Chapter 323 Director Zhu: Damn, I'm a gigolo?

Afternoon.

Naye Deng Family Ancestral Hall.

The tribesmen who received dividends from the passenger transport company were very happy. Except for a very small number of people who only bought one share, most of them had two or three shares. This time, the dividends basically amounted to more than one thousand yuan, which greatly alleviated the tense economy.

Those clansmen in each village who hold larger shares earn several thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars.

One step ahead, always ahead, this saying is absolutely true.

When the entire clan raised funds to set up the passenger transport company, the economically leading clan members in each village invested more than those with average economic status. Naturally, the returns they are getting now are also beyond the reach of those with average economic status.

Among the crowd, Deng Yunqiang's family was extremely grateful at this moment.

Before, their family's economic conditions were just average in the village. Fortunately, they were the first to follow Jiugong to grow lychees and watermelons.

When Uncle Jiu took the lead in raising funds among the clan to set up a passenger transport company, their family, out of trust in Uncle Jiu, not only invested all their assets in it, but also asked their in-laws to pay a large sum of money as well, and owned a full 10 shares of the passenger transport company.

Now, the huge rewards are here!

This time, my in-laws and I received a total of 6,000 yuan in dividends. Our income is so high that it is really enviable.

After the clan members calmed down, Deng Shirong came to the stage and said, "Dear brothers and nephews, when I opened the scholarship meeting a few years ago, I had already mentioned to you that I was going to rebuild our Naye Deng's ancestral hall. Now I will tell you what this ancestral hall will look like."

When the clan leader mentioned building an ancestral hall, all the clan members quieted down and listened carefully.

"The location of our current ancestral hall is still a little small. If we rebuild the ancestral hall, I plan to choose the site of the new ancestral hall at the threshing ground in our Naye Village. Not only is the terrain there high, the view is wide, and it is convenient to enter and exit, but the place is also large enough to build a magnificent ancestral hall."

Deng Shirong looked at the clan members below and expressed his ideas one by one: "For this new ancestral hall, I mean either don't build it, or once we decide to rebuild it, we should strive to complete it in one step and build it into a nationally ranked ancestral hall.

Although this will cost a lot more money, it is better than spending money to build it now and then looking back in ten or eight years to find that the ancestral hall is a bit small-fashioned and totally unworthy of the vigorous development of our Ye Deng family. Then it will have to be demolished and rebuilt, which would be a complete waste of manpower and resources.

If you want to build an ancestral hall that ranks among the best in the country, it is not enough to just build it big enough. You must hire a professional architect to design it. The whole hall must be decorated with carved beams and painted rafters, and every detail must be refined. All building materials must be of the best quality, and the quality must be strictly guaranteed, so that the hall will not be damaged a hundred years later.

I don’t know how much it would cost to build a temple like this, but I estimate it would be one or two million. To know the exact amount, we need to ask professionals to design and estimate it.”

The tribe members were stunned by these words. If someone had said a few years ago that he would spend one or two million to build an ancestral hall, he would have been called a lunatic by all the tribe members.

After all, even in later generations, the total cost of rebuilding the ancestral hall for the Ye Deng family was only over one million.

But the more than one million today and the more than one million in the future are two completely different concepts.

However, the development of the Naye Deng family in the past few years can be said to be different every year. Just now, the passenger transport company took out more than 1.5 million to distribute dividends to the clan members, so it is estimated that it will cost one or two million to rebuild the ancestral hall. Although it is a bit scary, the clan members quickly accepted it after being shocked.

As the saying goes, if you have money in your pocket, you will not be worried. The worst that can happen is that you don't want the passenger transport company's dividend for one year. It's no big deal.

At this time, the Guan clan members who had been watching had not left yet. After hearing what Deng Shirong said, they were all shocked! Their eyes were dull and they even began to doubt their lives. Some of them could not bear to eat meat once a month and lived an extremely difficult life. As a result, the Deng family next door actually spent millions to build an ancestral hall. The contrast was too strong.

Deng Shirong paused for a moment, and seeing that the clan members had no objection, he continued, "At present, the amount of money required to rebuild the ancestral hall is set at 10 yuan per person, which will be collected later as the start-up capital for rebuilding the ancestral hall, and the rest of the money will be donated voluntarily.

When rebuilding an ancestral hall, it is imperative to erect a monument and a wall of merit.

As for what amount of personal donations is required to be included in the monument of merit, and what amount of family donations is required to be included in the wall of merit, this still needs to be studied slowly. In any case, the amount will definitely not be low. If there are clan members who want to leave their names on the monument of merit and the wall of merit, they can make preparations in advance.

In addition, I have already talked about where our ancestors of the Ye Deng family came from, so I will not repeat it here.

