Second Marriage in the 1970s - Chapter 42

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the village committee began to take annual leave. Zhao Donglin brought back his welfare, ten catties of pork, five catties of red dates, and three catties of brown sugar.

“Yeah, sending such things, they are always valuable.”

Not only are they valuable, but they are also rare. In this era, transportation is inconvenient, and large-scale fruit and vegetable cultivation has not been formed. There is a limited supply of red dates. It is not that you can buy as many as you want. Gifts are excellent.

“With another ten kilograms of meat, we can open up and eat this year’s New Year.”

“Sister-in-law, didn’t you say you wanted to fried meatballs last time, or let’s fry some meatballs?”

What Jiahui said, Meixiang always remembered, saying that if there is more meat for the Chinese New Year, you can eat meatballs. There are lotus roots at home, and they can also be used as lotus root clips. They are crispy on the outside and crispy on the inside. The meat is fragrant and delicious. The drool almost came out.

Jiahui didn’t expect that my sister-in-law was still like a child, always thinking about the delicious food, she smiled and said, “Yes, I will blow it up if my mother agrees.”

Jiahui kicked the ball to her mother-in-law. Zhang Qiao’er was holding a bamboo pole to hang the meat on the beams, and said with a smile, “Yes, every one of them is so grown-up, and they are greedy like children. Just this kind of meat, just follow along. You don’t have to worry about how you rectify it to create light.”

The family laughed.

After dinner and went back to the house to sleep, Zhao Donglin handed an envelope to Jiahui.

“what is this?”

According to normal operations, the envelope should contain cash checks or the like. Jia Hui took it and opened it and saw that it was really money. There were twenty and ten yuan, and a few sheets added up to fifty.

She asked suspiciously, “What kind of money is this?”

“Bonus from the village.”

Jiahui gave a clear benevolence, fifty yuan, neither too much nor too little. After all, Zhao Donglin’s salary is already more than 60 yuan, which is equivalent to an extra month’s salary.

“Is this for me? You don’t need to give the bonus to mom?”

Zhao Donglin’s eyes widened when he saw his wife, and he looked unbelievable. There was a trace of hope and innocence in the circle of confusion, like a soft and cute little animal.

Seeing that she is very generous in her work, she is really rare to look like a small money fan, Zhao Donglin loves it in his heart.

“Well, for you.”

Happiness came too suddenly.

“Does mom know? If you didn’t say that in case mom knew, it would be in trouble.”

Zhao Donglin smiled and said nothing.

Not to mention that he had told his mother, even if he didn’t report it, it’s okay. He handed over to his family in sixty-odd a month. Although his mother gave his wife ten yuan a month, there was still more than fifty left, his mother. It’s not that I really see the money and won’t care about this bonus seriously.

“After that, just put it away, don’t save what you want to buy in the future, and make a few fewer clothes, especially if you can’t stay up late.”

All the money was given by the gold master. The gold master said everything was right. Holding the unexpectedly “big money” in her hand, Jiahui nodded her head repeatedly, her eyes bent into crescents. If her eyes were not big enough, there would be gaps left. NS.

“Then I will accept it, and save it together after the beginning of the year.”

Since traveling to the 1970s, Jiahui has added a new hobby. She especially likes to save money. It will be especially fulfilling to see a little increase in her deposit amount.

Normally there is almost no place to spend money. The basic food, clothing, housing and transportation of life is the responsibility of the mother-in-law. The clothes are pulled back and made by themselves. There is no need to buy a house. The life is simple and fulfilling.

In addition to wanting to spend money and having nowhere to spend, Jiahui’s reason for saving money is to prepare for going to school in the future. School costs tuition, living expenses, books and social expenses. Three meals a day cost money.

Jiahui is definitely going to college. Zhao Donglin is willing to take college entrance exams. She doesn’t know if she accepts new challenges. If the husband and wife study at the same time, they will have no income. Naturally, the money will be more prepared.

Now she has almost 500 yuan in savings, and she should be able to save up to 1,000 in two years. In this era, prices are cheap. I heard that some universities still have subsidies. It should be enough to save some flowers.

