Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

afternoon.

The entrance to the new ancestral hall of the Deng family in Naye.

On the rostrum, there was a pile of brand-new banknotes neatly placed.

The face value of these money is no longer the previous ten yuan bills, but has become hundred yuan bills. These hundred yuan bills are the fourth set of RMB issued by our country on May 10, 1988, because they have just entered the market not long ago. , so it’s all the kind of new money that people can’t bear to spend.

Since the face value of money has become larger, although the money on the table is close to 30 million yuan, it seems to be not much more than the previous dividends of the passenger transport company.

After the bank's cash transport truck left, the clan members began to talk about it.

"Why does this money look different from before?"

"Of course it's different. This is not the old unity, but the new 100 yuan introduced by the country. I saw it when I was in the county."

"The country has launched a new 100 yuan? When did this happen? Why didn't I know?"

"This is nothing new, many people already know about it!"

"With this 100 yuan face value, it will be much more convenient to use money in the future. Even if it is 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, you can just put it in your trouser pocket."

"..."

Amid the discussion among the tribesmen, Deng Shirong stood up and said: "Now I announce that the food company's dividends have officially begun. The tribesmen whose names are read next will come to the stage to receive the money."

Well, the Deng family did not pay dividends once or twice. They already had a mature plan.

At this time, several tribesmen were responsible for counting money. Every time they counted ten hundred-dollar bills, they would use one of the hundred-dollar bills to fold the other nine horizontally. In this way, one stack would be one thousand, and the dividend would be two thousand yuan per share. Then It’s just two stacks, very simple and clear.

Then a tribesman took out a book recording the shares and began to read the names:

"Deng Changbao, 12 shares, 24,000 yuan."

"Deng Changsen, 14 shares, 28,000 yuan."

"Deng Yunxing, 15 shares, 30,000 yuan."

"..."

The tribesmen who heard their names went up to collect the money one by one, and almost none of them were less than 20,000 yuan. After receiving the stacks of hundred-dollar bills, the tribesmen all showed happy smiles.

The further down the list, the more shares the tribesmen have, and the more money they get.

The atmosphere at the scene is getting more and more heated.

"Deng Yunqiang, 120 shares, 240,000 yuan."

"Deng Changyu, 120 shares, 240,000 yuan."

"Deng Yungui, 130 shares, 260,000 yuan."

When the list came to the members of the tribe who ranked high in economic strength, the high income made the ordinary tribesmen envious.

Among them, Deng Changyu, the general manager of the food company, was the most emotional among the clan members. He could be said to be an ordinary person in the clan before, but when the clan leader took the lead in raising funds to establish the food company, he was not only directly promoted by the clan leader to become The general manager of the food company unexpectedly bought a total of 120 shares, which is directly comparable to those in the clan with relatively advanced economic conditions. It can be said to be a blockbuster.

Now, the food company's first dividend has made him a huge profit, which is really the envy of others.

In the crowd, Lu Guiying watched her husband Deng Changyu go up to collect the money, the smile on her face could not be concealed no matter how hard she tried.

For her family to be able to hold so many shares, Jiu Gong’s reminder and support played a very crucial role, and her natal brothers were also very interesting. Not only did they spend all their money to support her family, but they also helped the couple get bank loans. Only then did we acquire so many shares.

Now that she has received this dividend, her family has become rich immediately.

Lu Guiying silently thought about what kind of thank-you gift she would give to her brothers when she took the money to repay her parents-in-law's brothers.

Soon, the dividends were coming to an end.

"Deng Changxiong, 260 shares, 520,000 yuan."

"Deng Changbao, 280 shares, 560,000 yuan."

These two people are second only to the leader of the Naye Deng clan in economic strength. They both received more than 500,000 yuan in dividends this time, far ahead of other clan members.

At the end, the clan member who was responsible for reading out the names loudly said: "Clan leader, 2,000 shares, 4 million yuan."

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience cheered.

If other tribesmen get high dividends, there may be other tribesmen who are envious and jealous. But when the leader of the tribe, Deng Shirong, gets such a high dividend, no one in the tribe will be jealous. They are all sincerely happy for him.

After all, without a clan leader, most of the clan members present were extremely poor and could not bear to eat meat even once a month.

Nowadays, even the poorest family in the whole clan has at least several net worth. This huge change is all brought about by the clan leader. As long as he is not the kind of wolf-hearted person, who wouldn't be grateful to the clan leader?

Therefore, no matter how much money the clan leader gets, they will only be happy and will never be jealous.

