60s Splendid Life

Lying on the musty-smelling bed in the guest house at night, the three children beside him were asleep, and Lu Jin was still a little sleepless, listening to the rats on the top of the beam crawling around and making creaking sounds, it was very sad I miss their cat, I would have come out with Lanlan if I knew it earlier.

After tossing and turning on the bed for a long time, I finally squinted my eyes for a while when the sky was about to dawn, and when I opened my eyes again, the sky outside was almost dawn.

There was a hole in the window, and the light from the outside filtered into the house.

The three children were still sleeping, so Lu Jin got up, opened the door of the house and went outside. Looking around, there was a wasteland full of withered grass. This place looked desolate and unpopular. There are no places where people come to the prisons of the labor camp on weekdays.He thought of those who were locked up here, day after day, year after year, if he didn't come to visit with his own eyes, he wouldn't be able to see his relatives, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart, and carried the basket to the kitchen The direction to find the past.

Last night, he inquired with the person who brought them here that there is a small kitchen that can be borrowed in the guest house, but when he came here, he saw this small kitchen that hadn't been used for a long time. It was full of dust and needed to be cleaned. I'm afraid I won't be able to clean it all day.

Fortunately, he found a small stove inside. He moved the small stove to the door and lit a fire. He put the small pot they brought on it and set the fire on it to cook porridge. He put red dates, longan meat and wolfberry in the porridge to cook together.He came here just for show, most of the food he had already prepared in the space, just take it out and eat outside.

"Uncle Cheng Lin, have you seen our brother?"

"No, isn't it in the house? I didn't see him when I got up."

Wang Chenglin got up in the morning to feed the mules at the door. Several children came out from the house to look for his brother. He was still a little surprised. He didn't see anyone. Just as he was talking, he saw Lu Jin coming over with a basket. The eyes of several people All looked at him.

As soon as he saw his brother coming, Lu Haochen ran straight towards him, hugged his leg tightly with his two little hands, raised his head and asked, "Brother, where have you been? We couldn't find you even when we got up." .”

"Brother went to get you something to eat. I didn't call you when I saw you were awake. My brother made breakfast. Let's go to grandpa's for breakfast. We'll go back after breakfast." Lu Jin stroked the child He didn't sleep much yesterday, and he didn't feel very energetic when he woke up this morning, and he didn't even have the energy to speak.

Lu Haochen groaned, his little hand was still holding his brother's hand tightly, as if he was afraid that his brother would leave them and run away.

Lu Qinglian also walked over with her little brother in her arms, and called out, "Brother."

Little Bao'er held her mouth shut, her eyes were red, it was obvious that she had already cried.

"What's the matter? Why are they all so unhappy?" Seeing the red-eyed faces of the children, Lu Jin knew that the children were anxious not to see him when they woke up in a strange place. Holding something in one hand, reaching out with one hand to take someone over.

Seeing this, Wang Chenglin went over to take the basket from Lu Jin's hand, so that Lu Jinkong could hold his younger brother, "Let me carry it. I thought you were still sleeping in the house, but you went to make breakfast."

There was nothing to tidy up in the house, so a few people went to their grandfather with breakfast.

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When they arrived, their grandfather and Sun Xiu happened to get up too.

"Grandpa, Uncle Sun, please drink some porridge to warm your stomach first." Lu Jin took out the small jar from the basket, and there was not much porridge in it, only one bowl for each person.In addition to porridge, he also cooked noodles, mixed with his own meat sauce, and baked sesame meatloaf and pickles.

The pickles were brought to his grandfather by him, as well as the chili sauce.

"Okay, you guys eat too." Yu Wenchang didn't expect his grandson to bring so much food. He was still thinking about going to the cafeteria to buy two breakfasts, but he didn't expect his grandson to come before he went. .Seeing that his grandson had brought enough food for the few of them, he gave up the idea of ​​going to the cafeteria to cook.

The fragrant and soft millet porridge is filled with red dates and longan. It tastes a little sweet. Yu Wenchang has forgotten how many years he has not eaten this kind of porridge. The first mouthful of porridge warmed his heart from his mouth , I don’t know if it’s because the porridge was brought to him by his grandson, or because of the familiar taste.

Seeing several children sitting beside him eating, Yu Wenchang had a rare smile on his face.

"Xiaojin, the chili you brought is really delicious. I have never eaten such a delicious chili." Sun Xiu likes spicy food. He put a big spoonful of chili sauce in his bowl of noodles and mixed it. He ate so happily.

"Then when I come back later, I'll send Uncle Sun and Grandpa two more jars of chili peppers. The chili peppers are made at home, and there are several large jars at home." Lu Jin said with a smile on his face.Only he himself knows that what he said is modest. There are not only a few big jars in his space, but the warehouse is full, and the rented house in the town has never been out of stock. If you eat, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat so much in three to five years.

