Chapter 362: The Thanksgiving Meal Turned Into a Blind Date Meal

Nanning.

Ma Village.

The mother and daughter of the Gu family (He was changed to Gu, there has been a beautiful lady named He before, so another one with the surname He seems to be a repetition) carried their suitcases and came to a certain old brick house.

"dad!"

"Grandpa!"

Seeing the old man sitting at the door, the Gu family's mother and daughter said hello.

The old man surnamed Chen hummed, looked at Gu Caiwei and asked, "Weiwei, you've been riding in the car for two days, are you exhausted?"

Gu Caiwei put down her suitcase and said with a depressed look: "Grandpa, not only am I tired from this car ride, I almost turned into a beggar."

The old man surnamed Chen's eyes narrowed: "I almost became a beggar? What's going on?"

Gu Caiwei sighed and said: "My mother and I were in such a hurry to catch the train that we didn't even bother to eat. We went to the dining car to eat after we got on the bus. As a result, the dishes were all ordered. When we paid the bill, we discovered that we had put them in our pockets. The money was stolen."

When the old man surnamed Chen heard this, he said angrily: "These thieves who just want to get something for nothing really deserve to die. How did they solve it later? Has the money been recovered?"

Gu Caiwei shook her head and said, "Where can we get it back? When we told the police at that time, they hinted that it would be difficult to get the money back. Fortunately, we met a kind uncle who treated us to meals for two days. When we got to the station, he even called a rickshaw for us, otherwise we would really have been beggars for the next two days.”

The old man surnamed Chen said: "Then you have indeed met a kind-hearted person. Where is this kind-hearted uncle from? Have you asked for his address?"

Gu Caiwei said: "Uncle Deng is from Yulin. When we parted ways at the station exit, my mother had already invited him to have dinner at La Meizi Hotpot at five o'clock in the afternoon."

The old man surnamed Chen nodded and said: "Your mother did the right thing. Repaying kindness to others should be repaid with springs. Treating others to a hot pot meal is the right thing to do."

Gu's mother asked: "Dad, how is my mother's hand doing now? Does it need surgery?"

The old man surnamed Chen said: "Fortunately, there is no need for surgery. After the manual reduction, the rest will take time to recover slowly. There was no need to be hospitalized originally, but your brother and sister-in-law are worried, and they still plan to let your mother stay Stay in the hospital for a few days.”

Gu's mother said: "You can stay here for a few days. There is a doctor in the hospital and you can check at any time. I feel very relieved."

The old man surnamed Chen asked: "Have you had lunch?"

"Uncle Deng has already treated us to a meal in the car."

"Dad, I'm going to boil some water to take a bath and change some clothes before I go to the hospital to see my mother."

"Well, go ahead!"

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afternoon.

Wuyue Square.

Deng Shirong watched the security guards practicing while waiting for the arrival of the Gu family's mother and daughter.

Seeing the boss watching, all the security personnel were in high spirits and practiced very hard. The momentum made people feel safe.

Today's Nanning is actually not peaceful. There are social idlers everywhere making trouble, and protection fee-collecting gangs have begun to take shape. However, since the opening of Wuyue Plaza, no unsighted social idlers or gangs have dared to come and cause trouble.

Naturally, they rely on this group of capable veterans.

A platoon of troops engages in militarized training every day. What an aura that ordinary people dare to offend!

At 4:50, the Gu family's mother and daughter finally arrived at Wuyue Square, and a middle-aged man came with them.

Seeing that Deng Shirong had arrived first, Gu's mother immediately said hello: "Fellow, I'm so sorry, we're late!"

"I came early!"

Deng Shirong smiled, then looked at the middle-aged man beside Gu's mother and daughter, and asked, "Who is this?"

Mother Gu introduced: "This is my brother Chen Donglai."

Chen Donglai stretched out his hand and said: "Hello, Biao, thank you for helping my sister and niece on the train."

Deng Shirong stretched out his hand to shake his hand and said with a smile: "You're welcome, it's just a small effort. Anyone who encounters this kind of situation will help."

The two parties exchanged a few words before walking up to the Hot Girl Hotpot on the second floor.

