Chapter 501: Sister Qiu, are you willing to marry into a family like this?
After agreeing to find a partner for Guai Ma Qi, Deng Shirong searched carefully in his mind to see if there was a suitable candidate among the people he had come into contact with.
After searching for a while, I couldn't find any suitable candidate.
Since he had nothing to do now, Deng Shirong simply rode his motorcycle towards Daba Town.
Like Shuangwang Town, Daba Town is located in the southern part of Bobai. It is the farthest town from the county seat among all the towns in Bobai, and is sandwiched between Longtan Town, Shapi Town and Gaoqiao Town in Guangdong.
In this era of the previous life, Shuangwang Town and Daba Town could be said to be a pair of brothers in distress. They were very inconspicuous among the many towns in Bobai, and their economic rankings were relatively low, especially Daba Town. Until later generations, the economic strength had not changed much.
The later Shuangwang Town, at least has the Baiping Industrial Park, which claims to have invested 100 billion yuan, to drive its development, and has left its former brothers far behind.
In this life, since Deng Shirong was reborn, it goes without saying that the economic level of Shuangwang Town is no longer ranked at the bottom among all the towns and villages in the county as in the previous life, but is undisputedly ranked first.
After all, apart from anything else, the investment and promotion of Naye Film and Television City alone is unmatched by other towns and villages.
It is precisely because the overall economic level of Shuangwang Town has been greatly improved that Deng Shirong gave up the plan to find a partner for Guai Maqi in Shuangwang, and instead planned to go to Damu, a relatively poor township, to take a look.
Because girls from well-off families may not be willing to marry Guai Maqi, a drug addict. Only girls from poor families, with him personally acting as a matchmaker, would be willing to marry Guai Maqi.
Originally, the straight-line distance between Shuangwang Town and Daba Town was not far. If the road was unobstructed, it would take half an hour to get there. Unfortunately, the roads between the two towns were blocked, and it took a long detour to get from Shuangwang Town to Daba Town. So when Deng Shirong arrived at Daba Street, almost an hour had passed.
There is really nothing much to say about Dam Street in this era.
It's just a shabby road, and the buildings on both sides are hard to describe. It's really not much different from the previous Shuangwang Street.
No wonder even on the market day, which is the most important day for rural people, the number of people coming to the market is less than a thousand. Compared with its neighbor Longtan Town, the gap is as big as that between Guangdong and Guangxi. The two are not even on the same level at all.
Today was not the Daba Market, and there were almost no people on the whole street. Therefore, Deng Shirong had no intention of staying, but rode his motorcycle towards the nearest Guanling Village.
This was not the first time that Deng Shirong acted as a matchmaker. He knew that if he wanted to quickly find out which unmarried girls there were in the village, the most efficient way would be to go to the village gossip gathering place to ask.
So, after arriving at Guanling Village, Deng Shirong quickly found one of the gossip gathering places in the village.
This gossip gathering place is under a pomelo tree.
At this time, more than ten people had gathered here. Among them, four middle-aged men and women were playing poker, several middle-aged and elderly people were chatting while taking turns to smoke with pipes, and there were three children chasing and playing with each other.
Hearing the sound of the motorcycle, the villagers, whether they were chatting or playing cards, all looked up.
It was already 1996, and motorcycles were certainly no longer a rarity. Basically, every family in the village with better economic conditions had bought a motorcycle.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, it was just a subconscious reaction.
Seeing the stranger Deng Shirong park his motorcycle in front of them, an uncle who was smoking a cigarette asked, "A cousin, who are you looking for?"
Deng Shirong parked the car, walked over and said with a smile: "I'm not looking for anyone, I just came to borrow the chimney to light a cigarette."
At this time, the uncle just had a few cigarettes, so he handed them over and asked, "Do you have any cigarettes or fire?"
"some."
Deng Shirong took the pipe, sat on one of the small stools, and then took out tobacco and a lighter from his pocket.
Another middle-aged man said, "A cousin, judging from your accent, you seem to be from Shuangwang?"
The accents of various towns in Bobai have subtle differences. People who have little contact with people from other towns may not be able to hear them, but if you often come into contact with people from other towns, you will feel the subtle differences from the way they speak.
Deng Shirong smiled and nodded, "My cousin, you are right. I am indeed from Shuangwang's side."
The middle-aged man asked, "A cousin, which village are you from in Shuangwang?"
Deng Shirong pulled a handful of tobacco and stuffed it into the pipe mouthpiece, and replied: "Bangjie's, have you heard of it, cousin?"
"Naya Deng's in Bangjie Village?"
