Chapter 399: Finding a Partner for My Youngest Daughter

7 p.m.

Taotaoju.

"Dad, this suckling pig tastes really good, try it."

"Well, it's crispy but not hard, and the texture is just right. It's worthy of being a signature dish. It's really a masterstroke."

“Dad, there’s also this roast goose, it tastes really amazing!”

“The skin of the goose is crispy, and the fat under the skin has penetrated into the meat. The texture is extremely smooth and tender, and it does not taste greasy. Even the bones are fragrant. It is truly a century-old restaurant famous in Guangzhou. Here The master is really talented.”

Deng Shirong and his son were commenting while tasting the signature dishes of this century-old restaurant.

It was a meal that both father and son were very satisfied with.

After the meal, Deng Shirong bought his youngest son a BB player and then sent him back to school.

Before leaving, Deng Shirong warned: "Xiao Heng, you should calm down and study hard. The world is chaotic now, so you don't have to worry about studying on campus, but once you walk out of school, you must be careful. careful.

Also, if something happens to you, such as being bullied or blackmailed, you must not choose to take it upon yourself. You must call me as soon as possible. Do you understand? "

Deng Yunheng nodded and said: "I understand!"

"Also, when you go out, you must be careful not to reveal your wealth, and be low-key."

"Well, I'll pay attention."

"Okay, hurry back to the dormitory, I'm leaving!"

"Dad, you should also pay attention to your own safety."

"Don't worry, your dad and I are a veteran of the Jianghu world, so I'm leaving!"

"Um!"

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That night.

Deng Shirong found a high-end hotel to stay at.

The next day, Deng Shirong got up early to enjoy Guangdong’s morning tea culture.

Morning tea culture in my country was first introduced to East China, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, and Guangdong morning tea is the most famous.

Guangdong morning tea became popular as early as the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. During the Thirteenth Industry Period in Guangzhou, merchants and celebrities needed a place to entertain business partners, and the first modern teahouse "Sanyuan Building" came into being.

After that, more and more teahouses were added. During the Republic of China, many high-end teahouses in Guangzhou rushed to launch "weekly dim sum" in order to attract diners, which became a trend in the catering industry at that time.

At that time, the teahouse was like a "small society", where people could discuss business, go on blind dates, and have gatherings. All kinds of things in the world and the sophistication of people were all gathered in "drinking tea."

In later generations, Cantonese morning tea has long been popular in Guangxi. You can taste Cantonese morning tea in basically every county in Guangxi, let alone the city.

Therefore, Deng Shirong in later generations also ate morning tea, but he never had it in Guangzhou, the birthplace of Cantonese morning tea.

The restaurant downstairs of the hotel where Deng Shirong stayed served morning tea.

Deng Shirong got up quite early, but when he came to the restaurant, he still saw several tables of guests. At first glance, these guests looked like the kind of old people with good family conditions. They were in groups of three or five, gathering together and chatting with each other in various exquisite ways. We were enjoying tea with some snacks while chatting about family affairs or national affairs, which felt very uncomfortable.

He was really the only one like Deng Shirong who came to have morning tea alone.

Deng Shirong ordered a pot of tea, and several special refreshments such as shrimp dumplings, honey-glazed barbecued pork buns, golden belly, and chicken feet. While tasting them, he listened to the local elders chatting in authentic Cantonese.

If you want to say that dialects are really magical, let’s take Cantonese as an example. If northerners want to learn Cantonese, it is really no less difficult than learning English.

But if people who speak Hakka learn Cantonese, the difficulty level will plummet. Basically, as long as you are determined to learn, you can master Cantonese very quickly.

Therefore, although Tang Shirong has never learned Cantonese, he has watched so many Cantonese dramas and listened to so many Cantonese songs in his previous life. He may not be able to speak a few words in Cantonese, but he can understand at least 80% of the words he listens to.

At this time, Deng Shirong was listening to the two old men at the next table who looked a few years older than him, discussing international events.

Hearing this, Deng Shirong couldn't help but answered: "We think of him as the big brother, but people are not satisfied with the status of big brother, but want to be the father who speaks the truth. What they want is an obedient son, not a son who dares to follow His devilish brother.”

The old man on the right's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This statement is quite vivid. If you think about it carefully, it is true. As long as we are disobedient, people will want to strangle us immediately. Fortunately, our leader is wise and resolved it once. Another crisis."

