Chapter 406 Deng Yunsong's Romance

The speed and depth of news dissemination in this era are incomparable to those in later generations. Deng Shirong could only watch CCTV and related newspapers to follow the war. There were no other channels.

Unlike Russia and Ukraine in later generations, as long as you want to know, you can understand the progress of the war clearly on the Internet.

When this war broke out in the previous life, Deng Shirong, like most rural people, had no idea how big an impact this war would have on our country. Anyway, it was not our country that was involved in the war, so everyone just did what they were supposed to do, just like hearing others talk about a fight in the next town, and they didn't take it seriously at all.

It was not until later when Deng Shirong surfed the Internet and read many online novels that he realized that the war had such a great impact on the country.

Now that the war has broken out, he follows the news every day. At the same time, he subtly influences his sons, daughters, and daughters-in-law to pay more attention to these international events. The purpose of doing so is naturally to broaden their horizons.

After the war is over, my country's annual Spring Festival travel rush will begin and colleges and universities across the country will prepare for their holidays.

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Capital city.

In a restaurant near the Ministry of Finance, Deng Yunsong and Pei Qinghua were eating here for the Nth time.

Pei Qinghua asked: "Chief Deng, there is only half a month left until the Spring Festival. Will you go home for the New Year this year?"

Deng Yunsong shook his head and said, "No, my home is thousands of miles away from Beijing. Even if I take a plane back, it takes a lot of time to go back and forth. How can our company afford such a long vacation for me to go back and forth?"

Pei Qinghua nodded and said, "That's true, but if you don't go back for the New Year and stay in the capital alone, how lonely will you be?"

Deng Yunsong said, "It's okay. I've gotten used to it. When I was in school, I only went home for the New Year in my first and last year. The rest of the time I stayed in school. In fact, if my eldest sister hadn't gotten married in my first year, I wouldn't have gone back."

Pei Qinghua asked: "Chief Deng, why don't you go back home for the New Year? Is it because you have a bad relationship with your parents? Or is there some other reason?"

Deng Yunsong said with a smile: "Chief Pei, what are you thinking? I don't want to go back for the New Year, mainly because I'm afraid of riding in a car."

Pei Qinghua blinked: "Afraid of riding in a car? What do you mean? Are you carsick?"

Deng Yunsong laughed and said, "It seems that Chief Pei, you have never been far away!"

Pei Qinghua nodded and said, "I have indeed never traveled far away. I have never even left the capital city in my life!"

Deng Yunsong said: "No wonder you don't understand. Guangxi is too far away from Beijing. It takes several days and nights to take a train. You can't buy a sleeper berth just because you have money. I'm not the son of a high-ranking official. My father is a real countryman and is not eligible to buy a sleeper berth.

So, I have to sit in a cramped seat on a train that takes days and nights. If I go back for the New Year, it happens to be the Spring Festival travel period, and the whole carriage is crowded with people, and there are all kinds of unpleasant smells. Once I take such a train once, I really don’t want to take it a second time. "

Pei Qinghua suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. No wonder you don't want to go back for the New Year."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "Anyway, I have many brothers and sisters, so even if I don't go back for the New Year, my home will be lively and bustling."

Pei Qinghua asked casually: "Chief Deng, how many brothers and sisters do you have?"

Deng Yunsong said, "Seventh brother and sister, what about you?"

Pei Qinghua said: "I don't have as many brothers and sisters as you do. I only have two brothers."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "That's good too. You have two brothers protecting you since you were a child. I guess no one dares to bully you."

Pei Qinghua smiled: "That's true. Even my second brother is eight years older than me. With their protection, no one dared to bully me since I was a child."

Deng Yunsong was surprised and asked, "Your elder brother and second brother are so much older than you, so you must have been an aunt a long time ago, right?"

Pei Qinghua nodded and said, "You have been an aunt for several years. What is your rank in the family? You should have been an uncle a long time ago, right?"

