Chapter 293 Deng Yunzhen guards the house

"It's different when you read a lot!"

"Yes, Yunheng is truly honored to be able to participate in such a grand National Day military parade!"

"Uncle Yunheng is also in charge of holding the banner. It's a banner that greets Mr. Deng. It must be very important. It seems that Uncle Yunheng has a very high status among Peking University students!"

"So this is the National Day military parade. It's so beautiful!"

“Our country’s military is really strong.”

“…”

As this grand National Day military parade officially came to an end, all the tribesmen began to discuss it excitedly. Except for Deng Shirong, everyone else present had seen such a celebration for the first time. It was much more interesting than watching a movie or a play.

Moreover, normal people all have a sense of patriotism. The stronger the motherland is, the prouder they are. Seeing these well-trained and murderous soldiers, a sense of security arises in their hearts.

Deng Yungui asked: "Uncle Jiu, is this National Day military parade held every year?"

Upon hearing this, the others also looked at the clan leader. Of course, they wanted to watch such a passionate National Day parade every year.

Deng Shirong replied: "On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was founded and the founding ceremony was held, which was also the first military parade. Then, until 1959, the National Day military parade was held every year.

But in 1960, as those who are older know, our country suffered serious natural disasters, and the National Day military parade was cancelled. After all, such a grand celebration consumes a lot of manpower and material resources.

The National Day military parade was suspended for 25 years, and was not resumed until this year. As for when the next military parade will be, I don’t know. Anyway, it is definitely impossible to hold a military parade once a year, as it would be too time-consuming and costly. "

Deng Yungui said with emotion: "I hope I can still live to see the next National Day military parade."

Deng Shian felt the same way when he heard this and said, "Yes, we are all old. If the National Day military parade is held every few years, we may still have a chance to see it. But if it is held every 25 years like before, I guess we won't be able to see it!"

Other elderly members of the tribe also followed suit and expressed their feelings. In this day and age, once you are over 50, you have to start planning for your afterlife. Living another 10 or 8 years is not difficult, but who dares to say that they can live another 25 years?

After watching the National Day military parade, the tribesmen stayed to talk about the shock the parade brought to them, and then dispersed.

Students of this era did not have as many holidays as students of later generations. In later generations, there was the National Day Golden Week, which meant they could have at least a week's holiday, and sometimes even eight days. But in this era when even a double-day weekend was not yet a reality, it was impossible to have a week's holiday for National Day.

Therefore, this afternoon, Deng Yunzhu, Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng, siblings, will return to school.

Deng Shirong naturally prepared a sumptuous meal for them.

After they finished their meal, Deng Shirong took out the gift he had prepared and tied it to his little daughter's bicycle, and reminded her: "Ride slowly on the road and pay attention to safety."

Deng Yunzhu responded: "I understand."

…

afternoon.

Songshan High School.

Deng Yunzhu came to the second floor of the teachers' dormitory building carrying a sack filled with gifts, identified teacher Li Mei's dormitory, and knocked on the door.

Soon, the door opened.

"Teacher Li!"

"Deng Yunzhu!"

After greeting each other, Deng Yunzhu went in with a sack, took out a net bag of fruit from the sack, handed it to Li Mei and said, "Teacher Li, this is the fruit I brought for you."

Seeing the net bag of fresh fruits, Li Mei showed a surprised expression, and then declined: "Deng Yunzhu, I can't take this fruit, you can keep it for yourself!"

Deng Yunzhu put it on her desk and said with a smile, "Teacher Li, I will be bothering you here for two or three years. Besides, these are fruits grown by my family. If you don't accept them, I will be embarrassed to live with you."

The fruit is indeed grown at home.

When planting lychees before, Deng Shirong reserved a lot of space for planting other fruits. Basically, as long as there are fruits in Bobai, Deng Shirong planted them. Although the quantity planted is not large, it is enough for his family to eat.

There was no need to be so polite when it came to fruits grown at home, so Li Mei nodded and said, "Okay, let's eat this fruit together."

Deng Yunzhu took out another bag of longan pulp from the sack, put it on the table and said, "Teacher Li, keep this longan pulp as well. My dad asked me to bring it to you."

Li Mei said helplessly: "You are being cunning."

Longan meat is an excellent tonic and can be paired with Adenophora sibiricum, Polygonatum odoratum and meat to stew, making it an ideal side dish; eggs boiled with brown sugar and longan meat is the most ideal tonic food for postpartum women or those who are weak and frail after illness; longan meat combined with Chinese herbal medicine to make longan wine has obvious therapeutic effects on neurasthenia and deficiency of qi and blood; longan cola made with longan meat is a popular health drink nowadays.

In short, compared with the net bag of fresh fruits, this bag of longan pulp is the more valuable item.

