0p0 Chapter 238 The chosen cannon fodder just wants to live (18)
Chapter 238 The chosen cannon fodder just wants to live (18)
The night before leaving, there was a dinner at the Educated Youth Institute. Everyone brought out some food and a small piece of meat. Several female educated youths worked together to steam a lot of steamed buns with mixed noodles and boiled some mushroom sauce. These mushrooms were grown in the village. The wild shiitake mushrooms my aunt brought in exchange for them, I added a little bit of meat to them when they were boiled. After they were boiled, I put some on the steamed buns. They were very fragrant.
In addition to what is eaten that night, each person can also share a small bottle and save it for later consumption.
As the waiter, Ji Shan divided two bottles.
Early the next morning, everyone first sent the three people who were visiting relatives to the commune to take the bus. Before leaving, Ji Shan stuffed one of her two bottles of mushroom sauce into Zheng Xuemin's hand, and stuffed the other bottle into Lu Minxuan's.
"If you are poor and rich, take it with you to eat on the road."
The three of them didn't even have a chance to refuse. The car drove away and Ji Shan ran away.
Everyone in the Educated Youth Institute is very nice, and Ji Shan is willing to get along well with them.
She has been here for so long and has not seen any conflicts among everyone, nor has she seen anyone with bad conduct.
At most, some people were more lively and some were more silent, but there was no trouble-making and everyone refused to engage in internal friction.
As for cooking separately, Wang Fuzhi told her before that the reason why everyone cooks separately is not because of conflicts, but because everyone's living standards are different, and it will be more free to cook separately.
"Separate cooking was brought up by Lao Lu. His family situation may be a bit special. He couldn't bear to eat the fine grains he was given. He took them back every year when he went home to visit relatives. He said that there were elderly people at home who were in poor health. He couldn't eat whole grains. But he didn't want to take advantage of everyone, so he advocated cooking separately, so that whoever wanted to eat could cook. Later, this tradition continued. There was no need to worry about him. "
Ji Shan also noticed this. Lu Minxuan usually eats rougher than anyone else.
These days, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy fine grain.He is willing to save his money for the elders in his family, but he cannot take advantage of his friends.
Moreover, Ji Shan also noticed that he also kept a little bit of fine grain. Whenever there was a dinner party and everyone needed some fine grain, he could bring it out.
The remaining educated youths also want to celebrate the New Year.Although the materials are poor, the atmosphere must be full.They have to go to the post office to send letters and packages, and then go to the supply and marketing cooperative to make purchases.
The specialty vermicelli and vermicelli from Shililiang became gifts for my parents.
Wang Fuzhi said with a smile: "After all these years, this is the first time I have sent something home."
She has two children in her family, and she is the eldest.My parents were not partial either. When I went to the countryside, my younger brother was not old enough.
Ever since she went to the countryside, her family had sent her money and checks every month, and her younger brother always wrote to her and sent her the money and checks he had saved.
She also wanted to send something to her family, but there really was nothing to send in Shililiang.Finally having some specialties, she bought a lot at once and sent them all back home.
Other educated youths also sent some.Only Ji Shan, with a small satchel of serving the people slung across her body, stood at the door of the post office waiting for someone.
After sending the things, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative again.
The commune is actually not big. The post office, supply and marketing cooperative, and police station are all on the same street.The post office and the supply and marketing cooperative are still next to each other, which is probably to facilitate everyone to buy things after withdrawing money, or to go to the post office to mail the things after buying them.
Ji Shan still had some bills in her hand, so she picked up the ones that were about to expire and spent them. She bought some cloth, sugar, and meat.Lao Ji's tickets are ordinary tickets and have an expiration date.Unlike those in the military, there are no date restrictions.
Han Xiao bought a large piece of red paper with her own money.
"Let's go back and cut it out ourselves, make a couplet and post it at the entrance of the Educated Youth Institute. Who can write calligraphy?"
Ji Shan raised her hand: "Me!"
"Okay. I'll leave it to you then."
Everyone collected some food stamps and bought some melon seeds.It's really not much, just two handfuls per person.
The educated youths also shared some peanuts among themselves. They simmered them with the ashes left after cooking and ate them. They were quite delicious.
The residual warmth of stove ashes is an integral part of rural life.
You can also put some sand in the iron pot and fry it with peanuts.The fried peanuts are on the same level as the hanging oven roasted peanuts of later generations, and they are extremely delicious.
But now everyone is very curious about the iron pot and are reluctant to use it for this purpose.
The entire Educated Youth Academy is lively and leisurely.
There was no work for the past few days, and the vermicelli workshop was also closed.
You can sleep until three o'clock in the morning every day.After getting up and having breakfast, you can also go climb Shililiang.Starting from the Educated Youth Institute, it takes 10 minutes to walk up the gentle slope to the root of the mountain, and 10 minutes to climb to the top.
This is still the result of everyone taking their time. If we speed up a bit, we can complete the process in 35 minutes.
There is also a dilapidated temple on the top of the mountain, which is the Taoist Jade Emperor Temple. The statues inside are gone and the temple doors have been destroyed.
