reborn in the fiery age

Mama Yang said with some longing, "At that time, everyone picked good ones for their meals, and many people threw away the taro after taking two bites. It was a waste of things.

Seeing that something was wrong, my old lady secretly brought these taro back and dried them.If the times are good, you can just feed pigs and chickens. If the times are bad, these taro can save lives!

I didn't expect that it was really wrong. Let's take it easy, my mother and I, we won't be hungry after this period of inactivity. "

Sun Zujie could hardly believe his ears, and he also understood that it was because of these dried taro that Mama Yang led him to the present.

This is just a very ordinary rural woman who is illiterate, but she has such a life experience and vision. Maybe it can be called a philosophy of survival. The Chinese people are really great and smart!

Sun Zujie, who still had self-pity and self-harm, was completely fascinated at this time. This was the first lesson in his new life, which taught him what it means to be frugal, what it means to be far-sighted, and what it means to have a way out, so he You must maintain a humble and prudent attitude at all times, don't be self-righteous, and don't think you know this, and just bluff if you know that. Compared with such survival wisdom, those things in his stomach are too superficial.

Chapter 3 Going Out

After eating this bowl of porridge, it was already dark. In this era, there was no electricity in the countryside, and kerosene lamps were used for lighting.At that time, only the street where the commune was located had electric lights, and the village was without electricity, and every household used kerosene lamps.

Some kerosene lamps are bought, and some are self-made.Homemade kerosene lamps are very simple. Mostly you find an empty ink bottle, drill a small hole in the top cover, roll the metal skin of the waste battery into a cylinder and pass it through the small hole, and then use a bunch of cotton thread or cotton cloth strips to penetrate it. The cylinder is used as the wick, and kerosene is poured into the bottle, and a kerosene lamp is completed.This is a bought kerosene lamp.The green glass material has long faded, and its shape is like a gourd with a thin waist and a big belly, highlighting large and small cracks. There is a lamp cap on it, and there is a knob on the side of the lamp cap that can adjust the wick in and out to control the brightness of the lamp. There is still a trace of unused lamp oil inside.

There are also traces of kerosene lamps in Sun Ying's childhood memories, but the kerosene lamps are already rusty, and they are put together with a pile of unused items, just in case, because at that time the countryside had already used them The existence of electricity and kerosene lamps is purely because my mother is reluctant to discard them.

In the era of lighting kerosene lamps, there was no entertainment. When people had nothing to do, people liked to drop by. Neighbors, relatives, friends, acquaintances and colleagues, you came to my house, and I went to yours. It was very casual. of.

Sometimes I go out for a stroll, and when I walk to the door of a family, if I have friendship, I will call out, if someone is at home, I will go in and sit down.When there is no famine, the host will bring out their meals for you to eat;

If men meet together, it will be impossible for you to smoke a pot, and him to smoke a pot, one pot after another to smoke for half a day.For example, when women come together, the parents of the east and the west are chatting, talking and laughing for a while, and sometimes they forget to cook when they talk.Although I can't understand what they are talking about, I can feel the sincerity and human touch between people.

It’s just that this is the time when people are out of service, and some people’s homes have already cut off the cooking. At this time, it is the key to save every bit of energy at home, so this kind of wandering is not popular at all at this time, only Mama Yang’s uncle came over to take a look I looked at Sun Zujie and saw that he was recovering well, so I chatted a few words and went back early.

In order to take care of Sun Zujie, Yang's mother slept with him on the same bed. Listening to his mother's sleeping breathing, Sun Zujie still didn't feel sleepy at all. He opened his eyes and looked at the grass on the roof, not knowing what to think.It's just that his body has just been injured and he is still in his infancy, so Sun Zujie doesn't know when he fell asleep.

When Sun Zujie woke up the next day, he was woken up by hunger. He stood up with support and saw a bowl of porridge by the bedside. It was a bowl of white rice and taro porridge, but it was very watery. drink up.

Sun Zujie didn't care about hot and cold, so he ate it after a few mouthfuls.After a while, he felt urgent to urinate, so he slowly got up and solved the problem facing the toilet.

