Chapter 365 From now on, the poorest families in the clan will have at least a few Dabului savings!

Afternoon.

The entrance of the new ancestral hall of the Deng family in Naye.

On the podium, a pile of brand new banknotes was neatly arranged.

The face value of these coins is no longer the ten-yuan banknotes of the past, but has become hundred-yuan bills. These hundred-yuan bills are exactly the fourth set of RMB issued by my country on May 10, 1988. Because they have just entered the market not long ago, they are all new money that people are reluctant to spend.

Since the face value of the money has increased, although the money on the table is close to 30 million yuan, it does not seem to be much more than the previous dividends of the passenger transport company.

After the bank's armored car left, the tribesmen began to talk about it.

"Why does this money look different from before?"

"Of course it's different. This is not the great unity of the past, but the new 100-yuan note introduced by the country. I saw it when I was in the county."

"The country has introduced a new 100 yuan note? When did this happen? How come I didn't know about it?"

"This is nothing new, many people know about it!"

"With this 100-yuan note, it will be much more convenient to spend money in the future. Even if it's 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, I can just put it in my trouser pocket."

“…”

Amid the discussions among the tribesmen, Deng Shirong stood up and said, "I now declare that the food company's dividend distribution has officially begun. The tribesmen whose names are called will come up to the stage to receive their money."

This is not the first or second time that the Deng family has distributed dividends, and they already have a mature plan.

At this time, several tribesmen were responsible for counting the money. Every time they counted out ten hundred-dollar bills, they would use one of the hundred-dollar bills to hold the other nine horizontally, so that one stack was one thousand. The dividend for each share was two thousand yuan, which meant two stacks. It was very simple and clear.

Then a member of the tribe took out the book that recorded the shares and began to read out the names:

"Deng Changbao, 12 shares, 24,000 yuan."

"Deng Changsen, 14 shares, 28,000 yuan."

"Deng Yunxing, 15 shares, 30,000 yuan."

“…”

The tribesmen whose names were called went up one by one to receive their money. Almost all of the amounts were less than 20,000 yuan. When they received the stacks of hundred-yuan bills, the tribesmen all smiled happily.

The further down the list you go, the more shares the clan members have, and naturally the more money they get.

The atmosphere at the scene is becoming more and more heated.

"Deng Yunqiang, 120 shares, 240,000 yuan."

"Deng Changyu, 120 shares, 240,000 yuan."

"Deng Yungui, 130 shares, 260,000 yuan."

When the list of economically powerful members of the tribe was read out, the high incomes made the ordinary members envious.

The one who impressed the tribe members the most was Deng Changyu, the general manager of the food company. He was an ordinary person in the tribe before, but when the tribe leader took the lead in raising funds to establish a food company, he was not only directly promoted to the general manager of the food company by the tribe leader, but also unexpectedly bought a full 120 shares, which was directly comparable to those tribesmen with better economic conditions in the tribe. It can be said that he made a stunning debut.

Now, the food company’s first dividend has made him earn a huge fortune, which is really the envy of others.

In the crowd, Lu Guiying watched her husband Deng Changyu go up to collect the money, and the smile on her face could not be concealed.

Jiu Gong's reminder and support played a crucial role in her family's acquisition of so many shares. Her brothers from her natal family were also very generous. They not only used up all their family assets to support her family, but also helped the couple to get a bank loan, which enabled them to acquire so many shares.

Now that she has received this dividend, her family has become rich instantly.

Lu Guiying silently thought about what kind of thank-you gift she should give to her brothers from her natal family when she took the money to repay them.

Soon, the dividend was coming to an end.

"Deng Changxiong, 260 shares, 520,000 yuan."

"Deng Changbao, 280 shares, 560,000 yuan."

These two are the people whose economic strength in the Naye Deng family is second only to the clan head. They each received more than 500,000 in dividends this time, far ahead of other clan members.

At the end, the clan member who was in charge of reading the names shouted, "Head of the clan, 2,000 shares, 4 million yuan."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience cheered.

If other tribesmen received high dividends, they might be envious and jealous. However, since the tribe leader Deng Shirong received such a high dividend, no one would be jealous and they were all sincerely happy for him.

After all, without the clan leader, most of the clan members present were still extremely poor and could not afford to eat meat even once a month.

But nowadays, even the poorest family in the clan has at least several billion yuan of wealth. This huge change is all brought about by the clan leader. Unless one is a heartless person, who would not be grateful to the clan leader?

Therefore, no matter how much money the clan leader can get, they will only be happy and will never be jealous.

