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

When Li Chengye and the others arrived at the purchase station, Jiang Bo was already waiting for them outside. He was facing the side of the street, apparently waiting for Li Chengye and the others. There were fewer people on the street now, so he could easily see them. Li Chengye and the others waved at them and drove the ox cart out.

"Hey, you bought a lot of things! Hurry up and put them in the car." Jiang Boyi saw the pannier on Li Chengye's back at a glance, and there seemed to be a lot of things in it. This Li family boy is really capable.He was envious in his heart, his sons were all older than each other, the gap was not 01:30.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Jiang, have you waited so long? I'm really bothering you." Li Chengye smiled politely at him, and put the backpack on the empty cart. I hugged it.

"Not long, not long, I happened to meet someone I knew and chatted for a while." He waved his hand without a hint of impatience on his face.

"Get in the car quickly, the child sits in the middle, and we will go back now."

"Okay, okay." Li's mother on the side quickly moved the two boys to the middle again, and then Li Chengye also sat on it. Jiang Bo waved his whip, and the bullock cart started to move.

It was almost ten o'clock when Li Chengye and the others returned to the village. Uncle Jiang still had to take the cattle to work in the field, and left in a hurry as soon as he arrived at the village. He was indeed a bit late today, so we must hurry up It's time.

When he came back, Li Chengye gave Uncle Jiang a meat bun, so he didn't take any money from Li's mother. One must know that a meat bun now costs ten cents.

The three members of the Li family returned home not long after. Li Chengye was already a little hungry. He was young now, so a bowl of porridge would not be enough. Li Chengye took out the buns as soon as everyone was there, and there were nine more. The buns, the buns are still warm.

"Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, are you hungry? Let's eat the steamed stuffed buns first. Mother, can you eat one too?" He put the basket on the table, and the two children were staring into it.

"You didn't eat enough in the morning, did you? Eat now, I'm not hungry yet." Mother Li waved her hand, planning to pack up the things she bought and go to cook. There is a lot of meat, and she can't finish it in a day's class. Marinate it with salt first, so that it can be eaten for a few days.

"I don't want to eat either, Dad, you are full!" Xiaoxi wanted to stretch out his hand at first, but when he heard grandma's words, he immediately put his hands behind his back and shook his head to express that he would not eat.

Before he finished speaking, Li Chengye had already gagged Xiaoxi and Xiaobei's mouths with two buns, and then gagged himself and Mother Li's mouths with two more buns.

Xiao Bei was about to reject Big Rou Baozi together with his elder brother. Although he was heartbroken, he still had to reluctantly refuse when his elder brother said he would listen to him.As a result, before he could speak, a big meat bun popped into his mouth. He unconsciously moved his mouth and took a bite, and pinched his little hand on the bun. By the time he realized it, he had already finished eating the stuff in his mouth.After that, he stared at his brother and grandma with wide eyes, looking very surprised.

"It's all in your mouth, eat it quickly." Li Chengye didn't want to hear what they said, so he blocked it with his hands. Anyway, it was all in his mouth and he couldn't spit it out.

"You." Mother Li really had no choice but to pick up the bun in her mouth and eat it.Seeing that grandma had eaten it, the two little guys started eating too.

After eating the meat buns, Mother Li took her things to the kitchen to cook, while the two children played marbles around the house.Li Chengye didn't participate. He sat in the main room and picked up a few newspapers to continue studying. These were the ones he brought back from the hospital.

He plans to write some articles to contribute after a period of time and earn some royalties back, so he needs to study more articles of this era. You must know that although he studied business abroad in his previous life, he has good literary attainments and published them in newspapers. I have written many articles and even published books, and it is easy to write and submit some articles.

After eating at noon, Mother Li went to work in the field. Li Chengye wanted to help, but unfortunately, Mother Li refused without protest. The reason was of course the injury on his hand. He stayed at home, and to be honest, he himself was not sure. Neither the original owner nor he had done much farm work. If he went to plant rice seedlings, he might directly trample the seedlings to death.

