Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

Liu Huakang was very motivated to work. He sent the lecture timetable to Jiu Gong on the second day, and then started giving lectures according to the time on the third day.

At the same time, with the deliberate publicity of his wife Deng Changqing, basically everyone in the village knew the news.

Then, the whole village was shocked!

Most of the villagers couldn't figure out why Deng Shirong did this. You must know that the tuition, fees and accommodation fees for high school are only 19.5 yuan per semester, while the tuition and fees for junior high schools and elementary schools are even lower.

But even so, not every household in the village can afford to send their children to study.

Even if they do, they only send their sons to study. Many parents don't even give their daughters a chance to go to elementary school.

On the other hand, Deng Shirong not only let each of his seven children read what he didn't want to read, he even spent 20 yuan a month to hire someone to give lectures to his children. This kind of attitude of devoting all his efforts to cultivate his children's reading , it is really rare in rural areas of this era.

What Deng Shirong did shocked the villagers, but at the same time they didn't quite understand it. They felt that Deng Shirong did this just to burn more money.

After all, when you send your children to school, the teacher will give lectures. Why is there any need to hire someone else to give lectures?

Wouldn't it be nice to use this money to buy meat?

Half a pound of meat a day, even if you eat it every day, you won't be able to finish the 20 yuan in a month. Isn't this a hundred times better than paying someone to give a lecture?

Of course, not everyone is so short-sighted. There are also a small number of people in the village who praised Deng Shirong's actions.

At the same time, Liu Huakang, who was originally a marginalized figure in the village, became the focus of discussion in the village because of this incident.

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After going back to shovel the mountain and help his family plant rice seedlings, Bu Dashi came to his uncle's house again to learn how to cook.

Cooking is really a matter of talent. People with good talent can pick it up quickly and can synchronize their hands and eyes, while people with poor talent often have good eyesight but not hands.

Bu Dashi's talent is quite good. After learning from his cousin for a while, he is now better than most people in the village in making some home-cooked dishes.

Seeing that his nephew had a certain foundation, and because Deng Shirong also hoped that his eldest daughter could spend more time focusing on studying, he personally taught his nephew how to cook.

How to cut vegetables, which vegetables need to be blanched, which vegetables need to be oiled, how to control the heat when cooking, when to add what seasonings, as well as the combination of vegetables and some special cooking techniques, Deng Shirong has no reservations. Taught it to my nephew.

With his uncle's guidance, Bu Dashi's cooking skills are getting better day by day.

As for Jiang Dehu and Bu Dafang, the couple is not idle either. In addition to watering and fertilizing the already planted cinnamon lychees and other fruit trees, they also plant a lot of watermelons in the open space between the fruit trees. In addition to going back to their uncle's house at night Take a shower and sleep, and spend the rest of the time on Lychee Mountain.

He didn't even come back for lunch, Bu Dashi, who had nothing to do, brought it to them.

The uncle gives the couple a salary of 60 yuan a month. Of course they must be worthy of this salary and work hard to take care of the fruit trees.

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"Jiu Gong!"

On this day, Deng Shirong was going to his family's Lychee Mountain to see how the lychee trees were growing. When he was passing by a slope, a pregnant woman in her thirties greeted him.

This woman's surname was Zhang, and she was the seventh in her family's family, so people in the village called her Zhang Qi.

Judging from Zhang Qi’s big belly, she must be about to give birth, but she still comes to the field with a hoe to weed.

This kind of thing is absolutely impossible to happen in later generations. By this time, pregnant women in later generations are already very good at walking without having their husbands support them.

Although this kind of thing is normal in this day and age, Deng Shirong couldn't help but said: "Ah Zhang Qi, you are about to give birth, why are you going out to weed alone? This kind of thing makes your Ah Chun come." Just do it!”

Ah Zhang Qi forced a smile when he heard this and said: "He has other work to do, just hoeing, I can still do it now."

When Deng Shirong saw this, he didn't know much to say. He just warned, "Then be careful. If you feel uncomfortable in your stomach, go back quickly."

Ah Zhang Qi said gratefully: "I know, thank you Jiu Gong!"

Deng Shirong nodded to her and continued walking to his Litchi Mountain. He also thought of what happened to Zhang Qi in his previous life.

After Zhang Qi married Deng Changchun, she gave birth to five children in less than ten years. The birth frequency was still very good. Unfortunately, all the children she gave birth to were daughters. This made her completely unable to hold her head up in her husband's family. My mother-in-law pointed at me and scolded her, and she didn't even dare to say a word.

After all, not to mention this day and age, even in the rural areas of later generations, there are still many people who stubbornly believe that it is women's fault that they cannot give birth to sons, and they do not understand that having sons and daughters is entirely a man's problem.

It wasn't until the sixth child, when Ah Zhang Qi gave birth to a son, that her status in her husband's family improved slightly.

I wonder which pregnancy is this in her belly now?

With these things in mind, Deng Shirong quickly came to his home in Lizhi Mountain.

At this time, it is the season of recovery for all things, and it is the vigorous growth period of various plants. The previously planted hooks (plants covered with thorns) have begun to grow rapidly. I believe that by this time next year, the orchard will be initially sealed. .

Walking along the trapezoidal road up the mountain, you can see that the Guiwei lychee saplings are full of vitality, and the watermelon saplings have also grown. Plant ash and farmyard manure have been applied to them. It can be seen that his niece and nephew-in-law have been very busy during this period. He was really not idle and made a lot of contributions to his orchard.

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"Uncle, why are you here?"

Seeing Deng Shirong coming up, Jiang Dehu and Bu Dafang, who were hoeing, quickly put down their hoes and said hello.

Deng Shirong said: "Come and take a look when you have nothing to do. You don't have to work yourself so hard. Why are you staying on the mountain all day? This work will never be finished. Just like the grass, let it grow taller. Hoeing is fine, it won’t affect the growth of the saplings.”

Jiang Dehu chuckled and said: "Uncle, we don't work hard. When we see the grass growing, we can't help but want to hoe it off."

Deng Shirong looked at the sun in the sky and said, "The weather is going to get hotter. All the trees on the mountain have been cut down, and there is not even a place for shade. It seems that the house needs to be built in advance. Otherwise, in June and July, you will be exposed to the sun for such a long time in the mountains, how can you withstand it? "

Jiang Dehu and Bu Dafang had known for a long time that their uncle was going to build one or two houses on the mountain, and the place to build the house had been reserved in advance.

When I heard my uncle say this, my eyes lit up. Although they were not afraid of hard work, they also knew how poisonous the sun was in June and July. It would be great if there was a house to provide shade and a temporary rest. .

So, Bu Dafang said with a positive attitude: "Uncle, if we want to build a house, I think we can just build a wooden house. This is easy to build and doesn't cost much. If we have the wood, we can use our free time to build it ourselves." Build it up.”

Deng Shirong also knew that building bungalows on the mountain in this era was too wasteful, so he nodded and said: "Okay, I will find someone to bring the materials and tools later, and then send big rocks to help you build a wooden house first, and then demolish it later." Build two bungalows.”