Chapter 172 No matter whether it is a white cat or a black cat, a good cat is one that can catch mice
morning.
About two to three hundred people gathered in front of Deng Shirong's house, some of them were building a row of temporary stoves with mud bricks. After all, sixty or seventy tables would be served at the same time tomorrow, and Deng Shirong's kitchen alone would definitely not be able to handle it.
Another group of people were building a stage for the county theater troupe to perform.
Some of the others helped with chopping wood, and some helped with carrying tables and chairs.
These tables and chairs were not borrowed from the village, but the students' desks and chairs were moved directly from the school.
In later generations, the clan specially purchased hundreds of tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks and placed them in the A-Zu Gong Hall. Whenever someone had a wedding, they could just use them. It was very convenient.
But in this day and age, not to mention that the clan does not have the conditions, even if the conditions do exist, there is no need to do so.
Because nowadays, whether it is a wedding banquet or a full-month banquet, most families only invite a few tables. There are very few families that invite more than ten tables. Therefore, when holding a banquet, it is OK to borrow tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks from neighbors. There is no need to buy so many tables and chairs specially.
This time when Deng Yunheng was admitted to Peking University, the clan paid for the celebration. There were sixty or seventy tables at once, which can be said to have broken the record for banquets in the entire Shuangwang area.
It would be troublesome to borrow and return so many tables and chairs from the villagers, so it would be most appropriate to move the tables and chairs directly from the school. It happened that the tables and chairs used by students now are double, the kind that students can sleep on, and they can just return them after use.
In Deng Shirong's impression, this practice was most popular in the 1990s. At that time, whenever there was a wedding in the village, they would go to the school to carry tables and chairs during the summer or winter vacation. Even in the early 21st century, this was still the practice.
It was not until the clan paid for hundreds of tables and chairs that the school finally had a stable supply of tables and chairs.
There is strength in numbers, this is absolutely true. In just one morning, the villagers completed the preliminary preparations.
At noon, Director Zhou brought a dozen members with rich performance experience to Naye Village. Looking at the hardened ground in front of them and the row of conspicuous blue brick and tile houses, all the members of the county troupe showed surprised expressions.
Apparently, the family conditions of this year's city's top scorer in liberal arts were a little beyond their expectations.
Deng Shirong immediately went to meet him and greeted him with a smile: "Captain Zhou, you have worked hard on the journey. Welcome."
Director Zhou extended his hand to shake his hand and said with a smile on his face, "It's not hard at all, Comrade Deng, you're really fast. Even the stage has been set up."
"It was all built with the help of the young people in our village."
At this point, Deng Shirong extended his hand and said, "Captain Zhou, please bring your luggage in first. The room has been reserved for you and the food is ready. You can come out for lunch after you put your luggage away!"
"Yeah, okay!"
Deng Shirong had just arranged for the county theater troupe when his father-in-law and mother-in-law arrived with their children.
In the afternoon, the third sister's family, the two brothers-in-law's families, Zhang Xiuping's eldest brother and his wife, and second brother and his wife also arrived.
All day today, I have been doing various preparations.
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The next day.
Early in the morning, hundreds of people from Naye Village gathered at Deng Shirong's house and started working.
In general, when holding a wedding banquet in the countryside, the pig would be slaughtered the afternoon before. However, this time, there were so many people helping out that there was no need to slaughter the pig in advance. They could just slaughter and cook the pig this morning, which would make it taste fresher.
The same goes for chickens and ducks, all of which are killed and cooked this morning.
Various vegetarian dishes are also picked spontaneously from home by each household. No matter which one, there are many people rushing to do the picking, washing and cutting of vegetables.
Deng Shirong was in control of the whole situation, arranging the villagers to help with things in an orderly manner, while also having to receive extra guests like Bu Wanhui.
Near noon, every household with the surname Deng from other villages sent a representative to attend the grand celebration. Needless to say, the entire village of Nana came out and gathered at Deng Shirong's house.
Fortunately, the open space in front of Deng Shirong's house is large enough. If it were other families in the village, there would not be such a large space to set up sixty or seventy tables at one time.
Before the meal started, Deng Shirong stood on the stage that had been set up yesterday and spoke a few words, mainly to express his welcome to relatives and friends, and to thank the clan for their support.
Then the brigade secretary also went up and said a few words, mainly expressing the clan’s concern and expectations for Deng Yunheng.
Finally, the protagonist Deng Yunheng also came on stage and said a few words to express his gratitude.
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I won’t elaborate on all of these, lest the villagers who are waiting for food get bored…
At twelve noon, sixty-six tables started eating at the same time.
Six of the tables are inside the house, and the remaining sixty tables are on the floor at the door.
The long table in Deng Shirong's house was used to entertain distinguished guests. Sitting at the same table with him were the director of the credit union, more than a dozen members of the county drama troupe, cadres from the brigade and production team, elders with high seniority in the village, and more prestigious villagers like Deng Yungui.
Originally, Deng Shirong wanted to arrange his in-laws to stay here as well, but his in-laws refused. They just sat at one table and ate at their own leisure.
When the meal started, Bu Wanhui raised his glass and said, "Uncle Jiu, I want to toast you. I want to learn from you when it comes to educating children. My kids don't do well in school. They don't even have much hope of getting into a technical secondary school, let alone university. It really gives me a headache!"
Deng Shirong raised his glass and clinked it with his, then said with a smile, "Director, you are too polite. I am actually a layman in this area. I am not afraid of you laughing at me when I say this. I always set standards for them, and as long as they can meet the requirements, I will directly give them bonuses.
This method of directly using money to encourage children to study is actually not advisable, but I really have no other choice but to try this method. "
Bu Wanhui was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then he laughed and said, "Uncle Jiu, you don't have to be modest. Didn't the great man say that no matter whether the cat is white or black, a cat that can catch mice is a good cat. No matter what educational method you use, as long as you can raise a son who can be admitted to Peking University, that is the best educational method."
No one present had expected that Deng Shirong had used this method to raise a son who graduated from Peking University. While everyone agreed with Bu Wanhui's statement out loud, they were also secretly wondering in their hearts whether they should try this educational method after they returned.
I don’t ask my children to be admitted to Peking University like Deng Yunheng, but I hope they can be admitted to a technical secondary school, then all will be worth it.
After lunch, we took a short break for half an hour, and then the much-anticipated drama "The Legend of White Snake" officially began!
(End of this chapter)