Accidentally born in the ’60s

    On Sunday, the old Li family dressed up and went out early in the morning. Mrs. Li has small feet, and the road to and from the hydrolysis plant is too long. Li Muwu asked Mingnan to ride a bicycle with Mrs. Li to Lao Meng's house first, and by the way, he took the things that he brought to Lao Meng's house. carried.

    Ming Nan rode a bicycle and disappeared in a flash, Li Muwu and Wang Sufen walked forward with their heads sullen, for fear that they would be late and delay the time to speak. On the other hand, Zhen Zhen just walked around and played, she didn't have much time to pick a bunch of flowers, Wang Sufen looked back at her and saw that although she was walking and playing, she was always close to her, so she didn't say anything about her.

    Zhen Zhen held the flower in her left hand, quickly picked off the extra leaves in her right hand, and took advantage of the fact that the three people in front were walking with their heads bowed and hurried away. The flowers in Zhen Zhen's hands have turned into a beautiful bouquet.

    Buildings in the 1960s had no soundproofing function. As soon as Zhen Zhen and her group climbed up from the first floor, Aunt Meng heard the movement in the room, and hurriedly opened the door and greeted her with Meng Xiaoxi. Go out: "I told my aunt just now that your time is coming, hurry up, come in!"

    Aunt Meng greeted Li Muwu, let him in, and held Wang Sufen's hand enthusiastically: "I'm tired of walking this way." She looked at Mingbei, her face He was full of smiles: "This is the youngest in your family, I didn't see you last time."

    Wang Sufen nodded: "This is not a high school in the Hydrolysis Factory No. 1 Middle School, I will graduate next year."

    Aunt Meng was envious when she heard it: "These children in your family are really promising. I heard Xiaoxi say that Zhen Zhen study is good, and the first place in the exam every year."

    "It used to be, but now I don't have exams, who knows how." Wang Sufen smiled: "But every time her teacher sees me, she says she studies well."

    Aunt Meng reached out and touched Zhen Zhen's head: "Zhen Zhen, this child is not bad, it seems that he has grown taller after not seeing him this month."

    Wang Sufen looked at Zhen Zhen with pride on her face, but she couldn't help but say a few words of humility: "If you go up the mountain or go down the river, go wild everywhere, this child is more likely than an honest child. Hurry up."

    "It's good to be naughty, it's clever when you look at it, I don't like this kind of thing, it's aura when I look at it." Aunt Meng likes pretty little girls, she can't stop when she sees Zhen Zhen Mouth of praise. Zhen Zhen stepped forward to say hello, and handed the bouquet to Meng Xiaoxi: "I picked it up on the road and gave it to Sister Meng."

    A girl as big as Meng Xiaoxi likes flowers and grasses, not to mention that this bunch of flowers in Zhen Zhen’s hands not only have big heads, watery but also bright colors. Extraordinarily comfortable.

    Meng Xiaoxi invited Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen into the room, and accompanied him to talk. Seeing that the adults couldn't get in, she quietly took Zhen Zhen to her room. The two found a canning bottle and filled it with water, and inserted the wildflowers that Zhen Zhen brought into the canning bottle.

    Zhen Zhen looked around and shook her head in dissatisfaction: "The flower pole is too long, it looks like it's going to fall down, Sister Xiaoxi, you can get me a pair of scissors and I'll help you Trim trim."

    Xiaoxi opened the sewing box, took a large pair of scissors and handed it to Zhen Zhen, Zhen Zhen cut a small half of the flower stem with three strokes, and inserted it into the canning bottle in an orderly manner, why? It's all pleasing to look at. Zhen Zhen looked at the flowers in the cans and felt a little complacent: "This is my first time arranging flowers. I didn't expect them to look so beautiful. It seems that I'm quite talented."

    "Is it important to put wildflowers in a vase?" Meng Xiaoxi looked at Zhen Zhen in surprise: "I said how did you make it look so beautiful, I used to just grab a handful and put them in the bottle, It looks messy, it's not as beautiful as this."

    Zhen Zhen smiled embarrassedly: "What's more, it's just to look good and put in it. By the way, Sister Xiaoxi, will you let me put flowers at home? Wouldn't let people see that we are a capitalist way of life?"

    "It's okay, I'm afraid of wild flowers, I used to go to my house to set flowers, you come and see my flowers." Meng Xiaoxi said and opened the curtains, revealing a pot of Clivia on the windowsill : "This is given to my house by the people from the water source station. It was still blooming during the Chinese New Year last year, but this year it's summer and it's a little wilted."

