People from the Red Chamber in the Times

"Brother Xiaobao, did the second uncle beat you up again? You said you did too, so what are you going to do with me? It would be nice to just stay in peace and quiet, if you messed with such a big guy. Zhuzi you too, you two sit together Open the table, just watch Brother Xiao Bao go with that Hu Desheng?" After dinner, Er Zi and Zhu Zi came home to see Bao Yu.The rest of the family went to the old lady's house to help pick up sweet potatoes, and he was alone at home lying on his stomach!

"Brother Xiaobao said he was going to the bathroom, but I didn't know he left with Hu Desheng! It's not my fault, I didn't know he believed that." Zhuzi was wronged.

"Second son, don't talk about Zhuzi, I'm going on my own." Since returning home, all the people are blaming others for not keeping an eye on him. How dare Baoyu let Zhuzi take the blame, Zhuzi How old is it?Why should I be the big one, but let the small ones watch over me?

"Hey, Brother Xiaobao, I didn't mean you. Who is Hu Desheng? How can you trust him? But there is no one in Hongqi Village who doesn't know him. He is an old ruffian. , There is nothing he doesn’t do, this is catching up with the sports, just shouting his slogan loudly. I will be a teacher. I don’t know how to read as much as I do. Can he teach a fart? Or just rely on Shouting slogans to fool people. I heard that this time he brought out more than 200 people, and he has made meritorious service. He is going to be transferred to the revolutionary committee in the town. He said he will go to the county! They are I'm going to be a high-ranking official, what do you get? Besides being beaten, what else do you get? Just now my uncle went home and told my dad that I won't let me go to school anymore. Look, even me and Zhuzi It’s all a burden on you.” Er Zi and Xiao Bao grew up together, Xiao Bao’er has an idiot and a small pillar, although he is two years younger, he has always been the leader of the three-person team.

"Second brother, you can't say that about Brother Xiaobao. What Uncle Changfa means is that he won't let you go because he can't learn much at school. He wants to find someone to teach us at home. It's not what you said!" Zhuzi In fact, I don't think I was implicated by Baoyu.

"I'm sorry, I'm the one who caused you trouble." Baoyu struggled to sit up, although his butt hurt too much to touch the bed, he still gritted his teeth and got up to apologize to the two little brothers.Even the second son knew that Hu Desheng was not a good person, and Xiaobao hadn't always been stupid, and it wasn't that he hadn't heard of that person's virtues. Be loyal, don't think so much.Now Dabao has also persuaded him, and he has listened to what his sister said, and let the second son say that, there is still something he doesn't understand.Their passionate ideals were taken advantage of by others.

"No, no. Brother Xiaobao, that's what I said, and I didn't mean to blame you." Baoyu's apology made the two sons feel at a loss.

"Wrong is wrong. I will definitely not make trouble in the future, and I will study hard at home." Baoyu decided that he had to study hard. One day, he would work like Dabao and get the approval of others. No matter what you want to do, you can make your own decisions, and you don't have to involve others, and you don't have to be beaten.

"Yes, let's study hard at home. We also take exams, go to technical secondary schools, and go to college. Our family has a good family background, and we will definitely get recommended places. At that time, my three brothers will all go to college, and they will be cadres when they come back. When the time comes to enter the city and earn money, the family will no longer have to go hungry." The second son was very sure of Baoyu's decision.

"I just thought, if I can earn wages, my father and mother will not have to eat half full every day, and save all the food for me." Zhuzi's ideal is very simple.

"Okay, then let's all take the exam, earn wages, and be cadres." The second son made a final decision.

"Yeah!" Baoyu felt strong again. He didn't like scholars who only went for fame and fortune, but in order to be able to make his own decisions, passing the exam was the only way he could think of at the moment. He really didn't want to be beaten again. , It hurts like hell, and it's too embarrassing.

The three little brothers have set their goals in this way, and they are all determined to work hard for their goals!

Jia Changfa is a person who does what he says and does it. He gets up early the next morning to take off the blank and prepare to build a house.When the team had a meeting the night before, he had already told the members about everything, the reason for setting up educated youths, and the way to deal with it.The members also agreed.It’s just that he said at the beginning that his family paid for the cover, and he was also responsible for the educated youth’s food. After the educated youth came, in addition to normal propaganda work, he taught several children in his family in his spare time.

