Chapter 246 What is a vegetable greenhouse base?
Li Baotian stood in front of the jeep, his brows furrowed and his eyes full of confusion. He whispered to himself: "Which leader is here? Why didn't you say hello in advance?"
His voice revealed his dissatisfaction and helplessness about this sudden visit.
Zhou Yong stood next to his father-in-law and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know the situation either.
The father-in-law and son-in-law walked side by side, both full of doubts in their hearts, trying to figure out who this sudden visitor was!
Before they reached the gate, a man and a woman got out of the jeep.
Zhou Yong looked at the man and woman in front of him, feeling surprised.
The man has a short flat head and is tall, thin and straight. He was wearing a black woolen coat, a pair of black leather gloves on his hands, and a white scarf around his neck, giving people the impression of being a cutting-edge intellectual.
The woman was equally beautiful, with waist-length hair, a red woolen coat, a pair of red gloves, and a white scarf around her neck.
Judging from their clothes and temperament, they must be people of status and position.
"Gu Shuwen?"
Zhou Yong turned his head to look at Li Baotian who was talking to himself in surprise: "Gu Shuwen?"
He just felt that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
Li Baotian glanced at his son-in-law: "The girl that Caiyun saved while working the night shift at the farm..."
Before he could finish listening to Li Baotian's words, Zhou Yong finally remembered who Gu Shuwen was.
He had only heard of Gu Shuwen from Li Caiyun, but had never met her.
"Uncle Li!!"
Gu Shuwen waved to Li Baotian with a smile on her face, and she and the man took out a lot of things from the back door of the car.
Li Baotian greeted him with a smile: "Come in quickly, come in quickly."
Gu Shuwen responded with a smile, glanced at Zhou Yong, who was dressed in ordinary clothes and had a handsome face, and walked towards the Li family courtyard while talking to Li Baotian.
The man who was traveling with Gu Shuwen nodded politely to Zhou Yong. As soon as they entered the Li family's courtyard, Li Baotian shouted, "Caiyun, look who's here."
As soon as Li Baotian finished speaking, Li Caiyun pushed the door open with a look of surprise on her face.
When Gu Shuwen saw Li Caiyun, she put the items in her hand on the ground without any hesitation and ran forward with a smile.
Li Caiyun walked towards her and said, "Don't run, don't run. Be careful not to fall."
Gu Shuwen hugged Li Caiyun: "Sister, I finally see you..."
Li Caiyun's face was full of happy smiles. Gu Shuwen let her go and said, "Sister, why didn't you reply to my letter?"
"I wrote you a reply, didn't you receive it?"
Gu Shuwen took Li Caiyun's arm and said, "Sister, I didn't receive your reply. Otherwise, can I ask you?"
Li Caiyun had a puzzled look on her face: "Did the letter get lost in the mail?"
As they were talking, the group walked into the house. Zhang Guifang was quite happy to see Gu Shuwen.
Li Jingan looked at Gu Shuwen with curiosity in his eyes.
Gu Shuwen's eyes fell on Li Jing'an's little face: "Sister, this is your fifth child, Li Jing'an, right?"
Li Caiyun nodded with a smile, and Gu Shuwen picked up Li Jingan.
"Your little face is like a potato, and you look very naughty..."
Li Jingan looked at Gu Shuwen, who was struggling to get off the ground. Li Caiyun poured water for them: "Shuwen, come here and have some water."
Gu Shuwen responded but didn't rush over. She hugged Li Jingan and said, "Auntie brought you a gift, but I don't know if you like it..."
The gifts were presented to everyone one by one. Each of the five children had a set of ready-made clothes, which were bought by Li Caiyun, Li Baotian, Zhang Guifang and Gu Shuwen.
In addition to clothes, Gu Shuwen also brought a lot of candies and snacks for the children, and bought cosmetics for Li Caiyun...
What Zhou Yong didn't expect was that Gu Shuwen actually brought some food with her: a large piece of pork belly, a slab of spareribs, a leg of lamb, and dozens of kilograms of beef...
