Chapter 244: Cousin, I'm not bragging, but the girls in our village are all pretty!

Afternoon.

Deng Shirong made a simple dish of pork belly stewed with sauerkraut, which is a delicious dish suitable for eating with rice, porridge or even drinking with wine.

Speaking of this dish, we have to mention the sauerkraut.

Sauerkraut is available all over the country, but the methods of making it and the vegetables used to make it vary, so the taste is naturally very different.

As for Deng Shirong himself, he has eaten many kinds of sauerkraut, but the most delicious one is still the one made locally.

In Shuangwang territory, people nowadays use Chinese cabbage to make sauerkraut, but in later generations, they use mustard greens to make sauerkraut.

But whether it is Chinese mustard greens or mustard greens, the preparation method is the same.

First of all, when choosing vegetables, you must choose older ones, so that the sauerkraut will be sour enough.

After choosing the vegetables, wash them first, then dry them in the sun to wilt them, then cut them, sprinkle them with coarse salt, and then put them into containers such as jars.

After pickling for a period of time, take it out and use stones to press out the water in the sauerkraut. Then put it in a jar and it will become the finished sauerkraut.

The sauerkraut made in this way is particularly sour. If used to stew pork belly, it is sour and has a special fragrance, which really whets the appetite.

At this time, the niece, her husband, and the youngest son Deng Yunheng all praised the meal highly.

As for Deng Yunzhu, Deng Yunsong and Deng Yunhua, they all went to Shuangwang Junior High School.

Among the three siblings, Deng Yunsong is now in the third year of junior high school. Although Deng Yunzhu is two years older than her brother Deng Yunsong, she dropped out of school after finishing elementary school. Later, she returned to school under the persuasion of her father, but her academic progress has fallen behind her brother. She is now in the second year of junior high school.

Deng Yunhua is in the first grade of junior high school.

During the meal, Deng Shirong asked, "Dafang, did you know that Zhongshi is going to take out a loan to buy a truck for transportation?"

Bu Dafang said with a surprised look on his face: "Zhongshi wants to take out a loan to buy a car to run a transportation business? How can he be so bold?"

Jiang Dehu was also shocked. He knew that his brother-in-law was not a good person. He had been naughty since he was a child and had fought many times in the village. But he was still a little surprised that he was so brave as to take out a loan to buy a car for transportation.

Deng Shirong sighed and said, "I pointed him to this path. In fact, I pointed him to several paths, but he finally chose this one. I don't know whether the result will be good or bad."

Upon hearing this, Bu Dafang and Jiang Dehu suddenly realized that if this was the road their uncle pointed out, then it made sense.

Bu Dafang asked, "Uncle, when you said you didn't know whether this result would be good or bad, what did you mean?"

Deng Shirong explained the dangers of transporting goods, and finally said: "You can definitely make a lot of money in transporting goods, but you should be prepared for the worst. If you are unlucky and encounter bandits, it would be a small matter if you only lose money. I am afraid that something bad will happen. Then I don't know how to explain it to your parents."

He was really worried. After all, this era is really hard to describe.

He still remembers vividly a case that happened in their Bangjie Brigade in his previous life. At that time, a middle-aged man who was riding a motorcycle picked up a young passenger. When he drove the car to a sparsely populated place in the Bangjie Brigade, the passenger took out a dagger and robbed him.

If the motorcyclist had not resisted and cooperated honestly, perhaps he would have only lost some money.

But it was the early 1990s, and motorcycles were still very valuable. The owner of the motorcycle was unwilling to be robbed, so he resisted.

As a result, he lost his life there.

After all, it was a matter of life and death, and it caused a huge sensation in the Bangjie Brigade at the time. I don’t know how many people ran to see the crime scene. Deng Shirong was one of them. Seeing the motorcyclist lying in a pool of blood, the tragic scene was truly unforgettable.

Deng Shirong was afraid that his nephew would encounter such a desperado. If he was the kind who was only after money, it would be fine. But if he encountered the kind of desperado who disregarded human life, that would be really fatal.

Bu Dafang was a little worried after hearing this, but she had never left Shuangwang Territory since she was a child, and her understanding of the outside world was limited, so she was not too worried. Instead, she comforted her uncle with a few words.

All that needs to be said has been said. Worrying is useless. Deng Shirong stopped talking about it and continued, "As for Xiaoshi, he will stay at home with your parents to contract the mountain in the village to grow sugarcane. Dashi is doing well in the county now. I want to ask you two, do you want to do something for yourselves?"

Bu Dafang and Jiang Dehu looked at each other and asked worriedly, "Uncle, don't you want us to help you take care of the orchard?"

Deng Shirong shook his head and smiled, "Of course not, it's just that you help me take care of the orchard, and you only earn a few dozen yuan a month. If you do something yourself, you may earn more than this, so I want to ask what you think."

