Chapter 366: Life and Death, the Wisdom and Courage of Great Men
This chapter has been reviewed, so the update is a little late, sorry! ...
Wuyue Square luxury residence.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the family sat in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
This year's Spring Festival Gala created an extremely touching scene. Wei Wei sang "Devotion of Love" with deep emotion. This is a very classic and touching song. Deng Shirong remembers that this song has appeared in many charity activities and has brought huge social repercussions.
Song Dandan also appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time. When Deng Shirong saw her, he remembered her partner Uncle Benshan. If nothing unexpected happens, Uncle Benshan will be able to see him in next year's Spring Festival Gala. With Uncle Benshan, the Spring Festival Gala will become even more exciting.
During the New Year's Eve, the family went to the rooftop to set off fireworks together, just like they did last year when they celebrated the New Year in Bobai. The gorgeous fireworks exploded in the sky, representing the arrival of the new year.
At this time, if measured by age, Deng Shirong was already 54 years old, his eldest son was 30 years old, and even his youngest son was 18 years old.
After so many years since his rebirth, Deng Shirong has never planned to remarry. After his children are married, maybe he will find another partner, the kind that will not have any more children, or maybe he won’t find one at all. Anyway, we’ll talk about it when the time comes!
Putting aside personal matters, Deng Shirong couldn't help but think of national affairs.
This year, our country will face very great external pressure because of the economic sanctions in the future. Deng Shirong has a rough understanding of the economic sanctions that our country has suffered in the past few decades.
As far as he knows, the United States has launched three waves of economic sanctions against my country over the past few decades.
The first wave occurred after the outbreak of the Korean War.
This wave of sanctions is very strong. The United States has almost done what it means: "They don't give my country anything it wants." However, since my country has established an alliance with the big brother, it can be said that when the West is dark, the East will be bright. Therefore, we have not suffered much damage in this wave of sanctions.
The third wave was the sanctions imposed before Deng Shirong was reborn. However, since my country has grown into the world's factory and its manufacturing output value is greater than the sum of the three major powers, in this case, the sanctions imposed by the United States are destined to "hurt the enemy 800 and hurt itself 1,000."
Until Deng Shirong was reborn, my country had been able to fight back and forth in this wave of sanctions and had not suffered much loss.
However, compared with the first and third waves of sanctions, the second wave of sanctions actually caused the greatest damage to our country, which can be said to be a serious injury.
The second wave of sanctions began in June this year, led by the United States and involving more than 20 major developed countries. In just half a year, my country's economic growth rate dropped sharply from 11% last year to around 4%.
This damage is really great.
During this year, drastic changes took place in Eastern Europe. Big Brother was already shaky and on the brink of collapse. The international situation was complicated and intricate. Our country was also pushed to the edge of the cliff. If we were not careful, we would end up being shattered to pieces.
After all, the opponent is too powerful. This year, the GDP of the United States is 13 times that of ours, and it has fully grasped the upstream lifelines of all walks of life.
At this time, we could neither form an alliance with Big Brother like we did during the Korean War, nor could we rely on strength to fight like in later generations. The situation could be said to be very passive.
How to win this dangerous game without any trump cards? This requires not only great wisdom but also great courage.
Fortunately, at this critical moment of life and death, Deng Xiaoping was still in charge. When everyone was overwhelmed by the sanctions, he was the first to express his position: "China is the country in the world that is least afraid of isolation, blockade and sanctions."
I won’t go into details about how Mr. Deng turned the tide, but in any case, our country finally managed to get through it.
Deng Shirong knew the consequences of this wave of sanctions. Unfortunately, even though he was a reborn person and possessed a powerful weapon like the system space, he was still not qualified to participate in such a major national event. Even if he wanted to help the country at a critical moment, he did not have the ability.
Of course, the most important thing is that his system space cannot be exposed. If he is not afraid of being exposed, there are still ways to help the country.
Because he possesses the system space, he is the most powerful thief in history. If he goes to the United States for a trip, what good things he can bring back to the country, Deng Shirong himself dare not imagine.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing can only be thought about, there is no way to do it.
However, when Big Brother disintegrates, he can go there for a stroll. That way, no matter what good things he gets, he can explain it after returning home.
