Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

at the same time.

Naye Village.

Deng Shirong handed the heavy sack in his hand to his nephew and son-in-law and said: "Ahu, this bag contains pork, pork belly, squid, sandworms, vermicelli, fungus, brown sugar, red dates, melon seeds, and candy cakes, all packed separately. You take it back for the New Year.”

Jiang Dehu took the sack and thanked him with a smile on his face: "Thank you, uncle!"

Deng Shirong took out a big red envelope that he had prepared a long time ago, which contained thirty solidarity cards. He handed it to the niece next to him and said, "Dafang, you and Ahu have worked hard this year. This is given to you two by your uncle." New Year’s red envelope.”

This year, his niece and nephew-in-law helped him take care of the orchard diligently, resulting in a bumper harvest of lychees and watermelons, which sold for more than 6,000 yuan.

Originally, Deng Shirong wanted to show the couple a way to make more money and live a good life, but they had no ambitions and thought that helping his uncle manage the orchard with a salary of dozens of yuan a month was enough. good.

In this case, Deng Shirong would not force them, and certainly would not treat them badly.

Bu Dafang did not refuse, took the red envelope and said happily: "Thank you, uncle!"

Deng Yuntai answered: "Cousin, cousin-in-law, it's a bit far for you to walk back. A-Zhen and I will take you back!"

"Okay, uncle, let's go back first!"

"Um!"

…

More than forty minutes later, Bu Dafang and Jiang Dehu returned home.

As soon as he got off the car, Bu Dafang greeted: "First cousin, first cousin, come in and sit for a while."

Deng Yuntai smiled and said: "No need, cousin, we will go back right away."

Jiang Dehu also greeted: "It's rare for you to come here once. It's not too late to stay and have a meal before going back."

Deng Yunzhen also smiled and said: "Cousin-in-law, there's really no need to bother. If you don't come back for a long time, there are still a lot of things to do at home. Let's take a look at the children and leave."

While talking, people in the room also heard the noise and came out.

Jiang's father, Jiang's mother, Brother Jiang, Sister-in-law Jiang, Aunt Jiang and Bu Dafang's two children all came out.

Jiang Dehu quickly introduced: "Dad, mom, eldest brother, sister-in-law, old sister, these are the eldest cousin and eldest cousin of Uncle A Fang's family, who rode us back."

After the two parties greeted each other, Jiang's mother greeted with enthusiasm: "Cousin, come in and sit down, warm yourself up by the fire."

She used to not think highly of Bu Dafang, the second daughter-in-law, but since Bu Dafang took her second son to inspect the orchard for her uncle, and then gave her youngest daughter ten yuan a month to help take care of the child, her opinion It gradually changed.

After all, whether it is now or in future generations, those who can make money will naturally have a say in the family.

As for the cousins ​​in front of her, she knew more or less what their family conditions were like. This was a rare occasion, so naturally she had to greet them.

Deng Yuntai and Deng Yunzhen naturally refused with a smile. After a polite exchange between the two parties, the brother and sister left on their bicycles.

After the guests left, Mrs. Jiang asked curiously: "Dafang, what are you carrying a big bag of?"

With a smile on his face, Bu Dafang said: "These are some New Year's goods prepared by my uncle for me. I will bring some to you later."

"How embarrassing is this!"

Sister-in-law Jiang said polite words, but her eyes never left the sack. She wanted to go over and open the sack to see what new year goods her rich uncle had prepared for her. Packed to the brim.

After Bu Dafang replied, he carried the sack and walked into his room. At the same time, he said to his sister-in-law: "A-Feng, come in with me. I have something to tell you."

Jiang Defeng responded and followed his second sister-in-law into the house.

As for the two children, their father had long taken them out to play.

After entering the house, Bu Dafang put the sack away, took out twenty yuan from his pocket, handed it to his sister-in-law and said: "Afeng, take this money, ten yuan is for you to take care of the child, and the other ten yuan is for you to take care of the child." The block is for you to celebrate the New Year.”

