Rebirth in the leisurely life of the red age

"Hey, isn't it so ugly?"

Li Yuan was overjoyed when he saw Lou Xiao'e standing next to his sister-in-law, looking at the confused look on the baby's face in the quilt in her arms.

Lou Xiao'e was a little embarrassed, glanced at Li Yuan complainingly, and said: "It's... pretty good-looking."

This is obviously a lie. The newborn baby has been soaked in amniotic fluid for more than half a year. His skin is wrinkled and there is still a layer of vernix on his body.

In addition, when the child comes out, the head is squeezed, so sometimes a pointed head is formed, which is called ugly...

It's a pity that within five minutes of the name of the third generation of the Eighteen Arhats of the Old Li family being called out, another ugly boy showed up.

Mother Li patted Li Yuan and said to Lou Xiao'e: "Ignore him! Children are like this when they are born. It was the same when Yuanzi was born. He will look better after raising him for half a month."

Li Yuandao: "Ezi, stay here for a while, I'll go find a crucian carp. Pregnant women can't drink crucian carp soup."

The second brother Li Jiang was stunned: "It's going to snow now, where are you going to get crucian carp?"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. I'll just go and get it done. I'll be back soon."

Then he went out and left.

Li Jiang joked to Lou Xiao'e: "The youngest is so capable now?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled dryly and didn't know how to answer.

Mother Li looked at her second son and frowned: "Why are you so talkative? Are you showing off?"

Li Jiang felt unjust and said: "We are all one family, just tell a joke..."

Mother Li said angrily: "I think you are a big joke!"

The sister-in-law also scolded: "You are telling a joke when you are an uncle? What a mother-in-law!"

Li Jiang: "..."

Li He and Li Hai have fun!

Lou Xiao'e said hurriedly: "Mom, sister-in-law, I can tell you a joke. Yuanzi said that if you marry into the Li family, you are the Li family. These brothers are Yuanzi's biological brothers and also my biological brothers. It's okay." After a pause, he added: "At home...at my parents' house, my brother and I also like to joke."

Li Jiang was happy again, and said triumphantly: "If you don't say it, the brothers in our family feel that this Xiao'e is born into our family. The family is so rich, but there is nothing wrong with the rich! Xiao'e and Yuanzi Ah, the perfect match!"

Lou Xiao'e was happy now and grinned.

Seeing her cute look, Li's mother and sister-in-law also laughed.

The wife here is nice, carefree and considerate.

After a while, I saw Li Yuan coming back, actually carrying a big crucian carp nearly two feet long, a big pig's knuckle, and a fat hare in his hand!

"Cross carp stew, braised elbow, stir-fried rabbit, mom and sister-in-law, you guys can eat it!"

Li Yuan handed the things to Li Jiang.

Li Jiang was stunned and said: "This... when did this happen? Where did you get these?"

Right now, the canteens of the general brigade can’t even have enough to eat miscellaneous grains and steamed corn buns. Qinjiazhuang is because Li Gui insisted on it before and didn’t report the harvest to the real estate. full……

Even so, Qinjiazhuang has been mobilizing, not to mention the fish in the hare river in the mountains, even the wild vegetables in the corners have been dug up and stored.

Qinjiazhuang is still like this, let alone the other production teams who can't even eat cereals. Basically, they won't let go of anyone who runs in the mountains or swims in the water.

There is no shortage of firearms in the area right now, and the militia companies all have machine guns. How could it be possible that people are starving to death, and the mountains are full of animals running around...

That's why the family was so surprised when they saw the big fish and hare in Li Yuan's hands!

Li Yuan smiled and said: "You don't care about it. Earlier, I asked my family to hunt and send things up. I really thought it was free? Although I gave more at the beginning and less now, it is enough to survive the winter! From now on, you can take turns bringing the children up and make up for them. When the commune canteen is no longer available, you can send the things home and make them yourself."

The rationed food in Qinjiazhuang is enough, but there is not enough oil and water.

If the family takes turns going to the city every Sunday to eat good food, they can live a good life without wearing down their bodies.

Li Jiang hugged Li Yuan's neck and said happily: "My youngest! I really belong to you!"

Earlier, Li Yuan said that he could save meat, but his family didn't take it seriously.

It is difficult to store so much meat. It is so hot in summer and there is no cold storage...

You can only smoke it, but how many pieces can you smoke?

