First of all, you need to understand that when you donated your house to the town, the village did not receive any benefit.
They can give you a house with no registered household and help you settle your household registration, but if you want to build a house, the local village won't pay a penny unless you build it yourself or renovate it yourself.
That means that even if you donate this house, you will only benefit from the household registration. There is no grain ration yet because the land reform has just ended. The people have received their own grain, and you only need to pay the public grain on time. It is not like when production teams or communal canteens are established, where there is a basic grain subsidy.
"Should you just tell them you want to donate the house?"
Faced with his father's question, Tao Changyi felt a pang of sadness: "Dad, I'm not that stupid. Why would I say that? I only asked under the pretense of being a relative, and I didn't say 'donate,' but 'sell.' But based on the information I've gathered so far, it's like we're giving the house away for free. There's no benefit to it. What's the point of transferring the household registration back? The land is still here. We're always traveling so far, and all the grain is stolen before we can even get there. I was too naive about this. When it came to actually implementing it, I realized that some things simply wouldn't work."
Grandpa Tao had actually thought of this beforehand, but he didn't mention it because he wanted to see what the outcome would be. Now it seems that the neighborhood committee has always given this lukewarm attitude to their problems. It's not that they're ignoring you, but it's not obvious enough.
"So what do you want to do?"
Tao Changyi shook his head, "There's no good solution for now, but we can't stay in this town any longer."
Grandpa Tao suggested, "Then sell the house and build a new one in the village. That's not a big problem. The problem is the land. Our ten acres are all fertile land. If you go to the village, you'll get all kinds of land. You're not telling the truth, kid. What difficulties have you encountered? This is our ancestral property, our ancestral property! Aren't you heartbroken to sell it? And you want to donate it?"
The old man grew angrier the more he thought about it, but Tao Changyi's eyes reddened at that moment.
“Dad, do you really think I want this? But if we don’t try to change something, your grandsons might not even be able to find wives in the future.”
Although this statement is a bit harsh, it is not without reason. Even if you can find a suitable partner, they will be either unsuitable or their family is so poor that they can't afford to eat and they have a whole bunch of burdens. Even if the couple quarrels, they will find the most hurtful things to say to each other, from the past five years to the next five generations.
Tao Changyi's foresight made the old man feel very bad. "I've dragged you all into this!"
“Dad, here you are again. What does this have to do with you? You can say these things to our faces, but you can’t say them in front of the children.”
Xiao Jiu looked around and saw that, apart from her breastfeeding baby, no one else had been called in.
Grandpa Tao could understand his son's feelings. Once bitten, twice shy, the slightest disturbance reminded him of the days he used to live.
He wasn't actually afraid; he just wanted his children to live undisturbed lives, that's all.
But now, is it really possible to cover everything up by simply escaping and changing your identity? The old man didn't think so.
"I'm afraid that even if you give it your all, you'll still be living the same kind of life. Changyi, stop struggling. The land is right in front of you. Where else can you go? If it really comes to that, you'll just go wherever they tell you to go. It'll save you the trouble of dealing with them. Alright, let's leave it at that. Don't mention it again. I've already put the front yard up for rent. From now on, we'll just farm and make a living. As long as we don't go hungry, that's fine."
Tao Changyi moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but Zhao Lingli tugged at his sleeve, so he could only swallow his anger.
That night, Xiao Jiu went back to her sister's room to sleep, so naturally she couldn't know her parents' secret.
However, it is certain that they suffered a considerable setback during their trip into the city.
The Spring Festival of 1951 fell at the end of January in the Gregorian calendar. My parents came back on the Laba Festival. They went to the city in mid-December of 1950 in the Gregorian calendar. The distance was not far, but they were gone for more than a month. During that month, everyone thought they had found a job, but unexpectedly, after they came back, they brought up this matter with a heavy heart.
It would be a lie to say I wasn't curious.
Ning Meng is educated, but due to various constraints, some issues are blurred even when they appear in movies and television, so this is also a mess. Given her age, she can't really help much. However, as she gets older, even if life gets tough, at least she'll have a safety net, and the hard times will eventually pass.
The significance of someone who transmigrates and comes with such a cheat code lies in their own contributions to this family.
She wasn't born into this era to fall in love, nor did she think about what kind of person she would marry. Given her age, she probably wouldn't even be able to go to university, so finding a stable job was more worthwhile for her than marrying into a good family.
Perhaps because they couldn't find a way out and couldn't see a future, even though they had prepared a lot of supplies for this year's Spring Festival, the couple's smiles seemed to contain nothing but unease and melancholy, with no genuine joy.
And it was during this Spring Festival that Xiao Jiu tasted his first piece of minced meat.
She's already over ten months old, so her grandma went to great lengths to prepare some small fish balls for her. Now she's the best treated person in the family, drinking goat milk, having steamed egg custard, eating tofu pudding, and even having small fish balls to eat during the Lunar New Year. She feels like she's reached the pinnacle of her life.
The better off this kid is, the more he wants to be good to his family. Besides occasionally conjuring up potatoes and sweet potatoes, he also secretly conjures up eggs and duck eggs.
She can now walk with the help of adults bending over, but her grandmother is worried that overuse of her legs will damage them, so the time she spends practicing each day is limited.
When the Tao family had their misfortune, all their relatives cut off all ties with them, so they didn't visit each other during the New Year. How could Grandpa and Grandma not be heartbroken? When the family was well-off, they would crowd together and carry gifts to their house during holidays. But after the misfortune, they all ran away. Grandpa didn't blame anyone; he just felt that human relationships were the most fickle thing in the world and the most vulnerable to the test of time.
My grandmother married far away; she was sold to this place years ago. She had long forgotten her family, so when you think about it, she really doesn't have any relatives left.
Fortunately, there were still relatives visiting on the street to pay New Year's visits. When they encountered such relatives, the grandparents would not be stingy and would give each child a lucky money of 100 yuan. Although it was not much, it was the thought that counted. Moreover, when the relatives came to visit, they also gave Xiaojiu lucky money. When the mother took the brothers out to pay New Year's visits, she also collected a share for them. This is how to treat people well and how to maintain good relationships.
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