Chapter 147 Glory (2)
Li Zhenjiang was very satisfied with Li Kai's surprised expression and continued: "When I came back from Wucheng, the land reform movement had already started there. I had no idea about this kind of thing at the time, so I told your grandma as a joke. But
Your grandma took it seriously and tried her best to prevent me from buying land.
You don’t know, the world was very chaotic at that time, and the land price was very cheap. The money I brought back, and the money I left for my family all those years, and was saved by your grandma through frugality, could buy at least a dozen acres.
land.
More than a year later, Anseong also started land reform. At that time, our family had a small population, with only five people. If we had bought the land and added the original land, our family would definitely be a rich farmer even if we could not be a landlord.
Rich peasants, you won’t be able to survive the rest of your life.”
Li Kai couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Mrs. Li. When Li Zhenjiang talked about the land reform movement, Li Kai had already thought of the consequences of buying land. Not to mention the landlord elements, even if they were rich peasants, the Li family would be ruined.
Not only did the rich peasants have to be criticized, but they were also assigned dirty and tiring work during production. The children of the rich peasants had no chance to join the army or even recruit workers because they could not pass the political review. Moreover, they were "bullied" when they went to school.
The Li family's land reform defines middle peasants as those who "have a little land, make a living by farming, and do part-time labor for others." Middle peasants are the object of solidarity. Although good things are not easy to happen, bad things are not shared.
I could think of this because I knew this period of history, but Mrs. Li relied entirely on her personal judgment at that time.
I never imagined that an old lady with small feet in the countryside could have such knowledge.
"Don't look down on your grandma. Her natal family is also well-off and she could afford a husband when she was a child. Your grandma is also literate."
"No, no, I don't dare."
"Since then, I have respected your grandma one point, and of course I will give her three points."
"Grandma is really amazing."
"It's also very hard." Li Zhenjiang also wanted to clear his wife's name.
"It's very hard and not easy." Li Kai could only agree.
"Also, your grandma's natal family was criticized. In order not to implicate our family, she took the initiative to draw a clear line with their family. Our family has no trouble, but your grandma has not seen her natal family for more than 20 years."
"I heard my dad say this."
"So, don't resent your grandma, she has done a lot for our Li family."
"Haha," Li Kai smiled, "Grandpa, you are willing to tell me so much, and I also want to tell you my thoughts."
"Yeah." Li Zhenjiang nodded.
"Grandma has made great contributions to the Li family and has worked hard. She has indeed made great contributions and deserves respect, but shouldn't our Li family be responsible for repaying these? For example, you, my father, and my three uncles, why should my mother
How about someone other than Li come to help pay it back?"
"When your mother enters the Li family, she is naturally considered a member of the Li family." Li Zhenjiang explained.
"Really? Do you regard her as a member of the Li family? When my mother and my father had a difficult time getting married and had no place to live and no money to buy wine, do you regard her as a member of the Li family? My mother had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to me.
When the milk supply was low, did you think of her as a member of the Li family? When my grandpa was hospitalized until his death, and my parents borrowed money to take care of it, and they did not dare to miss work while serving the elderly, did you treat her as a member of the Li family? My mother is in high school.
When she was working the night shift, heading back to the moon under the stars, and the road was dark and frightening, did you regard her as a member of the Li family?
On the contrary, your food and clothing expenses are less than my mother's? When they first got married, they had a total salary of seventy-four yuan, and they had to pay you twenty yuan every month;
When my grandma was sick and hospitalized, didn't my mom take care of her? She worked hard and never complained, but my grandma also slandered and maliciously insulted my mom.
The food rations for city people are twenty-seven kilograms per month for adults, and the ration for children is less than half of this amount. Our family has less than seventy kilograms of grain in total.
Thirty percent is fine grain, and I will give it all to you; I will also give you one pound and two taels of oil every month; I will also give you only one pound of meat stamps every month. My father and my mother can only eat every meal.
Eating corn noodles, sorghum noodles, and soybean noodles and other whole grains made my large intestine dry, and my stools were bloody, so I still had to go to work.
