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Nanning.

Ma Village.

The mother and daughter of the Gu family (He was changed to Gu, there has been a beautiful lady named He before, so another one with the surname He seems to be a repetition) carried their suitcases and came to a certain old brick house.

"dad!"

"Grandpa!"

Seeing the old man sitting at the door, the Gu family mother and daughter said hello.

The old man surnamed Chen hummed, looked at Gu Caiwei and asked, "Weiwei, you've been riding in the car for two days, are you exhausted?"

Gu Caiwei put down her suitcase and said with a depressed look: "Grandpa, not only am I tired from this car ride, I almost turned into a beggar."

The old man surnamed Chen's eyes narrowed: "I almost became a beggar? What's going on?"

Gu Caiwei sighed and said, "My mother and I were in such a hurry to catch the bus that we didn't even bother to eat. We went to the dining car to eat after we got on the bus. As a result, the dishes were all ordered. When we paid the bill, we discovered that we had put them in our pockets. The money was stolen."

When the old man surnamed Chen heard this, he said angrily: "These thieves who just want to get something for nothing really deserve to die. How did you solve it later? Did you get the money back?"

Gu Caiwei shook her head and said, "Where can we get it back? When we told the police at that time, they hinted that it would be difficult to get the money back. Fortunately, we met a kind uncle who treated us to meals for two days. When we got to the station, he even called a rickshaw for us, otherwise we would really have been beggars for the next two days.”

The old man surnamed Chen said: "Then you have indeed met a kind-hearted person. Where is this kind-hearted uncle from? Have you asked for his address?"

Gu Caiwei said: "Uncle Deng is from Yulin. When we parted at the station exit, my mother had already invited him to have dinner at La Meizi Hotpot at five o'clock in the afternoon."

The old man surnamed Chen nodded and said: "Your mother did the right thing. Repaying kindness to others should be repaid with springs. Treating others to a hot pot meal is the right thing to do."

Gu's mother asked: "Dad, how is my mother's hand doing now? Does it need surgery?"

The old man surnamed Chen said: "Fortunately, there is no need for surgery. After the manual reduction, the rest will take time to recover slowly. There was no need to be hospitalized originally, but your brother and sister-in-law are worried, and they still plan to let your mother stay." Stay in the hospital for a few days.”

Gu's mother said: "You can stay here for a few days. There is a doctor in the hospital and you can check at any time. I feel very relieved."

The old man surnamed Chen asked: "Have you had lunch?"

"Uncle Deng has already treated us to a meal in the car."

"Dad, I'm going to boil some water to take a bath and change some clothes before I go to the hospital to see my mother."

"Well, go ahead!"

…

afternoon.

Wuyue Square.

Deng Shirong watched the security guards practicing while waiting for the arrival of the Gu family's mother and daughter.

Seeing the boss watching, all the security personnel were in high spirits and practiced very hard. The momentum made people feel safe.

Today's Nanning is actually not peaceful. There are social idlers everywhere making trouble, and protection fee-collecting gangs have begun to take shape. However, since the opening of Wuyue Plaza, no unsighted social idlers or gangs have dared to come and cause trouble.

Naturally, they rely on this group of capable veterans.

A platoon of troops engages in militarized training every day. What an aura that ordinary people dare to offend!

At 4:50, the Gu family's mother and daughter finally arrived at Wuyue Square, and a middle-aged man came with them.

Seeing that Deng Shirong had arrived first, Gu's mother immediately said hello: "Fellow, I'm so sorry, we're late!"

"I came early!"

Deng Shirong smiled, then looked at the middle-aged man beside Gu's mother and daughter, and asked, "Who is this?"

Mother Gu introduced: "This is my brother Chen Donglai."

Chen Donglai stretched out his hand and said: "Hello, Biao, thank you for helping my sister and niece on the train."

Deng Shirong stretched out his hand to shake his hand and said with a smile: "You're welcome, it's just a small effort. Anyone who encounters this kind of situation will help."

The two parties exchanged a few words before walking up to the Hot Girl Hotpot on the second floor.

Looking at this super spacious hot pot restaurant, the Gu family and their daughter both showed surprised expressions. Wuhan has been a much more developed city than Nanning since ancient times. Naturally, there are hot pot restaurants in this era, but they met in Wuhan. The hot pot restaurants we visited were only one hundred or dozens square meters in size. I had never seen such a big hot pot restaurant before.

