Back To Qiqi Farming To Raise Children

The young couple rested early in the evening, and early the next morning, the young couple packed up their things and prepared to return home.

Su Anying's family is in Daying Commune. From Dongjiangyan to Daying, you have to walk to Jewelry Hill, then take a train from Jewelry Hill to Xianren Bridge, and then walk from Xianren Bridge to Daying.

If you look at it from the map, walking like this is equivalent to going around half a circle. It is better to walk along the mountain road along the Dongjiang River and go straight to Daying.

But the mountain road is rough and difficult, and there is a section of the road in the middle where you have to climb the rocks, which is too dangerous, so Xu Shiyan would rather be on the safe side.

Going north along the Dongjiang River for more than eight miles is Qingling, where Xu Shide taught, and then walking seven or eight miles north, you will come to the Zhuanggang drop-off station.

Zhugegang is the pronunciation of Zhugegang, and Zhuge means the dead in Korean.

During the Japanese puppet period, many people died of Keshan disease in the Zhuanggang area, so this place name was left behind.

The construction of the Hunbai Railway began in 1958, and it was fully opened to traffic in 1974.

There are several express trains and slow trains from Baihe to Tonghua, Baihe to Shenyang, and several times a day. In addition to the Yanling train, it is quite convenient to go to Xianrenqiao.

At 5:10, there happened to be a bus coming into the station along the zero bus. Xu Shiyan squeezed into the bus while protecting his wife, paid for the ticket and sat down.

Along the zero train, it is a freight train with two carriages to carry passengers, most of which are short distances.

The trains of this year are still old-fashioned steam engines, the kind that burn coal, and someone is responsible for filling the boiler with coal.

When encountering an uphill, add coal in advance, and the train is suffocating with black smoke, climbing up the slope.

It is a total of twenty-four or five miles from Zhuzhugang to Xianrenqiao. We stop at Huangjiaweizi in the middle and drive slowly along the zero train. After about 20 minutes, we arrive at Xianrenqiao.

Walk five or six miles westward from Xianrenqiao Station, and you will arrive at Daying Village, also known as Daying Brigade, where the Daying Commune is located.

There are many place names with the word "ying" in Fusong area, most of which are related to ginseng.

In 1910, Xie Taixin, a Dashen household in Yingkou, hired more than 100 workers and set up a relatively large Bangchui Camp here, so it was later called Day Camp.

As soon as the young couple entered the village with their things, they were seen by children playing outside. After a while, many children gathered around and started booing.

"Oh, oh, the second sister of the Su family is leading her son-in-law home." A group of children shouted there, making Su Anying's face flush.

"Okay, okay, don't make a fuss, each of you will give you a piece of candy, and go play."

Xu Shiyan took out a handful of candies from his pocket and distributed them to the children so that they wouldn't mess around.

Nowadays, life is hard at this time, and for the children, getting a piece of candy is almost in time for the Chinese New Year, and they are jumping happily.

"Hurry up, go to Su's house and report a letter, saying that the second sister has led her son-in-law back home."

With candy in his mouth, the child's boss gave instructions vaguely.

When two boys heard this, they rushed out with a whoosh, and Su Anying shouted in fright, telling them to run slowly and not to choke on sugar in their mouths.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Xu Shiyan shook his head with a smile.

Children in these days are all outside, crazy all day long, they don't care about anything, they are honest.

The husband and wife walked side by side to the village, followed by a group of children, and met some old men and old ladies from time to time on the road.

"Hey, isn't this the third boy of the old Xu's family? Did you come back home with your wife today?

Good guy, you still have these old things with you. No wonder people say that the old Xu's life is going well, it's true. "Someone said with emotion.

The ancestors of the Xu family came to the Northeast after crossing the Guandong, and initially lived in Shijiagou, Yinkuangzi Village, Qingshangou Township, Kuandian.

As the name suggests, Shijiagou is full of rocks, and when one hillside is shoveled, one can hear movement on that hillside.

The land is barren, the food production is low, and the people are very poor.

It is said that the poorer you are, the lazier you are. This is true. When Xu Chenghou was young, he was not only lazy, but also loved to gamble. I often go out to play money, and I don't see anyone for ten days and a half months.

If you win by playing money, you will buy a lot of delicious food, and if you lose, you will beat your wife and scold your children when you come home.

The house was so poor that there was no firewood for the fire. When it was time to cook, Zhou Guilan had to go to the back mountain to collect firewood. When it rained, she would worry about making a fire.

After liberation, people like Xu Chenghou became the target of attack.

If it wasn't for Zhou Guilan's old mother's idea to let them move out, Xu Chenghou would have been arrested long ago.

In the autumn of 1957, Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan moved to Fusong with their children.

Maybe it was the old lady of the Zhou family's beatings that worked, or it could be Xu Chenghou's repentance.

Xu Chenghou changed it like this, and worked steadily to earn work points, and successfully gained a foothold in Daying.

It's a pity that in 1967 and 1968, Xu Shixian jumped up and down all kinds of slander, writing "black material" about the leaders of the commune.

If you offend others, you will be excluded everywhere, and you will not be able to get along in the big camp.

Just in 1970, Xu Shide became a substitute teacher and taught in Dongjiangyan, so his family had to move to Dongjiangyan to live.

It has only been seven years since Xu's family left Daying, and there are relatives here who often come and go, so most of them know Xu Shiyan.

Seeing Xu Shiyan returning home with his wife, he had to say hello and chat.

The Su family was by the small river in the middle of the village. Before they could cross the bridge, they saw Su Anying's fifth younger sister, Su Anfang, and sixth younger sister, Su Anhua, running towards them.

"Second sister, second brother-in-law, you are back. My parents were still talking about it this morning, wondering if second sister can come back today."

Su Anfang rushed over, squeezed Xu Shiyan away, and reached out to hug the second sister's left arm.

"A few boys came to report just now, saying that it was the second sister who came back.

Parents are very happy, let us come out to meet. "Su Anhua hugged her sister's right arm.

The sisters of the Su family have a very good relationship, especially the fifth and sixth, who grew up on Su Anying's back since they were young, so they are very affectionate when they see their sister back.

Xu Shiyan was not annoyed when he was squeezed away by his two sisters-in-law, he just smiled and followed behind with his things.

Cross the bridge and turn north, and walk outside the gate of the Su family.

The Su family lived by the river, with three adobe houses.

The roof is made of wood thatch that is split into the thickness of a finger and is more than a foot long. The locals call it "thatch house."

Daying has a large population, and the Su family is in the middle of the village, so the yard is not very big, and the sticks are clamped with logs as tall as a person.

The two wooden doors did not have door handles, and the door was open at the moment. Su Anzhen, the third child, and Su Anfen, the fourth child of the Su family, were standing in the yard, looking out eagerly.

As soon as they saw Su Anying and his wife, they immediately became happy and shouted into the room.

"Father, mother, it's really my second sister and second brother-in-law who are back."

As soon as the words fell, Su Weizhong, the father of the Su family, and his wife Han Cai'e came out of the house, and happened to meet Xu Shiyan and his wife.

"Father, mother, I'm back." Seeing her parents, Su Anying couldn't help it, her eyes filled with tears.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I will accompany Yingzi back to meet the elders." Xu Shiyan stepped forward to salute, which was owed in his previous life.

"Hey, hey, just come back, just come back, come on, come in, come in."

Su Weizhong also seemed very excited, and hurriedly greeted Xu Shiyan and his wife to enter the house.