Chapter 336 The Eldest Daughter Gets Married

Naye Deng’s Community.

When Deng Shirong opened the door and the relatives saw the scene inside the house, they were all stunned.

This 640-square-meter luxury mansion would make people marvel at it even if they were people in later generations. But if it were in the 1980s, it would have been truly amazing.

At this moment, Zhang's mother's heart was really in turmoil. She had heard from her daughter at the beginning of the year that her father-in-law not only used the Suifeng Hotel as a dowry for her eldest sister-in-law, but also included the house in the Ye Deng community.

At that time, Zhang's mother's attention was focused on the Suifeng Hotel. After all, this was a hotel that could earn tens of thousands of dollars a year. It was a veritable golden chicken that could lay golden eggs. The house was naturally not worth mentioning in front of this hotel.

But she never expected that the house was so large and the decoration looked extremely high-end. She was really willing to give such a house as a dowry to her daughter, and she was really good to her eldest daughter.

However, considering the vaccination her daughter had received before, Zhang's mother didn't have any other thoughts in her mind.

Because her in-laws were so good to her daughter, although her daughter did not tell her the whole story about the income of Yongjia Supermarket, she did reveal a little bit. Just those numbers revealed were enough to make Zhang's mother have no idea at all.

After Zhang's father came to his senses, he asked, "My dear, are all the houses in your community this big?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "No, the area of ​​a house in our community is 160 square meters. This is actually the area of ​​four houses. When it was built, I asked the architect to design it for me."

Father Zhang suddenly realized, "No wonder this house is so big, it turns out it's four houses combined into one!"

At this time, the relatives came back to their senses from their shock, and then, led by Deng Shirong and others, they visited the layout of each room one by one. When they returned to the living room and sat on the soft leather sofa, the relatives could not calm down for a long time.

The luxury of this house really exceeded their imagination.

Not only are the home appliances and furniture complete, but all of them are high-end products. For example, they don’t know how much the sofa they are sitting on now cost, but it is so comfortable to sit on, and looks so high-end and beautiful, it must be very expensive.

The bed they had just seen in the room was also eye-opening for them. They had lived for decades and had only slept on the most common bunk beds. They had never seen a high-end bed like Simmons. The cabinet was also large and beautiful.

In short, this house is absolutely luxurious beyond their dreams.

Everyone was sitting in the living room chatting. Mrs. Zhang came up to her sister-in-law and asked softly, "Pingmei, is your house like this too?"

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "The layout of the house is the same, but our house has not been renovated yet, and the decoration style is not like this. When the house is renovated and ready to move in, I will let you come and take a look."

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said with emotion: "Originally, our family built a new house with a separate bathroom, which is much better than other families in the village. We are quite satisfied living there. But now that I have seen your sister-in-law's house, I suddenly feel that what we live in now is like a doghouse. The difference is too big!"

At this time, Zhang Ersao also came over and said with deep agreement: "Yes, the difference is really too big. I really didn't expect that the house could be so beautiful. Today is really an eye-opener."

"In fact, before the house was renovated, I didn't expect it to be so beautiful."

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, you don't have to be envious. Dad's wooden clothespin factory is doing well now. When he makes more money, he can go to Longtan Street to buy a piece of land and build a new house. Then he can refer to this house for decoration. Wouldn't it be possible to live in a equally beautiful house?"

Mrs. Zhang was moved when she heard this. She looked at Mrs. Zhang and said, "Pingmei, you are right, but you also know Dad's character. He won't consider buying land and building a new house in Longtan Street unless you ask him to."

Zhang Xiuping naturally knew that her father was indeed more conservative in this regard, unlike her father-in-law who was so bold and daring, so she agreed and said, "Okay, I'll talk to Dad later and ask him to buy a piece of land in Longtan Street as soon as possible. When the time comes, we can build a house, turn the first floor into a shop for business, and keep the other floors for living. I don't know how perfect it would be."

Mrs. Zhang Dasao and Mrs. Zhang Ersao both became envious after hearing this.

While Zhang Xiuping was whispering with her two sisters-in-law, family members and relatives also chatted with Deng Yunzhen, who was about to get married.

The girl who is about to get married has extremely complicated feelings: excitement, anxiety, expectation, reluctance, confusion, and sensitivity...

