Rebirth in 1970: I work as an educated youth in a forestry farm

In addition to buying gold jewelry, clothes and shoes for his daughter, Sheng Xiping also bought two sets of dolls.

It was the kind of doll with blond hair, a detachable head, arms, and legs, and the ability to change into many beautiful clothes. Sheng Xiping saw it when he was shopping in Hong Kong City.

Sheng Xiping often buys dolls for his daughter. In the past, the dolls he bought were cloth dolls with plastic faces and cloth-stitched bodies, filled with cotton.

Little girls all like dolls, and Sheng Xiping is also willing to buy various toys for his girls to coax them.

This time in Hong Kong City, Sheng Xiping fell in love with the doll as soon as he saw it. No matter how expensive it was, he bought two sets and came back to play with his daughters.

Sure enough, when the two girls, Xin Yue and Xin Qi, saw the doll, they were even happier than wearing gold bracelets and new clothes. Each of them held a doll in their arms without letting go.

"Do you like it? Why don't you thank dad?" Zhou Qinglan couldn't help but laugh when she saw the two girls looking so happy.

“You guys are really enjoying too much blessing.

Other people's children are still using pillow towels to make dolls. It's a good idea for you two to make so many dolls. It's fun, but I don't want to cause harm to things. "

The two girls came over obediently, approached Sheng Xiping, and kissed their father on the cheek with their little lips pouting, which meant thank you.

"Okay, okay, you are all good boys. I will buy them for you when dad goes out and sees something interesting."

As long as my daughter is happy, she can buy whatever she wants.

The two girls went to play with their dolls. Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan gathered their things together.

I put the ones I bought at home directly, and the ones I bought for my parents were packed separately and brought back to the forest farm in two days.

After all this work, it was already getting late, and the two girls were so sleepy that they took a nap.

Zhou Qinglan quickly put on the quilt and poured milk powder for the children. After drinking the milk powder, the two children brushed their teeth, washed their feet and buttocks, and then lay down in bed to sleep.

The two girls couldn't bear to part with the baby, so they hugged each other and soon fell asleep.

Sheng Xitai hadn't come back yet, and the couple couldn't sleep, so they just went to watch the TV.

Although there is no outdoor antenna, the effect is not very good. At least there are people and movement, which is better than nothing at all.

The two children were asleep. As long as the TV was quieter, it would not wake them up.

Around nine o'clock, Aunt Li lit another fire and heated some food for Sheng Xitai.

Sheng Xitai got off school at around nine o'clock in the evening and arrived home by bicycle at almost nine-thirty.

This young boy has a big appetite and can eat almost everything he eats in the cafeteria around 5:30 in the afternoon.

So every night, Aunt Li would heat up some rice for Sheng Xitai and let him eat again when he got home, so as to avoid being hungry and unable to sleep at night.

Sure enough, Sheng Xitai arrived home on time at 9:30, and walked in the door hissing from the cold.

"Oh my God, it's freezing to death. Sister-in-law, why did you ask for leave this afternoon?"

As soon as Sheng Xitai entered the room, he shouted without looking at what was going on in the room.

"What's the fuss about? Yueyue and Qiqi are both asleep, why do you wake them up again?" Sheng Xiping came out of the east room and glared at his brother.

"Brother, you're back? Hey, what are the things in this outhouse? What are these?" Sheng Xitai then noticed that there were many cardboard boxes placed in the outhouse.

"Those are the home appliances I bought, such as TVs, washing machines, refrigerators, etc., and I will send a set home in two days.

There's a fire burning in the stove. It's quite hot. Go and warm it up quickly. Aunt Li will also heat up some food for you. "

Sheng Xiping waved his hand, urging his younger brother to catch his breath and eat, and stop hanging around those home appliances.

"Hey, I got it, brother." Sheng Xitai looked back at those home appliances, they were so beautiful.

Yes, after all, in these days, it is a big deal for anyone to have a complete set of home appliances.

When Aunt Li saw Sheng Xitai coming back, she hurriedly took out the food from the pot. She didn't even put a table, but placed it on the edge of the pot and invited Sheng Xitai to eat.

Sheng Xitai was really hungry, so he didn't care about that. He went into the kitchen and snored and ate a lot, and then he felt that his stomach was full.

