Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

Fried bee pupae, fried squid, fried peanuts, fried white garlic chicken, yellow fried pork, steamed eggs, fried winter melon, pickled garlic sprouts, seasonal green vegetables and a sandworm vermicelli soup. Although the dishes are not many, the portions are quite sufficient. , and tastes great.

Needless to say, others have tasted Deng Shirong's cooking skills.

As for Liu Aihong, this was the first time she tasted her uncle's cooking skills, and she was immediately amazed.

Although she had long known that her uncle's cooking skills were extraordinary, she never expected that they would be so good. Even the chef Zhang Guofu seemed to be inferior to her uncle.

Especially the fried bee pupae and fried squid, they are really amazing.

During this meal, Liu Aihong felt fuller than usual. She even drank half a bowl of rice wine with her cousin Azhen, which was a real pleasure.

After eating and drinking, Liu Aihong suddenly felt like crying.

Before she got married, her mother's family could not eat meat twice a month. The occasional meat was just to satisfy her cravings. It was impossible for her to eat it freely.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as she has grown up, she has never been tired of eating pork in her parents' family.

Until she married Bu Dashi and worked in her uncle's restaurant, she lived a life of eating meat every day. Now she returned to her uncle's house and had such a delicious dinner. Compared with now, the past life is really It is not something that humans have lived through.

It’s great to marry the right person!

…

After the family finished eating, they continued to chat around the fire with relatives.

Zhang Xiuping opened her two palms and warmed herself by the fire while smiling and said: "Dad, I think your wooden shed is quite beautiful. In the summer, it will be much cooler to sit under it and enjoy the coolness than in the house."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "We invited Amei Po's family to come and build the wooden shed. Three generations of their family have been carpenters, and their skills are well-known in this region."

Deng Yunzhen asked: "Dad, do you just put this TV outside?" Although they didn't come back, they still knew about the news that their father bought the TV.

Deng Shirong said: "Too many people come to watch TV at home every day. If the TV is placed in the house, the house will be crowded. It would be much better if it is placed outside. It doesn't matter how many people come."

Deng Yuntai asked: "Dad, how many channels can I receive at home?"

Deng Shirong said: "As for the four TV stations of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and Central, the TV will be on at 6:30. If you want to watch TV, hurry up and take a shower (bath). The water happens to be hot now. Put the hot water After filling it, you can continue to put water in and boil it. "

In this era, rural areas had no running water, no water heaters, and no gas. In summer, cold water was used for washing, and in winter, hot water was burned with firewood.

Generally, on rural stoves, several burners are connected to the pot at the back. For example, when cooking rice and stir-frying, the fire will reach the pot at the back. Hakka people call this pot "mui1". , the water in the tail pot is basically used for showering.

If there are many people in the family and there is not enough hot water, boil water in another pot.

For example, Deng Shirong has a large family. If everyone takes a shower, they will use a lot of firewood every day. Therefore, after winter, the younger ones only take a shower every other day, while the adults take a shower every day.

This is Deng Shirong's family, not to mention other families in the village. The children only wash their faces and feet and only take a bath every two or three days, while the adults basically only take a bath every other day.

Because there is still a shortage of firewood in this era, especially after the mountains are divided into households, you can only go to your own mountain to collect firewood. If you don't cut down the trees, the weeds on the mountain alone will not be able to withstand such burning.

After all, it takes time for weeds to grow. If you go there and mow them every day, how much will you get?

Naye Village has been cultivating orchards this year, and everyone has cut down all the trees on their hills, so there is no shortage of firewood in a short period of time.

But as the saying goes, if you don’t have long-term worries, you will have short-term worries. Once fruit trees are planted on the mountains, your family will be cut off from the source of firewood. If you want to collect firewood, you will have to go to public mountains and steal other people’s mountains. .

In short, firewood is an indispensable and important resource for every household. If there is no stable source, it is natural to save as much as possible.

After hearing what Deng Shirong said, everyone went to take a shower in batches.

Soon, the villagers came with benches to occupy seats to watch TV. When they saw Deng Yuntai and others, they naturally had to say hello and say a few words.