Deng Shirong put the money into the sack, then looked at the tribesmen below and said: "Dear tribesmen, the roadbed of the road in the village has been almost completed. The road has occupied many tribesmen's fields and homesteads, and even The houses of more than a dozen families are included in it.

Now I plan to turn this village road from a dirt road into a cement road, and then plant beautiful landscape trees on both sides of the road and in the middle.

If you include the compensation given to those tribesmen for their fields, homesteads and houses, it is estimated to be about 2.2 million yuan.

For this money, except for the 10 yuan per person, everyone can donate the rest voluntarily! "

When Deng Changyu heard this, he was the first to respond: "Jiu Gong, I will donate 20,000 yuan to help everyone."

This time the food company made a profit of 120,000 yuan in dividends, excluding the money invested before.

And as the general manager of a food company, he naturally knows how amazing the profits of the instant noodle factory are now. As long as nothing unexpected happens, the dividends will definitely increase in the future, and he is destined to never be short of money again.

Therefore, since Jiu Gong has an idea for public construction in the clan, he will naturally support it strongly.

Deng Yunqiang's shares in the food company are the same as Deng Changyu's, and his shares in the passenger transport company are more than Deng Changyu's. Now Deng Changyu's donation is 20,000 yuan. Naturally, he was not to be outdone, so he followed suit and said: "Jiu Gong, I will also donate 20,000 yuan." bucks.”

Deng Yungui said with a smile: "I will donate 30,000 yuan."

Deng Changxiong, who has made more than 200,000 yuan this time, is not stingy and said directly: "I will donate 50,000 yuan."

Deng Changbao, whose income is second only to the clan leader, laughed and said: "Then I will donate 60,000 yuan!"

With them leading the charge, the tribesmen who had more money than ever before were quite generous with their attacks.

In less than ten minutes, the total number of donations exceeded 1.8 million, which made Deng Shirong extremely satisfied.

When something goes wrong in the clan, the enthusiasm of the clan members to donate is closely related to the cohesion of the whole clan. The more active they are in donating, the higher the cohesion will naturally be. If everyone is afraid of spending money, for fear that they will suffer a loss, then such a group will naturally have no cohesion at all.

The current performance of the tribesmen shows that the cohesion of the Yedeng clan is already very strong.

Immediately, Deng Shirong waved his hand and said: "Okay, I will take care of the rest. When the New Year is over, we will start building roads, and the village rivers will also be excavated. Once the roads are built and the rivers are dug, , and then raise funds to build a group of villas.”

Deng Yungui said: "Uncle Jiu, if we are to pave the cement road, we must use sand and gravel. Anyway, there are still more than ten days before the Chinese New Year. Everyone has nothing to do, so we might as well get some sand and gravel first and wait until the Chinese New Year is over." Let’s get on with it, so we don’t waste time waiting.”

Hearing this, other tribesmen also agreed and were very motivated to work.

Seeing this, Deng Shirong nodded and said: "Okay, then from tomorrow until the 28th of the New Year, I can dig sand or carry gravel when I have nothing to do, and then continue after the New Year."

All the clansmen agreed one after another, and now the dividend meeting was over.

Next, after the tribesmen handed over the amount of donations they had just signed up to the tribesman who was responsible for collecting the money and keeping accounts, they each took tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of RMB and returned happily with their family members and uncles and brothers from the same village. Home.

Part of this money will be used to repay relatives, friends and bank loans. Some families like to hide the remaining money in cash, while others want to deposit it in banks. Deng Shirong leaves it to them to handle it themselves.

The reason why dividends are distributed in cash now is not to show off. The main reason is that unlike later generations, this era can pay money directly to the card, which is simple and convenient.

In this era, everyone uses passbooks. If you want to put money into a passbook, you have to take the passbook to the bank.

In addition to taking a passbook to the bank, another way is to make a remittance.

Remittances in this era were generally handled through the post office, and were divided into two types: telegraph remittances and ordinary remittances.

Ordinary remittance, referred to as general remittance, refers to a remittance method in which the postal department mails a money order by letter and pays the remittance from the remitter to the designated payee.

Telegraph remittance, referred to as wire transfer, is a method in which the remittance collection bureau sends a telegram to the cashing bureau, and the cashing bureau issues a telegraph draft and uses a telegram remittance notice to invite the payee to come to the bureau to collect the remittance. Telegraph remittance is faster than ordinary remittance, but when users use this service, they need to pay additional telegram fees. If there is a postscript (generally there is a limit on the number of words), additional postscript fees are required.

