There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

The car came back from the provincial capital all the way to Zhangjia Village. It was already nightfall, and there were still sporadic lights in the village.

Zhang Guoqing's mother and son got out of the car, and Zhang Guoqing unloaded his things and went in with his mother. His father was already running around in a hurry. When he saw them, he ran out very rarely. Except for books and tapes, he asked them to move to their room in the main landlord's wing and let them clean up by themselves.

Before Zhang Guoqing had time to say a few words to his parents, he took a few piles of old books and tapes and placed them in the small living room, then quickly ran back to unload the things, parked the car, waited for his father, and accompanied the last bag, and then quickly Carry back the last books and run back to the room.

Regardless of tidying up the books, they piled them up in the small living room, and entered the room with the bag containing the tapes. As soon as they entered, they saw Zhou Jiao leaning there waiting for him to come in, and she immediately smiled when she saw him.

Jiaojiao, what did you have for dinner? Are you in a hurry?

Brother, have you eaten? Has my mother bought a sleeper? Have you returned to the capital?

The two of them finished speaking in unison and laughed.

Zhang Guoqing looked at his son who was still awake and did not sleep, Why didn't Ping An sleep, baby, your father is back. Wife, I bought a lot of tapes, you will not be bored in the future. There are songs, storytelling, plays, bags It’s all over the place, I’ll put it aside first, you’ll have a look later. Son, Dad will play a song for you.”

Zhang Guoqing put the tape down, lowered his voice, kissed Zhou Jiao, and held him in his arms, What did they eat last night? Are they impatient? Did they say anything sour? Are you not wronged?

Zhou Jiao twisted her body and leaned on him comfortably, No, my sister-in-law brought it over. At noon, it was noodles with chicken soup and chicken legs on the stove. At night, my sister-in-law brought rice, and it was chicken legs and chicken soup from the stove. .You smell it and see if it's all chicken soup and stink.

Zhang Guoqing put his chin against her head and sniffed it vigorously, There is no smell on her body, and it is quite fragrant. The whole room smells like chicken soup, and it smells like meat. Jiaojiao, I want to eat meat. After the pun is finished, smash it and smash it with your mouth.

Zhou Jiao let out a puchi laugh, laughing so loudly in his arms that Zhang Guoqing was also funny when she saw it, so he just gave her an itch and deliberately made her laugh at him.

After finally stopping, Zhou Jiao stopped laughing, There just happens to be a lot of meat at home these days, so you eat it hard. Hehe, brother, you go to eat first, and come back early to talk to me after eating.

Okay, come back after eating well, even nine horses can't pull it back. I'll boil some white fungus and red date soup in the stove for your supper. I'm afraid you're tired of the old hen soup these days. I'll give it to you tomorrow. For a change of taste, let's eat something else. This time there is a stove, so there is no need to avoid them, at most, we will burn some and leave a bowl for them.

Zhang Guoqing let her go, went to the box to find white fungus, red dates, and sugar cubes, washed them and put them in a small pot, put them on the briquettes, closed the small gate of the briquettes stove, and simmered them slowly.

How do you eat the donkey-hide gelatin? If you can accept it, you can continue to eat it. Your mother can't stew it like that. I think it's better to find a doctor to make a donkey-hide gelatin paste. As before, put some walnuts, red dates and honey to boil it into a paste. In this way, after confinement, it can be taken slowly as a nutritional supplement.”

You don't need to find someone. I learned from my grandma. My own configuration is better than others. You can find some black sesame seeds for me. You can see that my hair is withered and yellow. It looks so ugly. I have all the other ingredients.

Zhang Guoqing looked at her in disbelief.

Zhou Jiao gave him a supercilious look, What kind of wink are you doing? I really need to be good at medicine. I am a successor of imperial physicians, specializing in symptomatic gynecology and pediatrics. You have to give me confidence. I will show you less time this time.

I don't believe you are ugly. In my eyes, you are the most beautiful, and you are very attractive when you smile. Wife, really. Look at my eyes, do you see the sincerity? Why don't you let Dr. Zhou go through it for you first? One or two bottles, wait for you to finish confinement.

Zhou Jiao shook her head, raised her chin, squinted her eyes, and said arrogantly: Don't be so troublesome, I've been 7-8 days old, and I can get out of bed. I cook it myself, and I know the taste with some rock sugar. It's too sweet. It's not tasty.

Zhang Guoqing loved her so much, he hugged her and took a bite, Okay, listen to you, wait for me to find some black sesame seeds, and you direct me to do it.

Then you go to eat first, you have packed everything here. After finishing speaking, Zhou Jiao waved her hand in disgust to let him go to eat first, and his mother would scream if she continued.

When Zhang Guoqing arrived in the main room, his mother just prepared the meals. The dinner was really sweet potato rice, braised octopus in braised sauce and fried chicken nuggets with chili, plus home-made pork head meat and cabbage soup.

Zhang Guoqing saw his father sitting next to him, Oh, there are so many meat dishes, dad, you can also eat with us, if you are not hungry, drink some wine. The voice fell.

His father immediately nodded and said, Okay, I'll drink some wine to accompany your mother. When I see good food, I want to drink.