Zhou Yong estimated the value of these items and found them to be about 500 yuan.
He knew that Gu Shuwen's family was well-off because she would occasionally mail gifts to Li Caiyun and the children.
But Zhou Yong didn't expect that Gu Shuwen's family conditions would be so good.
In 1980, most people could not afford to buy gifts worth more than 500 yuan when visiting relatives and friends.
"Kid, just come if you want to, why are you buying so many things?"
"Auntie, I didn't buy anything."
Gu Shuwen replied with a smile, and Zhang Guifang smiled and gathered the gifts one by one.
There were too many things, so Zhou Yong stepped forward to help, while Gu Shuwen and Li Caiyun sat aside and talked.
Unintentionally, Li Caiyun's eyes fell on Zhou Yong. She slapped her head and said, "Look at my memory. Shu Wen, this is your brother-in-law Zhou Yong."
Li Caiyun neglected to introduce Gu Shuwen and Zhou Yong.
Gu Shuwen looked at Zhou Yong with her bright eyes and couldn't help muttering in her heart: This man looks very ordinary except for his handsome appearance. Why would my sister marry someone like him?
Although Li Caiyun mentioned Zhou Yong many times in their correspondence, describing him as a good husband and a good father hard to find in the world, Gu Shuwen's first impression of Zhou Yong was really ordinary.
Even though she didn't like it, Gu Shuwen still behaved generously and politely greeted Zhou Yong.
"Sister, I forgot to introduce him to you. He is my fiancé Huo Yan..."
Huo Yan greeted everyone politely, asked some questions very considerately, and helped carry the dishes to the kitchen.
"Shu Wen, we'll have dumplings for lunch, and Auntie will make you something delicious in the evening..."
The children were about to finish school and there was no time to cook. We had ready-made dumpling fillings and bread at home, which made the dumplings quicker.
Gu Shuwen smiled and said, "Auntie, I love dumplings the most..."
Zhang Guifang responded and Zhou Yong followed her to the kitchen.
"I don't need you here, go talk to them!"
Zhou Yong pulled the corner of his mouth: "Mom, I'd better stay in the kitchen with you. I can't get a word in on what they are talking about..."
These were all topics between women, and he, a grown man, had no right to get involved.
As for Huo Yan, he was accompanied by Li Baotian, who was helping to light the fire in the kitchen.
Zhang Guifang tied on an apron and said, "Then peel two garlic cloves!"
Zhou Yong responded, and Zhang Guifang picked up the rice bowl and kneaded the noodles.
"Zhou Yong, isn't it a bit bad to just make dumplings? How about cooking a few dishes?"
It’s too late to stew, but it’s fast to stir-fry.
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Mom, you can arrange it however you want."
Zhang Guifang was standing there, thinking for a while: "What should I cook?"
Stews are the main dish in the north, and now it is winter, so there are very few dishes that can be stir-fried.
Zhou Yong took over the conversation: "Mom, the spinach and coriander in the greenhouse have come down, and there are also a lot of peppers, celery and leeks..."
Zhang Guifang's eyes lit up: "Fried eggs with leeks, mixed with cold dishes, fried celery with pork, fried peppers with pork..."
The four dishes paired with dumplings are a treat that would definitely be considered impressive in this day and age.
Zhou Yong put down his work of peeling garlic and turned around to go to the vegetable greenhouse base.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to the vegetable greenhouse base and will be back soon."
It would take him more than an hour to go back and forth even if he went as fast as possible.
Li Caiyun asked him what he was doing, Zhou Yong smiled and said: "I'm picking some vegetables..."
Huo Yan volunteered when he heard this: "Brother-in-law, I'll drive you there, and we'll be back soon..."
Zhou Yong wanted to refuse, but he looked at the time and said, "Then I'll trouble you."
Gu Shuwen looked curious: "What is a vegetable greenhouse base?"
Li Caiyun told her about the situation, and Gu Shuwen became interested and wanted to go over and take a look.
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