Chapter 1, Warm Home
In the late autumn of 1958, the courtyard of Nanluoguxiang.
The night is as cool as water, and the autumn is awe-inspiring.
The whole courtyard was very quiet, except for a young man in the middle courtyard who looked at the crescent moon in the sky, stunned.
"When I was young, the spring breeze was proud, and I didn't believe that there was a parting in the world..... alas, I couldn't go back."
Zhou Jimin's eyes are deep and story-telling, which forms a strong contrast with his immature face.
He's not from this era, he's just in time for the last train of the army of traversers.
came to the parallel world of film and television dramas in the courtyard of love.
For him, a person who has experienced mid-life crises such as hair loss, gout, tinnitus, myopia, and belly, he came to this parallel time and space with little food and clothing, and after experiencing the initial panic, he slowly accepted the reality.
The boy with this body is also named Zhou Jimin, and he is an apprentice worker at the Red Star Rolling Mill.
His father, Lao Zhou, died heroically when he caught a spy a few years ago, and his mother was depressed in the following years and left with him half a month ago.
Leaving Zhou Jimin's five children, sad, confused, and flustered....
As the eldest brother, Zhou Jimin shoulders the heavy responsibility of supporting the family.
But there are two younger sisters and two younger brothers, the eldest sister is only thirteen years old, and the youngest is only four and a half years old.
And he himself is only a fifteen-year-old boy, how to support himself and his four younger siblings has become a difficult problem in front of him.
The most difficult thing is the courtyard, which is almost entirely cannibalistic.
Hell is off to a great start.
Suddenly, the sky was blowing with a Siberian north wind.
Zhou Jimin couldn't help shrinking his body, turned around and went back to his room to sleep.
If I don't go back, I'm afraid I'm going to catch a cold and fever the next day.
You must know that the reason why he successfully crossed was because the original owner was sentimental and overly sad, so he took advantage of it and occupied the magpie's nest.
The room was relatively warm, and the two younger brothers on the bed were sleeping soundly.
"You're still frowning? Is it a nightmare? ”
When he covered the quilt for his eight-year-old brother Zhou Jikang, he just saw the little guy's painful expression, and Zhou Jimin couldn't help sighing.
The nine-year-old third brother is also dishonest when he sleeps, even if he sleeps indecently, he still drools.
A bit of a fee for bed linen.
Laughing and shaking his head, Zhou Jimin also went to bed and lay down.
The two younger sisters slept in the next room, and the thirteen-year-old second sister was able to take care of the four-and-a-half-year-old girl, which made him worry a lot.
The next day, at half past five in the morning, the sky was still dark, and Zhou Jimin woke up.
Entertainment was scarce in those days, so it was almost as late as nine o'clock when they went to bed.
A young body, a middle-aged soul, nine hours of sleep, is enough.
Opening the bag, Zhou Jimin filled the snow-white flour and prepared to make breakfast.
Originally, this was Zhou's mother's job, but now it's his.
Under normal circumstances, the old Zhou family can't afford to eat white noodles at all.
When Lao Zhou was still there, he was a fourth-level carpentry worker with a salary of 49.6 yuan, and Zhou's mother was a second-level noodle worker with a salary of 34 yuan.
For dual-income families, two adults and five children are okay for a small life, but they definitely can't afford to eat white noodles.
It is said that half-grown children eat poor children, except for the four-and-a-half-year-old girl, Zhou Jimin's four brothers and sisters are all half-grown children, and they are all rice kings every day.
This white face was left after the funeral of Zhou's mother before.
Adding water, kneading dough, burning fire, steaming steamed buns, Zhou Jimin's movements are skillful and dazzling.
Originally, he was a southerner and was used to eating rice, but after marrying a northern girl, he was also used to eating pasta.
Especially when chasing his wife, he deliberately learned a lot of northern cuisine production methods, kneading noodles, steaming steamed buns, making noodles, etc.
After steaming the steamed buns, Zhou Jimin pushed open the door and prepared to go to the vegetable cellar to get the cabbage.
In the winter in the north, dozens of catties of Chinese cabbage will be prepared in the vegetable cellar.
However, as soon as he went out, he ran into Qin Huairu.
The latter is the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, who gave birth to a son and a daughter, and has just returned from outside with a cleaned night pot.
"Zhou Jimin, good morning, why did you get up so early?"
"Auntie is early, she can't sleep and gets up."
Now Qin Huairu, her husband is still there, she has both children and daughters, and she is a full-time housewife, so of course she has a good life.
When Zhou's mother was at the funeral before, Qin Huairu was still busy and called her aunt, which was reasonable.
After a brief greeting, Zhou Jimin entered the vegetable cellar.
Behind him, Qin Huairu withdrew her pityful gaze, shook her head and went back to her house.
The Zhou family, which has no parents, will be sad in the future.
Take out two Chinese cabbages from the vegetable cellar, peel off the old gang, and cut the remaining tender cabbage hearts directly.
The old gang was also chopped up and used to feed the chickens.
The two old hens in the family are baby, they can lay eggs every day, and occasionally improve the family's food.
I took out a piece of meat from the cupboard, it was the fat I bought after work yesterday.
The fat and the thin are separated, the fat is refined, and the smell wafts out in the pot.
"Who's going to eat meat early in the morning? Can't live this day? ”
"It seems to be wafting out of the Zhou family in the middle courtyard, hiss, it's really fragrant."
"Hey, the Zhou family kid is just a day? It's like this in the morning, how will you live in the future? ”
In the courtyard in the early morning, many neighbors got up and smelled the fragrance in the air, and the whole courtyard suddenly became lively.
The bustle outside the door, Zhou Jimin didn't hear it.
Even if he heard, he would laugh it off.
Although in this day and age, it is necessary to keep a low profile, but that does not mean that breakfast cannot be eaten.
As for eating meat for breakfast?
If they don't eat meat, how can their five children withstand it?
"Big brother, open the door, I want to eat meat."
There was a knock on the door, and Zhou Jimin opened the door with a smile, "Little goldfish, it's early, is your sister up?" ”
The eldest in the family, nicknamed Little Goldfish in the rivers and lakes, pouted when she was angry and coquettish, and looked particularly like a goldfish mouth, so she had this nickname.
Earlier, she was nicknamed Little Lazy Bug, because she was very fond of lazy beds when she was a child.
"Get up, my sister is folding the quilt, big brother get out of the way, I'm going to brush my teeth."
The four-and-a-half-year-old squeezed her brother away, walked in on his short legs, picked up the little stool with great skill, and then stood on the low stool, took off the toothpaste and toothbrush that was in the cupboard, took the spoon from the water tank, and ran to the door to brush his teeth.
"Brush your teeth clean, don't rush."
Looking at the little goldfish Zhou Shumin, Zhou Jimin's eyes were full of tenderness, as if he was looking at his daughter.
In the later life, he really wanted to have a daughter, but unfortunately his wife didn't give it a hand, and the three of them were all with handles.
Inside, the two younger brothers also got up to smell the fragrance.
The main thing is that the little goldfish got up and almost started eating, so they didn't dare to continue to be lazy.
The house of more than 30 square meters is divided into one bedroom, one living room and one kitchen, and the so-called kitchen is actually divided by part of the space of the small living room.
The second sister, Zhou Shuqing, walked in, and after helping to serve the food to the table, she also went to brush her teeth and wash her face.
At the door of Lao Zhou's house, four children lined up and brushed their teeth together.
When the neighbors saw this scene, they all laughed and joked.
The little kids in the front yard also came to make trouble, especially the Yan family, who wanted to sneak into the room to steal food, but were blocked by Zhou Shuqing.