After the special day of the third day of the Lunar New Year, there will be a festive visit to relatives and friends. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Gao Hong will go with his parents to pay New Year's greetings. It is called a New Year's greeting, but it is actually a blind date.
Gao Mingcheng was not idle either. He drove a tractor and took many beauties and many beautiful couples to his eldest sister's house in Fengfeng Village to pay New Year's greetings.
Duo Jin, a beautiful eldest sister, married to Fengfeng Village a few years ago. Fengfeng Village is actually relatively close to Gaojia Village, but the distance is short in a straight line. If you walk there, you have to take a detour.
The largest reservoir in Gaojia Village is shared with Fengfeng Village. After crossing this reservoir and walking for a while, you will reach Fengfeng Village.
But Gao Mingcheng has a tractor, so there is no need to walk from the reservoir. Although the reservoir has dried up this year, the bottom of the reservoir is uneven and full of potholes, making it inconvenient to drive.
There were three stools on the bed of the tractor. People wearing cotton-padded clothes and hats sat on them. There were also some gifts piled in the free space.
There is no reason to go empty-handed when visiting during the Chinese New Year.
Duoyu is sitting holding her son. Her son is already five months old, but he is relatively thin and does not look big. At this time, he is wrapped in a small quilt, only a small face is exposed, and he is looking curiously. .
Duo Mei lowered his head and teased the child, and said: "Second sister, will he drink the milk powder I bought for Shitou last time? I see that he is smaller than other children, and I want him to drink some milk powder to supplement it."
Duoyu sighed and said with a sad face: "I don't have much milk, not enough for him, but he refused to give him milk powder! Later, your brother simply fed him gruel, just the top layer of gruel. The water is very thin, so it won’t choke him. Now I feed him two meals of porridge during the day, and he doesn’t cry so frequently at night.”
Many beautiful nephews are helpless because they refuse to eat milk powder.
Duoyu's son's first name is Xu Yan, and his nickname is Shitou. He is quite handsome and cute, but he may not have enough in the womb, and Duoyu doesn't have much milk, so he is thin and small.
Gao Mingcheng was driving in front, but he also heard the conversation behind him. Thanks to his good aunt, this little guy got a lot of help from his aunt in his previous life. As for this life, he may get even more help.
But as long as many beauties don't go too far, Gao Mingcheng has no intention of interfering. Relatives are just like that, they will always help each other, and this is how they feel.
Not long after, the tractor stopped in front of many gold houses.
The letter had been delivered before, and many Jin knew that their natal sisters were coming, so they prepared early. As soon as they saw the tractor arriving, they came to the door to greet them.
The family she married into was not very well off, but it was better than her own family. In addition, her father was seriously ill at that time and was about to die, so she hurriedly married while her father was still alive. I came here and now I have given birth to two sons.
It is worth mentioning that although family planning has been implemented in recent years, they are not very strict about it due to some reasons. Those who have jobs in the city are more strict. They are basically only children, but those without jobs. But she basically gave birth to a second child. This is still the case in the city, let alone in the countryside.
Since ancient times, farmland farming has required labor, and this labor only refers to men. If a family does not give birth to a son, they will be ridiculed as being destitute. In some places with bad customs, there are even cases of deprivation. occur.
Therefore, after the family planning policy started, every place was different, because the policy was dead, but the people in power were alive. Some places were more crazy and strict, so many tragic things often happened, such as She was eight months pregnant and was forcibly taken away to have an abortion. As a result, the pregnant woman suffered severe physical damage and even died.
But in some places, the enforcement is not so strict. In some rural areas, it is even tacitly accepted that if the first child is a daughter, you are allowed to have a second child. If the first child is a son, you are not allowed to have a second child.
But here in Gaojiacun, when the policy was implemented for everyone, it became that regardless of gender, you were allowed to have a second child, but after the second child, the woman had to be notified to have a sterilization, which was regarded as completing the task assigned by the above.
Therefore, Gao Mingcheng can have two sons, and Duoyu will have a daughter in the future. As for Duojin, this one is amazing. She will give birth to another son next year.
It is said that the family wanted to have a daughter, so they hid in the mountains to give birth. However, after the birth, it was still a son, and the three sons looked very similar. If it weren't for the fact that they were older and younger, people who didn't know better would have thought they were sons. Where are the triplets?
After being warmly welcomed into the main room and sitting down, Gao Mingcheng raised his head and looked around. Many of the Jin family still lived in old houses with adobe bricks, and old newspapers and some calendars were posted on the walls.
There is a wooden table placed in the main room. The tabletop has some bumps and bumps. It is an old item that has been used for many years. There are several kinds of fruits on the table, including grapefruit, tangerines and persimmons.
