Siheyuan: The Rebirth of the Silly Pillar in the 50s

Orphanage.

The deaf old lady was brought here overnight.

When I got off the bus, I was pushed by the accompanying staff.

"Do you know how to respect the old and love the young?"

The deaf old lady was displeased and turned around to shout at the staff pushing the person.

"You want respect for a disrespectful old man like you? You want to eat shit!"

With a bang, the car door closed tightly, and the exhaust fumes from the car made the deaf old woman cough.

No one answered her at the door.

She could only fumble and walk inside unsteadily.

Facing her were two heavy iron doors.

This orphanage must be quite old, and it seems to have been established before liberation.

She struggled to push the door open and was frightened by the sight in front of her.

There are not only children in the orphanage but also homeless old ladies like her.

Moreover, these children were all strangely shaped, some were missing arms and legs, and some looked like people with dementia. They were running wildly inside the house, shouting.

Various sounds passed through the deaf old lady's hearing aid and almost shattered her eardrums again.

The smell inside the house was also very unpleasant.

The deaf old lady had already thought of running away before she even entered.

She might as well live here as wandering.

Where is life? This is simply like being in jail!

"It's time to go to bed! It's time to go to bed! Go to bed quickly!"

Teacher Wu, who is responsible for the children's life, clapped her hands and drove the children to sleep like sheep.

The children were not so obedient. They continued to run around, some going to bed and some not sleeping and running around to sleep.

The several elderly people seemed to be used to it. They went to bed and lay down, unmoved by the noise and unpleasant smell.

The deaf old lady took advantage of the chaos and wanted to turn around and leave.

Unexpectedly, he was discovered by Teacher Wu.

"Lady! Why are you wandering around? Come back quickly!"

"I?"

The deaf old lady pointed at herself.

"Yes, I'm talking about you! Come here quickly, there is still a lot of work for you to do! This is the quilt that the children wet last night. Take it and wash it quickly! We don't have any extra quilts. Dry them It still needs to be paved!”

"Are you mistaken? I'm new here."

"What's wrong with the new guy?"

Teacher Wu pointed to the old people sleeping in the corner and said: "You are the youngest among these old people. If you don't do it, why don't men admit that they let them do it?"

The deaf old lady then opened her eyes and saw.

The elderly people lying down looked to be in their seventies or eighties, and some were even as old as a hundred years old.

Looking at it this way, I am indeed young.

"Hurry up and go! Your street office has told us that you are here just to help with the work. Why are you still so coy about what you said!"

Teacher Wu said as he pushed the deaf old lady to the laundry area.

"Go to bed after washing! Otherwise, we won't be able to work tomorrow and there will be no paving! Hurry up!"

After saying that, Teacher Wu left directly.

The deaf old lady looked at the pot of quilt that was filled with the smell of urine, feeling furious and restless.

She didn't expect that she would end up like this.

How did it become like this?

How could she...

She shouldn't live like this.

She has never suffered hardship in her life, and she cannot afford to suffer it when she is old.

So she stood up and she resisted.

She kicked over the wash basin and yelled at Teacher Wu: "I won't wash these quilts! I am a martyr! I don't deserve to be treated like this!"

"What happened to the martyrs' relatives?"

Teacher Wu smiled.

Pointing at everyone in the room, he said: "Many of these children are martyrs and orphans. There are also those old people."

She smiled and said: "Those old people have personally participated in the war. You, a martyr, are nothing here!"

The deaf old lady was confused.

Her trump card was of no use here at all.

What else can she do?

Will she surrender to fate?

"These people don't have to work because they are all old and they are people who have really made contributions. Look, when they come back from the war, they have no family left, so they have to be taken in by us. You said we can Are you going to let them do the work? Your arms and legs are so nimble, who will do it if you don’t do it? Even if you don’t have the strength to kick over the wash basin, you can wash these quilts. The water-drawing room is in front, hurry up and get another basin of water. Wash all these quilts!”

Teacher Wu turned around and left and then came back.

He specifically warned the deaf old lady: "If you can't finish washing today, there will be no bed for the children tomorrow. Then don't eat or sleep."

The deaf old lady stood there and stared at Teacher Wu's back.

She never thought that she would end up like this when she was old.

She couldn't figure it out.

She couldn't figure out why the lock she hung on her door was hung on Yi Zhonghai's door.

She couldn't even figure out that her status as a martyr was obviously a master key.

Why doesn't it work here?

What should she do in the future?

Will she die directly here?

She is also an old man!

She is still deaf!

Why do others have good treatment but I don’t?

When the deaf old lady thought of this, she couldn't help but scream to the sky to vent her dissatisfaction.

But soon she was scolded by Teacher Wu: "Can you be quiet? Everyone is going to bed!"

The deaf old lady who was living under someone else's roof had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.

Don't dare to make any more noise.

……

one year later.

Gao Xiaocui came back with an empty flour bag, confusion written all over her face.

"Xiao Cui, didn't you go buy some noodles? Why did you come back empty-handed?"

When He Daqing saw that his wife was back, he hurriedly greeted her and was a little confused when he saw the empty flour bag.

"I went to buy it, but the person selling food said that I need a ticket now... I don't have one either! I'll come back and ask you. When did you stop using money to buy things, why do you need a ticket? Tickets can be used as money. "?" (The first food stamp in China was the flour stamp from Beijing)

Gao Xiaocui's barrage of questions also confused He Daqing.

He didn't know what kind of "ticket" this "ticket" was.

After hearing the whole story, He Yuzhu interjected: "I'm afraid that in the future, when we pay wages, we will not only need to pay money, but also need invoices. When buying things in the future, just having money will not suffice, but we will also have to ask for tickets."

"what?"

Gao Xiaocui and He Daqing both looked confused.

The two of them still didn't understand the situation.

He Yuzhu smiled and joked: "From now on, our family will still read the newspaper together every day. You two never read the news. Is it okay now? You can't buy flour even when you go out. But it doesn't matter, it's out now. Flour stamps haven’t been implemented on a large scale yet. This store requires tickets, so you can just go to a place that doesn’t ask for tickets and buy them.”

"I still don't quite understand..."

Gao Xiaocui still looked confused.

"You will understand later. It doesn't affect you now."

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he turned around and went to school.

He knew that a new era was coming soon.

Time really passed by quietly and silently. In the blink of an eye, he came to 53 years and was 19 years old.