After six o'clock, more and more villagers came to watch TV.

Seeing so many people rushing over to watch TV, Deng Yunzhen and others all understood why their father wanted to put the TV outside. If the TV was placed in the house, so many people would squeeze in. To be exaggerated, it would really be... The house is about to collapse.

At half past six, Deng Shirong turned on the TV on time.

Although he bought the TV set, Deng Shirong has only turned it on for the villagers to watch for so long. He rarely watches it himself. He really has no interest in TV programs of this era, so this year's Spring Festival Gala is worth it. He looked forward to it.

Therefore, after turning on the TV, he let his children and villagers watch it while he returned to the fire to continue warming himself.

Not long after, Zhang Xiuping also came out of the shower. She washed her hair today and sat next to the fire to warm herself while combing her hair.

Deng Shirong said: "Sister A Ping, there is a seat for you in front. You can go over and watch TV."

Zhang Xiuping said: "I'll watch TV later. My hair is wet. Let's dry it first. By the way, I can tell Dad about the hotel's business situation this year."

In July, Deng Shirong used the system space to earn more than 200,000 yuan in just a few days. He didn't really value the hotel's profit, but this hotel was a training project he prepared for his son and daughter-in-law. , naturally also want to know how they manage the hotel.

"Well, then just tell me!"

Zhang Xiuping handles the hotel's accounts, and she talks about the data right away: "Dad, our hotel opened on May 18th. As of yesterday, it has been in operation for a total of just over seven months. The total turnover is 25,687 yuan, and the net revenue is 25,687 yuan." The profit is 12,493 yuan, and the average monthly profit is about 1,780 yuan.”

Hearing this, Deng Shirong nodded and smiled: "That's not bad. The three of you are mainly responsible for the hotel. On average, each of you can earn almost 600 yuan, which is no worse than the tile factory contracted by Yungui and I."

Moreover, the cylinder tile factory has basically not developed much. It would be good to be able to stabilize its current income. However, the current income of the hotel is just the beginning. Now that the country is reforming and opening up, farmers are getting richer and richer, and everyone's living standards are getting higher and higher. , there must be more and more people going to restaurants to eat.

Therefore, as long as it is managed well, the business of this hotel should get better and better. "

Zhang Xiuping has been managing the hotel for more than half a year. Excluding additional large customers such as bicycle parts factories, the turnover is actually higher month by month based on individual customers alone.

Therefore, she very much agreed with what her father-in-law said and said: "Dad, you are right, the business of our hotel is indeed getting better and better. The most important thing is that we have no competitors now. The state-owned hotels not only have a poor environment, but also have a bad environment. The service is far inferior to that of our hotels. I believe that next year’s business will be even better than this year. ”

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Anyway, just go ahead and accumulate more management experience, so that Yuntai can make more useful social connections. When the time comes in a few years, I will let you do more promising businesses." ”

The restaurant is just for his son and daughter-in-law to practice their skills. The goal he set for his son and daughter-in-law has never changed, which is to run a chain of supermarkets.

Zhang Xiuping naturally didn't know what her father-in-law was thinking or what kind of business he wanted the couple to do, but she knew in her heart that her father-in-law had high expectations for them. The more promising business he mentioned would definitely be more profitable than opening a restaurant.

Moreover, she guessed that this business should be related to the second and third floors of Suifeng Hotel. After all, she had voted so much money to build this three-story building. It was definitely not for the sake of beauty, but for its purpose. Combined with what the father-in-law said, the answer is readily apparent.

Of course, even if she guessed that the second and third floors of Suifeng Hotel were related to new businesses, Zhang Xiuping couldn't guess what business her father-in-law planned to use them for.

Anyway, my father-in-law has a much better vision than them, so I just need to follow my father-in-law's instructions.

After talking about the hotel's profits and prospects, Zhang Xiuping said: "Dad, I have discussed the opening time of the hotel next year with Brother Tai and Azhen, and it has been set on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. There is also a year-end bonus, and everyone else is a bonus." I’ll give Grandpa Zhang a hundred yuan as a reward for one month’s salary. Do you think this is okay?”

Deng Shirong praised: "You have done a good job."

