The winter days in the Northeast are relatively short, and the sun has already set after five o'clock. By the time Sun catches up and returns home, it will be dark.
"Mom, I'm back~"
"You've gone off to do what you did. I haven't seen you all afternoon~" Sun's mother was making a fire to cook.
She's so smoky, so don't point your finger at her to have a good temper.
Sun Qianchao thought for a moment, but in the end he still did not tell the truth. It was better to wait until the news had passed before discussing the matter. As a housewife, it was better not to worry about this.
So he took out the gas ticket that Shui Ziliu gave him before: "Mom, this is for you~"
"What is it~" Grandma subconsciously took it while cooking.
It was only when I got it that I felt something was wrong. At that time, the cooking shovel fell into the pot, but my grandma didn't even care.
She turned around, took out her youngest son's hand, and asked very anxiously: "You are buying gas stamps, and they are in one-pound denominations. Are you doing something bad outside?"
"Er Chao, please tell mom where to put it, don't make her anxious!"
Sun Xiaoli, who was lighting the fire on the side, took out the shovel and started to stir-fry the pot.
"We don't have enough oil at home. I'm going to the black market this afternoon~" Sun Qianchao answered half truthfully and half falsely, and then sat down at the entrance of the stove pit to help light the fire.
"Oh my god, you damn kid, you are so brave. Can you go to this place? What will your father and I do if something happens?"
This made Sun's mother so angry that she looked around and started looking for someone to beat up if something happened. She was dumb and had no education, so she never made a fuss if she could.
In this life, besides my own name, I can recognize no more than fifty characters, and I only learned these in literacy classes after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
"Mom, Mom, this second super is also for the good of our family. This shows that we have grown up~" Sun Xiaoli quickly stopped her mother.
"Just wait, your father won't beat you to death when he comes back later~" Grandmother said harshly.
"Who are you going to hit?" Sun's father's voice came from outside the door.
Today's houses are not very soundproof, and Sun Guofu heard his wife's voice before he even entered the door.
As soon as Sun's mother saw her husband who came in through the door, she felt like she was seeing a savior: "Old Sun, please take care of the second super quickly. He dared to go to the black market to buy gas tickets today. What should we do if something happens~ "
After hearing what his wife said, Sun Guofu didn't lose his temper. Instead, he said with a solemn expression: "Echao, what's going on? Which black market did you go to?"
Sun Qianchao added firewood to the pit and said calmly: "Mom, Dad, don't be anxious. I happened to meet Tu Zhiqiang when I was at the black market, and I bought the gas ticket from him~"
The grandma on the side got angry again when she heard this: "I told you not to interact with that kid from the old Tu family. That Tu Zhiqiang is not a good person. Send this ticket back to him later~"
"My dear, let the child finish his sentence~" Sun Guofu was quite calm.
After all, when children are older, they cannot be beaten and scolded as often as they were when they were young.
"I think I don't have enough gas at home. I heard from my classmates before that I think I can exchange tickets in the black market, so I planned to go and have a look. I happened to meet him when I was walking over there..."
Sun Qianchao told the truth about everything that happened today. Of course, he hid the ill-gotten wealth. The less people knew about it, the better.
Here, Sun Xiaoli kept staring at her father, just wanting to stop her younger brother when he started to hit someone.
After hearing this, Sun Guofu pursed his lips, and now he put down the mental arithmetic that he had been talking about just now, and said with a complicated look in his eyes: "Don't go there in the future~"
After saying this, he went straight into the house.
Sun's mother on the side was a little dumbfounded, and quickly followed in, saying worriedly: "Old Sun, it's over like this, you don't feel any pain or itching, then don't you have to go to the second supercar in the future?"
"When your child grows up, let him do whatever he wants. You can't always tie him up with a belt~" Sun Guofu sighed while sitting on the kang.
Because he usually works in a factory, he has a little more knowledge. Although the black market sounds a bit scary, it is not a shameful place.
Moreover, the one my son went to is said to have a very deep background. It has been open for four or five years, and I have not heard of anything happening. It is considered a relatively formal black market in Jichun City.
"That's okay~" Grandmother sighed. Her husband always made the decision on major matters in the family.
Afterwards, we returned to the outhouse and started cooking faster. After all, my husband and eldest son were both tired from the day.
No one knows that Sun Guofu, who is sitting on the edge of the kang, actually has some pride in his heart. Let’s not talk about anything else. He just knows how to find a way when he runs out of gas at home. From this point of view, he is already better than all his peers in Guangzipian. Be strong.
Sun Qianwei had a busy day here and finally came back before eating. As soon as the table was served, he put the money he earned from today's part-time job on the table as usual.
He said to his mother: "Mom, this is what I earned today~"
Grandmother looked at it and saw that she had more than 50 cents, so she kept it and left the remaining few cents to her eldest son as pocket money.
The family started to eat, and Sun Qianchao was speechless about the food on the table. In this era of scarcity, they stewed potato chips with sauerkraut in the morning, and stewed potato chips with cabbage in the evening.
Or just potato shreds, potato slices, just tossing it over and over again.
After dinner, Sun's mother took her eldest daughter, Sun Xiaoli, to wash the dishes in the outer room. Sun Guofu leaned on the kang and lit a cigarette pot.
After taking a few puffs, he asked his younger son: "Er Chao, do you have something to say?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Qunchao put his sister aside and said with a serious face:
"Dad, in December this year, the old man who loves spicy food gave the highest directive to let educated young people go to the countryside!"
"This should be the general trend. It's too passive to wait for people to come to mobilize, and then there will be no choice!"
Sun Guofu sighed. How could he not know that the loudspeaker in the factory broadcasts this matter every day?
Father Sun was also very pleased that his youngest son could think of this. Suddenly an idea flashed through his mind. I am afraid that the Sun family will have to rely on this boy in the future.
So he asked calmly: "Then what do you want to do?"
Sun Qianchao had already thought of his words before, so he said directly:
"I think we should make plans early. As the saying goes, the stupid bird flies first. I specifically asked before that a family should only be able to keep one child. Then I will let my sister stay at home~"
This was definitely true, because he felt that with the small space in his hands, he would definitely not go hungry even in the countryside.
After hearing this, Sun's father frowned, knocked the pipe pot on the sole of his shoe, and asked again: "Why fly first?"
Sun Qianchao did not answer his father's words, but asked first: "Wu Pingfan, my junior high school classmate, do you still remember that he has been to our house several times before?"
"Is it that little fat guy?" Sun Guofu thought for a moment and said with some uncertainty.
"Yes, that's him. Now his father is the second-in-command of our district (revolutionary) committee. Let's go to his place tomorrow to think of a way to see if we can seize the opportunity before everyone reacts!"
"Even if you are an educated youth, you will get a place. We are proactively responding to the policy. It would be good to find a rural area near Jichun, so that we and our families can take care of each other, so as not to be divided in the future!"
After Sun Qianchao finished speaking, he glanced at his elder brother. After all, this matter was closely related to him.
As a result, I was speechless after turning my head, because the other person didn't listen at all, or didn't care after hearing it, and was just teasing my sister.
(PS: Do you think this can be done?)
(End of chapter)
