sailing in that era

Chapter 5
The river is crystal clear, and you can see many small fish and shrimps in the water, as well as groups of tadpoles. Under the sunlight, you can also see aquatic plants shaking at the bottom of the water.

In Peng Baili's impression, this river has always been very clear, even decades later.

Seeing his friends getting into the water one after another, he also swam a few laps in the river, and several of them swam upstream together into the big cave entrance. This is the cave entrance where the river water in the village comes out of the dark river. meters or so.

The inside is very spacious, and there is a large stone in the middle. After swimming into the entrance of the cave, you can rest on this large stone for a while. The inside of the cave is very cool.

No matter how hot it is in the summer, as long as you stay on this stone for a few minutes, you will cool down. If you stay for a long time, you will feel very cold.

On the boulder, the fat man rubbed Peng Baili's back, leaving strips of black dirt, and said very unkindly.

"Master, if you haven't been in the river for the past few days, you can poison the fish in the water to death."

"Haha, you don't know. My feet have been injured these past few days. I can't touch the water. I can't bear to use the water at home. It's really uncomfortable."

Peng Baili was a little helpless about this matter. After decades, he took a bath every day. If he didn't take a bath, his wife wouldn't let him go to bed. He gradually changed from taking a bath once a week to washing every day.

In addition, there are shower facilities at home, which is convenient for washing.

But now there is nothing, if the body is really dirty, you can only boil some warm water and wipe it with a face kerchief.

Also, his family is extremely short of water, even though there is a small river in the village.

But the small river is quite far away from his home, and if he wants to drink water, he can only go down the river to carry water, or use a bucket to carry it on his back.

Speaking of water is a pain for the Peng Baili family. In order to have water for cooking, my mother often went to the river to carry water. The facility used was a wooden barrel with a plastic bag stuffed inside (this way the water is stored in the bag to prevent water leakage).

Also, Peng Baili often used a small bucket and a basket to carry water. His primary and junior high schools were attended in the village school, which was next to the small river.

Therefore, carrying a bucket of water back home after school every afternoon is one of his important tasks.

Of course, sometimes the water source is more abundant in summer, and it is not necessary to go down to the river. There is also a spring not far from his house, but this spring can only emit water after the heavy rain.

There was very little time for water, and because it was relatively close, Peng Baili and his second brother carried water with poles.

This kind of life lasted until several years later, when the government organized every household to build wells. My mother gritted her teeth and sold the big fat pig at home. After serving the craftsmen non-stop throughout the summer, she built a well of more than 40 cubic meters. well.

Only then did the family get rid of the dilemma of having no water to eat.

Peng Baili and Fatty rubbed each other's backs. They used washing powder. As for shampoo or soap, there was no such thing.

What they wash their hair with is washing powder, and the shampoo is too expensive for their family to afford.

Even in the village, few people use shampoo. In his impression, at this age, it seems that there is nothing wrong with washing powder for washing hair.

"I'm going to be in the first grade of junior high school in a month. I heard that I have to study physics, chemistry and so on. I also heard that English will be a new subject this year and will be a standing examination subject. Now I'm a little scared."

"What are you afraid of? English is the 26 letters back and forth, it should be very simple."

"Are you sick? You are a dignified Chinese. What English do you want to learn? I haven't learned Chinese well yet."

"Haha, English is of great use to us. There is a saying that says, 'Learn from the foreigners and develop skills to conquer the foreigners.' If you don't understand these capital countries, how can you strengthen yourself?"

"Besides, learn English and have a skill, and it will be much easier to have dinner in the future."

"Master, what you said is in the same way, I found that you have become different."

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The fat man was very surprised by Peng Baili's changes, and looked at him with surprised eyes.

Regarding this, Peng Baili just smiled lightly, "Haha, I don't really know much about it, I just read the newspapers more, so I can pretend to compare!"

After hearing this, the fat man said in relief: "No wonder you took a stack of newspapers from the table of 'Yang Tianzi' during the holidays a while ago."

Peng Baili was taken aback when he heard the name 'Yang Tianzi'. This seemed to be his sixth grade head teacher, a rather fierce teacher who liked to beat the palms of students with bamboo whips.

He has suffered from this kind of bamboo whip a lot!

It hurts too much. This kind of bamboo whip is made from the root of water bamboo. The bamboo whip is segmented and has raised stalks.

When this kind of bamboo whip is hit on the hand, there are a few red marks in an instant.

If it is drawn on the body, it is also a burst of burning pain.

In fact, the teacher's name is Yang Tianming, but he likes to walk with his head up, and his classmates don't like him very much, so they gave him the nickname "Yang Tianzi".

To be honest, Peng Baili didn't like Teacher Yang, because he didn't have the morality of a teacher.