For the next two days, Li Chengye did not go out in the name of recuperating, and stayed at home to write articles. It happened that their family was an outsider. After returning, there was no one to visit. His family lived far away, and it was the busiest time right now. At that time, no one came to the door.

However, the news of Li Chengye's return had spread throughout the village, and everyone knew that the news of Li Chengye's sacrifice was a misinformation, he had just suffered some injuries, and would go to work in the county's steel factory as a cadre.Some time ago, the aunts and aunts who felt that Li's mother was suffering can't feel sympathy now, and they feel very sad. There is no cadre in the county, and there is no one in their village. What a lucky life.

These people in He'an Village are envious and jealous, and the former father-in-law's family of Li Chengye in Huji Village next door regrets it so much now.Huji Village is very close to He'an Village, and there are many marriages in the two villages, so the news from there spread back quickly.

Hu Xiuqin's aunt ran over early today to tell her mother the news that Li Chengye was still alive. I'm in a hurry, at least wait for a while to talk.

Hu's mother also felt uncomfortable. She knew that her ex-son-in-law was still alive and could be a cadre in the county. How could she marry her daughter off so quickly? She talked about it at the dinner table during dinner.

Under the dim light, Father Hu's face sank, full of displeasure, "I said before, what are you in such a hurry for? You can definitely let Xiuqin stay at home for a few more days. It's all right now, and I'll wait until tomorrow in the village. We all know, our family will lose face."

"Oh, how did I know this would happen? At that time, it was said that Li Chengye was dead, and the two widows of the Li family, I was afraid that others would gossip. Besides, girl Xiu is so young, I am most willing to let him be a widow. He's very mean, holding money in his hands all the time, it's not good for us Xiu girl at all."

Hu's mother is still confident, although she has regretted it now, but the matter has been done, she can't go back on her word and let Xiuqin return to Li's house.It's a pity that the ten yuan a month, almost all the money Li Chengye gave was given to her by Hu Xiuqin, and there will be no more after that.

"Okay, it's all over like this, you guys don't go to Hu'an Village in the future, and let Xiuqin not come back every three days." Father Hu only felt bad, and he didn't even want to see his daughter.

"Why can't Xiuqin come back? Didn't she bring a lot of things to honor you when she came back?" Hu's mother immediately disagreed when she heard what he said. The fifth child and the sixth child are daughters, Hu Xiuqin is the sixth child, and the youngest child below is unmarried.The youngest son is the lifeblood, and she is thinking of saving more money for the youngest son to marry a wife. Where does the money come from, it must be her own daughters.

"Isn't that going to gossip in the village?" Father Hu was a good face, and naturally he didn't want his family to be judged.

"What can I gossip about, it's not all about your girl's filial piety, besides, it's all about the Li family's fault, who knows how the news was misrepresented, maybe the old woman wants to find a new daughter-in-law, and put our family to death. Xiu girl hurried home." Hu's mother has never liked Li Chengye's mother, Xiu girl has been married for several years, and her son has given birth to two, but until now she is not in charge of the family, and the majority of salary is still in Li's mother's hands In fact, she has been dissatisfied for a long time.

After Hu's mother said so, Hu's father stopped talking and fell silent. There were still a few sons and daughters-in-law sitting at the dinner table, but Hu's mother has always been strong, so they really don't have the place to talk at this meeting, just listen quietly.

"No, I have to go to their family to settle accounts tomorrow and make them lose money." The more Li's mother thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. All of this must have been planned by the Li family. Maybe Li Chengye will marry a new wife in two days. daughter-in-law.

The two daughters-in-law of the Hu family on one side were stunned. They always knew that their mother-in-law was a powerful person, but they didn't expect her to be so powerful.They were thinking that Mother Hu had turned her attention to them.

"The boss and the second family, you go to Li's house with me tomorrow, I must go to seek justice and come back." She was very resolute, as if it was imperative.

The two daughters-in-law of the Hu family were used to being bullied, and they didn't dare to resist at all.Father Hu has lived his life in the hands of his daughter-in-law all his life, and he can't control her. Anyway, this woman will never let their family suffer, so he just let it go.