After all, if a certain business tycoon in our country exchanged four Tu-154 passenger planes from Big Brother for only daily consumer goods such as thermos flasks, socks, canned food and down jackets, then no one would be surprised or strange if Deng Shirong went there and brought back some high-end equipment.
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The eighth day of the first lunar month.
Nanning Architectural Design Institute.
Dean Huang handed over a stack of design drafts and said, "Boss Deng, this is my first draft of the design. Do you think it's right?"
"President Huang, you are making things difficult for me. How can I understand a design draft?"
Having said that, Deng Shirong still took the stack of design drafts and started to read them. After looking at a few, he sighed and handed the drafts back, saying, "President Huang, I really don't understand this. The renderings are more intuitive and I can understand them at a glance."
Dean Huang smiled and said, "The renderings can only be made after my design is finalized."
Deng Shirong said: "Now the roadbed of our village has been completed and the river has been dug. You can go to the site to have a look around next month."
Dean Huang nodded and said, "Okay, then I will take someone to take a look next month. The first draft has been designed now. After we see it on site, we can make some minor adjustments and then produce the renderings. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, you can point it out and I will make changes."
Deng Shirong said: "Okay, then I look forward to your design, Dean Huang."
Dean Huang smiled, and then said seriously: "By the way, Boss Deng, if this villa complex is built, I suggest that your village invest in building a sewage treatment plant, so that the sewage discharged from the septic tank can be treated and prevented from polluting your village river.
Moreover, the pollution sources upstream can also be connected to this sewage treatment plant, so that your village river can always remain clear and will not be polluted by septic tanks or pig farms discharging waste into the river. "
Deng Shirong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "President Huang, your suggestion is very good. I have been thinking about how to solve the pollution problem of the river water. I just thought of discussing this matter with other villagers upstream and asking them not to discharge pollutants into the river. I never thought of building a sewage treatment plant.
Now that I hear you say that, it is really necessary to build a sewage treatment plant."
Dean Huang said, "Boss Deng, if you agree, I will design the drainage system of this villa complex for you, and also design the sewage treatment plant for you. This will be both practical and beautiful. What do you think?"
Deng Shirong nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, then I'll trouble Dean Huang. Your reminder is really timely."
Dean Huang said with a smile on his face: "Boss Deng, you are too polite. You are a big customer of our design institute. It is our duty to provide you with good service."
Next, the two sides chatted about some details of the villa complex and talked about family matters. Seeing that the time was almost up, Deng Shirong said goodbye and left.
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Deng Shirong is very concerned about the pollution of the village river.
The pollution of the village river in his previous life was truly heartbreaking. In this life, he wanted to transform these village rivers and the villa complex into the most beautiful scenery in the village. If the river water was still polluted like in his previous life, then the villa complex would be ruined. Such serious consequences could not be ignored.
Therefore, after leaving the Architectural Design Institute, Deng Shirong began to look for relevant experts to inquire about sewage treatment equipment.
After understanding, we found that the current domestic technology of sewage treatment equipment is still far behind that of foreign countries.
Although Deng Shirong really wants to support domestic products, he also has to consider the practical application of the equipment. At present, he can only temporarily introduce foreign equipment. When domestic technology catches up and starts to upgrade, he will choose to support domestic products! Of course, it is just a plan now. The sewage treatment plant can be built first, but the introduction of equipment can be delayed to see the progress of the villa complex. If time permits, Deng Shirong is ready to go to Big Brother and get some free sewage treatment equipment.
If time doesn't allow, forget it, just pay for it! After finding out about the sewage treatment equipment, Deng Shirong returned to Naye Village and prepared to talk to several villages upstream of the village river about the pollution of the river water.
Although according to the development in the previous life, it was not until the mid-1990s that people began to discharge pig farm wastewater into the village river, but in this life, due to the huge impact brought about by his rebirth, it may cause villagers in other villages to set up pig farms in advance and then discharge wastewater into the river.
Therefore, he had to greet the people in these villages in advance and not let this happen.
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In Bobai, whether in this era or in the future, each surname has a clan leader.
As for how high the prestige of this clan leader is in the clan and whether he can convince the people, that is another matter.
However, generally speaking, those who can become the head of a clan must be capable. Either they have many brothers, are brave enough to fight and have made a name for themselves in the clan, or they are rich and powerful and are willing to spend money for the clan.
