Chapter 313: The story of jumping in line that year. Brother-in-law, do you also practice martial arts?
Fang Yan found that child Zhao Zhengyi had a serious expression and was sitting upright, looking like he was facing a formidable enemy.
He asked the eldest sister:
"Sister, can the child use chopsticks?"
At this time, Zhu Lin stood up and said:
"Look at how careless I am. I'm going to get two spoons."
The eldest sister said:
"No, he can use chopsticks, but he has never seen these food on the table."
After hearing this, I felt a little distressed and curious and asked:
"Then what do you usually eat?"
The eldest sister said:
"Corn, sorghum, millet, corn can be made into corn steamed buns and corn pancakes, sorghum can be used to make sorghum rice, millet is very fragrant when made into porridge, but it is rarely eaten, and steamed buns are sometimes eaten, but not often. ”
"The other ones are dairy products, milk skin, milk tofu, butter, and milk tea."
Father Fang Zhenhua, who was twisting the cap of a wine bottle, asked:
“Isn’t Inner Mongolia well-developed in animal husbandry? Can we eat sheep?”
The eldest sister said:
"Sheep belong to the collective, so we can't eat them often. Only on special occasions, such as important festivals and celebrations, can we get some."
Many people present were a little surprised when they heard this. They originally thought that Inner Mongolia jumped in line to eat mutton at will.
At that time, I still remember a newspaper report that encouraged young people to go to Inner Mongolia to join the queue and asked them to practice eating beef and mutton and adapt to life there.
Now that Fang Jie said it, many people felt that the filter was broken.
Fang Zhenhua asked:
"What about you eating meat?"
At this time, the eldest brother-in-law Zhao Yuanchao said:
“Occasionally I eat wild game, such as marmots, but those wild game may contain diseases. In the past, some educated youths were sent to the hospital after eating the wild game, so our family stopped eating it later.”
The eldest sister nodded and took over the conversation:
"The conditions in pastoral areas are very difficult. Let alone meat, vegetables are rarely available. Carrots, cabbage, and potatoes are only available in communes. We only eat them in winter when there is nothing to eat."
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"Other times, I can only dig wild vegetables, such as shallots, endives, purslane, etc. In the summer, I also take some wild fruits home to make soup."
"In addition, water is also difficult to get. I was not used to it at first."
"The best dish these two little guys have ever seen is the lamb stewed with potatoes during the festival."
Hearing this, He Huiru said with red eyes and sympathy:
"Oh, my poor child."
These words are spoken not only of the two little guys, but also of the eldest daughter.
Fang Jie said:
"Actually, they are pretty good. At least they have no problem supporting their families by aiding North Korea, and their children are not very hungry."
"A female educated youth who went with me was eaten by wolves on her way back from fetching water within a year of her husband's marriage. She had to raise her own children and parents-in-law. Her life was miserable... ”
The old lady He Huiru on the side asked:
"The wolves over there are so powerful?"
Fang Jie nodded and said:
"Well, wolves often appear on the grassland. They are very cruel and cunning. They often move in groups and attack sheep and herdsmen. The climate has been very cold in recent years. The coldest time can reach minus 40 degrees. These wild wolves They often attack people and animals during the coldest times.”
“That’s why herdsmen keep several dogs in every household, firstly to guard their homes and homes, and secondly to protect their flocks.”
"I remember at the end of May 1973, when I went to fetch water alone, I encountered several wolves. Fortunately, several dogs at home followed me, otherwise I would not have survived."
Speaking of this, Fang Jie just smiled softly, but many people present felt scared.
Fang Jie sighed:
"When I haven't been there before, I felt that the prairie in literary works was full of vastness and vast fields, with wind-blown grass and low cattle and sheep."
“Only after I went there did I realize that it was cow dung, a song to encourage breastfeeding, water that was never enough, children who fell off horses and got stuck in stirrups, countless mosquitoes, winter that can freeze ears off, and lost sheep. The educated youth who went after the flock to look for the sheep and never came back..."
My mother hurriedly said to her:
"Okay, okay, today is a happy day, so I won't mention these sad things."
Dad also said:
"That's right, now that I'm back, life will get better and better in the future!"
After that, I poured wine for my daughter:
"Come on, Xiaojie, you have a drink too."
"Okay!" Fang Jie agreed.
Then he waited until Fang Zhenhua poured a glass for all the adults at the table.
He stood up and said a series of toasts.
It means celebrating the return of the eldest daughter and her family.
Everyone picked up the cup and took a sip.
Then the banquet officially started.
Probably because she hadn't eaten such a sumptuous meal for a long time, the eldest sister felt a little uncomfortable for a while.
My stomach and intestines can't stand the oil.
Fortunately, there are a lot of stewed and steamed vegetables on the table, which can also be enjoyed.
Eldest brother-in-law Zhao Yuanchao didn't eat much today, so he drank with the people at the table.
Everyone in the circle had a drink with him. Zhao Yuanchao refused everyone who came, and his drinking capacity was obviously very high.
After drinking, he was still taciturn, but with a naive smile on his face. Looking at his wife and children, there was something called hope in his eyes.
In addition, the two little guys who were serving the banquet for the first time had never eaten good food. Today, the dishes cooked by grandma and third aunt made their mouths full of oil.
It’s just that my stomach just ate snacks and can’t hold so much now. I just tasted a table of dishes and felt full.
But unlike other children, even if they are full, they still stay at the table and accompany the adults.