Deng Yunzhen was no exception. With all kinds of complicated emotions intertwined, she couldn't help crying while chatting with her family and relatives. After all, after getting married tomorrow, she would belong to someone else's family.

When it came to the emotional part, Deng Shilan, the eldest aunt, was also wiping away tears.

On the other side, seeing her elder sister-in-law crying, Zhang Xiuping, the sister-in-law, hurried over to accompany her.

As she spoke, Zhang Xiuping's eyes also turned red.

She has been married to the Deng family for more than six years, and she gets along with her elder sister-in-law as close as sisters. Now that her elder sister-in-law is getting married, she is actually very reluctant to let her go. However, men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. This is something that there is no way and no possibility to stop it.

Nowadays, it is normal for people to shed tears when they talk about sad things.

Deng Shirong was quite open-minded. On the one hand, he was already in his nineties, and he didn't care about life and death, let alone his daughter getting married. On the other hand, he had married his daughter twice in his previous life, and now it was just a repeat. Moreover, his daughter's marriage was a hundred times better than in his previous life, so this was something to be happy about, and there was nothing to cry about.

Of course, the most important reason was that his daughter was married and still lived with them in the same place. If it was like in ancient times, it would be extremely difficult to see his daughter once she got married, then even if Deng Shirong had a heart of stone, he would have to shed tears.

The sad mood was only temporary. Soon everyone calmed down and started talking about the details of tomorrow's wedding.

Since Deng Yunzhen had to get up early the next day, everyone didn't chat too late. Before nine o'clock, everyone went back to their rooms to take a shower and go to bed.

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at the same time.

Public Security Bureau family compound.

Zhu Junjie was drinking and chatting with four comrades.

These four comrades are of different ages. The oldest one is named Xiao Guangrong, 36 years old, from Chaozhou, Guangdong. He is Zhu Junjie’s old leader and they have been to the battlefield together. His current rank is deputy regiment commander.

In fact, with his qualifications and military achievements, he is fully qualified to be promoted from deputy to full-time position. Unfortunately, he suffers from his lack of cultural level. If he wants to be promoted from deputy to full-time position, he will have to endure more.

The second one is named Xu Yongfang, 33 years old, from Wuhan, Hubei. He was the squad leader when Zhu Junjie joined the army. They also fought on the battlefield together. His current rank is deputy battalion commander, and he also lags behind in terms of cultural level.

After all, if you are just a private, it doesn't matter if you can't read a single word. But once you become a leader, it will be different. The higher the level, the higher the cultural level. After all, this era is no longer the Anti-Japanese War period, and the promotion system is becoming more and more perfect.

The third one is named Kong Hu, 28 years old, from Hengyang, Hunan. He joined the army in the same batch as Zhu Junjie and has been to the battlefield together. His current rank is company commander.

The fourth one is named Xu Hongliang, 27 years old, from Sanya, Hainan. He is a comrade-in-arms who joined the army and fought side by side with him. His current rank is deputy company commander.

These four people were all high-ranking cadres, and they all had life-and-death friendships with Zhu Junjie.

After the wine started to flow, Xiao Guangrong said with great regret: "Junjie, it's such a pity that you chose to transfer to a civilian job. You were favored by the leaders at that time and were going to be trained as a key person. If you insisted on staying in the army, I can't say anything else, but you would have a chance to reach the level of a division or even an army."

Xu Yongfang also echoed: "Yes, the old leader is right, Junjie, your choice is really a pity!"

Kong Hu and Xu Hongliang also have the same attitude. Many of their comrades who joined the army with them have died on the battlefield, and only Zhu Junjie has survived and is valued by the leaders above.

But no one expected that Zhu Junjie would choose to change his career when his future was bright. This is really unbelievable. To this day, his comrades-in-arms feel sorry for him when they mention it.

Zhu Junjie raised his glass and clinked it with several comrades, and said with a smile: "I can't help it. My parents are old and in poor health. If I stay in the army for my future, I will have a good chance of making further progress, but I can't fulfill my filial piety to my parents, which I think is always a pity.

So I thought about it again and again, and finally decided to transfer back to civilian work. You don’t have to feel sorry for me. I am now the head of the county public security bureau, and most importantly, I have found a very satisfactory wife. I think my choice is right. "

Kong Hu took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Captain Zhu, seeing you praise my sister-in-law so much, it seems that my sister-in-law is really an amazing girl!"

