I Had a Home In 1982

   Chapter 12 12. The abrupt start of school

  Wang Dongxi brought him not only bread, but also pickles.

   is the newly pickled toon sprouts this year.

  There are many trees on the island, and every family grows two toon trees.

  The spring in Wengzhou City is warm and early, and the toon germinates early. It is now the end of March in the Gregorian calendar, and it is time to pinch the second round.

   Unlike the long-salted toon buds, which are dark green, the freshly pickled toon buds are still green, very tender, and can be watered with a pinch.

   The pickles were wrapped in half a newspaper, and Wang Yi happily took them back to the house, so that there were lard pancakes and toon sprouts, just one bowl of porridge away from a hearty breakfast.

   Someone brought him two catties of millet yesterday, so he also had porridge.

   It is not suitable to use a large pot to cook porridge, but Wang Yi has a camping stove in his suitcase, which is a folding windproof gas stove with a long butane gas tank.

   This thing has a lot of firepower and a moderate size, suitable for cooking porridge.

   So he saw that no one was outside, went to close the door and locked it, then took out the green key to open it.

  The door opened and it was a time-space house, and his two large suitcases were inside.

  Opening the suitcase, he took out the windproof stove and gas tank, thinking about the time of 1982 and the location of Tingtaoju, he pushed open the door and came back.

   Now he has discovered that it is not that he will travel through time and space every time he enters and exits the time-space house, but to see the time and location in his mind when he opens the door.

  The time and location in his mind are the anchors.

   Combining a windproof stove and an air tank to cook millet porridge, he thought that he had been on the island for more than two days.

   Then he returned to the island where he had been for 22 years and called Uncle Bo and Section Chief Zhou of the Municipal Party Committee to report safety, in case they could not contact him and went to the island to find people.

   This call is necessary.

   Uncle Bo said urgently: "Why did you think of me, boy? We can't contact you for the past two days, and Xiao Zhou will organize the police to go to the island to find you."

  Wang Yi said with a smile: "The scenery on the island is so good, I lingered on it."

   Uncle Bo explained a few more words, so I was relieved.

   Back at Tingtao Residence, the water of millet porridge was boiled.

   My firepower is too strong!

  Wang Yi waited for the porridge to put the toon sprouts on the plate, and then picked up half of the newspaper and looked at it bored.

   This is "Wengzhou Daily", the headline is "Wengzhou Unveils the Prelude of the 'National Civilization and Politeness Month' - Vigorous, Solid, and Practical".

   The following articles are the "Implementation Measures of the State Council on Carrying out the National Voluntary Tree Planting Movement", "Mobilize, Everyone Speaks about Cleanliness, Order and Politeness"...

  Wang Yi is not interested in these news, he turned over to see international news, which is interesting:

   "Russians Are Saddened by the Enemy in Afghanistan", "Soviet Military Occupation Puts Afghanistan's Economy In Dilemma", "Democratic Cambodian guerrillas sneaked into Phnom Penh to attack Vietnamese troops".

The    news said: “Italian reports say that Soviet troops were actually besieged in Afghanistan, and that they were not only the targets of Afghan guerrillas’ ambushes in the countryside and mountains, but also targets in cities…”

   "Civilians and soldiers of the Soviet Union had to carry weapons at all times for collective action, they only partially controlled large central towns, while the partisans controlled the countryside and mountainous areas..."

  Wang Yi enjoyed reading it.

   If we put it at this time in 2021, then the report can be republished with the Soviet Union replaced by the United States.

  The name of the Afghan Empire Cemetery is well deserved!

   He looked down at the sports page again, and the first article turned out to be "In the Nehru Gold Cup International Football Invitational Tournament, the Chinese team won the runner-up".

   This startled him, the national football team is still so fierce? Is there only two teams in this game?

  The millet porridge was almost cooked, so he put down the newspaper and turned it off to stew.

   Heavy footsteps sounded, getting faster and faster.

   rushed in in a daze, and stood at the door with a cage, looking straight in.

