There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

Days passed, and with Zhang's father and mother stationed in the village, the small courtyard in the county town returned to calm.

After a period of review, Zhang Guoqing and his wife ushered in their first exam in this world.

A heavy snowfall last night covered three piles of snowmen in the yard. At this moment, Zhang Guoqing carefully cleaned out the prototype. These three piles of snowmen were the works that he and Zhou Jiao spent an afternoon piling up yesterday.

There was a knock on the door in the yard, and Zhao Yuanyuan's loud voice shouting.

Zhang Guoqing looked at the time and rolled his eyes to the sky—this girl is dependent on his family, his wife and son. What girlfriends, what talk about girls' privacy, the most annoying!

Stop shouting, come in quickly. It's still early to go to school. Why do you say you got up so early?

Zhao Yuanyuan gave him a blank look, and walked quickly to the main room. While walking, he said: My mother asked me to remind you to remember to bring the ration book to the food station tomorrow. Don't forget it like last time. Tell me, why are you so stupid? Can you forget to collect the rations you eat every month? Remember to order the half catty of Ping An’s milk? It’s just for Jiaojiao. Remember not to give it to others.”

Mother... Zhang Guoqing muttered in a low voice when he saw her entering the living room.

He really forgot to receive the ration for the first time, thanks to Mrs. Wang of the neighborhood committee for reminding him.

Based on the food book, he and Zhou Jiao each received 28 catties of rations, plus the son's 7 catties of rations, the total was less than 70 catties. Not to mention that apart from three catties of white flour and one catty of rice per person, the rest are all semi-finished dried corn and sweet potatoes. After buying from the grain store, you have to go to the grain processing point for processing.

It's a pity that his elder brother's grain store is not in this community. Last time he rowed in the wind and snow for more than six hours, and his whole body was frozen. This month, he had already discussed with his left and right neighbors to buy together.

The milk has been ordered. Why did you come here so early? Have you eaten yet? Zhou Jiao heard Zhao Yuanyuan's voice when she came out. Even Ping An is used to this loud voice now.

I haven't eaten yet. I'll ask Aunt Fen to cook less. Qinglin and the others will bring the buns later. After speaking, Zhao Yuanyuan hurried to the kitchen.

The Aunt Fen she was talking about was Zhao Dashan's distant cousin. The kind that meets once in eight lifetimes.

The other party lost her husband at a young age and brought up a posthumous child. Now her son is going to college with Zhao Hongjun in the provincial capital, leaving her alone in her hometown.

This time Zhao Dashan went back to his hometown in the neighboring province to meet his parents, and when he saw her, he suddenly remembered that her son was in the provincial capital. After talking with her, he brought her to Zhang Guoqing's house to help.

It was said that she was Zhou Xiaozheng's cousin who came to take care of the children. In private, they agreed to help in the short term first, and if it was appropriate, they would wait for her son to come to the county for vacation at the end of the year before deciding whether to stay or not. If there is no accident, she will take care of Zhang Guoqing's family of three until her son returns to Beijing.

Now that she has been here for a week, Zhou Jiao is quite satisfied with her. The other party is clean and neat, the most important thing is winking and tight-lipped.

She and Zhang Guoqing have already discussed with Zhao Dashan that instead of raising salary, they will give her a hard working fee every year. Aunt Fang, on the other hand, also likes this place. She has her own room and doesn’t have to worry about food and clothing. What's more, Zhao Dashan has said that her son can live here during the winter and summer vacations. She also has two days a month to go to the provincial capital to see her son.

Aunt Fang came out of the kitchen and said, Okay, I heard it. The white flour they brought last time is still not used up. Next time, tell them not to buy it outside. If they want to eat, I will make it.

During these two weekends, Li Qinglin, Zhang Yuntao and Zhao Yuanyuan stayed in the small courtyard under the pretext of improving their lives and grades. Zhang Guoqing and Zhang Guoqing didn't care about them, anyway, they brought their own rice and vegetables, so they couldn't be driven away.

