Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

New Year's Day.

At noon, after having dinner with his parents, brothers and sister-in-law, Zhou Haidong's family of three took their luggage and gifts to the station to catch the train.

"Haidong, why don't you quit this job? You have to go to work all day long. If you have to go anywhere, you have to ask for leave from the leader. There is no freedom at all. Besides, after working for so many years, you are just a broken section chief. , there’s really nothing to miss.”

On the bus heading to Bobai, Deng Yunzhu said to her husband: "Now is the time when hot pot restaurants are experiencing great development. I am short of trustworthy manpower here. Please quit your job and come help me!"

Zhou Haidong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Deng Yunzhu was a little surprised when he heard this and said: "You agree so readily?"

Zhou Haidong smiled and said: "I have actually been thinking about it for a long time. My job is indeed a rare and good job for others. If I had not met you, I might have worked in the system until I retired.

But now that I'm married to you, your career is so big now, but as a husband, I can't help you at all, and I feel quite ashamed.

If I can be as promising as my second brother in the system, then it is worth continuing. But I have thought about it carefully. If there are no other opportunities, I will eventually be able to reach the position of my second brother in the system. That is my ancestral grave. There was smoke.

Instead of spending half my life to get this position, I might as well resign and help you, and make our own business bigger and stronger together. "

Deng Yunzhu said happily: "As long as you are open-minded, I will go through the resignation procedures as soon as I get back from my parents' home."

Zhou Haidong responded: "I know!"

…

Among Deng Shirong's seven children, the eldest son Deng Yuntai, needless to say, has been a very important presence in the family since he was a child.

The eldest daughter Deng Yunzhen, after her mother passed away at an early age, took care of all the housework in the family. She has become an eldest sister like her mother, and she is also a very important member of the family.

The second son, Deng Yunheng, was originally born in the middle and did not have a high sense of presence. However, he completed a counterattack in high school and became the first college student in the whole Naye Deng family to be admitted to Peking University. Later, he entered the official career and became even more brilliant. The most dazzling one.

The youngest daughter Deng Yunzhu, as a poor student, naturally has a low sense of presence. However, after graduating from high school, she ran a spicy hotpot and achieved good results.

The third son Deng Yunsong, a top student at Tsinghua University, is also extremely dazzling.

As the youngest son, the youngest son has been admitted to a key university and is also the more favored one in the family.

Only the fourth son, Deng Yunhua, has been a marginalized figure in the family since he was a child. His academic performance is not good, and his business is not good. Sitting with his brothers and sisters, he is always just a foil and never becomes the protagonist.

But today, Deng Yunhua rarely became the protagonist. Everyone gathered around him and asked about his girlfriend.

Deng Yunzhen asked: "Xiaohua, I heard from my sister-in-law that you negotiated your girlfriend by yourself?"

Deng Yunhua smiled proudly and said, "I talked about it myself."

Deng Yunzhu answered and asked: "Where is your girlfriend from? What does she do?"

Deng Yunhua raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a look of embarrassment: "She is a native of Nanning and a student of Wuhan University. She will graduate this year."

Deng Yunzhu couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wuhan University is also a famous key university. I didn't realize that you are quite awesome!"

Zhou Haidong was calm when he heard this. It was not that he looked down on Wuhan University, a key university with a good reputation in the country. It was mainly because the key university students in his father-in-law's family were already in trouble. His second brother was a top student at Peking University, his second sister-in-law was from Zhejiang University, and his third brother was from Zhejiang University. Tsinghua University, the third sister-in-law is from Renmin University, the younger brother is from Sun Yat-sen University, he himself is from Nankai University, and it is not surprising that Wuhan University is the next one.

Deng Yunzhu then asked: "What does she look like? Is she beautiful?"

Deng Yunhua chuckled and said: "Of course she is beautiful. She is not much worse than the three sisters-in-law."