After eating, Sheng Xitai stretched his head and looked into the east room. He saw a TV on the cabinet in the east room, which was very strange.

Thanks to Sheng Xiping's quick hands, he just turned off the TV when he heard some noise outside.

"Okay, after dinner, take two pieces of rice dumplings and throw them into the stove to save yourself from the cold in the middle of the night. Take a rest and go to bed early."

It's not that I don't want to let my brother watch TV, it's mainly because I'm worried that he will be distracted and delay his studies.

As someone who has been there, Sheng Xiping knows very well what most people were like when television first came into being.

As long as there was a shadow on the TV, I would keep watching it, like a man possessed.

Sheng Xitai is in his second year of high school, and his homework is important. Besides, it's almost ten o'clock, so he should take the time to go to bed and rest early.

"Oh, I got it, brother." Sheng Xitai nodded, went out to get a few pieces of dough, and stuffed some into the pit and stove.

Then I washed my feet, brushed my teeth, got into bed, and fell asleep in a short while.

In the east room, Sheng Xiping also washed up, then got into bed, hugged his sweet-smelling and soft wife, and kissed her twice.

"Be gentle, or you'll wake up my daughter." Zhou Qinglan whispered.

I slept very soundly this time, and before I knew it, I slept until past seven o'clock.

Sheng Xiping was still sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt out of breath, as if his nose and mouth were blocked.

Anxiously, he quickly opened his eyes and saw two girls wearing shirts and underwear, one pinching his nose and the other covering his mouth.

"Oh, my dear daughter, you are nothing like little cotton-padded jackets. Are you going to kill your father?"

Sheng Xiping quickly grabbed his daughter's hand and turned over.

"Dad, pee." Xinyue turned around and pointed to her bed.

Sheng Xiping looked over and suddenly wailed, "Oh my god, you two peed on the bed."

Sheng Xiping didn't care about anything else, so he quickly climbed out of bed, opened the door of Kangqin's cupboard, and rummaged through the clothes for the two girls to change into.

"What's going on? Oops, are you two pissing on the bed?"

Aunt Li heard the noise in the outer room and came in, just in time to see that the underwear worn by the two girls was soaked.

Aunt Li usually sleeps with Zhou Qinglan and her daughter in the east room. After Zhou Qinglan goes to work, Aunt Li watches the two children and urinates as soon as they wake up.

Isn't this Sheng Xiping back? Aunt Li just wanted to let Sheng Xiping have a good sleep and didn't come to disturb him.

Not wanting to waste it for just such a moment, the two girls wet the bedclothes with urine.

"Okay, Xiping, you go wash your face and eat. I'll change their clothes. You're away from home all year round and can't find anything."

This grown man looks for things as if he can't see them. He can't even see the things poking his eyelids.

Aunt Li saw Sheng Xiping rummaging through the cabinet, but couldn't find the clothes the child wanted to wear, so she could only sigh and go over to do it herself.

Aunt Li found two sets of shirts and underwear from the cabinet. Sheng Xiping helped the two children take off their clothes and quickly put them on.

Then Aunt Li took off all the bedding and put the quilt cover on the wall of the fire to dry. The quilt cover and other things would have to be washed later.

Sheng Xiping folded the couple's bedding and placed it in the kangqin, then swept the kang with a broom, and then went to wash up and tidy up.

Just as Aunt Li had dressed the two children in cotton-padded jackets and trousers, and the food was served, they coaxed Xinyue and Xinqi to have breakfast.

These two girls were originally fed a mixture of breast milk and milk powder. In the fall, Zhou Qinglan took charge of the class. She went to school early in the morning and came back late in the evening, so she weaned the two children off breast milk and drank milk powder.

Anyway, these two girls are not picky and can eat whatever they want.

Get up in the morning and eat some chicken cakes, millet porridge, noodles, etc., drink milk powder at nine-thirty or ten in the morning, and have dinner with the adults at noon.

After lunch, I took a nap and drank milk powder again when I woke up. Eat dinner in the evening and drink before going to bed, and the day goes by like this.

Just after finishing the meal, before the table could be cleared, Zhou Qingyue came.

The two of them had agreed yesterday to buy outdoor antennas and erect antenna poles today.