In addition to corporally punishing students, Teacher Yang also likes to play cards. Sometimes, in order to play cards, they do a lot of self-study.

It would be nice to be able to finish the books in one semester, and as for changing homework, there are not many times throughout the year.

In this case, it is really too difficult for students like them to learn textbooks well.

When Peng Baili was in college, he heard that Mr. Yang was imprisoned for committing the crime of rape.

He still raped a 13-year-old underage girl, what a crime!

What's even more outrageous is that this girl is his student. There is really no such teacher.Of course, Teacher Yang treats Peng Baili well and often praises him. This is mainly because he is the face of the class and has always studied well.

Peng Baili is not worried about the fat man's headaches in English now. You must know that he will be a teacher for the next few years, but he will only teach English.

His pronunciation may not be standard, but his vocabulary and grammar are passable.

It is no problem to use it to cope with the college entrance examination now.

In addition, being reborn is still a bit of a benefit. After reading a stack of newspapers from Mr. Yang in the past few days, he found a problem, that is, his memory has become much better.

The newspaper, which was originally used as toilet paper by the teacher, was read within a few days.

This may be the fusion of two souls, making the brain smarter!
Therefore, he is not too afraid of studying now, and he is ruthless in his heart. He must be admitted to a good university.

You must know that in the original time and space, he graduated from technical secondary school, and he could cope with it in the first few years, but then the number of college students gradually increased, and his diploma was not enough.

There was no way for Peng Baili to study in a technical secondary school. He graduated from the third year of junior high school, but his grades in the whole county were very high. There was no problem at all in a good high school.

Restricted by the times, technical secondary schools are more popular than high schools these days. As long as you study for three years, you can have a solid job, and there is basically no money in the middle school experts.

Faced with the situation that the family is not rich, there is really no choice.

After finishing the bath, their bodies were shaking a little, so they hurriedly swam out of the cave and came to the beach to bask in the sun.

In this way, they washed and dried in the sun, and stayed by the river for three or four hours.

Peng Baili felt the relaxation he hadn't seen for a long time, and touched the few muscles on his body. Although they were few, they were tight.

This has something to do with rural children working and being unable to relax.

Unlike later generations, students usually stay in the house when they go home, and rarely go out to exercise.

After a long time, each of them will have a circle of fat on their stomachs.

When the sun was about to set, I called my two younger brothers who were catching fish with a skimmer, and the group drove home.

After going back, my mother complained for a while, mainly because they played for too long, and there is still a lot of work at home!

The work in the countryside is endless, as long as you want to do it, you can do it day and night.

A few days passed like this, while Peng Baili was helping with the farm work, he also dried Gastrodia elata.

August 6th of the lunar calendar

On this day, Peng Baili and his father cleaned up early. Under the uneasy expression on their mother's face and the envious eyes of their two younger brothers, they started their journey to the county seat.

"Boss, let's go to the county this time and pick up your grandfather from your aunt's house on the way. We will spend the night at your aunt's house tonight."

"Well, grandpa has been going to aunt's house for a long time this time!"

"Didn't he quarrel with your mother, he can't bear any grievances with that temper."

After these few days of contact, his father no longer regards Peng Baili as a child. This is mainly because his words often seem to make sense.

During this period of time, Peng Baili has become much more mature in his work and dealing with others, and he also works hard at home from time to time, looking like a little adult.

Show concern for adults, so that both parents can feel it.

They all secretly felt that their boss had grown up.

In the eyes of his father, Peng Baili has always been his pride. In the village, because he was too poor and he was a little lazy, he was often looked down upon.

But when others mentioned his boss, they all praised him, which made him feel extremely proud.

Peng Baili didn't have much prejudice against his father. He was actually a person who wanted to make progress. He went out to work in the original time and space, but it wasn't that he didn't want to work hard.

But limited by his sight and knowledge, he really can only sell some coolies.

Peng Baili remembers that in [-], his father wanted to use his seven or eight years of experience to become a contractor, so he contracted a project to do it himself.

The final result is that after half a year, thousands of dollars were posted upside down.

The main reason is that he doesn't know how to read the drawings, and he also made some places that were vacant, which led to the excessive materials used, and the loss of money was expected.

It has been more than ten days since he was reborn, and he has not mentioned his grandfather. It was because he had a quarrel with his mother and went directly to his aunt's house.

Grandpa Peng Baili has been living with their family all the time. In recent years, he has been taking their brothers with him. It can be said that the three brothers were brought up by his grandfather most of the time.

When they go to bed at night, they also sleep together. Grandpa has always been considerate of them.

Cook for them during the day, tell them stories at night, cover them with overturned quilts in the middle of the night, and wake them up to pee.

It can be said that Peng Baili's childhood is inseparable from every bit of his grandfather.

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