From Cultivator to Widow - Chapter 97

The New Year of 1975 was no different from the previous one, with reunion dinners, New Year’s greetings, and visits to my grandparents’ house.

The New Year is always happy and the days go by so fast.

In the blink of an eye, the new year has passed.

Only by looking at the snacks and red envelopes I received can I have a sense of reality for the Chinese New Year.

After a new year, Zhang Baoguo and the four of them had a significant increase in the number of small vaults and their own snacks, which made them very happy.

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo seemed very excited. Another year passed. They were ten years old. There was a big difference between those who were ten years old and above and those who were under ten years old. At the age of ten, work in the fields will count as work points. Later, the two brothers can also work in the fields to earn work points and earn small money together.

The older they get, the more sensitive they are to money. They can do arithmetic. As long as they calculate the tuition fees of their four brothers, they can see how huge it is.

At present, the income can still cover the tuition, but besides school, they have other expenses. Their brothers are in good health and have no illness, so they are exempted from spending money to see a doctor, but what about in the future? Who can guarantee a lifetime without getting sick?

Their brothers are playing outside, and some people will chase the two of them and ask, “Does your mother plan to let all four of you continue to go to school?”

“What will you do after that?”

“I can’t save this penny.”

This tuition fee is no secret, just ask a little to know.

Knowing the tuition fees, and counting their heads, you will know their expenses.

“Your eldest brother is also getting old, and it will cost a lot of money to marry a wife in the future. If you go on like this, you won’t be able to get the dowry gift for your eldest brother’s marriage, let alone your brother marrying a wife in the future. What’s your mother’s plan?”

“Yes, you don’t have to worry about the house, but what will you do with the money when you get married?”

“When you get married and have children, your family won’t be able to live there. Sooner or later, you will have to build a house and move out. If you don’t have enough money, what should you do?”

…

They have also thought about this.

The big brother is obviously thinking of entering the army, and looking at this situation, it is very likely that he will enter.

Even if they don’t know it very well, they know that after they become soldiers, they can get a fixed amount of money every month, and they are very popular as soldiers themselves. Their eldest brother doesn’t have to worry about it, he will definitely get a daughter-in-law.

As for the second brother, if the eldest brother enters the army, he will now take the second brother to do training every day. If the second brother follows into the army, it feels very possible. When the eldest brother and the second brother are both in the army, it will be their turn. Two brothers, it should be no problem.

As long as they continue to persevere, train together, and maintain their physical advantages, when the soldiers are selected, their political outlook will be no problem, and the possibility of entering is very high. Don’t you have to worry about mom?

They don’t know if they want to become soldiers, and their mother also said that they are still young and don’t have to think about it so early, but so far, the two brothers feel that there is such a way back, which is a guarantee, so their eldest brother two When my brother called them to go to training together, they all refused.

The two brothers were also unwilling.

Unwilling to face the loess and back to the sky for the rest of my life, and take the **** for the rest of my life.

As soon as the New Year was over, Zhang Baoguo went to his second grandfather’s house to help build a house before school started.

The second grandfather’s family came to help when their house was built. Now their family wants to build a house. He should go and help because he is 15 years old. He is already a little adult and has a lot of money Strength, heavy work they won’t let him do, but other dexterous tasks such as bricklaying, he does well.

He was also praised by his grandfather, saying that he worked carefully and seriously.

Zhang Weiguo also went to help, and attacked his eldest brother.

The number of people is great. The second grandfather is Zhang Gen’s younger brother. He has four sons. Similarly, he lives with the eldest son, and the other three sons are separated. He used to live in a mud brick house. This time it is If you want to build a brick and tile house, don’t move the old house, just rebuild two brick and tile houses next to it, and then continue to make money.

The materials were prepared years ago, and the foundation was prepared. With the efforts of so many people, the speed was very fast.

There is not much technical content in building a house now. There is no steel bar, so it is built with blue bricks layer by layer, and the layout is simple.

It was built before the spring ploughing.

Zhang Baoguo did not persist until the end, because he started school, and the day he started school was the day when he started school. It was a good day and could only be staggered.