Speaking of his wife, Allen Chu said with a smile on his face: “That’s right, being able to marry her as my wife is the greatest luck in my life.”

Xu Hongliang, who was still single, said with some envy: "It seems that our Captain Zhu has really found the girl he likes. It's really enviable. To be able to catch Captain Zhu's eye, my sister-in-law must be very beautiful, right?"

Zhu Junjie shook his head and smiled: "In my eyes, she is definitely the most beautiful, but in the eyes of others, she is just an ordinary-looking girl. The reason why I say that I am lucky to marry her is because she is really a very good wife and mother."

Several comrades showed curious expressions when they heard this. Zhu Junjie is a handsome man. Even if he transfers to the local area, he will start as the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau. Such a young, promising and good-looking young man should be very popular with girls.

But from what he said, his wife is just an ordinary-looking girl.

If this is not a humble statement, then it proves that this girl has advantages that others cannot match in other aspects, otherwise it would be impossible for Allen Chu to care so much about her.

Kong Hu immediately asked curiously: "Captain Zhu, what does your sister-in-law do? How did you two meet?"

Zhu Junjie smiled and said, “She is a self-employed person. We met through a matchmaker.”

After these words were spoken, several comrades could not help but look at each other.

In the early 1980s, self-employed people were looked down upon. At that time, any young person with a little ability went to work in government agencies or state-owned enterprises, or at least got a job in a collective enterprise. Only those who were unable to find a job would become self-employed and make a living.

She is like the first self-employed person in Hangzhou. She loves photography and is unemployed at home, so she set up a stall by the West Lake to take photos for tourists.

Because of her excellent photography skills and thoughtful service, many people ask her to take photos for them.

As a result, she angered the nearby state-owned photo studio, who came over angrily, smashed her stall, called her a "hooligan" and a "swindler", and shouted at tourists at the top of their lungs: "Self-employed people are unreliable. If you want to take pictures, come to our state-owned photo studio!"

From this small example, we can see how embarrassing the status of self-employed people was in the early 1980s. They were really at the lowest level of society and could be stepped on by anyone.

It is now 1987. As more and more self-employed people are making money and the state is supporting their development, their social status is better than it was a few years ago. If nothing else, at least they will no longer be bullied at any time like before and dare not even say a word.

However, in essence, today's self-employed individuals are still at the bottom of the contempt chain.

It was not until the end of 1991 that the big brother that had been powerful for decades collapsed, and our country fell into internal and external troubles.

As we all know, most of our country's elites are within the system. In order to allow these elites to go out and fight, serve as the vanguard of the country's reform and opening up, and accelerate the pace of reform and opening up, the country introduced a "suspension of pay with retention of employment" policy in 1992 to support and encourage these social elites from public institutions to go into business.

To put it bluntly, this "suspension without pay" policy is telling these elites to go out and venture out with confidence. If they succeed, there is nothing to worry about. Even if they fail, they can still return to their original units to work.

With such strong backing and protection, these elites have no worries at all.

As a result, in 1992, there came the largest wave of people going into business in history. According to statistics, 120,000 civil servants resigned and went into business, and more than 10 million civil servants took unpaid leave, and they were later vividly called the "92 generation" of entrepreneurs.

This large number of social elites entering the business world not only provided tremendous impetus for the country's reform and opening up, but also completely changed the society's view of self-employed individuals.

It was only the year 1987, and self-employed people were still at the lowest level of society. So it was inevitable to be surprised when Zhu Junjie said he was marrying a self-employed person.

The people present are all close friends, so they always speak their minds when they are together.

Xu Yongfang, the old squad leader, couldn't help asking first: "Junjie, with your conditions, it would be easy for you to marry a girl from a public institution. Why would you want to marry a self-employed person?"

Zhu Junjie said with a smile: "Old squad leader, from what you said, you look down on self-employed people?"

Xu Yongfang said: "I don't mean to look down on you, but compared to being a self-employed person, it's naturally better to marry someone who works in a public institution."

Kong Hu also nodded and said, "What the old squad leader said is correct. Girls who work in public institutions are indeed more respectable than self-employed people."

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Although Xiao Guangrong and Xu Hongliang didn't say anything, they basically meant the same thing.

Zhu Junjie laughed and said, "Do you think that self-employed people are just small vendors who set up a small stall to sell needles, thread, buttons, etc.?"

