Chapter 338: Damn!
Sui Feng Hotel.
As the meal started, the hotel's waiters and those hired to help began to serve the dishes in an orderly manner.
At the beginning, the dishes served were the essential dishes in local banquets, such as bamboo shoots, sweet lotus root, fried pork, meatballs, egg rolls, etc. After all the common dishes in local banquets were served, seafood was served next.
Pan-fried prawns, shredded squid, stir-fried flower crabs, steamed mud worms, steamed scallops with vermicelli and garlic sauce...
One dish after another of fresh and fragrant seafood was served. Even the county leaders' eyelids were twitching, and other relatives and friends were even more amazed.
Moreover, only those who have tasted it know how delicious it is. The guests praised the dish while eating it, and their mouths were drooling with joy.
"Oh my god, today's banquet really opened my eyes. There are so many dishes, and they taste so good!"
"I regret eating too fast earlier. Now these seafoods taste better and better. What should I do if I feel full after just a few bites?"
"This is such a rich feast. The steamed mud worms taste so good that the more you eat, the more you add to your appetite!"
“…”
As the guests were praising the food and wine, the bride and groom began to toast each table, and both sets of parents followed suit.
When making a toast, it is naturally impossible to wear the white wedding dress she had before, as that would be too inconvenient, so Deng Yunzhen took the time to change into another dress, as shown in the following picture: This dress is not only beautiful, but also convenient when making a toast without being affected.
Generally speaking, at a wedding banquet in Bobai, the first table to be toasted is the table of the bride's guests, which also represents the importance attached to the bride. However, this wedding was jointly organized by the bride and groom, and the Suifeng Hotel was the bride's home venue, so the rules were naturally a little different.
Therefore, they started toasting the distinguished guests in Box No. 1.
The group entered the box and found that the atmosphere inside was lively! After all, they were all leaders of the county government. No matter how big the political differences were, they would still maintain superficial harmony in private. This is also a feature of our system. The kind of people who put everything on the table can only exist at the grassroots level. Generally speaking, when they reach the county level or above, they will not be so reckless.
When toasting, one should naturally start with the county magistrate, and then toast in order of seats, rather than jumping around to toast according to the level of position, which would be very rude.
Each time you toast to a leader, both sides have to say a few simple words, and it takes quite a bit of time to go through the whole process.
After toasting the guests in box No. 1, they went to box No. 2 and box No. 3. After toasting each box one by one, they began to toast the guests in the hall.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief only after toasting all the guests.
Of course, now is not the time to relax. Before they sat down to eat a few bites of food, the guests who had eaten and drunk their fill began to leave one after another. The bride and groom had to step out to see them off. It can be said that from morning until the end of the wedding, the bride and groom had no chance to have a good rest.
This is also the reason why many couples who have experienced wedding banquets in later generations think back to the wedding day and feel nothing but tiredness.
The wedding was not officially over until two o'clock in the afternoon, when the last table of guests left.
After seeing off all the leaders and comrades, Zhu Junjie, his wife, parents, relatives and friends returned to their house in Naye Dengshi Community.
Now, the news that the bride's dowry is an apartment in Naye Dengshi Community and Suifeng Hotel has spread among Zhu's family and relatives and friends. The shock caused by this has been mentioned enough before, so there is no need to elaborate on it.
In fact, the girl’s side did not publicize this matter. Unlike in later generations, when a daughter is married off in such a grand manner, the dowry would have been written on a notice board for all relatives and friends to see.
However, the woman's side did not promote it, but the man's side took the initiative to promote it.
Therefore, everyone who came to the wedding felt unbelievable when they learned about the bride's staggering dowry.
Because the gifts sent by the Zhu family and relatives were all on the bus, everyone came to Naye Deng’s Community by bus.
When the car drove into Naye Deng's Community, except for Old Man Zhu and Old Lady Zhu, all the other Zhu family members and relatives exclaimed in admiration, saying that this community was indeed as beautiful as the legend said.
Soon, the bus stopped downstairs of Unit 1 in Building 9. When everyone got off the bus, they took the gifts they had bought with them and went upstairs with Deng Yunzhen.
After going up to the second floor and waiting for Deng Yunzhen to open the door, the Zhu family and relatives and friends, including Old Man Zhu and Old Lady Zhu, were all stunned when they saw the scene inside!
Mrs. Zhu was so shocked that her jaw almost dropped. This extremely spacious and luxuriously decorated house in front of her was actually the bride's dowry?
In other words, this house will belong to her brother-in-law in the future? Old Mrs. Zhu was also unable to calm down for a long time. She was shocked when she knew that her daughter-in-law's dowry was the Suifeng Hotel and the house in Naye Deng's Community. Now she was shocked again. This house was really too awesome!
