Chapter 1988, walking out of the mountain, looking at the world
In Yangjiaba, Daliang Mountain, during the Chinese New Year, Yang Dawa’s home is very lively every day. Not only people from the village often come to sit and listen to Yang Dawa talk about the outside world and life, but also people from other villages.
People often come here specifically to find out about the outside world from Yang Dawa.
"Yang Dawa, look at you. You are not young anymore. Isn't it time for you to be a mother-in-law?"
In addition to coming to Yang Dawa to learn about the world outside the mountains, there are naturally people who come to work as matchmakers.
In the past, Yang Dawa's family was very poor. Of course, every household here is similar, that is, the leaders, nobles and the like are better off, and most of the people are poor.
Yang Dawa's parents also tried to propose marriage to Yang Dawa, but they failed. There are many levels of poverty. Some have nothing, some have no food to eat, and some have only money.
Yang Dawa's family is considered the poorest, so even if everyone is poor, no one is willing to marry into her family.
But it’s different now. Yang Dawa’s family is rich and has built a beautiful new house. It’s very beautiful, clean and tidy. In addition, Yang Dawa still has a lot of money in his hand, so more people are willing to marry him.
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It's just that Yang Dawa obviously doesn't like the girls in this mountain now. She doesn't take a bath at all, is extremely dirty, and has so many lice, fleas and the like on her body that Yang Dawa doesn't like her.
Now he only thinks about buying a house in the city and marrying Han girls in the future. Those Han girls are all good-looking, clean, and thrifty in running the house. That is Yang Dawa's most ideal wife.
As for the girls in this mountain, Yang Dawa doesn't like them now. She must not have any desire to marry her, especially when she sees the rustic and dirty clothes they wear, she must have lost all desire.
Yang Dawa decisively stated that she only wanted to marry a Han girl now, which naturally attracted a burst of ridicule.
Are Han girls so easy to marry?
Not to mention other things, the price of the betrothal gift alone is terrifyingly high. It costs a few taels of silver. Of course, Yang Dawa can afford this amount of money now, but the Han people don’t just care about your money. What’s more important is your money.
It depends on the person.
When the Han people marry their daughters, they pay special attention to the appearance of the family and the right match. Even girls from ordinary families have never married Yi people from their mountains.
If you still want to marry a Han girl, you are really overthinking it. It is better to choose a beautiful girl in the mountains and marry her home.
Many people tried to persuade Yang Dawa, but Yang Dawa seemed determined and refused. In the end, Yang Dawa's parents had no choice.
My son has grown up and has his own ideas, and he cannot force himself on some things.
The time for celebrating the New Year is always short, and the Spring Festival holiday will pass in a blink of an eye. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xiong Yazi and Yang Shanhua once again came to Yangjiaba carrying a full load of things.
Compared with previous years, Xiong Yazi was much more lively this time. Not only did he bring a lot of food, but he also brought a variety of food and clothing, which made Yang Dawa's parents smile.
Open your mouth from ear to ear.
This Han uncle is quite good. He is really filial. Every time he comes, he picks a lot of things. He also takes Yang Dawa out of the mountains and earns money. The life at home has undergone earth-shaking changes. It is a good life.
He is a little different from the people around him.
With the arrival of Xiong Yazi, all the young adults in Yangjiaba became restless. They packed up their packages and brought dry food, preparing to follow Xiong Yazi and Yang Dawa out of the mountains to go to Chengdu together.
work to earn a living.
After the second day of the second lunar month and early in the morning of the third lunar month, when Xiong Yazi and Yang Dawa had just gotten up, hundreds of young and strong people had gathered in front of their homes. This shocked Xiong Yazi and thought everyone was...
Looking for trouble for yourself.
After asking, I found out that everyone was planning to follow me and Yang Dawa out of the mountains to work in Chengdu. Not only people from Yangjiaba, but also some people from nearby villages got up and rushed to Yang's house almost at dawn.
Dam here.
Some people even came to Yangjiaba's relatives and friends in advance yesterday, just to go out to work and make money with Yang Dawa, Xiong Yazi and others.
