Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

According to the plan, Yuan Xia will go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year with his family this year.

As the winter vacation approaches, Yuan Xia starts to feel awkward. They left, what will happen to Yu Xingyi and Si Haibo?Yu Xingyi made an agreement last year to continue celebrating the New Year together this year, and Si Haibo was wandering in a foreign land alone, so he couldn't be left behind.

Are they all invited back home?But my hometown is really poor, I don't even have quilts.

If they are really asked to go back to celebrate the New Year, they have to bring their own bedding.

Yuan Xia asked Yu Xingyi: "We will go back to our hometown Nanyang to celebrate the New Year this year, will you go back with me?"

Yu Xingyi was very surprised: "Why did you suddenly decide to go back to your hometown for the New Year this year?"

Yuan Xia explained: "I will graduate next year, and there will be no winter vacation in the future. It will be difficult to go back to celebrate the New Year. After my father was buried and returned to his hometown, we have not gone back to pay respects. My grandfather has not been back for several years since he left his hometown. When the old man can still move, go back and walk with him."

Yu Xingyi looked at him: "Will it be too much trouble for me to go back with you?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "I'm afraid you may find it troublesome. Our hometown is remote and poor, and the conditions are very difficult."

Yu Xing asked with a smile: "Is there a place to sleep?"

Yuan Xia said: "Yes, my hometown sleeps on the kang, and five, six, seven or eight people can lie down."

Yu Xing heard them one by one, and became interested: "I have heard that people in the north sleep on the kang, is it very warm?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "It's quite warm, even a little bit panicky. Our hometown is not the north, right? In the Funiu Mountains, it's cold in the mountains, and there are more people sleeping on kangs."

Yu Xingyi said: "If I don't want to cause trouble for you, then I will go."

"Okay, let's talk about it. I have to ask Hai Bo to see if he will go."

Yu Xing remembered that there was another Si Haibo: "That's right, he has nowhere to go during the Chinese New Year. When will his incident be over?"

Yuan Xia said: "Senior Sister Hongjin hasn't received a letter yet, I guess we have to wait."

Yu Xing sighed: "It's really not easy. Otherwise, I won't go to your hometown, and spend the New Year with Hai Bo in Yuecheng, and the two of us can still have a companion. Otherwise, if we both go, it will really cause trouble for you .”

"Let me ask him first. I really hope you will go to celebrate the New Year." Yuan Xia said.

Yu Xingyi looked at him and said, "Okay, you go and ask him." In fact, he really wanted to go, Zhuge Liang worked hard to cultivate Nanyang, it must be a good place, if it wasn't for Yuanxia, ​​he probably would never have thought of going there in his life There.

When Si Haibo received the invitation, he couldn't help being a little stunned: "Invite me to your hometown to celebrate the New Year?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Yes. The conditions are very difficult, but the countryside also has the fun of the countryside. Xing Yi has promised to go back with me for the New Year. If you don't go, he said he will stay with you to celebrate the New Year in Yuecheng."

Hearing what he said, Si Haibo hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll think about it."

In fact, he is already thinking about going home. He has been out for half a year, waiting for news with nothing to do every day, and he is so bored that he is going crazy.

"Okay, you tell me as soon as possible, so I can make arrangements." Yuan Xia said.

Si Haibo said: "To be honest, I planned to go home."

Yuan Xia looked at him in surprise: "Don't you feel at ease staying here?"

Si Haibo sighed: "It's like a year. You all work so hard, but I'm wasting my time here. I don't know how long I'll have to wait."

Yuan Xia said: "Why don't you wait, the country will make policy adjustments at the beginning of each year, and then look at what the documents say."

Si Haibo nodded: "Okay, then I'll wait."

When the winter vacation was about to start, Yuanxia received a letter from Si Hongjin, saying that the No. 1 document issued by the central government this year clearly affirmed the rural contract responsibility system and further relaxed the rural economic policy. Many private enterprises in Wenzhou were arrested. The master has been released, and Si Haibo should be able to go home.

Yuan Xia showed the letter to Si Haibo, and Si Haibo was very excited: "Great, I can finally go home! I'm going to buy a ticket to go home now."

