Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

In today's era, farming is not as fully mechanized as in later generations. Whether it is plowing or climbing, cattle are needed to perform well. Therefore, the cattle of this era are also regarded as "farm treasures" by farmers. Basically, They all wait until the farmers grow old and die before slaughtering them for meat.

This shows how important farming cattle are to farmers.

However, farmers who have not set up cowsheds that can provide shelter from wind and rain in advance can only watch their cattle slowly freeze to death when low temperatures and frost weather occur and continue.

One head, two heads, three heads...

In previous lives, according to records in the Bobai County Chronicle, a total of 2,549 cattle froze to death in the county this year, and farmers in the county suffered heavy losses.

In this life, although Deng Shirong issued an early warning, his influence only covered the Bangjie Brigade. After Bangjie was released, the only people affected by him were relatives and friends in Naye Village and a few cautious people.

Deng Shirong cannot influence people in other places.

Therefore, except for the cattle of the Bangjie brigade, which were safe and sound, the other brigades basically had cattle that were frozen to death. The only difference was whether the number of cattle that were frozen to death was more or less.

If it was just some chickens and ducks that froze to death, then of course it wouldn't make much of a splash. But now it's the cattle that are freezing to death, and not just one or two cattle. On average, dozens or hundreds of cattle are frozen to death in a commune. ox.

After the news spread, it naturally caused a huge sensation.

When the whole county was in mourning, the gratitude of the villagers in Naye Village and even the entire Bangjie Brigade to Uncle Jiu (Gong) had reached its peak. They all knew that if Uncle Jiu (Gong) hadn't warned them in advance, they would all have died in advance. They were well prepared for frost protection, so maybe one of the cattle that were freezing to death one after another would be theirs.

Therefore, in the following days, Deng Shirong received souvenirs from the villagers of Shangxiaersan Village every day.

Although it is not a valuable thing, it is the wishes of the villagers.

…

In the blink of an eye, 1982 in the Gregorian calendar came to an end, and 1983 ushered in a year of special significance.

In the middle of the night, a big event happened in Naye Village. The oldest old man in the village suddenly fell seriously ill. While he was still breathing, his children and grandchildren used flashlights to carry him to Azu Gong. hall.

Now that it was freezing cold, the old man had only one breath left. As soon as his children and grandchildren laid out the mat for him to lie in, he quietly breathed his last breath.

In the Bobai realm, there is a set of customs for holding funerals, with little difference from place to place.

After a person dies, relatives will first wash the body with a fragrant towel and put on the shroud (new clothes, new shoes, and new socks that were rushed out before death. When the person grows old, these things are prepared in advance by the old man's daughter. If there is no daughter, other relatives will prepare it). The body is wrapped in jute, with silver or copper coins in its mouth and rice balls in its hands. Then it is carried to the Azu Hall on a wooden board. The body is covered with mosquito nets, an incense table is set up, and a permanent lamp is lit.

Then the relatives spread mats on the ground by the wall of the hall, kneel down and cry, and they have to sleep on the spot at night. This is the so-called "keeping filial piety".

Of course, this is a treatment that can only be obtained if a person dies normally at home. If someone encounters a misfortune outside, he will not be eligible to enter Azu's Hall if he dies in this way.

It was so noisy in the middle of the night that unless someone was sleeping very hard, everyone knew what was going on.

After Deng Shirong was woken up, he knew who was leaving. In terms of seniority, the person was his nephew. He was born in the late Qing Dynasty. He is 83 years old this year. His health has not been very good in the past two years. He is leaving at this time. It's also a normal thing.

After knowing what happened, Deng Shirong went back to sleep.

Birth, old age, illness and death are things that no one can avoid. For Deng Shirong, who has already died once, he has already looked away from it.

In the 1960s and 1970s, for well-known reasons, funerals were kept simple.

However, it is now 1983, and the ancient funeral rules are naturally resurrected.

First of all, the master (Daogongban) is asked to "make a dip" to save the soul of the deceased. The length of time depends on the financial resources of the bereaved family. The shorter one is one night or one day and one night, and the longer one is three days and three nights or seven consecutive nights.

So, for the next three days and three nights, the entire Naye Village was immersed in that special mourning and crying.

As for the funeral time of the deceased, different communes in Bobai Realm have different regulations. According to the rules of Shuangwang Realm, all happy events are in the morning and funerals are in the afternoon. The rules of some communes are the opposite.

Three days later in the afternoon, the deceased was buried, the coffin was covered with red cloth, and the whole family wailed.

After carrying the coffin out of the Azu's Hall, the filial son needs to go under the coffin three times, which is called "building a bridge." The Taoist chants sutras to guide the way, the eldest grandson (if there is no eldest grandson, it can also be other younger relatives) holds a memorial tablet, and the sleeves of the funeral relatives and friends are wrapped in white cloth. (Wrapped in black cloth in some places), with elegiac couplets as the precursor, gongs and cymbals were played, firecrackers were fired, and paper money was scattered along the way.