Deng Yunzhen took her mother-in-law's hand and led her to one of the master bedrooms. She said, "Mom, this will be your and Dad's room from now on."
Mrs. Zhu looked at this room that was so beautiful that she didn't know what words to use to describe it. She shook her head and said, "Ah Zhen, we can just live in the Public Security Bureau's staff building. You and Xiaojie can live here. We won't come to join in the fun."
Deng Yunzhen smiled and said, "Mom, you can live wherever you like. This room is reserved for you anyway."
Mrs. Zhu waved her hand and said, "No, no, this is such a nice room, you and Xiaojie can live in it. Even if you want to reserve a room, just leave one for us. It doesn't have to be this nice."
Deng Yunzhen took her mother-in-law to her and Zhu Junjie's master bedroom and said with a smile, "Mom, you and Dad can live in that room without worry. Look, this is my and Brother Jie's room. It's not worse than your room at all."
Old Mrs. Zhu looked at the room in front of her, which was decorated with lanterns and big red "囍" characters, and was extremely festive. She could not help but nod her head repeatedly and said, "It's really no worse than that room. This house is so beautiful. It must be the Zhu family's ancestors' blessing that our little Jie was able to marry you!"
Deng Yunzhen smiled and said, "I am lucky to be able to marry Brother Jie."
At this moment, Old Mrs. Zhu was extremely satisfied with her young daughter-in-law.
She would die without regrets if she could see her youngest son marry such a good wife during her lifetime.
On the other hand, other members of the Zhu family and relatives and friends also began to visit this indescribably beautiful house. The more they looked at it, the more surprised they were. All kinds of luxurious home appliances and furniture were available, which made the Zhu family and relatives and friends feel overwhelmed.
They really couldn't even dream of such a beautiful house.
After the tour of the house, when everyone was sitting on the soft leather sofa in the living room, Mrs. Zhu asked curiously, "Ah Zhen, I heard from the girl from the village who married into your Ye Deng family that the houses in your community are all 160 square meters. Why is your house so big? How many square meters is it?"
Others also looked at Deng Yunzhen curiously. They also wanted to know the answer.
Deng Yunzhen smiled and said, "This house is actually made up of four houses, with a total area of 640 square meters."
Mrs. Zhu suddenly realized, "No wonder this house is so big, it turns out it is made up of four houses!"
Aunt Zhu's expression changed slightly, and she said, "If we calculate it as 5,000 yuan per house, then these four houses are worth 20,000 yuan, right?"
Zhu Sigu continued, "20,000 yuan is just the money raised to build the house. This house is now decorated so beautifully, I'm afraid it must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Deng Yunzhen said in a somewhat general way: "My father had the house renovated. I don't know exactly how much it cost, but I only know that the renovations were more expensive than the house."
Everyone was not too surprised to hear this, because the decoration of this house was really too high-end. Not only were there four major items: air conditioner, washing machine, television, and tape recorder, but there were more than one or two of them. There were also beds, wardrobes, sofas and other items, all of which were high-end products.
In short, based on what they could see, they roughly estimated the number to be far more than 20,000.
At this moment, the Zhu family and relatives and friends all clearly felt the terrifying financial strength of Deng Yunzhen's family.
The house is worth at least tens of thousands, and the value of the hotel is inestimable. So much money has been spent just to marry off a daughter, and the bride has so many brothers. If you say that her family has no money, I'm afraid no one will believe it.
Mrs. Zhu sat on the sofa for a while, then said, "Xiaojie, Azhen, get ready. Remember to go and thank the matchmaker later."
Zhu Junjie and Deng Yunzhen nodded together and said, "I understand, Mom."
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Sui Feng Hotel.
After the guests left, the waiter began to clean up the leftovers.
The dishes at today's wedding banquet, both in terms of quantity and portion, were undoubtedly ranked first among all the wedding drinks that the guests had ever drunk. Even if the guests ate to their heart's content, there was still a lot of food left over.
Of course, these dishes will definitely not be wasted, because many of them, both the relatives and friends of the man and the woman, have not gone home yet. So many people, including the hotel staff, can have one more meal in the afternoon and another meal tomorrow, and that will probably be enough.
When the waiter cleans up the leftovers, he always puts the same type of dishes together.
The weather is cold now, so it won’t go bad if you leave it there.
After the waiter cleared away the leftovers, Deng Shirong asked his sons to move the thank-you gifts that had been prepared long ago to the cash register, ready to give to his daughter and son-in-law to thank them for the matchmaking.
Originally, according to the marriage customs in Bobai, the groom's family and the bride's family should thank the matchmaker separately. Generally speaking, the bride's family thanks the matchmaker the day before the wedding, while the groom's family thanks the matchmaker after the wedding banquet.
