Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

It snowed all night and didn't stop until the next morning.

The sky and the earth were white, as if covered with a thick quilt, and the snow was more than a foot thick, which drove the children crazy.

As soon as Yuan Xia woke up, he heard several children playing in the snow in the front yard of Niu's house. It was after five o'clock in the morning in winter, and it was still dark.

The snow is a joy, but it is also quite inconvenient for people like Yuan Xia who get up early and rush on the road. At this time, the road has not been cleaned, so they can only walk to school through the snow.

Ma Jianshe yawned and said, "The self-study is over when we go to school, why don't we go this morning?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Then when do you plan to go? You can still catch up with the morning class if you leave now, but if you leave later, you won't be able to catch up with the morning class."

Ma Jianshe also thought about it: "Oh, why is the graduating class so miserable!"

Yuan Xia smiled and said nothing, straightened her shoelaces, and walked into the snow.

Ma Jianshe sighed, and followed into the snow: "Yuanxia, ​​I've never heard you complain, why don't you find it difficult?"

Yuan Xia said lightly: "What is there to complain about? Complaining can't solve the difficulties."

He didn't feel bitter about such a life at all, but rather enjoyed it, but how could Ma Jianshe understand his feeling of regaining what was lost.

Ma Jianshe said: "Since your mother remarried, I found that you have changed a lot."

Yuan Xia turned to look at him: "What changed?"

Ma Jianshe thought for a while: "I feel that you are more stable, and you are not very talkative. If you feel tired and irritable, or need help, you can tell your buddies directly, don't look outside, it's uncomfortable to hold back in your heart."

In fact, he wants to say that Yuan Xia has become a little strange, although they still often go together, but he feels that Yuan Xia is not as open to himself as before, and talks a lot less.Alas, it's all because of his mother's remarriage.

Yuan Xia turned around and patted Ma Jianshe on the shoulder when he heard the words: "Thanks, brother, I think it's okay for the time being and I can handle it. My mother's remarriage is indeed a big blow to me, but it's okay, now Life is slowly getting back on the right track. If you really want to help me, please help me find out if anyone needs a homemade radio, ore or electronic tube, you can do it for a certain manual fee.”

After hearing this, Ma Jianshe immediately understood: "Do you want to earn living expenses?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Yes."

Ma Jianshe readily agreed: "Well, let me help you pay attention, I know quite a few people."

Ma Jianshe likes to play basketball, has a cheerful personality, and has a wide range of friends, much more than Yuan Xia's friends.

Not only was Yuan Xia trying to find a way to make money by himself, but he also entrusted the neighbors around him to help his grandfather inquire about work.

Grandpa is a good carpenter, and he is also a well-known carpenter in his hometown, and he can also do carving, but here, after all, he is unfamiliar with the place and it is hard to find a job.

Besides, it's the end of the new year now, and people who are getting married and moving house are all ready for the moment, and no one is packing furniture, so they won't be able to open for a while.

Yuan Xia has to think of another way, it is best to have some income around the Chinese New Year, so as to appease Grandpa.

Ma Jianshe really put Yuan Xia's words at ease. Before the final exam, he said to Yuan Xia: "Didn't you ask me to help you find out who needs a radio? I found out for you. I am a golf friend, his cousin I want a radio. But I only have 15 yuan, can I do it?"

Yuan Xia said: "Then we can only make the simplest ore radio. There is no speaker, so we can only listen to it with headphones."

Ma Jianshe also has a little understanding of self-made radios: "You can't make much money like this. It costs more than six yuan just to buy a headset."

Yuan Xia said: "If you can make a little money, it's a little bit."

Ma Jianshe said: "Then I'll go and talk to someone, and the specific delivery time will wait for you to figure it out."

Yuan Xia nodded, and said, "Jianjian, ask him for a two-yuan deposit for me. If it's finished, it'll be paid for. If it's not finished, it'll be refunded to him. But if it's finished, he won't want it. Can't go back."

Ma Jianshe scratched his head: "What you said makes sense. If he changes his mind at that time and doesn't want it, isn't the money you spent on buying materials for nothing? I'll go and talk to them, is two yuan enough?"

Yuan Xia said: "That's enough, the two yuan is just a deposit. I will start buying materials after receiving the deposit."

The final exam was going on as scheduled, and Yuan Xia made up for it for half a month. Although there was some effect, it was not significant.

The best test should be English, which is what he often uses, followed by Chinese and politics, mathematics, physics and chemistry are not ideal, especially chemistry needs to be learned from the beginning, and it is completely useless after work, almost forgotten.

But it's useless to rush, you still have to do it step by step.Fortunately, Yuan Xia's mentality was stable enough due to the 40 years of wind and waves. It is estimated that the teacher will be the one who is anxious after seeing his achievements.

