MTL - Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It-Chapter 261 Uncle Jiu is the leader of the clan [6100 words]

Chapter 261 Uncle Jiu becomes the patriarch [6100 words]

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 Naye Village.

Deng Shirong handed the heavy sack in his hand to his nephew and son-in-law and said: "Ahu, this bag contains pork, pork belly, squid, sandworms, vermicelli, fungus, brown sugar, red dates, melon seeds, and candy cakes, all packed separately. You take it back for the New Year.”

Jiang Dehu took the sack and thanked him with a smile on his face: "Thank you, uncle!"

Deng Shirong took out a big red envelope that he had prepared a long time ago, which contained thirty solidarity cards. He handed it to the niece next to him and said, "Dafang, you and Ahu have worked hard this year. This is given to you two by your uncle." New Year’s red envelope.”

This year, his niece and nephew-in-law helped him take care of the orchard diligently, resulting in a bumper harvest of lychees and watermelons, which sold for more than 6,000 yuan.

Originally, Deng Shirong wanted to show the couple a way to make more money and live a good life, but they had no ambitions and thought that helping his uncle manage the orchard with a salary of dozens of yuan a month was enough. good.

In this case, Deng Shirong would not force them, and of course he would not treat them badly.

Bu Dafang did not refuse, took the red envelope and said happily: "Thank you, uncle!"

Deng Yuntai answered: "Cousin, cousin-in-law, it's a bit far for you to walk back. A-Zhen and I will take you back!"

“Okay, uncle, let’s go back first!”

"Um!"

 …

More than forty minutes later, Bu Dafang and Jiang Dehu returned home.

As soon as he got off the car, Bu Dafang greeted him: "First cousin, first cousin, come in and sit for a while."

Deng Yuntai smiled and said: "No need, cousin, we will go back right away."

Jiang Dehu also greeted: "It's rare for you to come here once. It's not too late to stay and have a meal before going back."

Deng Yunzhen also smiled and said: "Cousin-in-law, there's no need to bother. You won't be back for a long time, and there are still a lot of things to do at home. Let's take a look at the children and leave."

As he was talking, people in the room also heard the noise and came out.

 Father Jiang, mother Jiang, brother Jiang, sister-in-law Jiang, sister-in-law Jiang and Bu Dafang's two children all came out.

Jiang Dehu quickly introduced: "Dad, mom, eldest brother, sister-in-law, old sister, these are the eldest cousin and eldest cousin of uncle A Fang's family, who rode us back."

After the two parties greeted each other, Jiang's mother greeted with enthusiasm: "Cousin, come in and sit down, warm yourself up by the fire."

She used to not think highly of Bu Dafang, the second daughter-in-law, but since Bu Dafang took her second son to inspect the orchard for her uncle, and then gave her younger daughter ten yuan a month to help take care of the child, her My views gradually changed.

  After all, whether it is now or in future generations, those who can make money will naturally have a say in the family.

As for the cousins ​​in front of her, she knew more or less what the conditions were like in their homes. This was a rare occasion, so naturally she had to greet them.

Deng Yuntai and Deng Yunzhen naturally refused with a smile. After a polite exchange between the two parties, the brother and sister left on their bicycles.

 After the guests left, Mrs. Jiang asked curiously: "Dafang, you are carrying a big bag, what are you talking about?"

With a smile on his face, Bu Dafang said: "These are some New Year's goods prepared by my uncle for me. I will bring some to you later."

 “How can this be so embarrassing!”

Sister-in-law Jiang said polite words, but her eyes never left the sack. She wanted to go over and open the sack to see what new year goods her rich uncle had prepared for her. Packed to the brim.

After Bu Dafang replied, he carried the sack and walked into his room. At the same time, he said to his sister-in-law: "A-Feng, come in with me. I have something to tell you."

Jiang Defeng responded and followed his second sister-in-law into the house.

As for the two children, their father had long taken them out to play.

After entering the house, Bu Dafang put the sack away, took out twenty yuan from his pocket, handed it to his sister-in-law and said: "Afeng, take this money, ten yuan is for you to take care of the child, and the other ten yuan is for you to take care of the child." The block is for you to celebrate the New Year.”

