back to the turbulent age

Chapter 1, lack of food

Suburbs of Beijing, Fangshan, Xilin Commune.

Early autumn of [-].

In a thatched hut in a mud yard, three people sat cross-legged on a kang, a middle-aged man led two young people.

At this time, several people were frowning, because they were discussing important matters related to the life and death of the family.

The three of them were wearing tattered and patched clothes, and there were a pile of straw sandals on the ground. If the clothes were not relatively clean, they might have competed with beggars. .

A middle-aged man sits at the top by the window.

Looking at the family in the house, he pondered: "The food has already come down. This year's food for our family of eight, we shared a total of 350 catties of corn cobs and 400 catties of sweet potatoes. This will be eaten until next year's summer grain comes out.

The production team went out to borrow food and didn't know how much they could borrow!

Tell me, what will happen next?Fourth brother, you have the best brains, tell me what you think. "

Zhao Chuanliang looked at the people in the room and smiled wryly.

What can he do, with 750 catties of grain, eight people will be able to eat for seven months next summer, and each person will have a little more than 10 catties of grain a month.

Even if he is a reborn person, there is no way.

About three taels of food a day, that is, a fist-sized potato.

What's the use of a potato? It's useless if you eat it in one meal, let alone a day, and the person who eats just this little thing will be limp.

Yes.

Zhao Chuanliang is not a person of this era, but a good young man in the 21st century. After graduating from high school, he went to the factory to make screws. He stayed up all night and came to this world, becoming a baby waiting to be fed.

And he was an orphan in his previous life.

Reborn here, familiar with the direction of this era, and prepared in advance.

However, I was too young before, and when I was a little older, the drought came. I didn’t have a certificate to go out, and you couldn’t even go out to the production team.

What's more, the brigade and the commune even went abroad.

There are not many things prepared, and after these two years, they have long been exhausted.

Now the whole family is more or less swollen.

Meat?
When was the last time you ate meat?
two years ago?No, it was the time when the commune was established three years ago.

Sighing, he looked at the two people in front of him, one was his father Zhao Tiegen, and the other was his 17-year-old second brother Zhao Chuanjun.

Only the three of them can take care of the family.

Zhao Chuanliang sighed, and said, "Father, there is only so much food, so we must save it. We can get some wild vegetables in spring. The nearby mountains have been swept away by the names of the surrounding villages. I want the three of us to go deep into the mountains to have a look."

Trees were cut down for fuel before, and almost all the trees were cut down near the village, including on the mountainside in the distance.

Coupled with the lack of food in winter, the roots of the trees are gone.

Zhao Tiegen hesitated, this mountain is not easy to enter, but there are wolves in it.

Now that it is dry, wolves eat less. I heard that there are wolves in the production team near the mountain, not to mention the deep mountain.

Seeing his father's face, Zhao Chuanliang also knew that it was indeed too dangerous.

The problem is that the food he secretly stored was exhausted last year.

The most dangerous is winter.

As long as this winter is over, at least the family members will be fine. According to what I learned before, next year's summer harvest will not work, and I will get an autumn harvest.

But in summer, there are things like wild vegetables and hogweed that can be carried.

"Okay, let's eat!"

While thinking, the weak voice of mother Yang Huaihua came from outside.

The three of them will not be able to discuss anything useful for a while, and they are going to think of a solution after lunch.

We must think of a way before winter, otherwise this winter will be difficult.

The three of them went out of the room and came to the main room.

I saw my mother, Yang Huaihua, and my elder sister, Zhao Xue, one carrying a clay pot and the other carrying bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen to the main room.

The eldest sister, Zhao Xue, is 19 years old this year and has reached the age of marriage.

But who dares to marry a daughter-in-law these days!

One more person means one more mouth.

At this time, in the opposite room, the three sleeping people also got up limply.

A young man in his 20s was his elder brother Zhao Chuanlong. He was a little silly because of a fever and couldn't stand it. Fortunately, he didn't suffer from polio or other disabilities.

The other two are my 13-year-old fourth brother Zhao Chuanyong and my 11-year-old younger sister Zhao Mei.

The reason for sleeping is to reduce consumption by sleeping.

At this time, if someone's child runs outside and wastes food, his butt will definitely bloom when he comes back.

Everyone happily gathered around the dining table, waiting for the old lady to share the food.

Yang Huaihua watched the eldest daughter put the black pottery bowl away, and began to scoop the spoon in the basin one by one.

"Eat more of the food that was just distributed today, and you can't eat like this later."

After dividing, everyone picked up the bowls and chopsticks one after another.

Just one bowl per person, no more, no less.

Zhao Chuanliang took the rice bowl and picked it with chopsticks. Inside were some wild vegetables that can still be dug up now.

It is said to be wild vegetables, but in fact they used to be fed to pigs.

Cornmeal particles from the bottom of the bowl leave a shallow layer on the bottom.

This is what my mother called eating more today.

But everyone is used to it, and they started to eat directly after picking up the bowls and chopsticks. This still puts salt, otherwise it would be even more exhausting.

Blowing away the hot air in the bowl, Xilihulu finished the porridge.

After everyone finished drinking, the sweat on their bodies kept flowing.

This is too weak.

After eating, everyone went back to lie down on the kang and went to sleep.

After sleeping for a while, the whole family went out to get ready to go to work. Even if the grain production is reduced too much now, we still have to plant it. If we don’t plant it, there will be no hope for next year.

It was useless for the fifth and sixth child to go, and they wasted food, so they were left at home to continue to sleep.

