There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

The sun was setting, and after more than an hour of collecting and scraping, the family of five finally returned to the small courtyard in the alley with a full load of garbage.

Dad, I want a wooden stool.

Good rocking chair.

you sure?

Hehe, it's still a wooden stool.

It's okay, just store the material in the inverted room first, and try to see if I can make a rocking chair when I have a long vacation. I don't think it's too complicated.

My father will do it, I will help you when the time comes.

Forget it, spend some money and let an expert do it. If you have this time, why don't you take us out for a walk, Dad, and test the level of our three brothers by the way.

Hunting can have to wait until autumn. Now that the weather is hot, there is no meat. In autumn, I just took your mother to pick wild fruits and make some snacks to satisfy your hunger.

Mom, did you hear that? My dad promised to take us out hunting.

Zhou Jiao smiled and nodded. In a few days, some things should be settled, autumn is here, and her father should be back anyway.

Ping An patted Wu Yi, Grandma may come over, so don't get too excited.

Come on, come on, just take them out. With Dad here, it must be no problem to issue a certificate or something. Dad, are you right?

Zhang Guoqing shook his head, I can't come. Brother Xizi and cousin Ziwen are going to get married at the end of the year. They won't come, but they will let our family go back.

How do you know if you didn't reply?

Ask your elder brother, you can figure it out.

No, I can guess it too. I miss my wife.

Bastard, how old are you, do you know what it means to want a wife? Zhang Guoqing laughed happily.

I know a lot. My grandma told us a long time ago that when my cousin and the others get married, there will soon be the fourth generation of the old Zhang family. We are all elders.

Liu Yi waited for him to finish speaking, and said softly, They are both engaged, and Grandpa asked in the letter when you and Mom will have vacations. They want to arrange the time, right?

Zhang Guoqing smiled at him approvingly, Smart!

Then do you have time with my mother? Didn't you tell my mother last time that you are very busy at the end of the year and you probably won't be able to leave?

Zhang Guoqing glanced at his youngest son unexpectedly, Have you heard all this?

Well, I didn't take a nap in bed.

If I don't have a vacation with your mother this time, how about you going there on our behalf?

Ping An frowned, Do I have to go?

The last time Yinsuo got married, no one in our family went. This time, Xizi and the others should arrange to get married before and after. If you don't go back, your grandma will be sad.

That's fine. I can go alone then. Ping An nodded, and asked thoughtfully, How can our family follow the ceremony this time?

Zhang Guoqing looked at him amusedly, Wait for my hometown to notify you of the wedding date, and then discuss it with your second uncle. Our family will give him a gift. Your grandfather will give a gift when the time comes.

Pingan looked at Zhou Jiao hesitantly, and then approached Zhang Guoqing, It's okay for our family to be so polite at the aunt's side, but will the auntie be unhappy?

You mean for her, I have to give a generous gift?

Liu Yi and Wu Yi shouted in unison: She is so beautiful.

So it's none of our business whether she's happy or not? Your mother and I have limited wages. In addition to supporting your grandma and grandma, we also have to support your three brothers. Where's the money?

The three Pingan brothers immediately covered their mouths and grinned.

Are you happy? Dad knows this well. Don't say such things outside, so as not to lose your temper. Your grandma has always told me to save the emergency rather than the poor.

Ping An nodded, My grandma is still sensible. I saw how many houses there are in our compound. Whenever there is a wedding in my hometown, they would slap their faces swollen to pretend to be fat, and they said that it would be too embarrassing for them to do so.

Last year, Xiaojie's mother had a fight with his father, just to marry a wife for some nephew in his hometown. His grandma actually wrote to say that his family has two wages. This time the eldest nephew will get married. They have to buy a TV as uncles and aunts. sewing machine.

Liu Yi smiled sarcastically, This is what my mother called moral kidnapping.

I know this. Later, the sewing machine that his family just bought was secretly sent back to his hometown by his father. His mother was so angry that he bought a bicycle for his grandma's house. They are all fools.

Zhou Jiao didn't have much interest in these things, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer.

Looking at the four father and son who were cheerfully chatting and gossiping, she shook her head speechlessly, and could only step forward quickly, Okay, hurry back to the small courtyard, we have to go home.

Especially when she came out of the scrap yard, she wanted to see the garbage selected by the children as soon as possible, and wondered if she should find someone to learn some cultural relic restoration skills in private in her spare time?

Those torn calligraphy and paintings, those smashed porcelain... These are the precious inheritance culture left by the ancestors, no matter what they really will disappear in the long river of history.

Walking all the way, thinking all the way, with Zhou Jiao's reminder, everyone speeded up a lot this time, walked through the alleys and alleys, and returned to the courtyard in the alleys not long after.

There are still many groups of tourists and children swimming in the river and fishing in the nearby park. The place is still a good place, but it is a pity that we will no longer see snack bars on the street, popcorn in the corner, and desserts to cool off the heat...

When the dumb aunt saw them coming back, she put down her handiwork of ordering buttons, and stood up happily, facing the three children, and pointed to the direction of the kitchen.

Zhou Jiao smiled and asked, My master hasn't come back yet?

The dumb aunt nodded, comparing it to the darkness.

Zhou Jiao didn't need her to answer, and she guessed it was the same. When the old man gets interested, he might go to the countryside to play a guest role as a doctor. He didn't travel far this year, which was enough to make him feel bored.

Over there, Zhang Guoqing pushed the trolley to the inverted house, stored all the wood he liked in it, and carried two sacks to the door, and finally moved the garbage he was carrying to the woodshed.

After a busy day and dinner, Dr. Hu still didn't come back, so Zhou Jiao had to say goodbye to the dumb aunt first, and the family left.

The summer night came late, and the family walked in the alley in the afterglow of the setting sun. If there were no two sacks in the way, Zhang Guoqing really wanted to take his wife and children to go shopping.

The bus staggered and stopped all the way, before it reached the terminal, many acquaintances came up, and these were all military members in the compound.

Among them is Yi Shumin.

After they nodded their heads to say hello, Yi Shumin squeezed into the middle of them, and when she saw two sacks near her feet, she kicked them lightly with her feet curiously.

What is this? Dirty.

If it can be brought into the compound, Zhou Jiao will not worry about being exposed. Before she could speak, the twins Liu Yi and Wu Yi looked at each other, and Liu Yi looked at her and said, I bought broken wood.

Wuyi followed closely and said with a smile: We want Dad to teach us how to make small benches.

Yi Shumin joked: I don't want to be a soldier, but a carpenter?

We are still young, so we won't worry about not being able to marry a wife after we learn more skills.

Yi Shumin was amused by Wuyi and laughed with the neighbors.

One of the lesbians said with a smile: There is a little sister in my family who is very cute. I don't need you to learn skills. I will be your little daughter-in-law. Do you want to?

Wu Yi shook his head, No, no, I'm still young. I have to wait until I grow up and go to work, and I can marry a good wife when I get paid.

Yi Shumin pushed Zhou Jiao, Your son is fine, he understands at such a young age.

Zhou Jiao: ...

By the way, why did Uncle Zhou take so long on a business trip?