Chapter 174 The Best Times Ever

In the hot summer, the happiest thing for rural children is to go swimming in the river.

In later generations, due to the serious river water pollution and the fact that swimming in a river or reservoir is a very dangerous thing, under the strict supervision of parents and teachers, few children would go swimming in the river.

This also led to the fact that many rural children in later generations could not swim at all, unlike rural children today, where almost all male children can swim.

Deng Shirong's sons are all good swimmers. Every summer, they go swimming in the river with their friends in the village every day.

Deng Shirong never cared about this in his previous life, and he didn't intend to care about it in this life either.

This kind of thing sounds very strange, but in later generations the control was very strict and very few students went to swim in rivers and reservoirs. As a result, students drowned every year. Even in the Bangjie Brigade, students drowned every three or two years.

But no one cares about it these days. Every summer, countless people from the entire Bangjie Brigade go swimming in the river, but the amazing thing is that there are very few cases of drowning.

At noon that day, the sun was blazing brightly. Seeing that the three children, Yunsong, Yunhua and Yunheng, were going to the river to swim to cool down, Deng Shirong said, "You guys are idle anyway, why don't you just take a bucket and go to the shallow water to get some clams (a kind of clam-like creature that grows in the river) and cook them into porridge."

Deng Yunhua responded positively: "Dad, no problem, I promise to bring back half a bucket."

Deng Shirong had no doubt that he could do it, because there were countless children in the village going to the river to swim. With the appeal of his sons in the village, it would be no problem to mobilize other children to help find the fish.

When the three sons excitedly carried their buckets to the river, Deng Shirong said to his eldest daughter-in-law, "Sister Ping, Yuan has learned how to make big vats. I want to wait until Yuntai finishes the current kiln goods, and then let Yuan take over the next kiln goods. What do you think?"

Zhang Xiuping's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she asked, "Dad, do you have any new plans for Brother Tai?"

“There are indeed new arrangements.”

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "The original plan was to let Yuntai finish this year's work at the tile factory, but you are expected to give birth in more than three months, so let him come back early to accompany you and make some preparations for next year."

Zhang Xiuping asked curiously, "Dad, what are you going to ask Brother Tai to do? Can you tell me?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Of course I can tell you. Let's not talk about the long-term plans, but let's talk about what we are going to do next. I plan to have him open a restaurant in the county town."

Zhang Xiuping was surprised and asked, "Opening a restaurant in the county town?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Although the income of the big vat master is good, it is too hard work. Besides, work is just work after all, it will never be as profitable as being a boss."

Zhang Xiuping nodded frequently after hearing her father-in-law's words. She naturally understood how tired her husband was from work. Sometimes after work, he would go straight back to his room to sleep after dinner and a shower, which made her feel distressed.

"Dad, do you want Brother Tai to open a restaurant like Shuangwang State-owned Restaurant?"

"We are going to open a restaurant like that, but it will definitely be bigger than the Shuangwang State-Owned Restaurant."

Zhang Xiuping asked anxiously, "Dad, it would take a lot of money to open such a big restaurant in the county, right?"

"It's not clear how much it will cost. If you can find a suitable store to rent, you can save a lot of money. If you can't find a suitable store and have to build a building yourself, it will cost a lot of money."

At this point, Deng Shirong smiled and said, "But don't worry, I will take care of the money issue. You definitely don't need to pay for it."

Zhang Xiuping quickly explained: "Dad, that's not what I meant. The main thing is that Brother Tai is good at making pottery and tiles, but if you ask him to open a restaurant and be the boss, can he do well? He has invested so much money, what if he loses it!"

"In business, there are definitely gains and losses. Our country is now in the early stages of reform and opening up. It can be said that there is gold everywhere. This is the best era in history."

Thinking of the comments of later generations on this era, Deng Shirong said in an encouraging tone: "So you young people should not be afraid of losses, you should go out and try boldly. If you fall, try hard to get up and continue to try. There will always be a day when you will succeed."

Zhang Xiuping had always admired her father-in-law's vision. With just a little guidance, her brother from her mother's family had made his business flourish and made a lot of money every month. Now that her father-in-law was guiding his own son, what else could she worry about? Thinking of this, Zhang Xiuping nodded repeatedly and said, "Dad is right. When Brother Tai comes back, I will tell him to prepare to be a boss."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Next year, when Yuntai has set up the restaurant, the child will probably be weaned. Then you can leave the child at home and let Azhen help take care of him. You can go to the county town and work hard with Yuntai!"

Zhang Xiuping quickly shook her head and said, "That would be too much trouble for Ah Zhen. I'll take care of him myself, or ask my mother to help!"

Deng Shirong said: "We are all family, there is no trouble. But it is too early to talk about it now, let's talk about it next year!"

…

Two or three hours later.

The three sons came back from the river, carrying half a bucket of Han.

Deng Yunhua asked anxiously, "Dad, do you think there is enough here? If not, let's go get more."

Deng Shirong took a look and said, "That's enough. We can cook a big pot of porridge right here!"

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At this point, Deng Shirong paused for a moment, then added: "I'll cook some more porridge later, and you can call all the friends who helped with the fishing to come over and eat the porridge."

Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng nodded happily upon hearing this. In this era, rural children all have a few good friends who grew up together. They are naturally happy to invite their good friends to their home for a good meal.

When the two brothers happily ran to inform their good friends to come to their house in the afternoon to eat porridge, Deng Shirong also carried the half bucket of porridge back to the kitchen to prepare it.

Deng Yunzhen, who had just washed the green onions and ginger, stretched out her hand and said, "Dad, let me wash it!"

Deng Shirong said: "I'll wash it, you go and boil some water!"

"Oh well!"

Deng Yunzhen responded and went to the stove to light the fire. After the fire was lit, she used a spoon to scoop several spoonfuls of water from the water tank into the pot. She stopped only when she felt that the water in the pot could cover the half bucket of water.

At this time, Deng Yunzhu came in, sat down in front of the stove and helped watch the fire.

Deng Yunzhen said, "Azhu, why are you here to join in the fun instead of going to study with your sister-in-law?"

Deng Yunzhu used a fire poker to stir the burning branches in the stove and said, "Sister, you are asking even though you already know the answer. I get a headache after reading that book. It's better for me to come and help light the fire."

Deng Yunzhen herself was a poor student, so she had no right to criticize her sister. She could only say, "Then learn a little later. You are not young anymore, so you should learn how to cook. Otherwise, when you get married, you won't even know how to cook a dish when you go to your husband's house. Wouldn't that be embarrassing for our dad?"

Deng Yunzhu nodded and said, "Sister, what you said makes sense. Our father's cooking is so delicious, and your cooking skills are not bad now. I really can't fall behind too much. I have to learn a few tricks from you and dad."

(End of this chapter)