However, today's banquet is jointly organized by the man and woman, so the thank-you gift for the matchmaker cannot be held according to conventional customs. Instead, they should thank the matchmaker together, and it is also appropriate for the bride and groom to personally deliver the thank-you gift to the matchmaker.
Soon, Zhu Junjie and Deng Yunzhen arrived at the hotel.
"dad!"
"dad!"
The two of them greeted Deng Shirong together.
Deng Shirong hummed, pointed to the cashier counter, and said, "The gifts are all there, hurry up and take them to thank the matchmaker!"
"OK!"
The two men responded, then loaded a bunch of thank-you gifts onto the bus and sent it to the matchmaker Zhang Guoan's home.
After watching his daughter and son-in-law leave, Deng Shirong looked at his second and third sons and asked, "Did you gain anything from dealing with these leaders today?"
Deng Yunheng nodded and said, "I have indeed gained a lot. It seems that I cannot stay in the Planning Commission for too long. After I get promoted, I will find a way to transfer to the county to work. The working environment in the county should be very good for training people."
Deng Shirong said: "I don't know much about the officialdom, but I also understand that grassroots work experience will be of great help in the future. When you are promoted to the deputy division level, you will be transferred to the county to work. Starting from the deputy county magistrate is indeed very good.
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Because you have no grassroots work experience, even if you are promoted to the rank of director in the Planning Commission, when you are transferred to the county, you will not be able to directly serve in key positions such as county magistrate or county head. You will definitely be appointed as a deputy for a transition period.
In this case, it would be better to be transferred as soon as possible to accumulate more basic work experience. "
Deng Yunheng agreed and said, "Well, if nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to be promoted to deputy director level next year. After spending two or three months in the Planning Commission, I will find a way to be transferred to the county to work."
Deng Yunsong asked: "Second brother, do you have a specific target for which county you will be assigned to work in?"
Deng Yunheng shook his head and said, "How can there be a target? I'll just go to whichever county has a vacancy!"
Hearing this, Deng Shirong suddenly thought of a certain big boss.
This big guy should be working in XX province now, and he will stay in this province for a long time in the future and never leave.
Although his second son's rank is far lower than that of this big boss, if he is transferred to work in the county town of XX Province, as long as he has a good character, excellent work ability and consistent political ideas, he may have a chance to win the favor of this big boss. In that case, the second son's future will be limitless.
Thinking of this, Deng Shirong said, "Yunheng, if you want to be transferred to work in the county, I have a suggestion for you."
Deng Yunheng asked: "Dad, what suggestions do you have?"
Deng Shirong said: "You must choose to be transferred to the county town of XX province."
Deng Yunheng asked in confusion: "Dad, why is this happening? Is there anything special about this province?"
Deng Yunsong also couldn't figure it out, so he looked at his father, waiting for his answer.
Deng Shirong said in an unfathomable manner: "There is nothing special about this XX province, but there is a very special person in this province. I asked you to work in XX province because I want you to work hard. Once you catch his eye and become his direct descendant, your future will be smooth sailing."
Deng Yunheng was surprised and asked, "Dad, who is this person you are talking about?"
Deng Shirong mentioned a name and briefly introduced his family background before saying, "Of course, this is just an opportunity for you. Whether you can seize it depends on whether you have the ability. Anyway, I only have one piece of advice. You can only fight for it with upright means and win the other party's favor with your own strength. Don't use crooked means to help me. Do you understand?"
He just wanted to give his second son an opportunity, but whether he could seize this opportunity depended on his work ability. Only by making real achievements could he have a chance to gain the favor of the boss. If his work ability was insufficient and he wanted to use other means to contact or surrender to the other party, he had better give up the idea as soon as possible, lest he not only failed to establish a relationship but also incurred the boss's disgust. That would be a big joke.
Deng Yunheng took a deep breath and asked, "Dad, are you so optimistic about the development of this leader?"
Deng Shirong hummed and said, "Anyway, you're right to listen to me. You must be careful about the degree. If you can get close to me, that's the best. If you can't get close to me, don't force it. Just let everything take its course."
Deng Yunheng nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Once I get promoted, I'll try to see if there's an opportunity to be transferred to work in XX Province."
Deng Shirong didn't know whether this was right or wrong, but he had come to terms with it now. Since his second and third sons had both embarked on a career in politics, unless they simply gave up and refused to make progress, all kinds of struggles were inevitable.
Instead of worrying about it, it is better to provide him with some opportunities to make his journey smoother.
After the three of them chatted for a while, Deng Yunheng remembered that he wanted to bring Huishui Zong to his leader, and he quickly said, "Dad, when we go back to our hometown for the New Year tomorrow, please make me some delicious Huishui Zong. I will take them to Beijing to give to my leader."