Seeing him so happy, Yuan Xia was also happy for him: "Brother Haibo, I read in the newspaper that the eight kings of Wenzhou were convicted of tax evasion. Just pay fines and taxes, and you won’t be sentenced.”

Si Haibo said: "Well, I'll go back and see if there are any missed taxes. Xiaoyuan, thank you for taking care of me in the past six months."

Yuan Xia said: "Brother Haibo is being polite, I actually didn't do much to help."

Si Haibo smiled and shook his head: "I will remember your kindness in my heart. If there is anything I can help in the future, just open your mouth and don't alienate me."

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "I will."

Just like that, before the winter vacation, Si Haibo moved out of the house, bought a ticket and boarded the train home.

Before leaving, the Yuan Xia brothers and sisters and Yu Xingyi practiced for him and sent him to the train station.

Yu Xing watched him leave with one eye, and asked, "There won't be any problem for him to go back, right?"

Yuan Xia said: "Probably not. The rumors have passed for a while, and the national policy has begun to relax again."

Yuan Qiu said suspiciously: "Brother, why did Brother Si come and why did he leave?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about it. Anyway, everything is over now. Let's go, go back, don't you still have a test?"

"Well, there is a modern Chinese test to be taken the day after tomorrow."

"After you finish the exam, we'll go home. You won't go to our house once you leave. When we leave, I will come to Yuecheng to call you in advance, and go directly from Yuecheng." Yuan Xia said.

"Okay." Yu Xing nodded.

Yuan Qiu was very surprised: "Will Brother Xingyi go back to our hometown with us?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Yes. He has nowhere to go during the Chinese New Year, so he will go back to his hometown with us."

Yuan Qiu said with a smile: "Okay, welcome Brother Xingyi!"

To go back to his hometown for the New Year, Yuan Xia prepared quite a lot of things, besides gifts for his aunts and some items they would use when they go back, Yuan Xia also brought two quilts in case they didn’t have enough quilts when they went back.

It will be a disaster if you don’t have enough quilts when you go back. There is no place to borrow quilts in the local area, and there is nowhere to buy them. It is far from enough to make a quilt for a day, so it is better to plan ahead.When I come back, I will give this quilt to my two aunts.

One week before Chinese New Year, they closed the shop, packed their luggage, and embarked on the journey home.

Yuan Xia set off to Yuecheng one day earlier to call Yu Xingyi.

As soon as Yu Xing reported to Qu Junqing, he left with Yuan Xia.

Yu Xingyi's major is mechanical design. His experiments are different from biochemical experiments. He doesn't have to watch the results of petri dishes and test tubes every day, and can stop and continue at any time.

Qu Junqing has strict requirements on the students, but he will not force the students to work overtime, as long as Yu Xingyi can arrange the study time by himself.

At least these days, graduate tutors are still teachers, and graduate students are still students. Teachers and students are simply the relationship between teachers and students, not the relationship between bosses and employees.

It was not an easy task to return to their hometown in Nanyang from Yuecheng. They went through many twists and turns, taking a train, changing to a car, and finally changing into a horse-drawn carriage before returning to their hometown.

The family entered the village carrying big bags and small bags. Although it was almost dark, they still attracted the attention of the villagers. After all, no foreigners came to their village for several years.

The Yuanxia brothers and sisters are strangers to the villagers. When they saw Yuan Dehou, they confirmed their identities. It was Yuan Dehou who brought his grandchildren back.

All the people in the village came to greet Yuan Dehou enthusiastically: "Uncle Dehou, you are back? The grandchildren are also back? They have grown so big, and they are all so handsome!"

"Yes, I'm homesick, and my children will accompany me back for the New Year." Yuan Dehou greeted the neighbors one by one, with a bright smile on his face.

Yuan Xia knew that these people were relatives of the same family, but he didn't know any of them, so he could only follow his grandfather's introduction and say hello one by one.

They heard people discussing in front of their faces, saying that they brought back the quilts, and it seemed that they couldn't live in the city, so they wanted to go back to the village.

Yuan Xia could understand his hometown dialect, but he didn't refute it. These rumors didn't need to be explained. When the time came, they would naturally be self-defeating.

The village is still as dilapidated as when he came here. It has not changed for many years, and nearly half of the houses are built with thatched houses. The child's face is red from the cold, and there are black blood scabs, which are formed after freezing. .