On the day after the exam, Ma Jianshe handed Yuan Xia two yuan: "Radio deposit."

Yuan Xia took the money: "Thank you."

To make radios, he also asked Yuan Dong for help. Yuan Dong liked to do this, and Yuan Xia also encouraged him to participate.

In the past two days, Yuandong has helped his friend Da Mao build a mineral radio, and the technology has become more and more proficient. Hearing that his brother said that helping others make radios can make money, let alone the excitement, why is there such a good thing!

So as soon as the holiday was off, Yuan Xia and Yuan Dong hurried to the department store to buy parts to assemble the radio, and asked grandpa to help him make a wooden box, making it lighter and more delicate.

The grandparents and grandchildren worked hard for two days, and finally finished a mineral radio, and the radio effect was quite satisfactory.

Ma Jianshe accompanied Yuan Xia to find customers, paying the money and delivering the goods.

The assembled radio surprised the other party. He didn't expect Yuan Xia to install a strong and beautiful wooden box for the radio, which looked very professional. If it was painted, it would not be much worse than the ore radios in department stores.

Ma Jianshe looked at the other party who couldn't put it down, and said, "Is it not a loss?"

My friend's cousin nodded: "It was unexpected, really well done."

Ma Jianshe said: "If someone asks you how much you bought it for, just say 20 yuan."

The boy looked up at him: "Why?"

Ma Jianshe said: "You are starting a business. My friend gave you a discounted price, but I didn't make much money. If your friend wants to do it next time, please help us quote a higher price."

"Okay." The other party agreed, and returned happily with the radio in his hand. This New Year, he has the capital to show off to relatives and friends.

On the way back, Ma Jianshe asked, "Yuan Xia, how much money can this radio make?"

Yuan Xia said: "It cost nearly nine yuan to buy the parts, not including the cost of the wooden box made by my grandfather. I can earn three or four yuan."

Ma Jianshe pouted: "The three of you have been busy for two days, which is really rare."

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "No matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it's still meat. At least my grandfather can live here with peace of mind."

Ma Jianshe said: "After the New Year is over, grandpa will be able to find something to do."

"I hope." Yuan Xia looked around, "Jiangshe, please have lunch."

When Ma Jianshe heard the words, he quickly refused: "Don't, you only made a few dollars, so you are going to treat me to dinner. Save some money to support your family, haha."

Yuan Xia said: "A bowl of noodles is still affordable."

"That's okay, the noodles made in the state-run canteen may not be as delicious as my mother's."

Yuan Xia knew that he was saving money for him, so he didn't insist on it, just remember this favor.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, this year I plan to keep things simple, don’t buy new clothes if I can, I just ask Li Yuying to make a pair of new pants for Yuandong and Chongyang. Easy to wear.

However, Yuan Xia bought a pair of new shoes for everyone in the family. The siblings are all grown up, and the shoes are easy to be small and easy to break, so they also bought a pair for grandpa.

There is another implication of buying new shoes. Wear new shoes to walk a new road. In the new year, with new journeys and goals, you should wear new shoes.

Yuan Dehou felt uncomfortable. If the child does not wear new clothes for the New Year, there will be no atmosphere for the New Year.But now the whole family sits and eats, without entering the account, and dare not spend money indiscriminately.

He also had a dispute because Yuan Xia secretly bought him a pair of Jiefang shoes, thinking he was wasting money: "I have shoes to wear, and when the weather warms up, I can go barefoot without wearing shoes."

Yuan Xia explained with a smile: "Grandpa, this city is not as good as our countryside. Don't look at the hardened road surface, it is actually dirtier than our dirt road. Many people don't pay attention to hygiene and spit directly on the ground. It's full of bacteria, and even There are germs, so you still have to wear shoes."

Yuan Dehou had no choice but to accept the shoes with his grandson.

The day before the Chinese New Year, Hu Meilian came back. This was the second time she came back after getting married. She was the only one, and she carried a lot of bags.

Yuanchun and Chongyang were young, and when they saw their mother came back, they were overjoyed: "Mom! Mom is back."

Yuan Xia just glanced at it, and then continued to clean the window glass. He was still in school on the day of the stove sacrifice, so he didn't have time to do hygiene, so he did it today.Yuan Qiu originally wanted to clean the windows, but was strictly prohibited by Yuan Xia, saying that he would wait until he came back from vacation to clean the windows.

Yuan Dong stood below and wiped the rag for him, but just looked at Hu Meilian coldly, without even calling her mother.

Before Hu Meilian entered the house, she saw Yuan Dehou, and the two looked at each other. Hu Meilian opened her mouth and called out, "Father, are you here?"