The direct descendants wear sackcloth and wear mourning. The filial son holds a filial stick and supports the coffin while walking, and the rest of the relatives escort him later.

From Azu's Hall to the funeral, if you pass by someone's house along the way, that family will have to set off a firecracker.

Deng Shirong's family was on the only way to the funeral. When the funeral procession passed by, he also set off a firecracker, and then watched the funeral procession leave. He silently recited the name of his nephew in his heart, hoping that he would have a chance to go there. Live another life and don't suffer as much as you did in this life.

…

Poxin Village.

Today is the end of November of the lunar calendar, and Zhang Zhenfa’s family is settling accounts behind closed doors.

In about ten minutes, Zhang Shouguo calculated the profit for this month and said happily: "Dad, Mom, our store made 436 yuan this month."

Zhang Zhenfa's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly asked: "Boss, have you calculated this number clearly? Is it correct?"

Zhang Shouguo smiled and said, "Dad, I've calculated it twice, I'm sure it's not wrong."

Zhang's mother said happily: "It's great. I made more than 30 yuan more than last month. This business is getting better and better."

Sister-in-law Zhang and Sister-in-law Zhang also had smiles on their faces.

Although they haven't separated yet and all the money they make goes into the pockets of their second wife, their parents-in-law are influenced by their sister-in-law and will give a small part of the profits to them as daughters-in-law every month. Privately stored.

Now the two sisters have more than two hundred yuan saved in their small treasury. This is private money that they can completely decide on their own. No matter who they put it in, it is a happy thing. Just this private money She is already better than 99% of the wives in the village.

Only those daughters-in-law who have just married and whose parents have given them enough money, or whose families have separated and are the masters of their own family, can compare with them in terms of money.

Zhang Zhenfa picked up the pipe from the side, pulled a handful of tobacco from the tobacco bag on the table, and stuffed it into the mouth of the pipe while saying: "December is the best month for business in the year. December last year Our store has made just over 400 yuan, and I’m afraid we can make 500-600 yuan this year.”

Zhang Shoumin chuckled and said: "Dad, Mom, after this year, our store will definitely earn more than 4,000 yuan. Shouldn't the house at home be renovated?"

Zhang Ersao also smiled when she heard this and said: "Yes, Dad, Mom, our family is rich now. Although the house is still barely enough to live in, when A Pingmei and her brother-in-law come, the rooms they live in are not easy to arrange, and Everyone has seen my brother-in-law’s house. I don’t know how comfortable it is. It’s still very inconvenient to live in a house like ours.

Therefore, I also think that our house should be built new. "

Who wouldn’t want to live in a new house if possible?

Seeing that the second brother and sister-in-law started to take action, the eldest brother and sister-in-law, as well as Zhang Shoujun and Zhang Shoushan, also agreed and unanimously agreed to build a new house.

Zhang Zhenfa lit a match, took a few puffs of cigarette, and then said with a smile: "Actually, we two old guys have already had an idea about building a new house. We planned to build it after the New Year when the weather gets warmer. We originally wanted to wait until the New Year. I’ll discuss this with you later. Now that we’ve talked about it, let’s talk about building a new house!”

Zhang Shouguo nodded and said, "Dad, tell me."

Zhang Zhenfa put the chimney away and said: "We plan to learn from Naye's in-laws and build a new house with big blue bricks and tiles, the kind with a bathroom. The four brothers will have one house each, and we two old guys will have one house. A total of five houses are connected, and it is estimated to cost about 4,000 yuan. Do you think this is feasible? "

Zhang Shouguo had always envied his brother-in-law's house. Now that he heard that his father also wanted to build such a house, he immediately agreed: "Dad, I think your idea is very good. Our family should build such a house."

Zhang Shoumin also nodded repeatedly and said: "I also think this is a good idea. Everyone knows how comfortable living in my brother-in-law's house is. If our family builds a house like this, it will be unique in Poxin Village."

Sister-in-law Zhang and Second Sister-in-law Zhang also agreed. Each of the four brothers has a house. Although they have not separated yet, they can take charge of their own houses. This is naturally a good thing for them. If nothing else, at least their natal family When people come, they feel confident to stay overnight.

Mother Zhang looked at her third son and said, "Xiaojun, you are not young now. When the new house is built, I can give you a wife."

Zhang Shoujun is 19 years old this year. When his family builds a house next year, he will be 20 years old.

At this age, most people in future generations will still be studying in school. Even if they leave school, they don't want to get married so early.

But in this era, both men and women want to get married after the age of 20, and Zhang Shoujun is no exception.

The reason why there is such a big difference is actually very simple, that is, young people in later generations do not get married, but they can have girlfriends, which can meet their physiological needs well and live like real couples.

