Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 244

Yang Xiaole came back from outside pushing the car.

There was a large sack tied to the car.

After coming in, I untied the sack and prepared to go home directly.

"Xiao Le, what have you done? Isn't it another sack of fish? Or is it filled with vegetables?"

Aunt Wang stood at the door and asked curiously when she saw his movements.

Yang Xiaole looked back and said with a smile: "Yes, my master gave me some more vegetables!"

"Oh~~"

Aunt Wang made a soft sound and looked at it curiously.

Unfortunately, nothing can be seen inside the sack.

This guy can get food back from outside every three days.

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiaole said hello and went in.

Father Yang Guangzhi hasn't gone to work yet and is sitting in the hall drinking tea and smoking.

I was surprised when I saw him coming in: "What are you doing?"

"There's no food at home. I got some more from Master."

Yang Xiaole took out something while talking.

While talking, the eldest sister came out of the house with Xizi and Xiaoli, and they immediately gathered around them.

The eldest sister asked while watching him take out things: "If you come a little later, we will leave and go outside to dig wild vegetables."

"I came back early today specially. I'll be over soon."

Yang Xiaole responded, took out the radish and handed it to the eldest sister: "Sister, put this radish away, don't leave it out and lose it. I won't know for sure. There is also some spring spinach, let's fry it for lunch."

Yang Guangzhi smoked a cigarette and just took a look.

Other people's families basically eat pickled mustard nowadays, so Yang Xiaole can just get some vegetables back if he has nothing to do.

It is now late March and almost April.

The cabbages harvested in autumn here in Kyoto are almost rotten even if they are not eaten now.

The dishes at this time are all shipped from other places, and the quantity is pitiful.

The spring spinach and bitter wheat sprouts planted in February are now small seedlings. However, these are a bit expensive, at [-] to [-] cents per pound, and few ordinary families can afford them.

While Yang Xiaole was busy working, he asked: "Dad, when will we be notified about the restaurant? When will it be closed? How will the three of you arrange it?"

Half a month ago, the restaurant received a notice that it might be temporarily closed because there was no food and vegetables.

It was said that the city was still having a meeting and many stores would be closed, leaving some stores with high profits or particularly large traffic.

Mainly concentrated in shops along the main road.

Yang Guangzhi also shook his head worriedly: "I don't know! If it is closed, it will be streamlined now, and it is impossible to arrange work for me there."

Yang Xiaole nodded lightly and said nonchalantly: "Dad, don't worry, it's not the end yet! If it doesn't work, just cook at home. You've been in the restaurant for so long and you haven't eaten pork yet." After passing the pig run, just cook for us at home."

What are you worrying about!

With him here, I can't run back.

There are many ways.

Not to mention anything else, the house on Qiao Yan's side alone is enough for their family to get through this crisis safely.

The worst case scenario is to transfer the ownership of the house.

There are plenty of other ways, but he just doesn't want to show off like this.

Hearing this, Yang Guangzhi's head went dark.

The eldest sister and the others were also snickering there.

While cleaning up, the eldest sister said: "There are still some elm coins and willow buds picked yesterday. Let's keep this dish and start eating it tomorrow."

This little spinach will not go bad if left there for a few days.

A little wilted at most.

"Guangzhi, you have faith!"

While thinking, Aunt Wang's voice came from the door.

Upon hearing this, Yang Guangzhi responded quickly.

"Hey, here we come."

Then he muttered and walked outside: "Who's writing the letter?"

Yang Xiaole and others looked at it for a moment and stopped looking at it. They were sharing the dishes with smiles!

The eldest sister looked at him and smiled and said: "Hey, Xiaole, Jiang Yan will come over in a while, and we have agreed to go digging in the suburbs together."

"Oh, is she coming?"

"Yes, there is no food now, so she should go dig some shepherd's purse or something!"

The eldest sister finished packing the spinach and carried the radishes into the house to store them.

"Xiao Le, look what your second uncle said?"

While thinking, Yang Guangzhi came out and handed it to him.

Yang Xiaole took it over with a smile and teased: "Dad, it's time for you to reform. You only know a few words, and you can't even read a letter. Look at how serious Mom is, going to class every day."

The second uncle is naturally Yang Qingwu.

"You bastard, your skin is itchy, right? Do you want me to whip you?"

Yang Guangzhi couldn't bear to lose face and shouted at him.

Yang Xiaole ignored him, tore open the envelope and looked at it.

"Hey! Is there a letter inside?"

There was no letter paper inside, but another letter. I looked at it curiously.

"Wang Shuisheng?"

Yang Xiaole muttered the name silently, and then immediately realized it.

He said to Yang Guangzhi: "Dad, this is a letter from my second uncle!"

My mother, Wang Qiuju, did not fall from the sky, so she naturally has parents.