    Zhen Zhen knew at a glance that this Clivia was dying, but she didn't want to use her powers in front of outsiders, so she just touched the leaves of Clivia with her hands to sense its condition, It was found that the roots of Clivia had begun to rot. Under Meng Xiaoxi's curious gaze, Zhen Zhen shook the plant: "Although I don't grow flowers or grass, but I see the sky running up the mountain and mixing with flowers and plants all day, I can know a little bit. Sister Xiaoxi, You see, your gentleman orchid is shaking a little, I guess it must be a rotten root."

    "Is it too much water?" Meng Xiaoxi also shook the Clivia and found that it was as Zhen Zhen said, and suddenly sighed regretfully: "It must be water twice a day in summer. Watering, this flower is white blind, I heard that this flower will not survive if its roots are rotten, I will take the time to throw it out later, or else it will stink when it gets bigger."

    "No, it's a pity to throw away such a good Clivia." Zhen Zhen stopped her quickly: "Let's wash the roots, cut off the rotten parts, and replace them with new ones. Maybe the soil will be fine." Meng Xiaoxi was also interested when she heard it, and she and Zhen Zhen moved the flowers to the kitchen to clean up the roots.

    The Meng family is a small three-bedroom house, and Meng Xiaoxi lives in the innermost hut with a single bed and a writing desk. The slightly bigger one next door is a Datong shop, where Meng Xiaoxi's three younger brothers live; and facing the door is a kitchen, which originally had a two-square-meter toilet, but Aunt Meng thought it took up space and had to be demolished. Well, anyway, there are public toilets outside, so why do you have to stay at home, and you can put a chicken coop in the extra area of ​​the toilet to raise a chicken or something.

    Although Aunt Meng's family lives in a building, the cooking is also a cauldron that burns firewood. At this time, a big **** is stewing in it. This stewed chicken can't be ready in a while, so Aunt Meng looked at it and went to the house to talk to Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen.

    Zhen Zhen and Meng Xiaoxi were carrying flowers to the kitchen, when they saw Mingnan sitting at the door of the east house, they couldn't help calling him: "Come and move the flowers."

    "Where is this going to go?" Mingnan came over and picked up the flowers, and asked in confusion.

    "Put it in the kitchen sink, I want to see the flower root." Meng Xiaoxi directed Ming Nan to the kitchen.

    The pools of the buildings in this era were made of cement, about 30 centimeters above the ground, and the faucet was one meter high, if the water flow was too large, the water would collapse.

    Aunt Meng stretched her neck and watched the three of them dancing flowers. She was afraid that her daughter would not come to accompany you to talk. If the old Li family had any ideas, she hurriedly called Meng Xiaoxi: "Xiaoxi, come here. Talk to your aunt and your milk, you child, what are you doing there and making money."

    Xiaoxi ran over a little embarrassed and smiled at Mrs. Li: "The Clivia in my house is a bit rotten, and I'm going to see with sister Zhen Zhen how it can be cured."

    Lady Li smiled kindly: "It's okay, you guys go get it first, Zhen Zhen loves to play with these things, but the flowers she grows at home are not raised in pots, they are just at the base of the wall. , A row is planted under the fence, and the colorful ones will look good in summer."

    Aunt Meng watched the Mingnan brothers and sisters move the flowerpot to the kitchen, and was afraid of soiling Zhen Zhen's clothes, so she quickly called Xiaoxi to rush over: "Go and see you Zhen Zhen Sister, don't let the children do it, you can hurry up and do your own work."

    Meng Xiaoxi quickly stood up again and said hello to Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen: "Nanny, auntie, you sit and eat melon seeds, I'll go get some flowers with my sister."

    "Come on." Wang Sufen laughed, turned her head and said to Aunt Meng, "It's not bad for Xiaoxi, our family Zhen Zhen can't walk wherever she sees flowers."

    In the kitchen, Zhen Zhen wrapped the rhizome of Clivia with her consciousness, loosened the soil, lifted it gently, and the whole Clivia came out. Putting the flowers in the pool, Zhen Zhen wiped the sweat from the tip of her nose with her arm, and instructed Ming Nan who didn't know what to do on the side: "Brother, pour the soil under the tree at the back and dig some new soil up. "Ming Nan responded, and winked at Meng Xiaoxi with both eyes, hoping that she could go out with him, but unfortunately Meng Xiaoxi focused on watching Zhen Zhen cleaning the flower roots and using scissors to trim the rotten part without even a single glance. Allocated to Mingnan.

    Zhen Zhen put the cut flower roots in the trash can, and when she looked up, she saw Ming Nan was still squeezing her eyes, and couldn't help but ask him, "Why don't you leave?"