Moreover, the decoration of this hot pot restaurant is much better than those that have just emerged in Wuhan.

Especially the design of the table with a gas stove is really amazing.

Gu's mother admired while looking at it: "I didn't expect that we in Nanning would have such a grand hot pot restaurant."

After the group was seated, the waiter came over with menus.

After some negotiation between the two parties, the Gu family's mother and daughter finally decided to order a mandarin duck pot base and a lot of side dishes, including seven or eight various meat dishes and four or five vegetarian dishes. The portions of the dishes were sufficient. There was enough food for four people, so the sincerity of the treat was needless to say.

Soon, the hot pot base and various side dishes were served. The speed of serving surprised even Chen Donglai.

When it was time to start eating, the authentic Sichuan hot pot naturally made the Gu family and their daughter marvel in admiration.

Deng Shirong rinsed a piece of tripe, dipped it in the dipping sauce, and said: "Mother Gu, actually when we were in the car before, I had a question that I really wanted to ask you, but I was afraid of making a shallow conversation, so I I kept refraining from asking."

Mother Gu smiled and said, "Fellow, if you have any questions, just ask. It doesn't matter."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I want to ask your girl if her mother-in-law Xu's family is here?"

Gu's mother was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "Not yet, my girl just graduated from college this year, how can she be married to her husband's family so soon!"

Deng Shirong's eyes lit up and he asked, "Mother Gu, I wonder what kind of partner your girl wants to find?"

When Gu's mother heard the words, she somewhat understood the meaning. Without answering, she asked: "Fellow, are you trying to set up a matchmaking relationship with my Weiwei?"

Gu Caiwei, who was rinsing the mutton, heard a blush on her cheeks when she heard this. A girl of this age was still a little shy when hearing such a topic.

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "Mother Gu, to be honest, my second son has not found a partner yet. He is 25 years old this year. He graduated from Peking University and is currently working for the Fuqing County Government in Fujian. I think little Gu is really good, and my son is also It's still promising. If you don't mind, you can write letters to communicate. Even if you don't have that fate, it's okay to be a pen pal! "

In this era, it is very popular to make pen pals and write letters to strangers. This is much more reliable than the online dating in later generations.

As soon as these words came out, Chen Donglai, Gu's mother and Gu Caiwei were all shocked.

They are not ordinary people, so they naturally understand the importance of the four words "graduate from Peking University".

Chen Donglai couldn't help but ask: "Biao, how many years has your second son been working?"

Deng Shirong said: "It has been more than three years."

Chen Donglai said: "This Peking University graduate has a high level of employment. I wonder what position your second son holds in the county government now?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Currently, he is the executive deputy county magistrate."

Chen Donglai was shocked when he heard this. He was also from a mixed system. In the words of later generations, he was a serious second-generation official. Before his father retired, he was a deputy provincial level official, but he is already 40 years old this year. It's just in the right place. If you want to continue to make an upward breakthrough, you still need to wait for the opportunity.

And this brother's second son, only 25 years old, is already a deputy director, only half a grade lower than him, and even better than the top student from Peking University in their district government.

Chen Donglai gave a thumbs up and said, "Ah Biao, your second son is really awesome!"

Gu's mother was originally a government official, and now she married a husband with an unusual status. She was well versed in the system, so she naturally understood how rare it was to have a virginity at the age of 25, and the golden name of Peking University was indeed shining brightly.

Because, for the proposal of making pen pals, Gu's mother applauded with both hands. She praised: "Fellow, your proposal is very good. It is a good thing for young people to make more friends. If they can get together, I would be happy to see it happen." Well, if we don’t have that fate, it would be nice to be friends.”

Gu Caiwei couldn't get in the middle of this kind of topic, so she just listened to the elders' conversation with her ears and ate the delicious hot pot in silence.

Seeing that the other party also had this intention, Deng Shirong was happy and asked: "Xiao Gu, what are you doing now?"

Gu Caiwei swallowed the mutton in her mouth and replied: "Uncle Deng, I am not working. I am currently studying embroidery at home!"

