No regrets ninety-two

Chapter 2 Crazy Years

Uneasy, Wu Xiaozheng walked out of his room with his younger sister Wu Xiaoli.

This is a four-shelf house that is common among folks in the south. There is a main room in the middle of the room, two rooms on the left and right sides of the main room, and a small miscellaneous room behind the main room.

After walking to the main room, Wu Xiaozheng stepped into one of the four houses.

This is a room that serves as a firewood room and dining room.

The light in the house is a bit dim, because the firewood has been burned for a long time, and the whole house is blackened by the smoke of firewood.In such an era, in rural areas, coal fires are still a luxury for most families, let alone the most common liquefied petroleum gas and gas stoves in later generations.

There was still a faint smell of fireworks in the room, which made Wu Xiaozheng feel a little smoky.But at this moment, tears welled up in his eyes, because after more than ten years, he once again saw the two closest people in his life, his grandparents.

"Xiaozheng, what's the matter with you, go wash up and eat."

Seeing something strange about Wu Xiaozheng, grandma greeted him and began to place bowls and chopsticks on the dining table.

"Oh, it's okay, the smoke is a bit smoky."

Wu Xiaozheng rubbed his eyes, suppressed his inner emotions, and began to pour hot water, brush his teeth and wash his face.

At this time, the radio in the village just rang.

"It's seven o'clock sharp in BJ time."

"Good morning, listeners. Today is January 1992, 1, the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month... and now we are broadcasting the morning news."

"Xinhua News Agency reported that since January 1, Comrade Mao Zedong made an important speech on his southern tour of Wuchang, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, SH and other places."

"Comrade *** emphasized that China must adhere to the basic line of "one center, two basic points" for 100 years. It is required to be more emancipated, bolder in reform and opening up, and faster in construction. Don't lose your chance..."

"During the inspection, Mao Zedong repeatedly emphasized that to achieve rapid economic development, we must rely on science and education; science and technology are the primary productive forces."

……

Wu Xiaozheng stopped washing.

Through the broadcast in the village, he learned the exact time after his rebirth, and also learned an important piece of information: Mao Zedong's southern tour.

He couldn't help but think of a song that was later spread all over the country.

1992

another spring

An old man wrote poems on the South China Sea

There is a rolling spring tide between heaven and earth

Raise the mighty sails on the journey
The spring breeze blows the green of Eastern China
The spring rain moistens the hometown of China
……

In 1992, it was hailed as the watershed of China's reform and opening up. It was precisely because of Comrade Mao Zedong's southern tour that laid the ideological foundation for China to embark on the development path of a socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics.

What Wu Xiaozheng is thinking now is, why does God want him to be reborn in this era, why can't it be a little earlier?

But he soon figured out the reason, because 1992 was also an important watershed in his life. In this year, his life also underwent a complete change...

Wu Xiaozheng thought of many things at once.

"Xiaozheng, hurry up and have breakfast." Grandma's cry interrupted his thoughts again.

Wu Xiaozheng sat on the square wooden dining table.

In the rural areas of this era, breakfast is a must. Only when you are full can you work hard, so what is placed in front of Wu Xiaozheng is a bowl of rice.The dishes are relatively simple, some leftovers from last night, plus a plate of homemade pickled radishes are all for the morning.

Wu Xiaoli is a bit picky eater, she thinks the leftovers and pickled radishes are not good enough, so she pouts and is reluctant to eat.

"It's pickled radish again!"

After complaining, Wu Xiaoli's tears started to fall down.

Wu Xiaozheng's reaction was completely different.

He looked at his sister, then at the plate of pickled radish, his eyes turned red.

It has been more than ten years since I have eaten pickled radishes made by grandma!
He immediately took a big mouthful of rice, and then stuffed a piece of pickled radish into his mouth.

Well, it's still that familiar smell.

Refreshing, crunchy, a little sour, a little spicy...

It was a feeling of happiness, and tears finally flowed from his eyes.

His tears misunderstood his grandparents.

But these are happy tears.

Grandpa put down his job, took out the tobacco pot and smoked his own tobacco in silence.Grandma also stopped, sighed deeply, and tears were about to fall out.

There was an awkward atmosphere in the room.

Wu Xiaozheng knew why grandma sighed, and also why grandpa was silent, because it had something to do with his biological parents.

This is a crazy age.

Because of the beginning of reform and opening up, because of the start of the market economy, since the 80s, urban and rural residents have all set their goals on making a fortune, those who make a fortune by farming, those who go into business, and those who make a fortune by speculating in stocks... All of them came out together, and everyone began to seek wealth. money to see.

The development of the individual economy is accompanied by the loss of morality and loss of control, and the distortion of values. In order to get rich, many people start to do whatever they can, stealing, robbing, abducting, and defrauding money... Various negative social problems began to breed.

Unfortunately, Wu Xiaozheng's father also became one of them.For money, he went so far as to steal waste equipment from an abandoned small water conservancy power station in the town with others, and then sold them as scrap iron, and finally distributed more than 700 yuan.

The most terrible thing is that he even dragged his wife to go out.

So more than two weeks ago, Wu Xiaozheng and his sister became orphans who were not orphans. One of his parents was sentenced to five years in prison, and the other was sentenced to three years in prison.

In the previous life, this incident became an irreversible turning point in Wu Xiaozheng's life. The series of events triggered by it distorted Wu Xiaozheng's life and fundamentally changed the trajectory of his life.

Wu Xiaozheng was even thinking, the reason why God let him be reborn at this point, is it because he wanted him to walk the road of life again in a different way?

Now the reason why his grandma is sighing and the reason why his grandfather is silent is because he feels pity for his brother and sister on the one hand, and the pressure of life on the other hand.

Because of Wu Xiaozheng's parents, the burden of his brother and sister now falls on the two elderly people who are nearly 60 years old.

well!Wu Xiaozheng also sighed, and started stuffing rice and pickled radish into his mouth in a daze.

As a reborn person, he knew that, in fact, it was his grandparents who were more pitiful than his siblings.

It's a pity that he didn't understand this at this time in his previous life.He thought about it, as if at that time he only had resentment and anger, and he didn't have much gratitude to his poor grandparents at all.

Maybe God let me go back to this era to repay my kindness.Wu Xiaozheng thought so again.

"Xiaozheng, your grandfather is going to sell radishes in the city soon. You are on vacation now and you are familiar with the city, so you can accompany your grandfather to the city."

Grandma interrupted Wu Xiaozheng's thoughts again.

He nodded blankly.

　In fact, the important speech made by Mao Zedong during his southern tour was not released until many days later. This book released it a little earlier for the needs of the plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)