The couplet was posted on New Year’s Eve. The couplet at home was written by Zhao Donglai himself. When he was a child, he practiced calligraphy, which was to find a branch to make gestures on the sand. .

A pair of couplets cost a few cents. After the people on the team knew that Zhao Donglin could write calligraphy, many people came to ask for couplets with red paper. A piece of red paper can write several pairs, which is much more cost-effective than buying couplets. It saves one point. For one point, it is good to save a few lumps of candy for the child.

The couplets in rural areas are all exquisite. The gates, halls, kitchens, and even pigpens and chicken coops use different pairs. Cheung”, the kitchen can use “wedding candy and wedding wine for weddings, delicacies and delicacies for guests” or “carefully adjust the five flavors in the hall, the hall will meet the three parents”, if someone puts the kitchen pair on the door or pigsty, then It became a joke.

The glue for sticking couplets is homemade rice milk. Glutinous rice is sticky. Grind the glutinous rice into glutinous rice flour and add water to make it into a paste. The stickiness is comparable to industrial glue. It is more than enough for sticking a pair.

The black egg followed Zhao Donglin with the paste, first pasting the door, then the hall, the wing, the kitchen, and then the chicken pen and pigsty. After the yard was plastered, the fiery red color gave the festival a layer of joy and celebration. .

Jiahui was busy driving early in the morning. In addition to preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner, there is also a rule in the village that fires cannot be fired on the first day of the New Year, so they have to prepare a lot of dishes today.

Fish is a must, and it means more than every year. This year, Jiahui is the chef at home, and Meixiang is on the sidelines.

Braised fish, meatballs, lotus root, and braised pork are all cooked in a large iron pot, and then a bowl is placed in the cupboard after being cooled naturally.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the temperature is as low as minus, and the whole environment is a natural refrigerator, not afraid of damage.

The happiest part of the New Year is the children, who are crazy about playing and having new clothes and meat, and there are endless peanuts and melon seeds and candies.

From Jiahui’s cooking, the children would go to the kitchen from time to time to watch, eating meatballs for a while, and lotus root clamps for a while, and they were full without much lunch at noon.

In the evening, the New Year’s Eve dinner started when the sky was dim. Everyone except the children poured a glass of rice wine. Zhao Manzhu didn’t talk a lot on weekdays. Today, he toasted as the head of the family.

“I can’t speak either, your mother must let me speak.”

Zhang Qiaoer smiled and struck him with an elbow, Zhao Manzhu chuckled, with a simple and honest face.

“The big guys are doing well this year, and Dong Lin has also returned from the army. Our family has finally been reunited in the past ten years.”

Speaking of this, Zhao Manzhu should have a sense of true feelings and began to talk freely. Instead of the stumbling he had just done, Zhao Donglin looked down at the wine glass, obviously thinking of the hard and fulfilling time in the army.

“I am very satisfied with my current life. I don’t have to go hungry or cold, I can eat my food, and I’m a family together. This is a day that I didn’t even dare to think about before. It was brought by Donglin. Our family would not be so good without him, so Donghe, you have to toast your brother.”

Zhao Donglin’s eyes were a little moist, and Zhao Donghe was the same. Even Zhang Qiaoer and Meixiang bowed their heads and wiped their tears. Only Jiahui and Zheng Yuefen had no mood swings. The two wives looked at each other and moved away, watching Zhao Donghe stand up with a glass of wine.

“Brother, the younger brother always knows your difficulties. Although I don’t know how to say it, I understand it all in my heart, and I always admire you and appreciate you. Really, I have been proud of you since I was a child. It’s Zhao Donglin’s younger brother, so I’m happy. My brother is very good. He studied well when he was a child. He didn’t fight against him. When I was bullied, I went to find a place for me…”

Having said that, Zhao Donghe was already choked up, Zhao Donglin patted his brother on the shoulder, sent the wine glass forward, and had a drink with Zhao Donglin, first to respect it.

