Chapter 19: Third Sister (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

After the woman's party finished touring the house, they were accompanied by the matchmaker Deng Shirong to the living room to drink tea and chat. Around eleven o'clock, the meal was ready.

When the woman and her group took their seats, they found that the food on the table was very rich. The main dishes included boiled chicken, egg rolls and braised pork, as well as stir-fried Bobai, vermicelli rolled tofu, cold water spinach, and stir-fried cucumber skin with chili.

Together with the sweet soup made from pork bones and lotus roots, the table was filled to the brim.

Everyone was very satisfied with the meal, as such a feast is seldom available once a year.

After finishing their meal and taking a short rest, the woman and her group prepared to go home.

The man tried to persuade them to stay for a while, and then Deng Yunqiang and his wife took out the red envelopes and five flavors that they had prepared and gave them to the woman and the matchmaker one by one.

Each person gets a red envelope and a piece of five-flavor snack.

In addition, an extra bag of five-flavor cake was given to Guan Yongying for her to take back to her grandparents.

Among them, the heroine Guan Yongying received the largest red envelope, which was eight yuan.

The matchmaker’s red envelope is the second largest, also worth five yuan.

The rest of the people were given two dollars.

As for the weight of the five flavors, it is basically around two kilograms.

There was no more polite exchange of words between the two sides. After the woman and her group left, Deng Shirong also walked towards his home with the red envelope and the five flavors in his hand.

Seeing the five big unity and the five flavors worth about ten yuan and two kilograms in the system space, Deng Shirong was more motivated. Just looking at the door of the house had brought him such a big harvest. When Deng Changfu and Guan Yongying got married and he received the matchmaking gift, he would have a real big harvest! When he got home, Deng Shirong ordered: "Ah Zhen, cook the meat and put it away. You can drink the loofah and meat soup in the afternoon. As for the meat, leave it for tomorrow!"

The day before yesterday I had stir-fried pork, the day before yesterday I had fried bee pupae, and yesterday I had community meat. The food is already good enough. I can take a break from that, otherwise no matter how much meat I have, it won't be enough.

"Okay, I understand!" Deng Yunzhen responded and took the pork from her father.

Deng Shirong saw that it was still early, so he picked up a straw hat and put it on, then walked towards his third sister's home in Baoshan Village, Datong Brigade under the scorching sun.

Deng Shirong originally had five siblings, one brother and three sisters.

Unfortunately, the family was not blessed with good fortune. My eldest brother joined the army during the Anti-Japanese War and never returned. My eldest sister died young, and my second sister also died of illness at the age of ten.

Now, Deng Shirong only has his third sister as his biological sister.

The third sister is named Deng Shilan, three years older than Deng Shirong. If Deng Shirong remembers correctly, his third sister is now a grandmother, and his eldest niece got married three years ago.

My third sister's husband is named Bu Erzhu. Marrying him is both her luck and misfortune.

Fortunately, the third sister's husband is very good to her. They have been married for decades, and the third sister has never spoken loudly to her. This is quite rare in today's era when men generally have a higher status than women.

What's unfortunate is that after the third sister married into the Bu family, she suffered a lot from her mother-in-law. Her third brother-in-law is good in everything except that he plays ostrich when it comes to the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, which is annoying.

Of course, all this has long passed. After the family division, the third sister's life became much better. Her mother-in-law passed away within a few years, and the third sister never suffered any bullying again.

All in all, my third sister's family is a little poor, but everything else is good.

Moreover, if Deng Shirong remembered correctly, Datong Brigade started dividing the land and working independently earlier than Bangjie Brigade. Now the rice in the fields of Baoshan Village no longer belongs to the production team, but has been distributed to each household.

In other words, starting from this season, my third sister's family will "pay enough to the state, leave enough for the collective, and the rest will be theirs."

Anyone who has ever harvested rice knows that it is very hard physical labor, because it is not just about harvesting, but also about carrying the rice back from the fields in loads.

The wet rice is very heavy. A full load weighs at least 100 to 200 kilograms. Carrying it home load after load requires a lot of physical strength.

At this time, if you still drink porridge and eat pickles as usual, I guess few people can bear it.

It just so happened that there were ten pieces of pork belly as a reward from the Matchmaker Reward System, so Deng Shirong thought of taking two pieces of meat to visit his third sister, so that his third sister and her family could replenish some energy while doing the heavy work, so as not to exhaust themselves.

It is quite far from Naye Village to Baoshan Village. Deng Shirong walked for more than an hour before he arrived at the entrance of Baoshan Village.

Seeing that there was no one around, Deng Shirong had an idea and two pieces of pork belly appeared in his hands. Then he carried the pork and walked towards his third sister's house.

When he arrived at his third sister's house, he happened to meet his eldest nephew Bu Dashi who was returning with a load of rice.

"Uncle, you're here!" Bu Dashi, who was sweating all over, put down the rice and greeted him happily.

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Deng Shirong hummed and asked, "Dashi, when did your family start harvesting rice? Why didn't you tell me so I could bring your cousins ​​over to help."

Bu Dashi smiled and said, "We just started harvesting rice today. We can finish harvesting rice in a few days. Why should we disturb uncle and cousins? Besides, uncle and your production team will probably start harvesting rice soon, right?"

"Our production team has decided to start harvesting rice the day after tomorrow."

At this point, Deng Shirong handed over the pork in his hand and said, "I guess your family has also started harvesting crops these two days, so I'm going to get some pork to nourish you."

Bu Dashi took the pork and said with a chuckle, "Uncle, you are so kind. I haven't smelled meat for a long time. Today I can finally eat meat. But one piece of meat is enough. You can take the other piece back to your cousins!"

Deng Shirong took the hookah leaning against the corner of the door, took out tobacco and matches from his pocket, and said, "No, there is meat at home. Yesterday, our village held a festival, and I cooked two portions. Today, I arranged for someone to watch the house, and they gave me another five flavors, so you don't have to leave any for me."

Bu Dashi hung the pork and asked in surprise, "Uncle, are you still a matchmaker?"

Deng Shirong stuffed tobacco into his cigarette holder and said, "Well, I helped a neighbor to be a matchmaker. I have already visited the house today, so the matchmaking is done."

"Great!" Bu Dashi praised him, and then said, "Uncle, light a few cigarettes first. My dad is probably on his way back. I'll go to the field and call my mom back."

Deng Shirong said, "Don't shout. I'll light a cigarette and go with you to help carry a few loads of rice."

He just has one uncle, and Bu Dashi and his siblings have been close to their uncle since childhood, so when he heard what his uncle said, he didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement.

Guys, we are starting to test the waters for book recommendations. The current official recommendation is based only on data, among which follow-up reading is extremely important. I hope that you guys can continue to follow along and support me, and post more chapters. Thank you!

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