The New Year in 1975 was no different from the previous ones, with reunion dinners, New Year greetings, and visits to grandparents' homes.
The new year is always happy, and the days will pass quickly.
It seems that 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 New Year.
After a new year, Zhang Baoguo and his four small coffers, as well as their own snacks, all increased significantly, which made them very happy.
Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo seemed particularly excited. Another year passed, and they were ten years old. There was a huge difference between those who were over ten years old and those who were under ten years old. Among other things, working under the age of ten would not count as work points. When they were ten years old, work points would only be counted when they went to work in the fields. After that, the two brothers could 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. Just calculate the tuition fees of their four brothers, and you will know how much it is.
At present, the income can still cover the tuition fees, but besides going to school, they have other expenses. The brothers are in good health and have not suffered from any diseases. They are exempted from spending money to see a doctor, but what about the future? Who can guarantee that you will not get sick for a lifetime
When the brothers were playing outside, some people would chase them and ask, "Is your mother planning to let all four of you continue to go to school?"
"Then what will you do next?"
"I can't even save a penny."
This tuition fee is not a secret, you will know after a little inquiring.
Knowing the tuition fees, and then counting their heads, you can know their expenses.
"Your elder brother is also getting older, and it will cost a lot of money to marry a wife in the future. If this continues, you will not be able to get the bride price for your elder brother's marriage, let alone your brother's marriage in the future. What does your mother plan?"
"Yes, you don't have to worry about the house, but what will you do with the money when you marry a wife?"
"When you get married and have children, your family won't be able to accommodate you. Sooner or later, you will have to build a house and move out. By then, you won't have any money saved, so what should you do?"
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In this regard, they have also thought about it.
The eldest brother obviously wanted to enter the army, and judging by his posture, the possibility of entering was very high.
Even if they don't know it very well, they know that after becoming a soldier, they can get a fixed amount of money every month, and the soldiers themselves are very popular, so their elder brother doesn't have to worry about it at all, he will definitely get a wife.
As for the second brother, if the eldest brother enters the army, he is now pulling the second brother to do training every day. If the second brother follows him into the army, it feels very possible. When the eldest brother and the second brother enter the army, it will be their turn There are two brothers, so it should be fine.
As long as they continue to persevere, train together, and maintain their physical advantages, when it comes time to select soldiers, their political status will be fine, and the possibility of getting in is very high. If all four of them enter the army, it will be easy to marry Don't you need to worry about mom
They don't know whether they want to be soldiers, and their mother also said that they are still young, so they don't need to think about it so early, but so far, the two brothers feel that there is such a way out, which is a guarantee, so their eldest brother two When my brother called them to go to training together, they didn't refuse.
The two brothers were also unwilling.
Not reconciled to facing the loess and back to the sky for the rest of my life, holding a hoe for a lifetime.
As soon as the new year was over, Zhang Baoguo went to the second grandfather's house to help build the house before school started.
The second grandpa's family came to help when their house was being built. Now that their house is going to be built, he should go to help out. Strength, they won't let him do heavy work, but he does other dexterous work such as bricklaying very well.
He was also praised by his grandfather and the others, saying that he worked hard and did things seriously.
Zhang Weiguo also went to help, helping his elder brother.
There are many people and strength. The second grandfather is Zhang Gen's younger brother. He has four sons. Similarly, he lives with the eldest son. The other three sons have been separated. He used to live in a mud-brick house. This time it is If you want to build a green brick and tile house, don’t move the old house, just build two green brick and tile houses next to it, and continue to build after you make money.
The materials were prepared years ago, and the foundation was also done. With the full 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 blue bricks are used to build layers of bricks, and the layout is simple.
Before the spring plowing, it was built.
Zhang Baoguo didn't persevere to the end, because he started school, and the day he went to school was the day he started school. It was considered a good day, so we had to stagger it.
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Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo are currently studying in the second semester of the fifth grade. Elementary schools only have half-day classes, with classes in the morning and free activities for the students in the afternoon, which is also the time for the students to work in the fields. Stomach is the most important thing. I can go to work for the first half of the day and half of the day. This is what most parents want. Otherwise, such a young man can’t do any work and has to spend money. I am willing to pay for the children to go to school. even fewer people.
At noon, the two of them wrote their homework first, and then took a nap, and it was not long before it was time for assembly. They went to the assembly point to gather. Children of their age stood together and assigned tasks together.
Today is to remove weeds on a piece of dry land. Spring is here, and many weeds have sprouted.
Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo were grouped together, and they also met Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xihua, who were also in the same place.
