Chapter 267 Watermelons are selling well, Deng Yunheng becomes the president [6100 words]

Deng Shirong's home.

Deng Silong said excitedly, "Jiu Zu, my mother said that you asked us to learn how to drive, and after we get our driver's licenses, you will arrange for us to drive the shuttle bus. Is this true?"

Deng Shirong smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course it's true. I won't tell you the details for now. Anyway, if you are interested in driving a shuttle bus, I will take you to the county town to learn how to drive tomorrow. When you come back after learning, there will definitely be a shuttle bus for you to drive, so don't worry."

Although he has not informed other tribesmen yet, with his prestige in the tribe, as long as he is willing to take the lead, there is nothing he cannot accomplish.

Therefore, he arranged for his tribesmen to learn how to drive in advance. When they come back after learning, the tribe's passenger transport company will probably be established. By then, he will hire a group of experienced drivers to guide these novices. After they have passed the novice period, they will be able to work independently.

Assuming that there are ten buses at the beginning, for long-distance travel, one bus must have at least two drivers, which can accommodate all the twenty tribesmen.

What's more, ten buses are just the starting point. If you want to dominate half of the county's long-distance passenger transport, you will need to add dozens or even hundreds of buses in the future. By then, just the drivers and the ticket sellers who follow the buses will be able to provide at least hundreds of jobs for the clan.

"Of course I'm interested!"

Deng Silong was afraid that if he answered slowly, Jiu Zu would change his mind. After the excitement, he asked nervously, "Jiu Zu, how much tuition is needed to learn to drive?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else looked at Deng Shirong worriedly. All the twenty people present were from poor families. If the tuition for learning to drive was too high, their families might not be able to afford it. They might have to shamelessly ask relatives for a loan.

Deng Shirong naturally knew about this situation, and he said, "The families of you present here are all in difficult circumstances, especially A'long, A'hu, and A'bao. Your families are already in financial difficulty, and it is not easy to pay for your three brothers' tuition. So I will advance the tuition for you first, and when you come back after completing your studies and start working to earn money, it will be too late for you to pay me back later."

"Thank you, Nine Ancestor!"

"Thank you Jiugong!"

Everyone couldn't help but thank him upon hearing this, and their gratitude towards Jiu Gong (Ancestor) had reached its peak.

…

The next day.

Deng Shirong personally took twenty clansmen to the county town to learn how to drive. He also took the opportunity to get a motorcycle driver's license. After all, it was already 1983, and in another year or two, he would also buy a motorcycle and drive it.

Compared to bicycles, motorcycles are more convenient.

In his previous life, Deng Shirong bought a Jialing motorcycle in the late 1980s, which he sold for nearly ten thousand yuan.

Because the price was too expensive, before that, only one villager in Changtian Village in the whole town had bought a motorcycle. The motorcycle Deng Shirong bought was the second motorcycle in the town. When he drove it back to the village, it undoubtedly caused a huge sensation.

At that time, it was considered the peak of his life.

The current driving school in the county is the Agricultural Machinery School established in 1974. It is an adult secondary vocational school affiliated to the County Agricultural Machinery Bureau. Its main task is to train various agricultural machinery technical talents for rural areas.

The school covers an area of ​​more than 30,000 square meters, including more than 8,000 square meters of tractor and car training grounds, more than 2,700 square meters of motorcycle training grounds, more than 1,500 square meters of parking lots, and a 2,000-meter circular training road on campus.

The school has 4 classrooms and an electrification room covering more than 320 square meters, and a restaurant and canteen covering more than 200 square meters, which can accommodate more than 200 students to study and train at the same time.

Deng Yuntai and Bu Zhongshi learned to drive here before.

Deng Shirong was already an experienced motorcycle driver, so learning to drive was just a formality for him, and he got his motorcycle driver's license in less than half a month.

…

Banger Brigade.

Since hundreds of Deng families started planting watermelons this year, the clan members spend at least half of the day in the orchard. Everyone treats the watermelons as if they were their ancestors. Watching the watermelons bloom and bear fruit, and then grow day by day, the clan members' eyes are filled with hope.

Because watermelons are planted on the mountain, there will naturally be a shortage of water if it doesn't rain for a long time. The tribesmen have to carry water from the foot of the mountain to water the watermelons every now and then, but no one thinks it is a hassle and everyone's attitude is very positive.

If they were not worried about overwatering, they would have wanted to carry water every day to water the watermelons! Deng Shirong's orchard is taken care of by his niece and niece-in-law, so he doesn't have to worry about these things. When it comes to experience in large-scale watermelon planting, no one in the entire Naye Deng family can compare with them!

As it was already the fourth month of the lunar calendar, Deng Shirong took time out to visit Baiping Farm and signed a longan purchase contract with the farm.