Jiang Defeng said a little embarrassedly: "Second sister-in-law, just ten yuan is enough."

Bu Dafang put the money into his sister-in-law's hand and said: "Take it, don't think I don't know. In fact, not much of the ten yuan I give you every month falls into your hands. What else I give you is this." Ten yuan, don’t tell your parents, keep it secretly, you are a big girl, what can you do if you don’t have any money?”

In this family, this sister-in-law is a good person, and I don’t want to say much about the rest. Anyway, everyone seems to be doing well on the surface.

Seeing that the second sister-in-law meant what she said, Jiang Defeng put away the money and said, "Thank you, the second sister-in-law."

Next, Bu Dafang asked about the two children.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law chatted for more than ten minutes before Bu Dafang opened the sack and took some New Year's goods from it for the sister-in-law to take back to her mother-in-law, and also took some to her sister-in-law.

Of course, she just took a piece of pork and some vermicelli, fungus, red dates, melon seeds, candy cakes and the like. She was not stupid enough to give away beautiful things like sandworms and squid. She even kept all the pork belly and brown sugar. With.

Even so, these things are very handy. Didn't you see that when Mrs. Jiang received these things, the corners of her mouth kept turning up, and she couldn't hold it down no matter how hard she pressed it?

…

In a blink of an eye, it’s New Year’s Eve.

In the morning, every household in Naye Village began to kill chickens to celebrate the New Year.

In the past few years, even on New Year's Eve, not every family had the conditions to kill chickens to celebrate the New Year.

Because if you kill chickens to celebrate the New Year, then when your relatives come on the second day of the Lunar New Year, do you want to kill chickens to entertain them?

Originally, everyone raised few chickens, and they were all hens used to lay eggs. Killing one would be enough to make you feel distressed for a long time. How many families are willing to kill two?

Therefore, in the past few years, many people were reluctant to kill chickens during the Chinese New Year. They waited until relatives arrived on the second day of the Lunar New Year before killing them, so as to earn some face in front of relatives.

However, due to the relaxation of policies in the past two years, the number of chickens and ducks raised by every household has increased at least several times than before. Killing chickens for the New Year's Eve is no longer a burden for most families in the village.

Deng Shirong's family no longer raised chickens and ducks, but this time he issued an early warning to the villagers, so that the cattle of the entire Bangjie brigade were safe and sound, and many people did not plant sweet potatoes, thus avoiding huge economic losses.

Therefore, the villagers who were grateful to Deng Shirong sent him a lot of local products, and many of them came with a chicken or a duck.

Therefore, even if Deng Shirong's family does not raise chickens and ducks, they will have endless chickens and ducks to eat this year.

After paying homage to Grandpa A, Deng Shirong took charge of the kitchen, and Deng Yunzhen helped. Deng Yuntai took Deng Yunzhu to post Spring Festival couplets, while Zhang Xiuping bathed the little girl Xiaodong'er. Deng Yunsong, Deng Yunhua, Deng Yunheng and others were also busy bathing and changing into new clothes.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, the New Year's Eve dinner at Deng Shirong's family began.

Before starting to eat, Deng Shirong, as the head of the family, naturally had to say a few words: "This year, everything is going well for our family. A big hotel in the county has also opened. The business is now quite good, and it should get better and better in the future." .

In terms of studies, Xiao Song has always been ranked first in his grade. As long as he performs stably in the high school entrance examination next year, he can go to any technical secondary school or the best high school in the city.

Xiao Heng is also good, and his grades have always been among the top in the class.

This year is a foregone conclusion. I hope you will continue to work hard next year and make our family more prosperous. "

Xiao Dong'er, who was being held by her mother, heard this and said: "Honghuo!"

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this, and the New Year's Eve dinner officially started amidst everyone's laughter.

In later generations, no family will be short of food and drink during the Chinese New Year, but they will be short of drinking buddies who can have a good time.

