Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

After returning from Dai Chunqing's house in Duodong, Deng Shirong went directly to Deng Changwang's house.

At this time, Deng Changwang was weaving chicken and duck cages in front of his house. Although the chickens and ducks he raised would not be suitable for sale until the end of the year, the chicken cages and duck cages had to be woven first when the fields were not busy, so as not to have to worry about it later. Not when using it.

Deng Shirong greeted: "Changwang, are you weaving a chicken coop?"

Deng Changwang raised his head, nodded and smiled: "Yes, Jiu Gong, where are you going?"

Deng Shirong came to the stool in front of him and sat down and said, "I haven't gone anywhere. I came here specifically to find you."

Deng Changwang was a little surprised when he heard this and said: "Jiu Gong, what do you want from me?"

Deng Shirong did not answer but asked: "If I remember correctly, you are already 22 years old this year, right?"

Deng Changwang hummed and said, "You are indeed 22 years old."

Deng Shirong said: "You are not young at this age. I met a pretty nice girl at the door of the food station today. I think she is a good match for you. If you want to marry a wife, I will help you match her. "

Deng Changwang did not expect that Jiu Gong was here to act as a matchmaker for him.

But it's not surprising when you think about it. The whole village has already known that Jiu Gong has changed his career as a matchmaker during this period. Deng Changfu is still a newlywed, and many people envy the couple's loving appearance.

And although Deng Changmei is not married yet, she has already seen her family. She only waits for the production team to divide the mountains before registering for marriage.

And for both of them, Jiu Gong helped to connect them.

Therefore, Deng Changwang was a little moved when he heard Jiu Gong said that he wanted to be a matchmaker for him.

After all, young men in their twenties are full of energy and often have to get up in the middle of the night to change their underwear. How many of them don’t want to marry a wife?

Deng Changwang put the half-woven chicken coop next to him, and while getting the chimney for Jiu Gong, he chuckled and said: "Jiu Gong, who doesn't want to marry a wife? Please tell me about this sister's situation. If she is suitable, If so, help me match them up."

Deng Shirong took the chimney, took out the wrapped tobacco and matches from his pocket, and said, "Where are your parents? Call them out and listen together."

Deng Changwang said: "My father has gone to repair the field ridge, and my mother has just gone to the vegetable field to pick vegetables. I will call her."

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Well, go ahead. I'll burn two tubes of cigarettes first."

After saying that, he tore out a handful of tobacco from a pack of tobacco and stuffed it into the cigarette holder, lit the match, put his mouth to the mouth of the chimney, lit the tobacco and started smoking.

Nowadays, every family's private land is not far away. After Deng Shirong smoked a few pipes of cigarettes, Deng Changwang called his mother back.

"Uncle Jiu." Changwang's mother greeted Deng Shirong as soon as she came back.

Deng Shirong hummed, and then went straight to the topic: "The girl I want to introduce to Changwang is from Duodong Village, Hanhe Brigade. She is 20 years old and is about 1.58 meters tall. She is pretty good-looking, whether she is He is a good hand in plowing the fields or taking care of the housework.

Although she has only studied for a few years, she is not the kind of person who does not know how to shoulder the plow. When I chatted with her, I could feel that she is a very thoughtful person who is not willing to plow the fields. I want to work hard on breeding, and you and Changwang can be regarded as like-minded. "

Hearing these words, Deng Changwang's heart moved. Although it has been two years since the reform and opening up, the whole country has not yet unified its thinking. Breeding is still very risky for many people, and most people are not willing to take this risk.

Deng Changwang raised dozens of chickens and ducks this year, which can be regarded as a test for him. If nothing happens and he makes money smoothly, he will prepare to expand the breeding scale next year. If he marries a wife who thinks the same as him, what will happen to him? It certainly helps that his "career" is growing.

After all, the words "good wife" are not just words.

Just listen to Deng Shirong continue: "She has five brothers and sisters, one brother, two brothers and one sister, none of whom have married yet, and her family conditions are not very good. If she marries her, her net worth may be slightly higher."

Hearing this, Changwang's mother said with a little worry: "Uncle Jiu, everything else is easy to say, but I'm afraid that after this sister gets married, she still wants to help her mother's family, which will be a big burden."

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "It is inevitable for a married daughter to help her mother's family, but this help must be limited. It is to take proper care of her mother's family without affecting her husband's family, rather than blindly helping. , I will definitely make this clear to the other party in advance.”

Changwang's mother breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, nodded and said: "We are all reasonable people. If we really become in-laws, we should take proper care of them. As long as we are not the kind of people who want to move all the good things to our mother-in-law's family, That’s it.”

Deng Shirong looked at Deng Changwang and asked: "Changwang, what do you think? If you have no objection, then I will arrange for you to meet in 28th place."

Deng Changwang glanced at his mother and said, "Since you, Mr. Jiu, think we are a good match, I definitely want to meet her."

"Mama Changwang, what do you think?"

"Uncle Jiu, let's meet him first."

"Okay, then it's settled, we'll meet each other at the 28th Street."

"OK."

…

After returning from Deng Changwang's home, he saw his eldest daughter fetching water for the water tank at home. Deng Shirong couldn't help but sigh. In this era, not to mention that Naye Village did not have electricity, even Shuangwangwei did not officially receive electricity until 1989. In the days before electricity, if you wanted water, you had to fetch it from the well.

Today's wells don't even have manual water shaking devices. You can only use hemp rope or a special pole hook to hang the bucket down, use skills to fill the bucket with water, and then lift it up with force.

There is an old well next to the old house of Deng Shirong's family. The water at home is usually brought back from this well.

Today’s girls are used to doing this kind of physical work. If it were the girls of later generations who came to fetch water, let alone they can’t do this kind of work, even if they can do it, after filling the water tank at home, their shoulders will be exhausted at night. It hurts so much that I can't even move.

Because it would take two days for the green bricks to arrive, and the foundation of the new house was all built with stones, no one came to help with the work today. For dinner, the family had a simple meal of white porridge and pickles, and that was it.

During this period of time, the family ate meat every day, and occasionally had a meal of plain porridge and pickles, which was considered as a relief from boredom.

After dinner, when the family was sitting at the door chatting, Deng Shirong saw that the pants worn by his eldest daughter had patches, so he said: "Azhen, tomorrow is Longtanwei. You can take all the cloth tickets that the family has saved in the past two years." Come on, I’ll go buy some good cloth with you tomorrow and make some clothes to wear.”

Deng Yunzhen was stunned when she heard this, and said: "Dad, weren't those cloth tickets saved for my future sister-in-law? Now that we are using them, when I wait for my brother to find a wife, how can I have any cloth tickets to make clothes for my sister-in-law?"

Deng Shirong waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this. I will naturally find a solution when the time comes."

In Deng Yunzhen's mind, her father was omnipotent. Since her father said he had a way, there must be a way, so she excitedly agreed.

When Deng Yunzhu saw this, she looked at her father eagerly and said, "Dad, I also want to go to Longtanwei."

Although it was a bit difficult to carry two people on one bicycle, seeing the expectant look on his youngest daughter's face, Deng Shirong finally couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together tomorrow."