Bu Dafang heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I thought you didn't want us to help take care of the orchard, uncle. I think this is good. The two of us earn 60 yuan a month, which is already a very high salary. There are few people in the village who can compare with us."

Jiang Dehu also nodded and said, "Yes, uncle, the two of us don't have any skills, nor do we have the business acumen, let alone the courage to go out and venture like Zhongshi. It's better for us to help you take care of the orchard honestly."

Everyone has their own aspirations, and Deng Shirong does not force them.

If they wanted to do something on their own, Deng Shirong, as their uncle, would definitely help them find a way, but they were content with what they had and were willing to help him take care of the orchard, so there was no need to force them.

Anyway, they are his niece and nephew-in-law. As long as they can continue to work diligently, he will definitely not treat them unfairly.

"Okay, since you think this is a good idea, then just work for me and I'll give you a big red envelope at the end of the year."

"Thank you, uncle!"

"Thank you, uncle!"

…

In the next few days, Deng Shirong rode his bicycle to travel around the countryside. Every time he arrived at a village, he would chat with the gossipy women and ask about the girls in the village who had not yet found a husband, to see if there were any with a good personality and good looks.

Since he said he would help his nephew find a suitable partner this year, Deng Shirong would definitely take it seriously.

After all, my eldest nephew is already 23 years old this year. For people in later generations, many of them are still young college students at this age, but for people of this generation, as long as they are no longer studying, most of them are already married.

People like my eldest nephew are already considered bachelors at an older age.

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After searching in several villages, I still couldn't find a girl who was praised by all the villagers.

However, Deng Shirong was not in a hurry. After experiencing the things in his previous life, he had deeply understood a truth: if two people with different values ​​were forced to get together, it would not only affect the two of them, but the entire family.

Therefore, you must find the right person.

On this day, Deng Shirong rode his bicycle to Taipingpo Village of Naqing Brigade.

Naqing Brigade was an administrative village under the jurisdiction of Shuangwang Town in later generations. However, Shuangwang has not yet become independent from Songshan, so Naqing Brigade is naturally under the jurisdiction of Songshan Commune. Its location is roughly between Songshan Street and Shuangwang Street.

In the natural villages in Bobai, people in the same village basically have the same surname. Even if it is expanded to the entire brigade, a certain surname is dominant.

For example, the Bangjie Brigade is mainly composed of people with the surname Deng.

The Qing Brigade is mainly composed of people with the surname Liu.

“Woof woof woof!”

As Deng Shirong arrived at the entrance of Taipingpo Village on his bike, two dogs appeared from nowhere and kept barking at him. They looked so ferocious, as if they were ready to pounce on him and bite him at any time.

If people in later generations saw this scene, they would probably be so scared that their legs would go limp.

But Deng Shirong has lived in the countryside for eighty or ninety years and has dealt with too many of these local dogs, so he is naturally not afraid of these two beasts.

Dogs are bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. The more afraid you are, the more arrogant they will be. As long as you scold them in a tough attitude and pick up weapons such as stones or sticks on the ground and pretend to drive them away, they will most likely choose to run away and dare not confront you to the end.

Of course, the premise is that the dog you encounter is not a mad dog and you do not invade the home it is guarding.

However, this method of dealing with the problem is only applicable when there are no other people present. Now that Deng Shirong saw someone in front of him, he did not use the above method. After all, beating the dog depends on the owner. If others do not drive the dog away, it will not be too late for him to drive it away.

The result did not disappoint him. The two dogs just rushed over and roared at him. In less than three seconds, there was a scolding from the other side. Then the two ferocious dogs closed their mouths, shook their tails and left.

The one who drove the two dogs away was a woman in her fifties. She came over and asked, "A cousin, who are you looking for?"

Deng Shirong held onto his bicycle and smiled, "I'm not looking for anyone. I just have a boss here who has good conditions. I want to come to your village to ask around and see if there are any suitable girls, and then bring them together."

The auntie immediately perked up when she heard this and said, "Cousin, so you are a matchmaker. You have come to the right place. I am not exaggerating, but the girls in our village are all very pretty! Come over here and sit for a while. Light a couple of cigarettes and I will talk to you."

He had been to several villages in the past few days. It was rare for him to meet such an enthusiastic aunt. Deng Shirong was also quite interested in chatting with her, so he nodded and said yes. Then he pushed his bicycle and walked with the aunt to the mud brick house with whitewashed exterior walls next to him.

By the time he parked his bike, the old lady had already handed him the cigarette holder.

Deng Shirong was not polite. He took the pipe and sat down on a stool next to him. He then skillfully took out tobacco and matches and started to smoke.

(End of this chapter)