Chapter 52 Inquiry

At the end of the month, Deng Changbao began to send workers to deliver blue bricks to Deng Shirong's home.

Because it was not far away, we did not waste money on hiring a truck. Instead, we used ox carts to deliver the goods here one by one.

As blue bricks were delivered continuously, the construction of Deng Shirong's house started again. Relatives and idle young and strong people in the village came to help. Some built walls, some moved bricks, and some carried lime slurry. Everyone did their job and worked in full swing.

Although the family was very busy, Deng Shirong had no intention of staying at home to help. After preparing today's meat, he said to his eldest daughter, "Azhen, I'll leave the house to you!"

Deng Yunzhen knew that her father was going to Poxin Village today to inquire about her future sister-in-law, so she nodded and said, "I know, Dad. You can rest assured that I will take care of the family!"

Deng Shirong was naturally relieved that his eldest daughter's cooking skills had already been trained. After giving her instructions, he rode his bicycle to Poxin Village, Xinghua Brigade, Longtan Commune, to find out about the reputation of the future daughter-in-law he had chosen in the village, her family's interpersonal relationships, and whether she could get along well with her parents and brothers.

A few days ago, Deng Shirong drove his two daughters to Longtan Village, which took him an hour and a half. This time he rode alone, so the speed was naturally much faster. He arrived at Poxin Village in more than an hour.

Seeing someone at the door of a house at the entrance of the village, Deng Shirong rode his bicycle over.

Arriving at the door of this family, Deng Shirong got off his bike and parked it. Then he smiled and greeted an old farmer who looked to be about 50 years old who was repairing farm tools: "Uncle, do you have a chimney here?"

In the rural areas of Bobai at that time, the most common way of socializing was to borrow chimneys to burn cigarettes, which was similar to giving cigarettes to others when dealing with people in later generations.

Therefore, the old farmer responded with a "yes", then stood up and went to the corner of the door to take out a water pipe, and handed it to Deng Shirong while saying, "Cousin, from the accent you speak, it seems that you are not from our Longtan Commune?"

There are three common languages ​​in Bobai County, namely Mandarin, Dilao and Hakka.

Di Lao dialect is the ancient dialect of this place, or as Professor Wang Li said: "Di Lao dialect is the original dialect of this county."

Bobai Dilao dialect belongs to the Cantonese dialect-Guangxi Southern dialect, mainly distributed in Bobai, Jingkou, Langping, Shuangfeng and other communes in the north of Bobai County, Wangmao, Yashan, Santan in the middle, Shuiming, Yong'an, Donggu, Nalin, Jiangning and other communes in the west, and Shahe (Changyuan and Li'an villages on the west bank) and other 13 communes.

It is the Chinese dialect with the largest number of tones in the country, with as many as 10 tones.

Hakka dialect (Xinmin dialect) is also called Ya dialect or Maijie dialect because it calls "I" as "Ya" and "what" as "Maijie".

New citizens are newly arrived immigrants.

Xinmin dialect is mainly distributed in Longtan, Daba, Shuangwang, Songwang, Dongping, Lingjiao, Shahe in the south, Fengshan, Xintian, Dake, Shabei, Nabu, Yingqiao, Wendi, Ningtan in the east, and Huangling, Jingkou, and parts of Santan in the north.

In later generations, Bobai County was known as the world's largest Hakka county, with a population of nearly two million, of which 77% were Hakkas.

However, although they all spoke Hakka dialect, the accents of different communes were more or less different, so the old farmer knew as soon as he heard it that Deng Shirong was not from their Longtan Commune.

Deng Shirong took the pipe and said with a smile: "I am indeed not from Longtan Commune, but from Bangjie Brigade of Songshan Commune."

The old farmer sat down again and asked, "A cousin, are you visiting relatives in our village?" while repairing his farm tools.

Deng Shirong took out tobacco and matches, shook his head and smiled, "No, I'm a matchmaker. I'm free today so I came to your village to ask around and see if there are any young men or women who are suitable for marriage. I'd like to introduce them to you."

The old farmer became interested after hearing this. No matter in this era or in the future, as long as the children in the family have reached the age suitable for marriage, when they meet the matchmaker, parents can't help but chat for a few words.

The old farmer happened to have a young son who had not yet married. When he knew that Deng Shirong was a matchmaker, he smiled and said, "There are many young men and women in our village who are suitable for marriage. Not to mention those far away, I even have a young son who is not married. Cousin, if you have a suitable partner, please introduce one to my young son."

Deng Shirong stuffed tobacco into his pipe and said with a smile, "Of course there is no problem with that. Tell us about your youngest son's situation and see if there is anyone suitable in our village. If there is, I will help to match them up."

The old farmer stopped what he was doing and introduced himself enthusiastically: "My youngest son is already 23 years old this year, he...blah blah..."

After all, this was a potential customer. Deng Shirong listened to the old farmer's introduction while smoking a cigarette. After he finished, he said, "Cousin, I'll help keep an eye out for him later. If there's anyone suitable for your youngest son, I'll help match him up."

The old farmer nodded, then sighed, "This kid has a bit of a temper. I hope he will behave himself after he gets married."

Deng Shirong lit up a few cigarettes and chatted with the old farmer for several minutes before he asked the question he wanted to ask the most: "Cousin, I heard that there is a very beautiful girl in your village. She is only 20 years old this year. I wonder who her daughter is?"

"The one you are talking about must be the girl from Zhang Zhenfa's family."

The old farmer smiled affirmatively upon hearing this and said, "In terms of looks, I have never seen a girl prettier than Zhang Zhenfa in this area."

"Is it really that beautiful?"

"This girl is really pretty, just like the actresses in the movies."

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Deng Shirong blinked and asked, "What's the girl's name? Has she mentioned her in-laws?"

The old farmer said, "Her name is Zhang Xiuping, and she hasn't told me her in-laws yet!"

Deng Shirong was certain when he heard this and said, "If this girl is really that beautiful, matchmakers would have knocked on her doorstep long ago. Why hasn't she found a husband yet? Is it because she has a bad personality or is she too picky?"

"Neither." The old farmer waved his hand and praised, "This child has a good personality. Not only is she filial, but she can also farm, raise chickens, feed pigs, wash clothes, and cook. Her parents wanted her to marry into a wealthy family so that they could help her two younger brothers find wives. Otherwise, she would have been married off to someone who knows what family long ago."

Deng Shirong frowned and said, "A cousin, do you mean to say that her parents put the responsibility of marrying her two younger brothers on her?"

The old farmer sighed and said, "It's not her parents' fault. After all, her family's conditions are not that good. She has five siblings, two older brothers and two younger brothers. In order to find wives for her eldest and second brothers, her parents not only emptied their family savings, but also left the family in debt.

If we don't put the burden on her, her parents probably won't be able to help her two brothers find wives!"

Deng Shirong thought about it and understood. Although it was unfair for Zhang Xiuping's parents to do this to her, for many families, daughters are never as important as sons. In order to find wives for their two younger sons, Zhang's parents, who had no ability to make money, could only put the burden on their daughter.

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