Zhang Xiaohua is one year older than their two brothers, and she will be eleven years old when she turns 11. Last year, when she reached her age, she would go to the farm, and one more person who went to the farm would earn more work points.
Zhang Xihua is the same age as Zhang Weiguo, twelve years old this year.
They are all in the age range of ten to fifteen years old.
Everyone is assigned to the same place. After clearing the grass in this area, you can get fixed work points. Of course, you can’t just sloppy, there will be a scorekeeper to check, if you fail to pull out, you will be deducted Work points, if the laziness is serious, no work points will be given.
If you can finish it ahead of time, you can leave early.
However, if you do too much in advance, you will be told by others, and you may be deducted work points after finishing the work, because it is not worth giving so many work points, and everyone will deduct it.
This is rarely the case.
Like today, after clearing the weeds in this area, they can get 1.5 work points in half a day.
Because there is not a lot of grass on this piece of land, if it is extraordinarily dense, you can get two work points for half a day.
Zhang Anguo and Zhang Xiaohua were divided into two adjacent lands, and 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 boys play with boys, unless they are close, they will play with girls. Their homes are separated by a certain distance, and it has been four years since they moved out. Only when they pass by Meet.
They hardly ever go to their house.
On the contrary, they are very familiar with their eldest sister, Zhang Fenghua, because she often brings homework to their home to do together, talking and laughing.
After they were assigned together and greeted each other, Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo squatted on the ground and pulled weeds silently. When they encountered edible wild vegetables, they would put them aside and take them home. I ate too many raw eggs.
After pulling it out for a while, Zhang Xiaohua next to Zhang Anguo stopped him: "You guys are going to the town to study junior high school next semester, aren't you?"
Zhang Anguo froze for a moment, nodded: "Yes."
Zhang Xiaohua looked at him sideways, without blinking: "Second Aunt, don't you think it's too expensive for you?"
Zhang Anguo knew that his uncle and aunt wouldn't let their two young ones go to school. He was a little embarrassed to hear this, and he didn't know how to respond so that it would be more tactful and less hurtful.
In his opinion, the uncle and the uncle's mother can afford it completely, but they just don't think it is necessary.
Of course, he himself felt that it was necessary, knowledge is a kind of inheritance.
Knowing how big the outside world is and how small you are, you will know how to do things and have self-knowledge.
"... My mother thinks that going to school is affordable and worth it." Let's talk about future things later, and grasp the present first.
He wanted not to be tactful, but there was no way not to be tactful.
Zhang Xiaohua responded: "Oh, so, is it fun to go to school?"
Zhang Anguo: "It depends on the individual. Some people think it's not fun or annoying, while others think it's good."
Zhang Xiaohua: "What about you? What do you think?"
Zhang Anguo pursed his lips: "I think going to school is interesting, what do you think of studying?" Zhang Anguo asked back: "I remember your eldest sister was teaching you to study."
Zhang Xiaohua hummed in a low voice: "Yes, I have taught us. We know a lot of outside things. Now I read the newspapers, and I can even make a guess." Speaking of this, she is a little proud, she My mother doesn't know as many characters as she does.
After hearing this, Zhang Anguo smiled: "Isn't this very good? Learning doesn't have to be in the classroom." If there are no conditions, it is good for yourself to use other methods to learn, enrich yourself, and learn more .
Zhang Xiaohua looked up, eyes full of envy: "Your mother is so kind." It would be great if my mother was like this, the latter sentence was not said, but it was already 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 an older sister, but sometimes I think, if I have an older sister, she should be like this. That's great. .”
Speaking of the eldest sister, Zhang Xiaohua rolled his eyes: "Yes, the eldest sister is very good."
The eldest sister is very hard, she knows, she sees it, the eldest sister wakes up at dawn, the eldest sister has to help 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 come back at noon, my elder sister will help to make lunch together, and then I don’t have time to take a nap. I go to my second aunt to do my homework, and teach them both when I come back. Most of the afternoons are spent working in the fields. There are also various housework, busy around all day, even so she did not give up, she has been insisting on teaching the two of them to read and count. This is not good for the eldest sister, but she insists on it like this.
The eldest sister is really nice.
However, she remembered what her mother and grandma said before. It is useless for a girl to go to too much school. When she is old, it is useless to marry and have children. I will dislike it, because many boys don't go to much school now, and it's not good for girls to overwhelm 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 study too much?"
