Chapter 115 1981

A few days after Zhang Xiuping returned from her parents' home, the Gregorian calendar year 1980 ended and 1981 began.

1980 was truly a very special year for the people of Naye Village.

In the summer of that year, the village began to distribute the land to each household. The villagers changed from working for the collective to working for themselves. They all showed great enthusiasm and treated the rice in the fields as if it were their ancestors. Naturally, the result was a bumper harvest in the autumn.

In Bobai, in addition to the two seasons of rice harvest, summer harvest and autumn harvest, a season of wheat is generally planted. The planting time of wheat is after the autumn harvest. Normally, wheat can be harvested at the winter solstice.

However, this year there was a delay in distributing land to households, so the wheat harvest was later than in previous years.

In addition to the bumper harvest of rice and wheat, each household raised a lot more poultry and livestock than in previous years. In addition, there were people in Naye Village working in the tile factory and brick factory. When Deng Shirong's family opened an orchard, they also hired several people.

Overall, the villagers' income this year is much better than in previous years.

Of course, even if everyone's conditions have improved, it is impossible to eat meat every day like Deng Shirong's family. Everyone can only afford to eat a few more meals. Except for a few families, most families still eat the same amount of meat as before.

On New Year's Day 1981, the tile factory paid wages again.

The tile factory run by Deng Shirong and Deng Yungui did not pay workers at a fixed time like the factories of later generations. Generally, they would only pay workers after a kiln of goods was fired and sold outside.

This month, because Deng Yuntai, the big vat master, got married, he was delayed a lot of time. The big vat production was slower than in other months, and the kiln firing time was delayed by more than a week, so the time for everyone to receive their wages was naturally delayed as well.

After his wages were paid, Deng Yuntai only received 186.5 yuan this month.

Although Deng Yuntai was already married, after receiving his wages, he kept some change for himself and handed the rest over to his father as usual.

However, this time Deng Shirong did not take the money he handed over, but said: "You are married now, so you don't have to give me the wages you earn in the future. Take it back and save it for your wife!"

Deng Yuntai couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard that, then he said "eh" with excitement, and put the money back into his pocket. At the same time, he was already imagining how happy his wife would be when he finished work in the afternoon and went back to give the money to her.

Perhaps, when he makes some requests in the evening, his beautiful wife will no longer refuse!

When other people at the tile factory saw Deng Shirong's operation, they all exclaimed in amazement.

Deng Yungui said with admiration: "Uncle Jiu, you still have several sons to raise. Not only do you have to send them to school, but you also have to find wives for them. Now that the family has not been divided, you actually let Yuntai take his wages. I admire you!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I am a very open-minded person. If I didn't have the ability to make money, then Yuntai, as the eldest brother, would naturally contribute to the family and hand over all the money he earned so that I can distribute it reasonably. But now I have the ability to make money, and raising children is my responsibility, so naturally Yuntai, as the eldest brother, doesn't have to pay for it."

Next to him, Deng Changyuan heard Jiu Gong's words and looked at his childhood friend Deng Yuntai with envy.

He worked in a brick and tile factory and had to hand over all his monthly wages to his parents. Then his mother would give him a few yuan in pocket money at her discretion.

Although his mother said that the money was for him to save for marrying a wife, he was an adult, and who wouldn't want to keep the money he earned? Deng Yungui nodded thoughtfully and said, "Uncle Jiu, you make sense. It seems that I have to learn from you."

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Tomorrow is Zhang Kangmei and Deng Changmei’s wedding day.

At noon, the man's family sent someone to deliver gifts to the ancestors, including seventy or eighty kilograms of pork, two chickens, two ducks, two geese, a large amount of candy and biscuits, and the necessary wine and rice.

In addition, there is a packet worth twenty yuan.

After the man's side sent the ancestral gifts, Deng Changmei's relatives also came over with gifts.

The relatives were quite generous. Not only did they bring a large number of gifts, but they were also of good quality. The dowry given to Deng Changmei was quite impressive.

This is actually normal, after all, Deng Changmei married a carpenter.

Although in terms of status, carpenters of this era are indeed not as good as big vat masters, but carpenters are also one of the top professions in rural areas. Many relatives do not have a decent piece of furniture at home. Now that there is a carpenter as a relative, it is natural to make friends with him.

As a matchmaker, Deng Shirong also sent a piece of Dacron cloth.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the girl's family sent a thank-you gift to Deng Shirong.

For a dish of five-flavor food weighing about two kilograms, the red envelope is twenty yuan.

In addition, they also gave him two packs of cigarettes, two bottles of wine, two pounds each of candy, rice, sesame seeds, peanuts, black beans, soybeans, red beans, and mung beans.

This thank-you gift for matchmaking can be considered generous.

Although Zhang Xiuping is married, she is still very unfamiliar with the process of thanking the matchmaker. After all, it was her current father-in-law who introduced her to someone else, and there is no such process at all.

After the people who sent the matchmaking gift returned, Zhang Xiuping asked, "Dad, does the woman also have to give a matchmaking gift?"

Deng Shirong explained with a smile: "Generally speaking, the matchmaker's thank-you gift is given by the man's family, not the woman's family. However, if the woman's family is satisfied with the marriage, they will also give the matchmaker a thank-you gift."

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Zhang Xiuping suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"

Deng Yunzhen smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, the thank-you gifts from the bride's family are usually not much, but the thank-you gifts from the groom's family tomorrow will be a lot!"

Zhang Xiuping was also looking forward to hearing this. She wondered what kind of thank-you gift her father-in-law would receive tomorrow.

Deng Shirong said, "Ah Zhen, take these things back and keep them safe. I'm going to Ah Mei's house to see if there's anything I can help with. We'll have dinner there. You can make whatever you want to eat at home."

"knew!"

Deng Yunzhen responded, and waited until her father walked away before she and her sister-in-law took everything back and put it away. Then she asked, "Sister-in-law, how do you want to eat this pork belly?"

Zhang Xiuping blinked and said, "Ah Zhen, how about using it to make braised pork? I just want to learn from you how to make braised pork."

Deng Yunzhen nodded and smiled, "Okay, let's make braised pork. I learned this from my dad. Except for frying the sugar color, which is a bit difficult, the other steps are very simple. Sister-in-law, you are so smart that I think you can learn it in one go."

Zhang Xiuping said eagerly: "When I was at my mother's house, I didn't have many opportunities to cook. At most, I helped to light the fire. My mother's cooking skills were not good. Although I watched her cook a lot since I was a child, I didn't learn much.

Now that I have the chance, you must teach me well, so that when you get married, I can cook for my father."

Deng Yunzhen smiled with satisfaction and said, "Sister-in-law is thoughtful. As long as you don't mind cooking, you can learn from me first. When you have a certain foundation, let dad teach you. I will definitely be able to improve your cooking skills."

"Ah Zhen, you think I'm the daughter of a landlord. How hard is it to cook? I did all kinds of work when I was at my mother's house."

"Haha, let's not talk too much. It still takes a lot of time to make braised pork. Let's get started now!"

"Yeah, okay!"

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