After a nap, Zhou Ziwen had to go to work.

The mutton and rabbits brought back from hunting in the morning need to be processed.

Especially the two lamb legs, he planned to make them into ham so that they would be easier to store.

As for the rest, the lamb ribs can be made into cured ribs, the hare can be made into bacon, and the pork belly can be made into jar rice noodles...

Zhou Ziwen is an excellent cook and has many ways to prepare meat, so there is no need to worry about it going bad if you can’t finish it.

While he was processing the meat, Chen Shiying also ran out to help.

Zhou Ziwen has good skills and many tricks, and Chen Shiying has also learned a lot from him.

Men and women worked together and the work was not tiring. It didn't take long before they had processed all the meat.

After working for so long, it’s almost time to get off work.

Then they began to clean up the battlefield, and by the time they finished, it was time to get off work.

"Let's go and have a feast."

Seeing that it was almost time, Zhou Ziwen called on everyone else to go out together.

When they went out, Zhou Ziwen and his two sisters went empty-handed.

Their accompanying gifts had already been sent out at noon, but Shen Zhaodi and the others brought quite a few things.

Zhou Chaoyang brought two kilograms of flour and a bag of brown sugar.

Shen Zhaodi brought a bundle of vegetables, two kilograms of rice, and a few eggs.

Tang Yaoyao also brought flour and a few eggs.

Well, they all exchanged their eggs with Zhou Ziwen.

Zhou Ziwen's family has a lot of laying hens, and they can't usually eat all of them. Most of them have been exchanged for Shen Zhaodi and Tang Yaoyao.

Starting from home, they soon arrived at Chen Xiuqin's home.

Well, this time Chen Xiuqin and Song Chengbing got married, and the banquet was held at Chen Xiuqin's home.

Song Chengbing lived in the Youth League Home and didn't have his own house. After discussing it, the two of them decided to set it up at Chen Xiuqin's place.

Including Song Chengbing, they will also live in Chen Xiuqin's house in the future.

Although this made Song Chengbing seem like a live-in son-in-law, they were all educated youth sent to the countryside and did not care much about this issue.

Chen Xiuqin was generous and said directly that the house would belong to Song Chengbing from now on and Song Chengbing would be the head of their family.

In this way, some people were silenced in advance.

"Ziwen, Chaoyang, Comrade Chen Shiying...you are here, please come in."

Seeing Zhou Ziwen and others, Song Chengbing and Chen Xiuqin came forward to greet them.

"Haha, congratulations."

"Yeah, we're old friends, don't be so formal."

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Zhou Ziwen and his group walked into the house chatting and laughing.

At this time, the other talents in the production team had just finished work, and Zhou Ziwen and his team were the first to arrive.

When they arrived, they were not idle either. Girls like Chen Shiying and Shen Zhaodi ran to the kitchen to help.

There are only two people, Chen Xiuqin and Song Chengbing. Without help, they won’t be able to cook for so many people.

In this situation, the guests all come together to help.

The two men, Zhou Ziwen and Zhou Chaoyang, were not idle either. They chatted for a few minutes and then helped to set up the venue.

Although they did not invite anyone from the village to their wedding, there were quite a few people from the Youth League Institute.

The new and old educated youth together numbered seventy or eighty people.

No matter how good the relationship is, as long as they live in the same educated youth institution, they will see each other every day. When someone gets married, as long as the other party invites them, even if they are enemies, they will go to the other party's house openly.

We live our lives on our face, and we can't lose it at this time.

Of course, there are also those who don’t care about face and may never have any contact with each other again.

Not long after Zhou Ziwen and his group arrived, people from the Youth League Institute also arrived.

Everyone brought their own food rations. Those who were richer would also bring some other food. Some would also give a red envelope as a gift. Thirty or fifty cents was not too little, and sixty or eighty cents was not too much.

As more and more people came to the Youth League Home, the place soon became lively.

The female educated youth helped with cooking, while the male educated youth were responsible for arranging tables and benches.

If you don’t have enough, borrow from others.

Those like Zhou Ziwen who built their own houses outside were the first to be affected.

For those of them who live outside, only eight or nine tables are needed for each family.

Zhou Ziwen had two at home, and they borrowed a few from other people's homes, and the scene was set up in no time.

There is strength in numbers, and the girls cook very quickly.

With several pots working together, the meal was ready in no time.

As a celebrity among the educated youth, Zhou Ziwen was praised by other educated youth and received as much attention as today's newlyweds.

However, Zhou Ziwen had no intention of interfering in other people's affairs.

During meals, he sat with the educated youth he knew, talking about their lives and village gossip, but everyone tacitly agreed not to talk about national affairs.

Be careful in what you say and do, as words can cause trouble. This is the lesson people have learned.

Before the meal, Chen Xiuqin and Song Chengbing held a simple wedding ceremony.

They stood in front of the leader's portrait and took the oath with everyone's blessings.

Everyone applauded and some even made a fuss.

After the simple and lively wedding, the banquet began.

Chen Xiuqin's family is well-off, and Song Chengbing is usually frugal, but he has saved some money. For this wedding, they each took out a portion of their savings and held a beautiful banquet.

Braised pork, twice-cooked pork, boiled fish, and Zhou Ziwen's gift, a pheasant and a rabbit, plus the mutton bought from Zhou Ziwen, there were six meat dishes alone.

After adding a few more materials, the educated youth's eyes lit up and their mouths were watering.

After the meal started, no one cared about anything else and just put the meat into their mouths.

In this era, meat is a good thing, and the fatter the meat, the more people like it.

Especially the kind that is so oily that it makes your mouth drool. Even if it doesn’t taste very good, it still tastes like a delicacy.

Zhou Ziwen is more reserved. He eats meat every day, with meat at every meal, and he is never short of meat.

Moreover, he was spoiled by Chen Shiying and he didn't even bother to grab the dishes that tasted ordinary.

After everyone has finished eating, we can drink and chat.

This is the most lively time.

Some of the female educated youth would also drink a little. When they were happy, they would gather in groups of three or five to chat. When they were happy, they would perform a dance and sing their favorite songs.

At this time, the male educated youth no longer cared about drinking and just stared at them intently.

Although some of the female educated youth were not very pretty, they were young, and their youthful aura was always so charming.

Especially for some male educated youth who have been working in the countryside for several years, staying in the countryside is almost like being a monk.

They look down on the women in the village, and the women they like are looked down upon by others.

Sometimes, after staying in the countryside for a long time, these educated youth, both men and women, became a little restless.

Some will also fall in love.

But despite all the talk, I never heard of any plans to get married.

Don’t ask. If they do, it means their parents haven’t agreed yet, the time they spent talking is too short, and they want to wait for a while.

Some people talked for a while and then broke up.

Of course, most of the time, we talk quietly, keeping it a secret. (End of this chapter)