Chapter 30 Matchmaker

Chapter 30 Matchmaker

As the project moved northwards, the farm leadership team was adjusted accordingly.

Tao Nanfeng was born in early spring in March. When he turned 18, he became the head of the infrastructure department of Xiufengshan Farm.

Yang Xianyong, former head of the infrastructure section, was promoted to deputy director;

Mao Peng, the former deputy captain of the road construction team, took over as the captain of the road construction team.

When Tao Nanfeng took over the project, the first thing he did was to start planning and designing the educated youth site.

There are more than 200 educated youths from De County, Nan County, the provincial capital, Youzhou and Yuezhou, a total of five educated youth sites, and they are currently living in thatched houses. As soon as the snow melted, the road construction team became busy and Tao Nanfeng had no time to take care of building the brick house. Now that I have taken over the infrastructure department, I am ready to start with architectural design.

There were only twenty educated youth in Jiangcheng, and a brick house with a single corridor and five dormitories could be built quickly. But if three hundred educated youth and five educated youth sites were to be built at the same time, how much manpower, material resources and financial resources would be needed?

The farm simply doesn't have the capacity to do so now.

Tao Nanfeng was a serious person. She visited the educated youth again and again, went to the educated youth sites to survey, and compared it with the "Mountain Construction Manual" sent to her by her father. Finally, she came up with a compromise plan -

No demolition and reconstruction will be done, but reconstruction will be done on the original site.

The biggest problem with thatched houses is maintaining their structure, so we should first build earth bricks on the outside to reinforce the roof.

The thatched roof designed by Tao Nanfeng is laid strictly in the order of layer by layer of mountain mud and layer by layer of thatch. After being compacted, it can keep warm and shelter from rain. In addition, the earthen brick walls blocked the cold wind, and the educated youth suddenly felt that the house was much warmer.

Although not as exquisite and luxurious as the brick and tile houses in the Jiangcheng Youth League, the educated youth who have lived in thatched houses for so long are content.

After the poem "Hope" by "farm poet" Du Chenzhe was successfully published, his poetic inspiration became stronger and he even wrote a short poem when his new house was completed.

"fly--

My new house

There is a thick wall

I'm wandering here

The wind is coming

Spread the wings of dreams

fly……"

Looking at the poem in his hand, Ye Qin curled his lips and glanced at Du Chenzhe: "Does the phrase 'the wind is coming' have other meanings? Are you still thinking about our Nanfeng?"

Du Chenzhe protested desperately: "The wind here is just a reference, don't think too much about it." He was now being held firmly in Ye Qin's hands, and he was afraid that she would be angry and unhappy.

By the way, the first educated youth in Jiangcheng to fall in love was Ye Qin.

Ye Qin was attracted by Du Chenzhe's talent and took the initiative to pursue him. Du Chenzhe was grateful for her help in submitting the article and was moved by her enthusiasm. Although they didn't know where their future would lie, the two of them exchanged letters and officially established a romantic relationship.

Spring is here.

The trees on Xiufeng Mountain began to sprout new buds, the rhododendrons began to form buds, and even the moss turned lush green. A sweet fragrance floats in the air as the farm enters the busy farming season.

When Xiangbei returned home from work in the evening, two matchmakers came to his door together.

Xiang Bei's family moved from Paoma Town to Xiangjiaping, Nanpo Village (later changed to Nanpo Brigade) in the spring of 1948. They were a family of three with a simple population.

Most of the houses in the mountainous area here are made of rammed earth bricks and have thatched roofs. After Xiangbei returned home from demobilization, he renovated the old house and covered it with small green tiles. The house with three rooms including a kitchen, toilet, chicken coop and pigpen is unique in the village.

The matchmaker came to propose marriage for Xiangbei.

Matchmaker Tian's clever words can bring a dead person back to life: "Xiangbei is now young and promising. He has become the farm manager at the age of 26. He is a state cadre. As the saying goes, men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. The girl I am going to introduce to you this time is definitely a good girl that you can't find even with a lantern. Not only is she beautiful, she is also good at doing housework. Everyone in the village and outside the village praises her. She is a good partner for you to live with."

Matchmaker Liu came closer attentively and said, "Director Xiang is in a high position now, and he has to be very selective when it comes to marriage. No girl in the village is worthy of Director Xiang. I have a good girl here, a teacher at Nanping Town Primary School, young and educated, and she is willing to marry to the farm."

Xiangbei's mother, Liang Yinzhen, was also thin, with a round face and looked kind and amiable. She wore a dark blue apron around her waist and smiled from ear to ear as she listened to the matchmaker's nonsense: "All right, all right."

Before Xiang Bei could express his opinion, his father Xiang Yongfu walked in from outside after finishing his farm work. Xiang Yongfu looked to be in his fifties. He was short and thin, slightly hunchbacked, with wrinkles all over his face. He wore a linen jacket and carried a bamboo basket on his back.

Xiangbei walked forward and helped his father put down the backpack. The father and son, one tall and one short, formed a sharp contrast.

It was a good thing to have a matchmaker come to the house. Xiang Yongfu glanced at the two matchmakers, listened to their chatter, and looked at Xiang Bei kindly: "Bei, what is the plan in your mind?"

Xiangbei shook his head: "No."