Jiang Defeng said a little embarrassedly: "Second sister-in-law, just ten yuan is enough."

Bu Dafang put the money into his sister-in-law's hand and said: "Take it, don't think I don't know. In fact, not much of the ten yuan I give you every month falls into your hands. What else I give you is this." Ten yuan, don’t tell your parents, keep it secretly, you are a big girl, what can you do if you don’t have any money?”

In this family, this sister-in-law is the only one who is nice. I don’t want to say much about the rest. Anyway, everyone seems to be doing well on the surface.

Seeing that the second sister-in-law had spoken so much, Jiang Defeng put away the money and said, "Thank you, the second sister-in-law."

 Next, Bu Dafang asked about the two children.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law chatted for more than ten minutes before Bu Dafang opened the sack and took some of the new year's goods from it for her sister-in-law to take back to her mother-in-law. She also took some to her sister-in-law.

Of course, she just took a piece of pork and some vermicelli, fungus, red dates, melon seeds, candy cakes and the like. She was not stupid enough to give away beautiful things like sandworms and squid. She even kept all the pork belly and brown sugar. With.

Even so, these things are very handy. Didn't you see that when Mrs. Jiang received these things, the corners of her mouth kept turning up, and she couldn't hold them down no matter how hard she pressed them?

 …

 In a blink of an eye, it’s New Year’s Eve.

 In the morning, every household in Naye Village began to kill chickens to celebrate the New Year.

 In the past few years, even on New Year's Eve, not every family had the conditions to kill chickens to celebrate the New Year.

 Because if you kill chickens to celebrate the New Year, then when your relatives come on the second day of the Lunar New Year, do you want to kill chickens to entertain them?

Originally, everyone raised few chickens, and they were all hens used to lay eggs. Killing one would be enough to make you feel distressed for a long time. How many families are willing to kill two?

Therefore, many people were reluctant to kill chickens during the Chinese New Year in the past few years. They waited until relatives arrived on the second day of the Lunar New Year before killing them, so as to earn some face in front of relatives.

However, due to the relaxation of policies in the past two years, the number of chickens and ducks raised by every household has increased at least several times compared with before. Killing chickens for the New Year's Eve is no longer a burden for most families in the village.

Deng Shirong’s family did not raise chickens and ducks at first, but this time he issued an early warning to the villagers, so that the cattle of the entire Bangjie brigade were safe and sound, and many families did not plant sweet potatoes, thus avoiding huge economic losses.

So the villagers who were grateful to Deng Shirong sent him a lot of local products, and many of them came with a chicken or a duck in their arms.

 Therefore, even if Deng Shirong’s family does not raise chickens and ducks, they will have endless chickens and ducks to eat this year.

After paying tribute to Grandpa A, Deng Shirong took charge of the kitchen, and Deng Yunzhen helped. Deng Yuntai took Deng Yunzhu to post Spring Festival couplets, while Zhang Xiuping bathed the little girl Xiaodong'er. Deng Yunsong, Deng Yunhua, Deng Yunheng and others were also busy bathing and changing into new clothes.

 At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the New Year's Eve dinner at Deng Shirong's family started.

Before starting to eat, Deng Shirong, as the head of the family, naturally had to say a few words: "This year, everything is going well for our family. A big hotel in the county has also opened. The business is now quite good, and it should get better and better in the future." .

In terms of studies, Xiao Song has always been ranked first in his grade. As long as he performs stably in the high school entrance examination next year, he can go to any technical secondary school or the best high school in the city.

Xiao Heng is also good, and his grades have always been at the top of the class.

This year is a foregone conclusion. I hope you will continue to work hard next year to make our family more prosperous. "

 Xiao Dong'er, who was being held by her mother, heard this and said: "Honghuo!"

Everyone burst out laughing when they heard this, and the New Year’s Eve dinner officially started amidst everyone’s laughter.

 In later generations, no family will be short of food and drink during the New Year, but they will be short of drinking companions who can have a good time.

