The history of raising children from the Republic of China to the 70s

The speed of the car back to the city was slower, but it still arrived at Li Chengye's new home an hour later.

The two children were excited all the way, and they are still in good spirits. Mother Li is a little unaccustomed to riding in the car. She closed her eyes and rested in the car all the way. Now she is much more energetic after getting out of the car.

Standing at the gate of the yard, Mother Li's face was full of surprise and joy, "Hey, this house is much better than the one in our hometown, and there is such a big yard! Then we can order a variety of dishes."

Li Chengye opened the yard door with a smile, "I knew you must like this big yard, and there is a big space behind the house."

"Then you have a good eye." Mother Li said approvingly.

The family of four had already entered the yard, and Qi Peng got out of the car and began to unload the things on the roof. Li Chengye found it when he turned around, and quickly said to Li's mother: "Mother, you take the two children in the house first." Let’s go for a stroll, and Qi Peng and I will move things in.”

After speaking, he handed the key of the house to Mother Li. Mother Li nodded at him, took the key and took the two children into the house. The faces of the two children were full of anticipation.

The things were relatively trivial, and it took the two of them nearly 10 minutes to move all the things into the main room. By the time the last time they went in, Li's mother had finished shopping around the house and was sorting things there.

She glanced at Li Chengye and said hastily: "Okay, just leave the rest to me, Xiao Qi, take a break first, Yezi, come with me to the kitchen."

"Here we come." Li Chengye asked Qi Peng to find a place to sit, while he followed Li's mother into the kitchen.

"Hurry up and go to the street to see if there is any meat for sale. Whether it's pork, chicken or any other meat, it's best to get some back, otherwise how will you cook at night? Ren Xiaoqi has put in so much effort today, he has to let people eat Have a good meal?"

While speaking, she took out a small cloth bag from her pocket, preparing to get tickets and money for Li Chengye.

"Mom, I'm still a classmate in high school. He insisted on inviting us to dinner today. I can't refuse. I agreed. How about we invite them to dinner tomorrow?" Li Chengye hurriedly stopped him, it happened to be tomorrow, Sunday, and he still had one more day to go. .

"Oh, you moved today and asked others to invite you to dinner. Why are you so ignorant?" Mother Li was really angry with her son, what did you do all this!

"Uh, it doesn't matter, does it?"

"Oh. All right, I still have to buy this meat. Let's go there earlier and order more food." Mother Li still found the meat ticket and handed it to Li Chengye.

"Okay, then I'll go buy meat now." After Li's mother said so, Li Chengye had no objection, just put the ticket in his pocket and went outside.

Outside, Qi Peng was playing with two children in the yard. After greeting them, Li Chengye went to the street.

Naturally, there was nothing for sale in this regular place, so Li Chengye walked two streets and carefully turned into a small alley, which was the black market of this county.There are already many people in the black market, but most of them are far away, and there is no one between them.

Li Chengye took a look, but he didn't find anyone selling pork, but he saw someone selling chicken and fish.He went directly to buy a chicken and a fish weighing three catties. After calculating the number of people to eat, it should be enough.

With quick hands and feet, he put all his things into the basket on his back, turned around and headed home.They came here today and brought some green vegetables and cucumbers, and they will kick them over later.

He was very fast. When he got home, Mother Li hadn't finished her work. She showed the things she had bought to Mother Li, and she nodded with satisfaction.

Afterwards, Li Chengye also started tidying up the house, and when it was almost three o'clock, the house was almost finished, and tomorrow they could start cooking by themselves.

Cleaning up the house was also a tiring job, and when everything was done, Mother Li and Li Chengye sat on the chairs and rested.The two children were played behind the house by Qi Peng. They got along quite well. Although Qi Peng was not very talkative, he was very patient with children and liked to listen to them.

A familiar voice suddenly came from outside the rest room, "Yezi, are you all at home? Are you done?"

Li Chengye quickly stood up and went out to meet him. It was Zhang Jun who came over.

"Everything has been moved and packed, why are you here at this time?"

"I'm here to see if I can help. I didn't expect you to be so fast!" He came in with a smile, and immediately saw Li's mother coming out behind Li Chengye.

"Hey, auntie, I finally saw you. I haven't eaten your pickles for many years. I miss you..." He sucked his tongue as he spoke, with a greedy expression on his face.

"Mother, this is Zhang Jun." Seeing that Li's mother was full of doubts, he hurriedly introduced them.

"Hey, it's you. You like pickles and bring some more later. I brought a lot of them this time." Mother Li laughed as soon as she knew the name.

"Of course, I'm not welcome. I'll definitely come over in a few days." Zhang Jun has a straightforward personality and immediately agreed.

"Good good."

"Yezi, since you are done with your work, why don't you go directly to my house now? You are so busy today, you must not eat much at noon, let's go and eat early." After the polite words, Zhang Jun explained the purpose of coming.

"Okay, let's go now, I'll go back and call Qi Peng." After Li Chengye agreed, he went directly to the back, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li's mother winking at him.

Li Chengye nodded, went to the kitchen to get the prepared dishes, and then called Qi Peng and the two children.

"Hey, what are you holding in your hand?" Zhang Juncai and the two children had a friendly exchange for a while and found a lot of things in Li Chengye's hands, and he was about to take them over to look at them immediately.

"It's nothing. These are all the vegetables I grew in my hometown. I'll bring them over for you to try." Mother Li smiled and lifted the cloth bag to her hand.