Deng Shirong was not surprised at all to hear the words blurted out by the middle-aged man.
If it was the Shuangwang Town in the previous life, even if it was its administrative village, probably only a few people in the town and nearby towns knew about it, not to mention a natural village like Naye Dengshi that was hardly mentioned outside.
But in this life, the reputation of the Naye Deng family has already spread throughout the county.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is even more famous than Shuangwang Town.
Some people in the county may not have heard of Shuangwang Town, because Bobai County is really not small, with a total of 28 towns. Famous towns like Longtan are naturally well-known, but the presence of Shuangwang Town is still a little low, so it is normal that people who live far away have not heard of it.
But no matter how far away they are, as long as they are from Bobai, they must have heard of the great name of the Ye Deng family.
Deng Shirong nodded and smiled, "Yes, I am indeed a member of the Naye Deng clan."
The middle-aged man immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "Your Naye Deng family is really amazing!"
Upon hearing this, the other villagers also looked at Deng Shirong, and one by one followed the middle-aged man in praising him.
"Yes, I heard that every household in your Deng family has at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets. Is this true?"
"It's more than hundreds of thousands. I heard that many families have earned millions!"
"Every household in the clan has tens of millions, it's really amazing!"
“…”
Deng Shirong lit up the tobacco, took a few puffs, and then said, "My dear cousins, our Deng family is well off financially. I wonder if there are any girls with good personalities in your village. I would like to help a young man in my family find a match."
As soon as these words were spoken, even the four middle-aged men and women who were playing cards could no longer sit still. They threw their cards on the table and came over with their small stools.
"Ah, are you serious?"
"Cousin, I wonder what kind of girl the young man in your clan is looking for? I have a niece with a very good personality."
"My second daughter is well-known in the village for her good character. If you think it's suitable, you can help to make some connections."
“…”
No matter what era, no matter whether men or women, everyone hopes to find someone with good conditions in marriage.
In later generations, some people summarized the several opportunities that ordinary people encounter in their lives to change their destiny. These opportunities are basically the same, and one of them that everyone will inevitably mention is marriage.
Changing one's destiny through marriage is an extremely common and easy opportunity.
Especially for girls, as long as they are pretty and don’t mind marrying a short, fat and ugly man, it is easy to change their destiny.
Everyone present knew how good the conditions of the Deng family were. Not only was every household worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the key was their ability to make money, which was truly unmatched by people from other places.
In particular, the news that the Naye Deng family is building a film and television city has already spread throughout Bobai County. The land near the film and television city has become "every inch of land is worth a lot of money". It is said that the film and television city plans to add more than 100,000 people in the future, and any business there can make a lot of money.
In short, the development potential of the Naye Deng family is so great that they can't imagine it.
Being able to marry into the Naye Deng family is such a good thing that you would never find such a good opportunity even with a lantern, so the villagers present did not care about anything else. If they had girls of the right age, they would recommend their own girls. If they did not have any, they would recommend their nieces and nephews, etc.
Hearing the villagers desperately recommending him, Deng Shirong quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't rush to recommend, my dear cousins. I'm a man of my word and I won't lie to you. This young man in my tribe used drugs two years ago.
Well, he only took it for two months. He didn't want to take drugs on his own initiative, but was tricked into taking it by his friends. He has been drug-free for more than two years now.
If you mind this, don't recommend it. If you don't mind, we can talk about it in detail."
Upon hearing this, the villagers looked at each other and fell silent in an instant.
Drug abuse, these two words are really too heavy.
In the countryside, when the word "drug addict" is mentioned (in the rural areas of Bobai at that time, all drug addicts were classified as "drug addicts"), the reputation was really worse than that of a gangster. Any parent who loved their daughter a little would definitely not agree to their daughter marrying a drug addict.
Seeing that everyone was silent for a while, Deng Shirong put the pipe aside and said, "I know what everyone is worried about. Everyone who has seen Baifenzi knows what he is like. No one wants their daughter to marry such a person.
However, there is still some difference between this young man from our Naye Deng family and those drug addicts who have become useless.
First of all, he had not been taking drugs for a long time, only two months, so the damage to his brain was not that serious.
Secondly, he has been drug-free for more than two years and has not taken drugs again. I believe he will not take drugs again in the future. Not only his parents are supervising him, but the whole family is also supervising him. It is basically impossible for him to take drugs again without telling anyone.
So, you don't have to worry about this or that. Apart from his bad reputation due to his drug abuse, his other conditions are very good."
"A cousin, after hearing what you said, I have a candidate I want to recommend to you."
