Chapter 4: Prophetic Foresight
The rice is white rice and a large bowl per person. The dish is stir-fried pickled rodish strips.
This is already very good, there are not many people in the entire Liujiashan brigade who can eat white rice. Most families eat sweet potato rice. Sweet potato rice, as the name suggests, is rice mixed with chopped sweet potato grains. The amount of sweet potato rice depends on the family's background. If the family base is thicker, the sweet potato rice will be mixed less, and if the family base is thinner, the sweet potato rice will be mixed more. A small number of extremely poor families even eat all sweet potatoes and rice.
There was no way to do this, because at that time it was a large collective production, and the rice varieties were not improved, and the yield was very low. It can only be doped with sweet potatoes in large quantities. Because of the high yield of sweet potatoes and relatively few insect pests, it is easier to obtain a bumper harvest. For many years, Chinese farmers, especially in the south, have relied on sweet potatoes for their livelihoods.
For Yoo Joon, this meal is not bad, it is very tasteful.
Just crossed over, memories are completely stuck in the twenty-first century. Those who have big fish and big meat are also tired of eating. Such an authentic pickled rodish strip is really not easy to eat. Liu Jun picked up the bowl and took a big gulp, looking at his father and smiling while eating.
Seeing that he was eating well, Liu Jincai was also very happy, touched his head, took out a "flying pigeon" brand cigarette and lit it.
In 1976, being able to smoke paper cigarettes was a status and status symbol. People in rural areas generally smoke cigarette rolls, that is, they grow cigarettes and roast them at home, and use paper to roll tobacco shreds to smoke, commonly known as "trumpet tube". When I go out, I buy a pack of paper cigarettes to fill the faΓ§ade, and most of them are "economic" for a pack of eight cents or a "torch" for a pack of dime. The "flying pigeon" smoke is a dime, which can be regarded as a good smoke. Liu Jin is a state worker, and Liu Jiashan has a head and a face, so he should smoke a paper cigarette. However, his monthly salary is 36 yuan and 5 cents, and his wife Ruan Bixiu's salary is about the same, and he has to raise four children and honor his grandparents, which is not a small expense. This "flying pigeon" cigarette cannot be smoked open, and when at home, sometimes the "trumpet" is smoked.
"Dad, why did you come back today?"
Willow asked as he ate.
Liu Jin is a typical loving father, in the memory of Liu Jun's previous life, he never beat their sister and brother, and he rarely scolded. The sisters and brothers are very close to their fathers.
"Oh, I'm going to show a movie in Matang Bay tonight."
Yoo Jin is a technician in a movie theater, specializing in repairing projectors and generators. However, occasionally I need to go to the countryside to show movies. At that time, in the countryside, there were very few entertainment activities, only watching open-air movies and singing local operas. The county art troupe has limited manpower and rarely goes to the countryside to sing. Each commune and even the brigade has its own art team, but the level is very amateurish, and the props are also very lacking, and during the Great Revolution, they are only allowed to sing eight model plays. Comparatively, open-air movies are much higher than local dramas in terms of the frequency of going to the countryside and the quality of viewing. The film projectionists who went to the countryside have become capable people in the minds of the common people.
The Matangwan Brigade is close to the Liujiashan Brigade, and the dispatchers of the Xiangyang County Film Screening Management Station have a good relationship with Liu Jincai. It's a balance between public and private.
Ma Tang Bay?
Liu Jun had a flash of inspiration in his heart, and he vaguely felt that something was going on, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
"Great, Dad, take us to Matang Bay to watch a movie at night."
Liu Yan cheered.
Liu Jincai nodded with a smile.
Most of the rural areas in China have patriarchal thinking, but Liu Jincai is an exception, and he generally likes their sisters and brothers. Naturally, Liu Jun is a young son, and he is more favored.
"Oh, Teacher Liu is here."