Many people can't tell the original color of their clothes, and they haven't washed them all winter because of the lack of a change of clothes.

In contrast, Yuan Xia and his party, who felt that they were extremely dirty, looked extraordinarily clean and glamorous.

Yuan Chun whispered, "Brother, why are they so dirty?"

Yuan Xia lightly reprimanded her: "Don't talk nonsense. You can't say this in front of people, they can't help it, they don't have clothes to change."

Yuan Chun showed a look of surprise: "You don't change it all winter?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Too poor."

Yuan Chun showed sympathy: "It's so pitiful."

Many children watching the fun followed behind them, many of them still had snotty noses, their curiosity and enthusiasm could not be concealed in their bright black eyes, Yuan Xia and Yu Xing couldn't help but feel sad.

Yuan Xia's house is a tile-roofed house. He thought that the house would be guarded by General Tie, but he didn't expect someone to be there.

As soon as she entered the yard, the aunt greeted her happily: "Father, you are back? Xia Xia and the rest are back too? It's great that you've grown up so much. Come, come, aunt will help you with your things."

Yuan Xia wrote a letter to the aunt who was closer to home a long time in advance, saying that they would go home for the New Year this year, and asked the aunt to help clean the house and dry the quilt.

Yuan Xia said: "Auntie, I can take it myself. This is Auntie, say hello."

The younger brothers and sisters hurriedly greeted each other, and Yu Xingyi also called aunt.

Dagu is older than Yuan Xia's father, she is already fifty this year, she has given birth to too many children, and has worked hard all her life. Now her face is full of vicissitudes, she is much older than urban people of the same age, she looks like someone in her sixties.Only the eyebrows and eyes can still vaguely look like grandpa.

The aunt looked at Yu Xingyi suspiciously. Although she rarely met her nephews and nieces, she still vaguely remembered his appearance. She had never seen this handsome young man before.

Yuan Xia suppressed a smile: "Auntie, this is my friend named Yu Xingyi."

The aunt nodded: "Oh, come in and sit down." The doubts in her heart still haven't diminished in the slightest. Why did my nephew bring friends with him when he came back? Did he come to celebrate the New Year together?

Everyone entered the house, it was getting dark, the house hadn't lit the lights, and it was dark inside, the aunt quickly lit the soybean oil lamp: "I heard that you are going to come back for the New Year, so I will move here and clean up first. Dad, Xia Xia , you all sit down, the journey is very hard, I will cook for you."

Yuan Xia and Yuan Qiu hurried to help: "Auntie, we will cook for you."

Yuan Dehou instructs Yuan Dong to tidy up the kang bed and put the things he brought back on it.

In fact, the kang bed has already been tidied up by the aunt, all you need to do is spread the quilt you brought back.

Yu Xing took a look, it seemed that there were only two kangs cleaned up, one for each man and one for men and women, it seemed that they were going to sleep on the kang with grandpa.

Chongyang is small and has nothing to do, so he wanders around and sees a little guy behind the kitchen stove. He is very pleasantly surprised: "Auntie, who is this?"

While kneading the dough, the aunt said, "This is my grandson, named Junjun, who is four years old. Junjun, this is my cousin, called Xiaoshu."

Shy, Junjun came out of the stove, hid beside grandma, hugged her leg, and buried his face in grandma's leg.

Chongyang smiled: "Come on, Junjun, come to my uncle, I'll give you some candies, orange candies." He was rare for someone to call him uncle, so he took out two pieces of orange candies from his pocket to tease the children.

Junjun couldn't stand the temptation of Tang, and he was a little afraid of strangers, so he didn't dare to go there, so he had to look at his grandma: "Grandma."

The aunt said: "Go. Thank you, uncle."

Chongyang walked over and put the sugar in Junjun's small black hands, which were also covered with black scabs cracked by frost.

After working for a long time, it was already dark, and they finally had lo mein.

The side dishes are only eggs and chopped green onions, which are a bit bland.But Junjun ate with gusto. The family couldn't eat pure white noodles like they do now. They were all mixed with cornmeal or other miscellaneous noodles. Most of the time they drank sweet potato porridge.

After eating, we chatted for a while, and learned about each other's current situation.

