There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

Since returning from the compound, Zhou Jiao never left the compound of the military region again. Every day during the day, I either gossip with the newly-acquainted little sisters in the compound, watch movies, or play chess and cook a few new dishes.

Recently, Zhang Guoqing was often taken out for a walk by his father-in-law, and sometimes he was taken by the old men in the compound to drink and attend thought classes, and at night he had to brag and fight with buddies like Fang Fei.

The life in the compound was very colorful for the two of them.

With New Year's Eve approaching in just a few days, the couple learned that more than 40 free markets had been opened in seven districts of the capital since the second half of last year.

Considering that their husband and wife will go back to the Northeast after the first lunar month, the couple decided to go to the largest sky ladder free market in Beijing, buy some stocks, and smuggle some things to store at home.

At four o'clock in the morning, Zhang Guoqing and his wife handed over the child to Aunt Chen. After leaving the compound, I directly hired a carriage to inquire about the free market of the Sky Ladder.

On the adjacent road outside the Tianti Free Market, there are small vendors selling New Year pictures, baskets, roasted fresh dried fruits, and toys. The market is divided into four parts: non-staple food, local products, vegetables, and chicken and duck.

In addition to a small number of rural vendors in the market, most of them are farmers from other counties who produce and sell themselves. Now in winter, all the farmers come out to do business during the slack season. There will be some old uncles with a Hebei accent. In addition to chicken, duck, fish and shrimp, cabbage, green onions, garlic, ginger, dried chili, vermicelli and some native products are all available.

The two of Zhang Guoqing walked around the market first. It is found that in addition to grain, there are various varieties. Compared with the state-run vegetable stores, the free market is more convenient, with a complete variety, fresh ingredients, and bargaining prices.

Standing at the entrance of the market, citizens are constantly coming and going. In front of the market, you can also see a lot of carts parked in a remote place. There are people guarding the things on the carts, and they keep picking up the goods sent by their families.

The two saw that as the sky brightened, more and more citizens entered. Looking at the sack in his hand, he immediately went out to buy a few big bamboo baskets not far from the door, and started buying from the inside with the bamboo baskets. When I came to the egg stall, there were already several people in front of me bargaining.

Zhang Guoqing immediately asked Zhou Jiao to look at the goods in the bamboo basket, and went up to quietly discuss with the egg seller about wrapping rounds. As for the price, after the beginning of spring, how many eggs are there?

Zhang Guoqing moved the bamboo basket and put it next to the booth, and asked Zhou Jiao to stay here. He himself took the sack and ran not far away to snap up the purchases.

Zhou Jiao saw that the aunt was good at talking, so she asked her if there were any other markets around, and whether there was a market. The egg seller and her man drove a carriage with the villagers in the village in the middle of the night last night. Except for her man, there were river fish and shrimps that were not sold, so she was fine.

This made her excited, and she talked in detail about the markets and bazaars she knew. She was very sensitive about where and what was sold, and the price. When Zhang Guoqing came back again, Zhou Jiao already understood that it was almost inseparable.

For example, Beijing Yongpingmenwai Dried and Fresh Fruits Wholesale Market. The main varieties are seasonal fruits, such as Beijing chestnuts, Huairou apples, Shanxi pears, persimmons and black dates. The pricing method adopted by this wholesale market for fruits does not follow the market, and prices often appear upside down.

For example, Tuodi in the western Jingxi mining area is the original market, and the Tuodi market is held every two days every month. The two markets of Dongba and Suncun in the eastern suburbs have fairs on March, July and October every month. Changxin Old Factory has a three-day gathering on the 24th, 27th, and 29th of the twelfth lunar month every year. The varieties sold in these markets are similar to those in urban areas, with some rural specialties added.

After Zhang Guoqing finished shopping, the enthusiastic aunt lent him a cart. After leaving the market, Zhang Guoqing repacked and returned the cart. The couple found a carriage and went back to the compound not far away.

Zhou Jiao stayed where she was, while Zhang Guoqing went back with two sacks and pushed a bicycle to carry them. The couple carefully hid things at home like mice spending the winter.