Yuan Dehou nodded, did not speak, took a piece of wood and a carving knife from the room, and sat in the sun in the corridor to carve Monkey King for Chongyang.

Yuan Qiu was sitting by the bed sewing buttons, when he heard the voices of his younger siblings, he put down his needlework and stood up.His lips moved, but no sound came out.

Seeing Yuan Qiu, Hu Meilian said, "Xiao Qiu, are you feeling better?"

Seeing his mother, Yuan Qiu looked a little unnatural, nodded and said in a low voice, "It's all right."

Hu Meilian put the big bag in her hand on the bed, and the small bag on the table, and said, "Mom brought you some food. The fried small fish is delicious. Come and taste it."

What she brought was a pack of fried miscellaneous fish hung with flour and egg batter. This kind of fish has few spines and many thorns, and has a strong fishy smell. No one eats it usually. It is used by rural people to feed ducks, and it is sold at an extremely cheap price. It's delicious when it's crispy and crunchy.

Both Yuanchun and Chongyang couldn't help taking a sip: "It's delicious."

"Xiaoqiu, Dongdong, come and try it too." Hu Meilian took out another bag of dim sum wrapped in kraft paper, "This bag is glutinous rice sticks, for you to eat during the Chinese New Year."

Yuan Qiu and Yuan Dong didn't pass by, they just stood there watching and didn't speak.

Seeing that there were only two small supporters, Hu Meilian was not discouraged, and opened the big bag on the bed, and took out the clothes from it: "Chun'er, come here, do you like this skirt? This is the skirt of Uncle Guo's sister. She can't fit it anymore, and my mother specially brought it for you, and you can wear it in summer. There is also a pair of small leather shoes, which are also Miss Sister's, and they may be a little bigger now, and you can wear them when you grow up."

Hu Meilian took out another piece of clothing from inside: "Yangyang, don't you like the People's Liberation Army the most? Take a look at this clothing. It's a navy uniform with a small hat. Do you like it? This is the clothing of the third brother of Uncle Guo's family. , I gave it to you, the clothes are a bit big, I will wear them when you get older."

Chongyang was still young, so he didn't know what to do. When he saw a navy uniform, he happily went to pick it up, but he didn't care that it was at least three or four years before he could wear it.

Yuan Xia straightened her face and said sternly: "Yangyang, we don't want it!"

Chongyang stopped, and looked back at his elder brother.

The smile on Hu Meilian's face froze, and she looked at Yuan Xia: "The clothes are not torn, why not? I took a lot of effort to come here, and people want what you don't want. Aren't Xiaochun and Yangyang still wearing your old clothes? Why can’t I wear the old clothes from Uncle Guo’s house when I grow up in clothes?”

Yuan Xia threw away the rag, walked into the house, took the clothes from his younger brother and sister, and threw them on the bag: "That's really hard for you, you can take it back to whoever you want. You run away for the New Year's Eve Come to see us, we don’t force you if you don’t buy new clothes, but there’s no need to bring a bunch of old clothes that you can’t wear. You feel at ease by borrowing flowers and presenting Buddha, but let us accept the Guo family’s love. We don’t want to owe the Guo family.”

Hu Meilian's complexion became very ugly: "You child, you just blame me for getting married, don't you? If I don't get married, let alone old clothes, I can't even get you a piece of gauze!"

"Thank you, without your old clothes, we didn't freeze to death, nor were we naked." Yuan Xia zipped up his bag, "We'll collect the food, thank you. You don't need the clothes, take them to those you want people."

Hu Meilian looked at Yuan Dehou at the door, pursed her mouth, and called out aggrievedly: "Father, you don't care about him, he doesn't care about my mother now."

Yuan Dehou sighed: "It's hard for you to still have a few children in your heart. If Xia Xia says you don't need it, then you don't need it."

It is not that the children are not short of clothes, but the clothes that Hu Meilian sent today are obviously inappropriate. For the new year, it is fine not to buy new clothes for the children, but they brought a bunch of old clothes that cannot be worn, which made the children happy one game.He had to find a way to earn money to buy new clothes for the children.

Hu Meilian had tears in her eyes: "I wanted to take Chun'er and Yangyang away at first, but you didn't let me take them. Now I send clothes, but you think the clothes are not new. I don't have a job, where can I make money to buy you new clothes?" ?Anyway, what I do now is wrong.”

"Since people are not willing to wear them for us, we don't have to have these few clothes, so why do you do this for us, making yourself inhuman." Yuan Xia said indifferently, "Where are you? Be tougher, don't be humble, we brothers and sisters don't need you to worry about it, just live your own life."

Hu Meilian wiped her eyes: "If you don't want it, then you don't want it. I won't think about getting clothes for you in the future." She stuffed the clothes into her bag indiscriminately, put them on and walked away quickly.