The reason why it is so troublesome is actually very simple. In this era, computers are not yet popular, and bank branches are not connected to the Internet. We can only handle remittance business in this way. When banks are connected to the Internet in a few years, there will be no need to do this. trouble.

Therefore, in this era, if someone’s child works in Guangdong, the parents will often receive remittance orders sent back from Guangdong.

Both of these remittance methods are extremely troublesome and not suitable for dividends at all.

Therefore, the clan's dividends are paid in cash. As long as the bank armored vehicle helps transport the money back, there is no need to worry about safety issues.

As for the money being distributed to the clan members, it will definitely be safe.

After all, this era is chaotic, but the rural areas of Bobai County are relatively safe. The main reason is that rural areas are different from cities. In cities, there is a mix of dragons and snakes. It is normal to see strangers at the door of your house.

But in the countryside, where every village has the same ancestor, the appearance of a stranger is as bright as a firefly in the dark night.

The most important thing is that in this era, guns have not yet been banned. There are still guns and cannons in the village. Although the village militia has been disbanded, it still has the fighting power it should have. Usually a few people want to enter the village to rob and bully some. It may be possible for a disunified village, but once it encounters a united village, it will definitely be doomed.

And with the current cohesion of the Naye Deng family, just waiting for a few robbers to enter the village and rob them would be a complete courtship of death.

…

Deng Changyu and his wife returned home with 220,000 in cash.

After asking his wife to hide the cash, Deng Changyu said: "Honey, I will accompany you back to your parents' house tomorrow to pay back the money. Last year, thanks to the help of your parents' brothers, we borrowed a lot of money. Otherwise, we would not have the harvest we have now!"

Lu Guiying said: "Husband, we owe a lot of favors. I think I should give some gifts to my brothers and sisters-in-law. What do you think?"

Deng Changyu nodded repeatedly and said: "This is what it should be. Do you have any ideas about what kind of gift I want to give?"

Lu Guiying said: "I want to give each of my four sisters-in-law a gold bracelet, and each of my four brothers a watch. What do you think?"

Deng Changyu waved his hand and said, "I'll also prepare one for your parents."

Lu Guiying smiled and said, "Okay, that's it. Prepare the gifts first, and then get the money to return them."

Deng Changyu nodded and said: "Well, I will go back to the county town tomorrow to handle this matter."

…

Conversations similar to those between Deng Changyu and his wife were repeated in other Deng families in Naye.

Last year when a food company was established, the tribesmen most likely borrowed money from their relatives and friends in order to acquire more shares. Now that they have money, they can repay their relatives and friends. Many tribesmen are thinking of their relatives and friends while paying back the money. They are all planning to give some gifts to relatives and friends to express their gratitude.

Of course, there are still relatively few works like Deng Changyu and his wife.

The couple was in a special situation. Lu Guiying not only borrowed money from her natal brothers, but also asked them to go to the bank to help with loans, so she owed a favor.

Other tribesmen just borrow some money from relatives and friends, so there is no need to buy such expensive gifts to express their gratitude. As long as they bring a gift worth a hundred or dozens of yuan when they pay back the money, it is already quite generous.

…

afternoon.

A family hospital in Wuhan.

In the study, Gu Caiwei is still embroidering her unfinished flower and bird work, and her mother is also practicing her calligraphy.

The mother and daughter came back yesterday. This time, the mother and daughter did not take the train, but took a plane directly.

With the status of Gu Caiwei's grandfather, even though he has retired now, it is still very simple to buy plane tickets for the mother and daughter.

Due to Gu's father's status, Gu's mother was willing to be a housewife, but she had a casual job at the Provincial Women's Federation. She usually cooked at home, wrote, and occasionally went to work. Her life was quite leisurely and comfortable.

As for Gu Caiwei, she has no intention of joining the workforce. She is currently focusing on embroidery. As her embroidery skills become more and more sophisticated, selling her embroidery works on the market will also allow her to earn a lot of money, which is better than other people. People who work are much better.

In this way, she can not only do what she likes, but also make money to support herself. Gu Caiwei is very satisfied with this.

Soon, Gu's mother finished writing a poem and asked, "Weiwei, what do you want to eat today?"

Gu Caiwei raised her head, thought for a while and said, "Let's steam some Wuchang fish. I haven't eaten it for a while and I'm a little greedy."

Gu's mother nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go out and buy it."

Gu Caiwei hummed and continued to embroider her work with her head down. Now the work has reached the final stage and will probably be completed tomorrow.

Once a person is immersed in work, time passes very quickly. I don't know how long it took, but Gu's mother's voice came from the kitchen: "Weiwei, come here."

