"What are you shouting, it's okay, I can't kill you!"

Sure enough, Zhang Laohan was indeed angry.

Seeing that Xiao Mu's whole body was covered in mud, Zhang Laohan scolded loudly: "Look at it, you see, you don't walk long, you can't look at it, you know that the road is slippery, you can slow down, how dirty your clothes and pants are, and you can't wash them, so don't let me wash them for you." ”

Xiao Mu seemed to have something to say: "I...... I. ”

Before Xiao Mu could speak, Zhang Laohan said again: "What am I, I don't know how to change it if it's dirty, so don't go quickly." ”

At this time, Xiao Mu felt very aggrieved, but he didn't dare to cry, so he could only let his tears go with his recklessness.

With his head down, he walked back to the room, changed his dirty clothes, stared at the new clothes, and finally changed into the old clothes.

He really wanted to change into new clothes, but he was afraid, he was afraid of getting dirty, and he was even more afraid of being reprimanded by Zhang Laohan.

After changing, he ran to the kitchen, and at this time Zhang Laohan had already lit the fire, and Xiao Mu couldn't wait to put his hand into the fire.

The fingers were rounded, but after the baptism of rain, they became crumpled and a little rough.

Zhang Laohan looked at the down-and-out Xiao Mu, and felt very uncomfortable.

"Children, our family can't compare with others, the quilt is a little thinner, but why don't we just do it, put the coat on the quilt, and get warmer. ”

Xiao Mu stared at the flames and nodded silently.

"When I have money for the next year, I'll buy you a bed blanket so that you won't get cold. ”

What is a blanket?

For Xiao Mu, blanket is a new term, and he has never heard of it.

"What is a blanket?"

Zhang Laohan said with a smile: "The blanket is a blanket made of animal hair, which is very hot. ”

In fact, otherwise, judging from the economic situation at that time, there were very few people with blankets at home, and those with blankets were already considered large households, and basically all families relied on firewood for heating.

After listening, Xiao Mu asked, "Grandpa, is our family the poorest in the village?" ”

Zhang Laohan shook his head, "No, no, no, our family is poor, but our family still has dilapidated tiled houses, and some people in the village are still woolly grass houses, and they will leak when it rains." ”

"Oh, so our family is quite rich?"

Zhang Laohan glanced at Xiao Mu, "Come on, it's not a question of whether you're rich or not, but the whole village is the same, and few of them are blessed, so it can only be said relative." ”

Xiao Mu asked again: "Then why are we so poor?"

This question made it difficult for Zhang Laohan to answer, so he stroked his beard and began to talk about it in a straightforward manner.

Listening to Zhang Laohan, Xiao Mu was already very happy, and when Wan Rong was his age, his family was even poorer.

It was also a thatched house, and it was a thatched house at that time, and the grass in the village had basically been cut, and it was necessary to go to the mountains far away to cut it.

I went out very early every day, and there was no white rice to eat at that time, and even if there were, I could only taste it, and I couldn't eat enough at all, so I ate some cornmeal before I set off in the morning, and then brought sweet potatoes, and then I didn't go home to eat at noon, so I could only eat some sweet potatoes and stay up until I got home in the evening.

Including the pillars, one every day, Zhang Laohan himself carried them back one by one from a hundred miles away with his shoulders.

Later, the house was there, but there was still not enough to eat.

The yield of the old varieties of rice is very low, and the growth is relatively high, and it is very likely that the grain will not be harvested in the event of violent storms and rains.

In addition, the situation was relatively chaotic at that time, there were often bandits and robbers, sometimes I had to bring food and quilts to sleep in the middle of the night, and I took my children and daughters to hide, and I was basically looted when I returned home, and I was very frightened every day.

Later, the situation gradually stabilized, but the yield of crops was still extremely low.

After harvesting, the crops still have to be harvested again, for fear of omissions, and even have to go to the crops that have been harvested by others several times to carefully search, and there will still be some harvest after a few rounds.

In order to fill his stomach, Zhang Laohan also asked for food all the way to other cities, and collected the crops that others had harvested while asking for food.

Basically, I only go home once every few months, sometimes for half a year, and there is no guarantee that I will be able to get food or find food.

In that era, Zhang Laohan rarely had a full stomach, and when the grain was finished, he ate white soil, and he had to rob it, otherwise he wouldn't even have to eat the soil.

It is only in recent years that the economic situation has improved with the support of policies, otherwise we might still be living in dire straits.

After listening to the old things that Zhang Laohan said, Xiao Mu couldn't help but sigh and was in awe of Zhang Laohan.

Zhang Laohan smoked a cigarette, raised his head, watched the curling smoke drift out of the house, and couldn't help but say: "You guys have caught up with the good times, at least you can eat enough, although it is cold, but it is not to the point where we are, you are still so naughty day by day." ”

Xiao Mu retorted mischievously: "Hey, hey, that's different, you see that in your era, except for the landlord and the old wealth, everyone else was very different, and what about me? ”

Zhang Laohan turned his head and tapped Xiao Mu's little head with the handle of his cigarette gun, "You kid, don't you see that you are going to school? Didn't you buy new clothes and pants for you? Although sometimes you eat cornmeal, it doesn't make you hungry, besides, there is still meat that can't be eaten." ”

Xiao Mu supported his chin with one hand, and his eyes rolled, "Well, it seems to be the case." ”

"And, look at the fact that you don't have to carry rice to school now, you used to bring your own iron pot to school, and you brought your own rice, oil, and salt, so you can be content, you are already clothed and stretched out. ”

This made Xiao Mu a little unbelievable, so many students brought their own money, rice, oil and salt, and had such a big place to cook?

asked Zhang Laohan again with a series of questions, and Zhang Laohan's answer was naturally yes, but fights and throwing things are already commonplace.

Xiao Mu looked at the roof, as if imagining that picture.

In this way, I am really lucky.

From that moment on, Xiao Mu made up her mind to go to school no matter what.

patted his chest and said to Zhang Laohan: "Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely come up well, and one day in the future, I will definitely repay you and grandma." ”

Zhang Laohan smiled disdainfully: "Come on, it's just you, three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, whether you can be admitted to junior high school is still a question, and I still want to repay it, besides, your grandmother and I can wait until the day you become famous." ”

"What?, do you still have to take the exam in junior high school?" Xiao Mu was taken aback.

"What do you think? Don't talk about junior high school, in the past, your uncle had to take the exam in the fifth or sixth grade when they were in school, and if they couldn't pass the exam, they would repeat the grade. ”