Chapter 343 Promotion

She doesn't even know what good thing there is to be congratulated.

Xu Zhenzhen exclaimed: "Why, don't you know that your head patron has been promoted?"

Liu Yinyin: “…”

She really didn't know that Gu Cheng had been leaving home early and coming back late these past few days. He didn't get home until almost ten o'clock last night, had dinner and went to bed, and didn't tell her anything about the promotion.

Xu Zhenzhen explained: "I also heard from others at noon that Commander Gu was promoted to deputy brigade commander."

When Liu Yinyin heard this, she was delighted from the bottom of her heart: "...Really?"

If Gu Cheng really gets promoted, it will indeed be a great joy.

"Really? I heard it from people in the army." Xu Zhenzhen didn't dare to joke about such things.

"Zhenzhen, you go back first. I'm going out for a while."

After being shocked for a while, Liu Yinyin said hello to Xu Zhenzhen and rode out on her bike.

She had to go out and buy something delicious to celebrate.

Liu Yinyin rode her bike to Aunt Wang's house.

Auntie Wang just got home: "Yinyin, why are you here?"

The two of them just talked before leaving get off work.

Liu Yinyin: "Auntie, I want to buy some seafood to eat back home."

The fishing ban is over and seafood is the most common food in fishermen's homes.

At this moment, every household in the village is drying seafood, and even the air is filled with the smell of the sea.

Auntie Wang’s seafood restaurant has a wide variety of fish, shrimp, and crabs, all of which are quite large.

Liu Yinyin picked two palm-sized abalones, a salmon, a pound of tiger shrimp, and two octopuses.

She wanted to buy more, but there were only three people in her family and they couldn't eat much.

Liu Yinyin came in a hurry: "Auntie, I'll bring you the flour tomorrow?"

Auntie Wang said casually, "It's okay, anything is fine."

In the evening, Liu Yinyin prepared a sumptuous dinner.

Abalone fillet with scallion and ginger, pan-fried salmon, tiger shrimp with garlic sauce, and spicy stir-fried octopus.

There is also a stir-fried vegetable dish and a winter melon and clam soup.

Considering that there are few people at home, the portion of each dish is not large, otherwise we might not be able to finish it.

Thinking that Gu Cheng got off work late recently, Liu Yinyin cooked an hour later than usual.

When she came back, she first steamed a bowl of egg custard for Gu Yanyan to fill his stomach, and the little guy didn't make a fuss about eating.

Liu Yinyin thought she would have to wait a while.

Unexpectedly, not long after she finished making dinner, Gu Cheng came back.

Striding into the house, Gu Cheng took off his hat and put it away, saying with a happy face: "I have good news to tell you..."

Liu Yinyin looked up at him and said, "Promoted? Deputy Brigade Commander Gu."

Gu Cheng smiled and nodded: "You know?"

"I heard about it just after I got off work." Liu Yinyin hummed and said with a smile, "I even specially prepared a table of dishes to celebrate and reward our head of the family."

For such a big happy event as a promotion or a pay raise, it is not necessary to have a grand banquet, but it is still necessary for the family to have a meal to celebrate.

Liu Yinyin was sincerely happy for him: "Congratulations, Deputy Brigade Commander Gu."

She could see that Gu Cheng loved his career very much, and this promotion was also a recognition of his hard work during this period.

Moreover, he has been promoted to the position of deputy brigade commander at the age of 30, so he must have a bright future.

Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Congratulations."

When Gu Cheng got promoted, Liu Yinyin also benefited from it.

When she went to work the next day, the people in the compound were much more enthusiastic towards her and would greet her whenever they met.

"Sister-in-law, congratulations." Zheng Qianwei also heard from Yang Yiming yesterday about Gu Cheng's promotion.

The two were neighbors and friends, so Zheng Qiangwei was naturally happy for them.

That's it...

When her mother-in-law Yang Suqin heard the news, she was very unhappy.

Gu Cheng and Yang Yiming are of similar age and rank.

However, Yang Yiming has a higher education than Gu Cheng, but it was Gu Cheng who was promoted this time, who came from a rural background.

Yang Suqin was naturally unwilling.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Thank you."

Zheng Qiangwei was also very happy today: "My mother-in-law will be back in two days, sister-in-law, let's get together again sometime, I want to eat barbecue."

Or it's the kind that I really want to eat. That's how pregnant women are. If they can't eat what they want, they will be very painful.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "I can come anytime, but I don't know when Gu Cheng and Captain Yang will be free."

After the promotion, Gu Cheng's work will probably be busier than usual.

Liu Yinyin wasn't sure when he would be free.

Yang Yiming has been very busy recently and comes home very late every day.

Zheng Qiangwei thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we just eat by ourselves and not wait for them?"

Liu Yinyin saw her looking like she had to eat, and said with shame: "Okay, but pregnant women can't eat too much of barbecue, so we can just make some."

Just unwind a little.

Zheng Qiangwei had no objection.

The two of them work in a supply and marketing cooperative, so they have time as long as they get off work.

Zheng Qiangwei immediately decided to have a barbecue tonight!

It just so happens that the supply and marketing cooperative has pork available today, so I can buy some pork belly and roast it at home.

Zheng Qiangwei felt horny just thinking about it.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

In addition to pork, the supply and marketing cooperatives have recently supplied a lot of seafood, so you can buy it directly here.

After get off work, Liu Yinyin went home with a bag of food.

Two pounds of pork belly, eight small abalones, one pound of large shrimps, about one pound of squid, and a bag of razor clams.

There is nothing else. Zheng Qiangwei is pregnant and cannot eat too much at once.

There’s not much to it, just put it on the stove and bake it.

Just like last time, Liu Yinyin moved the stove and table to the yard.

In order to make it easier to grill things, Liu Yinyin asked someone to make a round flat-bottomed grill pan when they gathered together last time.

Great for pancake stalls and barbecue.

At this moment, Liu Yinyin is busy roasting pork belly......

Cut the pork belly into slices, add salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, starch, egg white, cumin powder and white sesame seeds and marinate for about twenty minutes.

Put it on the grill and before long, the fat and lean pork belly will sizzle and emit a fragrant aroma.

When the pork belly is roasted until both sides are golden brown, you can eat it. If you like spicy food, you can sprinkle some chili powder on it.

To relieve her greasy feeling, Liu Yinyin also washed a handful of lettuce and wrapped it to eat.

"It smells so good!" As soon as Zheng Qiangwei got off work, Liu Yinyin had grilled a pot of pork belly.

She tasted a piece and found it so delicious.

Zheng Qiangwei raised her thumb and praised: "Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are better than the hotel chef!"

It’s also because we can’t do business now. Otherwise, with Liu Yinyin’s cooking skills, she could just open a restaurant and make more money than working.

Liu Yinyin smiled and gave her the pork belly in the bowl.

"You and Yanyan eat first, I'll bake another pot."

It’s okay for pigs that are raised naturally to eat more barbecue.

Two pounds of pork belly were all eaten up in the end.

Zheng Qiangwei had a big appetite and half of the barbecue went into her stomach.