After being praised by her father-in-law, Zhang Xiuping said with a smile: "Dad, I have deposited all the profits from the hotel in the bank for you. I will give you the bankbook tomorrow."

Deng Shirong waved his hand and said: "What are you doing for me? You can just keep it yourself. From now on, you can save the money you make from the restaurant and use it for other businesses."

Zhang Xiuping was moved. Her father-in-law really had nothing to say to her. She shook her head and said, "Dad, I can't take this money. This is the money you borrowed from the credit union. You will pay it back to others when the time comes. You invested all the money." We’re in the hotel, and if we don’t take the profit now, how can we give it back to others then?”

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have my own way. Just keep it safe. If you really need money, I'll just ask you for it."

Zhang Xiuping thought for a while and said, "Okay then, I will save the money and won't touch a penny. Dad, when you want to use it, just tell me and I will give it to you."

Deng Shirong took the fire stick and gently poked the red-hot coals off the wood, and said: "You should spend it when you should. This money is useless just by saving it. The most important thing is to make it. If you make it If you don’t spend the money, then why make so much money?”

Zhang Xiuping responded with a smile, but she decided in her heart that she could spend small money but not big money.

Although her father-in-law didn't seem to care much about the huge loan owed to the bank, as if there was always a way to solve it, she took this matter to heart. Before her father-in-law could resolve the bank loan, the province still had to save money.

After chatting with her father-in-law for a while and her hair was half dry, Zhang Xiuping said, "Dad, you can warm yourself up here while I watch TV."

Deng Shirong hummed and said, "Go ahead, there's room in front of you."

…

The next day.

After breakfast, Bu Dashi said hello: "Uncle, let's go back first!"

Deng Shirong hummed and said to his eldest daughter: "Azhen, take a few kilograms of squid back to your cousins."

Deng Yunzhen responded and went back to the kitchen to get the squid.

Bu Dashi quickly refused and said, "Uncle, no need, keep this squid and drink slowly."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I have plenty here. I've taught you how to fry this. You can take some back home to eat during the Chinese New Year. You can also take some to honor you when you return home with your wife on the second day of the Lunar New Year." Father-in-law and mother-in-law.”

Bu Dashi knew that his uncle was very willing to eat it and had a lot of delicious food at home, so he did not refuse too much. After his eldest cousin brought the squid over, he said a few polite words and asked his wife to accept it.

After saying hello to all the old ladies, the couple took the squid and luggage and went home happily.

Seeing her sister-in-law and several brothers-in-law rushing to take Xiaodong'er to play, Zhang Xiuping said hello to her father-in-law and walked towards her little sister Ou Guohua's house.

There were a lot of things going on when I came back yesterday. Although I met with the two little sisters Ou Guofang and Ou Guohua, we only had a brief chat and didn't have time to talk about their current situation in detail. Now that I'm free, I naturally want to go and meet the little sisters. Have a good chat.

ten minutes later.

Zhang Xiuping and Ou Guohua came to Ou Guofang's house.

"Mess A Ping is here, come in and warm the fire, A Dong, hurry up and boil water to make tea. Sister A Fang, you sisters are chatting while I kill the chicken for lunch."

The speaker was Mrs. Yunfeng. When she accompanied her daughter-in-law Ou Guofang to the county town to give birth to her child, the family of three were warmly received by Zhang Xiuping's family. They stayed in a special room and ate in a big hotel every day. She always remembered this kindness. It’s here!

What's more, this year's low temperature and frost weather not only appeared early, but also lasted for a record time in decades. If Uncle Jiu hadn't warned them in advance and prepared their family, among the farm cattle that were frozen to death, Theirs is definitely indispensable.

With so many reasons put together, it is not difficult to understand why Mrs. Yunfeng's attitude towards Zhang Xiuping is so enthusiastic.

Zhang Xiuping waved her hands repeatedly and said: "Sister-in-law Yunfeng, don't be so polite. We are just here for a visit. We are not relatives from anywhere. There is no need to kill chickens to cook and entertain. The three of us sisters can just chat. You don’t have to worry about us.”