My aunt looked at several beautiful nephews and nieces. The two older ones had already gone to college, and the younger one had good grades. She had mixed feelings in her heart, and wiped her tears and said, "All the children are promising. You should rest assured, it's a pity that he is not blessed, otherwise he will be more blessed when he is old."

What she said made everyone quiet down, and Grandpa also wiped away tears.

Yuan Xia hurriedly interrupted and diverted the topic: "Auntie, do cousins ​​still go to school?"

Auntie sighed: "Old Qi Junqi is still in junior high school, and old Ba Xiangju is in fifth grade, and he will not be studying next semester. It is better if you are in the city, and you can still study for college entrance examination. If we can go to junior high school here, we are all educated people." gone."

Yuan Xia said in surprise: "Have you not read it yet? How are their grades?"

The aunt said: "I'm afraid Junqi won't be able to get into high school, and Xiangju is better, but she doesn't want to go to the village middle school to board. The boarding conditions in the village middle school are too bad, they are full of bedbugs and fleas, and they have scabies. She is afraid of being messy, so she doesn't want to go."

Yuan Xia sighed: "But no matter what the conditions are, as long as you can read, you should try your best to read. How can you do if you don't read?"

My aunt said: "It doesn't matter whether you study or not, you are farming the land."

Yuan Xia said: "How can there be no difference? Those who have read books are more knowledgeable, courageous, and quick to learn. Now that business is allowed, you are uneducated. Do you know how to go out and deal with people? Don't read books. In the future, I will not even dare to go out far away, and I will be nested in this mountain village for the rest of my life."

Yuan Dehou also said: "Xia Xia is right. I went to private schools for several years at that time, how can you not study in this age."

Auntie smiled bitterly: "Tuition is not cheap."

Yuan Xia knew that the tuition fee for a semester was only one or two yuan, and even this was considered expensive, because there was really no way to make money, and I am afraid that he could only squeeze some money out of his ass.

Just after eating, Junjun fell asleep.The aunt held him in her arms and patted him gently, and talked about the household chores with his father, and the Yuanxia brothers and sisters cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.

The light at home was too dark, so a pot of fire was lit, one for lighting and the other for heating.

Yuan Xia looked at the two kangs in the room, and decided to clean up the kang in the side room as well.This kang is a spare, and it is usually only used when guests come to the house during the Chinese New Year, and it is rarely burned at ordinary times.

The aunt said: "Xia Xia, don't take it away. There are no seats on the kang, and you can't sleep after you take it out."

Yuan Xia said: "Then I'll go buy it tomorrow. Let's go tonight to squeeze in with all of us."

Yu Xingyi smiled indifferently: "It's nothing. Just have a place to sleep."

That night, Yu Xingyi lay on the same kang with Yuanxia's ancestors and grandchildren, this feeling was very strange.

The Yuanqiu sisters and the eldest aunt and grandson slept in another room.

The kang bed was so warm that it was still a little hot to sleep on at first.Yu Xingyi and Yuan Xia were lying in the same quilt. They carried the quilt back. Facts have proved that carrying the quilt back is definitely a wise move. Auntie prepared three quilts, but they were not enough.

Yu Xingyi felt a little hot, his grandfather's voice was like thunder, and he couldn't fall asleep because of the noise, he couldn't laugh or cry, he finally understood why Yuan Xia insisted on tidying up the other kang.

He turned over, suddenly a hand appeared on his ear, it was Yuan Xia, he covered his ear with his hand, and then heard a low voice: "Is it too noisy to sleep?"

Yu Xingyi took off the hand on the ear: "You haven't slept yet?"

Yuan Xia smiled wryly: "It's no wonder they can fall asleep. I really admire Dongdong and Yangyang, they can actually fall asleep."

Yu Xingyi couldn't help but laugh: "The most powerful one is Yang Yang, doesn't he usually sleep with grandpa?"

"Yes, poor baby!" Yuan Xia sighed.

They couldn't sleep, they didn't have lights, they couldn't read books, and they couldn't chat loudly for fear of waking up others, so they had to lower their voices and communicate with breath.

The heat sprayed on each other's face, it felt quite strange, not only the face was itchy, but even the bottom of the heart was itchy, but there was no way to relieve it, it was simply too much torment for the two of them.