The members of the commune did not agree, and it was finally decided that the house would still be built in their yard, because when he and Xiao Baoniang lived separately, the house was built at the western end of the village, and it was not liberated at that time. More rules, although the two mud houses of their family are not big, but the yard is very spacious, and the front and back gardens are very large.The west wing can be built in the yard of his house, but it can't block other people's gardens.

The house is still being built at his house, but the work is done by all the villagers, young and old, and the beams and pillars are also produced by the production team.The production team is also responsible for the educated youth's food, just one piece. In the future, when the educated youth lectures and teaches students, all the children in the village can listen to the lectures if they want.

That's it.

Adobe is easy to handle, anyone can do it.Every family also has adobe molds.Old and young men take off the blanks before going to work in the morning and after get off work in the evening.The adobe is made by cutting hay into sections first, and then mixing it with yellow mud to form a mold.Every family has hay. The elderly and children who don't usually go to work go to the meadow to mow the grass and dry it for firewood. There is no shortage.As long as the mud is well mixed, skilled hands can remove dozens of blanks a day.The adobe is then left to dry in the sun and ready to use.

A family can make dozens of yuan, and the whole village can work together, and it will be enough for two or three days.The beams and pillars of the house are about ten thick (ten centimeters in diameter), and the poplar trees planted by the production team around the grain drying field are cut down. They are regarded as the property of the production team, and the team has the final say. No need to ask for instructions.Also cut it down early to dry!

The straw mat on the roof was weaved by Xiao Baoniang and the handy aunts and ladies in the village during the night team meeting.

The children also have work to do, isn't it that the grass used before was supported by various families!Those are all borrowed. The children don’t go to school during the day. They go to the meadow in groups to mow the grass. They go there in the morning, and after the mowing, they hang it on the meadow to dry, and when they go home at night, they take the grass back to dry.The undried ones are put there to continue to dry. Although these days are bitter, one thing is good, that is, no one will touch other people's things, even a piece of grass!

Baoyu was beaten ruthlessly, but they were all skin wounds, neither bones nor internal organs were injured.His body is used to being beaten.I was able to get off the kang the next day, and I was alive and kicking within two days.

Baoyu felt strange in her heart, Xiao Baoniang always said that he was weak, but as far as his resistance to beating was concerned, where was he weak?

To put it bluntly, it’s not that the parents love their son and feel sorry for him when he was sick when he was a child. He has never been like other children since he was a child. He helped the family with the work as soon as he could leave. Only then did he raise his delicate flesh.

When he recovers, he will go to the meadow to mow grass with the children in the village, and he also hopes that the house will be built soon!

Because Baoyu was good at weaving baskets before, the straw mats were easier to weave than the baskets, and the techniques were similar. Baoyu would soon be able to weave straw mats, and they were tight and beautiful. Before mowing two handfuls of grass, I cut my hand.The children didn't let him mow the grass any more, but let him weave mats on the side.

The materials are all ready, the work in the field cannot be stopped, and the house still has to be built in spare time, which can only be used in the morning and evening.Autumn is here and the days are getting shorter.

When the house is built, the autumn harvest is over.Jia Changfa has already said hello to the brigade, and the educated youth will be able to move in when the house is dry.

All the land in the production team has been taken back, and all the food has been harvested, just waiting for the distribution of food.The rest is the work of each family's private land.

The old lady is alone, occupying two people's private plots, and half the garden is enough for her own vegetables.The other half of the garden is planted with cabbage and radishes, which is enough for her to pickle winter vegetables.The three acres of private land are all planted with potatoes and sweet potatoes.Jia Changhong and Jia Changfa took the whole family to help the old lady reclaim the land.More than 2000 catties of potatoes and more than 1000 catties of sweet potatoes were picked up.It is also because the old lady is not in the company, does not need to work, and has a strong body. The land is carefully served, so there is such a large output.

How can there be so many things in the cellar in the house.The kang in the back building is full of piles above and below ground.

