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Wuhan.

A certain family home.

In the room, Gu Caiwei was opening a letter sent from Fujian and pulled out three pages of letter paper filled with words from the envelope.

The words on the letter paper were written vigorously and vigorously, showing that the sender had good calligraphy skills.

This era is different from later generations. In later generations, due to the rampant use of various electronic products, people have fewer and fewer opportunities to write with pens, so handwriting is generally not good-looking, even for college students.

But among college students in this era, it may be an exaggeration to say that everyone can write well, but it is an indisputable fact that most college students can write well.

The person who wrote to Gu Caiwei was none other than Deng Yunheng, who was working in Fujian.

Moreover, this is not the first letter Gu Caiwei has received. She received a letter from Deng Yunheng a few years ago, and she replied to him.

This letter is now the second letter sent by Deng Yunheng.

After admiring the other party's calligraphy, Gu Caiwei began to read the content of the letter.

Reading slowly, line by line, sentence by sentence, Gu Caiwei read the content of the three pages of letter paper for more than ten minutes before finishing it.

After reading the letter, Gu Caiwei immediately took out the letter paper and wrote a reply to the other party.

After racking her brains, it took her almost an hour to write the reply. It turned out that she actually wrote four pages. Gu Caiwei couldn't help but show a hint of shyness in her eyes. They only wrote her three pages, and she replied with four pages. Page paper, this seems a bit unreserved!

However, Gu Caiwei soon began to comfort herself. She wrote an extra piece of paper mainly to avoid waste.

After all, writing a three-page paper or a four-page paper requires one envelope and one stamp, so it is definitely more cost-effective to write a four-page paper.

After comforting herself, Gu Caiwei put the written letter into an envelope, then wrote her name and address as well as the recipient's name, address and zip code on the envelope, then sealed the seal with glue, and finally affixed One stamp, done.

After doing all this, I saw that the time was almost up and went to the kitchen to prepare meals.

After learning how to cook from her mother for nearly a month, Gu Caiwei's cooking skills are not too high, but at least she can't make some simple meals, especially green vegetables, tofu and steamed Wuchang fish. She can already make them. It tastes good.

Anyway, her father loves to eat her cooking. Every time she cooks, her father will eat half a bowl of rice more, which gives Gu Caiwei great motivation to cook.

Forty minutes later.

Gu's father and Gu's mother came back together.

After entering the house, Father Gu sniffed, a smile appeared on his serious face, and said, "Weiwei, what delicious food did you make? Why does it taste so good?"

Hearing this, Gu's mother couldn't help but roll her eyes at her husband. She knew from the smell that her daughter had made homemade tofu, and luckily he was able to ask.

Gu Caiwei brought a plate of tofu out from the kitchen and said hello: "Dad, Mom, you are back at the right time, you can start dinner!"

Father Gu laughed and said, "I just wanted to eat tofu today. I didn't expect you to make tofu, Weiwei. It's really good."

Gu Caiwei smiled brightly and said, "Dad, don't blame me for making it delicious."

Father Gu went to wash his hands, came back and sat down and said, "No, I think the tofu made by my Weiwei is the most delicious."

Soon, the family of three started to eat.

There were three dishes, one home-style tofu, one stir-fried green vegetables, and one steamed egg. They were all the most ordinary dishes, but Father Gu ate them with gusto and ate half a bowl more rice than usual, using practical actions to support his daughter in cooking. .

After eating, Gu Caiwei made a cup of tea for her father.

Father Gu drank tea leisurely, and the fatigue from a day's work instantly dissipated.

Gu's mother asked: "Lao Gu, my brother has been at this level for several years. Now my father has retired. He is gone and the tea is cold. Even if you want to push him, you can't do anything. You, the brother-in-law, But you have to help keep an eye on him, and if you have a chance, give him a hand."

Father Gu nodded and said: "Okay, I will help keep an eye on it, but some of the resources I have are best used on my son-in-law if possible. It's not that I don't take care of him in Donglai, it's mainly because of his potential. Da, the level of the hall is basically his upper limit, and it will inevitably be a waste to use resources on him. "

When Gu's mother heard this, she also felt that it made sense. As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the edge of the knife. The resources in the husband's hands are not unlimited. The more you use, the less. If your brother has a bright future, then it will not be a loss if you use it on him. But The problem is that my younger brother's career potential is limited. If I really use my husband's resources to push him to a higher position, I'm afraid the effort will be greater than the gain, which is not worth it.

