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Chapter 367 Father Gu: The resources I have should be used on my son-in-law

 Wuhan.

 A certain family home.

In the room, Gu Caiwei was opening a letter sent from Fujian and pulled out three pages of letter paper filled with words from the envelope.

The words on the letter paper are written vigorously and vigorously, showing that the sender has good calligraphy skills.

This era is different from later generations. In later generations, due to the proliferation of various electronic products, people have fewer and fewer opportunities to write with pens, so handwriting is generally not good-looking, even for college students.

 But among college students in this era, it may be an exaggeration to say that everyone can write well, but it is an indisputable fact that most college students can write well.

 The person who wrote to Gu Caiwei was none other than Deng Yunheng, who was working in Fujian.

Moreover, this is not the first letter Gu Caiwei has received. She received a letter from Deng Yunheng a few years ago, and then she replied to him.

 This letter is the second letter sent by Deng Yunheng.

Soon, the family of three started to eat.

After reading the letter, Gu Caiwei immediately took out the letter paper and wrote a reply to the other party.

Slowly reading line by line, it took Gu Caiwei more than ten minutes to finish reading the contents of the three pages of letter paper.

 After all, writing a three-page paper or a four-page paper requires one envelope and one stamp, so it is definitely more cost-effective to write a four-page paper.

Gu Caiwei said in surprise: "Mom, you mean, we go directly to Fujian to meet him?"

Gu Caiwei said with shame: "Mom, how do you want me to answer this question? I haven't even met him yet!"

  Anyway, her father loves to eat her cooking. Every time she cooks, her father will eat half a bowl of rice more, which gives Gu Caiwei great motivation to cook.

Mother Gu pondered: "Originally, I also thought about letting you write letters and chat slowly, and wait until we get to know each other to see if our personalities are compatible. But the key is that time waits for no one, and your father does not always have the resources. , some resources are time-sensitive and will be gone if you miss them.”

Father Gu was drinking tea leisurely, and the fatigue from a day's work instantly dissipated.

Father Gu interjected: "Don't be too anxious. You must understand the character of the other party."

Father Gu nodded and said: "Okay, I will help and keep an eye on it, but some of the resources I have are best used on my son-in-law if possible. It's not that I don't take care of him in Donglai, it's mainly because of his potential. Da, the level of the hall is basically his upper limit, and it will inevitably be a waste to use resources on him. "

 After all, graduating from Peking University is a huge advantage.

After racking her brains, it took her almost an hour to write the reply. It turned out that she actually wrote four pages. Gu Caiwei couldn't help but show a hint of shyness in her eyes. They only wrote her three pages, and she replied with four pages. Page paper, this seems a bit unpretentious!

Father Gu laughed and said, "I just wanted to eat tofu today. I didn't expect you to make tofu, Weiwei. It's really good."

As for going up further, he won't be able to help much, but as long as he can be promoted smoothly in the early stage, then age is his biggest advantage. As long as there are no accidents in the future, he should be able to be promoted smoothly.

 After dinner, Gu Caiwei made a cup of tea for her father.

There were three dishes, one home-style tofu, one stir-fried green vegetables, and one steamed egg. They were all the most common dishes, but Father Gu ate them with gusto and ate half a bowl more rice than usual, using practical actions to support his daughter in cooking. .

 After appreciating the calligraphy of the other party, Gu Caiwei began to read the content of the letter.

 And with the help of his father-in-law, it is probably no problem to get promoted at the division level and office level.

However, soon, Gu Caiwei began to comfort herself. She wrote an extra piece of paper mainly to avoid waste.

Gu Caiwei smiled bitterly and said: "Mom, you can't let me, a girl, take the initiative in this kind of thing, right?"

Mother Gu said: "This is for sure. No matter how good a man is, he cannot marry a man with bad character."

Father Gu naturally knew about Deng Yunheng. To be honest, after hearing the other party's conditions, he was quite satisfied. It didn't matter if he didn't have any background, as long as he was strong. After becoming his son-in-law, he could use the resources in his hands to cultivate he.

Gu Caiwei blinked and continued: "As the saying goes, words are like the person they are, so there should be no problem with the other person's character."

Gu Caiwei brought a plate of tofu out from the kitchen and said hello: "Dad, Mom, you are back at the right time, you can start dinner!"

 Gu’s father and Gu’s mother came back together.

After learning how to cook from her mother for nearly a month, Gu Caiwei's cooking skills are not too high, but at least she can't make some simple meals, especially green vegetables, tofu and steamed Wuchang fish. She can already make them. It tastes good.