As for Zhao Chuanliang, he didn't go either.

He had to think of a way as soon as possible, otherwise this winter would be really unbearable.

Bored in the house, he walked out of the compound, ready to let his mind go.

I looked around, wondering where I could dig up the things left by the local tyrants in the past, to see if I could get some silver dollars or something.

Of course, this is just fantasy.

After coming out, I came to the pond in the village. The dry pond was already in a mess, and I don't know how many times it has been turned over.

It was the end of September at this time, and although the temperature dropped sharply in the first two days, the sun at noon still kept people warm.

Zhao Chuanliang was not in the mood to enjoy the sunshine at all.

He just wants to eat now.

While thinking, a group of people were rummaging for something in the earthen house not far away.

And the owner of the house, as if numb, just sat in the yard like this, letting these people rummage there.

Zhao Chuanliang just took a look, the other party was Zhang Fugui's family.

All the land nearby belonged to his family back then.

There is no need to think about what these people are doing, just see if there is anything valuable, and they can go to the city to exchange for something to eat.

After a while, people came out again, apparently finding nothing useful.

Cursing and leaving again.

Zhao Chuanliang sighed, looked at it for a while and then stopped.

Ready to turn around and leave.

"Ryoko!"

While thinking, a clear and beautiful voice came from the door of Zhang Fugui's house.

Zhao Chuanliang turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Fugui's girl.

Zhang Wan.

I don't have much feeling for these people, I don't have much kindness, but I don't have any malice either.

I don't know why the other party is looking for me!

The other party has come over in his thoughts.

"Zhang Wan! What's wrong?"

The other party was the same age as me, and now she was 15 years old, but she was slim and tall, with good facial features, thanks to her good-looking mother.

Can Zhang Fugui be attracted to him back then? ?

It's just a little yellowish.

Looking at the other party, Zhang Wan felt a little embarrassed to speak, finally took a deep breath, and then said: "Liangzi, please, can you help our family? You can do whatever you want!"

Zhao Chuanliang was taken aback when he heard this.

Anything goes, and that makes a lot of sense.

These days, people in rural areas get married relatively early, and the other party has already grown up.

Instead of answering this question, he asked, "How much food did you share?"

Zhang Wan's face darkened, and she said slowly, "80 catties!"

Hearing the number she reported, Zhao Chuanliang sighed and asked her without saying anything, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Zhang Wan took a deep breath, looked around, "Come home with me!"

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the house.

Zhao Chuanliang followed behind with a heartbeat, guessing that Zhang Fugui's house still had stock.

When he came to the compound, Zhang Fugui sat in the courtyard blankly, as if he hadn't seen him coming.

Zhao Chuanliang didn't say hello either. It's not appropriate to call him uncle. It's disrespectful to call him by his first name, so it's better not to call him uncle.

Zhang Wan saw him enter the main room and closed the door.

In the inner room that led the way, a turquoise jade Buddha was dug out from a gap in the earth wall at a corner.

Zhang Wan looked at the Jade Buddha with some reluctance, then bit her lower lip and said:
"Liangzi, I know that everyone in the village has opinions on us. Only you, I can feel that you have always been the smartest in the village. If it weren't for your two catties of cornmeal last winter, we probably wouldn't be able to survive until now."

As he spoke, he began to unbutton his clothes.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Seeing this, Zhao Chuanliang hurriedly stopped him, how could he be so direct.

Last year, the other party's family really ran out of food, so they sold some at a high price to their family.

It just so happens that he also needs money to change things every week.

It can only be regarded as a transaction.

Seeing his expression, Zhang Wan bit her lower lip and said with red eyes, "I'm still clean!"

Zhao Chuanliang shook his head: "That's not what I mean, tell me, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to help you exchange this for money?"

"Well, there is not much food now, you will definitely go out and find a way, now I am the only one in the village who can trust you."

After Zhang Wan finished speaking, she looked at him: "I...can I trust you?"

Zhao Chuanliang looked at the Jade Buddha in her hand, thought for a while and nodded slightly.

Bring it first, in case you can exchange some money!
Anyway, I have to find a way.

"It's fine, it's fine, I'm not fooling you, you can change as much as you can, then don't think I'm holding you back!"

"No way!"

Zhang Wan didn't dare to say anything at this time, if it was someone else, this thing would not belong to her.

Zhao Chuanliang nodded, took the things over and looked at them.

It's not like an ordinary Jade Buddha, but turquoise, and I don't know what material this thing is made of.

Just looked at it for a while and was about to put it away.

"boom!"

His brain suddenly exploded, and the Jade Buddha in his hand suddenly turned into powder.

And he also felt dizzy for a while.

"what happened to you?"

Zhang Wan was concerned for a while.

Zhao Chuanliang shook his head: "Maybe I'm hungry, and I have low blood sugar."

Shaking his head, suppressing the excitement in his heart, he said calmly, "I'll take the things first, and I'll bring them to you when I get them."

The right hand was covered under the dim light.

"Uh-huh!"

Zhang Wan nodded frequently.

Seeing this, Zhao Chuanliang walked out of the room to the main room, opened the door and went out directly.

It seemed a little anxious.

After the people left, Zhang Fugui looked at his daughter who had just come out, and was relieved to see that her clothes were in good condition.

Knowing what her daughter was thinking, she sighed and said, "Girl, don't think about it, you are not from the same world."

When Zhang Wan heard this, her eyes turned red.

Without speaking, he turned and went back into the house.

(About the amount of food, seeing so many people have opinions, I modified it.)
(End of this chapter)