Zhang Anguo unconsciously pulled out the leaves of the weeds in his hand: "I don't think so, do you think reading is useful?" He asked back, without waiting for her 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 been exposed to 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. From a small point of view, after learning to read and write, I can see what I want to see without asking others. It is no problem to read and write letters. Even if I go to a strange place, as long as there are road signs, I can follow them. Road signs back home, don't be afraid to get lost on the road."
"I also learned the law, knowing the law, knowing what to do and what not to do, how to protect myself if someone violates my rights... These are all things I know after reading and reading. Do you think reading is useful? ?”
Zhang Xiaohua's eyes brightened the more he listened.
Is reading useful
Reading is of course useful.
"Study is so useful, why don't our parents let us go to study?" She muttered to herself, as if she was asking Zhang Anguo, or herself. Zhang Anguo was silent, and the answer was obvious.
Because she is a girl, and she is not the eldest daughter who is the most valued. Both the uncle and the aunt value the eldest son and daughter more, and the two daughters in the back are not very concerned. Not the same, but, no ifs.
Zhang Xiaohua didn't expect to get 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?"
She added: "Anything old is fine."
She has no way to get old newspapers, and it costs money to go to the recycling station. Although it is said that it is worthless, she can't get a penny out of it.
Zhang Anguo nodded readily: "This is no problem, come and get it when you have time." There are quite a lot of old newspapers at home.
Zhang Xiaohua smiled: "Thank you."
At this time, Zhang Anguo had an impulse to help the two sisters, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that he could not help.
My family is not very rich, her parents are obviously able to provide, but they are not willing, if he or mother helps, it will just put the face of uncle and aunt on the ground, it is not that there is no father or mother, how can it be someone else's turn To send the kids to school
If you really do this, it is estimated that others will say that the rich have no place to spend it, and they will probably be called stupid.
"If you have any questions, you can also come to ask us. You are welcome at any time, um... You don't have to go to the classroom to study, you can also study by yourself. Relatively speaking, this requires perseverance. One's life must be walked on one's own. .”
Zhang Xiaohua felt his kindness: "Yeah, I see."
Zhang Xiaohua thought that she had asked her friends the same question before, but the answer was completely different. She said, in fact, her parents were okay with them.
After all, they can eat enough, and the work will not be particularly hard.
Not being able to go to school is compared with other relatives. Compared with other relatives, their sisters feel wronged, but compared with other people, they have to do heavy and dirty work at home, and also do work in the field. Get out, no matter what that person is.
Now they don't let them go to school, but they learn from their elder sister, and they won't stop them.
Insufficient than the top, more than the bottom.
In any case, Mom and Dad didn't abuse them.
From the current point of view, there is no intention of selling them.
own life
Zhang Xiaohua thought of her mother. Her mother always felt that a girl has no life of her own. Before she gets married, she relies on her parents and brothers. After she gets married, she relies on her husband and children.
This kind of life, think about it, I don't feel very reconciled, why do I have to rely on others
This is obviously my own life...
Zhang Xiaohua grabbed the weeds, thought of something, slowed down, Zhang Anguo heard the voice, turned his head, 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 guys talk about? We've been talking for so long." Zhang Dingguo was curious.
Zhang Anguo shrugged and gave him a look: "I'll tell you when I get back."
Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo worked quickly and did not slack off, so they cleaned up the weeds on the allocated land in advance.
Seeing that it was still relatively early, I decided to help Zhang Xihua and Zhang Xiaohua, and help them clean up together. After cleaning up, it was almost time.
On the way home, Zhang Dingguo saw no one around, and rubbed his twin brother with his shoulder: "Now you can talk, what did you say?"
Zhang Anguo's interest suddenly dropped: "... Actually, she didn't say anything, but she asked me if we will go to the town to study in junior high school next semester, and whether we are happy studying 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 at all.
Zhang Anguo nodded silently, then sighed: "I really want to grow up quickly, but I'm still a child and 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 Hui turned over the land of her private plot today, and seeing the two of them looking listless, she raised her eyebrows: "What happened?"
The two brothers put aside the wild vegetables they had just picked, helped to hug the weeds next to their mother, and threw them to the chickens.
"I want to grow up quickly, Mom, time flies so slowly."
Su Hui laughed when she heard this: "You want to grow up now, but when you grow up, maybe you 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 that I can't do as a child. If I were an adult, I would be able to do something. When I grow up, even if I want to 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 Hui stroked his hair: "Then you should grow up quickly." Grow up enough to be able to do things and make decisions.
"How can I grow up faster?"
"Time will not change because of individuals. No matter what people think, time is constant." Su Hui's eyes flickered when he 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, learn to think, the more mature your thinking will be."
