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Chapter 14 Tong Xin’s Family Affairs (poor family background)

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Often during the communication between men and women, once a man’s story or something arouses a woman’s curiosity and sympathy with maternal sex, then a man will become the target of the woman’s pursuit and attention. The overflowing emotional care of women seems to make men unable to withstand it, but in fact it hits the man’s mind.

Although Tong Xin told Mengyao some of her family affairs, Mengyao, who was very curious, was not only not satisfied, but some of the subtleties also made her confused and confused. Especially Tong Xin's inner fluctuations were also captured by Mengyao's keen insight.

In fact, Tong Xin told Meng Yao about his old stories not to win her sympathy, but to help Meng Yao understand the principle of poor children starting things early through her growth experience.

Of course, Tong Xin couldn't tell Mengyao everything. The focus of his story was mainly on family difficulties and his own growth experience.

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Tong Xin's parents were born in a small northern county in the early 1950s. His parents' generation had the most ups and downs and the richest experience.

The fathers caught up with the construction of the early stages of the New China, caught up with the Great Leap Forward, caught up with the turbulent ten-year catastrophe, caught up with the movement of going to the countryside, caught up with the fall of the Gang of Four, caught up with the resumption of the college entrance examination after the disaster, caught up with the reform and opening up, caught up with the new economic development, caught up with the country's strong and nation's prosperous today

Tong Xin's parents caught up with the Cultural Revolution just after graduating from junior high school. In order to respond to Chairman Mao's call for intellectual youth to return to the countryside to re-educate, his parents participated in the movement to go to the countryside and stayed in the countryside for many years.

When the Gang of Four collapsed in 1976, some educated youth returned to the city one after another through recommendations for school entrance examinations, joining the army, taking over the class, and leaving relationships. They saw that they left one after another, but their parents waited for a long time but didn't wait for the opportunity to return to the city.

At that time, his parents could not return to the city without waiting for the country to make a decision.

People in any era are very conservative in their thoughts and understanding and dare not easily liberate their thoughts. In their ideology, since the state sends them to the countryside for re-education, then all actions must obey the instructions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee. They will obey what the Party’s instructions and arrangements unconditionally.

An ordinary person like Tong Xin’s parents who are honest and have no background have really done everything they do and obey orders.

The country suggested that they go back to the city later, and they responded

The country called on them to put down their ideological burden and take root in the countryside to continue their lives. They did

At that time, the country's policies for educated youth were good, but some people below misunderstood the policies above were implemented. A group of people who were using their power to mess around left many sequelae. Tong Xin's parents' work problems are the most practical example.

When Tong Xin's parents were temporarily hopeless to return to the city, they chose to join forces and took root in the countryside and gave birth to Xiao Tong Xin.

Because his parents' household registration has not been moved to the countryside, their family does not have any land in the countryside

Only by relying on the little knowledge learned by my parents when I was young, I became a private substitute teacher in the countryside. This word "Agenda" will be worn on them for most of their lives.

In fact, Tong Xin's parents had two chances to become regular during their time as a teacher in the class, but for some reason they were gone.

Many years later, their family also returned to the county town. At a party with their parents and old colleagues, a person who knew the inside story revealed something to them. If it weren't for the kind-hearted person's reminder, his parents might have been kept in the dark.

According to that person, his parents' chances of becoming a regular person were taken by some powerful people.

Tong Xin's parents were very surprised to hear the inside story. They hurried home before the party was over.

His parents have also thought about the authenticity of this person's words, but through the collection of information from multiple parties, the statement of the old colleague has been verified.

By the way, no one can accept such a thing. After all, those who used their power to occupy other people's opportunities to become regular work, their behavior and practice were equivalent to changing and being misleading others' lives.

His parents were so angry that they started to go to the county and province to look for policy guidance documents of that year. It didn't matter if they found it, which shocked Tong Xin's parents. Unexpectedly, they met many people who had the same experience as them.

In that era, it was very difficult for ordinary people to do something, and it was difficult for them to do nothing without anyone or money.

Besides, those who could change the fate of others at will in the past were extraordinary in terms of abilities and background.

Without the superior government's decision and conclusive evidence in hand, it is harder to settle the chaos than to climb the sky

It is conceivable how much resistance and pressure the group led by his parents should be able to get the treatment they should enjoy.

In fact, people live in this life just to have a breath. If you don’t work hard or strive for nothing, you will get nothing. As long as you really work hard and make efforts, you will have hope.

Tong Xin's parents just don't believe in evil. In order to win the work arrangement and salary that should belong to them, they followed a group of people on the road of petitioning from then on.