Hearing this, Mother Gu's heart moved and she asked: "Weiwei, tell mom honestly, do you have any thoughts about Deng Yunheng?"

Father Gu took a sip of tea and said, "If your character is not bad and you are excellent, then hurry up."

 After doing all this, I saw that the time was almost up, so I went to the kitchen to prepare meals.

After comforting herself, Gu Caiwei put the written letter into an envelope, then wrote her name and address as well as the recipient's name, address and zip code on the envelope, then sealed the seal with glue, and finally affixed One stamp, done.

Mother Gu, a calligraphy enthusiast, also believed this sentence and agreed: "Indeed, it can be seen from his handwriting that his character should not be bad."

Mother Gu thought for a moment, then looked at her daughter and said, "Weiwei, how about I accompany you to Fujian?"

Father Gu went to wash his hands, came back and sat down and said, "No, I think the tofu made by my Weiwei is the most delicious."

Thinking of this, Mother Gu couldn't help but look at her daughter and asked: "Weiwei, did you hear what your dad said? While your dad has a lot of resources, you must hurry up and find your son-in-law. This way Your father can cultivate him well, so that these resources will not be used by outsiders. "

After entering the room, Father Gu sniffed, a smile appeared on his serious face, and said, "Weiwei, what delicious food did you make? Why does it smell so good?"

Gu Caiwei smiled brightly and said, "Dad, don't blame me for making it delicious."

When Gu's mother heard this, she also felt that it made sense. As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the edge of the knife. The resources in the husband's hands are not unlimited. The more you use, the less. If your brother has a bright future, then it will not be a loss if you use it on him. But The problem is that my younger brother's career potential is limited. If I really use my husband's resources to push him to a higher position, I'm afraid the effort will be greater than the gain, which is not worth it.

Gu's mother asked: "Lao Gu, my brother has been at this level for several years. Now my father has retired. He is gone and the tea is cold. Even if you want to push him, you can't do anything. You, the brother-in-law, But you have to help keep an eye on him, and if you have a chance, give him a hand."

 Forty minutes later.

Hearing this, Gu's mother couldn't help but roll her eyes at her husband. She knew from the smell that her daughter had made homemade tofu, and luckily he was able to ask.

Mother Gu nodded and said: "Anyway, he is a public official and we all know what position he holds. We can go to his workplace and observe him. If there are no problems with his appearance and good reputation, then we can meet and talk to him directly. , anyway, the two of you were writing to communicate with each other for the sake of the person you were talking to. "

Gu Caiwei was a little moved when she heard this, but she still asked a little embarrassedly: "Mom, is this okay?"

“What’s wrong? Ancient people have said that those who achieve great things don’t stick to trivial matters. As long as the result is good, it doesn’t matter what the process is.”

 At this point, Gu’s mother looked at her husband and asked, “Lao Gu, what do you think?”

Father Gu pondered: "I don't have any objection, but these times are not peaceful. If you really plan to go to Fujian, I will send two people to protect your safety."

Seeing that her husband had no objection, Gu’s mother decided, “Then the matter is settled.”

Gu Caiwei thought of the letter that had not yet been sent and said, "Mom, even if I want to go, I can't do it so soon. After a while, I will write more letters to him and we will be almost familiar with each other. I won't go again." Late."

Mother Gu paused, nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go there in May or June. It happens to be hot at that time, so you don't have to carry so much luggage when you go out, and you can also taste the lychees over there."

Gu Caiwei breathed a sigh of relief. With the buffer of two or three months, she and Deng Yunheng could write several letters, and they would not be as strangers to each other as they are now. Even if they met, it would not be too much. Too embarrassing.

 Gu’s father naturally had no objection. His thoughts were very open-minded compared to people of this era.

 …

 Naye Village.

 On the second day of the second lunar month, it is inevitable that a cooperative will be held in the village on this day.

 In the realm of Shuangwang, every place where a cooperative is run will have a social head. This so-called social head, as the name suggests, is responsible for arranging all matters related to running a cooperative.

The social leader does not need to have high prestige in the clan like the clan leader. The social leader only needs to be honest, fair, and have the ability to organize and run the community.

The head of Naye Village is named Deng Yunkun. When Deng Shirong planned to reclaim his family's hills into an orchard, he selected a few honest villagers in the village to help, including Deng Yunkun and his two sons.

 The establishment of a community is not a matter for the whole clan. The Naye Deng family is scattered in more than 20 natural villages, and the establishment of a community is also scattered in different natural villages.

