MTL - Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It

Chapter 3 Contracting of Cylinder Kiln

 “Sister, can you put more oil on me?”

“I also want to put more for you, but look at this oil can for yourself. Our family will use the oil in it until the end of the year. If we don’t use it sparingly, how can we last until the end of the year?”

When Deng Shirong returned home, he saw his eldest daughter Deng Yunzhen frying dried radish in the kitchen. His second son Deng Yunheng was helping to light the fire while looking longingly at the oil can on the stove.

Deng Shirong instantly understood that today was Sunday, and his second son, who was in high school, had to go to school soon. Because the high school he attended was in Songshan Commune, it took more than three hours to walk there, so he had to set off after lunch.

Now, the eldest daughter is preparing pickles and a bottle of fried dried radish for him. This is what the second son will eat at school in the next week.

Deng Shirong took a closer look and saw that the dried radish in the pot was almost cooked. Because the eldest daughter was reluctant to add oil, the dried radish looked dry and unappetizing.

"dad!"

Seeing Deng Shirong approaching, the sister and brother said hello together.

Deng Shirong hummed, then picked up the spoon in the oil can, dug out a ball of lard about the size of an egg, and threw it into the pot.

As soon as the lump of lard melted in the high temperature pot, it made a "sizzling" sound, and a rich aroma of oil spread instantly, shocking both the siblings.

Deng Shirong took the spatula from his eldest daughter and stir-fried it a few times quickly, then put the fried dried radish into the glass bottle that had been prepared.

Looking at the oily dried radish in the glass bottle, Deng Yunheng said in disbelief: "Dad, is this dried radish really brought to me to eat in school?"

Deng Shirong hummed again, then took out two dollars from his pocket and handed it to him, saying: "It's not a problem to eat radish every day. You can take this money and buy some other dishes in the school cafeteria for a change."

Deng Yunheng was completely dumbfounded. He had been in high school for almost a year, and this was the first time he had enjoyed such high treatment.

Deng Yunzhen's eyes were full of shock. It was incredible to her that her father suddenly put so much oil into the fried radish. But what she never expected was that her father even gave her brother two yuan as living expenses. This was simply unbelievable. Subverted her imagination.

 Has your father become rich?

Seeing the shocked expressions on his children's faces, Deng Shirong reached out and patted his second son on the shoulder, and said something sincerely: "Yunheng, you should study hard in school. Now the country attaches great importance to education. Reading can be said to be the only thing we rural people can do." way out.

 You will graduate from high school in more than a year. If you cannot get into college, you will have no choice but to come back and work hard. If you can get into college, your future will have unlimited possibilities.

I don’t know how much you can listen to what I’m saying now. Anyway, I will do my best to make sure you have enough food at school so that you don’t have to worry about anything.

As for whether you can get into college, it depends on you. Others can't help you. Everything can only rely on your own efforts. "

 In his previous life, except for his eldest son who died young, among the other four sons, the development of his second son was the most distressing to Deng Shirong.

After graduating from high school, Deng Yunheng had no choice but to return to his family's pottery and tile factory to learn the craft of making large pots from his father because he was not admitted to college.

Because Deng Yunheng is smart, flexible and extremely talented, it would take an ordinary person at least two or three years to learn to become a vat master. However, he learned it in just over a month and became a vat master.

 In the 1980s, vat masters were still very popular in rural areas.

 In the entire division of labor in the cylinder tile factory, there are those who are responsible for picking mud, those who are responsible for stepping on mud, those who make fine goods, and those who make large goods...

Among them, the wage is the lowest for pure physical work like picking mud. If you work hard all day from morning to night, you can earn about 1.5 yuan. I don’t know how many people are rushing to do it. , after all, there are too few profitable jobs in rural areas in this era.

 The second one is mud trampling, which is a bit more technical, so you can earn about two yuan a day. Making fine goods, that is, making pots, bowls, jars, jars and other gadgets, is a much higher technical level than walking in the mud. If you work hard, you can make five or six yuan a day.

Those who make big products are vat masters. This is the technical ceiling of the vat and tile factory. The average vat master can earn seven or eight yuan a day working hard, but Deng Yunheng, the vat master, not only does his job beautifully, but also does it better than others. The vat master is much faster. He can earn about eleven or two yuan a day.

This kind of income is still very high even in a big city, let alone in a rural area. It is definitely a career with unlimited glory.

If there were no changes in the vat market, then Deng Yunheng in his previous life might have been a vat master for the rest of his life until the day he could no longer work.

  Unfortunately, the cylinder tile factory began to decline after a few years.

　　After working less, people gradually began to gamble money in the tile factory. It was at that time that Deng Yunheng stepped into the mud pit of gambling and eventually became a professional gambler.

Now that he has resurrected his life, Deng Shirong naturally does not want his second son to take the old path of gambling again, so he said such words with sincerity, telling him to study hard and get into college. If he fails, he can be arranged to do other things. .

 In short, try to prevent him from embarking on the road of no return from gambling.

Deng Yunheng was originally very smart. He looked at the bottle of oily dried radish on the stove and the two dollars in his hand. He nodded with a heavy heart and said, "Dad, I know, I will be fine." Good reading.”

 …

 For lunch, Deng Shirong’s family ate sweet potatoes.

Deng Shirong’s Naye Production Team belongs to the Bangjie Brigade of Songshan Commune in Bobai County, Guangxi. This is the south of the south. They basically eat white porridge in the morning and evening, and sweet potatoes, cassava, taro and other miscellaneous grains at noon.

Of course, this is basically how you eat, but whether you can eat enough depends on your family conditions. In more difficult families, the white porridge is thinner than the mung bean water. After eating it, you will urinate in your stomach and it will be gone.

As a vat master, Deng Shirong's family's living conditions were pretty good in the early years. However, after his wife died and he had to support several children in school, the living conditions became much worse.

 But three meals a day of porridge and grains can still keep the family full.

After lunch, Deng Yunheng carried a small bag of rice on his back, then took the bottle of dried radish with plenty of oil and water. With a huge two yuan given by his father in his pocket, he walked out of the house under the envious eyes of his brothers and sisters, with his head held high. Walking towards the school dozens of miles away.

Deng Shirong saw the longing in the eyes of his children.

　　Before going to bed last night, he counted his assets and found that his total net worth was one hundred and thirty-six yuan.

One hundred yuan was used to pay for the contracting fee of Gongwa Kiln. Previously, he also gave two yuan to his second son for living expenses, leaving only thirty-four yuan.

 Originally, this money was reserved to pay tuition fees for the four sons. Among them, the second son, who is in high school, has the most expensive tuition and miscellaneous fees, costing 19 yuan and 50 cents a semester.

The third son Deng Yunsong will go to junior high school next semester, and the fourth son and the younger son will go to elementary school. Although their tuition fees are much cheaper than high school, they still add up to a lot of money.

If it were Deng Shirong in his previous life, he would have held on to the thirty-odd yuan tightly and would not dare to spend a penny easily. After all, it is too difficult to make money in rural areas in this era.

 Before there is no income from the tile factory, all expenses should be saved as much as possible.

However, Deng Shirong, who was reborn, had a different idea because he had the confidence in his heart. He told his eldest daughter: "Azhen, I will make some scrambled eggs with green pepper for you brothers and sisters to cook tonight."

As soon as these words came out, even the 20-year-old Deng Yuntai couldn't help but swallow his saliva, let alone the little guys like Yunsong Yunhua Yunheng, and they jumped up with joy.

 (End of this chapter)