Return to 1980 and be a matchmaker

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the woman's family sent someone a red envelope and a five-flavored stick to Deng Shirong, the matchmaker.

In this era, matchmakers match up men and women. After the marriage is completed, the man is responsible for giving a thank you gift to the matchmaker. If the woman is satisfied with the marriage, she will also send a red envelope and a five-flavored fruit to the matchmaker in the afternoon before the wedding to express her gratitude.

After the person who brought the things left, Deng Shirong handed Wuwei to his eldest daughter, then opened the red envelope and saw two big unity cards inside.

After Deng Yunzhen saw it, she said, "Dad, the red envelope given by the woman is not small. It seems that she is quite satisfied with the marriage you introduced."

Deng Shirong, whose net worth more than doubled, was in a very good mood and said with a satisfied look on his face: "That's for sure. Generally, the price of red envelopes given by the woman's family is about ten yuan. Now the red envelopes given have doubled. Can you So satisfied!"

Deng Yunzhen detailed her father's gains since becoming a matchmaker, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that being a matchmaker would bring such great gains!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "As the old saying goes, if you only want to win a pair of trousers, you will end up tearing nine skirts. It is not that easy for a matchmaker to match up a match. Not all families are so easy to talk to."

Deng Yunzhen nodded and said: "That's true."

"Okay, you can cook with the pork. I'm going to the bride's house for dinner. I have to get married tomorrow, so I won't be back tonight!"

"Oh, I see!"

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When Deng Shirong came to the woman's house, most of her relatives and friends were also there.

What is different from the groom's house is that those who come to the bride's house for a wedding banquet do not bring wine and rice, but several feet of cloth. As for the quality of the cloth, it depends on their family conditions and generosity. Some people buy it. It is ordinary cloth, but some people buy the highest-grade khaki or fine cloth nowadays.

In addition, close relatives usually bring a teapot, basin, foot bucket, etc. in addition to cloth. As for red envelopes, there is no need to give them.

Deng Shirong also brought a few feet of cloth. The cloth he bought was really good, and he was already very qualified as a matchmaker.

The things sent by these relatives and friends will become Guan Yongying's dowry.

During the meal, Deng Shirong, the matchmaker, was naturally invited to the main seat.

Guan Dewu, who works in the supply and marketing cooperative, accompanied him. He immediately picked up the wine and said, "Uncle Jiu, I respect you. After my Yongying gets married, she will become a member of your Deng family. From now on, you will have to take care of me, Uncle Jiu." Come on, don't let her be bullied."

Deng Shirong picked up the wine and clinked it with him, and said with a smile: "Uncle Man, you can rest assured. My cousin's family is famous for their good temper. Yongying will never be bullied when he marries her. It's true." Just come to me if you need anything, and I will help her make the decision."

Guan Dewu took a big sip of wine and said, "With Uncle Jiu's words, I'll be relieved!"

In rural areas of this era, there are very few men and women who are truly free to fall in love. They are basically introduced by matchmakers. Therefore, the importance of matchmakers is self-evident. Those of marriageable age in the family will come to meet Deng Shirong. Chat with the matchmaker for a few words and ask him to introduce you to someone suitable.

Deng Shirong naturally welcomes this. The more clients, the better for a matchmaker.

Of course, because Deng Shirong believed in the matchmaker's words in his previous life, several of his children's marriages were unhappy. As the saying goes, "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you." Now that he has changed his career and become a matchmaker, he naturally won't be like other matchmakers who only want to do to you. If the matchmaker succeeds in getting a generous matchmaking gift, he will either not introduce the person. If he does, he will definitely do so after a comprehensive evaluation and believes that the two are really a good match, so he will help match them.

Although there will definitely be misunderstandings when doing this, after all, he is not a god, and people can change, but as long as most of the couples he matches can live happily, it is already a great merit for him.

While Deng Shirong was drinking and chatting at the woman's house, the man's house was already eating and drinking.

After eating and drinking, and taking a short rest, the person in charge of the kitchen began to prepare the most important drinks and dishes for tomorrow overnight.

In the Shuangwang realm, there are a few dishes that are must-haves for wedding banquets:

[-]. Braised pork, this is the most critical dish at the wedding banquet. If braised pork is served at the banquet, it means that all the dishes are served.

It takes a lot of time to make braised pork, and it will definitely be too late to do it tomorrow, so you have to prepare the braised pork and put it in a bowl tonight, and then steam and heat it in the pot tomorrow.

[-]. Meatballs, which are made of semi-fat and lean pork minced and seasoned, then wrapped in pork net oil into a round shape, and then steamed.

This dish is also quite cumbersome to make and needs to be prepared in advance.

Third, egg rolls, which are fried into thin pancakes with eggs, filled with minced meat fillings similar to meatballs, and then rolled up layer by layer with egg pancakes, then cut into two finger-long sections, and served on top. Steam until cooked.

This dish is also very troublesome to make. Like meatballs, it can only be eaten at banquets, and no one will make it and eat it.

Fourth, sweet lotus root, this is the most time-consuming dish in the wedding banquet. It can be stewed with pork bones, lotus root and enough sugar for an entire night.

Except for the above four dishes that are more troublesome to prepare, the other dishes are relatively easy, and you can start cooking them again tomorrow morning.

The busy ones are the cooks. As for the relatives and friends who came over for the wedding banquet, they gather in small groups to chat. It is rare for so many relatives to get together once, so naturally there is endless chatter when sitting together.

At nine or ten o'clock in the evening, relatives and friends began to rest one after another.

In rural areas of this era, no household could accommodate so many relatives and friends, so no matter which household in the village served wine, the whole village would help to receive it, and guests would be accommodated in any household with vacancies.

Even if there are no vacancies, we have to squeeze out the vacancies. For example, if one or two people usually sleep in one bed, now three or four people will have to squeeze into one bed.

In short, make sure all relatives and friends have a place to sleep.

Deng Shirong is not going home tonight, so the woman's family directly arranges for him to live in a room alone. Compared with other relatives and friends of the woman's family who share a room with two or three or even three or four people, the treatment he enjoys as a matchmaker is high enough.

Before going to bed, Deng Shirong couldn't help but count his net worth.

After receiving the red envelope from Zhang Kangmei and Deng Changmei as housekeepers, he had more than 170 yuan. After spending this period of time, he bought several feet of fine cloth for the woman, leaving only more than 150 yuan.

Now, after receiving the 20 yuan red envelope sent by the woman before the wedding, his net worth has skyrocketed again, reaching more than 370 yuan.

As for the five flavors, there are ten more in the system space that has been cleared.

Of course, this is nothing. The real bumper harvest will be the matchmaking gift from the man tomorrow.