After harvesting wheat, I plant soybeans. After finishing farm work, it’s a rare chance to rest.
It was a sunny day with no clouds in the sky. Qian Weihan came to see her in the middle of the day despite the heat.
Qian Shulan invited him to the main room, fanned him, and let him eat some watermelon to cool off.
Qian Weihan handed her the letter in his hand.
Qian Shulan looked at the letter in front of her, somewhat unbelievable. She didn't expect that family actually had their own biological child, and it was already three years old, and it was a boy! Wouldn't it be easier for her to transform him
Qian Shulan was so excited that she was shaking. She suppressed the corners of her mouth that were slightly raised and said to Qian Weihan, "Brother, do you think I can recognize the child?"
After receiving the letter, Qian Weihan immediately showed it to her. This should be considered good news, right
He thought for a moment and said, "I think you can give it a try!"
Although he also treats Minghua as his own child, parents will always favor the younger one, so he is much more patient with the little one in the family.
Qian Shulan smiled slightly. She had a new idea. She couldn't stay in Shanghai for a long time. She could do something when the two of them went to the countryside and transfer them over. By spending time with them day and night, maybe she could reform them!
In the blink of an eye, it was 1964. In that year, the next batch of children in Old Wang's family all graduated from elementary school.
Thanks to their parents' encouragement, they all got into middle school.
It's just that their grades are somewhat uneven. Xiaolian and Xiaotao's grades are better, but Zhengjun's grades are a little worse because he is more naughty.
And this year, Zhengkang's wife finally became pregnant.
After Sun Daqin knew about this, she finally felt relieved.
When Sun Daqin was chatting with Qian Shulan, she looked relieved, "Finally she's pregnant. I thought she couldn't have children. I was so worried."
Qian Shulan frowned slightly, "She's going to have a baby, what about her job?"
Sun Daqin said as a matter of course, "Of course she takes care of the child while working. My younger sister takes care of the child by herself."
Qian Shulan's mouth twitched. How could Wang Danna be the same? She didn't have a mother-in-law. Her father-in-law was disabled.
Sure enough, on the weekend, when Zhengkang came back from the county town, he discussed the issue of taking care of the children with Sun Daqin.
"Mom, please help take care of them. We don't have much money right now. The money I earn is not enough to support two people. And Xiaofang's job is so hard to come by."
Because the two bought a house in the county town, they moved their household registration into the house. Not long after they got married, Liu Fangming became a formal employee.
After hearing what her son said, Sun Daqin was a little hesitant. Yes, it would be a pity to lose that job.
Her son’s salary is indeed not enough to support the family, and the most important thing is that she will have children in the future.
Sun Daqin hardened her heart and gritted her teeth, "Okay, I agree."
Qian Shulan was not surprised when she heard that Sun Daqin was going to the county town and no longer planned to work in the chicken farm.
The couple had been living apart and leading a tight life. The two hundred dollars given to them when they got married was all used to buy things.
I have been paying back the money I owe to my colleagues over the past year. I heard that I finally paid it back a while ago.
The two of them have almost no savings. All the money the eldest couple earns goes to the third child, so they can't support them at all. So they have to save money.
As soon as Sun Daqin left, Qian Shulan immediately arranged for the villagers to take over her work.
Unexpectedly, Sun Daqin only stayed in the county town for a week before returning in a huff.
When she got home, she went straight to Qian Shulan and started complaining after sitting down.
"Mom, I'm not going! What kind of person is this! I'm getting angry just watching my son being treated like a cow. She's still my daughter-in-law, but she's clearly the ancestor."
Qian Shulan washed the apple, handed it to Xiaomin, and let her eat it herself.
He looked up at her again and said, "Why don't you just pretend you didn't see it?"
Sun Daqin was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. "How can I pretend not to see it? That's my son. How can I bear to see my son being bullied by her like that?"
Qian Shulan sighed, "As long as Zhengkang is happy, don't get involved. Otherwise, you'll get sick from being mad at yourself." The key is that both parties are willing to fight and be beaten.
Sun Daqin slapped her thigh and agreed, "That's right! I helped Zhengkang, but Zhengkang didn't appreciate it and told me not to get involved in their business! This heartless guy makes me feel sick just by looking at him. I can't stay here any longer."
Qian Shulan raised her eyebrows and looked at her, "You're not going?"
Sun Daqin gritted her teeth and said, "I will never go!"
Qian Shulan did not persuade him any more. It sounds good to treat your daughter-in-law as your own daughter, but most people simply cannot do it.
The only fundamental reason why she could do this was this: she was not anyone's biological mother.
Zhengkang returned from the county town very soon, but no matter how he persuaded her, Sun Daqin refused to go.
Zhengkang couldn't do anything about his mother, so he could only go back with his head down to report.
Liu Fangming could only go to work with a big belly. Fortunately, her superiors took care of her and arranged some lighter work for her.
But the couple had several arguments over who should take care of the child.
Finally, it was decided to send the child back to Sun Daqin to take care of him after he was born.
This time, Sun Daqin did not refuse. After all, he was her grandson.
In June 1965, Liu Fangming gave birth to a son. After she finished her confinement, the child was sent to Sun Daqin to take care of.
In July, Xiao He graduated from the county technical secondary school and was assigned to the county cotton mill as a trainee accountant.
Time passed in the blink of an eye, and running entered 1966.
That year, the three children of Lao Wang's family had not yet graduated, but classes were suspended nationwide, and the three children dropped out of high school and returned home.
Students all over the country went crazy and started a revolution.
The Red Guards and Little Red Soldiers, composed of children from cadre families, launched a vigorous revolutionary movement to overthrow the "capitalist roaders in power", "bourgeois reactionary authorities" and "bourgeois royalists".
