Chapter 90: Confronting the Bitterness
(Truth be told, I wrote this story with tears in my eyes.) οΌ
Qin Wei has never seen the Qin family engaged in medical treatment since he was a child, and only the plaque of "Ruize Hall" placed in the west house can still make him feel novel.
Because the Zhang family was a landlord, they were beaten, and as soon as there was a criticism meeting, Zhang Zhengguo's father would be "invited" to be a typical example, often first the leader spoke, then "remembered the bitter and sweet", and then the poor people's representatives counted the "evil deeds" of the Zhang family for several generations. And Zhang Zhengguo's father wore a hat and wore a sign on his head, with the words "Down with the landlord", and he lowered his head and did not speak, which was regarded as "confessing his guilt to the people".
In fact, the Qin family has always been well-off during the Republic of China, but the villagers around the Qin family have received a lot of benefits from the Qin family, some of them have come back to life and saved people, so the ingredients are also designated as middle peasants. Moreover, since the Qin family moved to Hedong Village in the former Qing Dynasty, they have not gathered land and found tenants to work; And the Zhang family has always been the family with the most land in the village, although during the Anti-Japanese War, the implementation of the three-three system, was taken back a lot, but the ingredients are indeed landlords, and although the Zhang family is reselling herbs, but it is an authentic businessman, since ancient times, the concept of light business also made the Zhang family not get the sympathy of others, and he also has colluded with the Japanese, as a traitor, this is simply fatal. Therefore, at the beginning of the special period, it was not surprising that the Zhang family was defeated.
In fact, Qin Yuhan knew that as early as the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, until the beginning of the "special period", Qin Jiayi was engaged in the traditional Chinese medicine industry, and at that time it had been nationalized or public-private partnership, and Qin Yuhan was hired as the backbone of traditional Chinese medicine.
But the good times did not last long, after the beginning of the "special period", many industries also withered, and the four olds were banned from the already state-owned "state-owned HMXD Commune Ruize Hall" of traditional Chinese medicine, and Qin Yuhan also worked as a farmer at home and participated in production.
Facing the hard work of his parents at home, Qin Wei, who goes to school every day, really can't stand it, so he comes back from school every day to hunt rabbit grass in the field and feed the rabbits, rain or shine.
At that time, it was very generous for the family to have a piece of land for themselves, and to allow some livestock to be raised. But the Qin family knows that they can't afford to raise cattle and sheep, because all the laborers have to go to the production team to produce, and they can't go outside every day to graze, Qin Wei is still in elementary school, and the second of these animals has a huge amount of food, and at that time people can't eat enough, how can there be food to feed them! Even wheat bran is not enough for people to eat. Therefore, Qin's mother just raised a skinny pig.
So Qin Wei decided to raise rabbits, and the first thing he did when he came home from school every day was to go to the mountains to hunt rabbit grass, every day, because he knew that if he didn't fight for a day, the rabbits would have to starve.
The second thing is cooking, his younger siblings are only a few years old, and he takes care of the housework of carrying water and chopping firewood at home.
It was raining heavily this day, and when Qin Wei came home from school, he was already hungry and cold. There was no fire at home, so he had to pick up the basket and go to the rabbit grass.
It was dark very early, and Qin Wei braved the rain and marched towards the mountain. On the mountain, he had to collect rabbit grass while collecting firewood to go back to live and cook. In less than half an hour, the rain finally lightened, looking around, the fog was foggy, and the road was not clear, Qin Wei decided to do more and beat out tomorrow's rabbit grass.
His location is in the col south of Hedong Village, after crossing the Daixi River, and turning over a small dirt mountain. At this time, the sky was close to pitch black, and suddenly, a wolf howl was heard in the distance, and Qin Weiwei screamed badly.
Around this village, there were often wolves, and the village committee often organized patrols to catch Kuomintang spies in the mountains and forests. Even at night, wolves would run into the village in search of food.
