As for food, he stopped eating.
How could Gu Yunyang let him leave? "Master Fan, why don't you stay and eat with us? You'll have to cook for yourself when you get back anyway."
Fan Xiangbei has never liked to trouble others unless absolutely necessary.
So he usually cooks for himself.
Fan Xiangbei wanted to leave, but Gu Yunyang wouldn't let him.
It was Gu Hanping who came and persuaded Fan Xiangbei to stay.
"Uncle Fan, as you know, Yunyang doesn't really like owing favors. Although keeping him as the brigade secretary was originally a benefit for our Red Flag Brigade."
But that's just how he is; whatever he says or does, well, he's in a position to fulfill his responsibilities. So, he has to do everything that the brigade secretary is supposed to do.
But he simply doesn't have the time or the resources. So, there are some things we need to help out with. He's probably thinking of cooking us a nice meal to put his mind at ease.
"Yes, that's it. 'Those in a position should fulfill their responsibilities.' It's just that too many people don't remember this phrase, otherwise..." Fan Xiangbei said excitedly.
Gu Yunyang smiled. With Gu Hanping here to entertain him, all he had to do was prepare the meal.
Gu Yunyang prepared cured pork ribs, and after thinking for a moment, he also made a bowl of cured beef, a bowl of cured pork, a bowl of dried chicken, a bowl of dried rabbit, and today's fresh rabbit, which he made into stir-fried rabbit cubes with double peppers.
In addition, eggplant can be mashed into a paste, so that even older people like Fan Xiangbei with bad teeth can eat it.
There's also bok choy, stir-fried edamame with pork, braised pork with preserved mustard greens, and a few seasonal vegetables.
On the dinner table that evening, most of the dozen or so plates and bowls contained meat dishes.
Even the vegetables were cooked with a lot of oil, making them look very appetizing.
Fan Xiangbei swallowed hard: "This is the first time I've ever eaten such a lavish meal."
The others weren't much better off.
There were too many people, and there wasn't enough room to sit down.
Only elders like Fan Xiangbei, and people like Gu Hanping, could sit there.
Everyone else was standing around the table eating.
Even Hao Pingping was like that.
Gu Yunyang was pulled to sit down with them.
In Gu Hanping's view, Gu Yunyang was already an adult since he was a cadre in the commune.
She is the person in charge at home and can make decisions.
Seeing that Hao Pingping was still standing there, Gu Yunyang quickly said, "Auntie, why don't you sit down too?"
Hao Pingping hesitated and said, "I'm a woman."
It is a custom in many places that women do not sit at the table.
It's actually a bad habit.
Gu Yunyang denied it, saying, "Women hold up half the sky. Women's contributions to the family are no less than men's."
Especially in the countryside, women have to work in the fields every day to earn the same number of work points.
When she gets back, she still has to do housework and take care of the children, which is more than what men do.
You're also an elder in the family, so it's perfectly fine for you to sit down and eat together, right? Brother Changsong, Brother Changbai?
Both of them nodded naturally.
They didn't dare to object; they all agreed with what Gu Yunyang said.
Gu Yunyang said, "Auntie, please don't be so modest. Besides, gender equality is something our leaders have said countless times. You can't let us make any more mistakes."
Fan Xiangbei nodded in agreement: "Yes, our great leader said that we will no longer have the bad habit of women not sitting at the table. Come and eat with us. I never expected Yunyang's cooking to be so good. It's even better than the state-run restaurants."
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