As soon as these words came out, several people were slightly surprised. After all, the three sisters-in-law, Zhang Xiuping, Gu Caiwei and Pei Qinghua, were famous for their beauty. The girlfriend Deng Yunhua found was not much worse than them. Needless to say, she was She is a beautiful woman.

Deng Yunzhu asked in disbelief: "Is it true or not? The person you are looking for is no worse in appearance than your three sisters-in-law?"

Deng Yunhua said with a smile: "In terms of appearance alone, they are indeed not much different, but their temperament is not as good as those of the three sisters-in-law."

Deng Yunzhen continued: "Appearance is determined at birth, but temperament can be cultivated slowly, and even dad has passed the test. It seems that Xiaohua, your girlfriend's character is also okay. When will you Bring it back so we can see it?"

Deng Yunhua said: "Dad treated her to a meal two years ago and said he would invite her to his house for dinner after the new year. If you want to meet me, eldest sister, come with us to Nanning to stay for a few days."

Deng Yunzhen glanced at her husband, nodded and smiled: "Okay, then I will go to Nanning to live for a few days."

Deng Yunzhu said: "Then I'm not in a hurry to return to Guangzhou."

At this moment, Deng Shirong finished all the dishes and came out and shouted: "Ready for dinner!"

So, everyone washed their hands and took their seats. Those who took care of the children, those who helped serve the food, those who helped serve the food, those who helped pour the wine. Everyone was busy and not in a hurry, and they could start eating soon.

During the meal, everyone was still chatting around Deng Yunhua's girlfriend.

Among the seven siblings, Deng Yunheng still doesn't know how many years of school he will have, and he certainly won't consider getting married in the short term, so he can be completely ignored. The other brothers and sisters have already married and had children, so only Deng Yunhua is left.

After everyone had a good understanding of Deng Yunhua's girlfriend, Deng Shirong said, "When we get to Nanning, we'll invite Amei to our home for a meal, and then find time to meet her mother and set their wedding date."

Deng Yunzhen nodded and said, "It's time to set it early. Xiaohua is 25 this year in terms of age."

After talking about Deng Yunhua, Deng Yunzhu also talked about her husband Zhou Haidong's resignation.

Deng Shirong naturally agreed with this. The son-in-law was just a dispensable regular cadre. One more and one less would not make a difference. After resigning, he would be free and could focus on the hot pot restaurant. The couple could work together to run the business, and perhaps they could really open this spicy girl hot pot restaurant all over the country.

…

When is the sour food business the most prosperous? It is undoubtedly during the Spring Festival.

Sour food is a kind of food that can relieve greasiness. If there is no oil in the stomach, eating too much sour food will make people crave meat.

During the Spring Festival, every household has a rich variety of dishes. It is the time of the year when people eat the most meat. After eating too much meat, they naturally want to eat some sour food to relieve greasiness, so the sour food business is the most prosperous at this time.

In later generations, Bobai’s sour food is also famous. A store with only a few square meters can earn millions of dollars by selling sour food. You can imagine how popular this sour food is in Bobai and how prosperous the business is.

This year, Fan’s sour food store, except for a day off on New Year’s Eve, did not rest even on the first day of the New Year and insisted on business.

From this, it can also be seen that Qin Fengzhen is indeed a good mother. Although her daughter has become the girlfriend of the young master of the snack street, she still works diligently in her small business and strives to make money to improve her family’s life.

Unlike some people, if there is such a great opportunity, I am afraid they don't even want to do business, just wait for the future in-laws to take them away.

Under her influence, the two sons also followed her to do things honestly.

That night, Qin Fengzhen's family of four was busy doing business, and suddenly a familiar voice came over, greeting: "Auntie, Yuemei, Happy New Year!"

Qin Fengzhen looked up and saw that it was indeed her future son-in-law who came. She smiled and greeted: "Xiaohua, Happy New Year!"

Fan Yuemei also said with surprise: "Brother Hua, Happy New Year!"

