MTL - Accidentally born in the ’60s-Chapter 31

Wiping the corners of her eyes, Zhen Zhen suddenly found that the room was a little quiet, she raised her head and saw that the adults in the house were all staring at her with bewilderment.

Zhen Zhen flicked her handkerchief, saw Mrs. Li standing beside her and still didn't regain her senses, she quickly pushed her: "Honey, you should hammer my uncle and cry while crying. Say I'm cruel..."

Li Muwen couldn't help laughing, he bent down and hugged Zhen Zhen who was standing beside his thigh in a red padded jacket and braided upside down, on her chubby little face After kissing her, she turned her head and asked Mrs. Li, "Mother, this is the girl from the Muwu family? She's not too old, so she's quite funny."

Zhen Zhen wiped her face with a handkerchief, turned back and asked Mrs. Li: "Nurs, this is my uncle who hasn't come home after 20 years of walking? He looks kind."

Mr. Li wiped the tears from her face with her hands, and patted Zhen Zhen's **** with a smile: "This child loves to be a demon, your uncle is going to beat the Japanese devils , he can't help himself, he is different from the unfilial thing of your fourth uncle."

Zhen Zhen smiled and put her arms around Li Muwen's neck: "I know, my uncle is an anti-Japanese hero, as I often say."

Mr. Li laughed, took Li Muwen's arm and let people into the room: "Look I'm so confused, I blocked the door and started crying. Muwen, come in quickly, let's Let's go to the kang and have a good chat. Mu Wu asked your wife to cook a few more dishes at noon, stew the fish, and kill the pig tomorrow."

Mu Wu responded, went out and explained a few words to Wang Sufen, and then quickly called Ming Nan and Ming Bei to go to Li Musen's house to pass a word. Li Muwen took off his military coat and took off the hat on his head and put it on the cabinet in the room. Mrs. Li pulled him and sat cross-legged on the kang: "Tell me, how have you been all these years?"

Zhen Zhen was about to start chattering when she heard this, and immediately went to take out her small bowl filled with pine nuts and hazelnuts, and brought a large enamel bowl with various wild dried fruit. Putting everything on the kang, Zhen Zhen took off her shoes and climbed up, sitting behind the two of them, excitedly grabbing the dried blueberries and stuffing them into her mouth.

It's not her gossip, the main reason is that there is no TV watching in this era, and there is no radio at home. In addition to playing silly with her two silly brothers at home, she just whispered with Li Mingzhong all day long. It was really boring and boring.

"In the early years, I followed the army to fight devils and went to many places..." Li Muwen picked up what he could say and told Mrs. Li about it. Did not mention. Mrs. Li knew that it was impossible for her son to fight for so many years without being injured. But the son doesn't mention her or ask, it's good to be safe and sound.

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Li Muwen patted the back of Mrs. Li's hand soothingly: "I took a mission in the second half of this year, and I have been in Beijing all the time. I performed a mission in the Bingcheng army in winter. After the mission is over, I will I made a report with the above, saying that I haven't been home for more than 20 years, and I want to apply to go home to see it. If you don't give me three months of family leave, I will come back to see you. "

"Three months, it's great." Mrs. Li smiled: "You will sleep with your mother tonight, and our mother will have a good chat."

Li Muwen nodded repeatedly: "Okay."

"Brother!" The mother and son were talking when Li Musen's voice came from outside, he opened the door with a bang and rushed in, looking at Li Muwen sitting on the kang, he was a little afraid to recognize : "Is that the big brother?"

"Musen." Li Muwen was amused and waved to him: "Let's take a look, oh, twenty years have passed, I remember that Musen was only ten years old when I left home. At the age of four, he is so old now, and the years are not forgiving."

"Not bad, my eldest child is fourteen." Li Musen came over with a smile, and Mrs. Li and Li Muwen moved in, leaving a small half of the kang, and Mrs. Li picked it up The fly slammed on the kang: "The third one comes and sits, and Mu Wu, what are you doing standing there like a wooden stake at the door, won't you come over and talk to your brother?" Li Muwu smiled honestly, this Just came to sit on the kang.