Looking at this super spacious hot pot restaurant, the Gu family mother and daughter both showed surprised expressions. Wuhan has been a much more developed city than Nanning since ancient times. Naturally, there are hot pot restaurants in this era, but they met in Wuhan. The hot pot restaurants we visited were only a few dozen square meters in size. I had never seen such a big hot pot restaurant before.

Moreover, the decoration of this hot pot restaurant is much better than those of the hot pot restaurants that have just emerged in Wuhan.

Especially the design of the table with a gas stove is really amazing.

Gu's mother admired while looking at it: "I didn't expect that we in Nanning would have such a grand hot pot restaurant."

After the group was seated, the waiter came over with menus.

After some negotiation between the two parties, the Gu family's mother and daughter finally decided to order a mandarin duck pot base and a lot of side dishes, including seven or eight various meat dishes and four or five vegetarian dishes. The portions of the dishes were sufficient. There was food for four people, so the sincerity of the treat was needless to say.

Soon, the hot pot base and various side dishes were served. The speed of serving surprised even Chen Donglai.

When it was time to start eating, the authentic Sichuan hotpot naturally made the Gu family and their daughter marvel in admiration.

Deng Shirong rinsed a piece of tripe, dipped it in the dipping sauce, and said: "Mother Gu, actually when we were in the car before, I had a question that I really wanted to ask you, but I was afraid of making a shallow conversation, so I I kept refraining from asking."

Mother Gu smiled and said, "Fellow, if you have any questions, just ask. It doesn't matter."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I want to ask your girl if her mother-in-law Xu's family is here?"

Gu's mother was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "Not yet, my girl just graduated from college this year, how can she marry her husband's family so soon!"

Deng Shirong's eyes lit up and he asked, "Mother Gu, I wonder what kind of partner your girl wants to find?"

When Gu's mother heard the words, she somewhat understood the meaning. Without answering, she asked: "Fellow, are you trying to set up a matchmaking relationship with my Weiwei?"

Gu Caiwei, who was rinsing the mutton, heard a blush on her cheeks when she heard this. A girl of this age was still a little shy when hearing such a topic.

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "Mother Gu, to be honest, my second son has not found a partner yet. He is 25 years old this year. He graduated from Peking University and is currently working for the Fuqing County Government in Fujian. I think little Gu is really good, and my son is also It's still promising. If you don't mind, you can write letters to communicate. Even if you don't have that fate, it's okay to be a pen pal! "

In this era, it is very popular to make pen pals and write letters to strangers. This is much more reliable than the online dating in later generations.

As soon as these words came out, Chen Donglai, Gu's mother and Gu Caiwei were all shocked.

They are not ordinary people, so they naturally understand the importance of the four words "graduate from Peking University".

Chen Donglai couldn't help but ask: "Biao, how many years has your second son been working?"

Deng Shirong said: "It has been more than three years."

Chen Donglai said: "This Peking University graduate has a high level of employment. I wonder what position your second son holds in the county government now?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Currently, he is the executive deputy county magistrate."

Chen Donglai was shocked when he heard this. He was also from a mixed system. In the words of later generations, he was a serious second-generation official. Before his father retired, he was a deputy provincial level official, but he is already 40 years old this year. It's just in the right place. If you want to continue to make an upward breakthrough, you still need to wait for the opportunity.

And this brother's second son, only 25 years old, is already a deputy director, only half a grade lower than him, and even better than the top student from Peking University in their district government.

Chen Donglai gave a thumbs up and said, "Ah Biao, your second son is really awesome!"

Gu's mother was originally a government official, and now she married a husband with an unusual status. She was well versed in the system, so she naturally understood how rare it was to have a virginity at the age of 25, and the golden name of Peking University was indeed shining brightly.

Because, for the proposal of making pen pals, Gu's mother applauded with both hands. She praised: "Fellow, your proposal is very good. It is a good thing for young people to make more friends. If they can get together, I would be happy to see it happen." Well, if we don’t have that fate, it would be good to be friends.”

Gu Caiwei couldn't get in the middle of this kind of topic, so she just listened to the elders' conversation with her ears, while silently eating the delicious hot pot.

Seeing that the other party also had this intention, Deng Shirong was happy and asked: "Xiao Gu, what are you doing now?"

