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

The summer day came very early, and it was already light outside at five o'clock. When Li Chengye woke up, he was still in a daze. He sat on the bed for a while before he came to his senses.The weather was too hot, and he was sweating thinly all over his body. He felt a little uncomfortable, so he ran to the stream behind the house to simply scrub with water, and stretched his muscles by the way.

When she got back to the house, Li's mother had already cooked breakfast. She sat waiting for her with her two children. When she saw him coming, she hurriedly greeted him, "Come over and have breakfast."

Li Chengye walked over and sat down. Four bowls were placed on the table in the main room. Inside were sweet potato porridge.

"Did you sleep well last night, didn't your hands hurt?" As soon as she saw someone approaching, Li's mother couldn't help but cast her eyes on his hands. Li Chengye was wearing a green short-sleeved sweater. The gauze-wrapped wrist was exposed, and the outermost layer of gauze was very clean, and no blood or medicine seeped out.

Li Chengye turned his wrist a few times towards her, "The wound is almost healed, and the gauze can be removed in two days." There are some tendons in his right hand that are damaged. greatly affected.

"That's good, that's good." Mother Li nodded. Although she had already asked about this matter yesterday, she just couldn't help but want to confirm it again, as long as it doesn't.

Li Chengye picked up his own bowl of porridge, and he looked at it. His bowl had the largest portion, and it was almost full, while the other three had almost half a bowl.Shaking his head helplessly, after calculating the savings in his hands, it seems that he has to go to get some food and come back.

"Hurry up and eat!" Seeing that Li Chengye was still holding the bowl, Li's mother urged him.

"Mom, I can't eat so much, so I'll share it with you." Li Chengye quickly poured some porridge into Mother Li's bowl. He was so fast that he didn't give Mother Li any time to react.

"Hey, what are you doing for me? It's only so much. How can I not finish it?" Li's mother frowned, not believing that her son could not finish eating, but she didn't dare to move the bowl in her hand. She will regret it to death.

"This much is enough." When the food in the two bowls was almost done, Li Chengye stopped, took his own portion and drank.

Li's mother wanted to go back, but Li Chengye guarded the bowl very tightly, she had no choice but to say "You!", and then ate by herself.She was helpless on the face, but she was happy in her heart. She didn't know that her son was worried about her not having enough to eat.

The four of them ate breakfast quietly without eating or sleeping. When Li Chengye was about to put down his chopsticks, he saw two large bowls pushed in front of him, and there was almost half a bowl of porridge in it. Looking down, the two sitting together A little doll was looking at him with bright eyes, "Father, I can't finish eating, so I'll share it with you."

After the two finished speaking in unison, it was obvious that Li Chengye had learned what he said before, and then he touched his belly with his hands to show that he was really full.

"Oh, grandma's such a good grandson, he knows how to be filial to your father." Li's mother was happy in her heart. She was worried that the father and son would not get along well, but now she is finally relieved, father and son are natural.

Li Chengye was also a little touched at this time, food is very scarce in this era, these two little dolls are willing to share it with him, and he must treat them better in the future, not only because of the responsibility to the original owner.Under the expectant eyes of the two pairs, he had no choice but to finish the two bowls of porridge, and there was not much in it, and he didn't know if it was because the baby at this age didn't eat much, or because of other reasons.Li Chengye finished his drink in two or three sips, thinking that Li's mother said yesterday that he would go to the town to buy meat today, or he would bring the two children along, and he happened to have lunch at the state-run restaurant in the town.

Li Chengye had just put down the bowl when he heard the sound of a gong beating outside the door. The sound was very loud and came in all at once.It was the village captain who summoned the villagers to work in the fields. Now is the time for double robbing, and the labor tasks are very heavy. Even children aged eight or nine will go to work in the fields with the adults, and their size can be regarded as a labor force.

Mother Li also heard the sound, and jumped up from the stool all at once, as if she was going to run outside, she was obviously used to it these days.

"Mother, didn't you say you're going to town today? Go to work?"