Li Muwen looked at Mu Wu with kindness in his eyes: "Mu Wu is still like when he was a child, he hasn't changed much, he is honest and honest." He looked around: "Mu Lin didn't come here? I listened to my mother just now. What's the matter, he's not filial all these years and is angry with his mother?"

"Forget it, when our grain store recruited workers to carry sacks, both Muwu and Musen were selected. At that time, the woods were not big, and they didn't look strong. They didn't want him. He went to Bingcheng for ten years in a fit of anger, and only came back with his wife during the New Year's Eve the year before, and I was so angry that I slashed him with a cigarette bag and pot."

"This ice city is not too far away, why haven't you come back for ten years? Are you angry with your family?"

He rolled his eyes: "I cut him several times in the past two years, but I know I was wrong. His wife is not a big problem, she is just a self-righteous little smart, but in fact she is stupid." Li Muwen listened and did not ask any more questions. Li Mulin will have a detailed chat with him after he comes back.

After talking for a while, Li Muwen remembered the big duffel bag he brought back, he got off the kang and carried the duffel bag on the kang, and after opening it, he took out the same thing: "I expect to be back this time. , I bought a lot of things when I was in Beijing. Mother, this is a radio for you, produced by the Shanghai People's Broadcasting Equipment Factory."

"Oh, a radio made in Shanghai." Mrs. Li quickly wiped the sweat from her palms on her clothes, and then carefully took the radio over and put it on the kang: "This thing is expensive Well, it takes a lot of industrial tickets, and it seems that few of us in Beicha have this kind of thing."

Li Muwen explained to Mrs. Li how to use the radio while turning the button. After turning it twice, she finally called up a channel, which was playing the storytelling "Lin Hai Xue Yuan". Mrs. Li just listened to a few He was fascinated by the sentence, touched the radio and couldn't put it down: "This thing is really good, I've heard of it before, and it's the first time I've seen it."

"Mother, you will sit on the kang and listen to the radio when you are free. There are songs and storytelling in it. When I was a child, my father told me about "Journey to the West" and you told me about "Liao Zhai". ."

"Okay, I will have fun in the future! When my relatives come to visit during the Chinese New Year, I will open their eyes to them." Mrs. Li hurriedly got off the kang and wiped the cabinet with a rag. Carefully, the radio was placed squarely on top.

The radio was put away, Mrs. Li sat back on the kang again, and Li Muwen took out a grey checkered spring and autumn two-way shirt and a pair of dark blue trousers: "This is for The clothes my mother bought."

Mr. Li hurriedly took the clothes and put them on her body and gestured: "How old am I to wear new clothes? Isn't this a waste of money? Mu Wen, do you look at these clothes, do I look good?"

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Mr. Li was too satisfied, she folded it with a smile, and put it aside: "Well, I haven't bought ready-made clothes yet, I used to buy cloth to make, that's all I have to do. It cost a lot of money to spend a lot of cloth tickets."

Li Muwen took out three bottles of Maotai from his bag: "Give to Mu Wu and the three of them, one bottle per person."

Mrs. Li looked at the words above and didn't recognize it: "What kind of wine is this?"

"Moutai." Li Muwen said: "I bought this last year and brought it from home when I left. It was only 2.97 cents when I bought it. In April this year, the state introduced a high price policy. , a bottle has sold for sixteen."

Once Mrs. Li heard it, she pushed back: "Hurry up and take it back. You don't want to drink such an expensive wine, just keep it for yourself."

"It was specially brought to them." Li Muwen said: "I carried it on my body for half a year. When I was in the army, the boys were so noisy, I didn't bring it out. I haven't gone home for so many years. , is also my intention as a brother."

Mrs. Li heard that, that's all. Li Muwen took out a folded woolen coat with a blue background and white stripes from below: "This is for Zhen Zhen, the first girl in our family, so you need to get dressed up." Zhen Zhen who was sitting on the side watched the excitement Zhen didn't expect to have her own clothes, so she threw down the bowl, got off the kang and ran out.

Li Muwen was taken aback and looked at the door a little confused: "Why did this child run away?"

Mr. Li rubbed her clothes and replied without looking up, "I've washed my hands."