The 97th generation Wenming Gong is the first great ancestor of our Naye Deng family. Since the 97th generation, the Naye Deng family has been living in Hepu Baisha, Hepu Najiang, and Hepu Shankou.

The 101st generation lived in Shanggaoxing, Hepu Gongguan, Bobai Xintian, Bobai Qutian, Hepu Changle, Bobai Lingjiao, Hepu Dadun, Baisha Dengwu, and Hepu Zhangmugen.

The 103rd generation lived in Bangjie Meitian, Bangjie Shejiao, Bangjie Shanying, Bangjie Bangba, Beiliulicao, Bangjie Dalingjiao, Bangjie Hepingpai and Bangjie Guanchong.

The 104th generation settled in Shahe, Bobai, Lingjiao Salt Market, Lingshan, Hepu, Jiangning, Bobai, and Nalin.

The 105th generation lived in Bangjie Longjing, Tangtan, Hepu Zhutoujiao, Shanling and other places.

Today, our Naye Deng family has been established for more than 20 generations. We now want to rebuild the ancestral hall, and it must be a large-scale one. We have to send people to notify these branches of the Naye Deng family one by one. These are also their ancestors, and we have the obligation to inform them.

Of course, there is no need to rush to do these things at the moment. It will not be too late to send people to notify the clan members of these branches after I have asked a professional architect to do the design and estimate the price. After that, the prices of the merit stele and the merit wall are determined.

After all, our branch clansmen may also have big bosses, and they may also want to be listed on the Merit Tablet and Merit Wall, so we have to make arrangements in advance."

Hearing this, Deng Yungui continued, "Uncle Jiu, you are really thoughtful. Such a grand reconstruction of the ancestral hall should indeed inform all branches of the clan."

Deng Yunqiang thought for a moment and said, "We have so many branches in the Deng family, there will definitely be big bosses. It seems that we have to do our best and not let the big bosses of these branches suppress us!"

Deng Changbao laughed loudly and said, "Don't worry, we have the clan leader to support us. No big boss can compare to us. However, we, the backbone forces, must work harder, otherwise the ones ahead of the merit tablet will be the big bosses from the branches, which really won't look good."

Deng Changxiong smiled and said, "Changbao, you and I must rush to the front. It won't be easy for the big boss from the branch to suppress us."

At this moment, the richest people in each village expressed their opinions and left their names on the merit stele and the merit wall. For the clan members, as long as the ancestral hall does not collapse and does not need to be rebuilt, their names will be passed down forever. It can be said that no matter how much importance they attach to it, it is not too much.

Deng Shirong couldn't help but smile when he saw this and said, "Don't worry, there's still a long time before the design of the ancestral hall is completed and the construction starts. Moreover, if you want to build the ancestral hall as I just said, it will take two or three years or even three or four years.

Therefore, you don’t need to pay this money now. You can report the amount according to your own situation later, and then pay it when you have more money on hand.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of all the tribesmen lit up.

Especially those tribesmen who are short of money now but want to leave their names on the merit stele and merit wall, they all started to think about it.

In a place like Bobai with a strong clan culture, whether now or in the future, no matter which surname, when the clan rebuilds the ancestral hall, there are clan members who choose to spend a fortune in order to leave their names on the monument or wall of merit.

It would be fine if they had money, but some people clearly don't have much money, but they would rather spend all the little cash they have on it and leave their names on the monument or wall of merit. They are happy to do so even if they have to live frugally for a long time.

Such behavior is difficult to understand in other places where clan culture is not valued.

To make an inappropriate analogy here, some dog lovers obviously do not have a very high standard of living, but they are willing to spend money every day to buy beef for their dogs, a food that even humans are reluctant to eat, and cook it for their dogs. Such behavior is also difficult to understand in the eyes of other people.

Dog lovers think it is worth it and leave the good things for their dogs to eat, which makes them happier than eating them themselves.

For example, some bootlickers in later generations live frugally and spend every penny carefully, but they are extremely generous when facing the goddess of their dreams. They are even willing to max out their credit cards to buy luxury goods for the goddess. As long as the goddess accepts his gifts, he will feel extremely happy physically and mentally.

There are even some who lick him to the extreme, so that when the goddess checks into a hotel with other men, she uses the condoms he gave her, and he feels very involved and is extremely happy.

All I can say is that everyone’s pursuits are different, and we cannot use our own thinking to measure others.

"Okay, today's clan meeting ends here."

Deng Shirong announced on the stage: "Next, everyone will hand in the population money, and I will find a professional architect to design the ancestral hall and estimate the cost. Then I will determine the price of the merit tablet and merit wall. Then everyone who wants to be on the merit tablet or merit wall can sign up to donate."

