Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

afternoon.

After dinner, Deng Changdong and his family sat at the door, burning cigarettes and chatting.

In this era, there are really very few rural people in Bobai County who do not smoke hookah, whether they are men, women, old or young.

In fact, this is also affected by the environment. Before liberation, Bobai County only produced sun-cured tobacco, not flue-cured tobacco. In 1949, the county's sun-cured tobacco production was only 130,000 kilograms.

Beginning in 1959, Bobai County introduced small-area trial planting of winter-cured tobacco. By 1964, the output of winter-cured tobacco reached 1.14 million kilograms, and in 1965 it reached 3.53 million kilograms.

Also starting from this year, the winter-cured tobacco planting area in Bobai County has remained between 70,000 and 100,000 acres. Basically every production team has planted a large amount of winter-cured tobacco. In addition to selling the flue-cured tobacco, the production team In addition to money, a certain amount will also be distributed to members.

With tobacco, it is natural for adults to smoke.

The adults in the village all smoke, and the children have been exposed to it since they were young, so naturally they follow suit.

This kind of thing cannot be prohibited even by adults, not to mention that most parents in this era do not care whether their children smoke or not. When they see their children smoking, they just feel sorry for their own tobacco. There is no such thing as smoking being harmful to health. the concept of.

Therefore, many rural people in this era started smoking at a young age, and by the time they reach adulthood, they are already old smokers with a history of smoking for more than ten years.

Deng Changdong's father was named Deng Yunfeng. After burning a few pipes of cigarettes, he handed the pipe to his wife.

Changdong's mother took the chimney and stuffed tobacco into the mouth of the chimney while saying: "Today Yun Cai's son A Yuan also visited the house. If I remember correctly, A Dong is one year older than him. It seems that we are also We must hurry up and find a wife for A Dong.”

Deng Yunfeng nodded and said: "It's been 22 years, it's really time to find a wife."

When his parents mentioned his marriage, Deng Changdong said: "Let's take it easy in advance. Our family's money has been invested in raising cattle, pigs, chickens and ducks. Now even if there is a suitable partner, we can't afford the price. It won’t be too late to talk about this after I make money from selling these.”

Changdong's mother burned a cigarette and said: "It is most appropriate to wait until we have money from selling these before we talk to the matchmaker, but we can also ask the matchmaker to help and keep an eye on it first. When we have money, we can talk to the matchmaker directly. In this way It saves a lot of time.”

Deng Yunfeng said: "Just tell Uncle Jiu about this."

Changdong's mother nodded and said, "Uncle Jiu is good at being a matchmaker. We can let him help with the search first."

Hearing this, Deng Changdong fell silent.

Again, no young man with normal physiology does not want to marry a wife.

Changdong's mother burned several pipes of cigarettes in a row, and when she handed the hookah to her eldest son, she saw Uncle Jiu, who was just mentioned, walking towards her house, and immediately greeted her with a smile: "Uncle Jiu, have you eaten? "

"Uncle Nine!"

"Jiu Gong!"

Deng Yunfeng and his son also greeted him.

Deng Shirong nodded and smiled: "Have you eaten? Have you eaten?"

"We ate too!"

"Mr. Jiu, come here and light the chimney first."

There are several small stools placed at the door of every rural household in Bobai County. The styles are as follows:

Deng Shirong sat down on a small stool and after chatting for a few words, he got down to business: "Yunfeng, your A Dong is not young anymore. It's time to marry him a wife!"

Deng Yunfeng smiled and said: "Uncle Jiu, my mother and I just mentioned this matter. We have indeed reached the age to marry a wife."

Changdong's mother smiled and said, "We just said that we would ask Uncle Jiu to help us keep them. When we sell all those pigs, chickens and ducks, we should have enough money to match him."

Deng Shirong couldn't help but smile and said: "It's a coincidence. I happen to have a suitable partner for Adong here. If you think it's good, you can get acquainted first. If you are satisfied, you can arrange a house visit first. As for the marriage, you can wait until the end of the year. No problem.”

Changdong's mother's eyes lit up and she asked, "Uncle Jiu, I wonder which village the girl is from?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "The woman and my daughter-in-law are from the same village. She is cousins ​​with the girl A Yuan came to visit today. The three of them are little sisters who grew up together and have a very good relationship."

The three members of Deng Yunfeng's family were a little surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect that the woman had such a connection.

"This girl is tall, a little taller than my daughter-in-law. She has studied for several years and is hard-working. She is not a lazy person."

When Deng Changdong's parents heard this, they all nodded secretly. They had seen Uncle Jiu's daughter-in-law before. Not only was she beautiful, but she was also quite tall. This girl was a bit taller than Uncle Jiu's daughter-in-law. , of course they are very satisfied.

People are so strange, the more they lack something, the more they value it. The average height of Guangxi people ranks last in the country, so among the many standards for marrying a wife in rural areas, height accounts for a very high proportion.

There is even a saying that "one tall person covers up five ugly people".

After all, parents hope that their children will find a taller partner so that their offspring will be taller.

Therefore, Deng Changdong's parents were very satisfied knowing that the woman was so tall.

After looking at each other with her wife, Changdong's mother said, "Uncle Jiu, the girl you mentioned is really good. You can arrange to get acquainted first."

Deng Shirong said: "Well, in two days when I go to Poxin Village to deliver the bills to A Yuan's partner's house, I will talk to the girl's parents about this matter. If everything goes well, we will set a time and place for the acquaintance. ”

Deng Yunfeng and his wife nodded repeatedly after hearing this. As for Deng Changdong, he didn't have any ideas. Although the country has long advocated free love in this era, in rural areas, parents are basically the ones who make the decision, and those who love freely are still in the minority.

After talking about business, Deng Shirong didn't stay any longer. After saying hello, he walked home with his hands behind his back.

After Uncle Jiu had gone far away, Deng Yunfeng said to his son: "The day after tomorrow is the fair day, you go out and cut your hair."

Deng Changdong smoothed his hair that had covered his eyes, nodded and said: "I know!"

Deng Yunfeng asked his wife again: "Is there any cloth at home?"

Changdong's mother said: "There are still some rags."

Deng Yunfeng said: "The day after tomorrow, you also go to Shuangwangwei and buy a piece of cloth to make a new dress for Adong. You can wear it when we get to know each other. This will leave a better impression on others."

Changdong's mother nodded and said: "It's really not good to wear patched clothes to meet acquaintances. Then the day after tomorrow I will buy cloth and come back to make a new dress for Adong."

Deng Changdong listened quietly to his parents' arrangements, and his heart gradually became hot.

Sweat, I finally changed the title of the book again. Regardless of whether it’s good or not, this is the title I’ve settled on. I’ve been so worried about the title these past two days that even the update has been affected.