Through 1979

Li Ran stayed at home alone, he didn't feel sleepy, and he didn't want to go to sleep while others were working.

So Li Ran brought a bucket of water from the yard and planned to clean the room.

The house was cleaned very neatly, and the floor was not dirty. Li Ran roughly swept it, found a rag, and began to wipe the boxes and other wooden furniture.

Taking the opportunity of cleaning the room, Li Ran took a look at the house. It is quite big, and there are four rooms for people to live in.

Li Ran did some calculations, the room allocation should be the father and mother share a room, a couple will live in a room with a child, look at the small wooden gun toy on the table in the room, the child should be a boy, and there is another room with a room on the left and right. I got two beds, and the room was cleaned very neatly. From the bed curtain and other details, it can be seen that the room belongs to a girl, so the two sisters should live together. As for his own room, he walked in, although The area is quite small, but Li Ran is quite satisfied with having a private space.

After finishing the housework and pouring the dirty water into the ditch, Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally done without much effort, but the weather was too hot, and he was out of his mind in just this short cleaning time. Sweating, he wiped his forehead with his hands, and his hands were immediately wet, and his body was also sticky.

Now is the hottest time of the sun. There is a camphor tree on the left side of the yard. Li Ran came under the tree. Thinking of his father and his brothers and sisters working in the fields, he guessed that they should rest in the shade now. During the hottest period, if you persist and suffer from heat stroke, it will not be worth the candle.

The sticky feeling on his body was very itchy. Li Ran came to his room and took out a set of blue cloth clothes from a box that was also newly painted red. This clothes must have been worn for a long time, and there were patches on it. Li Ran After looking through the box carefully, I saw a new red top. Judging by the thickness, it should be worn for the New Year in winter.

There was no bathroom, so Li Ran washed his body with water directly under the tree in the yard.Taking a bath in broad daylight was still a little uncomfortable, so the speed was very fast. After washing, he washed the clothes and dried them on the clothesline in the yard.

Li Ran was speechless after tugging at the hanging clothes. These were really the dirtiest clothes he had ever washed, and a pinch of them was a ball of black water.But this body is good, after taking a bath, the skin is fair and clean, not like a kid in the mountains, with a face, looking into the water, he is really a handsome guy.Li Ran suspects that this body has a genetic mutation, because Li's parents and Li's mother are not good-looking people.

After the work was done, Li Ran sat on the ground thinking about the era he was in now.

The calendar on the wall in the lobby shows that it is now July 1979, 7. Li Ran remembered that the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party was held in December 16. It has not started yet, and it will take a year or two before it is implemented, and the lives of farmers will get better, and in this mountain bump, it may be later, or it may be.

The reason why Li Ran knew so clearly was because his grandfather liked to talk about the life of their generation in front of him. When the land contract system was implemented, Li Ran’s grandfather was already married, but when he heard the news at that time, as long as he was Farmers are all overjoyed.

Listening to it before, Li Ran only felt that their lives were full of ups and downs. Now that they are really in the midst of it, they understand what it is like to live with underdeveloped material and spiritual culture.

For example, now, he is very bored, before he could watch TV online, but now, he can only sit here in a daze.

Thinking of his grandfather, Li Ran felt sorry for him. Because of his sexuality, the grandfather who brought him up had many complaints from his parents, saying that he didn't pay attention to his situation and made them lose face, but Li Ran really thought that his sexuality and Being different from ordinary people has nothing to do with grandpa. His sexual orientation is innate and cannot be changed at all.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Li Ran secretly thought that the life of this family was really hard, what should he do, not to mention changing the status quo, at least he had to earn some small money so that the family could eat better.

So what can he do now?

Li Ran looked at this barren house, and said that it was barren, but it was because some of the furniture stood out or because it was painted with red paint, and before it was painted, the original color might not be visible.

Walking to the pigsty, Li Ran took a closer look at the pig. The piglet was not too skinny, and it didn't have a few catties of meat. Thinking of this day and age, pork is very precious, so you can try something new during the Chinese New Year. Li Ran couldn't help but move. In order to fatten him up, if this pig is fat, wouldn't it be possible to exchange a lot of money, even if not, it's better to keep it for yourself.

I lowered my head and looked into the pig trough carefully, and found that the pigs mainly eat pig grass mixed with bran, and there is not much bran, it just serves as a seasoning. Bran is the staple food for farmers. When there is nothing to eat, bran It is food, and people eat it.

But it is pigweed, and the rural people want to save as much as possible.

