The leisurely life of rebirth

Grandma took Fang Monan back home. Her aunt had already laid out the dishes and chopsticks. She looked at Fang Monan jokingly and said, "Our 'college student' has gone home. Come on, thank you for your hard work. Hurry up and eat!"

Dinner was placed in the corridor. There was no fan, so it was better to eat outside. Fang Monan missed the air conditioner so much that he was not afraid of the heat. At this time, there was no longer the heat of noon. There was no TV, so he could only listen to what the county said to each household.

There is a small radio installed, and listening to the broadcasts of the Central Radio Station, you can understand some of what is happening outside, at least without turning a blind eye.

The dinner was not as sumptuous as the noon meal. There were yam eggs boiled in the millet porridge. The yam eggs were not big, only the size of Fang Monan’s thumb. There was a white flour steamed bun and two corn flour steamed buns placed in a small rattan frame. The lunch dishes were all delicious.

There was nothing left, so I had a plate of pickled cucumbers with minced garlic and minced ginger sprinkled on top.

The three of them sat down, and when they saw grandma and the other two picking up chopsticks and starting to eat, Fang Monan held the bowl and ate slowly. The porridge did not burn your mouth, and it was just right to drink. It should have cooled for a while, and it had the sweet taste of millet and yam.

The eggs are very floury and sweet, not as hard and crisp as later ones.

My aunt was careless while eating. Instead of smiling just now, she could even be said to be a little frustrated. She muttered in her mouth, and finally complained angrily about things at work.[

From her verbal complaints, Fang Monan heard that there was an opportunity to become a full-time employee. Their qualifications and academic qualifications were obviously the same for both of them. Unfortunately, their backers were not as strong as others, and their relationship was not even close to that. If they were to become full-time employees, both of them would have a chance.

It's a pity that that person goes up and she goes down, it's normal.

"What else can you do? If your father is still alive, he might be able to help. Now, alas!" Grandma sighed helplessly. The situation is stronger than others, so she can only accept the reality. "Work hard and work hard. Compared with us who don't have a job,

You should be satisfied." What my grandma comforted me was that I was so weak that I could find other ways.

"Why? I'm not willing to give in. But what should I do?" My aunt murmured to herself.

"It's very simple. It doesn't matter if you have better academic qualifications than others. Let's study hard!" A sweet voice sounded, and Fang Monan put down the bowl.

"Study, I am still studying at this age, what do little brats know?" my aunt retorted.

"Yes! What Nannan said is right. The radio did not say that the college entrance examination had been resumed two years ago, nor was it like before that people were not allowed to study. Besides, our family is not as difficult as when your father just passed away and cannot afford to support you.

Studying, your eldest sister has graduated from high school! It is always good to study more. I remember that I also took literacy classes back then. If there weren't so many children and no one to look after me, I wouldn't have stopped halfway." Grandma put down the bowl.

Chopsticks said, with a trace of regret in his heart. "You see, those intellectuals who were originally sent to the countryside have now returned to the big cities. It can be seen that it is better to study, otherwise any good opportunities will slip away. If you think about it carefully, it is

That's not true." It was rare for her little daughter to be able to pick up a book again, so the grandma said harder.

Fang Monan was also very surprised, how could his illiterate grandma marry his educated grandpa? He remembered that his ancestors were landlords, but later the family fell into decline. No one cared about it during the exercise, but he couldn't stop those who were interested. Grandma

They are composed of genuine poor and lower-middle peasants, and they must have become integrated due to the times.

"Auntie, you must be scared, aren't you?" Fang Monan curled his lips and looked up and down.

"Afraid, what am I afraid of?" My aunt looked at her and asked confused.

"Of course I'm afraid that I won't be able to learn, I'm afraid that I won't be able to persevere, and I'll make excuses for my cowardice. Of course, the most important thing is that I'm afraid that I won't be able to compete with me!" Fang Monan looked down on her and puffed up his chest.

Dese said.

