Winner in life

Li Dashui had a restless temper, and he came as soon as Rui He finished washing the dishes, saying hello to him and leaving quickly. Rui He grabbed the two baskets he made last night and hurriedly locked the door and followed him out. Li Dashui was carrying the bucket at home. When he saw the basket, he was surprised and asked, "Can you even make this up?"

"Yeah, it's not difficult." Although the bamboo factory mainly undertakes bamboo baskets and bread bowls from the city's main factory, it also makes other products sporadically. Ruihe took the time to learn, and after a few months of learning, he has learned it. .

Li Dashui was extremely envious: "Why can't I learn it? Can you lend me one?"

"Here you go, I prepared one for you."

"Good buddy!"

The place where they were going to catch fish today was not far away, in a river flowing through the village. This river has no name. After flowing out of Shangmei Village, it passes through two villages and finally flows into the Nopong River. The water in the stream is very clear. People who don’t have wells at home usually fetch water from it. People downstream are washing vegetables and clothes every day.

The two of them found a place with few people and started fishing. The trees above their heads provided shade and it was not too hot. This was Ruihe's first time fishing since he came to this world, and it felt very fresh. When the sun went down, Rui He caught three African crucian carp, and Li Dashui caught four, one of which weighed two kilograms. The two came and returned enjoying themselves.

After returning home, Ruihe dug well water to raise the fish, changing the water from time to time and raising them until New Year's Eve. Because Zhang Dashan said that they wanted to have New Year's Eve dinner together, Ruihe thought for a while that he could not refute his face, so he agreed and specifically asked Zhang Dashan what he had bought.

This year, the family has made a lot of money, and the preparations for the New Year's Eve dinner are much better than in previous years. Sister-in-law Zhang bought two kilograms of pork belly from a pig farmer in the village, refined the oil and cooked it in braised pork. I slaughtered a chicken I raised at home and bought a duck from someone in the same village. I killed all the chickens, plucked them all, cooked them, and simmered them with star anise and soy sauce until they were very fragrant. I also bought ginkgo, lotus seeds and gorgon seeds to make sweet soup, and taro and sweet potato to make Huisha double color.

In Zhang Xiaoshan's memory, the New Year's Eve dinner has never been so sumptuous. Last year, I killed a chicken I raised and cooked two vegetables. I also caught fish from the river to make fish soup, and dug taro grown on my own land to make sweet soup. This is a dish that can only be curated with extreme efforts.

Since chickens, ducks and pork were already available, Ruihe didn't buy them. He sent two fish to Zhang Dashan to make "more than enough every year". He also went shopping himself and bought tofu, yuba, spring vegetables, black sesame seeds, peanuts, etc.

Tofu stewed in fish soup and spring vegetables stir-fried with yuba. As for black sesame seeds and peanuts, they are used to make dumplings.

Local people like sweetness in festival dishes, which means they hope for a sweet life. However, sugar costs money, and it is impossible to use it frequently. For example, sugar, taro, and sweet potatoes consumes oil and sugar, so I can’t bear to make them at all. Rui He brought all the candies he had just bought at home to help make dumplings.

By the way, the Chinese New Year dumplings here also have sweet fillings. Chop the peanuts and mix them with white sugar and black sesame seeds. Roll out the dumpling skin, wrap it up and deep-fry it until golden and crispy on the outside. Pick it up, let it dry for a while and take a bite. The outside will be crispy and the filling will be filled inside. It has a rich texture, with white sugar mixed with black sesame seeds and crushed peanuts, fried and then extremely caramelized. It is sweet and fragrant. Ruihe only tasted one and was hooked.

"It's delicious!" He immediately picked up another one, and Mrs. Zhang chased him: "Let it dry again! Be careful of getting bubbles in your mouth!" Originally she was unhappy, but when she saw that her brother-in-law was looking at him and didn't come empty-handed, she was dissatisfied. Dispersed. The New Year's Eve dinner was better organized, and she also had face when it came to telling the truth! Go out and look at other people's homes. How many of them still fry sugar dumplings? It was a waste of oil and sugar. Five years after she married into the Zhang family, she had eaten fried sugar dumplings only once.

