Chapter 46 Uncle Jiu, you are so kind

Noon.

Deng Shirong had lunch with the warm hospitality of Dai Chunqing's family.

The dishes included stir-fried pork, chopped green onion and eggs, and a few bowls of green vegetables and pickles. Such a meal was nothing to Deng Shirong, who ate meat every day, but for Dai Chunqing's family, it was a sumptuous meal that they could not eat once in three months.

After more than two hours of contact, Deng Shirong basically understood the situation of Dai Chunqing's family.

Dai Chunqing's family conditions were not good. They only had two mud brick houses and a kitchen. He and his wife lived in one of the houses, and the other housed two bunk beds, with the three sons sleeping on one and the two daughters sleeping on the other.

The living conditions are really tight.

Dai Chunqing's eldest son was named Dai Zongze, an honest young man. Deng Shirong had tested him during a chat and found that he had no idea about the future at all. He only wanted to farm the land honestly, then marry a wife and have children. Nothing else mattered to him.

If such a man lived in the 1960s and 1970s, he would be quite reliable, and any girl who married him would not go hungry.

However, Deng Shirong knew that with the development of the times, if he did not know how to adapt and just honestly guarded the one-third acre of land at home, his life would probably be a little different from that of others.

On the contrary, Dai Chunqing's eldest daughter, Dai Fanglan, although she looks a little shy, is a person with ideas.

After lunch, Deng Shirong privately said to Dai Chunqing: "Cousin, I know the basic situation of your family. I think your eldest son's marriage is not urgent. After all, your family is really short of housing. You can't marry your daughter-in-law and have her share a bed with your brother-in-law, right? So, I suggest you build a new house first. It will be a hundred times easier to marry your daughter-in-law after you have a house."

Dai Chunqing nodded and said a little embarrassedly: "Uncle Jiu, I understand what you said. This is because our family is really in trouble. If we build a new house, we won't have money to marry a daughter-in-law. The same is true in reverse. If we marry a daughter-in-law first, we won't have money to build a house."

Deng Shirong understood this. In this era, not every family had the conditions like Zhang Kangmei and Deng Changfu. Most families actually lived a difficult life. They had already tried their best to feed their family. How could they have the spare energy to save money? "Cousin, I think you should build a house first, then find a husband for your eldest daughter. After getting a sum of money, you can find a daughter-in-law for your eldest son. In this way, you can have money to build a house and it won't delay the marriage of a daughter-in-law. How great is that!"

Dai Chunqing was moved when he heard this. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it made sense. He nodded and said, "Uncle Jiu, you are right. I only considered my eldest son's marriage before, but I didn't expect that my eldest daughter's marriage could be solved by slightly changing the order."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Cousin, if you are interested, I can introduce a date to your eldest daughter. There happens to be a young man in our village who is quite good. I think he is a good match for your eldest daughter. I can help to bring them together."

Dai Chunqing said: "Uncle Jiu, what kind of young man is he? Tell me about him."

Deng Shirong introduced: "His name is Deng Changwang, he is 22 years old this year, he has regular features and is about 1.7 meters tall. He is the youngest in the family. His eldest and second brothers have already married and separated from their families. His three sisters have also married, leaving him alone to live with his parents.

Not only is he proficient in all kinds of farm work, he is also good at doing side jobs. He currently raises dozens of chickens and ducks at home, which will be sold by the end of the year. I can see that your eldest daughter is also a person with ideas. If she marries him, the couple's life should not be too bad."

Dai Chunqing's eyes lit up when he heard this. The man's conditions sounded good, at least better than their family's. Generally, the youngest son is the most favored in the family. If his eldest daughter married him, her life would not be too bad indeed.

"Uncle Jiu, this young man you mentioned sounds good. He lives with his parents. I wonder if his family has many houses?"

"There are quite a few houses. His parents live in one, he lives in another, and there are two empty rooms. They are just a little old."

Nowadays, no one’s house is very good. As long as there are that many rooms, the conditions are good enough.

Therefore, Dai Chunqing was somewhat moved and said, "Uncle Jiu, the young man you introduced is really good. I'd like to trouble you to help bring them together!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "No problem. I will discuss it with his parents when I get back. If his parents have no objection, we can arrange a meeting on the 28th market day. What do you think?"

Dai Chunqing nodded and said, "Okay."

Deng Shirong looked at the sky and said, "Then it's settled. I'll go back first if everything is fine. You can also ask someone to go to our village to inquire in the next two days to see if the situation of this young man Deng Changwang is the same as what I said."

Dai Chunqing waved his hand and said, "No need to ask, I trust Uncle Jiu."

Deng Shirong said with emotion: "My cousin, you must ask someone to find out about this. This is not a question of whether you can trust it or not. Marriage is related to the happiness of our children's lives. As parents, we still have to pay attention to it."

Dai Chunqing said with emotion: "Uncle Jiu, you are so kind. Who can not feel at ease with someone like you as a matchmaker?"

"It's settled. You must ask someone to find out the truth in the next two days."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Uncle Jiu."

"Well, I'll go back first. Bye!"

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"goodbye!"

After watching Deng Shirong leave, Dai Chunqing came to his eldest daughter and said, "Alan, I just talked to Uncle Jiu for a while and planned to find a husband for you. If nothing goes wrong, you will meet the man on the 28th market day."

Dai Fanglan was shocked when she heard this and said, "Dad, my brother hasn't married yet, why should I look for a husband?"

Dai Chunqing sighed and said, "I originally wanted your brother to get married first, and then find you a husband. But you know the situation in our family. We don't even have a place to live. It's difficult to find a wife for your brother! Even if the girl is willing to marry, where will you let her live after she gets married? She can't share a bed with you, right?"

Dai Fanglan said, "Dad, our family has sold two pigs, so we should have some money. Let's build two houses first, so that my sister-in-law will have a place to live when she marries into our family."

Dai Chunqing said, "If you sell the two pigs and add a little more savings, you can build two houses, but if you spend all the money, what will you use to help your brother get married?"

Dai Fanglan was speechless. She knew her family was in financial difficulty, but she had never expected it to be this difficult. It seemed that she had to get married first so that her brother would have a chance to marry. After she figured it out, she quickly accepted the reality and asked, "Dad, where is the other party from? Tell me about him!"

Dai Chunqing nodded and told his eldest daughter everything about the man.

(End of this chapter)