"I am alone, and I can't eat five hundred catties. I won't sell it this year. Send a cart to Min, and their son-in-law earns wages alone. There are six children, and there is not enough to eat. The rest, Let’s split it up, you two.” The sweet potatoes and potatoes were packed up and went home, and we ate at the old lady’s house in the evening, which was potatoes mixed with miso and vegetables.The old lady at the dinner table spoke.

"Mother, the production of our family's private land this year is quite good, enough to eat. No, no." Jia Changhong is the boss, so he asked, how can I ask for my mother's food!

"That's right, mother, today's sweet potato seedlings and potato seedlings are all foreign seedlings bought by my brother-in-law. The first crop has a high yield. In addition, we can use two or three crops of our own seedlings! It must be enough to eat." Jia Changfa also said. speak out.

"Shaomeng your old lady. I have planted land all my life, and I don't know how to pay for it? Although both of you have [-] acres of private land, but you young people spend a lot of money, and half of the land has been planted. The miscellaneous grains have to be sold in autumn for money, and the remaining half go to grow cabbage and radishes, and only one or two acres can be grown to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes. No matter how high the yield is, can it be two thousand catties? Five or six people eat, Enough for what? That’s it. Tomorrow, when your work in your own fields is finished, Ma Liuer will come and take it away. This will make room for me, and the food will be divided, and I will have to put food in the back building !” The old lady was very assertive.

"Okay, then listen to my mother. Brother, mother gave us all the potatoes and sweet potatoes, and there is no living money in hand, so we will give my mother [-] pocket pockets as a family?" Jia Changfa made a decision.

"Okay." Jia Changhong thought for a while and agreed.

"Cut. Brat, why do you look down on your old lady? I still use the pocket money you gave me, don't talk to me. No." The old lady is willing to listen to her sons respecting her, but she doesn't want the pocket money given by them .In the past years, she didn't share any things produced in the field except for giving a little to the daughters in the city. They were all sold with the help of her sons. She was in good health and she didn't suffer from any serious illness, so all the money was saved. .

"Brother, I went to Caodianzi these few nights and shot a few pheasants and hares. They are all raised in the grass nest. I have been busy with the land at home these days. When you are free, come to the city. Give us My sister’s family sent all the things over. In addition, our sister’s father asked Dabao to bring me a message, saying that he exchanged white noodles for Niangtao and got some cotton, and you brought them back together. Seeing Tian’er It's cold, so I might as well make cotton clothes for my mother." Jia Changfa didn't answer the old lady's words, but brought up other things.

"Yes, my Bao'er also talked about this when she came back. She also said that she could distribute some cotton to our two families. I was thinking about going to hunt some fish for the past two days, but I haven't worked hard. Just right, I'm here today. I’ll go fishing one night, and I’ll take them with me when the time comes.” Jia Changhong also knew about this.

"In this world, it's not easy to get some cotton. I discussed it with his aunt, and our two families don't want cotton. Make a new quilt for my mother, and it will be warmer in winter." Aunt Jia is also out now. After the child brought back the message, she discussed it with Xiao Baoniang.Five catties of cotton are stored in the house, so I can only make two cotton clothes. The children and adults in the family have cotton clothes to wear, and it is not an urgent need.Today, an old lady said that the potatoes and sweet potatoes will be divided between the two families, and the family will have enough food for the coming year.She wanted to treat the old lady better.Change people's hearts!

"All of you just don't know how to live. If you have that good cotton, you must be in trouble? Can't you keep it for your children to marry? I have cotton clothes to wear, and the cotton is not old. I have made it myself. No need You make me new ones. I don’t even need the quilts, I combined your father’s old quilts together, and now one person covers two quilts, I don’t know how warm it is!” The old lady rolled her eyes at the two daughters-in-law, and said Train them not to live.

"Mother, just listen to my sister-in-law! You have been wearing the cotton in your old cotton coat for more than ten years, and it is no longer warm. The quilt, you two have been covered for half your life, and it is not worth putting together .Okay, that's it. We've been busy in the garden these days, and we have to collect the land for ourselves. When the eldest brother brings back the cotton, my sister-in-law and I will come and make it for you. Da Baoer brought it back from the factory There are a lot of leftovers, I will send them to you tomorrow, and you will put them together first, okay?" Xiao Baoniang directly arranged the work for the old woman.

