Reborn in the red age

Chapter 88 The Sorrow of the Times
The eldest sister looked outside the door and found no neighbors coming to join in the fun. Then she whispered angrily: "My little sister was arrested by the police at the black market yesterday."

Qingfeng Li nodded understandingly. No wonder Li's mother was so angry. It turned out to be this.

These days, if you are caught shopping on the black market, you will be punished, and you may lose your job. If the police suspect you are a vendor, it will start in five years. If you are a ticket dealer, it will be a big deal. In serious cases, you will be shot.

It is not that simple to speculate in the black market. It is risky. Why doesn't Qingfeng Li go to the black market in the countryside?I am just worried about this situation happening. How can I walk along the river without getting my shoes wet? No matter how fast I run, there is always the risk of being caught.

This kind of thing can be big or small. Even if he goes to the black market at home and is caught by the police, Boss Li will go to the police station and find an acquaintance to intercede. In other words, he will be let go after a few verbal criticisms. At most, he will be tortured at home. Hit.

But in the countryside, if you are unfamiliar with the place and are caught by the police, if you meet someone who is eager to perform meritorious services, seeing that you are an educated youth with no foundation in the area, they will force the ticket dealer to press your head and be shot. There is no way to deal with it, the risk is too great, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Back in the house, the little sister was still kneeling on the ground. Qingfeng Li pretended not to notice and put the things he brought back on the table with a smile: "Mom, look at me. I brought some for home when I came back." What, look at these [-] pounds of white flour, the pork distributed in the village, smoked and dried pheasants and rabbits, hazelnuts and walnuts and other mountain products, our family may have a good year this year."

Glancing at the various foods brought by her youngest son on the table, Mother Li frowned more and more. She thought about her daughter being caught in the black market. Seeing so much food, she also wondered if her youngest son was outside. He also engaged in speculation.

Mother Li, who became more and more frightened as she thought about it, slapped the feather duster on the table: "How could you bring so many things home when you went to the countryside? Didn't you also go to the black market to speculate?"

"No, no, I promise the great man that there is absolutely no speculation. The meat is distributed in the village, and the rest is picked up in the mountains. Part of the white flour is fine grain distributed to me by the village, and part of it is exchanged locally with national food stamps. I bought the commune food stamps from the grain store. There is no shortage of food in Heilongjiang Province. You can exchange national food stamps for local food stamps for 2.5."

Knowing that Li's mother had good intentions and worried that he might also engage in speculation in the local area, Qingfeng Li was not angry and quickly explained the origin of the items with a smile.

Hearing that everything came from regular channels, Mother Li had a smile on her face. She quickly took Li Qingfeng to sit down and exchanged some greetings. Then she happily inspected the food brought back by her younger son.

Seeing this, the eldest sister hurriedly stepped forward and only praised her younger brother for his ability. She also compared it with other educated youths who went to the countryside: "Our younger brother has the ability. Look at the fifth child in Old Man Zhang's family next door. He went to the countryside in the south for two consecutive years. I didn’t even have the money to pay for my trip back. I evaded fares all the way back, so I brought some dried vegetables home. It’s not like the third child in our family, who eats both meat and white flour.”

"Hey, how can you say that? I don't have any skills. It's all because of my mother's wisdom. If my mother hadn't found some connections to get me a black province, maybe I would have even taken the train home like Zhang Xiaowu. I can't even afford the tickets." After receiving the distress signal from his younger sister, Qingfeng Li quickly flattered his mother.

Mother Li was so happy that she was coaxed by Qingfeng Li. The three members of the family were enjoying themselves happily, looking like a loving mother and a filial son.

Seeing that Li's mother had coaxed him up, Qingfeng Li began to plead with his little sister who was still kneeling on the ground: "Mom, look at that, my little sister also knows that she is wrong, give her a few blows to make her remember. Now, it’s cold on the ground, don’t freeze your knees.”

Mother Li, who had been smiling just now, dropped the smile on her face when she heard Qingfeng Li begging Li Hongmei. She slammed the table and said in a low voice while suppressing her anger: "Is your sister going to the black market? Is she going to speculate?" Well, if your brother’s colleagues hadn’t recognized your sister and secretly released her back at the risk, would she have been able to survive?”

Hearing what Li's mother said, Li Qingfeng was also shocked. He was caught speculating. Fortunately, he met an acquaintance. Otherwise, it's hard to say what the outcome would be.

It was really hard to persuade her now. Li Qingfeng also thought it would be good to give Li Hongmei a better memory.

After all, she felt sorry for her little girl, so Mother Li didn't let Li Hongmei kneel on the ground any longer. After Mother Li had a casual lunch with the leftovers brought back by Qingfeng Li, she let Li Hongmei stand up.

I stood up, but I was not spared an hour-long reprimand.

After Li Hongmei was finally free, Li Qingfeng asked in a low voice why he was caught. Didn't he throw away the goods in his hand?

Glancing at the closed door of Li's mother's house, Li Hongmei whispered in annoyance: "I couldn't bear to part with the defective cloth from the factory, so I ran away with it."

