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

Every day in He'an village there are ox carts going to the town, but they are not specially for pulling people. Their village cooperates with the purchasing station in the town, and they will pull some fresh vegetables and fruits to sell every morning.You can also bring some people there, but it costs three cents per person. Of course, the places are limited, so you have to go there earlier.

When Li Chengye and the others arrived at the place, the ox cart was already there, and a person was putting a basket of cucumbers on the cart pulled by the ox. A place can be human.This time is the busy time of farming, and everyone is working in the fields. Unless there are special circumstances, the village will not let people rest at all. Mother Li is also a special case this time.

The man who worked was an old man in his fifties. He looked a little thin and his hair was already partially white. He was wearing a black cloth shirt with more than a dozen patches on it.Hearing the movement, the old man raised his head and looked over, and saw Li Chengye standing beside Li's mother at a glance.

"Ye boy, are you still alive?" The old man's eyes widened, and he had forgotten the basket of things in his hand, obviously very surprised by Li Chengye's appearance.

"Of course I'm alive. My son's life is imminent. The news was wrong." Before Li Chengye could answer, Li's mother rushed to speak. decadent state.

"Uncle Jiang." Li Chengye also recognized this one. He can be said to be an aborigine in the village. Almost most people in this village have the surname Jiang. For several generations, almost all of them are relatives. , are very united with each other, so almost all the village secretary and village head are surnamed Jiang.

Li Chengye's family is different, his parents are orphans, they moved here from outside, and they don't have any relatives, so Li's mother found a wife for Li Chengye, a family member Ding Xingwang, thinking that he is often outside They can also take care of each other with such a close relationship, but they didn't expect that if something happened, it would be nothing.

"Good boy, it's good to be alive, otherwise, what will your mother do if you still have two little babies?" Jiang Bo was surprised when he saw Li Chengye for a while, and then he was very happy. Li Chengye's father was cured before he passed away. It can be said that many people have received his kindness, even his father's broken leg was cured by Li's father, and he still remembers this kindness.

Li Chengye smiled, but did not speak.

"Hey, are you going to town?" Jiang Bo had already put the last basket on the cart while speaking, clapped his hands, and then picked up his whip for driving cattle.

"Yes, yes, just take your car. We two adults, I will give you six cents." Li's mother took out six cents from the pocket of her trousers and handed it to Uncle Jiang.

"Hey, big sister, what kind of money do you want? I can accept your money, then my brother Li will come to see me at night. Besides, this is just a way, you put it away." Jiang Bo held it with his arm Her hand was in a gesture of refusal to accept it.

"What are you talking about? Chengye's father is not this kind of person. Besides, the money is going to be handed over to the village. It's not good if I don't let others know." Although Li's mother knew that he had good intentions, it was not so cheap. It's easy to take advantage, even the village chief and the others have to pay for the car, so it's better for them to pay.

"Jiang Bo, just keep it. This is what we should pay, so don't embarrass you." Li Chengye also said that he didn't have much money in the first place, and it would be bad if people found out and caused dissatisfaction.

"Take it!" Seeing Uncle Jiang's expression seemed to relax, Mother Li slapped the money on his hand, and then got into the car with the two children.

"That's fine, I'll take the money, but your aunt pickled some beans at home, and when you come back, go to my house to get some, it tastes pretty good." Jiang Bo had no choice but to accept it. He thought that he would not have other people with them when he was so busy now, and it didn't matter if he didn't charge money. He didn't expect that the Li family was so principled. .

"Okay, thank you Uncle Jiang." Li Chengye was not polite. Since he will live here in the future, the relationship that should be managed should be managed well. Although he doesn't know what will happen in the future, according to the current situation, Mother Li I still have to stay here for a long time with my two children.

"Okay, let's start now. It will take a while to get to the town. You can sit down." Jiang Bo walked under the tree at the entrance of the village, ready to lead the cow over and set off.

"Okay." Li Chengye responded, and waited for Uncle Jiang to tie up the cattle and press the cart before sitting on it, lest the back would be too heavy and the front would not be able to get down.

The journey went smoothly. Although the bullock cart was not very fast, it was similar to walking. The most important thing was that people were not so tired. The two children looked very happy, and they pestered Li Chengye to tell stories, and Li Chengye did not shirk it. , and continued to tell the story that was not finished before, and when they arrived in the town, the relationship between the father and son improved a lot.