A lot of words are unspoken. To this younger brother, he is very affectionate, maybe because he left home when he was young, he pays more attention to family affection.

“Okay, let’s eat, and the dishes should be cold if we continue.”

After Zhang Qiaoer spoke, the two brothers sat down and the New Year’s Eve dinner officially started.

“Well, this fish is delicious, much better than mine.”

After tasting the fish, Zhang Qiaoer couldn’t help but praise Jiahui.

“I like to eat this, it’s fragrant.”

Meixiang is talking about lotus root clips.

“In the summer we can use eggplant as an eggplant clip to eat, it’s also very fragrant.”

Meixiang covered her face and smiled, “Sister-in-law, your cooking is so delicious, my face is fat.”

“It looks so good, it looks like a red apple.”

“Yes, it’s better for girls to be fatter, don’t learn from your sister-in-law, she is just too thin, and there is not much meat on her body.”

Jiahui couldn’t help screaming for herself, “Mom, I don’t eat less, and I just have a small skeleton and I have a lot of meat on my body.”

On the surface, Zhao Donglin was drinking with his father and younger brother. Jiahui listened to what Jiahui said. He said that she had a lot of flesh on her body. He glanced at Jiahui and remembered the balsamic jade under his palm at night. Skin, his face turned red in an instant.

“Brother, are you drunk and blushing like this?”

Zhao Donghe cried out in surprise, thinking that he would not be drunk. His brother has a good amount of alcohol. He claims to be drunk for a thousand cups, only a few glasses of rice wine, so he won’t be drunk.

“Drink less. It’s your own family members, so you can do whatever you want. If you keep your energy, you have to pay a New Year’s greeting tomorrow.”

Zhang Qiao’er immediately began to take care of her. Dong Jiahui also looked back with concern. She just happened to meet Zhao Donglin’s sentimental eyes and was startled in her heart, and her back began to chill inexplicably.

Halfway through the meal, Zhang Qiaoer went back to the house and took out a few red envelopes. The three children cost one dollar each.

“It’s not much money, it’s just that. Don’t spend it randomly.”

Said it is for children, the final outcome will definitely be handed over to adults, but it is a custom to give red envelopes during the New Year, which is just a pleasure.

In addition to the child’s red envelope, there are several red paper envelopes on the table. Zheng Yuefen’s eyes kept watching. She knew that her mother-in-law was going to send money. As expected, Zhang Qiao’er spoke quickly.

“Everyone has worked hard this year. According to our family’s rules, I should give you some pocket money after a full year. The big money is the same. The old man and the second family are 30 per person, and Meixiang is less. Twenty yuan per person. If you have any opinions, please bring them up now. If you don’t, let’s divide them.”

Years ago, the team paid cash dividends, deducting food, and the Zhao family got 268 yuan, which was a good year.

The others are okay. Zheng Yuefen, who usually has the most opinion, has no opinion either. A person is 30, and a couple has 60 yuan. Although this is not a lot of money, it is a net income and can be saved without moving. Today is ten yuan more than last year.

Zheng Yuefen took the lead in expressing his attitude, “Mom, I have no objection.”

When she opened her mouth, everyone looked at her, Jiahui was quite surprised, it was rare that this woman didn’t stand up and shout.

“Well, since there is no objection, then go ahead. I shouldn’t ask you how to spend this money, but every penny is not easy. Save it if you can save it. Don’t spend it randomly.”

Zhang Qiaoer took out a stack of ten yuan bills to give everyone a lot of money, first to the old couple, then to the second couple, and finally Zhao Meixiang.

Zheng Yuefen took the money in Zhao Donghe’s hand as soon as he got the money, and counted it with pride, calculating how much to save and how much to use.

She had to spend money to go back to her family in the second grade. She couldn’t be compared with other sisters in the family. She had to give enough gifts to the children. It would cost six or eight yuan to calculate, but it’s okay, big red envelopes. My child would also give stones, that is, I only have one stone in my family. Compared with the sisters who have a few children in the family, they are a bit disadvantaged.