Chapter 132132 (Catching Bugs) Two in One
Before the Ding family's bathing group got off the ox cart, a child ran over and called Ding Dayong: "Brother Dayong, your relatives are here, they came in a car."
The child chased the car all the way, and after seeing this rare thing, he ran to the village entrance to wait for someone enthusiastically.
Besides him, there were several other children talking at the same time.
Not only the villagers who came back on the ox cart were shocked, but Lao Ding's family was also shocked. Peng Guihua thought quickly and realized that neither the Peng family nor Lao Ding's family had any relatives who could afford a car.
The whole family got off the ox cart in a hurry and hurried back. Ding Dayong was tall and long-legged, so he ran fast and arrived before his parents. Looking at the car parked in the alley in front of his house and the man standing next to the car, he walked up to it with a confused look on his face and asked, "Comrade, who are you..."
Before the man could speak, the neighbors who had been watching all around started shouting, "Dayong, you're back. We're looking for you."
"Dayong, people say he's your friend."
Dayong is a promising kid. After moving to the city, he made such capable friends.
"Dayong, this is someone from your uncle's side, right?"
Some people don't think Ding Dayong has such ability. It's only been a short time since Ding Dayong came to the city. If we talk about the most capable person in the Ding family, it's Ding Zhigang who came to the city many years ago.
In the eyes of most villagers, Ding Zhigang is a capable person who has made great strides forward.
Only such capable people can get to know people who can afford to drive a car.
The man standing in front of the car was about 25 or 26 years old, of medium height, wearing a thick woolen coat and a dark gray wide-brimmed hat. When he heard people around him calling Ding Dayong, he smiled and stretched out his hand to Ding Dayong, saying, "Hello, Comrade Ding Dayong, my name is Gao Pengyuan, and I'm here to give you something on behalf of Comrade Pei Che."
Ding Dayong suddenly understood, the doubt on his face disappeared, and his smile became friendly.
It turned out that it was someone arranged by Brother Che.
no……
How did Brother Che know his home?
He slapped his head. What's so strange about this? It must be Sister Ding Guo who told him.
But Brother Che is so thoughtful. He arranged for someone to deliver New Year's goods, but did not mention my eldest sister's name. Instead, he asked someone to find him. Maybe he was not sure whether my eldest sister had told her family that she had found a partner?
Using his name won't affect his sister.
Ding Dayong felt that he had not said enough to praise Brother Che to his parents this morning.
The thought flashed through his mind, and he said, "Hello, Comrade Gao. Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
While they were greeting each other, Ding Zhicheng and Peng Guihua came over panting with their other two sons. They looked at the young man whom they didn't know at all with a look of confusion on their faces.
Ding Dayong winked at them and said loudly, "Dad, Mom, this is Comrade Gao, a friend of my friend. He came to give me something. He has been waiting for a long time. Let Comrade Gao come in and warm up first."
I didn't plan to say too much in front of outsiders.
"Hey, hey, hello, Comrade Gao." Peng Guihua responded hurriedly and greeted Gao Pengyuan a little stiffly. Gao Pengyuan called her "Aunt" and "Uncle" politely and said, "I'm sorry to bother you with my visit!"
"Don't disturb me, don't disturb me." Ding Zhicheng said honestly and let the person in.
Gao Pengyuan looked at Ding Dayong, and Ding Dayong remembered that he was there to deliver something, so he hurried over to help.
When he opened the trunk, Ding Dayong was slightly startled. The trunk was full of things and he wondered which bag was the one his brother-in-law gave to his sister.
Gao Pengyuan started to move the things one by one, and put several bags in his hands. Ding Dayong couldn't help sweating: This trunk can't be full, right?
Ding Dazhui who was standing next to him also suppressed his shock and rushed over to help. He almost dropped the thing he received because it was too heavy and hard, and he had no idea what it was.
The three grown men hadn’t finished moving everything in one trip.
Ding Zhicheng and Peng Guihua were so frightened that they were stunned.
While Gao Pengyuan was returning, Peng Guihua grabbed Ding Dayong and whispered, "Dayong, this is, this is, your friend..."
What kind of friend is this? He sends so many things to my home.
Ding Dayong then chuckled quietly and said, "This was sent by Brother Pei Che to my sister. I, your son, don't have the ability to do this."