Su Hui made a simple summary: "Study more, eat more, and train more."
"Okay, I'm done talking. Mom is tired today. Let's make dinner today. Mom will show you the fire. Everything in the kitchen is available. You can cook whatever you want."
Zhang Anguo's eyes lit up: "Can I eat sausage?"
Uncle Tanuki sent it during the Chinese New Year. It is said that he bought it when he passed by a certain place. It is famous for making sausages. It is called a fragrant!
Su Hui's eyes rolled, "Yes."
I don't want to cook today, so let the two of them come. No matter how the sausage is made, it will be unpalatable.
Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dinghui will cook.
The more times you watch it, the more you will naturally get used to it.
But the ones made are not as delicious as those made by my mother.
The two of them were "showing off their skills" in the kitchen, and on the other end, Zhang Baoguo, Zhang Weiguo and Zhang Jinhua were walking home.
Zhang Jinhua's grades last semester were not bad, and he ranked 8th in the class during the exam. This is an unprecedented good grade for him. When he was in primary school, his ranking had never been so high. This result gave his parents a reassurance. Looking at the ranking, you can see that the son has really worked hard, not for fun. In this case, it is meaningful for the son to go back to school.
So for Zhang Jinhua's tuition for this semester, he is very happy.
The three of them walked very fast, all the way fast.
Zhang Jinhua looked at Zhang Baoguo.
He is eighth, while the opponent is first.
His eyes followed.
Zhang Weiguo is in the same class as him, and he is also number one.
Zhang Jinhua wanted to ask them how they wrote the manuscript.
The manuscript that was adopted by the newspaper.
But because of his grades, Zhang Jinhua couldn't ask. It's been a winter vacation and he hasn't asked yet.
Zhang Baoguo and the others found out about his hesitation, but neither of them had any intention of asking clearly.
This posture is just embarrassment. In this case, it is better not to ask. Wait until he is not embarrassed and willing to take the initiative to speak out, and then listen to him.
…
Su Hui went into the mountain.
deep mountains.
In that inaccessible place, I got a mutated Ganoderma lucidum.
This mutated ganoderma can grow for more than a hundred years, thanks to the natural environment there.
The first is the century-old tree that it took root in. The century-old tree grows in a naturally formed formation, gathers the nearby aura, and grows more lush than the surrounding trees.
Then, this Ganoderma lucidum was born.
It is the real "Ganoderma" lucidum, which is already a low-level elixir.
More importantly, this Ganoderma lucidum is mature and has spores, so she can grow more Ganoderma lucidum.
A lot of trees were transplanted into her mustard space. After these years of spiritual nourishment, it is not a spirit tree, but 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 Hui's hands just like Ganoderma lucidum.
This snake is also good for making wine.
The spores were left behind, and this ganoderma lucidum and fennel were immediately used as the main medicine, refined into a elixir, and swallowed.
Her consciousness is still injured now, this cannot be cured, but it can shorten her recovery time.
After that, she took advantage of the situation and broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Using the magic amulet, he traveled a hundred miles in one go.
The directions she chose were all inaccessible and remote mountains. At this time, such places were dominated by all kinds of wild creatures, unlike in the next few decades, when tigers and bears were killed, they could only be seen in zoos.
At this time, the tiger is a real beast, and the one who can kill the tiger is a hero.
However, Su Hui was disappointed. It wasn't that there were spiritual things like the Ganoderma lucidum in the deep mountains. Except for a few more bear skins, a pair of tiger bones, and a few other prey in the mustard space, she didn't encounter any other things. of spirits.
Su Hui left behind rare prey, and found the rest in a nearby city to exchange for cash, which greatly filled her purse.
In 1975, there was no bad weather like last year, and the weather was smooth. In September, Zhang Baoguo kept the first place and entered the first year of senior 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 still has not asked.
Zhang Fenghua has also been promoted to the fifth grade. Originally, Zhao Laidi wanted to regret it.
We are preparing to start a house at home, so we can save a little bit.
But this time it was Zhang Quan who convinced her.
This is the last year of my daughter, why bother, my daughter misses it so much, if she doesn't let her, she will probably have to remember it for the rest of her life.
Zhao Laidi was persuaded.
"Let me emphasize, this is the final year."
She gritted her teeth: "Junior high school tuition is so expensive, I won't agree with you to continue studying. After finishing elementary school, you just go home and work in the fields to earn work points. In two years, you will be ready to see each other. Take it easy, you know?"
Zhang Fenghua agreed, and lowered her head, not letting her mother see the unwillingness in her eyes.