This meal was really a nest of fire, and after eating, Wu Erzhu's family patted their butts and left, and they didn't help clean up the bowls. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as it gets dark at night, everyone goes to the kang, and the kerosene lamp is not lit until it is absolutely necessary. At night, when the children were asleep, I heard Wu Erzhu say to He Saifeng: "Child, you said that I will go to the city tomorrow to find a job to do, seeing that the New Year is approaching, there is no food at home, I will go to do some carpentry work for people, earn some money, and we can prepare for the New Year."

"It's so cold, can you still live now?"

"Whether there is it or not, you have to try it, otherwise how will this family celebrate the New Year, so I can tear some flower cloth for the child and make some new clothes."

"Okay, then you can try it, but tomorrow I will ask Second Uncle Zhang to see if there is any work I can introduce to you, after all, he often goes to the county and knows many people."

"Okay, I'll ask tomorrow morning, go to sleep."

In the morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Brother Zhao heard his father and mother get up, and after a while, the second sister also got up, and tucked the quilt for her before leaving. It's really cold outside, and I don't want to get out of the bed, but I want to help the second sister do some work, so I get up numbly. Her mother and second sister were cooking in the kitchen, and she was desperately sweeping the yard with a broom taller than herself. When the sky is bright. When Zhao's father came back, the family started to eat. A pot of porridge was served, and the bottom was clearly visible, with only a few grains of rice floating sporadically. In addition to his father and grandfather, each person has a chaff noodle nest, and they all scratch their throats when they eat.

He Saifeng asked Wu Dazhu, "How did you go to Second Uncle Zhang's house and ask?" Is there a job that you can introduce to you? ”

"I was just about to tell you, Second Uncle Zhang said that it is not peaceful outside now, there is no work, why it is not peaceful, he can't tell." When Grandpa heard this, he quickly asked, "Is it that the traitor surnamed Yuan has stepped down?" "Dad, I don't know, how many years have passed, and we haven't heard anything about it."

Brother Zhao thought about it, a few years ago, it was only passed here that Yuan Shikai went against the grain and became the emperor, so now, it should be several years since the Republic of China. But she couldn't tell her grandmother that the republic might be even more unacceptable to them than Yuan Shikai being called emperor. They have been slaves and servants in the Qing Dynasty all their lives, and their souls have long been completely enslaved by feudal society, even if they are slaves, they feel that they are glorious.

"Dad, mother, grandma, Erya, Zhaodi, I'm back." Isn't this a big girl? Everyone was surprised, why did they come back early before the day came? I saw a very handsome girl come in, wearing a patched robe and cotton jacket, and two big braids hanging down on both sides very beautifully, but the hands were very thick and grooved, like the hands of an elderly woman. Holding a large cloth bag in his hand.

"Sister, sister, I miss you so much", Brother Zhao happily ran over and threw herself into the arms of the eldest sister, in her eyes, the eldest sister is closer to the existence than her mother, and the word eldest sister is like a mother is vividly reflected in the eldest sister. The eldest sister picked her up and said, "Why did the little brother lose weight again, is it that the eldest sister is not there, and she hasn't eaten well?" "I ate so much, and when I miss my eldest sister, I eat the most." Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

"This kid is also selling in front of your eldest sister, why haven't you seen you so sweet in front of your mother?" He Saifeng said and took the cloth bag in the big girl's hand. "Big girl, haven't you eaten yet? Come and eat." "Okay, mother".

When she saw that the eldest girl had almost eaten, her father asked, "Eldest girl, why did you come back so early, and it hasn't been the New Year yet?" Is your textile factory on holiday? Nothing will happen, right? "There are several questions in a row, and the big girl is happy to listen to it." It's okay, Dad, what can happen, it's that the streets are full of students marching now, many factories are on strike, and our factories are also on strike, saying that there is a protest against the First World War, what is not giving China fairness or something, I don't understand, anyway, I don't have to go to work, I will go again after the New Year."

The old man listened to it and asked anxiously, "What's the matter, big girl?" What is World War I? Won't there be another rebellious minister and thief usurping the throne? ”

"Grandma, it's already the Republic of China now, there is no emperor anymore, and there are no people on the street who still have whips, so cut yours too."

"No, this is not good, there is an old saying, the body is skinned, how can you cut it casually? This is unfilial piety". The old man's face flushed in anxiety.

Demonstrations? Then it should be the end of the First World War, maybe the May Fourth Movement broke out, everyone was protesting against the unfairness of the Paris Peace Conference to China, China, as an Entente power, but could not take back the Jiaozhou Bay that belonged to China, and took China's territory from the hands of the Germans to the Japanese.

It turns out that this year is 1919 in the Gregorian calendar, that is, the eighth year of the Republic of China.