Pomelos and tangerines are two kinds of fruit trees that many Jin grow on their own. When the fruits mature in autumn, they are picked and then hidden in chaff so that they can be eaten during the Chinese New Year.
As for the persimmons, they are also made in-house. The persimmons are not big, but the craftsmanship is pretty good. With the frosting, they look delicious.
This year was Gao Mingcheng's first visit to his beautiful eldest sister's house to pay New Year's greetings after his marriage. Naturally, he was not stingy when it came to gifts, and gave him several kilograms of apples, several kilograms of wind-blown pork, two cans of malted milk, and two bottles of wine.
This was a formal gift, but Duomei actually brought two sets of children's clothes and some dried kelp, dried salted fish and the like.
This children's clothing was produced in Dong Feixia's workshop. It is made of thick cotton and filled with new cotton. It is very thick and warm.
"Here, these are new clothes for you, come and try them out." Duo Duomei smiled and handed over the new clothes. Surprise smiles instantly appeared on the faces of the two children. One is five years old and the other is three years old. I already understand beauty and ugliness.
"This... is too expensive." Duo Jin said excitedly and politely, but he was soon pestered by two children to change their clothes.
Not long after, both children were wearing new clothes. When they put them on, they realized that they were both a little too big.
But this is what many beauties do on purpose.
Countryside people dress carefully. When buying clothes for their children, they never buy clothes that fit them properly. They must be one size larger. Some people even buy clothes two sizes larger because children grow quickly. If they buy clothes that are bigger, they can fit them. longer.
But in fact, one size up is fine, but two sizes up is not necessary. Often by the time you fit it, the clothes are already old and dirty.
In the end, a new piece of clothing never looks good when worn.
Therefore, when people's lives get better later, young parents will no longer deliberately buy one size larger clothes for their children. They will dress appropriately and appropriately.
"It looks good, this dress looks good." Duo Jin was excited. In her eyes, this slightly too big dress was the best.
Now that the Chinese New Year has passed, I will wear them for more than a month at most before changing to something thinner. By the time I wear them again this winter, my child will have grown up a bit. The clothes are a little too big now, but by this winter they will be just right again.
Compared with the gifts given by Gao Mingcheng and his wife, the gifts given by Duoyu and his wife were much inferior, but everyone knew each other's situation, so they would not deliberately eliminate people, but the strong Duoyu was a little unhappy, and the look on his face The smile does not reach the eyes.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I went to my eldest sister’s house to pay New Year greetings. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, I didn’t stay idle. Instead, I went to the third sister’s house to pay New Year greetings. When I went to the third sister’s house, Gao Mingcheng’s tractor had my eldest sister’s family again. This time, it was actually full. .
The third sister married many months ago and it took more than two hours to walk, so we rarely moved around before.
But this year Gao Mingcheng bought a tractor, so it will be much more convenient to go out to pay New Year greetings.
The sisters rarely get together, but now that they have the opportunity, everyone cherishes it.
It was a free love for many months. Once she came here to sell mats, and then she met her current husband. Later, they saw each other and got together.
At that time, Duomei's father was dead, and they had the final say on their marriage. From the time they met to get married, it only took a month or two. For future generations, this would be called a flash marriage.
Although she got married in a hurry, the third sister lived quite well for many months because her husband worked in the supply and marketing cooperative and was paid!
In the eyes of everyone, many months are considered a high marriage.
At this time, she was pregnant for many months and was about to give birth. But despite this, she still acted very quickly and cooked a large table of meals. Among the four sisters, the third sister, Many Months, has the best cooking skills. In a few years, Many Months will open a restaurant in this town. A restaurant, and business is pretty good.
It was rare for the sisters to meet, so they all got together to talk. Although the men were not very familiar with each other, they were all brothers-in-law. After a few drinks, the conversation started, and they could talk about everything from the southeast to the northwest.
But in fact, what was talked about the most was the things in the village and the fields. Among the people present, only Gao Mingcheng had traveled far and often.
So, Gao Mingcheng told everyone about the outside world. The outside world and the world in the mountains and valleys seemed to be two worlds. After listening to it, everyone felt both admiration and disbelief.
Gao Mingcheng saw their thoughts, but did not explain much. It is now 1988, and the entire country is changing rapidly, and the citizens will also witness this grand change with their own eyes, ushering in a prosperous and powerful country.
On the fourth and fifth day of the lunar month, everyone went out to pay New Year's greetings, but on the sixth day of the lunar month, someone came to pay New Year's greetings to Gao Mingcheng.
The visitor quite surprised Gao Mingcheng. It was Su Tong, who opened and closed the factory that year.
Su Tong drove a jeep, and the jeep looked quite familiar. Gao Mingcheng took a look at the license plate and realized that it was Xiao Jinfeng's car.
"Brother Mingcheng, long time no see. Happy New Year!" Su Tong smiled broadly. He was wearing a suit and looked like a successful person.