"Oh, what else to bring, I have it at home." Zhang Jun waved his hand not to want it.

"Hey, a little green vegetables are not worth much. The main reason is that my vegetables are good. You must try them. Besides, it's hot now and you can't keep them." Mother Li waved her hand, "Okay, let's go quickly Bar."

After she finished speaking, she went directly outside, Zhang Jun had no choice but since it was only vegetables, he didn't say anything more.

They drove there, and Qi Peng's car hadn't returned yet, so they arrived at the place within 10 minutes.

Zhang Jun's parents have four sons, and they separated a few years ago. He bought a house by himself, and now a family of four lives by himself, but the house is in a tube building with two bedrooms and one living room, about 60 square meters. .They should have cooked soup, and they could smell a strong aroma as soon as they entered the door.

As soon as Zhang Jun entered the room, he yelled at the kitchen, "Daughter-in-law, we are back, how is your cooking?"

"It's almost ready, it's almost ready. Hey, auntie, sit down quickly, Junzi, pour tea first, and I'll start cooking right away." Zhang Jun's daughter-in-law came out of the kitchen when she heard the voice, she was a very gentle girl .Zhang Jun went to pour water immediately after hearing the words, the cup and water were already prepared before.

"Don't sit down, don't sit down, I've brought some food here, I'll help you." Mother Li waved her hands quickly, and was about to go into the kitchen with the cloth bag.

Zhang Jun's daughter-in-law immediately stopped her, "Auntie, if I need your help, I can do it myself, and you can take this dish home to eat by yourself, our family has it."

"Yes, Auntie, I'm a guest here, so I don't need your help." Zhang Jun put away the poured tea, quickly persuaded her, and even pushed Li Chengye, asking him to help persuade her.

Li Chengye just kept silent, and he couldn't persuade him about this matter.

"Okay, I'm hungry after a busy day. The two of us will go faster together." Li's mother directly removed the hand blocking her and entered the kitchen. Zhang Jun's daughter-in-law had no choice but to follow in. .

After a while, there was another argument, and Zhang Jun quickly followed in, while Li Chengye and Qi Peng found a place to sit down by themselves.

Zhang Jun came out after a while, his face full of helplessness, "What's going on with you, why did you bring all these things here?"

"Okay, let's assume that I borrowed your place to hold a housewarming party. My mother would not be very happy to have dinner at your house today." Li Chengye spread his hands helplessly, as if I had no choice.

"..." Zhang Jun was also helpless.

After a while, he looked at the two children who were shy because they came to a strange place, and quickly smiled and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the room of the two brothers, there are many interesting things in it, just not at home today."

The two children didn't immediately agree, they just looked at Li Chengye and called out, "Father."

Li Chengye waved his hand, "Go inside and play."

Afterwards, the two children followed Zhang Jun in, and Qi Peng followed behind, saying, "I'll help you look after the children." Then Li Chengye was left sitting outside alone.Li Chengye was also helpless, this Qi Peng liked children so much, but he just didn't get married, but it was rare for the two of his family to play with him.

After a while, Zhang Jun came out and sat directly next to Li Chengye.

"Hey, why aren't your two children here?"

"His grandparents will pick them up to live for two days every weekend. It's the same for old people. They like grandchildren. They must see each other every week." Speaking of Zhang Jun, he was helpless, his son was separated I just pretend that I don’t have it anymore, and I can’t even eat food when I go back to my hometown. How can I compare with my grandson.

"That's not bad, you can relax a bit."

"That's right, they're not here, my wife and I can go to a movie or something." Zhang Jun smiled.

"By the way, how is your work recently? You should be easy to get along with, right?" He picked up a cup of tea and asked with concern.

"It's okay. I just went to the factory, and I don't know much about many things, and my work is relatively leisurely." Li Chengye smiled, but he didn't stay in vain these days, he had already figured out the general situation in the factory.

"Hey, are you used to being so relaxed all of a sudden?"

"It doesn't matter whether you are used to it or not. If you have nothing to do, read newspapers and books more. The time passes quickly."

"Well, you just like to read books. We can't do it, but it's a pity that the college entrance examination has been cancelled." Zhang Jun was a little emotional. At that time, everyone thought he could go to college, but it turned out that the college entrance examination was cancelled, which is really a pity.

"It's good to read more books if you have nothing to do."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, what are your plans in the future, really work in the trade union all the time?" Zhang Jun didn't think that Li Chengye would be willing to stay in the trade union for the rest of his life.

"Let's see first." Li Chengye had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but in his current position, he couldn't do anything for the time being.

"Yes, there is always a chance."

The two sat outside chatting, and time passed.

The meal in the evening was very sumptuous, and the skills of the two spoon masters were very good. A group of people ate their stomachs round, and this time it was really full of oil and water.

Because they didn't drink, they broke up soon. After sending Li Chengye and his family back, Qi Peng also went back to his hometown by himself.

Li Chengye and the others were not idle the next day. Mother Li took him to turn over the land in the yard and planted seasonal vegetables casually. Mother Li also wanted to plant some fruit trees in the yard, but not yet. It will take more than a month to wait until the time of transplantation.

The family affairs were quickly arranged. The two children's household registrations were moved over and placed under Li Chengye's name. From then on, they could receive fifteen catties of food every month.Li Chengye could finally feel at ease.