The history of raising children from the Republic of China to the 70s

At night in the county town, Lu Chengye was busy tidying up the house, and the Li family in the village, at this time, Li's mother was also busy tidying up all the things in the house.In the past few days, the news that their family is going to the county seat has spread all over the village.It was just a moment of agitation. The village had everything they wanted to say, but most of them envied Li's mother for having a good son, and of course there were quite a few people who came to his house to solicit connections.

In the past few days, people stayed at their house until late every day, even later today, and they are still there until now, because tomorrow is the day when Li's mother and the others move, and those who have not achieved their goals naturally don't want to leave.

At this moment, Mother Li was forced to sit in the main room, with a mother and daughter in front of her. Although she really wanted to force people to go out, she still listened patiently to what they said. Who told the mother and daughter to belong to the village chief's family? .Although she is about to move to the county seat, her household registration is still in the village.She didn't provide food, so she discussed with the village how to use money to buy centimeters, and she didn't want to offend people.

Village chief's wife: "Your life is better, my son is so filial."

Mother Li smiled and shook her head, "It's okay, it's okay, the children in your family are also very filial, they are rushing to work."

The village head's wife smiled triumphantly, "Oh, how can it compare to yours, but if you go to the county town in the future, you will really become a townsman."

Mother Li: "How could it be? My household registration is still here. I just used to take care of my children. There are so many things to do!"

"What about the two children, but your two children are still so young, so you need to find a mother quickly?"

"Don't worry, don't worry." Mother Li shook her head.

Mother Li casually chatted with the person in front of her, but wondered if there was something left unpacked.

On one side, the young girl saw that her mother had been talking about it for a long time without getting down to business, and she was a little anxious.She quickly touched her mother with her leg a few times, and even winked at her.

The woman urged by her daughter was not in a hurry, but the woman in front of her was very slippery and kept silent. She couldn't just say that we married your family.How could the woman take the initiative, and if she said it directly, her daughter's reputation would be bad.

But this Li Chengye is indeed a very good marriage partner, even though he was divorced, he still has two sons.But Li Chengye is a cadre of a factory in the city, and now he bought a house in the city. Although he has to take care of two children after marrying, he must go to enjoy the blessings and go to the city.

There are quite a lot of attractive people in their village, and even a lot of educated youths are inquiring about the Li family's affairs, but it's a pity that Li Chengye is not at home all the time, and Li's mother is a tight-fisted person, so people can't do anything.

Her family also has a little girl who is only this year and is about to get married. She missed the Li family boy when she saw her before. She and her husband were not very satisfied at first, because it was a second marriage after all.As soon as the news of buying a house came back, they immediately changed their minds and decided to finalize the matter.

"Sister Li, this matter has to be done in a hurry. Those children don't understand. We adults must watch it."

"Just say that my daughter is eighteen this year, and I am very anxious. You also watched her grow up since she was a child. She has a good personality and is hardworking. We want to find someone who knows everything about her. It is best Just like your family business boy."

Her words can be said to be very direct, and she almost told her that our two families got married.

"Mother." The girl from the Li family was a little shy, her face was already flushed, but she still peeked at Mother Li's expression.

"My daughter needs to be anxious. I remember that there are a few good young men in the village. Isn't that tiger a good one? As for my son who has a son now, I don't care about him." Li's mother's face remained unchanged. The two people in front of them still didn't give up and said a name casually. As expected, the expressions of the mother and daughter changed, and they immediately became a little restless. 0

"Uh, Sister Li, it's getting late, we won't delay your rest, let's go back first!" The village chief's wife was still a little guilty, and couldn't stay for a while, so she made an excuse and dragged her away up.

"Hmph, what the hell!" Seeing the people leaving, Mother Li hurried to close the door, but she was very displeased with the two of them in her heart.I don't know how the village chief has such a daughter-in-law and daughter, he is so snobbish.

This girl was almost engaged to a young man named Huzi in the village before, how long has it been, her heart has changed so fast.

Mother Li didn't think much about it. She walked to her room, where the two children were still awake and were sitting on the bed reading a comic book. When grandma came in, the two children immediately greeted her happily.

"Grandma, grandma, are we going to move to a new house tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"Then shall we all live with Dad in the future?"

"Correct."

"Where are there many children playing with us?"

"Have."

"Then can we eat meat every day?"

"..." "No." Mother Li withdrew her smile.

"Ah!" Xiaobei pouted unhappy.

As soon as Mother Li sat down, Xiao Bei excitedly asked questions, one after another. At first, Mother Li answered patiently, but after hearing the next few questions, she no longer wanted to go back.Xiaoxi also looked at her younger brother silently, as if she didn't want to talk to him, and only knew how to eat.

Not being able to eat meat every day, Xiaobei was a little unhappy at first, but he forgot about it after a while, and became excited because of going to the county seat.