"I've raised these chickens so fat that I'm just waiting for you to come back and kill them. No matter what, you have to stay and eat today."

"Sister-in-law Yunfeng, you're welcome."

"I'm not polite. If you refuse again, you'll be really polite."

"this……"

Seeing that Mrs. Yunfeng had already gone to catch chickens without saying a word, Zhang Xiuping couldn't refuse even if she wanted to. She could only glare at the little sister and said, "You don't want to persuade me?"

Ou Guofang said jokingly: "What are you trying to persuade me? I can eat two more pieces of chicken thanks to you."

Ou Guohua also laughed and said, "We all owe it to Sister Ping today."

Zhang Xiuping: "..."

After making a joke, Ou Guofang took the two little sisters back to the room and said: "Sister Ping, my mother-in-law is so warm not only to thank you for your hospitality in the county, but also a great kindness from your father-in-law. !”

Zhang Xiuping said in surprise: "My father-in-law's great kindness?"

Ou Guofang did not answer directly, but said: "Sister Ping, you have been in the county before. I'm afraid you don't know how severe the low temperature and frost weather this year are. Not only sweet potatoes and tobacco leaves were frozen to death in many brigades, but even the cattle were killed." I know how much I froze to death.”

Zhang Xiuping really didn't know about this. After all, people in the county did not farm, and the surrounding rural conditions were much better than those in the communes below. Naturally, there were no cases of farmland being frozen to death. As for sweet potatoes and tobacco leaves, there was no such thing as freezing to death. , it’s just a trivial matter, no one specifically mentioned it.

Therefore, when the little sister said this, she couldn't help but be surprised: "Isn't it right? Even the cattle were frozen to death?"

Seeing that the little sisters really didn't know, Ou Guofang and Ou Guohua explained the impact of this year's frosty weather on the various brigades and communes. Zhang Xiuping was stunned. Unexpectedly, this year's cold weather has caused so much damage to the countryside.

After describing the serious consequences of this year's low temperature and frost weather, Ou Guofang smiled and asked: "Sister Ping, our Bangjie brigade is the only known brigade in the county where no cattle have been frozen to death." Team, do you know why?"

Zhang Xiuping was not stupid. She reacted immediately and said, "Is this related to my father-in-law?"

Ou Guofang nodded and said, "You guessed it, it's related to your father-in-law."

Ou Guohua continued: "Jiu Gong predicted that this winter would be very cold as early as the eighth month of the lunar calendar based on an old saying passed down by his ancestors. The old saying goes like this: Rain falls in August. Head, cows freeze to death in winter.

Then, Jiu Gong told the captain and summoned the whole village to talk about it in person, reminding everyone that they must do a good job in keeping the cattle warm. "

Ou Guofang interjected: "The people who were summoned at that time were people from your Naye Village, but Jiu Gong specially sent someone to inform my father-in-law to come over, and told my father-in-law to make anti-freeze preparations for the farm cattle in advance, so our family has been here until now. The cattle are all fine."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiuping finally understood. No wonder Mrs. Yunfeng was so enthusiastic about her. It turned out that there was still such a relationship.

She knew that the dozen or so cattle owned by Sister-in-law Yunfeng's family were the most important property of their family. If anything happened, the loss would be too great.

After understanding the reason, Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but admire her father-in-law. Her father-in-law was so amazing that he could even predict extreme weather that had not been seen in decades.

After chatting about their father-in-law, the three sisters then talked about their current situation.

Overall, the three sisters were living a good life.

Needless to say, Zhang Xiuping, looking at the hundreds of thousands of women in the county, few can compare with her in their daily life.

Ou Guohua's life is okay. Although her mother-in-law and sister-in-law may not like her, her husband is the backbone of the family and is willing to support her in front of her family. No matter how dissatisfied her mother-in-law and sister-in-law are, they only dare to I muttered a few words in private, but I didn't dare to say a weird thing in person.

As for Ou Guofang, life is getting better and better, especially after she gave birth to a son, her family status has changed.

I don’t know how long they chatted. It wasn’t until Mrs. Yunfeng called for dinner that the three sisters looked at each other and smiled and walked out of the room.

