Chapter 271 Catching the Caught in the Act

Zhou Mingyuan intended to play matchmaker for his son-in-law, so he specially invited the bureau leaders to his home for drinks.

Sheng Xiping wasn't stupid; he naturally understood his father-in-law's intentions.

At the dinner table, one must be attentive and offer several toasts, and the conversation with Zhao Yongsheng and others becomes particularly congenial.

With so many delicious dishes and dumplings, and considering that these are all elderly people, who could possibly drink themselves to death?

Everyone knows that you should eat more food and drink less alcohol; good wine is meant to be savored, not guzzled down.

The group ate and chatted until about eight o'clock. After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, and being quite drunk, they said goodbye and went home.

Zhao Yongsheng had his son with him, so Zhou Mingyuan asked Zhou Qingyue to go along to see him off.

Since Yang Chunming was old and had come alone, Zhou Mingyuan was worried and asked Sheng Xiping and Wang Jianshe to help the old man and take him home.

Zhang Wanqing is still young and can hold his liquor well. Tonight, everyone wanted him to drink less baijiu, so they only persuaded him to drink four cups of deer blood wine before stopping.

Zhang Wanqing wasn't drunk, so he didn't need anyone to see him off. He bid farewell to Zhou Mingyuan and the others, and left the Zhou family home with Sheng Xiping and the others.

Then, Fu Hongshan carried two branches with fish tied to them, stepped on small stones, and came to a slightly deeper part of the river, where he stretched the branches with fish tied to them out of the water.

The grain store was actually located at the bottom of the road leading from the corner tower to Donggang Commune, but it was too far from the corner tower.

Zhou Qinglan, a former educated youth, was in charge of bringing some pots, pans, and other household items, while the little guy went to Sheng Xiping for a picnic.

Although the eight of them drank very little, they were not drunk at all and went straight to bed when they returned to their rooms.

Fu Hongshan and others set up their cooking stoves on the riverbank above the railway bridge.

As time went on, their relationship deteriorated, and Yang Chunming stopped treating Fu Hongshan like his own younger brother.

The day before, there will be a retraining assessment. If you pass the assessment, you will be issued a certificate.

However, when eating it, you have to cut it open from the front of this star. Only the front half is edible; the back half is not poisonous.

So when the families meet, there's no real distance between them; they get together to chat and laugh, and it's quite heartwarming.

Just like now, Yin Zhenming was in a great mood and didn't care about anything else. He jumped out of the courtyard as soon as he arrived.

Crawfish are similar to lobsters; crawfish live in very dry water and generally have a delicious taste.

A pot of millet rice, and no bread, fried dough twists or anything like that, plus a pot of stewed river fish and tofu, a pot of boiled crayfish, watermelon, cooked food and other things.

On the afternoon of the 14th, just after class and before heading to the cafeteria for lunch, Yin Zhenming made a suggestion.

"Brother, they'll keep an eye on things inside for me. You jump back and then open the door for them later."

On the afternoon of the 70th, everyone completed the test paper, and then went through another round of practical operation drills, which lasted about two hours, before the assessment began.

That stewed river fish with tofu was eaten in such a rough and unrefined way.

But seven people came to Houchuan Forest Farm. The three of us stayed at Zhou's house, leaving the other two behind, which was too bad.

"Hey, we're here in Yinzhenming to have fun, and also to sleep. Come on, let's go play in the water."

It's freezing cold in the summer, so going to Sheng Xiping to play in the water and take a bath would be so much more relaxing, wouldn't it? Who would be tempted by that?

They eat everything: dead fish, chicken, duck, goose, dog meat, and even dead people.

With so few people studying together, we need to elect a class monitor to communicate with the teacher and arrange study plans.

“Jianshe, he led his men to build a wall over there with stones, and put the watermelons and sodas we brought into the town outside the water.”

There wasn't a single railway bridge there, and across from any railway bridge, there wasn't a village called Laosongjiang.

Without a certificate, there will be no opportunity to actually operate machinery such as tractors or winches in the future, and recruitment will be much more difficult than for others.

Furthermore, Wang Jianshe and I are quite familiar with Yang Chunming, so we agreed to come up here with a low voice.

We've really stirred up the riverbank quite a bit. Even if there aren't any fish left, they've all been scared off, making it so difficult to catch them.

"Here it is, Xiping can cook."

"Hey, he can't do anything about it. The crayfish he catches are slower than you can catch them by turning over stones."

But the crayfish caught this way are all big, even bigger than those caught by Yin Zhenming.

Yang Chunming's house is the eighth building on the south side of the alley on the east side of the road, with a small door facing north.

The rice crust was scooped up, and the little ones divided it up, each holding a piece in their hand and munching on it—it was so delicious!

You told me that after the assessment, he went straight back to Kaifeng Forest Farm.

"Qiao Lihua, you son of a bitch, he dared to cheat on you while you were at home."

Then he sat down under a small rock by the river and waited until the water under him dried before putting on his clothes, packing his things, and preparing to head back.

The river water was so cold back then; it was perfect for taking a bath.

The water of the old Songjiang River also originates from Tianchi Lake. Despite the cold weather, the river water is extremely cold.

When you got married, you thought that you wouldn't have any children in the future, and that a big house would be enough for you, so you built eight rooms.

When we passed by the corner store, Wang Jianshe and I were stopped by Gu Yangchunming, so we bought some canned goods, snacks, milk powder and the like, and carried them together toward the grain store.

"Oh dear, that's a bad idea. Do you think it's a good idea?"

"Damn it, even if you beat them both to death today, you're still Zhang!"

After a short while, a few crayfish gathered under the branches, and when they were pulled down again, they were all caught outside the bucket.

Before the aroma is released, pour water outside the pot, then put the large fish (with its belly squeezed and cleaned) and the small tofu into the pot together.

The assessment is tomorrow afternoon. Even if there's no big train back, we'll still get off. What's the point of staying outside? It's like going to Yin Zhenming's place for fun—so few people and so quiet.

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