Thinking of this, Mother Gu couldn't help but look at her daughter and asked: "Weiwei, did you hear what your dad said? While your dad has a lot of resources, you must hurry up and find your son-in-law. This way Your father can cultivate him well, so that these resources will not be used by outsiders. "

Gu Caiwei smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, you can't let me, a girl, take the initiative in this kind of thing, right?"

Hearing this, Mother Gu's heart moved and she asked, "Weiwei, tell mom honestly, do you have any thoughts about that Deng Yunheng?"

Father Gu naturally knew about Deng Yunheng. To be honest, after hearing the other party's conditions, he was quite satisfied. It didn't matter if he didn't have any background, as long as he was strong. After becoming his son-in-law, he could use the resources in his hands to cultivate he.

And with the help of his father-in-law, it is probably no problem to get promoted at the division level and office level.

As for going up further, he can't help much, but as long as he can be promoted smoothly in the early stage, then age is his biggest advantage. As long as there are no accidents in the future, he should be able to be promoted smoothly.

After all, graduating from Peking University is a huge advantage.

Gu Caiwei said with shame: "Mom, how do you want me to answer this question? I haven't even met him yet!"

Mother Gu pondered: "Originally, I also thought about letting you write letters and chat slowly, and wait until we get to know each other to see if our personalities are compatible. But the key is that time waits for no one, and your father does not always have the resources. , some resources are time-sensitive and will be gone if you miss them.”

Father Gu interjected: "Don't be too anxious. You must understand the character of the other party."

Gu's mother said: "This is for sure. No matter how good a man is, he cannot marry a man with bad character."

Gu Caiwei blinked and continued: "As the saying goes, words are like people, so there should be no problem with the other person's character."

Gu's mother, a calligraphy enthusiast, also believed this sentence and agreed: "Indeed, it can be seen from his calligraphy that his character should not be bad."

Father Gu took a sip of tea and said, "If your character is not bad and you are excellent, then hurry up."

Mother Gu thought for a moment, then looked at her daughter and said, "Weiwei, how about I accompany you to Fujian?"

Gu Caiwei said in surprise: "Mom, you mean, we go directly to Fujian to meet him?"

Mother Gu nodded and said: "Anyway, he is a public official and we all know what position he holds. We can go to his workplace and observe him. If there are no problems with his appearance and good reputation, then we can meet and talk to him directly. , anyway, the two of you were writing to communicate with each other for the sake of the person you were talking to. "

Gu Caiwei was a little moved when she heard this, but she still asked a little embarrassedly: "Mom, is this okay?"

"What's wrong? The ancients said that those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters. As long as the result is good, it doesn't matter what the process is."

At this point, Gu's mother looked at her husband and asked, "Lao Gu, what do you think?"

Father Gu pondered: "I don't have any objection, but these times are not peaceful. If you really plan to go to Fujian, I will send two people to protect your safety."

Seeing that her husband had no objection, Gu's mother decided, "Then the matter is settled."

Gu Caiwei thought of the letter that had not yet been sent and said, "Mom, even if I want to go, I can't do it so soon. After a while, I will write more letters to him and we will be almost familiar with each other. I won't go again." Late."

Gu's mother paused, nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go there in May or June. It happens to be hot at that time, so you don't have to carry so much luggage when you go out, and you can also taste the lychees there."

Gu Caiwei breathed a sigh of relief. With the buffer of two or three months, she and Deng Yunheng could write several letters, and they would not be as strangers to each other as they are now. Even if they met, it would not be too much. Too embarrassing.

Naturally, Gu's father had no objection. His thoughts were very open-minded compared to people of this era.

…

Naye Village.

On the second day of the second lunar month, a cooperative is bound to be held in the village on this day.

In Shuangwang Realm, every place where a company is established will have a head of the company. As the name suggests, the so-called head of the company is responsible for arranging all matters of the company.

This community leader does not need to have high prestige in the clan like the clan leader. The community leader only needs to be honest, fair, and have the ability to organize and run the community.

The leader of Naye Village is named Deng Yunkun. When Deng Shirong planned to reclaim his family's mountains into an orchard, he selected a few honest villagers in the village to help, including Deng Yunkun and his two sons.

Building a community is not a matter for the whole clan. The Deng family is scattered in more than 20 natural villages, and building a community is also scattered in different natural villages.