Deng Yunsong said: "I have two older brothers and two older sisters, and two younger brothers. My niece is now in the third grade of elementary school."

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "You became an uncle earlier than me. Are your brothers and sisters married?"

Deng Yunsong said: "My eldest brother, eldest sister and second brother are all married, but my second sister is not married yet. However, I called back not long ago and my second sister-in-law said that my second sister is dating someone now, and she will probably get married next year!"

The two of them ate and talked, and mentioned their brothers and sisters for the first time, but they tacitly did not ask further questions.

After finishing their meal, the two walked out of the restaurant side by side.

A cold wind blew in their faces, and both of them shivered uncontrollably.

Deng Yunsong put his hands in the pockets of his down jacket and said with emotion: "I have been in Beijing for quite a while, but the thing I can't stand the most is the cold weather. It's so uncomfortable to go out in winter. In this regard, our Guangxi is much better. The temperature doesn't even drop below zero when it's the coldest."

Pei Qinghua was also wearing a down jacket, and he put his hands in his pockets as well, saying, "It's not even below zero even at the coldest temperature, so it's really comfortable. The only thing we can do in the capital is to stay indoors during the winter and stay as little as possible."

Deng Yunsong said: "Indeed, once I entered the house, I didn't want to come out."

Soon, the two returned to the family compound, greeted each other, and went back to their own rooms.

Deng Yunsong fell on the bed with his clothes on, Pei Qinghua's beautiful face flashed through his mind. After several months of getting along, his relationship with Pei Qinghua had become closer and closer. They used to only go out to eat together every now and then, but now they eat together almost every day.

Deng Yunsong is now certain that he must have fallen in love with her.

After all, Pei Qinghua is a girl with good education, good figure, good looks, and a likable personality. Which man would not like such an excellent girl? However, Deng Yunsong is still a novice who has never been in a relationship. He can't be sure whether the other party likes him, so he dare not express his feelings for a long time, for fear that the other party does not have any intention in that regard and just treats him as a good friend, which would be embarrassing.

After much thought, Deng Yunsong decided to prepare a gift for her to test her feelings.

As for what gift to give, Deng Yunsong already had an idea in his mind. Seeing that it was still early, he went out to call home.

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Nanning.

Wuyue Square luxury residence.

Xiao Dong'er put her hands on her hips, raised her head high, and said with great pride: "Grandpa, I am the top student in the grade again this semester. You promised me that you would take me to Beijing to play for a few days. Does this still count?"

"It counts, of course it counts, how could grandpa lie to you!"

Deng Shirong's face was full of smiles as he asked, "Xiao Dong'er, do you want to go to Beijing now? Grandpa needs to make it clear to you first. Beijing is very cold now. If you choose to go now, you might feel very uncomfortable!"

Xiao Dong'er said excitedly: "Grandpa, I'm not afraid of the cold. I want to go to the capital to see the snow. I have never seen what snow looks like in my life!"

Dongzi, who was dressed like a little landlord, quickly jumped out to grab the spotlight: "Grandpa, I want to go to Beijing to see the snow, too."

Deng Shirong looked at Dongzi and said, "Dongzi, do you still remember what grandpa told you? How high do you have to rank in the final exam before grandpa will take you to the capital?"

Dongzi's face instantly turned pale: "Remember, you have to be in the top 20 in the class to go."

Deng Shirong asked with a smile: "So what was your ranking in the final exam?"

Dongzi replied weakly, "Twenty-eight."

Deng Shirong reached out and touched his little head, and said, "Look, it's not that grandpa doesn't want to take you, it's that you didn't study hard and didn't get the ranking we agreed on, so grandpa will only take your sister to play this time and not you.

If you want to go out and play, then you should work hard next semester. As long as you can get into the top 20, then grandpa will take you wherever you want to play."

Xiao Dong'er looked at his brother and said contemptuously, "Dongzi, you are so stupid that you can't even get into the top 20 in the class. It's so shameful."

