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

"How do you say it?" Seeing how serious he was, Li Chengye was also a little curious.

"Sister Lan, what should I say?..." Hu Liren frowned and thought for a while, but still couldn't think of any suitable words to describe it.

"It's quite capable." In the end, he still said five words.

Li Chengye also disturbed him, listening to him patiently.

"It's also very pitiful. Sister Lan's original name is Jiang Lan. She should be over 40 this year. I heard that she was the child bride-in-law of a family in the earliest days, and she gave birth to a son. It is said that her husband later became a soldier and a leader. It's a pity that after the prosperity, the man will not look down on the child bride in his hometown, so he finds another daughter-in-law and gets a marriage certificate."

"It was nothing at first, but the parents in my hometown didn't agree, and in the end they got divorced and didn't leave home. Sister Lan thought about her son and endured it. It's a pity that I don't know what happened later. Sister Lan's son He fell into the river and died, I heard it was done by the woman later." After speaking, Hu Liren still had a look of fear on his face.

"Sister Lan must have done something afterwards, right?"

"Of course, I heard that Sister Lan almost hacked her ex-husband and that woman to death with a kitchen knife."

"But it was almost, and they were stopped by someone, and then the two returned to the army. Sister Lan could not enter the army. Not long after, Sister Lan left that hometown and ran to stay near the men's army. She is also capable, and soon found a job as a temporary worker, and later went to night school, got a junior high school diploma, and soon became a regular worker."

"I heard that at that time everyone thought she wanted to start a new life, but I didn't expect her ex-husband to be arrested and shot. It is said that she made some mistakes, and even the woman was arrested later. I don't know if it was a What happened. Everyone said that Sister Lan did something, because as soon as the man died, Sister Lan left, and some people said that she had seen her in the army before the accident."

"Is this all speculation?"

"Oh, this kind of thing is too late for everyone to be afraid, who dares to really ask!" Hu Liren shook his head.

"Then it's not necessarily true." Li Chengye felt that it didn't matter if it was true or not. If it was true, then he still had some admiration for this person. He could bear it for such a long time. The last blow would kill him without leaving any traces. Indeed a character.

"This matter is rumored, some believe it, some do not believe it. There are other reasons why everyone is afraid."

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"Sister Lan used to work in the Women's Federation. You also know that although we are talking about liberating women, in fact, many women are beaten and scolded. There are also mother-in-laws who abuse their daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law. I can't handle it. Our sister Lan is also very capable, she has punished those men who dared to beat their wives not long ago."

"That's it?" Those who beat their wives must be punished. Only those who are incompetent will vent their anger on their wives.

"It's not like this, she has contributed to the divorce of many women. And do you know what she taught those women?..." Speaking of this, Wu Liren looked terrified.

"What can you teach? You can't teach them to fight, can you?"

"In the middle of the night, I stood at the head of my man or mother-in-law's bed with a kitchen knife, without making a sound, just chopping at a piece of wood. Also, I used laxatives in the rice bowl, anyway, it was some such means."

"Ah..." Li Chengye really admired it, it would indeed scare people into trouble.

"But don't tell me, after she made such a fuss, there really weren't many cases of abuse of women and children in our county. Later, the Women's Federation didn't have any problems. Sister Lan was also signed by someone to join our trade union."

"Maybe I was really scared." Speaking of this, Hu Liren laughed.

"It's really awesome."

"Sister Lan is a nice person. As long as you don't offend her, you can get along well." Hu Liren finally gave a conclusion.

"Understood." Li Chengye nodded, as if he had some understanding of this one.

The latter two said a few more words, and then got busy again.

After Sister Lan came back, there was a lot of excitement in the trade union. From time to time, some workers from the factory came over, most of them came to look for Sister Lan, and many of them were women, which shows that she is still very popular among women.It's just that this is a steel factory after all, and there are more men in the factory.The things these people revolve around are similar, either housing or wages and benefits.

However, these problems cannot be solved in one meeting or two meetings. It can only be said that a record should be made first.A house needs land and capital. Now the factories are all purchased and sold through a unified system. There are still a lot of payments in their factories that have not been recovered, so there is no way to build a house right away with so much money.Now the factory can be allocated less than one-tenth of the house, which is very difficult.

Two or three people came over, and then two or three people left. The time passed by, and soon it was time to get off work.

The next day was Sunday, and he had already made an appointment to see the house, and Li Chengye didn't go out anymore. He returned to the dormitory after dinner, and planned to finish writing his first article as soon as possible.If the house looks good tomorrow, it will cost more than half of the money in hand, and add some things, it will definitely cost a lot.Afterwards, Mother Li came over with her two children. They didn't provide food, so they could only buy it with money, which cost a lot.

