Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

At ten o'clock the next day, Lin Zhengjun got up from the bed with pain all over his body.

Yesterday everyone worked until late at night and finally finished watering all the fields in the brigade.

Lin Zhengjun did not go to bed afterwards. He drafted the cooperative's equity certificate and the letter of consent for his independent ownership of the Lao Gandie brand, and worked until three in the morning.

Rubbing his sore shoulders, Lin Zhengjun came to the main room and tore off a page of the calendar.

Seeing the words "full moon wine" written on it, I suddenly remembered that today was the day He Jian held a full moon wine party for his child, and said, "Today is the day He Jian holds a full moon wine party for his child. Fortunately, I marked it before, otherwise I would have forgotten and it would have been embarrassing!"

Tang Xiaofu was lying on a table in the yard writing a script. Upon hearing this, she brought rice porridge, buns and eggs to Lin Zhengjun and said with a smile, "Can I go with you?"

"Yeah, sure!"

Lin Zhengjun ate while frowning, "I plan to go to Yanjing to propose marriage tomorrow. What kind of gift should I buy so as not to be disrespectful?"

"You must bring canned yellow peaches and sesame candies, as well as a box of Maotai and a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes. Oh, and Bai Zhiyuan gave them to me before..."

"Leaving tomorrow?" Tang Xiaofu's eyes were full of joy and anticipation.

Deep down, she really wanted to show off her awesome boyfriend in front of her relatives, classmates and girlfriends, and get their recognition and blessings.

"Um……"

Lin Zhengjun seemed not to have heard, and muttered to himself with blank eyes: "I need to get a haircut, buy two new sets of clothes, and buy a pair of leather shoes, otherwise I will look too rustic, and it will not be appropriate for my young grandson-in-law to come to my house!"

Lin Zhengjun's nervous look made Tang Xiaofu giggle, but her heart was filled with happiness.

Lin Zhengjun didn't seem to be pretending and looked genuinely nervous, which made Tang Xiaofu's little daughter feel very satisfied.

Lin Zhengjun, who is so powerful and influential in the entire Huaibian County, actually showed such a nervous expression, which shows that he really cares about me.

She couldn't help but kiss Lin Zhengjun hard on the face again. Lin Zhengjun finally reacted and said with a smile: "One more time!"

Tang Xiaofu kissed him lightly on the lips, wrapped her arms around Lin Zhengjun's neck, and smiled sweetly, "Zhengjun, relax a little. Even if you don't bring anything, based on your current performance in the sideline business and the great reputation of Chu Kuangren, my grandfather and the others will like you very much!"

"Not bringing anything? Isn't that nonsense? You must bring something!" Lin Zhengjun said with eyes wide open.

After discussing the gifts to bring, Lin Zhengjun ate his food while frowning and thinking, "Besides, I have to attend the Writers' Congress, which will last for 18 days."

"It's so long!" Tang Xiaofu exclaimed in surprise.

"Well, on the day we ate the pig, the vice chairman of the Provincial Writers Association told me that it was this long!" Lin Zhengjun said.

The duration of this National Congress of Writers and Artists is not the longest. The longest was the third National Congress of Writers and Artists, which lasted 23 days.

However, Tang Xiaofu was quite happy.

Starting from 1967, a "revolutionary" Spring Festival was advocated. All government agencies and factories did not have holidays, and "the work continued on the th and the st." Production teams in the countryside did not encourage visiting relatives. They would eat bitter memory meals and engage in collective labor. It was full of formalism, which made the people complain.

On January 1979, 1, the People's Daily published two letters from readers entitled "Why No Spring Festival Holiday" and "Let Farmers Have a 'Stable Year'" as signals, indicating the government's attitude towards the return of the Spring Festival holiday system. A few days later, some provinces announced Spring Festival holidays, which were not fully restored until 17.

Before this, when Tang Xiaofu returned home for the Spring Festival, she would usually only stay for one or two days before hurriedly returning to the Hewan Brigade to continue production, so she missed Yanjing and her family very much.

"I also need to inspect and purchase equipment with Song Zhilan, visit the Beijing Film Studio to discuss the script, etc. I'm afraid it will take about 20 days for me to come back."

