Return to 1981 and start from breaking off the engagement

Chapter 77
On the way back, Yao Weijun began to think about digging a cellar in the village.

The sale of more than 20 kilograms of melon seeds in Xinggezhuang has been concluded. This will be a very large batch of goods. The cellar must be large enough and large enough. At the same time, it must be carried out in strict accordance with the design plan that Professor Ling said at the time.

Yao Weijun was indeed a little selfish when he encouraged the village party secretary to dig a cellar, but he also considered it for the future development of the village's sideline business.

Nowadays, refrigerators are far from being popular, and even urban households may not be willing to buy them. This results in the price of some seasonal vegetables being much higher.

Not to mention anything else, every household in Jianchang Village can’t finish all the vegetables grown on their own plots in the summer. If they can be stored and sold in the winter, it can also be a huge income.

Moreover, if mushrooms are really grown in a greenhouse, according to currently feasible technical means, making dried mushrooms also requires storage, dehydration and air-drying.

Therefore, digging a cellar is very troublesome in the early stage, but once it is built, there will be many benefits in the future.

When he first asked Professor Ling for advice, Yao Weijun was more interested in the first option. It could be done once and for all, and the advantages were huge.

"Uncle Ming will take the lead in the organization, and Uncle Shoushan will personally take the lead in supervising. The project of digging the cellar should not be too difficult to implement. In view of the long-term use in the future, we still need to dig a few more..."

Yao Weijun pondered all the way, and soon returned to Jiachang Village.

Passing by the door of his house, he saw his mother collecting shoe soles with some old women on the south side of the courtyard wall. He stopped his motorcycle and called his mother to follow him into the courtyard.

"Mom, these 20 yuan are worth ten dollars each to you and my father. I am filial to you."

Yao Weijun took out four steel-making tickets from his work bag and thrust them into his mother's hand.

"Oh no, no! I still kept the money I gave you last time and haven't spent it all yet. You earned the money and saved it for yourself. You'll have to talk about your wife in the future!"

Mother Zhu Mei waved her hands vigorously, smiling from ear to ear.

"Just take it if you let me. If you keep doing this, I'll divide the money among the aunts outside!"

Seeing that his mother didn't accept the money, Yao Weijun simply gestured toward the outside of the yard and said with a deliberate smile.

"How dare you! Show that you have more money, right? Stop being a fool!"

Zhu Mei glared at him. Although she knew it was a joke, she couldn't help but be annoyed.

"Then just take it, you are so polite to your own son, I feel so chilled!"

Yao Weijun put the money directly into his mother's purse and pointed to the shoe soles that had not yet been put in. "If you are not busy in the fields, take a rest. I will buy shoes for you in the future. How convenient."

"Why are you buying them for me? Your father and I can't wear out a pair of shoes for several years, so why waste money on them?

These cloth shoes are made for you. The boy is a waste of hooves, and the girl is a waste of time. I don’t want to prepare a few more pairs for you. "

Zhu Mei pointed at Yao Weijun's feet, pretending to be angry.

"Yes, and what's more, riding a dog will ruin your crotch, and playing with fire will make you wet the bed. Isn't this an old saying from grandma before? I know it all."

After Yao Weijun finished speaking, his mother couldn't help but laugh.

"There are a lot of things going on at the threshing floor. I'll go there first. You don't have to leave any food for me tonight. I'll just leave it there to deal with the two of them."

After Yao Weijun finished speaking, he walked out of the courtyard.

"Hey, Junzi bought something delicious for your mother again. She was so happy that she even stood against the wall and listened to it!"

On the south side of the courtyard wall, several old women were sitting in a row on horseback, holding twine in their hands to hold the soles of their shoes. When they saw Yao Weijun coming out, they couldn't help but joke.

"Aunts, are you busy? I have something to do, so I won't accompany you to chat!" Yao Weijun didn't have time to chat, so he got on his motorcycle and left.

"Hey, Junzi, wait a minute, my aunt has something good going on here and she wants to play with you!"

Seeing this, a woman quickly stood up and walked over, with an inexplicable smile on her face, and she laughed before she even opened her mouth.

Yao Weijun vaguely realized something, but before he could say anything, another woman in front of the courtyard wall laughed loudly: "Junzi, let me give you some air first. Your Aunt Cui plans to be your matchmaker. The woman's conditions are good." !Ha ha……"

"Lao Liu's family! You're obvious to me, right? Jun Zi and I are talking to you. What's the matter with you? I'll accept your shoes, okay?"

Aunt Cui, who was in her 40s, turned around and gave the woman who spoke first a blank look, then she smoothed her hair and explained to Yao Weijun with a smile:
"Junzi, that's what happened. You also know, Auntie, I have a very high vision. Most girls can't catch my eye. This time, I'll give it to you..."

Before she finished speaking, Yao Weijun interrupted with a wry smile:
"Aunt Cui, please listen to me first. I already have a girl I like, so I'd better forget it. Besides, I'm busy leading the villagers to build greenhouses to grow mushrooms. I really don't have time to think about this. Thank you, Ha Cui. Aunt!"

Yao Weijun smiled and politely declined, quickly got on his motorcycle and left.

"Yes, it's too late to dare to love, this matter is caused by..."

Aunt Cui shook her head with regret and muttered something depressed.

"Why did you go so early? I urged you when the land was divided, but you didn't open your mouth until now. You are really good at it!"

"Hey, I haven't done the work of liaising with women at that time. How can you rely on me? Let's not talk about it for now. Who do you think the girl in the guard's eyes will be? Could it be from our village?"

"Who knows? But when it comes to the unmarried eldest girls in our village, the only one who is worthy of joining the Human Guard is the third girl from the old Yu family, right?"

"Well... what you said makes sense. That's all it really is. Come on, you guys should continue your work. I have something to do at home, so I'll leave first!"

"Looking at how anxious she is, can you guess what Liu Cui did?"

"Guarantee the matchmaker, who is not a guarantee? I guess he went to Lao Yu's house, hahaha..."

"..."

These women hold the soles of their shoes and also function as the village radio station. They know all the big and small things.

When Zhu Mei came out again, there was a burst of noisy laughter in front of the courtyard wall...

On the evening of the next day, Yao Weijun, who was identifying a suitable location for digging a cellar with Chen Shoushan and Ma Guangsheng outside the village, saw Yu Xiunan's figure from a distance.

"Uncle Shoushan, Uncle Guangsheng, you guys take a cigarette break first, and I'll leave for a while."

Yao Weijun scattered a circle of cigarettes and strode towards the tree in the distance.

"Okay, Weijun, I just came back from the county and couldn't wait to ask someone to come to my house for matchmaking. Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Yu Xiunan asked with a smile.

"..." Yao Weijun was stunned, a little surprised for a moment, "You mean someone went to your house to propose marriage, and in my name? That's not possible. How come I, the rightful owner, don't know about it?"

"Yao Weijun, just pretend for me. Isn't this interesting?" Yu Xiunan couldn't help but hold her forehead and said with a helpless smile: "Stop it, my dad came to me about this matter last night."

"What's your father's attitude?" Yao Weijun asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)