Zhang's mother handed him the empty seat on the table, and asked Xizi in the main room to bring a pair of chopsticks to his grandfather, so she looked at Zhang's father angrily. This old guy is just a glutton for drinking, he thought she would wait for Xiaowu to invite him before she saw him, otherwise he would have stopped sitting at the table and returned to the kang to smoke dry cigarettes.

Father Zhang asked Zhang Guoqing, Why did you come back so late, isn't it the 10 o'clock train? I saw that it was dark when you came back, and I thought you two were lost, and I was just looking for someone to look for you. Laughed out loud.

Zhang's mother swallowed the rice in her mouth, stopped her chopsticks, and said to him: We will lose it, what a joke. Today I took a good look at the big cities. Xiao Wu took me to the Friendship Mall bought by foreigners. Department stores, parks. I was supposed to come back later, but Xiaowu took me to the cinema. Oh, my mother, it’s all boys and girls. I tried my best to drag Xiaowu back, otherwise I would be bored Dead. How can an old woman go to the cinema to watch a movie. Later, Xiao Wu took me to ask someone for directions and bought a lot of that tape. Xiao Wu, is that what it is called? Right, even if I am smart, I remember it. His father, the tape can be used to listen to dramas, storytelling, and songs. Xiao Wu said that once plugged into the radio in his house, it would sing like a real person. I will listen to it later. Rare? Are you sure? Go, that place is busier than the market.

It's very lively. If it's not, you two come back after dark. Some of them said they'd wait for you to come back to eat, but I said to eat first. Maybe you two have already eaten in the city. Zhang Dad smiled and nodded.

Zhang's mother quickly picked up a few mouthfuls of rice, and then said: It's really Xiaowu who said that he would come back from dinner, and I don't agree. The meal at noon was eaten in a big restaurant. Well, this is the leftovers. He ordered too much No, we can’t eat and bring it back. I won’t eat there again at night, I just want to go home quickly, no matter how good the big city is, it’s still not as comfortable as my home.”

Father Zhang agrees with her very much, the golden house and the silver house are not as good as his thatched house. Not to mention the courtyard of the three brothers, but his father rebuilt it with the painstaking efforts of the boss. Even people in the provincial capital may not be as comfortable as his home.

Have you two personally sent your in-laws to the train and arranged all your luggage? Have you notified the Lin family to pick her up at the station? If you don't pick her up, your mother-in-law probably won't be able to carry five big bags. There is also the child. Mother, have you seen the train? How about it, is it just a lot of cars connected together, nothing rare.

Mother Zhang laughed out loud, covered her mouth in a hurry, swallowed the food, and said in a hurry: Why are there so many cars connected together? It's a train. It's different from a big car. There are so many things in it. I specially looked at it. There are still a lot of people who don’t have a seat, those who sit on the floor, his father, you say it’s good to be an official, you don’t need to queue up, you can just buy the sleeping berth, it’s a small bed. I’ve seen it all, there are vacancies in the sleeping berth, But the people behind can't go in, they can only sit on the ground at the back. What do you think this is? After sighing, Zhang's mother hurried to eat.

It's good to be an official anywhere, otherwise so many people want to be an official, and your natal scholar will still miss it until he dies. You haven't told me that the in-laws delivered the car, and have you notified there to pick up people?

Zhang Guoqing hurriedly replied to him: I sent a telegram, and it was clear that a person was carrying a 500-jin load, and asked to pick him up at the station at 5:00 pm on the 23rd the day after tomorrow. I asked the station master, and he arranged the train. The conductor of the train was the leader, and helped him get into the car ahead of time. I also told the conductor to take good care of my mother-in-law, and also gave the man two hares to eat on the way. It’s very good, everything is arranged. Don’t worry.

Okay, just arrange it. Damn, you have eaten and packed up the piles of things in the house early, and I will rest early in the evening. The foundation has been dug today. Do you have anything to do tomorrow, Xiao Wu? Go there early if you have nothing to do. Help. Otherwise, your uncle and uncle’s family will come to help you build a house, but you don’t see anyone as ugly.”

Zhang Guoqing nodded to his father, Tomorrow morning, I will get up early and work for a long time. After I have eaten at noon, I will drive to the provincial capital to return the car. When I come back, I will go to the principal of the county school. It is a bit late to come back. .Then don’t go out, nothing else.”

Father Zhang didn't pour it down after finishing his drink, and put down his chopsticks, Look at it yourself, get busy with business first, and if you don't go there to help when you have time, you should also go to check and have a good talk with them. Wait for Jiaojiao confinement Come out, let your mother take her to talk to your aunt and the women. By the way, your eldest sister will warm the house the day after tomorrow. His mother, you can arrange it. It doesn’t have to be too good. There are many people in the village, and there are many people. of.

Father, I know. When I have free time, I will get in touch with them and keep in touch. Mom, sister, tell me what you need.

No, I bought a lot today and I'm ready. Don't help me clean up. I got up at 4:00 this morning and didn't sleep at noon. I'm going to be busy again tomorrow morning. Go back to my room early to sleep. After Zhang's mother finished speaking, she quickly took the bowls and chopsticks. She didn't even call out to her daughter-in-law, she picked up the bowls and chopsticks and walked quickly to the kitchen.

Father Zhang waved his hand, telling him to go back earlier. Yesterday, I hunted two wild boars and worked till midnight. Early in the morning, I cleaned up the back yard and went up the mountain to collect firewood. That is to say, you are young, otherwise you would have fallen down long ago.