  Wang Yi's heart trembled: "What are you looking at?"

   Big confused hehe smiled: "I smell the fragrance."

   As he said, he threw away the cage and came to sit down. He consciously pulled the lard pancake in his bag to him and asked the small pot, "What is this? Why is there millet porridge in it?"

  Wang Yi sighed and said, "What is this pot? You are really in a hurry. Where did you go in the morning? You came back just after I cooked the rice?"

  Dazed stood up and pulled over the net pocket at the door: "You like to eat prawns and crabs. In the morning, there are many goods from Panhai, so I touched it for you."

  In the old net pockets, there are quite a lot of large and small crabs, conch, scallops, mussels and clams.

  Wang Yi was stunned for a while, and asked, "Did you get up early to pick up seafood for me?"

  Dazed nodded, opened the bag and prepared to eat.

  Wang Yi was moved and said, "Okay, then wait, wait until the millet porridge is cooked and eat it together."

   said confusedly: "No need, just the flatbread is delicious."

  Wang Yi secretly thought that this flatbread was freshly baked with lard, wouldn’t it be fragrant? But the problem is that this flatbread is too small to fill your belly, so let's eat it with millet porridge, it can be a meal anyway.

  The problem is that the millet porridge is cooked too little.

   He opened the lid and took a look. The millet these years were fed from farmyard manure. Every season of the year, rice oil could be boiled. It was yellow and sticky. When the lid was opened, the aroma spewed out like a wave of air.

   Big confused brows and smiles: "I can drink it all."

  Wang Yi said: "Well, you really can tell the truth."

   The hot water boiled last night had turned cold and boiled, so he simply added half a scoop of water, and the small pot was full.

  Bewildered, he quickly said, "Don't add water, it won't be so fragrant when you add water."

  Wang Yi said: "It's very hot without water, I'll burn your mouth off! Adding cool white water is just right to drink it happily. Come, I'll give you a drink!"

   was stunned: "Ah? Really? What about you, Mr. Wang?"

   Wang Yi said: "I eat seafood."

   He went to set the stove outside the door on fire, poured two scoops of water, and threw the seafood into it to cook.

  It’s a pity that there is no rice, otherwise it would be cool to have seafood porridge.

  Dazedly squatted at the door, eating and drinking, and suddenly burst into tears while eating and drinking.

  Wang Yi was stunned: "Why are you crying? It's delicious to cry?"

   Big confused shook his head and cried: "No, Mr. Wang, you are so kind to me, you eat seafood by yourself, give me cakes and millet porridge, just Zhishu and you are the best for me! Better than my father's treatment of me!"

   Wang Yi comforted him and said, "It's alright, don't cry, I like to eat seafood."

  Dazed and choked: "I'm just confused, I'm not stupid, who loves seafood but doesn't like lard flatbread and millet porridge? What's so good about crabs and seashells? I can't eat enough!"

  Wang Yi was speechless for a moment.

  When the water in the pot boils, you can turn off the heat.

   Then he can also eat and drink: the seashells forgot to wash the sand, and they tasted a bit cheesy, but the soup for cooking the seafood was extremely delicious.

   After he finished his breakfast, Tianya Island officially started to work.

   The fishing boats sailed out, the teams of women dispersed, and then someone sang, and soon several others sang:

   "Moving forward, soldiers have a heavy responsibility, and women have deep grievances. In ancient times, Hua Mulan joined the army for her father, and now there are women's soldiers who carry guns for the people..."

   Big Daze even sings this song.

   He said that there were troops stationed on the island before, so the commune members learned a lot of military songs. Before the 1980s, Haifu County organized each commune to hold a military song competition every year.

  The sun rises high, and the clouds and mists dissipate.

  Sunrise from a ray of light in the eastern sky to the brightness of the four seas is an instant, really, the sun suddenly jumped out from below the horizon.

  The morning sun shines all over the island, the blue of the sea is tinged with red, the sky and the earth, the island and the sea, the trees and the grass are the same color in an instant.