Deng Yunhua handed over a few bags of gifts in his hand and said: "Auntie, this is a little gift I prepared for you."

Qin Fengzhen took the gift and smiled and said: "Xiaohua is really thoughtful, Yuemei, take Xiaohua in and sit down."

Deng Yunhua smiled and said: "You guys go ahead, I'll go in and find a seat by myself."

Fan Yuemei nodded and said: "I'll be there right away."

...

A few minutes later

Deng Yunhua looked at his girlfriend sitting in front of him and asked in a low voice: "Yuemei, did you miss me?"

Fan Yuemei blushed, looked around with a guilty conscience, and then nodded: "Yes!"

Deng Yunhua laughed and said: "I missed you too. I just came from my hometown today. I didn't even enter the house, but came directly to see you."

The two sat in the corner and whispered to each other.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Deng Yunhua said: "Yuemei, my dad wants to invite you to have a meal at home tomorrow at noon. My eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, eldest sister, second sister and younger brother are all here, as well as my nephews, nieces and nephews. They all want to see you."

Fan Yuemei was very happy to hear this. Her mother had told her that generally, if the man's parents invite the woman to eat outside, it proves that the marriage has not been approved by the man's parents and the woman is still in the stage of being examined.

And once the man's parents take the initiative to invite the woman to dinner at home, then the marriage is almost certain.

Although Uncle Deng had approved it before and said that he would invite her to his home for dinner after the Spring Festival, this matter has not been truly implemented after all, and it is not certain that there will be no changes.

Now that Uncle Deng has officially invited her to his home for dinner, it is a final decision, and it is naturally worth being happy about.

However, thinking of so many relatives from the man's family waiting to see her, the pressure is still very great.

"Brother Hua, are your eldest brother, eldest sister, and second sister easy to talk to?" Fan Yuemei asked with some concern.

Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "Don't worry, they are all easy to talk to. Besides, you have even passed my dad's test, and no one will embarrass you, because my dad has always been the one who has the final say at home, and everyone has to listen to him."

Fan Yuemei was relieved after hearing this, and smiled and said, "Okay, I agree."

"Then I will pick you up at your house around 11 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Well, okay."

...

The next day.

Fan Yuemei got up early and dressed up as before.

Qin Fengzhen also attached great importance to this matter. It was her daughter's first time to go to the man's house for dinner, and it was the Chinese New Year, so the gift was definitely necessary.

However, there was no need for expensive gifts. Their family was not well off, and the man's family knew that, so there was no need to pretend to be rich.

However, if she just prepared some candies, biscuits and fruits, it would feel too ordinary.

Finally, after thinking again and again, Qin Fengzhen decided to make New Year's rice dumplings overnight for her daughter. This thing is not precious, but it takes more than ten hours to make. It is a gift that shows the heart. It is more appropriate to let her daughter take it as a gift.

Nanning's New Year's rice dumplings are a traditional delicacy of the Zhuang people. Although Qin Fengzhen's family is Han, there are many Zhuang people among the neighbors. Influenced by them, making New Year's rice dumplings during the New Year has become a habit.

In previous years, Qin Fengzhen would make New Year's rice dumplings during the New Year, but this year, because she is busy with business, she has no time to make New Year's rice dumplings.

There are three kinds of rice dumplings in the Zhuang ethnic group: the big ones are called "Huang Zong", which is called "Feng Bao" in Zhuang language. The big ones weigh more than ten pounds, and there are also five or six pounds. The medium ones are called "Feng", each weighing about one pound. The small ones weigh only a few taels, which are called "Feng Le" in Zhuang language, which means small rice dumplings, used for offering to gods and New Year greetings.

In later generations, Guangxi's big zongzi is also famous throughout the country. After all, there are zongzi weighing more than ten kilograms or even twenty or thirty kilograms. It is estimated that only Guangxi can have them.

Of course, those zongzi made for gimmicks do not count.

