Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

In the hot summer, the happiest thing for rural children is to go swimming in the river.

In later generations, because the river water was too polluted, and swimming in rivers or reservoirs was very dangerous after all, under the strict control of parents and teachers, very few children went to swim in the river.

This has also led to the fact that many rural children in later generations cannot swim at all, unlike today's rural children, who can almost swim as long as they are boys.

Deng Shirong's sons are all good swimmers. Every summer, they go swimming in the river with their friends in the village every day.

Deng Shirong never cared about this in his previous life, and he doesn't plan to care about it in this life either.

This kind of thing is very strange to say. Later generations had very strict regulations. Very few students went to rivers and reservoirs to swim. As a result, students drowned every year. Even the Bangjie Brigade had students drowned every three or two years. die.

But in this era, no one cares. Every summer, countless people from the entire Bunji brigade go swimming in the river. Miraculously, there are very few cases of drowning.

At noon that day, the scorching sun was in the sky. Seeing that Yunsong, Yunhua, and Yunheng were going to the river to swim and cool down again, Deng Shirong said: "You have nothing to do, so just bring a bucket. In the shallow water, I found some clams (transliterated in Hakka, it is something similar to clams that grow in the river) and came back to cook porridge. "

Deng Yunhua responded positively when he heard this: "Dad, no problem, I promise to pick up a small half bucket and bring it back."

Deng Shirong did not doubt that he could do it, because there were countless children in the village who went to swim in the river. With the appeal of his sons in the village, it was completely fine to mobilize other friends to help Mohan.

When the three sons happily walked to the river with buckets, Deng Shirong said to the eldest daughter-in-law: "Sister A Ping, now A Yuan has learned how to make a big vat, I want to wait for Yuntai to finish the current kiln goods. , let A Yuan take over the next batch of goods, what do you think?"

Zhang Xiuping's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she asked, "Dad, do you have new arrangements for Brother Tai?"

"There are indeed new arrangements."

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "The original plan was to let Yuntai finish this year's work at the cylinder tile factory, but you are probably going to give birth in more than three months, so I might as well ask him to come back early to accompany you, and prepare for next year's work. Make some preparations in advance.”

Zhang Xiuping asked curiously: "Dad, what do you plan to ask Brother Tai to do? Can you reveal it?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Of course I can reveal it. Let's not talk about the long-term plan. Let's talk about what to do next. I plan to let him open a restaurant in the county seat."

Zhang Xiuping said in surprise: "Go to the county to open a restaurant?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "Although the income of a vat master is good, it is too hard, and work is work after all, and it will never be as profitable as being a boss."

Zhang Xiuping nodded frequently after hearing her father-in-law's words. She naturally understood how tired her husband was from work. Sometimes when he came back from work, he would go straight back to his room to sleep after dinner and a shower, which made her feel quite distressed.

"Dad, are you going to let Brother Tai open a restaurant like Shuangwang State-owned Hotel?"

"We want to open a hotel like that, but the scale will definitely be larger than Shuangwang State-owned Hotel."

Zhang Xiuping asked uneasily: "Dad, it should take a lot of money to open such a big restaurant in the county, right?"

“It’s unclear how much it will cost. If you can rent a suitable store, you can save a lot of money. If you can’t find a suitable store and you have to spend money to build the building yourself, it will cost a lot of money. "

Speaking of this, Deng Shirong smiled and said: "But you don't have to worry, I will take care of the money matter, and I definitely don't need to pay for it."

Zhang Xiuping quickly explained: "Dad, that's not what I meant. The main reason is that Brother Tai is good at making tiles. If you ask him to open a restaurant and be the boss, can he do well? If he invests so much money, what if he loses money?" But what to do!”

"In doing business, there are bound to be losses and profits. Our country is now in the early stages of reform and opening up. It can be said that there is gold everywhere. It is the best era in history."

Thinking of later generations' evaluation of this era, Deng Shirong said with encouragement: "So you young people should not be afraid of losses. You should go out boldly. If you fall, get up and keep trying. There will always be a day when you succeed."

Zhang Xiuping admired her father-in-law's vision, but with just a little guidance, her mother's brother made the business prosperous, making a lot of money every month. Now her father-in-law is her own son Guidance, what else does she have to worry about?

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiuping nodded repeatedly and said: "Dad is right. When Brother Tai comes back, tell him to prepare him to be the boss."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "When Yuntai opens the restaurant next year, the child will probably be weaned. Then you can leave the child at home and ask A-Zhen to help take care of it. Then go to the county and work hard with Yuntai!" "

When Zhang Xiuping heard this, she quickly shook her head and said, "That would be too much trouble for Azhen. I'll take it with me myself, or let my mother help me take it with me!"

Deng Shirong said: "We are all a family, so there is no trouble. But it's too early to talk about this now. Let's wait until next year!"

…

Two or three hours later.

The three sons came back from the river, and Han came back with half a bucket.

Deng Yunhua asked eagerly: "Dad, do you think there is enough here? If not, we will go fishing again."

Deng Shirong took a look and said: "That's enough, we can cook a big pot of porridge here!"

Speaking of this, Deng Shirong paused for a moment, and then added: "I will cook more porridge later, and you can call all the friends who helped Lao Han over to eat porridge."

Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng both nodded happily when they heard this. Rural children in this era have few good friends who grew up together. Naturally, they would be happy to invite their friends who played well to their homes for a good meal.

When the two brothers happily ran to inform their good friends that they would come home to eat rare porridge in the afternoon, Deng Shirong also carried the half bucket of rare rice back to the kitchen to prepare the rare porridge.

Deng Yunzhen, who had just washed the onions and ginger, stretched out her hand and said, "Dad, let me wash it!"

Deng Shirong said: "I'll just wash it. You go boil the water!"

"Oh well!"

Deng Yunzhen responded and went to the stove to light a fire. After the fire started, she used a spoon to scoop several spoonfuls of water from the water tank into the pot. She felt that the water in the pot could cover the half bucket of Han, so she stopped. .

At this time, Deng Yunzhu came in, sat down in front of the stove, and helped watch the fire.

Deng Yunzhen said: "Azhu, if you don't go to study with your sister-in-law, why are you here to join in the fun?"

Deng Yunzhu took the fire stick and pulled the burning branches in the stove, and said: "Sister, you are asking knowingly. I had a headache after reading the book, so it would be more comfortable for me to come over and help light the fire."

Deng Yunzhen herself is considered a scumbag, and she is not qualified to criticize her sister. She can only say: "Then you will learn it later. You are not young anymore. You should learn to cook, so as not to get married in the future." If you don’t even know how to cook at your husband’s house, isn’t that embarrassing for your father?”

Deng Yunzhu nodded and said: "Sister, what you said makes sense. Our dad's cooking is so delicious. Sister, your skills are not bad now. I really can't fall behind too much. I have to learn from you and dad."