Yan Zi pushed Ying Zi aside, staring at the meat frying in the pan, and said, "Brother, someone has been asking about you lately."
Zhou Yan became interested: "Go on." Gangzi and others also looked at Yan Zi curiously.
Yan Zi pretended to be serious, as if reporting to a teacher, but in fact she was drooling over the frying pan. "There were two people. One was a technician from our factory, a woman." At this point, she lowered her voice, "She's very beautiful, like a female spy. She's in her twenties, and I guess she's at least a year or two older than you. Every time she asks about you, she looks shy. In fact, many male employees in our factory are pursuing her. I told her that you're married. She still mentions you from time to time when talking to others. In my many years of experience, this woman doesn't seem like a good person."
"What kind of job do you do now?" Zhou Yan suddenly asked.
Yan Zi boasted, "I work in the manufacturing workshop now. Your instant noodle machine came from our workshop. My monthly salary is 38 yuan now. Our director said that with my learning ability, my salary can be raised to over 40 next year."
Zhou Yan paused: "Quite a lot, aren't you in the cafeteria?"
"I don't know either. A few months ago, I was suddenly transferred to another position!"
The monkey said disdainfully: "That's all thanks to Brother Zhou and Brother Xiao. Brother Xiao was so tired that he fainted before."
Yan Zi nodded: "Of course I know. I respect Brother Xiao very much. Please don't sow discord."
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"Oh, right, the second person who asked about you was from our alley, an old lady in her fifties, supposedly a matchmaker. She also told me she wanted to introduce you to a girl. Some girl is plump or thin..."
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Yan Zi suddenly shuddered, thinking: There are people in the factory saying that the girls in our yard are all kept by Brother Zhou as concubines. Who would like the dean of studies?
"Well, I'm with her too. You're married and have children now. You've been away for the past few months, accompanying your wife. But every time the old lady sees me, she has to pull me aside to talk, and she always brings up you. I feel like she's a human trafficker."
Gangzi, Yingzi: (⊙o⊙)...Why is it that everyone you talk about is not a good person?
Zhou Yan nodded in agreement: "I will talk to my old man today and ask him to check these two people."
Yan Zi nodded seriously: "I think we should check it too."
Zhou Yan looked at Gangzi and the others and said, "What are you all standing there for? Go and knead the dough quickly. Are you not having breakfast?"
Gangzi and others: ...How can we concentrate on our work if you fry meat so early in the morning?
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It was past ten o'clock. Xiao Yu, who was the last to get up, simply drank some noodle soup, then went out with his child on his back and Zhou Yan, who was carrying two baskets.
As for Gangzi and the others, meat bones and pig's trotters were stewed in a big pot, and steamed pork with rice flour, braised pork with preserved vegetables, steamed spare ribs with rice flour, steamed chicken with rice flour, and steamed fish with rice flour were all steamed in the steamer. The aroma was so fragrant that everyone was dizzy and no one wanted to go out!
Today, the city of Beijing is filled with the aroma of meat, and everything around is as prosperous as the sunshine above.
It was a stark contrast to the depression we had experienced when we left a few months earlier due to reduced rations.
The two took the 11 o'clock bus to the old man's place, got off at 11:30, sat in the small building, and then went to the cafeteria with the old man and Xiao Liu.
Although there is food from the islands, the situation in the country is obvious to all.
So there is no shortage of food in the cafeteria, but everything else is still very strict.
The old man ordered a roast chicken, a roast duck, and a plate of braised pork, which were the best dishes in the cafeteria. It is said that even here, the cafeteria still limits purchases.
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The old man had foresight and didn't order many dishes. Besides the three dishes, there were only two seasonal dishes. Zhou Yan also brought out a cold preserved egg, a fruit platter, homemade fruit wine, and a bowl of colorful glutinous rice for each person, in addition to the five steamed rice dishes.
With the food and wine provided by his grandchildren and their wives, the old man would never eat in the cafeteria. In the end, the roast chicken, roast duck and braised pork in red sauce in the cafeteria became Xiao Yu and Zhou Yan's dishes, while the old man, Xiao Liu and the two children mainly ate steamed pork with rice flour.
Even the two little ones in the space had steamed pork with rice and watermelon as their main meal for lunch today. Since turning one year old, they have become more comfortable in the space.
Since they learned to eat, even their meals became more varied. Even their father, who was once the best friend in their eyes, began to become strict. At only one year old, he made them recite poems and watch videos to learn.
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Just as we were halfway through our meal, there was a knock on the door of our private room. It turned out to be a family gathering in the adjacent rooms. They were almost done eating, and a group of old men were calling their friends over for a drink.
"Old Zhou? Is that you?" When the door opened, the four or five old men standing outside were stunned. They didn't expect that the owner of this private room was actually Old Zhou.
Then--
Xiao Liu, who opened the door, was pushed aside and several old men rushed in. After seeing the dishes on the table clearly, they actually took out chopsticks from their pockets.
Xiao Yu: (⊙o⊙)…
"Oh, Old Zhou, you are so disloyal. You don't know that we all like the food cooked by you, Xiao Zhou and Xiao Xiao, but you actually hide it from us."
“That’s right!”
"Oh, this preserved egg is delicious. Xiao Xiao must have made it! He's quite skilled! It smells so good!"
"This steamed fish with rice flour is surprisingly not harsh at all."
"This preserved vegetable braised pork is pretty good."
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The old man looked at the old guys eating, feeling sad, but he couldn't help but teasing: "It seems that Lao Zhang was very stingy when serving the dishes today!"
"Yes, a plate of food is gone in just a few chopsticks. It forces us to go out for a walk."
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