Therefore, there is nothing to be anxious about getting married.

However, in today's era, if you want to solve your physical needs, apart from becoming a craftsman, the only way left is marriage.

After all, in this era, many people who have registered as legal couples may not have the opportunity to consummate their marriage before serving wine. And to say the least, even if someone else's girl touches you, the wedding day will have to be put on the agenda. It is impossible to be irresponsible.

Therefore, when Zhang Shoujun heard his mother say that she was going to find him a wife, he didn't reject her at all, but agreed with expectation.

After the family talked about building a house, Zhang's mother picked up the money on the table, took out two big lump sums each and handed them to her two daughters-in-law. She said, "You have worked hard this month. This is for you. You can collect it yourself." alright."

"Thank you mom!"

"Thank you mom!"

Sister-in-law Zhang and Sister-in-law Zhang took the money and kept it happily.

Seeing the third and fourth children craning their necks to watch, Zhang's mother gave them ten yuan each and scolded them with a smile: "You two, save some money. Your family will build a house next year, and I will also give you a wife, Xiaojun. There are so many places to spend money!”

"knew!"

The brothers took the money and raised the corners of their mouths slightly.

Although the ten yuan was not much, it was not too little either. There was no problem in pretending to be cool among his peers in the village.

…

Naye Village.

A certain family was splitting up. As the most senior elder in the village, Deng Shirong was naturally invited to bear witness. Deng Yunjun, as the captain, was naturally also present.

Deng Changxin's family was separated. He wanted to separate his eldest son Deng Siwen and his second son Deng Siwu into living alone.

When Deng Shirong came over, there was something wrong with the atmosphere. Deng Changxin and his wife looked ugly, and their two sons and daughter-in-law were sullen and silent. The other children stood nearby and said nothing. Obviously, this separation was not a normal separation; The brothers and sisters were at odds, which led to the separation of the family.

In his previous life, Deng Shirong was invited to testify, so he naturally knew what was going on.

To put it simply, the separation of the brothers was caused by the daughter-in-law Deng Siwu married. Everyone in the family had endless work to do. Only Deng Siwu’s daughter-in-law, not long after she got married, kept avoiding the family on the grounds of stomachache. various activities.

As time went by, it naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction from the sister-in-law and mother-in-law, which led to the current scene.

However, Deng Shirong knew that Deng Siwu's daughter-in-law was not avoiding work at home because of stomachache, but that she really had a stomachache, but she didn't go to the hospital for a checkup and mistakenly mistook the stomachache for a stomachache.

It wasn't until it got worse and worse that one day she even fainted from the pain and was sent to the hospital for treatment. Only then did she realize she had a stomach problem.

However, that was all after she separated.

Originally, separating the family was the dream of many daughters-in-law.

After all, after the family is separated, there is no mother-in-law to take care of the head, and you can be the master of the family.

But that was all after many years of marriage. A newly married daughter-in-law was naturally not included in this list.

Nowadays, people in rural areas get married relatively early. Take Deng Siwu and his wife as an example. He has just turned 20 and his wife is only 18. Who is not panicking when they have to support a family at such a young age?

This is not just about supporting yourself. Only those who have experienced it will understand how difficult it will be to have a child without the help of parents.

Therefore, knowing what was going on, Deng Shirong naturally wanted to give some advice. He looked at Deng Changxin and said: "Changxin, your second daughter-in-law has only been married for a few months. If you separate her family and live alone, you will definitely be punished. People gossip, I think you should think about it!”

Deng Yunjun also advised: "Changxin, Uncle Jiu is right, you really need to think it over carefully. Even if you really want to break up, you should wait at least one or two years before breaking up!"

Deng Changxin sighed and said with a sad face: "Jiu Gong, captain, I understand what you are saying, but we can't separate our families."

As the saying goes, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite, and Deng Shirong had no intention of intervening in other people's family affairs. No matter how fair you handle this kind of thing, some people will be dissatisfied, so there is no need to meddle in other people's business. After some advice, he No longer talk much, but became a witness.

The same goes for Deng Yunjun and others. Everyone just gave kind words of advice and stopped saying more when they saw that it had no effect.

Next, Deng Changxin divided the families of his two sons under the witness of Deng Shirong and others.

During the process of dividing the family, witnesses like Deng Shirong and others saw that Deng Siwu's daughter-in-law was targeted by her mother-in-law. For example, when dividing the valley, she said that the eldest son and the eldest daughter-in-law contributed more and should be divided more.

When the land was divided, it was said that the eldest daughter-in-law and her grandson both received a share of the land allocated to the production team, so they needed more.

The distribution of other things is similar. Anyway, the eldest son gets more and the second son gets less.

Originally, Deng Shirong and the others were just here to bear witness, and they had no control over how other people's families were divided.