Therefore, in Naye Village in later generations, when having New Year’s Eve dinner, people would often come around to have a few drinks at home, a few drinks at this neighbor’s house, and a few drinks at that neighbor’s house. Anyway, whose house has a better atmosphere, drink If you are satisfied, just sit down and drink until you are satisfied.

But in this day and age, it is impossible for people to come to the New Year’s Eve dinner. Although everyone’s life has been better than before in the past two years, the poor are still the majority. Who has the nerve to go to other people’s houses to have a drink?

During this meal, Deng Yuntai, Zhang Xiuping, and Deng Yunzhen all drank a lot of wine with their father.

As for Deng Yunzhu and others who also wanted to drink, but were underage, Deng Shirong naturally would not let them drink, and could only use drinks instead.

 After finishing the New Year’s Eve dinner, it was already around three o’clock in the afternoon.

The family gathered around the fire to warm up again. Deng Shirong gave red envelopes to everyone, and then said: "You all should be prepared today. There will be a Spring Festival Gala on CCTV tonight. This is the first program this year to accompany the people of the country during the New Year. It should be interesting.”

Deng Yunzhen asked: "Dad, what is this Spring Festival Gala?"

Other daughters-in-law also looked confused. In later generations, everyone knew what the Spring Festival Gala was about, but in today's era, no one knew the concept of the Spring Festival Gala, so naturally they couldn't imagine what the gala was for.

Deng Shirong smiled and explained: "It should be related to singing, dancing, sketches, cross talk dramas and other programs. I don't know the specifics. I will know after watching it at night."

When all the sons and daughters-in-law heard this, they all had expectations in their hearts. If nothing else, just singing and dancing was enough to attract people.

 …

At five or six o'clock in the afternoon, villagers who had nothing to do came over one after another with benches to take seats and watch TV. Among them, the earliest ones to come were Ou Guofang's family, Ou Guohua's family, and Guan Yongying's family. This was when Zhang Xiuping heard her father-in-law say that there would be a good show like the Spring Festival Gala in the evening, so she went over to tell the little sisters and asked them to come early to reserve a seat. Watching TV.

 It is enough to have a bench to occupy the place, but it is not necessary for people to sit there all the time.

 So after the villagers arrived, they all gathered around the fire at Deng Shirong's house to chat and wait for the TV to start playing before moving to another position.

After a casual chat, someone asked: "Jiu Gong, when will the weather get warmer?"

Others heard this and all agreed. They also wanted to know when this hellish weather would end.

Deng Shirong said: "I don't know exactly when this weather will end, but I guess it will gradually get warmer after spring."

Deng Yunkun said with some worry: "We didn't know if the lychee seedlings we ordered from Lingshan County in June or July were frostbitten or frozen to death, and the weather is not suitable for planting. At least we have to wait until the weather gets warmer. OK."

They, father and son, are both well-known honest people in Naye Village. When Deng Shirong's family cultivated orchards, they asked the three of them for help.

This year, seeing Uncle Jiu and Deng Yunqiang’s family’s lychee harvest, which sold for so much money, the whole village couldn’t help but follow suit. Naturally, Deng Yunkun was not to be outdone, so he went to Lingshan County with other families in the village to order enough lychees. Lychee seedlings.

It is worth mentioning that although team leader Deng Yunjun and others took action earlier, after they spent several months cultivating the orchard and preparing to go to the credit union for a loan, several villagers who had originally vowed to take action were a little bit colder. .

In the end, several people discussed it again and decided that instead of spending these few months, they might as well check the fruiting status of the lychees at Uncle Jiu’s (Gong)’s house and Deng Yunqiang’s house to see if planting these cinnamon-flavored lychees was really effective. It is not too late to decide on a loan to purchase fruit seedlings.

As a result, the first group of people who wanted to follow the trend did not plant lychee trees at the first time.

 This result made them both regret and rejoice.

My regret is that this year I saw a bumper harvest of lychees from Uncle Jiu’s family and Deng Yunqiang’s family. They casually sold them for more than a thousand yuan, which shocked their eyes. They were not able to plant this osmanthus right away. Tasting lychees naturally made them regret it.