In the morning, Zhou Mingyuan and Wang Chunxiu left for work. Zhou Qingyue was feeling bored at home, so he simply came to see his brother-in-law.

Just like that, the two of them went to the hardware store to buy an outdoor antenna and a one-centimeter-wide, flat flexible wire used to connect the antenna.

The two first went to Zhou's house, found a pole of suitable length, connected the outdoor antenna and the soft wire, and then installed the outdoor antenna on the pole.

Finally, the wooden pole was tied to the foot of the garden pole at the east end, and the antenna was erected.

Then, use a foreign drill to drill a hole the thickness of a small finger in the wooden window frame, extend the flexible cord through the small hole, and connect it to the TV.

In these days, most CCTV stations were plugged into local relay stations for rebroadcasting, and there was no signal during the day.

Zhou Qingyue excitedly turned on the TV, but turned around and found nothing, so he could only turn it off again in frustration.

"Okay, let's look at it in the evening. Well, you go find a flatbed truck, and we can take the refrigerator and washing machine upstairs."

Last night, Wang Chunxiu said that he would move the refrigerator and washing machine upstairs.

It is best to place the washing machine in a place with sewers, otherwise after washing the clothes, you have to carry water out, which is not easy at all.

Most old houses do not have sewers. Most people use washing machines and move them to the yard in the summer and drain the dirty water directly into the drain. This is convenient.

In winter, the washing machine is basically useless, and no one can go out to wash clothes in the cold.

The Zhou family's bungalow is how old it is. How can it have a sewer?

So Wang Chunxiu said, it's better to put the washing machine upstairs, and wash the big things there. It's better to leave the small things at home and wash them to save worry.

As for the refrigerator, we can’t use it in the bungalow in the winter, so we can just put it upstairs and freeze something for the summer.

"Why don't our parents live upstairs? How convenient is it to live upstairs? Besides, living in a building is warmer than a bungalow."

Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qingyue sent the things upstairs. They were tired and panting. Sheng Xiping said in confusion.

"Our mother thinks the space upstairs is too small and too narrow, and our father thinks it's far away from his work and not as convenient for work as the other side of Baishan Street." Zhou Qingyue said helplessly.

"Besides, my eldest brother and my sister-in-law are coming back to live during the Chinese New Year. My mother is afraid that they will make too much mess upstairs and my sister-in-law will not be happy."

Sheng Xiping nodded, it was the same reason.

Both Zhou Qingyang and Chen Jie’s families are here. Why don’t they come back to stay for a few days during the Chinese New Year?

If Zhou Mingyuan and his wife live upstairs, where will Zhou Qingyang and his family live when they return?

“The house our family lives in now is not big, and it is squat and not bright at all.

If you ask me, it would be better to find another place to build it and build five rooms, which would be bright and spacious. "

The building allocated by the work unit was used for the eldest son's wedding, and Zhou Mingyuan and his wife still live in the public housing of the work unit.

The public house was small, in fact it was quite narrow. Anyway, in Sheng Xiping's mind, this house had to be spacious, and it was very comfortable to take a look at it.

"Our dad said that we should do this for the time being. He won't be able to do anything special. We can wait until he retires."

Zhou Mingyuan has his concerns. After all, he is still in the position of director. If he goes too far, others will inevitably gossip.

A house is just that, no matter where you live.

Sheng Xiping thought about it and realized that this was also the case, so he nodded and said nothing more.

The two brought some firewood and coal, lit a fire in the boiler, waited until the room was warm, then put some coals on them, then locked the door and left.

The Zhou family figured it out and turned around to install the outdoor antenna on the Sheng family's side.

The Sheng family's house was built just a few years ago, and they originally had a sewer pipe in the kitchen.

It happened that the house was on a high ground, and there was a deep ditch at the east end. The dirty water used for domestic purposes flowed into the ditch along the pipe.

The 30th is a Sunday, and the school is closed in the afternoon, but the school ends at noon very late, at 12:30.

In the afternoon, Zhou Qinglan went to buy meat and vegetables, and made dumplings with Aunt Li and others. In the evening, she invited Zhou Mingyuan and Wang Chunxiu over, and the family had a lively dumpling meal.

