Li Zhongxin and Wang Bo, who had recovered from his injuries, took a four-hour train ride and a three-hour bus ride in the dark. Finally, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, on the morning of the Little New Year, they arrived in Xinglin Village, Fujin, covered with dust.

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Li Zhongxin looked at this big village with the smoke rising from the cooking pots, and he felt quite emotional in his heart.

In later generations, he only came here when his grandma and grandpa passed away, but now, he came to his grandma's house when he was about ten years old.

He couldn't help but think in his heart, in this life, could he save his grandma, grandpa and several uncles from the fate of poverty, and could he let his grandma and grandpa live a happy life?

He knew in his heart that his grandma and grandpa had moved here in 1961 and had lived here for more than 20 years. If he wanted them to move to Jiangcheng, could they move or two people?

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This time was very different from later generations. Neighbors lived together as if they were one family. In a large village of a thousand people, almost everyone knew each other, and everyone was able to help each other when someone had something big or small.

If they go to the city, although grandma and grandpa can make some friends again, there is no way to compare with their hometown. It will be difficult to persuade them to go to the city to enjoy the happiness.

If he stays here in Fujin, the distance is too far, and there are no cars yet. Even if there are cars, the road conditions are not suitable for frequent trips here. He needs to think carefully and see if he can convince his grandma and grandpa to go to Jiangcheng.

settle down.

"Grandma, how are you, uncle, second uncle, uncle, aunt, how are aunt..." The first thing Li Zhongxin did after entering the house was to say hello to all the relatives in the house.

What he saw in his eyes was that his grandma and grandpa basically didn't change much from what they were in later generations, but they were just a little younger than he thought they would be in later generations.

Grandma is still the same as before, just like a landlady, sitting cross-legged on the kang, holding a big tobacco bag in her hand, leaning forward, puffing out smoke one by one.

After seeing him coming, I took two big puffs of cigarette, then with a smile I knocked the ashes from the pipe on the kang a few times, knocked the remaining ashes to the ground, and said with a smile: "Hey,

Isn't this my eldest grandson here? Come here quickly and let grandma see if my eldest grandson has grown up."

Grandma touched Li Zhongxin's face with her hands and stretched her crossed legs towards grandpa, who was still smoking.

She kicked hard with her foot and said viciously: "You damn old man, haven't you seen the eldest grandson and the third child coming back? You can beat you to death in just one day."

Grandpa Wang Mingshan took two puffs of cigarette, coughed twice and then said non-stop: "It's good to be back! Please don't kick me. Grandson, your grandma misses you. I will be close to your grandma in a while."

After Wang Mingshan said this, he smoked a big pipe and stopped talking.

Li Zhongxin remembered that his mother had said in later generations that his grandfather had been a long-term laborer herding cattle for his grandmother's family since he was a child. He had lived in the shadow of his grandmother for almost his whole life. But what! After decades of integration, the two people were able to achieve the same goal.

Some tacit understanding.

It's just that Wang Mingshan doesn't like to make too much noise. Even when he saw Li Zhongxin and Wang Bo arriving home, he didn't have much to say. It was just a smile on his wrinkled face.

The eldest uncle, eldest aunt, and second uncle have almost not changed. They are just much younger than in later generations. They are all middle-aged people in the prime of life. The only thing that has changed is the eldest uncle’s son Wang Changming. This little guy is older at this time.

His eyes moved around, full of agility, completely different from the simple and honest look he would have when he grew up.

After Li Zhongxin's grandmother grabbed Li Zhongxin's hand, while touching Li Zhongxin's hands and face, she shouted to Li Zhongxin's aunt: "Yanzi! Your third brother and eldest nephew are back. They shouldn't have eaten at this time.

! Let's see if we can get something delicious for the two of them. This is the first time for your nephew to come here. Boil two eggs for him."

