Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

The next day.

Deng Shirong's family and relatives and friends took the shuttle bus home to celebrate the New Year.

Deng Yunzhen is now married, so naturally she went back to Shanxin Village, Songwang Township, with the Zhu family to celebrate the New Year.

There are a lot of things to do during the New Year, such as cleaning, making sweet, grey-water, rice-heart and other necessary animals for the New Year, and making offerings to various gods.

In Shuangwang Township, those who offer the most incense are Guanyin Bodhisattva, Huaguang Emperor and Tu Bogong, which are offered by every household.

In addition, it is also necessary to offer the deed.

Qiye is a term for godfather in the southern Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao areas.

According to superstition, people who are deficient in the five elements must make up for it by eating Qi Ye or Qi Niang rice, so that they can grow up healthily and live a long life.

Therefore, families with children like to ask a fortune teller to tell whether there are any defects in metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. If so, find a Qi Ye or Qi Niang in time to make up for this shortcoming.

Recognizing Qi Ye or Qi Niang is commonly known as entering "Qi".

There is another point when eating Qi Ye or Qi Niang rice: if you are a boy, you must meet Qi Niang, and if you are a girl, you must find Qi Ye. First, look for an adult man or woman with the same "horoscope", and then buy gifts and come to ask for rice. If you agree, you will have the title of father, mother, son, and daughter from now on, and you must move around frequently throughout your life.

Of course, the above is the method of deed recognition in Guangdong and other places.

In Shuangwang Township, the recognition of deeds is quite different. In addition to recognizing people as deed masters, there are also recognitions of gods and objects.

Those who recognize gods are all kinds of immortals. For example, the author recognizes Qi as Emperor Huaguang, and those who recognize objects are also strange, such as recognizing stones, trees, etc.

There are some differences between recognition of people and other places, but overall it is similar.

As for those who recognize gods and objects, they need to bring sacrifices every year. Generally, they will not be released from the contract until their children grow up and get married.

This kind of deed breaking is also very particular. You need to ask a gentleman in this field to come and preside over it. Some people need to prepare three animals (chicken, fish, meat) to break the deed, and some people need to have all four claws (all parts of the pig's body) to break the deed. All in all, it's quite a troublesome thing.

In addition to making offerings to the deed master, one must also return blessings.

At the beginning of every year, the villagers in Shuangwang Township will wish for blessings, and then return the blessings at the end of the year, and the cycle starts again.

And blessings are not uniform. Some people wish blessings in Azugong Hall, some people wish blessings in Tu Bogong, some people wish blessings in the presence of Emperor Huaguang, and some people even wish blessings in front of those "masters".

To put it simply, whichever god you believe in, you should seek blessings from that god and let him bless you.

At the end of every year, it is the time when the villagers return their blessings.

With so many things coming together, it’s hard not to be busy at the end of every year.

In addition to doing these things, there is also a student association and clan meeting at the end of each year, which are also held.

Originally, at this year's clan meeting, Deng Shirong wanted to propose rebuilding Naye Primary School, but thinking that the clan members had just suffered a lot of blood in rebuilding the ancestral hall, they should really wait for the clan members to wait until the Spring Festival is over and the dividends of the passenger transport company will be paid out. Let’s talk later.

This is not because Deng Shirong is anxious, but if he remembers correctly, in 1987, for some reason, the whole county suddenly started a craze for raising funds to build schools, and the total amount of funds raised exceeded 10 million. Many teaching buildings and dormitories have been built in the county and various towns.

Once this wave of raising funds to build schools comes, the Yedeng family, as the most famous clan in Shuangwang Township, will definitely suffer a wave of blood.

When raising funds to build schools, the primary target is naturally Naye Primary School. Deng Shirong plans to build Naye Primary School, a village primary school, into one of the primary schools with the best hardware facilities in the county.

Only in this way can we keep up with the pace of development of the Naye Deng family.