When I was fleeing from famine, my mother's natal family was not together. When you marry, you follow your family, so naturally my mother came here with my father's family.

There was no contact for many years after I came here.

Before liberation, communications were basically cut off.

I just got in touch with him after liberation. We contacted him a few times, but rarely contacted him again after that.

At this time, unlike in later generations, a train could go anywhere you wanted, and the price was not very high.

Train prices at this time are very high.

My family has always been in the countryside and has little income. Naturally, I have never been back to this thousands of kilometers away.

Moreover, there is no direct train from here to my hometown. Only the [-]-kilometer Xinyang Beijing-Guangzhou Line has a train to Kyoto.

It's impossible to go back and forth without spending more than 50 yuan in tolls alone.

Only the second uncle Wang Shuisheng and his family are left in the family living on the edge of the mountainous area.

Yang Guangzhi was also surprised when he heard the name: "Your second uncle? Look, he probably didn't know that we changed places, and the letter was sent to the village."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaole quickly opened the letter and read it.

After reading it, he hesitated for a moment: "Dad, it's better to call mom back quickly, something big has happened."

Yang Guangzhi frowned, "What are you talking about?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole said: "Second uncle left when he went to the county to build a canal last winter. Before he died, he asked us to help take care of their children. And..., forget it, I'll go find my mother. Come back and talk about it!”

Yang Guangzhi sighed when he heard this.

Then he quickly urged: "Okay, come back to your mother quickly."

Yang Xiaole nodded and hurried out.

He rode his bike and rushed towards the grocery store.

The place wasn't far to begin with, only two miles away.

When I came to the store, I saw a lot of people in the store. Most of them walked around in the store and then left.

Those who don’t want tickets are basically sold out.

For those who want tickets, as long as it’s food, that’s pretty much it.

The old lady Wang Qiuju was sitting behind the egg counter, holding a sweater thread, and was knitting a sweater there!

Now that I’m not very busy, I’ve also learned to knit sweaters from the people in the city.

Because there is no shadow of the eggs on the counter.

"mother!"

Wang Qiuju looked up after hearing this, and when she saw it was him, she asked with a curious smile: "Xiao Le? Why are you here? Didn't you say you were going to dig shepherd's purse?"

Yang Xiaole looked around and said directly: "Mom, please take a day off quickly, something happened. Your second uncle is gone." Hearing this, Wang Qiuju was stunned for a moment, "Why are you asking for leave? Why is your second uncle gone? "

But after saying that, she came to her senses and stood up: "Child, you... what did you say? Don't scare me. Why is your second uncle gone?"

Yang Xiaole sighed: "I received a letter from my hometown. My second uncle had an accident while repairing the canal last year and passed away."

If he was nearby, he could certainly save people, but it was too far away, and he only knew the news now, so there was nothing he could do.

Hearing this voice, Wang Qiuju felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

He sat down on the bench.

After being stunned for a while, he threw the sweater aside, wiped his tears, and said to a woman next to him: "Sister Wang, the director will be here later. Please help me ask for leave. I have to go back."

"Ah, oh, oh~ OK, go ahead. This is a big deal, so don't be too sad."

The other party quickly agreed and even comforted him.

Wang Qiuju said nothing, wiped her tears, and left the grocery store directly.

Yang Xiaole hurriedly followed out.

He took her back to the compound.

Back home, Yang Guangzhi was smoking a cigarette, while the three eldest sisters sat there quietly and did not dare to speak.

"Master, what's going on? Why did the second brother leave just as soon as he said he was going to leave?"

After Wang Qiuju came in, she wiped her tears and asked him.

Yang Guangzhi also sighed, pointed at the letter and said: "The letter said that it was broken when we were repairing the canal. I didn't survive it after I came back. I walked away a few days ago."

"Then why did you write so late?"

While crying, Wang Qiuju grabbed the letter and started reading it.

After all, he had been studying for so long. Unlike Yang Guangzhi, at least he could still understand simple letters.

After reading it, I burst into tears.

The voice sounded a little uncomfortable.

After crying for a while, Wang Qiuju came back to her senses and asked Yang Guangzhi: "Master, what should I do? I want to go back. The eldest brother left early, and only the second child is left..."

At this point, she couldn't go on.

Choking there.

When Yang Guangzhi heard this, he was also embarrassed for a while.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Our family didn't have any money before. Now that such a big thing has happened, we still have some money. It's okay to go back, but... as for the things mentioned in the letter, don't do it. Mentioned. How old is the child? Help if you can."

After finishing speaking, he struggled for a while and said, "There is another thing. It took so long for this letter to come after the incident. It is probably because of your sister-in-law."

When Wang Qiuju heard this, she gritted her teeth.

