Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

There was nothing going on in the county town. Deng Shirong only stayed for one night and returned to his hometown the next day.

Knowing that the house in the county town was not hit by hail, the sons, daughters and wives were relieved.

Zhang Xiuping took the opportunity to say to her father-in-law: "Dad, let me tell you something. Ahua is expected to give birth next month. At the end of the month, she should go to the county town to wait for delivery. I want her to live in our house." ,May I?"

It is a normal operation in this day and age. Deng Shirong responded with a smile: "Of course you can. In a blink of an eye, A Yuan will become a father. If A Hua goes to the county town to give birth to a child, who will follow and take care of her?" Her?"

Zhang Xiuping said: "Originally, her mother-in-law should have followed her to take care of her, but because of Ahua's mother-in-law's character, asking her to follow her to the county seat to take care of her would inevitably have to be nagged, so she simply asked her parents to take care of her. I don’t have so many worries.”

Deng Shirong thought of Ou Guohua's parents' concern for her, and couldn't help but nodded: "It would be good to let her parents take care of her, but what about this boy A Yuan? His wife has a baby, won't he go and help?"

Zhang Xiuping shook her head and said: "From what A Hua said, I don't plan to let A Yuan go up to help, because if I let A Yuan go up to help, it will delay at least ten days and a half of work, which costs more than a hundred yuan, just How heartbreaking it is to be missing like this!”

Every family's conditions are different, and Deng Shirong cannot use his own standards to measure others. He said: "In that case, at the end of the month you and Yuntai will follow you to help cook and entertain your little sister and her parents." !”

Zhang Xiuping said happily after hearing this: "I know, thank you dad!"

…

Not long after the Qingming Festival, early-maturing lychee varieties such as March Red began to hit the market.

Of course, the taste of the March Red variety is actually not that good, but no matter what it is, it is rare and expensive. When all lychees are growing, it matures first and can be sold regardless of whether it tastes good or not. Good price.

Compared with the early-maturing March Red, cinnamon-flavored lychees will take at least two months to mature.

However, although there are still two months until Guiwei lychees mature, it is now possible to sign a purchase contract with the supply and marketing cooperative in advance.

Originally, Deng Shirong did not need to step forward to handle this matter, because Guan Yongying's Uncle Man worked in the supply and marketing cooperative, and within the scope of his authority, it was no problem to obtain a high price for the Guiwei lychees of the three of them.

In the end, the supply and marketing cooperative's purchase price was an unprecedented 50 cents per catty, which made Deng Changfu's family and his father-in-law's family extremely happy.

After all, the normal purchase price of lychees in this era is basically 2 or 3 cents per catty. It is really extremely rare for them to get 5 cents per catty. If it weren't for the help of Guan Yongying's Uncle Man, even if they planted it Guiwei, the top lychee variety, may not be able to fetch such a high purchase price.

On the day the contract was signed, Guan Yongying's mother-in-law killed an old hen and made soup as an early celebration.

This year, their family’s lychee production is estimated to be about 2,800 to 3,000 kilograms. Each kilogram can be sold for 5 cents, which is 1,400 to 1,500 yuan. This is definitely the largest income in their family’s history. There is no way to celebrate. Pass.

In addition to signing a lychee purchase contract with the supply and marketing cooperative, Deng Shirong also signed a watermelon purchase contract. The purchase price of each kilogram of watermelon is 8 cents. Based on the scale of his family's watermelon planting this year, if there is a bumper harvest, the income will definitely far exceed that of lychees. The income can be considered an unexpected blessing.

…

End of March.

County Street.

Zhang Xiuping helped her little sister Ou Guohua, who had a big belly, to visit the two-story building. She pointed to one of the rooms with a wardrobe and said, "This is my sister-in-law's room. I have already said hello to her in advance. These days, I will be here for a while." Let’s stay in her room!”

Ou Guohua looked at the fully furnished house with electric lights in the rooms, and couldn't help but sigh: "This county is different. There is no need to light up the lights at night. Just pull the rope and the lights will turn on. It's so convenient."

Zhang Xiuping said with a smile: "It's really convenient to live in the county. Everything is sold as soon as you step out. There are still people selling midnight snacks in the middle of the night!"

At this time, Ou Guohua's parents also walked up to the second floor. Zhang Xiuping quickly pointed to one of the rooms and said: "Uncle, aunt, you will stay in this room these days. The bed and quilt inside are all new."

Oumu said quickly: "Sister A Ping, we just have a place to sleep. Why do we need a new bed and a new quilt!"

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said: "Aunt, it's okay, I just slept for ten days and a half. Are you worried that the bed and quilt will be worn out?"

Ou's father and Ou's mother had watched Zhang Xiuping grow up. Seeing her sincere hospitality, they accepted her arrangement.

After Ou's father and Ou's mother had put away their luggage, Deng Yuntai said with a smile: "Uncle, aunt, it's getting late now. I'll invite you out for a meal. We'll buy groceries and cook them ourselves in the afternoon."

Ou's father said quickly: "Yuntai, how can you invite us to dinner? It's us who should invite you to dinner."

Deng Yuntai smiled and said: "Uncle, you know our relationship with sister Ahua. It's just a meal, so don't be polite to me."

Zhang Xiuping also smiled and added: "Yes, uncle, aunt, it's hard for you to come to the county town, no matter what, you have to give my Yuntai a chance to show off!"

Now that the conversation was over, Ou's father and Ou's mother no longer fought over the invitation to dinner.

So, the group went out to have a sumptuous lunch.

After finishing the meal, Ou Guohua asked: "Sister Ping, where is your restaurant? Now that you have nothing to do, take us to see it!"

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said: "Why are you in a hurry? It's been a long time since you've been working on this. Aren't you tired?"

Ou Guohua shook her head and said, "I'm in great spirits now and not tired at all. Take me to your restaurant quickly!"

"Since you're not tired, I'll take you to see it!"

Zhang Xiuping took the lead and walked towards Xicheng Road, while saying: "The hotel is still under construction, and there is actually nothing to see."

Both father and mother knew that after May Day, Deng Yuntai and Zhang Xiuping would come to the county to open a restaurant, and they were very curious about this.

After all, in order to open a restaurant, Deng Yuntai gave up his job as a vat chef earning more than 200 yuan a month, which is enough to prove that this restaurant is definitely not a small business, but a real big hotel.

A few minutes later, the group arrived diagonally opposite the People's Cinema on Xicheng Road.

At this time, the first floor has been built, and the inside is filled with wood. The outside is built with a circle of wood and bamboo shelves. The visual effect of this thousands-square-meter building is quite explosive, which makes the Ou family All three showed shocked expressions.

They knew that this hotel would definitely not be a small business, but they never expected that the scale of this hotel would be so big.

Compared with the huge building in front of them, their state-owned hotel in Longtan was nothing worth mentioning.