His current salary is 38 yuan a month, and the monthly food supply is [-] catties. There is still some pressure to support four people, so he must earn money as soon as possible.After all, it was only a short essay of about [-] words. Li Chengye settled down, and soon a line of words appeared in his pen.

This article is almost a personal experience of Li Chengye. In the past 40 years, many things and buildings are still familiar, but those people are completely different.At that time, who would have thought that humans could land on the moon, that a weapon could destroy a city, and many more...

I don't know what the next 40 years will be like?Can humans really live on the moon?He should still be able to see it in the next 40 years, right?

Li Chengye wrote the last word on the paper, and his mood was a little turbulent. Looking out the window, it was already dark, and the surrounding was very quiet, because this is a single dormitory, and they are all young people who are not married. Naturally, there are no children, so it is suitable. people sleep.

Li Chengye put away the manuscript paper and prepared to take it to the post office to send it out tomorrow. He had already made up his mind to try sending it to a newspaper office in the province first, maybe it would be accepted.He was sweating a lot again, opened the door, and in the dark of night, he scrubbed casually in the water room, and then went back to sleep.

Before going to sleep, Li Chengye thought of the two children again, and he didn't know how they were doing now, did he miss him, it's better to bring them over earlier.

Li Chengye was thinking about looking at the house, so he woke up very early the next day, taking advantage of his clear thoughts in the morning, he carefully read what he wrote yesterday.The main thing is to see if there are any traditional characters and typos in it. After confirming that there are no problems, I put them in my pockets, and of course there are passbooks and a pack of snacks.

When Li Chengye arrived at the gate of the factory, Wu Liren was already waiting there. He was squatting on the side of the road, eating meat buns in his hand, without raising his head. He was very focused on eating.

"Lizi." Li Chengye walked up to him, seeing that he still didn't notice, he could only yell helplessly.

"Hey, Brother Li, do you have breakfast? Do you want buns? These are the meat buns from the state-owned restaurant. They are delicious!" Hearing the voice, Hu Liren immediately raised his head, with a mouthful of buns in his mouth, and his speech was a bit vague .In his right hand was a steamed bun that had almost been eaten, and in his left hand was an uneaten bun, which was stretched out in front of Li Chengye.

"No need, I've already eaten." Li Chengye shook his head, he had already eaten in the cafeteria just now.

"Oh, then I'll eat it myself." Hearing that he had already eaten it, Hu Liren was no longer polite, and started to eat quickly.

Li Chengye saw that he was eating well, so he didn't rush him. It was still a while before the agreed time, and they both came a little earlier.

"Why did you come here so early?"

"Hey, don't you want to eat meat buns? Of course, you have to go there early and line up, otherwise there won't be any later." After eating the buns, Hu Liren carefully licked off the oil stains on his mouth with his tongue, which was not wasted at all.

"Why let's go now, go directly to the street office to find my aunt." He casually put the oiled paper wrapping the buns in his pocket, and Hu Liren looked at Li Chengye.

"Okay, then I will trouble you today."

After the two agreed, they set off. The place Hu Liren said was not very far away. It was only two streets away from the steel factory, and it took about half an hour for ordinary people to walk.Their pace is not slow, it took almost 25 minutes to reach the street office.

The street office was in a courtyard. Before they could walk there, they heard someone calling Hu Liren's name, "Boy Li."

"Hey, aunt, we're here." Hu Liren hurriedly walked a few steps when he heard the voice, and pulled Li Chengye over.

An old lady in her late fifties was standing there at the gate of the street office, her face was full of smiles, and when she saw Hu Liren running over, she hurriedly shouted, "Slow down, don't worry!" The aunt who looks at the house.

"Hey, why are you waiting at the door! It's not that I don't know the place, so we can find you when we go in." Hu Liren smiled like a flower, and made the aunt very happy with a few words.

"Oh, I just came out now, I didn't expect to see you kid as soon as I came out."

"Then we really have a good understanding. By the way, this is the friend I mentioned, surnamed Li." Hu Liren joked a few words, and did not forget the purpose of coming here today, so he hurriedly introduced them.

"Brother Li, this is my Aunt Ji, who works in this street."

"Auntie, hello, I really trouble you today." After all, he was asking for help, and Li Chengye was also full of smiles. The arrogance of the young master in his previous life has long since faded these days, and there is nothing left.

"Don't bother, don't bother, it's rare to see such a well-groomed young man, is he married? Would you like me to introduce you to someone?" It lit up, and I almost wanted to touch it.Such a tall and handsome young man is very rare among them, what a good resource!

"Ahem, auntie, I'm still the father of two children." Li Chengye never thought that this auntie would be so direct when they met for the first time, and almost choked on his own saliva.

"Oh, we already have children, our girl is out of luck." Hearing this, Mrs. Ji looked very regretful, and patted her thigh twice.