At first, Wang Chenglin wondered what Lu Jin wanted so many chili peppers for. Later, after Lu Jin sent a jar of chili sauce made by himself, he vaguely guessed that all the chili peppers that Lu Jin took from him should be made It became chili sauce and sent it outside for sale.They also make chili sauce at home, but the chili sauce they make is far less delicious than Lu Jin's. He even exchanged chili peppers with Lu Jin for two jars of chili sauce to eat at home, and his family likes it very much.

Of course, even if he guessed what Lu Jin was doing, Wang Chenglin would not say anything to the outside world, and he also restrained his family members from going out to speak out. After all, if this matter was revealed, their own family members would not escape their ties.Besides, their family has also benefited from it. Since it is something that is beneficial to both parties, they might as well keep it a secret and do it in silence so that they can earn a little more money.

This time, when Lu Jin was sent to the Anshan labor camp, Wang Chenglin realized that it was his grandfather who was here.As for why Lu Jin's grandfather was locked up here, Wang Chenglin didn't ask when he went back last night. Lu Jin asked him to send him here because of his trust in him, and he will not let others down. trust.

Sun Xiu said hurriedly: "No, no, no, the big jar of peppers you sent is enough for us to eat for a long time."

The grandson sent so many things to Yu Wenchang, and Yu Wenchang was not stingy, he took out all the food and shared it with his roommate Sun Xiu, so Sun Xiu's words were referring to the two of them.

Sun Xiu came to the labor camp after Yu Wenchang. Originally, Yu Wenchang also had a roommate who lived with him. Later, due to illness, his family took him out for medical treatment. Just when Sun Xiu arrived, he lived in Yu Wenchang’s room. , The two have since become roommates.Sun Xiu is much younger than Yu Wenchang, and her body is also in good health. In the past, she helped Yu Wenchang a lot when she was working.Yu Wenchang is a grateful person. He treats others as others treat him. In the past, when his son-in-law came to visit him, he would share with Sun Xiu whatever food was brought to him. It was no exception, and they ate together with Sun Xiu.

The two have been imprisoned here for so many years, and Yu Wenchang himself has relatives who come to visit him, but he has never seen anyone visit Sun Xiu.Seeing that Sun Xiu never mentioned his family members to him, Yu Wenchang guessed that there might be some unspeakable secrets in others, so he was embarrassed to ask anything.

"You're welcome, Uncle Sun, if you have anything you need, you can tell me, and when I come back next time, I can also bring it for you." Lu Jin knew that they were not here and could not take care of the elderly, so he could only Please help those who live with the elderly to take care of the elderly.All he can do is to see if he can help others.

Help is mutual, you can't always be helped by others, and you don't give others any benefits.

So this time when he brought things here, he also thought that there might be other people here with his grandfather, and he had prepared a little more for everything, so there were plenty of these things.Of course, it's not easy for him to bring a few big carts, that would be too eye-catching, after all, this is still a labor camp, not a place like home.

"No, no, no, I don't need anything." Sun Xiu hurriedly waved her hands and said no, it's too much trouble for others, and he really doesn't need others to bring him anything from outside, so he doesn't need to bother others.

During the short contact with Sun Xiu, Lu Jin could feel from this person's conversation that he was a well-born and well-educated person, but he didn't know what crime such a person committed and would be imprisoned here For so many years.It can only be said that in this era, there is too much injustice and too much helplessness, just like their grandpa, what did their grandpa do wrong?

The breakfast he brought was not finished, and there were still some pancakes left, so of course it was impossible for Lu Jin to take it away.

They had to go outside to work in the morning, and Yu Wenchang asked some grandchildren who came to see him to go back. This is not a place where the children should stay for a long time. Come to see me. I’m fine here. I just go out to work and eat every day. Go back to help grandpa... Tell your parents that grandpa is fine here so that they don’t have to worry. "

"Okay, grandpa, don't worry, I'll tell them when I get back. We'll visit you and Uncle Sun next time when we're free." Lu Jin asked his sister and Chenchen to hug grandpa, and he also carried little Bao'er, and followed The old man gave a hug and told the old man to pay attention to his health here.

"Grandpa, let's go."

"Goodbye, Grandpa."

"Well, let's go, don't bring your brothers and sisters here in the future... The road is too far, it's not easy to walk, don't come."

"Goodbye, Grandpa, we will come to see you next time."

Lu Jin took his three younger brothers and sisters, waved to the two people who were standing behind and looked at them, and walked away step by step.

Wang Chenglin left behind Lu Jin, feeling a little uncomfortable watching this scene.

The old man standing behind wiped his face, sniffed his nose, and said to Sun Xiu, "Let's go to work."