The Guan clan members who were watching nearby all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. This clan meeting of the Ye Deng clan was an eye-opener for them. Whether it was the cash dividend of more than 1.5 million, or the one or two million that would be spent on building the ancestral hall, it was a huge event for them.

Apart from anything else, there is absolutely no problem in bragging about it to the villagers after returning home.

Those responsible for collecting the money from the population are several clansmen headed by Teacher Deng Changhua. Some are responsible for collecting the money and some are responsible for taking names. They have done these things frequently in the past few years and have long been familiar with them.

While the clansmen were busy handing over the population money, Deng Shirong called Deng Changyu onto the bus to discuss something.

After getting in the car, Deng Changyu asked, "Jiu Gong, what do you want?"

Deng Shirong said: "Our Naye Deng family has built a community in the county town. In the future, more and more people will travel between the two places. Now we can only wait for the Shabei bus to get to the county town, and sometimes there is no seat, which is very inconvenient.

Therefore, I want the company to hire a few buses to run the route from Naye to Bobai. This will not only make it more convenient for the tribesmen to travel, but also help them make money, which is like killing two birds with one stone."

Deng Changyu nodded and smiled, "Jiu Gong, I originally wanted to talk to you about this when I came back this time. Since you also mean this, I will do this when I return to the county town, and try to build the route from Naye to Bobai within half a month."

Deng Shirong praised, "Since you have also thought of it, I don't need to say more. In the future, when the tribesmen travel, they will definitely give priority to taking the car of our company. In addition, this route passes through various towns along the way, so it is hard not to make money."

Deng Changyu said, "Jiu Gong, in addition to opening the route from Naye to Bobai, I also want to open routes from Bobai to Nanning and Bobai to Yulin. I have carefully observed that the number of passengers from Bobai to Yulin and Nanning is increasing, and the buses traveling between the two places are often overloaded. We will definitely make money if we join now."

Deng Shirong was not surprised at all. In later generations, there were nearly 300,000 Bobai people in Nanning, which was a very scary number. It could be said that it was the city with the largest Bobai population except for Bobai itself. There would definitely be money to be made by running this route.

"Okay, you can handle these as you wish. Anyway, we have more than 3,000 tribesmen supporting us. No matter which force we compete with, we are confident."

"Okay, I'll start arranging this matter when I return to the county. Jiugong, do you have anything else to tell me?"

"There is nothing to explain. You have done a good job now. Anyway, we must insist on operating in accordance with the law. We only make the money we should make, and we don't take the money we shouldn't make."

"Don't worry, Jiugong. We have always adhered to operating in accordance with the law. No matter how much money we make, we never exceed the customer limit."

"Well, that's good!"

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The news of the clan meeting of the Ye Deng family spread quickly and caused a huge sensation throughout Shuangwang.

The reason for the sensation was naturally not the dividend of more than 1.5 million, but the fact that the Ye Deng family was going to spend one or two million to rebuild the ancestral hall. People with other surnames felt unbelievable when they heard the news.

"Damn, this is really awesome. The Deng family will have to spend one or two million to rebuild the ancestral hall!"

"No way? Who told you that? The Deng family is going to spend one or two million to rebuild the ancestral hall? How is that possible?"

"Why is this impossible? My cousin was there when the Ye Deng clan held a meeting. He told me this in person. How could it be false?"

"My goodness, last year Zhou Wang Chen's family rebuilt the ancestral hall and it only cost less than 20,000 yuan. Now Naye Deng's family wants to spend one or two million. Are they going to build a palace?"

"This amount of money is just an estimate made by the head of the Naye Deng family. No one knows whether it is really necessary to spend so much money. However, their head of the family said that they want to build the ancestral hall into a nationally ranked ancestral hall. Maybe it is really necessary to spend so much money."

"Amazing! The Deng family is really rich now!"

"Yes, they are really rich. I heard that their passenger transport company even distributed dividends. There was more than 1.5 million in cash on the table. My cousin said that this was the first time he had seen so much cash in his life!"

"Ah, this comparison is really infuriating. I can't even afford to buy this pound of pork for one dollar, but this person's family spent millions to build an ancestral hall. The gap is really too big."

"Who says it's not true? The difference between people is so huge. They asked for 10 yuan per person to rebuild the ancestral hall, and then the whole family paid the money without hesitation, and no one had any objections. If it happened in our village, there would have been a big uproar."

"This is all caused by lack of money. 10 yuan per person is just a small amount of money for the Deng family, but for us, a family of ten will have to spend 100 yuan. This expense is too high and few families are willing to spend it."

"In the past few years, the Naye Deng family has grown so fast. Their living standards were similar to ours before, but now any household has thousands of dollars in savings. How can we compare? How many households in our village have thousands of dollars in savings?"