Gu's mother smiled and added: "My Weiwei has been interested in embroidery since she was in elementary school. She has been learning embroidery from a teacher since junior high school. It has been nearly ten years now. She can now sell the works she uses to practice her embroidery skills. It’s a lot of money to sell!”

Deng Shirong praised: "Embroidery is great. It is a traditional skill comparable to calligraphy and painting. Only people with dexterity can enter this industry. I think Xiao Gu's extraordinary temperament must have been precipitated by learning embroidery skills."

Gu Caiwei said with some embarrassment: "Uncle Deng thanks you."

Deng Shirong had a good impression of Gu Caiwei. After his rebirth in this life, his vision of seeing people became more and more accurate.

After a few encounters with someone, you can basically tell what kind of person he is. With his spatial perspective, even the best actor and best actress can't pretend to be in front of him.

During the past two days in the car, Deng Shirong observed this girl carefully. Every move she made showed her good upbringing, gentle personality, amazing figure, and good-looking appearance. She had the feeling of a lady in ancient times.

In short, her figure and appearance are not inferior to those of the eldest daughter-in-law, and she is much better in terms of temperament.

Of course, the eldest daughter-in-law has been making progress after marrying into their family. She is no longer the same as she was a few years ago. I believe she will become better and better in the future.

Gu's mother was obviously also very interested in Deng Yunheng, a top student from Peking University who had already made a name for himself in the system. The two of them hit it off immediately, and this purely thank-you meal turned into a blind date banquet, except that the male protagonist was missing. That’s all.

The meal lasted for almost an hour and a half before it was over.

When Chen Donglai wanted to pay, Deng Shirong stopped him and said, "Old Biao Chen, there is no need to pay, just leave."

Chen Donglai waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Old Biao Deng, this is not okay. This meal is to thank you for taking care of my sister and niece in the car. If you treat me, we will not be able to sleep today when we go back." ”

Gu's mother also nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Deng, we have to invite you to this meal no matter what. You have to give us a chance to repay the care you took for our mother and daughter in the car!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I told you, it's just a small effort, and I really can't ask you to treat me to this meal. They won't charge you if you go to check out."

Gu's mother became anxious when she heard this: "Mr. Deng, what you are doing is wrong. We have agreed to treat you to dinner in advance. You can't change your mind!"

"It's not that I want to change my mind, it's mainly because it's such a coincidence!"

Deng Shirong said with a smile on his face: "To be honest, the owner of this hot pot restaurant is my little daughter. Do you think I can collect this money from you?"

When Chen Donglai and the Gu family's mother and daughter heard this, they all showed stunned expressions: (⊙ｏ⊙)

Gu's mother suddenly realized: "No wonder I asked you to have dinner at Hot Girl Hotpot at noon. Your expression was a little strange at the time. It turns out that this is your youngest daughter's property. It's such a fate."

"I asked her to come say hello to you."

After saying that, Deng Shirong waved to his little daughter who had been paying attention here. When she came over, he introduced: "This is my little daughter Deng Yunzhu. Ah Zhu, this is Uncle Chen, this is Aunt Chen, this is This is Sister Gu who is the same age as you."

Deng Yunzhu immediately greeted with a smile: "Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, Sister Gu, hello!"

Mother Gu and the other three also greeted her one by one.

Gu's mother praised: "Boss Deng, you are really amazing. You opened such a big hot pot restaurant at such a young age."

Gu Caiwei looked at this peer with admiration. After all, as a woman, it is indeed amazing to be able to make such great achievements at this age.

Deng Yunzhu smiled modestly and said, "Thank you, Aunt Chen. My dad paved the way for me. I just followed the steps. It's nothing special."

After the two parties exchanged a few words, Gu's mother and the three of them said goodbye and left.

Naturally, the matter of settling the bill was not mentioned again.

After watching Mother Gu and the other two people leave, Deng Yuntai, Zhang Xiuping, Deng Yunhua and Xiao Dong'er, who were observing from other locations, also gathered over.

Deng Yunzhu asked curiously: "Dad, is that Sister Gu the one you plan to find for your second brother?"

Deng Shirong smiled and nodded: "It does mean that. You have also seen it. How do you feel?"

Deng Yunzhu observed her closely and immediately replied: "It feels very good. She is as beautiful as my elder sister-in-law. It is quite suitable to be my second sister-in-law."