If there is still room for improvement, the Ye Deng family will naturally contribute to the construction of Shuangwang Junior High School.

There are also road construction, bridge construction, river dam construction, etc. These projects are all on the agenda.

Even if conditions permit, Deng Shirong would like to build a villa with a unified style in the village.

However, you have to eat your food one bite at a time. There is no need to rush into the next big projects yet. At least the villagers have to be given some time to develop. They cannot just have some money on hand and then the next project drains everyone dry.

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In the busyness, New Year's Eve has arrived in a blink of an eye.

The meal was still so sumptuous. When they started eating, Xiao Dong'er asked doubtfully: "Grandpa, where has my aunt gone? She has already had the reunion dinner, why hasn't she come back yet?"

The people who raised Xiaodong'er the most since she was a child were not her parents, nor her grandfather or grandparents, but her eldest aunt. Therefore, Xiaodong'er has the deepest relationship with her aunt, so it's not surprising that she would ask this question.

Deng Shirong reached out and touched his granddaughter's little head, and said with a smile: "Xiao Dong'er, your eldest aunt is already married. From now on, she will have a reunion dinner with her husband's family, and will not come back to our house for a reunion dinner!"

These words made the daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law sigh. Once a woman gets married, many things are indeed different.

Xiaodong'er asked a little gloomily: "Then when will the eldest aunt come back?"

Zhang Xiuping consoled her: "You should eat well, my eldest aunt will be back the day after tomorrow!"

Xiaodong'er said oh and ate obediently.

As for the "heartless" Dongzi, he was grabbing a braised pig's trotter with his two little hands and chewing it deliciously!

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at the same time.

Songshan Township, Shanxin Village.

Since the separation, the Zhu family has lived separately during the New Year and has never gathered together to celebrate the New Year.

But this year is different. Brother Zhu’s family and Brother Zhu’s family all brought their chickens, ducks and fish to the old house to celebrate the New Year with their elderly parents.

This year's reunion dinner was cooked by Deng Yunzhen, the new daughter-in-law. Sister-in-law Zhu, Second Sister-in-law Zhu and the younger women helped prepare a table of dishes that were both delicious and delicious.

After all the dishes were done, Deng Yunzhen was washing her hands at the wash basin. Zhu Junjie came over and helped take off his apron while laughing and saying: "Honey, you worked hard today!"

Deng Yunzhen shook her head and said, "It's not hard work. My sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law help me wash and chop the vegetables. I just stir-fry the vegetables."

Zhu Junjie put the apron he had taken off aside and praised as if he had put honey on his mouth: "You are not simply frying vegetables, you are turning decay into magic and cooking these side dishes into delicious dishes. We will do this this year." It’s a blessing. After growing up for more than 20 years, I’m afraid this year’s reunion dinner will be the most delicious meal.”

Deng Yunzhen glanced at him and said with a smile: "Keep your voice down, my mother will not be happy if she hears it later."

"I'm telling the truth, mom is not so stingy!"

At this point, Zhu Junjie took her hand and said, "Let's go eat, the food will be cold later!"

There is no doubt that when the meal started, Deng Yunzhen's craftsmanship was highly praised by all the Zhu family members.

Compared with Deng Yunzhen, the cooking skills of Mrs. Zhu, Sister-in-law Zhu, and Sister-in-law Zhu are really far behind. This is indeed the first time in the Zhu family's life that they have had such a delicious reunion dinner.

While eating, Deng Yunzhen naturally thought of her family members. At this time in previous years, she would accompany her family to have reunion dinners. But starting from this year, the family members she accompanied were no longer named Deng, but Zhu. !

Zhu Junjie is still very attentive. While drinking with his eldest brother, second brother and nephews, he always pays attention to his wife. Seeing the subtle changes in her expression, he guessed that she missed her family members.

He didn't say much, just reached under the table and held her hand.

Deng Yunzhen just had a temporary mood change. Her husband's thoughtfulness made her happy quickly. She was eating and drinking with her husband's relatives, which was very lively.

