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Due to arrangements made in advance, Tang Xin and Chen Xi skipped a grade again when the new semester started this year. After finishing fifth grade, they jumped directly to junior high school. He has become a freshman in the first grade of junior high school, and his brother Zhanbo will be entering the third grade of junior high school this year. Tang Xin will start taking classes on the first floor with his brother this semester.

Seeing his two little sisters becoming junior high school students like himself, Tang Xin's brother felt filled with a sense of crisis. He couldn't let the two little girls catch up. This was related to his face as an older brother. Although we are not as smart as them, we are not stupid either. As long as we work hard, we will definitely be good.

So my brother also studied harder. Tang's father was very satisfied with his brother's performance. During the phone call with Tang's mother, he praised his son so much.

The courses in junior high school have become more difficult than those in elementary school. Tang Xin and Chen Xi are no longer in the same state as they were in elementary school. They have begun to take it seriously. They take classes and study seriously every day. It can be said that they are making rapid progress.

In December, bad news came. Due to this year's national movement based on steel, it caused a huge waste of manpower and material resources, and had a serious impact on natural resources and the ecological environment. . At the same time, due to the occupation of a large number of rural labor forces, the grain production output dropped significantly that year, and people's lives began to become more and more difficult.

The New Year's Day in 1959 was a bit dull. Since the policy of having a large canteen for all people was still implemented, today all the canteens in the city basically prepared dumplings. Since it took a lot of people to make dumplings, Sister Zheng left after breakfast. I went out to help out at the street cafeteria.

Tang Xin and the others spent New Year's Day at home this year. They did not go to the old house or the Chen family. Now everyone is very nervous. Although both families are not short of their few morsels of food, at this special moment they still Don't be too special, just be low-key.

The dumplings we had for lunch were dumplings filled with pickled vegetables made in their community. There is pork in it, although it is not much, but for most people who rarely see meaty meat a few times a year, they are still very happy. After all, they are eating meaty meat.

Today's dumpling fillings were prepared by Sister Zheng. She specially brought some seasonings from home and put the fried seasoning oil into the dumpling fillings. That's why today's dumplings are so fragrant.

After eating the dumplings on New Year's Day, the food returned to its original state, except that there were more and more whole grains in the staple food, and the supply of staple food began to be limited per head.

"The food in the cafeteria is getting worse and worse. Look how thin the porridge is." That day, Sister Zheng came back from breakfast and said to her aunt.

Today's breakfast consisted of five steamed buns with mixed noodles and a small bowl of rice porridge. The rice porridge contained very little rice, but the rice soup was almost the same. As for the vegetables, they are mixed cabbage and pickles, with a lot of salt and chili oil.

"Let's deal with it. The country's situation is quite difficult now, and we have to be responsible for the food rations of the whole country. It's not easy. It's good to have food to eat now." My aunt comforted me.

"You are right. For most people, things are much better than before the founding of the People's Republic of China. But even before the founding of the People's Republic of China, you have never suffered this injustice." Sister Zheng is not complaining about herself. She has been used to suffering since she was a child. She had gone through the days when she could only eat one meal a day and still wasn't full. Now that she could eat three meals a day, what else could she be dissatisfied about. It's just that the old lady has been pampered since she was a child. When has she ever suffered like this? And at such an old age, it is not necessary to eat more refined food.

"Auntie, please don't eat this thick-wheat bun. I'll eat it. We still have white-wheat buns at home. You can eat this." Zhan Bo handed a white-wheat bun to his aunt, and he took the thick-wheat bun that belonged to her aunt. Got it in the bowl.

"Good boy, no need. My aunt is old and can't eat much anymore. I'll leave this good thing to you." My aunt wanted to take the thick steamed buns back, but Zhan Bo wouldn't let her.

"Auntie, just eat this white flour bun first. We have food at home. If you want to eat it, we can make it ourselves." Tang Xin stopped her aunt.

