Chapter 26 Planning
After the middle of July, it was the busy autumn harvest. Even Da Ya, Da Zhuang, the half-aged children, had to do something within their ability. That's it. Yun Shu, who was so tired that he couldn't stand up, looked at Haichuan, who followed Wang Ye to cook herbal tea for the villagers. He couldn't help but envy. This was a skill!
However, looking back at the villagers who were tired but had a happy face with a happy harvest, Yun Shu also truly realized the meaning of "Praise the Farmer". Of course, she was very glad that the rebirth of the shell was still small and she didn't have to go to the fields to earn work points every day. Although she was a village girl in her previous life, she really knew nothing about farm work.
Of course, the most important thing is that she is lazy and does not have the diligent awareness!
After seven or eight days of harvest, corn, soybeans, sorghum and millet are all ripe at this time.
Of course, don’t think that after harvesting the grain, the farm work will be over. The land cannot be idle. Cabbage and radish must be planted. The village will count on these two dishes during the winter.
As for Yunshu, thinking that there are only cabbage, radish or pickled cabbage and kimchi as a companion in winter, she finally had the idea that she could not continue to be "salted fish" like this. She must make good use of the knowledge in her mind.
Of course, this still needs to be planned slowly, because the autumn harvest is over and the summer vacation is over the children's complaints.
Although the family is poor and has many children nowadays, most families will send boys to school for a few years, but there are not many girls going to school.
It is rare for girls who go to high school like Da Ya's aunt.
Therefore, Da Ya stopped going to school and did not cause any major storm in the village. At most, she just said, "The motherless child is pitiful."
Nowadays, there are many people who are worse than Da Ya. In the eyes of outsiders, at least Da Ya can still eat and wear and wear, and live in a blue brick house. What's the point of not going to school!
This is also one of the reasons why Xia Zhaodi, the vicious woman, dared to do this.
For Yunshu, he was not keen on going to school. After all, it was enough for more than 20 years in his previous life.
But learning is a must, because this is something that Da Ya’s parents insisted very much during their lifetime.
Moreover, Da Ya also likes studying very much, and her grades are among the best. Going to school is also one of Da Ya's obsessions.
Since Yunshu accepted her body, she naturally accepted the cause and effect. Anyway, she had already thought of a solution: pay the tuition fee and go to the exam, but just study at home.
Dazhuang can also be taught by Yunshu first. Anyway, the school will be clamoring to suspend classes within two years, and students have become the main force of the "rebels", and Yunshu doesn't want to get involved.
When the college entrance examination is resumed in 1977, when Yunshu is 23 years old, Dazhuang is 20 years old, and Xiaozhuang is 13 years old, it is time to get out of the mountains.
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It was the day when school started. Yunshu coaxed Xiaozhuang to sleep. Seeing Dazhuang looking at the kerosene lamp, he pushed him, "What are you thinking about? Go to bed early and get up early tomorrow!"
Da Zhuang came back to his senses and said hesitantly: "Sister, will I really go to school with you tomorrow?"
"I told you what I thought. Our family is now inseparable from others. The teachers in the school know our situation. I must teach myself at home, it depends on what you think.
Although I can’t bear to get up early and go to bed late, if you want to go to school with Zhao Xiaoman and the others, you will be with you."
Dazhuang said without thinking: "I must be at home with my sister. My mother taught me before, but I will teach me from now on. Moreover, the firewood for the winter is not ready yet. My father used to go out and get a big cart back after one or two trips."
Speaking of this, Dazhuang felt that he was useless. He was a man who was in charge of the family, but in fact, the burden at home was carried on his sister's shoulders.
Two days ago, I carried firewood at home, and my sister's shoulders made the rope red and swollen.
"Don't worry, my master said that after this time, he would drive a donkey cart to pull a trip or two of crumbs, which would be enough for us to burn during the winter."
Yunshu quickly comforted his younger brother's fragile heart, thinking that one day she went into the mountain alone, picked a few rotten wood and put it into the space, and then placed it on the back door of her house to slowly make a living. If others don't know, my younger brother won't doubt it.
"Go to bed quickly, our family will only get better and better in the future!"
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There is no school in Qingxi Village, and the nearest primary school is still in Dayangshu Village, which is more than ten miles away from Qingxi Village.
This is a large village with about 1,000 people. It has four production teams, which can be planted more than Qingxi Village. It is not far from the forest farm. There is also a Yuncai Road that leads directly to the village entrance from the township.
Therefore, Dayangshu Village not only has a primary school, but also a supply and marketing cooperative. There is also a large market on Mondays and Fridays every month.
On the day of school opening on September 1, we happened to be in the big market. There were a lot of people going to the market. Although it is not allowed to trade privately, there is no one in the countryside to report barter and have nothing to do. The control is not as strict as it will be a few years later.
There are only two cows and one donkey in the entire Qingxi Village. They serve as ancestors. There is no big deal and naturally cannot be used as a means of transportation.
So the older girls and wives got up before dawn to clean up, carrying a basket or bag, and were ready to go to the market together.
The children who went to school were also called by their parents and walked together. They were more than ten miles of mountain roads. If they were delayed, they should be late for school.
I still have to pay the tuition fee today, which is 2.50 cents. When parents pay it, they feel sorry for it.
A strong laborer works 10 minutes a day, and in the winter season, he has to work, only 70 to 80 minutes.
Non-strong labor, women and children reduce their labor according to their physical strength and technical conditions. Female labor is divided into five divisions, while the elderly, children, sick and disabled are generally divided into two or three divisions.
In this era, work points are the lifeblood of members.
Qingxi Village has not much land and its grain output is not high, but fortunately there are many side businesses, including mountain goods in the mountains, a farm in the village, fish in the river, and a workforce can be worth 60 cents. That's true. Among the fifteen brigades of the Hongqi Commune where it is located, it is still middle-class.
However, over the past year, even if the family has a lot of labor, they can only have a few dozen yuan off, which was quite good at that time.
The whole family relies on the work points earned in the production team to support their families. The children's expenses include the expenses such as going to school, dressing, shopping, oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar.
So when the year-end settlement is reached, there are many people who still owe the production team money after working for a year.
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Yunshu and Dazhuang got up early because they had to walk the mountain road and could not come back in the afternoon. Last night, Yunshu steamed buns with black noodles with corn flour and more vegetables and less meat.
In the morning, the siblings ate millet porridge and they only had big buns, which was very beautiful.
Yunshu asked Dazhuang to send Xiaozhuang to Wang Ye, and brought back another Haichuan. While eating the big buns made by Yunshu, Haichuan said, "My house is out of oil, and I always ask people to bring them back on weekdays. Today, my grandfather heard that you are going to Dayangshu Village, and ask me to go and have a look."
Haichuan smiled very well, "Sister Da Ya, don't worry, I will definitely be obedient and not make trouble. Just take me there."
Wang Ye didn't like the funniest, and even if Haichuan grew up, he had never been to the big market several times. Although Wang Ye had taken him to the town and county, it was not interesting except for the supply and marketing cooperative, department stores, and state-owned hotels.
Although I am rich, Haichuan knew the truth that he would not reveal his wealth when he was three years old.
Chapter completed!