Chapter 393 Deng Yunheng, the youngest deputy director in the country!
A dozen days passed in a flash.
After the Spring Equinox, the whole Bobai began to be busy with ancestor worship and mountain clearing.
As mentioned before, according to the local customs, you either don't offer sacrifices to your ancestors, or if you do, you have to do it for three consecutive years. There is no such thing as just one year.
The Naye Deng family started worshiping their ancestors last year. So unless something beyond human control happens, they will definitely continue to worship their ancestors this year and next year.
After last year’s ancestor worship ceremony, the entire Naye Deng family, from the elders to the young, basically understood the general process.
In addition, with the presence of a group of directors including Deng Yungui, Deng Shirong, the clan leader, doesn't have to worry about anything at all, and everyone arranges everything in an orderly manner.
Before the ancestor worship, the second son, who had been promoted to county magistrate, was busier than before and naturally could not come back to participate in the worship.
Therefore, the newlywed Gu Caiwei had to fly back alone.
For a clan, the more the clan members attach importance to ancestor worship, the stronger the cohesion of the clan will be. There is no need to say much about the cohesion of the Naye Deng clan now. It can be said that since the ancestor of the Naye Deng clan founded his family here, the cohesion has never been stronger than it is now.
Therefore, on the day of ancestor worship, any clan member working in Guangxi will rush back to participate if they have the conditions, except for those who work in public institutions and cannot take leave, in which case they will miss the ceremony.
In addition, married aunts and sisters also rushed back to participate in the ancestor worship.
As for the relatives from all over the place, the number of people coming to participate in the ancestor worship is even greater than last year.
This is also a powerful testimony to the prosperity of the clan.
Not every place attaches as much importance to ancestor worship during the Qingming Festival as Guangdong and Guangxi. For example, Gu Caiwei's parents' home do not attach so much importance to this aspect.
Seeing thousands of people gathered together, Gu Caiwei was shocked and asked Zhang Xiuping who was standing next to her in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, is the ancestor worship so grand here?"
Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "It is quite grand, but in the whole Shuangwang Township, our Naye Deng family is the most grand in worshipping their ancestors. I heard that other surnames have also started to worship their ancestors this year, but the number of people who participate in the worship is definitely not comparable to our Naye Deng family."
Gu Caiwei asked: "Why is that? Is it because there are not as many people with other surnames as our Ye Deng family?"
Zhang Xiuping said: "There is a reason for this. The number of people of our Deng family in Shuangwang Township is second only to the Chen family. However, the cohesion of the Chen family is not as strong as that of our Deng family. When they worship their ancestors, at most only the Chen family of Shuangwang Township will participate, and the Chen family of other towns and villages may not necessarily come.
But our Naye Deng clan is different. Not only do clan members from Bobai County come, but clan members from other counties also come to participate, so naturally there are more people. "
Gu Caiwei blinked her eyes and said, "Is it because our Deng family is financially well off that relatives from other places are willing to come and participate in the ancestor worship?"
Zhang Xiuping covered her mouth and laughed, "You can say that."
This is indeed the case. If the Ye Deng family had not become increasingly wealthy and developed better and better, relatives from all over the country would certainly not have been so active in coming to participate in various clan activities such as ancestor worship.
We can't blame the relatives from all over the place for being realistic. If the Naye Deng family still had the same economic conditions as they did ten years ago, it would be difficult for them to even provide a simple reception for the relatives from all over the place. In this case, if the relatives from all over the place still sent so many people over, wouldn't that add to the burden on the Naye Deng family?
At that time, it would be unreasonable for clan members from all over the country to not send so many people. At most, they would just send a few representatives to participate.
In the following few days, the grand ancestor worship activities opened Gu Caiwei's eyes and also made other surnames who had experienced it last year envious.
Today, the power of the Ye Deng family is truly unmatched in the entire Shuangwang Township.
Of course, influenced by Naye Deng, Zhouwang Chen, Naqing Liu, Baiping Jiang and other surnames also began to worship their ancestors this year.
Throughout Shuangwang Township, there are a large number of large trucks running back and forth almost every day. Large flags with surnames are placed on the trucks, and passengers beat gongs and drums from time to time. The whole Shuangwang Township is shrouded in the special atmosphere of Qingming Festival to worship ancestors.