For example, on May 25, 2017, a farm in Shunde, Guangdong made a 6,000-kilogram giant zongzi with a volume of 7 cubic meters, creating the "No. 1 Zongzi in the World". Ten thousand tourists ate it for three hours before finishing it.

Also, on June 9, 2013, Baimajing Town, Danzhou, Hainan made a zongzi weighing 5 to 6 tons, which was known as the world's largest zongzi.

Such zongzi are made either for fame, for fun, or for some other purpose.

In short, zongzi weighing more than 100 kilograms are just gimmicks, unlike Guangxi's zongzi weighing twenty or thirty kilograms, which are universal.

Qin Fengzhen wrapped three large zongzi overnight, all weighing more than ten kilograms. When Fan Yuemei got up, the zongzi was still slowly boiling in the pot, and it was too early to be out of the pot!

It was not until Deng Yunhua drove over to pick people up that Qin Fengzhen picked up the almost cooked rice dumplings.

Looking at the two packed and steaming large rice dumplings, Deng Yunhua was surprised, but also a little touched. He was not stupid, so of course he could think that the rice dumplings were made by his future mother-in-law on the spur of the moment, and she probably stayed up all night.

"Auntie, in fact, just bring some fruits, but you even made two large rice dumplings specially, which is really polite."

Qin Fengzhen said with a smile: "This is the first time Yuemei has come to your house for dinner. I don't have anything to show here, so I can only do my best to make two New Year rice dumplings. I hope your family won't dislike it."

"This is the best gift, Auntie is really thoughtful." Deng Yunhua didn't say much, but he remembered the thought of his future mother-in-law in his heart.

Qin Fengzhen smiled and said, "Okay, I guess your family is waiting, so I won't say so much. Yuemei, take the candies, biscuits and fruits and go back with Xiaohua!"

"Okay."

Fan Yuemei responded and picked up the gifts to get in the car.

"Auntie, we'll go first!"

"Go ahead, drive carefully on the road."

"Got it!"

...

More than ten minutes later.

Deng Yunhua drove his girlfriend back to Wuyue Square.

Seeing that the car had stopped, Fan Yuemei, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, couldn't help asking, "Brother Hua, don't you want to take me home? Why did you come to your home appliance city?"

Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "My home is here!"

Fan Yuemei had three question marks on her forehead: "Brother Hua, what's going on?"

Deng Yunhua didn't explain either. He picked up the still hot big rice dumplings and smiled, "Just follow me."

After that, he got out of the car, and Fan Yuemei could only get out of the car with candies, biscuits and fruits.

Soon, Deng Yunhua took her into their special elevator and took the elevator to the fifth floor.

Fan Yuemei was a little confused. Speaking of Wuyue Square, the most famous one is naturally Yongjia Supermarket on the first floor. This is the earliest and largest supermarket in the city. It has been open for many years and has been very popular. It is a shopping paradise for Nanning people.

The second is the spicy girl hot pot on the second floor. This is also the earliest and largest hot pot restaurant in the city. It has been open for several years. It is said that the dining environment is elegant and the taste is excellent. It has a very big reputation among diners.

Then there is Ahua Home Appliance City on the third floor. This is the largest home appliance city in the city. It has a complete range of home appliances and preferential prices. It is not inferior to the department store at all, and even completely beats the department store in terms of service.

Therefore, this home appliance city is naturally famous.

However, I have never heard of any merchants settling in the fourth and fifth floors of Wuyue Square.

There are rumors that the fifth floor is the private residence of the big boss of Wuyue Square, but I don’t know whether it is true or not.

Now, her boyfriend took her straight to the fifth floor, and it seemed that the rumor was most likely true.

Thinking of this, Fan Yuemei couldn't help asking: "Brother Hua, is this Wuyue Square also your family's property?"

Deng Yunhua nodded and smiled: "Yes, this Wuyue Square is indeed my family's property. The shop I use for my home appliance city is my own, which saves a lot of rent, so the profit is still good, but my ability is limited, and I haven't made it bigger and stronger."