In addition to the head of the entire surname, there are also some people with strong appeal in each natural village.
For example, Guan Dewei is the most influential person in Sham Shui Tin Village.
A few years ago, Guan Dewei was just an ordinary villager in the village. The only thing that made him better than other people in the village was that he had a younger brother who worked in the supply and marketing cooperative. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was a very awesome thing to have someone in the family working in a supply and marketing cooperative.
Being able to buy things that ordinary people can’t buy is one of the internal benefits of the supply and marketing cooperatives, and it is also the reason why everyone envies the sales staff of the supply and marketing cooperatives.
Although being a supply and marketing clerk is indeed enviable, this does not make Guan Dewei the most influential person in the village. He can have his current status not because of his younger brother who works in the supply and marketing cooperative, but because of his eldest daughter Guan Yongying.
Ever since his eldest daughter Guan Yongying married into Naye Village, their family has begun to undergo earth-shaking changes.
He started out by growing lychees, then watermelons, and later on, he worked with his in-laws to invest in their Ye Deng’s passenger transport company, and later in their food company, in which he also had shares. It can be said that he made a fortune, and he became the richest man in Sham Shui Tin Village a few years ago.
After a few years now, his financial resources are greater than those of all the villagers combined.
After he had money, and Guan Dewei was willing to spend money when there was something happening in the village, his appeal naturally increased.
No matter what era it is, the rich and powerful are always the most powerful.
On this day, I had just finished breakfast and was sitting at the door smoking when I saw my son-in-law riding his bicycle over to greet me, "Dad, have you eaten?"
Guan Dewei nodded and said, "I just ate. There is porridge and rice. Come in and eat!"
Deng Changfu smiled and said, "I have eaten too. I came here to pass on a message for our Jiugong, asking you to come to our Jiugong's house for lunch at noon and talk about something."
Guan Dewei was surprised when he heard this and asked, "Uncle Jiu, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Deng Changfu said, "It seems to be about the pollution of the village river. Jiugong is not only talking to you, but also sending people to notify every village upstream. Dad, take a few villagers with more weight in the village and go to Jiugong's house for lunch at noon!"
Guan Dewei nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely attend on time."
As they were talking, the official's mother came out and naturally invited her son-in-law to eat.
Deng Changfu said a few polite words, said he still had to go to other villages to inform others, and then rode away on his bicycle.
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The same scene was played out in Jimapo, Sanzhangtang, Bangliang, Xiaojiang, Nawang and other villages.
These villages are not adjacent to each other, but are in different areas. For example, Jimapo, Shenshuitian, Sanzhangtang, Xiaojiang and other villages belong to the same tributary, while Bangliang, Nawang and other villages belong to another tributary. Finally, these two tributaries meet in Shanying Village to form this village river.
At noon, all the important figures in the village were invited to Deng Shirong's house for dinner.
In order to entertain these guests, Deng Shirong also prepared a large table of delicious dishes, which showed his sincerity.
Although with the current power of the Naye Deng family, with just one word, no one in these villages would dare to discharge sewage into the river, but using tough means to solve the problem is definitely not as good as using gentle means.
After all, human hearts are the most unpredictable. If you insist on being tough, what if someone holds a grudge against you, or can't stand your behavior, and secretly dumps pesticides, feces and urine into the river to disgust you, there will be nothing you can do.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes.
Deng Shirong then said, "My dear relatives, I'm sure you've all heard about the fact that our Deng family is digging a river and is planning to build houses on both sides of the river, right?"
Guan Delong from Jimapo Village laughed and said, "Uncle Jiu, you guys made such a big noise that the whole Shuangwang heard about it. Of course we all know about it."
Liu Guohui from Xiaojiang Village said, "Uncle Jiu, I'm quite curious about this. Why do you want to build a house by the river?"
Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Why do we need to build a house by the river? You will know the answer after our house is built."
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Chen Dali from Nawang Village asked, "Uncle Jiu, you called us here today. Just tell us what you want to do. If we can do it, we will do it without hesitation."
Guan Desheng from Bangliang Village echoed, "Yes, Uncle Jiu, just tell me if you have anything to say."
Others also echoed this. They all admired Deng Shirong, the head of the Naye Deng family, from the bottom of their hearts. They were not far away from the Naye Deng family and naturally knew all the changes in the Naye Deng family in the past few years. They all knew that the Naye Deng family could develop to its current situation thanks to the head of the family, Deng Shirong.