Less than half an hour later, Li Qinglin and the others ran in, shouting that they had froze to death, and rushed to the yard. I laughed when I saw the snowman in the yard. When I got interested, I threw the buns in my hand to Aunt Fang, and I was not afraid of the cold. Together with Zhao Yuanyuan, the three ran to the warehouse and took out the shovel and catalpa to start building a snowman.

Stop playing, hurry up and go to school. Time is running out. Aunt Fang made the porridge and saw that the buns were almost cold, so she had to run to the yard to shout.

After breakfast and the child was handed over to Aunt Fang, Zhang Guoqing and his party walked to the school.

The county high school is only ten minutes away from the small courtyard across the road. On the way, Zhang Yuntao blinked at Li Qinglin, and the two of them laughed from time to time.

Before the group reached the school gate, they saw the students who had entered high school in the past gathered at the gate.

As soon as they saw Zhang Guoqing and the others, everyone surrounded them.

Zhang Guoqing said with a smile: Are you watching the fun, or welcoming us back to school?

Xiao Wu, you young couple are really mean, and you didn't say it early when you went back to school. There are still forests and condoms. If you don't take us there, you will run away early in the morning. Be careful!

Little Fifth Brother, you will be our elementary school brother. You have to talk about your feelings at this moment first.

That's right, tell me quickly. Call brother to listen.

I don't have any thoughts. My brother wants to enter the classroom earlier. Are you all cold? Zhang Guoqing looked at everyone trembling. Where did the energy come from?

It's freezing to death. If I didn't want to see if you really came to the school, I wouldn't come out if I was killed. A classmate pulled Zhang Guoqing inside.

A short male student couldn't squeeze in, so he shouted anxiously, Don't go to the wrong place, remember the principal said to find him first.

Haha... let's go back to the old place first.

A girl in a black padded jacket ran up ahead, shouting as she ran, Jiaojiao, Yuanyuan, come into the classroom quickly. Our homeroom teacher and the principal are waiting for you to come in. Hurry up.

Zhao Yuanyuan dragged Zhou Jiao forward and shouted, Miao Miao, is it time?

Ding Qingmiao was panting from running, pointed to the classroom behind, and said after a while: The principal is waiting for them. Hurry up.

Zhou Jiao managed to stand firm, and turned to look at Zhang Guoqing. Logically, the two of them should go to the head teacher of the first year of high school.

See the principal first and then the teacher. Zhang Guoqing probably visited the old principal a few days ago and mentioned the skipping exam, and he arranged for the exam to be in the original class.

Hello principal, hello teacher. As soon as he entered the classroom, he saw the old principal waiting at the door.

The old headmaster looked at Zhang Guoqing and the two with a smile, and said, Have you decided?

Knowing that he was talking about skipping a grade, Zhang Guoqing nodded seriously.

The first two seats on the podium are reserved for you. You take the test hard these two days. Try to pass it once. The test time has been agreed with the invigilator. I'll wait for your good news.

After the old principal finished speaking, he smiled and walked out with his hands behind his back. He will keep it until the grades come out today. He wanted to see how much the two children surprised him.

The two-day exam finally passed, and the first and second grades of senior high school were done at once, which was no problem for Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao.

After the exam, Zhou Jiao began to prepare gifts and pack her luggage. When I went to the capital this time, Father Zhang and the others took care of the courtyard in the village, and Aunt Fang and her son were here to take care of it.

Everything that can be arranged has been arranged. It will be the first lunar month before their family comes back again, so she still needs to prepare the New Year's ceremony.

Except for the Cheng family in the capital, the old lady of Zhoujia village and the grandson of the old patriarch had to deal with these two days first. Her father has sent two consecutive telegrams asking her when to leave? Zhao Chuanguang and his wife in the provincial capital even sent things there every three days, urging their family of three to go to his house for a few days earlier.