If he hadn't been born in the countryside, Sun Zujie would not have adapted to the new life so quickly, but now he has no choice but to settle down as he comes.The young Xincheng had a fast metabolism, let alone just drank a bowl of gruel, so soon Sun Zujie's stomach began to growl again, and he could no longer lie down on the bed, so he got up with support.

He found a bamboo as a crutch, and walked out slowly, preparing to take a look at the countryside in this era. Of course, he was young after all, so he could only walk around his home, purely as a restorative training.

This is near Jiaohu Lake, a land of fish and rice, so the countryside is not too poor. Although most of the houses are wooden-structured earthen houses with thatched roofs, there are also many brick and tile houses.

Interestingly, many slogans full of characteristics of the times were painted on the exterior walls of these houses. These slogans reflect people's core needs and mainstream value orientation.

"If people don't attack me, I won't attack others. If people attack me, I will attack others." This should be posted in the early years, full of vigor, after all, this is an era that makes all Chinese people feel excited and hopeful.

Of course, in the eyes of Sun Zujie's later generations, there is still a sense of inadequacy. After all, he can only defend passively, shouting that you don't mess with me, but in his era, he has already shouted that the Pacific Ocean is big enough to accommodate two big countries.Although it is not domineering, but the boldness that is equal to the boss can no longer be suppressed.

"Destroy the old and create the new, eradicate the four pests", this slogan has probably only been posted in recent years. Compared with mice, flies and mosquitoes, Sun Zujie secretly mourns for the sparrows.

Of course there are some, Sun Zujie finds it funny, there is no chemical fertilizer, no hybrid rice, no matter how courageous a person is, the land will not produce much.In fact, in Sun Zujie's view, with the increasing population, the advancement of industrialization requires agriculture to provide more surplus value, so the current difficulties are more of a necessity, not just natural disasters and man-made disasters, oh, Far away!

While Sun Zujie was staring at the slogan on the wall, Mama Yang came back with a group of people, Sun Zujie slowly went up to him, and shouted from afar, "Mom, you are back from work! "

Sun Zujie's voice immediately made the crowd laugh, and an aunt in her 40s said with a smile, "Xiaojie is a ghost, I'm afraid he's starving!"

Mother Yang walked to Sun Zujie's side, and of course she was very happy to see that he was able to leave. She smiled and said softly, "Mom went to the responsibility field and pulled some weeds. Xiaojie, are you hungry?"

Sun Zujie was taken aback, "Responsibility field?"

However, he quickly realized that Huaixi had indeed done a year of responsible farmland back then, and it was because of this year's exploration that household contract production in rural areas first occurred in Huaixi.

After Sun Zujie realized it, he was overjoyed, because in Sun Ying's memory, although there were various changes later, he no longer had to worry about food and clothing.It's only been less than 24 hours, and he can't take it anymore. Damn it, it's really hard to be hungry.

Seeing that Sun Zujie looked very happy, Mother Yang smiled and patted his head, "The responsible field is that the brigade distributes the field to our family for planting. Our mother and I have a bucket of rice (one mu) to grow. will starve."

Seeing Mama Yang explaining to Sun Zujie in a serious manner, the aunt next to her couldn't help laughing again, "Auntie, why are you telling a child so clearly?"

Before Yang's mother could explain to the aunt, Sun Zujie replied solemnly, "Auntie, I'm very smart, I know everything, and my mother can tell me everything."

The group of aunts also bent over with a smile when they heard what Sun Zujie said. She patted Sun Zujie's head lightly, "You cowardly child, what nonsense are you talking about!"

The aunt was thoughtful, and she replied with a smile, "Xiaojie is really smart. You see, he called me aunt. I remember that only those foreign students who went to the countryside to do voluntary labor called me that a few years ago. .

I see, this little boy who has studied is different. The one in my family is similar to Xiaojie, but now he rolls around in the field all day, like a mud monkey. "

Hearing what the aunt said, the group of aunts began to discuss again, "Study is of course good, isn't the old saying that three generations who don't read are not as good as a litter of pigs."

"That is to say, if you can't get enough to eat now, how can you still have money to study?"

