Portable Space: Red Age of Rebirth

Since it rained yesterday, there must have been a lot of fungus in the mountains. In the next few days, the villagers continued to be busy picking fungus, and the hunting team continued hunting. However, this time the hunting team did not go deep into the mountains, but stayed on a few nearby hills.

Hunting some wild rabbits, pheasants and the like. These days continued for another 6 or 7 days, and it was not over until the picking from several nearby hills was almost done. The villagers did not continue to pick mountain products deep into the mountains, firstly because they were moving deeper into the mountains.

There is basically no way up the mountain, and it is very inconvenient to transport it down. It takes too much time on the way. Secondly, it is not safe to go further in, as there are many large animals there.

The hunting team has gained quite a lot in the past few days. Although they have not hunted any more wild boars or anything like that, after a few days, an average family can get 3 rabbits, 2 pheasants, etc. They will go fishing in the evening.

When we come back, together with the pork distributed in the village during the New Year, we will definitely have a lively new year.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and now the villagers rarely go to work. The uncles and uncles are busy processing the mountain products picked up a few days ago. Since fresh mountain products are not easy to preserve, the purchasing station does not buy fresh mountain products very much. The villagers are here to collect them.

These mountain products are processed into dried mountain products and then sold to the purchasing station. Mushrooms, fungus, etc. must be dried and dried, pine nuts must be knocked out of the pine cones, and the green skin on the pecans must be removed.

The aunts and ladies are busy at home washing and washing, pickling pickles, and making winter clothes. There are no greenhouse vegetables in winter now. What we eat most in winter are cabbage, potatoes, and pickles. The housewives who know how to live a good life put the radishes, beans, and other things harvested in autumn.

Some are dried into dried vegetables, and some are pickled into pickles. During the winter, we rely on these dried vegetables and pickles for cooking. The weather is getting colder, and we need to prepare winter clothes for the old and young at home.

People in the mountains waste money on shoes, and an old man can wear out 6 or 7 pairs of shoes a year. Aunts and aunties have time in winter, the only time of the year, so they make time to make shoes and clothes. A group of daughters-in-law and aunties use it to make shoes.

I took my own sewing basket, got it together, pulled it, and used the thimble to pass the needle thread through the sole of the shoe, and then pulled the thread end, making a "tsk" sound, and then pulled the stitch firmly, and the hand moved very quickly.

A person can make a pair in two or three days.[

The finished shoes are not pretty in appearance, but they are comfortable and fit. Grandma Du makes Ya'er's shoes every year. Each pair of shoes is embroidered with butterflies, peonies, etc., and they are all so lifelike that Ya'er, who likes them, is reluctant to wear them.

It is said that when Grandma Du was a child, her family was well off and she learned embroidery from an embroiderer. Her embroidery skills were well-known in the village. In the past, when someone got married, grandma would help embroider a hijab.

Every time when Grandma Du was doing embroidery, Ya'er would hold a needle and thread on an old piece of cotton and imitate Grandma's gestures. Seeing her serious look, the aunts and ladies said, "Our Ya'er will definitely be a clever wife in the future."

, I started learning embroidery from my grandma at such a young age.”

Although she was laughed at by the ladies, Ya'er really wanted to learn. In her last life, due to poor health, she could not exercise strenuously. Over time, she adopted the living habits of a lady in ancient times, reading books, writing, Qin. Originally.

I was interested in female embroidery, but there was no place to learn it at that time. Now that my grandma is so good at embroidery, how could I let her go? Grandma Du saw that Ya'er liked it and was willing to teach her. In her old man's view, women

Children need to be ingenious. How can they do it if they don't know how to use needle and thread?

The days of leisure passed quickly. In November, the mountain products picked by the villagers were kept for the villagers' own use, and the rest were sold to the purchasing station. The villagers were completely relaxed, and the children in the village

They are all completely crazy about playing. Now there is no need to go to the fields, pick fruits, or herd sheep, which is not fun. In the past few years, when children reached school age, people with better conditions gritted their teeth and sent them to commune schools.

After studying for two years, the future of the province will be blinded. However, the revolution has been fierce in the past few years. Even many teachers in commune schools have been criticized, and classes have not resumed yet.

Ya'er has discovered this problem a long time ago. Her eldest brother is already twelve years old, and her younger brother is ten years old. They have not studied for a year and cannot recognize a few words. The children in the village are similar. Wait.

When they become adults, they will encounter economic reforms. Without education, they will face layoffs and unemployment. In the end, they can only rely on this three-acre land, without any hope for life. Ya'er does not want to see this group of children who grew up with her.

, her future life will still be with her face facing the loess and her back turned to the sky, and she will live a miserable life. But she is too young, so it is definitely inappropriate to raise this question. There are not many educated people in the village. For example, if the uncle can go to junior high school, he has already entered the village.

The highest educational level in the country.

After dinner that night, the whole family sat on the big kang in the house of grandparents and chatted. Father Du held a small notebook in his hand, where he was writing and drawing and calculating the family's income this year. Ya'er looked at

Daddy Du was writing and drawing there, and suddenly an idea struck him, and he asked innocently, "Dad, what are you doing, and what is written here?".