Not to mention the difficult life in the countryside, you already had a surplus of grain in your hands in the early 1980s. You were eating plain flour for every meal and oil for every meal. I heard that I caught up with Li Yao once when he was eating big white steamed buns. I looked greedy.
I asked her for it, and she pushed me to the ground and rolled me several times." Li Kai said and touched the back of his head.
Li Zhenjiang really remembered this incident, because that time Li Yao pushed Li Kai down the steps, and the back of his head hit the steps, causing a lot of blood.
It's no wonder that people hate you. A married person will do something to his nephew because of his stuttering.
"Is this how you treat my mother as a member of the Li family? In fact, Li Yao is a member of the Li family, even when she marries; my mother is always an outsider, even when she enters the family."
Li Kai felt that he had said a bit too much, like a caressing shrew, and didn't want to continue.
"Forget it, my mother doesn't care, so I won't feel sorry for her anymore. Anyway, let the past pass. People in this era are kind-hearted. Since I was born in this era, I can only learn to be generous.
."
Li Kai doesn't want to care too much. It's not worth it. It involves too many things, including family ties, favors, public opinion, etc. It's too troublesome, and he doesn't like trouble. As long as Mrs. Li doesn't interfere in her family's affairs.
, it is not a bad idea to coexist peacefully with my mother and give her a happy old age.
Li Zhenjiang blushed a little when he heard this. He knew many things. He even acquiesced when Mrs. Li did it. He thought that "folk custom inheritance" was like this, but who knew that when he met Li Kai, people would not recognize this.
After a long silence, Li Zhenjiang said again: "Yes, let the past go."
After being silent for a while, he continued: "From now on, each of your 'little families' can only rely on themselves, but they are all mixed, so at critical times, you still have to pull some of them, after all, you can't write two in one sentence."
Li'zi."
"Grandpa, you can rest assured that your grandson will run his own 'little family' well and take good care of other 'little families'. As long as they are diligent, work seriously, and don't mess around, they will all get better than they are now."
Great benefits. The glory of the Li family will not dissipate, it can only become more and more dazzling."
"Okay, I know you can do it."
In the past few days, Li Miao also came to the old house to "say hello" every day, so Li Zhenjiang learned a lot about Li Kai from him, which made him feel that this grandson he had "ignored" before was very special.
"Your aunt...Li Yao, can you be more open-minded?"
"Li Yao, let's forget it. The grudges are too deep and I don't want to make my mother feel bad. And I am a villain myself, so I will retaliate. But don't worry, as long as she doesn't mess with our family anymore, I won't talk to her."
"Then the tape is still in your hands."
"Didn't I give it to her?"
"Isn't that a disk copy?"
"Whoever has the time to copy that, I will give her the original version, only that one copy."
If it wasn't a weapon of choice, Li Kai would have used some insidious tricks to deal with Li Yao, not least of which was a videotape.
"Dad, do you want to take a walk?" Li Sen's wife appeared in front of the grandfather and grandson. Li Kai knew that this person had followed him here. There were very few people coming to take a walk by the stream. Although the place was quiet, there were many mosquitoes.
In the afternoon, Li Sen wanted to take his son to his old house, but Er Niang, Li Yu and Li Yue were unwilling. At that time, they didn't know about Li Yan's family coming over. When they found out about Li Yan's family coming out for a walk after dinner, several people immediately panicked.
The Li Yan family is now the leader of the Li family's "resistance force". Their actions must have a deeper meaning. They can't figure out what it means, but it does not prevent them from quickly "making amends".
"Xiao Kai is here too." Erniang smiled flatteringly.
"Hello, second mother." Li Kai also greeted with a smile.
"Fourth Brother and the others are still drinking at home. You should go over and sit down... you will get closer to each other in the future." Li Zhenjiang was too lazy to pay attention to them and sent them away.
After they left, Li Zhenjiang looked at Li Kai.
"I understand, I understand." Li Kai smiled helplessly.
The grandfather and grandson walked around for a while before returning to the old house. Li Yan and the others had already drank enough tea, and when they saw Li Kai coming back, they were ready to go home.
After Li Yan set the car on fire, Li Zhenjiang walked out of the yard and stood beside the car. He said something through the window to Liu Fengzhi, who was sitting in the passenger seat:
Chapter completed!