The history of raising children from the Republic of China to the 70s

In the backyard, Mother Li was squatting on the ground to weed the farmer. When she heard the movement, she quickly looked up.

"!"

Why is the one in front of her so similar to her son who went abroad to study? Could it be her hallucination?I'm still dreaming, but it's still broad daylight, it's not time to sleep!

"Mom! I'm back!" Seeing Li's mother staring at him with wide eyes, Li Chengye hurriedly laughed.

The moment she heard the voice, Mother Li sat down on the ground.

"We can still hear voices in our dreams!"

"Mother, it's not a dream. I finished my studies and came home!" Li Chengye only felt a little funny when he heard this, but he felt guilty again after a few seconds.

Let a widowed mother take two young grandchildren, that is really very wrong, really wrong.

It's already very cold now, sitting on the ground is cold, and if you are not careful, you will catch a cold, so Li Chengye hurried over to help him up.

"Ah! It's true that my son is back!" Holding warm hands, Mother Li finally confirmed that the scene in front of her was real.She held Li Chengye's hand with one hand, but lightly touched Li Chengye's face with the other hand.

Her hands were covered with mud, which immediately stained Li Chengye's face.

"Mom, I'm back, and I won't leave in the future!" Li Chengye promised.

"Really?" Li's mother was happy for a moment, but the next second she looked a little hesitant.

"Forget it, you! What you have to do in the future is to contribute to the country. It is a brick of the country. You can go wherever you need it. You don't have to worry about your family. I am in good health. My two children are grown up now." Yes, sensible, don't worry too much."

Speaking of which, Mother Li's voice became firmer.

"Mom, I..." Li Chengye felt more and more guilty.

Mother Li interrupted him, "Okay, I let you go to the army because it was so dangerous before, and you couldn't go back several times a year. Now your job is at least not life-threatening, so I can't let you go .”

"Haha, yes!" Li Chengye laughed.

"I'm going to wash my hands first, ouch, your face was dirty by me too, hurry up and come here too." Not talking about this, Mother Li looked at her hands, they were really dirty, she hurried to the well Go, and I didn't forget to hold Li Chengye's hand, which was also dirty by her.

The well water comes from the ground, and it will still look warm. After washing their hands, the mother and son went into the house.

"Mother, are Xiaoxi and Xiaobei okay? They should be in the first year of middle school in the second half of this year, right?" Sitting on the chairs in the main room, the two chatted.

"It's very good. The boys can eat very well. They are almost taller than me, but they are a little thinner. They went to the Junior High School Affiliated to Capital University in September this year. Now they have to study by themselves at night. It is estimated □□ Will be back in a little while."

Mother Li smiled sweetly when she mentioned her two grandchildren.

"Mom, it's been really hard for you these two years." It's hard for parents to raise their children, but they are also busy taking care of their children.

"Look at what you said, the two children are very obedient. I have no hard work."

"Hey, by the way, you are going to that unit when you come back this time!"

"Go to the Investment Division of the State Planning Commission."

"What kind of position!" Mother Li still hopes that her child can stand out and not fall behind.

"The Director of the Investment Division."

"Correct-level cadre?" Because she recognized Xu's family, Li's mother still has a certain understanding of these levels.

"Yes."

"Hey, that position is really not low, you must do a good job in the future, and you can't live up to our country's trust in you!"

"Okay, I will." Nodding seriously, even if Li's mother didn't tell him, he would do the same.

"Let's have a good celebration. Have you had lunch? I have to go to the market to check it out. It's already late, and I don't know if there is anything else to buy. You can take a good rest at home."

"I just thought that you would be back soon. When the sun was good a few days ago, I washed and dried the quilts in your room, and cleaned them. They are very clean. You can go to sleep directly."

Saying that Mother Li was about to pack up her things and go out, Li Chengye hurriedly stopped her.

"Mom, don't be too busy. I ate lunch on the plane, so don't worry about it." The plane must have provided meals for several days. Li Chengye and the others arrived at two o'clock in the afternoon, so just Eat it right on the plane.

"What's there to be busy with? I have to eat tonight, and the market is so close now, so it'll pass quickly."

Although Li Chengye didn't want to make Li's mother too troublesome, but Li's mother still insisted on going out to buy groceries. The son finally returned home, so he couldn't be dismissed casually.

Li Chengye was helpless, but he was indeed a little tired. The space on the plane was narrow and bumpy, so it was difficult to rest well. He simply tidied up and went back to his room to sleep.

Maybe it was because the land in his hometown was too sticky, Li Chengye fell into a deep sleep not long after lying on the bed.

……

"Wow, it's really our dad!"