This was agreed upon in advance last year, and the cooperation between the two parties was quite pleasant. Therefore, this year Deng Shirong signed a longan purchase contract with the farm at the same price.

On the same day, Deng Shirong received a letter from his second son.

In the letter, Deng Yunheng said that several of his roommates would come to their home during the summer vacation. He briefly introduced the students in the letter and finally said that they might not be the only ones coming to visit, so he asked his father to make preparations for the reception in advance.

After reading the letter, Deng Shirong couldn't help but smile.

Under his guidance, his second son realized how much it would help his career when he entered the society by building a network of relationships on the Peking University campus. Therefore, in the past one or two years, he has been making friends widely at school and is one of the most active students at Peking University.

Now, several of his roommates are willing to travel thousands of miles to visit their home, so as a father he must definitely receive them well.

First of all, we must save more lychees at home this year, so that my second son’s roommates can have a good meal. Other fruits must also be arranged properly.

As for the food, you should take some time to go to Yamaguchi and bring back more seafood.

Also, electric fans need to be arranged.

There was no electricity in the village before, so the electric fan was never bought. By the time he bought a few batteries, the weather was not hot anymore.

During the summer vacation, my second son brought his classmates back and the weather was the hottest time of the year, so naturally we had to put on an electric fan.

After arranging food and lodging, it’s time to have fun…

I need to buy a few more bicycles to make it easier for my second son’s classmates to travel.

In short, this time Deng Shirong must make sure that his second son’s classmates come with joy and leave with satisfaction.

…

In a blink of an eye.

The time has come to the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

Seeing that the watermelons were about to mature, many members of the Naye Deng family began to get excited.

Although except for Deng Shirong's family, other members of the clan are planting watermelons on a large scale for the first time this year, this kind of activity involving the entire clan also has a great advantage, which is that they can exchange planting experiences with each other.

For example, when to apply fertilizer, when to water, when to weed, and when to do something. Even if you don’t understand, there are always people in the tribe who do, and you just need to follow along.

Therefore, this year the whole family planted watermelons. It is impossible to say that every family had a bumper harvest, but most families had a good harvest, and some families even achieved a bumper harvest.

Even those with the worst production will definitely make some money, it's just a matter of how much.

Therefore, when the harvest season is approaching, the whole tribe is filled with joy.

…

May 17th.

This day was the two-year-old birthday of Deng Yunqiang’s two twin grandsons.

In the old days, rural children’s birthdays were not taken seriously except for their first birthday. But this year, Deng Yunqiang’s family had a bumper harvest of both lychees and watermelons, so on the birthdays of his two grandsons, they slaughtered chickens and ducks and invited Deng Shirong to dinner.

When the meal started, Deng Yunqiang raised his glass and said, "Uncle Jiu, let me toast you first. If you hadn't helped our family three years ago, we wouldn't be where we are today!"

Deng Shirong raised his glass and clinked glasses with him, then said with a smile, "This is not entirely my fault. Although I saw the prospects of growing lychees at the time, there are still risks involved. You trusted me and took out a loan to work with me. Your success is also the result of your hard work."

The two took a big sip of wine and then talked about selling lychees.

Deng Yunqiang asked, "Uncle Jiu, the lychees are starting to ripen now. When do you plan to notify the supply and marketing cooperative to come in and buy them?"

Deng Shirong thought for a moment and said, "Then let's do it the day after tomorrow. After we've sold all the lychees, the watermelons will be ready for sale soon."

Deng Yunqiang nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll start selling the lychees the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow is market day, so we can notify the supply and marketing cooperative while we're there. It'll also be convenient to send a message to our relatives, asking them to come over and help pick the lychees."

After talking about selling lychees, Deng Shirong looked at Guan Yongying who was pregnant and said, "Aying, I suggest you go to the county town to give birth this time. In fact, I wanted to make such a suggestion when you gave birth to your first child last time, but your family conditions were not very good at that time. It would cost a lot of money to go back and forth to the county town to give birth, so I didn't say much.

But now your family is rich. This year, the income from lychees and watermelons is at least several thousand yuan. I have a house in the county and a restaurant, so you can come to my place for food and accommodation. That’s why I suggest you go to the county hospital to give birth. There are professional midwives there, which is much safer than giving birth at home.”

Hearing this, before Guan Yongying expressed his opinion, Changfu's mother smiled and said, "Jiu Gong, even if you don't say it, we are planning to let Ying give birth in the county hospital, and we will inevitably have to trouble Uncle Tai and Aunt Tai."

Deng Shirong waved his hand and said, "What's the trouble? We can just go up there in advance when the time comes."

Deng Changfu chuckled and said, "I have never been to the county town in my life. This is a good opportunity for me to go to the county town and see the world."