The old man on the left sighed: "Although we have resolved crises one after another, our strength is still far behind others. After falling out with Big Brother, we were suppressed a lot, which caused us to suffer huge economic losses. .

Now that Big Brother is finally about to fall, we can say that we have lost a big enemy, which is of course a great thing for us. "

Deng Shirong said: "It can be said that the fall of Big Brother has both advantages and disadvantages for us!"

The old man on the right said hello: "Brother, what do you call me? Let's sit down and chat together?"

Deng Shirong was not polite. It was quite boring to drink morning tea alone. It would be interesting to chat with three or two people all over the world, so he moved the tea to their table and replied: "My last name is Deng, nicknamed Uncle Jiu, what do you call the two cousins?”

The old man on the right said: "My surname is Zhou, just call me Lao Zhou."

The old man on the left answered: "My surname is Huang, and I have a big belly. Just call me Huang."

After Deng Shirong brought all the refreshments and tea, Old Man Huang couldn't wait to say: "Uncle Jiu, let's continue the topic just now. I think Big Brother's fall will only bring benefits and no harm to us.

Let’s not talk too far, let’s just say that over the years, in order to guard against this big brother with evil intentions, we have been deploying a large number of troops in the north for defense, which is still very costly to us.

Once Big Brother falls, we will get rid of a powerful and threatening enemy. We no longer have to waste manpower and material resources to defend against other people's attacks. We can completely free up our hands and feet to develop the economy. This is a great good thing.

And you just said that the fall of Big Brother will have advantages and disadvantages for us, but I only see the advantages, where are the disadvantages? "

Deng Shirong took a sip of tea and said: "Big Brother does pose a threat to us, but we have passed the most difficult period. Now our relationship with Big Brother has actually eased a lot, and diplomacy has been normalized. .

The most important thing is that we and Big Brother are in the same camp after all. As long as Big Brother is still there, there will naturally be tall people to bear on the collapse that day.

But once Big Brother falls, we will become the tallest person.

To use an inappropriate analogy, the United States and the Soviet Union are like bears and tigers fighting, and we are just a hungry wolf.

When the bears and tigers are fighting with all their strength, we, the hungry wolves, can naturally make as much noise as we want. Even if the bears and tigers hate us with all their might, they can only scare us and cannot really turn around and bite us. Wouldn't that expose your back to a powerful opponent? They would not commit such an act of seeking death.

However, when this big tiger used various techniques to kill the bear without suffering any injuries, do you think it would let our hungry wolf wander around in front of it?

Therefore, if Big Brother falls, it will be disadvantageous for us. It is equivalent to putting us on the cusp of the storm. Next, we will inevitably have to face off against this terrifying big tiger.

Fortunately, even if this evil bear fell down due to excessive injuries, it still had a son who inherited most of its strength.

Even though the size of his son is much smaller than that of his peak, an evil bear is an evil bear after all, and the threat is much greater than our hungry wolf, so this big tiger should still pay attention in the short term. In this bear son, we, a hungry wolf that poses no threat, still have some time to grow. "

Hearing these words, Old Man Zhou and Old Man Huang were both shocked.

Their family conditions are good, and they like to pay attention to national affairs when they have nothing to do. They easily understood Deng Shirong's metaphor. It was precisely because they understood it that they were surprised. They did not expect that they would meet international experts when they went out to have morning tea today. An expert who understands the situation so well.

Old Man Huang said: "Uncle Jiu, what you said is indeed reasonable. What I thought just now was too simple. I only remembered that we have had a good relationship with Lao Mei in the past ten years, and forgot that Lao Mei and us have always had a hostile relationship.

The reason we were friendly with us at the beginning was to allow us to contain Big Brother. However, due to the huge pressure brought by Big Brother, we could only temporarily join forces with Lao Mei. But now that Big Brother is gone, with Lao Mei's character, sooner or later we will Those who turn their backs on others. "

Old Man Zhou nodded and said: "That's indeed the truth. It seems that it's not a good thing for the big brother to fall!"

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "As I said just now, there are advantages and disadvantages to this matter. The disadvantage is that sooner or later we will be forced to go on stage to compete with the United States, and of course there are advantages. In addition to the lifting of what Lao Huang just said, In addition to allowing threats to develop safely, another advantage is that the bear son is not as strong as his father. If he wants to fight against the big tiger, he must cooperate with us. This will naturally increase our strength quickly.

