All Heavens Pension started from the fiery era

Shao Ruikang, Yue Qingmei and Yue Qinghe had dinner at the Youth League Home and rushed over and have been waiting until now.

Yue Wenxuan's second brother Yue Wenlong now has many children and grandchildren, and now lives alone. The old couple lives in an old house with a large yard. There are three rooms in the north. The middle one is the main room with two big pots for cooking, and the east and west rooms are bedrooms.

The old couple lived in the east room, and the west room was usually used to store miscellaneous items. Now it has been tidied up and ready for Yue Wenxuan to live in for the next few days.

After Yue Wenxuan returned home, he chatted with his second brother for a while, then called the three children to his bedroom.

Among the three children, Yue Qingmei is closer to Yue Wenxuan because her brother Yue Chengdong often took her to eat at her grandfather's house on Sundays during the most difficult years. After spending a few years together, their relationship will certainly become deeper.

Yue Qinghe and Shao Ruikang also have deep feelings for Yue Wenxuan, only slightly less than Yue Qingmei.

There may not be such a deep relationship between ordinary grandfathers and grandchildren, but Yue Wenxuan is an exception.

In this era of extremely scarce supplies, Yue Wenxuan was not short of good things. He often had various scarce items that were not seen at other times, such as various fruits or imported foods such as chocolate.

When the children were young, they could not go to the grain compound alone. During this period, they had less contact with Yue Wenxuan, and their feelings for him naturally faded.

There is no child who is not greedy. As long as they follow their grandfather, they can eat all kinds of delicious things they have never heard of. When they grow up and can come here by car by themselves, they will naturally find ways to stay with Yue Wenxuan.

Ever since the children could remember, their best childhood memories are the various delicious foods they ate at their grandfather's house.

In addition, Yue Wenxuan is also a kind and gentle grandfather. Even when he criticizes and educates others, he always has reasons and evidence to convince people.

Which child wouldn’t like a grandfather who carries a treasure bag with him and is especially kind and understanding?
In addition, Yue Wenxuan has always been very open-minded. He never puts on airs as an elder in front of the children and is able to communicate with them on an equal footing, which makes the children like and respect him even more.

Yue Hongguo and Yue Hongtai, two fathers, both came to the village to see the children, but the children never complained in front of them. They only reported good news and not bad news, and tried their best to show their strong side.

But in front of Yue Wenxuan, they showed a different face.

Yue Qinghe is the youngest and not as strong as her older brothers and sisters. Now there are no outsiders present, so she doesn’t have to worry about her image. After entering the room, she threw herself into Yue Wenxuan’s arms and started crying again.

Yue Wenxuan patted his granddaughter on the back and said with pity: "Now you know how hard life in the countryside is, right?
If you listened to Grandpa, I would arrange a job for you in the city, where you could sit in an office every day, away from the wind and sun, and go to the movies on your days off. Just imagine how wonderful that would be."

"Grandpa, can you please stop hitting me? I regret it now, okay?"

Yue Qinghe hugged her grandfather's waist tightly and choked up as she said, "I didn't know life in the countryside was so hard. It's not as beautiful as the propaganda says.

I regretted it after only a few days in the countryside, but it was my own choice, and I had to stick to it even if I had to grit my teeth.”

Yue Qingmei also pulled Yue Wenxuan's arm and said, "Yes, Grandpa, the three of us regret it. We all work, but who would have thought that farm work would be so hard.

Especially when we first went to the countryside, we hadn’t even adapted to the daily workload. We had only been there for two months when we had to harvest wheat in summer, which exhausted us all of a sudden.

During the half month of summer harvest, the daily workload was so heavy that it was like walking through hell. I don’t know how I managed to make it through.

Looking back now, I’m quite impressed with myself for having the perseverance to persevere to the end.

After this half month of experience, I feel like I have shed a layer of skin. Both physically and mentally, I have undergone a complete transformation. "

Yue Wenxuan certainly knew how hard the summer harvest was, and praised: "You three are great, you didn't bring shame to our Yue family.

When I met the village party secretary Yue Hongwei at the brigade headquarters today, he praised you highly in front of me, saying that the three of you are role models among the educated youth and have made everyone look at you with new eyes.

I was very happy to hear that. After all, going to the countryside is your own choice. Since it is the path you have chosen, you must stick to it and not let others look down on you. "

At this point, Yue Wenxuan paused and said, "But you still have grandpa, who will always be your biggest supporter.

The reason I came here this time is to ask you in person what difficulties you are facing in life.

Life in the countryside is like this. The hardships you have experienced during this period of time are what people here have been living since they were born. They have suffered more than you!"

Although Yue Wenxuan spoke in a calm tone, the three children couldn't help but lower their heads after hearing it, feeling very ashamed in their hearts.

Yes, they have only lived here for half a year and they have begun to complain, feeling that this is the worst suffering in the world.

But in fact, the villagers here have lived here for generations, and have lived such a hard life for generations. Before liberation, their lives were even ten or a hundred times more difficult than they are now.

Since the day they started school, they have been taught the idea that everyone is equal, but is this fair to them?
The more they thought about it, the more ashamed the three children felt.

Shao Ruikang raised his head and said firmly: "Grandpa, don't worry, the three of us can endure hardships and will definitely persevere. One day we will get used to this kind of life and will never embarrass you."

Looking at his grandson's determined eyes, Yue Wenxuan first gave him encouragement: "Grandpa believes in you. I believe you must be the best among all the educated youth. You have always been my pride, and I will always believe in you."

"But you are not alone. You have elders and me!" Yue Wenxuan changed his tone. "I came here to give you greater support and to help you solve your problems."

"Tell me what you need or what difficulties you encounter. Please tell me."

