Back to the Northeast 1970

Chapter 2

The Yuying Primary School that Yan Baolong studied is a long way from the No. [-] Middle School. Why did those people go to primary school when they have nothing to do?Furthermore, Tongyuan City is divided by the national railway. Railway East and Railway West are completely two styles. Don't you usually dislike people in the west the most? How could...

"What can I do, I'm so young, they still dare to cut me?" Yan Baolong's heartless side was vividly displayed at this moment, he didn't seem to care at all why Yan Baoshu was beaten into what he is now virtue.

Yan Baoshu's thoughts were interrupted, he glanced at Yan Baolong blankly and said nothing, but the door of the big house was opened, and a gust of cold wind was brought in when Yan Yufen entered.

Yan Yufen is Yan Yonggui's eldest daughter. She is 23 years old and works as a steel bar worker in the mine's civil engineering team. Her monthly salary is less than ten yuan. The difference is a bit far.After Yan Yufen entered the door, she saw half a salted duck egg on the kang mat at first sight. She didn't speak, but smiled at Yan Baoshu.Yan Yufen is a big girl, so she really won't compete with her younger brother for food.As usual, she took a broom from the kang and swept the snow off her body, then took off the scarf on her head, and put it on the writing desk.

Yan Baoshu saw it clearly, it is not so much a scarf, it is better to say it is a piece of cloth, the rough cloth is a little softer.Yan Yufen combed her ear-length short hair, and a lock of hair was tied with a hair tie and tilted to one side.And she was wearing the uniform yellow and blue work clothes of the mine, and black second-cotton shoes on her feet, which looked like they were made by herself.

"How's it going, are you still feeling bad today?" Yan Yufen tidied herself up, and then she took the time to go to Yan Baoshu's side, and put the back of her hand on his forehead, "It doesn't seem to be burning."

Yan Baoshu sat without moving, and smiled at Yan Yufen, "Eldest sister, why did you come back so long ago (at this time)?"

"My mother told me in the morning, let me go to the Yiliang store after work, buy some big scum to make (cook) porridge, and then I will buy some meat." Yan Yufen raised two fingers, "Two A catty of fat meat costs more than one yuan plus a meat ticket, which makes me feel distressed, and I don’t know how many meals this little meat is enough for.”

As soon as Yan Baolong heard that there was meat, the thief boss stared at him and said with a golden light: "Sister, will our family eat meat tonight?"

"Yeah, eat meat." Yan Yufen smiled and rubbed Yan Baolong's head, "I know how to eat all day long. You just use your third brother's light, otherwise you still want to eat meat?"

Yan Baolong curled his lips, and when he lowered his head, his eyeballs rolled around twice.

Yan Baoshu knew such petty tricks too well, and immediately warned him: "Baolong, if you dare to fight with others for eating meat, see if I won't sue my dad."

"I don't have it." Yan Baolong's plan was exposed, and he hung his head in shame and indignation.

Yan Yufen sighed, and estimated: "Baofu is about to come back, I'm going to help our mother cook." Yan Yufen rolled up her sleeves, pushed the door out and backed half of her body, saying: "Baoshu, that salty Eat the duck eggs quickly, otherwise Yufang and Yuxiang will feel bad when they come back and see them."

Without waiting for Yan Baoshu to answer, Yan Baolong yelled first: "Girls eat whatever they want, if they make a fuss, I'll beat them up."

Yan Yufen glared at him, "Do whatever you can." After speaking, Yan Yufen closed the door and went to the outhouse.

Yan Baoshu leaned against the firewall to look at Yan Baolong, feeling helpless in his heart. It seems that in this family, patriarchy definitely exists. As for how serious it is, just look at Yan Baolong's performance just now.In addition, Yan Baoshu has been here for three days. Except for the paralyzed grandfather who lives and eats in Pianshazi (the small room next to the main house), the rest of the family must eat here.

The characteristics of Northeast China are the large kang table and the kang table. In this family, the people who can sit and eat on the kang table are definitely men. When he came here, he was surprised and didn't think about it at all. Now that he has decided to live here, he can't control others, but in this family, he must make changes.

The sky was getting dark, the cold wind was blowing outside the house, and the windows were whistling.Yan Baoshu sat on the kang, slightly raised his head and looked at the dim light.The old Yan’s family really can’t be compared with the past. Yan Yonggui used to be a senior in the factory, and his monthly salary was [-] if not [-].But now, both Yan Yonggui and Jin Guiqin are out of work, and they spread pancakes in the yard during the day in exchange for manual distribution. A catty of corn noodles costs eight cents, and someone who wants to give food stamps.In addition, the burden of the whole family falls on the second eldest Yan Baofu and the eldest daughter Yan Yufen.As for the boss Yan Baoshan, it would be lucky not to send him money.

Life is not easy, and diligence and thrift must be advocated.Therefore, at night, the old Yan's family only dared to turn on such a light. After all, it is a long way to buy electricity from the convenience store. If you use too much electricity for eight cents, it is not a small expense.

Yan Baofu arrived home around seven o'clock. Although he was freezing cold when he entered, his face was filled with an unconcealable smile.

"Why did you come back so long ago?" Jin Guiqin has already divided the dinner into two portions and put it on the table, big ballast porridge and steamed buns with glutinous rice noodles, sporadic fat meat can be seen in the sauerkraut stewed potatoes, and the miso is deep-fried. An egg was put in, but it was still taken from his own chicken coop.Dipping pickles may be indispensable, but since it is winter, the only thing that can be eaten is daikon, cut into strips and placed on the plate.

Yan Baofu grinned, and then took out a dog fur hat from his satchel, "Mom, look what this is."

Jin Guiqin took the dog fur hat and looked inside out. The dog fur hat was thick and fluffy. Except for the patches on the two ear protectors, the rest of the place was still in good condition. "Where did you get this hat?"