…

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo are currently studying in the second semester of the fifth grade. Primary schools only have half-day classes, with classes in the morning and free activities in the afternoon. It is also time for students to work in the fields. The rural people don’t take their studies too seriously. The stomach is the most important thing. The first half of the day, and the other half of the day to work, can satisfy the minds of most parents. Otherwise, such a big boy can’t do any work at all, and he has to spend money. He is willing to pay for his children to study. fewer people.

At noon, the two of them wrote their homework first, then took a nap for a while, and soon it was time to gather at the meeting point. Children of their age all stood in one place and assigned tasks together.

Today is to remove the grass on a dry land. Spring is here, and many weeds are emerging.

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo were divided, and they also met Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xihua, both of whom were in the same place.

Zhang Xiaohua is one year older than the two of them. As soon as the year is over, she will be eleven years old. When she reached her age last year, she went to the field. One more person who goes to the field can earn more work points.

Zhang Xihua is the same age as Zhang Weiguo and is twelve this year.

They are all in the range of ten to fifteen years old.

Everyone is assigned to the same place. After clearing the grass in this field, you can get fixed work points. Of course, you can’t scribble things. There will be scorers to check. Work points, if the situation of laziness is serious, no work points will be given directly.

If you can finish early, you can leave early.

However, if it is too early, it will be said by others that if it is finished, work points will be deducted, because it is not worth giving so many work points, and everyone will deduct it.

This is rarely the case.

Like today, they can get 1.5 work points in half a day after cleaning up this piece of weeds.

Because there is not a lot of grass on this piece of land, if it is extra dense, I can get two work points in half a day.

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Xiaohua were assigned two adjacent plots of land. On the other side of Zhang Anguo was Zhang Dingguo.

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo are not familiar with Zhang Xihua and Zhang Xiaohua because they don’t play much.

Most of the boys play with the boys. Unless they are close, they will play with the girls. Their homes are separated by a certain distance. It has been four years since they moved out, and only when they pass. Meet.

They hardly ever go to their house.

However, they are very familiar with their eldest sister Zhang Fenghua, because she often brings homework to their house to do it together, chatting and laughing.

After being assigned to each other and saying hello, Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo silently squatted on the ground and pulled weeds. When they encountered edible wild vegetables, they would put them aside and take them home. Eat more raw eggs.

After pulling for a while, Zhang Xiaohua next to Zhang Anguo stopped him: “You are going to the town for junior high school next semester, aren’t you?”

Zhang Anguo was stunned for a while, then nodded: “Yes.”

Zhang Xiaohua looked at him sideways, without blinking: “Second aunt doesn’t think it’s too expensive for you?”

Zhang Anguo knew that the uncle and aunt did not allow their two young children to go to school. He was a little embarrassed to hear this, and he didn’t know how to respond to be more euphemistic and less hurtful.

In his opinion, the uncle and auntie can afford it completely, but they just don’t think it is necessary.

Of course, he felt that it was necessary, and knowledge was a kind of inheritance.

Knowing how big the outside world is and how small you are, will you know how to act and have self-knowledge.

“…My mother thinks that going to school is affordable and worth it.” I’ll talk about the future things later, just grasp the moment first.

He wanted to be polite, but he couldn’t be polite.

Zhang Xiaohua responded: “Oh, so, is it fun to go to school?”

Zhang Anguo: “This also depends on the individual. Some people think it’s not fun and annoying, and some people think it’s good.”

Zhang Xiaohua: “What about you? What do you think?”

Zhang Anguo pursed his lips: “I think school is interesting, what do you think of studying?” Zhang Anguo asked back, “I remember your elder sister is teaching you to study.”

Zhang Xiaohua hummed softly: “Yeah, we have been taught, we know a lot of things outside, I can read the newspaper now, even if I guess, I can know about it.” Speaking of which, she was a little proud, she My mother doesn’t know as many words as she does.

Hearing this, Zhang Anguo smiled: “Isn’t this very good? Learning does not have to be in the classroom.” If there are no conditions, use other methods to study, enrich yourself, learn more, and it is good for yourself .

Zhang Xiaohua raised his head with envy in his eyes: “Your mother is so nice.” If only my mother did the same, the latter sentence was not spoken, but it was written on her face.