Adhering to the principle of "revolution is not a crime, rebellion is justified", they wore green military caps and green military uniforms, belts around their waists, red armbands on their left arms, and held the Little Red Book in their hands. They spoke loudly on the streets and squares about the importance of class struggle, and even made a bold statement: a new world cannot be built without destroying the old one.
Not only that, they also posted big-character posters everywhere, carried out mass struggles, "destroyed the four olds", "raided homes", etc. They cleansed up the "five black categories" that they considered, and those "capitalist roaders" and "monsters and demons" were physically attacked and mentally tortured by them.
During the land reform movement more than a decade ago, those who had escaped the net because of their young age were re-labeled as the five black categories in this movement.
This time, no one forgave them because of their young age. These sons and daughters of landlords, who were only 17 or 18 years old at most, were criticized again and again by these people and paraded around the streets.
Not only these remnants became their targets, even ordinary people were not spared.
For example, people who had fashionable hairstyles, short trouser legs, pointed leather shoes, painted eyebrows and lips, or wore colorful blouses were all considered strange clothes by the Red Guards and would be paraded through the streets for criticism and struggle.
These people even violated the Party's religious policies and cultural relics preservation regulations, smashing churches and temples, digging up graves, burning cultural books, and destroying cultural relics and historical sites.
The only century-old historical site in Liuguan County was completely destroyed, with red characters and crosses marked everywhere on the walls.
Seeing that the Red Guards had started a commotion, Qian Shulan called back all the members of Lao Wang's family for a meeting, including Liu Fangming who had already married into the family.
"We haven't held a meeting in a long time. I believe everyone knows the situation in the county. We must always pay attention and not be swayed by these people. Do your work steadily. Don't join these activity groups. If there is really no other way, just follow Chairman M's slogans and don't get involved. Do you understand?"
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Wang Shouli was puzzled. "Mom, we are not students. Why would they let us join?"
Qian Shulan shook her head slightly, "Where do you think these Red Guards came from?"
Everyone was stunned by the question. Where did they come from? These people are the guards of Chairman M, where else could they come from
It's just that after working for so long, everyone is not as innocent as before, and this is clearly a problem. Is this just another new movement
When everyone thought about the commotion outside and Qian Shulan's words, they suddenly started to panic.
The women in the family, both old and young, were all frightened by the previous movement, and they just wanted to live a more peaceful life.
Wang Shouren felt that he couldn't understand anything. When he saw a group of Red Guards attacking a bookstore on the street and taking out all the books to burn them, he was almost scared to death.
He wiped the sweat off his face, his face full of confusion, "Mom, what's going on in our country?"
Qian Shulan sighed heavily, and couldn't explain it to him. Could she say that this movement was actually a campaign by some people to exclude dissidents
She shook her head, her face full of sorrow. "No matter what others do, we should be careful and not get involved. And don't report others. Got it?"
Although everyone did not understand what Qian Shulan had not finished saying, they all nodded.
Qian Shulan looked at the others and said, "Life is better now, but just in case, you should wear your old clothes."
She glanced at Liu Fangming's hair again, "Xiao Fang, take off the red hairband and change it to a black one."
Liu Fangming was stunned for a moment, and touched her hair tie, "This... is not necessary, right?"
Qian Shulan couldn't explain, those people were crazy! She rubbed her brows and said, "Take it! Less trouble is worse than more."
Liu Fangming was a little hesitant, and Zhengkang quickly winked at her, so Liu Fangming had to take it.
"In the future, you two should not support each other on the road. Be careful of being criticized. We must always keep ourselves alert and not fall into the hands of those people. Those people are all crazy!"
Seeing that the mother (grandmother) spoke with a serious face, everyone dared not disobey.
Not long after the meeting, Qian Shulan quickly discovered that the countryside was also affected.
Wang Shouquan convened another emergency meeting, "In order to destroy the four olds, the name of our village must be changed."
Everyone was shocked. Change the name
Is there anything wrong with their names
Wang Shouquan was also speechless when he attended the meeting at the county, but he had to bite the bullet and answer, "The higher-ups said that our generation with the character Shou is the Four Olds, and we must change it! I thought, let's just change the character Shou to Guang."
Everyone was a little bit confused. The name was chosen according to the generation, how could it be changed at will
But we can’t change our ways, no matter how reluctant we are, we have to change.
Wang Shouren became Wang Guangren, Wang Shouyi became Wang Guangyi, Wang Shouli became Wang Guangli, and Wang Shouzhi became Wang Guangzhi.
Not only the people of the Shou generation, but other generations in the village also changed.
While there was chaos outside, Wangjia Village was relatively peaceful.
Qian Shulan's daily job consists of taking care of Xiao Min.
Zhengjun, Xiaotao and Xiaolian dropped out of school, so they went to the chicken farm to help with work.
Soon, militiamen were sent down from above to cut off the capitalism's tail.
The first place these people went to after entering the production team was the chicken farm. They wanted to rush into the chicken farm to catch chickens, but they were surrounded by Qian Shulan and other members who came after hearing the news.
Qian Shulan frowned at the militiamen and shouted, "The chicken farms here are all public property. They have been registered with the commune, and we have to pay taxes every year. If you dare to take a chicken, you are stealing state property. We will report you to the commune for having ideological problems!"
Seeing how arrogant they were and how they outnumbered him, the militia captain could only leave the chicken farm in frustration.
But other families were not so lucky.
Each family can only raise no more than three chickens, and any more must be handed over.
Sweet potatoes, peanuts, corn and other crops are not allowed to be planted in the private plots, and people are not allowed to grow flowers. The reason is that "you can only plant socialist grass, not socialist seedlings."
Once you see all the flowers, cut them down, even the sunflowers.
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