Chapter 34: Wealth Soars (Please Read)
Around four o'clock in the afternoon, the girl's family sent someone to deliver a red envelope and a piece of five-flavor snack to Deng Shirong, the matchmaker.
In this era, matchmakers would bring men and women together, and after the marriage was successful, the man would be responsible for giving a thank-you gift. If the woman was satisfied with the marriage, she would also send the matchmaker a red envelope and a piece of five-flavor snack on the afternoon before the wedding to express her gratitude.
After the person who brought the gifts left, Deng Shirong handed the five flavors to his eldest daughter, then opened the red envelope and saw two big unity notes inside.
After seeing this, Deng Yunzhen said, "Dad, the red envelope given by the girl is quite big. It seems that she is quite satisfied with the marriage you introduced."
Deng Shirong, whose wealth had more than doubled, was in a very good mood. He said with satisfaction, "That's for sure. Normally, the red envelope given by the girl's family is about ten yuan. Now the red envelope has doubled. How can I not be satisfied?"
Deng Yunzhen recounted the gains her father had made since he started matchmaking, and couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect matchmaking to bring such great gains!"
Deng Shirong smiled and said, "As the old saying goes, one who only wanted to win one pair of pants ended up tearing nine skirts. It's not easy for a matchmaker to arrange a marriage. Not all people are so easy to talk to."
Deng Yunzhen nodded and said, "That's true."
"Okay, take the pork and cook. I'm going to the girl's house for dinner. I have to send her off tomorrow, so I won't be back tonight!"
"Okay, got it!"
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When Deng Shirong arrived at the girl's house, most of her relatives and friends had also arrived.
Unlike the groom's family, those who come to the bride's family for the wedding banquet do not bring baskets of wine and rice, but bring a few feet of cloth. As for the quality of the cloth, it depends on the family conditions and generosity. Some people buy ordinary cloth, while others buy the most high-end khaki or Dacron cloth.
In addition, closer relatives will usually bring a teapot, washbasin, foot bucket, etc. in addition to cloth, but they don't need to give red envelopes.
Deng Shirong also brought a few feet of cloth. He bought Dacron cloth, which made him very qualified as a matchmaker.
And all the things sent by these relatives and friends will become Guan Yongying's dowry.
During the meal, Deng Shirong, the matchmaker, was naturally invited to the seat of honor.
Guan Dewu, who worked at the supply and marketing cooperative, accompanied them. He immediately raised his glass and said, "Uncle Jiu, I toast to you. After my daughter Yongying marries, she will be a member of your Deng family. Uncle Jiu, you will have to take care of her in the future. Don't let her be bullied."
Deng Shirong raised his glass and clinked it with his, saying with a smile, "Uncle Man, don't worry. My cousin's family is well-known for their good tempers. Yongying will definitely not be bullied if she marries him. If anything happens, just come to me and I will help her make the decision."
Guan Dewu took a big sip of wine and said, "With Uncle Jiu's words, I feel relieved!"
In rural areas of this era, there are very few men and women who are truly free to fall in love. Most of them are introduced by matchmakers, so the importance of matchmakers is self-evident. Those who have people of marriageable age in their families will come and chat with the matchmaker Deng Shirong, and ask him to help introduce them to the right person if he meets one.
Deng Shirong naturally welcomed this, as the more clients the better for the matchmaker.
Of course, because Deng Shirong believed the matchmaker's words in his previous life, his children's marriages were unhappy. As the saying goes, "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you", he has now changed his career to become a matchmaker. Naturally, he will not be like other matchmakers who only think about successfully bringing people together and getting generous thank-you gifts. He either does not introduce people, or if he does, it is after a comprehensive evaluation that he believes the two people are really a good match, and only then will he help to bring them together.
Although there are bound to be times when he makes mistakes, after all, he is not a god, and people also change, but as long as most of the couples he brings together can live happily, it is already a great merit for him.
While Deng Shirong was drinking and chatting at the woman's house, the man's family had already started eating and drinking.
After eating and drinking and taking a short rest, the person in charge of cooking will start preparing the most important dishes for tomorrow's meal overnight.
In Shuangwang Realm, there are several dishes that are essential for wedding banquets: First, braised pork, which is the most important dish in a wedding banquet. If braised pork is served at the banquet, it means that all the dishes are served.
It takes a lot of time to make braised pork, and it would be too late to make it tomorrow, so you have to make the braised pork and put it in a bowl tonight, and then steam it in a pot tomorrow.
Second, meatballs, which are made by mincing and seasoning half-fat and half-lean pork, then wrapping it in lard into a round shape and steaming it.
This dish is also quite troublesome to prepare and has to be prepared in advance.
3. Egg rolls, which are made by frying eggs into thin pancakes, putting minced meat filling similar to meatballs in the pancakes, then rolling them up layer by layer with egg pancakes, and then cutting them into long pieces about the length of two fingers, and steaming them in a pan.
This dish is also very troublesome to prepare. Like meatballs, it can only be eaten at banquets. No one would make it on ordinary days.
Fourth, sweet lotus root. This is the longest dish in the wedding banquet. It requires pork bones, lotus roots and enough sugar to be stewed over low heat overnight.
Except for the above four dishes which are more difficult to prepare, the other dishes are relatively easy and you can start making them tomorrow morning.
The ones who were busy were the cooks, while the relatives and friends who came to the wedding banquet gathered in groups of three or five to chat. It was rare for so many relatives to get together, so naturally they had endless things to talk about when they sat together.
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It was around nine or ten in the evening before relatives and friends began to rest.
In the countryside of this day and age, no family has the means to accommodate so many relatives and friends, so no matter which family in the village holds a wedding banquet, the entire village will help with the reception, and whichever family has vacant rooms will arrange for the guests to stay.
Even if there are no vacant rooms, they have to squeeze out some. For example, if usually one or two people sleep in one bed, now three or four people have to share one bed.
In short, make sure all relatives and friends have a place to sleep.
Deng Shirong is not going home tonight, so the girl's family directly arranges for him to live in a room by himself. Compared with other relatives and friends of the girl's family who have to share a room with two or three or even three or four people, the treatment he enjoys as a matchmaker is already high enough.
Before going to bed, Deng Shirong couldn't help but count his assets.
After receiving the red envelopes from Zhang Kangmei and Deng Changmei for looking after the house, he had more than 170 yuan. After spending money during this period, he bought a few feet of Dacron cloth for the woman, so he only had more than 150 yuan left.
Now, after receiving the 20 yuan red envelope given by the woman before the wedding, his wealth has skyrocketed again, reaching more than 370 yuan.
As for the five flavors, ten more appeared in the already cleared system space.
Of course, this is nothing. The real big harvest is the thank-you gift from the man tomorrow.
I came back from my hometown today, and I rushed out a chapter without stopping. There will be another chapter in the evening, but the time may be a little late. I hope you guys can keep following and supporting me. Thank you!
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