1965.
13-year-old Sun Shaoan is about to take the primary school entrance examination.
At this time, Zhou Qiang traveled through time and became Sun Shaoan.
"The Ordinary World" is a film worth savoring and worth watching again and again.
Maybe, when I first watched "The Ordinary World", I couldn't get into it.
You might read a few pages and then put it down.
However, if you can persist in reading, you will find that the plain words in "The Ordinary World" have a unique charm.
There are many characters created in "The Ordinary World".
Each character is distinct and distinctive.
"The Ordinary World" uses ordinary words to write about ordinary life, but it allows people to taste the extraordinary in ordinary life.
In "The Ordinary World", Sun Shaoping has a kind of temperament and a kind of spirituality.
His temperament and spirituality matched Tian Xiaoxia's, and the two broke the shackles of the world and became lovers.
In fact, temperament and spirituality are rarely compatible with each other.
If they can match each other, they are 'confidants'.
A close friend in life is enough to comfort the world.
It's a pity that it's hard to find a confidant in life.
One can't help but sigh, "Where is my soulmate? How can I find it?"
Shuangshui Village.
winter.
night.
The moon and stars are sparse.
Moonlight came in through the window of Sun Shaoan's cave dwelling.
Sun Shaoan's father, Sun Yuhou, was smoking cigarettes and hadn't slept yet.
Sun Shaoan graduated from high school and was about to take the primary school entrance examination.
Sun Yuhou is worried about this matter.
In "The Ordinary World", Sun Shaoan's younger brother, Sun Shaoping, started high school at the beginning of the year and graduated at the end of the year.
Sun Shaoan's younger sister, Sun Lanxiang, started junior high school at the beginning of the year and graduated at the end of the year.
However, Sun Shaoping and Sun Lanxiang both graduated half a year later, in the summer, and both attended school for two and a half years.
After checking some information, I couldn't find out whether it should be admission at the beginning of the year or in the fall.
According to "The Ordinary World", Sun Shaoan went to Shigejie Commune to attend high school in 1964, and was promoted to junior high school in 1965.
Looking at it this way, Sun Shaoan should have entered school at the beginning of the year and graduated at the end of the year.
Sun Shaoan went to primary school, which was divided into junior primary school and senior primary school.
In the fourth year of junior high school, I went to school in Shuangshui Village.
In the second year of primary school, I have to go to school in Shigejie Village.
Shigejie Village is where the commune is located.
Shigejie Commune is not far from Shuangshui Village, about ten miles away.
Students who are not from Shigejie Village can live on campus and eat in the cafeteria.
Tian Runye lives in the school cafeteria and only goes home every Saturday, so he doesn't have to travel back and forth every day.
Sun Shaoan's family was in a bad situation and he had no money to live on campus.
Every day before dawn, Sun Shaoan goes to school in Shigejie Village and returns home in the afternoon. His lunch is the dry food he brought in the morning.
I went back and forth like this for two years.
Now, Sun Shaoan is about to face the exam from primary school to junior high school.
At this time, there was no junior high school in Shigejie Village.
If Sun Shaoan wants to continue school, he must go to Yuanxi County.
Yuanxi County is 70 miles away from Shuangshui Village.
When studying in Yuanxi County, it is impossible to go home for food and accommodation. You must stay at school or find a place to live.
To live in school, you have to pay accommodation fees, pay monthly food supplies to the school cafeteria, and spend monthly money to buy food stamps.
Other travel expenses and other things are bits and pieces, and the cost will not be small.
It costs a lot of money to go to school in Yuanxi County.
But, if you don’t have money, how can you go to school?
This is why Sun Yuhou is worried.
This is also a question that many people worry about in later generations: How can we send our children to school if we don’t have money?
In "The Ordinary World", Sun Shaoan saw Sun Yuhou's dilemma.
Thirteen-year-old Sun Shaoan took the initiative and said, "Dad, I'm going back to work and won't go to school."
Sun Shaoan doesn’t want to go to school?
of course not.
Sun Shaoan realized that his family could no longer support him in school.