Therefore, in Naye Village in later generations, when having New Year's Eve dinner, people would often come around to have a few drinks at home, a few drinks at this neighbor's house, and a few drinks at that neighbor's house. Anyway, whose house has a better atmosphere, drink If you are satisfied, just sit down and drink until you are satisfied.

But in this day and age, it is impossible for people to come to the New Year’s Eve dinner. Although everyone’s life has been better in the past two years than before, the majority are still poor. Who has the nerve to go to other people’s houses to have a drink?

During this meal, Deng Yuntai, Zhang Xiuping, and Deng Yunzhen all drank a lot with their father.

As for Deng Yunzhu and others who also wanted to drink, but were underage, Deng Shirong naturally would not let them drink, and could only use drinks instead.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon.

The family gathered around the fire to warm up again. Deng Shirong gave red envelopes to everyone, and then said: "You all should be prepared today. There will be a Spring Festival Gala on CCTV tonight. This is the first program this year to accompany the people of the country during the New Year. It should be interesting.”

Deng Yunzhen asked: "Dad, what is this Spring Festival Gala?"

The other sons and daughters-in-law also looked confused. In later generations, everyone would know what the Spring Festival Gala was about, but in today's era, no one knew the concept of the Spring Festival Gala, so naturally they couldn't imagine what the gala was about.

Deng Shirong smiled and explained: "It should be related to singing, dancing, sketches, cross talk dramas and other programs. I don't know the specifics. I will know after watching it at night."

After hearing this, all the sons and daughters-in-law had expectations in their hearts. Not to mention anything else, just singing and dancing was enough to attract people.

…

At five or six in the afternoon, the idle villagers came one after another with benches to take their seats and watch TV.

Among them, the earliest ones to come were Ou Guofang's family, Ou Guohua's family, and Guan Yongying's family. This was when Zhang Xiuping heard her father-in-law say that there would be a good show like the Spring Festival Gala in the evening, so she went over to tell the little sisters and asked them to come early to reserve a seat. Watching TV.

It's enough to have a bench to occupy your seat, but there's no need to sit there all the time.

So after the villagers arrived, they all gathered around the fire at Deng Shirong's house to chat and wait for the TV to start playing before moving to another position.

After a casual chat, someone asked: "Jiu Gong, when will the weather get warmer?"

Hearing this, other people also agreed. They also wanted to know when this horrible weather would end.

Deng Shirong said: "I don't know exactly when this weather will end, but I guess it will gradually get warmer after spring."

Deng Yunkun said with some worry: "We didn't know if the lychee seedlings we ordered from Lingshan County in June or July were frostbitten or frozen to death, and the weather is not suitable for planting. At least we have to wait until the weather gets warmer. OK."

Both father and son are well-known honest people in Naye Village. When Deng Shirong's family cultivated orchards, they asked the three of them for help.

This year, seeing Uncle Jiu and Deng Yunqiang’s family’s lychee harvest, which sold for so much money, the whole village couldn’t help but follow suit. Naturally, Deng Yunkun was not to be outdone, so he went to Lingshan County with other families in the village to order enough lychees. Lychee seedlings.

It is worth mentioning that although the team leader Deng Yunjun and others took action earlier, they spent several months to reclaim the orchard. When they were ready to go to the credit union for loans, the villagers who had vowed to do so retreated a little.

Finally, several people discussed it again and felt that they did not want to fight for these few months. They simply looked at the fruiting of the lychees from Uncle Jiu (Gong) and Deng Yunqiang's families, and saw whether planting Guiwei lychees was really worthwhile, and then decided to take out loans to buy fruit seedlings.

So, the first group of people who wanted to follow the trend did not plant the lychee trees in the first place.

This result made them regret and feel fortunate.

The regret was that they saw that Uncle Jiu (Gong) and Deng Yunqiang's lychees had a bumper harvest this year, and they sold more than a thousand yuan casually, which was simply shocking. They did not plant Guiwei lychees in the first place, which naturally made them regret it.