Zhang Anguo pretended not to see it: “I also think my mother is very good, but I think your elder sister is also very good, I don’t have a sister, but sometimes I think, if I have a sister, she should be like this too, it’s good .”

Speaking of the eldest sister, Zhang Xiaohua’s eyes curved: “Yes, the eldest sister is very good.”

The eldest sister is working very hard, she knows, she sees it in her eyes, the eldest sister wakes up at dawn, the eldest sister wants to help her mother make breakfast together, she is responsible for feeding the chickens, the second sister is responsible for feeding the pigs, and then the eldest sister goes to school, When I came back at noon, the eldest sister also helped to cook lunch together, and then there was no time to take a nap, so I went to the second aunt to do homework, and when I came back, I taught them both. There are also various housework, busy round and round all day, even so, she did not give up, always insisted on teaching the two of them to recognize characters and count, seeing that the two of them were a little slack and impatient, she would try her best to supervise them, This is not good for the eldest sister, but she insists on it.

Madam is really nice.

However, she remembered what her mother and grandmother said before, that it is useless for a girl to go to too much school and read too much. When she is old, it is useless to marry and have children and read too much. I will dislike it, because many boys now don’t go to much school, and it is not good for girls to overpower boys.

Thinking of what they said, Zhang Xiaohua bit his lower lip and asked Zhang Anguo, “Do you think it’s useless for girls to read too many books?”

Zhang Anguo unconsciously pulled the weed leaves from his hand: “I don’t think so, do you think reading is useful?” He asked back, without waiting for her to answer, and continued: “I think it is useful, before reading, I only knew Our village, our town, our city, after reading the book, I have come into contact with a lot of information, know our country, know the countries around us, know which countries are strong and weak in the world, and know the current state of our country. The situation, from a small perspective, after reading and recognizing, I can read whatever I want to see without asking others, and I can read and write letters without any problem. Even if I go to an unfamiliar place, as long as there are road signs, I can follow Road signs to return to your hometown, don’t be afraid to get lost on the road.”

“I also learned the law, know the law and understand the law, know what to do and what not to do, someone else has violated their rights, how to protect myself… These are what I know after reading and recognizing, you think reading is useful ?”

Zhang Xiaohua’s eyes brightened the more he listened.

Is reading useful?

Of course reading is useful.

“Reading is so useful, why don’t our parents let us study?” She muttered to herself, as if she was asking Zhang Anguo, but also asking herself, Zhang Anguo was silent, and the answer was obvious.

Because she is a girl, not the most important eldest daughter, both the uncle and the aunt place more importance on the eldest son and the eldest daughter, while the latter two daughters are not very concerned. If they were sons, Zhang Anguo felt that the uncle and their attitude would be different. Not the same, but, no if.

Zhang Xiaohua didn’t even think about getting the answer from Zhang Anguo. She knew the answer herself. She didn’t need him to answer. She smiled at Zhang Anguo: “Don’t you have a lot of old newspapers at home? Can you give me some?”

“It can be as old as it is,” she added.

She had no way to get old newspapers, and she also asked for money to go to the recycling station. Although she said it was worthless, she couldn’t get a penny out.

Zhang Anguo nodded readily: “This is no problem, come and get it when you have time.” There are quite a few old newspapers at home.

Zhang Xiaohua smiled: “Thank you.”

At this time, Zhang Anguo had an urge to help the two sisters, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that he could not help.

Her own family is not very wealthy. Her parents are obviously able to pay, but they are unwilling. If he or his mother helps, he will put the faces of the uncle and aunt on the ground and step on the ground. to send your child to school?

If you really do this, it is estimated that others will say that there is nowhere to spend the money, and it should be called stupid.

“If you have any questions, you can also come and ask us. You are welcome at any time, um… You don’t have to go to class to learn, you can also learn by yourself, which requires more perseverance, and your life depends on yourself. of.”

Zhang Xiaohua felt his kindness: “Well, I see.”

Zhang Xiaohua thought about the same question she asked her friends before, but the answer was completely different. She said that her parents were actually okay with them.

After all, they can eat enough, and work will not be particularly hard.

