Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 693 The old mother’s dilemma

Shitouji Commune no longer exists.

The wheel of the times is rolling forward, just as every day in the past will become your memory, many things are also being transformed into products of history.

The small courtyard in the town that has a Soviet style but is not pure is still there, but the words on the plaque next to the courtyard door have been changed to: Shitouji Management Area.

There is a township government above.

Further down, brigades like Qingxidian were all transformed into villages. Therefore, "Qingxidian Brigade" has also become a historical title.

Qingxidian Village is now the richest village in the Shitouji Management Area.

Driven by the Qingxidian Development Fund, after two years of development, every household now has at least one source of income other than farming. The big ones, like Li Dazhuang's family, have a booming leather shoe factory. It’s just that the poor quality of leather shoes will cause problems sooner or later.

If you work on a small scale, you may raise a flock of ducks, a few pigs, or a circle of chickens.

Most of the villagers are in the middle, either big or small, or stay in their hometowns to engage in larger-scale farming. Many ponds have been dug out of the wasteland in Qingxidian, and a variety of aquatic products are farmed, including freshwater fish and river crabs. , there are crayfish, etc.

Or they packed up their bags and left their hometown, traveling around all year round. After the local and nearby areas were reopened, handicraft workshops and affiliated factories sprung up, some selling all kinds of goods. These uncultured farmers, with their courage, became the number one in the country. Call a sales agent.

People, as long as they are willing to work hard, they will always gain something, especially in this era of scarcity.

Last year, Li Jiankun's family became the only one in Qingxidian who owned three new items - a color TV, a washing machine and a refrigerator. This year, the number of TV sets of various types in Qingxidian has reached an astonishing number of more than 80, as well as more than 10 washing machines and more than 20 refrigerators. There are thirteen households that have all three items together.

You should know that there are only more than 900 people in Qingxidian, and nearly 100 households.

Not to mention washing machines and refrigerators, this kind of TV penetration rate is quite explosive across the country. It may be the first village in the country.

After the villagers have money in their pockets, in addition to significantly improving their living standards and material foundation, it also brings many unexpected gains. For example, young people of working age no longer have to worry about marriage.

Families from the nearby Shili Baxiang are particularly willing to marry their daughters to Qingxidian. Similarly, the girls from Qingxidian have also become popular in Shili Baxiang, even at the city gate.

Two days after he came back, Li Jiankun had three weddings in a row, and two families even happened to have weddings on the same day. Other villagers can weigh the closeness of their relationship and selectively choose which family to go to for a wedding banquet, or move their families in separate shifts. But he can't. In fact, the wedding planners from both families will send people to the door together after breakfast, because Li Jiankun first There was almost no fight over which house to go to after another.

In the end it was settled by drawing lots.

Today, I can finally stop. The old almanac on the wall has been torn to the last page.

According to local customs, New Year's Eve is a day for family reunions without visiting or inviting guests.

The atmosphere in Lao Li's courtyard-style house was equally joyful and warm.

The orange sunshine shines on the inner courtyard filled with vegetables in the flower beds beside the wall. From time to time, the sound of chopping vegetables can be heard from the kitchen, as well as the violent sizzling sound of the frying pan under the food, and bursts of aroma are constantly wafting out. Chef Hu Xiuying led the sous chefs Fu Qiao'e and Li Yunshang, and they were very busy.

"Peace, look, what is this?"

Guifei Lazy Man and Li Jianxun were sitting in the courtyard drinking tea and sunbathing. Li Jiankun conjured up another small car toy to tease Li Ping'an.

"Er Guo, do you want to eat?" Li Yunmeng, who is already a slim and beautiful girl with a height of more than 1.65 meters, jumps back and forth between the kitchen and the inner courtyard. Every time she has different snacks in her hand, this time it is Fried hairtail fish until golden and crispy.

Before Li Jiankun spoke, Xiao Ping'an's eyes lit up, he didn't want the car, and he jumped towards his sister-in-law with his short legs.

"Oh, you can't eat this, it has thorns."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" I will cry if I don't give him food.

Li Yunmeng had no choice but to squat down and use his green-white fingers to carefully pick out some non-thorny fish meat from the hairtail segments and stuff it into his small mouth.

Xiao Ping'an still had tears on his little face. Suddenly the rain had passed and the sky cleared up. The delicious aroma of fried fish bloomed in his taste buds. He was giggling while eating. He pulled his sister-in-law's knees with his little hands, trying his best to please her, for fear that she wouldn't feed him. Next bite.

Li Jiankun looked at this harmonious and loving scene and couldn't help but smile.

Going home this year, these two guys are the ones that have changed the most.

I still remember that during the Chinese New Year last year, Xiaopingan was not very good at speaking. He could only take two steps on the ground, but he soon dared to wish you a happy new year. This year I'm like a chatterbox, and I can even come up with a national curse when I'm in a hurry. My calves are still short, but it won't be a big problem if I compete in the 100-meter hurdles, as long as the railings are at the right height.

The little monkey is a woman who has transformed into a girl, becoming more and more beautiful.

And she is the only one in her family who, in terms of "hardware", has undergone a huge change from her previous life.

Her genes are more like those of Li Guifei, and she has a petite figure. In her previous life, she was only 1.6 meters tall. Now she is only 16 years old, and her height is over 1.65 meters. Depending on her growth, she will reach 1.7 meters in shoes. Not a dream.

The style on her head today is a fashionable hairstyle that her sister gave her. Her shoulder-length black hair was parted in the middle, revealing a snow-white scalp, and she tied a half-upturned ponytail on the left and right sides with purple rubber bands. There is no braiding, and two handfuls of black hair naturally hang down on both sides of the shoulders.

