October 1 is the day when Niu Tiangou and Teresa Teng got married.

At this time, Niu Tiangou was 27 years old and 28 years old, Teresa Teng was 19 years old and 20 years old, just the same age as student Zhao Xiaoyan.

Preparing for marriage is simple.

The layout of the new house is to clean the rooms of the old house, and then paste a stack of newspapers from the school on the earthen wall, which the third brother helped him do.

The items purchased are a set of combination cabinets for 800 yuan, a couch for 300 yuan, a table and four small square stools for 100 yuan, a "Huhai" brand black and white TV for 500 yuan, a cassette recorder for 300 yuan, a total of 2,000 yuan, all of which his father bought back from Yunyang County with a board car.

There are no washing machines, no color TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, video recorders, microwave ovens, and other fashionable things that have just become popular at weddings.

After the family arrangements were made, on September 30, Niu Tiangou came to Teresa Teng's house with the 500 yuan handed over by his mother, which was regarded as a welcome.

Her parents are very open-minded and very considerate of Niu Tiangou's family, except for 500 yuan, they did not ask for a bride price, nor did they ask for red envelopes, and the guests did not embarrass him according to the old habit of marrying a girl in the countryside.

Early the next morning, Niu Tiangou took Teresa Teng on the bus home, and sent them out without crying, her mother still had a smile on her face, as if she was blessing her daughter, and met several sisters-in-law on the way who joked with Teresa Teng: "What? So you follow the others? She just pursed her lips and smiled.

There is no wedding car to marry, and there is no jewelry such as gold rings, gold earrings, and gold necklaces, and even the wedding photos are omitted (or later reissued), and all red tape is removed.

After returning home, Teresa Teng looked at the new house, but did not say anything.

The bed was made by my parents a few years ago, and the second and third brothers were old-fashioned, so they didn't want it when they got married, and left it to Niu Tiangou. The two quilts were brought by Teresa Teng from home.

The next wedding banquet was also held simply, I didn't rush to the hotel in a hurry, and invited a chef to do it at home.

There were only four tables for the teachers and relatives, and the villagers were not invited.

After the wedding, my father used 3,000 yuan to settle the account, and such a wedding is the most simple even in the countryside.

But Niu Tiangou is very down-to-earth and satisfied, because he has not increased the burden on the parents of both parties, let alone debts. There is no need for him to compare himself with others.

He felt that as long as the two of them were in love, it was better than anything else.

On October 4, Niu Tiangou and Teresa Teng went to Jiangcheng, half of which was regarded as a "wedding tour", and half of them were to see the situation of the pig raising correspondence course held by a company of the provincial government agency, which was the news he got from the newspaper.

Because my father had already asked Teresa Teng for 1.2 acres of land from the production team, she had to raise pigs for farming.

Niu Tiangou's mother said that rural people raise pigs to save money, although they can't make a lot of money, but they can make full use of leftovers and leftovers from grain processing, and can also accumulate farm fertilizer.

Niu Tiangou felt that his mother was reasonable, but he wanted to learn scientific pig breeding methods.

In the morning, they arrived at Jiangcheng Qiao × District, the two of them walked across the ×× Bridge, took the No. 1 tram, and came to ×× Lake according to the address on the advertisement, and then went to a primary school from the children's park, and asked a few places before they found the location of the "Jiangbei Provincial People's Congress DA Standing Committee".

The soldiers at the gate looked at their documents and said to them, "Turn left at the first intersection and right at the second intersection and keep going." After walking a few steps through the door, the soldier turned to them and added, "Look for Xiao Cai." ”

Niu Tiangou and Teresa Teng walked on the wide cement road, but they saw that the cedars beside the road were verdant and straight, and the environment was quiet and pleasant.

Following the soldier's instructions, they quickly found the registration office for the correspondence course in pig breeding.

When I entered the registration office, there were already a few young people inside, all of whom had books in their hands. Niu Tiangou exchanged a few words with them and learned that they all came to participate in the correspondence study of pig raising, some from southern Henan Province, some from Xichuan Province, and some from remote areas of Jiangbei Province.

One of the sturdy young men, half a head taller than Niu Tiangou, had a meat "pile" about the size of a soybean growing at the root of his left ear, and he was very talkative.

Niu Tiangou and the "pile" is very talkative, he is from the countryside of Xichuan Province, in order to make a fortune, at home while raising fish and feeding pigs, this time also the same as Niu Tiangou, mainly want to see the pig farm here.

Niu Tiangou took the book from his hand and looked at it, the pig raising knowledge in it was very detailed, and Niu Tiangou felt that it was very practical.

"I'll give it to you if I want to see it." Seeing that Niu Tiangou was looking at it very seriously, "Pile pile" smiled and said very boldly, "Anyway, I still have a few such books at home." ”

"How can this work?" Niu Tiangou hurriedly returned the book to him.

"Take it. I'll tell you, I can't read any books about fish and pigs at home. "Pile pile" said as he handed the book to Niu Tiangou again.

"That'...... I'll give you the money. Niu Tiangou couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to say.

Niu Tiangou was taking out money, and Teresa Teng next to him was already smiling and handing a 10 yuan bill to "Pile Pile".

"Pile pile" repeatedly refused, so he had to accept the money embarrassedly.

After a while, a very young and slightly childish young man in a military uniform came to the room and asked about the registration and distribution of books.

Niu Tiangou explained his intention to the young man, and the young man was very enthusiastic and immediately sold a few packs of "insect repellent essence" and feed "additives" to Niu Tiangou. After that, a young soldier called "Teacher Cai" took everyone to watch the pig raising video first.

The video is not long, but the general points of scientific pig raising, Niu Tiangou and Teresa Teng have written it down.

After lunch, the two of them went to visit the company's pig farm with the "pile". The pig farm is clean and hygienic, and the pig's head is fat and strong, so that the "pile" sighs for a while, and even says that this is the real pig farm.

After returning from the pig farm, Mr. Cai enthusiastically introduced to the students about his trip to other places to learn pig farming. He said that he had gone to study at his own expense, and that after he came back, he had run this correspondence course while raising pigs in the company, and that he hoped to popularize this scientific method of raising pigs.

He said that to raise pigs well, one is to do a good job in epidemic prevention and disinfection, the second is to deworm pigs, the third is to use dry and wet feeding methods, the fourth is to feed nutritionally comprehensive compound feed, and add feed "additives", and the fifth is to feed more green fodder.

After the correspondence course was opened, he received many letters from friends from all over the country, and he was very touched by the contents of some of the letters. He said that the company raised pigs not to make money, but to improve the lives of the fighters.

After that, Mr. Cai also arranged accommodation for students such as Niu Tiangou and "Pile Pile".

The next day, Niu Tiangou and Teresa Teng did not go to listen to Mr. Cai's pig raising class, but said hello to "Pile" and Mr. Cai and went home.

A day after returning from Jiangcheng, Niu Tiangou rolled up his sleeves, rolled up his trouser legs, and with the help of his father, repaired the original pigsty and prepared to raise pigs.