After returning home, Zhou Jiao and Zhang Guoqing started to deal with live chickens and ducks immediately after feeding the children. The most difficult thing this time is these living things, for Zhou Xiaozheng and the two to drink fresh chicken soup from time to time. Zhang Guoqing bought the chicken when he saw it this time, and stuffed it in a sack when he tied it. This will be afraid that the chicken will tell him to move quickly. He committed suicide, and Aunt Chen and Zhou Jiao had just washed up.

Aunt Chen looked at the twenty or so old hens that had been tidied up, and she wanted to scold the two of them for being prodigal. She was even more distressed when the old hens still had small eggs in their stomachs.

Seeing that she couldn't bear to look directly at her, Zhou Jiao knew that she was distressed, and said, Don't feel distressed, it's all in your stomach. I'm not at home, my dad must be busy and deal with it casually. I packed it up and put it outside on the freezer. Every week Please stew it for them to drink. Don’t be reluctant to use the dry goods I send over in the future. It’s not a loss if you can eat it in my parents’ stomach. I bought a lot of eggs this time. I will marinate the duck eggs into salted duck eggs and drink them with porridge. Leave the eggs for my parents to eat slowly, and my aunt remembers that my father likes boiled eggs.

Aunt Chen nodded. In the past few months, she has figured out the chief executive's dietary preferences. Knowing that the taste of the Zhou family is close to that of the southerners, they pay attention to diet nutrition and hygiene. Except for Lin Lishan who got up late, everyone else had to drink two cups of hot water before getting up, and porridge after running. In particular, Zhou Jiao's father and daughter must have boiled eggs in the morning.

For several days in a row, Zhou Jiao and Zhang Guoqing went to the market and suburban fairs every day. After returning to Beijing this time, Zhou Jiao had sufficient funds after cashing out the small courtyard rent certificate of deposit. She secretly planned to exchange cash for materials. Because of the space, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the two added a lot of supplies without anyone noticing.

They frantically snapped up one after another, and Zhou Jiao and the two were worried that the noise would be too big to attract attention. Considering that they might have to go to S City, even if the prices are extremely low now, they had no choice but to give up.

Zhou Jiao and the others were not worried about funding issues, but they were afraid of attracting attention. Now she still has more than 5,000 cash in her hand, not to mention the 10,000 dollar cash in the space.

This time when he returned to Beijing, Zhou Xiaozheng gave her the deposit slips returned by Gu Ruyi and asked her to take out all of them and cancel the account. After Zhou Xiaozheng personally brought her to withdraw the cash three times in batches, her father didn't want her to keep it with her after taking it out.

With the couple's amazing purchases, the warehouse of the Zhou family was full. Zhou Xiaozheng has no objection, he deeply feels that the child suffered from hunger and suffering in his early years, and he has no sense of security deep in his heart, so he has developed a habit of hoarding supplies. This kind of misunderstanding made him who loves children very much interested in the market economy. Many years later, he often joked that his daughter is a lucky star.

The Zhou family has new dishes and fresh fruits every day. The youngest sons of the Cheng family, Cheng Yongxian and Lin Liying, are so happy that they stay at the Zhou family and are determined not to leave. Even if Cheng and Lin's family bought a lot of new year's goods after them, their obsession with Zhou Jiao's cooking skills could not be shaken in the slightest.

As they moved in, Zhou Jiao took the opportunity to gradually reduce her contact with Mrs. Lin. During this period of time, under the pretext of cultivating the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, Mrs. Lin did a lot of tricks—either a piece of old material, a few old cheongsams were given to her, or she was pulled to visit the compound with a look of grandparents and grandchildren, and pulled her out to be a guest.

Facing her stalking summons, and all kinds of intentional or unintentional temptations to show off, Zhou Jiao knew it well and handled it with ease. Fortunately, Mrs. Cheng stayed at Zhou's house so that Mrs. Lin had some scruples, and she dared not step into Zhou's house. If it weren't for Mrs. Lin pretending to be a fool and playing a rascal, the Zhou family might have become her performance venue.

At the end of 1957, the two brothers of the Gu family in the capital were torn apart, and a turmoil without warning followed one after another, which made people careless.

