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Chapter 69: Receiving Another Matchmaking Gift and Becoming a Semi-Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household
Chapter 69: Receiving Another Matchmaking Gift and Becoming a Semi-Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household
In his previous life, Deng Shirong’s family orchard was developed with the help of a bulldozer, making the work progress incredibly fast. Now, with the work being done by human labor, he wasn’t sure how long it would take to complete.
Therefore, on the first day of the orchard’s development, Deng Shirong closely monitored the progress of the five workers, including Deng Yunkun.
By the end of the first day, Deng Shirong realized his expectations were far too optimistic. Even if the five men worked their hardest, they wouldn’t be able to finish the orchard within the specified time.
The difference in efficiency between human labor and machinery was truly vast!
So, on the second day of the orchard’s development, Deng Shirong selected two more diligent young men from the village to join the team.
He also sent his eldest daughter to her three aunts and two uncles, bringing back nearly ten more laborers.
With over a dozen people working together, the progress finally met Deng Shirong’s expectations.
In this era, there were restrictions on the number of workers an individual could hire. Hiring up to seven people was considered asking for help, but hiring eight or more was seen as exploitation, making one a capitalist.
However, this policy primarily applied to urban individual businesses. In remote rural areas like Shuangwang, such rules were not strictly enforced.
At that time, village life was characterized by a strong sense of community. For example, when Deng Shirong’s family was building their house, two or three dozen young men from the village would spontaneously come to help. Could you call Deng Shirong a capitalist and accuse him of exploiting the villagers in such a situation?
Similarly, when Deng Shirong asked for help to develop the orchard, he simply reminded everyone to keep quiet about the wages they were receiving. Who would know whether they were helping voluntarily or being hired?
Without any reports, no one would investigate such matters.
Therefore, Deng Shirong didn’t need to worry about safety.
While the development of Deng Shirong’s family orchard was in full swing, Deng Yunqiang and his son returned successfully from Lingxian County. They had reserved 1,700 Guiwei lychee trees, with 1,000 for Deng Yunqiang’s family and 700 for their in-laws, the Guan Dewei family.
The purchase price was the same as what Deng Shirong had negotiated.
It was only because they mentioned Deng Shirong’s name that they managed to get such a low price.
After returning, Deng Yunqiang and his son mobilized their relatives to start a large-scale transformation of their orchard.
While the rest of the villagers were still hesitant to invest heavily in orchards without clear returns, they weren’t idle. They began increasing the number of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, and sheep they raised. These side businesses provided visible returns, so the villagers felt no pressure in expanding them.
The entire Naye Village was rejuvenated after the land reform.
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Friday, the sixteenth day of the ninth lunar month.
Today was the wedding day of Deng Changwang and Dai Fanglan. This was the first true match Deng Shirong had made, as Deng Changfu and Guan Yongying were already a well-known model couple in the village in his previous life. Deng Shirong had merely advanced their marriage.
However, in his previous life, Deng Changwang did not marry Dai Fanglan. Deng Shirong had completely changed his marriage. Whether this was a good or bad thing would only be revealed with time.
The wedding procedures were similar to those of Deng Changfu and Guan Yongying’s wedding. On the afternoon before the wedding, the bride’s family gave Deng Shirong, the matchmaker, a red envelope and a five-flavored gift. The five-flavored gift weighed about two pounds, and the red envelope contained 20 yuan.
The amount in the red envelope was well above the usual standard. Given the financial situation of the Dai family, for them to give such a generous red envelope, it was clear they were very satisfied with the marriage arrangement. Therefore, Deng Shirong was naturally very pleased when he received it.
That afternoon, Deng Shirong brought a few yards of cloth to the bride's family for dinner and stayed overnight. The next day, he joined the wedding party to escort the bride to her new home.
Deng Changwang was the youngest son in the family. His two older brothers had long since moved out, and the family had saved a considerable sum from the dowries of their three older sisters.
As a result, Deng Changwang’s wedding feast was quite lavish, even better than when his brother Deng Changfu got married. The guests were so satisfied that their mouths were dripping with oil, and they couldn’t stop praising the food.
After the feast, as soon as Deng Shirong returned home, Deng Changwang’s thank-you gift for the matchmaker arrived.
When Deng Changfu got married, the thank-you gift for Deng Shirong included a red envelope with 30 yuan, about ten pounds of pork butt, fifteen pounds of braised pork, two pounds of pork, five spices, two packs of cigarettes, two bottles of alcohol, two pounds of candy and biscuits, and two pounds each of rice, sesame seeds, peanuts, black beans, yellow beans, red beans, and green beans.
Deng Changwang’s thank-you gift was even more generous, with everything from the previous list plus two packs of tea and two pounds of dried longan.
This windfall made Deng Shirong feel quite wealthy again.
The thank-you gifts from both families had been used up when they were building their house, but now they wouldn’t lack for meat anymore.
The total amount from the red envelopes given by both parties was 50 yuan. With the system’s tenfold reward, it became 550 yuan, significantly boosting Deng Shirong’s wealth. His cash reserves now exceeded 5000 yuan, making him almost a ten-thousand-yuan household.
Of course, he still owed the credit union 6000 yuan, and there were other expenses to consider, such as having furniture made, developing an orchard, and arranging the marriage for his eldest son. These were all significant costs.
Therefore, he still needed to work hard to earn more money. Becoming a true ten-thousand-yuan household was still a ways off.
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The next day.
After breakfast, Deng Shirong rode his bicycle to Longtan Commune.
Today was the market day in Longtan. Since his last visit to the Zhang family in Poxin Village, Deng Shirong hadn’t been in touch with them. Now that their house was built and the furniture was being made, he estimated it would be finished in about a month. It was time to go to the Zhangs and update them on the situation.
He didn’t want the Zhang family to think they had changed their mind due to the long silence.
After about an hour, Deng Shirong arrived at Poxin Village.
Before entering the village, he carefully looked around to ensure no one was watching. Then, he took out a half pig butt (about 5 pounds) and half a piece of braised pork (about 7 pounds) from his system space. He had prepared these in advance and strung them with bamboo skewers.
Carrying over ten pounds of meat into Poxin Village, Deng Shirong naturally caused quite a stir.
If it weren’t for the lack of a scale on his bicycle, the villagers would have thought he was a pork seller from another village.
Some curious villagers couldn’t help but ask, and upon learning that Deng Shirong was visiting the Zhang Zhenfa family, they all looked at him with disbelief.
They couldn’t understand how the penniless Zhang Zhenfa had such a generous relative now.
(End of Chapter)
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