Long years (48)

How do you tell people about picking up rags?

Make money, you will definitely make money.

But those who really make a fortune from this are only a handful. If an old lady wants to make a small amount of money from this, she can.

For those who came from that era, there is no shame in picking up rags. For example, Lao Er and the others picked up and ate discarded sweet potato peels when they were young. They know what it’s like to be hungry, what it’s like to be poor, and the matter of face, then

It's really not a big deal.

Lin Yutong frowned and said: "Mom, you probably don't know that the old couple who picked up rags must be locals. Otherwise, why would the police look for you instead of looking for others? You are the kind of blind people the police are looking for...

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Blind flow?

Aunt Jin almost jumped up, "I'm just here to pick up some rags, why am I a gangster... blindly..."

To her, the difference between a blind streamer and a gangster is not very clear.

She has a son, the third, who is called a 'gangster', and she is particularly sensitive to this word.

Lin Yutong explained to her, "People who migrate from rural areas to cities in order to escape famine, seek refuge or make a living without stable employment and permanent residence are called blind inflows, or "blind flow" for short. You are moving from rural areas to make a living.

Migrating to the city, without a stable job or a permanent residence, why are you not a blind immigrant?"

He simply ignored his own place, which was also Aunt Jin’s home.

Aunt Jin felt relieved, "Oh! You're not a gangster! That's fine. What's wrong with blind flow? You're just making money."

Lin Yutong said again: "Then why do you think the police should take you to the police station?" Then she clapped her fingers and said, "In the early 1950s, a large number of rural people moved into cities every year due to poverty. In April 1953, the State Council issued

The "Instructions to Dissuade Peasants from Blindly Flowing into Cities" was issued, and the concept of "blind migration" was first proposed. After the autumn of 1956, the phenomenon of rural population outflow to big cities and key industrial construction areas developed to a very serious extent. At the end of the year, the State Council issued another "

"Instructions on Preventing the Blind Outflow of Population", which were supplemented and reissued in early 1957. In March 1959, when starvation had occurred on a large scale due to the prevalence of the ultra-left line, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council jointly issued

An "Emergency Notice on Stopping the Blind Outflow of Rural Labor Forces" was issued. All farmers who leave their hometowns without permission and "blindly flow" into the city are "blind migrants." This document has a tough tone. It not only wants to stop the flight of farmers, but also instructs

Provinces and cities will take in and repatriate farmers who "blindly flow" into cities and industrial mining areas..."

Aunt Jin looked at her fourth daughter-in-law's mouth and opened her mouth. She couldn't remember what she said, but she roughly understood the meaning, "...you mean this is the country and it's not about doing anything."

Things..."

That’s right! The current policy is like this. The country doesn’t allow it.

Aunt Jin's expression was a little solemn, wondering if she had broken the law.

In her mind, she must not do anything that is not allowed in this country. If she does it and does not listen to Chairman M, it is against the law.

The word "criminal" is something that Aunt Jin cannot touch in her heart. Her son has already violated the law and is in prison, so is there another mother who violates the law? Then people are not allowed to say that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked?

They were acquaintances to begin with, and there was no shortage of common topics, so the two of them chatted quite well.

However, Aunt Jin is short-tempered and thinks that everything in the city is good. Apart from the price, she is most dissatisfied with the kitchen. Everything in the kitchen is good and clean enough, but one thing is the fire for cooking.

It's too small, I'm in a hurry. How can I cook with such a small pot? Who can eat if it's enough? In other words, three or five people in a family can make ends meet, but with more people, cooking can kill people. Also,

How many steamed buns can be steamed in one pot? It doesn’t count! No wonder the steamed buns are bought, this thing is more convenient to buy.

She then said, "I'll ask someone to bring it to you when I steam the steamed buns at home. I won't go into details, the steamed buns steamed at home are delicious."

Lin Yutong was worried. It's just winter. It won't grow hair on the balcony for the time being. What if it's summer? What can be put in the refrigerator now? You can't say that the refrigerator is open just to put the steamed buns, right?

She went in to answer the call: "We'll wait until we get to the county seat. We can do whatever we want when we get back. Maybe we'll still be in town..."

"Why are you still in town?" Aunt Jin was puzzled, "Then why are you going to school?"

The status in the town will definitely be different from that in the town before.

Nowadays, it is fixed that if undergraduates are willing to go to the countryside, then they will at least be minor subjects. If they are admitted, they must be at least regular subjects.

This is a huge difference from my previous status. It is considered a cadre status.

The bureau chiefs and bureau chiefs in the county are all at the official level.

It is estimated that the possibility of returning to the town directly is not high. The feed mill and pig farm are doing very well now, and the interest relationships involved must have changed. Then certainly not everyone wants to go back home.

Therefore, 99% of the time when I go back, I will be in the county town. Different levels will naturally give different treatment. There will also be some changes in things like the house. Both of them know these things clearly. But the matter has not been settled and they cannot tell Aunt Jin.

She is not as good as Qing Ning in some aspects. Qing Ning knows very well what words can be said to others and what words cannot be said to others at all.

Lin Yutong had no choice but to say: "It's just an internship. There is still one year before graduation."