"Hmph! It's a joke, how old are you? Not only did you learn a few words just now, you really think you are a college student. Your tail is in the sky. You and I are so good that we have graduated from junior high school. I'm afraid I can't compare with you. It's just

It's ridiculous." The aunt was furious and retorted eloquently, not thinking that the other person was just a child and had the same experience as her.

"Yes, my Xiaoyan is not stupid. She has done a lot of hard and tiring work, and she has endured it. How can she be called a coward? As long as she persists, who says she can't study well, she might even be able to get into college.

Here!" Grandma interrupted at the right time and added a little more fire.

"Is it true? My aunt can go to college." Fang Monan felt that it was almost done when he was talking quickly. Seeing that his aunt was so excited, he was also moved. "Grandma must kill a chicken to celebrate then, okay?"

"Ghost girl, you just know how to eat." The aunt stood up in a funny voice and walked into the house.

"What are you doing? You haven't finished eating yet!" Grandma shouted loudly.

"I'm not going to eat. In order to eat chicken early to celebrate, we have to work hard now. I'm going to look for the book placed in the corner first." The aunt felt sad, although the conditions at home were better than before.

, but if you want to eat meat, you have to wait until the Chinese New Year. Usually you can't even see the smell of meat. She held back the tears she was about to shed, clenched her fists tightly, worked hard, and must celebrate as soon as possible. But she ate it.

The pain of not having a high level of education.

Fang Monan and his grandma looked at each other and smiled, and a tacit understanding suddenly emerged.

"By the way, Mom, I forgot to tell you. The tenant in the North House will not renew the lease. The rent has been settled. It is estimated that we will move in two or three days." My aunt just crossed the threshold and remembered it and turned around.

"Oh! Then we have to find someone to rent the house again." Seeing that they had all finished eating, grandma put away the dishes and said.[

At that time, my grandfather's brothers lived in the South House, North House, and West House. Later, when the brothers became successful, they either moved away due to high promotions or followed their children to live in big cities. The house became empty because the brothers from the same family did not know how to live.

I came back again, so I decided to sell the house to my grandpa at a discount. It happened that my grandpa was still alive at that time, and there was someone in the court who was easy to do, so the whole family tightened their belts and bought the South House, North House, and West House. Now Haolai also has a house.

income.

After dinner, both grandma and aunt had something to do. Fang Monan strolled to the garden behind the east house. She visually judged that it was about an inch of land, more than 300 square meters. It was very flat, with loose soil, and there were a few spots on it.

The weeds have just emerged. I guess grandma often comes to pull weeds, and they are new ones that have appeared during this time when she went to the countryside.

There are also a row of five or six pumpkin seedlings planted at the base of the north wall. The seedlings have climbed very high along the wall, have bloomed, and are not far away from bearing fruit. There are also some wood stacked against the south wall, like rafters.

, there are also red bricks neatly stacked next to the wood, the quantity is not large.

Fang Monan remembered that two houses were later built in the back, but it turns out that they have not been built yet! No, I must ask my grandma and the others to give up this idea. She also wants to use this land to grow some vegetables in the space, so that not only can they harvest a lot,

Now that we have a cover, we can eat vegetables openly. Now we go to find grandma, and Fang Monan returns to the front yard.

"Grandma, are we going to build a house later?" Fang Monan ran to the kitchen, hugged her legs and asked.

"Hey! How did you know?" Grandma said, not forgetting to add cold water to the pot on the fire.

"Oh! I saw that the wood and red bricks placed on the wall in the backyard are very similar to the wood on the beams at home. I guessed it." Fang Monan replied wittily. Being young is troublesome.

"Our Nannan is so smart," grandma boasted perfunctorily.

"Grandma, how about we not build a house? How about we grow vegetables like in the backyard of my aunt's house?" Fang Monan didn't take his grandma's compliment seriously and was anxious to express his thoughts.

"Isn't this good! Everything is almost ready. Let's build the house, rent it out, and collect the rent." Grandma put the lid on the pot, wiped her hands with a towel, and walked into the house.