Unexpectedly, it was not bacon, but fresh meat!

Li Yuan chuckled, and said: "The confinement will last forty-two days, but don't rush back after the confinement, the child is too young, and there is no pot at home, and there is no way to make soup. The five sisters-in-law I still live here, and I secretly steam some sugar-coated steamed buns every night. When my brother and the others come, I take them back, so adults and children can have some tonic at night."

After hearing this, Mother Li couldn't help but ask: "My youngest, how much grain and sugar do you have? How many times can our family eat with such a small amount of food?"

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "It's definitely not enough to eat freely, no amount of it is enough. Just try to make sure that our family is not hungry. Look at the drought, seeing that there is not a single snow star in December, and it will be enough next year .So our family has to save some food and make long-term plans. But we can’t let other families starve to death at home, while our family is still fat in vain, which attracts hatred.

For now, if there is still food in the brigade canteen, forget it. When the commune canteen is no longer even half-full, we will start to mobilize here.

Everyone in the family must have a whole-grain and sweet cornbread every night, so that even if they are hungry, they will not be bad. "

It’s really not much. In a normal year, country people eat three kilograms of whole grains a day. Because there is no oil and water, they will get hungry quickly if they eat less.

How much does a steamed bun cost? Even if it's bigger, it's only two taels.

Of course, if you add sugar, it's another story. Sugar has much higher calories...

But no matter how you calculate it, it is equivalent to half a catty of whole grains.

Fortunately, the countryside is not without a grain of food. After all, in the suburbs of Yanjiao, at the root of the imperial city and at the feet of the emperor, everyone still has about half a catty of food rations a day.

Moreover, most of them will be able to allocate a batch of relief grains from above.

Calculated this way, the Li family can basically survive safely.

The sister-in-law reminded: "One bun a day, our family has to steam dozens of sugar buns a day. How much grain and sugar do we need?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, what do you think our eight brothers have been busy with for the past six months? If we can't take care of rice and white flour, and we can't even eat coarse grain steamed buns, then what else can we call the Eight Great Vajras? Sister-in-law, when times get tough in the village When we were young, you and mom lived here, and when you didn't do anything else, you would steam steamed buns at home."

Not only for more than half a year, he started to prepare since he received 8,000 yuan in royalties at the end of May 4th.

As of this year, it will be almost five years of preparation.

Fortunately, the supply of materials was not restricted at the beginning, so he spent a month and a half traveling to grain stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in Sijiu City.

Hearing what he said, a group of people laughed.

But in fact, it won’t last long, because on New Year’s Eve in two months’ time, the boss will give a speech when inspecting the commune canteen in the suburbs of Beijing. From that day on, farmers in the rural areas of Beijing suburbs have not officially loosened their restrictions, and the commune canteen is still there. But the members can go home and cook for themselves.

It's not enough in other places. The further away from the capital, the later it will be untied. Those people relied on corn cobs, corn stalks, cotton husks, sweet potato vines, elm bark, and elm leaves ground into powder to survive until the release in 1961...

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"If you have anything to say, just say it."

After having dinner with their family in the evening, Li Yuan and Lou Xiaoe walked home pushing their bicycles.

Because I wanted to go for a walk, I was not in a hurry to ride a bike. Seeing Lou Xiao'e's hesitation, Li Yuan said with a smile.

Lou Xiao'e said seriously: "Yuanzi, why do you only feed whole grain steamed buns to your family? I can go home and ask dad to borrow money, and we can feed my mother and sister-in-law white flour steamed buns, okay? They are so good."

Li Yuan chuckled, glanced at his wife tenderly, and said, "Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that this matter is very complicated. I can't explain it in a few words, but you just have to think about it. I was responsible for giving a few bowls to the deaf old lady. The two guys Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu spread rumors about rotten pork noodles everywhere, and then someone reported it. You should understand that people's hearts are unpredictable. But don't worry, the difficult days will not last long. In a few years, I guarantee that the family can eat white flour steamed buns every day, no matter how much I eat, I can’t finish it!”

This is the best thing about Lou Xiao'e. She believes in Li Yuan. She will believe whatever Li Yuan says. Then she won't look for trouble anymore. The two of them got on their bicycles and went back to the courtyard together.

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"Genko is back? Come in, come in, you have a distinguished guest!"