Dongzi pouted and was about to cry: "Sister, I... I just can't do it, what can I do?"

Xiao Dong'er scolded like an adult: "You can't do it, that means you didn't listen to the teacher carefully in class. If you listen carefully, how can you not know it?"

Dongzi said aggrievedly: "My deskmate always talks to me."

Xiao Dong'er said, "He talked to you, why don't you tell the teacher? Anyway, you don't study hard and can't get into the top 20 in the class, so you should stay at home honestly. If you want to go out and play, work hard next semester!"

Dongzi cried out with tears in her eyes: "Sister, I want to play too."

Although Dongzi looked pitiful, Deng Shirong was still merciless in order to motivate him to study hard. He continued, "Dongzi, grandpa knows that you are not good at studying, so I only set a goal for you to be in the top 20 in the class. As long as you achieve it, you can go out and play.

And my sister not only has to be first in the class, but also in the whole grade before she can go out to play. This is already very unfair.

But you can't even meet such a low standard, while my sister has met such a high standard. People who work hard should be rewarded. You should stay at home honestly. If you want to go out and play, work hard next semester!"

Seeing that his grandfather refused to take him, Dongzi ran to his mother, pulled her sleeve and said, "Mom~~~"

Zhang Xiuping said helplessly: "Dongzi, since you have made an agreement with grandpa, you must abide by it. How can a man go back on his word?"

Xiao Dong'er stretched out his hand and shaved his face: "That's right, Dongzi, are you ashamed?"

Dongzi realized that it was useless to look for his mother, so he could only sit there and sulk.

At this moment, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.

Deng Shirong was sitting next to the phone, so he picked up the call: "Hello!"

Deng Yunsong's voice came from the phone: "Dad, it's me. Have you eaten?"

Deng Shirong asked, "I have already eaten. Have you eaten?"

Deng Yunsong said, "After eating, Dad, I want to ask you something. Do you know which restaurant in Yulin makes the best beef brisket?"

Deng Shirong asked: "Why do you suddenly ask this?"

Deng Yunsong said, "I want to give some local specialties to one of my colleagues. Beef brisket is one of the most famous specialties in Yulin, so I want to ask which restaurant makes it best, and whether it can be canned and stored."

Deng Shirong said: "If you want to give me a gift, I can make beef brisket that tastes very authentic. When do you want it? How much do you want?"

Deng Yunsong was surprised and asked, "Dad, you can also cook Niuba?"

Deng Shirong laughed and said, "What's so strange about this? I can even cook the specialties of other provinces, so how can I not cook the local specialties? It's just that the production process of beef brisket is more complicated, so I have never made it."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "Great, then Dad, if you have time, please make me 20 or 30 jars. I will give them to my colleagues and leaders. It would be best if we can make them in time for the Chinese New Year."

Deng Shirong said: "No problem. In addition to Niuba, would you like me to prepare some Huishuizhai for you?"

Deng Yunsong said, "Okay, then you can prepare them, they are all for leaders and colleagues anyway."

Deng Shirong said: "Well, I understand. Your elder brother is here too. You can talk to him for a while!"

Deng Yunsong said: "Okay."

Upon hearing this, Deng Yuntai took the phone and started chatting with the third brother about family matters.

After chatting for two or three minutes, he handed the phone to the fourth brother Deng Yunhua, and they also chatted for two or three minutes before hanging up.

Deng Shirong smiled and said to his eldest granddaughter, "Xiao Dong'er, wait for Grandpa here. I'll go back and make some canned beef for your uncle and some ash water dumplings. When Grandpa comes back, I'll take you to the capital to play for a few days."

Xiao Dong'er nodded and said, "Okay, Grandpa."

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The next day, Deng Shirong took a bus back to Bobai County.

Huishuizhu is a must-have item for the Bobai people during the Chinese New Year and almost every household makes it.

Deng Shirong naturally knew which family in Naye Deng's family made the best huishuizhang. Now there was only half a month left before the Chinese New Year, and time was still quite tight. Deng Shirong had to make beef brisket himself, so he had no time to rush back to his hometown to make huishuizhang.