"Brother Su! Happy New Year to you too! Come in and sit down! It's so beautiful, let's make some tea!" Although Gao Mingcheng was not surprised that Su Tong would come to pay New Year's greetings, he was a guest, so he had to entertain him well.
Su Tong did not rush into the house with Gao Mingcheng. Instead, he opened the back seat of the jeep and took out two things, both of which were very large.
"Brother Mingcheng, I didn't know that you and my uncle had met before when I paid New Year's greetings to my uncle's family. It can be seen that the world is big, but our fate is very deep!" Su Tong said with a smile.
Speaking of Su Tong's uncle, Gao Mingcheng also remembered that once when he went to a pharmaceutical factory in the provincial capital to pull production line equipment, the technician accompanying him happened to be Su Tong's uncle, and they even talked about Su Tong at that time.
It was also through that person's mouth that Gao Mingcheng found out that Su Tong had gone to work in a factory that produced rice cookers in Yangcheng.
"This is a rice cooker produced in our factory. I brought it back to you specially! You can use it to cook at noon. I guarantee it will be useful!" Su Tong handed out the rice cooker in his hand, then showed another thing and said : "These are the specialties from Yangcheng, dried lychees and dried longans. I also brought a lot back for my relatives and friends to try!"
"Brother Su, you are too polite! Come, sit in the room and let us two brothers have a nice talk." Gao Mingcheng was also a little happy in his heart.
He had wanted to buy a rice cooker for a long time. He had been to Yangcheng several times before, but he didn't have enough time each time. In addition, many beauties had always said that the rice cooked in the big iron pot was delicious. There were rice cookers and the like, so he didn't have any. I'm in a hurry to buy a rice cooker.
But now that Su Tong gave him a rice cooker, he was still very happy.
He opened the box and immediately saw the brand name of the rice cooker, the triangle brand.
Looking at the structure of the rice cooker, well, I have to say that the function is very simple and does not have those fancy functions of later generations. However, there is absolutely no problem in cooking rice and porridge. Moreover, this brand of rice cooker is very durable and can be used for many purposes. Years of use, even if you don’t want to use it anymore, it’s still not broken!
"Do you know how to cook? Do you want me to teach you?" Su Tong said enthusiastically, without any condescending instructions in his tone.
Gao Mingcheng called Duo Mei over and asked her to take a look at the rice cooker.
Duo Mei had known about the existence of the rice cooker from Gao Mingcheng before, but this was the first time he saw it and he couldn't help but look up and down.
She said: "Just plug in the wire and it'll be fine? It won't burn the rice, right?"
"No, no! Just give it a try later! Come, let me teach you how to cook. With this rice cooker, cooking is easy. Wash the rice, plug in the wire, and then press Press the cooking button, and then you don't have to worry about it. When the cooking button trips, the rice inside will be cooked."
Su Tong spoke carefully, and finally added: "After it trips, don't pull out the wire immediately. Let it simmer for a while, so that the rice will be more fragrant."
"And with the wire plugged in, it will always keep warm. When you eat in the winter, you will always have hot meals!"
"Really, so magical?" Many beauties were hesitant to believe it, but she already had the item in hand, so she decided to give it a try.
So under the watchful eyes of Su Tong and Gao Mingcheng, Du Mei first washed the inner pot of the rice cooker and then washed the rice.
It was the first time I used this kind of thing to wash rice. Du Mei was a little unaccustomed to it and couldn't quite grasp the amount of water, so she could only put her hand in to detect the water level.
After washing the rice, she closed the lid and plugged in the wires.
With a click, the cooking button was pressed, and the cooking light also turned on. It was red and would turn green when the heat preservation switch tripped.
"Okay, don't worry about it. When the rice is cooked, you can eat it directly!" Su Tong said with a smile.
After giving instructions on how to cook, he and Gao Mingcheng were going to talk about some men's topics.
Su Tong seemed a little excited. He said to Gao Mingcheng: "Brother Mingcheng, you still have the vision to persuade me to go to a big city. Only after I went to a big city did I realize that I am like the frog at the bottom of the well! But fortunately I have jumped out of the well and seen the big world!"
"You suggested me to make a pressure cooker before, which I thought was good, but I had limited funds and really had no choice. But now that I've seen a rice cooker, I think the future belongs to rice cookers!"
At this stage, pressure cookers are selling very well, and manufacturers of pressure cookers are making money. However, Su Tong saw more possibilities in the rice cooker and a more convenient lifestyle.
The pressure cooker requires manual attention to the heat, but the rice cooker does not. It has a set program, which makes it more convenient for people to use it.
Listening to Su Tong's words, Gao Mingcheng affirmed that in later generations, the traditional pressure cooker will eventually be replaced by the electric pressure cooker.
(End of chapter)
