Reborn in the 1970s, Zhang Sanniu's new life

The two sisters chatted and laughed as they walked home!

When they arrived home, Wang Cuihua and Daniu were tidying up, carrying shoes and clothes in their hands, preparing to cook!

In rural areas, dinner is usually prepared and eaten early to save on lamp oil. Since everyone is poor, every penny saved counts. This way, they don't have to spend money on kerosene for lamps, and over the course of a year, they can save a considerable amount of money on lamp oil!

Da Niu saw the book in San Niu's hand and asked, "San Niu, where did you get this book? You can't read, what are you doing with it?"

"Big sister, this is a first-grade textbook that I borrowed from Brother Zhang Cheng. I'm going to use it to learn to read!" San Niu said happily.

"Oh, then study hard and don't break it," Da Niu instructed.

"After San Niu happily agreed, she took the book and put it back in her room!"

After putting down her books, San Niu went into the kitchen, sat down in front of the stove, and waited for her eldest sister to add water to the pot before starting the fire.

San Niu lit the fire and looked at her eldest sister. "Eldest sister, let's learn to read together! Let Second Sister learn too!" San Niu said.

"You should learn from your second sister! Your eldest sister still has to help Mom with chores," the eldest sister said.

"Sigh," San Niu sighed. "It seems that getting my eldest and second sisters to learn to read together won't be easy. We'll have to take it slowly!"

Da Niu is sensible and often helps with chores at home. Every day, she cooks, washes, and mends clothes. During the busy farming season, she also has to work in the fields. She really doesn't have much free time!

Erniu is young and can't do much. Every day she just feeds the chickens, sweeps the yard and house, and washes the dishes after eating. Erjie has a lot of free time, but Erniu is lively and active, and she runs out to play whenever she has time!

Dinner was ready quickly. Actually, there wasn't much to cook. I made a pot of sweet potato porridge and a side of pickled radish. That was dinner!

The family of five sat around the kitchen table, eating sweet potato porridge and pickled radish. They all enjoyed their meal.

The family quickly finished their meal, tidied up, and prepared to go back to their rooms to sleep. The three sisters, San Niu and San Niu, lay down together to sleep. San Niu couldn't fall asleep for a while, so she looked out the window. It wasn't dark outside yet!

Sigh, no wonder, there are so many children in the countryside! After the busy farming season, there are several months of winter when everyone has nothing to do. They go to sleep before dark every day. The couple doesn't have much to do except have children!

So it's a vicious cycle: the more children a family has, the poorer they become, and the poorer they become, the less food they have!

It's better in the city. City people have fewer children and earn more money, so they have enough to eat and wear. Unlike in the countryside, where people don't have enough to eat and their clothes are patched up again and again!

So later the country implemented the family planning policy. As the family planning policy was implemented, fewer children were born, and the quality of life for farmers improved!

The country's advocacy is correct: have fewer children and become richer. Only by having fewer children can we change poverty and make life more prosperous!

The next day, the three sisters got up diligently and helped with the chores!

San Niu tended the fire while her eldest sister cooked. The meal was ready quickly, and the whole family gathered around to eat breakfast. After that, San Niu went back to her room to get her books!

San Niu took out the book, sat by the door, and started learning. San Niu found that she didn't recognize many of the characters. San Niu scratched her head anxiously and thought, "Forget it, I'll learn the ones with pinyin first!"

Zhang Laosan saw Sanniu reading a book and walked over, asking, "Sanniu, can you read?"

"Father, I don't know him, he's studying!" San Niu said.

“Then let me teach you, Dad! I learned from the educated youth who were sent down to the countryside before, and I know quite a few characters,” Zhang Laosan said.

"That's wonderful, Dad! I was so worried! We didn't even know you could read!" San Niu exclaimed.

“Sigh, we were poor back then and couldn’t afford to go to school, so we helped the educated youth with their work. They would teach us to read at night,” Zhang Laosan said.

Zhang Laosan is a man of good appearance, tall and strong, with a good temper. He treats his wife and children very well. Even though he doesn't have a son, he has never laid a hand on his wife and children or lost his temper because of this. He is a rare good man!

Zhang Laosan took the book and began teaching Sanniu the characters. Father and daughter worked together diligently, one teaching and the other learning. Soon, Sanniu learned a dozen or so characters. Perhaps Sanniu was a reincarnated person, possessing the soul of a 36-year-old, which is why she learned so quickly, quickly mastering several pages. Zhang Laosan was astonished by Sanniu's intelligence; he hadn't expected her to be so clever, learning something after only two repetitions. When he was learning to read with the educated youth, it would take him several days to memorize a single character, and he would often practice writing it on the ground whenever he had free time, afraid of forgetting it!

Zhang Laosan stopped, looked at Sanniu, and said, "Sanniu, you really know everything I just taught you!"

"Dad, I really know it, but I can't write it," San Niu said!

“San Niu, you’re so smart. Let’s not learn to recognize them yet. I’ll get you some sand and put it in a wooden basin so you can practice writing on it. Just recognizing them isn’t enough if you can’t write them,” Zhang Laosan said, grabbing a bag, lifting the handle, and heading outside.

Soon, Zhang Laosan returned carrying half a bag of sand. Sanniu quickly went to the storeroom to get an old wooden basin. Zhang Laosan poured the sand into the basin, then picked out the large clods of soil, leaving only the fine soil. Sanniu began to practice writing in the sand with a ten-stick stick. At first, she wrote very slowly, following the book stroke by stroke, but her writing was not good and was particularly large!

San Niu patiently wrote slowly. Seeing San Niu's serious expression, Zhang Laosan thought he had to find a way to let San Niu study. San Niu was so smart, she would definitely be able to study well. If she studied well, she wouldn't have to suffer like them in the countryside!