As soon as Li Yuan and Lou Xiaoe entered the gate of the courtyard, they saw Yan Bugui coming up to him wearing a ragged wool cap, and shouted anxiously.

Li Yuan glanced sideways and said, "Your honored guest? Kneel more, can you kneel better than the third master?"

Yanbu smiled angrily and said: "Hey! You... why are you still making fun of your third uncle at this time? He is a truly distinguished guest! Of course, it's not because of his distinguished status, he is a scholar from a university! Let's go to the south of the alley. On the adjacent Jiaodaokou South Street, the second hutong, Banchang Hutong, who lives in the backyard of the old monk's mansion, do you know who it is?"

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Zhu Jiazhen?"

Yan Bugui clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Come on! If we didn't say that we are the cultural people, no one else would know about this master! Come in quickly, they are sitting in your house."

Li Yuan heard this and said to Lou Xiao'e: "This is a real scholar, and we really can't neglect him. Ezi, go to the third uncle's house to borrow two yuan, then go home and ask me to get the supplementary food book, and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if you can Can't buy some candies. Hurry up, don't neglect the distinguished guests!" After speaking, he took a step forward.

Later generations know this person, mostly through Ma Weidu who said at the round table that Mr. Zhu Jiashu and Mr. Wang Shixiang ate Caoliu fish fillets and felt that the fish in Fengzeyuan was not crispy enough.

In fact, it can make Ma Weidu, a veteran in the capital circle, respect Mr. Ma Weidu, which shows his great knowledge.

Lou Xiao'e held back a smile and looked at Yan Pugui whose face had frozen like a basin of cold water, and said, "Third Master, please borrow two yuan."

Yan Bugui moved his mouth cowardly, and after the facial muscles trembled for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Just borrow it!" But then he whispered: "Xiao'e, you have to tell Yuanzi to think about the third uncle and pay it back first. My family’s money, huh?”

Lou Xiao'e smiled and said: "It's done!"

Li Yuan had told her that she must stick to her true nature as a poor person to the end.

She is a daughter of a rich family, if she is not miserable, others will inevitably feel aggrieved.

It's okay when life is good, but when life gets tough like now, everyone else is miserable except for you, or if you don't suffer even worse, they will feel bad and help you suffer.

If you don't lend them money, they will borrow your money, and if you don't lend it, it is a crime.

In this absurd era that is not very friendly to the rich, and even grotesque, what they do is just for self-protection.

Yan Bugui's heart was dripping with blood. He went home and took two yuan, his eyes were a little moist. He handed it to Lou Xiao'e with great reluctance, and suddenly said: "Xiao'e, can you lend me your bicycle?" "

Lou Xiao'e said: "Okay... But third uncle, you go and ride Yuanzi's one. I'm a woman. If you ride out, you'll make people laugh."

Yan Bugui hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay. Just do this. I'm short, and Yuanzi's bicycle is too high, so it's not convenient for me to pedal."

Lou Xiao'e was very generous and gave the bicycle to Yan Bugui and said with a smile: "Third uncle, please go and use it."

Yan Bugui was happy now. He felt that at least the loan was not in vain and would be treated as interest. He also promised: "I will send it back after a few laps and make sure it is clean."

Lou Xiao'e smiled and said: "Thank you. Third uncle, you are busy, I will go inside and have a look."

Yan Bugui agreed repeatedly and watched Lou Xiao'e enter the second gate. He pushed a women's Phoenix bicycle, held his head high and looked forward to Zixiong. He walked out of the courtyard gate, got on the bicycle and went straight to Qianmen Street...

You have to go to a crowded place at the train station and take a walk!

The west wing of the middle courtyard.

After greeting many old ladies sitting outside listening to the radio along the way, Li Yuan opened the door and entered the house. He saw a middle-aged and elderly man with slicked back hair and a straight appearance standing there, looking at him with gentle eyes and said : "Doctor Li is back. It's really rude to come to the door without permission."

Li Yuan took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "It's really a blessing that Mr. Zhu came to the humble house with his grand visit."

Zhu Jiajin, this is the first celebrity of the era that Li Yuan has seen up close since traveling.

He is the twenty-fifth grandson of Zhu Xi. His father, Mr. Zhu Wenjun, was the first generation of publicly funded Chinese students studying abroad. He studied at the Department of Economics at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is also a famous epigrapher. He once served as a special committee member of the Palace Museum and was responsible for appraising ancient calligraphy, painting and inscriptions in the museum's collection. and other cultural relics.