Mother Li had chatted with Li Cheng before, and she will pay more attention to Xiaoxi's situation these days. Seeing that he has been silent and just playing with his younger brother, she lightly touched his head, "Xiaoxi, we are moving tomorrow. Are you happy to live with your father?"

Xiaoxi looked at Mother Li seriously with big eyes, "Very happy." His voice was bright, his eyes were clear, and there seemed to be no trace of haze in him.

"That's good." The child's hair was already a little long and very soft. Mother Li stroked it twice.

Mother Li wasn't sure when Li Chengye and the others would come over, so she got up early, gave away all the vegetables that couldn't be placed in the yard, and put away all the things that could be used at home.Worried that she would not have time to cook today, she cooked seven or eight boiled eggs early in the morning and steamed some steamed buns for lunch.

The two children also got up very early. A few days ago, Mother Li made a small schoolbag for each of them, and they also had to pack their own small things.

There were a few people who said they would come to help Mother Li move, but Mother Li didn't agree to any of them. This kind of favor is not easy to owe, let alone repay.

After eight o'clock, the two children had already packed up their books and toys, and each of them stood outside the yard with a small schoolbag on their backs, waiting for Li Chengye to come back. Take a look at the door.

Li Chengye didn't make them wait any longer. At about 08:30, a car appeared at the gate of the yard. The noise of the car was so loud that many people in the village were attracted, especially some children, waiting for the car. When it stopped at the door of Li Chengye's house, many children gathered around eagerly.But none of them dared to get close, although they really wanted to touch them, but they didn't dare.

When Li Chengye got out of the car, he saw two little dolls carrying schoolbags. He hadn't seen them for a week, and he seemed to miss them.

"Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, dad is here to pick you up." He walked over quickly and immediately hugged her into his arms.

"Father, I miss you!" As soon as he saw him, Xiaobei rushed over excitedly, expressing himself without hesitation, and wrapped his little hands around Li Chengye's neck.

"Father." Xiao Xi could hold back, and greeted Li Chengye in a normal way.

At this time, Qi Peng, who had been forgotten behind, also came over, and Li Chengye remembered him now, and quickly said to the two children: "Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, this is your Uncle Qi, call someone quickly."

"Uncle Qi." The two children were very obedient, and immediately called out with a smile.

"Good boy." Qi Peng showed a smile, and took out four candies from his pocket in the next second, "Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, eat candy."

The two children did not reach out, but looked at Li Chengye.

Li Chengye quickly nodded, put down the two children, and asked them to pick them up by themselves, "Go on!"

"Thank you Uncle Qi." The two children took the candy, but they didn't eat it right away, but put it in their pockets first.

Li Chengye: "Let's go in first? Let's see if my mother has cleaned up."

"Okay." Qi Peng nodded, and the group of four went to the house. Outside the yard was a group of villagers who kept sighing at the car.

In the house, Mother Li had already heard the movement outside, but she was busy packing some things in the kitchen, so she didn't bother to pick up Li Chengye.

"Mother, I'm back." Li Chengye yelled, and saw Li's mother walking out of the kitchen quickly. She must have been busy for a while, her forehead was covered with sweat, and even her clothes were already wet.

"Have you had breakfast?" Mother Li raised her arm and wiped the sweat from her forehead with the sleeve on her shoulder, with a smile on her face.

"Eat, eat. By the way, this is my friend who came to help us move. His name is Qi Peng."

Qi Peng quickly said: "Hello, Auntie, I'm Qi Peng."

"Oh, that's really troublesome for you, come all the way here, have you had breakfast?" Mother Li noticed that there was someone behind her son, and felt that the name seemed familiar.

"Eat." Qi Peng nodded.

"Hey, are you our Yewazi's high school classmate? I think I've heard your name before."

"Mother, you have a really good memory, it's him." Li Chengye smiled and patted Qi Peng on the shoulder.

"Don't you remember, my family's child was thanks to you for taking care of me!" Li's mother's attitude became a little more enthusiastic.

"Cough, it should be. At that time, most of the pickles that Yezi brought to school went into our mouths, and they tasted very good." It was rare for Qi Peng to say such a long sentence, and he seemed a little embarrassed afterwards.

"Oh, you like to eat pickles, that's just right, I still have a lot at home, you can take some back later."

"Hey, don't you need it?" Qi Peng refused, but his attitude was not very firm.

"Take it, take it, it's all home-grown vegetables, it's worthless, you came all the way to move us, you should, you should, just don't think I'm not good at pickling vegetables."

"That's fine, I'll take some back later." Qi Peng glanced at Li Chengye, and didn't refuse again, with a smile on his face.

"That's right, why be so polite."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Chengye again, pointed to a pile of things in the main room and said, "I've already packed these things, let's get them in the car first, I still have some things in the kitchen that I haven't finished."

Li Chengye nodded, "Okay."

After confessing to Li's mother, he went to the kitchen. Li Chengye greeted Qi Peng, and the two began to move things to the car. These were mostly clothes and quilts at home, but they were not very heavy.

