Through 1979

It was another bright morning, and Li's mother specially asked for leave from the commune to send Li Ran to report at school.

Li Ran did not refuse, he only knew that the school was in the town, but he had been here for two months, and he was only familiar with Tupo Village, and had never been to other villages, so naturally he needed Mama Li to accompany him. .

Putting on the shoulder bag that Li Ma bought new cloth with a cloth ticket, Li Ran put the water bag in the bag and was ready to go to school.

Li's mother adjusted his collar carefully, with pride in her eyes: "Liu'er is so handsome! Alright, let's go to the side and wait for Jianjun. The kid is in the same grade as you. You two probably have to get together again."

Although Li Ran was very well-behaved during the two months of summer vacation, thinking of Li Ran's bad deeds in the past, Li's mother couldn't help telling her: "You are not allowed to cause trouble when you arrive at school, you know?" Lou was in his arms, and said in a soft voice: "Mom knows that Liu'er is the most obedient, so I will definitely listen to Mom."

Li Ran tried his best to lift his head out in Li Ma's arms, and exhaled desperately. Li Ma hugged him too tightly, and Li Ran felt a little out of breath: "Mom, I know, I must be obedient. Let's go find my cousin, He should be up."

Li Ma nodded in agreement, let go of Li Ran, took his hand and walked out of the house.

This action made Li Ran, who is actually 31 years old, uncomfortably uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Outside the house, Hu Jianjun was already standing at the gate of Li Ran's courtyard. When he saw Li Ran, he ran over waving his arms: "Your speed is really slow, I don't know how long I've been waiting for you here."

Standing next to Hu Jianjun, Hu's mother saw Li Ran's first sentence with the word boy, and slapped him on the head: "How do you talk? What boy, boy, he is your cousin, you Show me how to be a big brother."

Hu Jianjun touched his beaten head, and smiled at Li Ran: "Okay, cousin, let's go to school." When Hu's mother and Li's mother walked in front, they talked together without seeing what was going on behind them.He turned his head to Li Ran and showed his dazzlingly white teeth: "You kid, just pretend to be good!"

Li Ran had been with him for two months, and was used to his childish behavior, completely ignoring him.

Hu Jianjun got angry when he saw Li Ran's "no one's eyes" look. Taking advantage of his inattention, he ran to the side, poked him hard with his hand, and then ran away.

Li Ran stood there staring at his back without making a sound, then turned to Mama Hu and said, "Auntie, Hu Jianjun kicked me." This kind of thing happens often, Hu Jianjun has a lot of criminal records, and Mama Hu believed it when he heard it. He stopped talking with Mama Li, picked up his pace and chased after her: "You boy, stop for me, tell you to be more honest, you don't listen to my words!"

Hu Jianjun saw that his tigress-like mother was chasing him, and she ran even faster, her footsteps were like the wind, and she didn't dare to stop at all.

A cloud of dust rose from behind, Mama Li waved her hand, and when she turned her head and saw Li Rante looking at him innocently, she swallowed the words that came out of her mouth.

Li Ran looked at Hu Jianjun's back and thought to himself, it's ugly to sue, but there are such effective revenge methods, so why not use them.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw that Uncle Yao was already waiting there. His feet had healed for a long time, and now he was lazily lying on the wooden cart pulled by the donkey. Seeing them coming, he shook his hands happily.

There were two women on the wooden cart with a child each, presumably they were going to town together.

When Li Ran got into the cart, the wooden cart started to move under the pull of the donkey.

Li Ran sat in the car and looked at the roadside scenery curiously.This is the first time he has left Tupo Village since he came here.

As you get farther and farther away from the village, the road becomes wider and wider, and gradually becomes flatter.The donkey cart walked along the road leisurely, and the bumpy journey also became flat with the road, and gradually became more comfortable.

Li Ran lay comfortably in Li Ma's arms, swaying with the vibration of the car, feeling very comfortable.Hu Jianjun just made his mother angry, so he didn't dare to get close to Hu's mother, so he could only watch Li Ran enjoy it enviously, gnashing his teeth.

Afraid of being spotted by Hu's mother, he didn't even dare to show his angry eyes to Li Ran, so he could only swallow the anger in his stomach.After holding back his breath, he just felt uncomfortable all over his body, thinking that Hu Jianjun had never suffered from it other than Li Ran's.

When we arrived in the town, we could gradually see the high-rise buildings clearly.It is said that it is a high-rise, that is, a small building with two or three floors, but among those bungalows, these buildings are really a bit outstanding, and they compare with the buildings next to them.

Li Ran's school wasn't here, so they kept walking, and it didn't appear until they reached the edge of the town.It was a school composed of many red brick bungalows, with a dilapidated atmosphere.

At the place where the school entrance is against the wall, there is a wooden board with the words "Xu Tong Primary School" written in red paint on it.

Seeing this, Li Ran let go of his worries. When he heard that school was about to start, he had already prepared in his heart for life-threatening learning activities in a dilapidated house at home.Fortunately, although the school house is old, it seems that there is absolutely no problem in supporting it for three years.

The reason for staying for three years is because Li Ran is now in the fourth grade, and ten years old and fourth grade are still young here.Hu Jianjun is already 11, and he is in the same grade as Li Ran.

Uncle Yao had to do some shopping himself, so he made an appointment for the meeting, and the whole car was divided into two parts.