Tang Xinchong winked at Father Tang. Father Tang understood and said to Sister Zheng: "Sister Zheng, don't worry about it. Our family has saved a lot of food in recent years, which is enough for our family to eat." It’s New Year, and there are rice, flour, and all kinds of food. There is enough, don’t worry. These food are stored in the secret room. From now on, in the morning, you can make some noodles or steamed buns for your aunt and children from time to time. It tastes more palatable.”

Only then did Sister Zheng remember that, yes, there was still a lot of food stored at home. She once told the old lady about this. Later, the old lady persuaded her and she stopped thinking about it, so she simply put this The matter was forgotten. This time, when I heard that there was still so much food at home, I felt relieved. As the saying goes, I don't panic when I have food in my hand. At this moment, she admired Tang's father and Tang's mother very much for their foresight.

Anyway, the weather is getting cold now, so Sister Zheng took advantage of the time of lighting the fire and kang every day to steam some white flour steamed buns, and then some mixed flour steamed buns. Tang Xin said that her aunt is getting older and should eat more whole grains and grains. Food is good for the body. In fact, eating more refined flour food does not have so many nutrients. It's just that the mixed-noodle steamed buns in the cafeteria contain too much whole grains and are not ground finely, so it tastes a bit throat-irritating.

Fortunately, she had stored enough coarse grains at home. Sister Zheng had enough strength to take out the small grinder she used to grind soy milk. She grinded the coarse grains again and then used this finer coarse grain noodles to re-steam the mixed noodles for her aunt. Steamed bun. The mixed-noodle buns this time were different from those in the cafeteria. They were soft and sweet, and my aunt liked them very much.

Seeing that the old lady was eating well, Sister Zheng was happy and continued to study how to prepare more food for the family and take a good supplement.

This year's winter was extremely cold. After New Year's Day, it snowed several times in succession. The weather suddenly became cold, and the family set up a fire pit early. This winter vacation, Tang Xin and her brother went to the old house to stay for a few days. Because they were worried that their father would be bored at home, Tang Xin and his brother went home after staying for a few days. At least they could chat with their father at home.

The family has decided not to go back to their old home for the New Year this year. My uncle and aunt may not be able to make it this year due to their work in Haishi, so Mr. Chen asked them to spend the New Year in Haishi. They also have Aunt Gu. A family. But how could we just let the old couple celebrate the New Year by themselves, so after discussing with Mr. Tang, Dad Tang decided not to go back to his old house for the New Year this year. He took Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen over, and they would spend this year's Spring Festival together.

Of course, Aunt Gu and Uncle Gu had to come with them, leaving the family to the care of Aunt Gu's son and his family.

This year's Spring Festival is the first Spring Festival without Tang's mother since Tang Xin came to this world. Although she is not a real child, she still loves her from the bottom of her heart for this mother who gives her all the motherly love. She really misses her mother.

At this time, she missed the video calls from her previous life so much that she could talk to her mother and see her. It has been almost four months since my mother left. Due to the security and confidentiality requirements of the project, my mother only called home when she arrived at the station to report that she was safe. Since it was an international call and it was to the school, they did not tell her. a few words. She didn't know how her mother was doing now, but Tang Xin knew what her mother was doing. Her mentor was Mr. Qian, who was responsible for two bombs and one satellite, so Tang Xin guessed the project that her mother might be involved in. How important it is. Dad also had some vague guesses, but he didn't dare to speak out.

During the festive season, I miss my family more and more. This year’s New Year’s Eve is a rare occasion for me not to eat in the cafeteria. Instead, I have been specially allowed to buy ingredients and cook at home. Although after more than half a year of cooking in a big pot, everyone can save some money, but since the supplies are limited, the dishes that can be purchased are still limited. But fortunately, with the help of Chen Xi's mother, the Tang family's New Year's Eve banquet was still very sumptuous.

On the day of the New Year's Eve reunion dinner, my grandparents were actually a little sad. Their son and daughter were not around this year, but fortunately they had their son-in-law and grandchildren around. Grandpa raised his glass: "I hope our country will get better and better, and I hope our family can be reunited in the New Year next year."