Chapter 4: Starting the 1978 Wicked Life
"Xiaojuan, what are you doing?" Li Dong turned around and saw Xiaojuan writing and drawing with a small notebook, but the child could not recognize words.
You should know that back then, there were very few people in the countryside who knew the words, let alone Xiaojuan was such a young child.
After a closer look, what's this? The little notebook is just so strange. Li Dong painted this egg quite like it. The second aunt's character "口" is in the pinyin. This picture combined with pinyin and Chinese characters made Li Dong stunned.
Rice, captain, grandpa, captain will write the same pinyin as the word grandpa, and the little girl is keeping accounts.
Li Dong was interested and sat down, and pulled Xiaojuan over. "Are you keeping accounts?"
"Well, I'll give you some rations during the Chinese New Year."
"No."
Li Dong looked confused. He brought back these things, but they were given away. "We didn't see them in the captain's house these two days and said we would pay them back. Why? I still pay them back now."
Xiaojuan lowered her head and whispered, "We've passed it by ourselves."
I was too old to be a family, Li Dong was stunned. This child is quite sensible.
"Da"
"Da?"
Li Dong was stunned again. The local area called Dad and Dada. After slapped his forehead, he remembered that Han Fu said that since he lived in Xiaojuan's house, he would be Xiaojuan's father from now on.
"Call dad."
Li Dong took the account book and opened it and smiled. "Sorghum and sweet potatoes have not been recorded yet. I'll do it. I'll wait for my dad to make delicious food for you. Today we have vegetable oil and eggs. I'll make you some fried rice with eggs."
"no."
The little man was just lowering his little head, but now he was like a little hen spreading his hands and blocking Li Dong.
"What's wrong?"
Don’t all the kids like to eat fried rice? Why is the little girl unhappy? Li Dong was surprised and only then did he find out after asking. “Change chickens?”
"Well, two eggs plus a pound of rice to exchange for a chick."
When changing to the chicken, Li Dong was confused and stopped eating the eggs. Li Dong looked at the little girl with a persistent look on her face, forget it. "Okay, I'll go back to the reservoir to see if I can catch a few fish. I'll stew fish soup for you, and see if you're thin."
When talking about the reservoir, Xiaojuan hugged Li Dong. "I don't eat fish, Dada... Dad won't go to the reservoir." Xiaojuan was really scared, afraid that Li Dong would go to the reservoir again. She had no mother, dad, and she had just arrived. Xiaojuan was afraid that she would never leave again. At that time, she was a child without a mother and a father.
Baijia rice is not delicious. She rolls her eyes and bullies her. Others are devastated. Children are unwilling to play with her. Xiaojuan is afraid that Li Feng is hugged by Xiaojuan and can’t laugh and cry for a while. “Don’t worry, your dad, I won’t do stupid things.”
“Do you have needles and thread at home?”
Xiaojuan pulled out a dustpan, and there were some broken steps inside, some shoes, and needles, thimbles, and cuts. Li Dong drew a needle. Unfortunately, there were no vises, so he finally pinched the fishing hook with a stone and tied the thread.
"Make do it."
In the valley, there was no one else when it was dark. Li Dong took Xiaojuan with him, and there was no way to take her out at all. He locked the door and quietly left the village. He spoke as Xiaojuan said, there were still militia patrols at night, and he couldn't tell clearly, but he wanted to send it to the commune.
Xiaojuan led the way to avoid the militia. The reservoir was not far away. When he arrived at the reservoir, Li Dong took out the bait.
It smells so good. Xiaojuan's nose was thrusting, Li Dong mixed the bait, hung the fish hook, and patted his thighs. There were so many mosquitoes, and he had to find some equipment to kill mosquitoes.
“Huh?”
"It's taken the bait."
“It’s really fast.”
Li Dong didn’t know where the fish and shrimp in the reservoir enjoyed such high treatment, fragrant bait, let alone fish, Xiaojuan wanted to taste the taste.
"What's the matter?"
When I caught fishing, Li Dong was stunned. It was a turtle. Fishing for a wild turtle was a surprise and was so happy. "Good thing, hahaha, this thing is good. This one is at least one pound. It's indispensable to take 200 to 300 in 40 years."
Not to mention, I really caught some good things this night, but I didn’t catch a few fish, but I caught three of them, which made Li Dong so happy.
"go home."
Stewed turtle, this guy is nutritious. When he got home, he was thinking about how to turtle. Xiaojuan had already climbed over the bedside with a palm fan and came over to slap Li Dong. It was indeed a small cotton jacket. Li Dong thought happily and felt really good.
The one Li Dong slept that night was so comfortable, but she felt a little uncomfortable early in the morning. Xiaojuan shook Li Dong hard. "What's wrong?"
"Dad, get up and have dinner and go to work."
When eating and working, Li Dong was a little murmured, "No, I ate the meal I came here at home today. When I saw two bowls of large and small placed on the chopping board, rice porridge with wild vegetables and coarse grains scented, Li Dong swallowed.