The town where He'an Village is located is Xuqiu Town, which is a bit far from the county seat to which it belongs. The population is not large, and the place is not very big. The entire town has only two streets. The supply and marketing cooperative purchase station and the state-run restaurant are all on the same street. , but it is convenient for Li Chengye and the others to buy things.

Li Chengye and the others separated from the entrance of Jiang Bo's buying station. They wanted to go shopping first. There were already several people queuing up inside the buying station.Li Chengye discussed with Jiang Bo that he would wait for them later and go back to the village together.

After the few people said goodbye, Li's mother took Li Chengye to the meat stall. It was already past seven in the morning, and there were many people coming and going on the street. They were all residents of the small town. lively.

Because a child disappeared from the town some time ago, Mother Li has been holding the hands of the two children tightly, and Li Chengye followed behind them. After a while, they arrived at the meat stall.There is only one small meat joint factory in their town, and the stall is just outside the meat joint factory. There are already many people queuing up, and from time to time, some people complain that there is too little meat for sale today.

"Chengye, look at the two small ones. I'm going to buy meat." Mother Li became a little anxious all of a sudden, fearing that they wouldn't be able to buy them later, and fearing that all the good parts would be sold out. She pushed the two children towards Li Chengye, and then squeezed to the front to line up.

Li Chengye smelled the unpleasant smell from the Meat Factory after a long distance, frowned a little uncomfortable, and wanted to pull the two children to the side of the road farther away to wait.

"There are a lot of people here, let's go over there and wait for a while." He pulled slightly, but he didn't. When he lowered his head, he saw two little boys looking at the butcher's pile with bright eyes. Some people brought the meat out and showed envious eyes, looking very greedy.

"Father, we can't run around, or grandma won't find us later, we have to wait for grandma at the same place." Xiaoxi was more sensitive, and quickly pulled Li Chengye's sleeve with his hands, and his expression was very serious when he spoke. Seriously, it's not as greedy as it was just now.

"Really?" Li Chengye couldn't see his careful thinking. He was amused and distressed. He didn't think meat was such a rare thing before, and he didn't experience hardships in life. He remembered that his father's fourth aunt was too supportive I bought a pet dog, and that dog ate meat every day.

"Yes." Xiaoxi nodded with certainty, and looked at Li Chengye seriously.

"Father, will grandma buy a lot of meat?" Xiaobei, who was on the side, cried out excitedly as soon as Xiaoxi finished speaking.He didn't even notice what his brother and father were talking about. His eyes and hearts are full of meat now, and his stomach hasn't eaten meat for a long time. It has been known for a long time.

"Yes, I will buy a lot, so much that Xiaobei can't handle it." Li Chengye rubbed his head, although he wanted to make fun of his eldest son, but after thinking about it, he decided not to, Xiaoxi is like a little adult, with a personality A little proud, if it is exposed, he will definitely be angry and ignore him.

"Okay, okay." Now Xiaobei is happier. It's great that Daddy is back. I really hope that Daddy will be at home every day in the future, so he can have meat every day.

Xiaoxi was really annoyed by this, he just showed a look of not being gluttonous, but his younger brother broke the stage for him.He lowered his head, feeling a little scared in his heart. Dad wouldn't want them because they ate too much, right?

How would Li Chengye know what the child was thinking, but he didn't continue to mention this matter, he just pulled the two children aside, there were so many people here, so as not to be bumped into.

The place where they were standing happened to be a small bookstore, and there was a small stall at the door, surrounded by a few children, who should be the children nearby.Li Chengye was condescending, and immediately saw the things on the stall, including some pictures and little things like comic books, which children would like.

He looked at the two sons, one was lowering his head not knowing what to think, while the other was still looking at the meat stall without blinking.Li Chengye felt that the children of today should like these, so he pointed over there and said to his two sons: "Son, there are comic books and pictures for sale over there, let's go and have a look."

"Little man's book?" Xiaobei became happy when he heard that there was a little man's book, and looked in the direction Li Chengye pointed. You must know that the little man's book is a rare thing in the village. Who has a little man's book? There must be many children playing with him.

"I want to go and have a look." Xiaobei didn't insist on staring at the meat, and immediately took Li Chengye's hand to go to the comic book, and of course he didn't forget his brother.