  Wang Yi sat on the stone at the door and read the textbook.

   Big Daze went to the sea to wash pots and dishes, and when he came back, he carried a reclining chair.

  Wang Yi glanced at it and said in amazement, "Isn't this a reclining chair for a secretary?"

   said confusedly: "Well, no one is sitting now, Teacher Wang is sitting."

After   , the ugly cat Wang came again. He found that Wang Yi had no bench here, so he ran home to get an old bench.

   Seeing Wang Yi reading the textbook, he leaned over and followed.

  Wang Yi asked while flipping through the arithmetic textbook, "Do you like studying?"

   Wang Ugly Cat nodded solemnly: "I like it, the leader said that a person with knowledge is like standing on a mountain, you can see a lot of things far away. If you don't have knowledge, you can walk in a dark ditch and can't figure it out, it will be miserable."

  Wang Yi was surprised: "You are highly enlightened."

   Wang Ugly Cat grinned weakly, and whispered, "This is what the secretary said. In fact, I like studying because I can be an official, and I can eat enough food and instant noodles when I study."

  Wang Yi said: "It is true that you can be an official when you study, but you want to be an official not to feed yourself, but to bring everyone to eat together and eat instant noodles together!"

   Wang Ugly Cat quickly nodded: "Yes!"

   After a while, a woman came up and handed him two apples and asked, "Mr. Wang, do you want to open a school here?"

  Wang Yi stood up and said, "Hello, sister-in-law, it's not that I want to open a school, it's our school that reopens classes."

  The woman asked, "Does the Yuhong class also open?"

  Wang Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Also open, let's go."

  The woman immediately left happily.

   She came back after a while, holding a baby in her hand and a baby in her arms.

  Wang Yi's heart skipped a beat.

  I am grass, wouldn't you want me to look after the child? I am a people's teacher, not a kindergarten teacher!

  The woman came and handed the two children to him. She turned around and left with confidence. Before leaving, she only left a sentence: "They are not obedient, so you can beat them at ease!"

  The older one is five years old and the younger one is three years old, each holding a piece of green radish in his hand.

   Wang Yi looked at them, they looked at Wang Yi.

   Big eyes and small eyes.

   Wang Yi asked, "What are your two names?"

  The two dolls looked at him stupidly, without speaking, just sniffling.

   Wang Ugly Cat pointed at them and said, "She is the elder sister, called Hua Xue, and he is the younger brother, called Leather Shoes."

  Wang Yi was taken aback, what is this name?

   But when he thought about his nickname, he knew it again. The people on the island follow a cheap name to make a living, and they give their children nicknames because they are mean and unpleasant, so that the kid won't get tired of pestering them.

   The two children didn't know if they were afraid of life or were frightened by the words their mother said before leaving. They didn't make a fuss, they sat down at the door and carefully nibbled the radish.

  Wang Yi wanted to deal with them, so he asked, "Are radishes delicious?"

  Hua Shoe nodded, Leather Shoe shook his head: "Spicy, salty."

  Wang Yi handed him a tissue and sighed, "Spicy is right, salty because your nose is running."

   He took out the apple that the woman gave him to share with the two, and the two children danced with joy.

   Wang Ugly Cat squatted down and asked, "Leather shoes, eat the apples, give me the radishes."

  Leather shoes shook his head, and quickly put the carrot block into his dirty trousers pocket.

  Wang Yi is thinking about how to bring the two children to play.

   At this time, Wang Dongxi's greeting sounded in front of the village committee office:

   "Second sister-in-law is here? Bring the child to see Teacher Wang?"

   "Hello, auntie, you all have children? What are you doing here?"

   An old lady's cheerful voice came over: "Isn't the college boy from Xiangwen's family a teacher? The Yuhong class has opened again, and we will send the children over."

  Wang Yi looked up in horror.

  Women and old ladies dragged a human cub and walked happily...

   (end of this chapter)