Guan Yongying also smiled. Before this, Zhang Xiuping, Ou Guohua, and Ou Guofang had taken turns going to the county town to give birth to their children. It was impossible for her to say that she was not envious. However, her family did not have the conditions when she gave birth.

Even before Jiugong started this practice, the wives in the village didn't even think of going to the county hospital to give birth.

But now it is different. With Jiugong's daughter-in-law taking the lead, now once the young wives in the village get pregnant, they all hope to give birth in the county hospital. However, most of them can only think about it, and few can realize this wish.

…

Two days later.

Relatives of Deng Shirong and Deng Yunqiang came to help pick lychees. As basket after basket of lychees were transported to the doorstep of Deng Shirong's house, the villagers of Naye Village came over to watch just like they did last year.

I won’t go into details about the process. This year, Deng Yunqiang’s family sold it for 2,180 yuan, which is a few hundred yuan more than last year.

Deng Shirong's family had no fewer lychees than Deng Yunqiang's family, but he left at least 700 to 800 kilograms unpicked, which were for his own consumption and for entertaining his second son's classmates, so his family only sold them for more than 1,600 yuan.

Seeing this scene, the villagers were both envious and yearning. They have all planted lychee trees this year. If all goes well, they will have lychees to eat and sell next year.

After Deng Shirong and Deng Yunqiang sold lychees, the whole family started selling watermelons for the next half month.

Today they are sold in this village, tomorrow they are sold in that village, and truckloads of watermelons are transported to other places for sale through the supply and marketing cooperatives.

The income of each family starts from one thousand, and some even reach four or five thousand. Such a big commotion naturally alarmed the villages of other surnames. The news that the entire Naye Deng family planted watermelons this year was not only known to everyone in Shuangwang, but also to the entire Songshan Commune and even other communes.

After all, the Deng family married wives from other families, so which wife doesn't have a family? As long as they mentioned it when visiting relatives, the news would spread naturally.

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Everyone who knew the news has been waiting for the harvest results of the Ye Deng family this year. If most families can really make a lot of money by growing watermelons, then next year they will also reclaim the mountains in their homes and plant watermelons.

Now that Naye Deng’s watermelons are on sale, they naturally attracted everyone’s attention.

While Ye Deng was busy selling watermelons, schools all over the country began their summer vacation.

…

Capital city.

A state-owned hotel near Peking University.

A group of fellow villagers from the Guangxi Hometown Association had a dinner together here. This dinner had special significance because President Zhao Changzheng, senior sister Song Yu, and Liu Shangwen, the only fellow villager with a wife and children, all officially graduated from Peking University this year.

While eating, fellow villagers asked about their work assignments.

Although the jobs are assigned by the state, Peking University students of this era are all gifted children, especially those who are outstanding talents valued by their supervisors. Before being assigned a job, they will generally communicate with the person and listen to his or her ideas.

Therefore, even though Zhao Changzheng, Song Yu and Liu Shangwen were not clear about their specific assignments, they still had an idea of ​​where they were assigned to work.

Hearing the questions from fellow villagers, Zhao Changzheng did not hide anything and revealed: "If nothing unexpected happens, I will go to Tibet to work."

When these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked.

Deng Yunheng asked: "President, is this your own choice?"

Zhao Changzheng nodded and said, "Yes, this is my own choice. Our country is a multi-ethnic country, and there is a lot of room for development in ethnic minority areas. I am willing to work hard in difficult places to realize my life value."

Deng Yunheng immediately gave a thumbs up and praised: "You are worthy of being the president. You are really idealistic and ambitious. You will definitely be like a dragon swimming in the sea this time. You can realize your ideals and ambitions very well. When you soar to the sky, don't forget us fellow villagers!"

Zhao Changzheng laughed and said, "Thank you for your words. If that day comes, I will never forget our fellow villagers. Besides, I am just one step ahead, and you will all go to your respective jobs later. By then, I am afraid that I will still be suffering in the snowy area, while you will have soared to the sky."

The fellow villagers all laughed when they heard this. All of them were born with talent and naturally had their own ambitions. They were also full of confidence about their future.

After talking about the president's work, Deng Yunheng looked at Senior Sister Song Yu and asked, "Sister Song, where do you choose to work?"

Song Yu said with a smile: "I choose to return to our Guangxi to work. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be in Nanning!"

Deng Yunheng clapped his hands and said, "That's great. The president has chosen to work in Tibet. I thought there would be no one to entertain me in Nanning in the future. Now that you are here, Sister Song, no matter when I go to Nanning, I won't be afraid of no one to entertain me!"

Song Yu said generously: "There will be no problem with the hospitality. If any of you come to Nanning in the future, please inform me."

After talking about Song Yu's work, Deng Yunheng turned his attention to Liu Shangwen.

Before he could ask, Liu Shangwen took the initiative to say, "I choose to return to Yulin to work. When you go to Yulin in the future, you must contact me."