Not being able to go to school is compared with other relatives. In this comparison, their sisters feel wronged, but compared with other people, they have to do the heavy and dirty work at home and the work in the fields. When they reach the age, they find someone with a high dowry to marry. Get out, no matter what that person is.

Now they don’t let them go to school, but they follow the eldest sister and they will not stop them.

Less than above, more than below.

In any case, the parents did not abuse them.

For now, there is no intention of selling them.

your own life?

Zhang Xiaohua thought of her mother. Her mother always felt that the girl had no life of her own. Before she got married, she depended on her parents and brothers, and after she got married, she depended on her husband and children.

Thinking about this kind of life, I don’t feel very reconciled. Why do I have to rely on others?

This is obviously my life…

Zhang Xiaohua grabbed the weeds, not knowing what to think, his movements slowed down, Zhang Anguo heard the voice and turned his head to the side, it was Zhang Dingguo calling him.

He glanced at Zhang Xiaohua, who didn’t know what he was thinking, and walked over.

“you call me?”

“Yeah, what did you talk about? We talked for so long.” Zhang Dingguo was curious.

Zhang Anguo shrugged and gave him a look: “Go back and talk to you.”

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo worked very neatly and did not slack off, so they cleaned up the weeds on the assigned plots in advance.

It was relatively early to see, so I simply went to help Zhang Xihua and Zhang Xiaohua, and helped them clean up together. After cleaning up, it was almost time.

On the way home, Zhang Dingguo saw that there was no one around, and rubbed his twin brother with his shoulder: “Now you can say, what did you say?”

Zhang Anguo’s interest suddenly dropped: “…In fact, she didn’t say anything, but she asked me if we were going to the town for junior high school next semester, and whether we were happy or not.”

Zhang Dingguo: “…”

Ah, this topic is a bit suffocating.

It doesn’t feel right to say anything.

Especially in comparison, a bad one becomes a show off.

His tone of voice also dropped: “How did you answer her?”

Zhang Anguo: “Tell me the truth.”

Zhang Dingguo looked ahead: “Think about it carefully, it’s good to be a boy.” The importance of boys and girls in the family is not the same thing at all.

Zhang Anguo nodded silently, then sighed: “I really want to grow up quickly, I’m still a child, and I can’t do anything.”

He was powerless to do anything.

Zhang Dingguo patted him on the shoulder: “Don’t worry, take your time.”

When they went back, both brothers were a little depressed.

Su An turned over the plot of her private plot today, and when she saw the two of them looking so listless, she raised her eyebrows: “What happened?”

The two brothers put aside the wild vegetables they had just picked, and helped to hold the weeds next to their mother to the side, and threw them for the chickens to peck.

“I want to grow up quickly, Mom, time flies so slowly.”

Su An laughed when she heard this: “You are thinking about growing up now, but when you grow up, you may want to go back to your childhood.”

Zhang Anguo looked serious: “I don’t know what I will think in the future, but now, I feel that there are many things I can do when I am a child. If I am an adult, I can do something. When I grow up, even if I want to. Back when I was a kid, I wouldn’t want to go back to a time when I couldn’t do anything.”

This is a bit interesting.

Su An touched his hair: “Then you should grow up quickly.” When you grow up, you can do things and decide.

“How can I grow up faster?”

“Time doesn’t change because of individuals. No matter what people think, time is constant.” Su An’s eyes flashed when she said this.

No, time is not constant. It is said that there are some treasures that can change the flow of time, one day outside and one year inside.

“Don’t waste your time, the more you know, the more you learn to think, the more mature your thinking will be.”

Su Hui made a simple summary: “Learn more, eat more, and train more.”

“Okay, I’m done. Mom is tired today. Let’s cook dinner for you. Mom will show you the fire. Everything in the kitchen can be used. You can do whatever you want.”

Zhang Anguo’s eyes lit up: “Can I eat sausages?”

It was sent by Uncle Civet during the Chinese New Year. It is said that he bought it when he was passing by. It is famous for making sausages, and it is called an incense!

Su An’s eyes curled: “Yes.”

