There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

The car came all the way back from the provincial capital to Zhangjia Village. It was nightfall, and there were still sporadic lights in the village.

Zhang Guoqing and her son got out of the car, and Zhang Guoqing moved in with his mother.His father was already in a hurry. He ran out very rarely when he saw them. Except for books and tapes, he asked them to move to the main landlord’s room and let them clean up by themselves.

Zhang Guoqing didn’t have time to say a few words to his parents. He carried a few old books and tapes in the small living room. He ran back quickly to move things, parked the car, and finally waited for his father to accompany the last bag. Take back the last books and run back to the room.

Regardless of tidying up the books, he piled them directly in the small living room and entered the room with a bag containing tapes. As soon as he entered, he saw Zhou Jiao leaning there waiting for him to come in, and he immediately smiled upon his face.

"Jiaojiao, what did you eat tonight? Are you waiting in a hurry."

"Brother, have you eaten? Did my mother get a sleeper? Have you returned to the capital?"

The two finished speaking in unison, laughing.

Zhang Guoqing looked at his son while he was awake and not asleep. "Why didn't Ping An, baby, your father is back. Wife, I bought a lot of tapes. You will not be bored anymore. There are songs, storytelling, drama, bags It’s all in it. I’ll put it next to you. You’ll see it later. Son, Dad will play songs for you."

Zhang Guoqing put the tape back, lowered his voice, kissed Zhou Jiao, and hugged him, "What did you eat at night? Are they impatient? Did they say anything sour? Didn't you feel wronged?"

Zhou Jiao twisted her body and leaned comfortably on him, "No, she brought me noodles at noon, and put the chicken soup and drumsticks on the stove. At night, my sister also brought the rice, or the chicken drumsticks and chicken soup from the stove. You can smell it and see if it's all chicken soup and stink."

Zhang Guoqing put his chin against her head and smelled it hard, "It doesn't smell bad, but it smells good. The whole room is full of chicken soup, and it smells meaty. Jiaojiao, I want to eat meat." He said After speaking a pun, smash it, smash it.

Zhou Jiao laughed out loud with a "pouch", and she was trembling with laughter in his arms. Zhang Guoqing was amused when she saw it, so she directly tickles her and deliberately makes her laugh at him.

Finally stopped, Zhou Jiao stopped smiling, "There is just a lot of meat at home these few days, you eat hard. Ha ha, brother, you go to eat first, and come back early and talk to me when you finish eating."

"Okay, I'll come back after eating. I won't be able to pull back the nine horses. I will cook some white fungus and red dates soup in the stove as a supper for you. I am afraid that you are tired of the chicken soup every day. I will give you tomorrow. For a change of taste, let’s change to something else. This time there is a stove, so you don’t have to avoid them. At most, we will cook some bowls for them."

Zhang Guoqing let her go, went to the box to find white fungus, red dates, and sugar cubes, washed them and put them in a small pot, put them on the briquettes, closed the small gate of the briquettes stove, and slowly stewed them.

"How do you eat the donkey-hide gelatin? If you can still receive it, then take it as it is. Your mother can't stew it like that. I think it's better to get a doctor to make donkey-hide gelatin paste. Just like before, put some walnuts, red dates and honey to make a paste. In this way, you can eat slowly as a nourishment in the confinement period."

"You don't need to find someone. I learned from my grandmother that my configuration is better than others. You can find some black sesame seeds for me. You see my hair is brown and ugly. I have all the other ingredients."

Zhang Guoqing looked at her unbelief.

Zhou Jiao gave him a roll of eyes, "What kind of winks are you? I really have to know medical skills, a descendant of imperial physicians, specializing in symptomatic gynecology and pediatrics. You have to give me confidence. I will show you less this time."

"I don't believe that you are ugly. In my eyes, you are the most beautiful and you are very funny when you smile. Wife, really. You look at my eyes and see if you are sincere? How about letting Doctor Zhou give you first One or two bottles, wait until you have a confinement."

Zhou Jiao shook her head, raised her chin, slanted her eyes, and said proudly, "Don’t bother me, I’ve been 7-8 days, and I can get out of bed. I boil it myself and know the taste with some rock candy.

Zhang Guoqing loved her to death and took a bite with her, "Okay, listen to you, when I find some black sesame seeds, you can direct me to do it."

"Then you go to eat first, you are all packed up here." After saying that, Zhou Jiao waved her hand in disgust to let him go to eat first, and then his mother would shout.

When Zhang Guoqing arrived at the hall, his mother arranged the food. The dinner was really sweet potato rice, the leftover braised octopus and chili fried chicken at noon, plus the pork head and cabbage soup.

Zhang Guoqing watched his father sitting next to him, "Oh, there are so many meat dishes, father, you also eat with us, if you are not hungry, drink a little wine." The voice fell off.

His father nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll drink some wine to accompany your mother. When I see good food, I want to drink."

Mother Zhang handed him the empty seat on the table, and asked Xizi in the hall to get a pair of chopsticks to his grandfather, only to look at Daddy Zhang with anger.This old guy is just gluttonous, thinking she waited for Xiao Wu to invite him before she saw him, otherwise he would have stopped sitting at the table and smoked on the kang.

