From the History of the Republic of China to Raising Children in the 1970s

7

When Li Chengye and his friends arrived at the purchase station, Jiang Bo was already waiting for them outside. He was facing the street, obviously waiting for Li Chengye and his friends. There were fewer people on the street at this time, so he easily saw Li Chengye and his friends. He waved at them and drove the ox cart out.

"Wow, you bought a lot of things! Put them on the cart quickly." Jiang Boyi saw the backpack on Li Chengye's back at a glance. It looked like there were a lot of things in it. This Li family kid was really capable. He was envious in his heart. His sons were all bigger than them. The gap was not a little bit.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Jiang, you've been waiting for a long time, haven't you? I really trouble you." Li Chengye smiled at him politely and put the backpack on the empty cart. At this time, Li's mother had already carried the two children on board.

"Not long, not long, I happened to meet someone I know and chatted for a long time." He waved his hand, but there was no trace of impatience on his face.

"Hurry up and get on the car, children sit in the middle, we will go back now."

"Okay, okay." Li's mother on the side quickly moved the two boys to the middle again, and then Li Chengye also sat on it. Jiang Bo waved the whip and the ox cart started moving.

It was almost ten o'clock when Li Chengye and his friends returned to the village. Jiang Bo had to pull the cow to work in the fields. He left in a hurry as soon as he arrived in the village. He was indeed a little late today, so he had to hurry up.

When he came back, Li Chengye gave Jiang Bo a meat bun, so he refused to accept money from Li's mother. You know, a meat bun costs one dime now.

The three of the Li family returned home in a short while. Li Chengye was a little hungry. He was young now, and a bowl of porridge was not enough. Li Chengye took out the buns, and there were nine buns, which were still warm.

"Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, are you hungry? Eat the buns first. Mom, you should have one too?" He put the basket on the table. The two children were staring at it.

"You didn't eat enough this morning, did you? Eat now. I'm not hungry yet." Mother Li waved her hands and prepared to cook after packing up the things she bought. There was a lot of meat and she couldn't finish it in one day. She planned to marinate it with salt first, so that she could eat it for a few days.

"I don't want to eat it either, Dad, you eat enough!" Xiaoxi wanted to reach out, but when he heard his grandmother's words, he immediately put his hands behind his back and shook his head to indicate that he didn't want to eat.

Before he finished speaking, Li Chengye had already taken two buns to stuff Xiaoxi and Xiaobei's mouths respectively, and then took two more to stuff his own mouth and Mother Li's mouth.

Xiaobei was about to refuse the big meat bun with his brother. Although he felt very sad, his brother said he would listen to him, so he still had to refuse. As a result, before he could say anything, a big meat bun popped into his mouth. He moved his mouth unconsciously to take a bite, and his little hand also pinched the bun. When he reacted, he had already eaten the bun in his mouth. After that, he looked at his brother and grandmother with wide eyes, looking very surprised.

"It's all in your mouth, eat it quickly." Li Chengye didn't want to hear them say these words, so he directly blocked it with his hand. Anyway, it was in his mouth and he couldn't spit it out.

"You." Li's mother really had no way to deal with him at this time, so she could only pick up the bun in her mouth and eat it. Seeing that her grandmother had eaten it, the two little guys followed suit.

After eating the meat buns, Li's mother took the food to the kitchen to cook, while the two children played marbles around the house. Li Chengye did not participate, but sat in the main room and picked up a few newspapers to continue studying. These were the ones he brought back from the hospital.