Chapter 206: Grandparents

"Xiao Dong'er, come here for a hug from grandpa!"

"Xiao Dong'er, grandpa will take you out to play, okay?"

"Xiao Dong'er, look, these are our dogs. They are already over one year old."

"Xiao Dong'er..."

After returning from the county town, Deng Shirong liked to tease his granddaughter when he had nothing to do.

Xiaodong'er is now four and a half months old. She has inherited her mother's good looks, so she is getting more and more beautiful.

Especially her big eyes look watery and very lovable. Every time her mother or aunt takes her out, the young girls and wives in the village can't help but rush to hug her when they see her.

As the saying goes, grandparents are closer than their grandparents, and this is absolutely true.

When Deng Shirong’s children were born, he, as a father, didn’t hold them very often. But it was different when his granddaughter was born. Every day when he had nothing to do, he would hold her and play with her. When he saw her smiling happily, his mood would become very good.

On this day, Deng Shirong was walking around the village with his granddaughter in his arms.

When they reached the east end of the village, Zhang Qi, who was pregnant, came towards them carrying an empty basket and her little daughter on her back in a sling.

Seeing Deng Shirong, Zhang Qi immediately greeted him, "Jiu Gong."

Deng Shirong frowned and said, "Ah Zhang Qi, are you going to pick the rice seedlings?"

Zhang Qi nodded and said, "Yes, my family is planting rice today. I'll go and help pick the seedlings."

Deng Shirong said, "You are so pregnant and carrying a child, how can you do this? It would be bad if you accidentally cause miscarriage."

Zhang Qi smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm used to it. When I was pregnant with them before, I also worked hard. I know what to do."

As the saying goes, every family has its own problems. Deng Shirong is well aware of Zhang Qi's status in her husband's family.

Although he had clearly stated last time that whether a baby is a boy or a girl is decided by men and is not women's business, the concept passed down in rural areas for thousands of years is not something that can convince everyone with just a few simple words from him.

At least, Zhang Qi, who had given birth to five daughters, lacked confidence, which was the main reason why she continued to do heavy work even when she was pregnant.

In A Zhangqi's own opinion, she has no right to be spoiled because she has not given birth to a son.

Because Deng Shirong saw it clearly, he could not say much except to give some advice. He just reminded: "Then you should be careful. Even if you have to pick seedlings, try to pick as few as possible each time. Protecting yourself is more important than anything else.

I have a feeling that the baby in your belly will be a son, so you must not disturb the fetus by doing heavy work, otherwise you will regret it too late."

Zhang Qi nodded repeatedly after hearing this and said, "Thank you, Jiu Gong. I will take care of myself."

Deng Shirong hummed, and watched her leave with her empty load. He said to his ignorant granddaughter, "Xiao Dong'er, the difference between this person and others is really huge. If you want to live a life of superiority in the future, you have to study hard. Do you understand?"

Xiaodong'er waved his little hands around and babbled a lot.

Deng Shirong laughed and said, "In fact, your starting point is better than most people in the country. As long as you can study hard and absorb more useful knowledge, when you enter the society, there will naturally be a good enough platform for you to display your talents.

However, if you don't study hard like your aunt, then don't think too much about it, just be a rich woman with no worries about food and clothing!"

After hearing this, Xiao Dong'er continued to babble and scratch around.

No one knows what her future will be like.

…

March in the Gregorian calendar is the first "National Civility and Courtesy Month" in our country. The county party committee and county government have deployed the county to carry out "Five Talks" (morality, civilization, courtesy, hygiene, and order) and "Four Beauties" (beauty of the soul, beauty of language, beauty of behavior, and beauty of the environment) activities.

When the brigade cadres began to promote the "Five Speaks and Four Beauties" campaign, Deng Shirong knew that it would have no effect. Although the lives of the members were better after the land was distributed to households, there were still many families who could not afford to eat meat even once a month.

In this situation, how could the members have the leisure to care about the "Five Ethics and Four Beauties"?

However, the members of the cooperative had no time to care about these things, but 150,000 young people in the county actively participated in the cleaning and sanitation activities. The main force among them were naturally the students in the schools. Deng Shirong's children all took part in the cleaning. A total of more than 9,100 loads of garbage were cleaned up, more than 1,200 meters of sewage ditches and more than 200 manholes were cleared, and more than 2,300 meters of roads were leveled.

The county even organized more than 20 service projects such as haircuts and repairs, which achieved good results.

During this period, Deng Shirong went to the county town again, mainly to check the construction progress of the hotel and to act as a supervisor.

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However, after observing for two or three days in a row, Deng Shirong went home with peace of mind. The quality of projects in that era was indeed guaranteed, unlike those black-hearted guys in later generations who would often build shoddy projects.

…

On the first Saturday after the Spring Equinox, the entire Bobai County was busy with one thing: clearing the mountains.

Those families in the village with many hills and small families usually need two days to clear all the hills. However, Deng Shirong's family does not have many hills and can easily finish them in one day. In fact, this is not a glorious thing, as it means that the family is not prosperous enough.

However, that was all in the past. Deng Shirong had five sons in total. I believe that in another ten or twenty years, their family will be prosperous.

According to seniority, the grave of Deng Shirong's deceased wife was the last one to be dug.

While burning incense, Deng Shirong squatted in front of the grave and said, "Old lady, I have brought my children to see you again. Today I want to tell you a happy event. On the day of the beginning of winter last year, the third generation of our family was born. It was a granddaughter who looked like her mother and was very beautiful..."

Deng Shirong squatted there and talked to his deceased wife for more than ten minutes before concluding: "After May Day at home, Yuntai and his family will go to the county town to open a restaurant. I hope you know about this and bless them to be safe and sound."

The children also said something to their mother. When they were shoveling other elders whom they had never met, everyone was just completing the task and there was nothing much to say. But it was different when it came to shoveling their own mother, they had to say a few words.

This time when the mountain was being cleared, daughter-in-law Zhang Xiuping was at home with her granddaughter and did not come. After all, the child was still young and not suitable for coming to such a place.

While the villagers were busy clearing the mountain, Deng Shirong's niece and her husband were also busy with one thing, which was planting watermelons on a large scale on Litchi Mountain.

Last year, my niece and her husband tried their hand at planting watermelons on the Lychee Mountain. Not only did they have enough watermelons to eat in the summer, they also made a lot of money from the watermelons. This year, after consulting their uncle Deng Shirong, the couple stepped up their planting efforts and planted the entire Lychee Mountain.

(End of this chapter)