Deng Shirong said: "No problem, such local specialties can be given as gifts. They are not valuable anyway. If they are local specialties with high value, then don't give them as gifts."
Deng Yunheng smiled and said, "Dad, you have said this many times. I will not make any mistakes on this."
"It's good that you know. Don't rush to make it when you get home tomorrow. When you are ready to leave, I will make it a day or two in advance. This way it will taste better."
At this point, Deng Shirong immediately thought of the packaging problem, and said thoughtfully: "This ash water rice dumpling, in my hometown, is packed in bamboo shells. If you take it to send to the leader now, it will not be appropriate to put it in bamboo shells. On the one hand, it will not look good, and on the other hand, it will not be convenient to carry. It seems that I should contact the food company and ask them to help with the packaging."
In later generations, the Huishuizang of their Ye Deng family became famous, with very good sales every year. The most suitable box to hold Huishuizang is the mooncake box, which is simply tailor-made for Huishuizang.
Deng Yunsong said: "Then we need to contact them earlier, otherwise they will be on holiday."
Deng Shirong said: "I don't have anything to do right now, I'll go to the food company and take a look."
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"Dad, Mom, my sister-in-law is coming back on the second day of the Chinese New Year. We won't go to Poxin Village on the second day. We'll go on the fourth day." Zhang Xiuping said as she took her parents and brother and sister-in-law out shopping.
Father Zhang nodded and said, "That's what I should do. Your sister-in-law has helped you a lot."
Mother Zhang couldn't help but sighed, "Your sister-in-law's wedding today was so grand. Leaders from all over the county came to attend. Your father-in-law and your sister-in-law's wife are so honored!"
Zhang Xiuping said proudly: "Everything is inferior, only reading is superior, this is not just talk, no matter whose family can produce a student in Tsinghua University or Peking University, the leaders of the whole county will give them some face.
Plus, my sister-in-law's husband is the director of the county public security bureau, so naturally all the leaders are willing to come and have this wedding banquet."
Mrs. Zhang said, "Pingmei, you are really amazing now. When I met so many leaders, I was so nervous that I couldn't speak much. But you handled it very well and didn't seem nervous at all."
Mrs. Zhang also nodded repeatedly and said, "Me too. Seeing so many leaders, I couldn't help but get nervous."
Brother Zhang continued, "Not to mention you, even a grown man like me feels uncomfortable seeing so many leaders."
Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "Before the hotel was handed over to my sister-in-law, I was always in charge. Almost all the leaders in the county have come to the hotel to eat. Now that I have received more leaders, I am naturally not nervous anymore."
These leaders were all important people whom he could not contact. Zhang's father was not interested in chatting about such topics. Instead, he asked, "Xiuping, when will your house be renovated?"
"I don't know about that either. It's all up to my father-in-law. He can do the renovation whenever he wants."
At this point, Zhang Xiuping smiled and asked, "Dad, do you want to make your house as big and beautiful as this?"
Father Zhang shook his head and said, "It's too expensive to build a house like this."
Zhang Xiuping said, "Just like my father-in-law said, making money is to make yourself live more comfortably. Dad, don't be reluctant to spend money. The wooden clothespin factory is doing well now, and you make a lot of money every year. If you really want to build a house like this, it's not difficult. At most, you can just make it smaller."
Father Zhang said, "Let's talk about it later. Our house is newly built. Do we have to tear it down and rebuild it? That would be such a waste!"
Zhang Xiuping said, "Dad, I'm not asking you to tear down the house in your hometown and rebuild it. If you really want to build a new house, you can go to Longtan Street and buy a piece of land, then build the house. You can use the first floor as a shop for business, and live upstairs. How great is that?"
Zhang's mother was somewhat moved when she heard this, and said, "Xiuping, your idea is not bad. Now your sister-in-law and her family are doing business, and the store is still a little small. If we build a house ourselves, the store must be bigger.
Moreover, if people live upstairs and do business downstairs, they don’t have to leave early and come back late every day like they do now, which is really convenient.”
Father Zhang was naturally tempted, but when he thought about how much money it would cost, he hesitated and said, "Let's talk about this after we make more money!"
Zhang Xiuping reminded him, “Dad, you can take your time to think about building a house, but I remind you to buy the land on Longtan Street as early as possible. It’s best to buy several plots in different locations so that you can build a house wherever you want in the future.
If you wait until later to buy, the good land may be picked up by others."
Now his daughter is no longer the same as before, and Zhang's father listens to her words. He nodded and said, "Okay, after the New Year, I will go to the street to ask around. If the price is right, I will buy a few plots of land."
Seeing this, Zhang Xiuping said no more and led them towards People's Park.
(End of this chapter)