Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

In the dilapidated classroom, "Study hard and make progress every day" is written on the top of the borderless blackboard, and "There are only 178 days left until the college entrance examination" is written on the right side, and the bottom is full of students who are studying hard.

Looking at all this, Yuan Xia felt extremely emotional in his heart, that he still has a day to return to class!

The learning conditions are difficult, the doors and windows are cracked, and even the glass is broken a lot. Everyone uses old newspapers and homework books to staple there to block the wind, and some of them have been blown away. heat.

But everyone did not care about these influences at all, and studied very seriously.

When they were in high school, the college entrance examination just resumed. When they heard the news, all the teachers and students in the school felt as if they had been beaten to death.Because the way out of going to college is far more tangible than recruitment and conscription, and the way out is better, everyone hopes to change their destiny by going to college.

The end of the period is approaching, and the new lessons are all over, and now it's review time.

Yuan Xia didn't come to class for a week, and there was a pile of test papers on the table that exuded a strong smell of ink.It was printed by the teachers themselves on stencil paper. When they wrote a test paper, the sides of their hands were all black. If they were not careful, even the sleeves were black.

Yuan Xia organized the test papers into different categories.To be honest, most of those questions were unfamiliar. Although he was a top student in the past, it would be difficult for him to pass these questions now.

He was thinking that the final exam will be in a few days, and if he goes to refer to it now, it will be completely exposed.

However, the school's arrangement made him temporarily relieved. The graduating class made up classes during the winter vacation, and the vacation time was extended to the 26th of the twelfth lunar month.This also means that he can still study for half a month, and maybe the situation will be a little better by then.

Yuan Xia started the mode of studying hard, whether it was for the final exam or not, he had to hurry up, after all, the college entrance examination was only half a year away.

It is normal to go out early and return late every day, and Li Yuying can only help with grocery shopping.

He can only go home in the morning and evening every day, have breakfast with his younger brothers and sisters in the morning, and they all go to bed at night, but he still has to go back and have a look, otherwise he can't rest assured.

Yuan Qiu recuperates at home and does not go to school. She takes care of the cooking and takes care of her younger siblings.

Yuan Xia repeatedly told her to use warm water for everything, not cold water.

That's why Yuan Xia expects his grandpa to come. If grandpa comes, he doesn't have to bother Li Yuying to buy groceries. After Yuan Qiu goes to school, he can go home for dinner at noon on Chongyang Festival.

So he hurriedly wrote a sincere letter back to his hometown, indicating that the brothers and sisters need the care of grandpa.

Before his letter arrived, Yuan Dehou arrived.

Both Yuan Xia and Yuan Qiu were born in their hometown. At that time, Yuan Da's workers were not high enough, and they couldn't get a single dormitory in Harbin, so they didn't take their wives and children there.

Later, Yuan Dasheng was transferred to Suyang, and the family was reunited.

Yuan Dehou has always been farming in his hometown and rarely comes to Suyang.

In Yuan Xia's memory, he only came once, when Chong Yang was born.The old man got motion sickness and didn't like to travel far, so he never came here again.

During this period, Yuan Xia went back to his hometown several times, the last time he went back was when his father passed away, and the family sent his father's ashes home for burial.

At that time, Yuan Dehou asked whether their mother and son would return to their hometown.The old man is actually worried that his daughter-in-law will remarry with his grandchildren, and the grandchildren will become someone else's family. At least they will not completely lose control when they return to their hometown.

His worries were not superfluous. Hu Meilian remarried. What comforted him a little was that the eldest grandson insisted on bringing his younger siblings with him, and none of them went with Hu Meilian.

After receiving the letter, the old man immediately arranged everything at home and rushed to Suyang.

The younger ones haven't gotten along with grandpa very much since they were young, and their relationship can't be said to be very close, but they are all very excited to see grandpa at this moment.With adults in the family, they have a backbone and a sense of security. Although the eldest brother is capable, he is just a big child.

Yuan Xia is also very grateful to his grandfather for rushing over so quickly. It is not easy for an old man of this age to leave his hometown.

Yuan Dehou is seventy this year, his hair is gray, his face is full of dust and frost, but his waist is straight.He is a craftsman, and he does not go to the field when he has work to do, so he is not as old as the rural old people of the same age.

Not long after Yuan Dehou arrived, he discussed with Yuan Xia that he wanted to bring five of his brothers and sisters back to his hometown: "It costs money to drink water here. You can go back to your hometown with me. Grandpa has a craft, and he will give a little to the team every year." There is still some money left over from the work. There is still some private land at home, where you can grow vegetables, and it should be able to feed your brothers and sisters."

Yuan Xia refused: "Grandpa, we will not go back to our hometown, we will be in Suyang. I have half a year to take the college entrance examination. If I am admitted to university, I will have living allowances every month. I can also work and study, and I can send money every month. Get the money back. If you don’t pass the exam, then go to work in a factory, and I can support you.”

Yuan Dehou was a little anxious: "But I can't make money here."

Yuan Xia said: "Yes, Grandpa. There are also people in Suyang who make furniture, or see if they can find a small business to do it. It is impossible not to make money. After my father passed away, the state issued a one-time pension. Most of it was spent by my mother. She gave me more than 300 yuan. Xiaoqiu was hospitalized and spent some. I still have about [-] yuan left here, which can last for a few months. We will definitely find a way to make money in these few months .”

Yuan Dehou looked at his eldest grandson, did not speak, but mentally calculated the feasibility of the matter.

The grandchildren are all registered permanent residence in the city, and they cannot earn work points and rations like the villagers when they go back to their hometown. The six of them all rely on him to earn work points. To be honest, the pressure is huge, even if he has a craft.