Then he watched his father and grandfather gradually become red-faced after drinking.
I saw my mother being drunk and telling stories about the grassland.
……
After finishing the meal, my father and brother-in-law were both drunk.
The original plan was to send them back to the family compound in Beili, but this time the plan was temporarily changed and they were allowed to live in the front yard first. However, it can be seen that the eldest sister's family is not someone who will not leave, so Fang Yan and the Queen have no objections.
At this time, I just asked the eldest sister to give the two children a bath.
As for the drunk brother-in-law Zhao Yuanchao.
Tomorrow afternoon when the fourth child is free, take him to the bathhouse and take a bath to make him clean.
Because Zhu Lin and her eldest sister were about the same size and shape, she gave her eldest sister a new set of clothes.
But there is nothing we can do about the clothes for the two children today, so the eldest sister can only buy them by herself tomorrow.
When it was time to rest and sleep, because I was afraid that the alcohol on my brother-in-law's body would infect the children, I arranged two rooms for them.
The eldest sister slept with the children, and the brother-in-law slept in a separate room.
After the two children entered the room out of curiosity, they looked at the antique wooden bed Fang Yan bought with curious expressions on their faces.
Even the electric light on the roof seemed like a treasure to the two children.
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The eldest sister explained that they all used kerosene lamps at night, and the two children had never seen electric lights.
Each family sleeps on the floor of the yurt, and their family is slightly better. My brother-in-law is afraid that the eldest sister and the children will not be able to bear the cold on the ground, so he specially made a "wooden floor", and then covered it with wool strips to prevent moisture, and then covered it with the eldest sister. The quilt I brought from Beijing when I jumped in line.
I have never seen such a tall and beautiful wooden bed.
Their house is just a yurt, and the children have never seen other houses, so everything they see is strange.
Asking questions excitedly.
For example, on the ground to the right of the entrance to the yurt, there is a stove dug in a pit and plated with soil, and a large tin box containing dried cow dung. Why is there none in this room, and it is boxy everywhere? Even the furniture is boxy?
And why is the water here freely available? Can it be released by itself by turning on the faucet? My aunt will not get angry because they use too much water, but will also ask them if they have enough, and if there is not enough, there is still hot water.
In addition, after eating just now, the third uncle turned on that thing called a TV. There were people in it and it could make sounds. What on earth was going on?
There is also the lamp above the head. I don’t know what it is burning. It is just hung with a rope. It is very bright and has no smell at all...
……
After dealing with the child's 100,000 reasons, Fang Yan said goodbye to his eldest sister and returned to the children's bedroom in the main courtyard.
Seeing Sister Fang Yan living so hard outside, Zhu Lin felt that he was so lucky.
At that time, she didn't suffer any penalty when she joined the team and joined the art troupe directly.
Then she asked Fang Yan about what happened when she jumped in line at Jiangyou.
Fang Yan had no choice but to tell him that the environment in Jiangyou was already pretty good at that time.
The commune where I joined the queue at that time was called Xin'an Commune.
The people in charge of educated youths in the commune assigned him to the third brigade and the fifth brigade to join the queue and settle down. The place was used to grow aconite at that time. The land was all sandy, so it was easier to work.
At that time, apart from not having enough to eat, everything else was actually fine.
Then Zhu Lin asked Fang Yan to tell him if there were any interesting people or things.
Fang Yan thought about it and really remembered one.
The Xin'an Commune where they jumped in line was not far from Chonghua Town. At that time, there was a thatched hut on the hillside of the town called "Bengyuan Jingshe".
There is a monk who is good at martial arts. The surrounding farmers will come to him for medical treatment, and local young people will come to him to learn martial arts. Some people call this monk Wu Bing Taoist, and some people call him Hai Deng Monk.
Fang Yan said to the Queen that this monk is extraordinary...
Then he told the legendary story of the local monk Haideng.
The Queen was stunned for a moment.
……
Time flies to the next day.
Early in the morning, when Fang Yan got up to exercise, he found the light in the front yard turned on.
He walked over and took a look and found that his eldest sister and brother-in-law were both awake.
The couple was tidying up the room and cleaning the front yard.
"Sister, brother-in-law, what are you doing so early in the morning?" Fang Yan asked.
The eldest sister Fang Jie said:
"I'm used to getting up early. If I can't sleep and have nothing to do, I get up and clean up, and then get ready to go out for a walk on the street."
Then the eldest sister Fang Jie asked again:
"Why did you get up so early?"
Dialect said:
"I'm used to getting up early to practice martial arts, and I get up at this time every day."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Yuanchao, the eldest brother-in-law who was sweeping the floor, raised his head and asked in a low voice with some embarrassment:
"Brother, do you also practice martial arts?"
Fang Yan nodded, then reacted and asked immediately:
"Brother-in-law, after hearing what you say, do you also want to practice?"
Zhao Yuanchao took the broom in his hand, did a big dance, nodded and said excitedly:
"Practice! Hold a spear, shoot a hard bow, and ride a fast horse!"
Fang Yan was startled, but he didn't expect that the eldest brother-in-law, who looked quite easy to bully, was actually a practicing master.
After looking the eldest brother-in-law up and down, Fang Yan asked:
"What specific skills do you practice?"
The eldest brother-in-law made a Bajiquan horse step with elbows and two yizhuangs, and said:
"Bajiquan was taught by an old soldier in the commune!"
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