Chapter 1, embarrassment
"The two most important things in a person's life are three meals a day!"
Chen Guohua looked at the dilapidated but clean house in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
In this era of scarcity of food and clothing, we want to solve the problem of three meals a day.
Even if he is a time traveler, it is extremely difficult.
That's right, just half an hour ago, Chen Guohua traveled to [-].
The memories of two different life trajectories just now are presented in the form of movie fast-forward.
One is a black and white world of war, poverty, and hunger, and the other is a peaceful, wealthy, and modern color world.
After focusing my eyes, the black and white of the 50s turned into color, but the mobile phone, computer, external medicine, etc. were gone, and the most important thing was the thirty TB mobile hard drive, gone!
By inheriting the memory of the original body, Chen Guohua knew that the original owner of the body had the same name and surname as him.
But the original person was born on January 17, [-], and he is exactly [-] years old this year.
With a body length of [-]cm and a weight of [-]cm, he is young enough, but it is also true that he is fragile.
The original person was also quite miserable, because he was picked up by his adoptive parents.
Counting Chen Guohua, there are five people in the family.
My adoptive mother passed away due to dystocia in [-] when she gave birth to Chen Xiaomin.
So this family is a family of five consisting of Lao Chen, his adopted son Chen Guohua, and three sisters, Chen Xiaoyue, Chen Xiaomei and Chen Xiaomin.
It is said that good fortune and misfortune never come alone. Just five days ago, Lao Chen had an accident at the Mentougou Coal Mine.
The man was gone on the spot.
Today, Chen Guohua and his three younger sisters are the only ones left in the old Chen family.
According to the custom in the north, the son handles the first seven days, burns paper money, burns incense, and prepares livestock dishes and drink offerings.
But now there are no chickens, ducks or other livestock at home, and the remaining savings are only 12 yuan and [-] cents.
It stands to reason that Lao Chen is a coal miner with a monthly salary of 28 yuan.
After working for many years, it is impossible to have only 12 yuan and [-] cents in savings.
Because most of the money was saved by Lao Chen.
I don't usually need money at home, I only need money when I have guests or when I go to town.
Therefore, Lao Chen personally kept the money.
In the days after Lao Chen left, Chen Guohua and his three sisters wanted to find the money.
Through the memory of the original owner, it was confirmed that it was not found.
Now I can only live on 12 yuan and [-] cents.
Outside the window, the sky was still gloomy.
The neighbor's big rooster has already begun to crow, indicating that it is almost dawn.
Opening the door, Chen Guohua came to the kitchen of the thatched house, preparing to make breakfast.
Just a few days after New Year's Day, the weather in the suburbs of Beijing was very cold.
The second child, Chen Xiaoyue, was already busy, and the third child was also helping. Only the youngest one sat and played with himself.
"Brother, please wait a moment. It will be fine soon."
Seeing Chen Guohua walk into the kitchen, the second child said.
She didn't notice anything different about her elder brother today.
In the past, Chen Xiaoyue was responsible for everything at home, such as washing clothes, cooking, etc.
Born in 13, she is [-] years old this year, but she has already taken care of the house in order like a little grown-up.
"Ok!"
Chen Guohua didn't know what to say and nodded stiffly.
Then he leaned in to help light the fire, trying to act as normal as possible.
The three sisters were silent, and breakfast was quickly prepared.
The cornmeal porridge was thin and watery, and it was almost dry-fried spicy and sour cabbage and spicy and sour dried radish. Other than that, it was gone! There was almost no oil or water in sight. This was just a breakfast for an ordinary family in the suburbs of Beijing.
"I miss daddy, woohoo!"
Before eating, Chen Xiaomin, who was only five years old, flattened her mouth and couldn't help crying.
The second and third children couldn't help it anymore and were very sad.
"Okay, be good, stop crying and eat!" Chen Guohua is the eldest brother, and he still has the majesty of an eldest brother.
In a dull atmosphere, breakfast ended.
Just when Chen Xiaoyue was carrying the dishes and chopsticks to wash the dishes, her second uncle Chen Jiazhen came to the door.
"Guohua, Xiaoyue, have you eaten?"
"Second uncle!"
The three little guys called "Second Uncle" in unison.
Seeing the three little ones with red eyes, Chen Jiazhen couldn't help but said:
"Xiaoyue, are you crying again? No, how did Guohuaqian become the eldest brother? Can't you even take care of your younger sister?"
Chen Guohua remained silent and quietly watched his second uncle's performance.
This second uncle was very dissatisfied with him.
Most likely, it was because his eldest brother picked up Chen Guohua, his adopted son, that he ended up with no future.
From Chen Xiaoyue to Chen Xiaomin, his eldest brother gave birth to three losers, none of whom was successful.
Otherwise, Chen Guohua would not have been able to attend high school.
Because after five or three years, Chen Guohua will be the only child in the eldest brother's family.
Seeing that Chen Guohua remained silent, Chen Jiazhen suddenly coughed and said: "It's like this, Xiaoyue, you are the eldest sister in the family. Now my eldest brother has left, but his job is still there."
Lao Chen died because of the collapse of the mine tunnel. In addition to losing money, the Mentougou mine will also retain his job.
In this era, jobs are generally inherited from the father.
However, Chen Guohua and his four siblings are all minors.
Therefore, this job will most likely be temporarily sealed, and Chen Guohua will not be able to inherit this job until he reaches adulthood.
However, it is said that when people leave, the tea is cold. Who can guarantee that Chen Guohua will still be able to get his job back when he becomes an adult?
What Chen Jiazhen meant was that the job should be given to his son Chen Guobing first.
The latter is 19 years old this year. When Chen Jiazhen was 15, he had a private life-long marriage with Liu Cuixiang from a neighboring village.
Because of this incident, there was a big fuss, and several nearby villages knew about it.
"Xiaoyue, don't worry, I will definitely transfer this job to your elder brother after one year."
Chen Guobing at the door said with a naive smile.
Liu Cuixiang also accompanied the smile and said a few nice words.
The second uncle and his family of three all regarded Chen Guohua as nothing.
Chen Xiaoyue's three little ones looked at Chen Guohua pitifully, at a loss.
The latter sighed, shook his head and said:
"Second uncle, who told you that you can't participate in formal work if you are underage?"
"Which unit would require minors?" Chen Jiazhen asked.
"Second uncle, I don't blame you for being illiterate." Chen Guohua continued calmly: "Our country promulgated the Labor Law in 15, and Article No. [-] stipulates that employers are prohibited from recruiting minors under the age of [-]."
"That is to say, as long as you are over [-] years old, you can officially join the work."
"I am 17 years old this year. I have just turned [-] and can join the job and become an official coal miner."
The second uncle's family suddenly became quiet.
Who in the room doesn't know that Chen Guohua is a high school student?
Not to mention the village of Majiafen, even in the entire production team, there are only a few high school students.
At this moment, Chen Xiaoyue suddenly said with red eyes: "But brother, aren't you going to school?"
Chen Jiazhen and Liu Cuixiang, who were suddenly enlightened, were pleasantly surprised.
Yup!
How could Chen Guohua, a high school student, be willing to be a coal miner?
And you can’t do it, after all, mining is not that simple.
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