He earns two yuan a day working for others, and pays one yuan and five cents to the team. The remaining fifty cents cannot support five children, and he does not work every day.

He wanted to take the children back because he had accumulated a little savings over the years, and the cost of living in the countryside was much lower than that in the city, so no matter what, the children would not starve to death.

It's just that after returning to the countryside, it will be difficult to enter the city in the future.After thinking about it, he felt that he could take a risk: "Then don't go back, let's have a look."

Yuan Xia was very happy after convincing his grandpa. He took out 100 yuan to his grandpa: "This grandpa will use it to buy vegetables. I still keep some here to pay the rent and utility bills."

Yuan Dehou didn't accept his money: "Grandpa still has some money here, so don't give it to me."

Yuan Xia said: "It's not safe to put so much money on me, it's better to leave it to grandpa for safekeeping."

Only then did Yuan Dehou accept it.

After Yuan Dehou came, the quality of life of several children has been significantly improved.

Yuan Xia's grandmother passed away very early. Yuan Dehou, who lived alone for many years, has good life skills. He can cook and do a good job. He can clean up the room. Although the old man lives alone, he is very clean and tidy.

After grandpa came, Yuan Xia handed over the house to grandpa, and concentrated on studying by herself, so that the final exam would not look so bleak.

This winter is very cold, and the weather shows no signs of warming up as the year approaches.The north wind has howled these past few days, and the weather forecast said that there may be heavy snowfall in the near future. As a result, when we had dinner this day, the snow really started to fall.

Yuan Xia can't remember how many years he hasn't seen heavy snow, but in his impression, when he was young, his hometown still had heavy snow every year, probably because the level of industrialization was too low at that time, and human activities had little impact on the climate.

Today's snow is not too small. At the beginning, it was still rustling snow particles. After dark, it turned into heavy snow.

The students were both excited and worried, excited because it was snowing and fun, and worried that it would be unsafe on the way back.

Just after the evening self-study session, the school issued a notice to let school end early, fearing that the snow would be unsafe on the way home.

So Yuan Xia and Ma Jianshe put on their schoolbags, put on their hats and scarves, wrapped them tightly, and came out of the classroom together.

Due to snow particles falling before, the road was too slippery, so they dared not ride their bikes, so they could only push the bikes back.

Some people didn't believe in evil and insisted on riding a bicycle. As a result, both the person and the bicycle fell on their backs, causing a burst of laughter.After two incidents like this happened, no one dared to take the risk. After all, if it was broken, it would delay the study. At this juncture, who would like to be a sick person?

After leaving the school gate, everyone dispersed. Ma Jianshe sighed: "It's too troublesome not to be able to ride a bike. We can't walk home for more than an hour on this kind of day."

Suyang Agricultural Machinery Factory and Suyang High School are located in the west of the city and the other in the east of the city. Under normal circumstances, it takes about ten minutes for them to ride a bicycle, and it takes nearly an hour to walk. On this day, it takes more than an hour to walk.

Yuan Xia adjusts the position of the flashlight. In winter, the power is often cut off. They mainly rely on the flashlight to drive at night: "No matter how long it takes, you have to go, or you stay in school overnight?"

More than an hour later, Yuan Xia came home with snow on his shoulders. His younger siblings were all asleep, but Yuan Dehou was still awake. He said, "I boiled eggs in sugar water for you and heated them in a pot of water. You eat and then wash your face."

"Okay. Thank you, grandpa. I've had enough to eat at night, so I don't need to leave food for me in the future."

Yuan Dehou said: "You study hard, but you need enough nutrition. Eat."

Yuan Xia had no choice but to eat a bowl of boiled eggs with red dates in silence. He had just returned from the ice and snow, and after eating something warm, he felt like he was finally alive.

Yuan Dehou waited for him to finish eating, and said: "It's snowing so much today, it's too cold, Dongdong has already slept, so I won't go to Niu's house with you."

After grandpa came, Yuandong slept with Yuanxia, ​​and asked grandpa to sleep at home with Chongyang.

Yuan Xia nodded: "Okay, it's too cold, let's sleep at home. There are still quilts at home, if there are not enough, we can build an extra bed."

In fact, Yuan Dong hadn't fallen asleep yet. He wasn't afraid of the cold, but played with everyone in the snow in the evening, wet his cotton-padded clothes, trousers and shoes, and baked them by the fire, so he couldn't wear them anymore.

He begged his grandfather not to tell the truth to his eldest brother, for fear that his eldest brother would scold him, but his grandfather kept his promise and didn't say anything about it.

Yuan Dong opened his eyes, stretched his arms and pointed at the writing desk: "Brother, look quickly, the radio box that grandpa made for me, is it good?"

Although the ore radio made by Yuandong can receive sound, the original casing is broken and cannot be assembled, so it can only be placed in one place and cannot be moved. Now Yuandehou uses a wooden box to assemble the parts. It looks like It's much more beautiful.

Yuan Xia looked at the radio box. The board was planed smooth and clean, and the corners were rounded. What's more unique, he carved two flowers with simple lines on the board. With only a few strokes, it was quite interesting, making the The whole wooden box looks quite artistic, and he sincerely praised: "Grandpa's hands are really skillful."

There was an imperceptible smile on Yuan Dehou's face: "The guy didn't make things together, he put together one at random, and didn't paint it."

Yuan Xia said, "It's pretty."

Yuan Dong yawned, and muttered again: "Da Mao wants me to help him make a mineral radio."

Yuan Xia's heart moved, the self-made radio was originally for personal use, but not everyone can make it, if the self-made radio is sold, it is cheaper than department stores, and someone will definitely want it.

Of course, the problem of finding customers is more critical. Only acquaintances can be trusted, but acquaintances are not easy to charge. It is best to be introduced by acquaintances.