On Monday morning, Zhou Qinglan took two classes off and went to the savings bank with Sheng Xiping to save money.

In Songjianghe Town, there are offices and savings offices of the three banks of industry, agriculture and construction.

The couple went to all three savings banks and saved tens of thousands of dollars in each name, so they were inconspicuous.

Otherwise, if you take out more than 100,000 yuan at once, it will alarm the leaders of the savings bank, which is not good.

On February 1st, Liu Yujiang, Liu Yuhe and the others came back from other places and counted and delivered the last batch of home appliances with Songjianghe Forestry Bureau.

Then, Sheng Xiping and everyone gathered together, found a restaurant in the evening, and arranged for everyone to have a meal, which was a welcome break for Liu Yujiang and the others.

Everyone was anxious to get home after being out for so long, so on the morning of the 2nd, Sheng Xiping borrowed a large car from the Forestry Bureau, loaded up everyone's belongings, and returned to the forest farm.

Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xitai still have two days off, and they insist on standing on the last shift.

Besides, the big car can't accommodate many people in the driver's compartment. Zhou Qinglan doesn't want her daughter to be cold, so she might as well wait until the holiday.

In the past two years, the Forestry Bureau has adopted the method of exchanging wood for roads, and a certain army has undertaken the forest road construction project in the area under the jurisdiction of the Songjiang River Forestry Bureau.

At present, the forest road from Songjiang River to Kaifeng, Shuguang and Qianchuan has been repaired. There is a special road maintenance team, and a scraper is used to clear the snow on the road in winter.

The wheels of large cars are all covered with anti-skid chains, so they can run very fast on the snow.

Everyone wore cotton jackets and trousers, and thick military coats on the outside. They nested in the gap between the home appliance boxes to keep out the wind.

But after a long time, I will shiver from the cold.

Fortunately, the car ran very fast and we arrived at Maekawa in more than an hour.

The car arrived at the large alkali field first and parked in the open space in front of the team headquarters.

Everyone quickly jumped out of the car, stretched their legs and feet, and then moved down the TVs one by one.

Someone in the team headquarters saw this posture and didn't know what was going on, so they came out to watch the fun.

At first glance, it was Liu Yujiang and Liu Yuhe, as well as the young men in the village. Then he looked at it, oh, what are these boxes on the ground?

Good guy, TV is amazing.

"Hey, secretary, are you back? Come on, call a few people out, and let's help the secretary send things home."

Someone shouted at the top of their lungs, and several more people came out of the team headquarters.

Without saying a word, everyone carried, carried or carried the boxes on the ground and went straight to Liu's house.

"Xiping, please wait for me for a while. I'll send the things back and I'll be back soon."

Liu Yujiang carried several bags and staggered behind everyone as he ran home.

Everyone came to Liu's house laughing and joking. Liu Changde, Qin Qiuyan and others heard the noise and hurried out.

When they saw the situation outside, the old couple were dumbfounded.

"Boss and Second Brother, are you back? Oh, what is this? What are you doing with all these big boxes?" Liu Changde asked.

"Dad, Mom, these are the home appliances we brought back from the south. There are refrigerators, color TVs, and washing machines."

The Liu brothers grinned, not to mention happy.

"Oh, these things cost a lot of money, right? Can our family use these? It would be great to have a TV."

Liu Changde took a look at the boxes and was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

When he was in the capital, he saw that the Wu family had a fourteen-inch TV, so he knew what it was.

"Then why can't we use it? There is a washing machine. If you want to wash some big items like sheets and sheets, you don't need to rub them with your hands. Just throw them into the washing machine and mix them.

This is a double-tube one. You can spin it dry after washing, so you don’t have to twist it with your hands. How good is it? "Liu Yujiang explained to his father with a smile.

Okay, it's been shipped home, so what else can I say? Just use it.

Liu Changde nodded, very satisfied, "Well, come in and sit in the house. It's warm in the cold weather." He called those who were helping to come into the house.

"Dad, wait a moment, I have to help Xiping unload the things.

Xiping came back with us and is now at the team entrance. "How can Liu Yujiang bother to sit down and talk? He has to go and help Sheng Xiping first.