Since ancient times, many people who have fallen into trouble, as the situation has become more and more troublesome, more and more people are interested, and the truth is gradually approaching. From the quarrel between the two brothers and the two children of the Gu family, it was revealed that the partial house owed the main house 10,000 taels of gold, and there were reports one after another that the partial house of the Gu family had jointly murdered the blood of the same family to death. At the end of the 57th year, the Gu family in the south of the Yangtze River is familiar to the world, and this big drama has also attracted the attention of the citizens of Beijing.

Two days ago, after Gu Ruyi's elder brother Gu Changqing was detained following in the footsteps of his grandson, Mrs. Lin Gu Ruyi stayed behind closed doors and cut off contact with her natal family.

Rumors spread all over the world that Zhou Xiaozheng and his daughter had expected the result, and now they are as stable as Mount Tai, Jing waited for the last knife to fall. The past is the cause of the present, and they are still patient and waiting for the opportunity.

The day before the twenty-third eve of the twelfth lunar month, two sisters, Lin Xueli and Lin Xuezhen, from Northwest China took the lead to return to Beijing for the New Year. Twenty-one-year-old Lin Xueli is like a wild boy with short black hair and a military uniform, with a blunt temper and rude behavior. Seventeen-year-old Lin Xuezhen is innocent and lively, and she is straightforward and familiar. This is the first impression they gave Zhou Jiao.

The three sisters of the Lin family, compared to the hypocritical Lin Xuelin, this pair of sisters have special hobbies and love all beautiful things, which undoubtedly makes Zhou Jiao more satisfied.

This pair of sisters are good at enlivening the atmosphere and communicating with people. One afternoon has not yet arrived, and a large number of brothers and sisters in the courtyard have gathered at the Zhou family for dinner. In addition, the brothers Cheng Yongxian and Lin Liying of the Cheng family who are currently stationed in the Zhou family. For a while, the Zhou family was very lively.

Zhou Xiaozheng took Lin Lishan to escape to Cheng's house early with a good grasp of safety. The Zhou family had no elders present, especially Zhou Xiaozheng, whom they were afraid of, made a group of people happily run to the service agency outside to bring back wine, and they kept laughing until the movie started in the compound before slowly leaving.

The next day, Zhang Guoqing and his wife drove to the Dongfeng Market to shop for mutton together with Cheng and Lin, two cousins ​​of the same generation, with their military cards. The tarpaulin of the truck leaked air everywhere, and the cold wind in winter made everyone shrink their necks, but it still couldn't dampen the young people's love of playing and eating.

After Zhang Guoqing spent more than five yuan to treat everyone to lunch, Lin Xuezhen, the third son, made a fuss about Lin Xuelin, who had already received her salary, for a haircut. According to her words, if you receive your salary, you are an adult and you should treat him. She pulled Zhou Jiao, who was about to speak, and pinched her hard behind her back. The distressed Zhang Guoqing quickly said that he would treat him, but was interrupted by the rude second Lin Xueli and rushed aside. It made everyone laugh.

In the end, men and women were divided into two groups. Zhang Guoqing was dragged away by Mrs. Li and his brothers who were obsessed with hanging firecrackers. Last night, he promised the two little guys to prepare enough firecrackers for the first lunar month, so that they would have fun. This will be with the Lin family, Lin Dinghui, and the Cheng family brothers. After they bought them in Dong'an Market, a group of boys drove a truck to look for them.

The four girls went to the nearby Silian barber shop. Before finishing her hair, Lin Xuezhen has already arranged her afternoon itinerary. She came back in a hurry without any clothes and was waiting to make some clothes. She found out that her uncle gave Zhou Jiao a lot of cloth tickets. She secretly asked Zhou Jiao for it last night. Now that she has the ticket and the money from Mrs. Lin, she can't wait to visit the market, especially Wangfujing Department Store, which she has been thinking about for a long time.

Zhou Jiao knows that she likes high-end items, and she has no objection to this. Who doesn't love beauty, little girl? Last night Lin Xuezhen kept touching her sheepskin jacket and couldn't put it down, but she had no intention of possessing it. So as soon as she said she wanted a ticket, she gave it to the other party. It's just that she is still worried that this girl is too unrestrained in her pursuit of clothes.

Lin Xuezhen, who came back from the Northwest, seemed to want you to make up for the regret of not being in the capital for many years. She took the three of them on a rickshaw and drove through the four major shopping malls all afternoon. Finally, when night fell, the interest still remained, and I reluctantly went home.