Li Chengye didn't know that his ex-mother-in-law was already looking for trouble. He had just taken a shower and was about to go back to his room. He had sorted out a lot of things that needed to be avoided in the past two days, and was about to start writing. Write an article, and then send it to a newspaper to test the waters.

He passed through the main room, but saw a small figure standing at the door of his room, and when he heard footsteps, he turned his head, but it was the eldest son Xiaoxi.Seeing that it was him who came back, Xiaoxi seemed a little flustered, and hurriedly moved her body to let the door out of the room.

"Xiao Xi, do you have something to say to Dad?" Li Chengye had already seen that the child was worried. When he played with the two children, the child would look at him from time to time. The rich little eyes made him I just feel helpless, not like a five-year-old child at all.Xiao Bei was different from him, he was just a child, he had become more courageous in the past two days, he was no longer just doing what his brother said, and he dared to make demands and opinions on his own.

"I...I..." Xiaoxi didn't say it out after a long time.

"Let's go into the room and talk." Li Chengye would be very patient, bent over and hugged the child in his arms, the child had just taken a bath, and his body was still refreshed, his little hands were tightly clutching the hem of his shirt.When Li Chengye went in, he closed the door, then took off the child's shoes and put him on the bed, and he sat on it too.

As soon as Xiaoxi got into bed, he moved a little farther away, but after Li Chengye came up, he brought him closer to him. The two sat opposite each other, Li Chengye raised his head with his hands, and their eyes met.

"Xiaoxi, I'm your father. I'll be kind to you unconditionally. If you have anything to say, you can tell me directly." He has a serious face, a firm attitude, and a tolerant gleam in his eyes.

"Father, are you going to abandon me and Xiaobei like mother?" Xiaobei blurted out a sentence, and after he realized it, he immediately covered his mouth, his face full of panic.

"Of course not, you and Xiaobei are my sons, and I will never leave you behind." Li Chengye sighed in his heart, and touched his head with his hands in love. It seems that the previous events have left in the child's heart Deep scars.

"Really?" Xiaobei looked at him, clenched his little hands together, as if wanting to make sure if he was lying.

"Of course, I'm your father!" Li Chengye's attitude was very affirmative, he had already planned that he would not get married again, and naturally he would not have other children.

"But my mother is gone too. Grandma said that she will have other children in the future and don't want us." Xiaoxi's eyes are full of doubts. Mother has been with them for so long and doesn't want them to go away. This is the only way I know Can the father of a few days believe it?

"Xiaoxi, tell Dad, what else did your grandma say?" Li Chengye's face darkened, and he finally understood why this kid was always worrying about gains and losses, and he didn't know what his ex-mother-in-law said. This kid must have kept it in his heart. up.

"Grandma said, my brother and I are troublemakers, let us not drag mother down, we are not lucky, we will harm mother, mother is going to remarry, and there will be new children in the future, let my brother and I not pester mother, He also said that we will no longer be mother's sons, and don't call her grandma..."

Under Li Chengye's questioning, Xiaoxi told everything. His memory was very good, and he almost didn't miss anything.It turned out that Hu's mother came over when the news of Li Chengye's sacrifice came back. The two were discussing remarriage in the room, but Xiaoxi heard it. The ex-mother-in-law gave me a good word, and she didn't show mercy at all.The child's mother just didn't speak and let Hu's mother arrange it.

After Xiaoxi finished speaking, tears were streaming down his face. He was young. Although he was smart, he was naturally very dependent on his mother. He didn't expect to encounter such a thing, and he didn't dare to tell others, With such a heavy thing hidden in such a small body, one can imagine how tired he is.

At this time, Li Chengye was angry and distressed. The anger was towards the mother and daughter, and the distress was towards the child in front of him. He embraced the child in his arms and said solemnly: "Xiaoxi, don't worry, dad will never let you go!" Yours will always be good to you. There will be no stepmother in the future, let alone other children, only you and Xiaobei."

"Father, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Xiaoxi's heart was surrounded by warm breath, and finally couldn't help crying while clutching Li Chengye's clothes.

Under the quiet light, the figures of a large and a small couple are reflected on the wall, inseparable.