After three rounds of drinking, and seeing that the atmosphere was good, Sister-in-law Zhu took advantage of her drunkenness and asked: "Azhen, we have been farming at home for so many years, and our life has been quite hard. You have seen the world and have great abilities." People, do you think you can help arrange a job for the children in the county?

No matter what you do, it's better than living a hard life with us at home. "

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Junjie couldn't help but frown. He felt that his sister-in-law should not say such words at this time and on this occasion. Azhen had just gotten married. If he made such a request to her, it would be a good idea to agree or not to agree. Okay, isn't this embarrassing?

Brother Zhu also gave his mother-in-law a fierce look. His original plan was to wait until after the reunion dinner and find an opportunity to discuss the matter with his brothers in private later, but he didn't expect that this woman couldn't wait for this little time. , and speaking directly to the newly married sister-in-law, this is really fucked up.

Old Mrs. Zhu's face also changed slightly. Of course she also hoped that her grandchildren would be successful and would not have to stay in the village to farm the fields, but her eldest daughter-in-law really had no discernment, so this matter could not wait any longer. , or should we discuss it with Ajie first?

To speak directly to the daughter-in-law who had just been married a few days ago would leave a bad impression.

Brother Zhu had the same idea as his sister-in-law. Now that he saw that his sister-in-law was willing to take the lead, he was not in a hurry.

Second Sister-in-law Zhu glanced at her elder sister-in-law. She was not as thick-skinned as her elder sister-in-law. She had only been married for a few days, so it was really inappropriate to say such a thing.

Brothers Zhu Wang and Zhu Sheng were both looking forward to it but feeling embarrassed. They also felt that their mother was a bit hasty, and the person asking the question should be Uncle Man instead of Aunt Man.

This is a long story, but it actually happened in a moment.

Although Deng Yunzhen felt that her sister-in-law's request was a bit abrupt, she had just been married a few days ago and did not know much about Sister-in-law Zhu's character and conduct. Anyway, Sister-in-law Zhu had been quite enthusiastic in front of her so far.

Therefore, Deng Yunzhen didn't think much after hearing this and replied: "Sister-in-law, it is really not difficult for me to arrange a job for my nieces and nephews, but I actually don't recommend them to work in the county town, because the wages of the county town jobs are not high. High, only twenty or thirty yuan a month.

Instead of working in the county town, it is better to work in Guangdong, where you can get a salary of more than 100 yuan a month in any factory. "

Now that we have entered the late 1980s, more and more people from Bobai County are going to Guangdong to work. Although it is not exaggerated that every village has people going to Guangdong to work, it is certain that every township has people going to Guangdong to work.

However, since many people who go to Guangdong to work "hide their income" and do not disclose it, not everyone in this era knows that the wages of working in Guangdong will be so high.

It was not until the 1990s that the high wages in Guangdong became known in Bobai, which then triggered a large-scale trend of going to Guangdong to work.

It can be said that in Bobai rural area in the 1990s, as long as they no longer studied and were not married, regardless of whether they were men or women, 99% of them were over 18 years old and went to Guangdong to work with their friends in the village.

Even those who are married will go to Guangdong to work as long as they are not burdened by children.

It is still a few years away from going to Guangdong to work on a large scale, and the people in Shanxin Village obviously don’t know how profitable it is to go to Guangdong to work.

Therefore, when Deng Yunzhen said this, the eldest brother Zhu, the second sister-in-law Zhu, the second brother Zhu, the second sister-in-law Zhu, and all the juniors of the Zhu family were all shocked.

Sister-in-law Zhu asked with surprise on her face: "Azhen, are you telling the truth? Go to Guangdong to work, enter any factory, and get a salary of more than 100 yuan a month?"