This girl really gave up her life rather than her wealth, and she really deserved to be caught.

After Li's father came back in the afternoon, Li Hongmei did not escape his father's beating. This was the first time in Li Qingfeng's memory that Li's father beat his daughter. It can be seen that Li's father was really angry this time.

"How dare you come back?" After Li's father finished cleaning up Li Hongmei, he stared at Li Qingfeng and said he was going to arrest her.

The youngest son finally came back from going to the countryside and brought a lot of good things with him. How could Mother Li let her husband take care of her son? At that time, she stood in front of Qingfeng Li and stared at her husband.

Father Li lost his temper when Mother Li glared at him like this. After muttering a few words about not being a son of a human being, he forgot about being tricked by his son in the first place.

Qingfeng Li watched with great joy. He, a cheap father, had been oppressed by his mother at home all his life. He would have to learn from the lessons of his predecessors when marrying his wife in the future.

When Qingfeng Li came back, the whole family naturally wanted to have a good reunion. Mother Li asked the eldest sister to call the elder couple of the Li family who had moved out to come back for a reunion dinner.When Mr. Li and his wife came back in the evening, Mr. Li didn't hit his younger sister, but he scolded her severely.

My sister-in-law Zheng Lili was more than five months pregnant, and her belly was already showing. When she saw her brother-in-law coming back from the countryside, she kept saying that she had suffered in the countryside and should take good care of herself at home.

Qingfeng Li's return brought some joy to the family. During dinner in the evening, Mother Li did not mention the matter of her younger sister's speculation. She had already beaten and talked about it, and there was no point in bringing it up again. She told her before eating. Boss Li wanted to express his gratitude to his colleagues and send them some gifts or something, so the matter was revealed.

At the dinner table in the evening, the elder sister-in-law mentioned the matter of transferring Qingfeng Li back to the city: "Mom, the third child will be in his third year at this time next year. After three years, he will be transferred to the third child like my brother. Transfer back to the city"

My sister-in-law has a younger brother who has been sent to the countryside. This autumn, he has been in the countryside for three years. Their family spent money to find someone to bring his younger brother back. They also spent a total of 200 yuan on a job and a relationship. .

The eldest sister told Qingfeng Li about this in the letter, saying that she wanted Qingfeng to persist in going to the countryside for three years. When he comes home after three years, he would spend money to transfer the person back to the city, and asked Qingfeng Li to persist in the countryside and never get married. , once you get married, you can’t come back.

Mother Li smiled and put a chicken leg into the sister-in-law's bowl: "Your father and I have already discussed the matter of the third child. I will also ask my in-laws to contact them when the time comes."

"It's okay. We are all a family. When the time comes, just ask my dad to help contact us."

The meal was a pleasant one. Although Li's father said in the letter that he would beat Li Qingfeng to death when he returned home, when Li Qingfeng came back, Li's father still had a lot of smiles on his wrinkled face, because I'm glad I drank two more taels tonight.

After dinner in the evening, Mr. Li and his family chatted for a while at home. Before leaving, Li’s mother called Mr. Li into the house and gave him 600 yuan. This money was used to buy four pieces of money for his sister-in-law and his brother’s wedding. Big money.

Mr. Li didn't want the money in the end, saying that the couple's saved salary over the past year could be used to buy four large items for his sister-in-law and his brother without having to pay for it at home.

Mr. Li was not lying. The two of them had a salary of [-] yuan a month, and they had no children to support. It was easy to save money in a year to buy a set of four major items. The only trouble was that the tickets were hard to find.

At night, Li Qingfeng was lying alone in his original room, wondering whether he should go to the black market tonight to restart his business without capital, when Li Hongmei opened the door and walked in.

"Third brother, are you awake?"

Qingfeng Li looked up at Li Hongmei and said angrily: "You can get in regardless of whether you sleep or not. Just tell me if you have anything to say."

Li Hongmei smiled, closed the door from the inside, took out a small package from her pocket, sat on the bed and shook the small package in her hand proudly at Qingfeng Li.

"What are you packing here?"

"money"

Hearing this, Li Qingfeng was shocked. He turned over and sat up on the bed, grabbed the pocket from Li Hongmei's hand and opened it to check.

The bag was indeed filled with money, about seven or eighty yuan.

Li Hongmei's monthly salary was only that much. In addition to turning it over to her family, she had to remit five yuan to Qingfeng Li every month, no matter how hard she persuaded her to do so.Based on Li Hongmei's arrest on the black market yesterday, it is obvious how the money came from.

These days, every household must have at least one child go to the countryside. The children who go to the countryside suffer physically, and the children who stay at home feel psychologically guilty.

How should I put it, this is also a kind of sadness of the times.

The younger sister Li Hongmei held her head high and said proudly: "Third brother, I have earned this money over the past year. Take it all when you go to the countryside, so that you can live a better life in the countryside."

Seeing Li Hongmei's triumphant look, Li Qingfeng thought for a while, took the baggage placed on the bedside, and after pretending to dig through it, he grabbed a handful of big unity in his hand.

Li Hongmei: "????"

(End of this chapter)