 After all, if you plant a year earlier, you will harvest a year earlier.

However, the occurrence of low-temperature frost weather this year, which had not been seen in decades, made them feel lucky after they originally regretted it.

Because if they choose to plant lychee trees this year, the lychee seedlings will have poor resistance to such extreme low temperature weather and may be killed by frostbite. The losses will be too heavy.

 Therefore, those who had retreated before would brag about their foresight to everyone they met, and they were quite arrogant in front of the villagers.

However, in June and July this year, the whole village no longer hesitated and sent representatives to Lingshan County to order enough lychee seedlings and planned to plant them in the spring of next year.

However, they don’t know whether Lingshan County has been affected by this extreme weather.

Deng Shirong comforted him: "Don't worry, there are great experts at Xinguang Farm. Even if the weather there is the same as ours, they can protect the lychee trees and cultivate the lychee seedlings.

 When spring comes, you can send someone over to talk to them. I believe they will understand that the time for receiving the lychee seedlings will be slightly delayed. "

Deng Yunkun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and said, "That's good. As long as there are no problems with the lychee seedlings, when the weather gets warmer, we can bring the lychee seedlings back and plant them."

They talked about the problem of fruit trees for a while, and then talked about which commune not only froze to death cattle, but also people.

"I heard about it when I went to my uncle's house some time ago. That family was originally poor. There were only a few thin quilts in the house. In previous years, they had to survive the winter. This year's weather is really too cold. In addition, The person got sick again, which was like adding insult to injury, but he couldn't bear it and left. "

“Well, this kind of thing was very common more than 20 years ago. At that time, there were no villages where people died of hunger and cold. However, in recent years, this kind of thing has become rare.”

“The main thing is that I am sick. If I am not sick, I probably won’t be able to survive.”

“The weather this year is really weird…”

　　　…”

 When everyone was discussing freezing people to death, Deng Shirong didn't feel surprised after hearing this.

Although everyone's living conditions in this era are much better than before, there are still many poor families. In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, the only thing to be thankful for is that you can have a full stomach and don't have to worry about it at any time like in the difficult times in the past. starve.

　　But clothing, shelter, and transportation are still very difficult to cope with.

Let's talk about clothes first. It can be clearly described by using a local jingle. That jingle goes like this: "Three or two meters, wear it in the morning or night, three feet of cloth, wear trousers (fourth tone)."

 The meaning of this sentence is that three or two meters of food is needed for a day, and three feet of cloth is needed to make a suit of clothes.

 If you don’t have money to buy cloth to make new clothes, it is normal for a piece of clothing to have more patches than the original cloth.

  Let’s talk about housing. Today’s rural residents mainly live in mud-brick houses, and a few who are particularly poor still live in thatched houses. Naturally, the living conditions are not much better.

Even many people's straw mats are almost rotten and they don't have money to buy new ones. They can only pick up some newspapers and spread them on the bed to continue sleeping. There are only a few thin quilts, and they don't dare to take them off when it's cold to sleep. Clothes, they all sleep in thick clothes.

Finally, yes, it goes without saying. In this era, bicycles were not yet popular in rural areas of Bobai. Those who could afford bicycles were from well-off families, and most people walked on two legs.

 In previous lives, until the 1990s, there were still many families in very difficult conditions in Naye Village.

However, due to the influence of Deng Shirong in this life, this situation is expected to change a lot. If nothing else, when the whole village grows Gui-flavored lychees next year, the annual income from this orchard alone should be It can help them get rid of poverty and become rich.

 Soon, more and more people came to watch TV.

Today is New Year's Eve. Deng Shirong did not wait until 6:30 to turn on the TV. Instead, he turned on the TV early and locked the CCTV so that the villagers could watch it first.

What’s rare is that Deng Shi’an, the brigade secretary of Bangjie Brigade, also came to Deng Shirong’s house to watch TV tonight.

In today's Bangjie Brigade, in terms of personal prestige, Brigade Secretary Deng Shi'an should be the only one who can be compared with Deng Shirong.