But when I thought of the coarse grains cutting my throat, I couldn't even look at Xiaojuan. "Doesn't there be rice at home? Why do you eat this? Let's do it. I'll cook, cook rice, and stew fish for you."
"I don't eat fish."
"Don't eat fish?"
Li Dong was stunned. This was wild fish, so delicious. Li Dong had several meals at the captain's house these days, but he only ate meat once. The kids in the rich Korean family smelled the smell and drooled, but they could see it clearly.
Not to mention, Li Dong has always been quite puzzled. Now when supplies are scarce, when eating coarse grains and meat stars are hard to see, why no one eats fish?
When he was working, Li Dong was still confused and just started working, but Li Dong had no idea at all.
Oh, it’s unimaginable to carry water to water seedlings. Li Dong was completely confused this morning. No, no, no, no, it would take three days to continue doing this and he would jump into the river.
I can't do it, oh, Li Dong shouted in pain. "Let's be gentle Xiaojuan."
His shoulders were worn out and he hadn't done farm work for many years. He couldn't do it this morning. If he had thought of a solution in the afternoon, Li Dong felt that if he continued to do it, he would definitely not be able to work.
Didi, what a thing? Li Dong was lying on the bed and screaming. It hurts so much, and a few dripping sounds sounded in his ears.
There is an LCD screen-like thing in front of me, with three rows of numbers on the screen.
70:15:56
200
2018.8.15
Li Dong didn't understand the first two lines of numbers, but the third line of numbers was the date he came here. What's going on? He was kidnapped by aliens.
"Is anyone here?"
Li Dong asked in a low voice, Xiaojuan went to the captain's house, there was nothing he could do, she really couldn't do it, she was going to die.
Han Fu didn't expect that Li Dong could not hold on in the whole morning and secretly regretted that he shouldn't have settled for Li Dong. Now that he was troubled, he wanted to be a good laborer, but who knew that love was a cauliflower stick.
It looks good, useless. How can I do this? But I can't really make people tired at least. Korean rich plans to go over and take a look.
Who would have thought that when he heard Li Dong muttering at the door, Li Dong was startled by the sound of opening the door and thought there were really aliens.
He was so scared that he trembled and rolled down from the bed. With a whisper, he fell so hard that Han Fu was also shocked. "What, is it okay?"
"It's okay, captain, why are you here?"
Li Dongxin said the numbers didn't disappear, but what did it mean? She shouted that no one would pay attention to it. Forget it, let's deal with the Korean rich first. "I'll come and take a look and tell you, follow me and pull the weeds in the afternoon. Don't worry about the water picking."
"become."
It was easy to pull weeds. I thought I could persist. But after I got off the field in the afternoon, Li Dong realized that pulling weeds was not an easy job. The most important thing was that this guy was done by women, elderly people, and children. It was too conspicuous to join Li Dong one after another.
"I'll just say that if these educated youth fail, they can't put in their strength."
"It's not so good. I look like a big guy, hollow bucket."
"Shame."
These women are not afraid that Li Dong will hear them. They will not suppress their voices at all. A group of little kids are still screaming. Li Dong is so depressed. His back is sore and his hands are numb. He is so tired of pulling weeds.
The most important thing is that the sun is too strong and I can’t pass this life anymore. Li Dong regrets it. Damn, I go to the city to be a blind wanderer and run a black market. At most, I’ll be locked up. But it’s more comfortable than doing farm work. It’s so fatal.
“Huh?”
"How has it changed?"
The number on the screen is edged, 70% is 74. This time, four numbers are added. What's going on? Li Dong is confused. But he doesn't have time to care about these things. In the evening, Li Dong invited Korean rich and Korean soldiers, captains and accountants. Li Dong plans to ask about the current policy.
I can't continue to do farm work anymore. I have no chance of getting along with farm work in this life. I am not the material for this. It's not that Li Dong looks down on the working people and really can't work.
The rice was stewed and fried with fish with vegetable oil, but unfortunately there was no seasoning. I finally understood why I didn’t eat fish in the past. Without seasoning, the fish and shrimp smelled too strong, and it was not cheaper if there was oil or salt. Just making a fish, I used at least one or two oils. This was what Li Dong saved.
When the Korean rich and Korean soldiers saw three or four bowls of dishes and white rice, they were confused. They looked at each other and were tragic. They were so evil. You should know that the rations that everyone brought yesterday were prepared to celebrate the autumn for Li Dong and Han Xiaojuan, and they would have to eat them for at least three months.
This guy looked at the food, let alone March, the oil on the fish soup and eggs made the two brigade cadres twitch their mouths. This is not a person who lives. They looked at each other and smiled bitterly. What happened to the team is coming off the team.
A young educated girl who has lost her skin and tender skin and doesn’t know how to eat and drink without caring about life. This is a disaster. This is a drought and a sin.
Xiaojuan followed the two of them and saw food on the chopping board at home. She blew and threw herself on the ground and cried loudly, "her eggs and her little chickens."
Chapter completed!