After saying that, he hurriedly followed him out.
Peng Guihua slapped her thigh suddenly, the worry on her face instantly disappeared, and she couldn't help but smile.
She was happy not because of the many gifts given by her future niece-in-law, but because of Pei Che's thoughtfulness.
On the other side, Ding Guo also got off the ox cart at the entrance of the village, and hurried back home responding to curious or envious questions along the way.
Gao Pengyuan was drinking tea with Ding Dayong and Ding Zhicheng - the tea was bought by his family for the New Year.
Peng Guihua is making lunch.
I asked Ding Guo how to eat bacon this morning. Ding Guo mentioned that it can be fried with garlic sprouts and chili peppers. There were no garlic sprouts at home, so she fried garlic chives.
The garlic sprouts were not grown by their own family. The village accountant gave them two large basins of them in the house. Peng Guihua exchanged some kelp for one basin, cut half of them and fried them, and used the rest to make another dish in the evening.
Gao Pengyuan had not originally planned to stay for dinner, but since he hadn't seen Ding Guo, it was difficult to respond to Pei Che, so he had to bite the bullet and stay.
After Ding Guo entered the room, he realized that it was Pei Che who sent someone to deliver something, but the name he called was Ding Dayong, which made him laugh.
No wonder the last time we talked on the phone, I asked for the detailed address of my hometown after I learned that I was going back to Huiyang for the New Year.
Ding Guo came into the room and greeted Gao Pengyuan. Gao Pengyuan looked at Ding Guo and then looked away, exchanging a few polite words with her.
It was not appropriate to leave at this moment, so he had to stay at Ding's house for dinner, politely declined Peng Guihua's return gift, and drove away.
He came to give gifts, but Pei Che didn't ask him to accept any.
Because Gao Pengyuan was there, the things Ding Guo bought seemed inconspicuous. Not only were they inconspicuous, they were also just what they could be used.
It is always better to entertain guests with newly bought bowls than those chipped bowls at home. How can the white flour buns at home compare to the delicious sesame seed cakes and fried dough sticks?
The candied haws that Ding Guo bought were also placed on the table. Except for Ding Dalin, everyone else was embarrassed to eat this kind of food that most people thought was for children.
Finally, looking at the soap and shampoo that Ding Guo bought, Peng Guihua didn't bother to say anything.
After the people left, Peng Guihua looked at Ding Guo with a smile and said, "He is a thoughtful person."
Even if it's just for face, others have to be willing to give it.
She had gone to great lengths to ask someone to send so many things, and she could not think of any other reason other than that she valued Ding Guo.
Faced with Third Aunt's teasing, Ding Guo's face couldn't help but heat up slightly, and he went into the house to see the things Pei Che had sent over.
Two frozen pork hind legs, 50 kilograms of rice, 50 kilograms of flour, 30 kilograms of millet, a slaughtered chicken, a duck, 20 kilograms of pork belly, hairtail, carp, as well as fruit candies, cigarettes and alcohol, two military coats that were 70% to 80% new, and a brand new blue short cotton jacket.
It's obvious that the blue one is for Third Aunt. The other two military coats are men's, one for each of Uncle Third and Dazhu, but Third Aunt can hardly hold them up.
Ding Zhicheng knew at a glance that this was a gift from his nephew-in-law. He rubbed his hands with joy, pointed out four fingers, and said with a smile: "There are only four military coats in our village."
Ding Dazhu's face also turned red with excitement, and he told Ding Guo: "Sister, thank my brother-in-law for me later."
Peng Guihua felt that the cotton jacket was very valuable and was reluctant to wear it herself. She picked it up and tried it on Ding Guo, saying, "It fits you perfectly. It would be a bit of a waste for me."
She had originally not intended to make clothes out of the cloth Ding Guo had mailed back to her, and wanted to keep it for later use to make clothes for Ding Guo. But Dazhu persuaded her: "If you don't wear it out, how will outsiders know that your elder sister is honoring you? You have to make one anyway, just to make my elder sister famous."
Peng Guihua just went to make new clothes.