Sure enough, within a minute, Zhen Zhen washed her hands and face, came in, took a towel and wiped it several times to make sure there was no dirt on her hands, and then climbed up on the kang to put her woolen cloth on. The coat came over. When I touched the texture, it was made of pure wool, with a circle of rabbit fur wrapped around the collar, double-breasted buttons on the front, and a blue bow on the back. The style is timeless even for future generations.

Zhen Zhen hurriedly put it on, looked down and saw the clothes on her ankles a little dejected: "It's too big."

"It's not big!" Mrs. Li said quickly: "It has to be this long, and you can still wear it when you are six or seven years old. Such a good dress is not worth much. Just wear it for a few years."

Zhen Zhen wondered when it would be time to buy such good clothes next time, she nodded in agreement: "I'm right, please put it away for me, and go out to visit in the spring. At some point, I'll have to wear this and show off."

Mr. Li kissed Zhen Zhen on the face with satisfaction: "Just do this, my granddaughter is good." Li Muwen, who has long been familiar with the temperament of the old lady, looked at the grandparents and grandchildren with joy, No wonder the old lady loves Zhen Zhen so much, and they share the same temper.

In addition to clothes for Zhen Zhen, pens for a few nephews, I also bought some fabrics, as well as the military water bottles and military lunch boxes that I had distributed in the army. It was unused, and I took it out as a gift.

You can buy clothes and pens with money and tickets, but you can't buy anything used in this army. If anyone can carry a military water bottle out, then But the old majesty. Before Zhen Zhen went up the mountain, she used the one sent back by Li Muwen. It has been used for more than ten years, this time she got a new one, and Mrs. Li said cheerfully: "The new one is for Zhen Zhen, she uses things carefully, what is it? Don't bring any damaged ones. Give the old ones to Ming Bei, he is like a monkey all day long, and even if the old ones are knocked off, he doesn't feel bad."

Mingbei doesn't think the kettle is old either, it's not rude to have such a thing, he grinned and went to the cabinet to take out Zhen Zhen's old kettle and immediately put it on his shoulders. Vice-proud look.

Zhen Zhen looked at Mingbei's playful appearance while eating dried fruit, and Mrs. Li said to Li Muwen: "This little girl in our family is so cute and has fun, Last year, the eldest child of your second brother's family, Ming Dong, was the target. She was only a little over a year old at the time, and she was still unsteady, so she followed the two of them and listened to others all day long. It was annoying to Ming Dong. Come to me every day. Complaint."

Zhen Zhen stuffed another dried blueberry in her mouth, looking innocent, pretending not to remember.

At first glance, Mrs. Li knew that Zhen Zhen was pretending to be stupid, she smiled and hugged her and said, "If anyone comes to visit, that guy, she runs faster than me, she didn't wait for me On the kang, she took her food and took up a good place. Ming Dong said that her posture is like watching a movie with people in the city, even eating and watching, and occasionally interjecting. "

As the eldest, Li Muwen knew that his old mother wanted to have a daughter back then, but she failed to achieve this wish when her father died. Even if I write a letter every year, half of it is about Zhen Zhen.

We talked for a long time here, and the food was ready over there. There used to be a dozen crucian carp at home, which were originally reserved for sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus. Killed and stewed with sauce. When Liu Xiulan came, she brought the big **** that she just slaughtered at home, and also brought the pork she bought this month.

, and a bowl of rice.

The whole family sat down around the big round table, even Zhen Zhen sat in Wang Sufen's arms obediently, Mrs. Li raised the small wine cup and looked at the eldest son sitting next to her happily His eyes were red again: "Mu Wen is back, this is the biggest happy event in our family in recent years. Mother doesn't say anything, let's do it first."

Li Muwen said "hey", raised the wine cup and drank it: "The wine in our family is delicious and full of energy, mother, you don't know that I am in the south, drinking that wine and It's like drinking water, it always feels unpleasant."

Mr. Li took a piece of chicken and put it in her son's bowl: "This is pure puree in our house. It's about sixty degrees. It's not that you're not used to drinking it when you go out."

After eating the chicken in the bowl, and thinking about the sauerkraut stewed noodles with chopsticks for many years, Li Muwen burst into tears while eating, and Mrs. Li hurriedly asked: "What's the matter? Son? Isn't that what it tastes like?"

