Era: I have a two-world door

Chapter 1, separation

Winter of 1961.

evening!

Suburbs of Beijing, Xinlin Commune, First Production Brigade, Sixth Squadron.

Thatched house with fenced yard.

Five people were sitting in front of the old and blackened Eight Immortals table.

These people were wearing shabby cotton-padded jackets, which were covered with patches. They were very similar to the beggar's clothing. Occasionally, there were holes exposing the black cotton padding with straw inside.

The feet worn were either worn cotton shoes or straw sandals.

The color of the clothes has faded and turned white.

The person at the top was a middle-aged woman, and the people at the bottom were two teenagers and two children.

There was only a bowl of soybean paste on the table.

In the black pottery bowls held by several people, there were almost countless corn crumbs inside.

The boy on the left hand, about fourteen or fifteen years old, was expressionlessly drinking gruel with clear soup and little water.

I dipped the tip of a chopstick into the sauce and finished the porridge in a few bites.

Then he looked at the woman in the first position and said calmly: "Sun Xiuhe, this family must score points, we have to move out."

As soon as these words came out, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy sitting across from him slammed his chopsticks on the table and shouted: "Wang Qingsong, why are you talking? Can you just call mom by her name? You can't even go to school." It’s reached the dog’s belly, right?”

Wang Qingsong looked at the other party and sneered.

Then he looked at the troubled woman next to him and said calmly: "If we don't separate our families, I will take Mai to live in the county. It will be the same whether we separate or not."

Sun Xiuhe is naturally not his biological mother.

Six years ago, my mother died in childbirth when she was giving birth to my sister.

Two years later, my father found Sun Xiuhe, a widow with a child.
  Sun Xiuhe came here to live up to his expectations and brought a boy with him. After coming, he gave birth to another boy.

Life couldn't be better, at least it's pretty good.

As a result, my father did not come back when he went out to repair the canal six months ago.

Losing a member of the workforce is a huge blow to a family.

It would be better if it were normal.

But these are difficult times.

Several consecutive years of natural disasters have caused extreme food shortages. Each person only has about three taels of food a day.

Three taels are only the size of a fist.

This little food, to put it bluntly, is not enough for one meal.

Not to mention one day.

And the reason why he was angry and wanted to separate the family was not because he didn't have enough to eat, because it was the same situation not only in their family, but also in the entire production team, the entire commune, and even other places.

Not much better.

Only the city is better.

What he was angry about was that he went to school in the county town and could not come back. His sister Xiaomai was actually raised by several people to be a "big fat person".

If he really gained weight, he would be grateful to others and would not propose to separate the family.

This fatness is not really fat, but edema caused by lack of nutrition.

The cheeks that were originally thin are now swollen as if they have been beaten. Because of the swelling, the eyes have narrowed into a line.

And when the calf was pressed with hands, it became a deep pit, which could not be recovered for a while.

He couldn't accept this.

Sun Xiuhe looked at Wang Qingsong with a look of helplessness on his face: "Qingsong, it's not like you don't know the situation these days. Every household is short of food. What do you want me to do? Look, Pingping and An'an can't eat both. Are you full?"

When Wang Qingsong heard this, he looked at the young man opposite who had just become angry, and a little baby who was less than four years old sitting next to him.

He sneered and asked: "Can't you even eat enough? Yes, I know this, but why are the two of them fine even though Wheat is bloated? Tell me? Where is your conscience, Sun Xiuhe? Was he eaten by a dog? This family Must score." He almost shouted at the end.

If there were no ghosts in this damn thing, he would have read all these years in vain.

The reason why the other party doesn't separate is not because of how good the relationship between the two is.

It's entirely because he is a middle school student.

Because someone has said: "No matter how hard it is, we can't hurt our children, and no matter how poor we are, we can't afford education."

So he, a middle school student, has a ration, and because he is a boy, he has a ration of 32 pounds a month.

Although there are many food substitutes made from flour ground from wheat bran, bean cakes, wild vegetables and corn cobs.

But that’s a lot.

As for meat, eggs and soybeans, don’t even think about it.

The meat, eggs, and soybeans currently on the market are classified as health products and are no longer on the market.

People in the city used to have rations, but now they don’t.

In other words, ordinary people can no longer buy these things.

Only people with severe edema can get about a pound of soybeans a month to treat their illness by going to the hospital to get a certificate.

What's the use of a pound?

"Wang Qingsong, big or small, you want to be beaten, right? Do you think I can't beat you to death?"

When Wang Ping saw his mother being scolded, he immediately started to beat her.

Upon seeing this, Wang Qingsong stood up with a cold face: "You try it. Do you think my eldest brother and second brother are vegetarians? I just don't want to argue with you."

He is not a brother and a sister either.

He also has two older brothers.

Speaking of these two brothers, they are also very lucky.

In 55, before the urban-rural dual structure was formed, I became a city dweller. At that time, it was still very convenient to enter the city. Unlike now, you need a letter of introduction or certificate from the production team to go to the city, otherwise you will not be able to leave the commune. .

Even if you go out, you can't do anything in the city if you don't have an urban household registration.

Without a registered permanent residence, there is no job or money.

Without a household registration, there is no rationing. Without rationing, there are no food stamps and you cannot buy food.

Anyway, it can be said that it is difficult to move around in the city without a household registration.

After the urban-rural dual structure was formed, it was very difficult to go to work in the city.

Not to mention ordinary workers, even a temporary worker position is very rare.

Going to work in the city and becoming a great working class person is now the dream of every rural person.

As for the second child, he is lucky. After the urban-rural dual structure was formed, it was very difficult to enter the city.

But three years ago, when the city was recruiting workers, my eldest brother paid for it, and he went to work as a worker in the city, and he was a formal worker.

As a result, she was spotted by a very wealthy man and married her daughter to him.

The reason why he married his daughter was because his second brother was very kind.

And he and his sister Xiaomai missed the opportunity to go to the city because they were still young.

In recent years, I have been able to go to school and my family has been living a good life because of the help provided by my eldest brother and my second brother. Otherwise, I would not be able to live this life.

As for the reason why he did not separate the family after his father's death and endured the anger in this family, it was also because he made a decision after thinking about it for a long time.

Because he and his little sister still have to go to school.

Although the eldest brother and the second brother are from the city now, they don't have the ability to bring themselves and their little sister to the city.

Originally, he thought that if he endured it for a while, he would be able to relax when he was admitted to a technical secondary school.

But the other party didn't give him a chance!

(End of this chapter)