Chapter 1 Return to 1980
When Deng Shirong opened his eyes again, what caught his eye was an old table that would have been rejected even if used as firewood. There was a kerosene lamp placed on the table. Inside the transparent glass tube, a small flame emitted a dim light. light.
Across the table, there was a thin, middle-aged man named Deng Yungui. In Deng Shirong's impression, this nephew who had served five years had been dead for nearly twenty years.
At this time, Deng Yungui was holding the water pipe with one hand and skillfully stuffing tobacco into the mouth of the pipe with the other hand. After stuffing the tobacco, he picked up the kerosene lamp on the table, lit the tobacco, and then started smoking the hookah.
This scene made Deng Shirong's eyelids jump, as if he was dreaming.
Deng Yungui took a few puffs of cigarette before putting down the hookah and looked at Deng Shirong and said: "Uncle Jiu, as the saying goes, the brave will starve to death and the timid will starve to death. Last summer in Shilong Brigade, many people implemented household responsibility system. He also freed up manpower to engage in diversified businesses and made a lot of money.
Uncle Jiu, tell me, others are not afraid of those who rush in front, so what should we be afraid of if we follow suit? "
Hearing this, Deng Shirong had already remembered that the scene before him should have happened in 1980. At that time, his cousin Deng Yungui wanted to partner with him, a vat master, to contract out the brigade's vat kiln.
So, he should have been reborn and returned to 1980?
"Uncle Jiu, don't hesitate, let's do it together!"
Deng Yungui's urging brought Deng Shirong back to his senses. He muttered: "Yungui, this is a big deal. Let me think about it and let you know the decision tomorrow."
Deng Yungui didn't expect Uncle Jiu to agree on the spot. Making a decision tomorrow would be fast enough. He nodded quickly and said, "Okay, Uncle Jiu will think about it carefully. I'll go back if I have something else to do!"
"Um!"
As soon as Deng Yungui left, seven people of different heights walked in. These seven people were none other than Deng Shirong's seven children.
The moment he saw the boss Deng Yuntai, Deng Shirong, who originally realized that he could remain calm even after rebirth, finally couldn't help but get excited.
In total, he has not seen this eldest son with a stable character for 44 years.
In his previous life, he and Deng Yungui jointly contracted out the brigade's cylinder tile kiln and renamed it the cylinder tile factory.
In August of the same year, a matchmaker introduced his eldest son Deng Yuntai to a girl from the commune next door. As a result, Deng Yuntai had an accident on his way to a blind date...
Deng Shirong's heart ached when he thought of the time when the white-haired man gave the black-haired man a gift. The unexpected death of his eldest son could be said to be the most regretful thing in his life.
"Dad, why did Brother Yungui come to talk to you?" Because the lights in the room were dim, Deng Yuntai didn't notice anything strange about his father.
Deng Shirong calmed down his excitement and said, "He wants to work with me to contract out the brigade's vat kiln."
Deng Yuntai's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Dad, this is a good thing. Have you agreed?"
Deng Shirong shook his head and said: "I haven't agreed yet."
Deng Yuntai said thoughtfully: "Dad, are you worried that the wind direction is wrong?"
Deng Shirong smiled and said: "I am not worried about the direction of the wind. The main reason is that I am not very optimistic about the future development of the cylinder tile industry, so I did not agree immediately."
Speaking of this, Deng Shirong couldn't help but sigh secretly. In his previous life, he and Deng Yungui ran a tile factory in partnership. In the first few years, the business was quite decent. Although they didn't make much money, they could still afford their family a meal every now and then. . It's a pity that the good times did not last long. With the development of society, there are very durable substitutes for everything from large jars and boxes to small basins and bowls. Things like cylinder tiles that break when touched gradually have no market. .
If Deng Shirong remembers correctly, he and Deng Yungui began to contract and operate the cylinder tile kiln in 1980. By 1987, the cylinder tile factory's business was difficult to do, and then they managed to operate it for another three years. The cylinder tile factory, which had already begun to lose money, finally went out of business. At the end of its life.
Deng Yuntai didn't expect his father to give such a reason. You should know that after graduating from high school, he followed his father to learn how to make vats. He studied hard for more than two years, and it was not until the end of last year that he officially became a qualified vat master.
Now, his father, a master who taught him how to make large vats step by step, actually said that he is not optimistic about the future development of the vat industry?
"Our daily lives are inseparable from tiles. It stands to reason that this industry should have a bright future. Dad, how did you see that the future development of this industry is not good?"
Deng Shirong said: "I'm just guessing. This industry is quite popular in a short period of time."
Deng Yuntai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "That's good."
"Dad, are you still planning to partner with Brother Yungui to contract out the brigade's vat kiln?" The second eldest brother, Deng Yunheng, asked the question.
Deng Shirong has five sons and two daughters. The five sons are named after the five mountains. The eldest is Deng Yuntai, who is 20 years old this year and has a high school education. The second eldest child, Deng Yunheng, is 16 years old and is in his first year of high school. The third child, Deng Yunsong, is 12 years old and in fifth grade. The fourth child, Deng Yunhua, is 10 years old and is in the third grade of primary school. Deng Yunheng, the fifth child, is 8 years old and is in the first grade of primary school.
The two daughters are named after pearls. The eldest daughter, Deng Yunzhen, is 18 years old this year and has a junior high school education. The youngest daughter, Deng Yunzhu, is 14 years old and has a primary school education.
"Partnership should be a partnership, but I have to think carefully about how to do it." At this point, Deng Shirong waved his hands and said: "It's getting late, let's go to bed!"
"Oh!" the children responded, then went back to their rooms to sleep in the dark.
After seeing his children back to their rooms, Deng Shirong also returned to his room with a kerosene lamp.
Smelling the room filled with the smell of earth and linen, Deng Shirong felt unprecedentedly peaceful. He put the kerosene lamp on the stool, then sat in front of the bed and began to study his golden finger.
The moment he came back from rebirth, Deng Shirong felt that something was in his mind. It was just that he was talking to his nephew Deng Yungui at that time, and the shock of sudden rebirth made him temporarily ignore it.
Now that I have time, I naturally have to study it carefully.
After a few minutes of research, Deng Shirong showed a strange expression. The function of his golden finger was a little beyond his expectation.
Goldfinger is called the matchmaker reward system. It is currently in its initial version 1.0 and has only one function, which is to reward the matchmaker ten times as much.
Simply put, for the money and materials Deng Shirong gets from being a matchmaker, the matchmaker reward system will give him an additional ten times the reward.
"This is forcing me to be a matchmaker!" Deng Shirong couldn't help but sigh.
If he were twenty years younger, he might give up the idea of being a matchmaker and choose to go out on his own. With the extra 44 years of memory, he would probably be able to prosper.
But even if we go back to 1980, Deng Shirong is already 44 years old, and he no longer has the ambition to go out to work. Since he has a golden finger to help him after his rebirth, he can just stay in the countryside and be a matchmaker, and live a stable life. Good.