The dishes for dinner were very hard, and the first dish was chicken stewed with mushrooms.

In Northeast China, when entertaining guests, this dish, stewed chicken with mushrooms, is a must.

The chicks are old hens raised at home, and the mushrooms are hazel mushrooms picked from the mountains.

Hazel mushrooms are quite expensive, and people usually don’t even want to eat them. They have to be dried and stored, then sent to the supply and marketing cooperative in town to sell.

The second dish was a stewed pig-killing dish. It was probably the pork distributed during the Chinese New Year, but it was not finished, so it was made.

During Chinese New Year and other festivals, when distinguished guests come, the family must cook a fish and serve it on the table.

There may be a shortage of fish in other places, but will Victory Team do the same?

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In addition, Lee Chae-young also fried eggs. The eggs of that era were bright red, and they turned golden and fragrant after frying. They were especially delicious if you just cut some green onions and fry them together.

In addition, there are fried peanuts, dried beans stewed with vermicelli, cold-mixed black fungus, and tofu with green onions.

There were eight dishes, which many families could not even afford to eat during the Chinese New Year. Li Caiying really emptied her family's savings to treat Jiang Yan to a meal.

"Oh my god, Auntie, why do you cook so many dishes!" Jiang Yan looked at the table full of dishes and couldn't help but laugh: "What's the matter? Life is so unbearable that you have to do this."

Bao Zhiguo was in good spirits. "I'm happy today, so I won't talk about that. Eat more."

"good."

"Little educated youth Jiang, why don't you try the fish that our brigade raises." Bao Shengli said with a smile, "You've been away from our brigade for so long, try to see if the taste has changed."

"Brother, what you said is true. Fish is fish. They all taste the same." Bao Tielu said seriously, "So what? How can the fish in Beijing taste different from the fish in Northeast China?"

Just as Bao Shengli was about to speak, he heard Jiang Yan say, "Brother Bao, this region is different, the fish really tastes different."

"Is this true?" Bao Tielu was confused. "Is there such a thing?"

"Of course. Different regions mean different temperatures and humidity. Plus the different water quality, the texture and taste of the fish are also different."

Jiang Yan talked about it, "For example, in Northeast China, the four seasons are distinct, the temperature is relatively low, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, so the fish meat is relatively firm and not loose. We have many rivers, lakes and seas here, especially the fish from Shengli Brigade, which are fed with mountain spring water and river water into the fish ponds, so the meat is delicious, which is naturally incomparable to other places."

"No wonder." Li Caiying slapped her thigh fiercely. "His father, remember, people from other villages and the forest farm said that the fish in our Shengli Brigade are the most delicious."

It was still a planned economy at that time, and everything depended on supply. Lin Yang's workers all worked hard, and if the food was not good, they would turn the canteen upside down.

Therefore, the Victory Brigade never has trouble selling fish, and this is also due to the empire that Jiang Yan built for them with his bare hands.

"See, I told you. Little Jiang, the educated youth, is different because he knows everything."

Everyone knew that she went to college, and that she went to military school before the resumption of the college entrance examination, but everyone was tactful enough not to ask her about it.

"But then again, didn't you see Fangfang and Second Brother?"

"Yuan Chao got married."

Calculating his age, Bao Yuanchao is already 26 years old, and it’s time for him to get married.

"My second sister-in-law's family is from Qinghe Brigade. They sometimes live there. They just went back yesterday."

Now Bao Yuanchao is leading the villagers in Qinghe Brigade to develop breeding. The work is going on successfully and his prestige has been established.

The people know who is right for them and who can make them live a good life. They know it in their hearts.

"Fangfang is in town! She's a substitute teacher in an elementary school." Li Caiying smiled a little when she mentioned her daughter. This happened last year. If it had happened two years ago, they would not have dared to let Bao Fang be a teacher.

"That's good."

My impression is that Bao Fang didn't like studying and she didn't want to go to school after graduating from junior high school. I didn't expect that she could become a substitute teacher.

Everyone finished their meal chatting and laughing, and Jiang Yan suggested showing it to Bao Zhiguo.

Chang Li was very supportive. "Jiang Yan's medical skills were first-rate even before she went to college. She was able to cure my illness, which shows that she is really capable. Let her show it to our dad."

They didn't doubt Jiang Yan's ability, but the doctor said that cancer was so serious, a world problem with no cure. What if they gave Bao Zhiguo hope of survival?

"What are you looking at? Isn't it my honor that Xiao Jiang can treat me?"

Bao Zhiguo used to speak in a loud and powerful voice, but now he is sick and has difficulty breathing. He speaks softly and without strength.

In just a few years, he seemed to have aged twenty years.

"My grandmother also had this disease. Believe me, even if I can't cure it, I can at least help Bao Shu relieve his pain and prolong his life."

"Xiao Jiang, the educated youth, we believe in you. We can at least give you an accurate answer as to whether you can be cured."

What they fear is that the same powerless and hopeless blow will happen again.

Jiang Yan took Bao Zhiguo's pulse with both hands for a full twenty minutes. The moment she put down her hands, everyone in the room looked at him with hope.

"How? Is it possible?"

Jiang Yan asked Xiao Bao to find a pen and paper for her. "I will write the prescription. Tomorrow, ask Brother Bao Da and Brother Bao San to go back to the town to get the medicine. If there is no medicine in the town, go to the county to buy it. We must buy all the medicine. Do you have a pot for decocting medicine at home? If not, buy one. The symptoms are 90% similar to my grandmother's. You can see the effect after three days of taking the medicine. Let's take the medicine first."

So there is hope?

Everyone became excited immediately.

Bao Tielu said hurriedly, "Okay, we'll go tomorrow. Dad, did you hear from the educated youth Xiao Jiang that your disease can be cured?"

"By the way, Xiao Jiang, can't we use the medicinal herbs grown by our village?"

Forget about this. Shengli Brigade planted a lot of medicinal herbs back then. If you count them, many of them should be mature.

"I'll go check it out tomorrow. The medicine we got has been processed. The medicine grown in the forest needs several processes before it can be put on the shelf for sale. Some medicines have different properties when they are raw or cooked, so there are many things to say about them."

Everyone nodded, they didn't understand.

Jiang Yan had an idea, and looked at Bao Tielu and asked, "Brother Bao, after you retired from the army, you should have been assigned a job, right? Why didn't you report for duty?"

Bao Tielu was a little embarrassed. "It was mainly because I couldn't adapt to it, so I just took some money. But I was just a conscript, so I didn't get much."

In fact, at that time, many mechanisms were still imperfect, and the arrangements after demobilization were far less standardized than in later generations.

"Have you thought about what to do in the future?"

Bao Tielu was a little confused. "Why not farm? Didn't they say that we will have to contract production to each household? In the past, we farmed for the production team, but now we can farm for ourselves. We can sell the crops and we won't starve to death."