Aunt Jin didn't understand, so she nodded as if she understood, and stopped asking any more questions.

When Qing Ning came back, she was so happy to see her baby, "You know when the baby comes, I won't go to school anymore. I asked my dad to ask for leave for me." She threw down her schoolbag and ran out to call Yan Yan from the next building: "Today, I won't go to school."

My baby is here, so we can’t do our homework together.”

Then the fat boy stuck his head out of the window upstairs and said, "I know, I'll ask you to go to school tomorrow morning..."

Qing Ning didn't respond, she just came in, hugging her waist and not knowing how to be intimate. Her little mouth was chattering non-stop. From everyone in the family to Heizi who was looking at the fruits in the orchard, she was...

He greeted her carefully, then hummed and pestered her, "Let's stay here for a while longer. When I'm on summer vacation, I'll go back with grandma..."

Aunt Jin's heart melted after hearing this, but her attitude was still firm, "...It won't work! Can't stay in the city?"

Why can't you stay?

Qing Ning almost blurted out her rebuttal after listening to her mother's words. What's the point of blind abortion? Can we really not ask the country people to go to the city? Let's visit the relatives' head office. Where can it be so inhumane?

But then I thought about it, these words are not something she can know?

Who could have said that?

It must be my mother.

You can't tear down my mother's stage.

Gao Jie, the former child, also said that her grandma had three quarrels with her mother just two days after she came from the northern suburbs.

Alas! It seems that my mother doesn’t necessarily want to see her grandma either.

But when she continued talking to her grandma, Qingning finally understood. It was really not her mother's fault. Grandma actually wanted to pick up rags.

She was shocked, "My parents didn't give you enough money?"

Otherwise, why would you think of doing this so much?

She stomped back to her room, took out her piggy bank and gave it to her, "Take it home, there's a lot of money in it..." All the New Year's money is here. There are parents, mom, and colleagues.

They were given to me by my classmates and their teachers. They were given by relatives of the Lin family. My parents and the little old lady also gave them to me. It was a lot of money. She didn't even spend it, and she saved everything she couldn't spend.

Lin Yutong knew that his daughter had a small Qian in her money jar.

Of course Aunt Jin wouldn't take it, "You keep it for yourself to buy candy, grandma doesn't want it."

Thinking about it, this seems really unreliable.

Aunt Jin was sent away the next day, but Qingning felt that her grandmother was pitiful. If she had no other choice, why would she think of picking up rags?

Because the Fourth Master called the Second Son and asked him to pick him up at the county station. Everyone thought that Aunt Jin had been called away by the Fourth Son. Even the Second Son and his wife felt the same way. They still asked.

: "It would be nice for you to make a phone call. Mom is so uneasy when she is alone."

The old lady is very capable, so there is nothing to worry about.

Naturally, I came home with big and small bags. I don’t know how the fourth daughter-in-law prepared them. She prepared them all in one night. She brought many kinds of rare and rare things with her. This one came and that one came at home. Take out the things.

Very face-saving.

This one said: "Sister-in-law, you are so lucky, why don't you stay longer?"

Aunt Jin had something to say: "Don't mention it, we can't stay in that city." She exaggeratedly talked about the various 'disadvantages' in the city, such as living upstairs and being trapped in the room.

, it is not as good as your own yard. There is a vast world outside the door, which makes people feel comfortable. Living in a building is like living in a pigeon cage. It is suffocating and makes breathing difficult.

Conscience of heaven and earth! I live on the first floor. In addition to the balcony, the first floor also has a small area on both sides for gardens. The little old lady used to be an elegant person. Naturally, she sang whatever songs she went to.

Peonies are raised in the spring and chrysanthemums are raised in the autumn. There is no such thing as planting some garlic seedlings and some green onions, or some coriander and spinach. The two households on the first floor are connected, and the area is upwards of 300 square meters. Isn’t this house spacious?

Pigeon cage?

Haha! If you really want to live in Tongzilou, then you can’t go back and say it’s like a pigsty.

But everyone believes this. Because so many people have gone there, no one has been to Jin Laosi and Tong's home. You said that if the home can be lived in, who would spend unreasonable money to stay outside, right?

Therefore, when people talk about Fourth Master and Tong, they always say that they have a close relationship.

Aunt Jin is not stupid. There is no need to come back to tell her what kind of house her son lives in. Otherwise, this house will not be a family and it will really become a hotel. But she doesn’t know where that house came from. She doesn’t know that she can buy a house.

This concept, in her mind, meant that everything the godfather had was given by the government. She thought it was a house shared by the couple. If both couples could tolerate it, the house they shared would be larger.

In fact, most people have such a concept. Most residents in the city shake their heads when it comes to buying a house. Why waste that money? Can the work unit just ignore it? If you don’t have a house... that’s temporary.

The unit will find a way to solve it.

Therefore, everyone believed what Aunt Jin said. They all said that the fourth couple were really kind and had a sense of humanity.

Aunt Jin was satisfied, and then she talked about something else with a bit of show-off and a bit of disgust. What kind of food is too expensive? You dare to charge 20 cents for a few broken cucumbers. She doesn't know how people grow their watermelons.

It's all ripe now. It's so valuable that you can't even buy it for a pound or two cents.
To be continued...