After all, planting a year earlier means harvesting a year earlier.

However, the appearance of this year's low temperature and frost weather, which has not been seen in decades, made them feel fortunate.

Because if they choose to plant lychee trees this year, they will encounter such extreme low temperature weather, and the resistance of lychee seedlings is poor. They may be frozen to death, which will cause heavy losses.

Therefore, the person who retreated before boasted that he had foresight and showed off in front of the villagers.

However, in June and July this year, the whole village no longer hesitated and sent representatives to Lingshan County to order enough lychee seedlings, planning to plant them in the spring of next year.

However, they did not know whether Lingshan County was affected by such extreme weather.

Deng Shirong comforted him, "Don't worry, there are great experts at Xinguang Farm. Even if the weather there is the same as ours, they can protect the lychee trees and cultivate the lychee seedlings.

When spring comes, you can send someone to talk to them and postpone the time for receiving the lychee seedlings. I believe they will understand."

Deng Yunkun was relieved and said, "That's good. As long as there is no problem with the lychee seedlings, we can pull the lychee seedlings back and plant them when the weather warms up."

Everyone talked about the fruit tree problem, and then talked about which commune not only froze to death oxen, but also people.

"I heard about it when I went to my uncle's house some time ago. The family was originally poor, and they only had a few thin quilts at home. In previous years, they had to survive the winter. This year, the weather was too cold, and the person was sick, which was like adding insult to injury. As a result, he died."

"Alas, this kind of thing was very common more than 20 years ago. There were people who died of starvation and cold in every village at that time. However, this situation has rarely occurred in recent years."

"It was mainly because he was sick. If he hadn't been sick, he wouldn't have died."

"This year's weather is really strange..."

"..."

When everyone was discussing freezing to death, Deng Shirong didn't find it strange.

Although everyone's living conditions are much better than before, there are still many poor families. In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, the only thing to be thankful for is that they can have enough food to eat, and they don't have to starve to death at any time like in the previous difficult times.

But clothing, housing and transportation are still very difficult to bear.

Let's talk about clothes first. It will be clear if we use a local jingle to describe it. The jingle goes like this: "Three taels of rice, morning and night, three feet of cloth, trousers and jackets (fourth tone)." This sentence means that three taels of rice are enough for a day's food, and three feet of cloth are enough for a set of clothes. If you don't have money to buy cloth to make new clothes, it is normal for a set of clothes to have more patches than the original cloth. Let's talk about housing. Nowadays, rural people mainly live in mud brick houses, and a few particularly poor people still live in thatched houses. The living conditions are naturally not much better. Even many families' straw mats have almost rotted and they don't have money to buy new ones. They can only pick up some newspapers and put them on the bed to continue sleeping. There are only a few thin quilts. When it's cold, they dare not take off their clothes when they go to bed. They all sleep in thick clothes. Finally, it's OK. There is no need to say more about it. In this era, bicycles were not popular in Bobai rural areas. Those who can afford bicycles are all well-off families. Most people walk on their own two legs. In the previous life, until the 1990s, there were still many families in Naye Village with very difficult conditions.

However, under the influence of Deng Shirong in this life, this situation is expected to change greatly. Apart from anything else, when all the villagers plant Guiwei lychees next year, the annual income from this orchard alone should be enough to help them get rid of poverty and become rich.

Soon, more and more people came to watch TV.

Today is New Year's Eve. Deng Shirong did not wait until 6:30 to turn on the TV, but turned it on early and locked on CCTV so that the villagers could watch it first.

What is rare is that Deng Shian, the brigade secretary of Bangjie Brigade, also came to Deng Shirong's house to watch TV tonight.

In today's Bangjie Brigade, in terms of personal prestige, Brigade Secretary Deng Shian should be the only one who can be compared with Deng Shirong.