Mr. Zhu Jiazhen himself was influenced by this family study, and he also devoted all his efforts and wisdom to the Forbidden City and the national cultural and museum undertakings...

Because of his love of opera since childhood, he is still the art consultant of Mr. Mei Lanfang.

In short, the whole person's temperament is full of ancient Chinese culture, calm and wisdom.

Standing beside Zhu Jiazhen was a twenty-six-seven-year-old woman who looked at Li Yuan and said with a smile, "Doctor Li, do you still know me?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Sister Chuanrong, look at your complexion, does your epigastric pain feel much better?"

Zhu Chuanrong, the daughter of Zhu Jiajin, once came to see Li Yuan for medical treatment, but did not disclose her background at the time.

She nodded and said with a smile: "Thanks to your excellent medical skills, I'm much better. After seeing you a few times and taking two courses of medicine, I haven't had any more pain."

Li Yuan nodded and said: "That's good, just be careful not to get angry too much in the future, just make sure you eat regularly."

Zhu Chuanrong responded, and Zhu Jiajin finally spoke, his voice was very clear, and he felt a little dramatic, and said, "Doctor Li, can you treat thoracic obstruction?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "I don't dare to be you, I'm a junior. Mr. Zhu, I just graduated from the teacher not long ago, and I don't have that much ability..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Chuanrong said angrily: "Doctor Li! Do you treat us as outsiders? Although my family doesn't live in this courtyard, it's not far from here. It's just two alleys away. We are also neighbors! My aunt is Why are you pretending that I don’t know clearly?”

Li Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "Sister Chuanrong, you really misunderstood this, the eldest mother is not well."

Zhu Chuanrong said angrily: "Aren't you still following me? We asked the first mother, after she took the pill you made, her chest pain improved a lot!"

Li Yuan patiently explained: "Sister Chuanrong, traditional Chinese medicine is a broad discipline, and each individual is different."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lou Xiao'e came in from outside. She didn't know much about the Zhu family father and daughter. She just smiled politely and nodded. Then she took the money in her hand and said to Li Yuan: "Yuanzi, the third uncle borrowed the money, give it to me." "Non-staple food book, I'm going to buy candies for the guests."

Li Yuan smiled awkwardly, and said: "The non-staple food book is in the big cabinet at the back, you can go and get it, why are you still here?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled sheepishly, showing off her charming and innocent nature. She stuck out her tongue and left obediently.

She was in a daze after leaving the house. Didn't Li Yuan ask her to come to him...

But he didn't think much about it and happily went to the backyard.

In the room, Li Yuan secretly praised him, "Those who are close to Zhu are red, and they have been taught well."

Hasn’t the image of this virtuous gentleman been established?

Sure enough, Zhu Jiazhu was finally a little moved. He looked at Li Yuan in confusion and asked, "Doctor Li, since your family is in a difficult situation, why do you practice medicine for free?"

Li Yuan was sincere: "It's not to mention that my family is in a difficult situation. The salary of fifty-six yuan a month is enough to support the family. I'm just still young and focus on my studies. Others only see me practicing medicine for free and doing charity, but they don't see it. Everyone also helped me improve my medical skills.”

He spoke calmly and his expression was sincere.

But Zhu Chuanrong knew better and exposed the details of his glory.

Zhu Jiazhu admired: "Today we know that there is such a talented person in our neighborhood, but we are so ignorant. Doctor Li, I have a friend who is also suffering from chest paralysis. Could you please go and have a look?"

Li Yuanqian laughed and said: "Mr. Zhu, it's okay to go to the doctor, but I can't guarantee that I can treat you well. I'm really lacking in talent and learning. In addition, my level of Chinese studies is very poor and I have read little. It's a bit overwhelming to have a conversation with you like this." Oh...do you usually talk like this at home?"

Zhu Jiazhu shook his head and said: "No, I am also an ordinary person. How can I keep holding it? How tiring it is."

Li Yuan was stunned: "Then you are..."

Zhu Jiashu smiled and said, "Say it this way, it seems solemn and respectful."

Li Yuan was speechless and could only clasp his fists and salute, saying: "I thank you, but you don't have to be too polite. You are tired, and I am working harder!"

Zhu Chuanrong burst out laughing.

"please!"

"please!"

"please!"

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