Deng Shirong put the money into the sack, then looked at the tribesmen below and said, "Dear tribesmen, the roadbed of the road in the village has been almost completed. The road has occupied a lot of tribesmen's fields and homesteads, and even the houses of more than a dozen families are included in it.

Now I plan to transform this village road from a dirt road into a cement road, and then plant beautiful landscape trees on both sides and in the middle of the road.

If we take into account the compensation given to the tribesmen for their fields, homesteads and houses, the estimated amount is around 2.2 million.

Apart from the 10 yuan for the population, the rest of the money can be donated voluntarily!"

Deng Changyu was the first to respond when he heard this: "Jiu Gong, I will donate 20,000 yuan to inspire others."

The dividends from the food company this time, minus the money invested previously, still earned a full 120,000 yuan.

Moreover, as the general manager of a food company, he naturally knew how staggering the instant noodle factory's current profits were. As long as nothing unexpected happened, the dividends would surely increase in the future, and he was destined not to be short of money again.

Therefore, since Jiu Gong had ideas about the public construction of the clan, he would naturally give his strong support.

Deng Yunqiang has the same shares in the food company as Deng Changyu, and even more shares in the passenger transport company than Deng Changyu. Now that Deng Changyu has donated 20,000 yuan, he naturally does not want to be outdone, so he also said: "Jiu Gong, I will donate 20,000 yuan as well."

Deng Yungui smiled and said, "I will donate 30,000 yuan."

Deng Changxiong, who made more than 200,000 yuan in this wave, was not stingy and said directly: "I will donate 50,000 yuan."

Deng Changbao, who earned the second most after the clan leader, said with a smile, "Then I will donate 60,000 yuan!"

With them leading the charge, the tribesmen, who had more money than ever before, were also quite generous in their donations.

In less than ten minutes, the total amount of donations exceeded 1.8 million, which made Deng Shirong very satisfied.

When something happens in the tribe, the enthusiasm of the tribe members to donate is closely related to the cohesion of the entire tribe. The more enthusiastic the donations are, the higher the cohesion will naturally be. If everyone is afraid to spend money, fearing that they will suffer a loss, then such a tribe will naturally have no cohesion.

Judging from the performance of the clan members today, it can be seen that the cohesion of the Ye Deng clan has become very strong.

Then, Deng Shirong waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll take care of the rest. After the New Year, we'll start building the road and digging the village river. After the road is built and the river is dug, we'll raise funds to build the villa complex."

Deng Yungui said, "Uncle Jiu, if we want to pave this cement road, we will definitely need sand and gravel. Anyway, there are still more than ten days before the Chinese New Year. We are all free, so why not just get some sand and gravel first, and then continue after the Chinese New Year to avoid wasting time waiting."

Upon hearing this, other members of the tribe also agreed and worked with great enthusiasm.

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Okay, then from tomorrow until the twenty-eighth day of the lunar year, those who have nothing to do can go dig sand or move gravel, and continue working after the Chinese New Year."

All the clan members agreed, and the dividend distribution meeting came to an end.

Next, the tribesmen handed over the amount of donation they had just registered to the tribe member in charge of collecting and keeping accounts, and then each of them took tens to hundreds of thousands of RMB and went home happily with their families and uncles, aunts and brothers from the same village.

Part of the money will be used to repay relatives and friends and to repay bank loans. Some families like to hide the remaining money in cash, while some families want to deposit it in the bank. Deng Shirong leaves it to them to deal with it as they please.

The reason why dividends are distributed in cash now is not to show off, but mainly because this era is not like the later generations, where money can be directly transferred to the card, which is simple and convenient.

In this era, everyone uses passbooks. If you want to deposit money into a passbook, you have to take the passbook to the bank to handle it.

In addition to taking your passbook to the bank, another way is to make a remittance.

Remittances in this era were generally handled through the post office, and were divided into two types: telegraph remittances and ordinary remittances.

Ordinary remittance, referred to as general remittance, refers to a remittance method in which the postal department mails the draft in the form of a letter and pays the remittance submitted by the remitter to the designated beneficiary.

Telegraphic remittance, or T/T for short, is a method whereby the receiving office sends a telegram to the cashing office, which then issues a telegraphic draft and uses the telegraphic remittance to notify the recipient to come to the office to collect the remittance. Telegraphic remittance is faster than ordinary remittance, but users need to pay a telegraphic fee when using this service. If there is a postscript (usually with a word limit), an additional postscript fee is required.

