MTL - Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It

Chapter 2 Regrets from the past life

 The next day, just after dawn, Deng Shirong woke up.

After he passed the age of sixty in his previous life, Deng Shirong slept less and less. He basically got up at this time every morning and had formed a biological clock.

After getting dressed and walking out of the room, Deng Shirong immediately saw his eldest daughter Deng Yunzhen who was cooking breakfast in front of the kitchen stove. He was not surprised by this. His wife died of illness five years ago. Before the eldest daughter got married, the family's She is responsible for three meals a day.

Deng Yunzhen heard the noise, looked up and saw her father, and said, "Dad, you're up too, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

“I can’t fall asleep when I wake up.” As he spoke, Deng Shirong looked at his eldest daughter.

Before Deng Shirong came back from rebirth, his eldest daughter was already over sixty years old. Because she had not married well and had worked hard for most of her life, she was as old as an old woman in her seventies or eighties.

Nowadays, even though Deng Yunzhen is wearing patched old clothes, her skin is a little rough due to the wind and sun, and her palms are calloused by various farm work, she is currently in her prime, and her body is naturally There is a youthful energy.

Furthermore, Deng Yunzhen is a full 1.62 meters tall. This height is nothing in later generations, and it is ordinary in the north, but it is definitely relatively rare in the rural areas of Guangxi in this era.

Perhaps it is because the average height of Guangxi people ranks at the bottom of the country. No matter in this era or in later generations, when men and women are discussing marriage, height has always been valued by both parents. Being tall will give you points, and being short will reduce points. .

With Deng Yunzhen's height of 1.62 meters and her decent appearance, she was originally qualified to choose a good family to marry. Unfortunately, Deng Shirong in her previous life did not pay enough attention to the marriage of her children, or rather believed in the words of the matchmaker. As a result, None of the six children lived happily after getting married.

Deng Shirong was naturally affected by the discord between his son and his daughter-in-law. In his later years, he was not short of money. His children and grandchildren would give him money during every year and festival. Usually, his sons would also give him a fixed living allowance of several thousand yuan every month. He was an old man. No matter how much you spend, you can never spend it all.

 It’s just that he has never been accompanied by his relatives. He stays alone in his hometown in the countryside. His children and grandchildren only come back to see him occasionally.

Until the day when Deng Shirong closed his eyes completely, he lived alone. It was impossible to say that he had no regrets in his heart.

Now, God has given him another chance. This time he must control it carefully and find a suitable partner for his children. He cannot let them follow the same path of his previous life.

Deng Yunzhen said: "Dad, go brush your teeth and wash your face first. The porridge will be ready soon!"

Deng Shirong hummed, then went to brush his teeth and wash his face.

 Half an hour later, several other children also got up.

At this time, there was no electricity in the village, and there were no entertainment activities at night. Everyone went to bed early and woke up early naturally, unlike those young people in later generations who did not get up until the sun was shining on them.

 For breakfast, I had white porridge with cucumber peels.

The white porridge here is quite different from the white porridge in other places. Even if the white porridge here is only boiled for a few meters, a large pot of water must be put in, and the cooked rice soup is used as boiling water.

When Deng Shirong's life was at its most difficult, he would fill the bottom of the bowl with a clear quantity of porridge and rice, and then he would drink the rice soup as hard as he could. Only when his stomach was almost full, would he finish the two mouthfuls of porridge and rice.

The cucumber skin is not fresh and crisp, but has been dried and it is very difficult to bite, but it still tastes good as a porridge and pickle.

 After breakfast, Deng Shirong walked to Deng Yungui's house. Although he decided to be a matchmaker in the future, after all, he could still make some money in the tile factory in the next few years, and he had no intention of giving up.

 In less than two minutes, he arrived at Deng Yungui's house.

