Rebirth after the 1950s

"You are so old, why are you still reading?"

"All great men have said, it's never too late to live and learn."

"But, at this age, you are also stupid."

"It's not like you will become talented in a day. You can't recognize ten words in a day, and you can't remember a word. Memorize one word in a day, which means 360 five words in a year. In less than three years, the words we commonly use are common, basically I know them all.”

"is it okay?"

"Is it possible? You'll know if you try it. Besides, the benefits of literacy are great. For example, if you go to the county town and want to use the toilet, you don't need to ask. You all know where it is?

Also, when we go out to do some errands, it is more convenient to be literate than to be illiterate. For example, there are more prostitutes outside now. They not only steal children, but also deceive adults. If we are all literate, we can go to the Public Security Bureau. Tell them where our home is.You don’t just think that we, our country is so big, there is only one Gujiaweizi Brigade of Daying Min Commune in Fusong County.”

"Is not it?"

"how can that be?"

"Sometimes there are many place names with the same pronunciation but different characters, so even if you can't write, you still need to know the characters. When someone writes it out, you will know it correctly. You will not lose it wherever you go."

"It's okay"

"Of course"

"It seems that we have to let the children at home study hard."

"Yes"

"The tuition fee alone is only a few dollars a year. Not only will I be admitted to a university, but after I graduate from high school, I have to graduate from junior high school anyway."

"Even so, my daughter has to go to school and become literate. When the time comes, her husband's family will be superior to others."

"You are right. At that time, if a girl was literate, it would be easier for her to find a husband than an illiterate girl."

"that is"

After this chat, every household in the brigade began to urge their children to study. Some adults actually got to know their children, so much so that after the reform and opening up, they started small businesses nearby, which was better than farming all their lives.

When I got off work at noon, the third and fourth brothers did not come back. I cooked some food and rested in the room for a while. When the sun was no longer hot, I went into the mountains with my backpack on my back. , I am very strong, and I can finish what others do in a day in half a day. It’s not about how fast I work or how light the task is, but because everyone feels that now is not the busy time for farming and everyone is working hard.

I didn't realize it myself. After finishing the work early, I could clean up my own plot of land, go to the mountains to collect wild products, collect firewood, and catch some prey.Since I came here, there have been a lot of pheasants and rabbits in the space. I have packed them up and put them in the kitchen. When winter comes, I will make them into air-dried chickens and rabbits. If that doesn’t work, I can take out the meat and make them. Into dried meat.

There are also a lot of fungus and mushrooms in the space. I dried them in the sun and put them in sacks for preservation. These are wild dry goods, which are better than those artificially bred in later generations and have high nutritional value.

When I came back from the mountain in the evening, I saw several young girls in the brigade who were not yet married near their homes.Usually, no girls or young men in the village come here. What is going on.

Seeing that the door to Chen Enpeng's courtyard next door was unlocked, I stood outside and shouted:

"Educated youth Chen Enpeng, are educated youth Chen Junjie at home?"

"You're at home, Li Zhiqing, are you okay?"

"Something happened, come out for a moment"

"Oh well"

Soon two people came out, and I told them what I just saw near the door.

Chen Enpeng said: "It's not for us two brothers."

"Ah, you mean you are here for Third Brother and the others."

"should be"

"But they have already set their demands so high, and they still don't give up."

"It turns out that what you said this morning was deliberately told to others," Chen Junjie said in surprise.

"Yes! Besides, my third brother is just an adult now, so it's still early to get married."

"Then they don't want to give up?" Chen Junjie asked

"I'm afraid it's not that simple," Chen Enpeng

"What do you mean?"

"A chance encounter or something, or a love affair or something, plus some people fanning the flames, the girls in the brigade will have a bad reputation, so I can only rely on you. You won't even agree to it, otherwise they will go back and accuse you of hooliganism." I said

"Not really," said Chen Enpeng

"I'll go, isn't this too scary?" Chen Junjie asked

"As for whether it's not, then I don't know. Okay, I know that since they are coming for Third Brother and the others, I know what to do."

"By the way, how do you two feel about working recently?"

"It's not bad. I've adapted to it. We got off work half an hour earlier than yesterday."

"That's fine"

"We are going to try it out in the next week to see if we can get off work earlier every day. We are not required to be the same as you. As long as we get off work two hours early every day, the two of us also plan to go into the mountains to collect some firewood. of"

"Okay, as long as your body can bear it."

"should be no problem"

"That's good, that's it. I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go home and cook."

"Come back, we are cooking too"

I looked at the few people standing not far away, but I still felt uneasy. I put the backpack in the yard and went out without packing it up. When I saw that they were still there, I ran to the foot of the mountain and collected firewood while waiting for the two of them. elder brother.

When the two brothers Chen Enpeng and Chen Junjie who lived next door heard the sound of me locking the door, Chen Junjie said, "Pengzi, tell me, is what Li Mianmian said true?"

"I really don't know, but those people outside the door are certainly not pure in mind."

"What should I do?"

"I don't know, I can only be more prepared."

"How can such a person exist? When I see someone..."

"What kind of people don't have this! Let's not talk about Li Mianmian and her two brothers, let's just talk about the two of us. We must pay attention to this aspect and don't let others rely on it."

"That's what you said"

“I don’t know when we can go back.”

"I don't know if I can go back, but I know that when it comes to getting married, I must find someone I like and who also likes me, otherwise I won't be able to live this life."

"you're right"

"From now on, if you have nothing to do, don't be alone with the lesbians in the village. If you have anything to do, go directly to the brigade headquarters and see the brigade leader."

"Yes, their family also has lesbians who are about the same age and are about to get married. It's safer to go to the brigade headquarters. No matter what we do in the future, we should go together."

"That's right"

"Mianmian, why are you here? Fourth brother saw me collecting firewood and asked where?"

"I have nothing to do at home, so I came over to collect firewood."

"Is there anything wrong with Mianmian?" asked the third brother

"After checking that there was no one around, I told him what I saw this morning and what I just saw in front of my house."