The reason why it is so troublesome is actually very simple. Computers were not yet popular in that era, and bank branches were not yet connected to the Internet. The only way to handle remittance business was to use this method. It will not be so troublesome until the banks are connected to the Internet in a few years.

Therefore, in this era, if a child works in Guangdong, his parents will often receive remittance slips sent back from Guangdong.

Both of these remittance methods are extremely troublesome and are not suitable for dividends at all.

Therefore, the clan’s dividends will be distributed in cash. As long as the bank’s armored car helps transport the money back, there is no need to worry about safety issues.

As for the money, after it is distributed to the clan members, it will definitely be safe.

After all, although this era is chaotic, the rural areas of Bobai County are relatively safe. This is mainly because the countryside is different from the city. The city is a mixed crowd, and it is normal to see strangers at your doorstep.

But in the countryside, everyone in a village has the same ancestors, and the appearance of a stranger is as bright as a firefly in the dark night.

The most important thing is that guns were not banned in this era, and the village still had homemade guns and cannons. Although the village militia had been disbanded, it still had the necessary combat effectiveness. If a few ordinary people wanted to enter the village to rob and bully some disunited villages, it might be possible, but once they encountered a united village, they would definitely be doomed.

And with the current cohesion of the Ye Deng family, if a few robbers came into the village to rob, they would be courting death.

…

Deng Changyu and his wife returned home with 220,000 yuan in cash.

After asking his wife to hide the cash, Deng Changyu said, "Wife, I will go back to your parents' home with you tomorrow to pay you back. Last year, thanks to your brothers from your parents' home, we borrowed a lot of money. Otherwise, we wouldn't have what we have now!"

Lu Guiying said, "Hubby, we owe you a big favor. I think we should give some gifts to my brothers and sisters-in-law. What do you think?"

Deng Changyu nodded repeatedly and said, "This is what I should do. Do you have any idea about what gift to give?"

Lu Guiying said, "I want to make a gold bracelet for each of my four sisters-in-law, and a watch for each of my four brothers. What do you think?"

Deng Changyu waved his hand and said, "Prepare one for your parents as well."

Lu Guiying smiled and said, "Okay, that's settled. Prepare the gifts first, and then pay the money back."

Deng Changyu nodded and said, "Well, I will go back to the county town tomorrow to handle this matter."

…

Similar conversations between Deng Changyu and his wife were constantly happening in other Deng families in Naye.

When the food company was established last year, in order to get more shares, most of the clan members borrowed money from their relatives and friends. Now that they have money to repay their relatives and friends, many of them are grateful for their kindness and are planning to give them gifts to express their gratitude while repaying the money.

Of course, there are relatively few people who have done things like Deng Changyu and his wife.

Their case was special. Lu Guiying not only borrowed money from her brothers from her mother's family, but also asked them to help her get a loan from the bank, so she owed them a favor.

Other tribesmen only borrowed some money from relatives and friends, so there was naturally no need to prepare such expensive gifts to express their gratitude. It was already quite generous as long as they brought gifts worth a few hundred yuan when they went to pay back the money.

…

afternoon.

A residential compound in Wuhan.

In the study, Gu Caiwei was still embroidering the flower and bird painting she had not yet finished, while her mother was practicing her calligraphy.

The mother and daughter came back yesterday. This time they did not take the train but flew directly.

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Given Gu Caiwei's grandfather's status and position, even though he has retired now, it is still a very easy thing for him to buy plane tickets for them.

Due to Gu's father's status and position, Gu's mother was willing to be a housewife and only held a sinecure in the Provincial Women's Federation. She usually cooked and wrote at home, and occasionally went to work. Her life was quite leisurely and comfortable.

As for Gu Caiwei, she has no intention of working. Currently, all her attention is on embroidery. As her embroidery skills become more and more sophisticated, she can earn a considerable income by selling her embroidery works in the market, which is much better than other working people.

In this way, she can do what she likes and earn money to support herself. Gu Caiwei is very satisfied with this.

Soon, Mother Gu finished writing a poem, put down her pen and asked, "Weiwei, what do you want to eat today?"

Gu Caiwei raised her head, thought for a moment and said, "Then let's steam some Wuchang fish. I haven't eaten it for a while, so I'm a little craving for it."

Mother Gu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go out and buy it now."

Gu Caiwei nodded and continued to embroider her work with her head down. Now the work has reached the final stage and will probably be completed tomorrow.

Once a person is immersed in work, time passes very quickly. After an unknown amount of time, Gu's mother's voice came from the kitchen: "Weiwei, come here."

Gu Caiwei put down the embroidery, stood up and stretched her waist, then walked to the kitchen and asked, "Mom, what's the matter?"