Li Chengye walked over with his strength, and after a while, the three of them stood in front of the booth. At this time, Xiaoxi also suppressed the matter just now, let's read the comic book first.

There are quite a lot of things on the booth, all the things that children of this age will like, not only comic books and pictures, but also marbles and spinning tops. Obviously both like it very much.Li Chengye looked at their longing eyes, waiting for them to tell him what they wanted, but unfortunately, after a long time, the two children still did not speak, as if they had no intention of buying.

At this moment, a skinny old man in his 50s came out of the bookstore. He should be a staff member of the bookstore. When he came out, he saw a group of children surrounded by the booth at the door. Face, "You little bastards, what are you touching? Can you touch it? Can you afford it if you touch it? Go away, go away, come here every day, really, hurry up, hurry up Walk."

It was obviously not the first time this kind of scene happened. The few children who were around just now dispersed in a rush, making faces at the old man while running, obviously not very afraid of him.

Xiaoxi and Xiaobei also hurriedly put down the things in their hands, and then squeezed next to Li Chengye, fearing that if they touched it, the boss would ask them to pay for it.

"Comrade, we want to buy something." Li Chengye stopped the old man, and then took a few things from the booth, a few marbles, two boxes of picture cards, and a few comic books, which the two children just took Do not put things.

Seeing that Li Chengye bought so many things, the old man's attitude became better, but it still had nothing to do with kindness.Li Chengye didn't care about his attitude, it seemed that people who sell things are like this now, after he finished taking them, he looked at the two children, "Do you want anything else?"

The two children shook their heads quickly, looking very good.

"Comrade, do you have any pens and notebooks here?" Li Chengye thought that the two children would be five years old next month, and they could start to read and write, so they happened to be sent to elementary school in September.

"Yes." The old man quickly took out some pencils and some notebooks from the room.

These things cost Li Chengye almost one yuan, and most of the money in his hand was given to Li's mother, and he only had more than 50 left. However, there were a lot of things to buy, and the money was useless.

Just at this moment, Li's mother also came back after buying the meat. She took a piece of meat in her hand, and complained to Li Chengye as soon as she arrived, "Oh, we are still late, and the good meat was picked by others. Now there are only thin ones left, and the thin ones don’t taste good, and there is no oil.”

Mother Li looked a little unhappy. The meat in her hand weighed about two to three catties, but most of it was lean meat, and only a small part was fat.Of course, Mother Li just complained for a while, and put the meat into the basket on her back before Li Chengye could respond to her.

When Mother Li put the meat away, she saw what Li Chengye was holding in his hand, and frowned all of a sudden.

"How do you buy these things, isn't this a waste of money?"

"Father, we don't want it anymore!" Xiaoxi became anxious when she heard grandma's words, and tugged on Li Chengye's sleeve to return the things.

"It's okay, dad is rich." Li Chengye reassured him.

"Mother, what a waste of this, I came back after a long time, can't you let me buy something for my sons? Besides, I will definitely earn more money in the future, so that you can live a good life, so don't worry , let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative now, there are still a lot of things missing at home." Li Chengye really doesn't worry about money, anyway, he is a cutting-edge talent who has studied abroad, and he has real talents in his stomach, but He still doesn't know much about this era now, but after a while he will definitely find a way to make money.

Although Li's mother blamed her son for wasting money, her son's words made her happy. She believed her son's words, and looked at the two worried and scared little dolls, and her heart softened, "Okay, I bought everything. So be it."

The worried expression on Xiaoxi Xiaobei's face finally disappeared when he heard his grandma's words, and then the group of four went to the supply and marketing cooperative. There were not many people there, and Mother Li was not polite and used up all the available tickets. , otherwise it will expire in a few days, isn't this a waste?

When they finished shopping, the back basket was already full of things. There were a few pieces of cloth, two boxes of soap, and some food such as flour. At Li Chengye's strong request, Li's mother bought some Two packs of dim sum can be said to be a rewarding experience.

The basket was already on Li Chengye's back for this meeting, and it still had some weight. Li Chengye looked at the watch in his hand, it was almost 08:30, Jiang Bo must have finished it, and he didn't know how long they had been waiting for.When they went to the shopping station, they happened to see that the state-run restaurant was still open. Li Chengye went in to have a look, and there happened to be big meat buns to buy, and he bought ten of them at once.