My younger brother, Sun Shaoping, is 7 years old and also going to primary school.
Sister, Sun Lanxiang is 3 years old.
A semi-paralyzed grandma can't do much.
There are only three laborers in the family, Sun Yuhou, Sun Shaoan's mother, and Sun Shaoan's sister, Sun Lanhua. (In the TV series version of "The Ordinary World", Shaoan's mother passed away early. She was still living well. The settings in "The Ordinary World" are used here.)
The three of them alone cannot support the whole family and provide for Sun Shaoan and Sun Shaoping to study.
Therefore, thirteen-year-old Sun Shaoan was very sensible. He did not want to embarrass Sun Yuhou, so he took the initiative to say that he would not go to school. He would be satisfied after graduating from high school.
Thirteen-year-old Sun Shaoan said that he and Sun Yuhou would take up the family and provide for Sun Shaoping and Sun Lanxiang to study.
Wherever Sun Shaoping and Sun Lanxiang miss them, they can offer them to them.
Thirteen-year-old Sun Shaoan has only one request: to take the exam to advance from primary school to junior high school, and to prove that he will not continue studying unless he fails to pass the junior high school exam.
Sun Shaoan has been in primary school for six years and has ranked first in every exam. How could he fail to pass the junior high school?
Sun Shaoan took the primary school entrance examination and ranked third in the county.
However, Sun Shaoan could not go to school because he was poor.
I can only go home and farm with Sun Yuhou, and together we can take on the responsibility of this messy home.
In later generations, there are also many "Sun Shaoan" who cannot afford to go to school because they have no money.
This is not an isolated case.
Now Zhou Qiang has traveled through time and become Sun Shaoan.
Would Sun Shaoan still say "go to work, not go to school" now?
of course not.
Now, if Sun Shaoan wants to change his family's bad situation, he must go to school.
Of course, this does not mean that going to school can change the bad situation of Sun Shaoan's family, but that after going to school, Sun Shaoan will have an excuse to say that he has learned a lot of 'skills' outside.
And relying on these 'skills', Sun Shaoan can change the bad situation of his family.
Let me say a few more words here.
Sun Shaoping graduated from high school. Has his family's bad situation changed?
No.
Tian Runye goes to school and can find a job in the county.
Sun Shaoping went to school but could not find a job in the county.
Tian Runye turned from a farmer to a teacher in the county. Going to school was only one condition. There was also an indispensable condition: Tian Runye's second father, Tian Fujun, who worked in the county.
It was Tian Fujun who arranged the work for Tian Runye.
Without Tian Fujun, it would be impossible for Tian Runye to stay in the county and become a teacher.
Although Tian Runye's father, Tian Futang, was the party secretary of Shuangshui Village, Tian Futang had no ability and arranged for Tian Runye to work in the county seat.
Therefore, Sun Shaoan went to school not to be able to work in the county and earn wages by eating food supplies.
Even if Sun Shaoan is very capable, he can hardly find a job in the county.
This is the original West County, a small, remote and impoverished county.
Not the capital.
If it were the capital, Sun Shaoan could find a job based on his ability.
In the original West County, even if Sun Shaoan was "very powerful", it didn't matter that he had no background. After graduating from high school, Sun Shaoan could only return to his hometown and become a farmer.
This is the 'specialty' of a small place.
Therefore, Sun Shaoan went to school in Yuanxi County not to find a job and become a city dweller, but to find an 'excuse'.
Although it is just an excuse, this excuse is essential.
Sun Shaoan is in a small mountain village.
There are not many people in the village.
Who has done what, and what is 'different' about who?
The whole village knows it.
In a small mountain village, everyone is stared at by others.
It's hard to hide anything.
If Sun Shaoan was just a farmer, he would start farming without going to school at the age of thirteen.
So, why does Sun Shaoan have unique abilities?
The smaller the place, the harder it is to get ahead.
There are too many jealous people.
There are too many people fighting in the nest.
As the saying goes: A small demon in the temple is strong in the wind, but there are many tortoises in shallow water.
That's the truth.
