passing by, Zhang Xingming followed his father downhill, crossed the bridge, and left the village. (I forgot to mention earlier, the lane refers to the bullock cart)

After crossing the river, Dad picked up Zhang Xingming and put it on his shoulders, and the two walked to grandma's house.

Zhang Xingming didn't have any impression of his grandfather in his last life. He only remembered that this winter, he beat his elder brother with a cane on the edge of the field, and his grandma scolded him for a long time. Then he fell and died next summer.

Then I heard from my mother that my father had just returned from changing jobs, and my mother was pregnant with my brother, and the two were in Zhangjiabao. In winter, my mother wanted to eat some potatoes. They were not allowed to borrow, so when he came back in this life, Zhang Xingming didn't have any thoughts (thoughts) about them in his heart, he just didn't communicate.

"Father, let's not deliver anything anymore, just give everything to grandma."

"That's your grandfather, can you not give it? No matter how bad it is, it's still a grandfather." Dad raised his hand and patted Zhang Xingming's buttocks and said.

"It will be gone next year, so I don't need to give it away in the future, so I won't be able to get it back." Zhang Xingming accidentally said what was in his heart.

Dad stopped, took Zhang Xingming off his shoulders and patted his buttocks: "What are you talking about? Does anyone say that about old people? Don't talk nonsense in the future, are you listening?" Zhang Xingming rubbed his buttocks and nodded.

Dad sighed, carried Zhang Xingming in his arms and continued walking towards grandma's house, but he seemed dull.Zhang Xingming knew that his father was the most filial person, so he must feel uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do.

Back at grandma’s house, grandpa was burning stubble in the field, grandma was already cooking, my brother waved a stick of firewood in the yard, Zhang Xingming covered his eyes, brother, dad is in a bad mood Ah, you hit the gun.

Sure enough, my father put Zhang Xingming on the ground, went over to grab my brother, grabbed the firewood and threw it aside, waved his hand and gave him a fat beating, my brother called it miserable.

Fortunately, my grandma came out and stopped my father, and my brother's "big meal" ended. My brother rubbed his buttocks and ran to find his grandpa in the vegetable field.

The miscellaneous fish sauce and dried eggplant stewed at night made Zhang Xingming sweat from eating it. The taste in my memory was so delicious.

Chapter 8

In the Northeast at this time, after October every year, there are basically no green vegetables. At the beginning, there are some cabbages, and even cabbages are gone in the twelfth lunar month.

From November to April and May of the next year, the dishes of Northeast people are sauerkraut, green onions, radishes and potatoes, and families with good conditions will cook some dried vegetables.

In the 90s, green vegetables were also sold in winter, and these foods were rarely seen in the city. Later, the living conditions became better and better, and it was rare in the countryside. However, the vegetables made in this way are really delicious. . (Drool written out)

It was getting dark after dinner, and grandma boiled hot water. After washing their feet, the five of them got into bed on the kang, and the heat was transmitted from the kang to the body along the mattress. It was so comfortable, and Zhang Xingming fell asleep after a while I dreamed that my company made a lot of money, and the business was very good.

When I woke up the next morning, my father had already left. The early train was at six o'clock, and my father had to leave at four o'clock, otherwise he would not be able to catch up.

The elder brother turned over on the pillow, looked around, and asked in a low voice: "My father is gone?"

Zhang Xingming shook his head, expressing that he didn't know, his elder brother got up, ran to the top of the kang, looked out of the door frame, his grandma was cooking, his elder brother asked in a low voice, "Grandma, where is my father?"

"Let's go, go back to the South Grave."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh." My brother immediately became elated and energetic, jumping up and down on the kang and shouting.

"Don't jump, let the kang collapse again. If you don't sleep, go to the ground and come out to wash your face." Grandma scolded her brother in the outer room. (The inside of the heated kang is a hollow fire path, and a layer of rammed earth or bricks is placed on the surface. It often happens that children jump and collapse the kang)

"Get up, second child. Let's catch fish later." The elder brother said to Zhang Xingming as he began to put on his clothes.

"Catch fish," Zhang Xingming lay there looking at the beam with a diameter of 40 to [-] centimeters on the ceiling, hesitating whether to get up. The small river ditch at the door is less than half a meter deep, and the biggest fish is just as close to him. Now it is as big as a finger, and besides, the river is still cold. I am [-] years old, and I have no interest at all.

"You don't want to go? It's fun, let's go to burn the stubble." The elder brother put on his clothes, slid down the edge of the kang, put his feet in his shoes and lay down there to tie the shoelaces. The fun that can be found in crop work is more familiar.

Zhang Xingming turned over, lay on the pillow, looked at his brother and said, "If you burn your clothes, your butt is probably going to catch fire, and my dad will beat your butt into sixteen petals." The brother touched his butt, Said: "Can't you burn clothes? Let's gather a pile and burn it, and keep it away from the fire. It's okay."