Gu Caiwei put down the embroidery, stood up and stretched her waist, then walked to the kitchen and asked, "Mom, what's going on?"

Gu's mother said: "I have never let you enter the kitchen before, but you will get married in one or two or three years. As a wife, your husband will be busy with work. If you don't know how to cook, , what will the family eat?

You can’t always eat out, right?

So, after thinking about it, I still have to teach you some simple dishes, lest you have trouble finding food after you get married. "

Gu Caiwei was slightly surprised when she heard this, but what her mother said made sense. This era was not like later generations, where most of the cooking was done by men. Now, 99 out of 100 families have women cooking. This is the social custom. decided.

"Okay, what should we do?"

Seeing that her daughter agreed, Gu's mother said with great interest: "You have never been in the kitchen, so you definitely can't get started directly. Today you watch first, and I will explain while cooking. When you have written down the cooking methods, If you try it again, you will understand it naturally after doing it a few times.”

Gu Caiwei nodded and said: "I understand, then you can start!"

So Gu’s mother started on-site teaching.

Because Gu's father had a dinner party today and would not come back for dinner, the Gu family and his daughter only prepared a Wuchang fish and a green vegetable, both of which were relatively simple to prepare.

Mother Gu was explaining while making preparations.

Although steaming Wuchang fish is indeed relatively simple, this simplicity is relatively speaking, and it is actually quite complicated for novices.

Fortunately, Gu Caiwei is a clever girl. She can even master such complex skills as embroidery. This cooking is not too difficult. After listening to her mother's explanation and watching her mother's operation, she has more or less ideas.

Next time I will follow the same pattern, as long as I make it a few more times and gain experience, I believe the taste will not be any worse than my mother's.

Soon, Gu's mother had these two dishes ready.

While the food was being served, Mother Gu asked, "How is it going? Do you remember the specific steps?"

Gu Caiwei said: "Remember, it seems quite simple. I'll try it later and see if I can succeed."

Gu's mother smiled and said: "Okay, let's continue to eat these two dishes tomorrow. You will be in charge of the whole process. I will watch from the side. If you make a mistake in any step, I will correct it for you as soon as possible. ”

Gu Caiwei said confidently: "The steps should be correct, just how much seasoning to put. I'm afraid it will take a few more trials to get the right balance."

While they were talking, the mother and daughter loaded up the rice and started eating.

Eating the smooth and tender Wuchang fish, Gu Caiwei said with emotion: "This steamed fish must be our Wuchang fish. The taste is really unique. No wonder the leader back then wrote, 'I only drink Changsha water and eat Wuchang fish.'" of poetry.”

Gu's mother smiled and said: "We, Wuchang Fish, have become famous all over the world more than a thousand years ago. For example, Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem like 'Autumn comes and I remember Wuchang Fish more than ever, and my dream soul is only on Baling Road' , and Su Shi in the Song Dynasty also wrote a poem such as "The Yangtze River is surrounded by beautiful fish, and the bamboos are thick and the bamboo shoots are fragrant."

Gu's mother is a calligraphy enthusiast, and people who practice calligraphy like to practice with famous poems, so she can blurt out these poems.

The mother and daughter praised each other while eating. When the meal was almost done, Gu's mother reminded: "Weiwei, you should pay attention to letters these days. I guess Deng Yunheng has already written you a letter, but I don't know when it will be sent." arrive."

Seeing her mother's enthusiasm, Gu Caiwei laughed and said, "I know, Mom, I will pay attention."

…

Gu's mother was right. Deng Yunheng did write a letter to Gu Caiwei and sent it.

Deng Yunheng still had great trust in his father's vision. Since his father repeatedly emphasized on the phone that she was an excellent girl and told him not to miss it, of course he would pay attention to it and spent a lot of effort to write a letter. letter.

This is the first letter. There will definitely be no ambiguous language, and there will be no hasty expression of love right from the beginning. That would be too frivolous.

When writing letters, it is important to proceed step by step. As the two parties communicate more often, the topic will naturally deepen.

When both parties begin to look forward to receiving a reply from the other party every day, then the relationship will most likely be successful.

If after receiving the letter, you don’t even have the urge to reply, it proves that the two of you are really not suitable and you should find another good match as soon as possible!

When the New Year was approaching, Qiu Yongnian, who had returned from the capital, once again invited Deng Yunheng, his second brother, to celebrate the New Year at his home.

In response, Deng Yunheng did not refuse, but agreed.

…

In a blink of an eye, it’s New Year’s Eve again.

This year, Deng Shirong and his family did not go back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year, nor did they celebrate the New Year in the county. Instead, they went to Nanning to celebrate the New Year.