Zhang Xiuping laughed and said: "I am not as beautiful as others. The behavior of Sister Gu is very different from us rural girls. At first glance, she looks like a city girl. She is well-educated and is indeed worthy of Yunheng."

"I have already obtained this mailing address for Yun Heng. Let the two of them be pen pals first to see if we can create some sparks of love."

Having said this, Deng Shirong looked at his youngest daughter and said, "Azhu, I asked you to take some secret photos before. Did you get any of them?"

Deng Yunzhu smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have taken several photos from different angles. When the photos are developed, you should be able to see clearly."

Deng Shirong said: "Well, I will send it to your second brother then so that he can have a reference."

Deng Yunzhu praised: "Dad, this trick of yours is really brilliant. With the photos as a reference, if my second brother likes it, he will definitely be interested in it."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "I hope they can make it happen. Your second brother is already 25 years old this year. It's time to start a family."

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the other side.

After Gu's mother and the other three left the hot pot restaurant, Chen Donglai couldn't help but said: "Sister, the conditions of this old cousin Deng's son seem to be really good, and he deserves careful consideration."

"You are only 25 years old and you are already a deputy director of real power. Such outstanding young people are indeed rare. And although we did not deliberately inquire about Mr. Deng's family background, his little daughter can open such a business in Nanning. If you look at a big hot pot restaurant, you can tell that his family background is not much different.”

At this point, Gu's mother looked at her daughter and said, "Weiwei, you have to be more careful in the next correspondence with the other party. If you have different ideas, don't force it. But if both parties can talk about it, then I will do this marriage." Yes."

Gu Caiwei hummed and said, "I know!"

…

Time has come to the twelfth lunar month without realizing it.

The seventh day of the lunar month is the grand day for the enthronement of the throne in Naye Deng's ancestral hall. Not only the aunt and eldest sister were notified, but also the branch brothers in various places were notified one by one.

The raising of a throne in the ancestral hall is a very grand ceremony for the Bobai people. On the day of the raising of the throne, the clan must have a unified meal. Today, the Naye Deng clan has more than 3,000 clan members, and there are about 500 aunts who have married outside. It is still unknown how many branch brothers will participate.

However, it is a conservative estimate that there should be no less than 1,000 brothers from various branches coming to participate in the enthronement ceremony, and it is not impossible to even reach 2,000 people.

The main reason is that more than one million yuan was spent on the construction of Naye Deng's ancestral hall. I believe those branch brothers would like to know how beautiful the ancestral hall is. Now that they have been invited to attend the enthronement, I believe most of the branch brothers Everyone is willing to come and see the world and open their eyes.

In this way, on the day of the enthronement in the ancestral hall, meals must be prepared for at least 5,000 people, and meals for a thousand or hundreds more people must be prepared for emergencies, lest the branch brothers come too many and cannot even eat a meal. It would be embarrassing for Shi.

Tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks were ordered by Deng Shirong in advance as early as the year when the construction of the ancestral hall began.

In later generations, the ancestral hall of the Naye Deng family or the Azu Hall would prepare hundreds of tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks. With these tables and chairs, the tribesmen would not have to go to the school to move the students when they were holding any happy events. table and chairs.

It happened that when they donated money to rebuild the ancestral hall, all the clan members actively donated money in order to have a merit monument. The amount of donations directly exceeded the budget for rebuilding the ancestral hall. Deng Shirong used part of the extra money to order tables, chairs and bowls. chopsticks.

Today, there are 500 tables and 5,000 chairs in the new ancestral hall. More than 10,000 large bowls that can be used to hold rice and vegetables were purchased directly from the bowl factory. There are also thousands of pairs of chopsticks. There is no problem if it can be used to hold 500 tables of banquets.

Even if the number of people exceeds 5,000, it doesn't matter, because when the banquet starts, there are many tribesmen who have to help cook and serve the dishes. It is impossible for them to sit down and eat at the first time. They will clear the table after the branch brothers have finished eating. Then serve it again and eat.

If that doesn't work, the tribesmen can also bring their own tables and chairs for use. This is no problem.

In terms of vegetables, there is no need to worry about vegetarian vegetables. There are hundreds of households in the whole family, and every household grows a variety of vegetarian vegetables. You can just pick them and use them. No one cares about these.