The person who was speaking was a middle-aged woman in her fifties. Her home was the gathering place for gossip. When she was talking to Deng Shirong, her head kept shaking slightly, and it was obvious that she had some kind of disease.
Deng Shirong asked, "Who is the candidate? Tell me, cousin."
The aunt said: "Her name is Aqiumei. She is the eldest of four siblings in the family. She is a miserable child. When she was seven or eight years old, her mother accidentally fell down while carrying wood from the mountain and was crushed by the wood. She became disabled and has been bedridden ever since.
Her father had to play both the role of a father and a mother. He had to earn money to support his children and take care of his paralyzed wife. Life was extremely difficult.
When Qiumei finally grew up, her father fell ill due to years of hard work and some accumulated hidden injuries.
Now, Aqiumei, who has just come of age, is forced to shoulder the heavy burden of the family. The life she leads is really heartbreaking.
Ah Biao, if the young men in your clan don’t mind her heavy family burden, you can introduce Ah Qiumei to him. She is really a very good child.”
"Aqiumei is not bad. Not only does she have a good personality, she is also pretty. If it weren't for the heavy burden on her family, young men who want to marry her would probably line up from our village to the town."
"Yes, sister Qiu is really good. Cousin, can you introduce her to this young man in your tribe?"
"Aqiumei has been sensible since she was young. If she could marry into the Deng family, she wouldn't have to live such a hard life!"
“…”
Deng Shirong's eyes lit up when he heard this. For a girl to receive sympathy and praise from so many people in the village, this could not be achieved simply by being poor. There were too many poor people in this world. Maybe there were families in Guanling Village who were poorer than A Qiumei.
This indirectly proves that the girl called Aqiumei by the villagers must have a good character.
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Thinking of this, Deng Shirong carefully inquired about Aqiumei's situation, and the villagers saw that he was interested, so in order to facilitate this marriage, they all told him everything they knew.
Because Deng Shirong treated people with sincerity, he pointed out from the beginning that this young man in the tribe had taken drugs and showed his worst side to the villagers.
Therefore, the villagers returned the favor and told Aqiumei the true situation.
After asking almost all the questions, Deng Shirong stood up and said, "My dear cousins, where does Qiumei live? I will go to her house and talk to her parents to see if they are willing to let her marry this young man from my clan."
The aunt smiled and said, "A cousin, let me take you there!"
Upon hearing this, other villagers also expressed their desire to go and take a look.
So Deng Shirong rode his motorcycle and followed these gossiping villagers to A Qiumei's house.
In less than three minutes, Deng Shirong and others arrived at A Qiumei's house.
Deng Shirong was not surprised at all when he saw the old mud brick house in front of him. In later generations, the number of mud brick houses in Bobai Village was indeed very small, but in the 1990s, mud brick houses were still relatively common.
"Ah Qiu sister!"
After everyone arrived at Aqiumei's house, the aunt started shouting at the top of her lungs.
Someone inside responded, and then a young girl walked out of the dark mud brick house.
The girl's hair was tied into a ponytail with a rubber band, and she was wearing old patched clothes.
If it were 10 years ago, it would be normal for rural people to wear such patched old clothes, but now it is 1996, and the living standards of many rural families have improved and are no worse than those of city dwellers.
It goes without saying how poor the family was if they were still wearing patched clothes at that time.
While Deng Shirong was silently sizing up the girl named Yan Qiu, she came out and saw so many people. She was surprised and looked at the aunt and asked, "Third Aunt, what do you want to talk to me about?"
The aunt smiled and introduced, "Ah Qiu sister, this is Ah Cousin from the Naye Deng clan in Shuangwang Town. He came here this time to introduce a date to a young man in the clan. We all think you are a good match, so we recommended him to come and talk to your parents."
Qiumei was a little overwhelmed when she heard this. She never thought that it was a matchmaker who came to her house. After she realized what was going on, she quickly said, "Third aunt, wait a moment. I'll call my dad to come out and talk to you."
Having said that, he hurried into the house.
Not long after, Aqiumei came out supporting an old man. No need for introduction, everyone knew that this was her father.
Father Yan nodded to the familiar neighbors in the village, then looked at the unfamiliar Deng Shirong and asked, "Cousin, do you want to be a matchmaker for my sister Qiu?"
Deng Shirong nodded and smiled, "Yes, when I asked the cousins in your village, they all recommended your sister Qiu, so I came here to talk to you. If you are satisfied, I will help to matchmake and arrange this marriage when I return."
Father Yan said, "Cousin, let's sit down and talk."
Deng Shirong responded and sat down on a small stool.
In the countryside, there are several small stools placed at the door of every household, and the Yan family is no exception.