Who in this area would dare not give face to a person like this?
Who wouldn't want to make friends? Therefore, when they said they could ask for help, they were not just being polite. They really meant it. If they could work for Uncle Jiu, they would have the opportunity to make friends with him. This was something they could never ask for, so they were naturally very enthusiastic.
Deng Shirong saw this and said his purpose with a smile: "It is like this, our Naye Deng family plans to build houses on both sides of the village river, so the water of this village river must be kept as clear as it is now, and it cannot be polluted.
So today I invited you all here to go back and talk to the villagers about this matter. Whether it is sewage from septic tanks, pig farms, or other domestic sewage, do not discharge it into the river to avoid polluting the river water."
Guan Dewei suddenly realized what was going on and immediately said, "Don't worry, Uncle Jiu. I will tell the people in our village about this when I get back and I will make sure no one discharges sewage into the river."
Guan Delong also said: "It's the same in our village. We guarantee that no one will discharge sewage into the river."
Others also expressed their opinions. They said that this little thing was not difficult at all for them. They just needed to go back and say hello. They might not have such a big face in other places, but they still had this appeal in their own village.
"Then I would like to thank you all on behalf of my tribe!"
After thanking him, Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Also, our Naye Deng family plans to build a sewage treatment plant and lay pipes to your villages. In the future, if anyone in your village builds a house or a pig farm, they can discharge their wastewater to our sewage treatment plant through the pipes."
Zhang Boqiang from Sanzhangtang Village said with emotion: "Uncle Jiu is very particular about what he does. If anyone else discharges sewage into the river, it would be too much."
"Uncle Jiu, I can guarantee that nothing will go wrong in our section of Xiaojiang."
"Uncle Jiu, I can guarantee that nothing will go wrong in our section of Nawang."
"Uncle Jiu, I can guarantee that nothing will go wrong while we're helping Liang."
"Uncle Nine..."
The most influential people in each village have expressed their opinions. They originally had the confidence to manage the people in their own village well, and now that Uncle Jiu has considered it so thoughtfully and the pipes of the sewage treatment plant have been laid to their village, it goes without saying that they can manage the people in their village well.
After discussing the main business, everyone's attention turned to eating and drinking.
The food that Deng Shirong prepared himself was of course delicious, and included all kinds of chicken, duck, fish and meat. Although the economic conditions of the people present were not bad in their respective villages, it was still difficult for them to eat such delicious food.
The meal lasted until three in the afternoon.
Basically everyone had drunk enough, but fortunately Deng Shirong was always paying attention and didn't let them drink too much. At most they were only 70% or 80% drunk.
"Uncle Jiu, I will implement what you said when I get back."
"Uncle Jiu, don't worry, my words still work in the village."
"Uncle Jiu, thank you for your hospitality today. This is the most delicious meal I have ever had in my life."
"Uncle Jiu, I'll go back first then!"
"Uncle Nine..."
Deng Shirong greeted them one by one, and then watched them leave.
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There is strength in numbers, this is truly an eternal saying.
With the active participation of all the tribesmen, the river relocation project is progressing very quickly. The excavated soil is temporarily piled next to the old village river. Once the newly dug village river is filled with water, the original village river can be filled up.
Of course, not all sections of the more than 3,000-meter-long village river need to be re-dug. At least half of the river sections do not need to be re-dug.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, schools across the country began to end their holidays and students returned to the classroom to start classes.
As for the migrant workers from other towns and villages, they had already taken buses to Guangdong as early as the fifth or sixth day of the Chinese New Year.
In the previous life, at this time, many members of the Naye Deng clan went to Guangdong to work, but in this life, almost no one from the Naye Deng clan went to Guangdong to work, because the clan’s passenger transport company and food company had already recruited many members to work there.
In addition, the property management of the Deng’s community in Naye and Deng Yuntai’s supermarkets in Bobai and Nanning have also recruited many clansmen. The remaining clansmen either do business in the county or town, or engage in planting and breeding at home.
In short, almost everyone has something to do, so naturally they have little interest in going to Guangdong to work.