But the murals on the walls are still clearly visible.
There is a tradition here in Shiliang to climb mountains early on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Not only the Shiliang production team, but also the nearby Dawangzhuang and Xiaowangzhuang, will also come to climb the mountain, basically covering the entire commune.
It used to be to burn incense and pray for God's blessing. Now, just to relax after a busy year, many young men and women, accompanied by their parents or brothers and sisters, climb mountains and have blind dates. The parties involved look at each other and don't talk much. It's official once they fall in love. Ask a matchmaker, if you don't like it, just pretend you haven't seen her, and no one will mention it again.
Apart from this spiritual significance, Shililiang is almost an abandoned mountain. It is a pure stone mountain with the most crooked cypress trees on the mountain, which are just for looking at and of no use.There are almost no pine trees, and you can't even find a pine nut if you want to eat it.
Therefore, except for the first day of the Lunar New Year, few people usually go up the mountain.Everyone likes to hang out and chat during their leisure time, and no one would waste their energy climbing mountains.
Unlike these idle educated youths who have to climb once a day in the winter.
To them, these crooked trees and strange-shaped rocks are quite beautiful.Everyone climbs mountains every day, exercises, breathes the air with the aroma of cypress trees, and goes to the top of the mountain to blow the biting cold wind, which is very refreshing.
Ji Shan's life here was quite leisurely, but since she left, life in the Ji family in Beijing has not been very peaceful.
The words the original owner said before leaving still pierced a thorn in the heart of the second brother-in-law Chang Guoying.
When he left angrily that day, Ji Chunmei chased after him and defended him.
"Don't listen to Ji Shan's nonsense. She is trying to sow discord between us. If you believe her, you have just fallen into her trap."
"Then what she said is all false? Aren't you chasing that educated Lu who went to the countryside?"
"No, of course not!"
Although Ji Chunmei reacted quickly, her momentary unnaturalness was still caught by Chang Guoying.They were both sons of a steel rolling mill, and he and Ji Shan also knew each other. Everyone had seen the scene where the mother-in-law and Ji Shan were fighting in the past, and they knew that Ji Shan was not forgiving.
He knew that what Ji Shan said about having a baby and being together for a year was definitely nonsense, but the thing about chasing someone to the countryside was probably true.
Also, how could her daughter-in-law take the initiative to go to the countryside with such a lazy attitude?
But this matter happened in the past. At that time, Ji Chunmei was not with him yet, so there was no point in pursuing it further.
In this way, Chang Guoying accepted Ji Chunmei's statement.Since you can't pursue it, pretending to believe her is a good step downhill.
He also regretted accompanying Ji Chunmei back to her parents' home early in the morning. She said she was going back to see someone off, but she ended up going there to gloat about her misfortune. He was embarrassed, okay?
His wife deserved to be kicked back.
Who did he provoke?He also followed suit.Ji Shan also forcibly gave him a cuckold.
Although he persuaded himself not to mind it, he still felt uncomfortable after his wife did those ridiculous things for another man, even if they were done before marriage.
He felt uncomfortable, and he showed it more or less.Ji Chunmei is not as tolerant and considerate as before. When Ji Chunmei and his mother have conflicts, the mediation is not as timely as before.
There are usually two reasons for conflicts between his mother and Ji Chunmei. One is that Ji Chunmei is really very lazy and the other is that she has been married for two and a half years and has not become pregnant.
In the past, as soon as his mother started nagging, he would immediately intervene.
Ji Chunmei was lazy, so he would do more.In fact, his family doesn't really have much going on. His parents are very hard-working, and his younger brothers and sisters do all their own work.His mother really just couldn't stand her laziness.
As for having children, they are still young and a few years later is not a problem.He advised his mother: "It's not good for you to have a few more years of leisure. Once you have children, there will be more things at home. Before it's too late, you should have a good rest and take good care of your body."
His mother is not a powerful person, she can just say a few words and be done with it.
Now, Chang Guoying's mentality has changed a little. He also feels that it is appropriate to let Ji Chunmei do more housework. At least, it should be shared equally with him, right?This time he did the laundry, can you do it next time?
There was also the matter of pregnancy. His mother kept saying the same thing over and over again, "Let me take care of your grandchildren as soon as possible. Otherwise, when I get old, I won't be able to take care of them."Just say a few words. Anyway, I can't say anything outrageous.
Moreover, his mother is anxious to take care of her children because she is free.
The Chang family is considered a good family, and they don't have anything top-notch.Chang Guoying was the eldest son and should have gone to the countryside back then, but Chang's mother felt sorry for her eldest son and asked him to take over her class.Successfully stayed in the city.
Chang Guoying also has a younger sister and a younger brother.
The year before last, my sister Chang Li had reached the age of going to the countryside, so she took over Chang's father's work and also escaped.
The brother and sister changed jobs again.Chang's father's work is more labor-intensive, and his sister's is a little more difficult.Of course, the salary is also a bit more.
In fact, Chang Guoying didn't do anything too extreme, but he just wasn't as thorough as before. But Ji Chunmei was not willing to accept this little change.