"Hey, auntie, I haven't settled down yet, so you should follow me first!" At this time, Hu Liren was also a little embarrassed, and quickly brought the topic to himself.But he didn't say anything about Li Chengye's divorce either, it wasn't a good thing after all.

"I can still forget about you, and I promise to find you a good one." Aunt Ji forgot Li Chengye's regret as soon as she heard this.

"Of course. Auntie, let's go and see the house first?" Hu Liren looked at the time and urged him to leave.

"Yes, yes, let's hurry over now, don't make people wait in a hurry."

"Ma'am, don't panic, this is for you." Li Chengye hurriedly handed her the snack in his hand. He didn't find a chance just now. If he doesn't give it now, it will be difficult to give it later.

"Oh, why are you so polite, I don't want it." Aunt Ji waved her hand quickly, and didn't answer at all.

"It's just some snacks, it's not worth much money at all." Even though they mentioned it back, Li Chengye certainly wouldn't bring it back.

"Auntie, just accept it, and come and play often in the future. If Brother Li really takes care of the house here, then he will hide in the place that needs your care!" Seeing the stalemate between the two, Hu Liren directly grabbed the snacks and stuffed them into Aunt Ji arms.

"Yes, there are still many things to trouble you in the future!"

"Okay, then I'll keep it." Aunt Ji also felt that the young man in front of her was doing the right thing, and secretly decided to help him settle the house later.

Li Chengye smiled: "It should be accepted."

"Just accept it, it will be put in the office first." Hu Liren urged.

Afterwards, Aunt Ji put the snacks back in her office, and after the person came out, the group of three went to the street on the right side of the street office.

There are no people on this road, and there are ordinary houses facing the street, but the road is quite wide, and it looks like it has been newly built.Not only that, many of the houses here should be newly built, most of them are made of red bricks, and there is a large yard in front of every house, and the conditions are very good.

"The environment of our street is very good. Many houses are newly built, and it hasn't been many years. The main reason is that the steel factory was built here..." Aunt Ji was talking to Li Chengye and the others as they walked. Condition.

It turned out that this place was a relatively remote place in the county more than ten years ago. Later, the steel factory was built here, and many people built houses here, and then it became more and more prosperous.The two houses that Li Chengye wanted to see today were both new houses. One had only been built for three years, and the other was seven years old. It can be said that they are very good.

"Let's take a look at this one, which is only three years old. The house is sold by an old man. The house is a wedding room for his son. He hasn't lived in it yet. But his son is going to be transferred to the city. I heard he wants to live in the house." I’m short of money to buy a house in the city, so I’m in a hurry to sell it. The price should be negotiable.”

"Hey, we're here." While talking, the three of them had arrived at the gate of a yard, which was open, probably because no one had lived there before, and the yard was a bit desolate, with weeds growing everywhere.

"Uncle Zhao, I brought someone to see the house." As soon as she reached the door, Aunt Ji yelled loudly into the door, she was afraid that the people inside would not hear her.

"Here we come." As soon as the words fell, a white-haired old man walked out of the inner room.

"Come in by yourself!" The old man looked very old, and the skin on his face was already wrinkled, but his body was still very healthy, he walked very steadily, and he spoke with great spirit.

"You came here alone?" Mrs. Ji obviously knew this uncle very well, and she spoke very intimately. She walked over and wanted to help him.

"That's it. I'm not enough for me alone. I don't need others. I just came here after strolling." The uncle didn't let anyone help him at all, and he looked strong and healthy.

"Okay, didn't you come to see the house? Look at it yourself, my house is still very new, and I haven't held back. If you look at it, buy it if you like it, and forget it if you don't." The uncle didn't mean to entertain , let Li Chengye and the others go into the room to see by themselves.

Li Chengye felt a little helpless, how could anyone sell a house like this.

"Hey, Lizi, you two go in and have a look, I'll chat with the uncle for a while." Aunt Ji quickly winked at the two of them, signaling them to go and have a look first.

"Okay." Hu Liren felt that the aunt would not cheat them, so he dragged Li Chengye and the two into the house.

Just like the old man said, no one has lived in this house, it is empty, almost nothing, but the doors and windows are still intact.The layout of the house is also good, almost two hundred square meters, a total of three rooms, a main room.The three rooms are all about the same size, and the walls of the house are all whitewashed. Although there is a lot of dust on it because no one has lived there, it is enough to sweep it.

After that, the two went to the back of the house to look at the kitchen, where there was a ready-made clay stove.There is also a dug well behind the house, and of course there is running water, but if it is electricity, I have to bring it by myself.

The house is really simple, and it didn't take long for the two of them to see it.

Standing by the well behind the house, Hu Liren said with some emotion: "No wonder the uncle let us see for ourselves. There is really nothing to say, except for the house." There happened to be a big tree beside the well, which was very cool. It was also comfortable to talk, and the two didn't go to the front right away.