But this time was different, Qin Wei immediately felt that he might be targeted by a wolf, so he hurriedly carried the basket and ran back with firewood on his back.
But it was already late, he had already felt the grass not far behind, something was coming towards him, Qin Wei knew that if he continued like this, he would be caught up sooner or later, so he had to throw away the firewood and run wildly, and in less than two minutes, he had crossed the small dirt mountain.
Fortunately, fate still favored him, Qin Wei just went up to Xiaotu Mountain, and saw a team of villagers who had left work, so he ran over and survived.
The villagers also wondered why the teenage boy suddenly appeared from the other side of the mountain. Qin Wei told him what had happened, and the villagers also recognized that this was Qin Yuhan's eldest son, so he looked back, and sure enough, he saw a few wolves, flicking their tails and leaving.
After Qin Wei went back, he filled the rabbit with new grass and went to cook busily. But he suddenly remembered that this evening, due to the wolves, Chai He had been abandoned by him behind the dirt mountain, and his parents would soon go home, what should he do?
So he was looking for something to live in at home, and suddenly, he saw a pile of bean skins under the root of the south wall, he knew that this was left after the beans were peeled in the village, and it seemed that his father Qin Yuhan also took it back as firewood to burn.
It's really an endless road, so he uses tofu skin to make a fire to cook, and finally completes the task.
After a while, Qin Yuhan and his wife also led Qin Yong and Qin Ping back, because the two children were not yet of school age, so Qin Yuhan could only take them with him when he went to work, and when he worked, he just put them on the ground to play by himself.
The rice is also simple, a few nests and a pot of sweet potato porridge, and then go to the white foaming pickle jar in the Westinghouse to fish out some devil ginger, or "kohlrabi", all of which are dishes.
The most unique charm of this kind of eating scene is that the sound is unusually distinctive. In terms of a person's action cycle alone, it is necessary to first hold the sweet potato porridge in one hand and a cornmeal elm money nest in the other. At the beginning, the porridge naturally burns the mouth, so you have to turn the bowl to drink, so that you can drink a little more in one sip, and not burn the mouth, because when you drink, the lower lip is connected to the edge of the bowl, but the upper lip can not be completely pestled in the hot sweet potato porridge, and when you drink it, it will naturally be mixed with the sound of air and porridge mixing, which is a popping sound; After a mouthful of porridge, it is to take a bite of the nest head, this originally had no sound, but if you eat it quickly, you will also chirp, and then take a bite of devil ginger, or spicy pimple pickles, it is kohlrabi, devil ginger and kohlrabi taste crisp, even if you close your mouth all, you can hear the sound of this crisp tooth cutting pickle shaking the mandible.
If you eat alone, it will naturally be a little monotonous, but if a family of seven or eight people eats together, if you don't catch up with the announcement of the village party secretary on the radio, or play "The Sea Sails by the Helmsman", or broadcast the program of the Central People's Radio, then the family dinner is a symphony, and it is a big scene of orchestral symphony! -- Drinking porridge is wind music, chewing wotou is string music, mixed with the drum beat of eating kohlrabi, the rhythm is staggered, and the aftermath is lingering. ββThis can be said to be a sketch of that era.
After eating, Qin Yuhan asked Qin Wei about his homework at school today, this is the tradition of their Qin family, that is, they can't be uneducated. The mother finished brushing the dishes and chopsticks and went to feed the pigs.
But after a while, my mother came back and asked Qin Wei, "Wei, where is the bean skin I put under the root of the south wall?!" β
Before he could answer, Qin Yuhan ran to the burning stick on the edge of the stove and flicked the ashes a few times, and then came back and picked up the broom, pressed Qin Wei on the bed, and beat him severely.