Longan pulp is made from fresh longan. Generally speaking, it takes three to four pounds of fresh longan to make one pound of dried longan.

Please note that this is dried longan, not longan pulp. Dried longan is the longan with the skin and core still on, but the moisture is dried out by sun or roasting.

As for longan pulp, the skin and core are removed, leaving only the pulp, so it takes about ten pounds of fresh longan to make one pound of longan pulp.

The current market price of fresh longan is about 0.6 yuan per catty, which means 6 yuan for ten catties. Adding labor and other production costs, the cost of one catty of longan pulp alone is 7 or 8 yuan. People must make a profit by selling it.

Therefore, the current selling price of a pound of longan pulp is about 12 yuan.

Even if the bag of longan pulp that Deng Yunzhu brought was less than two kilograms, it was not much different. The price should not be less than twenty yuan. This is not enough for her one month's salary, but it is more than enough for her half a month's salary.

If Deng Yunzhu had taken it out together with the fruits at the beginning, Li Mei might not have accepted it. But now that she has accepted the fruits, she can't just accept half of the gift, right?

This is why she said Deng Yunzhu was cunning.

However, Li Mei was very touched by Deng Yunzhu's action. After all, which teacher would not like such a grateful student? So, Li Mei secretly made a decision that in the next three years, she would try her best to give Deng Yunzhu some special lessons and work hard to improve her English grades.

Poor poor student Deng Yunzhu, she probably never dreamed that giving a gift would bring her trouble! After taking out all the gifts from Teacher Li, Deng Yunzhu said with a smile: "Teacher Li, I also prepared a net bag of fruits and a bag of tea for Director Dai. I wonder which floor the director lives on? I'll send it to him."

This student was very thoughtful. Li Mei pointed the way: "The director lives on the third floor. Go up the stairs and turn right. It's the second room."

Deng Yunzhu thanked him and then picked up the sack to give the director a gift, which naturally won the director's favor.

…

Shanxin Village.

Zhu Junjie's hometown.

Old Man Zhu and Old Lady Zhu are back together!

After the two elders came back, they immediately called their eldest son’s family and their second son’s family over.

After everyone arrived, Mrs. Zhu was not in a hurry to talk about the matter. Instead, she asked her granddaughter-in-law who was pregnant with a big belly: "Sister Li, how is your health recently?"

Sister Li smiled and replied, "Grandma, I'm in good health."

Old Mrs. Zhu warned, "You will give birth in more than a month. You must be extra careful during this period. Do you understand?"

Sister Li nodded and said, "I understand, grandma."

Brother Zhu asked, "Mom, why did you call us all here? Is there something wrong?"

Mrs. Zhu said with a smile on her face, "I called you here because Xiaojie is getting married. The girl he's dating is coming to visit us this Saturday. You brothers and sisters-in-law have to help out and make sure you take good care of the girl!"

Mrs. Zhu was surprised and asked, "Mom, when did Xiaojie find a girlfriend?"

Mrs. Zhu smiled and said, "We've been talking for almost half a year!"

"Uncle Man's speed is pretty good. It's only been more than half a year since he was demobilized, and he has been dating for half a year now!" The speaker is Zhu Wang, the eldest grandson of Old Lady Zhu. He is only two years younger than Uncle Man Zhu Junjie, but he got married last year. In more than a month, he will become a father.

Mrs. Zhu smiled and said, "Mom, you guys did a great job keeping this secret. We didn't even know who Xiaojie had been dating for so long."

Zhu Erge then asked, "Mom, where is the girl Xiaojie is dating from? Does she have a job?"

Mrs. Zhu said, "Xiaojie's partner is someone from Bangjie's side. Her father is a self-employed businessman, and she mainly helps her eldest brother and sister-in-law take care of the children."

Mrs. Zhu couldn't help but curl her lips and said, "Mom, our Xiaojie is now the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau. He should find a partner who has a formal job in the unit. How can the daughter of a self-employed person be worthy of our Xiaojie?"

Zhu Erge agreed, "Mom, what the eldest sister-in-law said is right. With Xiaojie's good conditions, he should find a formal job in the company. That way, both husband and wife will have a good job. I don't know how good their life will be!"

Mrs. Zhu kept smiling as she asked, "Do you think self-employed people can't compare to people who work in companies?"

Brother Zhu said, "It's definitely not comparable. How can a self-employed person compare with someone who eats commercial grain?"

This is true. In the eyes of most people, the status and position of self-employed individuals in this era are indeed not as good as those who work in units.

Of course, what they consider to be self-employed individuals are those who do small business on the street. Big bosses who run factories and companies are naturally not included.

Old Mrs. Zhu shook her head and said, "You underestimate the self-employed. If they just set up a small stall on the street to do some small business, they are a little worse than those who work in an enterprise. But it's different for those who do big business. They can make more money in a year than they can make in their entire life working in an enterprise."