Therefore, if Sun Shaoan wants to get ahead, he must go out.
After taking a trip outside, Sun Shaoan had an excuse, "I learned all my skills outside."
"Dad, don't think about it. There will be a road to the mountain. Wait until I finish taking the exam for primary school to junior high school. Go to bed early. I have to go to work tomorrow." Sun Shaoan didn't say anything more to Sun Yuhou.
It's useless to say too much.
Since the family's conditions could not afford for Sun Shaoan to study in the county, Sun Shaoan had to find a way to solve the problem by himself.
"Alas" Sun Yuhou sighed and fell asleep.
The next day.
It's dark.
Sun Yuhou had to go to work and earn work points.
Sun Shaoan also got up.
"What are you doing up so early?" Sun Yuhou whispered.
The school has been on holiday. Sun Shaoan is waiting for the exam these days and does not need to go to school.
If Sun Shaoan stops going to school, then Sun Shaoan will work with Sun Yuhou.
Now, Sun Shaoan has not started work yet, so there is no need to get up so early.
"Dad, I'm going to dig up medicinal materials from the mountain." Sun Shaoan replied.
At this time, farmers had few income channels.
Digging medicinal materials and selling them to medicinal companies or supply and marketing cooperatives is a legal income channel.
"Digging medicinal materials?" Sun Yuhou was stunned for a moment, "Then bring back some firewood."
"I know." Sun Shaoan searched around but couldn't find the sack.
When he goes up the mountain, he doesn't just chop wood and dig for medicinal materials.
Sun Shaoan is also planning to bring back some game, but there is too little food at home.
Although Shuangshui Village is very barren, there are still pheasants and rabbits in the nearby mountains. It's just hard to catch.
"Shaoan, what are you looking for?" Shaoan's mother asked.
She got up too.
There are many things at home that Shaoan's mother needs to do.
"Find a sack." (A sack is a sack. I don't know if this dialect is correct.)
"Why are you looking for a sack?"
"Let me see if I can shoot some Qiao'er (sparrows)" (I wonder if sparrows are called 'Qiao'er' in Shuangshui Village.)
Holding a sack, a small basket, dry food, hemp rope, a machete, and other odds and ends, Sun Shaoan set off in disgrace.
From dark to dawn.
Sun Shaoan has gone a long way.
I didn't go to Miaoping Mountain. There are many people going to this mountain, so it is difficult to hunt pheasants and rabbits.
Sun Shaoan went to Shenxian Mountain.
Near Shuangshui Village, there are two mountains, Miaoping Mountain and Shenxian Mountain.
Sun Shaoan walked to a place where everyone rarely went to chop wood.
"Pa!" A pheasant was knocked unconscious by Sun Shaoan with a slingshot.
Quickly go up, tie up the pheasant, and put it into a sack.
In the sack, there was already a hare and many sparrows.
Sun Shaoan looked around, "The growing environment over there should be medicinal materials."
Sun Shaoan went over to look for it, and sure enough he found medicinal materials that could be sold for money.
Put the dug medicinal materials into another sack.
Sun Shaoan continued walking into the mountains.
Are there wolves in the mountains?
Maybe, but Sun Shaoan is not afraid.
If there were wolves, they would be killed and eaten.
Wolf skins can also be sold for money.
It’s just hard to explain: How did a thirteen-year-old kid kill a wolf?
Thumping.
Another pheasant fluttered in the distance.
"Bang!" Sun Shaoan knocked him unconscious with a slingshot.
After passing by, I found a few wild eggs.
Put the wild eggs into the small basket.
Sun Shaoan continued to look for medicinal materials and shoot sparrows.
Sun Shaoan did not intend to continue hunting pheasants and hares.
Hit too much and it’s not appropriate.
Even if they were beaten, they would be grilled and eaten on the spot.
While Sun Shaoan was busy digging for medicinal materials and hunting game.
Tian Runye came to Sun Shaoan's house and asked for Sun Shaoan.
Tian Runye and Sun Shaoan have been childhood sweethearts since childhood.
