There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

Jiaojiao, I'm not at home these days, so be careful.

Go, I'll figure it out. Zhou Jiao sent Zhang Guoqing away with her son in her arms, and walked around the yard. She really didn't think there was a mouse in her house.

In the early morning, the radio began to publicize the dangers of flies, mosquitoes, mice, and sparrows. Fortunately, some hygiene and epidemic prevention methods were also mentioned.

She can memorize this kind of popular science knowledge by now. After thinking about it, she decided to go to the left and right neighbors' houses to see the situation, so as not to make a joke.

Jiaojiao, every family has to hand in tasks, is it okay for you to be alone? Aunt Wang next door stood at the gate and looked at her worriedly.

No problem, you see Aunt Wang and the others are here. I'll see what they say first.

Aunt Wang of the street neighborhood committee and the others are going door-to-door to notify the inspection.

A few days ago, after the newspapers reported that various localities had launched activities, the streets and grassroots units in the county have already begun to act not to be outdone.

In the past two days, posters on the wall can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, and the newspapers on the blackboard have all kinds of unique tricks, with all kinds of content.

For the temporary headquarters in the county seat, for three consecutive days, Zhang Guoqing was caught up in busy work—their units were all in place, and they worked 24 hours a day without vacation. He doesn't care about his family now, he follows Zhao Dashan and Zuo Lin to register and coordinate personnel.

The staff of the Sanitation Association began to publicize hygiene and safety in each area from early in the morning, guiding everyone to pay attention to hygiene and bathing frequently, and to eliminate pests such as flies, mosquitoes, mice, and sparrows, as well as lice and fleas.

In the past few days, the whole city, men, women and children, went up and down, gearing up and responding one after another. Every household either kills lice and fleas or checks the mouse holes in the house.

After cleaning the interior, they began to climb up the treetops and run up to the roof. The children below waved colorful flags, and the old man cooperated with beating gongs and drums, iron noodle plates, iron buckets, iron lunch boxes, etc., using all the tools that could be knocked, and kept talking. shouted loudly.

The poor sparrows had never seen such a big battle. They were frightened and flew around, but they had nowhere to stand, and finally they were exhausted and fell down one after another. It drew cheers and shouts from the people.

In the open fields and wasteland on the outskirts of the city, straw people are piled up to look at the sparrows. When a sparrow comes down, everyone resorts to various methods, such as burning wildfires, shouting and beating drums, and catching sparrows overwhelmingly; the dense forest is full of smoke, dying sparrows, All the crows were stuffed into sacks, and even the sparrow eggs on the trees were cleaned out.

Every day near dusk, the street neighborhood committee began to direct the unified fuming of mosquitoes. With an order, every household dared not neglect, and hurriedly closed the door to eliminate mosquitoes and guard the mouse hole.

In the smog, the rats scurrying around on the road are even more murderous. Primary school students on vacation gathered in groups, actively looking for rats and pests in the corners of the house, on both sides of the road, and in public toilets. For a while, dead mice and flies became treasures. Exclamations of surprise and ecstasy were heard everywhere.

Three days later, after the results of this vigorous activity came out, the task was handed over to the Sanitation Association. As soon as the temporary headquarters was disbanded, Zhang Guoqing rushed home immediately.

His daughter-in-law is capable of any task—only this mouse. He guessed that his family couldn't complete the task no matter what, and he didn't know what kind of mess the family had become in the past two days.

As night fell, there were still many groups of students chasing the few surviving sparrows on the tree on the road, and the poor sparrows were so frightened that they fell to the ground after flying for a long time.

This scene made the children jump happily. Compared with the other three pests, people are more willing to eliminate sparrows - braised, stewed, and grilled. Although sparrows are small, they are also meat dishes.

As soon as he arrived at the yard, Zhang Guoqing immediately called Zhou Jiao loudly, while looking at the house worriedly, he saw that everything was as it was. He was slightly relieved and walked towards the lighted kitchen.

