Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 61

Chinese New Year celebrations here on the Loess Plateau are different from other places.

Pay attention to not going out on the first day of the new year, but only walking around the village to pay New Year's greetings.In the second day of junior high school, I visited relatives and returned to my mother’s house, and in the third junior high school, I played Yangko and made a big fuss.

However, in the new era and the new atmosphere, many old customs and habits naturally appear out of date.

Except for the item of visiting relatives, everything else is omitted.

For Wang Manyin, it was even simpler.

His family was passed down through three generations, and his grandfather ruined the family business by smoking opium.His father was a well-known second-rate son in Qianqian Village, and died the second year after giving birth to Wang Manyin.

Wang Manyin didn't have any uncles or aunts as relatives, and after his mother died of illness, he became completely alone.

There is a brother on the side of my mother's natal family, because the distance is too far, and in memory, the two sides don't have much contact.

Especially after the mother died, the two families lost contact.

When Wang Manyin got married, he didn't notify his uncle at all.So now, apart from Lanhua's natal family, there are almost no serious relatives.

In this way, it saves a lot of trouble.

Today was the second day of junior high school, he originally planned to finish his meal and go to Shuangshui Village with Lan Hua early.

It's just that I didn't expect that the kung fu consignment point for cooking in the morning began to get busy.

Most of the families are planning to visit relatives today, and come here early to buy pastries and candies.

These days, it is not allowed to increase the price of goods without permission, and the supply and marketing cooperatives and the consignment point a price.A catty of biscuits costs [-] cents, plus [-] taels of food stamps; peach cakes cost [-] cents a catty, and [-] taels of food stamps; chicken cakes and half a catty of food stamps...

As for where the food stamps come from, Wang Manyin doesn't care.

Of course, those who can come to buy pastries and candies basically belong to wealthy families in the three villages.When they give gifts, they naturally want to be more generous.

When visiting relatives, more people will bring home-made fried oil cakes, or buy a few white flour steamed buns at the supply and marketing cooperatives.

There are also children who got lucky money and came to buy candy and firecrackers.

In this day and age, rural people don't give their children a lot of New Year's money, basically ten or two cents, and even less, five cents.The broken baby who can get [-] cents for the new year's money will definitely attract the envious eyes of the friends around him.

The consignment point is also a record today.

In two hours, it was sold for 20 yuan.

It was almost noon, and there were no more customers coming, so Wang Manyin hurriedly locked the door and rushed towards Shuangshui Village with Lan Hua.

My family is a consignment sales point, so Wang Manyin is naturally not stingy in giving gifts to the father-in-law.Two packs of peach cakes, one bag of fruit candy, and Lanhua made some homemade fried oil cakes and meatballs to bring with her.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Shaoping and Lan Xiang standing on the edge of the cave and looking around from a distance.

Seeing the two people appear, they ran quickly...

"Shaoping, I bought some good things for you and Lan Xiang." Seeing Sun Shaoping, Wang Manyin immediately took out a few comic books that he bought a few years ago.

The little guy was one year older, so he knew how to say "Thank you, brother-in-law", and then happily took it.

As the new son-in-law, when he came to the house during the Chinese New Year, he was of course warmly received by the Sun family.

In order to show grandeur, Sun Yuhou specially called his younger brother to accompany him.

They had just chatted for a while, and the hot meal was served on the table.

A bowl of rabbit meat, a large bowl of sauerkraut, a plate of cold tofu, and a plate of fried oil cakes and meatballs.If this meal is a bit shabby in future generations, it is definitely very rich in this era.

Wang Manyin felt a little flattered.

It is an old custom on the Loess Plateau that mothers-in-law and children do not eat at the table when entertaining guests.After the guests have finished eating, they will clean up the table and find an inconspicuous corner to eat some leftovers.

When Wang Manyin came to Sun's house last time, he mentioned that the family does not need to pay too much attention, just sit together and have a lively meal.

In the end, Mr. Sun vetoed it on the grounds that "men talk and drink, women can't get in the conversation".

At that time, Wang Manyin came to the door for the first time as the new son-in-law, and there was nothing to say.

Today, when the food was served on the table, Lan Hua and her mother-in-law hid in front of the stove and were busy again.