It's snowing so hard, you don't need to go to the village. I'll go back to the village in the afternoon and make an agreement with my parents, and then I'll go to Zhoujia Village to give New Year's gifts. As soon as Zhang Guoqing came in, he saw her holding the sheepskin jacket she was going out, and hurriedly stopped her.

Zhou Jiao hesitated for a while, then shook her head, I still have to go in person. You go to Zhoujia Village, I have no plan to go there. Parents, I have to go, and I will go for at least a month. I have to talk to my parents , we are not at home and let them come to the county from time to time. Let’s go early and come back early.”

No need, dad asked elder brother to come over with a message, saying that before we left, he would come over with mother, and told us not to go back. I'm worried about our village yard, so go back and have a look, and give the New Year's gift by the way.

It would be better not to go back, who would want to go back and forth on a snowy day—Zhou Jiao handed him a gift, watched him go in the carriage, went back to the room and took out a piece of paper to see, it was indeed possible to leave in three days.

Zhang Guoqing came and went quickly, returning in less than two hours.

Father told me not to send it over, but to arrange for him. Let us avoid contact with the old Zhou's family. Once I send it over, it will be troublesome for them to turn around. The old patriarch, he said that he will send it over personally.

Zhou Jiao nodded, her parents-in-law would handle it best. They know more about the world than she does.

When the appointed day of departure came, Father Zhang and Mother Zhang returned to the county seat one night earlier with a gift for Zhou Xiaozheng.

Early in the morning, Zhao Chuanguang and his wife drove over with brand new cars and military vehicles.

Zhou Jiao watched her godmother take out four or five hot water bags and a hand stove from the carriage, and she couldn't help but laugh.

For the sake of their children, Zhang Guoqing and her parents-in-law prepared all the heating supplies in the house. This will be fine, put it all in, and there will be no place for anyone.

Zhang Guoqing opened his coat and held his son to his chest. Sitting in the car, feeling the temperature adapting, he gently opened a corner, saw his son sleeping soundly, and heaved a sigh of relief.

Don't worry! Godfather has already prepared it. I will ensure that you are warm and warm all the way to the capital. Your father has come up with a lot of bad ideas on the phone these days. Don't think your father is smart, but this is not as good as your godfather and me. .” After Zhao Chuanguang finished speaking, he laughed. Brother Zheng is always whimsical.

Godmother, do you owe godfather this time? Thank you and godfather. Zhou Jiao bid farewell to Zhang's father and Zhang mother, just in time to hear it when she got into the car, and said hastily.

Don't be polite to your godmother. In-laws, you go in quickly. We are leaving. We will send them to the train tomorrow. Don't worry. Everything has been arranged. When they arrive in the capital, they will send a telegram back.

Close the window quickly, and wait for the heat to escape. I won't keep you. Be careful on the road. Xiao Wu remember not to fall asleep on the train, be careful of the children.

The car drove away, and I saw Father Zhang and the others at the gate from a distance.

Zhang Guoqing looked around anxiously, and soon they would no longer be seen. This trip will have to wait until the end of the first month of next year to see them again. I don't know if they will continue to work, and if he is not at home, will he be bullied? The son wants to support but does not wait for the relatives, and the parents' lives have to be arranged.

Zhou Jiao patted his hand and smiled at him. The new year is 58 years, and the newspaper has published a new editorial a few days ago.

The wheels of history began to turn. This year, a large number of units will recruit rural temporary workers. A large number of rural household registrations entered the cities, and then began to reduce the urban population in two or three years, and returned these people to the countryside.

She estimated that the work of the two sisters-in-law did not need her and Zhang Guoqing's help, and they were capable of handling it well. Then the eldest and second child of the Zhang family will move to the county seat, and Zhang's father and mother Zhang will follow the eldest child back to the county seat.

The problem that Zhang Guoqing was worried about was solved in the face of difficulties. As for the sisters-in-law who lost their jobs after a few years of downsizing and urban household registration, that is a matter of the future. Besides, what's the matter with her?