Sixty years ago, Sun Shaoan's family was very close to Tian Runye's family.
Sun Shaoan is one year older than Tian Runye.
Tian Runye likes to play with Sun Shaoan.
The two were almost inseparable. They were together on the river beach, stripping naked and playing in the mud.
In the 1960s, Sun Yuhou's younger brother Sun Yuting came back from the Bingzhou Iron and Steel Plant. He wanted to be a farmer instead of a worker, and he wanted Sun Yuhou to find a wife for him.
Sun Yuhou spent a lot of effort and owed a bad debt on the riverbank, and helped Sun Yuting find a daughter-in-law, and also gave Sun Yuting his cave dwelling to live in.
Sun Yuhou treated Sun Yuting with the utmost benevolence and righteousness.
Sun Yuting is much younger than Sun Yuhou.
Sun Yuting was raised by Sun Yuhou and Shaoan's mother.
Sun Yuhou tried his best to send Sun Yuting to school.
After graduating from high school, Sun Yuting went to work at the Bingzhou Iron and Steel Plant.
But Sun Yuting ran back home within a few years of working.
The reason, medium, is that I don’t have enough to eat. In the TV series, it is said that Sun Yuting has male and female problems.
In short, Sun Yuting is an unreliable person.
If Sun Yuting could behave more normally and cause less trouble to Sun Yuhou, perhaps the situation of Sun Shaoan's family would be better.
"Brother Shao'an, brother Shao'an!" Tian Runye was dressed much better.
Her father is the branch secretary of Shuangshui Village.
The situation of Tian Runye's family is getting better and better.
It is the best in Shuangshui Village.
"Runye is here? Shaoan went up the mountain to cut firewood." Shaoan's mother looked at Tian Runye kindly.
In the eyes of Shaoan's mother, Tian Runye is almost the same as her own daughter.
"Have you gone to chop wood? Brother Shao'an doesn't read?" The exam is about to take place, and Tian Runye still wants to read and study with Sun Shaoan.
"Shaoan went up the mountain with a book."
"Oh, then I'll take the book and go up the mountain too."
"Hey, Runye, Shaoan left early and should be back now. Just read at home and wait." Shaoan's mother did not dare to let Tian Runye go up the mountain alone to find Sun Shaoan.
It's almost noon.
Sun Shaoan came back carrying a large bundle of firewood.
Sacks containing medicinal herbs and sacks containing game were also bundled in the firewood.
There were five or six wild eggs and a few bird eggs in the small basket in his hand.
"Brother Shaoan is back!" Tian Runye was the first to see Sun Shaoan and rushed over.
"Runye, be careful, there are wild eggs and bird eggs in here." Sun Shaoan looked at Tian Runye carefully.
A beautiful embryo, she grew up to be a beautiful woman.
"Oh, brother Shao'an, you also picked up wild eggs and bird eggs." Tian Runye was very happy when he saw Sun Shaoan.
"Why are you just standing there stupidly? Why don't you put down the firewood quickly?" Shao'an's mother reminded.
"Oh." Sun Shaoan responded, put down the firewood, and took out two sacks.
"Brother Shaoan, what's in this?"
“There are medicinal materials in this.
There are pheasants and hares in this one. "
"Oh, brother Shao'an, did you catch a pheasant and a hare?" Tian Runye started to laugh again.
At this time, Sun Lanhua, Sun Shaoping and Sun Lanxiang also came out.
Sun Lanhua asked in surprise: "Shaoan, how did you hit so many things?"
"There are also a lot of medicinal materials." Sun Shaoping also looked surprised.
Sun Lanxiang also looked at the game and medicinal materials happily.
"That's right, why are there so many?" Shao'an's mother also came over to take a look.
"I'm lucky today." Sun Shaoan said a few words casually.
It’s not too unusual to dig up a lot of medicinal materials.
There is a lot of game, but not too much.
Just two pheasants and a hare.
Sun Shaoan deliberately didn't fight too much.
I also took the time to roast a pheasant and eat it.
There are a lot of sparrows, so having more of them is nothing.
(End of chapter)