He immediately couldn't help but said: "Lanhua, mom, don't be too busy, hurry up and have some hot dishes. There are also Shaoping and Lanxiang, let them sit at the table too. They are all a family, not so particular! "

"It's okay, Man Yin, you drink... Lan Hua and I can eat whatever we want later." Liu Erni waved her hands repeatedly and declined.

"Man Yin, don't pay attention to them, we have the old rules here, mothers-in-law and aunts don't come to the table." Sun Yuting also said.

"Second dad, in the new society and new atmosphere, how can we pay attention to the old rules. Besides, I'm not an outsider..." Wang Manyin shook his head, still insisting.

It's fine if it's someone else's house, this is my old father-in-law's house.

Seeing that his mother-in-law and aunt are not even qualified to eat at the table, Wang Manyin certainly feels uncomfortable.

He comes from a later age, and his views are very different from those of this era.

Women are for pampering.

What a shitty old tradition, it should have been thrown into the garbage dump long ago.

Sun Shaoan seemed to understand what his brother-in-law was thinking, and he chimed in, "Dad, second dad, what brother-in-law said is right. We are all our own family today, so we don't need to pay too much attention. Let my sister and mother have a meal together."

In this way, Lanhua and Shaoping finally sat down on the kang.

There was no disturbance during the meal.

Probably because he was bullied by Wang Manyin last time, Sun Yuting's performance was also honest, and he didn't sing any high-profile songs during the banquet.

Went to the old father-in-law's house, and the relatives of Wang Manyin's family were completely gone.

It's just that he didn't expect that his relatives would come the next day.

The person who came was Liu Qingli, who directly brought two packs of pastries to the door.

For Liu Qingli, Wang Manyin also felt grateful.

This is the network resource left by his predecessor...

Because he had saved the other party's life back then, Liu Qingli had nothing to say to him.

No matter how big or small, as long as they can help, they never refuse.

Wang Manyin couldn't find a chance to give back, so he could only send some pheasants and hares to show his heart.

When the other party came to the door today, he naturally wanted to have a good drink.

While they were chatting, Lanhua fried half a pheasant, added a plate of eggs, a plate of big meat vermicelli, and put fried oil cake balls on it.

This time at her own home, Lan Hua was still sitting on the kang as a companion.

Liu Qingli was a young man, so he didn't take it seriously.

Ling Wang Manyin did not expect that after drinking for three rounds, the other party said an important message.

"Brother Man Yin, didn't you ask me last time, when will the supply and marketing cooperative recruit temporary workers? Now is the opportunity!"

"I went back to the city two days ago and heard from my dad that our Yuanxi County is going to carry out the 'Agricultural Learning from Dazhai Movement' in the next step. We will do a lot of farmland infrastructure construction to increase grain production and income..."

"In response to the call, our county's supply and marketing system is going to hold a training course on bacterial fertilizers. Each commune will recruit two poor and lower-middle peasants to the county to participate in the training. Of course, the identity of the farmers after the training will still belong to the farmers, but the work is linked to the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the supply and marketing The wages paid by the society are regarded as "workers and farmers". Brother Manyin, if you want to go, you have to seize the opportunity..."

When Lan Hua heard this, her eyes also shone with brilliance.

But she didn't dare to speak up, leaving everything to the man to decide.

On the contrary, Wang Manyin pondered for a while, and said to Liu Qingli: "Qingli, let me tell you the truth. It's good for me to open a consignment store at home. This job is very leisurely and not tiring. I asked you to pay attention last time, mainly for my brother-in-law's consideration." Yes. Life in the countryside is really hard, so I wanted to find him a chance to jump out..."

Lan Hua was stunned.

She also didn't expect that the man was not thinking about himself, but wanted to find a way out for his younger brother.

This made Lan Hua feel conflicted in her heart.

On the one hand, she felt that the opportunity was rare.

The so-called "worker and farmer" means that the identity still belongs to the peasant, who works as a worker in factories, mines, enterprises and other units in normal times, and returns to the countryside to work in farming during the farming season.

Most of the money I earn needs to be handed over to the production team to buy work points.

Although this is not as good as a regular worker, it is also a rare opportunity for farmers who plan to eat in the soil.It belongs to one foot out of the farm gate.

From the bottom of her heart, Lanhua would of course prefer her own man to do this errand instead of working hard to earn work points in the production team.

(End of this chapter)