60s Splendid Life

After the work in the field was finished, the team leader did not let the group of educated youths idle, and arranged them to work in the factory in the back mountain. They did the same work as the people in the village.It's just that their strength is weak, their working speed is not fast, and the work points they earn every day are far behind those of the villagers.

When they first came, there were educated youths who cried every day and wanted to go back, but they also knew that their food and oil accounts had been transferred to the countryside, and if they went back to the city, they would have no food if they didn’t have a job, and their family members might not welcome them back, so they Crying, you can only stay in the country and continue working while crying.Several people got used to it after working for a period of time. Although it was very hard work, they lived a fulfilling life and gradually got used to life in the countryside.

In fact, they didn't know that compared to their other classmates who went to other villages, they were very lucky to come to Lujia Village. At least they lived well here in Lujia Village, and the village allocated enough for them to survive the winter. They can earn money by going to work in factories, instead of sending them money and food from their families.

It's just that this group of educated youths are not very good at cooking. Although the village has distributed food to them, they don't know how to cook.Fortunately, the tofu shop sells breakfast recently, and they go to the tofu shop every day to buy a bowl of soy milk and two pancakes to make do with it, and some people buy lunch and dinner together, but they eat the same three meals a day No matter how delicious they are, they just feel like throwing up.

It happened that a group of people were going in the same direction, so Lu Jin took them to the tofu shop. Knowing that this group of people ate bean dregs pancakes to eat you recently, he also told them a good news: "Today we made pickled cabbage tofu buns. Hurry up and maybe you can still buy it."

"...Why didn't you say it earlier!"

Upon hearing this, a group of young people who had been walking slowly started to run.Even Zhang Kai, who has always been the most stable, said to Lu Jin, "I'm sorry, I'm leaving first", and he ran after the friends who were running ahead.

Fortunately, they were lucky, there were still a few steamed buns when they arrived, and they were all rounded up by a group of educated youths. After eating the delicious pickled cabbage tofu steamed buns, the two little girls were so moved that they burst into tears, really... It was so delicious, they never knew that a steamed stuffed bun could be so delicious.

Zhang Kai grabbed four steamed buns, and he was eating with one in his mouth. When he left, he asked Lu Jin, "Are you still making steamed stuffed buns tomorrow morning? How many can you save for us?"

"Yes, leave us a few."

As soon as the other people heard what their captain said, they all reported how many buns they wanted. Zhang Kai summed up the number of buns to Lu Jin and asked if it was okay.

"Okay, I'll keep it for you tomorrow, so come early." Lu Jin watched the group of people leave, feeling pitiful, funny, and sympathetic.If it were not for the policies of this era, this group of young men and women in their teens would probably be studying on campus instead of farming in the countryside or doing hard work in factories.

But the times are different. People born in this era are also much luckier than their parents and seniors who lived in the war years, but they are not as happy as children born in the next few decades.However, people of every era have the helplessness of people of every era, and people of every era always have to worry about survival.

This year, many places in the city were engaged in sports activities, and the turmoil they suffered in the countryside was relatively small, but it was also heard that people in some villages were making troubles, and they stopped selling tofu in those villages.The tofu sellers in their village also go in pairs and come back together, so that they can take care of each other when there is something going on outside.

This winter, compared to people in other villages who can hide at home and sleep late, the members of Lujia Village have worked harder, but everyone is very motivated. Except for the rainy days, the factory in Houshan is closed for a few days, and the rest of the day is good. Everyone commutes according to the time of day, and some people work overtime there at night.

Everyone’s hard work has paid off. Several new houses have been built in the village, and some people’s houses are piled up with bricks and tiles, because they can’t hire people to build houses, and they plan to wait until next year to start building houses. .

The newly built houses here and there have given hope to many people in Lujia Village.

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It wasn't until one day before the new year that the tofu workshops and factories in their village stopped working, and everyone stopped to prepare for the New Year.

On Xiaonian's day, two big pigs were killed in their village. Early in the morning, someone was beating the gong and shouting to get the meat. When the people in the village heard the shout, everyone in every household ran out with buckets and basins.

Lu Jin was at home and was about to go out when he heard a knock on the door. He thought it was his sister-in-law Xiumei calling him to get some meat together, but when he opened the door, he saw that it was Zhang Kai.

"I heard someone calling outside to get the meat. What's going on? Do we have a share?" Zhang Kai didn't know much about this, so he came to ask Lu Jin.

"Oh, this is the slaughtered pig in the team, and told us to get the meat. You should have some, you go back and get a pot, and I just want to get the meat, so I will take you with me."

"Oh, I'll get it now."

Lu Jin went back and told his grandfather to stay at home, then went out with a wooden bucket.When he went out Zhang Kai waited for him at the door with two educated youths, and the four of them went to Guchang together.