"It was given by our captain." Yan Baofu and Yan Baolong have the same habit. They drink cold water when they enter the door, and after drinking, they say: "Mom, I brought this hat back to Baoshu. When he gets better, let him wear it." go to school."

Jin Guiqin smiled all over her eyes, "He's a big brother."

Yan Baofu is 16 years old this year, and his smile is a bit clumsy. He doesn't have Yan Baoshan's bright mind, but he has a strong physique. Now he works as a bricklayer in the civil engineering team and can get [-] yuan a month.Yan Baofu deliberately gave Yan Baoshu the dog fur hat, which made Yan Baolong very angry.

Yan Baolong threw the bowl, "Second brother, you are biased, why don't you give me the hat, you must give it to third brother." After speaking, Yan Baolong went to grab it.

"Go away and fan him." Yan Baofu has never been used to him, stretched out his hand to push people away, and said with staring eyes: "You want everything, but your little head can handle it?"

Jin Guiqin couldn't say anything, and secretly winked at Yan Yonggui who was sitting cross-legged on the kang.

Yan Yonggui understood, coughed dryly and said: "Baolong, your second brother is right, when you grow up, your third brother will give you the hat."

Yan Baoshu has no opinion on this, after all, is it a trend now to pick up big clothes for the small ones?

"Okay, don't stick around anymore." Yan Yonggui said, pointing to the outer room and said, "Baofu, go and see if the rice has been delivered to your grandfather, and call the three maids to come in after delivery." Have a meal."

"understood."

Five or six minutes later, Yan Baofu and Yan Yufen came back with the two maids below. Yan Yufang and Yan Yuxiang held their satchels, and they looked like they were helping with work after school.

"Let's eat." Yan Yonggui saw that everyone was here, so he ordered everyone to sit down and eat.

After men and women divided the table and sat down respectively, Yan Baoshu did not move his chopsticks in a hurry, but said to Yan Yonggui, "Dad, can I go down to eat?"

Yan Yonggui was taken aback, "Why?"

"I want to eat with my sister." Saying that, Yan Baoshu has moved from the top of the kang to the top of the kang, stepping on the cotton oolong with both feet, and took the half salted duck egg he didn't eat in his hand when he got off the ground .Yan Baoshu sat next to Yan Yufen under the attention of the whole family, and with a smile in his eyes, he handed the salted duck eggs in front of the two little girls, "I didn't eat it, I left it for you."

Yan Yuxiang beamed with joy, "Third brother, you are so kind."

Yan Baoshu laughed and said, "Don't think about eating it by yourself, share it with Yufang."

Yan Yuxiang showed the playfulness of a little girl, pouted and raised her head: "Got it."

With a "bang", Yan Baolong who was sitting in front of the kang table threw the bowl again, and yelled at Yan Baoshu anxiously, "Third brother, if you don't give it to me, why are you giving it to those two girls?"

Yan Baoshu turned his back to him, his brows subconsciously tightened, he turned around, and said with a straight face: "Eating can't keep your mouth shut, right?"

Yan Baoshu is not afraid of being scolded at the moment, after all, it was Yan Baolong who was wrong first, and the whole family is there, so many eyes are watching.What's more, to be a father is to look like a father, no matter how much you love Yan Baolong, it's not easy to show support, after all, Yan Yufang and Yan Yuxiang are also daughters of the old Yan's family.

Just as Yan Baoshu expected, Yan Yonggui somewhat took into account the feelings of his two daughters, and took a piece of fat into Yan Baolong's bowl with his chopsticks while talking, "Your brother scolded you for what you did, and you were right, hurry up and eat. "

Without anyone's support, Yan Baolong was completely wilted, but he didn't leave the table in anger, instead he turned his anger into appetite, and stuffed the fat in the bowl into his mouth in one gulp.

Xiaoshu doesn't cultivate and doesn't walk straight, this sentence can't be more appropriate for Yan Baolong.

The days are still long, Yan Baoshu doesn't believe in this evil, and when he spares time, sooner or later he will get rid of all the stinky problems on Yan Baolong's body.

The author has something to say: Let me repeat the words of Che Jilu, please collect it, please accept my knee, haha.

In other words, the meat at that time was also graded, about 4 grades?But most of them like to buy slightly fatter ones, and they can consume lard when they go home.For example, in some natural and man-made disaster, the pigs were wiped out. Without quality inspection, most of them would be sold cheaply. The younger ones dare not eat them, and most of them were left to the old people to deal with.

I believe that many officials are familiar with big ballast porridge. The most popular porridge in Northeast China, its essence is corn kernels. The larger ones, the smaller ones are indifferent.

Pian Shazi, in fact, there is no way to study whether the word Sha is correct or not. There are not many words in Northeast dialect. This kind of house is more like a small and thin warehouse built next to the main house. People in Northeast China like to call it Pian Shazi.

There is not much to say about the kang table, there are round and square ones.

In addition, the protagonist's parents spread pancakes at home in exchange for manual distribution. According to the environment at the time, doing business was speculative, but it was completely fine at home. After 96, there were more businessmen.Also, the protagonist didn’t travel to the countryside, and there were kerosene lamps at home, but it was more convenient to have electricity, and the electric station was where I bought electric characters at that time, and it cost about eight or nine cents.

Stewed potatoes with sauerkraut, why not stewed vermicelli with sauerkraut?There were vermicelli at that time, but ordinary people really couldn’t afford it. It cost one or two cents, and the cheapest meat was only four to five cents. From this, we can see that vermicelli is still quite expensive.

The last thing worth mentioning is the phenomenon of patriarchy over girls. It is okay for men and women to eat at separate tables, but what is even worse is that men eat at the table and women eat around the stove.