Gu Caiwei swallowed the mutton in her mouth and replied: "Uncle Deng, I am not working and I am currently learning embroidery at home!"

Gu's mother smiled and added: "My Weiwei has been interested in embroidery since she was in elementary school. She has been learning embroidery from a teacher since junior high school. It has been nearly ten years now. She can now sell the works she uses to practice her embroidery skills. It’s a lot of money to sell!”

Deng Shirong praised: "Embroidery is great. It is a traditional skill comparable to calligraphy and painting. Only people with dexterity can enter this industry. I think Xiao Gu's extraordinary temperament must have been precipitated by learning embroidery skills."

Gu Caiwei said with some embarrassment: "Uncle Deng thanks you."

Deng Shirong had a good impression of Gu Caiwei. After his rebirth in this life, his vision of seeing people became more and more accurate.

After a few encounters with someone, you can basically tell what kind of person he is. With his spatial perspective, even the best actor and best actress can't pretend to be in front of him.

In the past two days in the car, Deng Shirong had carefully observed this girl. Every move she made showed her good upbringing, gentle personality, amazing figure, and good-looking appearance. She had the feeling of a lady in ancient times.

In short, her figure and appearance are not inferior to those of the eldest daughter-in-law, and she is much better in terms of temperament.

Of course, the eldest daughter-in-law has been making progress after marrying into their family. She is no longer the same as she was a few years ago. I believe she will become better and better in the future.

Gu's mother was obviously also very interested in Deng Yunheng, a top student of Peking University who had already made a name for himself in the system. The two of them hit it off immediately, and this pure thank you meal turned into a blind date banquet, except that the male protagonist was missing. That’s all.

The meal lasted for almost an hour and a half before it was over.

When Chen Donglai wanted to pay, Deng Shirong stopped him and said, "Old Biao Chen, there is no need to pay, just leave."

Chen Donglai waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Old Biao Deng, this is not okay. This meal is to thank you for taking care of my sister and niece in the car. If you treat me, we will not be able to sleep today when we go back." ”

Gu's mother also nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Deng, we have to invite you to this meal no matter what. You have to give us a chance to repay the care you took for our mother and daughter in the car!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "I told you, it's just a small effort, and I really can't ask you to treat me to this meal. They won't charge you if you go to check out."

Mother Gu became anxious when she heard this: "Mr. Deng, what you are doing is wrong. We have agreed to treat you to dinner in advance. You can't change your mind!"

"It's not that I want to change my mind, it's mainly because it's such a coincidence!"

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "To be honest, the owner of this hot pot restaurant is my youngest daughter. Do you think I can take your money?"

Chen Donglai and the mother and daughter of the Gu family were stunned when they heard this: (⊙ｏ⊙)

Mother Gu suddenly realized: "No wonder you looked a little strange when I asked you to have lunch at the spicy hot pot restaurant at noon. It turns out that this is your youngest daughter's business. It's such a fate."

"I asked her to come and say hello to you."

As he said, Deng Shirong waved to his youngest daughter who had been paying attention to this side. When she came over, he introduced: "This is my youngest daughter Deng Yunzhu, Ah Zhu, this is Uncle Chen, this is Aunt Chen, and this is Sister Gu who is the same age as you."

Deng Yunzhu immediately smiled and greeted: "Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, Sister Gu, hello!"

Mother Gu and the other two also greeted her one by one.

Gu's mother praised: "Boss Deng, you are really amazing. You opened such a big hot pot restaurant at such a young age."

Gu Caiwei looked at this peer and admired her. After all, as a woman, it is really amazing to be able to achieve such great results at this age.

Deng Yunzhu smiled modestly and said: "Aunt Chen, you are too kind. My father paved the way for me. I just followed the steps. It's nothing great."

The two sides exchanged a few words, and then Gu's mother and the other two said goodbye and left.

The bill was naturally not mentioned again.

After watching Gu's mother and the other two leave, Deng Yuntai, Zhang Xiuping, Deng Yunhua and Xiao Dong'er, who were watching from other positions, also gathered here.

Deng Yunzhu asked curiously: "Dad, is that sister Gu the one you plan to find for my second brother?"

Deng Shirong smiled and nodded: "I do have this idea. You have seen it. What do you think?"

