Thursday, August 24, 2023.

The 78-year-old Deng Da went to the provincial capital alone.

If in other families, an old man of this age and illiterate travels alone, the family will definitely not be at ease, and will either not let him go, or someone will follow him.

But in Deng's family, his wife and children are very relieved.

After all, although Deng Da is illiterate, he has seen the world. He began to travel to Guangdong Province in the 1970s and 1980s. He lived in big cities for more than ten years, working with the kind of old people who have never traveled far.

Still different.

Getting to the county seat is very simple, just take the shuttle bus directly to the town.

After arriving in the county town, the second daughter Deng Jiuliu bought a train ticket to the provincial capital and took Deng Da to the train station.

Deng Da had ridden a train more than forty years ago. The last time he took a train was twenty-nine years ago. The high-speed trains were no different from the trains of that era, so Deng Da was naturally familiar with them.

Moreover, if you have anything you don’t understand, just ask. For an old man like Deng Da, the staff at the train station are willing to help and enthusiastically explain to him. In short, there are people who can help him from checking in to getting on the train to finding a specific seat.

After waiting for the train to start moving, Deng Da couldn't help feeling the speed of the train. Compared with the trains 29 years ago, this speed was really much faster.

The whole journey was silent.

An hour and a half later, the train arrived at the provincial capital.

After leaving the train station, Deng Da went around looking for people to find out how to get to the Xingfu Dating Agency.

After walking around and asking around for more than ten minutes, Deng Da finally arrived at the Xingfu Dating Agency.

Entering the dating agency, a pretty girl came up to her and said, "Hello, sir, welcome."

"Hello!" Deng Da said hello, and then asked: "Little girl, I would like to ask if Master Jiang is here?"

100% of the customers who come here come because of the reputation of the boss. The reception girl is naturally not surprised that Deng Da asked this question, and replied with a smile: "Old sir, Master Jiang is here, are you here to propose marriage for your relatives?

?If yes, please come here first to fill in the information."

Deng Da shook his head and said: "Little girl, I have never read and am illiterate. You should take me to see Master Jiang. I will tell him the situation directly and ask him to help me be a matchmaker."

When Deng Da said that he had never read a book, the welcoming girl was not surprised. After all, there were many people who had never read a book in that era. She immediately nodded and said: "Okay, old sir, please come with me."

With that said, he took Deng Da to the boss's office.

…

One minute later.

Jiang Feng and Deng Da sat opposite each other. The reception girl poured Deng Da a cup of tea and then went out.

Jiang Feng looked at the old man with more white hair than black hair in front of him and asked with a smile: "What's your surname, sir? Where are you from?"

Although the Master Jiang in front of him was young, Deng Da did not dare to look down upon him in the slightest. His eldest daughter helped him check the information about Master Jiang on the Internet, and it was really impressive.

Upon hearing Master Jiang's question, Deng Da quickly replied: "My surname is Deng, and I am from Yulin Xin'an County."

"It turns out that we are still fellow villagers. I am from Yulin Bailiang County."

Jiang Feng went straight to the point without being too polite and said, "Mr. Deng, are you here to propose marriage for one of your descendants?"

Deng Dadao: "I want to marry my second daughter, third daughter, fourth daughter, fifth daughter and eldest son."

Jiang Feng's eyelids twitched when he heard this. The old man in front of him must be seventy or eighty years old. The youngest of his children is probably in their forties, and the older ones are probably in their fifties or sixties. Yet none of them are married?

"Um, Mr. Deng, how old are your children?"

Deng Da remembered the children's ages very clearly and blurted out: "My second daughter is 27 years old this year, my third daughter is 26 years old, my eldest son is 25 years old, my fourth daughter is 24 years old, and my fifth daughter is 23 years old."

Jiang Feng was surprised when he heard this and asked: "Mr. Deng, may I ask if you will live longer this year?"

Deng Dadao: "Old man, I am 78 years old this year."

Jiang Feng gave a thumbs up and praised: "Awesome!"

I didn’t start having children until I was in my forties or fifties. I don’t know the age of my eldest daughter yet. I have other children once a year. This frequency is really powerful.

Deng Da showed a smile and said, "Old man, I am not good at anything else, but I am not inferior to anyone in giving birth to children. I started having my first child when I was 50 years old. By the time I was 71 years old, I gave birth to 15 children in total.

Three sons and 12 daughters are worthy of the ancestors of our Deng family."

Jiang Feng was stunned when he heard this, and it took him a while to hold back two words: "Niu B."

As a man, Deng Da is proud of this aspect, but when he thinks about the pressure on marriage faced by his children, he has no interest in bragging. He sighed and said: "Master Jiang, my youngest daughter has just entered elementary school.

Because there are too many brothers and sisters, the children have not been able to find a partner when they have reached the age suitable for marriage. I only found out about you, Master Jiang, through someone’s introduction. I hope you can help me be a matchmaker for these children."

Jiang Feng nodded and said: "It's definitely no problem to help as a matchmaker. Mr. Deng, please briefly tell us about your children first!"