Zhou Jiao heard his voice, looked at her sleeping son, and dared not respond loudly. She ran out of the kitchen in a hurry, and happily pulled him into the kitchen.

Knowing that Zhang Guoqing had a three-day holiday plus the weekend, he immediately hugged him happily.

In the kitchen, Ping An lay in the cradle and slept soundly.

Zhang Guoqing stared at the child greedily, and asked, Why are you still sleeping? How are you and the child these two days? I'll be tasked with our family.

Zhou Jiao laughed straight, You underestimated me. With the help of Ziwen and the others, the tasks at home have been completed excellently. Ping An has been very happy these past few days-every day without sleep, I have to go out to watch people go up to the roof. I have been smoked for three days. Mosquito smoke, he is outside with Aunt Wang and others. Don't worry, everything is fine at home.

Zhang Guoqing helped her serve the food. There was only one vegetarian dish, a bowl of soup and sweet potato rice for dinner. Just as he was about to ask a question, he saw her take out two meat dishes and a pot of white rice from the space.

I'm not at home, so you won't just eat like this? He smiled knowingly, and asked worriedly after thinking about it.

Zhou Jiao smiled and shook her head. How can it be? These days, people come to the door every day. She simply left the door open for people to enter. In order to keep it secret, she didn't dare to get angry easily, and put the meat and vegetables on the bright side.

The couple had dinner and cleaned up the kitchen. He hurried back to the bedroom with the child in his arms.

After washing up, Zhou Jiao saw that he was suppressing his drowsiness. She guessed that he hadn't had a good rest in the past few days. Seeing him go home every day is in a hurry. She hurriedly let him sleep with the child first. It's not too late to talk about something tomorrow. She has to wait for her eldest sister Zhang Meili.

In the past few days, father Zhang and mother Zhang are also busy eliminating the four evils in the village, so they don't have time to come to the house.

Zhang Meili learned that Zhang Guoqing was working overtime, so she came back and forth three times a day in the morning, noon and evening to check. If Zhou Jiao guessed correctly, she would come to visit her younger brother tonight.

Zhang Guoqing shook his head. He finally returned home, so he couldn't bear to miss the opportunity to be with his wife.

Since going to work, it's not about official business, it's just reviewing studies, and my son is making trouble. It had been a long time since the two of them had a leisurely chat alone.

Seeing Ping An lying on the kang and sleeping soundly, Zhang Guoqing wrapped two quilt walls outside, observed his son's sleeping posture for a while, and made him smile happily, then hugged Zhou Jiao and went back to the outer study.

In the study room, after Zhang Guoqing brewed two cups of tea and placed the chess pieces, the couple sat on the kang to play chess records, and chatted about family matters. During this period of time, apart from going back to their hometown to clean up their backyard on weekends, the couple has been living in seclusion. This time the couple are planning where the family should go shopping tomorrow.

He suddenly heard Zhang Meili shouting outside, and couldn't care less about continuing the topic. Zhou Jiao hurriedly asked Zhang Guoqing to see if her son was awakened, and she quickly went out to welcome her in.

For this eldest sister, the couple—especially Zhou Jiao always respect each other.

The eldest sister is like a mother, and Zhang Meili is a typical representative. No matter how old Zhang Guoqing is, whether he has married and had children. She has always regarded their husband and wife as children, and she always misses them. But it was this eldest sister who made them feel even more distressed.

During this period of time, I watched her lose a lot of weight. Her mother-in-law, who is seriously ill and recuperating in bed, has been discharged from the hospital and lives in her home. This time the material and manpower are still all borne by Zhang Meili and his wife.

At this moment, after Zhang Meili came to meet Zhang Guoqing, it was okay to see him. She didn't have time to say a few more words, knowing that his work was going well and that he would be on vacation for three days tomorrow, she hurriedly said goodbye and went home.

Zhang Guoqing and his wife, who were left dumbfounded, looked at the back of her leaving in a daze.