Xiang Yongfu hesitated for a moment, took the pipe handed to him by his wife, took two puffs, and did not express his opinion.

Matchmaker Tian and Matchmaker Liu exchanged glances and said, "Let's sit down and discuss it. The betrothal money is easy to negotiate. The key is that the girl is really good and you both like Xiangbei. Why don't you take a look at each other first, okay?"

Liang Yinzhen was obviously also somewhat tempted, and said softly: "Bei, how about we take a look first?"

Xiang Yongfu pulled two strings of dried red peppers from under the eaves and stuffed them into the matchmaker's hands, saying politely, "Xiang Bei is the head of our family. I'm sorry to bother you with this trip. If Xiang Bei says he doesn't want to find one, then there's no need to worry. Please go back."

After the matchmaker left, Xiang Yongfu sighed.

"Bei, you will be 26 this October. You live in the same village as the brothers Changgui and Changchun. You used to fight with them when you were little. Now their kids are old enough to help with cooking. Don't you really want to get married now that we are old?"

Liang Yinzhen also advised her son: "If you like intellectuals, isn't the teacher the matchmaker just mentioned very good? Don't let your position as an official make you so blinded that you forget your last name."

Xiangbei was obviously relaxed when he returned home. He sat on a bamboo chair, leaned against the back of the chair and stretched his legs. He looked lazy and smiled faintly: "Mom, I know what's going on."

Xiang Yongfu is a hardworking and honest man. Apart from smoking dry tobacco, he has no other hobbies. The land in Xiufeng Mountain is barren, so it is suitable for growing corn, potatoes, and... tobacco leaves. The tobacco he smokes is grown by his own family.

Hearing his son say that he knew what was going on, Xiang Yongfu smiled innocently: "It's good to know what is going on. It's good to know what is going on. You joined the army at the age of sixteen and have been away from home for so many years. Your mother and I have been worried day and night. Now that you are home, I can see you every day. I am satisfied..."

When Liang Yinzhen heard Xiang Yongfu say this, her eyes turned red. She lifted her apron to wipe away the tears from her eyes. "Your father and I are worried every day, afraid that something might happen to you in the war. It's good to be alive. It's good to be alive. Whether you get married or have children, mom won't force you."

When Xiangbei heard that his parents were not forcing him at all, he folded his hands behind his head and looked up at the bright tiles on the roof. The evening sunlight shines through the tiles, casting an orange glow, like Tao Nanfeng's eyes, shining brightly.

He looked at the tile seriously, the corners of his mouth gradually rose, and his voice became lighter: "Don't worry..."

As for what to make his parents feel at ease, Xiangbei himself didn't know.

He only knew that there was a girl hidden in his heart. This girl was tall, beautiful, capable, kind, brave, simple and generous. She was very strong, not talkative, but had a pair of eyes that could speak.

She is educated, ambitious and has ideals. She understands architecture, can build houses and construct roads. She will not be confined to the small world of Xiufengshan Farm. She will go high and far.

The scene of the mountain explosion flashed before my eyes. She stepped on his shoulders, swinging the hammer with her slender arms, but with tremendous force, like a god.

If I could be the one who makes her shine, I would be happy even if I was stepped on by her.

As long as she is on the farm, I will protect her.

Stay by her side and watch her move upwards until she reaches a point that is out of your reach.

If that day really comes, will I just watch her go away? Thinking of this, Xiangbei's gaze became firm: If you can't bear to give up, then work hard to make yourself stronger and more powerful!

At night, Xiang Yongfu saw his wife take out a red cloth bag from the bottom of the camphorwood box at the foot of the bed, and his face changed: "Yinzhen, what are you doing with this?"

Liang Yinzhen raised her hand and stroked the red cloth bag, with deep nostalgia in her eyes: "Who do you think our Bei looks like?"

Xiang Yongfu shook his head and his voice became very low: "Looks like his biological mother."

Liang Yinzhen held the red cloth bag tightly against her chest, tears falling down her cheeks: "My sister was also a person with a clear mind. She insisted on joining the revolution even though we didn't allow her to. Unfortunately, she didn't even live to see the day when the revolution succeeded. She only risked her life to bring back such a treasure."

Xiang Yongfu walked up to her, put his arm around her shoulders, and comforted her: "Don't think about it. Now it's the new China, the reactionaries have been overthrown, our Xiangbei has grown up and even served in the army, we are worthy of the revolution..."

Liang Yinzhen couldn't stop her tears from flowing down: "My sister died for the revolution; my brother-in-law died for the revolution; our Xiangnan followed his aunt and was killed at the age of sixteen. Everyone said he died bravely, but my heart aches!

My sister gave me Xiangbei, but I still hardened my heart and sent him to be a soldier. He almost died on the battlefield. My heart... I just want to protect Xiangbei and watch him live happily. I don't want to be an official, nor do I want to get rich. I just want to see the baby alive! ”

Xiang Yongfu raised his hand to wipe her tears and said softly, "Don't wake the baby. Everything is fine now. We won't engage in revolution. We will just farm here in Xiangjiaping. No one here knows about our past. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

The author has something to say:

This little poem "Flying" is a piece of my spare time poem. You can enjoy it for yourself.

Xiangbei's life story will be revealed later, but it's not the right time yet~

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