69novels Chapter 819 50 Continue Life 102
Chapter 819 50 Continue Life 102
Chapter 819: Continuing Life in Fifty Years 102
On October 1, 1955, the city of Xi'an was immersed in a sea of jubilation, as if the entire ancient city was singing and dancing for this special day.
The Li family was filled with excitement. They rode on the farm truck, rolled through the city gate, and stepped into the ancient city.
The colorful flags on both sides of the streets fluttered in the wind, and the colorful balloons danced in the air, as if offering warm cheers for National Day.
People dressed in festive costumes, with happy smiles on their faces, flocked to the streets, looking forward to the grand National Day parade.
The parade team came from all walks of life. They marched in step and shouted slogans, showing the prosperity and strength of the Chinese land.
The workers held up huge slogans with powerful words such as "Labor is the most glorious" and "Strive for socialist construction" written on them, expressing their loyalty to the country and their longing for the future.
The students, dressed neatly in white shirts and blue pants, held flowers in their hands and sang the national anthem. Their tender voices were full of youthful vitality and hope.
Farmers displayed the fruits of their harvest. Baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables exuded the fragrance of the earth and conveyed the glory and joy of labor.
The cultural performance teams added a lot of color to the parade. They wore gorgeous costumes and performed wonderful programs.
The dragon and lion dance teams pushed the atmosphere to a climax. The agile dragon and the mighty lion seemed to be telling the long history and magnificent chapters of the Chinese nation.
The entire city of Xi'an was shrouded in the jubilant atmosphere of the National Day parade, and people were immersed in their deep affection for the motherland and their infinite yearning for a better life.
This is an era full of hope and passion. People firmly believe that under the wise leadership of the government, the future will be even brighter and more glorious.
Ah Cai followed the Li couple closely and obediently. She was surrounded by her four brothers, like an impenetrable fortress.
She stood on tiptoe excitedly, stretched her neck, and looked at the parade crowd curiously, with curiosity shining in her eyes.
"Why don't you go?" A Cai suddenly pulled Li Jingqi in front of her, pointed at the student group that was marching, and asked in confusion.
Li Jingqi turned around, a faint smile on his face. He gently tugged at Ah Cai's frizzy braid and said softly, "They already have enough people. Your second brother and I don't need to join. Our mission is to take the exam well and strive to get good grades!"
After hearing this, Ah Cai curled her lips in disapproval and muttered to herself: This big brother is so handsome, why doesn’t he tell the truth?
In fact, Ah Cai’s mind is as clear as a mirror.
She knew that the reason her elder brother couldn't join the parade was not because there were not enough people, but because he was too good in school and too handsome, so he was ostracized and envied by the students in the city.
These city students felt that the eldest and second brothers were outsiders and were unwilling to let them join their ranks.
"Your high school here also forms cliques? It's exactly the same as our high school in Beijing." Tong Che, who was standing aside, suddenly bumped Li Jinghong with his shoulder and said with a smile.
Li Jinghong, the second son of the Li family, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a disdainful smile.
He shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly, "I won't bother with them. I can crush those people with just one finger. They're not even on the same level."
Tong Luo turned her head curiously, looked at Li Jingqi, and asked with a puzzled look on her face, "Mianmian doesn't go to school, but she still gets such good grades in every exam. Aren't the students in your class talking about it?"
Li Jingqi narrowed his eyes, his lips curled up slightly in a disdainful smile, and replied, "What can they possibly discuss? Are they going to spew out their so-called sympathy? Say that Mianmian's aphasia is a punishment from heaven, and then stay away from us like the plague?"
Tong Luo was surprised when she heard this and asked, "But Mianmian can speak now. Didn't you tell the teacher about this?"
Li Jingqi shook his head and said disapprovingly, "What's there to say? Mianmian doesn't like going to school anyway. She studies in the woods every day, and her progress is even faster than the teacher's. We just don't want those people to make too much of a fuss."
After hearing what Li Jingqi said, Tong Luo couldn't help but feel surprised at Mianmian's learning ability.
He couldn't help but pull Ah Cai's pigtails and asked with a smile, "Wow, that's amazing! So when we both get into college in two years, do you still plan to stay out of school?"
Ah Cai laughed and winked mischievously, thinking to herself: How can I not go to school? I want to get my diploma so that I can exchange it for credits when I return to my original plane!
Alas, it’s a pity that her [Space-Time Anchor Notes] is in the system backpack, otherwise she could go back to Taibai Village directly and pick up all the beasts from her family. There would be great potential in Qinling.
Many Xi'an residents nearby were also crowding each other.
An old lady was rubbing her withered blue cloth handkerchief and said, "I heard that our village is going to have a public-private partnership like the ones outside. What should we do?" She leaned her lower back against the edge of the well, and the shadow of the willow tree swayed on her blue cloth shirt.
The cries of the tea vendor drifted over from the cracks in the city wall, making her tone even more languid. "My house is just a tofu shop. I have to grind the stone mill at dawn. The bean smell is pickled in my fingers. How can this be tolerated?"
A woman on the other side of the river tossed a half-finished shoe sole into a basket. Suddenly, the cicadas in the locust tree began to wail, as if punctuating her words: "My wife is grinding her teeth with the government. In the dog days of summer, she's grinding on the rim of a sauce jar. Even the sweat that falls into the jar can be used as salt."
Her fingernails tapped against the blue bricks of the well platform. "You said our house is just a rotten workshop for brewing soy sauce. What's the point of it? The sun has made the soy sauce vats white, and the government officials don't want the sour smell?"
The plump aunt standing behind her interrupted, stretching her neck, her sweat-soaked hair clinging to the scale bar. "Isn't it just the commune asking us to hand over the management rights? They'll send a manager over to take charge, and divide the profits according to the 'four-way split'."
She clapped her hands, making the brass keychain at her waist clatter. "Yesterday, Wang Mazi from the grain store told Ezi that the tailor shop on West Street has partnered up. The owner's wife is now sewing buttonholes for people in the shop, and she's getting paid twenty new dollars a month!"
When the old lady heard this, her brows twisted into walnut-shaped frowns, and she rubbed the swollen soybeans unconsciously with her hands, making a crackling sound.
Rotten vegetable leaves drifting from the moat swirled around the edge of the well. She scooped water from her gourd ladle to flush the well, the water splashing onto her collar. "I'm an old woman who can't read a word. How can I possibly make a living working in a tofu shop?"
His voice was softer than tofu wrapped in cloth. "The other day I saw the blind fortune teller at the South Courtyard Gate. He said my birth date and time have the star Yi Ma. I'm afraid you'll have to change your career and become a mule and horse broker."