However, when his sister-in-law proposed to use a leather jacket that Deng Siwu bought when he got married to mark the price, and the mother-in-law agreed, Deng Shirong couldn't stand it anymore.

Deng Shirong also experienced this scene in his previous life. This leather jacket was bought by Deng Shiwu for 25 yuan with his own money. It was really taken out and judged. Although he felt that they had gone too far at the time, he still In that sentence, this was someone else's family matter. In the end, neither he nor the captain intervened.

But this time, Deng Shirong couldn't help it anymore and said: "I won't talk about what happened before. There's no need to take out these clothes and share them, right? After all, they are brothers. Could it be that after we separate the families, we will never have contact with each other?" Yet?"

Deng Yunjun and others also couldn't stand it anymore. If Uncle Jiu didn't say anything, they wouldn't be troublesome, but since Uncle Jiu took the lead, they naturally had to lend a few words.

"Yes, it doesn't matter how you divide other things. This is your family's business, but every piece of clothing has to be weighed and divided. It's really passed."

"As the saying goes, leave a favor behind so that we can meet each other easily in the future. There is really no need to price these clothes."

"He's from the Changxin family, this is your biological son too!"

"..."

Seeing Jiu Gong, the captain and others making a sound, Deng Changxin lost all composure on his face. He glared at his wife and said, "Forget the clothes, let's continue dividing the others!"

The elder sister-in-law felt a little regretful when she heard this, but the ninth ancestor had already spoken out, how could she dare to talk too much!

So, I skipped the clothes and continued to divide them.

Half an hour later, brothers Deng Siwen and Deng Siwu separated their families under the witness of Deng Shirong and others. The two brothers did not speak much during the whole process, and their respective women came forward.

In the end, what Deng Siwu got was 169 kilograms of grain, 6 points of field, a house, one chicken and duck each, pigs and cows converted into money, plus the family's cash, a total of 132.6 yuan, a canopy bed, There are quilts, mats, pots and pans, etc., and as for the mountains, it is one-tenth.

There are also some miscellaneous farm tools and the like.

After the family division, as soon as Deng Yunjun and others left, Deng Siwu's wife covered her left upper abdomen and squatted on the ground with a look of pain on her face.

Seeing this scene, the sister-in-law and her mother-in-law both looked disgusted, feeling that the other party was pretending again.

Not to mention other people, even Deng Siwu, the husband, didn't say a word, which made Deng Shirong secretly shake his head, feeling that this daughter-in-law was really unlucky for eight lifetimes when she married into their family.

He put down the chimney in his hand and asked, "Abamei, are you okay?"

Although Chen Bamei was so painful that she broke into cold sweat, she still gritted her teeth and shook her head and said, "Jiuzu (great-uncle), I'm fine."

"Look at you in so much pain, how can you be okay?"

Having said this, Deng Shirong looked at Deng Siwu and said, "Your wife must have a stomach problem. Take her to the county hospital for a checkup tomorrow. This illness can be serious or minor. If you don't take it seriously, you will regret it sometimes."

Deng Siwu, who had been silent all this time, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said with some surprise: "Jiu Zu, you said that my wife has a stomach disease?"

Deng Shirong said: "I see that the position she is covering is where her stomach is. I also know a little bit about your wife's condition. I don't want to interfere with your family's household affairs, but your wife obviously has a stomach disease. You should take her there tomorrow." Hospital examination, don’t turn a minor illness into a serious one, you know?”

Deng Siwu responded quickly, and then went to help his wife with some shame.

His family members were also present and heard what Deng Shirong said. Their expressions were very wonderful.

After all, the reason for this separation was that Deng Siwu's daughter-in-law "pretended to be sick" and refused to work. But now according to Jiu Gong (ancestor), Chen Bamei's illness seems not to be fake, but to have a stomach problem. If this is true, Then they are a bit on the wax.

Deng Changxin opened his mouth, but finally said nothing and turned into a sigh.

After Deng Shirong reminded him, he didn't stay here any longer and left with his hands behind his back.

Deng Siwu helped his wife back to the room to rest, and said somewhat guiltily: "Daughter-in-law, I'm sorry!"

Chen Bamei lay on the bed like a shrimp, covering her left upper abdomen and did not respond to him.

When Deng Siwu saw this, he also knew that his distrust had hurt his wife. He did not expect that he could clear up the matter in a few words. He could only say: "Daughter-in-law, please lie down on the bed first, and I will go out and give it to us." All your things have been moved in, and I will take you to the county hospital for a detailed examination tomorrow."

After saying that, when his wife still didn't respond, he walked out of the room and began to move things into the house without saying a word.

On the other side, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are also moving their things, but the number is much larger than that of their family.

As for his parents and other younger siblings, they were watching from the side.

The family that originally lived in harmony, after experiencing this unfair separation, may have no chance to make up for the rift in their hearts in this life.