Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve dinner!

It was originally a day for family reunion, but for Lin Zhengjun, it had an extraordinary meaning.

Because this is his first Spring Festival since his rebirth!

In just half a year, he turned his two former enemies, the Wei family of the Hewan Brigade and the Zhu family of the Yanjing Institute of Technology, into cadaver teachers!

In addition, the achievements in business and literature and art are all significant. The key is to form a joint force of mutual integration and promotion and coordinated development!

Of course, the most important thing is family.

My young wife and I get along harmoniously with each other. She has even embarked on the path of literary and artistic creation and has become a good helper to me. My parents are in good health, and my sisters are also developing in a good direction!

So, he had to have a drink tonight, so he opened a bottle of Moutai and drank it with the old man.

I also opened a bottle of XO sent by Fu Qi.

Let Zhang Shuqin and Tang Xiaofu drink it. The others didn't like the taste, but at least the alcohol content was lower, so it wouldn't be easy for ladies to get drunk.

Oh, eating delicious side dishes, drinking wine, sitting by the fire, chatting about family matters, reminiscing about the past, and seeing Hei Jin lying under the table gnawing on chicken and fish bones with relish, Lin Zhengjun finally felt that this was a comfortable life!

Lin Zhengjun enjoyed the meal very much. He and the old man each drank four taels of wine and ate until nine o'clock.

Although he had a TV, he didn't think about watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Because there was no Spring Festival Gala back then, the first one was only in 1983.

However, in 1979 and 1982, CCTV held two cultural evenings in the form of recorded broadcasts, which can be regarded as the predecessor of the Spring Festival Gala.

But for some reason, it was not done in 80 and 81.

Therefore, as for the collective cooperative, there will be no TV programs to watch tonight. Instead, the video will continue to be played, and it is up to Lin Zhengjun to watch it or not.

After dinner, Wei Hongbing, Lin Tiedan and others came to see Lin Zhengjun. There was nothing else to do, as they wanted to stay up all night and go to bed after the early morning.

But young people will not sit quietly at home. They will either go out for a walk or play poker. This year, there is a new option for entertainment - watching TV.

Dad and Mom stayed at home to clean up the dishes, while Lin Zhengjun and Tang Xiaofu went out for a walk.

In the village, street lights were lit, and some people even extravagantly hung red lanterns at their doors with candles lit inside, making the scene festive and bright.

Amidst laughter and joy, children were running and playing in the village. Some picked up small firecrackers, lit them and threw them around, while others took the firecrackers apart, poured out the powder into long strips, and lit them with a match. Suddenly a dazzling light appeared. This was the famous "Big Flower".

Chinese New Year should be the happiest day for children. Their little faces were red from the cold and some even had snot hanging from their noses, but they were all very excited. They ran around in groups of three or five and had a lot of fun, which made Lin Zhengjun feel a sense of vitality and energy.

After wandering around the village for a few times and playing around in various places in the village with Wei Hongbing and others, the scenes brought back memories and they talked about many embarrassing things that happened to Lin Zhengjun when he was a child, which made Tang Xiaofu giggle.

When we returned to the new house in the back mountain, my parents had already packed everything and were listening to the radio.

Lin Sanhuai said, "Zhengjun, I'm going back to set off the fireworks. Your mother and Hongying are here to celebrate the New Year with you. When setting off the fireworks, be careful not to catch the firewood on fire!"

There are many flammable materials in rural areas these days. In the past, when firecrackers were set off, if sparks fell on the firewood pile or the thatched roof, it would be troublesome!

Therefore, fireworks must be set off in an open area where there are no flammable materials around. It is also best to place a bucket of water nearby in case of emergency.

After twelve o'clock.

The sound of firecrackers rang out one after another continuously from all directions in the north.

There were also double-kick firecrackers, which would make a bang first, and then the other end would fly high into the sky, followed by a bang and a ball of fire in the air.

Lin Zhengjun also arranged the firecrackers on the ground in the yard and lit them.

The family members had warm smiles on their faces. They covered their ears and watched the firecrackers that kept exploding, their eyes full of longing and confidence for the future.

When Lin Zhengjun smelled the gunpowder smoke from the firecrackers, he felt very happy and comfortable in his heart, as if the atmosphere of the New Year was getting stronger and his mood was getting more cheerful.

Alas, people in later generations have become a little obsessed with environmental protection and do not allow the use of fireworks and firecrackers.

In addition, since we eat well on ordinary days, the New Year’s Eve dinner can also be better, but not much better, so it feels like the New Year is almost the same as not celebrating it.

Although the reasons have been updated, the rigid and old-fashioned thinking and the one-size-fits-all brutal approach are essentially no different from the revolutionary Spring Festival during the special decade.

After the firecrackers were all burned, Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "Happy New Year, Mom!"

"Happy New Year, kids! I'm going back to rest. You should go to bed early because you have to get up early tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings." Zhang Shuqin also prepared New Year's money for them, two yuan each, as a token of her appreciation.

Lin Zhengjun and Tang Xiaofu sent Zhang Shuqin and her sister back to the old house. They had no other intentions, they just wanted to keep them company for a while longer.

"It's Chinese New Year! It's Chinese New Year!"

The children ran freely, leaving behind a trail of laughter.

Lin Zhengjun couldn't help laughing when he saw many children searching through the firecracker paper scraps and finding some that had slipped through the net.

Setting off firecrackers should be one of children’s favorite forms of entertainment. They are happy when they see the fireworks and hear the sounds. It’s that simple.

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The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Lin Zhengjun was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.

Because Lin Zhengjun went to bed after midnight, he got enough sleep and felt refreshed after getting up.

After he got up, Tang Xiaofu also woke up.

Lin Zhengjun first handed Tang Xiaofu the clothes that he had hung by the fire to warm them, asking her to put them on while they were "hot". Then he took the enamel washbasin and went to the hot spring to get a basin of steaming hot water for washing his face.

After washing up, the two still did not cook, but strolled to the old house to eat and drink.

Breakfast is simple, just millet porridge, stew made from last night’s leftovers, and leftover dumplings!

what!

Lin Zhengjun wanted to laugh.

I remembered a joke in the circle of friends in my previous life. On New Year’s Eve, there would always be someone posting a picture of a table full of delicious wine and food.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, no one posted on WeChat Moments anymore.

At this moment, there must be a few friends who are laughing at you in Moments: Why don’t you post anymore? Where is your enthusiasm for posting in Moments last night? If nothing goes wrong, you are eating leftovers!

After the meal, Lin Zhengjun took Tang Xiaofu and Lin Hongying to the homes of the elders in the village to pay New Year's greetings.

Of course there are also team leaders and friends who are not related by blood!

In fact, the Lin family is a small family in Hewan Brigade. They don’t have many relatives and their blood relationship is relatively distant.

But Lin Zhengjun has a lot of friends. In addition to those childhood friends, there are also new friends such as Wei Shuangxi and Wei Hongqi, and their relationship is very special.

Then there are the team leaders, or “colleagues” in the city’s parlance.

For example, when Lin Bingde, Wei Mingxuan, Zhao Zhongkai, Zou Chunfang and others were met by him, he would walk around and say a few flattering words. This is called being very polite.

“The trend has really changed!”

Lin Bingde pulled Lin Zhengjun and said in a low and joyful voice: "The ancestor worship is legitimate and upright. Every household has a family tree hanging up. Fireworks can be set off as much as you want, and no one will bother you."