The feeling of being cared for and spoiled by their elders makes the three children feel very happy and comfortable.

The hearts of the three children were warm, but Shao Ruikang still expressed his opinion:

"Grandpa, we all know how much you love and care for the three of us, and we are all very touched.

But we really can’t keep asking for things from our family endlessly!

Among all the people we knew, the three of us brothers and sisters had the best living conditions. We not only had cash from our families, but also food coupons and various non-staple foods.

The money and food coupons given by our family were really too much. Even if we were idle in the village for a year, we would not have to worry about having no food to eat or no money to spend. You don’t know how envious other people were of us when they saw that we had so much extra money and food coupons funded by our family!

The support from our family is already great. If we are still greedy, we will be looked down upon.”

"Don't feel pressured even if others envy you." Yue Wenxuan gave them some ideological guidance. "As elders, we should make more preparations for our children if we have the conditions. That is also our responsibility. Our family has good living conditions, so it is understandable that we have prepared more cash and food coupons for you."

Yue Qingmei said: "Don't worry, Grandpa, we are not the kind of pretentious people, let others see it however they want, anyway, the money and food coupons in our hands are legitimate, who let us have so many loving elders, this is something they can't envy.

But I also think what Ruikang said is right. The support our family has given us is already great. We are already employed now and we cannot continue to add burden to our family. "

"Yes, Grandpa, we are all human beings with hands and feet, and it is time for us to support ourselves."

Seeing the three children's positive attitude, Yue Wenxuan was very pleased, "Since you all have this determination, then grandpa will listen to you and no longer prepare money and food coupons for you.

But if you have other needs, you can still tell grandpa.

Grandpa is your elder, and this is our hometown. It is right for you to build good relationships with other educated youth, but don’t limit yourself to this frame. As long as your needs are reasonable, it is nothing wrong to make your life better. "

Yue Wenxuan's words really hit upon the two girls' minds. Yue Qinghe hesitated for a moment, and finally said:
“In fact, living in the same room with other educated youths does have many inconveniences.

Especially among us female educated youth, two of them had a lot of problems and were difficult to get along with. I really didn't want to live with them.

Every day we quarreled over food or space in the house, it was so annoying."

"Then have you thought about how to solve this problem?" Yue Wenxuan asked.

"Of course I have considered it. Originally, my sister and I planned to move out and live in the west room of Second Grandfather's house. Anyway, they have an empty room for us to live in. Second Grandfather and Second Grandma are such nice people, I think they will definitely not dislike us."

"Then why didn't you mention it to Second Grandfather later?"

Shao Ruikang replied: "I didn't agree."

Without Yue Wenxuan's further questioning, he explained: "I considered the future and felt it was inappropriate, so I didn't let them say it.

We came to Yuejia Village, but we didn’t know if we could go back to the city. Even if we could, we didn’t know how many years it would take.

If you are just staying for a short period of time, then that is definitely fine, but if the time is too long, it may not be convenient.

I have quite a few cousins ​​in my second uncle's family. They will all grow up in a few years. If housing is tight by then, they might have to move to live with my second uncle.

But if we occupy the west room in advance, it would cause trouble to others.

Besides, eating would be a problem after we moved in. Even if my two younger sisters continued to eat at the educated youth compound, it would inevitably be time for dinner when we returned home. By then, my second grandfather and second grandmother would be polite and it would be inappropriate for the two of us to eat or not.

Especially over a long period of time, if it is not handled properly, there are so many people in my second grandfather's family, and someone might gossip about it.

I told my two sisters about these concerns, and they gave up the idea. "

Shao Ruikang is older after all, and he has become more mature after his father's death, and he can even take these details into consideration.

Yue Wenxuan said approvingly: "You are very thoughtful and you should have thought of these things. It is indeed not appropriate for Qingmei and Qinghe to move directly to the west room, but there is a solution."

Yue Qinghe's eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked in surprise: "Grandpa, what can you do?"

"If grandpa has a solution, do you want to move out?"

Yue Qinghe said in a very affirmative tone: "Sister Qingmei and I do have this idea.

The dormitory for the female educated youth in the educated youth compound was full of smoke and filth, and they quarreled over trivial matters all day long. I was really fed up with it. If I could move out, that would be great.

If other people moved out of the educated youth compound, they might be gossiped about, or at least be accused of being unsociable and disunited.

But we don’t have to worry about that. Our roots are here. Although we are educated youth sent to work in the countryside, we are no different from the villagers. If we want to move out, no one can stop us.”

“If you two want to move out, grandpa supports you.

The solution is actually very simple. We are not short of money. Why not just build two rooms for you? One room can be used as a bedroom and the other as a kitchen. Wouldn't that solve all the problems?

There is no need to go anywhere else. Your second grandfather's yard is very large. On top of the existing three rooms, if we add two more rooms to the west, there will be enough space."

The three children had never thought of this method before. Shao Ruikang asked in surprise:

"Grandpa, you are so generous! How much does it cost to build two houses? We may not live here forever. If we move out in the future, won't the money spent on building houses be wasted?"

"It's not like the good stuff is going to flow to outsiders. When you return to the city, these two rooms can be left to your second grandfather. It won't be a waste.

Besides, how much would it cost to build two adobe houses? If you include all the materials, one hundred and twenty yuan would be the maximum.

For me, 120 yuan is only half of my monthly salary. Why would I be reluctant to give it up just to make your lives more comfortable? "

Yue Qinghe and Yue Qingmei were both surprised. Yue Qingmei said, "One hundred and twenty yuan is not a small amount. Isn't it too high-profile to do this?"

"I can tell others that these are two rooms built for your second grandfather, and you two can live in them temporarily. If I advertise it this way, do you think there is still a problem?"

(End of this chapter)