Deng Yunzhu observed closely and answered immediately: "She looks very good. She is as beautiful as my eldest sister-in-law. She is quite suitable to be my second sister-in-law."

Zhang Xiuping laughed and said: "I am not as beautiful as her. Sister Gu's behavior is very different from that of our rural girls. She is a city girl and has received a good education. She is indeed worthy of Yunheng."

"I have already obtained this mailing address for Yunheng. Let them be pen pals first and see if it works. It can create a little spark of love. "

Speaking of this, Deng Shirong looked at his youngest daughter and said, "Azhu, I asked you to take a few photos before, did you take them?"

Deng Yunzhu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have taken several photos from different angles. When the photos are developed, they should be able to be seen clearly."

Deng Shirong said, "Well, I will send them to your second brother so that he can have a reference."

Deng Yunzhu praised, "Dad, your trick is really smart. With the photos as a reference, if the second brother likes it, he will definitely pay attention to it."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I hope they can succeed. Your second brother is 25 years old this year. It's time for him to get married."

...

On the other side. After Gu's mother and the other two left the hot pot restaurant, Chen Donglai couldn't help but say, "Sister, the conditions of this cousin Deng's son seem really good, and it's worth considering."

"He is only 25 years old and has already become a deputy director with real power. Such an outstanding young man is really rare. And although we didn't deliberately inquire about this cousin Deng's family background, just by the fact that his little daughter can open such a large hot pot restaurant in Nanning, we can know that his family background is not bad."

At this point, Gu's mother looked at her daughter and said, "Weiwei, you have to be more careful in the communication with the other party next time. If the concepts are different, don't force it, but if both parties can talk, then I agree to this marriage."

Gu Caiwei hummed and said, "I know!"

...

Time unknowingly came to the twelfth lunar month.

The seventh day of the first lunar month is the grand day for the enthronement of the Deng's ancestral hall in Naye. Not only have all the elder sisters been notified, but the brothers from all branches in various places have also been notified one by one.

The enthronement ceremony of the ancestral hall is a very grand ceremony for the Bobai people. On the day of the enthronement ceremony, the clan will have a unified meal. Today, the Naye Deng clan has more than 3,000 clan members, and there are about 500 married sisters. It is still unknown how many branch brothers from all over the country will come to participate.

But conservatively estimated, the number of branch brothers from all over the country who come to participate in the enthronement ceremony should not be less than 1,000, and it is not impossible to reach 2,000.

The main reason is that the Naye Deng clan's ancestral hall has invested more than one million yuan in construction. I believe that the branch brothers are very curious about how beautiful the ancestral hall built in this way is. Now that they are invited to participate in the enthronement ceremony, I believe that most of the branch brothers are willing to come to see the world and broaden their horizons.

In this way, on the day of the enthronement ceremony of the ancestral hall, at least 5,000 people's meals must be prepared, and more than 1,000 people's meals must be prepared for emergency, so that too many branch brothers will not even have a meal, and then their Naye Deng clan will be embarrassed.

Deng Shirong had already ordered tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks in advance the year the ancestral hall began to be built.

In later generations, the ancestral hall or the ancestral hall of the Deng family in Naye would prepare hundreds of tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks. With these tables and chairs, the clan members would not have to go to the school to move the students' tables and chairs when they held any weddings.

It just so happened that when donating money to rebuild the ancestral hall, the clan members donated money enthusiastically in order to put on the merit tablet. The amount of donations directly exceeded the budget for rebuilding the ancestral hall. Deng Shirong used part of the extra money to order tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks.

Now, there are 500 tables and 5,000 chairs in the new ancestral hall. More than 10,000 large bowls that can be used to hold rice and dishes were purchased directly from the bowl factory. There are also several thousand pairs of chopsticks. It is completely no problem to use them to set up 500 tables for banquets.

Even if the number of people exceeds 5,000, it doesn’t matter, because when the banquet starts, many clan members have to help cook and serve the dishes. They can’t sit down to eat at the first time. Wait until the brothers in the branch have finished eating, then clean up the table, and then serve the dishes again.

If this doesn’t work, the clan members can also move their own tables and chairs to use, these are not a problem.

