Qin Zhihe was willing to dig out bluestone, because even if his third son didn't know how to burn lime, the excavated bluestone wouldn't be wasted. At worst, he would have to exchange it for lime from the lime kiln.
It's just that the waiting time is a bit long, and Accountant Feng needs to be given a few packs of cigarettes.
If that doesn't work, just smash it into pieces and make them into paving stones.
After figuring it out, the family immediately got busy.
Anyway, it’s okay in winter. I’m just looking for something to do after dinner.
"Third brother, what are you five doing here?"
As soon as I went out, I met my neighbor. This was an uncle from Qin Jun. He was an uncle in my family who did not have the fifth service.
"Go dig some bluestone." Qin Zhihe said.
"Why are you digging that thing? It doesn't matter. The lime kiln will definitely not accept it, and it won't work as a gift. I heard that Accountant Feng is not a thief."
Qin Zhihe was silent, what else could he say? I got scolded today!
"Burn lime!" After holding it in for a while, Qin Zhihe shouted loudly.
"Ah? Burning lime? Who does it? Do you burn it yourself?"
However, this time there was no response.
We walked forward in silence, and when we reached the west side of the village, there were actually five or six villagers asking questions.
So, half of the village should know what their family is doing when they go out, right?
Qin Jun didn't care about other people's inquiries. Anyway, his father and two brothers handled these matters.
At this time, he had been attracted by the small village under the sun.
It's eight or nine o'clock in the morning, and the small mountain village under the sun is shrouded in a golden light, and it doesn't look that shabby.
In addition, many people had had breakfast and had already gone out to start activities, which immediately made the small mountain village full of vitality in the morning.
Such a scene will not be seen in a few decades.
Decades later, in the small mountain villages, there were only some old people left, and not even a few children, because the children were taken by their parents to work in the city.
Now is the small mountain village in his memory. Some people are shouting for their children to go home for dinner, some are laughing while working, and some are quarreling. Anyway, it is full of human fireworks.
Just when Qin Jun was young, Qin Zhihe stopped in front.
Qin Jun almost bumped into his father. He didn't know what happened and could only stop.
"Qin Shi, what's going on with Laojiu's family?"
Qin Zhihe pulled Qin Shi and pointed at a house not far away and asked.
Qin Shi is the eldest son of uncle Qin Zhiqi and the village accountant.
"Uncle Jiu's eldest son is having a blind date today!" Qin Shi replied while watching the excitement.
Qin Jun also looked over there. In a yard surrounded by branches, there were three or four women gathering together and talking.
However, listening to that voice, something seems wrong!
Maybe because they heard the noise here, maybe because the small mountain village in winter is too boring, many people who had had breakfast gathered around.
"The boss of the Laojiu family is already twenty-five, right?"
"It's the New Year! After the New Year, you'll be twenty-six years old."
"Yeah, I'm twenty-six now. Time flies so fast."
"Hmph, does this have something to do with time passing by so fast? They are all poor and troubled. If they can't find a wife, they will be single."
"You're saying this as if we can find a wife if we don't have to be poor?"
"I also said that as long as you have money, you will definitely find a wife."
"Haha, I don't believe in evil yet. In recent years, Lao Jiu and his wife are not even willing to eat cornmeal. They have replaced all their meals with sweet potato noodles, just to save money for their son to find a wife."
As he spoke, the sneer on this man's face became even stronger.
"Just watch, even if his family is rich, today's marriage will not happen."
"How to talk? Can you hope for others' good?"
Qin Zhihe slapped the guy who told the cold joke directly on the head.
"Third uncle, can it be done if I just say nice things? If that's the case, I'll go over and wish my ninth uncle a longevity as long as the immortal pine in Nanshan!"
When he said this, Qin Jun burst into laughter.
"Okay, Zhihe, look at the situation over there, are you still unclear about what happened?"
An elder in the village stopped Qin Zhihe who was about to say something else.
The person who told the cold joke just now was an old bachelor. He was almost thirty years old and had not yet fallen in love with his wife.