Mrs. Zhu was shocked and said, "Mom, do you mean that Xiaojie's girlfriend's family is a big business?"

Old Mrs. Zhu nodded and said, "The largest restaurant in the county is owned by her father. He also opened a tile factory in his hometown with others. There is also a passenger transport company in the county, and her father is also a major shareholder. The money his family earns in a year, calculated based on Xiaojie's current salary, may not be that much even if he works for a hundred years. Do you still think that self-employed people are not as good as people who work in units?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned.

Mrs. Zhu immediately changed her attitude and said, "So the girl's family runs such a big business. Then she and Xiaojie are really a perfect match."

Brother Zhu also nodded repeatedly and said, "I was wondering how Xiaojie, with such high standards, could possibly fall in love with the daughter of an ordinary self-employed person. Now it turns out that she is the daughter of a big boss, so there is no problem."

Old Mrs. Zhu had expected their change of attitude. She said proudly, "Not only that, her second brother is a Peking University student. Do you know how powerful Peking University students are?"

So, the girl's family needs money and people, and when they come to visit on Saturday, you have to entertain them well, understand?"

These words stunned all the Zhu family members present.

As for Old Man Zhu, he just held a hookah in his hand, smoking loudly and watching his wife show off.

Soon, everyone in the Zhu family reacted and said that they would entertain the bride's relatives and friends with the utmost enthusiasm.

So, then Mrs. Zhu assigned them tasks one by one.

Then the family took action.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was Friday.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Bu Zhongshi drove a large truck to his uncle's house. Cousin Yunzhen wanted to visit the house, so naturally he came to act as the driver.

In fact, the two are of the same age, but Bu Zhongshi is more than three months older than Deng Yunzhen, so they are naturally cousins.

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Seeing his nephew coming over, Deng Shirong greeted him, "Zhongshi, there are melon rinds and pickled vegetables. Have a bowl of porridge first."

Bu Zhongshi shook his head and said, "Uncle, I've already eaten."

Deng Shirong hummed and said, "It's getting late, let's go and have dinner when we get to the county town."

As he said this, he got into the driver's seat with his niece Bu Dafang.

Bu Zhongshi started the car and drove towards the county town.

"Zhongshi, your sugarcane will be harvested soon. This is at least 1,800 tons of sugarcane, which is enough for you to transport for a long time. In addition, we also have Zhou Wang's white mud. I think it would be conservative for you to buy two more trucks. There is no problem buying two more. Because your family is not the only one that grows sugarcane in the county. Many families also grow it. When you transport your own sugarcane, you can also contact other sugarcane farmers and help them transport the sugarcane to the sugar factory."

Since his nephew has chosen the freight business, Deng Shirong naturally hopes that he can grow up as quickly as possible. Only when he has achieved a certain scale can he get more work.

Bu Zhongshi said as he drove: "Uncle, I've actually thought about this, but we don't have enough drivers."

Deng Shirong said: "You can't restrict the drivers to your village. You can recruit drivers from outside first, and then replace them when the young people in your village grow up. Anyway, you should build your fleet as soon as possible so that you will be qualified to receive more work."

Bu Zhongshi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it later. It would be a pity if we miss the sugarcane harvest season."

Deng Shirong said: "Once the fleet is developed, you don't have to be a driver and drive the car yourself anymore. You can spend more time looking for jobs everywhere. When there is a job, send your subordinates to run it. This will be more efficient and much better than running it yourself.

And this way, you don’t have to go out and take risks yourself, it’s a win-win situation.”

Bu Zhongshi admired his uncle very much. When he heard his uncle's suggestion, he immediately agreed and said, "Okay, uncle, I'll listen to you."

After talking about my nephew's development, we then started talking about my eldest daughter's job as a housekeeper.

Deng Shirong said, "Your cousin's boyfriend seems to be a good person. He is a deputy director of the Public Security Bureau at a young age. He seems to have a promising future. However, his family's economic conditions are average. I heard that their hometown is still a dilapidated mud brick house. Don't be disgusted when you go there. Just treat it as a formality."

Bu Dafang said: "What's there to be disgusted about? A few years ago, everyone lived in a mud brick house!"

Bu Zhongshi chuckled and said, "Uncle, my cousin's boyfriend is a leader in the Public Security Bureau. As a transporter, I will inevitably encounter problems that are difficult to solve in the future. I will probably have to trouble him for help. How dare I despise him!"

Deng Shirong burst out laughing.

…

The next day.

After breakfast, Deng Yunzhen and her group prepared to set off.

As the father, Deng Shirong naturally would not go to visit the house this time. Instead, the people who went were Deng Yuntai, Zhang Xiuping, Bu Dafang, Bu Zhongshi, Chen Bangli, Chen Bangfeng, and Deng Yunzhu who was studying at Songshan High School.