"Grow vegetables, grow vegetables, so that we can save money on buying vegetables. If my aunt goes to college, she will have living expenses." At this time, Fang Monan just wanted to plant the land and said without any scruples. "House."

Money is very cheap now, isn't it a good deal!" She was blocked by the high threshold and could only shout to her grandmother in the room.

"Well! You can consider that, but learning is not a temporary thing." Grandma turned around and stood on the threshold, thinking seriously, it would be a good thing if her little daughter can really work hard. But then she added: "Besides, that

The place is not big, how much food money can be saved.”

"Grandma asked me to plant it and let me try it. Now that the weather is good, we will definitely have a good harvest. Besides, the little bit left is just a little bit." Fang Monan stood outside the threshold, patting his chest and saying more vigorously.

Grandma shook her head and said, "Xiao Nannan, are you going to go back to planting vegetables?" She looked at her suspiciously.

"I can, I can! Hoe the ground, sow seeds, water, fertilize, and catch insects." Fang Monan opened his hands and counted.

Grandma heard what she said was true. She probably followed her into the field to watch someone planting corn seedlings and told her what she said. She didn't expect to remember it so clearly.

Grandma thinks about it, since she hasn't prepared all the things to build a house now, it might as well let her try. Seeing that she is so interested, she probably has been affected by staying in the country for a long time. Maybe it's just a whim, don't dampen her enthusiasm.

, so he nodded in agreement.

Fang Monan jumped all over the backyard with joy, thinking about what to plant.

Grandma saw her getting up and it was still early, so she followed her to the back to help. She took the hoe she found at home and started hoeing the ground. These little people couldn't do it, so she had to help her! It's strange to say that once

After dividing the land and hoeing, it was getting dark. She didn't feel any backache or fatigue. Her body was obviously much better than before she returned to the countryside. Of course she didn't know that it was because she ate space vegetables.

I just feel that I am very capable and much better than before.

"Okay, let's buy some vegetable seeds tomorrow and we can sow them." Grandma still dropped the hoe and patted the soil on her hands.

"There's no need to buy vegetable seeds tomorrow. Shitou gave me some vegetable seedlings and seeds when we came here." Fang Monan said quickly after hearing her words, and ran down the corridor to take it out from the paper bag. Of course, it was just an excuse.

It was getting dark, so I took out common vegetables such as tomato seedlings, bean seedlings, cucumber seedlings, and spinach from the space where no one would see them.

Grandma looked at the vegetable seedlings. They were a bunch long and straight. They were well preserved and not wilting anymore. "It turns out there was a plan. Let's plant them now!" [

Fang Monan and she took a small shovel, bean seedlings, cucumber seedlings, and tomato seedlings. They needed to dig holes and bury them. Spinach was the best to plant. The seeds were sprinkled into the ground with the soil, and then lightly sprinkled with

Just a layer of soil is enough. If two people work fast, they can finish planting in no time.

"We can sprinkle water tomorrow." Grandma patted the soil on her hands and saw that her granddaughter was also helping. Although the speed was slow, she worked very seriously, which showed that she really wanted to grow vegetables. She saw that it was completely dark, "Let's go, Nan

Nan, let’s do it again tomorrow!”

"Oh! I'll watch for a while." After grandma left, Fang Monan looked to see if there was no one around, sprinkled the ground with spring water from the space, and then left.

After taking a shower, I went to bed. Before I went to bed, I was still thinking about the fact that although the land cannot be grown from seed to maturity in two or three days like space, planting seedlings in the land should be faster than outside, right?

As usual, I stayed in the space for two days, meditating and practicing, and studying medical skills. I got up on time at five o'clock the next morning. Of course, my grandma got up because she got up, and she hugged Fang Monan across the threshold and saw her.

Run to the backyard.

