The leisurely life of rebirth

When we arrived in the countryside, the low farmhouses on both sides of the roadside retained various slogans from the 1970s. Fang Monan looked at such slogans and smiled. They were a major feature of the time. In later generations, there were also slogans on national highways.

Those who have family planning: "If one person gets sterilized, the whole family will be glorious!" A scene seems to appear in front of his eyes: setting off firecrackers, riding a big horse, wearing red flowers, and proudly announcing to everyone: "I have been sterilized! Come to my house for a drink!"

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"Popularize one child, control the second child, and eliminate the third child.", "Should the child be pierced or not, the house will collapse; if the child should not be aborted, the house will be taken away." At that time, the family planning policy was tightened, and sometimes

Township cadres and village cadres also staged full force for family planning and illegal birth control.

There are also some from special periods, which are a bit mottled, but you can still see clearly: "Be vigilant and guard against destruction by class enemies." The chairman's instruction shines brightly, and the revolutionary soldiers show off their heroes. "Revolutionary soldiers are like bricks, they can be moved wherever they are needed."

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There is already a long queue at the rural grain station, all of them are farmers waiting to hand over public grain. The rural grain station is very simple, just a few shabby tile-roofed houses, and there is no warehouse. When the grain is delivered here, it is taken directly to the grain depot on the same day. Public grain delivery

Here we are just gathering.[

The long queue quickly shortened. After Fang Monan and the others paid in the public rations, Shitou insisted on going to the supply and marketing cooperative to have a look. Even if he didn't want to buy anything, it would be better to open his eyes. Uncle Dachengzi was so frustrated that he had no choice but to go.

The front of the supply and marketing cooperative is large, with double doors. The inside is clean and tidy, and the goods are neatly stacked.

When the salesperson saw Fang Monan and the others coming in, he glanced disdainfully, lowered his head and continued to sit on the chair to knit a sweater. But when he saw the salesperson's chin raised high and his nostrils turned upward, what was Fang Monan's mood?

No more.

The salesperson was wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt and a red and black plaid skirt. Unfortunately, a pair of black cloth shoes made the whole western style look nondescript.

People often say: "The shoes on your feet are half your shoes." This is probably what it means.

At this time, when rural areas were in short supply of materials, becoming a salesperson would be like a high-end white-collar worker today. Supply and marketing cooperatives would also sell good things in the city. Ordinary people would go to supply and marketing cooperatives to buy foreign oil, matches, and cream.

The most important supply and marketing cooperative still sells fertilizers that are in short supply in the early 1980s, but high-end gadgets are in short supply. It is difficult to buy them without giving a basket of good words to the collector. So when the salesperson comes home from get off work, he drives his car all the way around the village. You don’t need to ride because there are many ladies and aunts who want to have a chat with them, and the matchmakers in the countryside will kill you halfway to find you a wife. They are so popular. So it is understandable that people think very highly of themselves. It is a pity that it is random. With the changes of history, the salespersons of supply and marketing cooperatives will no longer be envied by people.

Shitou and Er Nier's eyes were shining, and they were looking at this and that with excitement, but they didn't dare to touch it for fear of breaking it. It wasn't until Uncle Dachengzi urged them to leave, and they were pulled back three times.

He went out. They were very sensible and knew what was going on at home, but they just didn’t dare to ask for it.

When they returned home, the three children all got on the mule cart. Even though Shitou was empty-handed, he was very happy, which was enough for him to brag in front of the children in the village.

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On a summer day, a child's face can change at any time. It was clear just now, and the sun was so scorching, but now there are dark clouds and heavy rain. After the shower, the air is mixed with the smell of earth, and there are bursts of it.

A slight cool breeze blew away, sweeping away the heat of the afternoon.

Fang Monan sat on the threshold, watching the sky clear after the rain, admiring that a huge bright rainbow appeared in the sky that looked particularly blue after the rain. It was like a colorful arch bridge, spanning

Above the village. Seen from the background of the sky, it is so far away from us and so high. Seen from the background of the village, it is so close to us and so low, as if we can reach out and touch it. Really

Comfortable!

Although Fang Monan was sitting leisurely, his mind was not idle for a moment, learning all kinds of interesting knowledge left by his master and his wife.

Xiao Shitou is not in Fang Monan's comfortable and relaxed good mood. He has been having a hard time these days, very bad. Especially if he accidentally lets it slip about his homework, Xiao Nannan will be confused by the multiplication table.