So, he called back and asked the family who was good at making ash water dumplings to help make thirty or forty ash water dumplings and asked them to vacuum pack them.

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Then, he stayed in the county town and started making Niuba, a very complicated craft.

If you want to make beef with a delicious taste, you need to be extremely particular from material selection to production and processing.

The first step is to select the materials. We must choose the local yellow cattle breed, the Shaniu. The Shaniu must be fed with the straw of local rice, corn, potatoes, and sugarcane crops. The age must be between two years and five years, and the weight must not be less than 400 kilograms.

Moreover, cattle must be slaughtered at night and must be processed within 6 hours after slaughter and must not be refrigerated.

The production process is as follows:

Raw meat → cleaning and sorting → selecting → drying → slicing → drying → steaming → frying → stewing → draining → shaping → canning → sterilization.

Deng Shirong was busy for two whole days and made a total of 100 cans of delicious beef brisket.

At the same time, the ash water baskets prepared by the villagers were also transported up on the tribe’s bus.

It was more than three days before Deng Shirong brought these things back to Nanning.

Deng Shirong left half of the beef and ten gray water baskets, then called his third son and took Xiao Dong'er on a plane directly to Beijing.

Naturally, the plane ticket was bought by Tuo Weiwei's uncle. If one wants to buy a ticket freely in the country, it will take a few more years.

Deng Shirong did not bring his children with him on this trip to Beijing.

Firstly, my second daughter-in-law is already in the late stage of pregnancy and needs someone to take care of her at home all the time.

Secondly, it is too cold in Beijing at this time, which is not very friendly to people who are used to the temperature in Guangxi.

Thirdly, Dongzi’s grades did not meet the requirements, so we definitely couldn’t make an exception and let him go with us. Otherwise, it would be even more difficult to stimulate his enthusiasm for learning.

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Capital city.

Deng Shirong booked a room in a big hotel not far from the Ministry of Finance and went in with Xiao Dong'er to rest.

Entering the room, a warm breeze hit him in the face. Xiao Dong'er was surprised and asked, "Grandpa, why is this room so warm?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Because the capital is too cold, heating is used in places where conditions permit. This is a high-end hotel, so it naturally has heating."

Xiao Dong'er asked in confusion: "Grandpa, what is this heater?"

Deng Shirong said: "Xiao Dong'er, when you boil water, do you see hot air coming out? That's the heating!"

Xiao Dong'er suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand."

Deng Shirong smiled and asked, "Are you hungry now?"

Xiao Dong'er said, "A little bit, but not very hungry."

Deng Shirong said, "Then wait for me here. I'll go out and buy you some buns to fill your stomach. When your uncle gets off work, we can go out to eat together."

Xiao Dong'er nodded and said, "Okay, Grandpa."

Deng Shirong walked out of the hotel, and took out a hookah and tobacco lighter from the system space in a deserted place. He leisurely lit a few cigarettes before entering the hotel again. Before entering the room, he first got a steaming meat bun out of the space.

Opening the door, Deng Shirong handed over the meat bun in his hand and said, "Xiao Dong'er, eat it while it's hot!"

Xiao Dong'er took the meat bun and asked, "Grandpa, don't you want to eat it?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Grandpa is not hungry yet, you can eat!"

Xiao Dong'er hummed, and then started to eat the buns happily.

Next, Deng Shirong used a similar method to get the gray water basket and canned cowhide out of the space. This shouldn't be difficult as long as he could hide it from his granddaughter.

After resting in the hotel for more than two hours and seeing that it was almost time, Deng Shirong took Xiao Dong'er to the Ministry of Finance.

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A certain department or department of the Ministry of Finance.

When it's time to get off work, everyone finishes their work and starts leaving in groups of two or three.

Deng Yunsong came to Pei Qinghua's office and said with a smile: "Chief Pei, my father has brought my niece to Beijing. I guess he is waiting for me at the entrance of the office. Let's go out for dinner together!"

