"Oh, Jia Chuan, Xi Ping, how can I possibly thank you both?"
To be honest, I'm really worried about this. Guangning is getting married on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and I've been searching everywhere for meat ration coupons and asking around, but I haven't been able to get much meat.
Oh dear, there's a shortage of non-staple foods this year, and the bureau isn't offering any benefits for the New Year. I'm so worried I don't know what to do.
"That's great! With you two bringing all this meat, we don't have to worry about the banquet anymore."
Zhao Yongsheng held Wang Jiachuan and Sheng Xiping's hands and said with heartfelt gratitude.
"Grandpa, why didn't you say so earlier? If you had, I would have brought some men up the mountain to hunt more things and brought them to you."
Sheng Xiping really hadn't expected this.
In Sheng Xiping's mind, Zhao Yongsheng was the top leader of the bureau, the secretary, so his son's wedding banquet was a piece of cake.
Sheng Xiping had already planned that when Zhao Guangning got married, he would give her a set of fine porcelain teaware from Jingdezhen, which would be both elegant and classy.
After all, it's the son of the bureau secretary getting married, and we're afraid that giving him something too practical might be considered tacky.
The purpose of bringing this half-pig was simply to drop by during the Chinese New Year and deliver some New Year's gifts; Sheng Xiping genuinely didn't think of anything else.
"Oh, no need, no need. With all the meat you and Lao Wang brought, that's enough for the wedding."
"Thank you so much, you've really saved us from this urgent situation."
Zhao Yongsheng is an extremely cautious person. He only accepted the gifts because he had a good relationship with Wang Jiachuan and Sheng Xiping, and because they were urgently needed.
If it were someone else, or if it were any other gift, Zhao Yongsheng simply wouldn't accept it.
"No one's leaving today, you have to stay here and have a couple of drinks."
Zhao Yongsheng was overjoyed and wouldn't let go of Wang Jiachuan and Sheng Xiping, insisting that they stay for dinner.
"Old Zhao, it's really not possible today. The car and driver are waiting at Sen Tie. We agreed when we came that we would leave after delivering the goods."
Look, the New Year is just around the corner, everyone's busy at home, we can't delay. After the New Year, we'll wait until Guangning gets married, then we'll have a few more drinks.”
Wang Jiachuan and Sheng Xiping spent a lot of time in the morning cleaning and separating the pigs. By the time they arrived at Sen Tie by motorcycle, it was already past one o'clock.
Zhao Yongsheng is the first one, there are several more to come, how can we waste time with Zhao Yongsheng?
Zhao Yongsheng's attempts to persuade them to stay were unsuccessful, so he had no choice but to let Wang Jiachuan and the others leave.
This time, Zhao Yongsheng personally saw them off at the door and repeatedly instructed them to wait until the sixth day of the first lunar month so that Wang Jiachuan and Sheng Xiping could bring their families to attend the wedding.
After leaving Zhao Yongsheng's place, Sheng Xiping went to his father-in-law's place, while Wang Jiachuan went to see the other leaders.
As the Lunar New Year approached, Wang Chunxiu switched shifts with someone else and stayed home with Zhou Qingyue to help tidy up and cook something.
When Sheng Xiping arrived, the mother and son were kneading dough and steaming buns.
When she saw her son-in-law arrive with so many things, Wang Chunxiu was naturally very happy and kept asking Sheng Xiping about Zhou Qinglan and the child.
Sheng Xiping spent some time chatting with his mother-in-law and brother-in-law at the Zhou family home. Before three o'clock, he said goodbye to the Zhou family home and headed straight for Sen Tie.
At 3:30 p.m., the group met at the forest railway station and boarded motorcycles to return to the forest farm.
Then Wang Jiachuan insisted on taking Sheng Xiping and the motorcycle driver to his home for a meal before letting them go home.
Busy as I was, another day passed by, and before I knew it, it was New Year's Eve.
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