Deng Yunzhen smiled and said: "Of course it is true. Our Deng family has established a passenger transport company in the county. There are dozens of buses running to Guangdong. We all know the development situation in Guangdong. Now we go to Guangdong to work. There are more and more people there because the wages there are really high enough. "

Brother Zhu answered: "The wages in the factory over there are high, but it's hard to get a job in the factory, right? If you can't get into the factory, it's useless no matter how high the wages are!"

Deng Yunzhen said: "I don't know how many new factories are being established in Guangdong every day, and they all need to recruit workers. As long as you have the determination, it shouldn't be difficult to enter the factory, but there is a mix of dragons and snakes over there, and there are all kinds of people." , safety may not be guaranteed.”

Sister-in-law Zhu looked confused when she heard this. Originally, she just wanted to ask Deng Yunzhen, her sister-in-law, to help arrange for her children to work in the county. Even if they were just working as a waiter in a restaurant, they would still be paid. Of course, it would be better than farming at home. The earth is strong.

But she didn't expect that this sister-in-law actually brought her big news. She went to work in a factory in Guangdong and the salary was so high. She was really excited. After all, she had the opportunity to earn more than a hundred yuan a month. Who would want to go? Doing a job that pays twenty or thirty yuan a month?

However, just when she was excited, the sister-in-law said that there was a mix of dragons and snakes there, and safety was not guaranteed, which immediately put her in a dilemma.

Deng Yunzhen paused for a moment, and then continued: "Whether you work in the county or go to Guangdong to work, you are just getting a dead salary. It is very difficult to make a fortune. It is better to start a small business by yourself and wait for experience. If you expand slowly, you may have the opportunity to become a big boss in the future, which is much more promising than working part-time.”

When Zhu Junjie saw that his wife easily resolved the somewhat "forcible" request of his sister-in-law, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly.

Seeing that the conversation had reached this point, Brother Zhu put aside his worries and asked: "Azhen, when it comes to doing business, no one in our family can compare with you. What small business do you think they are suitable for?"

The rest of the Zhu family agreed with this.

When it comes to business, let alone the Zhu family, there is probably no one in Songwang Township who is better at business than Deng Yunzhen's family.

Deng Yunzhen was not modest at all. She smiled slightly and said: "I really have a very good small business here. Not only is the investment small, but the results are quick. It is conservatively estimated that it should not be difficult to make two to three hundred yuan a month."

As soon as these words came out, the Zhu family were shocked, and even Zhu Junjie showed a surprised expression.

At this time, Sister-in-law Zhu's eyes were like Sun Wukong's flaming eyes, constantly radiating light. She couldn't wait to ask: "Azhen, what kind of business are you talking about? Can you really make so much money in a month?"

Others also looked at Deng Yunzhen with a mixture of expectation and anxiety.

In later generations, even if you are a migrant worker at the lowest level, as long as you are not afraid of hardship and tiredness, it will not be difficult to earn two to three hundred yuan a day. But in today's era, being able to earn two to three hundred yuan a month is not a problem for rural areas. It’s really big business for people.

Deng Yunzhen didn't hide it and said directly: "The business I'm talking about is selling fried shrimps."

The Zhu family members looked at each other in shock, and Zhu Wang asked aloud: "Aunt Man, what is this shrimp jackal?"

As long as you are a Bo white man in the later generations, everyone will know about Xiagonzhi. It is sold in both county towns and villages and towns. This thing can be said to be a snack that many people born in the 80s and 90s ate most when they were young. It is a precious memory that can never be erased as they grow up.

However, at this point in time, Xiangongzhi is still a strange thing to most Bo white people.

This is actually understandable. After all, shrimp shrimps are fried, and except for a few families in rural areas in this era, most families are extremely short of oil. Who would use oil to fry shrimp shrimps when they are full? ?

Therefore, now there is no Xiagong Zhi for sale not only in the towns and villages, but also in the county towns.

Deng Yunzhen briefly explained the raw materials for making shrimp gongzhi, and then concluded: "Except for the pot, the oil is only worth a little bit to make shrimp gongzhi. The total investment is a few dozen yuan, which is more than enough."