The old lady was so annoyed by all these self-assertives, she was really a prodigal.But she couldn't say anything, if the son could beat and scold her, could she still beat and scold her daughter-in-law?Not to mention that people still want to be filial to her mother-in-law...

"What are you waiting for tomorrow! Yuan'er, take your siblings home and bring over the cloth that your brother brought back. Xiaobao, take a few small ones and set the kang in the wing room on fire." Let’s go.” Seeing that the children had finished eating, Jia Changfa sent someone away, while the elder sister-in-law and the little treasure mother were busy cleaning the table and washing the dishes in the ground.

The old lady was sitting on the kang, and the two sons were sitting on the edge of the kang to accompany them.

"Mother, don't worry about using the ones given to you. Don't worry, I've found a way, and I'll go out when the winter is free, and keep the cotton I can get back. By then, our children will have new cotton clothes to wear." Jia Changfa lowered his head. said loudly.

"Don't be foolish. Now it's not like a few years ago. This sport and that sport are all owned by the public. They don't even allow livestock to be raised. If you are sued, you will be sent to jail, and you will be imprisoned. Family members." Even though the old lady stays at home every day, she knows a lot of seriousness.

"Mom, can I still not understand this? But look at this matter, you can't even eat enough, and you can't afford clothes. What kind of exercise, can't we talk about it after eating? We can't control it." What about others, as long as they can get by on the surface, I don’t want to be an advanced or model worker. My family has a good background, and I will be a poor peasant for eight lifetimes. I don’t need to be more active. I can’t fall behind in any of the benefits. That’s fine. !" Jia Changfa never competes for the first place. The old man of the Jia family is egoistic. When it comes to basics, the three brothers and sisters are all the same people. Master.To use a more educated word, they are all ordinary people with a little shrewdness.It's all about survival wisdom.

"What did you figure out again?" The two Jia family brothers, Jia Changfa was talking all over the place, so he was the only one to the outside world. Jia Changhong didn't like to talk, but his brain was no worse than Jia Changfa's.

"Brother, the year is not good this year. There hasn't been a few rains in the summer. It has been said on the radio that there is another disaster in Guanli. Now that the autumn harvest is over, I guess people fleeing famine in Guanli will soon be gone." I’m here. Some of the educated youths in our team are from Guanli. I’ve asked. Almost every family grows cotton there. Last year I fell in love with a man. I agreed to let him come when I come out this year. Looking for me. I was thinking, when winter comes, I will go with him after he comes, first go to the riverside to get some fish and grain, and go back to exchange for cotton. There is another thing, I will get cotton At that time, brother, you brought a few people to the mine to pull coal, and they all walked the familiar line, just one, I would rather walk for two more days, and don’t let anyone catch it.” Jia Changfa confessed to his brother.

"Okay, I have been to the mine for several years, and I know everyone, don't worry, it will be done well. It's just that they only need food, dried vegetables, potatoes and sweet potatoes. They don't want wild things. Not to mention that there is no shortage. But this year, how much grain has been harvested in our village, and people from the commune are watching, so it’s not easy to manage!” Hongqi Village belongs to the commune of Lianhua Town, Taiping County, and within three hundred miles to the west is a coal mine. Jia Changfa is a young man. When I was young, I worked in the mine. After returning to the village, I would take some of my family's local products to the mine to exchange coal every year.After becoming the production team leader, every family in the village can share dozens of catties of coal for the winter by the end of the year, and it was all he who went out to raise money and came back.

"Hey, it's also worrying, I'm hungry everywhere. When the production team meets tomorrow, let's talk to the big guys and see who can get enough food, and then change coal. The trick of underreporting grain production is definitely not working. If it doesn’t work, I’ll go to the riverside to look for it. They rely on the river and are not afraid of drought. The production there must be better than ours. With water, water, and fish in the river to subsidize, maybe some food can be found.” A smart woman can’t cook without rice, even though Jia Changfa’s plan is very good, he can’t make money without food, where to find food, it’s impossible He also worries about making mistakes.This means that his father, Jia Siwa, had a vision. When he was a child, he was asked to go out and wander around early on. He had many places to go, many friends, and he could find a few acquaintances wherever he went, so he dared to think about these things.