    Mingnan looked at Meng Xiaoxi pitifully, Meng Xiaoxi pursed her lips and smiled, and helped to turn the flower around, Mingnan could only take the shovel by himself, and walked back three steps.

    Zhen Zhen actually has no experience in dealing with rotten roots. All she can do is to trim off the rotten parts. The ability to re-invigorate the vitality of Clivia.

    The two planted the Clivia and let Mingnan move back to the house. Meng Xiaoxi washed his hands, lifted the lid of the cauldron, and poked it slightly with chopsticks, and saw that the chicken pieces had been stewed It was half cooked, so he put the washed mushrooms in, stir-fry a few times, put some firewood under the stove, and took Ming Nan and Zhen Zhen to the east room to talk.

      Said, "Auntie, I'm going to find my classmates to play for a while."

    "Go." Aunt Meng stood up and grabbed a handful of melon seeds in his pocket: "Remember to come back when you eat at noon." Then she turned around and threw her three boys out: " Go out and play, don't delay our conversation."

    The four big boys ran out of the house, the room was quiet a lot, and Zhen Zhen felt that the air was fresh and her breathing was smooth. Mrs. Li sat on the bed with her legs crossed and changed her posture, talking about the house: "The land has been approved, and the boss has a piece of space, except for the building of the house, there are a lot of places on both sides of the front yard. You can order cabbage and grow some corn. Now, while the weather is still cold, the foundation has just been dug. Today we come out, and Mingnan’s third uncle is busy there, and it is estimated that it will be finished before it freezes. "

    Aunt Meng's face was full of joy when she heard it: "Oh, auntie, your housekeeping is too quick, I thought it would take the spring of next year to build a house."

      There are no three-story buildings."

    "What's so good about this building." Aunt Meng also moved to the bed cross-legged: "We changed several times before we moved to such a big house. At first we lived in the opposite one. On the first floor, there is only one house and one kitchen. Right now, this house is the largest in the building, but when you see that there are too many people in the house, you will feel aggrieved. You have to raise a chicken in the kitchen. The yard is good, and there are trees and vegetable gardens, so I like it."

      Hope someone can talk."

    "Okay, I'll have to stop by then." Aunt Meng quickly replied politely.

    Meng Xiaoxi glanced at the alarm clock on the table, guessing that the chicken stew with mushrooms was almost ready, she stood up and smiled: "Mother, aunt, you sit and talk, I'll go cook."

    Aunt Meng glanced at her daughter with some contentment, and couldn't help complimenting Mrs. Li: "Auntie, it's not that I praise Xiaoxi, she is much better at cooking than me, and in a while you will also Taste her craftsmanship. This girl in my family is good at cleaning up the house and cooking, and it's not bad to live a life."

    Wang Sufen nodded in agreement: "At first glance, the big girl is a neat person, and Xiaoxi will follow you when you see it."

    Zhen Zhen sat on the stool and listened to their compliments.

    Mr. Li was so frightened that she immediately stopped her. Usually at home, she didn't even dare to let Zhen Zhen do it with hot water, for fear of scalding her. But if she bluntly said that she would not be allowed to go to the kitchen, because she was afraid that the old Meng family would think too much, Mrs. Li was in a hurry and saw Ming Nan, and suddenly said in a hurry: "Let Ming Nan go to help, it is also better to enhance the relationship, you What a little girl mixed in." Ming Nan was overjoyed, and after a long time, he finally had the opportunity to be alone with Xiaoxi, and immediately went to the kitchen.

    Meng Xiaoxi was very quick in her hands and feet. She put out the chicken stew and mushrooms, and fried five dishes in a blink of an eye. After the meal was ready and placed on the table, Master Meng poured white wine and respected Li Muwu over and over again. When the second cup was drunk, Mrs. Li talked about finding a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Meng family.

    Aunt Meng was a little apprehensive about the matter of pre-marital love, for fear that it would not cause her daughter's reputation to be jeopardized, she nodded hurriedly when she heard this: "It's just your arrangement, our family has nothing to say."

    ****

    The house for Ming Nan's marriage was finally completed before the cold winter came. When Mrs. Li was sitting on the kang and planning to invite someone to propose marriage to Lao Meng's house, the news on the radio suddenly said: "… Issue an important order: It is necessary for educated youth to go to the countryside and receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants..."

    The hazelnuts in Zhen Zhen’s hand were sprinkled on the kang, she looked at the radio in a daze, she was not impressed by the history of going to the countryside Actually at this time. Seeing that Zhen Zhen was a little dazed, Mrs. Li was startled and quickly touched her head, for fear that she would be hit by something. Zhen Zhen hurriedly grabbed Mrs. Li's hand and was about to cry angrily: "Honey, listen to the radio, my fourth brother is miserable this time."

