Chapter 447 Meeting the Parents, Excited Fan Yuemei

October 6th, Friday.

It is suitable for getting married, traveling, cleaning, moving, matchmaking, engagement, moving to a new house, engagement, planting, burial, and sacrifice.

At eight o'clock in the morning, all the relatives and friends invited by the tribesmen gathered at the door of each household's villa, preparing to hold the fire-entering ceremony.

In Bobai, the fire-entering ceremonies of the Hakka people are all similar, so I will not repeat them here.

After the fire-entering ceremony, some clansmen went to the entrance of the ancestral hall to help with cooking, while others invited their relatives and friends to drink tea and chat in the villa.

This time when they moved to the new house, Deng Shirong's eldest son and daughter-in-law both came back, so Xiaodong'er and Dongzi naturally came back as well.

Anyway, for these two siblings, taking two days off will not affect their grades at all. Xiaodong'er is still the undisputed top of the grade, and Dongzi is still ranked above average in the class.

At this time, Xiaodong'er and her brother were playing by the river with a group of cousins.

While playing, one of the cousins ​​saw a lot of fish swimming in the clear river water. He couldn't help but sigh: "There seem to be a lot of fish in this river. It's a pity that there are no fishing rods here, otherwise we could sit here and fish."

Dongzi asked, "Cousin, is fishing fun?"

My cousin nodded and said, "Of course it's fun. It's most interesting when the fish bites the hook. Dongzi, have you never fished before?"

Dongzi shook his head and said, "I've never fished before. I'll go ask Grandpa if he has a fishing rod. If he does, let's go fishing!"

My cousin said, "Then go ask. If there is a fishing rod, bring it to me and I will teach you how to fish."

Upon hearing this, the other cousins ​​also started talking about the fun of fishing.

The cousins ​​present all grew up in the countryside and almost all of them have fished before. They understand this thing at a glance; it’s not complicated at all.

Dongzi ran into the living room and shouted, "Grandpa, do you have a fishing rod? We want to go fishing in the river."

Deng Shirong, who was drinking tea with his in-laws, said with a smile: "Yes, wait here, I will bring it to you."

"Very good!"

Dongzi said excitedly, "Grandpa, bring as many as you can. My cousins ​​want to fish too."

Deng Shirong said yes, said hello to his in-laws, and went back to the old house to get the fishing rod.

With Dongzi's reminder, Deng Shirong felt it necessary to buy some fish fry and put them into the river. Now, a small embankment has been built below the river, at the end of the villa complex. The original purpose of building this embankment was to raise the water level of the river and make the river look more beautiful.

If you raise fish, you don't have to worry about the fish swimming down the river.

The villa complex is more than 3,600 meters long, which is enough to raise a lot of fish. It doesn't matter even if the fish swim upstream. Anyway, he doesn't release the fish fry to raise and sell them for money. He just wants to fish with them when he has nothing to do after they grow up, just to add some fun.

Soon, Deng Shirong gave Dongzi a few fishing rods and asked him to go fishing with those cousins.

It has to be said that boys are naturally interested in fishing, while girls have little interest in it. Xiaodong'er is no exception. She did not join those cousins ​​to go fishing, but played stone-hitting with other cousins.

"Hitting stones" is the name used in Shuangwang, and in other places it is also called picking up stones, picking up pieces, picking up grindstones, grabbing bones, picking up joints, etc. It is a very popular little game among the little girls in Shuangwang, and even many little boys join in playing.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I heard Dongzi shouting excitedly: "I caught a fish, I caught a fish, haha..."

Xiao Dong'er took a quick look and saw that Dongzi had only caught a small fish that was about the size of two fingers. She couldn't help but look down on him and said, "Dongzi, you're yelling so loudly. People who don't know would think you caught a big fish, but this is all you get?"

Dongzi ignored his sister's mockery and ran into the living room with the fish in his hand, boasting: "Grandpa, grandpa, grandma, look, I caught a fish!"

"Oh, Dongzi is amazing, he caught the fish so quickly!"

"Dongzi is really amazing, this fish is not small!"

Zhang's father and mother couldn't help but praise him, and Deng Shirong also followed suit, saying that this kid knew how to show off, and when he grew up, if he caught a big fish, he would definitely get lost.

After showing off to his elders, Dongzi happily returned to the river, untied the dying fish and put it into the puddle nearby. He continued to put earthworms on the hook and went fishing with his cousins ​​again.

Unfortunately, I was lucky enough to catch this fish, and no other fish were caught afterwards.

It was not until about 10:30 in the morning, when it was time to go to the ancestral hall for lunch, that Dongzi reluctantly put away his fishing rod.

Deng Shirong couldn't help but smile when he saw this and said, "Dongzi, if you like fishing, I'll take you to the Yongjiang River when I have time. There are big fish there."

