Chapter 29 Uncle Jiu, when it comes to eating, I admire you in our village

afternoon.

Since he had called team leader Deng Yunjun to come for dinner when he bought the bicycles, Deng Shirong carefully prepared a table of snacks, including fried bee pupae, fried peanuts, braised pork, spicy snails, dry-pot frogs, stir-fried beans, cold cucumbers, cold water spinach, and a crucian carp soup.

Deng Yunjun came over and saw such a large table of delicious food. He couldn't help but widen his eyes and said, "Uncle Jiu, I can just prepare two dishes and have a couple of drinks with you. Why did you prepare so many dishes? It's like a banquet!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "It's rare that I invite you to come over for a meal, so of course I have to make it presentable. Besides, apart from the vegetables grown at home, most of the others are things that no one in the village eats. It's fine as long as you don't mind."

Deng Yunjun took a closer look and found that Uncle Jiu was right. Among those meat dishes, bee pupae, snails and frogs were all ubiquitous. There were really few people in the village who ate these things. He didn't know how Uncle Jiu made them, but they looked very appetizing.

"Uncle Jiu, I brought you some sandworms. You can use them to make soup." After coming to his senses, Deng Yunjun handed over the bag of sandworms in his hand and said.

Deng Shirong quickly declined, "Captain, you are too polite. You just come here to eat, why did you bring such a valuable thing? I can't accept this. You can take it back when you go back later."

Deng Yunjun laughed and said, "Uncle Jiu, you are joking. How valuable is this thing? In the past few years, not many people were willing to exchange it for sweet potatoes!"

Deng Shirong had also experienced this, so he naturally knew that what Deng Yunjun said was true. In the past few years, there were people from the seaside who came to their village carrying sandworms and other seafood to exchange for sweet potatoes, but not many people in this village were willing to do so!

After all, the villagers didn't live by the sea, so they didn't know what sandworms tasted like. In addition, everyone's life was difficult at the time, so they were naturally unwilling to exchange dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes for those three or five kilograms of sandworms. They felt that doing so was too much of a loss.

But Deng Shirong, who lived in later generations, naturally knew that good sandworms could be sold for thousands of yuan per pound, and were high-end seafood that many families were reluctant to eat.

However, sandworms are really not expensive now. After refusing for a while, Deng Shirong took the sandworm and said, "Okay, then I'll take it. Ah Zhen, you put it away. Yuntai, pour the wine for the captain."

After giving the order, Deng Shirong asked Deng Yunjun to sit down.

Deng Yunjun looked at the bowl of golden fried bee pupae in front of him and said with emotion: "Uncle Jiu, you fried bee pupae to eat, you really don't mind wasting oil!"

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "This thing is a great way to fry it and drink with it. If you try it, you will know how worthwhile it is to waste some oil!"

Deng Yunjun picked up the chopsticks and said, "To be honest, I have eaten a lot of bee pupae, but I have never eaten this kind of fried bee pupae. I want to try how delicious this fried bee pupae that you praised so much is."

While speaking, Deng Yunjun picked up two fried bee pupae and put them into his mouth to chew.

Needless to say, the taste of fried bee pupae is hard to resist even in later generations, let alone in this era when people don’t know the taste of meat. Deng Yunjun couldn’t stop eating it! And this table full of appetizers is not only delicious with fried bee pupae, but also with braised pork, spicy snails, and dry pot frogs, all of which have their own flavors.

After Deng Yunjun tasted all the dishes, he put down his chopsticks, picked up the wine and said, "Uncle Jiu, from today on, when it comes to eating, I will respect you in our village."

Deng Shirong raised his glass and clinked it with his, then said with a smile: "At our age, eating is the most important thing. I tell you, eat while your teeth are still strong enough. Don't be reluctant. Once you lose your teeth, you won't be able to eat any more delicacies!"

Deng Yunjun took a sip of wine and nodded, "That makes sense. Uncle Jiu, you have a higher level of thinking and see things more clearly."

Deng Shirong laughed and said, "I just like to eat. I don't have any spiritual level. You think too highly of me!"

The two of them chatted while drinking, and Deng Yuntai would say a few words from time to time. The others couldn't respond and just buried their heads in eating.

The drinking started at around 5:30 in the afternoon and continued until dark by lighting the kerosene lamps, and ended at around 8:00 in the evening.

Then, both Deng Shirong and his son and Deng Yunjun were already a little drunk.

Deng Yunjun stood up, his body swaying slightly, and said, "Uncle Jiu, I'll go back first. I'll drink with you another day."

Deng Shirong hummed, then ordered: "Yunheng, take the lamp and send the captain back."

Deng Yunjun waved his hand and said, "No need to send me off. It's just a short distance. I can walk back by myself!"

Although Deng Shirong was a little drunk, he was still sober and said, "There may not be moonlight now, so let Yunheng take the lamp and send you back!"

Deng Yunheng picked up one of the kerosene lamps and said, "Brother Jun, why are you being so polite to me?"

Seeing this, Deng Yunjun no longer refused. Finally, he said hello and went home with the support of Deng Yunheng.

After Deng Yunjun left, Deng Yunzhen said, "Azhu, clean up the dishes. I'll get some hot water for Dad to take a bath."

Deng Yunzhu responded: "I know!"

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So the two sisters started to get busy, one cleaned up the dishes and the other went to the kitchen to get hot water for Deng Shirong to take a bath.

Deng Shirong was smoking a water pipe while watching them busying themselves. In his previous life, his two daughters had not married well. Not only were their sons-in-law useless, but none of his grandchildren were promising either.

He had seen his two daughters a month before he was reborn. The eldest daughter looked as old as a woman in her seventies or eighties, and the youngest daughter was not much better, with wrinkles on her face so deep that they could pinch a fly to death.

His two daughters have really worked hard all their lives. When they were at their parents' home, they had endless work to do every day. When they went to their husband's home, they also had endless work to do. They have not had any real free time in decades. As a father, he felt heartbroken when seeing this.

Of course, there is more regret.

After all, in his previous life, the marriages of his two daughters were arranged by him, as a father, who believed the matchmaker's words.

In this life, he must keep his eyes open and find satisfactory partners for his two daughters so that they can live a happy life that is completely different from their previous lives.

Just as Deng Shirong was reminiscing about his past life, his eldest daughter Deng Yunzhen called out, "Dad, I've already prepared some hot water for you, the towel is in the bucket, and I've put your clothes on the stool next to you. You've drunk a lot today, so come over and take a hot bath and go back to sleep!"

"Okay, got it!" Deng Shirong responded and put the chimney away.

I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 　　 　 (End of this chapter)