Fengcheng old events

Chapter 26
Zhang Jingyi handed the pickles to Liu Zhaofeng, went down to the outhouse, scooped up half a bowl of hot water from a small bowl, and fed it to his daughter.

Liu Zhaofeng ate one, Liu Jinrong ate half, Zhang Jingyi ate half of his daughter's leftover, thought for a while, picked up one and sent it to the opposite kang: "Eat it, we can't finish it, you may not have enough."

The woman took it and broke it open. The two children were half, and after a few mouthfuls they were gone. Then she went to stare at the one on the edge of the kang opposite. The woman raised her hand and slapped each of them on the head: "Sleep."

Zhang Jingyi looked at the remaining pastry and thought about it, but he still kept it, wrapped it with pickles in a handkerchief and put it aside, in case the child would be hungry and would not eat.

Lao Huo came in again, gave him a quilt, didn't say anything, and went out with an empty basin.

The house lights went out.There was no sound outside, but a few dogs barked faintly. Zhang Jingyi hugged the child and fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, Zhang Jingyi was woken up by the crowing of the rooster outside. He looked up and saw that the couple on the opposite kang had already woken up and were packing things, but in fact they had nothing. The family only had two pockets.

"Are you awake?" The woman opposite greeted Zhang Jingyi with a smile.

Zhang Jingyi smiled embarrassedly, got up too, put on his coat and shoes and went to the ground.

"Your surname is Zhang, right?" asked the woman opposite.

Zhang Jingyi nodded, and the woman said, "My family name is also Zhang, and my maiden name is Li. Where did you come from?"

Lao Huo opened the door and walked in: "Are you all up? Lao Zhang and I went to the commune to get food and get something. Hurry up and get it back and go to a meeting after eating. You girls tidy up the house and take care of the children."

The sister-in-law of the Zhang family can talk to the kang, and she talks to Zhang Jingyi while tidying up. After Zhang Jingyi tidies up Liu Jinrong and fetches water for Liu Zhaofeng to wash his face, the eldest brother of the Zhang family and Lao Huo come in with things. The family has two basins and a few Bowls, chopsticks, spoons, mugs, towels and soap.Both the pot and the teacup are enamelled.

Lao Huo put down the things in his hand and said: "Hurry up and have dinner, we will go to the courtyard for a meeting later, and after that, each household will distribute things and divide into groups. There are many things today, so everyone should wake up a little bit."

Zhang Jingyi and Zhang's sister-in-law went to the outhouse to wash the pots, chopsticks and spoons in hot water, and brought them in to share the meals.

It's still pickled vegetables, but with cabbage soup, very thinly sliced ​​potato strips, chopped cabbage, with chopped green onions scattered inside, and a little oil floating on the soup.

Liu Jinrong quietly asked Zhang Jingyi: "Mom, do we eat pasta every day?"

Zhang Jingyi patted his daughter's head and said, "Mom doesn't know, we can eat whatever they do, and we don't count what we say."

Liu Jinrong rubbed his stomach: "Mom, Jin Baoer hasn't eaten meat for a long time, neither fish nor eggs. Is our family poor now? Grandpa said that if you are poor, you will have nothing. I don't have to eat."

Zhang Jingyi didn't know how to answer his daughter. Liu Jinrong took out his small bag from his clothes, took out a piece of [-] money and handed it to his mother: "Mom, I'll give you a piece of money. I want to eat meat."

Liu Zhaofeng reached out and took the money and stuffed it into Liu Jinrong's small bag, and said in a low voice, "Put it away quickly, don't show it to others. We just came here, and we don't know where to buy things yet. We'll be fine when we get used to it, brother Take you there, be obedient."

Liu Jinrong looked at his brother: "I know where to buy things, go to big department stores."

The sister-in-law of the Zhang family on the opposite side said with a smile: "Your family must have been in good condition before. Then why did you come here? There are no department stores here, nothing, and there is nowhere to spend the money."

Zhang Jingyi asked: "Where is this?"

Zhang's sister-in-law said: "Pianling, Fatai. Didn't anyone tell you before you came?"

Zhang Jingyi shook his head: "Just say that the household registration has been settled, and ask me to follow."

Zhang’s sister-in-law said: “Now the household registration is divided into agricultural households and urban households. We are agricultural households, sent down to farm, and will have to take root here in the future. We eat in the cafeteria, have tasks every day, and eat after doing work. But you don’t need money for food.”

Zhang Jingyi said: "No salary? What about the lack of clothes and things?"

Mrs. Zhang’s sister-in-law said: “Save it. You’re going to give points for everything you’re talking about. I think it’s enough. How many people are there? Wait, you can use whatever you give, and you don’t need money anyway. There’s no wages, and there’s no wages for farming.” , I’m talking about this place, it’s useless to have money, there’s nowhere to spend it.”

The eldest brother of the Zhang family thought for a while and said to Zhang Jingyi: "The meeting will be divided into groups later, that is, to divide the work. What will you do in the future? You have to go to the secretary to fight. I think the situation of your family is very special. You can also do heavy work. No, don't let the work be divided and you won't be able to finish it, and you may have nothing to eat."

Zhang's sister-in-law asked: "Have you ever worked? Before."

Zhang Jingyi shook his head: "There was no work at home before. I, I know how to do needlework, and I know how to mend clothes."

Zhang's sister-in-law was stunned for a moment: "Didn't you say you haven't even cooked rice?"

Zhang Jingyi nodded: "I haven't done it. My husband doesn't want me to do this."

The sister-in-law of the Zhang family was stunned for a while, then said: "You are talking about your gentlemen, right? Oh my god, Mr. Huan. He is very kind to you. Where is he?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "Dead, in September."

Mrs. Zhang's sister-in-law nodded: "Oh my god, I'm sorry to see you. It's only been a few days. No wonder. Oh, it's all fate."

Brother Zhang said, "Your man is a cadre, right?"

Zhang Jingyi nodded, and the eldest brother of the Zhang family said: "The light of death is off, it seems that you are not a contender, otherwise you would not come here. Forget it, come here, that's it, let's go." Let’s take one step at a time. In the future, you have to learn to fight and grab, no one will let you, if you don’t fight or grab, you will be hungry, you can do it, your child can do it?”

There was the sound of a gong being knocked outside, and the eldest brother of the Zhang family stood up: "Let's go, the meeting is over."

The two families left the house and came to the courtyard with other people in the courtyard.

Zhang Jingyi saw the situation here for the first time.

The thatched house, the fence between the branches, the toilet and the pigsty are at the top of the gable.The sky is blue, surrounded by mountains.

The yard is in the middle of the village, surrounded by yards similar to those of the Huo family. There are a few dogs running behind the people with flat stomachs. They used to be the land. Now there is nothing in the land. Looking at the desolate very.

Liu Jinrong leaned on her mother's shoulder and looked around. This was a place she had never seen before. There were no familiar streets, no cars or bicycles, no shops, nothing. The houses looked weird.

The road is a pure dirt road, not even repaired. The potholes are uneven, and the big and small stones are half exposed. Chicken droppings, duck droppings, cow dung, sheep eggs, sorghum stalks, and tree branches are everywhere on the road. Fortunately, it has cooled down Yes, summer will definitely have a wonderful taste.

There are tall piles of firewood, branches, firewood, corn stalks and sorghum stalks in front of and behind the house or on the roadside.

The crowd slowly gathered in the courtyard. This is the headquarters of the brigade, which belongs to the Pianling Commune of Benxi County.A commune has several brigades, and each brigade is divided into many small production teams.Such is the structure of the production commune.

(End of this chapter)