For example, the cooperative in Naye Village is carried out jointly with the natural villages of Yangdipo, Hengmenkou, Zhadu, Shanying, Shanggaoxing and Laowu. The tribesmen scattered in other natural villages also work together with Lide Several nearby villages have joined forces to form cooperatives.

At this time, the butcher in the village was killing pigs, and Deng Yunkun was checking accounts with the people below.

After checking the accounts, Deng Yunkun said with emotion: "Thinking about the past when we were working in cooperatives, many families just kept accounts first and paid back the money they owed to the cooperative slowly. Moreover, most of them were two families joining together to start a cooperative. For those who work alone, their family conditions are already very good.

In the past few years of working as a co-operative, no one owes money to the co-operative anymore, and each family is doing one job, and many people are even doing two or three jobs. This change is really fast. "

The tribesman who was responsible for collecting the commune money said with a smile: "Yes, in the past, every household went to collect the commune money, and the money they could collect was very very little. The rice collected to cook commune porridge was not owed. There was no time when the commune money was collected." There is no debt, and some people even owe money to the company for several years.

It's better now. Under the leadership of the clan leader, every family in our family has become rich. It is impossible for us to owe money to the society again in this life. "

As soon as the clan leader was mentioned, all the clan members present started to praise him.

For the people of the Nayedeng clan, the clan leader is as great as the leader.

Especially the clan members whose families were extremely poor were extremely grateful to the clan leader.

After all, if there was no clan leader to lead them to make a fortune, how could they live such a magical life with no worries about food and clothing and tens of thousands in savings?

While the villagers were busy building cooperatives, Deng Shirong was accompanying Dean Huang and his party as they walked down the village river.

At this time, the new village river has almost been excavated, but some huge rocks still need to be transported and laid on both sides of the river, so there is no rush to drill through the reserved river section and let the river flow to the new river section.

However, this no longer affects Dean Huang’s design.

After walking the Xincun River from beginning to end, the assistants brought by Dean Huang also took photos one by one and made relevant records.

When walking back, Deng Shirong asked: "Dean Huang, how long will it take for this rendering to be available?"

Dean Huang said with a smile: "We only need to make some small changes, and the renderings will be ready in about half a month."

Deng Shirong said: "Then when the renderings come out, you can call me."

Dean Huang nodded and said: "There is also this sewage treatment plant. I will set it up for you at the most downstream of the river section. The treated sewage will be discharged directly downstream. What do you think, Boss Deng?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Okay, let's do it."

Although the discharged water has been treated and will not cause pollution, it is treated from the dirty water after all. It is best to discharge it downstream instead of discharging it in the river section of the village.

After the two parties finished talking about business, Dean Huang asked: "Boss Deng, I just heard that your village was killing pigs. Is it a happy event?"

Deng Shirong replied: "Today we have a cooperative in our village. You should know about this, Director Huang, right?"

Dean Huang was stunned when he heard this. As an expert in ancient architectural design, his understanding of our country's folk culture is unparalleled by ordinary people. He naturally knows what running a community is. He said with a smile: "That's a coincidence. This is running a community." Can I go see the scene?”

"Of course you can. There is nothing taboo about this place. It just so happens that today I will let you, Dean Huang, try our community porridge."

"That's great. I've always been interested in these folklore things."

…

Back in the village, Deng Shirong, who had nothing to do, took Dean Huang to the work site to let him experience the folk culture of the countryside in Bobai County, Guangxi.

When they came back, large pieces of pork had been cooked in a large iron pot.

Cook the pork thoroughly and the water will turn into broth. Then add the rice to cook the porridge. When it is almost cooked, add the pig blood and season it.

The porridge cooked in this way tastes really good, especially if you eat it on site, it will have a unique taste.

Deng Shirong took Dean Huang and others to experience the fun of eating community porridge on the spot.

After finishing the porridge, we started to divide the meat.

As mentioned before, the fairest thing in the countryside is the branch, especially the branch meat. Each part of a pig will be cut into small pieces, and then distributed equally according to the number of shares in the cooperative.

Basically, in every dish, there will be pork, pork liver, rice sausage, large intestine, pig lung, pig heart, pig ears, pork ribs, pig feet, pig tail, etc.

Precisely because the branch is divided very fairly, whenever fairness matters are mentioned in Bobai Countryside, the branch will be compared.

Dean Huang and others also witnessed the entire branch process, which was so meticulous that they praised it.

After bringing the community meat back, Deng Shirong cooked a large table of dishes to entertain Dean Huang and others.