Having said that, the group of aunts gradually quieted down, and they were no longer in the mood to chat.After Sun Zujie listened quietly, Yang Ma helped him back home.

Chapter 4: Earthworms Raising Chickens

When I got home, it was almost noon. First, Mama Yang walked slowly to the chicken coop to have a look, touch it, shook her head in disappointment, and murmured, "These two plague chickens have been around for half a month. , have not yet laid eggs, the kerosene at home is almost used up!"

In this era, eggs seem to have become a universal hard currency like gold.Therefore, the economic status of a laying hen in the family is no less than that of a male labor force.

In daily life, no one can do without "three jars and three bottles", salt jars, oil jars, sauce jars and soy sauce bottles, kerosene bottles, and vinegar bottles.The supply of oil is limited according to the population, and the amount is only a few catties a year; every family can make miso, and the remaining salt, soy sauce and vinegar can only be bought.

How to buy without money?The only way is to exchange eggs at the supply and marketing cooperatives in the brigade. This is the most primitive form of "bartering", which is used to solve the daily expenses of the whole family, so it is also called the chicken butt bank by the leaders.

Therefore, the two hens that laid eggs at home became the key objects of care. Even in this lean age, Mama Yang never dared to touch them.

And the chicken coop must be set up close to the window, so that you can get up and check in time if there are abnormal noises at night. Even though the smell of chicken manure will come in with the wind, you can only endure it.

During the day, the chickens are free-range, and they will go outside to look for food. In the evening, adults are everywhere in the village of Cangwei.

And before dark, the chicken coop should be sealed to prevent weasels from pulling the chicken at night.When closing the door of the chicken coop, if I counted and found that they were not all there, I had to go find them quickly.

Finding a chicken is not an easy task. It only looks for corners and corners. Sometimes, in order to find it, I don’t know how many miles I have to run and how much effort I have to spend.

At night, everyone in the family fell into a drowsy sleep. As long as they heard the rooster crowing loudly, they would wake up immediately, get dressed and get up and run out, lest the rooster would be dragged away by the weasel. There are also chicken thieves to guard against.

Feeding the chickens is usually Mama Yang's job. People are poor and can't get enough to eat. Of course, the life of the chickens will not be easy. The food at home will definitely not be fed to it. Sometimes the old cabbage that people don't eat is chopped up with a knife and mixed with some chaff to feed it.

Seeing Mama Yang's disappointment, Sun Zujie suddenly came up with an idea. In his memory, there seemed to be an example of earthworms raising chickens, but these earthworms were digging around in the soil, and they must be full of germs, so earthworms must be used It can be cut into chickens only after boiling in hot water. It is said that the egg production rate of chickens that have eaten earthworms will increase by [-]-[-]%.

Thinking of this, Sun Zujie said, "Mom, chickens that don't lay eggs are poor food. I see chickens often grilling to find eels to eat. Why don't we dig some eels for them to eat, which can also save some feed. .”

Mama Yang's eyes lit up when she heard what Sun Zujie said, and she thought it was right, but then she was a little worried, "This eel is burrowing around in the soil, maybe there are dirty things on it, can chickens eat it? What if there is chicken plague?"

After speaking, Mama Yang began to shake her head.In the countryside, there is chicken plague every year, and now there is no gentamicin to prevent and control chicken plague. If a chicken gets chicken plague, the air spreads, and the chickens in a village may not be able to escape. At this time, the chickens are locked at home. It doesn't work either.

Without the laying chickens, the whole family's daily expenses will be in trouble immediately, so Mama Yang's worry is very reasonable.

Sun Zujie felt that he had to be firm in the old lady's opinion, "Mom, this is not easy to handle. Let's wash the mud off Qu Eel's body, and then boil it in boiling water for a while. Isn't that all right?"

After hearing what Sun Zujie said, Mama Yang felt that it made sense, but she still didn't dare to try it, and wanted to wait and see, maybe the chickens would lay eggs in two days.

Sun Zujie saw that there was nothing he could do to persuade Mama Yang, alas, who is still a child now, at this moment, Mama Yang said, "Xiaojie, don't make people laugh at you by saying nonsense that you are very smart in the future."