Lin Zhengjun said: "I have been away from the team for such a long time, and many things need to be arranged. I have to go to the brigade headquarters and call everyone to a meeting!"

There are indeed many things that need to be arranged, such as granary management, the continued production of hemp candy by the cooperative, the construction of the cooperative's factory, and contacting the county about road construction and electricity supply, etc.

However, Lin Zhengjun had already thought about these things. After dinner, he immediately went to the brigade headquarters and convened a meeting of the brigade cadres.

He handed over the management of the granary to Zhao Zhongkai some time ago.

This time, he directly resigned as an administrator and did not want the extra work points that were calculated this year. If there was any money to be distributed at the end of the year, he would donate it all to the brigade's provident fund and public welfare fund.

He originally served as the youth team leader and earned more work points and dividends, and made a fortune from the food cooperative. It was unacceptable for him to make even a small profit from the granary manager.

Lin Zhengjun proposed a member named Wei Zhanjun to serve as the granary manager.

Lin Zhengjun also thought deeply about this candidate.

Ever since Wei Guoliang's family fell, the Wei family members have always been worried that Lin Zhengjun would "punish all nine generations of the family" and they would never be able to hold their heads up in the village again.

Wei Zhanjun is the eldest great-grandson of Wei Yongji and a relative of Wei Guoliang, but they are not even within the fifth degree of mourning.

He had just graduated from high school, and although he did not get into college, he was knowledgeable and educated, a kind person, and he did not collude with the Wei family and never bullied other members.

Before this, when Lin Zhengjun was building a house, he went to help every day and was very enthusiastic.

Lin Zhengjun promoted him in order to appease people's hearts and give the Wei family members a reassurance that as long as they perform well, they will still have the opportunity to be reused!

He planned to let Wei Shuangxi be responsible for the construction of the factory.

He was an expert in this area and also served as the deputy captain of the production team. His prestige was gradually established and he was able to command everyone.

However, he still instructed Lin Bingde and Wei Mingxuan to listen more to Wei Shuangxi's opinions, back him up and give him full support. After all, he is an expert in building houses and roads.

As for road construction and electricity supply, Lin Zhengjun handed it over to Lin Bingde and Wei Mingxuan. There was nothing else to do but to go to the commune to find Xu Zhigong and to the county to find Bai Zhiyuan to urge them to move forward as soon as possible!

The other thing is the production of sesame candy and the preparation of raw materials for canned spicy fish.

This time when Lin Zhengjun goes to Yanjing, he will basically be able to transport the equipment for the canning production line over.

And with the release of "Under the Hawthorn Tree", Lao Gandie products will surely become popular again.

However, due to limited raw materials, we are unable to continue producing canned yellow peaches at the moment.

Only sesame candy and spicy fish canned goods can hold up, which requires us to produce as quickly as possible while the popularity is high and sell the products to Yanjing in time!

He put the production of sesame candy in charge of Wei Hongbing. This guy had the highest understanding of food production, and his skill in making candy was probably better than Lin Zhengjun's.

In addition, the preparation of raw materials for canned spicy fish was given to Zou Chunfang.

You need to prepare fish, chili pepper, pepper, star anise and other seasonings.

It just so happens that the reservoir is releasing water during this period, so we can first go to the villages on both sides of the river to purchase the fish and then carry out rough processing, which to put it simply is to make smoked fish and dried fish.

Huaibian County has always had a tradition of eating smoked fish, and young girls and wives in every household know how to smoke fish!

First, pickle; second, dry; third, roast; fourth, smoke.

The smoking process is particularly interesting. Pine branches and rice husks are mixed in appropriate proportions and then lit on fire for smoking.

The smoked fish has a firm and chewy texture, without any fishy smell. Instead, it retains the fragrance of rice husks and pine branches, making the aroma more intense and profound, with a long aftertaste.

How ridiculously rich is the fragrance?

The greedy children sometimes steal the half-cooked smoked fish hanging on the beams to eat. They are delicious and a small piece of fish can be eaten with several steamed buns. After eating, they will lick their fingers!

This is so damn delicious even before it’s even cooked!