After offering sacrifices to Dazhong Mountain, they continued to shovel Jiashan Mountain.
In the morning, Deng Shirong took his son, daughter and daughter-in-law to shovel the mountain of the older generation. In the afternoon, he took them to Dawodu opposite to shovel his parents and deceased wife.
While shoveling his parents' graves, Deng Shirong said to them as usual: "Dad, Mom, you have another granddaughter-in-law this year. She is Yunheng's wife, named Gu Caiwei. She is as virtuous as our eldest granddaughter-in-law. You must protect her and wish our family more and more prosperity."
Gu Caiwei also knelt down and said, "Grandpa and grandma, I am your second grandson's wife. I will work hard to be a qualified daughter-in-law of the Deng family. I hope that your spirits in heaven can bless me and let me give birth to a big fat son for the Deng family as soon as possible."
Others also said a few words.
This is also what Deng Shirong has been leading in recent years. Every year when clearing the mountain, he would take the lead in saying a few words. His sons, daughters and daughters-in-law followed suit and got used to saying a few words to their ancestors when clearing the mountain.
After wiping out his parents, the last person to be wiped out was Deng Shirong’s deceased wife.
After clearing the weeds around the grave, placing the offerings, and burning incense, Deng Shirong said, "Old lady, this year our Yunheng can be said to have double happiness. He is now the county magistrate of Fuqing County, and he has also married a virtuous wife. Our second daughter-in-law is named Gu Caiwei, you must remember her!"
Gu Caiwei knelt down as usual and said, "Mom, I am your second daughter-in-law. I am sorry that I could not meet you. I have heard Yunheng talk about your virtue. In the future, I must learn from you, support my husband and raise my children, and be a qualified daughter-in-law of the Deng family."
Then, Deng Yuntai and others also spoke a few words to their mother one by one.
Their mother was a very kind woman. Since she married into the Deng family, she had never had a quarrel with anyone, nor had she beaten or scolded her children. To this day, when villagers mention Aunt Jiu or Grandma Jiu, they have a very good impression of her.
After paying respects to his deceased wife, Deng Shirong sighed and said, "I don't know if your uncle is still alive. There has been no news of him in the past few decades. It's hard to build a tomb for him even if we want to build one."
Deng Yuntai asked, "Dad, when my uncle joined the army, which camp did he join?"
Deng Shirong said: "Of course it is our current camp."
Deng Yuntai sighed, "Then there's a high probability that my uncle is dead. If he had joined the other side, he might have been dragged to Taiwan and never come back. But since he joined our side, how could there be no news at all after liberation?"
Deng Shirong nodded and said, "It is highly likely that he was sacrificed, but without definite information, there is no way to build a tomb for him."
Deng Yunhua asked, "Dad, did we lose contact after uncle joined the army? Didn't he send a single letter back?"
Deng Shirong said, "I was still young at that time and didn't know the details. Your uncle seemed to have sent someone to bring back a message the first year he joined the army. Your grandfather didn't tell me much about the details and didn't allow me to ask more, so I know nothing about your uncle's situation."
Deng Yunheng asked, "What exactly is going on? Regardless of whether there were casualties or not, there shouldn't be no news at all, right?"
Deng Shirong said, "There were also people from our village who joined the army. After they died, someone would come to their homes to inform them. But there was no news from your uncle at all. I don't understand what happened."
Gu Caiwei continued, "Dad, have you asked the Armed Forces Department?"
Deng Shirong said, "I have asked, but there is no answer. I guess your uncle must have been working on the secret front. As for why there has been no news since then, I can't think of a reasonable explanation. Maybe there was an accident back then?"
Deng Yuntai said: "No matter what happened back then, it is impossible to change the fact that my uncle has already sacrificed his life. Otherwise, it is impossible that there has been no news at all after so many years."
Deng Shirong said, "Forget it, let's not talk about it. When your uncle reaches the age of 100, I will build a tomb for him!"
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After clearing the mountain, the sons, daughters and daughters-in-law left their hometown one after another, while Deng Shirong stayed in the village.
Now, not only have the sides of the newly dug river channel of the Naye Deng family been filled with decorative boulders, but even weeping willows used for greening have been planted. The river water now officially flows into this new river channel, and the original river sections that are no longer in use have also been filled in.
