Chapter 96 Knitting sweaters, meeting with the county party secretary

After joking, Liu Laosan drove the group to the state-owned hotel for dinner.

After finally getting into the city, everyone planned to have a good meal.

After parking the carriage, the group went in.

The hotel had just opened at this time and the first basket of buns was about to come out of the pot.

Mingdai looked at the sauerkraut and meat dumplings and decided to order one.

They arrived the earliest, so they didn't have to queue and ordered the food they wanted quickly.

Liu Dazhui, Liu Qingmin and Liu Guoqiang all had hand-rolled noodles, each with a large bowl. Even though the noodles were plain, they tasted delicious with a few cloves of garlic.

As the representative of the person who thinks that if one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry, Mr. Liu Sanye lavishly chose the same sauerkraut and meat dumplings as Mingdai, a whole plate full of them, plus unlimited dumpling soup.

Zhou Sinian had a special liking for steamed buns and asked for 20 of them. The waiter looked up in surprise. Mingdai quickly stopped him and ordered 6 large meat buns and a bowl of egg noodles for him.

The food was served quickly. Mingdai looked at the large plate of dumplings and it was obvious that she couldn't finish them.

She gave five more to Zhou Sinian, who was delighted and picked out five noodles from his own bowl and gave them to her.

Mingdai: You are quite generous.

The dumplings at this time are really full of fillings! The juice is about to burst out when you take a bite. The unique sour aroma of sauerkraut neutralizes the greasiness of pork very well, and the wheat aroma of white flour makes people eat one by one.

Mingdai plans to go home and see if the sauerkraut is edible. She also wants to make sauerkraut dumplings!

Zhou Sinian also quickly finished the five dumplings. He smacked his lips, looked at Mingdai's bowl, silently memorized the sauerkraut and meat dumplings, and then picked up his own big bowl of egg noodles.

Seeing Liu Dazhui and the other two eating garlic, he was also very curious, so Mingdai peeled one for him.

Zhou Sinian put a clove of garlic directly into his mouth, chewed it for a few times, swallowed it with a gloomy face, and never mentioned eating garlic again.

After they finished eating, they pulled the carriage back to the back door of the county government.

Liu Dazhui and three others dozed off in the carriage. Mingdai took out the wool from a basket and taught Zhou Sinian how to knit a sweater.

Zhou Sinian was torturing the lambs in the space all day long, making every lamb bald without a single hair, which was very eye-catching.

Mingdai couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so she took the opportunity of coming to the county town to take out a lot of wool.

Of course, the red one still belonged to Zhou Sinian, and she chose a green one for herself so it wouldn’t stand out.

Knitting needles were also available. Although Mingdai had various knitting techniques in her mind, as everyone knows, the brain and the hands are two different things.

She had never knitted in her previous life, so she was clumsy when she started teaching.

Zhou Sinian was extremely patient. He started from the simplest plain stitch and mastered it after just a few moments of watching. His movements became more and more skillful, and he knitted quickly and well.

Mingdai was amazed at his learning ability and taught him the stitches of forward and backward stitches, Yuanbao stitch and tangle stitch. Even the hole-picking and heart-shaped stitches that Mingdai couldn't knit smoothly, he was able to master quickly.

Ming Dai looked at Zhou Sinian's nimble fingers and felt like she had found a treasure!

She took out a ball of white wool and asked Zhou Sinian to knit her a heart-shaped jacquard sweater according to her size.

Zhou Sinian was having a great time and nodded in agreement, saying that he also wanted to knit a red one for himself.

Liu Qingmin, who was awake, looked at the two of them with an expression that was difficult to describe.

It can be said that among all the old ladies, young wives and daughters-in-law in Liujiawan, not a single one can knit a sweater, but this madman can! !

While Zhou Sinian was busy knitting a sweater, the leek and egg dumplings were already ready in the county government cafeteria.

Mayor Wei Yan came to the cafeteria to have breakfast at the invitation of the county party secretary.