Li's mother was stopped by Li Chengye's words, and only then did she realize that her son had returned, and she had to ask for leave today.In fact, because of her husband's death, her job in the team is the easiest. She only needs to take care of the pigs in the team every day, do sanitation, and kill pigweed, and she has six work points a day.But during this period of double robbing, she also has to go to the field to help, so she has to go to the field habitually.

"Yes, yes, look at my memory. I'm going to the town to buy meat today, and I'm going to ask for leave now." She patted her forehead a little funny, and said that she was about to go out the door. Not only was she going to ask for leave, I have to tell those in the village that her son came back alive, the family is not unlucky, they still have a pillar, and they will work as cadres in the county in the future.

Li Chengye watched her leave, and turned his eyes back to his two sons. The two villains were whispering together with their heads down. When Li Chengye forgot to go, he quickly parted his head.

"Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, do you want to go to town?" Li Chengye walked in front of the two children, trying to soften his face.

"We're staying at home, obediently, and don't go out anywhere." Xiaoxi glanced at the younger brother beside him, was silent for a while, and then refused.

"Why don't you want to go?" Li Chengye was a little puzzled. For children in the countryside, going to the town was a good thing. The adults would always buy them something.

"Grandma said that there are bad people outside. We will be arrested and bullied by the bad people when we go out." It was Xiao Xi who spoke, and he obviously dominated the two brothers, just like a little adult. Just follow him.Hearing his brother's refusal, Xiao Bei immediately shook his head, obviously following his brother.

"It doesn't matter. I will take you with me and grandma later, and I will definitely protect you. Even the bad guys dare not come over."

"Like that Monkey King?" Xiaoxi's eyes lit up when he heard his words. He just heard Li Chengye's story about Monkey King yesterday, so he would think that the most amazing thing is the Monkey King, and their father is also very special in grandma's mouth. You are amazing, you will be able to protect yourself and your brother well.

"That's right, just like the Monkey King, defeat the bad guys." Li Chengye immediately understood what he meant, and responded bluntly.

"Then I'm going." Probably because of Li Chengye's very good attitude, Xiao Bei excitedly wanted to go together without even looking at his brother.

"Where's Xiaoxi?" Li Chengye looked at Xiaoxi again. He seemed to be hesitant. During this time, they lost their father and mother, and they only lived with their grandma. There are a lot of gossip in the village. In my heart, I have been affected a lot.Moreover, Li's mother had to go to work every day, so it was not easy to take them with her, so she kept the two brothers at home.You must know that a child really disappeared in the town a while ago.

"Brother, let's go!" Seeing this, Xiao Bei immediately tore off his brother's clothes, looking very eager.After all, Xiaoxi is only a child who is almost five years old, how could he not want to go to the town, and nodded after being pulled twice by him.

"Ah, brother agreed, we're going to the town." Now Xiao Bei was quite satisfied.

"Then you have to walk by yourself later, you can't let grandma hug you..."

"I know, I know……"

Li Chengye saw that the two brothers had discussed it, and didn't interrupt. He looked at the bowl on the table and cleaned it up. came back.

"Why are you washing the dishes? Let me come back and do it." As soon as Mother Li entered the room, she saw that the bowls on the table were gone, and Li Chengye's hands were still full of water. She immediately guessed that he was going to work, and she felt a little nervous in a hurry.She was in a hurry to ask for leave just now, and forgot to tell her son not to work.

Li Chengye just smiled, he didn't really have a broken arm, but he didn't argue with Li's mother, what should be done in the future is still to be done, since he has become the Li Chengye here, he is no longer the old man. Eldest young master.

Seeing that he was silent, Li's mother thought he was obedient, and she stopped talking about this matter. It's getting late now, and she has to go to the town earlier, otherwise the things will be sold out later .

"I'm going to the town now, and you guys stay at home. I'll come back to cook at noon." After confessing a few words, Mother Li wanted to go back to her room to get money and tickets. The daughter-in-law left and took a lot of things from the house, and the son came back, and the things that should be resettled still had to be resettled.