"Brother, do you know the three children from Zhong Laosi's family across the street?" Zhang Xingming sat up and put on his clothes. Although he was four years old, we were old inside, so there was no pressure to dress by ourselves.

"Three children? There are only two in his family. That little girl Changhong robbed me, yes, let's go to her for revenge." The elder brother waved his fist.

"Ah?" Zhang Xingming was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that there were not two of them. The little one will be born next year. Fortunately, my brother is young, so he didn't pay attention to this. It seems that we should be more careful when doing things in the future, and don't go outside. There is a leak.

Wash his face, eat, porridge with corn balls, and the leftovers from last night. When he was full, his brother led him out of the courtyard and to the river.

There is a wooden bridge on the river, and at the other end of the bridge is Zhong's family. The older brother stood on the bridge and shouted: "Zhong Changhong, Zhong Changhong."

After yelling a few times, a girl with braids and a half-length red jacket got out of the gate and asked, "Who called me?" "Changhong, here I come again. Hurry up and return my 尜, or I will beat you with a stick." (尜, pronounced Ga, means spinning top)

"When did I take you? If you dare to hit me, I'll tell my dad." Zhong Changhong got out from the fence gate, closed the gate again, and then walked along the bridge.

"Who is this?" Zhong Changhong looked at Zhang Xingming and asked his brother.

"My little brother, I have two little brothers now, if you dare to take my things again, the three of us will cut you off together, do you believe it will become popular?"

"I'm about to have a younger brother. It's in my mother's womb. My mother said that I will have it in a year. Then I will lead my brother to kill you." Changhong is not afraid of fighting with her brother at all. Rural children go to the fields early. She is strong, and she is two years older than her brother, and she is also taller.

"What about me?" The elder brother poked Changhong's butt with a stick.

Changhong grabbed his brother's stick, then grabbed his brother's arm, pushed him to the ground at once, slapped him twice, his brother turned over on the ground and got up, and rushed up with a yah, the two caught on the ground. Twisted together for a long time.

In the end, the elder brother finally pushed Changhong down and called: "Stinky girl's film, do you accept it?" Just after asking Changhong, she pushed her elder brother to the bottom again.Zhang Xingming covered his face from the side, oh my god, it's so embarrassing.

After tearing for a long time, both of them were tired, sitting there panting, Zhang Xingming looked at this and that, and asked, "You don't think it's cold on the ground?" The two got up and patted the dirt on their bodies.

"Will you go to the field to burn stubble?" the elder brother asked Changhong while patting.

"I'm not going to burn it, smoked eyes."

"Then let's catch fish." The elder brother picked up the small stick he was holding, and stabbed Changhong's arm again.

"The water is too cold, let's go play in the castle, call my little brother and they go hunt birds (birds, Northeast pronounced cleverly)"

"Would you like to pick up foreign hot peppers? (An insect attached to branches or straws. I don't know its scientific name. The larvae have a shell like a bird's egg the size of a peanut. When it grows up, it breaks out of the shell. It will tingle when you touch the back of your hand, and it is especially delicious when it is burned in a charcoal fire. Read it twice)”

"Well, I know a lot, but I need to share more, or I won't take you there." Changhong's family was here, taking advantage of the familiar terrain, and began to bargain.Girls generally don't dare to do this thing, it really hurts.

"That won't work, there are still two of us, half of the family at most."

Changhong thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay then, I'll lead you there, you pick, half of the family is finished."

The elder brother looked at Zhang Xingming, and then at Changhong. Zhang Xingming watched him swallow his saliva.After thinking and thinking, my brother nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's go, half will be half."

Zhang Xingming smiled wryly in his heart. My brother sold himself for some delicious food. I guess he got it back and it was not enough for him to eat alone. In the last life, such things happened a lot. Almost all my brother ate it alone.

The three left the river, and Changhong led the two brothers through the vegetable field to the west mountain.

Passing through a pine forest and passing a mountain bend, the hillside in front of you is full of shrubs as tall as a person. This season, the shrubs have just turned green and sprouted, and the leaves have not yet emerged.

Then the two brothers stepped on the thick, soft withered grass, fallen leaves and newly sprouted grass, and began to search among the bushes.There is a white pattern and a gray pattern on the shell of the little thing, attached to the withered branches, it is not difficult to find if you look carefully.

Changhong searched by the edge of the bushes, fearing that she would scratch her clothes by drilling into the woods, so the two brothers searched in the woods.Time passes the fastest when you concentrate on doing things. After a while, the sun reaches the top of your head. My brother looked at the sky and wanted to continue searching, but he wanted to go back to eat. He frowned and thought about it, and said to Changhong: "Go home. Let's eat, come to find it in the afternoon, and share it in the evening."

"No, divide first, and then divide after searching in the afternoon." Zhong Changhong immediately objected.