When Li Zhongxin came to F County, he had already heard from his third uncle Wang Bo about the situation in his grandma's family, which was basically unchanged from that of later generations. His eldest uncle Wang Zhi was working as a farmer at home, and his second uncle Wang Xi was working as a farmer at home.

My old uncle, Wang Jun, went to school in Toulin. My second aunt got married in Toulin Town. She also worked in farming, but she had time to make some small things for sale.

My grandma's family almost makes a living by farming. Fortunately, Fujin is a vast and sparsely populated area with not many people. Several uncles have opened up wasteland here, so they can sell some grain at negotiated prices, and they can also make their own money.

People have enough to eat.

Before coming here, Li Zhongxin told Wang Bo to bring some things over to his grandmother's house, including a 14-inch Panda TV set, Zhongxin Company's new year's goods for two, and Li Zhongxin and Wang Bo's.

Before I passed away, I bought some daily necessities and rare good things in rural areas from Zhongxin Supermarket.

Among the things brought over, there were also some old clothes and shoes from Li Zhongxin’s house. At this time, these old clothes and shoes were good things in rural areas. Many people couldn’t even get such old clothes and shoes.

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Li Zhongxin did not buy clothes for his grandma and grandpa in Jiangcheng, because neither he nor Wang Bo knew the size of their clothes. If they bought something too big or too small, it would be a troublesome thing.

Li Zhongxin told Wang Bo to buy two pieces of cloth (two rolls) from Jiangcheng Department Store. The thickness of the cloth was about thirty to fifty meters.

The thin fabrics (approximately 80 to 100 meters long), when they get to Xinglin, they will find a tailor to tailor them. These fabrics can also be made for each of the relatives on my grandma's side.

Here are two sets of clothes.

During the period from 1982 to 1983, it was a time when it was hard to get tickets for cloth distribution. Each household had a fixed quota for cloth tickets. If Li Zhongxin hadn't asked Wang Bo to find someone from the relevant unit of the Commercial Bureau to help

You can never buy two pieces of cloth like this.

In addition to cloth, Li Zhongxin also asked Wang Bo to buy more than ten kilograms of wool. At that time, sweaters were basically hand-knitted. There were no woolen sweaters or cashmere sweaters of later generations. Even if they were available, they were not warm.

However, people still prefer things made of handmade wool.

For my younger brothers and sisters, I bought a lot of White Rabbit toffee, waffle cake (the predecessor of wafers), yokan, and fruit peel...

These things are rarely found in department stores in Jiangcheng City. Li Zhongxin asked Hong Bin to come back from the south to sell some and keep them as gifts for the children of relatives and friends.

After being caressed by his grandma and greeting each other with family members, Li Zhongxin had a bowl of hand-made noodles made by his aunt.

Although my aunt was a rural woman, the food she cooked was quite delicious. In later generations, my mother would often talk about the sticky bean buns and pancakes she made, as well as the hand-made noodles she made.

The hand-rolled noodles made by my aunt are full of gluten and very chewy when you eat them. Although they are stir-fried noodles with diced cabbage and meat in soup, they are comparable to the noodles Li Zhongxin eats in restaurants in the city.

Moreover, Li Zhongxin's big bowl had two fat, white eggs floating in it. Sitting on the fire bed, slurping down a large bowl of noodles, Li Zhongxin finally recovered from the cold.

After my aunt Feng Yan put away the dishes, she greeted her family and prepared to go back to her uncle's house across the street to make sticky bean buns.

Uncle Wang Zhi told Li Zhongxin that in the past few days during the Chinese New Year, there is a custom of steaming sticky bean buns in the village. A few days ago, aunt Feng Yan had made appointments with people to make sticky bean buns at home. In the evening, everyone except the uncle

In addition to the goose that Wang Zhi specially killed, there are also delicious sticky bean buns and pot stickers when the goose is stewed. (Pot stickers are just like the later Northeastern Da Guotai restaurant, with a circle of big pancakes pasted around the big iron pot.
Chapter completed!