As a result, his father came back every day and looked at him with both noses and eyes. He was not pleasing to the eye. He kept scolding him, saying that he was worse than a little bean. It was really sad that his mouth was so loose.

This is not the trouble caused by the little bald man. You said why she pretended to be so obedient and compared her with her sister. It really made him mad.

After Shitou's mother found out, she severely 'taunted' him that he was worse than a little baby. He was criticized for being so handsome. The corn seedlings had been planted in the fields, and now his mother had a lot of time to stare at him and write every day.

Homework assigned by teacher Maijiali.

Shitou thought of his current life and became so angry that he must make her look good and show her true colors. He looked at the soft and crawling insects washed out of the soil after the rain, and suddenly his eyes suddenly

As soon as the light came on, all the girls in the class were afraid of this and screamed in terror. He thought proudly of Fang Monan being frightened, and laughed with gloating. Haha...

"Nan Nan, come... come, my good brother will give you a good thing." Shitou said to Fang Monan with a smile on his face without any concealment.

'Oh! This guy Shitou has been so mean to her these past few days and has never been nice to her. He is smiling like a thief now, so he must be up to no good.' Fang Monan secretly said in his mind, looking at his clenched fists.

, "What good things can you have? You look like a thief! You don't want to scare me, do you?" After saying this, she saw his guilty look, and now she was even more sure that he was trying to scare her with something again.

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Shitou suppressed his guilty conscience and walked forward, "Stretch out your hands, be good." He smiled like the big bad wolf coaxing Little Red Riding Hood.

Fang Monan is in a good mood today. He learned that he will return to the county town tomorrow, so he will play with you for a while to see what new tricks you have. He obediently stretched out his hand and saw that it was an earthworm - an earthworm. It was soft.

There was still mud and water, which was disgusting.

It's a pity that Shitou didn't hear the expected scream and looked at Fang Monan in surprise. Wasn't he frightened? There was no response for a long time.

'Even if you want to scare people with something like this, it seems that I have to give you some stimulation.' Fang Monan held back the dirty and disgusting earthworms. Fang Monan raised his head and looked at the stone with a smile, "Yes.

Is it something to eat? It looks delicious." He covered it with his hand and put it into his mouth. At the end, he smashed it and said, "It tastes good, but a bit bland. Just add a little salt." He was very serious.

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"Ah...you...you..." The stone hand pointed at her tremblingly, stammering in fear.

"Uh... uh..." Fang Monan suddenly covered his neck, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, he opened his mouth wide and let out a whimpering sound, with a look of pain on his face, and stretched out his hand in the direction of the stone.

"Ah...Mother...Mother...help!" Shitou stepped forward, hugged Fang Monan's falling body, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Fang Monan originally wanted to fall down on the small chair, but he didn't expect him to rush over and fell on him. Seeing him anxiously and frightened, tears of fright rolled in his eyes. "It's a bit too big." Get away from him quickly.

He stood up and looked at him with a smile, "You know you're scared, right?"

"You, you...you're okay. Wow..." He was almost scared to death just now, thinking that she really ate it, thinking that he really killed her. When he saw that she was okay, he saw her hand open again,

The earthworm was held tightly in her hand. Her tense nerves relaxed and she began to cry with confidence.

Hearing the cry, Li Mei ran out of the warehouse. She thought it was Fang Monan crying, but after walking in, it turned out that it was her son who was crying so loudly that people could hear it from afar. "What's wrong, why are you crying?"

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"Uh... uh... this... that..." Shitou stammered for a long time, not knowing what to say about what just happened. He was also afraid that Fang Monan would sue, so he winked at her desperately and begged for mercy.

"Haha... No aunt, I was just scared to tears by this." Fang Monan raised his hand so that she could see what it was.

Li Mei looked at it and smiled, "He's still a boy! He's not as brave as your sister. Isn't she just an earth dragon? As for crying, it will make heaven and earth shake!"

"I thought it was a long worm (snake)," Shitou sobbed. He was already aggrieved and frightened, but instead he was frightened, and now he is looked down upon by his mother and has to rack his brains to make excuses. It's so hard.

child.

Li Mei saw that her son was fine and left. "You continue to play, and I will go and pack things. Your aunt and grandma are leaving tomorrow."