Therefore, all that needs to be prepared are meat dishes.

Among the meat dishes, pork, chicken and duck are the main ones.

At least 25 pigs must be killed, 500 chickens and ducks each must be prepared, and 1 or 200 more must be prepared as spares.

There are also other miscellaneous things that need to be prepared. These must be prepared in advance and cannot be done on the day of the enthronement, otherwise it will be too late.

So, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the tribesmen started to move.

First, two rows of temporary stoves were built on both sides of the entrance of the ancestral hall, which could hold twenty or thirty large pots at the same time, and then firewood was prepared.

At the same time, the ancestral hall committee has also made arrangements. Whatever needs to be done tomorrow, everyone will be assigned tasks to avoid everyone being like a headless fly.

While the Deng family in Naye was making various preparations for the enthronement of the ancestral hall, branch clan members from various places were also holding clan meetings, and they had decided to attend tomorrow, the sixth day of the lunar month (they all had to go one day in advance, and they would not be able to make it in time if they went on the same day). The enthronement ceremony at Naye Deng’s Ancestral Hall.

…

Nahua Village, Xintian Township, Bobai.

The Deng clan is holding a clan meeting.

The leader of the clan, Deng Changfa, said: "Dear clan members, the Deng family's ancestral temple in Naye will be enthroned the day after tomorrow. Some time ago, the brothers from the ancestral land have come to notify us. We have to discuss how many people we will send to attend the enthronement ceremony today. We’ll leave after breakfast tomorrow.”

A clan member asked: "Clan leader, how many cars will go there tomorrow? How many people can they pull?"

Deng Changfa said: "There are four trucks that have been confirmed. If one truck is crowded, it can pull 30 to 40 people."

Originally, according to traffic regulations, trucks should not be able to pull people in the bed, but the supervision in this era was not as strict as in later generations. It was basic for trucks to pull passengers.

"Then I'm going."

"I want to go too."

"Count me in."

Soon, the clan members enthusiastically signed up. If it were to raise a throne in a general ancestral hall, to be honest, it has been hundreds of years since they separated from the Nayedeng clan, and their sense of belonging to their ancestral land is no longer as strong as before. If it is too strong, many tribesmen are not willing to join in the fun.

However, when the ancestral temple was rebuilt, the brothers from the ancestral land also came to notify these branch brothers, and then the clan leader and several respectable clan members also went and donated a lot of money.

When the clan leader came back to talk to these clansmen, the clansmen realized how awesome the reconstruction of the ancestral hall in the ancestral land was. The budget directly exceeded one million. After hearing the news, all the clansmen took a breath of air-conditioning. One of them Even one of them was shocked.

Now that the ancestral hall, which has invested millions of dollars in construction, has been completed and enthroned, most of the tribesmen are curious and want to see how beautiful the ancestral hall that has been built with so much money is.

Therefore, the number of people who signed up to participate in the lift directly exceeded the maximum number that 6 trucks could carry.

Deng Changfa counted the number of people and said, "Then please hire two more cars."

…

at the same time.

Hepu Baisha, Najiang, Shankou, Gongguan, Changle, Dadun, Lingshan, Zhangmugen, Zhutoujiao, Shanling, Bobai Qutian, Shahe, Lingjiao, Jiangning, Nalin, Baisha Dengwu, Beiliucao and other places The Deng clan, a branch of the family, is also holding a clan meeting to discuss going to the ancestral site tomorrow to participate in the ancestral hall enthronement ceremony.

Again, if it is an ordinary ancestral hall ceremony, then branches from various places can send ten or eight people to participate, which can be considered serious.

But now this ancestral hall cost more than one million yuan to build. As long as the branch brothers who know the news are not curious, they all want to see how beautiful this ancestral hall is.

As a result, branch brothers from all over the country enthusiastically signed up. Some, such as the Xintian Deng clan, sent more than 200 people, while smaller branches also sent at least 20 or 30 people. This can be said to be the best cooperation between branches in various places over the past hundreds of years. The closest connection we have ever had with our ancestral land.

After counting the number of people and having breakfast the next day, the tribesmen from various places got into the trucks prepared by the tribe and rushed towards the Naye Deng clan.

…