"Mother, let me go to town with you, and Xiaobei and the others." Li Chengye quickly called her to stop.

Mother Li was a little surprised, "What are you going to the town for? It takes more than an hour to walk? You're very tired. Tell me what you want, and I'll just go buy it."

"Mom, I haven't been back for many years. I happened to take the two little ones to the town for a stroll, and I'm familiar with them. Besides, I still have a lot of tickets in my hand. I just used them this time. Many of these tickets are worth buying." It's about to expire, and it will be ruined if you don't use it."

Li Chengye unhurriedly took out a pack of coupons from his trousers pocket, some of which were saved with great difficulty on the battlefield with the original owner, and some were issued to him by his superiors.The original owner hadn't sent anything home for several months, and he was the company commander, so he did save some, and it was really about to expire.

"There are so many!" Mother Li was not polite, and directly took all the tickets in his hand. She is the only woman in this family, so she is naturally responsible for the tickets.She looked at them one by one, picked out the tickets that were about to expire, and planned to use them all this time, and save the others first.

The other three men in the family watched her count the votes there, and the two younger ones were looking forward to grandma taking them to the town together.

After Mrs. Li finished counting, she put all the tickets in her pocket. When she looked up, she saw two pairs of bright eyes in front of her, and said with some hesitation, "Why don't Xiaoxi and Xiaobei stay at home? Why don't you go to town?" Let’s go, what if we can’t take care of them then?”

Hearing Li's mother's words, his eyes dimmed, and Xiaoxi quickly said to Li Chengye: "Father, why don't my brother and I stop going?"

Li Chengye patted his head, "Mother, don't we have an ox cart to go to town in our village? Let's go there by car."

Mother Li was a little hesitant, "Does this person have to give three cents?"

Li Chengye went directly to his room without saying a word, found the luggage bag he brought back, took out a passbook from it, and handed it to Mother Li after he came out.

Li's mother was worried that her son would be unhappy, but she suddenly had a passbook in her hand. When she opened it, she found that there was 1000 yuan in it. Yuan, I don't know how long he has saved this money, let alone how much he has suffered outside.

"Why do you still save so much money?" Her hand holding the passbook was trembling.

"Mom, I was a company commander before, and my monthly salary plus subsidy is almost 100 yuan. Besides, my food and clothing are all paid by the above, so I don't need much money at all." Li Chengye's words are quite good. But part of it is his mission bonus, and he has experienced a lot of danger.

Li's mother really didn't know that Li Chengye had so much money a month. In her opinion, a salary of 20 yuan a month was already very impressive.But with a large amount of money in her hands, she can be considered at ease, and she is also sure that her son will marry a good wife in the future.

"Okay, I'll keep this money for you. It happens to be reserved for you to marry a wife." Mother Li got the passbook and went back to her room without waiting for Li Chengye's answer. She wanted to hide this passbook.

Li Chengye doesn't want to marry a daughter-in-law again, he is a person who believes in harmony of heart and soul, he would rather lack than abuse.Besides, he now has two sons, and the task is already very heavy, so why would he want to marry again.

"Father, do you want to find us a stepmother?"

Li Chengye looked at the speaker, but it was Xiaoxi, with a serious expression and fear in his eyes.

"No." Li Chengye said with certainty, and then he asked Xiao Bei with some hesitation, "Xiao Bei, do you want a mother?"

"No." Xiao Bei shook his head at Li Chengye, and then stopped looking at him.

"Okay, then don't." Li Chengye himself doesn't plan to marry a wife here, let alone whether he has a common language, he has a biggest secret, he is not suitable for marrying a wife at all, and he has to treat each other when he is with a person. She is in charge, not just of meeting her material needs but also of meeting her emotional needs, which is not at all simple.

The three father and son reached an agreement on this matter in a short while, and then stopped talking.When Li's mother was ready, they set off to the village together.