However, there were a lot of people coming this time, and the small benches at the door were not enough. Qiumei went into the house and brought out a few small benches so that all the villagers could sit down.
Then, Qiumei picked up the pipe at the door, handed it to Deng Shirong and said, "Grandpa Deng, light the pipe first."
Deng Shirong waved his hand and smiled, "Thank you, no need, I just burned it."
Upon hearing this, Aqiumei handed the pipe to other people in the village. With so many people around, naturally some who wanted to smoke took it.
Looking at the sickly father Yan, Deng Shirong said straight to the point: "Cousin, I won't waste any more words. The cousins in the village have already told me clearly about your sister Qiu's situation. Now I will tell you about this young man in our clan.
I believe you have heard of our Naye Deng family. As a member of the Naye Deng family, his family is naturally well-off. Not only does they have a villa in the village, they also have a house in the county town, and the family has hundreds of thousands of savings.
He is the eldest son in the family, with a younger brother and a younger sister. He does not have a high level of education, having only graduated from junior high school, but he looks okay.
The only bad thing was that two years ago, he was deceived by a friend and became addicted to drugs. He hid it from his family for two months. When the clan found out, they took some tough measures and he finally got rid of the drugs."
After listening to the previous introduction, Yan's father was extremely satisfied. A family with such good conditions is really hard to find in the countryside. If his daughter could really marry into such a family, he would wake up with a smile in his dreams.
Qiumei, who was sitting nearby and listening, opened her eyes wide when she heard this.
But after hearing the following introduction, Yan's father's expression finally changed. No matter how difficult it was, he would never marry his daughter to a drug addict.
Aqiumei was no exception, her face also turned pale.
The reputation of white powder boys is really terrible.
When they heard about drug use, both the father and daughter thought of the rumors they had heard about those drug addicts, and instinctively felt resistance and fear.
When Deng Shirong was introducing them, he also kept an eye on the changes in the expressions of the Yan family father and daughter. Seeing that their faces changed drastically, he added: "A cousin, I know that white powder is not a good thing, but not every drug addict will become like that. This thing can be controlled by willpower.
Now this young man in my clan has not taken drugs for more than two years. I believe he will never take drugs again in the future, because now not only his family members are supervising him, but the whole clan is also helping to supervise him. He will definitely not have the chance to touch drugs again.
So, he is a normal person now, not as scary as you think."
Father Yan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this and asked, "Ah Biao, are you sure he is a normal person now and will never take drugs again?"
"I'm sure he's a normal person now. As for whether he will take drugs in the future, I've made it very clear just now. He is now under the supervision of the entire tribe. He stays in the village all day and has no chance to come into contact with drugs. Even if he wants to take drugs, he can't."
At this point, Deng Shirong revealed his trump card: "And his parents have also made a promise that they are willing to give their future daughter-in-law a net worth of 100,000 yuan. In addition, after the daughter-in-law marries into their family, she will be rewarded 100,000 yuan for each child she gives birth to, whether it is a boy or a girl.
I think this sincerity is enough, what do you think, Biao?"
"hiss……"
As soon as these words were spoken, every one of the villagers present gasped.
They had never seen a net worth of 100,000, let alone heard of it.
Although the value of money in Bobai has increased significantly compared to the 1980s, it is basically just auspicious numbers like 1388, 1688, and 1888. Those with numbers exceeding these are from relatively well-off families who are willing to spend money.
At present, the person with the highest price in their village, whether it is marrying a daughter or marrying a daughter-in-law, is 3,888 yuan.
This amount of money caused quite a stir in the village at the time, and people still talk about it today.
But now the parents of this drug addict actually spent 100,000 yuan on his worth, which is dozens of times more than the normal worth. They are extremely wealthy.
Moreover, they promised to reward 100,000 yuan for each child born, which is really outrageous.
At this moment, all the villagers present felt a little regretful. If they had known that the man would give so much, they would not have despised him for taking drugs!
Father Yan was also shocked. He asked in a trembling voice, "A cousin, did his parents really promise that?"
Deng Shirong nodded and said, "It's absolutely genuine."
Father Yan thought of his wife who was still ill in bed, his own weak body, and his children who had not yet grown up. He could not help but look at his eldest daughter who was carrying the burden of the family, and asked with a complicated expression: "Sister Qiu, are you willing to marry into a family like this?"
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PS: Since the relatives don't want the protagonist to remarry, then don't marry. Anyway, this is not the main point of the book. However, from a realistic point of view, it is reasonable for the protagonist's eldest brother or third sister to persuade the protagonist.
(End of this chapter)