Fan Yuemei was not too surprised to hear this. After all, although this Wuyue Square is awesome, it can't be compared with the snack street.

As they were talking, the elevator arrived on the fifth floor.

Then, Fan Yuemei was stunned by the scene in front of her.

Think about it, even Gu Caiwei and Pei Qinghua, who came from families like this, were shocked when they first saw the mansion in Wuyue Square, not to mention Fan Yuemei, who came from a poor family and had never seen the world.

At this moment, there was only one thought in Fan Yuemei's mind, that even the palace where the ancient emperors lived was no more than this.

"Uncle Deng, Happy New Year!"

"Yes, Happy New Year!"

"Yuemei, let me introduce you, this is my eldest brother, this is my eldest sister-in-law, this is my eldest sister, this is my second sister, this is my younger brother Xiaoheng, this is my eldest niece Xiaodong'er, this is my nephew Dongzi, this is my nephew Zhu Shiba, this is my nephew Xiao Shitou."

Deng Yunhua introduced them one by one for her, and Fan Yuemei also greeted them one by one.

After the two sides greeted each other, Deng Yunhua raised the big zongzi in her hand and said, "This is the big zongzi made by Yuemei's mother overnight. It was just taken out of the pot when I arrived, and it is still hot now!"

Deng Shirong naturally knew how troublesome it was to make zongzi, and hurriedly said, "Amei, your mother is really thoughtful."

"Amei, come and sit down."

Deng Yunzhu greeted and praised, "My Xiaohua is really not bragging, Amei, you are really beautiful."

Fan Yuemei said a little embarrassedly, "Second sister, you are too kind."

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "Xiaohua has a good eye and picked the most beautiful flower in Wuhan University."

Fan Yuemei is a key university student after all, and her vocabulary is relatively rich, so she also praised Zhang Xiuping, Deng Yunzhen and Deng Yunzhu.

After sitting in the living room drinking tea and chatting for ten minutes, Deng Shirong said, "I'll go cook first. Xiaohua, take Ah Mei to visit the house!"

Deng Yunhua responded, looked at his girlfriend and smiled, "Let's go, I'll take you to visit."

Fan Yuemei greeted her sister-in-law and others, and then followed her boyfriend to visit this beautiful mansion beyond imagination with great expectations.

As a top student of Wuhan University, she can get the essence of most of the ancient style elements used in this mansion. She is really more and more fascinated by it, and keeps making various exclamations, which makes Deng Yunhua ashamed.

Because some of the subtleties mentioned by his girlfriend, he, a poor student, can't understand them at all, he just knows that it is very cool.

After the two of them had almost finished touring the house, Fan Yuemei said with emotion: "This is the most beautiful house I have ever seen in my life. I never thought that the fifth floor of Wuyue Square would be such a beautiful mansion. Uncle Deng has really high taste!"

Deng Yunhua asked: "Do you like it?"

Fan Yuemei rolled her eyes at him: "Who doesn't know such a beautiful house?"

Deng Yunhua said with a smile: "If you like it, marry me earlier, and then this will be your home."

Fan Yuemei's eyes were full of love, and her face was slightly red as she said: "I listen to my mother about marriage."

Deng Yunhua smiled and said: "I believe my aunt also hopes that we will get married earlier."

At this point, the two heard the sound of calling for dinner, so they walked towards the restaurant together.

This meal, without a doubt, is the most delicious meal Fan Yuemei has ever eaten since she grew up.

Each dish was delicious, especially the seafood dishes, which tasted amazing. Even though Fan Yuemei was very restrained, she still accidentally ate two large bowls of rice. If she hadn't been so full, she would have even wanted to eat a third bowl.

The temptation of food is indeed extraordinary.

After lunch, she stayed for more than half an hour before she got up to say goodbye to Uncle Deng and others.

Deng Shirong and others naturally politely tried to keep her, and then asked Deng Yunhua to drive her back.

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