"No, mother!" Li Muwen swallowed the vegetables in his mouth and wiped his face: "As soon as I ate this pickled cabbage, I knew it was pickled by my mother, and I remembered when I was a child, when we At that time, our family had a hard time. In winter, my mother pickled a jar of sauerkraut, which is our family's winter vegetable. One year, there was no rice at home, and my father and mother went out to find a way. I ate half a piece of sauerkraut and chewed it."

Thinking of the past days, Mrs. Li also sighed: "The past days were really hard. If you hadn't beaten the Japanese devils away, how could we have such a good life now."

"Fortunately, things are better now, I can buy food supplies every month, and the family has opened up wasteland, so I can't starve." Mrs. Li took a piece of braised pork and put it in Li Muwen In his bowl: "Are you getting enough to eat in the army? Can you eat?"

"Yes, we ate well, mother, you can rest assured." Li Muwen ate all the vegetables in the bowl, seeing Zhen Zhen holding a bowl of rice with the sauce of braised pork on it, He didn't forget to take a bite of the chicken thigh he was holding with each bite of rice and meat, and he couldn't help laughing: "This girl is young, but she is quite able to eat. Hey, mother, we also have rice to eat here?"

Mr. Li stepped on her eldest son under the table, Li Muwen immediately smiled and said, "Yeah, but I didn't expect our family to really grow it."

It’s fragrant, but not as high as sorghum, and it doesn’t fight hunger. I think it’s okay to grow a little and taste it, and sorghum is more reliable for serious food.”

Mr. Li glared at him: "You talk too much, I think this rice is good, I'm old, I like to eat soft and sweet, my family Zhen Zhen can't eat sorghum rice, She likes to eat this rice and white noodles."

"Yes, yes, mother is right." Li Musen quickly coaxed his mother: "I didn't say anything, come on, big brother came back with great difficulty, let's do another one. "

Zhen Zhen was so hard-working that she didn't even have time to listen to gossip. At this time, chickens, pigs, and pigs were raised according to the soil method. fragrant. In my previous life, I spent money to buy organic pork and stewed it, but it didn't taste that good.

After eating half a chicken leg, a few pieces of braised pork and a small bowl of rice, my stomach was finally stuffed. Pushing the leftovers in front of Ming Bei, Zhen Zhen hiccupped: "Mom, I'm full."

Touching Zhen Zhen's bulging belly, Wang Sufen smiled and said, "I don't stay idle from morning till night."

"It's a blessing to be able to eat... burp... qi... well... burp..." After burping a few times, Zhen Zhen covered her mouth and didn't speak, and she didn't blame her for being greedy. I have collected a lot of rice, but it is not enough to eat, not to mention hard dishes such as chicken stewed with mushrooms and braised pork.

After dinner, Mrs. Li talked with her family in the Westinghouse, Zhen Zhen resisted her sleepiness and determined not to take a nap, Wang Sufen had no choice but to pick her up and coax: "Good, wait till you go to bed and wake up tomorrow and ask your father to kill the pig and eat it."

"Killing pigs?" Zhen Zhen widened her eyes: "Our braised pork?"

"En." Wang Sufen put Zhen Zhen on the kang, smeared all over the kang mat and laid a mattress, took off Zhen Zhen's padded jacket and trousers and let her lie down on the quilt: "Go to sleep, wake up and let her Your mother put the radio on for you."

Zhen Zhenda has never encountered anything to worry about since she was born. Although she had a bad time at the beginning, her supernatural ability still made the whole family hungry. So Zhen Zhen, apart from going out to explore when she sleeps as usual, eats and plays at other times, which is a good interpretation of what it means to be carefree, but life without culture and entertainment is still too boring.

Looking at the radio on the cabinet, Zhen Zhen closed her eyes and decided to first go see the braised pork that was about to be slaughtered.

In fact, when Zhen Zhen Kaichun and Mrs. Li went to dig the ground, she started the life of Zhen Zhen going up the mountain to dig treasures. The meat got fatter and fatter, the smell of the pigpen became more and more unpleasant, Zhen Zhen had not been to the backyard for several months.

The consciousness left the body and floated to the pigsty, Zhen Zhen looked at the thick fat of the braised pork and sighed: "The braised pork! You are really fat!"

"Humph..." The braised pork hummed, and continued to bow his head to the soil on the ground, looking indifferent.