Zhu Wang continued: "Aunt Man, we know the ingredients for making Shrimp Gongzhen, but we have never seen and don't understand how to make this thing!"

Deng Yunzhen smiled and said: "You don't understand, I understand. You think clearly first. If you are willing to start a small business by yourself, then I will take some time to teach you how to make this shrimp. It is not easy to make." It’s complicated and you can basically understand it after reading it once.”

Sister-in-law Zhu asked worriedly: "Azhen, is it really so profitable to sell fried shrimps?"

Deng Yunzhen did not answer directly, but said: "Sister-in-law, let me do the math for you first. Among the ingredients for making this shrimp gongzhen, the most expensive one is oil, followed by rice, sweet potatoes and chopped green onions. As for how many shrimps are in the river?" What's more, you just need to spend some time to catch it yourself, not to mention the little firewood you still have.

Oil is reusable, and one pot of oil can last at least several days.

And rice, sweet potatoes and chopped green onions don’t cost much.

A shrimp jackal sells for two cents. It shouldn’t be difficult to sell a thousand shrimps a day in the county. That would be twenty yuan. And the cost of this thing will never exceed ten yuan, so you can make a profit in one day. It's definitely no problem for ten yuan.

If you are in a township, business may not be very good at ordinary times, but on fair days, it should not be difficult to sell one or two thousand.

Therefore, it is indeed promising to earn two to three hundred yuan a month. "

These reasonable words made the Zhu family feel excited.

As Deng Yunzhen said, the production cost of this thing is indeed not high, and the selling price is not expensive either.

It is now the late 1980s. Even though there are still many rural people whose living conditions are not very good, the country people here in Bobai attach great importance to the fair day. They usually stay in the village and do not come out. Every time the fair day comes, there will be a swarm of people. People flocked to towns, villages and cities.

This is the main reason why the number of people attending the fair in the county has exceeded 40,000, the number of people attending the fair in Shahe Town has exceeded 30,000, and the number of people attending the fair in Longtan Town has exceeded 27,000.

Generally speaking, there is no way to go out to catch the fair without spending money. It just depends on how much you spend and how little you spend.

Moreover, in addition to buying necessities for home use, parents must also bring snacks for their children, such as buying some fruits or candies and biscuits, so that they can spend a dollar or a few cents to buy snacks for their children. Maybe they won’t be willing to give it up, but if it only costs a few cents, most parents will be willing to do it.

Zhu Junjie looked at his nephews and nieces and said: "Your Aunt Man has made it very clear to you that there is no future in working part-time. If you want to make a lot of money, just work hard to do a good job in this small business. When you have earned enough capital, , you can do bigger business.”

"Uncle Man, we know!"

"Thank you Aunt Man!"

"Thank you Aunt Man!"

"..."

Deng Yunzhen smiled and said: "You're welcome. If you brothers and sisters all want to do it, then we should first discuss how to disperse them to different places. For example, who will set up stalls in the county town and who will set up stalls in the towns should be divided in advance, so that There is no need for brothers and sisters to compete for business."

"Whether you set up a stall in a county or a township, there is actually no need to compete. The county has the highest passenger flow. Needless to say, townships also have advantages."

Zhu Junjie added: "For example, the polder days in our Songwang Township are three, six, and nine, while the polder days in Longtan Town next door are one, four, and seven, and the polder days in Dongping Town are two, five, and eight. The stall can be held for one day every day. Although it is a little harder, the customer flow is also the largest, and the profit is definitely more than setting up a stall in the county. "

These words made several juniors nod their heads, and each one of them began to make calculations in their mind.

Old man Zhu and old lady Zhu listened silently.

At this time, seeing that the problem raised by the eldest daughter-in-law was perfectly solved by the younger daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhu was relieved and said with a smile: "Azhen, don't talk about it now, eat quickly, the food will be cold later."

Deng Yunzhen responded, and then continued to enjoy the various dishes she made by herself.