    Old Mrs. Li was taken aback when she heard it. Just about to ask why, she heard the radio and continued: "... Junior high school students and high school students in school have to go to the vast countryside..."

    "Mingbei is going to go to the mountains and the countryside as an educated youth?" Mrs. Li asked in a daze.

      The farm came out, which largely solved the problem of food shortage in the Black Province.

    I remembered that the educated youth who came to Hei Province to open up wasteland came from all over the world. one side.

    I remembered that Mingdong taught in Anbei all the year round, Mingxi walked in the army for two years without a word, only two grandsons, Mingnan and Mingbei, originally thought of Mingnan knot After getting married, I will arrange it for Mingbei. Why do I have to cut the line before the new year? For a while, Mrs. Li couldn't hold back and sat on the kang wiping her tears.

    Zhen Zhen was helpless in this situation. Not only did the queue cut this time take a long time, but there were also many uncontrollable problems in the subsequent return to the city. That night, the old Li family sat on the kang to discuss what to do about this matter. It is impossible to resist the country's policy hard. Now it seems that only by letting Mingbei take over quickly can we escape this matter. Ming Bei was silent for a rare night without saying a word, and got up early the next morning to go to school.

    This kind of policy with obvious instructions was implemented very quickly across the country. Only half a month later, Mingbei, who had only graduated in half a year, got the graduates ahead of schedule, and the school notified to wait at home With the news of cutting the queue, you can't go out casually.

    Wang Sufen thought about her four sons, two of whom were not by her side, and another one to leave at the moment, so she couldn't help crying while sitting on the kang. Li Muwu finally couldn't bear his temper. He took his hat and went to the grain depot to see if he could handle his son's succession. Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen had no other ideas at this time, and could only wait for news of Li Muwu. .

    Perhaps it was too obvious that Li Muwu proposed to let his son take over, and the grain depot did not reply for a while. Li Muwu took the cigarette and searched several times, and finally got a veritable statement from the grain depot: No!

      Mrs. Li once again told Li Muwu to kill the New Year pig early, and serve Mingbei stew twice a day, thinking about making up for him in advance, and when he cuts the queue later, he may not be able to see the meat smell.

    Zhen Zhen thought that Mingbei had talked about the delicious venison roasted many times in the past few years, so she used her consciousness to control the deer to go down the mountain and let it run to the gate of Lao Li's house by itself , almost bumped Li Muwu who was about to go out.

    These people in the family also know that Zhen Zhen can control animals, she touched Zhen Zhen's head, half happy and half sad: "If he eats pork, he will get it, you are used to it. following him."

    "Eat, eat, don't go out and cut the line." Zhen Zhen sighed: "He wants to eat whatever he wants, maybe he will have to cook by himself in the future, I don't know how hungry my fourth brother is."

    After hearing this, Wang Sufen cried again.

    The brazier was lit again, and the iron plate was placed on it again, and the venison was roasted in the same way, but there were many fewer people who ate the roasted venison together. Ming Bei stared straight at the venison, and when the first plate was cooked, it was sent to Mrs. Li's table, and he couldn't wait to put new venison.

    Mr. Li picked up a piece of venison, but she couldn't keep her mouth down. She raised her head and called Mingbei: "It's better for you to eat, you can't get enough milk."

    Mingbei sat on the kang, took chopsticks and rolled a meat roll with cabbage for Mrs. Li and handed it to her: "Milk, it's actually nothing, I think it's pretty good. Wait for the queue cut. At that time, I estimate that I can get together with Yu late autumn equinox, maybe if we spend two years together, she will be willing to marry me."

    Mr. Li was almost choked to death by the meat in her mouth, and she was saddened for the most part. She looked at Mingbei in astonishment: "Who is Yu Wanqiu?"

    "It's the girl I like, from our class." Ming Bei was a little embarrassed when he talked about the late autumn: "A few years ago, when I took Zhen Zhen to the hydrolysis factory for the first time to watch a movie Knowing her, she looks old and good-looking."

    Mr. Li put down the venison in her hand, pinched her waist and stared at Mingbei: "So you worked so hard to take the hydrolysis factory high school just to be in the same class as her?"

    "Not bad." Mingbei nodded vigorously: "And in order to have a table with her, I also exchanged the pen for my classmate."

    Old Mrs. Li angrily reached out to touch the cigarette bag pot, and when she held it up, she remembered that her grandson was about to go far away, she really couldn't bear to beat him, she could only hate it The cigarette bag and the pot were put down again: "How good is the pen your brother bought for you, how can you give it to someone, you prodigal child. You said, you gave someone a pen, what do you usually use?"