Dongzi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Grandpa, then we have a deal. You will take me to the Yongjiang River to fish when you are free."

Deng Shirong guided him, "Dongzi, if you can get into the top 15 of the class, then grandpa will take you out to sea to fish. That's really exciting. The big fish in the sea can easily weigh hundreds of kilograms. If you can catch such a big fish, just imagine how great it would be!"

Dongzi's eyes widened when he heard this. He felt a great sense of accomplishment just by catching a fish as big as two fingers. It would be really cool if he could catch a bigger fish. Unfortunately, he had to be in the top fifteen in the class to do so, which was indeed a bit difficult.

It seems that I have to work harder next time.

…

After dinner, all the relatives and friends of the Ye Deng family dispersed.

Deng Shirong's family also drove to Nanning, along with Zhang Xiuping's brothers and sisters-in-law. They are now doing business in Nanning's snack street, and the shops are provided to them free of charge. For the Deng family, which owns hundreds of shops, the rent of these few shops is really not worth mentioning.

After staying in Nanning for less than two days, Deng Shirong set off again.

Taking advantage of the peak period of the US dollar exchange rate against the RMB this year, he wants to sell some more US dollars.

Although he is now the richest man in the world in terms of wealth, all of this wealth is not in the form of cash, but various valuables and a large amount of materials. These things either cannot be seen in the public in a short period of time, or require a long time to slowly convert into cash.

Therefore, he now only has the title of the richest man, but not the reality.

The US dollars in hand are the only cash assets.

In the end, Deng Shirong spent more than two months and traveled to more than ten cities to exchange hundreds of millions of RMB.

He invested all the money into buying land.

The land we mainly buy is in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai. The land prices in these three cities are not expensive now. After the new century, the land prices will skyrocket. It is better to stock up a batch of land now and use it whenever you want in the future. It is also a profitable thing to sell it when you don’t want to use it.

After finishing all these, Deng Shirong returned to Nanning again.

At this time, students also started their winter vacation.

The first thing Deng Shirong did when he came back was to check his grandchildren’s report cards.

There were no surprises in Xiaodong'er's transcript, and she still ranked first in the grade.

Perhaps Dongzi was inspired by sea fishing, and he worked hard, and actually ranked 16th in the class. He was only one place away from meeting the requirement to go sea fishing. This made Dongzi very angry, and he has been depressed ever since.

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Don't be discouraged, Dongzi. I'll take you out to play this time. If you can keep this ranking next semester, I'll take you out to sea to go fishing during the summer vacation. I guarantee you'll have a lot of fun."

Dongzi was surprised and asked, "Grandpa, are you serious?"

Deng Shirong nodded and smiled: "Grandpa never lies."

Dongzi instantly recovered and said excitedly, "It's settled then. I must keep this rank next semester."

"Then I'll wait for your transcript for next semester."

At this point, Deng Shirong looked at his granddaughter and asked, "Xiao Dong'er, where do you want to go this time?"

Xiao Dong'er said, "Grandpa, I want to go to Kunming. I heard that it's spring all year round there. I want to go and see it."

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "No problem, Dongzi, what about you?"

Dongzi blinked and said, "I'll go wherever my sister goes."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Okay, then we'll leave for Kunming tomorrow."

…

The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, evening.

Nanning Snack Street is brightly lit, with all kinds of snacks lined up on both sides of the street. The whole street is bustling with people, and it has begun to take on the atmosphere of a bustling night market.

Qinjie's sour shop.

Qin Fengzhen and her three sons were so busy that their business was beyond their imagination. They couldn't even imagine that there were so many diners in Nanning who liked sour food.

In the past, Qin Fengzhen set up a mobile stall, the kind that moved from one location to another after doing some work. Her business was just so-so. Compared with her current business, it is like heaven and earth. If she had such good business in the past, she would have become rich long ago.

In fact, not only Qin Fengzhen's business is good, but other merchants' business is also good.

The snack street is now the most famous night market street in Nanning. Anyone who wants to have a midnight snack will think of this place first.

In the whole of Nanning, you really can’t find a more complete range of midnight snacks than here.

The high concentration of traffic naturally makes this snack street more and more popular, and the popularity attracts more traffic. In this virtuous cycle, the popularity of this snack street naturally becomes more and more prosperous.

In time, this snack street will surely grow into one of the famous snack streets in the country.

Just as the mother and daughter were busy, Deng Yunhua came over and greeted them, "Auntie, you are busy!"

Seeing Deng Yunhua coming over, Qin Fengzhen greeted him with a smile: "Xiaohua is here, come in and sit down. Let Yuemei make you something to eat."

Fan Yuemei, who was cutting sour ingredients, glanced at him and said with a smile on her face, "Brother Hua, go find a seat and sit down first. I'll be there in a minute."

