Rebirth after the 1950s

Save some of it.But we still need to store some food. After next year, we won’t be able to buy food even if we have money. This is the most critical thing, and this autumn is the only chance.

When I got home and saw no one at home, I asked my eldest brother: "Brother, when the grain is harvested this fall, are you still going to buy it?"

"I definitely have to buy it." The elder brother didn't know why I asked, so he said

"How much do you want to buy?" I asked again.

"I must have bought more than before. Now that my father and Uncle Li are back, and they are leading troops again, the consumption must be greater than the few of us. They have to eat dry food, so I may have bought more than before." The eldest brother If you think I don’t understand, just explain

"Then we have to hide it well then. When we live in the military area, we will definitely not be able to carry bags of food upstairs. And if there is no one at home or in the martial arts training ground, we have to hide it well, otherwise we will When the time comes, someone can come in and let’s go find someone.” I said

"You don't have to worry about this. I heard my parents tell me about this a few days ago," the fourth brother said.

"Ah, why didn't I know?" said the third brother

"I heard it when I got up in the middle of the night. What I said was that the brats at home were eating a lot. It's the time when we are growing, so we can't be hungry. What I said was that now is not the time to fight in the past." Si Brother said

"Oh" the fourth brother responded

Soon it was time to move. Since the two families were moving together, the army sent a truck to pick up the luggage.In fact, there was nothing, just a few large wooden boxes, luggage packed with bags, some pickle jars, and a lot of dried vegetables.Pickles and dried vegetables like this were shared between the two families.At the same time, because our family has a small population, we only need one-third of these items.As for the food, Aunt Zhou’s family provided two-thirds of it when buying it, and it was the same two-thirds when it was divided.

But Aunt Zhou said, "The food grown in the martial arts training ground must be divided equally. It cannot be divided like this, otherwise their family will not need any."

My mother also knew Aunt Zhou’s temper and said, “Okay, listen to Sister Zhou” without being polite to her.

Before moving, I heard from my father that the house he and Uncle Shen applied for happened to be together. The whole house plus the yard covered an area of ​​only 150 square meters. There were three main rooms, two bedrooms and a dining room, but Uncle Shen’s family separated one bedroom into Two small rooms.There are two wing rooms on the east side, which are a few square meters smaller than the main room, a kitchen, and a woodshed, but he was asked to separate a small room inside for bathing.He also said that when Uncle Shen saw him doing this, he also got one at home.There is a toilet in the southeast corner of the yard. The toilet is a little away from the courtyard door. At the same time, a chicken coop has been built to house a few chickens.

After hearing this, my mother said: "The remaining places can be used to grow and order vegetables, but it is definitely not possible to eat in the cafeteria every day."

"Okay, when the time comes, I will clear the land when I have time," Dad said

"No, let Mianmian and the others come. You don't know. They haven't gone to practice martial arts in the past few days. When I asked, I found out that they heard that they were moving again. Several people had cleared the space in the yard, leaving only When I walked out of an aisle, potatoes were planted," my mother said with a smile.

"Is this still possible?" Dad asked in surprise.

"Yes, I even went over to take a look."

"That's not bad. Do you think we should tell Mianmian about that place?"

"Tell me, you and I are both soldiers. We have missions at any time and face life and death at any time. Besides, Mianmian is not a child who goes out to talk nonsense."

"Okay, I'll call her over."

At this time, I heard my father calling me from outside: "Is Mianmian asleep?"

"Dad, what's wrong? Not yet?"

"Take it out, Dad has something to tell you."

"Oh" when I heard this, I quickly climbed out and ran out and said

: "Dad, what is it?"

"follow me"

"Oh"

Just like that, I followed my father to their room. I saw my father at the corner of the kang. After taking out the bottom few bricks, he went down and took out the brick that was originally laid on the ground. Then he didn't know where it ended up. , and saw a square hole, about 80 centimeters, where the table was originally placed in the room.Dad moved the table away and said, "Mianmian, follow me down and take a look. Mom will keep an eye on it."

"Oh"

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it."

In this way, I followed my father and walked down the stone steps step by step. After walking about thirty steps, I saw a stone door. My father put his hands on the stone protrusions of the door and turned it gently. The stone door opened. There were a lot of huanghuali wooden boxes inside. Dad opened a few boxes and told me, "What's in them: two boxes of gold bricks. Two boxes of large yellow croaker, two boxes of small yellow croaker, two boxes of silver bricks, There are two boxes of complete sets of gold and silver jewelry, two boxes of complete sets of jade jewelry, two boxes of jewelry, six boxes of medicinal materials, all of which have been processed, and ten boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings, all of which are genuine."

"Dad, didn't mom say that our ancestors were not academics? How could we have so much family property?"

"He is indeed an old scholar, but he is different from other old scholars. In my great-great-grandfather's generation, our branch began to be passed down from generation to generation. When he saw that there was only one single seedling in the family, he was afraid that he would not be able to maintain the family business, so he began to slowly change The seller built a darkroom in the house and hid his things here. When he felt that he didn't have a few years to live, he asked his family to sell the property on the surface to treat his illness. In fact, the money Either he bought good medicinal materials, antique calligraphy and paintings, or gold, silver and jewelry. When he finally passed away, all that was left was the Sijin compound where he lived at the time."

When I heard that it was a courtyard with four entrances, I quickly asked: "What about the courtyard?"

"Sell it, take care of the funeral arrangements for his old man, and use the remaining money to live in this yard."

"Ah, that's a courtyard with four entrances."

"You can't keep it if you don't sell it. Our ancestors of the Li family were also a wealthy family in this city at that time. How could a family of several people maintain such a big house?"

"Yeah"

"Okay, go up, you know this place, don't tell others, you know, and don't open this place at any time, otherwise people will find out, you know?"

"I see, Dad"

"Back" Mom asked

"Well, Mom"

"Okay, since your father told you, then mother will also tell you, so I won't take you to see it. It's late at night and it's not safe outside. During the day, you and the Zhou family's children are going into the evening. It’s not convenient to take you there alone.”

"Mom, you don't mean to say that there are also reports in the courtyard of the martial arts training ground?"

"Yes"

"Come on, my mother, we practice martial arts there every day, why didn't we notice?"