The younger sister listened to what the two people said and asked the older sister in a low voice: "Sister, what does it mean to have a close relationship?"

The eldest sister also shook her head: "I don't know, it seems to mean a kiss. It's from our hometown."

"Oh!!"

The little girl let out a light cry when she heard this.

Yang Xiaole naturally knew what it meant, and what the eldest sister meant was correct.

The second uncle is one year younger than my mother, got married later, and gave birth to two more daughters. The eldest is married, and the second is with the second uncle.

As for the second aunt, the sanitary conditions were too poor when she gave birth to her second child, and she died soon after getting infected.

And the marriage between the old relatives in the letter is actually to get the eldest brother a wife.

Cousins, cousins, in pairs.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, marriage between close relatives was no longer allowed, but it is still relatively common in rural areas.

As for the uncle, it is not clear when he passed away.

He has two sons and one daughter.

Now I live with the boss.

Wang Qiuju thought about it for a while, and then said: "I'm going to find out how to get back. You bring the national food stamps I prepared. It will be used this time."

Yang Guangzhi nodded lightly and entered the back room with a cigarette in his mouth.

Yang Xiaole was surprised when he heard this: "Dad, you even got national food stamps!"

National food stamps are actually very rare.

Because food stamps are used differently in different provinces, you need to issue a certificate to exchange for national food stamps when traveling on business.

And you don’t get as much as you want. It’s based on each person’s ration. You go to the grain station to redeem it. When you reduce the ration, you also need to reduce the oil ration by 1:50.

When traveling on business, some people can save some national food stamps, but the amount is very small. After all, people also need to eat and drink.

At that time, he asked his father to do it, but he didn't agree. Unexpectedly, he finally started doing it.

Wang Qiuju nodded: "Well, I asked your father to do it. It's too expensive to mail the food. It costs [-] cents per catty. This is enough to buy more than one catty of food stamps, so I thought about getting some and mailing it. did not expect……"

Yang Xiaole nodded upon hearing this.

It is indeed expensive.

Moreover, food transportation is very inconvenient.

As for the money, don’t think about it, I will definitely prepare to send it along with the food stamps.

After waiting for a while, Yang Guangzhi took out the food stamps and said, "Here you go, it's only about 60 kilograms in total. I'll let Xiaole go look at the tickets later. The store isn't very busy now, so I'll go with you!"

Wang Qiuju thought about it and shook her head: "Don't go. There are only three people in this restaurant. If you leave, they will be too busy, and they are still downsizing. Our grocery store is not busy, and the boss factory should be able to hire them." Leave, let the boss come with me, I’ll go over and talk to the boss later.”

Yang Guangzhi hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded slightly.

"That's okay, the boss can go there instead of me."

It was decided to go home to visit relatives.

Yang Xiaole's mind was spinning rapidly.

At my uncle's house, the eldest aunt is now taking care of the children. From what I heard, the relationship between the two families is very bad. My mother was closer to her second uncle when she was a child.

If we go there this time, something will probably happen.

The biggest problem is how to deal with the second uncle's remaining daughter. The others don't matter.

After all, when we come back in the future, we may not be able to see each other even once in several years despite being thousands of miles apart.

Trouble.

According to my mother's temper, I won't really agree to take that girl over to be my elder brother's wife, right?

Not impossible.

Because this custom was very normal in rural areas in the past.

Thinking of this, he still tried to persuade her: "Mom, come over and don't agree to anything! It's illegal to marry close relatives here! It's not allowed."

Wang Qiuju asked strangely: "What's this? We have so many of these over there!"

really.

It’s really like this!

But it’s not surprising that the publicity is still not in place.

Thinking of this, he still said: "Mom, just ask the neighborhood committee. Do you think they will allow it? And children born from close relatives will definitely not be able to enter college in the future."

Different times, different opinions.

He could only persuade through this.

Wang Qiuju hesitated for a moment: "Ah, really or not, you won't be able to get into college in the future?"

Yang Xiaole touched his forehead.

Is the point of not being able to get into college?

This brain circuit!

"You should ask yourself clearly. You don't need to ask others. Just go to the opposite side and ask Teacher Fang or the people in the compound. You will know."

After Yang Xiaole finished speaking, he stood up and said, "I'll go and ask you if you have tickets and how to get there."

After that, a few people were left behind and went directly outside.

As soon as he went out, he met a figure.

"Jiang Yan?"

The other person was Jiang Yan, and she was holding a basket in her hand.

"Xiao Le, are you going out?? I'm coming to find your sister!!"

Yang Xiaole nodded when he heard this: "Yes, I know, but... something happened at home, and I might not be able to go today!"

"Ah? What's wrong??"

"Nothing!! You go in first and talk to my sister. I have something to do when I go out."

Jiang Yan said softly and watched him ride away.

(End of this chapter)