Shitou saw his mother leaving, scratched his head, and said sheepishly: "Thank you just now. If it weren't for you, I would have to wait for you."

"Oh! Then how are you going to thank me?" Fang Monan raised his eyebrows and said seriously.

Shitou's eyes flickered, 'She took it seriously. What just happened didn't scare him to death. It would be good if he settles the score with her.'

"Huh! Just by looking at you like that, I can tell that you are insincere and perfunctory." Fang Monan said sarcastically after seeing that he didn't speak for a long time.

Seeing that his little thoughts were revealed, Shitou blushed, "Then how can we be sincere?" He had to ask sincerely.

Fang Monan looked at the earthworms thrown into the chicken coop. Basically every household in the countryside raised a few chickens, and those who could afford it would also raise a pig. "Let's do it! You have to dig earthworms to feed the chickens every day, and there is no time limit.

The more the better.”

"Okay, it's easy." She was leaving tomorrow anyway, and she didn't know whether he would dig up the ground or feed the dragons or chickens, so she promised to pass the test first.[

"A manly man, you must keep your word and don't let me look down on you. If you let me know, what will be the consequences... Hehe... Do you want to taste the taste of eating earthworms alive?" Fang Monan first used his manly words.

The hat was pressed down, and then a mouth of bright white teeth was exposed, accompanied by a charming laugh, threatening.

"No way, no way, I will definitely do it." He promised seriously this time. Can you agree? He didn't want to taste the taste of earth dragon. He was really scared and accepted it.

Seeing that he agreed, Fang Monan said, "Dig the earthworms back, rinse them with clean water, and feed them to the chickens." This will prevent the chickens from getting sick after eating them.

"Ah...it's still so troublesome." Shitou opened his mouth wide and said reluctantly.

"Why, if you don't want to, if you can't do such a small thing well, what else can you do?" Fang Monan stimulated him with a smile.

It hurts Shitou's self-esteem to be looked down upon by a little kid. "Okay! I will do as you say."

"Hmph! Don't underestimate people!"

"Yeah! Are you being good?" Fang Monan said in an old-fashioned way.

However, Shitou asked curiously: "I agreed to feed the chickens, but why do you want me to feed the earth dragons? Is this just a punishment for me?"

"Yeah!" Fang Monan raised his eyebrows and was still thinking, "He is really a curious baby, to be honest! Feeding chickens with earth dragons can make the chickens grow up quickly and lay more eggs."

"Really!" Shitou clapped his hands and asked happily.

"Really, if you don't believe me, try it." Fang Monan said firmly.

Seeing her confident look, Shitou decided in his heart that he must give it a try. If it didn't work, he would settle the score with her.

The next morning, after breakfast, Fang Monan and her grandma were about to set off on the road. She didn't know it when they came, but when they left, her aunt brought them forty kilograms of newly ground wheat flour.

A big bag of wheat, ten kilograms of mixed wheat and mung bean flour, and some cornmeal. There were also two pairs of cloth shoes and cotton shoes made of paper soles that Fang Monan held in his arms, saying they were for her to wear when the weather was cold.

There are also some home-spun coarse cloths.

So many things were put on the back of the mule on the flatbed trailer. Because Dachengzi had something to do when he entered the county town, he happened to take them away with him.

The great aunt urged them to leave early. Shitou and Ernier knew they were going to the city today and clamored to go. As a result, they were too excited the night before and slept too late. They left quickly before they woke up. No wonder last night

They clamored to enter the city, but the adults didn't object. They were waiting here!

When Shitou woke up, he knew that Fang Monan and the others had left. It would be useless to lose his temper. He turned his disappointment into strength and began to search for earth dragons all over the world to verify whether what the little monk said was true.

It just so happened that it was still early in the day, and the sun was not too hot yet. So they took a mule cart and set off slowly towards the county town.

Fang Monan had ridden in all kinds of carriages, but this was his first time riding in a mule carriage. He probably had ridden in one when he was young, but he was too young to forget it.

It's a new experience. The country roads are a little bumpy and noisy, but it's much better than yesterday's high-altitude jump. The road is wide enough to accommodate two mule carts side by side.

On both sides of the road are marginal farmlands, with flat and broad terrain. This place is located in the Central Plains, a plain area, and has been one of the granaries of winter wheat since ancient times. The summer harvest has just passed, and most of the crops planted in autumn are corn seedlings. The green buds are stretching and receiving sunlight.

of baptism.