Chapter 97 Sending Ancestors

The next day.

After breakfast, Deng Shirong's family started slaughtering pigs.

The reason why they start slaughtering pigs so early is that pork, chickens, ducks, candies, biscuits, wine, rice and other things have to be sent to the woman's family this afternoon. In Bobai County, it is called "sending things to worship the ancestors", which means sending things to the woman's family to worship their ancestors.

After lunch, Deng Shirong rode his bike to Poxin Village to deliver something to the girl's family.

This time, Deng Shirong also made a big move.

A big pig, only the internal organs and pork belly were left, and the rest was sent to the girl's family.

In addition, six chickens and six ducks were sent to the girl’s family, symbolizing good luck.

As for wine, rice, candy, biscuits and the like, needless to say, they are all made to the highest standards.

So, Deng Shirong's bicycle became like this, with two cages tied to the front horizontal bar, one for six chickens and the other for six ducks. A rice basket was tied to the back seat, with pork underneath, a layer of oil paper on top, and then rice wine, candy, biscuits and other foods.

With the bike loaded so full, Deng Shirong had trouble even riding it.

After all, the roads of this era are really hard to describe. Not only are they winding and bumpy, but there are also uphills and downhills with relatively large arcs. Carrying so many things uphill must be a very tiring task.

So, after leaving Naye Village, Deng Shirong rode his bike to a deserted place and directly put all the things into his system space, including the living chickens and ducks.

Originally he thought that his system space could not accommodate living things, but he found an opportunity to try it before and discovered that living things could also be taken in, and the time inside was completely still. No matter whether it was a dead or alive thing, it would be the same when it was taken in and when it was released.

As for whether his system space can accommodate living people, it is not clear yet. Deng Shirong does not dare to do such an experiment. If something goes wrong, it will be a life. He will definitely not make such an attempt unless it is absolutely necessary.

After putting your things into the space, riding the bike will be easy.

More than an hour later, seeing that Poxin Village was just ahead, Deng Shirong found a deserted place, put the things on the bike and put them back in place, then rode his bike into Poxin Village and headed towards Zhang Xiuping's home.

When Deng Shirong came to Zhang Xiuping's house before, he brought more than ten kilograms of meat through the village, which had already caused a small sensation in the village.

Now he brought twelve chickens and ducks. Although no one could see what was inside the basket tied to the back of the bicycle, everyone in Poxin Village knew that Zhang Zhenfa's most beautiful daughter in the village was going to get married tomorrow, and the man's family was coming over today to "pay tribute to the ancestors." So when the villagers saw Deng Shirong riding over on a bicycle, they all knew that he was most likely the one who came to "pay tribute to the ancestors" for Zhang Zhenfa's family.

And what's inside that rice dumpling is most likely pork, candy, biscuits and other things!

In order to verify their guess, the idle villagers followed Zhang Zhenfa's way to his home.

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Early this morning, after breakfast, Zhang Zhenfa took his eldest son and second son to build a temporary stove on the left side of the door.

When holding weddings or funerals in the countryside, a temporary stove is usually built. Otherwise, if one relies on the stove at home that is usually used for cooking, it will definitely not be able to handle the cooking. A temporary stove must be built, and work must be started at several locations at the same time to prepare the necessary food and wine within the specified time.

The reason why Deng Shirong's family did not need to build a temporary stove was that his old house had not been demolished yet. In addition, the stove built in the new house was relatively large. If they started work on both sides at the same time, they would be able to handle the work without building a temporary stove.

The father and his two sons worked for a whole morning to build this temporary stove.

After a simple lunch, the uncles, aunts, young girls and wives in the village came spontaneously to help with the work.

Although Zhang Zhenfa's daughter is getting married tomorrow, according to the customs of most communes in Bobai, no matter which family is getting married, they must ensure that the bride returns to the man's house before noon. If his daughter is not getting married far away, she can leave later. But his daughter is getting married to the next commune, which is more than 20 kilometers away. In this era where people rely on walking, his daughter doesn't know how early she should leave to get to the man's house before 12 o'clock!

Therefore, the wedding banquet tomorrow morning will actually be quite rushed.

In comparison, this afternoon's meal is not rushed and I can really sit down with relatives and friends to drink and chat.

Originally, when a man and a woman got married, the man had to "send gifts to the ancestors" to the woman, and the woman had specific requirements. However, Deng Shirong was both the man's parent and the matchmaker, and there were many things that Zhang Zhenfa didn't want to discuss with him, so he simply let him handle it himself.

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Zhang Zhenfa was actually relieved about this, because after several contacts, he had a good idea of ​​the character of his future relative, Deng Shirong, and knew that the other party would never make any mistakes in such matters.

Therefore, although his daughter was about to get married tomorrow, Zhang Zhenfa had prepared no meat dishes except for various vegetarian dishes in advance. He planned to leave it all to the man's side. He believed that his uncle Jiu, his relative, would not let him down.

Sure enough, at about 1:30 pm, Uncle Jiu, the in-law, came on a bicycle to "deliver gifts to their family!" After seeing what Uncle Jiu sent, even Zhang Zhenfa, who was mentally prepared, was shocked. There were six chickens, six ducks, and more than 100 kilograms of pork. This was really generous! You know, in this era, when the man's family sent gifts to the woman's family, they usually gave 30 to 50 kilograms of pork and two chickens, and if they were more generous, they would give two ducks. It was rare for someone to be so generous as Deng Shirong.

Deng Shirong ignored the polite words from both sides and said to Zhang Zhenfa after smoking a few cigarettes, "My dear, since our village is far away from yours, it would take a lot of time to walk there, so I have hired a Chinese plane to pick you up tomorrow. This way, you don't have to rush. It's fine to leave after ten o'clock."

The full name of Zhongji is medium tractor trailer, which is a 4-wheel trailer with a load capacity of 3-5 tons. The county owns more than 400 of them, and it is one of the most important means of transportation in this era.

Zhang Zhenfa praised him repeatedly: "My dear relative, you are so thoughtful. I was just wondering what time to start the banquet tomorrow and what time to let my sister Ping go out!"

Deng Shirong was destined to be busy today. After finishing his business with Zhang Zhenfa, he chatted for a few minutes, said hello, and then hurriedly rode away on his bike.

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