As for vegetables, there is no need to worry about vegetarian dishes. There are hundreds of households in the clan, and every household grows a variety of vegetarian vegetables. Just pick them and use them. No family will care about these.

Therefore, only meat dishes need to be prepared.

Among meat dishes, pork, chicken and duck are the main ones.

At least 25 pigs should be killed, 500 chickens and ducks should be prepared, and 100 to 200 more should be prepared as backup.

There are also some other miscellaneous things that need to be prepared in advance, and they cannot be prepared on the day of enthronement, otherwise it will be too late.

So, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the clan members started to move.

First, two rows of temporary stoves were built on both sides of the entrance of the ancestral hall, which could hold 20 to 30 large pots at the same time, and then firewood was prepared.

At the same time, the ancestral hall council also made arrangements for what everyone needed to do tomorrow and assigned tasks to avoid everyone being in a mess like a headless fly.

While the Naye Deng clan was making various preparations for the enthronement of the ancestral hall, the branch clansmen in various places were also holding clan meetings and decided to attend the enthronement ceremony of the Naye Deng clan ancestral hall tomorrow on the sixth day of the first lunar month (they all had to go one day in advance, otherwise they would not be able to make it on the same day).

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Nahua Village, Xintian Township, Bobai.

The Deng clan members are holding a clan meeting.

Clan leader Deng Changfa said: "Dear clan members, the Naye Deng clan ancestral hall will be enthroned the day after tomorrow. The brothers from the ancestral land have come to inform us some time ago. How many people should we send to participate in the enthronement ceremony? We have to discuss it today and set off after breakfast tomorrow."

A clan member asked: "Clan leader, how many vehicles will go tomorrow? How many people can they carry?"

Deng Changfa said: "Four trucks have been confirmed, and each truck can carry 30 to 40 people if they squeeze in."

Originally, according to traffic rules, trucks should not carry people, but the supervision of this era is not as strict as in later generations, and trucks carrying passengers is a basic operation.

"Then I want to go."

"I want to go too."

"Count me in."

Soon, the clan members signed up enthusiastically. If it was a general ancestral hall enthronement, to be honest, they have been separated from the Naye Deng clan for hundreds of years, and their sense of belonging to the ancestral land is not as strong as before. Many clan members are unwilling to join in the fun.

However, when the ancestral hall was rebuilt, the brothers from the ancestral hall also came to inform the brothers from the branch, and then the clan leader and several prominent members of the clan also went and donated a lot of money.

When the clan leader and these clan members came back to talk about it, the clan members knew how awesome the reconstruction of the ancestral hall in the ancestral hall was this time, and the budget directly exceeded one million. After hearing the news, all the clan members took a breath of cold air, and every one of them was shocked.

Now that the ancestral hall with a million-dollar investment has been completed and enshrined, most of the clan members have become curious and want to see how beautiful the ancestral hall built with so much money is.

Therefore, the number of people who signed up to participate in the enshrinement directly exceeded the maximum number that 6 trucks could carry.

Deng Changfa counted the number of people and said, "Then hire two more trucks."

...

At the same time

The branches of Deng family in Baisha, Najiang, Shankou, Gongguan, Changle, Dadun, Lingshan, Zhangmugen, Zhutoujiao, Shanling, Qutian, Shahe, Lingjiao, Jiangning, Nalin, Dengwu in Baisha, Beiliucao and other places in Hepu are also holding clan meetings to discuss going to the ancestral land to participate in the ceremony of the ancestral hall tomorrow.

As I said before, if it is an ordinary ancestral hall, the branches in various places can send ten or eight people to participate, which can be regarded as important.

But now this ancestral hall cost more than one million to build. As long as the brothers of the branches know the news, there is no one who is not curious and wants to see how beautiful this ancestral hall is.

Therefore, the brothers of the branches in various places signed up enthusiastically. The most numerous ones, such as the Deng family in Xintian, sent more than 200 clansmen, and the fewest branches sent at least 20 to 30 people. This can be said to be the closest connection between the branches in various places and the ancestral land of Naye in hundreds of years.

After counting the number of people, after breakfast the next day, the tribe members from all over the country boarded the trucks prepared by the tribe and headed to the Naye Deng clan.

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