Although pigweed does not cost money, as long as you spend a little effort outside to cut it back, pig farming in rural areas is also one of the main sources of income, so children often go to the wild fields to find weeds that pigs can eat.

He is the only child in Li Ran's family who can do this kind of thing. He usually has to go to class, and he can feed a pig every day. If there is too much, it will not work.

Li Ran stared at the pig, knowing that it would take some effort to fatten the pig up. It was absolutely impossible to feed it rice. These days, there was not enough rice for people, let alone for pigs.

Thinking of the agricultural programs that often appear on modern TV, which often give examples of some outstanding farmers and breeders, Li Ran occasionally watches them when he is bored.

"By the way, there is a solution." Li Ran suddenly thought of a solution, and couldn't help but smile. If what was said on TV was true, then the pig's food would be solved, and it would grow fatter.

What method did Li Ran think of?

It is snail raising pigs.Li Ran was quite surprised when he saw this method on TV, but later learned from TV that this method is indeed feasible.

Raising pigs with snails grows fast and is fat. In the past, fat meat was more expensive than lean meat, and people generally believed that buying fat meat was more cost-effective than buying lean meat, and it was more nourishing for people.

Li Ran's house is not far from the mountain, and there are many dry snails on the mountain, but it is not easy to find them on sunny days, and when it rains, they will run all over the mountain.At that time, it would be best to go to the mountain to pick up some to feed the pigs.

Thinking of this, Li Ran's heart beat violently.

He didn't know much about farm work, and at first he was afraid that he would be free, but now, he was still useful, which reassured him.

After thinking of a way, he wanted to try this method immediately. Li Ran wanted to go to the mountain to collect snails, but Li Ran was not familiar with this place, so he didn't dare to run around, so he could only restrain his impatience and stay at home honestly.

It was around 6 p.m. that Li's mother came back with a basket on her back, panting and sweating on her forehead.

Seeing the situation, Li Ran rushed to the kitchen and brought a bowl of water. Li Ma only had time to praise her obediently, and drank it with a "gu, gu".

Li Ran picked up the cattail leaf fan on the low stool in the corner of the room, and slapped Li Ma vigorously. Seeing that Li Ma was more comfortable, he asked Li Ma what was wrong.

"Don't talk about it, it's bad luck. I planned to take your uncle Yao's donkey to the town, but your uncle Yao hurt his foot in the field this morning, so he couldn't go there at all. Your mother can't drive a donkey, and the family is almost gone The salt ran out of oil, so I had to walk over. Hey, you uncle Yao is also pitiful, at such an old age, you are alone, and life is not easy, but if this kind of thing happens, you have no work points in the past few days." Said After finishing, Li Ma took out a handful of sugar from her pocket and put it in Li Ran's hand. The current sugar is still the kind of low-quality sugar, the packaging is simple, the sugar is still slightly melted under the high temperature, and it is still sticky in the hand.But in the village, they are only available during the Chinese New Year. Today, Li Ran fell down the slope, so Mama Li was willing to buy one.

"Leave a few grains for Huzi, so that he won't get stubborn when the time comes, and no one can control that kid when he gets stubborn."

Li Ran hummed, and understood that Hu Zi was probably the only child in the family, his nephew.Li Ran put the candy in his pocket. He doesn't like sweets, and he can't compete with children for candy. Let's leave it all to the little nephew who has never met.

Li Ma set off at noon and only came back now. She must have walked for more than 5 hours before arriving in the town. Li Ran looked sad at Li Ma's tired face, and huffed her fan harder: "Mom, you shouldn't be going today. , there is still some salt left at home, don’t worry.”

"I can't help it. Mom has to go to work tomorrow. Otherwise, the work points at home will not be enough, and there will be less food at that time, so I will be hungry. Your Uncle Yao will probably have to stay at home recently. The hoe has been hoeed, so stay There was a lot of blood. Fortunately, Dr. Li was there, so I tried to stop it, otherwise it would not be bad luck. Hey, Yaoshou, today is really not a good day, I will put some eggs in the basket later, you and The five girls were sent there together. I usually go there to have a look when I have time, and I can help if I can."

"Well, okay, Mom, I'll cook today." Fearing that Li's mother would disagree, Li Ran hurriedly continued: "I can cook."

Li's mother showed a smile and nodded: "No one around here knows that the food made by my family's Liu'er is said to be delicious. Okay, you cook today." After speaking, she touched Li Ran's face with her hand: "It really is delicious and knows how to cook. delicious."

After hearing this, Li Ran understood that the original body is a delicious food, and for this reason, he is also very good at making food.That's good, he doesn't have to hide his cooking skills, and saves trouble.