Rebirth after the 1950s

Two-thirds of these things were given to you by many female comrades in our military region’s family home.”

"Oh, it turns out it's them"

"You know, them"

"I know" and then he told me about how some uncles and aunts in the military area's family home took good care of him after his parents died. "

At the same time, he also told me how he returned the gift. After getting familiar with it over and over again, he said: "Not counting the things you brought this time, I have gone back and forth three times, and sent packages to them twice. , once I asked Third Brother and Fourth Brother to bring it back last time.”

"Is it any wonder? Not long after returning home, someone asked me if I wanted to visit you in Fusong County. Didn't you understand the situation at the time?

Mom still said that after letting brother rest at home for two or three days, he would come over to see you.After they heard the news, they said they were going to a supply and marketing cooperative or a department store to see if there was anything you didn't have, and they wanted to buy it for you.

I was still wondering when they became so enthusiastic, so that’s how it turned out.”

Then he added: "I originally planned to come over to see you. Before I left, I called my home and told me that I would ask my brother to find the city in Beijing and then come to see you. I would also bring you something that is not convenient to mail. To be honest, when I saw these things, it was not that it was inconvenient to mail, but there were too many things and I was afraid of attracting other people’s attention when I mailed them.”

"Okay! I told them that there is no shortage of anything here, no shortage of food or drink, and there is still salary to be paid, so why can't it be done?"

"What salary? Isn't it just work in the fields in this country?"

"Yes, but don't you get money by working in the fields? The money you just paid yesterday is the spare food and seeds left by the brigade after the brigade handed in the grain. After deducting the members, the excess grain was sold to the grain station. This year Each work point is worth four cents? I have earned a total of 54.12 yuan since I came here to go to the countryside."

Then he continued: "The side job of the brigade is also good, the only thing that matters is the diligence of the people."

"what do you mean"

"Isn't it dependent on Changbai Mountain? In addition, there is a pharmaceutical factory, a pillar industry in the county. The pharmaceutical factory needs medicinal materials. As long as you work harder and dig more in the mountains to find medicinal materials, you can make a lot of money? This is not a gift from God. Do you want to eat?”

"indeed"

"Big brother is here, my sister will live in the house on the far side."

"You are this?"

"When I came here, I mentioned to the brigade leader that every household in the city must have one person who goes to the countryside. The brigade leader was afraid that there would be more educated youths by then, so he planned to build this whole row. There are about 20 such rooms. Big room." He opened the door and led the eldest brother in.

Shen Dong just saw my description of the house in the letter. It was the first time I saw it today. The yard was not big. When he saw it at a glance, he said: "The area is similar to the family home we live in in the military zone, but there are fewer rooms." Some. The yard is quite big.”

"What do you think, big brother?"

"What's wrong"

"The yard is not big, is it so big? Or is it because we enclosed the private land in the first place?"

"It was so"

"When we first built the house, the brigade was only responsible for building the house. As for the courtyard walls, toilets and firewood sheds, they were all built with their own money."

"Okay, so who's next door to you?"

"The two of them saw that their sister had built a wall around the courtyard to look like a single family, so they followed suit."

"It is indeed more convenient and safer to raise the courtyard wall so high."

"It's true that no one else can see what you do at home or in the yard."

"Brother, you do it first. I'm going to make some noodles for you. Let's put some down on the mat first. We'll go eat the butchered vegetables later."

“No need to go to such trouble”

"It's okay, just boil water, everything else is ready."

"It's really not necessary"

"It's okay, it's in the cellar, just go get it."

"How about going to get it?"

"No, if you really want to do it, just boil water and it will come soon."

"also"

He quickly came to the woodshed, opened the door of the cellar, climbed down quickly, and took out the grain stored in the living room from the space.As for the steamed buns and bacon, let’s talk about it later when we come into the house!

"Brother, these are frozen noodles. Just eat them when you want to eat them."

"Is it still possible?"

"Isn't this just to save effort? I rolled out a lot of noodles myself, put them on the dustpan, left them outside to freeze to death, then packed them up and put them in a cloth bag."

"Then why don't you put it in the house? You won't be afraid of being eaten by mice."

"Isn't there no room in the house to put it?"

"how can that be?"

"If you take a look, you won't know how many things my sister has prepared for the winter."

"Brother, I won't watch anymore."

"Okay, let me tell you what my sister has prepared."

Then he told me how many steamed buns, wowotou and big buns I had steamed. I also told the third brother and fourth brother how to hunt wild boars, marinate them in advance, and put them on the stove to smoke them into bacon. .

"Listen, are you saying that there is enough food for everyone?"

"It's enough, but I don't know if they will sell it on the black market."

"Have you ever been to the black market to sell food?" Shen Dong asked worriedly.

"Without my eldest brother, the team gave my sister 45 kilograms of grain on credit in the first month after I came here. After eating, I used the food stamps I received from the subsidy, as well as the national grain that Uncle Shen gave me when I came here to exchange for it at the grain store. of"

"How many food stamps will the local government subsidize you?"

"The standard weight is 27 pounds, but I asked for part of the white flour. The rest was either corn flour or sweet potato noodles. I can't eat sorghum rice or sorghum noodles."

"Then will you be able to eat the food you received next year?"

"It's not enough, but I bought 20 yuan of sweet potatoes from the brigade. I plan to wait until next spring to slice the sweet potatoes, dry them, put them away, and then grind them into sweet potato noodles to eat."

"How much corn is there?"

"It's quite a lot. Don't worry, brother. The rations given to everyone in our brigade are 360 ​​kilograms. I asked for 50 kilograms of wheat, 300 kilograms of corn cobs, and 750 kilograms of sweet potatoes, plus the work points I earned. As well as the sweet potatoes I bought, my sister has already calculated it, and it will be enough to eat next year.

Besides, don’t you still have subsidies?By the way, brother, there’s still a lot of food left?Not to mention the wild boar that the third and fourth brothers hunted, let’s talk about the food that my sister went up to the mountain to find, including walnuts, pine nuts, chestnuts and hazelnuts, all of which were two to three hundred kilograms?Just don’t worry! "

"That's good. I'm just worried that you won't have enough to eat."

"Brother, if you don't have enough food, my sister won't send you so many things. Even if you suffer, you can't suffer for yourself."

"Too"

"Brother, the noodles are ready. Serve them out quickly, otherwise they won't taste good. Let's take the bowls and eat on the Kang."

"No, just eat here, it's quite warm."