After all, although the factory wages in Guangdong are much higher than those in Bobai, working there is too unfree, and the working hours are long. Many black factories do not provide overtime pay, and it is common to work twelve or thirteen hours a day. Apart from work, eating, and sleeping, there is basically no time to go out and play.
Such a job might be attractive to others, but it is indeed not attractive to Naye Deng.
After the students returned to school one after another, the Spring Festival travel rush came to an end unknowingly.
The Deng family has made it a custom that every year the passenger transport company's dividends are distributed after the end of the Spring Festival travel rush, and this year is no exception.
Originally, the dividends from the passenger transport company were what the tribesmen were most looking forward to. However, with the comparison with the food company, the tribesmen no longer care much about the dividends from the passenger transport company.
On the one hand, the profitability of the passenger transport company is far inferior to that of the food company. On the other hand, the tribesmen do not have many shares in the passenger transport company and cannot get much money.
In addition, the whole clan is now richer than ever before, and every family has at least a few taels of silver in savings. Naturally, the wealthy clansmen do not care as much about the dividends of the passenger transport company as before.
Of course, having money is something to be happy about after all.
Therefore, when the agreed day for the passenger transport company to distribute dividends came, the tribesmen still came happily to participate.
There is no need to describe the entire dividend process in detail. This time, the passenger transport company's dividend is 1,000 yuan per share, which is not a small amount. After all, the passenger transport company's shares were the same as those of the food company, also 1,000 yuan per share.
After dividing the money, Deng Shirong began to speak: "My fellow clansmen, let me tell you something here. Our Naye Deng clan has not held ancestor worship on Qingming Festival for more than 20 years. Except for our older generation, other clansmen under the age of 30 basically don't know what ancestor worship looks like.
In the past few years, due to various concerns, the clan has not held ancestor worship ceremonies, but starting this year, our Naye Deng family will restart the ancestor worship ceremony.
It's not long until the Spring Equinox, so we should start preparing in advance, first set a date for ancestor worship, and then send someone to notify the various branches of the clan."
Thinking of the grand occasions of ancestor worship in the past, Deng Yungui said happily: "That's great, we can finally worship our ancestors. If we don't worship our ancestors, when we old guys are gone, the younger generation will not know the procedures for ancestor worship."
Deng Shirong said with a smile: "Yungui, I will be responsible for the 'drinking ceremony' with you then!"
Deng Yungui said with a smile on his face: "Okay, I'll have to prepare later. I haven't worshipped my ancestors for so many years, and I'm a little rusty on how to 'drink the ceremony'."
Deng Changbao said: "I also watched this ancestor worship when I was a child. I remember the beating of gongs and drums, and the scene was very lively."
Deng Changxiong asked, "Jiu Gong, do we need to donate money for the ancestor worship?"
Deng Shirong said: "No need for donations for now. There is still some money left from rebuilding the ancestral hall. It is enough for ancestral worship."
When other members of the tribe heard that the tribe was going to start worshiping their ancestors, they were also filled with anticipation.
The older generation all miss the grand occasion of ancestor worship in the clan in the past, while the younger generation, since they were old enough to understand, have just been clearing the mountains every Qingming Festival. While clearing the mountains, they often hear the elders in the family talk about the ancestor worship in the past. Naturally, they are full of curiosity as they have never experienced it.
Deng Yunqiang asked, "Uncle Jiu, which days do you think are best for ancestor worship?"
Ancestor worship is different from digging a grave. Digging a grave only takes ten to twenty minutes, while ancestor worship has more procedures and it takes at least two hours to worship a grave. In addition, the graves are far apart and it takes time to travel.
Therefore, if you can offer sacrifices to two or three ancestors a day, it would be good.
Deng Shirong said: "Then let's set it on February 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd!"
Naturally, the tribesmen had no objection to this.
Next, everyone began to discuss the details of ancestor worship.
For example, they have to make a large flag of the Naye Deng family in advance, and then carry it when offering sacrifices to their ancestors. They also have to arrange transportation, because some ancestors are buried far away, and it would be a waste of time to walk there.
The sacrificial texts must be prepared in advance, as well as the five essential animals for ancestor worship (pigs, sheep, chickens, geese, and ducks), and people responsible for beating gongs and drums and playing suona must also be arranged.
Only after the discussion was almost over did Deng Shirong announce the adjournment of the meeting.
(End of this chapter)