Everyone wants a good life, and everyone loves money. Yang Dawa can make money, and everyone believes that they can also make money outside.
There is no hope in this mountain, and this has been the case for generations. For people at the bottom, poverty is really a matter of generations, and ignorance always runs through their lives.
Everyone saw hope in Yang Dawa, the hope of living a good life and living a good life, so there were many people who wanted to follow her out.
"Take care of yourself out there!"
"Everyone needs to unite outside. We can't be bullied anymore."
"You have to be serious about your work and learn more from Yang Dawa."
"If possible, remember to come back with news."
"Abba, please don't go, okay~"
But when it was time to leave, almost everyone in Yangjiaba burst into tears. After all, there was too much, too much reluctance, especially since I had never been out before, so naturally I was even more reluctant to leave.
Parents can't let go of their children, children can't let go of their father, and wives can't let go of their husbands. The cries, entreaties, and parting cries echo throughout the mountains.
When the team started to leave, people rushed to see them off again. They watched the long team disappear on the path between the mountains and still reluctant to leave. Many older children even sent them off for several miles.
Then he reluctantly went back.
Life is like this. In order to have a better life, leaving parents and children, it is not only the parents and children at home who cry, but all these young adults can't help but shed tears.
After walking for almost a day, the Yangjiaba team of workers arrived at the nearest Han town. When they arrived at the town, the people in the town were shocked. They thought it was the Yi chieftain who brought people to cause trouble.
Already.
After learning that they were going to Chengdu to work, everyone was relieved and didn't take it seriously, because there were also a large number of young and strong Han people in the whole town preparing to leave for Chengdu.
Most of the people who went to Chengdu to work last year came back with a lot of money, and the news about the big city spread quickly.
This year, more people are going to Chengdu to work. Almost all young people are planning to go to Chengdu to have a look. If they stay in their hometown, they will just farm.
And food is now the least valuable thing. The price is extremely cheap. Don't expect to make money by farming, unless you immigrate to places like Heitu Province, Hezhong, and Liaodong, where you own thousands of acres of land and use mechanized machinery.
Only by cultivating the land can you make money.
Otherwise, depending on the few acres of land in your home, even if you grow flowers, it will only be enough to fill your stomach, and other than that, you don't expect to see any money.
Working part-time has obviously become a good way out.
Vast teams of workers are constantly gathering from all directions in the mountains.
There are dozens or hundreds of people in each village, and each village gathers in a small town. In a small town, there are tens of thousands of people ready to work.
However, people from small towns began to gather in county towns, and there were tens of thousands of people in a county town ready to go out to work.
From various villages and towns in Sichuan, on official roads, a vast number of migrant workers marched towards Chengdu. The cold wind howled and was biting, but it still could not stop people's yearning for a better life.
Among the huge team, there are Han people, Yi people, Miao people, etc. Among them are the people who go to work in the city from Yangjiaba. Their distinctive clothes have become a beautiful scenery on the road.
As we got closer and closer to Chengdu, we gradually discovered that, just as Yang Dawa said, the ground can be very flat, and there is an endless plain as far as the eye can see.
It wasn't until everyone saw the straight, spacious concrete roads and walked on them that they believed that the roads outside could be so clean. There was no mud at all when walking on them.
When we saw cars, motorcycles, and bicycles passing by at lightning speed on the road, everyone realized that it was completely different from what they imagined. These cars, motorcycles, and bicycles turned out to be like this.
Only then did everyone realize that Yang Dawa was not bragging. It turned out that this car and motorcycle were really fast. They could carry people and a lot of things like a gust of wind and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
When we arrived in Chengdu and saw the tall buildings, we realized that the houses outside were really very high, very high, just as high as the mountains inside the mountains.
And at night, when the lights came on, everyone understood what it means to be as bright as day. Yang Dawa really didn’t lie. The outside world is so wonderful, and the Han girls are all growing up.
She is so beautiful, no wonder Yang Dawa wants to marry a Han girl.