The two are peers, but Deng Shian is already in his early sixties this year, more than ten years older than Deng Shirong, and has been the brigade secretary for many years. He is also the clan leader of the Naye Deng family (which means clan leader, generally called clan leader locally), and his prestige is high. Needless to say.

In the previous life, Deng Shirong's prestige in the Bangjie Brigade could not be compared with that of this old man. In this life, Deng Shirong came back and made achievements that far exceeded those in his previous life. In addition, this year, he issued a warning to everyone in advance to let everyone take precautions. After the losses were reduced to a minimum, his personal prestige caught up with Deng Shi'an, and there was a faint tendency to surpass him.

"secretary!"

"Happy New Year Secretary!"

"Secretary, there is a seat here. Come and sit here."

"..."

Seeing the arrival of the brigade secretary, everyone greeted him one after another.

Deng Shi'an nodded and said, "You guys watch first, I'll warm it up and watch again later."

The fire in Deng Shirong's house was burned inside the house.

If the buildings of later generations were to do this, the ceiling would have been blackened by smoke. But now his house is made of tiles, so he is naturally not afraid of the smoke. He burns the fire in the house so that the wind cannot blow it. There will be no "hot front and cold back" situation.

At this time, everyone was watching TV, and Deng Shirong was alone in the room warming himself by the fire.

Deng Shi'an came over and sat down. After the two exchanged a few words about each other, the brigade secretary asked something that surprised Deng Shirong: "Lao Jiu, have you ever thought about becoming our brigade secretary?"

Deng Shirong was stunned for a moment and then asked: "Secretary, why do you ask this? Aren't you a good secretary?"

Deng Shian said with emotion: "I am over sixty years old this year, and my health is getting worse day by day. I might fall asleep and never wake up again. If there is no suitable candidate, then I can only do more work." Two years, but now I have a suitable candidate like you. If you are willing to be the secretary, then I will go to the commune leaders to say hello and let you take the position. "

Deng Shirong waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Secretary, thank you for your consideration, but I am really not suitable to be the secretary of this brigade. You should work harder for a few more years!"

Deng Shi'an said: "What's wrong with you? You have high prestige in the brigade, you are deeply trusted by everyone, you are a generous person, and you are willing to lead everyone out of poverty and become rich. Looking at the entire Bangjie brigade, there is no one more suitable to be the secretary of this brigade than you." ”

Deng Shirong said: "The main reason is that after becoming the secretary of this brigade, I can be regarded as a national cadre. There are relatively big restrictions in all aspects. I can't do whatever I want like now, so I really don't want to be this secretary. "

Seeing that Deng Shirong really didn't mean this, Deng Shi'an couldn't help but sigh and said: "Well, since you don't want to be, forget it, but you can not be the secretary, but you can no longer be the head of our Ye Deng clan. Refused."

"this……"

Deng Shi'an interrupted: "Old Jiu, besides you, who else in our Deng family is qualified to be the leader of this clan?"

Deng Shirong said helplessly: "Secretary, you are just trying to catch up!"

Deng Shi'an smiled and said: "There is no way, because you are the only one who is the most suitable. If I push someone else to be the leader of this clan, he won't be able to convince the crowd!"

This is really true. Anyone who can become the leader of a clan is basically selected from the small group of people with the highest prestige in the clan. If he does not have enough prestige to forcefully take that position, it will only make people angry. It's a joke, no one will take him seriously.

Now that the words have come to this, Deng Shirong can no longer refuse. Anyway, the clan leader is just a name. There are not many things that really need the clan leader to deal with. He nodded and said: "Okay, I will take care of this." Accepted."

Deng Shi'an said happily: "With you, Lao Jiu, leading our Bangjie and Deng clan, I believe that our Bangjie and Deng clan will get better and better. I will find a time to convene the clansmen to discuss this matter in the next year. With your presence Given the prestige of the clan, everyone will only be happy if they know that you will be the leader of the clan, and no one will object."