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

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The next morning, Li Chengye went to the steel plant first. After making arrangements, he borrowed a bicycle from Hu Liren. He did a lot of work last year, and of course he received a lot of rewards, including coupons. At that time, the factory asked him to choose between a sewing machine coupon or a bicycle coupon. Li Chengye thought of his mother, so he chose the sewing machine coupon, so that it would be more convenient for her to make clothes at home. It would be easy to hurt her eyes if she always held the needle and thread.

After getting the sewing machine, the bicycle would have to wait. Now there are bicycle coupons on the black market. But Li Chengye is not in a hurry now. His home is very close to the steel plant, and it is convenient to walk there. Besides, he doesn't have to run around, so it's no problem to spend a few dozen yuan to buy a bicycle ticket.

More importantly, Li Chengye believed that he would definitely get a reward this year, and the bicycle coupon was definitely not far away from him.

Li Chengye rode his bicycle home, and bought several big meat buns at the state-owned hotel, and bought some thick white paper at the supply and marketing cooperative.

After the family had breakfast, Li Chengye started making kites. His hands-on ability was still very good. After more than an hour, he made two handmade kites. Li Chengye also drew on the kite paper, which were two heroic eagles. The names of the two children were also written on the kites, but they were not full names, just a few words of Xiaoxi and Xiaobei. It looked very good, and after trying it, it was pretty good. Both children liked it very much.

But when I thought of this, I should start to compare the names of the two children. They will go to school in a few months. I can't let them use nicknames. But their names all contain water, which seems to be difficult for children to write. I have never taught them before.

Of course, Li Chengye just thought about it. The most important thing today is to take the children out to play. As for the names, I will make a plan after I come back.

Since the kite is fine, there is no need to find someone else to buy it. They can set off. Li's mother prepared some food. It's a picnic, but how can you really cook there? It's just a few boiled eggs and some snacks. But the Li family still has some brined chicken left, so Li's mother also took it.

Li Chengye rode a bicycle and took Li's mother out. Li's mother held Xiaobei in her arms and sat on the back seat, while Xiaoxi sat on the front bar of the bicycle. There was a small stool tied to the front bar, so it was not so uncomfortable to sit on. There were things in the basket, and Li's mother took the kite, and they set off.

Their entire county was traversed from west to north by the largest river in Huaguo, and they belonged to the impact plain in the middle and lower reaches. There were many bends in the river, so the river water would often exceed the warning line in summer. In some years, floods would occur when the rain was too heavy, so their province had several reservoirs and several flood storage and diversion areas. If the water volume was really uncontrollable, in order to maintain the overall situation, these diversion areas would be abandoned to share the flood pressure.

Every year when there is a flood, it is very dangerous. Once you are swept away by the flood, there is almost no chance of survival. However, the riverside in spring is still very beautiful. There is a large piece of continuous flat land under the river bank, which is full of green grass and wild flowers. The breeze is blowing and the warm sun is overhead, which makes people feel very comfortable.

However, today is not the weekend, and the students have already gone to school at this time, so there are not many years on the riverside. There are only a few old men and women with young grandchildren playing here, most of whom have similar purposes as Li Chengye and his friends. Of course, there were also a few couples who went out for a date before this, but in the public, the couples kept at least one meter away from each other, and everyone was still more careful.