The mother also scolded: "You are a loser! I talked to the village party secretary, and after a lot of tongues, I finally agreed to let me bring this bean skin back, you see those people around me, they are all red to death, but let your kid take it to make a fire, let me feed the pigs! β
Father Qin Yuhan didn't speak, he took the tail of the broom and slammed it on Qin Wei's buttocks. Even in winter, Qin Wei didn't have thick clothes to wear, not to mention that in July and August in midsummer, Qin Yuhan beat Qin Wei and begged for mercy:
"Dad, I was wrong! I don't dare anymore......" The younger brothers and sisters have already been so frightened that they burst into tears, and the whole family is a mess.
The mother still scolded Qin Wei and said: "There is another time, I don't know who I will give it to next time!" You're a loser! β
Father Qin Yuhan was also tired, he was busy for a day, and he couldn't bear the "parent-child activities" for the first half an hour, and he was afraid that he would beat the broom bald, so he put down the broom and stopped beating Qin Wei.
At this time, Qin Wei didn't dare to move, but he still gritted his teeth and stood up, but he didn't dare to sit down anyway, his father Qin Yuhan said at this time:
"You wasted the pig's food, and you are not allowed to eat tomorrow, do you hear?"
Qin Wei replied resignedly, "I heard it." β
That night, Qin Wei didn't even dare to lie down when he slept, Qin Ping was already sensible at that time, and he also remembered that time, his brother Qin Wei's buttocks had been beaten everywhere with blood. But Qin Wei didn't dare to complain, just washed it with cold water, and went to school the next day.
The next day at school, Qin Wei didn't dare to sit down, but fortunately, Qin Wei was the tallest in the class, sitting in the last row, and the other classmates didn't know.
Finally, the third period was the homeroom teacher's math class, and seeing that Qin Wei was weird, after arranging the exercises, he slowly walked to Qin Wei's side and knocked Qin Wei's ass with a teaching ruler, Qin Wei couldn't stand the pain after all, and his body still trembled. The head teacher, Mr. Ma, is a more loving woman, and she also has a good relationship with the Qin family, her husband is the village director of the village, and she can please the beauty of the school's private teachers, and he immediately knew the reason, so he said:
"Qin Wei, if you don't do well in class, you dare to doze off in class, stand for me for a day today, do you hear!"
When Qin Wei heard this, he naturally understood that it was Teacher Ma who came back to protect him, after all, it was much stronger to stand or squat, and he was also grateful in his heart.
At that time, basically no one could listen to the teacher's words honestly, so Qin Wei could sit whenever he wanted, and this Teacher Ma naturally knew it. However, after class, Xu Jianhua and Zhang Zhengguo also persuaded Qin Xiao why not sit, Zhang Zhengguo said:
"Qin Wei, you just sit down in the next class, I see that Teacher Ma has left, go home early to breastfeed the child."
Qin Wei was just noncommittal and said, "Let's see, I don't actually want to do it, I'm tired and flustered." β
Xu Jianhua Jianqin said to Zhang Zhengguo: "Zhengguo, leave him alone, he is such a cheap bone." β
However, Qin Wei also remembered this beating forever, not that he had a grudge against his father Qin Yuhan, because he also knew that in that era, the embarrassment of life was always pressing on the head of every peasant, and this time his father's lesson made him remember that people must have ambition, he can't just stay in Hedong Village and live a nightmare for the rest of his life, so he decided to study hard, and when others were fighting, he didn't follow the coaxing, but kept reviewing his homework. Although it is only a primary school, the road is still long, but for Qin Wei's young heart, this time it is indeed the catalyst for him to study hard, after selling four rabbits and giving all the money to his mother, he set foot in Daolin Village, and went to the commune's Lianzhong Middle School to study in junior high school.
The mother looked at Qin Wei's back carrying the schoolbag she had sewn with rags and going to school in another village alone, and tears also fell in her eyes.
Qin Wei can no longer raise rabbits at home, every day to go to school and after school, to walk an hour to Zhutang Lianzhong, even if Zhang Zhengguo and Xu Jianhua every time because of the cold winter and heat, when skipping school, he will gnaw on the nest alone, and then stroll in the wind and snow, through the fields, rain or shine.
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