After greeting each other, Deng Shirong got down to the topic and said: "Yungui, I can contract a vat kiln with you as a joint venture, but I don't plan to continue to be a vat master. If we jointly build a vat kiln, I am ready to What do you think about letting my family, Yuntai Lai, be the master of this big tank?” Deng Yungui was a little surprised when he heard this. There were hundreds of people in the entire production team, but he only chose Uncle Jiu as a partner for the following three reasons:

First, Uncle Jiu has a high seniority. Their first generation ancestor of the Naye Deng family moved from Guangdong to settle here in the middle of the Ming Dynasty (around 1500 AD). From the twelfth generation ancestor, they started typing lines (character generation), which are: The merits of the ancestors are prosperous throughout the ages, they are elegant and vigorous, their character is dignified, their benevolence is upright, the light of heaven is shining, the imperial court's tin inscription, and the Yuan Dynasty scholars are successful.

Uncle Jiu is of the highest generation in the Naye Deng family. In a place where the clan concept is relatively strong, even if Uncle Jiu is not a cadre of the brigade, he still has a certain say in the team.

 Second, Uncle Jiu is a well-known vat master with excellent craftsmanship. The vats he makes are better than those made by other vat masters.

 Three, Uncle Jiu is more courageous and not as timid as other members.

Now, Uncle Jiu no longer plans to be the vat master, and it will naturally have a big impact on the vat and tile factory that will be contracted to build it.

 After all, the vat master represents the highest technology in the vat and tile factory.

“Uncle Jiu, why do you suddenly no longer want to be a vat master?”

Naturally, Deng Shirong would not say that he wanted to change his career to be a matchmaker, so he found an excuse and said: "I am older, my physical strength cannot keep up, and my hands and feet are not as fast as those of young people. Anyway, my family Yuntai has also learned this craft, so let him do it." That’s it.”

Deng Yungui pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, let Yuntai be the vat master. But if we really contract out the vat kiln, one vat master will definitely not be enough. We will have to hire another one."

 “This is simple, just let my apprentice make up for it.”

 “That’s no problem.”

 After deciding on the candidate for the vat master, the two of them discussed the contract period of the vat kiln.

Deng Yungui had asked the brigade cadres before. If he wanted to contract out the tile kiln, it would cost one hundred yuan a year. If the contract was contracted for ten years, it would be one thousand yuan, and if it was contracted for twenty years, it would be two thousand. It is as simple and crude as that.

The contract price is not expensive. Deng Yungui prefers to contract for twenty years. However, Deng Shirong knows the development trajectory of the cylinder tile factory and naturally does not want to waste money like he did in his previous life, so he insists on only contracting for ten years.

Deng Yungui advised: "Uncle Jiu, I think we should take a longer-term view. Anyway, the money does not need to be paid in one lump sum. Isn't it too short to contract for only ten years?"

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "Ten years is not a short time. After all, society is changing with each passing day. You and I don't know what the world will be like in ten years. Maybe some new products will come out to replace the cylinder tiles. Then Isn’t it a waste of money to contract for twenty years?”

 They signed a twenty-year contract in their previous life. Even in the first few years when the business was going well, the two of them foolishly paid off the twenty-year contract fee in advance.

As a result, within a few years, the cylinder tile factory began to decline. The two barely managed to survive for ten years before they had to declare bankruptcy and lost a thousand yuan in contract fees.

That one thousand yuan was nothing in future generations, but in the early 1980s, it was definitely considered a huge sum of money.

Deng Yungui laughed and said: "Uncle Jiu, are you overthinking? We have been using cylinder tiles for generations, how could it be replaced by other products in ten or twenty years?"

Deng Shirong also smiled, and he smiled meaningfully: "Yungui, everything is possible in this world. Let's contract for ten years first. If everything goes well, the contract will be renewed at worst!"

Although Deng Yungui felt that Uncle Jiu's worries were unnecessary, since Uncle Jiu insisted, he did not want to disagree with Uncle Jiu on this issue, so he nodded and said: "Okay, ten years will be ten years."

ps: In the new book period, reading is very important. Please don’t keep books, thank you!

 (End of this chapter)