For example, the cooperative in Naye Village is carried out jointly with the natural villages of Yangdipo, Hengmenkou, Zhadu, Shanying, Shanggaoxing and Laowu. The tribesmen scattered in other natural villages also work together with Lide Several nearby villages have joined forces to form cooperatives.

At this time, the butcher in the village was killing pigs, and Deng Yunkun was checking accounts with the people below.

After the accounts were reconciled, Deng Yunkun said with emotion: "Think about the past when we started a cooperative. Many families just kept accounts first and paid back the money they owed to the cooperative slowly. And most of them were two families who joined together to start a cooperative. It was possible to For those who work alone, their family conditions are already very good.

 In the past few years of working as a co-operative, no family owes money to the co-operative anymore, and each family only makes one share, and many even make two or three shares. This change is really fast. "

The tribesman who was responsible for collecting the commune money said with a smile: "Yes, in the past, every household went to collect the commune money, and the money they could collect was very very little. The rice collected to cook commune porridge was not owed. There was no time when the commune money was collected." There is no debt, and some people even owe money to the company for several years.

Now. "

　　When mentioning the clan leader, the clan members present all started praising him.

 For the Nayedeng clan, the head of the clan is as great as the leader.

Especially the clan members whose families were originally very poor, are really grateful to the clan leader.

After all, if there was no clan leader to lead them to make a fortune, how could they live such a magical life with no worries about food and clothing and tens of thousands in savings?

While the villagers were busy building cooperatives, Deng Shirong was accompanying Dean Huang and his party walking down the village river.

At this time, the new village river has been almost dug, but some huge rocks still need to be transported and laid on both sides of the river, so there is no rush to drill through the reserved river section and let the river flow to the new river section.

However, this no longer affects Dean Huang’s design.

 Walking through the Xincun River from beginning to end, the assistants brought by Dean Huang also took photos one by one and made relevant records.

When walking back, Deng Shirong asked: "Dean Huang, how long will it take for this rendering to be available?"

 Dean Huang said with a smile: “We only need to make some small changes, and the renderings will be ready in about half a month.”

Deng Shirong said: "Then when the renderings come out, you can call me."

Dean Huang nodded and said: "There is also this sewage treatment plant. I will set it up for you at the most downstream of the river section. The treated sewage will be discharged directly downstream. What do you think, Boss Deng?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Okay, let's do it."

Although the discharged water has been treated and will not cause pollution, it is treated from dirty water after all. It is best to discharge it downstream instead of discharging it in the river section of the village.

After the two parties finished talking about business, Dean Huang asked: "Boss Deng, I just heard that your village was killing pigs. Is it some happy event?"

Deng Shirong replied: "Today our village is running a community. You, Dean Huang, should know about this, right?" Dean Huang was stunned when he heard this. As an expert in ancient architectural design, his understanding of my country's folk culture is beyond the ordinary people's. Of course, he knew what doing business was. He smiled and said, "That's a coincidence. Can I go see the site of doing business?"

“Of course you can. This is a place where there is no taboo. It just so happens that today, Dean Huang, you will have a taste of our community porridge.”

 “That’s great, I’ve always been interested in these folklore things.”

 …

Back in the village, Deng Shirong had nothing to do, so he took Dean Huang to the work site to let him experience the folk culture of the countryside in Bobai County, Guangxi.

 When they came back, large pieces of pork had been cooked in a large iron pot.

 Cook the pork until it is cooked thoroughly, and the water will turn into broth. Then add rice to cook the porridge. When it is almost cooked, add pig blood and season it.

The community porridge cooked in this way tastes really good, especially if you eat it on the spot, it has a unique taste.

Deng Shirong took Dean Huang and others to experience the fun of eating community porridge on the spot.

 After finishing the porridge, we started dividing the meat.

As I said before, the fairest thing in the countryside is the branch, especially the branch meat. Each part of a pig will be cut into small pieces, and then distributed equally according to the number of shares in the community.

 Basically, in every dish, there will be pork, pork liver, rice intestines, large intestines, pig lungs, pig hearts, pig ears, pork ribs, pig feet, pig tails, etc.

 Precisely because the divisions of the branches are extremely fair, whenever fairness matters are mentioned in Bobai countryside, the branches will be compared.

 Dean Huang and others also witnessed the entire branch process, and it was so meticulous that they praised it.

After bringing the meat back, Deng Shirong cooked a large table of dishes and entertained Dean Huang and others.