Mother Gu said, "I never let you into the kitchen before, but you will be married in one or two years, or two or three years. By then, you will be the wife, and your husband will be busy with work. If you can't cook, what will the family eat?

We can't always eat out, can we?

So, after thinking about it, I decided to teach you some simple dishes, so that you won’t have trouble finding food after you get married.”

Gu Caiwei was a little surprised when she heard this, but what her mother said made sense. This era was not like the later generations, when most of the cooks were done by men. Now, ninety-nine out of a hundred families have women cooking. This is determined by the social atmosphere.

"Okay, so what should we do?"

Seeing her daughter agreed, Mother Gu said with great interest: "You have never been in the kitchen, so you definitely can't get started right away. Today you just watch, I will explain while I cook, and when you have memorized the recipe, I will let you try to cook it, and you will naturally understand it after doing it a few times."

Gu Caiwei nodded and said, "I understand. Then you can start!"

So, Gu's mother started on-site teaching.

Because Gu's father had a dinner party today and would not be back for dinner, the mother and daughter of the Gu family only prepared a Wuchang fish and a vegetable, both of which were relatively simple dishes to prepare.

Mother Gu was explaining while making preparations.

Although steaming Wuchang fish is indeed relatively simple, this simplicity is relative. It is actually quite complicated for beginners.

Fortunately, Gu Caiwei was a clever girl. She could even master such a complicated skill as embroidery. Cooking was not that difficult either. After listening to her mother's explanation and watching her cook, she had more or less an idea in her mind.

Next time I will follow her instructions. As long as I make it a few more times and gain experience, I believe the taste of my recipe will not be much worse than my mother’s.

Soon, Mother Gu prepared the two dishes.

When serving the dish, Mother Gu asked, "How is it? Have you memorized the specific steps?"

Gu Caiwei said: "Remember it, it looks simple. I will try to do it later and see if I can succeed."

Mother Gu smiled and said, "Okay, let's continue to eat these two dishes tomorrow. I'll let you do the whole process and I'll watch from the side. If you make any mistakes at any step, I'll correct you immediately."

Gu Caiwei said confidently: "The steps should be correct, but the amount of seasoning should be adjusted. I'm afraid I need to try a few times to get the right amount."

As they were talking, the mother and daughter served themselves some rice and started eating.

While eating the smooth and tender Wuchang fish, Gu Caiwei said with emotion: "Steamed fish has to be our Wuchang fish. The taste is really unique. No wonder the leader wrote the poem 'Just drank the water of Changsha and ate Wuchang fish'."

Mother Gu smiled and said, "Our Wuchang fish has been famous for more than a thousand years. For example, Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty wrote the poem 'In autumn, I miss Wuchang fish even more, and my dreams are only of Baling Road', and Su Shi of the Song Dynasty also wrote the poem 'The Yangtze River flows around the city, and I know the fish is delicious; the mountains are full of bamboo, and I can smell the fragrance of bamboo shoots'."

Gu's mother is a calligraphy enthusiast, and people who practice calligraphy like to practice with famous poems the most, so she can recite these poems fluently.

The mother and daughter ate and praised each other. When the meal was almost finished, Mother Gu reminded them, "Weiwei, you should pay attention to the letters these days. I guess Deng Yunheng has already written you a letter, but I don't know when it will arrive."

Seeing her mother's enthusiasm, Gu Caiwei laughed and said, "I know, Mom. I will pay attention."

…

Gu's mother guessed correctly. Deng Yunheng did write a letter to Gu Caiwei and had already sent it.

Deng Yunheng still had great trust in his father's vision. Since his father repeatedly emphasized on the phone that this was an excellent girl and told him not to miss her, he would of course take it seriously and took great pains to write a letter.

This is the first letter, so there will definitely not be any ambiguous language, nor will there be any hasty expression of love right from the start, as that would be too frivolous.

When writing letters, it is important to proceed step by step. As both parties communicate more frequently, the topic will naturally become more in-depth.

When both parties start looking forward to receiving each other's reply every day, then this relationship is likely to be successful.

If after receiving the letter, you don't even have the urge to reply, it proves that the two of you are really not suitable for each other, so you should find another good partner as soon as possible! When the New Year was coming to an end, Qiu Yongnian, who had returned from the capital, once again invited Deng Yunheng, his second brother, to spend the New Year at his home.

Deng Yunheng did not refuse but agreed.

…

In a blink of an eye, it is New Year's Eve again.