"Hey, what do you think of this house?" Seeing that Li Chengye didn't speak but was still looking around, Hu Liren gave him a push.

"It's pretty good, the quality is okay, but there are a lot of things to buy, and the yard needs to be tidied up." Li Chengye nodded. He was actually quite satisfied in his heart. The house is very new and big, and it's not far from his work place. Far, just don't know how the price is.

"All right, you wait here, I'll go find my aunt, let's ask the price first." Seeing that Li Chengye was satisfied, Hu Liren didn't talk nonsense, and strode forward.

Li Chengye didn't wait for a while and saw him walking over with Aunt Ji, his steps seeming to be in a hurry.

"How is it? Did you like it?" Aunt Ji asked Li Chengye as soon as she came over.

"Ma'am, the house is pretty good, but you don't know the price?" Li Chengye smiled, showing his satisfaction with the house.

"Hey, that's good. This house is really good, but the other one is not as good. As for the price, I also asked you a real price. The minimum is six hundred, no less." With a smile, he became serious when it came to the price.

"Hey, ma'am, can't we discuss it anymore?" Before Li Chengye could speak, Wu Liren asked immediately.

"This price is already very real. Others come at least [-] yuan, that is, only the people I brought here can have this price." Aunt Ji gave him a blank look, with an expression of ignorance of a child.

"Ah!" Wu Liren didn't care if he was rejected, he just looked at Li Chengye.

Seeing that Li Chengye was still silent, Aunt Ji hurriedly said: "Young man, Madam, let me tell you the truth, this price is really not high. If it weren't for the fact that the house is not easy to trade now, and the uncle is really in a hurry to spend money, there would be no such price at all." .”

"I know, thank you, ma'am." Li Chengye naturally understands that there is no exchange of information now, and if no one helps, there is no way to find a house for sale, and the price is within the range he can accept, which is better than him. Expected even less.

"Auntie, go and tell the uncle that at this price, I bought the house, but I only brought a passbook, so I need to withdraw the money first." Without any further hesitation, he directly ordered the house.

"It's a trivial matter. There is a bank not far away. You really decided to want this house. Don't regret it later." Aunt Ji confirmed again.

"Ma'am, I'm sure you want to buy it. I'll go to withdraw the money right away, and I'll go through the formalities today." Li Chengye was also anxious, he wanted to bring people from his hometown over as soon as possible.

"Okay, then I'll help you with the matter now. You and Lizi go to withdraw the money now, and we will meet up at the street office later." Aunt Ji is also a vigorous person, urging the two to leave quickly when she said that she wanted to do it .

"it is good."

After that, Li Chengye and Hu Liren went to the bank together. Li Chengye married a total of 700 yuan, and there was nothing in this house. He had to save some money to buy things like beds, tables and chairs.

When they finished withdrawing the money and went to the street to do it, Aunt Ji had already prepared everything, and handed over the money with one hand and the certificate with the other.With Aunt Ji's help, Li Chengye successfully bought the house with 600 yuan.

Looking at the newly released real estate certificate in his hand, Li Chengye was very happy. It seemed that he was really lucky to buy a house so soon.

"Hey, I've bought the house, when will my two nephews be brought over?" Seeing Mrs. Ji sending the uncle out, Hu Liren immediately asked Li Chengye.

"I'll fix the furniture in the house in the past few days, and I'll pick up people next week."

"It's only been a few days. You still have a lot to clean up in this house. You can ask me to help you when the time comes."

"Xingle, when my mother comes over, I'll treat you to a good meal." Li Chengye agreed without being polite.

"Hey, I'll be waiting..."

While talking, Mrs. Ji came in, "Ye boy, when the time comes, the family will come and live together, right?"

"Yes." Li Chengye knew that household registration management is very strict now, especially for rural people who want to become city people.

"You also know our current policy. Unless there is a job, the adult's household registration cannot be moved at all, and there is no food supply. It is still possible for children to move, but how old are your two children?"

"I'm over four years old, and I'm going to be five years old soon." Li Chengye already knew that moving house would be difficult, and he hadn't thought about it before, so what he heard was almost a pleasant surprise.

"That's fine, when you go back to the village, ask the village to issue a certificate, and then directly transfer the two children's household registrations. There will be about [-] catties of food every month, so you will be much less stressed." Ji The aunt instructed carefully, and then explained the procedures that need to be completed for the relocation, which made Li Chengye very grateful.

Things went smoothly, and there was a surprise, Li Chengye wanted to invite Hu Liren and Aunt Ji to the state-run restaurant for dinner, but unfortunately he was rejected.Aunt Ji had to go home to cook for her grandchildren, and Hu Liren had an appointment to meet a girl in the afternoon, so she had to go back early to prepare.

So in the end, Li Chengye was left walking on the street alone.