 After eating and drinking, we stayed one night at Deng Shirong's house. Dean Huang and others left by car the next day.

 …

 Ching Ming ancestor worship not only refers to the day of Qingming, but also the period of one month before and after.

In later generations, whether the Nayedeng clan worshiped ancestors or shoveled mountains, they usually arranged it after the spring equinox, and then chose Saturdays and Sundays to carry out the activities. This made it easier for those who participated in work to arrange time to come back to shovel mountains and worship ancestors.

Although there are no weekends like later generations, Deng Shirong still set the time for ancestor worship as the first Saturday and Sunday after the Spring Equinox. Originally, it should stop after two days and continue until the next Saturday and Sunday.

However, Deng Shirong didn't want to waste time by going back and forth like this, so he set a time for ancestor worship for five consecutive days.

 Seeing that the ancestor worship was less than two days away, Deng Shirong convened a meeting of the tribesmen responsible for ancestor worship. These tribesmen were basically members of the ancestral hall council.

After everyone arrived, Deng Shirong said: "Dear tribesmen, we will start worshiping our ancestors the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, clan members and aunties from all over the country will arrive. I wonder how prepared everyone is?"

Deng Yungui said: "Uncle Jiu, we are all ready."

“Last year, the ancestral hall was raised, and a lot of people from all over the world came to attend.”

Deng Shirong picked up the chimney, stuffed tobacco into the mouth of the chimney, and said: "This year is the first time to worship ancestors after more than 20 years. After the impact of the ancestral hall's promotion last year, I believe that the number of people from all over the clan who came to participate will increase. Definitely a lot more than last year.

 So, everyone must prepare in advance and entertain these clan relatives. "

Deng Yunqiang smiled and said: "Don't worry, Uncle Jiu, we have already thought about this problem. Even if the number of clan members who come to participate in ancestor worship this year is twice that of last year, we can entertain them well. "

Deng Shirong lit the tobacco with a lighter. After taking a few puffs, he said, "Since everything has been arranged, I'm relieved!"

 Next, everyone talked about some details of ancestor worship.

 After the serious chat was finished, they chatted about home affairs for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, they left each other.

 …

 Hintian Dengshi.

Not long ago, brothers from the ancestral land were sent over to tell them the specific time for ancestor worship. Seeing that they would return to the ancestral land tomorrow, the clan leader Deng Changfa summoned the clan members to discuss returning to the ancestral land tomorrow to participate in ancestor worship.

When everyone had arrived, Deng Changfa said: "Dear tribesmen, the day after tomorrow the Nayezu land is preparing to worship ancestors. We will go there in advance tomorrow. Anyone who wants to participate can sign up."

"I wanna go."

 “Head of the clan, count me in.”

“I want to go. Last year I missed the enthronement ceremony in the ancestral hall of my ancestors. I must not miss it again this year to worship my ancestors!”

“Count me in, I also want to see if the new ancestral hall in the ancestral land is really as beautiful as the other brothers said.”

 “There’s me, I’m going too.”

　　　…”

As soon as Deng Chang finished speaking, people from all tribes signed up enthusiastically.

Needless to say, the tribesmen who attended the ancestral hall last year were treated as distinguished guests by their brothers in the ancestral land last year. Now that the ancestor worship ceremony is being held again in the ancestral land after more than 20 years, they will naturally not be absent.

The tribesmen who did not attend the ancestral hall ceremony last year were shown off by their brothers who had attended. They all regretted not attending. Now that they are worshiping their ancestors at their ancestral land, they naturally do not want to miss it again.

 As a result, the number of people who signed up more than doubled from last year.

Deng Changfa couldn't help but smile when he saw this. Ancestor worship, a major event related to the entire clan, is of course the more lively the better. The more people participating, the more prosperous the descendants will be. This is a good thing for every ethnic group.

Therefore, Deng Changfa said happily: "Okay, let's count the number of people now, gather at the brigade at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and then set off together."

 …

 Similar scenes also occurred among branch clans in various places.

After experiencing the ascension in the ancestral hall, those clan members who had never been to Naye's ancestral land became extremely curious about the ancestral land. At the same time, they also wanted to see the place that was boasted to the sky by other brothers in the clan. The new ancestral hall of the Ye Deng family.

As a result, the number of registrations for clan members in various places began to increase dramatically, and they basically doubled.

Still, the most afraid of ancestors is that there are many people, and the more people participating in the ancestors, the better, so the ancestors of each place do not mean to restrict the number of people.