"Dad is calculating how much food our family can share this year and how much it will cost. You are still young and don't know me." Du did not even raise his head and continued to count.

"Oh, brother, they are all older than me. They must know what it is. Big brother, little brother, please tell me what dad wrote. I don't even know it. You must know it, right?" Ya'er continued.

ask.

In Du Haoyu and Du Haoxuan's thoughts, their precious sister was asking for a rare request from them, and they must behave well. The two brothers stretched their heads and looked at it for a long time, and saw that there were ghost drawings on the notebook, and they didn't recognize anything. The younger brother

The two of them blushed with rare shame, "I'm sorry, Ya'er, we don't know what it is? You ask my uncle, he will definitely know, he studied in the town."

"Oh, then why don't your brothers study? If they study, they will definitely be able to talk to Ya'er like father and uncle. Ya'er must study when she grows up and tell her grandparents in the future."

Ya'er's innocent words made Grandpa Du and Dad Du fall into deep thought. Finally, Grandpa said, "Jianguo, come with me to the village chief's house tomorrow." Then he went to bed full of worries. The atmosphere cooled down, and Du

Dad had no time to think about it anymore, so the whole family just packed up and went to bed.

After a hasty breakfast the next day, Du’s father followed Grandpa Du to the village chief’s house and did not return home until lunch time. Ya’er didn’t know what grandpa and the others said to the village chief. She only knew that in the evening of that day, the village chief

Chang Broadcasting will hold a village meeting tomorrow, and everyone must attend on time. On the day of the village meeting, Ya'er also went there. She wanted to see the villagers' reaction and see if these children could go to school.

When the village chief told the villagers about his idea of ​​sending the children to school, to Ya'er's surprise, not even 10% of them were willing to send their children to school, and most of them objected loudly.

"What are you studying for? The schools in the commune are not open now. If our village lets the children study, they won't criticize us. It's not bad now. The children can help weed pigs, herd sheep, etc. at home. If they study

If so, who will do the work?" This is the thought of those villagers who are not willing to let their children go to school.

"What you are saying is wrong. Chairman Mao has said that you must study hard and make progress every day. If we study hard, we can also read Chairman Mao's quotations to you and become little revolutionary warriors. You don't need to find anyone else."

I can’t memorize every word. And we can’t understand the words in those little books. We usually just read the pictures, which are not interesting at all.” I didn’t expect that these little kids would be the first ones to jump out and want to read.

Although their main purpose may be to read little books, there are no extracurricular readings in this era, let alone TV movies, so the little books with pictures have become the only entertainment for children. However,

This kind of short story book is very rare in the countryside, and you can't even find a few in a village. The people usually lead a tight life, and no one has the spare money to buy a short story book for their children. So there are only a few in the village.

The little book has become the most precious treasure for children.

After hearing this, the other children's emotions were also aroused, and they all acted mischievously, "We have to study. After studying, we will be able to understand the villain's book. After studying, we will also be able to read."

"Settling accounts, we save money. When we go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, people laugh at us because we are stupid and can't even calculate accounts." Some little guys' eyes turned a little red when they thought of the contempt they received in the commune.

After hearing what these children said, the villagers who objected had nothing to say. Yes, if you don't let the children study, they will only be blind like you in the future. If you study, you can at least understand yourself.

Names are good at settling accounts. If you pronounce them well, you might even be able to eat national food.

"Studying is a good thing. Look at those people who live in offices and work on state food, none of them are illiterate." Grandpa Wu said with a sigh. "Besides, it is also good for children to know a few words and be able to calculate accounts. It will save money in the future."

To sell an egg, you have to settle the account on your fingers. We can still let our children act like we are blind, and then we will have to find someone to read and write even letters." [

"It's a good thing for children to go to school, but we don't have teachers?" Some villagers immediately discovered this problem.

"Yes, this is a problem. I think so, most of the children in the village have never gone to school. Didn't Jianshe, Gouwa and the others go to junior high school in the commune school? Let them first

Each one takes turns to teach." The village chief thought for a while and finally announced.

"We haven't graduated from junior high school yet, can we do it?" Several people named by the village chief asked with a lack of confidence.

"I said it's fine. I'm just teaching kids who can't read a word. What's not good about it? Besides, during the meeting in the commune a few days ago, the commune leaders heard that many people will be sent to our commune to undergo labor reform next year.

People. I inquired secretly and found out that they are all university professors, who specialize in teaching college students. Maybe some of them will be assigned to our village by then. We will let them teach, and you guys can follow suit.

They will definitely be happy if the work is easy. Besides, even if they are asked to work in the fields, they probably won't be able to do it." The village chief's calculations clicked.

"However, everyone, please remember that the matter of letting the children study must not be made public. Especially the fact that we actually plan to invite terrorists to teach, we must not let the commune and the county know, otherwise we all will

After playing. Also, we usually let the children study in the morning and evening, and do not miss out on helping the family with work in the afternoon."

In the eyes of the villagers, college students are scholars, and the professors in universities are not even prime ministers. If your children can study with you in the future, it will definitely be a mistake. Besides, there will be no delay in helping the family, and there will be no need to pay tuition.

They all expressed their agreement to let the children study. It was decided that the children in the village should study.