good old days

Jiang Xinyu didn't know about the Wuliqiao Brigade, she set off for the Temple West Brigade with Song Guifang and Luo Yuan early in the morning.

Chen Yi left her bicycle yesterday, so the three of them rode two bicycles, much faster than walking.

The Miaoxi Brigade is more than 20 kilometers away from the Wuliqiao Brigade. Like the Shijinggou Brigade, it is far away from the commune.

On the way, Luo Yuan's bicycle chain fell off twice, and he got a lot of oil when repairing it.

After pedaling for more than two hours before arriving at the Temple West Brigade, Song Guifang said, "Go to my house to drink some water first."

Song Guifang has not returned to her natal home for several months.

A circle of reeds grew around the fence of her natal home, and most of her natal family was in the fields, but there were children playing with mud at the door.

The child was very surprised to see Song Guifang, and shouted "Auntie".

After repairing at Song Guifang's house, the three of them went to the houses of the three students one after another. There was no one at home, so they should have gone to work, so the three of them went to the field again.

The land of Miaoxi Brigade has a lot of slopes, the output is not very high, and there is no small river or anything. There is only a pond in the south.

This comparison shows that the river that the Wuliqiao brigade flows through is the key to the harvest of the commune members. Several small stalks have been dug out of that river. When it is not raining, it is still convenient for the commune members to water the fields.

In the era of relying on the sky, the geographical environment can really determine the poverty and wealth of a place.

Many people in the Miaoxi Brigade knew Song Guifang, and the enthusiastic aunt asked the three of them what they were doing and then showed them the way.

"Zhang Lixia, why don't you report this semester? Whose child is this?"

The person who asked the question was Song Guifang, this is the brigade where her mother's family was, and the place where she was born and raised, it was perfect for her to take the lead in asking.

Luo Yuan felt that coming was for nothing, but anyone who could go to school would continue to go to school, and their teachers couldn't help them with money, nor could they give them much help. They couldn't convince these people just by talking.

Zhang Lixia was holding a baby with a cloth bag in her arms, and the baby was still working while hanging on her body.

Zhang Lixia's face was dark and her hair was still disheveled. She lowered her head slightly and said, "This is my little nephew. My sister-in-law gave birth to a baby with a hemorrhage. She is gone and no one is taking the baby. Teacher Song, I won't go to school anymore."

Song Guifang was speechless for a while, "Your sister-in-law gave birth at home? Didn't you let the village doctor see it without going to the health team?"

Zhang Lixia nodded, "The health team is too far away, there is no time to send it, my sister-in-law has a stomachache when she goes to work..."

After Zhang Lixia finished speaking, his brother answered, "Why is she so delicate, she was born in the village, and she is just unlucky to go to the health team."

Jiang Xinyu was very shocked. Women in this era have a hard time giving birth. According to what this classmate Zhang and his brother said, her sister-in-law was almost born on the ground.

Zhang Lixia and her parents came up to them with tools. The faces of the three of them were reddened and blackened by the sun. Beads of sweat hung on their faces. Their hands were covered with calluses and their skin was extremely rough. The clothes on their bodies were all made of earthen cloth.

"Guifang, it's not that we don't want Lixia to go to school. No one is looking after the baby at home, and the harvest is not good this year, so we really can't afford it." Zhang Lixia's mother said bitterly.

Many girls in the village graduated from elementary school at most. It was not easy for them to send Zhang Lixia to junior high school. They also wanted Zhang Lixia to graduate from junior high school. Did something happen?What else can I do?
It's not that I can't get the few dollars for school, the main reason is that no one looks at this baby doll, except for this one, there are four and a half children on it.If only one person is left to look after the children at home, the work points earned will be even less.

Song Guifang: "Don't let such a small child get sunburned in the field."

Zhang Lixia's brother said: "She will take the child to work for a while, go back in the middle of the afternoon, and come back in the middle of the afternoon, it doesn't hinder anything."

Jiang Xinyu had nothing to say about such a thing, and the three of them frowning slightly went to the next one.

For the remaining two students, nothing happened to the female student’s family, but the newcomer’s sister-in-law acted harshly, preventing her sister-in-law from going to school to waste money, and in her words, as long as she could read and write, she would be able to earn money after going home to work and helping out for a few years.

Compared with that classmate Zhang Lixia, Jiang Xinyu and the three agreed that there is hope for the family who persuaded the lesbian to let her go to school.

"Uncle, Auntie, if you let your children come back to work early, they will only be able to eat in the fields, but it will not change their lives. My family is also poor, and I am also a girl. My mother asked me to go to high school and graduate. Now I am a teacher in the commune school."

With the subsidy from Chen Xiuyun's natal family, the family is still running a small business secretly. Jiang Xinyu's family is actually not poor, and she lived well in the Wuliqiao brigade, but now, of course, I have to say that to persuade people.

"What do you go to? After you go to school, you will belong to someone else's family. What's the use of going to school?"

It was the sister-in-law of the female student who spoke.

Jiang Xinyu was convinced by this woman, and the female student's parents didn't even speak, she was the one who jumped the most, "Why, you are digging food in the field by yourself, so you can't see my sister-in-law going to school, right?"

"My family's affairs are none of your business. If you have the ability, you can pay her money and food, or don't be careless here, and it will only delay our work. She can read a few words, but I can't read big characters. What can I do if I go to school? Can I still go to the city? If everyone who goes to school can go to the city, the big guys will send their children to school."

Jiang Xinyu was beaten back like this.

If this was in the era she lived in, she didn't believe that someone could say such a thing with confidence.

Jiang Xinyu squatted down and went silently angry, while Luo Yuan was talking to the lesbian's parents.

"Sister Song, not many people in your village go to the commune to go to school. How did you graduate from high school?"

Jiang Xinyu asked this out of curiosity, and didn't want to offend Song Guifang.

Song Guifang also squatted next to her and said, "There is no elementary school in our village. If I want to go to elementary school, I have to go to the central elementary school next door. When I finished elementary school, my dad married one later, and he wouldn't let me continue going to school, but my elder brother is a soldier. The letter sent home stated that if I was not allowed to continue going to school, the allowance sent home would be reduced by half, so I could continue to go to school. After graduating from high school, it was the school that my brother found for me to let me go to school."

Because her stepmother treated her poorly, she seldom went home after work. At most, she sent back half of her salary every month. After she got married, her husband’s family didn’t like her often going back to her natal family for fear that she would give her money or some kind of subsidy. Except for the holidays, she came back even less.

Jiang Xinyu didn't complain in her heart after she came to this age, the difficult old lady Li, the disgusting Zhang Fengmei, these top grades are really disgusting people.

But the mother of Comrade Chen Xiuyun really has nothing to say. She sent all three daughters to high school and treated them very well. Compared with most of the female comrades here, her thinking is really open-minded. At this time, she is sincerely grateful to have such a mother.

The two of them were talking, Luo Yuan spent a long time drooling, but he also returned home.

The sister-in-law of the lesbian is really not easy to mess with. She has her own logic and is convinced. She looks very powerful in her husband's family. When she says something, her parents-in-law will not refute.

Luo Yuan spread out his hands after wiping off his sweat, and said speechlessly, "There's nothing wrong with it, let's go and find the last one."