The heaven pays off. After searching for it, it really turned out to be a result. Just seven or eight years before they retired, his parents' work was implemented and solved. Not only did they remove the word "subject" on their heads, but they also paid the salary gap for nearly twenty years.

With this money, Tong Xin's family is no longer so short of money. Not only did they pay off some of the debts they owed before, but they also bought a bungalow and finally had a place to settle down in the county town.

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Because Tong Xin's parents are rooted in the countryside, Tong Xin has lived in the countryside since she was born until she was fifteen or sixteen years old.

Although their family has never been hungry in those years, their clothing and housing are not as good as ordinary rural families.

Because of their parents' household registration, their family did not get arable land or homestead in the countryside. It is really possible to use the land without a single house to describe their family's difficulties at that time.

The main source of life for the family is also maintained by some of the meager wages received by parents' temporary substitute work.

When Tong Xin was born, the country was at the end of the planned economy. In that era when everything needed to be supplied by tickets, if an individual had no supply of various types of tickets in his hands, even if he had money, he would not be unable to buy what he wanted.

Fortunately, Tong Xin caught up with a good time. Shortly after he was born, an old man who decided to rise in China took a walk around the coast. From then on, the country began to engage in economic construction. Coastal cities were the first to open up, and the planned economy of control was also liberalized. In order to increase family income, they raised some livestock, poultry, etc., and when poultry lay eggs or slaughtered livestock, they would take it to the market, and sell it in the market. For some money, they could subsidize some household income.

In fact, for that period, if we compare the living conditions of rural and urban areas, I think rural areas are much better off than those provided by tickets in cities. Not only does it cost money, it can also be self-sufficient, and there is no need to queue up to wait for supply with tickets.

However, cities still have their advantages, and are not comparable to rural areas in terms of infrastructure and superior hardware.

After all, food is the most important thing for people to live in this world. The first priority for human beings to fill their stomachs first. If people cannot eat enough, they cannot do anything.

The food required for human survival comes from the fruits of farmers' labor. Although it belongs to the lowest level and the most primary level, it is the first product of human survival.

The best thing in rural areas is that you can eat all kinds of fresh vegetables grown by your home in summer, seasonal fruits, peaches, etc. in autumn, you can store the harvested cabbage, potatoes, green onions, sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes) and so on for winter use. Those vegetables that are not easy to store can also be pickled into pickles and other dishes for daily family diet.

As for poultry, eggs, meat, fish and shrimps, you can raise poultry and livestock by yourself, and wild fish and shrimps can be fished in rivers.

In Tong Xin's impression, their family is quite good at eating. Although they use coarse grains as their staple food every meal, they have never been hungry

What are the coarse grains like millet, sorghum rice, corn cakes (weed buns), big-scratch porridge, sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes), sticky bean buns, etc., which are enough

As for fine grains such as rice and white flour and some non-staple foods, there are very few. Only during the New Year's Day will you see your parents buying some with various supply tickets.

At that time, there was not a big problem with eating vegetables, but meat could not be eaten frequently. Take the situation at Tong Xin's house at that time as an example, it was impossible to afford it. If Tong Xin and his friends were greedy, they would go to the river near the village to catch some wild fish and shrimps. They could not only serve tooth-beating and satisfying their cravings, but also supplement the protein needed by the human body.

Only during the New Year holiday will parents kill some chickens, ducks, geese, or they will exchange some pork with their own chickens, ducks, geese, and people nearby who kill pigs will exchange some pork. However, the exchange will usually be three-layer fat meat. Part of the parents will make salted bacon and some will be boiled into lard for later stew and cooked.

In the early 1980s, the overall living standards of the whole people were relatively poor, and people had very little oil in their stomachs. For example, Tong Xin used soybean oil very few times when cooking, and usually used rapeseed oil or sesame oil.

The vegetable made of rapeseed oil will be better after eating it. If the vegetable made of sperm oil is finished, it will be confused.

However, Tong Xin's parents occasionally use a little lard or add a few slices of bacon to the cooking dish. This not only increases the taste of the meal, but also serves as a meaty meal.

Although there is no problem in filling your stomach in rural life, it is much worse in dressing. I have hardly bought any new clothes. I wear old clothes given by my relatives. It’s all the same thing. My mother can change some needlework and I can wear them. At that time, Xiao Ai was naughty or had torn her work, so I could only wear patched clothes.

The living environment is even worse. The two and a half-dip houses were borrowed from the village. This is how the adobe houses that leak in summer and run wild in winter have to give some cannons to the village chief every year (the meaning of giving gifts), otherwise there would be no place to live.

When Tong Xin graduated from junior high school, with the help of his immediate family, their family ended their rural life and returned to the county town.

Although their whole family returned to the city, except for having a city household registration, they were not as comfortable as their rural life in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation at the beginning.