After eating and drinking, we stayed one night at Deng Shirong's house. Dean Huang and others left by car the next day.

…

Worshiping ancestors during Qingming Festival not only refers to the day of Qingming Festival, but also the whole month before and after.

In later generations, whether the Naye Deng family worshiped ancestors or shoveled mountains, they usually arranged it after the spring equinox, and then chose Saturdays and Sundays to carry out the activities. This made it convenient for those who participated in work to arrange time to come back to shovel mountains and worship ancestors.

Although there are no weekends like later generations, Deng Shirong still set the time for ancestor worship as the first Saturday and Sunday after the Spring Equinox. Originally, it should stop after two days and continue until the next Saturday and Sunday.

However, Deng Shirong didn't want to waste time by going back and forth like this, so he decided to hold ancestor worship for five consecutive days.

Seeing that the ancestor worship was only two days away, Deng Shirong convened a meeting with the tribesmen responsible for ancestor worship. These tribesmen were basically members of the ancestral hall council.

After everyone arrived, Deng Shirong said: "Dear tribesmen, we will start worshiping our ancestors the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, clan members and aunts from all over the country will arrive. I wonder how prepared everyone is?"

Deng Yungui said: "Uncle Ninth, we are all ready."

"Last year, the ancestral hall was raised, and a lot of people from all over the clan came to participate."

Deng Shirong picked up the chimney, stuffed tobacco into the mouth of the chimney, and said: "This year is the first time to worship ancestors after more than 20 years. After the impact of the ancestral hall's promotion last year, I believe that the number of people from all over the clan who came to participate will increase. Definitely a lot more than last year.

Therefore, everyone must prepare in advance and entertain these clan relatives. "

Deng Yunqiang smiled and said: "Don't worry, Uncle Jiu, we have already thought about this problem. Even if the number of clan members who come to participate in ancestor worship this year is twice that of last year, we can entertain them well. "

Deng Shirong lit the tobacco with a lighter, and after taking a few puffs of cigarette, he said, "Now that everything has been arranged, I'm relieved!"

Next, everyone talked about some details of ancestor worship.

After we finished chatting about the serious business, we chatted a little more about household matters. Seeing that it was getting late, we each left.

…

Nitta Deng.

Not long ago, brothers were sent over from the ancestral land to tell them the specific time for ancestor worship. Seeing that they would return to the ancestral land tomorrow, the clan leader Deng Changfa summoned the clan members to discuss returning to the ancestral land tomorrow to participate in ancestor worship.

When everyone arrived, Deng Changfa said: "Dear tribesmen, Nayezu Land is preparing to worship ancestors the day after tomorrow. We will go there in advance tomorrow. Anyone who wants to participate can sign up."

"I wanna go."

"Head of the clan, count me in."

"I want to go. I missed the enthronement ceremony at the ancestral hall last year. I definitely can't miss it again this year to worship my ancestors!"

"Count me in, I also want to see the new ancestral hall in the ancestral land. Is it really as beautiful as the other brothers said?"

"And I, I'm going too."

"..."

As soon as Deng Chang finished speaking, all the tribesmen signed up enthusiastically.

Needless to say, the clan members who attended the ancestral hall last year were treated as distinguished guests by their brothers from the ancestral land last year. Now that the ancestor worship ceremony is being held again in the ancestral land after more than 20 years, they will naturally not be absent.

The tribesmen who did not attend the ancestral hall ceremony last year regretted not attending when their brothers who attended came back to show off. Now that they are worshiping their ancestors at their ancestral land, they naturally don't want to miss it anymore.

As a result, the number of people who signed up more than doubled from last year.

Deng Changfa couldn't help but smile when he saw this. Ancestor worship, a major event related to the entire clan, is of course more lively, the better. The more people participating, the more prosperous the descendants will be, which is a good thing for every ethnic group.

Therefore, Deng Changfa said happily: "Okay, let's count the number of people now, gather at the brigade at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and then set off together."

…

Similar scenes also occurred among branch clans in various places.

After experiencing the ascension in the ancestral hall, those clan members who had never been to Naye's ancestral land became extremely curious about the ancestral land. At the same time, they also wanted to see the place that was boasted to the sky by other brothers in the clan. The new ancestral hall of the Ye Deng family.

As a result, the number of registrations from clan members in various places began to increase dramatically, basically doubling.

Again, the last thing to worry about when worshiping ancestors is the large number of people. The more people who participate in ancestor worship, the better. Therefore, the clansmen in various places have no intention of limiting the number of people.