If you don’t want to cook today, let the two of them come. No matter how you make the sausage, it will be hard to eat.

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dinghui will cook.

The more times you watch it, the more you will naturally.

But it’s not as good as what my mother made.

The two of them “showed off their skills” in the kitchen, and at the other end, Zhang Baoguo, Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Jinhua were on their way home.

Zhang Jinhua’s grades last semester were okay. He ranked 8th in his class in the exam. This is an unprecedented good grade for him. When he was in elementary school before, his ranking had never been so high. This result gave his parents a reassurance. From this ranking, we can tell that the son really worked hard, not just playing. In this case, it would make sense for the son to go back to school.

So I am very happy to give Zhang Jinhua’s tuition this semester.

The three of them walked very fast, all the way.

Zhang Jinhua’s eyes turned to Zhang Baoguo.

He was eighth, and the other, was first.

His eyes followed.

Zhang Weiguo is in the same class as him, and he is also the first.

Zhang Jinhua wanted to ask them how they wrote the manuscript.

The manuscript adopted by the newspaper.

However, because of his ranking, Zhang Jinhua couldn’t ask questions, and the winter vacation has passed, so far he has not asked questions.

Zhang Baoguo and the others found out, but neither of them wanted to ask clearly.

This posture is just embarrassing. In this case, don’t ask, wait until he is not embarrassed, willing to take the initiative to say it, and then listen to him.

…

Su An entered the mountain.

deep mountains.

In that inaccessible place, I got a mutant Ganoderma lucidum.

This mutant Ganoderma lucidum can grow for more than 100 years now, thanks to the natural environment there.

The first is the century-old tree rooted in it. The century-old tree grows in a natural formation, gathers the nearby spiritual energy, and grows more lush than the surrounding trees.

Then, this Ganoderma lucidum was born.

It is a real “ling” zhi, which is already a low-level elixir.

More importantly, this Ganoderma lucidum has spores in the mature stage, so she can plant more Ganoderma lucidum.

A lot of trees have been transplanted in her mustard seed space. After years of nourishing spiritual energy, it is not a spiritual wood, and it is almost the same.

Moreover, there is a very nice tree in front of you.

Although it was guarded by a brown poisonous snake as thin as chopsticks, it fell into Su An’s hands just like Ganoderma lucidum.

This snake is also good for making wine.

The spores were left behind, and this Ganoderma lucidum fennel was immediately used as the main medicine, refining it into a medicinal pill, and taking it.

Her consciousness is still injured now, which can’t be cured, but it can shorten her recovery time.

After that, she took advantage of the situation to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Using the divine rune, he traveled a hundred miles in one breath.

The direction she chose was all the remote mountains. At this time, this kind of place was dominated by all kinds of wild creatures. Unlike in the next few decades, tigers and bears could only be seen in zoos when they were killed.

At this time, tigers are real beasts, and those who can kill tigers are heroes.

However, Su An was disappointed. It wasn’t that there were spirits like the Ganoderma lucidum that she obtained before in the deep mountains. Except for a few bear skins, a pair of tiger bones, and a few other prey in the mustard seed space, she did not encounter any other prey. ‘s spirits.

Su Hui left behind a rare prey, and the rest found a nearby city and exchanged it for cash, which greatly filled her purse.

In 1975, there was no bad weather like last year, and the weather was good. In September, Zhang Baoguo maintained the first grade and was promoted to the first year of high school. Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Jinhua finished the first year of junior high school with the first and fourth place respectively. Life.

So far, Zhang Jinhua has not asked for the exit.

Zhang Fenghua also entered the fifth grade. Originally, Zhao Laidi wanted to regret it.

The family is preparing to build a house. It can save a little bit.

But this time it was Zhang Quan who persuaded her.

This is the last year of my daughter. Why bother? My daughter misses her so much.

Zhao Laidi was persuaded.

“I emphasize, this is the last year.”

She gritted her teeth: “Junior high school tuition is so expensive, I won’t agree with you to continue studying. After primary school, you will go home and work in the field to earn work points. After two years, you will be ready to see each other. Take it easy, you know?”

Zhang Fenghua agreed and lowered his head, not letting his mother see the unwillingness in her eyes.