Of course, as the matchmaker, Zhang Guoan also had to go along.

Everything was ready, and Zhang Xiuping said, "Dad, let's go first!"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Go!"

The others also greeted Deng Shirong one by one.

Zhang Guoan, the matchmaker, sat in the driver's seat to give directions, while the others sat in the bed of the car.

Then the car started and drove towards Shanxin Village.

…

Shanxin Village.

Zhu Junjie's home.

The Zhu family took this housekeeping event extremely seriously. They slaughtered a big fat pig yesterday afternoon, and prepared time-consuming dishes such as meatballs, egg rolls and braised pork overnight. Relatives and friends who were invited this morning also came to help.

I was busy until about ten o'clock in the morning, and everything was ready, just waiting for the girl to arrive.

Today is the most glorious day of Mrs. Zhu’s life.

The relatives and friends present all knew the background of Zhu Junjie's girlfriend. Once her family background was revealed, everyone would be confused.

Zhu Junjie also worked hard to make himself famous. The title of deputy director of the Public Security Bureau was definitely a well-known role in the countryside.

The youngest son is so outstanding, and the future daughter-in-law is of such an amazing background. As a mother, Mrs. Zhu is really proud in front of relatives and friends.

Nearing eleven o'clock, a brand new car slowly approached from afar and stopped at Zhu Junjie's house.

Seeing this scene, the Zhu family and all the relatives and friends were shocked.

In this era, even bicycles were not yet popular, and most people went out on foot, let alone something as expensive as a car. Except for public institutions or state-owned and collective enterprises, there were very few private car owners, and there were less than three cars in a town.

As expected of a big boss' daughter, she even drives a car to visit the house. She is so impressive.

Although everyone was shocked, they reacted quickly and went forward when the car stopped.

"Uncle Zhang!"

Zhu Junjie immediately greeted Uncle Zhang who was sitting in the driver's seat. He was his matchmaker. Without Uncle Zhang's help, he might not have had the chance to date Deng Yunzhen, so he was very grateful to Uncle Zhang, the matchmaker.

Zhang Guoan smiled and nodded, then introduced him: "This is Azhenmei's second cousin."

Allen Chu greeted with a smile, “Second cousin!”

Bu Zhongshi also smiled and greeted, "Director Zhu!"

After Zhu Junjie finished greeting, he left it to others to receive his second cousin. He then quickly walked to the back of the truck and greeted everyone who got off the truck one by one.

He knew his eldest brother, his wife and two cousins, but Bu Dafang and Deng Yunzhu were the only ones he had never met.

Deng Yunzhen introduced them to him: "This is my cousin, and this is my younger sister."

Zhu Junjie greeted everyone one by one. His parents, eldest brother and sister-in-law, second brother and sister-in-law, as well as a group of relatives and friends also came forward to greet them warmly.

Soon, Deng Yunzhen and her group were arranged to sit at the table, and then candies, biscuits, melon seeds, peanuts, dried fruits and other things were brought to the table, and tea was naturally indispensable.

Zhu Junjie was accompanied by his eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, third sister and fourth sister.

As the heroine who looks after the house, Deng Yunzhen is always under the observation of the man's relatives and friends, and she feels quite stressed.

As someone who had experienced this, Zhang Xiuping understood the sister-in-law's feelings at the moment very well, so she leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Ah Zhen, don't be nervous, relax a little, if others want to see it, then show it to them openly, we are here to accompany you!"

Deng Yunzhen responded in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, I know, it's just that I'm a little uncomfortable at first, it will be fine in a while!"

After the woman arrived, the chef who had been prepared long ago began to cook.

After Zhu Dasao, Zhu Ersao, Zhu Sanjie, Zhu Sijie and others chatted with the woman's group for about ten minutes, Zhang Guoan, the matchmaker, took the initiative to offer to visit the house, which is also an indispensable step in visiting the house.

Although these shabby mud-brick houses in front of us are not anything to look at, we still have to go through the necessary procedures.

So, Deng Yunzhen and her group, led by the man's family, began to visit these mud brick houses.

After knowing that the woman was the daughter of a big boss, the man also knew that the houses were not worth showing off, so there was nothing much to introduce. They just went in to take a few looks, went through the process, and ended the step tacitly.

We sat back down at the table and chatted for a few minutes, then the host started serving the food.

The Zhu family had a big party today, with six tables set up.

The meals were all prepared by the village's master chef. The taste was certainly not as good as that of the Suifeng Hotel, but it was pretty good too.

After finishing the meal, we rested for more than ten minutes and then it was time to go home.

Then, the man’s family gave each person a piece of five-flavor snack and another person a red envelope, and the visit to the house was considered over.

After some polite exchanges, Deng Yunzhen and her group got into the car and left with the man watching them.

(End of this chapter)