Deng Shirong also contributed to the fast speed. Last year, he used his spatial ability to secretly fill the two sides of the river with huge rocks, which accelerated the speed of the tribesmen filling the rocks.
As for the ginkgo trees, only a part of them have been transplanted for the time being. Deng Shirong plans to transplant them slowly over several years and is not in a hurry.
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There are also villa complexes and sewage treatment plants under construction in full swing. Almost all the laborers who stayed in their hometowns have participated in the construction, and the construction progress is still very fast.
The Deng Group also began to develop rapidly. Not to mention the existing Master Kong instant noodles and eight-treasure porridge, the group also established a mineral water company called Nongfu Spring under the guidance of Deng Shirong, and sent a team to Changbai Mountain to look for high-quality water sources, preparing to build Nongfu Spring's first water source base.
In addition, the formula of Wanglaoji herbal tea is also being improved, and Master Kong iced black tea is also under development.
In addition, the Deng Group's headquarters will be built in Nanning. Even though the Deng Group's profits are very good now, the cash it has is not enough to support such a large expenditure.
Not to mention anything else, just to build the water source base in Changbai Mountain, it would require an investment of at least several hundred million or even more.
Of course, this can be divided into three phases, so there is no need to invest so much money at one time.
However, building the Deng Group is also a huge investment.
Although this group headquarters is only for temporary use, at most after a dozen years, when the Deng Group has truly grown and developed, it will have to be replaced with a new headquarters, but the construction of this headquarters cannot be too sloppy.
After all, it will be used for more than ten years, so it still needs to have the necessary momentum.
As a result, the Deng Group, which was short of funds, had no choice but to borrow money from banks.
The bank is very happy about this, because such a high-quality enterprise as Deng's Group is the best partner for the bank, both now and in the future. Lending money to such an enterprise means two words - rest assured! ...
Deng Shirong, who stayed in his hometown, was not idle either. He rode his motorcycle around all day long. Today he went to Baiping Village, tomorrow he went to Hanhe Village, and the day after tomorrow he went to Naqing Village.
In short, he just went around everywhere, and every time he arrived at a village, he would buy chickens, ducks, geese, eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, etc. from that village, and he even bought various fresh vegetables.
All these chickens, ducks and geese must be those that have been raised for more than a year, and the longer they are raised, the more he likes them.
He also wanted to buy big fish, eels, snails, cattle, goats, frogs, various fresh fruits and even rice.
In the following month, Deng Shirong not only traveled to various villages in Shuangwang, but also went to neighboring towns such as Longtan, Shapi, and Songwang, all to purchase these things.
Deng Shirong did this not for business, of course, but for future food safety.
In later generations, what makes Chinese people most heartbroken and helpless is the issue of food safety. There are really few foods on the market that are truly safe. They either contain pesticide residues, various hormones, or carcinogens.
In short, there are really not many foods that people can eat with confidence.
The impact may not be that great for adults, but if children eat these problematic foods, all kinds of problems will arise.
Deng Shirong certainly couldn't do anything about these. What he could do was to stockpile enough food for his family to last a lifetime, while food in the countryside was pollution-free. He wouldn't be able to control others then, but his own family would still be able to eat safe food.
While Deng Shirong was running back and forth in his hometown town to purchase food, Deng Yunheng, far away in Fuqing County, Fujian, had the biggest opportunity of his life.
A document was issued from above, Fuqing was abolished as a county and established as a city. From that day on, it became a county-level (city) and was directly under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital.
The administrative levels of other people did not change in this change, but Deng Yunheng, the magistrate of Fuqing County, took advantage of this great opportunity and skipped the department level, a level that he would have had to strive for another two or three years, and was directly promoted to the Standing Committee.
He became the youngest deputy director in the country.
Such a change was unexpected not only to others but also to Deng Yunheng himself.
Countless people were envious to the point that their eyes turned red. Others worked their butts off but couldn't even get to the next level, but Deng Yunheng didn't do anything and just won without doing anything, climbing up a level that countless people have struggled their entire lives to reach.
Who wouldn’t be jealous of such a huge opportunity?
But in this kind of situation, no matter how envious or jealous you are, it's useless.
The reason why they caught this express train is because of their ability and luck. No matter what industry you are in, luck is very important.
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