In addition, when the big tree falls, those hozens that have taken our things have to return some things to us honestly, which is also a real benefit. "

When Old Man Zhou heard this, his heart moved. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the ground and said, "Uncle Jiu, are you talking about this?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "Yes, that evil bear took a lot of things from us. In the past, we had to endure it because of the opponent's strength. But once the evil bear fell and split up, with the strength of the participating countries, In terms of strength, he is not qualified to compare with us.

If they are sensible, they will definitely return something to us. "

Old Man Huang nodded repeatedly and said: "That makes sense. Once Big Brother falls, the rest of the hozens won't have to worry about it. If they swallow our things, they will naturally vomit them out. It depends on whether they vomited too much or too little."

While eating delicious tea, Deng Shirong chatted with the two old men, Lao Zhou and Lao Huang. In his previous life, he had experienced the era of Internet information explosion. Apart from eating and sleeping, he spent most of his time reading novels and reading short stories. Video to pass the time.

These novels and short videos contained a lot of popular science stuff, so he could naturally pick them up and show off in front of the two old men.

This sharp insight really made Lao Zhou and Lao Huang look at Deng Shirong with admiration.

The three of them were all very idle people, and because the conversation was quite interesting, the three of them chatted from morning to noon. Then they served some food and chatted while eating.

The topics are no longer limited to major events at home and abroad, but they can talk about whatever they find. Lao Zhou and Lao Huang are obviously not ordinary people. They know a lot of things and can talk about various topics. .

As for Deng Shirong, it goes without saying. He is nearly a hundred years old in his two lives combined. He has also experienced the era of information explosion in his previous life. He knows much more than Lao Zhou and Lao Huang. Basically, the two of them chat. He was able to pick up on anything, which shocked them and made them talk more enthusiastically.

After chatting until about three o'clock in the afternoon, Old Man Zhou said with emotion: "Uncle Jiu, it's so interesting to chat with you. Do you live near here? If so, how about we come here to have morning tea together every day from now on?" ?”

Deng Shirong shook his head and smiled: "Lao Zhou, I came to Guangzhou this time to send my youngest son to school. I plan to return to Guangxi tomorrow."

Old Man Zhou said regretfully: "Well, it will be difficult to sit down and drink tea together in the future!"

Old Man Huang asked: "Uncle Jiu, what school does your youngest son go to in Guangzhou?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Sun Yat-sen Medical University."

Old man Zhou said in surprise: "That's a coincidence. My in-laws are a professor at Sun Yat-sen Medical University!"

Deng Shirong didn't expect such a coincidence, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "I wonder which professor it is? Please help take care of my boy in the future."

Old man Zhou smiled and said, "No problem. My name is Li Guangfa. What's your son's name? I'll say hello to him later and ask him to take care of me."

Deng Shirong said: "My son's name is Deng Yunheng, majoring in clinical medicine."

Old Man Huang said: "This is really fate. The admission score of Sun Yat-sen Medical University is not low. Uncle Jiu, your youngest son can be admitted to this university. It is really enviable. None of the people in my family are good at studying. It really pisses me off that I can get into college.”

Deng Shirong said: "Reading is really about talent. If you have a talent for reading, you can see obvious progress if you work hard. If you don't have a talent for reading, no matter how hard you try, you just can't see progress, and you will naturally become slack over time." ”

Old man Zhou nodded and said: "Uncle Ninth's words make sense. I have five children. The eldest, second and youngest have no talent for reading, so no matter how hard they try, it will be useless. But my third and fourth children are different. They don’t even study as hard as the eldest, second child and youngest, but their academic performance is better than them.”

Old Man Huang added next to him: "Uncle Jiu, Old Zhou's third daughter and fourth son are both top students who graduated from key universities. My daughter currently works in the Education Bureau. Her father-in-law is the professor at Sun Yat-sen Medical University that Old Zhou mentioned just now. That in-laws.

My fourth son currently works at Guangzhou Customs, which makes me envious to death. "

Deng Shirong praised: "That's really good. Whether it's the Education Bureau or the Customs, they are all promising jobs."

Old man Zhou said a few words of humility, and then asked: "Uncle Jiu, how many children do you have?"

Deng Shirong said: "I have seven children, five sons and two daughters."

Old man Zhou and old man Huang praised at the same time: "Uncle Ninth is so lucky!"

Their generation lived in an era when more people were more powerful. Whoever had more sons would be more powerful. This was something engraved in their bones.

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "We all have this blessing. In our generation, which family doesn't have five or seven children!"