The two are equals, but Deng Shi'an is already in his early sixties this year, more than ten years older than Deng Shirong. He has been the secretary of the brigade for many years, and is also the head of the Naye Deng clan (which means clan leader, commonly known locally as The head of the clan), it goes without saying that his prestige is high.

In the previous life, Deng Shirong's prestige in the Bangjie Brigade could not be compared with that of this old man. In this life, Deng Shirong came back and made achievements that far exceeded those in his previous life. In addition, this year, he issued a warning to everyone in advance to let everyone take precautions. After the losses were reduced to a minimum, his personal prestige caught up with Deng Shi'an, and there was a faint tendency to surpass him.

 “Secretary!”

 “Happy New Year, Secretary!”

“Secretary, there is a seat here, come and sit here.”

　　　…”

 Seeing the arrival of the brigade secretary, everyone greeted him one after another.

Deng Shi'an nodded and said, "You guys watch it first, I'll warm it up, and then I'll watch it later."

 The fire in Deng Shirong's house was burned in the house.

If the buildings of later generations were to do this, the ceiling would have been blackened by smoke. But now his house is made of tiles, so he is naturally not afraid of the smoke. He burns the fire in the house so that the wind cannot blow it. There will be no "hot front and cold back" situation.

 At this time, everyone was watching TV, and Deng Shirong was alone in the room warming himself by the fire.

Deng Shi'an came over and sat down. After the two exchanged a few words, the brigade secretary asked Deng Shirong something that surprised Deng Shirong: "Lao Jiu, have you ever thought about becoming our brigade secretary?"

Deng Shirong was stunned for a moment and asked: "Secretary, why do you ask this? Aren't you a good secretary?"

Deng Shian said with emotion: "I am over sixty years old this year, and my health is getting worse day by day. I might fall asleep and never wake up again. If there is no suitable candidate, then I can only do more work." Two years, but now I have a suitable candidate like you. If you are willing to be the secretary, then I will go to the commune leaders to say hello and let you take the position. "

Deng Shirong waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Secretary, thank you for your consideration, but I am really not suitable to be the secretary of this brigade. You should work harder for a few more years!"

Deng Shi'an said: "What's wrong with you? You have high prestige in the brigade, won everyone's trust, are generous, and are willing to lead everyone out of poverty and become rich. Looking at the entire Bangjie brigade, there is no one more suitable to be the secretary of this brigade than you." ”

Deng Shirong said: "The main reason is that after becoming the secretary of this brigade, I can be regarded as a national cadre. There are relatively big restrictions in all aspects. I can't do whatever I want like now, so I really don't want to be this secretary. "

Seeing that Deng Shirong really didn't mean this, Deng Shi'an couldn't help but sigh and said: "Well, since you don't want to be, forget it, but you can not be the secretary, but you can no longer be the head of our Ye Deng clan. Refused."

"this…"

Deng Shi'an interrupted: "Lao Jiu, apart from you, who else in our Deng family is qualified to be the leader of this clan?"

Deng Shirong said helplessly: "Secretary, you are just trying to catch a duck!"

Deng Shi'an smiled and said: "There is no way, because you are the only one who is the most suitable. If I push someone else to be the leader of this clan, he won't be able to convince the crowd!"

This is really true. Anyone who can become the leader of a clan is basically selected from the small group of people with the highest prestige in the clan. If he does not have enough prestige to forcefully take that position, it will only make people angry. It's a joke, no one will take him seriously.

Now that the words have come to this, Deng Shirong can no longer refuse. Anyway, the clan leader is just a name. There are not many things that really need the clan leader to deal with. He nodded and said: "Okay, I will take care of this." Accepted."

Deng Shi'an said happily: "With you, Lao Jiu, leading our Bangjie and Deng clan, I believe that our Bangjie and Deng clan will get better and better. I will find a time to convene the clansmen to discuss this matter in the next year. With your presence Given the prestige of the clan, everyone will only be happy if they know that you will be the leader of the clan, and no one will object."

 (End of this chapter)