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In the hall, Zhang Jiefang and his son are working together to build a canopy bed for a family in the village. As well-known carpenters in the village, Zhang Jiefang and his son basically help build whatever furniture any household in the village wants to buy.

The canopy bed is a traditional bedding of the Han people. It originated in ancient times and officially appeared in the Ming Dynasty. It is a typical example of the convergence between Chinese furniture and traditional architecture. It is very similar in structure, craftsmanship and decoration methods.

In the world of classical furniture, canopy beds have always been highly praised by researchers and collectors, and are called the most scientific beds.

It has many styles, exquisite structure and gorgeous decoration.

The decorations are mostly based on historical stories, folklore, landscapes with flowers and horses, etc., and contain meanings such as harmony, peace, auspiciousness, blessings, and children.

The style may be simple and elegant, or magnificent.

Now what Zhang Jiefang and his son have jointly built is naturally the simplest kind of canopy bed.

While the father and son were working hard, a voice suddenly came from the door: "Is this Zhang Jiefang's house?"

Zhang Jiefang stopped what he was doing and looked at the strange middle-aged man holding the bicycle at the door. He greeted him and asked, "I am Zhang Jiefang. Who are you, Biao? Do you have anything to do with me?"

Deng Shirong parked his bicycle, took out a pack of candy biscuits from his pocket, handed it over and said: "I am Uncle Jiu from Naye Village of Bangjie Brigade. I heard that your eldest son Zhang Kangmei is already twenty-two years old this year and has not yet married. , so I want to help secure a matchmaker. I wonder if your family has any intention in this regard? "

It turned out that a matchmaker came to visit, and Zhang Jiefang immediately greeted him warmly.

Zhang Kangmei was indeed very smart. He immediately helped the matchmaker get a stool and a chimney without any instructions from his father.

Deng Shirong burned two tubes of cigarettes, and after some polite exchanges, the two sides began to talk about business.

"Young student, the one I want to introduce to you is a girl from our village named Deng Changmei. She is one year younger than you and has a high school education. This level of education is rare among girls."

Deng Shirong briefly introduced: "She is about 1.6 meters tall. She is quite good-looking and has a cheerful personality. She often has a smile on her face..."

Zhang Jiefang and his son had been listening attentively, but they didn't know whether it was because the girl's conditions were good or because Deng Shirong, the matchmaker, was so eloquent. Anyway, the more the father and son listened, the more satisfied they became.

"Uncle Jiu, the girl you mentioned is really good." Zhang Jiefang first praised, then looked at his eldest son and said: "This is your life-long event, what do you think of this girl? If she is suitable, let Uncle Jiu Arrange for you to meet."

Zhang Kangmei was naturally satisfied.

Apart from anything else, just the fact that the woman had a high school degree was a plus for him, and everything else was in line with his fantasy of his partner.

Of course, this is just the matchmaker's opinion. Whether it is really that good will have to be found out by someone else, and then both parties will meet to find out.

Thinking this in her heart, Zhang Kangmei nodded and said: "I have no problem, then I'll ask Uncle Jiu to arrange for us to meet."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "No problem, let's arrange a specific time for you to meet. I have to ask your production team first when they will cut the crops?"

Zhang Jiefang said: "The captain didn't say which day it was, but it was probably only two or three days!"

"Originally, the day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow, so it would be most appropriate to arrange a date to get acquainted. However, I have to arrange for someone to look after my house the day after tomorrow, so there is a time conflict."

Deng Shirong muttered: "Well, it's not good to be too late. I will arrange for you to get acquainted after the harvest is finished. During this time, you can also arrange for someone to come to our village to inquire about it and see my introduction." What's the reputation of this girl? Is it like what I said?"

Zhang Jiefang said: "Uncle Jiu, you are very considerate. It is quite rare to find a real matchmaker like you. Then I will follow your arrangements, Uncle Jiu."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "After all, this girl is my grand-niece according to seniority. As a matchmaker for the elders, I must want them to live happily, so I will say whatever I have to say, and I will definitely not hide it maliciously in order to bring about this marriage. "

Zhang Jiefang and his son felt even more relieved after hearing this.

After talking about the business, the two sides chatted for a while, and then Deng Shirong stood up and left.

It was almost noon at this time, so Zhang Jiefang and his son naturally tried their best to persuade him to stay, asking him to eat two bowls of porridge before leaving.

Deng Shirong couldn't refuse, so he stayed and ate two bowls of porridge and a piece of fried cassava before riding back with satisfaction.

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In the afternoon, as soon as Deng Shirong returned home, his neighbor's fifth aunt came over with a pen and paper in her left hand and a rice bag in her right hand, and said, "Uncle Jiu, tomorrow Bai Gong (the God of the Land) will start a cooperative, will your family do it?"

Deng Shirong nodded without hesitation: "Of course, I will make two copies at home."

Making a cooperative is a local traditional folk custom, and the scale can be large or small.

The small ones range from several families, and are mostly voluntarily combined by farmers with the same surname, the same neighborhood, or farming the same farmland; the larger ones gather in one village and are jointly run by farmers from several villages.

Deng Shirong and his colleagues have a relatively large-scale cooperative here. They are jointly established by several natural villages with the same surname of Deng, centered on Naye Village.

In an era when they could not eat meat even once in a month or two, starting a community could be said to be the happiest day for the villagers, because it meant that they could eat meat on this day.

In later generations, people collected money first and then started the company.

But now the cooperative only collects rice in advance and does not collect money in advance. In other words, now the cooperative can be opened on credit. This is why the villagers like it. Even families who cannot pay a penny can sign up first. Make a community, buy some community meat and go back to offer sacrifices to the temple of the five internal organs.

As for the money owed to the society, it can only be paid when it is available. This has also resulted in many people who sell pigs from the society not being able to get their pig money back for several years.

Forming a commune is a common custom throughout Bobai County, but the rules for establishing a commune in each village are different. In some places, the commune is only held twice a year, divided into spring commune and autumn commune.

In most places, communities are held four times a year, four times in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

However, Naye Village is different from other places. It holds communes twelve times a year, on average once a month. This frequency of communes is the envy of other villages.

Therefore, some good people made up a jingle: "Marrying or marrying off, they are all better than Nayakonaba. There is a bowl of rice to dig out even if there is no pork."

This means that no matter where you marry, it is not as good as marrying in Naye Village or Naba Village. Even if you don’t have pork, you will still have a bowl of rice to eat.

In both Naye and Naba villages, communities are held twelve times a year.

When Uncle Jiu said he wanted to do two co-ops, Aunt Five couldn't believe his ears. In this era of co-ops, families who can do one job alone are already families with a good living standard in the village. Most of them are living with others. Let's make one together to satisfy our craving for a little bit.

Uncle Jiu can be said to be the first one in the village who can talk about running two jobs.

Fifth Aunt opened her eyes wide and asked, "Uncle Ninth, did I hear you right? Do you want to do two jobs?"

Deng Shirong smiled and nodded: "Well, there are many children in the family, and one serving is simply not enough to eat. It would be more appropriate to make two servings."

The fifth aunt couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth when she heard this. Whose family doesn't have many children in this day and age? Everyone is just working as a co-worker to satisfy their cravings. Who has the conditions to eat meat freely?

After a while, the fifth aunt said with an envious look: "Uncle Jiu, you are really willing to give up!"

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