Xu Hongliang blinked and asked, "Captain Zhu, from what you said, my sister-in-law's business is quite big?"

Zhu Junjie said with a smile: "It's not that big, it's just the largest and most upscale restaurant in our county, and she's the one running it."

Several comrades were surprised when they heard this. Although they didn't know what the largest and most high-end restaurant in the county looked like, they could feel its weight. It was very different from the individual business they imagined.

Zhu Junjie then added: "What's more, her two younger brothers, one graduated from Peking University and currently works in the Beijing Planning Commission, with the same rank as me, and one is studying at Tsinghua University. With such a family background, it's fine if they don't look down on me, but what right do I have to look down on them?"

As soon as these words came out, several comrades were all stunned! Those present were all leading cadres, so they naturally understood the value of Zhu Junjie's words.

Xu Yongfang smiled and said, "It seems that we were worrying for nothing. Junjie and my sister-in-law are a match made in heaven!"

Others nodded in agreement, it was indeed a match made in heaven! …

The next day, Deng Yunzhen got up before dawn.

As a bride, Deng Yunzhen was not as exaggerated as brides in later generations, who had to start putting on makeup in the middle of the night and continue until the next day, but she couldn't just do it casually like usual.

The person who did Deng Yunzhen's makeup and styling this time was a stylist hired from Guangzhou by Deng Shirong at his own expense. It would have been fine if he didn't have the conditions before, but now that he had the conditions, he naturally wanted to make his eldest daughter's wedding perfect without any regrets.

This professional stylist spent more than two hours and finally came up with Deng Yunzhen's bridal look, as shown below: The picture was found on the Internet, and you can refer to the makeup and hairstyle ^_^ Deng Yunzhen has just an average appearance and is indeed not beautiful, but as the saying goes, clothes make the man, and with the help of a professional stylist, coupled with exquisite makeup and a perfect white wedding dress, her appearance is really improving.

Zhang Xiuping praised her on the spot: "Ah Zhen, you look so beautiful dressed like this!"

Deng Yunzhu, who was also present, praised her highly, saying, "Yes, you are so beautiful. If I hadn't seen you in person but had met you on the street, I wouldn't have dared to recognize you. You have really changed so much."

Deng Yunzhen couldn't believe that the beautiful girl in the mirror was herself. She looked in the mirror several times before thanking the stylist who came from afar: "Thank you, Master Zeng, your craftsmanship is really great!"

Master Zeng smiled and said, "You're welcome. In fact, it's because you have a good foundation, Miss Deng. What I did was just to add icing on the cake and show your beautiful side."

As expected of an excellent stylist hired by a big city, he knows how to talk.

At this time, Deng Shirong also came in with a bowl of rice. When he saw his eldest daughter's makeup, he felt his eyes brighten. From his previous life until his death, he had never seen such delicate and beautiful makeup for his eldest daughter. It was really worthwhile to hire this stylist.

Deng Shirong handed the bowl and chopsticks to his eldest daughter, then took out the red envelope he had prepared long ago and handed it to the stylist, then said some words of thanks. After the stylist thanked him and left with the red envelope, he said to his eldest daughter, "Eat quickly, eat more if you can, otherwise you will be hungry and uncomfortable later. I will tear off the chicken thigh for you, so that you don't mess up your makeup and waste time."

Nowadays, when a daughter gets married, parents will prepare a chicken leg.

Because in Bobai County, those who eat chicken legs are usually children, so if a girl eats a chicken leg before getting married, it means that she will be a child in her parents' home for the last time.

Deng Yunzhen naturally understood this truth, so she couldn't help feeling a little sad while eating the chicken leg that her father tore by hand. Fortunately, in order to prevent his eldest daughter from crying and ruining her makeup, Deng Shirong kept talking about other topics while he was tearing the chicken leg for her, distracting her attention and preventing her from thinking too much.

Deng Yunheng, Deng Yunsong and several other brothers came in when they knew that their sister had finished putting on her makeup.

Then, seeing that their sister seemed like a different person, they naturally exclaimed in surprise.

The art of makeup is worthy of being regarded as one of the four major sorcery arts in Asia by later generations. It is really so terrifying.

When Deng Yunzhen had almost finished her meal, she wiped her mouth and asked the stylist to come in and touch up her makeup. Then someone came to inform her that the groom had brought people to pick up the bride.