 …

 The next day.

Clan members from all over the country piled into the trucks arranged by the clan and rushed towards the ancestral land of the Nayedeng family.

These trucks are all decorated with big flags bearing the surname Deng. Some clan members even carried gongs and drums to the trucks and beat the gongs and drums along the way, making it very lively.

When passing through some towns, the residents of those towns were talking a lot.

“Hey, these people playing gongs and drums are also holding a big flag bearing the surname Deng. What are they doing? Are they going to start a clan fight?”

 “What kind of clan fight are you having? It seems like you’re going to worship your ancestors.”

“Is ancestor worship making such a big fuss?”

"You are still too young, so you don't know much about ancestor worship. In recent years, everyone has just shoveled mountains. It is rare for anyone with a surname to worship ancestors. But in the past, ancestor worship was still common. This Deng surname is probably the restoration of ancestor worship. I don’t know when our surname Zhang will resume ancestor worship.”

“What’s the difference between worshiping ancestors and shoveling mountains?”

"The difference is big. Shoveling the mountain only requires shoveling the tomb and bringing some pork sacrifices to worship. However, worshiping the ancestors requires people to 'drink the ceremony'. The tribesmen obey the instructions and kneel down, and they also have to recite sacrificial inscriptions, etc. In short, the ceremony It’s much more complicated than shoveling a mountain.”

“That sounds interesting, so why don’t we with the surname Zhang stop worshiping our ancestors now?”

"It's not just our surname Zhang who doesn't worship ancestors, but all the surnames haven't worshiped their ancestors over the years. I won't go into details about the reasons. Anyway, whoever dared to do this in those years will probably not end well. Until now, everyone has I haven’t recovered yet, I’m scared.”

“Then people named Deng have started to worship their ancestors now, so everything should be fine, right?”

“Well, it should be fine now. Let’s go back and tell the clan that it will definitely be too late this year. Next year our surname Zhang can resume ancestor worship.”

　　　…”

Because the clan members of the Deng family in Naye basically take the Bolong Highway when going to the Naye ancestral land, so every once in a while, several trucks with flags bearing the surname Deng pass by the towns that the Bolong Highway passes. .

This scene makes people with other surnames envious.

Should I say it, my surname is simply Shoshan, while other surnames are lively ancestor worship. The contrast is actually quite strong.

　　Just like during the New Year and the holidays, only a few people in your house are spending the time in a deserted manner, while the neighbor's house is lively and has a few tables set up. The atmosphere is really different.

With the stimulation of ancestor worship with the Deng surname, I believe that more surnames will join the ranks of ancestor worship next year.

 …

The entrance to the new ancestral hall of the Deng family in Naye.

At this time, as before when the ancestral hall was raised, a full 500 tables had been set up at the door. Candies, biscuits, melon seeds, peanuts, melon sticks, twist candies and other snacks and tea were also prepared on the tables.

On the temporary stove next to it, pork is being cooked in twenty or thirty pots. The aroma of the meat is constantly spreading, making people move their index fingers just by smelling it.

 When the time came to noon, relatives and aunts began to come over one after another.

Speaking of this, we have to talk about the rules of shoveling mountains and worshiping ancestors in Shuangwang. Deng's aunts who are married outside can come back to participate when shoveling mountains or worshiping ancestors in the clan, but their husbands and Children cannot participate.

[The author's grandfather died early, but the author doesn't even know where he is buried. He has never gone to worship once. It's not that he doesn't want to go, but because of the rules in Shuangwang, the grandson cannot go to worship his grandparents. 】

With the arrival of clansmen from all over the country and the eldest sister Agu, the scene became lively. The Yedeng family had already arranged special personnel to entertain these clansmen.

Some of these clan members came here for the first time, and they were the first to visit the new ancestral hall of the Nayedeng family.

Needless to say, the result was that all of them were shocked. Even though their brothers had told them how awesome and beautiful this temple was, others said that they still felt completely different when they saw it with their own eyes. of.

As for Deng Shirong's family merit monument, it also gave these clan members a little shock. The main reason was that they had already listened to the general content from their brothers of the same clan. After being fully mentally prepared, when they looked at the family merit monument, they naturally had no idea. So shocked.

 After visiting this ancestral hall, these clan members were shocked and felt a sense of pride in their hearts.

 After all, the Nayedeng clan is their ancestral land, and the ancestors enshrined in the ancestral hall are also their ancestors.

The Yedeng family is awesome, and it’s normal for them to be proud of it.

 (End of this chapter)