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The 16th day of the eighth lunar month.

Poxin Village, Xinghua Brigade, Longtan Commune.

Zhang Zhenfa had breakfast, sat in front of his house and burned a few pipes of cigarettes, then put on a straw hat and walked towards Naye Village of Bangjie Brigade, Songshan Commune.

This time, Zhang Zhenfa was going to personally inquire about the situation of his prospective in-law, Deng Shirong's family.

Ever since he heard from his wife at the end of last month that Deng Shirong, a matchmaker, personally came to be a matchmaker for his son, Zhang Zhenfa wanted to immediately grow wings and fly to Naye Village to verify whether what his wife said was true.

That night, the family sat together and discussed who should be trusted to inquire.

As a result, after many discussions, no matter who was entrusted, everyone felt a little uneasy, so Zhang Zhenfa volunteered and planned to go to Naye Village to inquire in person.

And his proposal was unanimously approved by the whole family. After all, it was indeed the most reliable for him, the head of the family, to inquire.

After deciding on the candidate, the next thing to discuss is when is the appropriate time to inquire. Although the whole family wants to confirm this matter as soon as possible, they cannot just go back and inquire about the situation at their home, even if it is the other party. If you take the initiative to invite them to inquire, it seems too anxious.

As a woman, it is better to be more reserved.

So, after some discussion, the date was set after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

It takes about three and a half hours to walk from Poxin Village to Naye Village. When Zhang Zhenfa arrived at Shuangwangwei, it was already close to noon. After walking such a long way, he was already hungry and thirsty, so he went to a house The noodle stall cooked a bowl of noodles that cost eight cents, and I ate all the noodles and soup.

After resting for a few minutes, Zhang Zhenfa continued to set off for Naye Village.

Zhang Zhenfa is no stranger to Naye Village of Bangjie Brigade because he visited this place several times when he was young.

Zhang Zhenfa remembers the first time very clearly, it was in October 1958.

At that time, in order to build the Laohutou Reservoir, the County Party Committee and County People's Committee mobilized and organized 23,600 migrant workers from nine districts: Longtan, Songshan, Nabu, Fengshan, Yingqiao, Wendi, Ningtan, Shahe, and Langping to establish a construction The Hutou Reservoir Engineering Militia Division began to construct the only large-scale reservoir in Bobai territory.

Zhang Zhenfa is one of those 23,600 migrant workers.

Although the Laohutou Reservoir belongs to the Naxin Brigade of Shapi Commune, the Laohutou Reservoir was originally at the junction of the Naxin Brigade and the Bangjie Brigade. Therefore, when Zhang Zhenfa and others came to build the Laohutou Reservoir, they had to pass through the Bangjie Brigade. to reach the destination.

The construction of Laohutou Reservoir started in October 1958 and was not completed until April 1960, which took a year and a half.

Among so many migrant workers, people from the Bangjie Brigade are naturally indispensable, so Zhang Zhenfa is no stranger to the Bangjie Brigade.

In less than half an hour, Zhang Zhenfa arrived at Naye Village.

There is no need to ask. When you entered Naye Village, passed a rice field and came to a small river, you saw the 7-shaped "majestic building". Although the building has not been completely completed, the all-blue brick wall , has already brought great shock to Zhang Zhenfa’s soul!

In this era, let alone in the countryside, even in the prosperous Longtanwei, there were no such large-scale blue brick buildings.

At this moment, Zhang Zhenfa silently made a decision in his heart. As long as his prospective son-in-law was not an idiot with missing arms and legs, he would agree to the marriage.

Of course, that's what I thought in my heart, but Zhang Zhenfa walked for three or four hours and couldn't just take one look at this shocking house and go back. No matter what, he had to find someone to inquire about the situation, so that he could spend time with his wife and children when he went back. "Crossover".

Just at this time, a middle-aged man about his age walked towards the bamboo forest by the river with a hatchet. Zhang Zhenfa quickly went up to him and asked: "Relative, who built those houses in front? They are so grand!"

The middle-aged man Chaidao stopped when he heard this and said proudly, "That's the house built by my uncle Jiu."

Zhang Zhenfa asked: "What does your ninth uncle do to be able to build such a beautiful house?"

Everyone has a heart to show off, and you don’t have to be awesome to show off. If your relatives and friends are awesome, or someone you know is awesome, or even your hometown is awesome, you can pretend to be awesome in front of other people. .

Now the middle-aged man Chaidao is in such a situation. He couldn't help bragging: "My uncle Ninth is an amazing person in our village. He is recognized as the most skilled vat master in our Bangjie brigade. , the family’s economic conditions have been good in the village for many years.

Two or three months ago, Uncle Jiu teamed up with others to contract out the brigade's vat tile kiln. I don't know how much money he can earn in a month now, but I heard that the vat master in the vat tile factory earns more than 200 a month. , and Uncle Jiu, as one of the owners of the cylinder tile factory, should have made a lot of money!

His eldest son is quite promising now. He took over his job as a vat master in the tile factory. In a month, father and son both earn hundreds of dollars, even if they don’t have a thousand. They can be said to be the most powerful family in our village. ! "

Before that, Zhang Zhenfa knew that his prospective in-law was one of the owners of the cylinder tile factory, and also knew that his prospective son-in-law was the master of the cylinder tile factory. The family's income should be very good, but he never expected that the income would be so high. It will be so high.

A vat master earns more than 200 yuan a month?

This income really shocked Zhang Zhenfa!

You know, now even a senior county official's monthly salary is only 159 yuan, let alone a cadre with a lower position.

If you include the owner of the cylinder tile factory who is your in-laws-to-be, then their family’s income is really as what the person in front of me said. If they don’t have a thousand, they can have several hundred. No wonder they can build such a beautiful blue brick house with large tiles. He didn't even frown when he gave his daughter a thousand dollars, and he also gave her another three hundred and eighty-eight dollars as a package.

At this moment, Zhang Zhenfa was shocked, but he couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

Because if nothing else happens, this is his future in-laws. To be able to join such a powerful in-laws, their Zhang family is really smoking from their ancestral graves!

Next, Zhang Zhenfa suppressed the joy in his heart and asked some indirect questions. As a result, what the other party said was basically not much different from what the prospective in-laws said. If there were any discrepancies, maybe the prospective in-laws were mentioning his own family. When considering the economic conditions, I was a little more modest.

After standing by the river and chatting with the middle-aged man Chaidao for a few minutes, Zhang Zhenfa found an excuse to leave after getting the information he wanted.

On the way home, Zhang Zhenfa's steps were brisker than when he came, and his mood was extremely good.

After all, it won't be long before he has a good son-in-law whose monthly income exceeds that of a senior county official. Who wouldn't be happy about this!