Listening to the voice, you know that it is the head teacher, Mr. Yuan (after a half-day class, at least Liu Jun has figured out what the teacher's surname is).
"Teacher Yuan."
Liu Jincai greeted her with a smile.
"Teacher Liu, you call me that, how can I afford it? You're my enlightenment teacher, so call me by my name. β
Teacher Yuan said with an exaggerated expression.
Hehe, it seems that Liu Jun guessed well, and Teacher Yuan is really a student of Liu Jincai.
"Hehe, you are now a formal teacher, what can't you afford? Besides, Xiaojun still wants you to bother more. β
As soon as he mentioned Xiaojun, Teacher Yuan's eyes immediately lit up, as if he had picked up a treasure: "Teacher Liu, I won't tell you, your Xiaojun is definitely a prodigy." A handful of calligraphy is beautifully written. β
Liu Jincai smiled, just as Teacher Yuan's casual flattery. This Xiao Yuan is still too young, even if he wants to flatter his godson, he can say things such as being smart and diligent, and listening carefully. She wants to praise Xiaojun for her beautiful writing. Practicing calligraphy is not an overnight effort. It's only been a few days since my son learned to hold a brush, what kind of tricks can he write?
Teacher Yuan was noncommittal when he saw Liu Jincai, and thought that he had a high style and was modest, so he hurriedly said: "Teacher Liu, Xiaojun is really a good seedling, not only can he write well with a brush, but he is also very good at arithmetic. If you train well, you will be a national worker just like you in the future. β
At that time in 1976, the country had not yet resumed the college entrance examination, and college students were a rather distant concept for ordinary people. It is said that when a child grows up to be a state worker, it is a blessing that is too good. Mr. Yuan himself is estimated to be a private teacher, which is a big difference from a public teacher.
said that Liu Jun was good at arithmetic, but Liu Jincai believed it very much.
I remember that in my previous life, Liu Jincai said more than once that when Liu Jun was only three or four years old, he could calculate the addition and subtraction of integers within 10,000. Arithmetic in the first grade of primary school, for him, no matter in his past or present life, is definitely pediatric.
Watching the three of them gobble up the meal, Liu Jincai chatted with Teacher Yuan for a while, and then cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and was reluctant to go back.
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In the afternoon three classes, Liu Jun was almost thinking about Matang Bay, what was there that worried him? Fortunately, no matter how distracted, she could answer any questions from Teacher Yuan fluently, and it did not destroy the good impression left in her mind.
As school was about to end, Yoo Jun suddenly remembered.
Mr. Zhou!
Mr. Zhou from Matang Bay, in the memory of his previous life, was a remarkable figure in Xiangyang County.
What Mr. Zhou's specific name is, Liu Jun does not know. Because I had never dealt with him in my previous life, I heard about Mr. Zhou's deeds from the mouths of the older generation. He was a learned person, a top student of Renmin University, and a former professor of party history at the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee of N Province.
In Yoo Jun's previous life, that is, after 2000, the professor gradually became less valuable. As for 1976, it was definitely a big intellectual. Come to think of it, even college students are his disciples.
During the Revolution, Mr. Zhou was sent back home to work as a farmer. Pity him as a professor, he can't pick his shoulders and can't lift his hands, where is the farm work of the production team? He was not in good health, had a hard temper, and refused to bow his head, so he suffered a lot. Originally, the cadres of the brigade took pity on him, and when they saw that he was a cultural person, they assigned him an easy job of keeping work points. Who knew that he still didn't appreciate it, and the cadres of the brigade didn't want to see him, so he was left to fend for himself. I didn't eat the last meal all the time, and I was dressed in tatters, where did I look like a city person? It's almost like calling Hanako. When everyone calls him Mr. Zhou, it is more of a joke than respect.
* At the end of the day, Mr. Zhou was rehabilitated and resumed his work, and soon after, he served as the vice president of the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, enjoying the treatment of the main department and bureau. That's not all, many of the students he taught before have resumed their work and become leading cadres in various counties. The secretary of the county party committee of Xiangyang County is his student.