"knew."

I started working at three o'clock in the afternoon, and by six o'clock the New Year's Eve dinner was almost ready. There were eight dishes, both sweet and meat. The smell made Ruihe's stomach growl non-stop. He had never seen such good dishes after coming here for more than half a year. Usually, he was so greedy that he couldn't stand it anymore. I just secretly scooped half a spoonful of sugar into water and drank it.

"Come and have a drink!" Zhang Dashan raised a toast, "Our family is living better this year. Xiaoshan has grown up. Even if we are separated, we are still one family, but we can't live apart. We will make a fortune together next year! Live a good life!" Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

Rui He took a sip. He felt the mulberry wine rush into his mouth, and his eyebrows knitted together. After swallowing, he felt a strange taste in his throat and mouth. Zhang Dashan laughed loudly: "When you grow up, you have to learn to drink. This is mulberry wine, not a serious wine!"

"Yeah." Ruihe responded sheepishly.

"Okay, eat, eat, use your chopsticks."

Ruihe tasted several meat dishes, and then picked up a piece of taro. The sweetness filled his heart. Take another spoonful of ginkgo sweet soup and it will be even sweeter when you drink it. Rui He didn't feel it was too sweet at all. There was really less oil and water in his stomach, so he was satisfied with such a heavy sweet and heavy meat dish.

After eating, it was already nine o'clock. Ruihe rejected Zhang Dashan's suggestion to sit and watch at his house, helped wash the dishes and went out.

He came to the deserted riverside, hugged his knees and sat watching the moon. The sporadic sound of firecrackers rang in the ears, and the children laughed and ran back and forth. There were occasional trembling sounds on the water, and everything was lively. After sitting for a while and feeling cold, Ruihe went back to sleep.

He was suddenly awakened by the sound of firecrackers while he was asleep. He listened to the movement outside and realized that it was already past twelve o'clock.

"The new year has arrived."

From the third to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the production brigade performed a play for three days. The stage was set up at the sugar cane drying field on Mining Road. The play was called "Red Detachment of Women." Ruihe went to see it once and watched it with gusto. This play is very famous in the local area. It was compiled by local people based on real local events during the previous war. Although this play was only sung for three days, everyone's enthusiasm did not diminish at all.

The Chinese New Year is a rare time for villagers to relax after a busy and hard year. There is no farm work at this time, and there are lively crowds everywhere. After watching the drama of their own production brigade, they also go to other production brigade to watch.

After Rui He saw the play once, he never went again. He went to visit relatives with Zhang Dashan and his wife for several days in a row. After all the relatives had left, he rarely went out. Even when Li Dashui asked him to go out to set off firecrackers and watch a movie, he didn't go. When asked what he was doing at home, he only replied: "Reading." Li Dashui couldn't understand it, but he couldn't pull it or drag it away, so he had to go find others to play.

Reading is really not an excuse. After Rui He had money at his disposal, he went out to read books because he had a bigger goal: he wanted to study and get into college in the future.

Yuan Shen had studied before, and only went to the second grade of elementary school. In order to help with farm work on the family plot, he dropped out of school like many children.

During those few months in the factory, Ruihe was always thinking about how to be considered a "winner in life."

Rui He thought that at least he would get the wealth that he did not have in his previous life for Zhang Xiaoshan. Later he thought that staying in the factory was not a long-term solution. Zhang Xiaoshan's memory told him again that there was no future in working as a coolie in the factory. State-owned factories are now a golden job, with allocated housing and good benefits, and everyone is vying to get in. However, after the reform and opening up, many state-owned factories and enterprises will be wiped out by the wave of rapid development.

