Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

Chang Wanyue was born at around 2:00 p.m. On the morning of the 7th, after breakfast, the Chang family rode their bikes to Guojiazhuang.

Compared with the previous two years, Guojiazhuang is much more lively this year. Since last year, the weather has been good until now. This year's summer grain harvest is very good. Looking at the corn cobs growing well in the fields, you can tell that this year's autumn grain harvest will not be bad.

Whenever they met familiar members of the Guo family along the way, the whole family would say hello.

The countryside was lush and green in August. When the three younger brothers saw their familiar friends, they could no longer wait and jumped off their tricycles to go fishing for lobsters in the creek with their friends.

There are many fun things to do in the countryside in summer, such as fishing for lobsters, catching small fish and shrimps, stealing watermelons from the fields, looking for wild fruits in the woods behind the mountain, and catching cicada monkeys...

Anyway, this time, the three little ones including the third brother will stay in the countryside for ten days or half a month. When school starts, Chang Zhengyang will come and take them back.

As for whether the three little ones would be tanned into black monkeys, the Chang family didn't care about that, because they had already been covered by the sun. Even the little girl, Zhuzhu, the fifth child, was now a typical wild girl.

Compared with the children in Guojiazhuang, there is no difference between them except that their clothes have fewer patches and they are stronger.

Look, even though they hadn't seen each other for half a year, they started playing together as soon as they met.

My hometown is not like some families in the city, who pamper their children, raise them to be fair and tender, and don’t even allow them to play in the mud.

As a serious biologist and clinical physician, Chang Zhengyang said that children must be allowed to play in the mud and bask in the sun from an early age. Only in this way can children's immunity be strong and they will be in good health when they grow up.

The reason is actually very simple. The immune system needs exercise. If you don't let your children have more contact with mud and more sun, they will be more likely to catch a cold when they grow up.

After arriving at grandpa's house, the old couple held Chang Wanyue's little hand and smiled from ear to ear. Grandma also took out an exquisitely crafted gold-inlaid jade hairpin from her dowry box and gave it to Xiaoyue.

After some reluctance, Xiaoyue finally accepted the gold and jade hairpin.

My grandpa and grandma are both over 70 years old now, but they are in very good health and have rosy complexions. There is no problem for them to live to be a hundred years old.

There are many reasons for this. One is that the two elders have practiced martial arts for many years and have a good foundation. In addition, Chang Zhengyang personally helped them regulate their bodies, cured their hidden injuries, and taught them a marrow cleansing method. Although there is no hope of transforming their strength, combined with dietary supplements, the rate of decline of qi and blood can be slowed down to the greatest extent.

Another reason is that Mr. Guo’s family is large and each of them is promising, so the two elders are naturally proud and happy.

In particular, the second son, Guo Piaoqi, who had fled overseas two years ago, was able to return home, which relieved the two elders' biggest worry. Even if the two old people pass away now, they will have no regrets in their lives.

Now Chang Zhengyang's grandfather has become the most influential person in Guojiazhuang, and even the commune has to give face to the old man.

There's no way, the Guo family is no longer what it used to be.

The second son, Guo Piaoqi, is a patriotic overseas Chinese who donates money to the country every year. The fourth son is now the deputy director of the Dongcheng District Public Security Bureau. The sixth son is now the deputy director of the Gulou Sub-district Office in charge of public security. Even the grandchildren are now platoon-level officers.

Although Chang Zhengyang is a grandson, he is only 23 years old this year and is already a senior cadre at the division level.

Just one hour after the Chang family arrived at Guojiazhuang, the commune secretary came over on a bicycle, saying that he was out to inspect the various brigades and happened to arrive in Guojiazhuang today.

As a cadre, who doesn’t want to make progress?

Although Chang Zhengyang is not the leader of the commune secretary, he can be used by making himself familiar to the people now.

The commune secretary stayed at Lao Guo's house for half an hour and then left satisfied.

From Chang Zhengyang, he got the latest policy trends from above, which was information that people at his level normally could not access. Even the county leaders might not be able to access such trends.

The reason why Chang Zhengyang was willing to give him this face was, firstly, because he saw that this man was decent and was willing to give him a hand, and secondly, because the county magistrate was not as good as the current one, since he was in charge of Guojiazhuang after all!

When it was almost time for lunch, the third brother and his friends came back carrying a bucket of crayfish.

Not many people can cook crayfish deliciously these days. One reason is that there are not so many rich seasonings these days. Second, crayfish is an alien species that only entered China in the late Qing Dynasty, so the common people’s acceptance of crayfish is not high.

Chang Zhengyang just happened to know a way to cook delicious crayfish that doesn't require much seasoning.

The method is actually very simple. Cut off the head of the crayfish and take out the shrimp roe from the head, then remove the shrimp tendons from the tail. Finally, put the washed shrimp tail into the pan and stir-fry until the shrimp shell turns red. Add water, add the washed shrimp roe, fresh edamame kernels, and an appropriate amount of salt. After boiling, add the chopped green pepper, cover the pot, and simmer on low heat for ten minutes.

Hey, a pot of spicy edamame and lobster is ready.

All the ingredients used are ready-made in the countryside, and the key is that they taste clean!

As soon as this dish appeared, it was immediately welcomed by the Chang family and became a must-eat dish in summer.

Now the recipe of this dish has spread to the surrounding areas of Yanjing, especially in the countryside, which means that there is now an extra meat dish in the home.

The only trouble with this dish is that it takes time to cut the shrimp heads and remove the shrimp tendons, and it is also easy for the crayfish to pinch your hands.

Although crayfish is small in size, if you get your hand pinched by it, I guarantee you will cry out in pain.

Fortunately, everyone is an old hand, and their movements are steady, accurate and quick. With strength in numbers, a bucket of 15 or 16 kilograms of crayfish was cleaned out in less than 20 minutes.

After lunch, Chang Zhengyang strolled slowly to the back mountain. After a while, Xiaoyue followed him. The brother and sister entered the back mountain tacitly. Half an hour later, they came to a hidden cave.

Chang Zhengyang looked at the cave he had cleaned up last night and said with emotion, "That year I ran from the city every night to find food in the mountains. I didn't expect that more than three years have passed in a flash."

Xiaoyue walked into the cave and looked around curiously. It was very clean inside. There was a stove in the corner with a big iron pot on it.

"Brother, did you run back and forth like this every night? This distance must be about 60 or 70 kilometers, right? You also hunted and fished, and had to go to class and study during the day. This, this..."

Chang Wanyue recalled that year when their family's food suddenly improved to a higher level. They ate fish and prawns every day, and could even drink turtle soup from time to time. It turned out that it was all due to the hard work of her eldest brother behind the scenes. She immediately started to burst into tears.