Pei Qinghua was startled when she heard this, and her eyes widened as she asked, "Chief Deng, your father is here, would you like to take me out for dinner? Is that appropriate?"

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "You are my best colleague in the company. What's wrong with going out for dinner together?"

Pei Qinghua said in a panic: "This... This is not good, what if uncle misunderstands?"

Deng Yunsong blinked his eyes: "What's the misunderstanding?"

Pei Qinghua quickly shook his head and said, "Nothing, it's just that you and your son are reuniting, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate to bring me along."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "There's nothing inappropriate about it. Besides, I've prepared a New Year's gift for you. I guarantee you'll like it."

"ah?"

"Come on, pack up quickly and let's go out! It's freezing cold and my niece is here too, don't let her get cold!"

"Oh well!"

…

In front of the Ministry of Finance.

Deng Shirong and his eldest granddaughter were waiting for his third son to get off work. After waiting for a few minutes, they saw people coming out of the office building one after another. It was obviously time to get off work.

Soon, Deng Yunsong's figure appeared, and with him came a beautiful girl.

Although Deng Yunsong was wearing a down jacket and a scarf, wrapping himself tightly, Xiao Dong'er still recognized him at a glance and shouted, "Third Uncle, I'm here."

Deng Yunsong came over with a smile, greeted his father, picked up Xiao Dong'er, and introduced: "Dad, let me introduce you, this is my colleague Pei Qinghua, Section Chief Pei, and this is my dad."

Pei Qinghua immediately greeted him, "Uncle Deng, hello!"

Deng Shirong responded with a smile: "Hello, Chief Pei!"

While greeting, he was also secretly guessing the relationship between Section Chief Pei and the third son. Could this be the third son's girlfriend? If so, then the third son's vision is still very good. The girl in front of him is obviously without makeup, and her appearance is also the best choice, not worse than the eldest and second daughters-in-law. To be able to work in the Ministry of Finance, she must be a very outstanding person.

If not, then you have to find a way to make it so. After all, where can you find a girl with such excellent conditions?

Xiao Dong'er exclaimed, "Auntie, you are so beautiful, as beautiful as my mother and Second Aunt."

Pei Qinghua was a little nervous at first. She was inexplicably brought by Deng Yunsong to "meet his parents". Any person of the opposite sex would feel uncomfortable. But now, hearing Xiao Dong'er's innocent praise, she smiled and said, "Little sister, what's your name? You are also very beautiful and cute!"

Xiao Dong'er said: "Auntie, my name is Xiao Dong'er."

Pei Qinghua praised: "So good."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "Okay, it's too cold to stand here. This is not the place to talk. Let's go to the restaurant to eat first!"

Naturally, no one else had any objection, and the group walked towards the restaurant that Deng Yunsong and Pei Qinghua often went to.

On the way, Pei Qinghua asked, "Uncle Deng, the New Year is coming soon. Are you bringing Xiao Dong'er here to spend the New Year with Section Chief Deng?"

Deng Shirong shook his head and said, "No, I promised Xiao Dong'er before that as long as she could get first place in the grade in the final exam, I would take her wherever she wanted to go. As a result, she really did it, and then she wanted to come to Beijing to play, so naturally I had to fulfill my promise and bring her over to play for a few days."

Pei Qinghua gave Xiao Dong'er a thumbs up and said, "Oh, it turns out that Xiao Dong'er's academic performance is so good, it's amazing."

Deng Yunsong continued, "Xiao Dong'er, your Aunt Pei also had very good grades when she was studying, and she was admitted to one of the best universities in the country. You should learn from her and strive to be admitted to the best university in the country in the future."

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "Xiao Dong'er, your third uncle is really amazing. He is the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Guangxi. You should work hard to learn from him."

Xiao Dong'er nodded seriously and said, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, and you, Auntie, are all very good at studying. I want to learn from you."

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