"Well, of course, it can still be fake."

"Hey, am I not too happy?"

"Hey, brother, did you think dad brought us any present?"

As the sun set, the two boys squatted in a slightly dark room, with their chins propped on their hands and their elbows on the bed, and they looked at the man who was sleeping very deeply on the bed without blinking, their eyes were bright smile.

"Should there be?" One of the boys hesitated, while the other turned to look at the large suitcase in the room.

"Xiaoxi Xiaobei, come out to eat quickly, and you have to go to study at night later!" Mother Li shouted into the room from outside the room, fearing to wake up the sleeping people in the room, she purposely suppressed her voice and whispered low.

"Understood, then I'll ask Dad to get up for dinner." Xiaobei responded, and was about to push Li Chengye awake.

"Not for now, Dad must be very tired, let's not disturb him!" Xiaoxi quickly stopped him, as if he was afraid of disturbing the person in front of him, his movements were very light and slow.

"Ah! Let's go to bed after eating!" Xiaobei doesn't think it will be comfortable to go to bed hungry. They are growing their bodies now, and they have to eat something before going to bed almost every night. Otherwise, it will be too uncomfortable. can't sleep.

"If you fall asleep, you won't feel hungry." Li's mother came in and persuaded, "Okay, go out quickly, and when you come back at night, you will have more time to talk to your father."

Rejected by his brother and grandma, Xiaobei nodded his head in frustration, stood up and planned to go out. The moment he turned his head, he heard the movement on the bed behind him.

"Dad, you're awake! Hurry up, it's time to eat."

He cried out excitedly, it turned out that Li Chengye had already opened his eyes on the bed, and was watching what was going on here.

"Dad." Hearing the movement, Xiaoxi also called out happily.

Seeing this, Mother Li said helplessly: "Son, since you're awake, get up, and don't sleep anymore, lest you won't be able to sleep at night."

"These two little ones are waiting for you to eat, and I can't even persuade you to leave." She said something with resentment and resentment.

"Mother, I'll get up right away." In fact, Li Chengye had already woken up when Xiaoxi Xiaobei came in, but he didn't open his eyes.I just want to hear what these two guys have to say.

"Okay, hurry up, Xiaoxi and Xiaobei have to go to school later." Mother Li urged the two children to go out.

"Dad, hurry up, we'll wait for you to have dinner together." Xiaobei who was dragged away by Li's mother still turned his head and shouted at Li Chengye with a smile.

"understood."

Li Chengye smiled helplessly, but his hands and feet got up quickly, not greedy for the warmth of the bed, he directly lifted the quilt to get up, and quickly put on his clothes.

When Li Chengye went to the main room, the food had already been set, and Li's mother was waiting for him with Xiaoxi and Xiaobei, so Li Chengye hurried over and sat down.

"Hungry, hurry up and eat, eat." Passing a pair of chopsticks to Li Chengye, Li's mother urged.

In front of him was a bowl of translucent rice, and in the middle of the table were several dishes with thick oil and red sauce, including chicken, meat, and fish, which was similar to the Chinese New Year in the past.

"Wow, there are so many dishes! I want to eat more to grow taller." Xiaobei was a little excited, and when he saw Li's mother and the others moving their chopsticks, he quickly picked up a piece of braised pork. The glutton in his stomach was already crawling around. This meeting is really unbearable.

"Eat, eat, grow up." Li's mother smiled helplessly. The two children followed Li Chengye, and their bones grew. In the past two years, they have only grown up. He didn't treat them badly at all. They cook meat, eat fish, and boil bone soup, but the two children still look like a handful of bones.If it weren't for their rosy faces, others would have thought that she, a grandma, had treated them badly.

"Hey, I got it, I got it." Xiao Bei said that he got it, and his hands kept moving, and he even helped Li Chengye pick up a chopstick dish.

"Father, you eat too. Grandma's dishes are delicious. I heard that food eaten abroad is like pig food. You must have suffered a lot abroad, so you must eat more."

"You know everything." He smiled helplessly. The food in this country is not bad. Although there are not as many types and complicated patterns as in Huaguo, it is not considered pig food.

"Hey, don't hide it from us. There are several foreign teachers in our school. Every time they eat, they exclaim in various ways. It's my God! God! This is really delicious!"

Xiaobei spoke vividly, his five sense organs were all working hard.

"Your school now has foreign teachers?" In Huaguo, there were not many foreigners coming to Huaguo in the early years. Has it changed so much now?

"Yes! Yes! I heard that they are from country M. They are all blond and blue-eyed, and they are very tall!" Xiaobei said vaguely, with a big lump of meat stuffed in his mouth.