MTL - Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It-Chapter 18 Housekeeping

Chapter 18 Housekeeping

 The next day.

Because of the establishment of a cooperative, the Shangxia Ersan Village, centered on Naye Village, became extremely lively. Children gathered at Bai Gong's place to watch the adults kill pigs and cook pork.

 When the meat is cooked in a big pot and the aroma of the meat spreads, even if they cannot eat it yet, just smelling it makes the children feel satisfied.

Baigong is less than 100 meters away from Deng Shirong's house, so their family's Danshe (which means bringing bowls to get porridge and meat) is not like other families who are far away who rush here early, but they go there at the right time.

Thinking that the time was almost up, Deng Yunzhen and her sister Deng Yunzhu came to Bai Gong with basins, bowls and gold and silver incense paper.

At this time, the cooked She meat has been placed on the table, and four large iron pots are cooking She porridge. The aroma of the meat is wafting in the air, making the children salivate so much. .

 She porridge should be eaten while it is hot to taste the best.

 Looking after the house is equivalent to an engagement, and both the groom’s family and the bride’s family take it very seriously.

Before dinner, the matchmaker Deng Shirong is responsible for taking the woman and her party to visit the man's house, focusing on the room of the actor Deng Changfu.

Especially those who only do half-shares, they feel even more uncomfortable. Others do two shares, but their family only dares to do half-shares. Is the gap between people so big?

At this moment, many people who have always lived a frugal life have secretly made a decision that when they join the cooperative next time, their families will also make a share. Anyway, they can get it on credit. At worst, they will give money to the cooperative later.

With so many guests coming, plus Deng Shirong, the matchmaker, and the man’s family, a total of four tables were set up before he could barely sit down.

“Jiu Gong is really willing to do two co-ops!”

As for Guan Yongying's parents, they did not come. This is also the rule of housekeeping. It is impossible for the woman's parents to come to the man's house to look after the house.

“I heard that Uncle Yungui and Jiu Gong contracted out the brigade’s kiln. With Jiu Gong’s skill in making big vats, he will definitely make a lot of money when the kiln opens. It’s really enviable.”

When the portions arrived at his home, Deng Yunzhen reminded: "These are two shares."

Deng Yunsong thought of his second brother's high-spirited appearance with the two dollars given by his father. He nodded and said, "Xiaohua, this is a good idea. Let's talk to the second brother when he comes back." After saying that, the two brothers looked at each other, and then He chuckled.

At this time, they didn’t know that their second brother had the same thoughts as them, and they all secretly wanted to come back and talk to them about how delicious the school’s braised pork was!

 …

Deng Shirong’s children felt that the quality of life at home had skyrocketed in the past few days. In previous years, even during the Chinese New Year, the food was not necessarily as good as these days.

Within ten minutes after Deng Yunzhen put the basins in place, someone shouted: "The branch has porridge!"

Sister Deng Yunzhen naturally didn't know what everyone was talking about. After carrying the community porridge back, she added an appropriate amount of raw salt and called her father and eldest brother to come out to drink the porridge.

Aunt Guan said: "The room looks nice, but they have many brothers and sisters, so the room is squeezed out. When they get married and have a few children, there will be no place to live."

“I’ve never heard of anyone doing two-part cooperatives. Is Jiugong the first one?”

In the afternoon, while receiving the pork, sister Deng Yunzhen once again attracted everyone’s attention. After all, two portions of pork were stacked together, and the portion was really enviable.

 In a blink of an eye, the time has come to the 22nd day of the fifth lunar month. Today is Shuangwangwei Day, and it is also an important day for the woman to come to Deng Changfu’s house to look after the house.

There is not even a place to put clothes, so we can only set up a bamboo pole in the house and hang the clothes on it.

When the people around him heard this, their eyes widened. What is the concept of running two companies in one family? It is no exaggeration to say that this is probably the first time I have encountered this since I started working in the company.

Deng Yunhua touched his full belly, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "I have a holiday the day after tomorrow. When my second brother comes back, I have to talk to him about the food at home these days, so that he won't have the two yuan given by dad. , the tail is raised to the sky!”

But when the girl actually gets married, and no one owns the box, it is obvious that she is deceiving her, and the official aunt is afraid that the Deng Changfu family is also deceiving people in this way.

The official aunt nodded and said, "That's good!"

 Watching Sister Deng Yunzhen walk away, everyone began to talk about it.

Guan Yongying couldn't help but blush when he heard his aunt's words.

Generally, housekeepers will set up two or three tables. Deng Changfu’s house set up four tables, which is considered a big deal.

 Those who received the communal porridge took the basins away.

As well as the male protagonist Deng Changfu, he will also invite three or two friends who are good at playing, which adds up to more than 20 people.

Deng Shirong immediately explained: "It's definitely not a show. This wardrobe and table were given to Changfu by his parents for his wedding. Depending on what the house looks like now, it will look like after he gets married."

 First of all, it is the husband’s family. The brothers and sisters of Deng Yunqiang and his wife must be invited, as well as the captain, deputy captain and other cadres of the production team, and also friends with whom the relationship is very good.

“Yes, Uncle Jiu is indeed a master of the vat, he is so willing to eat it!”

 Although the wardrobe and table are very old, the woman and her party are very satisfied with it.

As for the woman’s family, there were Guan Yongying’s aunt, aunts, aunts, and younger brothers and sisters, totaling nearly ten people.

Deng Yunzhen naturally didn't know that her words aroused the envy of everyone. When she saw the porridge man from the branch scooping two ladles of porridge into her basin, she carried it home with her sister.

Deng Changfu’s room is also very simple, but he is about to get married after all. In order to satisfy the bride’s family, his parents moved a wardrobe they used directly to the eldest son’s room.

This is also the main reason why the family in Jimuar Village next door married three daughters-in-law with just one box. In this day and age, it is considered good to have a box as furniture.

Deng Shirong naturally understood why Aunt Guan asked this question. The main reason was that the family in Jimuar had set a bad example. The box in her house would appear in the room of whichever son was looking after the door.

 So the woman and her party saw that in addition to a canopy bed, Deng Changfu's room also had a wardrobe and a table.

"Um!"

The person in charge of serving the porridge first put the porridge in the iron pot into a bucket, then lifted the bucket and started dividing the porridge one by one with a water ladle. Each portion was filled with a scoop of porridge.

However, something suddenly occurred to Aunt Guan, so she walked up to Deng Shirong and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Jiu, aren't this wardrobe and table just for show?"

So everyone gathered around.

In this day and age, everyone's conditions are not good. There is basically no extra furniture in the room. Many family houses only have a bed and nothing else.

"Azhu, you go and burn the gold and silver incense paper, and I'll set up the basin."

 “Those who are skilled in craftsmanship are great…”

 …

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "It will be several years before they have a few children. Now society is changing rapidly. Our brigade will soon divide the fields and work alone. By then, everyone's living conditions will definitely get better and better. Maybe their family will build a new house in a few years.”

Aunt Guan smiled and said, "That's right. There's no need to think about it in the long term."

 (End of this chapter)