Old Man Huang smiled and said, "That's true. Uncle Jiu, your youngest son has gone to college. Have your other children gotten married?"

Deng Shirong said: "The eldest son, eldest daughter and second son are all married, but there is still a younger daughter and three sons who are not married yet!"

Old Man Huang asked: "Is your little daughter older than those three sons?"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Well, the youngest daughter is older than the three sons."

Old Man Huang said: "You are not young at that. It is time to get married."

Deng Shirong sighed: "You're not young anymore. In terms of age, I'm already 25 this year. It's really time to get married, but I haven't found the right one yet, which worries me to death."

Old man Zhou said with deep sympathy: "When it comes to finding a partner for my children, I am quite worried. My fourth child is already 26 this year, and he has not found a suitable partner."

Deng Shirong was moved when he heard this and asked: "Lao Zhou, your fourth son has a good job and is a top student who graduated from a key university. Finding a partner should be a very simple matter. He hasn't gotten married yet because he has never met the right one. Object?"

Old Man Zhou said: "After he graduated from college and was assigned to work in the customs, his mother and I started looking for partners for him. There were two or three partners with good financial conditions, but he either disliked them for their low education or their bad temper. Well, either you dislike them for not having decent jobs.

In the end, it all came to nothing. I really don’t know what kind of partner he would find to be satisfied. "

Deng Shirong said: "You can't force this relationship thing. Now is a new era. What matters is that the two people are happy. It's no longer the arranged marriage of the past. So we still have to respect the opinions of our children. After all, it's too strong." The melon is not sweet!”

Old Man Zhou sighed: "I also understand this truth, so after finding a suitable candidate several times before, I always let him make his own choice. Unfortunately, he has never been able to find someone who satisfies him. As a father, I am also worried. It doesn’t work.”

Old Man Huang interjected: "Old Zhou, Uncle Jiu, one of you is worried about his son's marriage, and the other is worried about his daughter's marriage. I think they are quite matched in age. Why don't you match each other up? Maybe we can actually get married. Woolen cloth!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "I don't have any objection to this, but my youngest daughter only has a high school degree. I'm afraid your fourth son, Lao Zhou, may not like her!"

Old man Zhou said quickly: "Uncle Jiu, you are being modest. For a girl in this era, it is already quite good to have a high school diploma."

Old Man Huang took a sip of tea and agreed: "This is true. It is indeed very good for the girl's family to finish high school."

Old man Zhou obviously had a good impression of the knowledgeable Deng Shirong. Knowing that his youngest daughter had a high school degree, he asked with some enthusiasm: "Uncle Jiu, I wonder what kind of job your youngest daughter is doing now?"

Deng Shirong said: "She is now self-employed and runs a hot pot restaurant business."

Old man Zhou perked up and said, "That's great. Where is the hot pot restaurant?"

Deng Shirong said: "In our Nanning and Liuzhou, Guangxi."

Old man Zhou widened his eyes and said, "Is there more than one hot pot restaurant?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "There is indeed more than one hot pot restaurant. The hot pot restaurants in Nanning and Liuzhou are both open for business. The third hot pot restaurant is also under preparation. It is expected to open around the National Day."

Old Man Huang said in shock: "Uncle Jiu, your little daughter is really amazing. At only 25 years old, she is already the owner of two or three hot pot restaurants. She is really amazing!"

Old man Zhou was also shocked. It was already the 1990s. In cities like Guangzhou, which was at the forefront of reform and opening up, hot pot restaurants had long been opened everywhere. One of his nephews opened a hot pot restaurant and could earn several dollars a year. Thousands!

Now Uncle Jiu's youngest daughter owns two or three hot pot restaurants, and she will definitely be able to earn a hundred or eighty thousand that year.

Such an outstanding girl is completely worthy of his fourth son.

Thinking of this, Old Man Zhou really got interested and said, "Uncle Jiu, I'm going to call my fourth son now and ask him to come over and have dinner with us after get off work so that you can meet him. If you think he It’s okay, then let’s try to match them up. If you don’t think it’s suitable, forget it. What do you think?”

Deng Shirong didn't expect that just wanting to taste the authentic Cantonese morning tea would lead to him looking for a partner for his little daughter. However, the man's conditions were good and he could indeed meet, so he nodded and said, "Okay, if it's not too much trouble. , let’s have dinner together!”

Old man Zhou smiled and said: "No trouble, then, Old Huang, you drink tea with Uncle Jiu, and I'll make a call and come back."

"Go!"

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