Zhang Dad asked Zhang Guoqing, "Why are you back so late? Isn't it the 10 o'clock train? I think it's dark when you come back. I thought you two were lost and I just wanted someone to find you." Haha laughed.

Mother Zhang swallowed the rice in her mouth, stopped her chopsticks, and said to him: "We will lose it, a joke. Today I took a good look at the big city. Xiao Wu took me to the Friendship Mall bought by a foreigner and went Department store, park. I would come back later, Xiao Wu took me to the cinema, oops, my mother, it’s all lads and girls, I tried desperately to drag Xiao Wu to come back, otherwise I would be dry Dead. How can an old lady go to the cinema to watch a movie. Later Xiaowu took me to find someone to ask for directions, and bought a lot of that tape. Xiaowu, is that thing called that? Yes, I just remember it as clever. His dad, that tape can listen to drama, storytelling, and songs. Xiao Wu said that the radio in his room sang like a real person as soon as it was plugged in. I'll listen to you later. Rare, isn't it? Go, that place is more lively than the market."

"It's quite lively. It's not so exciting. Your mothers and daughters will come back when it's dark. They said that when you come back to eat, I just said to eat first. Maybe your mothers have already eaten in the city." Dad smiled and nodded.

Mother Zhang hurriedly took a few bites of the meal, and then said: "It's really Xiao Wu who said he was going to come back for dinner, I didn't agree. That lunch was eaten in a big restaurant. Here, this leftover is just that. He ordered too much. We can’t eat it and bring it back. I won’t eat there anymore at night. I just want to go home quickly. No matter how good the big city is, there is still no comfort for me.”

Father Zhang agrees very much with her, the Golden House and Silver House are not as good as his own thatched house.Not to mention the yard of their three brothers, but his father used all his energy to rebuild it.Even people in the provinces and cities may not be comfortable with him.

"Have you two sent your relatives to the train personally and arranged all the luggage? Have you notified the Lin family to pick her up at the station? If you don't pick them up, I guess your mother-in-law can't carry five big bags. There is also a child. Mother, did you see the train? How about it? Is it just that there are a lot of cars connected together, nothing so rare."

Mother Zhang laughed out loud, hurriedly covered her mouth, swallowed the food, and said anxiously: "Why are so many cars connected? That's a train. Unlike a big car, there are so many things inside, I see specially There are still a lot of people who have no place. Sitting on the floor, his father, you said it’s good to be an official. You don’t need to line up, you can buy that sleeper, that is, a small bed. I have seen it all. There are vacancies in that sleeper. But the people at the back can't go in, they can only go to the back and sit on the ground. What do you think this is." After sighing, Mother Zhang hurried to eat.

"It's okay to be an official anywhere, otherwise so many people want to be an official, and your mother's celebrity is still not worried about it. You haven't told me yet, your in-laws will send you to the car, and tell them to pick them up?"

Zhang Guoqing hurried back to him: "I sent a telegram and made it clear that it was a person carrying a 500-jin heavy object and asked to pick up people at the station at 5:00 pm on the 23rd the day after tomorrow. I found the station master and he arranged this train. The conductor of the train is the head, and helped to get into the car ahead of time. I also told the conductor to take care of my mother-in-law. In addition, I also sent two hares to the man to eat on the road. It's good, everything is arranged. Don't worry. "

"Okay, just make arrangements. Damn, you have eaten and packed up a bunch of things in the house early, and I rest early in the evening. I have dug the foundation today, will you have anything to do with Xiaowu tomorrow? Help. Otherwise your uncle and uncle's family will come to help you build a house, but you won't be unsightly."

Zhang Guoqing nodded to his father, "Wake up early tomorrow morning and work for a long time. When I have eaten at noon, I drove to the provincial capital to return the car. When I return, I have to go to the county school principal. It’s a bit late. . Then I won’t go out first, and nothing else."

Father Zhang didn't fall down after drinking, put down his chopsticks, "Watch it for yourself. Do your business first. If you don't go there to help when you have time, you have to make a shot and talk to them. Wait for Jiaojiao's confinement. Come out, let your mother take her to talk to your aunt and the women. By the way, the day after tomorrow, your eldest sister will keep the house warm. His mother, you can arrange it, it doesn’t need to be too good. There are so many people in the village, so many people. of."

"Father, I know, when I'm free, I will connect with them and keep in touch. Mother, eldest sister, tell me what you lack."

"No, I bought a lot today and I'm all ready. Don't help me clean up. I got up at 4:00 this morning and didn't sleep at noon. I'm busy again tomorrow morning. Go back to my room and go to bed early." After Zhang's mother finished speaking, she quickly took over the tableware.She didn't even call her daughter-in-law, so she picked up the dishes and hurried to the kitchen.

Father Zhang waved his hand to make him go back soon.Yesterday, I was busy hitting two wild boars until midnight. I cleaned up the ground in the backyard early in the morning and went up the mountain to collect firewood.That is young, or get down early.