"You guys go and play for a while, don't follow me, lest you bump into you." Li Chengye was moving things outside, when he suddenly found two dolls following him step by step.He had a lot of things in his arms, which blocked his sight, for fear of bumping into them.

"Daddy, we can help too." Xiaoxi's face was full of seriousness.

"Daddy, I have strength now." Xiaobei followed suit.

"Then you can help daddy watch the car and keep others away?" Li Chengye laughed, and couldn't bear to refuse the two children, but he couldn't really ask them to do anything, so he found something for them.

"Okay, okay." The two children were overjoyed when they heard the words. They had already gone to get close to the cart, but just now dad was more important.

Li Chengye put the things in the trunk of the car, and then put the two children into the back seat of the car. The door was closed, leaving only the windows open. After telling them not to touch the things inside, he continued Went back to the house to move things.

The two big men were quite strong, and soon most of the things were loaded into the car, and some things couldn't fit in the trunk, so they were tied to the roof of the car somehow.Li Chengye's heart was full of rejoicing at this moment, fortunately Qi Peng got a car and came to help today, otherwise he really didn't know how to move these things back.

Mother Li packed up a lot of things, including pots, pans and pans, as well as hoes and shovels, all of which are indispensable.The main reason is that many things cannot be bought with money now, and it is impossible to repurchase them in a short time.

It was almost eleven o'clock at noon when the packing was almost finished.At this time, Li's house was already empty. Li Chengye and Qi Peng were resting on the chairs in the main room. There was a bowl of water next to no one. This bowl was found by Li Chengye from the car just now.

"Yezi, let's eat something first. I boiled eggs and steamed buns in the morning. Let's go after eating." Mother Li came out of the kitchen, holding steamed buns and eggs wrapped in oiled paper.

"Okay, I'll call Xiaoxi Xiaobei." Li Chengye responded and went out.

It was time for cooking at this point, and all the people around the yard had left, only some children were left playing around the car.Fortunately, Qi Peng parked the car beside two big trees in the morning. The dense leaves blocked the sunlight, and there was still a slight breeze, so the vicinity of the car was not very uncomfortable.

The two children of the Li family were lying on the window of the car, looking at the car very seriously. Whenever a child tried to touch the car, they were strictly stopped by them, but they completed the task that Li Chengye gave them meticulously.

"Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, come down, eat something first, we'll be out later." He walked over and opened the car door, reaching out to hug the two children down.

"You can only watch, not touch." Xiaobei was carried down first, and he looked at the friends around him with a serious expression, as if he was not negotiable at all.

"Xiaobei, can you let us sit for a while, we haven't seen such a big car before?"

"Yes, yes, Xiaobei, just for a while."

"Xiaobei, don't you want my little slingshot? Can I play with you for a while?"

"..." A group of children immediately surrounded Xiaoxi, and one of the six or seven-year-old boys directly handed him a beautiful little slingshot.

As soon as Xiaobei saw the slingshot, a gleam of light appeared in his eyes, his expression seemed a little hesitant, Xiaobei moved his hand, and looked at Li Chengye, his eyes were full of longing.

"No, this is not my family's car, we can't agree." Xiao Xi who came down from behind stood directly in front of his younger brother, holding his hand that was about to move with his small hand, blocking the people in front of him.

"Oh, Xiaoxi, just tell us something!"

"Yes, yes, we will definitely not move around."

"No." Xiaoxi still shook her head, showing no intention of agreeing at all.

Li Chengye watched them chatting without any intention of interfering. After carrying him down, he went straight back to the house.

Xiaoxi and Xiaobei didn't stay outside for long, Li Chengye had just finished eating an egg, and the two children came in, but it was Xiaoxi who came in holding Xiaobei's hand, and Xiaobei seemed to be looking out unwillingly.

Mother Li shared an egg and a steamed bun for each of them, and the two children sat obediently and ate.

Li Chengye glanced at the wrinkled Xiaoxi, feeling a little amused in his heart, it seemed that he was thinking about the slingshot.

Long before Li Chengye came back, Li's mother had prepared all the proof materials for the two children's relocation, so they didn't need to go to the village again.Mother Li had already bid farewell to the people with good relations in the village, so they set off as soon as they had finished eating.

There are only some tables, chairs and benches left in the old house, so they can only be put here first. The big iron pot in the kitchen was also put in the car by Li's mother.

After getting into the car, Li's mother sat in the back seat with the two children, and Li Chengye sat in the co-pilot. The car started slowly, because the road here was very narrow and not easy to walk, so the speed of the car very slow.

The children surrounding the car did not leave immediately, they followed the car all the way, and stopped until they reached the entrance of the village. When they heard the movement, many people at home came out and talked in their direction.

Li's mother leaned against the car door, looking at the scenery outside the window, and felt mixed emotions in her heart. She was about to leave the place where she had lived for more than 20 years, the place where her husband's bones were buried.