"The main reason is that in this world, don't say there is no food, even if there is food, who dares to secretly exchange it? If it is reported, it will be a big deal! Last year, I heard people who escaped famine say However, there was that kid who was so hungry that he secretly dug a sweet potato in the field and ate it. When someone found it, he jumped into the well in fright. Tell me... hey. You also said that you made an appointment with someone See you this year? What if the commune doesn’t let them escape? Will they dare to leave?” Jia Changhong also thought a lot.

"That's right, I think you'd better calm down! Nothing is important, our family won't go hungry, don't worry about it, ah." The old lady was terrified when she heard this.

"Mother, we don't do things that are unconscionable, and we don't break the law. We don't steal or rob. Even if we are really caught, it is for the sake of having enough food. It doesn't matter. It's okay. Didn't you just say , do you have to save some money for the children's marriage? If I don't go out to make arrangements, what can I get for your grandson to marry a wife? Do you want to save these few catties of cotton?" Jia Changfa reassured his old mother.

"That's right. Our family's treasure graduates after the new year, and it's time to start recruiting a wife when he starts work. Dabao is seventeen, and if he doesn't recruit a good girl, others will pick him up. Neither Yingzi nor Yuan'er We can’t let our daughter go out empty-handed, right? We have to do it. Do it!” Jia Changhong’s remark made him feel worried, because the child is growing up, and there are so many troubles.He and his sister-in-law are older than Jia Changfa and Xiao Baoniang, and they are not as capable at work as those couples. The old man's family has more children, so they need more subsidies, unlike Jia Changfa's old man, who does not need subsidies On the contrary, it can help them.Reverse the inside and outside, and the gap will come out.Seeing that his son is growing up, the matter of marrying a wife is just around the corner, and the house has not yet been seen. Now if he is asked to take over a house, neither of them can afford it.

"Can't you always be like this? Can you still be so noisy all the time? Is it just a day?" The old lady has lived most of her life, and most of her life has been in turmoil. Just after the founding of the country, she lived a stable life for more than ten years. However, major disasters and minor disasters continued. If it weren't for the fact that there are few adults and a lot of land outside the pass, they are not far from the river, and they are backed by meadows with a radius of tens of miles. They would not be able to live such a stable life.She couldn't figure it out, she couldn't get enough to eat, so why bother?

"Who knows, let's count it as a day!" Jia Changhong also sighed.

"We can't be like this. How did you say that? Yes, you can't be so pessimistic. Everything has to look good! Don't talk about anything else, what is our family like? Brother, when did you wear cotton shoes in winter? Winter When did you wear a coat over your cotton clothes? Generation after generation, didn’t they all carry their jobs on the ground with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky? Look at it now, Baozi is also a person who eats public food, Dabao He has been a state cadre for more than a year. I don’t know what Xiaobao is like. The second son is doing well. In a few years, when he graduates from high school, we will also recommend the entire quota to go to college. Then it will be even more important in the future. Isn’t it? What to look forward to." Jia Changfa is worthy of being a cadre, and his words of encouragement are still very good.

"If you want to say that, yes." The old lady and the eldest son looked at each other, thinking about it.When Jia Changhong thought that his eldest son would soon earn a salary, and that his younger son might be able to become a college student, the frustration he had just woke up immediately disappeared, and he felt full of energy all over again.

The two brothers talked with the old mother, and the two sisters-in-law were cleaning up in the kitchen, listening quietly, without interfering with words, the two had a lot of thoughts, and when the couple talked at home, of course they could say whatever they wanted, in front of the mother-in-law , I have always put men in front, to make my mother-in-law happy, not to embarrass others, they actually didn't suffer much, it's pretty good.Those who have to be serious with their men in front of the old woman and insist on getting bigger, in the eyes of these two sisters-in-law, are fools!

Jia Yuan'er quickly sent the cloth over, saying it was waste cloth, cloth head, but the cloth piece was actually not small, and the big treasures picked it up, and the quantity was not small, so it was more than enough to put together a quilt.The old lady has no eyesight, and usually uses the cloth ends she saved to make some small cushions, and she is very proficient in doing this.