All the fellow villagers sent their blessings one by one.

When the dinner was coming to an end, Zhao Changzheng cleared his throat to attract everyone's attention, and then he said, "My fellow villagers, I have graduated now, and I definitely can no longer be the president of our school's hometown association. So, let's take advantage of this hometown dinner to elect a new president, so that after I leave school, there will be someone to continue organizing hometown gatherings."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jianjun immediately responded, "As for the candidate to take over as the chairman, I'm afraid no one here is more suitable than Yun Heng."

Pang Feilong nodded and said, "You are right. Yunheng is just like Brother Zhao. They are both born to be the president."

Liu Xiaoman also echoed, "I also agree that Brother Heng should take over as the president."

Then Ding Qiulan, Sun Baoguo and others also agreed.

Therefore, Deng Yunheng was unanimously elected by his fellow villagers and became the second president of the Peking University Guangxi Hometown Association.

It can also be seen from here that Deng Yunheng has made a lot of friends in school in the past two years, and the effect is very good.

After talking about these important matters, everyone then discussed forming a group to go home together.

Some people choose to go home, while others choose to stay in school.

Deng Yunheng said, "Some of my roommates are planning to visit my home this summer. I wonder if any of my fellow countrymen would be interested in coming with us?"

Anyway, when I take those roommates back together, all the fellow villagers will definitely know the news, so it’s better to invite them in advance and see if any of them want to come along.

Lin Jianjun was somewhat tempted, but still shook his head and said, "I would like to go to the president's house to play, but I didn't go back for the Spring Festival. If I don't go back during the summer vacation, I guess my parents will have objections. I can only find another opportunity next time."

Song Yu said regretfully: "I will be working soon, so I can't go even if I want to."

Zhao Changzheng also said with regret: "Yes, I will be working soon, and I won't be so free anymore!"

Among the Guangxi compatriots at Peking University, boys make up the vast majority, but there are still a few girls. In addition to Song Yu, Ding Qiulan and Liu Xiaoman, there are also Li Guiying from Baise and Wang Limei from Wuzhou.

During the previous Spring Festival, the two daughters chose to go home for the New Year, so they were not there to see the snow scenery at the Great Wall.

The two girls were from the same class as Deng Yunheng, and they were all from the same hometown, so they had a pretty good relationship.

Hearing Deng Yunheng's invitation, Wang Limei looked at Li Guiying and Liu Xiaoman and asked, "Guiying, Xiaoman, do you want to team up and go to the president's house to play?"

Regardless of the era, visiting a classmate's home is always a very attractive thing. Li Guiying was naturally tempted and said, "It's fine with me. If you all go, then I'll go and join in the fun."

Liu Xiaoman looked at Deng Yunheng and asked, "President, is it convenient for so many of us to go there?"

Deng Yunheng smiled and said, "Of course it's convenient. Food and accommodation are no problem. As for entertainment, there is nothing to see except a large reservoir. We can only go up the mountain to pick fruits and go down the river to fish. It's something that rural people usually do. I hope you don't find it boring."

Liu Xiaoman's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said, "I haven't experienced this kind of rural life yet. Now that you've said that, I'm even more interested."

Wang Limei laughed and said, "President, then add the three of us."

Deng Yunheng smiled and said, "Okay, then I will welcome you on behalf of my hometown."

Hearing this, the other fellow villagers showed envious expressions. They are all at the most energetic age. Except for those who are quiet by nature, most people at this age like to join in the fun. Now that so many people go to the president's house to play, it would be a lie for them to say that they don't want to go.

However, they all had to be absent for various reasons, and naturally felt a little regretful.

…

Three days later.

A group of Guangxi fellows who chose to go home, as well as several of Deng Yunheng’s roommates, boarded the train to Guangxi together.

Tang Mingjie had never left Beijing since he was a child, and this was his first time riding a train. Even though the carriage was filled with all kinds of strange smells, he didn't care.

Seeing his keen interest, Deng Yunheng couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Brother Jie, do you think riding a train is interesting?"

Tang Mingjie looked at the scenery outside the window and nodded repeatedly, saying, "I think it's quite interesting. Taking a train is much smoother than taking a bus, and you can see the scenery of several provinces across the country along the way. It's really exciting."

Deng Yunheng reminded: "Brother Jie, I believe you will not be happy soon!"

Tang Mingjie asked in confusion: "Why?"

Deng Yunheng sighed, "Because we have to sit on this train for several days and nights in a row, not only will we not be able to eat or sleep well, but even going to the toilet will be inconvenient. In short, you have to be mentally prepared. Let's just endure it slowly for the next few days!"

At first, Tang Mingjie didn't quite understand why Deng Yunheng used the word "熬". It was not until he sat on the train for a day and a night that he finally understood...

(End of this chapter)