He was also hardworking and hard-working before. It can be said that he has carried forward the spirit of hard work and hard work of the Chinese nation to the extreme.
However, even though he saved a lot of money, he still couldn't get a wife.
After calculating his age, Qin Jun knew that he was born at the wrong time.
Because the suitable year for him to get married happened to be 1960.
That period happened to be a difficult time. If there was no food at home, it would be impossible to get a wife.
As for food, for the villagers who earn work points, it can only be said to be enough in ordinary years, let alone the three-year difficult period.
During that period, my family was starving to death. Where could I get food to exchange for my wife?
As for their family, I heard that my grandfather spent three large yellow croakers in exchange for three hundred kilograms of sweet potato noodles, so that no one in the family starved to death.
Of course, this was news he heard twenty years later, and no one dares to say this now.
Because in this era, gold trading was illegal.
Three large yellow croakers are equivalent to thirty small yellow croakers. In other words, during the most difficult period of the year, one small yellow croaker was equivalent to ten pounds of sweet potato noodles!
Life-saving food, no matter how much it costs, is good if you can get it in exchange, and no one will find it too expensive.
Under such circumstances, how can a man without any financial resources find a wife in difficult times?
If this opportunity is missed, rural areas will face difficulties in the next few years.
Six or five years later, when the family had some wealth, the cousin's age at that time also reached twenty-four or five years old.
Just like the eldest cousin of Uncle Jiu's family at this time, he is also twenty-five. If he misses a few more opportunities, he will most likely be a bachelor in the future.
Qin Jun looked at Uncle Jiu's house. The family was crowded into five thatched houses without even a courtyard door.
No wonder the cousin couldn't tell. He wouldn't be happy if his sister found such a family.
For example, his home, although it is said that it has only four walls, there are still four walls in his home!
What about this family? There are only five thatched houses.
These five thatched houses have not been repaired for an unknown period of time. The thatched grass on them is very rotten, because traces of water erosion can be seen on them.
The thatch can be washed out of the ditch by rainwater. This is because it has never been replaced since the house was built!
And the soil wall, not only the lime on the outer wall has fallen off, but even the exposed soil has been corroded by rainwater. This looks like a dangerous building!
His son is on a blind date. Even if you don't build a new house, you can just repair it and make it look livable!
Sure enough, a group of uncles, uncles, and cousins outside were worried, and what they expected happened.
Two older women, leading a young girl, left quickly!
Then, a middle-aged woman who had stayed at Uncle Jiu's house also walked out with an angry look on her face.
"What did you say?"
"If you can't speak, just shut your mouth!"
"Lao Jiu's family, you can't blame me this time. What did I tell you in the middle of the year?"
"When you ask me to propose marriage to your family, do I want your three and a half yuan? Or do I want the old hen your family gave you?"
"No need to say more, I will send the things back when we get back."
"In the future, your family won't have to look for me. By the way, no one in your village will have to look for me. I can't afford to take care of you."
Qin Jun looked at an old woman walking out quickly. Looking at his appearance and his slippery tongue, he knew she must be a matchmaker.
This time the matter was so serious that she was actually asked to say that no one in the village would look for her in the future.
Is this a big deal? Doesn’t this cut off all the unmarried young people in the village from getting married?
Many people who were watching the excitement changed their faces.
Just now they were watching the excitement at Old Uncle Jiu's house, so they were just about to eat melon seeds.
It's good now. If it's not handled well, their village's reputation will be ruined.
Nowadays, whose family doesn’t have a boy who is about to get married and take a wife? If your reputation is really ruined, it will be difficult to find a wife in the future.
"Aunt Li, what's going on? Did Lao Jiu's family say something wrong? Please make it clear, if they act stupidly, I will deal with them immediately."
At some point, the captain of their village emerged from the crowd of spectators and grabbed the matchmaker.
Judging from his anxious look, there must be a young man of marriageable age at home!
This is how enjoyable it was to watch just now, and how unpleasant it is now!