Li Ran and Hu Jianjun walked in following the footsteps of their respective mothers. Li's mother has paid Li Ran's tuition fees here several times, and she has been very familiar with it for a long time.

They went to the payment office first, and said that there were only two teachers there.Li's mother came to the seat on the table with the sign of the fourth grade, and asked, "Is this the registration office for the fourth grade?"

There was a pure-looking female teacher sitting in the back. Hearing Mama Li's voice, she returned easy-goingly, "Yes, is your son going to be in fourth grade?" She looked at Li Ran, smiled and boasted, "What a handsome boy?" lad."

Seeing that she only praised Li Ran, Hu Jianjun leaned forward.When the teacher saw Hu Jianjun, he also boasted to save face: "What a spirited guy."

Mama Li and Mama Hu nodded proudly, because the female teacher's attitude was easy-going, the two of them also relaxed slowly.After paying the money, the female teacher said: "I am the head teacher of Class [-], Grade [-]. My surname is Xia. You can call me Teacher Xia. These two children are assigned to our class, and I will take good care of them in the future. "

Upon hearing this, Mama Li and Mama Hu nodded in surprise.

Li Ran looked at the teacher from behind, thinking to himself that he is a good teacher.In the future, some teachers often say that they will take good care of a certain classmate, but that usually comes with prerequisites, not to mention this, everyone understands.

Now the material conditions are underdeveloped, but people are much more innocent and cute, at least they are willing to help wherever they can.

After the two children received their books, Mama Li said to Mama Hu: "Go and buy some meat and go home. I will feed the two children well, and by the way, I will also cook some meat for the family."

Mama Hu nodded in agreement, her family could hardly remember when was the last time they had meat.

When she arrived at the place where pork was sold, Mama Li carefully took out the meat ticket from her pocket, and carefully checked whether there was any fat on the cutting board.

These days, no one can eat pork every now and then. They buy fat meat and go home, squeeze the oil first, and save it for cooking at home, and then use the oily residue after frying the fat meat as meat dishes to accompany others. The dishes are fried and eaten, but even if it is oily residue, it is rare for everyone to be late.

Li Ran and Hu Jianjun stared at the meat on the chopping board and swallowed at the same time.

Realizing his actions, Li Ran couldn't help but blushed.He really didn't expect that one day, he would drool when he saw pork.But in the past two months, Li Ran hadn't eaten any other meat except that he ate some eggs that day and was away later.

Wotou, cornflour, brown rice, and wild vegetables are eaten every day. At first, I thought they were delicious and fresh, but later on, even if Li Ran tried to find new tricks, he felt that his stomach would soon be nauseated.

Now that they were going to eat meat, Li Ran and Hu Jianjun looked exactly the same, staring at their mothers' movements, hoping to buy more, and buy more.

There are also two types of fat meat. Li Ma took the meat ticket and hesitated in her heart which one to buy.

Hu's mother didn't hesitate, and immediately bought a catty of suet.Suet is the pure fat of pigs without any lean meat. This kind of pure fat is best used for refining oil.

Li Ma thought for a while and finally said cruelly: "Give me a catty of five flowers."

Pork belly is composed of skin and a thick layer of fat, that is, fatty meat with a little bit of lean meat.This kind of meat is the most delicious when fried.

Li's mother also thought that the family hadn't seen meat for a long time, so she made up her mind.

Li Ran looked at Li Ma handing over the meat ticket to take the meat, his face was distressed, and he went to comfort him: "Mom, the little money at home has grown very big."

This little money is the lean pig raised at home. Of course, that refers to the past. Now this pig has been raised fat and fat, and the meat on its belly is almost dragged to the ground.

Huzi heard that the pig could be exchanged for money to buy food in the future, and after buying a lot of candy, he named it privately, and finally got the unanimous approval of the family.

Thinking of the fat white pig at home, Mama Li felt a little better.That pig is already fat enough, and it won't grow anywhere any longer. It looks like it should be sold, and the piglets will be sold again to raise them.Snails are used to feed pigs, and the effect is really good.

When Li Ran turned his head and saw the bones thrown in the basin, he pointed to Li Ma and said, "Mom, let's buy some bones and go home."

Li's mother frowned, this is not a good thing, it can only be used to feed dogs, not to mention buying, anyone who sells pork is willing to give it away.

Li Ran saw Li Ma's thoughts, so he pulled Li Ma's sleeves and played tricks.This is what I learned from Hu Jianjun. Here, being favored by others every day, Li Ran would sometimes unconsciously play a little bit of his temper.But fortunately, as an adult in his bones, Li Ran would show off his cuteness like this when he wanted something, and he was definitely very serious at ordinary times.

It shouldn't be long before someone discovers how to eat this bone. If you don't take the opportunity to taste it now, you probably won't be able to eat it in the future.These days, buying meat is like buying a house, it has to do with it.

Li's mother couldn't stand the torture, so she just took a little money and bought the bones.

Going back to the place we made an appointment with Uncle Yao, after a short wait, everyone came.It's rare to come to this town, everyone bought a lot of things, with joy on their faces.

Uncle Yao waited for everyone to sit down, then beat the donkey with a whip, and started back to Lijia Village.

Li Ran held the pork and pork bones in his hands, and he smiled happily when he thought of the delicious food he would eat when he went back.