Deng sighed, then took out a family photo from his pocket, placed it in front of Jiang Feng, pointed at a girl with an upright appearance and introduced: "This is my second daughter Deng Jiuliu. She graduated from Yulin Health School and is currently living in our county."

Become a nurse in the hospital.”

Jiang Feng looked at this family portrait. All of the twelve girls in it were above the standard line. Two or three of them were quite pretty, and the second daughter Deng Jiuliu was one of them.

Deng Da pointed to the third daughter next to the second daughter and continued to introduce: "This is my third daughter Deng Jiuqi. She went to work in Guangdong Province after graduating from junior high school. She currently works in a clothing store in Zhongshan."

"This is my eldest son Deng Jiuba. He graduated from junior high school and is currently working as a security guard in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province."

"This is my fourth daughter, Deng Jiujiu, who graduated from a technical secondary school and is currently working as a cashier in a large supermarket in the city."

"This is my fifth daughter, Deng Lingling, who graduated from high school and is currently working in a garment factory in the provincial capital of Guangdong Province."

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang called each name an expert when he heard it. Jiang Feng could not stop laughing when he heard it, and he almost suffered internal injuries from holding it in. It was really hard for his children to bear these weird names.

After Deng Da gave a brief introduction, Jiang Feng began to ask some questions in detail.

The two of them asked and answered questions. After about half an hour, Jiang Feng said with a smile: "Mr. Deng, I already know the situation of your children. Please leave their and your own contact numbers."

, I will call them to discuss it when I arrange a blind date later."

Upon hearing this, Deng Da first reported his own mobile phone number, then took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened the address book, and then reported the mobile phone numbers of his children to Jiang Feng one by one.

Although he is illiterate, he still knows the ten numbers 0123456789.

After Jiang Feng had written down all the mobile phone numbers, Deng Da took out the five red envelopes he had prepared, handed them to Jiang Feng and said: "Master Jiang, I came to ask for a matchmaker this time and didn't bring any gifts. It's really rude. These little guys

Please accept the red envelope, and I will leave it to you to take care of the marriages of my children."

Jiang Feng did not refuse. He took the red envelope and said, "Mr. Deng, you're welcome. I will do my best."

"Then I'll leave first. If you have any news, please call me."

"Okay, Mr. Deng, walk slowly."

Jiang Feng sent Deng Da out of the office and watched him leave.

At this time, Huang Lingwei, who was idle, came over and asked curiously: "Husband, is this old man here to propose marriage for his grandson or granddaughter?"

Jiang Feng shook his head and said with a smile: "No, he is here to propose marriage for his son and daughter. Today I can be considered a knife in the butt, which opened my eyes."

Huang Lingwei said in surprise: "Isn't it right? This old man is already in his seventies or eighties, and his children are not married yet. Do you need him to go to our dating agency in person to find marriage for his children?"

"He is old, but his children are not old. Let me tell you... bah bah bah..."

"Ah? I'll go... isn't it? Real or fake? This is too awesome..."

…

Jiang San is recognized as a capable person by the whole village.

When he was in the village, he did all kinds of businesses, large and small, and made money. In the late 1990s, Jiang San spent all his savings to open a hot pot restaurant in the county town.

I have been doing this for more than twenty years.

Today, this hot pot restaurant named Longhu by Jiang San has already become one of the most famous hot pot restaurants in the county, and Jiang San's net worth reached eight figures a few years ago.

He made a lot of money, but unfortunately Jiang San's life was a bit short. His wife passed away from illness more than ten years ago, and his health has been going up and down in the past few years. Maybe one day he will be reunited with his wife underground.

Fortunately, Jiang San has a successor. His two talented sons have become successful. In the past few years, the hot pot restaurant has been run by the two sons together. The business has been booming, which makes Jiang San very happy.

The only headache for Jiang San now is how to separate the families of his two sons.

Although his two sons have not yet married, Jiang San still wants to clearly divide the family's property between his two sons during his lifetime, so as not to hurt the relationship between his brothers because of money matters after he leaves.

It's easy to separate the family's cash, house, cars, etc., but the most difficult thing to separate is this prosperous hotpot restaurant.

After all, this is a hen that can lay golden eggs. Which son it is given to is not disclosed to the other son.

But if one person gives half and the two brothers run the business together, it won't work.

Jiang San has seen too many examples of brothers, friends, and relatives doing business together, and the two parties turned against each other. Originally, there would be no problems when two brothers do business together. Ninety-nine percent of the reasons for problems are after they start their own families.

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What Jiang San wants to do now is to nip problems in the bud.

Unfortunately, he thought of many ways, but none of them felt perfect. What should he do to distribute the property to his two sons in a fair and notarized manner?

Jiang San was sitting behind the service counter of Longhu Hot Pot Restaurant, observing the attendance rate of the hot pot restaurant while thinking about how to divide the family between his two sons.

Just when Jiang San was lost in thought, a waitress walked up to him and said, "Boss, there is a customer over there who would like you to come over and say a few words."

Jiang San came back to his senses, followed the waitress's gestures, and saw a handsome young man nodding and smiling at him. He nodded in response, then stood up and walked straight to the young man.

"Guest, are you looking for me?" Jiang San sat down opposite him and asked.
To be continued...