Chapter 143: One Height Covers Five Ugliness

Chapter 143: One Height Covers Five Ugliness

Afternoon.

After dinner, Deng Changdong and his family sat at the door, smoking and chatting.

In this era, there are very few rural people in Bobai County, regardless of gender, age, or status, who do not smoke water pipes.

In fact, this is also influenced by the environment. Before liberation, Bobai County only had sun-dried tobacco and no flue-cured tobacco. In 1949, the county's sun-dried tobacco production was only 130,000 kilograms.

Starting in 1959, Bobai County introduced small-scale trial planting of winter flue-cured tobacco. By 1964, the output of winter flue-cured tobacco leaves reached 1.14 million kilograms, and by 1965, it reached 3.53 million kilograms.

It was also from this year that the winter flue-cured tobacco planting area in the entire Bobai County has remained between 70,000 and 100,000 mu. Basically, every production team has planted a large amount of winter flue-cured tobacco. In addition to selling the flue-cured tobacco, the production team will also distribute a certain amount to the members.

With tobacco, it is natural for adults to smoke.

The adults in the village all smoke, and the children are influenced by them from a young age, so naturally, they follow suit and start smoking.

This kind of thing cannot be stopped even if adults forbid it, not to mention that most parents in this era don't care whether their children smoke or not. When they see their children smoking, they just feel sorry for their tobacco and have no concept that smoking is harmful to health.

Therefore, many rural people of this era started smoking at a young age, and by the time they reach adulthood, they have become old smokers with a smoking history of more than ten years.

Deng Changdong's father was named Deng Yunfeng. After burning a few cigarettes, he handed the pipe to his wife.

Changdong's mother took the pipe and stuffed tobacco into the pipe mouth while saying, "Today, Yuncai's son Yuan is also here to look after the house. If I remember correctly, Dong is one year older than him. It seems that we have to hurry up and find a wife for Dong."

Deng Yunfeng nodded and said, "You're already 22 years old. It's time to find a wife."

When Deng Changdong heard his parents mention his marriage, he said, "Let's put it off for now. All our money has been invested in raising cattle, pigs, chickens, and ducks. Even if we find a suitable partner now, we can't afford to pay for her. It's better to wait until we sell these and make some money before we talk about it."

Changdong's mother smoked a cigarette and said, "It would be best to wait until we sell these and have money before finding a matchmaker, but we can also ask a matchmaker to keep an eye on it first, and then we can find a matchmaker directly when we have money, which can save a lot of time."

Deng Yunfeng said, "Just tell Uncle Jiu about this matter."

Changdong's mother nodded and said, "Uncle Jiu is good at matchmaking, so we can ask him to help look for someone first."

Hearing this, Deng Changdong remained silent.

As the saying goes, there is no young and strong person with normal physiology who doesn't want to get married.

Changdong's mother smoked several pipes in a row. When she handed the pipe to her eldest son, she saw the Uncle Jiu mentioned earlier walking towards her house. She immediately smiled and greeted him, "Uncle Jiu, have you eaten yet?"

"Uncle Jiu!"

"Uncle Jiu!"

Deng Yunfeng and his son also greeted him.

Deng Shirong nodded and smiled, "I have eaten. Have you eaten?"

"We ate too!"

"Uncle Jiu, come and light the chimney first."

In the rural areas of Bobai County, every household has a few small stools at the door.

Deng Shirong sat down on a small stool and after chatting for a while, he got down to business, "Yunfeng, your Adong is not young anymore, it's time to find him a wife!"

Deng Yunfeng smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, his mother and I were just talking about this. He is indeed old enough to get married."

Changdong's mother smiled and said, "We just said that we would like to ask Uncle Jiu to help keep them. Once we sell all the pigs, chickens, and ducks, we should have enough money to find a match for him."

Deng Shirong couldn't help but smile and said, "What a coincidence. I happen to have a suitable partner for Adong. If you think she's good, you can get to know her first. If you're satisfied, you can arrange for her to see your home first. As for the marriage, you can wait until the end of the year."

Changdong's mother's eyes lit up and she asked, "Uncle Jiu, which village is the girl from?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "The girl is from the same village as my daughter-in-law. She is a cousin of the girl that Yuan brought home today. The three of them grew up together and have a very good relationship."

Deng Yunfeng's family of three were a little surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect that the woman had such a connection.

"This girl is tall, a little taller than my daughter-in-law. She has received a few years of education and works hard. She is not the kind of person who is lazy and likes to eat and do nothing."

When Deng Changdong's parents heard this, they nodded secretly. They had all seen Uncle Jiu's daughter-in-law before. Not only was she beautiful, but she was also quite tall. This girl was even taller than Uncle Jiu's daughter-in-law. Of course, they were very satisfied.

People are so strange. The more they lack something, the more they value it. The average height of people in Guangxi ranks last in the country, so among the many standards for marrying a wife in rural areas, height accounts for a very high proportion.

There is even a saying that "one height can cover five uglinesses".

After all, parents all hope that their children can find a taller partner so that their offspring will be taller.

Therefore, knowing that the girl was so tall, Deng Changdong's parents were already very satisfied.

After exchanging a glance with her husband, Changdong's mother said, "Uncle Jiu, the girl you mentioned is really good. We can arrange for them to meet first."

Deng Shirong said, "Well, when I go to New Dock Village in a few days to deliver the date list to A Yuan's girlfriend's home, I will also talk to the girl's parents about this matter. If everything goes well, we can set the time and place for the acquaintance."

Deng Yunfeng and his wife nodded repeatedly after hearing this. As for Deng Changdong, he didn't have any idea either. Although the country has long advocated free love in this era, in rural areas, it is still mostly parents who make the decisions, and free love still accounts for a minority.

After finishing the business, Deng Shirong did not stay any longer. After saying hello, he walked towards home with his hands behind his back.

After Uncle Jiu had gone far away, Deng Yunfeng said to his son, "The day after tomorrow is a market day. Go out and get your hair cut."

Deng Changdong smoothed his hair that was covering his eyes and nodded, "Got it!"

Deng Yunfeng asked his wife again, "Is there any cloth left at home?"

Changdong's mother said, "There are still some scraps of cloth."

Deng Yunfeng said, "Then you should go to Double Prosperity Market the day after tomorrow and buy some cloth to make a new dress for Ah Dong. He can wear it when they meet. This way, he can leave a better impression on others."

Changdong's mother nodded and said, "It's not good to go to meet people wearing patched clothes. I'll go buy some cloth the day after tomorrow to make a new dress for Dong."

Deng Changdong listened quietly to his parents' arrangements, and his heart gradually became excited.

(End of this chapter)