After dark, several people went to the production team for a meeting.

Baoyu and his younger brothers and sisters have been burning the kang for the wing room at home. The kang has been set up for a few days, and every night they burn two bundles of grass to dry the house.After it is completely dry, you can spread the mat.

There are still dried vegetables on the kang now, and the vegetables are also dried when drying the house.After autumn, all the vegetables in the garden are gone and must be picked.If you can't finish eating, you must not throw it away. Most of it needs to be pickled and pickled, and the rest must be dried in the sun. There is nothing that cannot be dried.

Jia Changfa can toss around, so there are many kinds of vegetables in their home garden. There are some on the market in the county town, and almost all of them are grown in their home garden. Because there are two big gardens in the front and back, and the place is big, he even specially planted several for the children. There is a fruit tree, apricots, begonias, cherries, plums and peaches, and two strawberries are planted against the wall. They also said that the spring will bloom next year, and they will go to the county to buy two grape seedlings and plant them back.

"Brother Xiaobao, wait for the educated youth to come. You have to learn from them. Don't mess around and let others take advantage of you, right?" Jia Xi was doing ideological work for her brother while burning the kang. .

"Xi'er, don't talk nonsense. You are the one who said your brother? Xiaobao, don't be like her. Brother Dabao is right, you should read more books, read books, and be careful." Jia Yuan scolded her sister, But the inside and outside of the words actually mean the same thing, it's better to let him not go out with others, and stay at home honestly.

"Sister, which educated youth do you think the second uncle is looking for?" Jia Ying couldn't talk about Baoyu, so he looked for other topics.

"My dad didn't say anything about who he loves. Anyway, we both don't go to school anymore, so it's none of our business. Don't dare to say anything else, my dad will definitely find someone with real skills. This can't be wrong. .” Jia Yuan is her father’s fan girl.

The educated youth that Jia Changfa chose out of thousands to come is Zhang Qingguo.

Born on October [-]st, [-], it is said that the family originally named it National Day, but since there were too many people calling it National Day, it was changed to Qing Guo, anyway, the meaning is similar.In [-], the third batch of high school graduates went to the countryside in [-] to work as an educated youth in Taiping County. At the beginning, they worked as technicians in livestock farms on the outskirts of the county.In the second year, he was transferred to Lianhua Town, first as an accountant in the brick factory in the town, and later transferred to the Red Flag Brigade.I have been in the Red Flag Brigade for more than a year.

Jia Changfa only picked him. After finishing the autumn harvest, he was taken over by him after finishing all the work that he was supposed to do in the production team. He drove a carriage and took all the rations that were distributed to him along the way. To pull here.

"Uncle Changfa, isn't this room too big? Is it not suitable for me to live alone?" Zhang Qingguo was a little dazed when he came to Jia Changfa's house and saw the three big houses.

"It's not for you to live alone. You will have to come in again in the future! Look, do you want to live in the south room or the north room?" The house is a wing room, facing east and backing west, with three rooms, and the door opens in the middle. The entrance is the kitchen, separated by a main room in the north and south, all of which have been repaired with heated kangs, so there are two stoves.

"I'll live in the north room." Zhang Qingguo didn't go into the room to look around, so he chose the north room. It can be clearly seen from the outside that the south room is bigger, with windows on the east and south sides, and better light.Jia Changfa said that someone would come later, and he chose the North House, which was the safest choice.If Jia Changfa wants to invite someone who is more important than him, then he will choose Beiwu to avoid embarrassment.If it was the opposite, people would tell him that South House was a better choice.

Sure enough, Jia Changfa didn't say anything about his choice, and he knew that the people who would come later were at least more important than him in the Jia family's mind.

Baoyu followed Jia Changfa, watching his future teacher's words and deeds, and he also had an evaluation of this teacher Zhang in his heart.He didn't know his tact, he just felt that this teacher was very clean, dressed in clean clothes, the white shirt was washed clean, and the army green trousers had been washed white, but they were in order.The black cloth shoes on the shoes are also very old, and they have also been brushed clean.White socks can also be seen on the feet.

