Chapter 18: Guarding the House

The next day.

Because of the establishment of the community, the surrounding villages centered on Naye Village became extremely lively. The children gathered at Baigong's place to watch the adults slaughter pigs and cook pork.

When the meat is cooked in a big pot and the aroma wafts around, even if the children cannot eat it yet, just smelling it makes them feel satisfied.

Baigong was less than a hundred meters away from Deng Shirong's home, so their family did not rush over early like other families who lived far away, but went there at a precise time.

Thinking that the time was about right, Deng Yunzhen and her sister Deng Yunzhu came to Bai Gong with basins, bowls, gold and silver incense paper.

At this time, the cooked community meat had been placed on the table, and community porridge was being cooked in four large iron pots. The faint aroma of meat drifted in the air, making the children so greedy that their mouths were watering.

"Ah Zhu, go burn the gold and silver incense paper, and I'll go set the basin."

"Um!"

Less than ten minutes after Deng Yunzhen had placed the bowls, someone shouted, "It's time for the branch porridge!"

So everyone gathered around.

The person in charge of distributing the porridge first put the porridge in the iron pot into a bucket, then lifted the bucket and started to distribute it one by one with a ladle, filling each portion with a full ladle of porridge.

Those who were given the communal porridge took the bowl away.

When it was time to share the food, Deng Yunzhen reminded them, "These are two copies of the society."

When the people around heard this, their eyes widened. What kind of concept is it for one company to run two companies? It is no exaggeration to say that this is probably the first time I have encountered this since I started running a company.

Especially those who only made half a portion of the community, they felt even worse. Others made two portions of the community, but they only dared to make half a portion. Is the gap between people so big? At this moment, many people who have always lived frugally secretly made a decision that they would also make one portion of the community next time. After all, they could buy on credit and pay the community later.

Deng Yunzhen naturally didn't know that her words aroused everyone's envy. When she saw the person who distributed the porridge scooped two scoops of porridge into her basin, she carried the porridge and walked home with her sister.

As they watched Deng Yunzhen and her sister walk away, everyone began to talk.

"It's really worthwhile for Jiugong to run two clubs!"

"Yes, Uncle Jiu is indeed a master of the big jar, he is really willing to eat it!"

"I don't think I've ever heard of anyone doing two things at the same time. Is Jiugong the first one?"

"I heard that Uncle Yungui and Jiugong have contracted out the vat kiln of the brigade. With Jiugong's skill in making large vats, he will definitely make a lot of money when the kiln opens. It's really enviable."

"People with skills are amazing..."

Deng Yunzhen and her sister were naturally unaware of what everyone was talking about. After bringing the porridge back, they added an appropriate amount of salt and called their father and eldest brother to come out and drink the porridge.

The best way to eat community porridge is to eat it while it is hot.

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In the afternoon, when receiving the community meat, Sister Deng Yunzhen once again attracted everyone's attention. After all, the two portions of community meat piled together were really enviable in size.

For dinner, they had stir-fried pork again. Deng Shirong's children felt that the quality of life at home had improved dramatically in the past few days. In previous years, even during the Chinese New Year, the food was not necessarily as good as it is today.

Deng Yunhua touched his bloated stomach, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "The day after tomorrow we will have a holiday. When my second brother comes back, I have to talk to him about the food at home these days, otherwise he will get too cocky with the two dollars given by my father!"

Deng Yunsong remembered his second brother's high-spirited look when he took the two dollars given by his father, and nodded and said, "Xiaohua, this is a good idea. Let's talk to him when the second brother comes back."

After saying that, the two brothers looked at each other and then laughed.

At this time, they didn't know that their second brother had the same idea as them, and was secretly wanting to come back and talk to them about how delicious the braised pork in school was! ...

In a blink of an eye, it was the 22nd day of the fifth lunar month. Today was Shuangwang Market Day, and it was also an important day for the woman to come to Deng Changfu's home to visit.

Visiting the house is equivalent to engagement, and both the man’s family and the woman’s family attach great importance to it.

First of all, the man’s family and the brothers and sisters of Deng Yunqiang and his wife must be invited, as well as the team leader, deputy team leader and other cadres of the production team, and then the close friends must also be invited.

There is also Deng Changfu, the male lead, who would also invite three or two good friends, which makes a total of more than twenty people.

The people who came from the girl's family included Guan Yongying's aunt Man, aunt, aunt-in-law, and younger brothers and sisters, totaling nearly ten people.

As for Guan Yongying's parents, they did not come. This is also the rule of guarding the house. It is impossible for the girl's parents to come to the boy's house to guard the house.

With so many guests coming, plus the matchmaker Deng Shirong and the man’s family, four tables were needed to barely accommodate everyone.

Usually, there are two or three tables set up for a house visit, but Deng Changfu’s family set up four tables, which was considered a generous act.

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Before the meal, matchmaker Deng Shirong was responsible for taking the woman's party to visit the man's house, with a special focus on the room of the male protagonist, Deng Changfu.

Nowadays, everyone's conditions are not good, and there is basically no extra furniture in the room. Many families only have a bed in their rooms, and nothing else.

There wasn't even a place to put clothes. We could only set up a bamboo pole inside the house and hang clothes on it.

This is also the main reason why a family in the neighboring Jimapo Village married three daughters-in-law with just a box. In this day and age, it is considered a good thing to have a box as furniture.

Deng Changfu's room was also very simple, but he was about to get married after all, and in order to please the girl's family, his parents directly moved their own wardrobe to their eldest son's room.

So the woman and her group saw that in addition to a bunk bed, there was also a wardrobe and a table in Deng Changfu's room.

Although the wardrobe and table were very old, the woman and her group were very satisfied with them.

However, Aunt Guan suddenly thought of something, so she walked to Deng Shirong and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Jiu, these wardrobes and tables are not just for show, right?"

Deng Shirong naturally understood why Aunt Guan asked this. It was mainly because the family in Jimapo set a bad example. In her family, the box would appear in the room of whichever son was guarding the house.

But when the girl actually got married, there was no share of the box for her. This was obviously a scam. Aunt Guan was afraid that Deng Changfu's family was also scamming people in this way.

Deng Shirong immediately explained: "It's definitely not for show. This wardrobe and table are used by Changfu's parents for his wedding. The way the house looks now will be the same after the wedding."

Aunt Guan nodded and said, "That's good!"

Aunt Guan said, "The room looks good, but they have many brothers and sisters, and this room is squeezed out. When they get married and have children, there will be no place to live."

Guan Yongying couldn't help blushing when she heard what her aunt said.

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "When they have a few children, that will be several years later. Society is changing rapidly now. Our brigade will soon divide the land and work on their own. By then, everyone's living conditions will surely get better and better. Maybe in a few years they will have a new house."

Aunt Guan smiled and said, "That's true. There's no need to think so far ahead."

(End of this chapter)