Chapter 233 My family’s financial conditions

11days ago Rural fiction 12
Xiaofang has been quite tall since she was a young man. When I was eighteen years old, Xiaofang looked at least 1.65 meters tall. I was 1.82 meters tall. Once, Xiaofang came back from washing clothes in the river and met me on the road, so she said hello to me. Xiaolong said, "Why don't you go to my house to play Ah when you come back. I'll show you something tonight!"

I agreed without hesitation, and I was about to go to your house to discuss something with you!

A happy blush appeared on Xiaofang's face at that time. I had seen such blush on Zhang Yanan's face in our village, but later Zhang Yanan became my partner. Later, Zhang Yanan got married. At this time, I didn't have much thoughts in my mind. I really wanted to discuss something with Xiaofang at night. This also has something to do with my family's economic environment!

In the mid-1990s, a vigorous vitality of reform and opening up appeared in China. People from the city went into the sea and did business. Some laid-off workers from state-owned enterprises also began to start small businesses. In that era, a group of people who went out to work began to slowly appear in our rural areas. Because the income from the fields alone could no longer support the family. At that time, prices rose faster, but the price of grain was not high. Therefore, working outside became one of the sources of income for some farmers. Of course, after all, our Zhejiang is a relatively developed province, even if we fight.The worker is not too far from home. He basically helps do odd jobs in small factories in the city or construction sites around the town. My father decided to work in the fields, and he didn't agree with other jobs or even some shrimp cages at home. However, my mother and I really wanted to make some shrimp cages and make some money by selling them. At that time, one person could make 15 shrimp cages a day if he did it fast. One shrimp cage could make about one yuan, two to one yuan, and one yuan, five yuan to one yuan. At that time, one person could make about 20 yuan a day. At that time, twenty yuan a day was a very high salary, that is,600 yuan a month is at least equivalent to 6,000 yuan now. Think about it, a person can earn 6,000 yuan a month without leaving the house. That's not good. So, several families made a fortune by making shrimp cages and built houses. My family's financial conditions were originally relatively moderate in the village (because my family planted orange trees at that time. In the 1980s, oranges could be sold for about one dollar per pound. My family's annual income was about two thousand yuan at that time. In the 1980s, it was already quite similar.However, as the number of people planted oranges became more and more, the price of oranges was getting worse. In the 1990s, the income of oranges was almost more than 2,000 yuan a year. But at that time (about 95, 96) the 2,000 yuan was no longer the same as the 2,000 yuan in 1985. Therefore, in the years when I was in technical secondary school, my family's financial conditions were already at a lower level in the village. My second and third uncles both built new houses by making shrimp cages, and only my family and the sixth uncle who was not married still lived in the old house!

In rural areas, both adults and children like to compete with each other. Even if someone often eats meat, others will be jealous. Moreover, the common people usually look down and see each other. If you can't eat meat for a month, you will be embarrassed to say hello to others and have eaten?

have eaten!

What dish can I eat?

You eat vegetables and radish... You can't tell the truth, but you can't lie that you just ate meat, and braised pork trotters, because the neighbors next door of the house can smell the fragrance. When you lie, others will secretly laugh behind you. You can't afford to eat meat and brag!

In this environment, my mother felt very crisis. When I went to Nanjing to study for technical secondary school, I went to Meicheng to collect scrap copper, iron and some plastic and ragged. If my mother hadn’t been hardworking enough and not afraid of dirt or fatigue, my family’s economic conditions would have been even more outdated. In the countryside, if the family’s poor conditions would be looked down upon by others, my lifelong event of marrying my wife would also be affected. After all, a person cannot rely solely on sex and a big eighth to conquer those female animals. The usual food, drinking, defecation, firewood, rice, oil and salt, is also quite critical. Of course, there is also the so-called material enjoyment and later having a house and a car. Therefore, based on the above considerations, I decided to go to Xiaofang’s house to ask Xiaofang for technical work on shrimp cages!