This year, Deng Shirong and his family did not return to their hometown to celebrate the New Year, nor did they celebrate the New Year in the county town. Instead, they went to Nanning to celebrate the New Year.

The reason for going to Nanning to celebrate the New Year is mainly to conform to the local customs and habits, which is to stay in the new home to celebrate the New Year in the first year of moving into the new home.

Even though the second and third sons did not come back for the New Year and the eldest daughter had already married, Deng Shirong still had four children to celebrate the New Year with. This was the advantage of having many children. If he were an only child, once the child did not come back for the New Year, the home would be really deserted.

Every New Year’s Eve, Deng Shirong personally cooks a large table of sumptuous meals, and this year is no exception.

When we started eating, the children also began their year-end summaries.

Deng Yuntai took the lead in reporting, "Dad, this year, because you asked us to stock up in advance, our supermarkets in Bobai and Nanning made a lot of money when customers rushed to buy supplies. This year's profit exceeded 2 million, which is the most profitable year in many years."

Deng Shirong asked: "How are your preparations for the supermarket in Liuzhou going?"

This year, the eldest son was not idle, but visited many cities. Finally, he found a suitable site for opening a supermarket in Liuzhou. It was an abandoned factory building of a factory. Deng Yuntai spent money to buy the land and the factory building, and planned to convert the factory building into a supermarket.

Although this is not as good as the self-built buildings in Nanning and Bobai, it can save a lot of money and time, which is beneficial to speed up the development and layout of supermarkets.

As for the future, once the supermarket chain has reached a certain scale, it will be easier to buy land and build buildings or directly purchase buildings built by others.

Deng Yuntai replied: "The preparations are almost complete. We should be able to open in the second month of the lunar calendar."

Deng Shirong nodded, looked at his youngest daughter and said, "Azhu, tell me about your situation."

Deng Yunzhu said: "I can't compare with my elder brother and his wife. This year's profit of the hot pot restaurant is only about 500,000, but the turnover is now higher every month, which proves that the business is getting better and better. The profit next year should be better than this year."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "This is not bad. Hot pot is considered a high-end item for people nowadays. Families with average economic conditions really can't afford it. Fortunately, there are more and more wealthy people nowadays, so it's normal for hot pot restaurants to be doing better and better."

Seeing his father looking over, Deng Yunhua scratched his head and said, "Dad, I also made more than 30,000 this year."

Deng Shirong hummed and said, "It's OK. Your home appliance mall opened relatively late, and the exchange of supplies some time ago emptied the pockets of many customers. You are very lucky to earn 30,000 yuan."

Deng Yunhua said: "I can earn this 30,000 yuan mainly because I don't have to pay rent for the shop, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law's supermarket and my second sister's hot pot restaurant help me promote and distribute coupons to attract customers. Otherwise, it is really not easy to make money."

Deng Shirong said: "The difficulties are only temporary. As more and more wealthy people emerge, the home appliance industry is bound to become more and more prosperous. Don't be impatient. As long as you manage the business steadily, your business will surely become popular in the future."

Deng Yunhua nodded obediently and said, "I understand, Dad."

After the fourth brother finished speaking, Deng Yunheng also reported his academic performance: "Dad, my academic performance is pretty good now. It is unlikely that I can get into Tsinghua University or Peking University like my second and third brothers, but I still have hope of getting into a key university."

Deng Shirong said: "Anyway, it's fine as long as you try your best."

Seeing that her father, aunt, fourth uncle, and uncle Man had all reported their grades to grandpa, Xiao Donger also said in a serious manner: "Grandpa, my grades are also pretty good. I got third place in the class in the final exam!"

Deng Shirong laughed and praised, "You are already in the top three in the class, which is a very good result. But Xiaodong'er, you have to keep working hard and try to get first place in the class next semester. If you can do that, Grandpa will give you a big reward."

Xiao Dong'er's eyes lit up and she asked, "Grandpa, what's the reward?"

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "Grandpa, keep it a secret for now. It must be something you like."

Dongzi couldn't help but said, "Grandpa, I want a reward too."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you can get first place in the class, I'll prepare a share of this reward for you as well."

Xiao Dong'er asked curiously, "Grandpa, why didn't he get first place?"

Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but laugh and said, "Because Dongzi is still in kindergarten, he doesn't have any exams!"

Xiao Dong'er suddenly realized, and then glanced at his brother: "You are really lucky."

Dongzi asked eagerly: "Sister, can you get the first place in the exam?"

Xiao Dong'er clenched his fist and said, "I will definitely get first place in the exam next semester."

(End of this chapter)