Chapter 41: Ann's Heroic Memories
He Xianglan went out of the yard with a tray after setting off the firecrackers, An Jiajia knew that she was going to worship other gods, and she didn't know how long it would take to come back?
An Jiajia moved a stool and sat under the base of the wall, Da Bai seemed to be really frightened, lying on his stomach under An Jiajia's stool, and rubbing his head against An Jiajia's feet from time to time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
An Jiajia sat there and recalled the events of the morning, she really didn't know about the things in the seventies, of course she knew about the ten years of the Cultural Revolution, but other things were not clear.
At this time, An Yingying came out of the house, and An Jiajia immediately called out to him: "Big brother, do you have time?" ”
"What's wrong?" An Yingying looked at An Jiajia and asked, "It's nothing." ”
"Big brother, come, sit," An Jiajia immediately moved a stool to An Yingying's side, so that An Yingying could sit and talk to him.
Although An Yingying felt strange, he still sat down with peace of mind, he was curious about what this little girl wanted to do.
"Big brother, are you fourteen years old this year?"
"Yes," An Yingying nodded, not knowing why An Jiajia suddenly asked like this.
"Big brother, aren't you born in 1962?"
"yes, what's wrong?"
"Do you remember what happened back then? For example, can you have enough food at home? ”
"Why did the little sister suddenly ask about this?" An Yingxing's eyes darkened, and he didn't seem to want to talk about the past.
"I'm just curious, I've heard people say that there is still a three-year difficult period, right?" An Jiajia asked, shaking An Yingying's arm.
"Yes," An Yingying nodded, lowering his head as if he was caught in a memory, "It didn't end until the difficult period of '63, when the family was still very difficult. When my mother first conceived me, my grandparents gave my mother food in order to save food...... I heard from my mother that my grandfather took one look at me and went, and that my grandmother also passed away after I was a full moon. ”
An Jiajia's heart hurt, whether it is because of this body to An Yingying, or if he hears about such a thing, he will inevitably feel uncomfortable, no wonder An Yingying has such a character, and I understand why he is reluctant to recall.
An Jiajia stretched out her little hand and held An Yingying's hand. An Yingying glanced up at An Jiajia and continued to reminisce.
"In my first memory, my parents were black and thin, I was also very thin when I was a child, and when my mother was pregnant with my second brother, my father went to the river to fish at night, but all the fish fry were catched, because in the past few years, everyone almost ate everything that could be eaten in the river."
"Dad is the first to go to the production team every day, and the last to go home, and always saves a little ration in the production team, sometimes half a bun, sometimes a corn kernel, sometimes a small sweet potato, this is how I raised it."
An Jiajia felt very uncomfortable when she heard it, but she didn't know how to comfort An Yingying, that memory was engraved in her bones.
"My mother went to the field the next day after giving birth to her second brother, just to earn an extra penny, and only then could she give us food. At that time, everything in the family had to be bought with a ticket, even if it was the food they grew. ”
An Jiajia knows that shopping with tickets in the 60s is a unique phenomenon in China, and those tickets are money and human lives!
"Our family does not have as many laborers as other people's families, only my father and mother, and I take care of my second brother at home, and my father and mother work hard. Dad earns more work than others every day, and Mom is also very hard-working, so we can only support a few of us. ”
An Jiajia knows that it is not uncommon for people to starve to death in the sixties, and there are more children who can't be fed.
"Mom and Dad got married in 60, because my aunt and uncle starved to death in 61, so when they were pregnant with me, they were very worried that they would not be able to support me, but they didn't expect that my grandparents would be gone," An Yingying covered his face with his hands, and his voice became choked.
An Jiajia stood up and hugged An Yingying with her little hand, no wonder she hadn't seen any relatives since she came, it turned out that it was because of this.
"So Mom and Dad have been working hard, just hoping to raise us well. It was only when you were two years old that our family really got better, because the production team was basically from Yoshida Village, and they were not willing to work and distribute the grain as before, so we were able to return to our fields. ”
An Jiajia felt that although Yoshidamura was selfish in doing this, it was much better than working together in the production team, so that some people would not be lazy and not work.
"But is that really possible?" "An Jiajia" is two years old, isn't that 72 years, when the Cultural Revolution is not over, don't they care about it?
"We are in a remote place, and when everyone from all over the country agrees, no one goes out to say it, who knows?"
"Yes, it's only fair to do that, lest anyone be lazy and don't do things."
"Dad is very good at work, and in the first year, our family had the most surplus grain in the village, and we were finally able to eat multigrain rice that year."
"What is multigrain rice?"
"It's corn, sweet potatoes and other grains mixed with rice and cooked, but you can't eat rice."
"When did you eat it?"
"In the past few years, now my second brother and third sister and I have to study, and my parents grit their teeth and want us to study." An Yingying lowered his head again, "I don't know if I can be admitted to high school." ”
"Big brother must be able to do it!" An Jiajia knew the pressure in An Yingying's heart.
An Guodong and He Xianglan worked so hard to send the four of them to study, if An Yingying was not admitted to high school, they would definitely be disappointed.
"Hopefully." An Yingying said with a wry smile, "If I don't pass the test, I will work at home and send my younger brothers and sisters to study." ”
"Big brother will definitely be able to get in!"
"Little sister, I've finished junior high school very well, I know that I'm not reading material, you and the second brother are very smart, the third sister is also very diligent, you will be better than me."
"Big brother ......" An Jiajia knew that this mature and calm big brother still had such thoughts in his heart, "Big brother is also very smart, otherwise he wouldn't have been admitted to junior high school!" ”
"Jiajia, you have to study hard, big brother knows that you are very smart, you can only live a good life if you study hard."
Although An Yingying said this a little early now, An Jiajia was really moved. Although the college entrance examination system has not yet been restored, reading more is really the only way out for rural children.
An Yingying really loves An Jiajia, otherwise he wouldn't have said so much to An Jiajia from the bottom of his heart.
"Big brother, let's work together!" lives up to An Guodong and He Xianglan's efforts, and An Jiajia doesn't want her life to be bad in the future.