The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

A few days before returning to my hometown, I was a little uncomfortable. Xiao Wenchen has become a handsome man quietly, and he seems a little shy when giving gifts to friends who are slightly unfamiliar in the village.

But after a few days of getting used to it, the naughty kid who had been slapped on the buttocks in the village before going to school completely recovered.

Not to mention all kinds of chasing dogs and chasing chickens, just holding a slender bamboo stick in your hand as a sword gesture, and using the rapeseed that grows not very high on the side of the road to show your swordsmanship, this is obviously looking for a beating.

In short, Xiao Wenchen, who was an obedient child in the kindergarten, would be sorry for the two or three sets of dirty coats he changed a day if he was beaten and cried several times a day.

However, the child obviously became more and more beaten, and he could not be mischievous for two or three hours after a beating at the beginning. Now the beating lasts up to ten minutes, and after a while the tears are still dry and they play wildly with other children in the village.

The big cock who just came back drove him from behind, scared him so badly, and didn't chase anyone who chased him back home. The big geese are still a little too much to provoke, so they can only dodge and walk away.

"Come here, don't step on there, your shoes are wet and see how your mother beats you." Yang Dongxu yelled at Xiao Wenchen, who was among a group of brats not far away, but he looked up and took a look. , and then the movement of the feet was not at all.

Not all roads in Yangjia Village are asphalt roads, except for the main road, which makes it easy for people in the village and merchants in the market to enter and exit.

The other places are still dirt roads. As long as there is a heavy rain on the dirt roads in the countryside, once the four-wheeled or tricycles pass by, they will basically be rolled into shape, and the mud clods will rise high and the whole road will become uneven.

And these raised mud clods, and some gullies with accumulated water behind the wheels, have become the best toys for children in winter. The morning frost has not melted yet.

Whether walking on the ice in the ravine, using your feet, or smashing the thick ice with a turning head. Still step on it with the strength of breastfeeding.

Stomping those hard frozen clods and spraying out a layer of unfrozen mud inside will make these bear children very happy.

And playing on such a road section, the most unavoidable thing is that some places in the ravines rolled by the wheels are relatively thin, so half of your feet are in the muddy water when you step down.

Not to mention the thin mud squeezed out of those mud clods, it is easy to spray everywhere. So when I went out to play in the morning, it was very cute to spread the cleanliness of each one, but within a long time, one of them turned into a dirty mud monkey.

Then there is the essential part of childhood, when you are beaten, wipe your tears, and change your clothes.

So as long as you hear the exclamation among the happy voices of the children yelling, you don't need to ask to know that someone is dirty.

In order to cover up the truth, the screams of these bear children quickly disappeared, and then continued to play happily, as if this could cover up the past.

Little did they know that playing in soaked shoes, their little feet would be red and cold from the cold when they returned home, and the slap on the buttocks of my mother would be a bit heavier, giving these brats who concealed the truth a more profound lesson.

"What about the general, I heard that his child is about to be born, how about raising the baby at home with his wife?" Glancing at Xiao Wenchen, who was having fun playing on the dirt road with other children in the village, he yelled at the useless Yang Dongxu , just ignore it.

Anyway, if the clothes are dirty, there is a washing machine and a water heater at home, so washing clothes in winter is no longer as painful as before. Of course, before changing clothes, there must be a beating first.

"I bought half a fan of meat from the pork stall in the market early in the morning, and brought a cart full of gifts to her father-in-law as New Year's gifts." Da Liang curled his lips, obviously concerned about this matter for his cousin. Very dissatisfied with being so active.

"Reconciled?" Yang Dongxu froze for a moment.

When the two of them got married before, he knew how much trouble they had with the woman's natal family. Although in the end Zhang Jing directly moved into the general's house with her luggage, her natal family had no choice but to accept the marriage. But the relationship between the two parties has not been very harmonious.

"Reconciliation ass, that is, Zhang Jing is good, she is the daughter-in-law of our Yang family. Otherwise, whoever gave him the face of his mother's family really angered the general that time, and the gifts are usually given for Zhang Jing's face during the New Year, otherwise Will not come to the door at all.

For example, this time, who will give away half a fan of pork and a cart of eight big fish after getting married? That is, one year before the wedding, Nanfang expressed his importance to the woman and gave so many gifts.

According to the custom here, two big fish, more than 20 pork and a case of wine are already high-end. Even if our Yang Family Village has money and face, we can't be treated as fools, can we? "Xiao Wu also snorted dissatisfied.

"Giving so many gifts, what else is there?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help asking.

"What else could it be? Zhang Jing's younger brother is going to give an annual gift to his betrothed these few days. He said he was from the city, but he was poor all year round.

Even if you are poor, you have to save face. No, I can only come here to beg the daughter who never agreed to marry before. Zhang Jing is a nice person, and she is decisive when encountering things.

But our aunt's ears are soft. Zhang Jing's parents came to the door without arguing, just wiping tears, saying how difficult it is for their son to get married, and how difficult it is for a son to marry a wife.