"After all, the reason why the Deng family is what it is today is all because of their clan leader. Who can blame us for not having such a capable clan leader?"

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county seat.

Zhu Junjie and Deng Yunzhen walked into the Civil Affairs Bureau with excitement.

Twenty minutes later, Zhu and Deng, who had completed the marriage registration procedures and became a legal couple, walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau hand in hand.

At this moment, Zhu Junjie completely lost the dignity he had in the Public Security Bureau, and his face was full of smiles. The girl he was holding had finally become his legal wife. After such a long time together, he already knew that Deng Yunzhen was a qualified wife and mother, and he was really satisfied to be able to marry such a woman.

At this time, Deng Yunzhen was also very excited. She had been observing this man next to her for such a long time and was naturally satisfied with him overall. Moreover, he had also been recognized by his father and brothers and sisters, which also proved his excellence from the side.

Now that the two have walked into the marriage hall hand in hand, she feels nervous but also full of expectations for the future.

Of course, in this era, marriage registration is only recognized by the state as a legal couple, but for Bobai people, the relationship between husband and wife must be officially recognized after a banquet.

Therefore, even if you have registered your marriage, you cannot live together before holding a wedding banquet.

On the way back, Allen Chu couldn't help but ask, "Ah Zhen, now we are a legal couple, when to hold the wedding banquet, have you considered it?"

Deng Yunzhen had never told him about the dowry before, but now that they were a legal couple, she naturally stopped hiding it and asked, "Do you know how many houses my family has in the Deng's community in Naye?"

Allen Chu shook his head and said, “You didn’t tell me this, how would I know?”

Deng Yunzhen smiled and said, "I'll keep the exact amount a secret for now. Anyway, my dad wants to give me the house on the second floor as a dowry. He hired someone to renovate it last year, saying that it would be my wedding house. So when we hold the wedding banquet depends on the progress of the house's renovation."

Zhu Junjie was shocked when he heard this and asked, "No way, your father wants to give you the house in the Ye Deng community as a dowry?"

It was no wonder that he was so surprised. In a place like Bobai where men are valued more than women, "marrying a daughter" is jokingly called "selling a daughter". He had never heard of giving such a good house as a dowry for his daughter.

Even though he knew that his father-in-law loved all his children equally, he was still very surprised by his father-in-law's astonishing move.

Deng Yunzhen was very confident because of her father's love. She glanced at him and said, "Not only the house in the Deng's Community in Naye, my father even gave me the Suifeng Hotel as a dowry!"

When these words came out, Allen Chu was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

He knew that the Deng family in Naye raised funds to build a community and that a house cost 5,000 yuan. When his father-in-law gave a house in Naye community to his daughter as a dowry, he subconsciously thought it was just a house worth 5,000 yuan.

Although this shocked him a little, considering how much his father-in-law valued his daughter, this action was not too outrageous.

But the Suifeng Hotel is different. It is the largest and most high-end hotel in the county. It is easy for it to earn several thousand yuan a month. For any family, it is a golden goose that can lay golden eggs.

Such a profitable restaurant, but the father-in-law actually gave it to his daughter as a dowry. This completely refreshed Zhu Junjie's cognition and was really unbelievable.

Seeing the man was so shocked that he couldn't speak, Deng Yunzhen said with a smile: "What? Are you shocked?"

Allen Chu came back to his senses and said in disbelief: “Ah Zhen, are you kidding me?”

Deng Yunzhen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Who is joking with you? Don't you believe that my dad loves me so much?"

Zhu Junjie quickly explained: "No, of course I believe your father loves you, but that is the Suifeng Hotel. If you compare it with my current salary, the hotel's monthly income is equivalent to my salary for ten years. Your father actually gave it to you as a dowry. This is simply unbelievable!"

Deng Yunzhen said with some emotion: "In fact, when my father told me this, I was also very surprised. I didn't expect him to do this."

Zhu Junjie thought for a moment and said, "Ah Zhen, we can take the house if we want it, but we can't take the restaurant. You still have so many brothers. If you give us the restaurant, what will happen to your brothers?"

Deng Yunzhen was very satisfied with his performance and said, "I'm glad you think so. I've mentioned this to my dad, and he assured me that he has made arrangements for my brothers and sisters."

Zhu Junjie scratched his head and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

He was the deputy director of the county public security bureau, but he had become a gigolo without realizing it. This was something he could never have imagined in his dreams.

Deng Yunzhen was considerate and didn't make things too difficult for him. She comforted him, "You don't have to think too much about this. You are an official. You just need to do your job well. Making money has nothing to do with you. Since my father gave me the restaurant as a dowry, we will keep it and show more respect to him in the future!"

"Well, we must respect him well."

(End of this chapter)