He is also clean-looking, very thin, of medium height, with fair complexion, delicate features, neat short hair, and fair and slender hands.It doesn't look very prominent, it just makes people feel close.

"This is my little Baoer, and I will study with you from now on. Xiaobao, this is Teacher Zhang." Zhang Qingguo has very few things, just a bedroll and a washbasin, and a mouthwash cup in the washbasin. There was less than half a tube of toothpaste left and a toothbrush that was a bit bald.That's all his luggage.Jia Changfa took Baoyu and led him into the north room, and helped put the things away before introducing them to each other.

"Hello, Teacher Zhang." Baoyu bowed to Zhang Qingguo.He has been educated, so he respects the teacher in his bones.

"Corn noodles, potatoes, cabbage, and radishes have been brought over for you a long time ago, and they are all stored in the small warehouse in the kitchen. There is also half a jar of meat oil on the stove, and the salty and miso sauce you can use anytime. Just go to our house and get it. You don’t need to buy anything else.” The rations distributed by the brigade consisted of corn and a few catties of millet and a few catties of sorghum rice.

"Okay, thank you uncle." Zhang Qingguo was not polite, he just thanked him, but he was not polite.

Jia Changfa left early the next morning.

Baoyu didn't know what his father was doing when he went out. From his memory, he didn't seem to be at home very much every winter, and he seemed to be busier than when the farming season was busy, so he didn't ask.

Zhang Qingguo also started class the next day, and the class was in the south room, because the south room had good lighting.On the north wall are blackboards and chalk that have been prepared long ago.The children who wanted to attend classes in the village all ran over after breakfast, brought their own small benches and notebooks, and sat in a room on and off the kang. There were three to 40 people, and the room was packed to the brim.

These children are all in different grades, and their foundations are different.Zhang Qingguo divided them into classes, one class below the third grade, and one group above the third grade.The small ones have classes in the morning, and the big ones have classes in the afternoon.In this way, the number of people will be reduced by half.At this time, the school really didn't teach anything, and the first grade was not much different from the third grade. He started teaching from the basics and followed suit.

After the lectures during the day, when the production team held a meeting in the evening, he would explain the little red book and the latest policy slogans to the commune members, and he would explain things that he didn't understand.

Zhang Qingguo has a good temper, never loses his temper, and is very patient.Whether it is teaching children or teaching members at night, the attitude is very good.Therefore, it was quickly accepted by the whole village.

After class started, Baoyu became busy. Teacher Zhang taught them mathematics and Chinese during the day. He learned Chinese quickly and well, but mathematics was slower.In the afternoon, I usually study mathematics or practice calligraphy by myself.Or read the historical records that Dabao brought back for him.

Baoyu had read Shiji before, not only Shiji, but also Zuozhuan, Guoce, Gongyang, and Guliang, not to mention the Four Books and Five Classics. up.There are also "Book of Songs", "Li Sao", "Zhuangzi", "Nanhua Jing", etc. He has actually read a lot of books.Just less interested.

The reason why I still read "Historical Records" every day is because Dabao said that I will take the exam when I come back.The angle of the partial test is completely different from what the baby has learned before, and the partial is very interesting, so I have to read it again and again to experience it again.

Xi'er also went to school together.It's the same in class, but the things she's busy with after class are different from Baoyu's.No one asked her to study well, so when she was not in class, she would go out to find her friends to play with, kicking shuttlecock, throwing pockets and so on.Occasionally at home, I follow Jia Yuan to learn manual work such as making shoes with soles, but often I just don’t want to do it. As the youngest daughter in the family, my mother and sister love her more and never force her to learn. It's all up to her.

Dabao has jobs all year round. In winter, in order to save money for heating and burning coal in the factory, there are few jobs. He can go home and stay for one night every other day or two. It is only a journey of twenty miles. , Walking in the winter, it's too much to suffer.

Xiao Baoniang and Jia Yuan were busy from morning to night every day.There seems to be endless work at home.After finishing making new cotton clothes and bedding for the old lady, I started to work on my own work, pickling sauerkraut and pickling pickles. The work in the busy field, almost a year's manual work is piled up in the winter season, isn't it busy!Just the soles of the single shoes and padded shoes are a big basket!