Not so early in the morning, the general was taken out of the bed by our aunt to give the New Year gift, but at first the aunt wanted to give money. Zhang Jing didn't agree, and directly ordered half a piece of pork, a cart of gifts and eight big fish from the street as this year's New Year's gifts.

Among so many gifts, more than half were for Zhang Jing's younger brother who was planning to send his betrothal partner. The son sent an annual gift to his betrothed, but the son-in-law paid for it. It's still the case that she hanged herself and wiped her neck to prevent her daughter from marrying her son-in-law, so there are no such weird parents.

But Zhang Jing is a good sister-in-law. If she gave money directly, her superb parents didn't know how to flaunt how rich the annual gift from her son was, and how shabby the annual gift from her son-in-law was this year.

Just pull a carload of New Year gifts and send them over, and everyone will watch. Her parents can't say that the general gave less gifts this year, can they? "Xiao Liang is also very upset beside him.

"Okay, let's stop talking. Let's just mutter a few times, don't talk nonsense on the street, otherwise the general will lose face, and you will also hit our brothers in the face." Da Liang waved his hand to signal his younger brother to stop talking. Two sentences.

"Yes, just a few words about this matter, just know it in your heart. But let me remind you of one thing here. It seems that Zhang Jing's parents will give her son some kind of job.

The other party I met when I was in the county before, the other party wanted to drag me to accompany that leader for dinner, but I didn't agree to something at the time.

Unless Zhang Jing or the general speaks in person on this matter. Otherwise, let's just pretend we didn't hear what auntie and daddy said. "Xiao Wu said beside him.

Although Yangjiacun is not well developed, it ranks among the top in the entire county. Going into the city and saying that he is from Yangjia Village, not only does he not lose face, but it also adds a bit of confidence.

But rural people like to toss about one-third of an acre of land at home. Although there are quite a few older people who drive big cars now, they have made a lot of contacts no matter in the county town or other places.

But it is the new generation of people like Xiao Wu who can really eat in the county. So it is very useful to ask the older generation to go to the county town to find connections for some small things.

I would like to introduce jobs, especially the kind of jobs that can be entered into the establishment after a period of time with an iron rice bowl. The talkative leader Xiao Wu and others are more familiar than the older generation.

After all, the higher-level relationships of the older generation only go to the township level, and the county town is indeed not as good as the new generation Xiaowu and others.

"Daddy and auntie, you also have to say hello." After finishing speaking, Xiaowu gave Yang Dongxu a separate instruction.

The relationship between the older generation in the county is not as good as that of the new generation, which obviously does not include Yang's father and Yang's mother. After all, not to mention the county town, even in the city and the province, Yang's father and Yang's mother still have a big reputation. It's just that the two of them usually don't show off, and just like to live their small lives in Yangjia Village, feeding pigs and raising chickens.

So once the aunt's ears are soft and she asks to go to Yang's father and Yang's mother, this road must be blocked in advance.

"Don't worry, my mother doesn't like Zhang Jing's wonderful parents very much. So if you talk to my mother about this matter, my mother will definitely let Zhang Jing make up her mind."

In fact, not only Mama Yang, but everyone else in the village is basically discerning as well. Everyone knows that my aunt is kind, so I will definitely help you with other things.

But in the case of Zhang Jing's family, if they spend their own money on things such as the New Year's gift this time, everyone will say a few words in private, and they will not say anything in the open, after all, they spend their own money. money.

But if you need help at the door, let Zhang Jing say something about Zhang Jing's natal family, or ask the general to make a statement.

Although this made Zhang Jing feel a bit in a dilemma, compared to taking advantage of the kindness of the aunt, she made progress. Zhang Jing, the daughter-in-law, needs to take more care of her, not to mention that this is her natal family's business, so she can only endure any grievances.

"Come to my house for dinner in the evening. When I came back from Zhucheng yesterday, I brought back sheep from Inner Mongolia. Today, I will go to the old house to cook mutton.

Usually, Zhou Ya and I don’t live in the village. Although the old house is often cleaned, there is no lack of popularity for the villagers to hang out and chat in the yard, and the house is a bit deserted. It just happened to increase the popularity in the past.

So my wife and children brought them, I will go back and take out the grill to wash it, and I will ask your daughter-in-law to help put on skewers in the afternoon. Children also like to eat mutton pot and skewers. "Yang Dongxu said with a smile.

"That's a good relationship. Inner Mongolia's sheep are good. Not to mention the meat is tight, it doesn't have that much smell. Don't argue with me about the wine. I bought a few boxes of good wine last time, and I bought them at half price. Come back. Leave two boxes for my dad, treat some uncles to drink, and we will finish the rest tonight." Da Liang said with a smile.

"Then call out all the Gazi in Xu's house." Yang Dongxu said.

Xiaowu and the others didn't have any objections, after all, they were all from the same village, although they usually had their own business, they didn't have much to do except car repairs. But at the end of the year, there is no harm in sitting together and having a big drink and being more united.