…

As the New Year is getting closer, every household is busy buying New Year's goods, cleaning, and making various kinds of pigs. Those who are able to do so start to kill New Year pigs, and those who are not so good have to buy several kilograms of pork.

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Deng Shirong took his son, daughter-in-law, and hunted the gray water deer, which is a must-have for the New Year, needless to say.

But Deng Yunheng, who was far away in the capital, braved the severe cold to climb the Badaling Great Wall with Song Yu and more than a dozen fellow Guangxi residents.

The cold wind whistled quietly, and snowflakes danced in the air, covering the bricks and stones on the Great Wall. More than a dozen people stood on the Great Wall, overlooking the snowy scenery thousands of miles away, as if they were in a fairy tale-like wonderland, and their faces were all shocked. color.

I saw a vast expanse of white in front of me, almost covering the entire world in snow. Snowflakes were flying on the top of the mountain peaks. The thick fog shrouded the entire Great Wall. In the distance, layers of mountains appeared, vast and majestic, as picturesque as a poem. .

Song Yu exclaimed: "What a beautiful snow scene!"

Deng Yunheng couldn't help but recite the leader's poem: "The scenery of the North is covered with thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but vastness; the rivers up and down suddenly lose their surging speed. Silver snakes dance in the mountains, wax elephants ride in the mountains, and they want to be with the gods. Try to compare.

I had already memorized the poem "Leader" and knew the meaning of the poem, but it wasn't until this moment that I realized the artistic conception contained in the poem. This snow scene is really amazing! "

Liu Xiaoman also said with a shocked face: "Although we have been waiting for this snow for more than ten days, I am willing to wait for more than ten days to see such a beautiful snow scene."

Zhao Changzheng couldn't help but praise: "This snow scene is indeed amazing. We all have to thank classmate Song Yu. It was her suggestion that made us lucky enough to see such a beautiful snow scene."

Song Yu smiled and said, "Your male classmates have taken care of our food and accommodation for the past ten days or so. It should be our three female classmates who thank you."

Lin Jianjun answered: "Sister Song, if you want to thank me, I would like to thank the president and Brother Heng. It was the two of them who played a big role, and we all benefited from it too!"

Previously, in order to take care of Ding Qiulan, a classmate from a poor family, Deng Yunheng said in front of everyone that their male classmates would be responsible for the food and accommodation of the three female classmates.

But with his emotional intelligence, of course he couldn't really let the male students share the cost equally. When discussing this matter with other male students in private, Deng Yunheng and Zhao Changzheng, the president, agreed that they would take the lead, and the other male students would take the lead according to their own needs. Just tell me the conditions.

Lin Jianjun accepted his love, and now that he heard Song Yu mention this, he openly exposed the two great contributors, the president and Brother Heng.

Song Yu was the one who knew the most about Deng Yunheng's family situation among the people present. She had made some guesses before, but now that she heard Lin Jianjun's words, she understood even more. She immediately smiled and thanked the president and Deng Yunheng.

Liu Xiaoman and Ding Qiulan naturally also thanked them.

"We're all fellow villagers, so don't be polite."

Deng Yunheng waved his hand and said jokingly: "Everyone here is a promising Peking University student. Now the president and I still have the opportunity to contribute to everyone. When you go to work and become big leaders, When the time comes, the president and I want to treat you to a meal, but I’m afraid we won’t even be able to get in line!”

Zhao Changzheng laughed and said: "Brother Heng is right, you will all be big leaders in the future, we are trying to curry favor with you in advance!"

"Haha, Brother Heng, President, you are so humble. Although everyone here has a bright future, I am most optimistic about you two. I don't know whether we can become big leaders, but you will definitely be able to If you become a big leader, it’s up to us to fawn over you.”

"That's right, I was able to get into Peking University, and I think I'm good enough, but compared to the president and Brother Heng, I feel I'm still a little behind. When you get rich in the future, you have to help us!"

"As long as you are rich and noble, don't forget each other!"

"..."

On the snow-covered Great Wall, more than a dozen young people were joking with each other in high spirits.

Twenty years from now, no one knows where the young people present will be.