There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

Chapter 4 The Zhou Family's Past

After the whole family had dinner, Zhang Guoqing was also exhausted, and his body was a little unsupported now.Let's talk to everyone first, then go back to the room and lie down beside Zhou Jiao and finally sleep peacefully.

Zhou Jiao was awakened by the cry of the child. She looked at a strange room in a daze. It took a long time to remember that they had crossed. Later she gave birth to a son. She looked at Zhang Guoqing lying on the right and smiled.

Mother Zhang held her baby and saw Zhou Jiao wake up: "Jiaojiao, don't move, lie down first. The baby lie down next to you, and Xiaowu will let him sleep. His head injury is still not healed. Another day of cold wind blowing outside today . I’ll bring you something to eat first, and take care of you and your child at night. My mother will do."

Zhou Jiao was very pleased to hear what Zhang's mother said, and there was a strong pampering taste in her words.Thinking back to the memory of Mother Zhang, Zhou Jiao thought of her as his mother.

Zhang's mother is partial to her younger son. If she usually allows her to sleep in the main room, she can sleep comfortably.Zhou Jiao had just given birth to her son, and she had to send Zhang Guoqing to the Yue family to announce the good news tomorrow morning.Seeing such a big movement, I was not awakened, and I secretly cursed the deflated people in Xialin Village, but I forgot that those guys were not pleased. All of them had black noses and swollen faces, and even two of them were detained by the militia after they were broken. .

Zhou Jiao said with a smile: "Mother, it's all because of your old man being there. Otherwise, neither of us can take care of the children. You look at such a small person and dare not hug me. Mother, look at this. A small group, red like a little monkey, so ugly and long, you won’t be able to marry a wife."

Mother Zhang pretended to slap Zhou Jiao’s arm and smiled: "You child, the child is born with a strong wind. This kid was born with more than 6 kilograms and is honest and handsome. Don't be careful, tomorrow Xiao Wu will go home to announce the good news. Do you need to bring a message?"

Zhou Jiao heard Zhang's mother mention that some of her parents were still living for a while, and she hurriedly searched her memory to find out.

The original identity is a bit embarrassing. How can I put it to the point that the original child grew up with her grandmother, and her father died on the battlefield when she was born.

Her grandmother was the only daughter of the imperial physician in the early years of the capital. She was born in a wealthy family and grew up without touching her fingers. Since she was a child, she has booked the right marriage.The other party is also a famous scholarly family.On the day of her marriage, before the bridal chamber, the Eighth/National/Union/Army came to Beijing and arrested the husband’s male on the charge of harboring the Boxer Regiment, and washed the whole family in blood.

Her grandmother still leaned on the close-knit maid and was clever, and the two of them fled from the small kitchen in the backyard and returned to their parents' home after disguising.There was no way for the natal parents, and they were worried about being implicated. Kyoto was in turmoil at the time, and everyone was in danger. The three of them took the housekeeper and the maid and hurried to the southern country village to flee, leaning incognito everywhere. The medical skills passed on and the fineness of the bands survived in the countryside.

After a few years, the great-grandfather and grandmother passed away, leaving the housekeeper and maid with the then grandmother Zhou to live very hard.By chance, I met my husband who grew up with him. It turned out that the Boxer rescued the only grandfather Zhou who survived serious injuries.When Grandpa Zhou went back to find the surviving family, there was no one left, and even the house in the city was deserted, so he directly joined the army for revenge.

Then the couple followed the troops directly, and after several turns, they joined the people/civilian/military/corps.The housekeeper stayed in the local pension, and the close-kids were married.The couple who did not care about have been fighting on the front line. Seeing the children grow up, the couple took Zhou Jiao's uncle and aunt and father back to Zhoujia Village, northeast of Zhoujiazudi.Grandpa Zhou still hopes that his family will return to their hometown alive to worship the ancestral grave.

Later, the youngest son, Zhou Jiao’s father, secretly signed up to join the army. During the period, he met Zhou Jiao’s mother, Lin Lishan, in the army. They fell in love and got married. Two years after the marriage, the couple gave birth to Zhou Jiao not long after Zhou Jiao. Mom, after leaving a letter, they participated in a secret mission with Lin’s eldest brother Lin Lishan. They were sacrificed together. Lin Lishan couldn’t accept it for a while. The two closest relatives left without leaving a dead body. Shock can't take care of the newborn Jiaojiao,

Zhou's mother, Lin Lishan, was single and never remarried. She often said that she wanted to see the corpse when she died and people when she lived.She feels that they have been in this world and will always come back, always refusing to accept reality.I don't know what Zhou's mother thought, except for the year-round support payments, even Zhou Jiao didn't come back to participate in the marriage.

In Zhou Jiao's memory, she never saw her mother except in the photos.I heard that she is still single and refuses many marriage proposals. Grandparents always comfort Xiao Zhoujiao. Her mother loves her, but she can't accept the reality of her husband's death and must give her time.But Zhou Jiao still complained about her mother.

When I was young, my little friends could act like spoiled and spoiled their mothers, but apart from being petted by her grandparents, she actually had to look at the secretive face of the big aunt.Aunt Chen Zhaodi was at ease enjoying the supplies and money that the Lin family often sent, while secretly being taboo and envious of the wife who lost her husband.Zhou's motherhood and beauty caused her inferiority and arrogance to go wrong, and she was invisible to her grandma, as if she helped several children in the family to secretly bully Xiao Zhoujiao.The cousin must pick the items sent by my mother first, and the remittance of support from the public household.

After finally growing up to 10 years old, he already knows the worldliness and said that he wants to go to my mother.As a result, the only time my mother said coldly on the phone that she had no time to see her around the show.Let her stay in her hometown and do her filial piety for her father.With tears in her eyes, she was completely chilled. Since then, she has never mentioned her mother again, and even the letters sent to her have been left intact. If she doesn't open or reply, she doesn't seem to miss it.

Zhoujiacun and Zhangjiacun are located in the upper and lower villages, separated by a river, and a blue stone bridge connects the two villages.Zhoujia Village is closer to the mountains. Grandpa Zhou was the old eighth road of the revolution. Grandma Zhou was a military doctor when she was young. Their husband and wife are respected locally.

Zhou Jiao, the girl of the Zhou family, is beautiful. I heard that my grandma and grandpa are soldiers, as are several uncles, and her mother is also a soldier. Soldiers in this era are very popular.Except for the workers, the soldiers' food, lodging and clothing are all paid by the state. There are monthly wages. Military tickets are universal throughout the country. The Shanghai Supply and Marketing Cooperative also does not have to queue for priority purchase.

Except for Zhou's father who accidentally hung up, no one knew that Xiao Zhoujiao hadn't seen them since she was sensible except receiving the clothes from her grandfather's house and her mother's annual remittance.She said she loved the child and never saw them pick her up.

Only occasionally I heard a few words from the elder mother, such as the elder uncle and Dad Zhang sacrificed together, where did the second uncle be stationed, the grandfather is a big man who can’t get away to visit the old comrade-in-arms, his grandfather, and her grandma is seriously ill, etc. Wait.The younger sister-in-law is really weird. She is so beautiful and doesn't remarry or raise her daughter.