The two of them were talking slowly, and in order to hear what they said, they got closer and closer, and they didn't know when they fell asleep.

When they woke up the next day, both of them were embarrassed to find that they were overflowing, and the wet and slippery feeling was very uncomfortable, but they were both newcomers, so they didn't have the nerve to change it out and wash it off, so they just dried it with firepower.

Waking up early in the morning, Yuan Xia took her grandfather to go to the market together.They were lucky, they had a meeting the next day after they came back, otherwise they would not be able to buy kang seats.

Yu Xingyi and Yuan Dong also went with them, because there were too many things to sell.The market is not very lively, and all the products sold are self-produced and sold agricultural products, and there is no trace of industrial products.

Yuan Xia bought a kang mat, a bag of white noodles, and some rice, millet, dried rabbit meat, chicken, duck, pork, live fish, eggs, etc., and a lot of radishes and cabbages. There was nothing at home. , all need to be bought.

When Yu Xing saw someone selling live sheep, he took the initiative to buy a sheep and planned to slaughter it during the Chinese New Year.If you eat meat in the city, you have to buy it with a ticket. When you return to the countryside, you can realize the freedom of mutton.

Seeing this, Yuan Dehou wanted to stop it, but was stopped by Yuan Xia, and said, "Grandpa, let me buy it, otherwise he will have an unsafe life this year."

Yu Xing took out the money with a smile, he was not short of money, he had received an engineer's salary for nearly a year when he went to work, and Yuan Xia also paid him a lot of money for doing business, and there was still 5000 yuan in his passbook.A live sheep only costs about [-] yuan, which is really cheap.

Yuan Dong laughed: "I'll lead this sheep. Yang Yang must like it to death, it's a live sheep."

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "This sheep still needs to be raised for a few days, so I'll leave it to you and Yang Yang to feed it."

Yuan Dong said: "I think Yang Yang will not be willing to kill the sheep when the time comes."

They returned with a full load, and the neighbors couldn't help but come over to ask the price, and they all said that they also have these things at home, and they can buy them if they need them.

Yuan Dehou just agreed to buy it from them next time when he needs it. It seems that everyone is having a hard time and is short of money.

In the morning, the eldest uncle and sister-in-law both came over. The relatives were naturally happy to meet each other, but they couldn't help but wiped their tears, happy.

Yuan Xia gave the two aunts the things she brought back, nothing more than some cloth, candy, snacks, pens and notebooks for school children, and some small items such as handkerchiefs, headbands, etc., and gave them back to the two aunts. some money.

In fact, they will like anything they bring, because there is a shortage of goods, and there is almost nothing to buy in small places.

The aunt and sister also brought a lot of rice noodles, vegetables, and air-dried meat from home, and Yuan Xia guessed that they might have saved it from their teeth.

This year's number one document only formally established the household contract responsibility system, which has not yet been promoted in many parts of the country. They have not yet divided the fields into households, and the grain allocated for a year may not be enough to eat.

There was an endless stream of relatives and friends visiting, and it was Grandpa who went to greet him.

Yuan Xia and Yu Xing tidied up the kang bed and moved their quilts here, so they were relieved, and finally they could sleep well at night.

Yuan Dong said: "I want to sleep with you too, grandpa snores too loudly, so I can't sleep."

Yuan Xia said: "This quilt is not enough to cover three people."

Yuan Dong said: "I have my own quilt, just move it here."

"Whatever you want." Yuan Xia looked at Yu Xingyi helplessly, originally wanted to live a two-person world with Yu Xingyi, but it still didn't work.

Yu Xingyi couldn't help turning around and snickering.

Finally, they are all settled, and they are in the mood to experience rural life.

The scenery in Funiu Mountain is very beautiful, with mountains and valleys, springs and waterfalls, it is relatively primitive.As outsiders, Yuan Xia and Yu Xingyi naturally find these things extremely beautiful.

In another 30 to [-] years, these are all the capitals for the local people to make a fortune. Now, these are the stumbling blocks that hinder their survival, because the land is poor and scarce.

Yuan Xia wished he could let the time travel to 30 years later, but he couldn't, his father and fellow countrymen couldn't escape the hardships and punishments he deserved, and neither could his countrymen escape.Fortunately, the future is bright.