But in 1976, who could have predicted that Zhou Madzi (politely called Mr. Zhou to his face, and pouted behind his back called Zhou Madzi) would be reborn and run back to the provincial capital to become a big official? If I had known, of course I would have to talk to others.
This "early knowing" is very important, and it happens that Liu Jun is the one who "knew early".
It's really known three days ago, and it will be rich for thousands of years.
Such a big treasure is in front of him, and it is impossible for Liu Jun to bear not to dig it. Although by the time he reaches adulthood, Mr. Zhou will almost retire. But there's always some benefit to taking such a line, right? It's hard to say exactly what the benefits will be, but in short, one more friend is definitely better than one more enemy.
Inspired by the bright prospect of getting to know Mr. Zhou, Liu Jun took the second sister with one hand and the third sister with the other, and jumped back home.
As soon as he saw Liu Jincai, Liu Jun suddenly realized a difficult problem - how to tell him?
Take the initiative to get acquainted with Zhou Luozi, there must be a reason. Could it be that he told Liu Jincai that this Zhou madman will soon come to work, and he will return to the provincial capital to be a big official, and if he doesn't get acquainted again, he will have to pass through this village without that shop? Saying this is purely looking for death, and it is strange not to be regarded as a neurotic by Liu Jincai.
In my previous life, I read a lot of time-traveling novels, but I have never seen a time-traveler dare to pronounce the word "crossing".
"Ye Zi, Xiao Yan, Xiao Jun, come to Dad to test you!"
Liu Jincai greeted the three of them with a smile.
Hehe, in the memory of his previous life, Liu Jincai's demeanor is very familiar. When Yoo Jun was young, he had to make such a move every time he went home. Most of them test addition and subtraction and the like, and occasionally test the candidates' words.
I didn't expect that after being reborn, at the age of forty, I would still have to play this kind of game with my father. A subtle wry smile appeared at the corner of Liu Jun's mouth. But since this kind of "exam" can make the father happy, why not be a son.
"Leaving the Grass ...... the Plains"
Liu Jincai opened his mouth to read.
Well? How do you want to take the Tang poetry test? Liu Jun is only in the first grade of elementary school, could it be that Liu Jincai taught this poem before? Maybe I have taught it, but the memories of my previous life when I was a child are too long ago to remember them so clearly.
"One year old and one withered, the wildfire burns inexhaustibly, and the spring breeze blows and grows."
Yoo Jun then read it in one breath. Then I saw Liu Jincai and Liu Ye Liu Yan staring at him with very strange eyes, as if they didn't believe it.
It's broken.
Liu Jun suddenly realized that his father was taking the second sister test. She was in the fifth grade and had studied the poem. It seems that you should pay more attention to it before opening your mouth in the future, otherwise you will accidentally reveal flaws.
"Xiaojun, have you studied this poem?"
Liu Jincai asked with some confusion.
Liu Jun scratched his head, anxious, and said with a smile: "I heard the second sister read it." β
This explanation can barely be obfuscated.
Liu Jincai was happy, took out a few candies, and said with a smile: "I can remember it after listening to the second sister read it, it's very good." Reward you with a piece of candy. β
This is also Liu Jincai's consistent trick, every time he goes home, he will buy a few candies and share them with his siblings. At that time, the candy had few patterns, and fruit candy was somewhat similar, but there was no taste of fruit, it was just a candy cube, wrapped in a layer of colorful candy paper, commonly known as "paper candy". Children in the countryside rarely eat a few times a year.
Yoo Jun took the candy and happily put it in his mouth, it was really sweet.
Liu Jin saw that their sister and brother were happy, and their eyes were full of love.
Eating this kind of paper-wrapped candy that he hadn't tasted for at least ten years in his previous life, Liu Jun suddenly had an idea.