When they arrived, many people were already here, and everyone was holding pots and buckets, braving the cold wind and waiting to get the meat.

The names of a few educated youths were on the front, and Lu Jin asked them to go get it first, "Go back after you get it, don't wait for me, mine may still be behind." It's so cold outside, there's no need for others to blow the cold wind with him.

"Okay then." Zhang Kai heard his name being read at the front, so he took some people to get the meat first. They didn't come here for a long time, and they didn't earn much work points, so the meat they took was not enough. Others took more than half of it.

When he came back with the meat, Zhang Kai and others greeted Lu Jin, and they went back first.

Lu Jin pulled the scarf to cover half of his face, only his eyes were exposed.Someone patted him on the shoulder, and when he turned his head, he saw a big smiling face and asked him, "Why are you alone?"

It was Lu Shan who took the picture of him, and his cousin Lu Quan and Lu Zhanhua were beside him.

"It's too cold outside, so I didn't let Chenchen and Xiaobao come with them. You are also here to get the meat, let's stand here and wait together." Lu Jin was no stranger to them, so he had a fight with them. Hello, it seems that the three of them are also representing the family to get the meat, and they stand together, waiting for their names to be called.

After waiting for almost half an hour, Lu Jin heard his name being called.

"Go, it's your turn." Lu Shan pushed Lu Jin.

"I'm leaving first, Brother Dashan, Brother Enhua, and Brother Quan, come to our house to play when you have time later." Lu Jin waved to a few people, and went forward with a wooden bucket to line up to get meat It's his turn when the person in front finishes taking it.This time he took the meat from the two families, besides their family, there was also a portion from the two elders who lived with them.

In addition, he bought a copy at his own expense, and carried a wooden barrel full back. There were people walking in front of and behind the road, and he couldn't throw things into the space. He mentioned that his hands were almost broken. Bring a bucket of meat home.

After bringing the meat back home, their family began to chop the meat to make sausages, and besides some sausages, they also made some bacon.

In previous years, it was the Chinese New Year, and the people in Lujia Village would just bring some meat home to eat during the New Year. Unlike this year, many families have replaced a lot of meat, and some people spend money to buy more meat to cook at home. Bacon, so as soon as you go out this year, you will find the sound of chopping meat in the yards of many people, and there is also smoky fog.

Because it was decided to go to the Shanghai stock market with his two grandchildren in the spring of next year, Qingming might not have time to go back to worship the ancestors, so Yu Wenchang decided to take advantage of this time years ago to go back to his hometown to see the old house they brought back. Some went back to worship their ancestors.

Yu Jun agreed to go back with his father, but their unit had to work until the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, and he was still on duty during the Chinese New Year.Therefore, he could only ask for a day off from his unit. On the twenty-seventh day, he drove to his nephew's house, had dinner and stayed here for one night, and planned to drive his father back to his hometown early the next morning.

"Grandpa, uncle, this is for you to eat on the way. Come back after you go back and worship your ancestors. We will wait for you at home." Lu Jin handed two baskets to his grandfather, one of which contained sacrifices, One basket contained food for their journey.Because the weather is too cold, and this motorcycle is too small, there is not enough room for five or six of them, so the brothers and sisters did not go there together, "When we have time next year or the year after, we will go with you, grandpa." Go to worship grandma and them."

"Okay, okay, stay at home, it's too cold, you don't have to follow." Yu Wenchang took over the two baskets, and felt that there was no need for his grandsons to follow them so far, and his hometown Those people over there, he didn't really want a few grandchildren to go.

"Uncle, please drive slowly. If you can make it at night, come back for dinner. If you can't make it in time, remember to come to eat tomorrow. I will make lunch tomorrow. If you ask Uncle Dahe and the others to come and eat together, I will cook more dishes." On this day It's already twenty-eight, and next year's twenty-ninth is New Year's Eve. It's New Year's Eve with them. Lu Jin hopes that their grandfather and uncle can come to have dinner together.

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to them." Yu Jun started the motorcycle and motioned for his old father to sit on it.

Yu Wenchang got into the sidecar and asked to come out to send his grandchildren back, "I'm leaving with your uncle, if we can't make it back, we will stay at your uncle's unit for one night and come back tomorrow morning. Grandpa is gone, it's cold outside, you go back to the house quickly."

"Goodbye, Grandpa."

"Goodbye, uncle."

Hearing the humming sound of the motorcycle and leaving, Lu Jin watched their grandfather and uncle go, and then returned home with the three children.Because of the absence of grandpa, the three children were a little listless, especially the grandpa that Xiao Baoer had been talking about all day.

But neither grandpa nor uncle came back that day...