Nearing 11 o'clock, the threshing ground in the village became busy, and the surrounding homes boiled water to prepare tea for the people coming to the banquet.
Lu Shiyi took Su Jin to meet the members of the Lu family. Many of them had rushed back from outside. Lu Shiyi was the third-generation patriarch of the Lu family. Their ancestral home was here. Because the members of the Lu family had their own abilities, they played their own roles everywhere.
"Wife, these are the brothers who grew up with me. They are all serving in the army together. You can see them when we return to the military region." Lu Shiyi reached out and patted several brothers who joined the army together.
"Boss, we don't have your military merits, and we can't get promoted without relying on our family." Lu Sheng spread his hands and said, "Sister-in-law, I am Lu Sheng, the second oldest."
The four people behind Lu Sheng introduced themselves one after another. Su Jin took out a Zhonghua cigarette from the cigarette box and lit a cigarette for them one by one.
"Boss...will there be any left later?" Lu Sheng stared at the Zhonghua cigarettes in Su Jin's hand. It was rare for ordinary people to get special supply tickets to buy them. "Give me a couple of them. Special supply cigarette tickets are rare."
Lu Shiyi glared at Lu Sheng angrily: "What does the regulation say?"
Uh uh uh!
Lu Sheng immediately stood up straight, chest puffed out, and recited the military regulations. In the Northeast Armed Forces, because it is close to the deep forest, in order to avoid careless training and causing forest fires, officers and soldiers in various parts of the Northeast Province are not allowed to smoke.
Many officers in Wu's army who were heavy smokers had to smoke at home.
"Commander, I just want one for my dad." Lu Sheng scratched his head embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law, this cigarette is really good. Don't give it to those who don't like it."
The news about Hu Jiao spread throughout the Lu family. Many people came to remind Lu Shiyuan of something. Xia Xia, who was determined to make Hu Jiao her daughter-in-law, became the target of everyone's attack.
Because of Lu Shiyuan's matter, Xia Xia always acted arrogantly in front of her sister-in-law, and even interfered in her sister-in-law's family affairs.
Many people have been putting up with the relationship between Lu Shiyuan and Lu Shicheng. They discovered that Lu Shiyi and Lu Shiyuan were not as close as before, and they all felt that they had a little uncle in their hearts.
"Sister-in-law, don't you say that uncle and Shi Yi have a good relationship? Today, they are being squeezed out." Aunt Lu Jiu said sarcastically.
Lu Shiyuan and Lu Jiu both lived in the village. Lu Shiyuan became the village chief, and Lu Jiu had to earn work points under him.
"Her ninth aunt, it's the old man's rules. What can the head of the family do? Even Xiaoyi can only listen to grandpa's arrangements." Xia Xia looked up at Lu Shiyi and found that he would rather talk to the soldiers of the Lu family than to Lu Shiqian.
In the past, Lu Shiyi would take Lu Shiqian to say hello, so Lu Shiqian had his own connections in the county. But today was unusual. Many people in the county found that Lu Shiyi was no longer close to Lu Shiyuan's lineage. After exchanging a few words with Lu Shiqian, they found excuses to leave.
Lu Shiqian noticed that the people he knew through Lu Shiyi were leaving, and some even went to Lu Sheng's side. He was annoyed why he followed Xia Xia to make trouble.
"Old Cai!" Lu Shiyi led Su Jin to a man in a Mao suit. "This is Old Cai, the president of the supply and marketing cooperative. If you want to buy anything in the future, just go find him directly."
"Sister-in-law, you were a regular customer a while ago." Old Cai had also received Su Jin. "If you need pig's trotters or other things next time, just ask Shi Yi to call."
Su Jin glared at Lu Shiyi angrily: "Brother Cai, I get it."
"That's right. Shi Yi and I have a life-long friendship. If Shi Yi hadn't pushed me back then, I'd probably be lying in the Martyrs' Cemetery instead of being the director of the supply and marketing cooperative." Cai Hengyuan patted Lu Shiyi's shoulder. "I'm here to attend the banquet on behalf of those big brothers. I will clean up your uncle's family. Since you don't want to protect them anymore, I don't have to worry about personal relationships or lawsuits."
"I've troubled you over the past few years!" After Lu Shiyi noticed Lu Shiyuan's transformation, he secretly investigated the actions of Lu Shiyang and Lu Shiqian and discovered that they had used his name to obtain a lot of benefits.
Cai Hengyuan is the middleman. Those comrades endure it for the sake of Lu Shiyi, and they will settle the score when Lu Shiyi no longer protects them.
"Old Cai, please, I will repay those favors." Lu Shiyi promised.
"Take good care of the old commander and the others. That's repaying the favor." Cai Hengyuan looked towards the cowshed in the distance. "The old men can't come down the mountain either."
"Xiao Jin and I will personally deliver it later. There's a feast prepared in the car." Lu Shiyi explained in a low voice.
Before Lu Shiyi left home, he told Su Jin that he wanted to deliver some food to the old people in the cowshed. Su Jin packed a large sack containing everything from bland bacon, grain and oil to medicines, gloves and other cold-weather items.
After returning to the village, everyone in the village was staring at the two of them, so he had no choice but to slow down his pace to the cowshed.
At 12 noon, dishes were served on the table. The young wives all had happy faces. There were six meat dishes, four vegetable dishes and tomato and egg soup on each table. The staple food was multi-grain steamed buns and some rice.
These ingredients were arranged by Lu Shiyi in advance, and the villagers were very happy. During the Spring Festival, not every household necessarily eats rice every day.
"Ayi, uncle wishes you a happy marriage." Lu Shiyuan noticed that Lu Shiyi was cold towards his family. Even Lu Shiqian privately warned Xia Xia not to act like a troublemaker again.
"Thank you!" Lu Shiyi looked at the other person coldly, "I have to go into the mountains for training this afternoon, so I can only use tea instead of wine."
Su Jin held a cup of warm tea and accompanied Lu Shiyi to the podium.
"Thank you all for coming to Xiaojin and I's wedding banquet. I have a mission this afternoon and won't be able to dine with you all here," Lu Shiyi said with a smile on his face. "Lunch will be our wedding banquet. From today on, Xiaojin will be joining the army to become a junior high school teacher, so I won't be home much longer. Everyone, please be well."
Lu Shiyi didn't want to get entangled with the villagers. When they collected grain, they would say that he also participated in the labor. The grain collection station would always write first-class quality, but in fact the grade was not first-class. His face brought disadvantages to the village.
Many staff members who rushed over from the county town, after hearing what Lu Shiyi said, began to think about how to report back.
Everyone raised their glasses to wish Lu Shiyi a happy marriage and a son soon.
After the two drank the toast tea, they came to Lu Shiyuan's side. Lu Shiyi took the teapot from Lu Sheng and poured a cup of tea for each of them.
"I'll leave the village to you from now on. Grandpa said you're a good village chief." Lu Shiyi even left his uncle's son behind. "I have to return to the team at 2 o'clock. I have to drive back now. I'll leave the wedding banquet to you all."
Lu Shiyi and Su Jin didn't eat a single bite of food. He wanted to go into the cowshed from the side of the mountain as soon as possible.
"Since you are busy with work, go back quickly." Lu Shiyuan said quickly.
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