There were many diners now, so it was not the time to be polite. Deng Yunhua responded and walked in, finding a small empty table and sitting down.

In less than two minutes, Fan Yuemei cut a plate of sour ingredients and brought it over, saying embarrassedly: "Brother Hua, there are too many people here now, I have to help, I'll come over to accompany you later!"

Deng Yunhua nodded and said, "Well, go ahead!"

Fan Yuemei nodded and continued to help cut the sour ingredients.

This took half an hour, until the customer flow slowed down a bit, and then Fan Yuemei came over and said apologetically, "Brother Hua, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"

Deng Yunhua said with a smile: "Why are you being so polite to me? Your sour food shop is so popular, it seems you have made a lot of money during this period!"

Fan Yuemei smiled and said, "I have indeed made a lot of money during this period. One day's income is at least equivalent to a week's income before. My mother is very happy."

Deng Yunhua said: "It's just too hard. They are too busy even when you come back. When you are not here, I am afraid that aunt and others will be even busier. It's not easy to make money!"

Fan Yuemei smiled and said, "This little bit of hard work is nothing. With such a good business, it's worth it no matter how hard it is. Others want to work so hard but don't even have the chance!"

Deng Yunhua nodded secretly when he heard this. After Fan Yuemei became his girlfriend, their family was still able to do business steadily without being too ambitious. This was indeed very good. If it were those who were short-sighted, they would probably have no interest in doing business and would instead expect him to give them money to support them.

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It seems that what my father said was right. Even if Fan Yuemei agreed to date him just for his money, as long as she can stick to the bottom line and do what "a gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way" and is not the kind of woman who would do anything for money, then she is blameless.

After all, even gentlemen love money. Who in this world doesn't like money? Thinking of this, Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "Yuemei, my dad wants to treat you to a meal tomorrow. Do you think it's convenient?"

"ah?"

Fan Yuemei was surprised at first, but then she couldn't help but feel happy.

Being able to meet the parents proved that her boyfriend was really aiming to get married. This was great news for her. She nodded quickly and said, "Of course it's convenient. I wonder where to eat and what gift should I bring to my uncle?"

Deng Yunhua said, "It's at the Nanning Hotel. What kind of gift would you bring as a student? If you really want to bring something, just bring some of your sour ingredients as a token of your appreciation."

Fan Yuemei nodded, and then asked nervously: "Brother Hua, what kind of person is my uncle? What should I pay attention to when meeting him?"

Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. My dad is a very easy-going person. He is more open-minded than young people like us. When you meet him, you just need to be sincere and don't try to show off."

Although she said that, Fan Yuemei didn't dare to relax at all.

Being able to casually give hundreds of millions or even tens of millions of dollars in annual profits to one of his sons, such an identity would be stressful even if it was a normal contact, not to mention that the other party was the boyfriend's parent. Facing the pressure brought by this dual identity, how many people could not be nervous? However, Fan Yuemei also knew that as long as she wanted to marry Deng Yunhua, she would have to pass this level sooner or later, and there was no other way except to face it bravely.

…

Time soon approached midnight. If it were later generations, there would still be many diners at this time, but the night markets of this era were not as glorious as those of later generations. After this time, the number of diners in the entire snack street became much smaller.

There are not many diners in Fan’s sour food restaurant.

At this time, Fan Yuemei said to her mother: "Mom, Hua Ge's father wants to treat me to lunch tomorrow."

Qin Fengzhen was overjoyed when she heard this, but then she complained, "Girl, why didn't you tell me about this earlier? It's already very late, go back and take a shower and go to bed."

Fan Yuemei said: "I will meet the boy's parents tomorrow. I am so unsure and afraid that I won't perform well."

Qin Fengzhen said: "As the saying goes, an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law. Mom can't teach you anything in this regard. Anyway, you can adapt to the situation tomorrow!"

Fan Yuemei: “…”

…

The next day.

At around eleven o'clock in the morning, Deng Yunhua drove over to pick up Fan Yuemei to have dinner at Nanning Hotel.

When Deng Yunhua saw Fan Yuemei dressed up carefully, his eyes almost popped out.

Seeing this, Fan Yuemei asked with a smile, "Does it look good?"

Deng Yunhua nodded repeatedly and said, "It looks great, it's so beautiful!"

Fan Yuemei got into the car carrying the packaged sour ingredients and asked with a smile, "Really?"

Deng Yunhua also got into the driver's seat and praised: "Of course it's true. You look as good as my three sisters-in-law after you dress like this!"

Hearing this, Fan Yuemei was a little surprised. She had been beautiful since she was a child and was also a famous beauty in Wuhan University. Among all the women she had met over the years, none could compare with her in appearance.

Now, from what Deng Yunhua meant, she spent so much time dressing up today, showing off her beauty to the fullest, but in the end she got an evaluation that was not inferior to his three sisters-in-law. Doesn't that mean that his three sisters-in-law are all beauties of the same level as her? In fact, they may even be more beautiful than her.

