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

Li Chengye was still hesitating whether to go or not, when two children ran in rattling.

"Grandma, grandma!" Xiaobei shouted happily before entering the door.

"Grandma is not at home, she should be shopping for groceries."

"Ah! You didn't take us with you!" Xiaobei looked a little frustrated. In the past, grandma would always take them with her when she went to the streets.

"I'm at home today, and I'll take you to a state-run restaurant to buy meat buns." Li Chengye thought for a while, and came back after buying buns, so he didn't go shopping in the department store, and we'll talk about it in the afternoon.

"Okay, okay, let's go!" As soon as he heard that he was going to buy big meat buns in a state-run restaurant, Xiaobei immediately clapped his hands happily, and Xiaoxi also showed an expectant expression on his face.

The father and son closed the door and went to the state-run hotel, but Li Chengye did not close the courtyard door, and conveniently put a chair under the eaves.He was worried that Li's mother didn't bring the key, and there was a chair outside so he could sit and wait.

There is more than one state-run restaurant in the county seat, and the one Li Chengye went to was not very far from the steel factory, about 10 minutes away.

Li Chengye originally planned to go directly with the two children, but the two children are very independent, and the words "we can walk by ourselves" dispelled Li Chengye's thoughts.

The morning of the Lantern Festival was very lively, and when they arrived the streets were full of people.

"Wow, there are so many people!" Holding his father's hand tightly, Xiaobei rolled his eyes, looking not very honest.

"What? What do you want to buy again?" He has understood the characters of the two children during this time, and the older one is smarter and more sensible and obedient.The small one is different, it is timid, but it does not have too many little tricks, and it is also greedy and fun.But it's true that I'm afraid of people, and I listen to my brother the most, and I'm a little bit cowardly.

The relationship between their father and son has improved a lot these days, and Xiao Xi doesn't ask much, but this little guy will often ask him to do something and buy something delicious.

"Hee hee, Dad, can you buy me peach cakes? I really want to eat them." Xiao Bei was not polite, and directly asked for it.

"We'll come out to buy it in the afternoon. There will be no time. We have to go back early, otherwise grandma won't be able to enter the house without the key." Li Chengye agreed immediately.

"Okay, thank you dad!" Now Xiao Bei was quite satisfied.

Li Chengye agreed to his youngest son's request, so naturally he couldn't favor one over the other, and looked down at Xiaoxi who was walking on the left, "Xiaoxi, is there anything you want, I'll buy it for you guys together later?"

It's the first time for a family to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together, so small gifts still need to be prepared to make the children happy.

Xiaoxi looked up at his father, with a serious expression on his face, and said: "Father, I don't want anything, just buy peach cakes for my brother!"

"Brother is lying, he has always wanted a little slingshot!" He was dismantled by Xiao Bei who was on the side as soon as he finished speaking. Xiao Bei had an expression of "brother, how can you lie?"

The one who knows him best is naturally the twin brother who came in and went out together. Xiaobei was accused of lying by his younger brother, and his face immediately turned red, and his earlobe was even redder, as if he could bleed.

But he still insisted: "Obviously you like small slingshots!"

"I like it, but my brother likes it too! We can play together, it's fun for two people." Xiaobei didn't feel embarrassed at all, and he just wanted to play with his brother's slingshot.

"You..." Xiaoxi was also helpless.

Li Chengye smiled, and only at this time Xiaobei was the smartest, "Okay, I'll make a slingshot for each of you later." The making of a slingshot itself is not difficult, and the materials are simple, just need to buy rubber bands.

"Okay, okay." Xiaobei was very happy because his two wishes were granted, and Xiaoxi also looked very happy.

Seeing that there were more and more people, Li Chengye immediately picked up the two children. Although he had a problem with his right wrist, his arms were still able to bear the force.Although the two children have improved a lot these days, they can still be hugged.

Li Chengye took his two children to the state-run restaurant quickly, and bought a big meat bun very smoothly.The main reason is that they can buy it because of the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and the state-run restaurants have long been closed at this time.

There were ten big meat buns in total, and Li Chengye gave each of the two children one to eat, and the rest were wrapped in oiled paper and brought home.When they got to a place where there were few people, the two children strongly demanded to come down and walk by themselves. Li Chengye felt helpless and comforted, and obediently let them walk back to their hometown by themselves.

"Grandma, grandma, we're back." As soon as he reached the gate of the yard, Xiaobei yelled loudly. Under the eaves, Li's mother was sitting on a chair choosing vegetables, and there were a lot of things beside it. It looked like there were at least three or four It weighs ten catties, and I don't know how Li's mother got it back.