She has a typical oval face like the second sister, but not as plump as the second sister. At first glance, she looks like an oval face. On her fair and pink face, there are two long eyebrows that almost reach her temples, and underneath she is not too big or too small. She has double eyelid eyes, a nose bridge that is not very straight, but distinct, and a rosy cherry mouth under her small nose.

The temperature was not low at the moment, 17 or 18 degrees Celsius. She jumped around and took off her coat, only wearing a white sweater with black diamond patterns, her chest was bulging and her waist was empty.

Frankly speaking, in Li Jiankun's memory, she was not so beautiful and her figure was not so good in her previous life. Although she had seen in the newspaper that a large theater group was looking for actors, she was bold by nature, so she sent a photo and almost got selected.

I can only say that I have reached a higher level in this life.

With this look, even an adolescent boy couldn't move his eyes away from him.

This is undoubtedly related to the fact that her family life has undergone earth-shaking changes during her pubertal development stage, and the family atmosphere has become much more relaxed and joyful.

Li Guifei's love for her was almost doting. Life at home was getting better, and the old mother would definitely not let her only daughter lack nutrition. Most of the best food in the family went into her belly, and her weekly pocket money It is a big unity, and the things she uses and wears are all the best things that can be bought in Li Guifei's activity track. Besides, every Spring Festival, she will also bring her some fashionable items from the capital and even foreign countries. Isn't there an old saying that a daughter should be rich?

This makes her temperament very different from her previous life, and her personality has also changed a lot.

No one can tell that she is a rural girl when she goes out.

"Erguo, do you still remember what I told you yesterday?" After Li Yunmeng finished feeding the fried fish, he spread his white palms and presented a hand of fish bones to Xiao Ping An, who licked the corners of his lips and finally gave up.

"What's the matter?"

"you!"

Okay, for the sake of him being drunk. After Li Yunmeng went back to the kitchen to wash her hands, she ran back to her room and took out two pieces of paper: a large white paper and a small red paper stapled to it.

Li Jiankun took it and looked at it. It was a transcript and admission notice.

Li Guifei got angry when he saw this thing, and cursed: "With Xiaomeng's results, why can't he be admitted to the No. 1 Middle School? He must be mentally ill!"

"Erguo, I got ninth place in the school." Li Yunshang shook Li Jiankun's arm and said with a wink.

She didn't care which high school she was accepted into because she had no plans to go.

The second brother said that as long as she improves her grades, he will send her to high school in the capital.

Li Jiankun rubbed her head and thought: Has her brain become better? Instructing her to calm down, Li Jiankun looked at the transcript carefully and frowned slightly.

"Brother, is it reasonable to record like this?"

Li Jianxun replied: "There is something wrong. I asked someone specifically to ask, but they said they had any plans. The general meaning is: No. 2 Middle School should also assign some top-achieving students to set examples for other students."

Li Jiankun had a feeling that someone was deliberately stumbling upon his sister's education.

No need to mention who it is. With the nature she showed, she could do such a thing.

With this thought, Li Jiankun thought that he really couldn't let his little sister go to high school in the county. Who knows what trouble might happen later? This is about my little sister's future.

"Okay." Li Jiankun looked at Li Yunmeng and said with a smile, "Second brother will take you to the capital to study."

"Oh!" Li Yunmeng jumped up and jumped as high as he could. Xiaopingan didn't know why her sister-in-law was so happy, but she thought it was fun and jumped around.

"You, you..." Guifei's lazy man pointed at his youngest son and said with wide eyes, "Why don't you discuss such a big matter with your mother?"

Without waiting for Li Jiankun's reply, Li Yunmeng hurriedly said: "I'll go talk to mom!"

She was afraid that the cooked duck would fly away, so she rushed into the kitchen to find her mother to do work. The capital city, studying in the capital city, just thinking about it makes the girl's heart filled with infinite joy and excitement.

After Hu Xiuying learned about the situation, she obviously paused for a moment while holding the fried bamboo tube in her hand. She was filled with joy at the reunion of her family, and a very complicated emotion arose in her heart:

It is very important for the younger daughter to go to high school. A good high school may directly determine whether there will be an extra college student in the family.

But she couldn't bear it.

Once the youngest daughter left, there was really no one around her.

This tall, illiterate rural woman, at this age, like most women in this country, only lives for two things: her husband and her children.

When the last child is about to leave, it feels like half a life has been lost.

"Mom, it's such a simple thing," said Li Yunshang, who was sitting behind the stove door and lighting the fire. "Why don't you go and live in the capital? You have worked hard for most of your life, and you should enjoy peace and happiness."

"Yes, yes!" Li Yunmeng's little head was buzzing like a chicken pecking at rice. In fact, she was also a little reluctant to let go of her parents.

Hu Xiuying looked over the stove at her eldest daughter, "What about your dad?"

"Together."

"What about peace?"

Li Yunshang: "..."

It is said that Hu Xiuying loves her precious grandson as much as any other child. Although she doesn't get to see Xiaopingan very often, she is in her hometown, and whenever she misses him so much, she can take a bus to Chengguan and see him anytime she wants. Once she goes to the capital city with mountains and rivers far away, it's obviously not that easy.

Li Yunshang really wanted to say, "Let the eldest brother and sister-in-law take Xiao Ping'an to live in the capital." After all, it would definitely be better than his hometown in all aspects, but he knew it was impossible.

Sister-in-law has her family.

The eldest brother has just been promoted and transferred to Wanghai Electrical Appliance Factory, the best and largest in the county, as the production director.

Therefore, if my younger sister goes to study in the capital, my mother will have to stay away from him no matter what.

Li Yunshang suddenly felt troubled for her mother. She cared so much about her children, so it was really a difficult choice.

(End of this chapter)