    "He also gave me one, although it looks old, but the water is very smooth." Ming Bei laughed twice: "Well, I went to school to find a good wife. It's a good job, and I'm here to marry a daughter-in-law as soon as possible, so I'm excusable."

    Mrs. Li was choked up and down in one breath, she didn't want to see Mingbei, she turned her head and called Zhen Zhen to her: "Then what happened to Yu Wanqiu? What kind of person?"

    Zhen Zhen sat next to Mrs. Li and said to her in detail: "I'm a child of the hydrolysis factory, I see a good person and look good, otherwise my fourth brother wouldn't be able to like it at a glance. people."

    Seeing that Mrs. Li was in a bad mood, Zhen Zhen made her laugh deliberately: "Mom, each of your three granddaughter-in-laws is more beautiful than the other, why do you think there is such a good thing."

    Mr. Li snorted coldly: "The first two are no problem. As for the late autumn, who knows if she will become my granddaughter-in-law. If you didn't see it, people would not hesitate to pay attention to him."

    "It's not that I don't agree." Mingbei scratched his face with some trouble: "She just didn't speak, I guess she has to think about it."

    Mr. Li sighed: "Are you sure you can go together? Do you know where to cut the line?"

    "The school said that it will be notified the day after tomorrow." Mingbei immediately replied: "I will fight for it and go with her, and when I return to the city in the future, I may hold my daughter-in-law with one hand. holding my son."

    For a moment, Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

      Go to an educated youth spot."

    Lady Li hurriedly asked, "Which province are you in? Not far from home? Isn't it the Great Northwest?"

    "It's about the same direction." Mingbei nodded, and Mrs. Li's legs softened, so she didn't fall down, and a cry came to her mouth, and she heard Mingbei add: " Yu Wanqiu and I went to the twelve educated youth spots."

    Zhen Zhen supported Mrs. Li and anxiously asked Ming Bei: "Don't talk halfway, where are the twelve educated youth points?"

    "It's in the northwest of our Beicha." Mingbei explained very seriously: "It's 12 kilometers away from our Beicha, so it's called the Twelve Educated Youth Point, the hydrolysis plant. I'm building a small railway for this purpose, but it is said that it's not that fast. Recently, I can only take a big car or something. Mom, after I cut the queue there, I can't go home every day. I heard from the factory that I can only come back once every two weeks. , don't miss me too much."

    As soon as she heard this, Mrs. Li's legs stood up straight, she picked up the cigarette bag and pot on the kang and knocked at Mingbei, and even swear words came out: "I let you Great Northwest, do you know what the Great Northwest is? You are heartless, give me a broken pen with a good pen, do you think you have a weak head. I still miss you, I can't wait miss you..."

    Mingbei was beaten and ran away: "Mom, I'm going to cut the line, why are you beating me? Don't you feel bad for me?"

    "I feel sorry for your ass." Mrs. Li felt distressed when she thought of her big fat pig who had eaten half of it: "I feel more distressed for my big fat pig! You said brother and sister-in-law haven't come back yet. Well, it was you who killed the pig first, and you ended up being 20 kilometers away from home, and I wasted a few tears in vain."

    Wang Sufen stood beside her, crying and laughing, and kept encouraging Mrs. Li: "Mother, knock him hard, you bastard, you scared me to death."

    "I didn't know it would be so close to home?" Mingbei squatted on the ground with his head in his arms and was aggrieved: "How about I talk to the school and let me change place? There is another Forty-two educated youth points."

    "You can pull it down." Mrs. Li sat on the kang panting heavily, and glanced at Ming Bei, Mrs. Li suddenly made a knife on Ming Bei's chest: "Don't take half a month. A trip back is not enough to trouble you with cooking, just come back once a month or two."

    Mingbei:…

    Wang Sufen nodded in agreement: "Mother is right, what, mother, I'll freeze the pork and venison. It's still two months before the Chinese New Year, so it can't be so hustle."

    "No." Mingbei looked at his mother, who was still reluctant to part with him, in disbelief: "Didn't you say braised pork at noon?"

    Mr. Li gave him a sneer and glanced at him for the first time: "What are you eating with braised pork, you can't eat it with stewed cabbage. Mingdong motherfucker, don't stew meat this week, wait until tomorrow Let's put some pork slices in the dish, look at what he ate this week, full of fat intestines."

    Mingbei squeezed his smooth belly, and some wanted to cry without tears: ...my grandma!

    Mr. Li was sitting on the kang panting: A waste of my feelings!