lcionline Chapter 344: Bloody Romance: A New Beginning
Chapter 344: Bloody Romance: A New Beginning
Lu Cheng:
Constitution: 26
Spirit: 26
Destiny Points: 42
skill:
Medical Skills: Level 9 (/) (Spirit is less than 30 points, temporarily unable to upgrade)
Special Warfare: Level 9 (/)
Language: Level 7 (/)
Musical Instrument: Level 1 (0/200)
Cross-border backpack: 500 kg
Storage space: 14 cubic meter
Talents: Sixth sense, extraordinary endurance, ability to control oneself
The main quest of "The Golden Years" is to enjoy life, and the rewards given are relatively small: mental strength +2, destiny points +5, storage space +1, plus a musical instrument skill.
However, Lu Cheng was already very satisfied with these. The achievements in scientific research, plus the two points of mental strength, were what Lu Cheng valued most.
As for this first-level musical instrument skill, Lu Cheng didn't take it that seriously. He just regarded it as a life skill that could be used to cultivate his sentiments and kill time in the future.
“The main storyline of Blood Romance: Happiness. Li Kuiyong: Live like a human being and take good care of your family.”
"Blood Romance" tells the story of a group of young people in the late 1960s who grew up while experiencing the ups and downs in love and career.
Li Kuiyong is one of the supporting characters, a commoner, an ordinary person who has struggled and worked hard all his life, worked himself to death at the age of forty, and still could not escape poverty.
…………World dividing line…………
Winter of 1968, Yanjing City.
When Lu Cheng woke up, he found himself lying on a somewhat shabby wooden bed, covered with a patched quilt. The scattered furniture in the room were all old and broken. The erhu hanging on the wall might still be worth some money.
After briefly recalling his current identity, Lu Cheng actually had an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had traveled to northern Shaanxi for the first time and returned to the earliest starting point.
Lu Cheng is 18 years old this year. After graduating from high school, he did not go to college due to the current special period.
My father was a traveling doctor who knew some medical skills. My grandfather was a musician in a theatre troupe. My mother was influenced by him and learned some skills of playing the erhu.
So, now Lu Cheng is a high school graduate whose parents have both passed away and who knows a little bit of Chinese medicine and erhu.
After recalling for a while, he took out all his savings from a broken wardrobe nearby, which amounted to 96 yuan, plus some bills such as food coupons.
Fortunately, prices were low in that era. Corn grits were 1 or 15 cents a pound, white flour and rice were a little over 18 cents a pound, and pork was only or cents a pound. Apprentices who had just started working generally earned to yuan a month.
If Lu Cheng spends this money frugally, it will be enough for him to live for a long time.
But it does take some adaptation to transition from the luxurious life of the previous world to the simple meals of this world.
"Brother Cheng, are you up? Come over and eat."
"Okay, come right away."
Lu Cheng got up from the bed, quickly put on his gray-blue cotton jacket and trousers, walked to the outer room, picked up the washbasin from the washbasin rack, went to the water tank to get some cold water, then walked to a coal stove, picked up the aluminum kettle on the coal stove, poured some hot water into the washbasin, washed his face with the remaining half piece of "foreign soap", wiped it, then walked out of the house and came to the yard.
This time, Lu Cheng still lived in a courtyard house.
Of course, this courtyard house is not the luxurious courtyard house where Lu Cheng lived in the world of "There is Wind", but a slum.
This is a three-story courtyard house with more than ten families of all sizes living in it. The main house, wing rooms, ear rooms, back rooms, and rear rooms are all filled with different families, basically ordinary working-class families.
Lu Cheng lived in the west wing of the courtyard, which was also the original storage room. It was not large, only about ten square meters, and was divided into two small rooms.
The one who just called Lu Cheng out for dinner was Li Kuiyong.
Perhaps in order to make it easier for Lu Cheng to complete the task, the identity assigned to him by the system this time is somewhat related to Li Kuiyong's family.
Lu Cheng's virtual mother and Li Kuiyong's mother were from the same village. They were cousins and the two families had a good relationship.
After his parents passed away half a year ago, Lu Cheng lived with Li Kuiyong's family, usually paying for their living expenses and food coupons.
In fact, Li Kuiyong's family situation is also very bad, even worse than Lu Cheng, who is alone.
Li Kuiyong's father was a tricycle driver who died two years ago due to overwork. Fortunately, he left a pension for the family.
Li Kuiyong's mother was in poor health and often fell ill. Plus, she had six children to support, so you can imagine how difficult her life was.
Although Lu Cheng's house was not big, he lived alone. The Li family had seven people living in a 10-square-meter east wing room, and the living conditions were also very poor.
During the six months that Lu Cheng had lived with them, he had tried his best to contribute some extra living expenses as a subsidy.
Of course, Lu Cheng has no job and no income now, so it is impossible for him to put all his money into it.
Although the Li family had a hard life, they took good care of Lu Cheng. Li Kuiyong's mother helped with daily meals and sewing.
"Brother Cheng, why are you so slow today? If you had come a little later, they would have finished their meal. Hurry up, I'll save some for you."
Lu Cheng looked at the steamed corn bread, grits porridge, and the watery boiled cabbage on the table, and could only sigh in his heart: take it slow.
He picked up two steamed buns, ate one in a few bites, and ate half of the remaining one. Lu Cheng did not eat any more, but broke it in half and handed it to two little girls who were obviously not full.
"Er Ya, San Niu, you guys eat, I'm not that hungry."
"Thank you, Brother Cheng."
Li Kuiyong's mother gave birth to eight children over a period of more than ten years, six of whom survived. Li Kuiyong is the eldest, and the youngest girl is only five years old this year.
By this calculation, Li Kuiyong's mother gave birth to a child almost every year and a half. The Li family's conditions were already very difficult, and it would be strange if her health could be good with such frequent pregnancies and childbirths.
In this family, as the eldest brother, Li Kuiyong has to take care of both his mother and his younger siblings, which is not easy.
After a brief recollection of the original plot, it wasn't long before Li Kuiyong had to go to the countryside in northern Shaanxi. He stayed in the countryside until 74, and barely managed to get a job in the county power bureau's line-laying team. He returned to Beijing in 79, and then found a job as a taxi driver. He worked until he was 40 years old and worked himself to death.
Like Li Kuiyong, those children of ordinary people basically ended up at the bottom of society. Some of them drove tricycles, some worked as milkmen, those who were successful could become workers, while those who were not successful even fell into the trap of scamming people.
In contrast, those children of the big courtyards, such as Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang, Yuan Jun and others, later all held high positions and were doing very well.
Bloody romance is the blood of the children of common people and the romance of the children of the big courtyards.
Of course, Lu Cheng did not complain about the unfairness of fate. The reason why those children from the big courtyards were able to enjoy their later glory was because of the hard work their parents had earned for them.
What's more, there's no point complaining about fate, because fate doesn't even bother to care about you.
After a simple breakfast, Lu Cheng was certainly not full, so he got up, went home to pack up, and prepared to go out to find something to eat to fill his stomach so that he would have the energy to think about other things.
Walking out of the courtyard, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar Yanjing City around him, and feeling the unique atmosphere of this era, Lu Cheng's heart suddenly calmed down.
Returning to the age of 18, it is a new beginning...