…

The next day.

Clan members from all over the country piled into the trucks arranged by the clan and rushed towards the ancestral land of the Naye Deng family.

These trucks were all decorated with banners bearing the surname Deng, and some clan members even carried gongs and drums to the trucks and beat the gongs and drums along the way, making it very lively.

When passing through some towns, the residents of those towns were talking a lot.

"Hey, these people playing gongs and drums are also holding a big flag named Deng. What are they doing? Are they going to fight among clans?"

"What kind of clan fight are you having? It seems like you are going to worship your ancestors."

"Is ancestor worship making such a big fuss?"

"You are still too young, so you don't know much about ancestor worship. In recent years, everyone has just shoveled mountains. It is rare for anyone with a surname to worship ancestors. But in the past, ancestor worship was still common. This Deng surname is probably the restoration of ancestor worship. I don’t know when our surname Zhang will resume ancestor worship.”

"What's the difference between worshiping ancestors and shoveling mountains?"

"The difference is big. Shoveling the mountain only requires shoveling the tomb and bringing some pork sacrifices to worship. However, worshiping the ancestors requires people to 'drink the ceremony'. The tribesmen obey the instructions and kneel down, and they also have to recite sacrificial inscriptions, etc. In short, the ceremony It’s much more complicated than shoveling a mountain.”

"Sounds interesting, so why don't we with the surname Zhang stop worshiping our ancestors now?"

"It's not just our surname Zhang who doesn't worship ancestors, but all the surnames haven't worshiped their ancestors over the years. I won't go into details about the reasons. Anyway, whoever dared to do this in those years will probably not end well. Until now, everyone has I haven’t recovered yet, I’m scared.”

"Now that people named Deng have begun to worship their ancestors, everything should be fine, right?"

"Well, it should be fine now. Let's talk to the clan later. It will definitely be too late this year. Next year we, the surnamed Zhang, can also resume ancestor worship."

"..."

Because the clan members of the Deng family in Naye basically take the Bolong Highway when going to the Naye ancestral land, so every once in a while, several trucks with flags bearing the surname Deng pass by the towns that the Bolong Highway passes. .

This scene made people with other surnames envious.

Should I say it or not, my surname is just a simple shovel mountain, while other surnames are lively ancestor worship. The contrast is actually very strong.

Just like during the holidays, only a few people at your house are enjoying it in a deserted manner, while the neighbor's house is bustling with a few tables. The atmosphere is really different.

With the stimulation of ancestor worship with the Deng surname, I believe that more surnames will join the ranks of ancestor worship next year.

…

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

At this time, just like before the ancestral hall was raised, a full 500 tables had been set up at the door. Candies, biscuits, melon seeds, peanuts, melon sticks, twist candies and other snacks and tea were also prepared on the tables.

On the temporary stove next to it, pork is being cooked in twenty or thirty pots. The aroma of the meat is constantly wafting, making people move their index fingers just by smelling it.

When the time came to noon, clan members and aunts began to come over one after another.

Speaking of this, we have to talk about the rules of shoveling mountains and worshiping ancestors in Shuangwang. Deng's aunts who are married outside can come back to participate when shoveling mountains or worshiping ancestors in the clan, but their husbands and Children cannot participate.

[The author's grandfather died early, but the author doesn't even know where he is buried. He has never gone to worship once. It's not that he doesn't want to go, but because of the rules in Shuangwang, the grandson cannot go to worship his grandparents. 】

With the arrival of clan members and aunts from all over the place, the scene became lively. The Naye Deng family had already arranged special personnel to entertain these clan members.

Some of these clan members came here for the first time, and they were the first to visit the new ancestral hall of the Nayedeng family.

Needless to say, the result was that all of them were shocked. Even though their brothers had told them how awesome and beautiful this temple was, others said that they still felt completely different when they saw it with their own eyes. of.

As for Deng Shirong's family merit monument, it also gave these clan members a little shock. The main reason was that they had already listened to the general content from their brothers of the same clan. After being fully mentally prepared, when they looked at the family merit monument, they naturally had no idea. So shocked.

After visiting this ancestral hall, these clan members were shocked and felt a sense of pride in their hearts.

After all, the Nayedeng clan is their ancestral home, and the ancestors enshrined in the ancestral hall are also their ancestors.

Well, the Deng family is awesome, and it’s normal for them to be proud of it.