Shangmei Village Bamboo Ware Factory is just a small factory in the countryside, an outsourced factory affiliated with the Bamboo Ware Factory on South Road in Chengyang City. Therefore, after the main factory in Chengyang City closed down, this small factory in Shangmei Village disappeared with it. The sugar factory on Mining Road survived for two more years, and it will have to be restructured in seven years, with a large number of workers laid off.

Ruihe cannot wait until that time to find a new way out. He set his sights on the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977, which was the most important way for educated youth who went to the countryside to realize their dream of returning to their hometowns. It was also a good time for people with rural registered permanent residence to move to the city. Zhang Xiaoshan's memory did not actually leave many useful things for Ruihe. He lived a closed and silent life, not paying attention to national affairs. He knew about stocks but could not trade in them. He knew that there would be mobile phones and laptops with new functions in the future, but he did not I have used it, let alone know the core technology.

Zhang Xiaoshan is hardworking and immersed in hard work. This booming economy and society seem to have nothing to do with him.

After much thought, studying and going to university is the best way out at the moment.

He planned to take the normal university entrance examination because Zhang Xiaoshan remembered a distant relative who was admitted to the normal university after the college entrance examination was resumed. After graduation, he was assigned a job package and was assigned to be a teacher in a high school in the city. The salary was high and decent. At that time, he was the envy of the villagers. Awesome.

To pass the college entrance examination, he must have a high school diploma. Time is too tight. He needs to get a primary school diploma in these five years, and then go to middle school. Middle school includes junior high school and high school for a total of four years. The tight and breathless schedule made Ruihe very nervous, so he started reading at night before the annual vacation.

The Bamboo Factory was on holiday during the New Year, and he finally had a lot of time to read. Two games of the New Year excitement were enough. Setting off firecrackers, watching a show, and strolling around the county town were not as tempting to him as reading.

The books Ruihe is reading now are textbooks from the first to fifth grade of elementary school. The original owner and Zhang Dashan used to study with the same set of textbooks, but Zhang Dashan only studied one grade more than the original owner, so the old books at home only ranged from first to third grade. Ruihe bought textbooks for the fourth and fifth grade textbooks from other people's homes in the village for less than 30 cents.

It's great to read during the day, much more comfortable than reading under an oil lamp at night. However, after he reviewed the first and second grade knowledge that the original owner had read several times, he was at a loss to deal with those problems and confusions. He asked the system for help again, but to his surprise, System 460 said: "Host, asking for help related to the progress of the task is against the rules, and I cannot provide help."

Ruihe had no choice but to give up.

When Li Dashui came to see him again, he saw Rui He with a bitter face and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with you? Are you in a bad mood?" Rui He then talked about the difficulties he encountered in study: "I used to study I didn’t take it seriously when I was a kid. I just did farm work as soon as I got home. Now I can’t remember much of what I learned back then.”

"Why do you suddenly want to study? What's the use of studying now? Just recognize a few words and write your own name." Li Dashui was puzzled. Their brothers and sisters had not gone to class since they reached the third or fourth grade. His little sister likes reading very much, but he doesn't think going to school is very important.

Ruihe had explained it many times before, but Li Dashui couldn't listen. He sincerely regarded the kind-hearted Li Dashui as a friend, and hoped that he would also have a good future. After much thought, he gritted his teeth and whispered: "If the college entrance examination resumes in the future, we can go to college. It is easy for college students to find jobs. We don’t have to spend our whole lives in the fields and in the factories.”

"College entrance examination?" Li Dashui shook his head, "Don't say whether the college entrance examination will be resumed. Even if it is resumed, I will not study. Reading is too taxing on my brain and I can't learn."

Ruihe originally wanted to persuade Li Dashui that he could make money and study at the same time as himself, but after hearing what Li Dashui said, he had to give up the idea of ​​persuading him.

"Winner in Life [Quick Transmigration]"