Fang Monan saw the young seedlings standing upright, bright green in color, and waving in the wind. She looked around and saw that no one was there. She not only sprinkled them with spring water from the space, but also sprinkled the soil from the space next to the young seedlings one by one. Of course, before

She also watered the jujube and pomegranate trees in the courtyard when no one was around, and sprinkled some soil from the space, so that they would grow better.

After Fang Monan finished his work, he saw his grandma coming over, carrying a bucket. He quickly stepped forward, unloaded the bucket and said, "Grandma, we agreed that I would grow the vegetables myself. You have already helped me hoe the land and plant them."

, the rest of the watering, fertilizing, and catching insects is up to me, and I don’t need grandma’s hard work to help.”

"Oh! Really!" Grandma said clearly after hearing what she said, "You have to stick to it! Don't give up halfway." She warned again carefully.

Fang Monan took the bucket left by his grandma and dumped it while no one was there. After a while, when the time was almost up, he turned back to the front yard. He said to his grandma: "Grandma, I have watered the vegetable seedlings."

Then she ran back to the backyard and started jogging around the vegetable patch. It was impossible to do morning exercises on the street. Not only would her grandma not agree, but she also didn’t want to be looked at like a peep show.

Grandma heard Fang Monan's voice in the yard, turned around and came out, but no one was there. She ran to the backyard to look at the moist land, and the green vegetable seedlings were still dripping with water. She was doing a good job.

, watching Fang Monan obediently wandering around the vegetable patch, then went back to make breakfast.

After breakfast, my aunt went to work. Fang Monan urged her grandma to go around the county town and know the way, so as not to get lost and find her way home.

Grandma said with a smile: "You still want to know the way, I don't dare to let you go out on the street by yourself, you are too young." She thought about it, after so many days in the country, there was no vegetables at home. She went to the market to buy vegetables.

It's just right. It's not hot yet and the dishes are still fresh.

"Okay! Let's go shopping now and use your words to know the way." Grandma said with a smile. She locked the door, took the money, and the grandfather and grandson went to the street.

Grandma took Fang Monan and walked south for a few minutes before arriving at the crossroads, running east-west. Every morning, both sides of the road were spontaneously filled with green leafy vegetables freshly harvested from the fields. There were also sellers of meat and eggs, but

Not many, only three or two kittens. The price is obviously cheaper than those in grocery stores in the county, because they are grown and raised at home, and they are sold at a high price to supplement the family income.

It is said that the market was started by people voluntarily, and stalls were gradually formed, and the farmers earned a little bit. The stalls were all clean, and there was no need for anyone to clean them up, because the farmers themselves took care of the rotten vegetables and leaves.

Dou'er has gone home, chop it up and feed it to the chickens.

Grandma walked to the meat stall and asked about the price. After carefully calculating the price, she still felt it was expensive, so she shook her head with a smile and left.

Finally, I bought a handful of spinach and green onions. “I’ll have pumpkin flake soup for lunch, just in time to scratch my stomach.”

There is no oil or water in the food, and there is no fishy taste, which makes it easy for constipation. Pumpkins bloom a lot, so pick the tenderest ones, which have fluffy flowers. Pinch off the tenderest parts and eat them to cleanse the stomach and treat constipation. These are the things that grandma used to do in her life.

As summarized in the book, Fang Monan suffered a lot when he was making daddy when he was a child.

Then grandma took Fang Monan on a tour of the county's commercial streets, the public Hongqi Cinema, department stores, large canteens, private four-wheeled cars welded by themselves, watch repairmen, and lock repairers.

The popsicle sellers were all set up in front of the cinema. There was also a sesame biscuit seller. Fang Monan stood here for a long time without seeing many customers, and a sesame biscuit only cost five cents.

Fang Monan seems to be extremely cheap, but it is very expensive here. In the future, there will be no pennies, and no one will pick up even a dime on the road.

Fang Monan held his grandma's hand and looked at it with interest. He entered the store to look at the prices of the goods, and the restaurant looked at the menu prices written on the blackboard, which was also a way to understand the market conditions in advance.