Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Time flies. It has been more than a month since I first went fishing and eating lamb skewers with Wu Lirong by the river, and now we have entered the hot summer.

During this period of time, Li Qingfeng had barbecues several times in restaurants and at home. Every time he made barbecues, he would call Wu Lirong to come. When he was at home, Li Qingshan would also call his good friend He Yuzhu.

During this period, Li Qingfeng was also inadvertently asking about the situation at He Yuzhu's home and in the yard of No. 95, and Li Qingfeng had basically figured it out.

The yard is not fully occupied yet. Several important characters, like the second uncle Liu Haizhong's family and the third uncle Yan Bugui's family, have not moved in yet. And no one knows who the other passers-by A and B are.

Of course, they cannot call him "Uncle Manager" now. They have to wait until the founding of the country and the establishment of the street office before they can arrange for a "Uncle Manager". It's still too early now!

July 1943, 7, Dongcheng Middle School.

Today is the day of Li Qingfeng's entrance examination from primary school to middle school. Li Qingfeng was afraid of missing the examination, so he got up early and rushed to school after breakfast.

Last night when Li Qingfeng came home from the restaurant, Li Qingshan brought him the news. He repeated to Li Qingfeng what Liu Chuanzhi had told him, which were all about the exam location and time.

After Li Qingshan finished speaking, he gave Li Qingfeng his admission ticket.

The next day, when Li Qingfeng got up, he saw that the yard was full of water. He thought that it hadn't rained when he went to bed that night. Did it rain in the middle of the night? He didn't hear it either!

Without thinking too much, he went to the kitchen to make breakfast. When the meal was ready, Li Qingfeng called his brother and ate his breakfast on his own.

Taking the things I needed for the exam, I pushed open the gate and found that the alley was full of mud and water. I looked down at the cloth shoes on my feet and made a "swish" sound in my mouth. Then I turned back to the house, took off my cloth shoes, and changed into straw sandals.

Before leaving, Li Qingfeng woke up his younger brother Li Qingshan and asked him to hurry up and eat breakfast and go to school.

After giving the instructions, Li Qingfeng walked out of the house and walked in the mud, taking one deep step and one shallow step towards Dongcheng Middle School.

When he arrived at the school, Li Qingfeng found that some people had arrived early. Without communicating much with these people, he went to the school pool, washed the mud off his feet, and then went to the examination room according to the examination location on the admission ticket and waited for the exam.

After a while, Li Qingfeng looked at the time and found that it was almost 9 o'clock. He looked up and around. The classroom was full. Why wasn't the exam starting yet?

Li Qingfeng was just thinking about it when he felt the classroom suddenly become quiet. He looked forward and found that two invigilators walked in with test papers.

After the test papers were handed out, Li Qingfeng wrote down his test number and name first, took a general look at the test paper, and felt that it was quite simple, so he picked up the pen and began to work on the test paper seriously.

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After finishing the last question of the last subject, Li Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to pass this exam. This is the junior high school graduation exam. If everything goes as expected, he will be able to receive his junior high school graduation certificate in two days, which is the day after tomorrow.

After handing in the test papers, Li Qingfeng and a group of other candidates slowly walked out of the school. They could just come and pick up their diplomas themselves, unlike other people whose homes were far away and needed to be mailed. Speaking of mailing, Li Qingfeng thought of the stamps of this era, which would be very valuable in the future. When he had time, he would go to the post office to see what stamps were available and buy some to pass down to future generations.

On the way back to the restaurant, Li Qingfeng thought to himself, Li Rong seemed to be taking the entrance exam today, why didn't I see her in school? Or maybe they were not taking the exam in the same school, forget it, I'll ask her when I have free time!

When he returned to the restaurant, he saw that the hall was full of people waiting for their meals. He hurried into the kitchen and said, "Master, I'm here. Let me cook the rest of the dishes!"

"Well, the pot is just full and it's time to take it out. The rest is up to you." Quanfu put the cooked dishes on a plate and took it outside.

Li Qingfeng took off his shirt, tied an apron, put on his sleeves, picked up the notebook, and started cooking the dishes one by one according to the customers' orders with his bare chest.

Two days later, the graduation examination results of the senior primary school of Dongcheng Middle School were announced. As expected, Li Qingfeng obtained his senior primary school graduation certificate smoothly.

After receiving the diploma, Li Qingfeng knocked it, but couldn't see anything new in it. He curled his lips and put the diploma into the space, putting it together with primary school certificate, household registration and other things. These things cannot be lost. It is possible to reissue them, but Li Qingfeng thinks it is troublesome, and it is better to have less trouble at this time of year.

Li Qingfeng also went to Wu's house when he had time and asked Wu Lirong about her exams. She successfully obtained her graduation certificate and waited for the middle school to start, so she went to junior high school. At the time of the exam, the two were not in the same school, so they did not meet.

(Middle school stage: three years of junior high school and three years of senior high school.)

As for the junior high school diploma, Li Qingfeng would wait for Wu Lirong's entrance examination to high school. Then Li Qingfeng would go to the examination directly without having to study in school every day. Of course, this was the result of Li Qingfeng's money and effort, otherwise the school would not be willing to accept such people.

When he reached high school, Li Qingfeng thought that he could just pay the money and take the exam directly, which would save him the trouble. He, Li Qingfeng, didn't want to sit in the classroom to study anymore. He had attended classes for nearly twenty years in his previous life, and he had had enough.

After receiving his graduation certificate, Li Qingfeng either went to the restaurant to cook or went to visit Wu's family and Wu Lirong. Anyway, he was very satisfied with his current life. Although there were no mobile phones and computers like in later times, there were still many entertainment options in this era.

For example, going to the theater to listen to a play, or taking Wu Lirong to the cinema to watch a movie. Nowadays, movies are all in black and white, as color film has not yet been developed?

He would also take Wu Lirong to the tailor shop to make clothes for her, himself, or his family, and go out for meals and shopping. Of course, he would avoid the Japanese invaders and traitors when shopping. He was not afraid of walking on the street himself, but he was afraid of hurting Wu Lirong.

Just today, Li Qingfeng and Wu Lirong made an appointment to go to the cinema to watch a movie tomorrow.

At night, after Li Qingshan found out, he kept surrounding him and saying, "Brother, when will you take me to the cinema to watch a movie?"

Li Qingfeng was so annoyed by her that he scolded his brother Li Qingshan with a smile: "Qingshan, can't you go to the cinema to watch a movie by yourself? Why do you have to drag me along?"

Li Qingshan said: "Brother, I don't want to go to the movies alone."

Li Qingfeng was speechless. If you don't want to go by yourself, why don't you ask me? So he said to him, "Qingshan! If you don't want to go by yourself, then ask He Yuzhu or your good classmates to go together. Movie tickets are not expensive. Besides, you have money."

After saying that, Li Qingfeng went straight back to his room to sleep, leaving his younger brother Li Qingshan alone in the kitchen in a daze.