Today's wedding process is for the groom to pick up the bride and take her back to Shanxin Village, Songwang Township to worship their ancestors, and then return to Suifeng Hotel to hold the wedding ceremony and have dinner. Since the roads are not easy to travel in this era, the round trip takes several hours.

Therefore, the groom Zhu Junjie brought a team to pick up the bride early.

The two buses that came to pick up the bride were naturally from Tenglong Passenger Transport Company, but they were not long-distance buses like those that run in Guangdong, but short-distance buses from Bobai to Shuangwang.

Zhu Junjie was accompanied to pick up the bride by his four comrades-in-arms, several female colleagues from the unit, and several nephews and nieces.

As for the matchmaker Zhang Guoan, there is no need to say much. The matchmaker must not be absent when the bride is picked up.

There were also several very important members from the Cultural Bureau. Some of them were carrying video equipment, and some were holding cameras. They were obviously going to film today's wedding as a souvenir.

Naturally, this idea was proposed by Deng Shirong and implemented by Zhu Junjie.

After all, people in this era are lucky enough to take photos as a souvenir of their wedding, so who would dare to even think about taking a video?

Deng Shirong wanted his eldest daughter's wedding to be without regrets, so he not only took as many photos as possible, but also took videos. These things didn't cost much money, but when he took them out to watch them decades later, they would be priceless.

When the bus entered the Naye Deng's Community, several female colleagues of Zhu Junjie's unit and the matchmaker Zhang Guoan all looked calm. After all, the Naye Deng's Community had been built for more than a year, and they had visited here countless times.

But Zhu Junjie's four comrades-in-arms and his nephews and nieces were here for the first time, so they naturally looked surprised.

Especially the four comrades, who were leading cadres in the army after all, and had more knowledge than ordinary people, but they had never seen such a beautifully built community.

Soon, the bus stopped at Unit 1 of Building 9.

The group got off the car and saw the Chinese characters "囍" (囍) pasted on the floor downstairs. They walked up the stairs and when they reached the second floor, someone was already there to greet them.

When they entered the festively decorated house, everyone who came to pick up the bride, including the groom Zhu Junjie and those who took videos and photos, were stunned.

This super big and super luxurious house really refreshed their cognition.

Ten thousand words cannot describe the psychological activities of several people...

The photographers who came to their senses immediately got busy, some taking pictures, some filming, trying their best to record the beautiful scenes before them.

After being shocked by the house, Zhu Junjie and others were then surprised by the beautiful bride Deng Yunzhen.

At this moment, the four comrades looked at Zhu Junjie together, and the meaning was very clear: is this the girl you mentioned who looks ordinary in the eyes of outsiders?

What does an extraordinary girl look like? Can you give me an example?

However, Zhu Junjie himself was stunned at this moment, and had no time to care about his four comrades!

The two have been together for almost three years, and this is the first time he has seen Deng Yunzhen dressed so exquisitely and beautifully. She is really beautiful!

In this era, picking up the bride is not as difficult as in later generations.

In his previous life, Deng Shirong had watched many wedding videos. When the groom went to pick up the bride, he was faced with all kinds of difficulties. Such difficulties were no longer meant to add fun to the wedding, but to separate the bride and groom.

Anyway, Deng Shirong was so angry after watching those videos!

Some people temporarily increase the betrothal gift money, some people give out all the red envelopes but still can't knock on the door, and the most bizarre one is to force the groom to drink foot washing water...

In short, it’s all kinds of stuff.

To be honest, if a groom encounters such a weirdo, any groom with a bit of temper would rather be a widower for the rest of his life than endure such anger. He would definitely just pack up and walk away. Do whatever you want, I won’t serve you anyway!

In view of this, Deng Shirong would naturally not do such a weird thing when marrying off his daughter.

After the other party completed some necessary procedures, they had someone take their eldest daughter away smoothly! The bride was sent by Zhang Xiuping, the sister-in-law, and Deng Yunzhen's brothers and sisters.

Because she was only going to Shanxin Village, Songwang Township to pay homage to the ancestors of the Zhu family and then coming back, Deng Yunzhen was not as sad as other brides when she got married. Instead, she walked downstairs excitedly accompanied by her relatives, and then got on the bus in front of her which was decorated very festively with the word "囍" on it.

After everyone got on the bus, it started slowly, drove out of the Naye Deng community, and headed towards Songwang Township.

(End of this chapter)