He had a heavy task to accomplish in the county this time. Yesterday, the leadership team stayed in the office all night and only closed their eyes hastily in the early morning. Now, after breakfast, they had to continue the meeting.

Secretary Wang looked at the smiling Mayor Wei. He could not tell the emotion in his eyes. He felt very nervous, wondering whether Mayor Wei was satisfied with his work over the past two days.

When the dumplings were served, Secretary Wang thought they were made with pickled pork and sauerkraut. But when he took a bite, the aroma of fresh chives mixed with eggs lingered in his mouth, which stunned him for a moment.

Wei Yan also ate the dumpling filling and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Secretary Wang, do you still have fresh leeks to eat in your county at this time?"

Secretary Wang was also confused. He smiled and said, "We didn't have any in previous years. Maybe they were newly collected by the purchasing station this year. It's a good opportunity for you to try them. They are rare fresh vegetables. I'll make you two leek dumplings at noon."

He smiled in a simple and honest way, and was not very smart. However, this was also the reason why Wei Yan placed him in Yudai County on purpose.

He shook his head gently: "Secretary Wang, we discussed all night yesterday, just wanting to solve the poverty problem of the communes under Yudai County. Now the opportunity is right in front of you, can't you see it?"

Secretary Wang was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and asked someone to call the chef from the kitchen to cook.

Chef Zhou came over, wiping the sweat from his forehead, looking a little nervous.

He didn't expect that a big leader would be having dinner here today and wanted to meet him!

Secretary Wang asked, "Old Zhou, where did you get these fresh chives?"

Chef Zhou's heart skipped a beat, thinking that something bad had happened. He had originally planned to wait for the canteen director to finish eating the dumplings before trying to build a relationship with him and bypass the purchasing station to buy the vegetables. He didn't expect that the county party secretary had eaten the dumplings first!

"Secretary Wang, this was brought by someone in our cafeteria. It was given to us by a relative. I made it for everyone to try."

He was frightened and didn't dare to mention selling vegetables again.

"Which relative sent it, and how much did he send?"

Seeing that he was a little nervous, Secretary Wang said in a gentle tone: "I'm not blaming you, I just want to ask, does this family still have any food?"

Chef Zhou was a little bolder: "Send two kilograms, two kilograms of leeks and 20 kilograms of mushrooms."

So many!

Mayor Wei and Secretary Wang looked at each other, hope ignited in their eyes.

"Do you know where that relative is from?"

Chef Zhou was also a smart man. Hearing that this was a play, he told him about Liu Dazhu's visit: "They haven't left yet, they are at the door."

Secretary Wang said quickly, "Hurry up and call them in."

Chef Zhou happily ran to the kitchen and called Aunt Li to go to the back door together.

The door opened, and the two of them searched around and saw the carriage in the leeward side of the sun.

After one morning's work, Zhou Sinian had already knitted a palm-length sweater. Liu Qingmin and Mingdai were watching with great interest, while the other three were still dozing off.

"Heidan! Heidan! Come quickly, the secretary is looking for you!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingmin immediately jumped off the carriage and almost slipped on the snow.

Liu Dazhui was also awakened, and the two of them went towards Chef Zhou and Aunt Li.

Before they could exchange pleasantries, Chef Zhou, panting heavily, pulled the two of them aside and said, "Our county party secretary wants to see you. Come on, come with us."

Liu Dazhu was overjoyed and was about to follow, but Liu Qingmin stopped him and said, "Comrade, we have some food in the car, do you want to take it with you?"

Chef Zhou nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, take it with you, take it with you!"

The two of them hurriedly turned back to move the things, and after briefly explaining a few words to Mingdai and Liu Guoqiang, they followed Chef Zhou and the others through the back door.

They went in, Mingdai continued to watch Zhou Sinian knitting a sweater, and Liu Guoqiang excitedly walked around the carriage, which annoyed Liu Sanye so much that he whipped him.