"Oh, grandma's little grandchildren, you are back. If you don't come back, grandma will almost fall asleep."

Mother Li's complaining appearance made the two children anxious immediately.

Xiaoxi: "Grandma, let's buy meat buns for you to eat."

Xiaobei: "Grandma, Dad took us to buy meat buns and eat them. They are delicious. Why don't you hurry up and eat one too?"

"Hey, my two grandsons are still sensible, and they still miss grandma!" Li's mother was not angry at all, but hearing them say that they want to give him meat buns feels like eating honey.It was her two grandsons who loved others and always missed her as an old lady.

Li Chengye was helpless, these two boys were quite able to please people.He handed the steamed stuffed bun to Mother Li, and he went to open the house, and brought out a chair and a few small benches from inside.

As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival came, the weather seemed to cool down, and the sun was much milder. The family of four sat in the yard and ate buns.

"You already ate one just now, and now you can only eat half of it!" Children tend to be hungry and eat too much, Li Chengye hurriedly told them to take another bun.

Mother Li also quickly responded, "That's right, I can't eat too much, and I bought a lot of good food today, and I will have some for you later."

The two children nodded obediently and sat on the small stool to eat buns.The steamed stuffed buns were a bit big, and they were so solid that they could almost cover up their little faces, even if they were divided into half, there would still be quite a few.

Because they will be eating soon, out of the ten buns, Li Chengye and Li's mother each ate two, and the two little guys ate three together.The remaining three were put away and prepared to be eaten later.

Mother Li didn't get up very early today, so she didn't grab any good things, but Li Chengye's factory distributed a lot of things, and she bought another silver carp, so today's dishes are quite rich.

Li Chengye didn't even know how to cook, let alone cook, and he didn't help Mother Li, so he went directly to the vegetable field in the yard to pull weeds with his two children.

Many small sprouts have sprouted in the vegetable field. Mother Li planted garlic, carrots, lettuce, leeks, cabbage and other vegetables, which are common in their place.She also planted some potatoes. Originally, she wanted to plant some sweet potatoes, but it was a pity that the time was wrong.

Because no one has planted the land in this yard for many years, it is very fertile, vegetables grow fast, and there are many grasses.

It is rare for the two children to work with their father, and they both look serious and hardworking.It's just that they were small and weak, and they held back their faces and tried hard, but unfortunately they didn't pull it out at all, and it was broken, and there was only a little leaf in their hands.

Li Chengye didn't care about them, he was a boy after all, he let them torment him, and started to work seriously.Fortunately, Li's mother was cooking in the kitchen. I didn't know that Li Chengye ordered the two children to work, otherwise he would have come out and said it.

Xiaobei was quite vigorous at first, his little face was full of excitement, but he ran out of strength after a while, and became limp, with his little hands moving every now and then.

Xiaoxi was completely different from him. Although he didn't do much work, his attitude was very serious. Those who didn't know thought he was doing something big.

"Oh, I've seen you!" Suddenly an old man walked in from outside the yard, and he looked very happy when he saw Li Chengye.

"You are?" A strange old man came in suddenly, and he looked like he knew him. Li Chengye didn't know who he was, and the original owner didn't seem to have this person in his memory, right?

The old man was a little displeased when he heard the words, but he was the one who came here, and hurriedly explained, "Hey, don't you remember me, my surname is Zhang, we met there before, you helped me win the bet chess."

Li Chengye looked at where the old man was pointing, it was the place where Li's mother often took the two children to play, but to play chess, he seemed to have played chess only once after being here for so long!And almost never came back.He thought about it carefully, the sky was relatively dark that day, he only knew that there was an old man Zhang, and he really didn't see clearly what he looked like.

But he still smiled and said, "Oh, it's you! What's the matter?"

"Hey, remember it!" The old man was very happy to see him remembering it, and quickly said: "Actually, it's nothing, but you play chess very well, when will you play against us in the past?" These old men They have already retired, and they don't have to take care of their grandchildren like their husbands. The spare time is almost playing chess. It's rare for someone to play chess so well.

"Ah! Just because of this?" Li Chengye didn't expect that it was because of this matter that he came to the door, and he didn't realize it for a while.However, there are many chess idiots in this world, which is quite normal.

Old man Zhang quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, you don't know, we have been waiting for you for a long time, but you never went. We asked the eldest sister every day, but she kept saying that you were busy and came home late , we don't want to disturb you, thinking that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, you must be at home, so we came here directly."

Speaking of this, the old man seems a little embarrassed, after all, it is not very good to find him during the holidays.