Although she was surprised, Fan Yuemei soon felt relieved.

After all, my boyfriend's family background is so amazing. With such a good family background, what kind of beauty can't his three brothers marry? ...

A private room in Nanning Hotel.

Deng Yunhua introduced: "Dad, this is my girlfriend Fan Yuemei."

"Hello, uncle!"

"Hello, Mei, come and sit down!"

"Uncle, it's our first meeting, so I brought you some sour food my mother made. I hope you like it."

"That's thoughtful. I really like sour food. Xiaohua, let the waiter come in and take our order!"

"OK."

Deng Yunhua responded, called the waiter in, and started taking orders.

I won’t go into detail about the ordering process. After the waiter left the room, Deng Shirong praised, “I heard from Xiaohua that, Amei, you are a top student at Wuhan University. You are really amazing.”

Fan Yuemei smiled and said, "Uncle, thank you for the compliment!"

Deng Shirong sighed and said, "My Xiaohua has no talent for studying. I have repeatedly emphasized since elementary school that he should study hard and strive to get into college. Unfortunately, this kid just couldn't learn and only graduated from high school. It's really embarrassing!"

Deng Yunhua said with shame: "Dad, please give me some face."

Deng Shirong glanced at him and said, "You have to fight for your own face. If you can't even get into an ordinary university, what face do you want?"

Deng Yunhua said weakly: "Dad, only a small number of elites can get into college. Most people can't get into college. You can't blame me for not working hard!"

Deng Shirong snorted, "What kind of study environment do others have? What kind of study environment do you have? How dare you compare yourself with others?"

Deng Yunhua: “…”

Fan Yuemei was originally under a lot of pressure as it was her first time meeting the parents, but after hearing the conversation between the father and son, her nervousness instantly disappeared. She smiled and continued, "Uncle, Brother Hua told me that he also worked hard when he was studying."

Deng Shirong said, "Amei, you don't have to speak for him. His efforts are intermittent. It's just that his family is well off. If he was born in a poor family, he would probably have to work as a laborer for the rest of his life."

Fan Yuemei covered her mouth and laughed when she heard this.

Soon, the restaurant started serving the food.

During the meal, Deng Shirong asked, "Amei, you will graduate from university next year. What are your plans after graduation? Will you follow the government's arrangements and work in a public institution, or will you choose to start a business?"

Fan Yuemei said obediently: "Uncle, if it were in the past, my choice would definitely be to work in a public institution, because for a family like ours, working in a public institution is the best way out.

But now I am Hua Ge’s girlfriend. I will listen to his advice on work. If he wants me to join a public institution, I will join a public institution. If he wants me to start a business, I will start a business. Anyway, I can do either.”

"Amei, if that's the case, then you should choose to go into business!"

Deng Shirong nodded with satisfaction and said, "When you graduate next year, I will hold a wedding for you, and then you will take over Xiaohua's home appliance store."

"Electrical Appliance City?"

Fan Yuemei blinked her eyes. Isn't her boyfriend's business the snack street? Deng Yunhua explained: "In addition to the snack street, the Ahua Home Appliance City in Wuyue Square is also mine."

Deng Shirong glanced at his fourth son, then looked at Fan Yuemei and sighed, "Alas, this electric city was originally a very good project, but it's a pity that Xiaohua is not ambitious enough and only keeps this one store. He has no intention of expanding it. I'll let you take over and see if you can make this electric city bigger and stronger."

Fan Yuemei was really excited when she heard this. As a local of Nanning, she naturally knew about Ahua Appliance City, which was the largest appliance city in Nanning. She didn't expect that this was also her boyfriend's business. Although this appliance city was not as big as the snack street, it was also a very big business. As long as she married there, she would start by taking over such a big business. It was hard not to be excited.

"Thank you, uncle. I will make this electric city bigger and stronger and will not let you down."

"I believe in your ability, just go for it, and I'll cover any problems you have."

The trust of her future father-in-law made Fan Yuemei feel like she was given a shot of chicken blood. She had already made up her mind that she would get to know the home appliance industry well in the next few months. After she married into the Deng family and took over the home appliance city, she would work hard to make it bigger and stronger so as not to let her father-in-law down.

The meal took almost two hours to finish.

Before leaving, Deng Shirong took out a red envelope that he had prepared long ago, handed it to Fan Yuemei and said, "Amei, this is a meeting red envelope for you. Tomorrow my family will go back to our hometown to celebrate the New Year. After we return to our hometown to celebrate the Spring Festival, I will invite you to our home for dinner."

"Thank you, uncle!"

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PS: Thank you for your concern. I have a lot of typing tasks every day and have no time to take care of myself. Besides, it is difficult to find the right doctor for this kind of illness...

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