After half of July, it was the busy autumn harvest. Even half-year-old children like Daya and Dazhuang had to do something within their ability. Even so, Yun Shu, who was so tired that he couldn't stand up, watched as he followed Wang Ye I can't help but envy Haichuan who makes herbal tea for the villagers. This is considered a skill!
However, looking back at the tired and half-dead villagers with faces full of joy for the harvest, Yun Shu also truly understood the meaning of "Compassion for the Farmers" for the first time. Of course, she was also very glad that the shell she was reborn in was still small and did not need to be used for a long time. She goes to the fields to earn work points. Although she was a village girl in her previous life, she really knows nothing about farm work.
Of course, the most important thing is that she is lazy and does not have the consciousness to be diligent!
The harvest lasts for seven or eight days. Corn, soybeans, sorghum and millet are all mature at this time.
Of course, don't think that the farm work is over after harvesting the grain. The land must not be left idle, and Chinese cabbage and radishes must be planted. The village relies on these two vegetables for winter.
As for Yun Shu, thinking about having only Chinese cabbage, radish, or sauerkraut and kimchi for company in winter, she finally had the idea that she couldn't continue to be such a "salted fish". She must make good use of the knowledge in her mind.
Of course, this needs to be planned slowly, because the autumn harvest is over and the summer vacation also ends amidst the complaints of the children.
Nowadays, although families are poor and have many children, most families send boys to school for a few years, but not many girls go to school.
There are not many girls in high school like Daya Laogu.
Because of this, Da Ya stopped going to school, and it didn't cause any big disturbance in the village. At most, she just said, "A child without a mother is pitiful."
In today's world, there are many people who are worse off than Da Ya. In the eyes of outsiders, at least Da Ya can still have enough food and clothing, live in a big brick house with tiles, and not going to school is nothing!
This is one of the reasons why that vicious woman Xia Zhaodi dared to do this.
For Yun Shu, he was not enthusiastic about going to school. After all, he had gone to school for more than 20 years in his previous life, which was enough.
But learning is a must, because this is something that Daya’s parents insisted on during their lifetime.
Moreover, Da Ya also likes to study very much, and her grades are always among the best. Going to school is also one of Da Ya's obsessions.
Since Yun Shu accepted this person's body, she naturally accepted the cause and effect. Anyway, she had already thought of a way: she would still pay the tuition fees and take the exams, but she would just study at home.
Da Zhuang can also be taught by Yun Shu first. Anyway, the school will be closed in two years. The students have become the main force of the "rebels", and Yun Shu does not want to get involved.
When the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, when Yun Shu was 23 years old, Da Zhuang was 20 years old, and Xiao Zhuang was 13 years old, it was time to step out of the mountains.
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Tomorrow was the first day of school. Yun Shu coaxed Xiao Zhuang to sleep. Seeing Da Zhuang looking at the kerosene lamp in a daze, he pushed him and said, "What are you thinking about? Go to bed early, I have to get up early tomorrow!"
Da Zhuang came back to his senses and said hesitantly: "Sister, should I really go to school with you tomorrow?"
"I've told you what I think. Our family can't be separated now, and the school teachers also know the situation of our family. I must study by myself at home. It depends on what you think.
Although sister is reluctant to let you wake up early and stay late at night, if you want to go to school with Zhao Xiaoman and the others, that's up to you. "
Without thinking, Da Zhuang said: "I must be at home with my sister. My mother taught me before, and I will teach her in the future. And the firewood for the winter is not ready yet. In the past, my father could pull back a large cart after one or two trips out." .”
Speaking of this, Da Zhuang felt that he was extremely useless. He is the first man in the family, but in fact the burden of the family rests on his sister's shoulders.
Two days ago, when I was carrying firewood home, my sister's shoulders were red and swollen from the rope.
"Don't worry, I told you that once the busy period is over, he will drive a donkey cart to pull the bad wood once or twice, which will be enough for us to burn in the winter."
Yun Shu quickly comforted her brother's fragile heart, while thinking about the day when she would go into the mountains alone, pick out a few pieces of rotten wood, put them in the space, and then put them at the back door of her house to slowly simmer. Unknown to others, her brother There will be no doubt.
"Go to sleep, our family will only get better and better from now on!"
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There is no school in Qingxi Village. The nearest elementary school is in Dayangshu Village, which is more than ten miles away from Qingxi Village.
This is a large village with a population of over a thousand, with four production teams. It has more land for cultivation than Qingxi Village. It is not far from the forest farm, and there is a road that transports materials directly from the township to the entrance of the village.
Therefore, Dayangshu Village not only has a primary school, but also a supply and marketing cooperative, and a large market on the first and fifth of each month.
On September 1st, the first day of school happened to coincide with a big market. There were a lot of people going to the market. Although private buying and selling is not allowed now, there is no one free to report bartering in the countryside. The control is not like a few years ago. So strict after years.
There are only two cows and one donkey in the entire Qingxi Village. They serve them like ancestors. If there is no important event, they cannot be used as transportation.
So the older girls and younger daughters-in-law get up before dawn to pack up, or carry baskets or baggage, all ready to go to the market together.
The children who were going to school were also called by their parents to walk together. The mountain road was more than ten miles long. If they continued to go to school, they would be late for school.
We still have to pay tuition today, it's two yuan and fifty cents, and the parents feel distressed when they pay for it.
A strong laborer can work for 10 cents a day, but during the winter slack season, when he has to work, he can only earn 78 cents.
Non-strong labor, women, and children will be reduced according to their physical strength and technical skills. Female labor will receive 50 percent of the work, and the elderly, young, sick, and disabled will generally receive 20/30.
In this era, work points are the lifeblood of members.
Qingxi Village does not have much land, and its grain output is not high, but fortunately there are many side businesses. There are wild products in the mountains, a breeding farm in the village, fish in the river, and a job can be worth sixty cents. That's it. This is what it is in other villages. Among the fifteen brigades of the Hongqi Commune where he is located, he is still considered to be in the upper-middle level.
However, after one year, even those with a lot of strength and labor in the family could only have a few dozen yuan left over, which was pretty good at the time.
The whole family relies on the few points they earn from the production team to support their family, which includes all expenses such as children's schooling, clothing, shopping, cooking, cooking, cooking, cooking, cooking, etc.
So when it comes time to settle accounts at the end of the year, there are many people who still owe money to the production team after working for a year.
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Yun Shu and Da Zhuang got up early because they had to walk on a mountain road and could not come back until the afternoon. Last night, Yun Shu had steamed steamed buns made of black flour mixed with corn flour, with more vegetables and less meat.
In the morning, the two siblings ate millet porridge with big steamed buns, which was very beautiful.
Yun Shu asked Da Zhuang to send Xiao Zhuang to Wang Ye, and brought back a piece of Haichuan. While eating the big buns made by Yun Shu, Haichuan said: "My family is out of gas. I usually ask people to bring it back. Today, I heard that you are also going to Dayangshu Village and asked me to follow you and have a look."
Haichuan smiled very sweetly, "Sister Da Ya, don't worry, I will be obedient and not cause trouble. Just take me there."
Wangye dislikes excitement the most, and he and Haichuan have never been to a few big fairs even when he was growing up. Although Wangye and he have been to all the towns and counties, in addition to supply and marketing cooperatives, department stores, and state-owned hotels, there are also Means nothing.
Although I am rich, Haichuan knew that wealth should not be revealed when he was three years old.
Therefore, the things in department stores are not affordable for ordinary people like them.
