Quick travel: I am bound by the longevity system

The blind date went smoothly. The woman drank some boiled water and sat there for a while before saying goodbye.

Lin Jiu offered a token meal, but the woman declined politely.

This is also a rule. No matter how satisfied both parties are on the first day of seeing each other, the woman will not eat at the man's house. Otherwise, you will be considered rude and will be rushed to your doorstep.

In the end, Yang Jianguo sent the woman to the commune before returning. The next thing was to ask the matchmaker to spread the word between the two parties.

"Sister-in-law, I didn't lie to you! Can this girl do it?" Huang Yaomei said with a smile.

"It looks good. I think Jianguo means to fall in love. But you also know that Jianguo will only be at home for two days, so I want to make a decision as soon as possible. Yaomei, I will trouble you next. If they succeed, I’ll thank you with a big pig’s head.”

"Haha, then I'll be waiting for my sister-in-law's pig head."

Two days later, Huang Yaomei brought news that the woman agreed to get engaged and the date was set for the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Huang Yaomei also told Lin Jiu that the woman's second uncle and her first uncle didn't seem to agree with the matter, and they instigated Zhang Ying's younger brother to make trouble with the family. In the end, the woman's uncles and mother saw Zhang Ying's resolute attitude, so they forcibly suppressed it. Lived them.

After Lin Jiu heard about it, she knew how to treat Zhang Ying's natal family.

The engagement banquet is held on the woman's side. The man agrees with the woman in advance on the number of people who are going to attend, and the woman can prepare the banquet based on the number of people.

On the day of the engagement, according to custom, Lin Jiu, as the mother, was not allowed to go to the bride's house. All etiquette was handled by Huang Yaomei, the matchmaker.

But as the saying goes, the mother is the uncle, and the father is the uncle. Anyone can be absent on the engagement day, but this uncle and uncle cannot be absent. The day before the engagement, Yang Jianguo followed etiquette and invited several uncles and aunts to attend his engagement party.

Although Huang Yaomei and his wife are matchmakers, they are also Yang Jianguo's uncle and aunt, so naturally they have to follow the rules.

Then there are Yang Jianguo's younger brother and younger sister. In other words, everyone in this family went except Lin Jiu and their two children.

"Mother-in-law, my brother and I are staying with you at home." Yang Rui pulled her brother Yang Hao around Lin Jiu.

"Ghostly and clever."

Lin Jiu gave each of the two children a candy.

"Mother-in-law, can we eat meat today?" Yang Hao asked, holding Lin Jiu's thigh.

"Okay, we'll fry some meat at home today too."

After all, Lin Jiu was not a person of this era, so he had no idea that he should save any good things for the holidays. Seeing that the two children wanted to eat meat, he agreed without thinking.

Lin Jiu took her two children to the private plot and pulled out a few garlic sprouts and a handful of white celery.

At noon, the three of us, the grandfather and the grandson, had dinner.

"Mother-in-law, this meal is delicious, can we still eat it next time?" Yang Hao licked the bowl clean until the end.

"Let your mother do it next time."

These days, there is a shortage of oil and water in the stomach, and both adults and children are greedy.

Lin Jiu remembered that when she was a child, her family could eat meat twice a month. Such a life in the village was considered good. But even though there was no shortage of oil and water at that time, I was still hungry for meat. Later, when I grew up and could eat meat, I didn't like it very much.

On the second day of their engagement, brothers Yang Jianguo and Yang Hongjun received a telegram asking them to return to the army. Seeing this, Lin Jiu didn't say much, so she had to pack some specialties from home for the two of them to take with them.

Lin Jiu knew that many major changes would occur this year, but she was just an ordinary person and had no ability to change all of this.

After the brothers are gone, will everyone still do whatever they need to do?

Life must go on.

Not long after Yang Jianguo and the others left, it was the Chinese New Year. There is not much to say during the New Year, it’s just about worshiping ancestors and having New Year’s Eve dinner. There were not many entertainment activities in this era. The real excitement during the New Year should be in the 1980s and 1990s.

It is an eternal custom to start New Year greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Even if Lin Jiuzai was too lazy to do anything, he had to take Yang Aiping back to her parents' home.

Anyway, after a new year, Lin Jiu's wallet has lost a lot of weight. There is no way to help her. Not only does she have a higher seniority, but she also has a group of nephews and grandnephews.

After the Chinese New Year, Lin Jiu received a letter from Yang Jianguo, saying that his marriage report had been approved and that he was now eligible to join the army. The army had allocated him a house. He would take leave and come back to get married at the end of the year. He would ask Zhang Ying to follow him in the army.

According to rural customs, the elderly in the family must live with the eldest son. Yang Jianguo's letter meant that Lin Jiu should also follow him.

Lin Jiu was very satisfied with her current life. She didn't want to adapt to a new environment, so she asked Yang Aiping to reject the matter in her reply.

In the blink of an eye, April has arrived, and the countryside has begun to enter the busy time of the year, with spring plowing.

At this time, Lin Jiu did not let Yang Aiping idle at home, but asked Yang Aiping to go to work.

After all, Yang Jianjun felt sorry for his sister, so he arranged for her and Song Lin, other educated youths, to plant corn.

In the 1970s, there were many birds, and it would be easy for birds to eat corn seeds if they were thrown directly into the pit. Therefore, the corn seedlings were raised in the same place and transplanted in the field when the season came.

"Lin Zhiqing, the pit you dug is too shallow or too small. Make it bigger or deeper."

"Lin Zhiqing, you go over there and have a rest first. I'll do it for you."

"Comrade Yang Ling, why are you so embarrassed?" Although Lin Haoxuan said this, his hand had already been loosened.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Besides, I did it voluntarily."

"Hmph, I've been taught step by step for several years and I still don't know how to do it, and here's an educated youth from the city. He's simply dumber than that pig. That cow taught me three times and still knows how to step into a ditch."

Yang Aiping and Song Lin had just carried a dustpan of corn seedlings with soil into the field when they heard a burst of complaints.

Yang Aiping and Song Lin both tried hard to hold back their smiles.

After working together for a few days, Yang Aiping also saw Lin Haoxuan's true nature clearly. Even those who cheated and cheated in the village looked down upon him. Those cheating and cheating people in the village did a good job at home, and they were not like Lin Haoxuan. Deliberately not doing well.

After work, Yang Aiping went to her family's private plot. Yang Aiping's second brother and second sister-in-law took care of the private land into small squares. They were used to plant pumpkins on all sides, and there was a small open space in the middle. This was to plant some cowpeas, green beans, water spinach, loofah, gourd and other summer vegetables. .

Another half of the land is now planted with potatoes, beans and cabbage.

The Yang family has a large population, so they are allocated more private land than others.

In the days when food was distributed based on work points, the little grain distributed by farmers was not enough to eat, so they basically relied on vegetables grown on their own plots to eat half full.

"Mom, do you think this potato is edible?"