The reason why I went to Nanning to celebrate the New Year was mainly to comply with their customs and habits, that is, during the first year of moving to a new home, I had to stay in my new home to celebrate the New Year.

Although the second son and the third son did not come back for the New Year, and the eldest daughter was married, there are still four children to accompany Deng Shirong for the New Year. This is the advantage of having more children. If you are an only child, once the child does not come back for the New Year, the family will be in trouble. It was really deserted.

Every New Year's Eve, Deng Shirong personally cooks a large table of sumptuous meals, and this year is no exception.

When it was time to start eating, the children also started their year-end summary.

Deng Yuntai was the first to report: "Dad, this year the supermarkets in Bobai and Nanning, because you asked us to stock up in advance, made a lot of money when customers were rushing to buy supplies. This year's profit exceeded 2 million. This has been the most profitable year in many years.”

Deng Shirong asked: "How are you preparing for the supermarket in Liuzhou?"

This year, the eldest son did not sit idle, but traveled to many cities. Finally, he found a suitable site for opening a supermarket in Liuzhou. It was an abandoned factory building of a certain factory. Deng Yuntai spent money to buy the land and the factory building. Convert the factory building into a supermarket.

Although this is not as good as the self-built buildings in Nanning and Bobai, it can save a lot of money and time, and it is beneficial to speed up the development and layout of supermarkets.

As for the future, when the supermarket chain has formed a scale, it will be relatively simple to buy land and build buildings or directly purchase buildings built by others.

Deng Yuntai replied: "We are almost ready. We should be able to open the business in the second month of the lunar calendar."

Deng Shirong nodded, looked at his youngest daughter and said, "Azhu, tell me about your situation."

Deng Yunzhu said: "I can't compare to Big Brother and Sister-in-law. The profit of the hot pot restaurant this year is only about 500,000, but the turnover is now higher month by month, which proves that the business is getting better and better. Next year's profit should be better than this year."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "That's not bad. Hot pot is considered a high-consumption item for people nowadays. Families with average economic conditions really can't afford it. Fortunately, there are more and more rich people now, so hot pot restaurants It’s normal for business to get better and better.”

Seeing his father looking over, Deng Yunhua scratched his head and said, "Dad, I also earned more than 30,000 yuan this year."

Deng Shirong hummed and said, "That's alright. Your home appliance store opened relatively late. In addition, you exchanged shopping supplies some time ago, which emptied the pockets of many customers. You are very lucky to earn 30,000 yuan." ”

Deng Yunhua said: "I can earn 30,000 yuan mainly because I don't have to pay rent for the store. In addition, my eldest brother, sister-in-law's supermarket and second sister's hot pot restaurant help me promote and distribute coupons to attract customers. Otherwise, if I want to make money, It’s really not easy.”

Deng Shirong said: "The difficulties are only temporary. As more and more wealthy people become more and more wealthy, the home appliance industry is destined to become more and more prosperous. Don't be impatient. As long as you operate steadily, the business will definitely become popular in the future."

Deng Yunhua nodded obediently and said, "I understand, Dad."

After the fourth brother finished speaking, Deng Yunheng also reported on his study situation: "Dad, my current academic performance is pretty good. It is impossible to get into Tsinghua and Peking University like the second brother and third brother, but it is still possible to get into a key university. There is hope."

Deng Shirong said: "Anyway, just try your best."

When Xiao Dong'er saw that her father, aunt, fourth uncle, and uncle Man all reported their results to her grandfather, she also said in a decent manner: "Grandpa, my academic performance is not bad. I got third place in the class in the final exam!"

Hearing this, Deng Shirong laughed and praised: "Being among the top three in the class is a very good result. But Xiaodong'er, you have to keep working hard and try to be first in the class next semester. If you can do it, , then grandpa will give you a big reward."

Xiaodong'er's eyes lit up and she asked, "Grandpa, what kind of reward is it?"

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "What reward Grandpa will keep secret for now, anyway, it must be something you like."

Dongzi couldn't help but answered: "Grandpa, I also want a reward."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Okay, as long as sister can be the first in the class, then I will prepare a reward for you."

Xiaodong'er asked strangely: "Grandpa, why didn't he take the first place in the exam?"

Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but laugh: "Because Dongzi is still in kindergarten and there are no exams!"

Xiaodong'er suddenly realized it, and then glanced at her brother: "You are really taking advantage of me."

Dongzi asked eagerly: "Sister, can you be the first in the exam?"

Xiaodong'er clenched her fists and said, "I will definitely be the first in the exam next semester."