With that said, Liu Yujiang handed all the bags hanging on his body to Liu Changde and Qin Qiuyan, and then the two brothers quickly walked out of their house and went straight to the team headquarters.

When they arrived at the team headquarters, the two climbed into the car, the driver stepped on the accelerator, and the car drove east to the front of the forest farm.

There is no other way. There is only one main street in Maekuan and Dajianchang that is relatively wide and large cars can run away. If they don't stop here, there is no other place to stop.

The forest farm team hasn't had a holiday yet. They are all working on the mountain, but there are many people in the farm department.

When I saw a large car parked outside, I felt strange, so someone came out to check.

"Hey, it's Xiping. Why did you come back before? What are these? Come on, lend a hand and help lift him down."

Sheng Xiping's popularity in the forest farm is quite good, and most people get along well with him, so everyone worked together to lift several large boxes down.

Sheng Xiping didn't bother to talk to everyone and went around to the driver's building first.

"Master, let's go home with me. We can eat at home at noon."

In the car, the driver quickly waved his hand, "No, no, the unit still has a lot of work to do, so we can't delay it."

This is the uncle of the director's family. He is just here to deliver something, so why bother staying at someone else's house for dinner?

No matter how Sheng Xiping tried to persuade her to stay, the driver didn't agree. She had no other choice. Sheng Xiping took out two boxes of cigarettes, pinched some money, and stuffed them into the driver's hands.

"Look, how embarrassing is this? It's so cold that I don't even let you in for a drink of water.

Well, I didn't prepare anything else. You can keep the two packs of cigarettes and smoke them. "

The other party paid attention, and after thanking Sheng Xiping, he put the cigarette into his pocket.

At this time, everything in the car was lifted off. The driver looked in the rearview mirror, honked the horn, and everyone moved out of the way. He drove the car to the front, made a U-turn, and then drove back to Songjiang River.

Here, the guys helped Sheng Xiping move four boxes back home.

As soon as they entered the door of Sheng's house, someone shouted, "Auntie, Madam Shengda, come and see, my brother Xiping is back, and he's brought back a refrigerator and a color TV."

In these days, few families can buy so many appliances at once, and Qianchuan Forestry Farm is the first to do so.

Everyone was happy for the Sheng family and entered the yard noisily.

It's so busy outside, can the people inside the house hear it?

Sheng Yunfang, Sheng Yunfei, and Zhang Shuzhen dropped what they were doing and hurriedly opened the door and came out.

Looking outside, Zhang Shuzhen was also a little dumbfounded. What was going on?

Seeing everyone carrying big boxes coming, the three women quickly ducked out of the way, and a few young men directly carried the things into the house and placed them in the outhouse.

"Mom, quickly boil some water and make a pot of tea." Sheng Xiping threw the two bags into the west room and turned to Zhang Shuzhen.

I'll help you carry your things back, and if nothing else, just have a cup of hot tea.

"Hey, hey, let's go now." Zhang Shuzhen was very happy when her son came back, and hurriedly went to find tea leaves and clean the teapot.

In winter, there is always a kettle sitting on the stove. The water is boiled and you can just make tea.

"Quick, everyone, come into the house and sit on the kang." Zhang Shuzhen was busy while calling everyone into the house.

"Auntie, let's go home first. We still have a lot of things to do at home. When we are done, we can take some time to get together."

How could the Liu brothers stay? There were still many people in their family, so they said something to Zhang Shuzhen and Sheng Xiping, and they left first.

"Brother Xiping, I heard that you are doing well outside? You are making money, right?"

Everyone in the room looked at Sheng Xiping, unable to hold back their curiosity, and asked.

"Does that need to be said? Just look at these things Xiping brought back, this big refrigerator and a big color TV. Just tell me, who in our forest farm has this style?

In Secretary Zheng’s house, didn’t we just get a 14-inch color TV a while ago?

I just looked at it and it said on the box that this is a 17-inch one, which is quite big. "

Songjianghe Forestry Bureau frequently exchanged home appliances with Sheng Xiping.

Of course, this is nothing of concern to the nearly 20,000 employees of the Forestry Bureau, and the Bureau alone is not enough.

Thanks to Zhou Mingyuan's thoughtfulness, he gave some shopping coupons to various forest farms. The families of several forest farm cadres were able to grab a TV.