Ding Guo didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How can it be ruined if you wear it? I have a military coat, it's new, but I haven't worn it back. It's for you, just right for wearing during the New Year. If the villagers ask who bought it for you, just say it was bought by your future nephew-in-law, and you'll be proud, right?"
Peng Guihua felt a little warm in her heart and her eyes were a little sore.
I also sent Ding Dalin a small cotton hat, which he treasured like a piece of cake.
The family is having a great time.
Ding Guo couldn't let all the things be scattered, so he discussed with his Third Aunt about where to put them and how to deal with them.
Peng Guihua said: "When you return to the city after the New Year, take it with you..."
Ding Guo refused: "This is Pei Che's gift to my family. If it's for me, it will be sent directly to Fengning. By the way, I will leave on the second day after the New Year. I will stay in the capital for two days and pay New Year's greetings to Pei's family. Dayong will leave a few days later."
When Peng Guihua heard that she was leaving on the second day of the Chinese New Year, she was a little anxious at first, but then she heard that she was going to the Pei family to pay New Year's greetings, and she felt that this was her duty, so she hurriedly said, "Give some of it as a return gift..."
Ding Guo waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, I won't bring anything. It's such a big capital, what can't I buy? Besides, people care most about the thought, and the things are secondary."
Peng Guihua said to her speechlessly: "Everything you say is reasonable."
Just as everything was arranged and Peng Guihua was separating the fat from the pork belly, preparing to cut it for oil, Huang Meihua came over with Ding Shan.
Hearing the noise outside the door, Ding Guo whispered to Third Aunt, "Cut two pounds of meat for Second Aunt. I'll also give her some melon seeds and sugar, but nothing else."
It's okay to just show your appreciation, but it would be inappropriate not to give anything at all.
Peng Guihua hesitated and asked, "Isn't it too little?"
Her family got so many things, but the second brother only gave this little. She was afraid that Huang Meihua would find out about it later and would not say anything nice when her niece's husband came to visit.
Ding Guo didn't care about that. She thought quickly and said, "Add one more fish. That's all."
Peng Guihua had no choice but to nod.
Now that the child has grown up, she listens to him.
Ding Guo went out to greet them with a smile. Peng Guihua hurriedly cut a piece of meat, stuffed the rest into the basin beside her, covered it with a lid, and piled some other things on top before going out.
Huang Meihua heard from others that Ding Dayong's friend had brought him a truckload of stuff. She couldn't resist her curiosity and came over to take a look. She also wanted to find out who Dayong's friend was and why he was so capable.
Ding Guo didn't mention the thing, but said frankly that it was something his boyfriend asked someone to send to him.
Huang Meihua was shocked. She didn't expect Ding Guo to have mentioned that person. She hurriedly asked about her boyfriend's situation, but her eyes were looking around the room calmly. She just looked around and didn't look at the "cart of things" that the villagers talked about.
Ding Guo briefly explained Pei Che's situation without saying too much. He gave Ding Shan some melon seeds and candies, and also gave her a string of candied haws. He then used the oil paper he had freed to wrap some melon seeds and candies and placed them beside them.
When she was leaving, Peng Guihua took out the cut meat and a carp for her. Huang Meihua sneered but did not say anything. After all, it was a piece of meat and a fish. The piece of meat looked to be more than two pounds, and the fish was estimated to be more than four pounds. She also took the melon seeds and candy given by Ding Guo back home.
Huang Meihua knew that her niece was a smart person. She still remembered how badly she treated her when they were young, so she only gave her this little bit out of a whole cart of things.
Ding Zhige smoked a cigarette and said, "If they don't give us anything, we can't say anything. Aren't these things rare enough?"
Huang Meihua certainly knew how precious it was. When the village slaughtered pigs before the New Year, her family only got a little over three pounds. This extra two pounds would be enough for them to have a good New Year.
But compared with the whole truckload of stuff that others mentioned, these few things seem a bit shabby.
I just couldn't help but feel a little jealous, so I didn't give more than I should, nor did I tell her what others had given me.
Then he talked about Ding Guo's boyfriend: "He's a soldier, and his family is from the capital..."
Ding Zhige was surprised for a moment: "Ding Guo mentioned her husband's family?"
Huang Meihua: "Her boyfriend asked someone to deliver the things."
Ding Zhige said: "We sent a whole truckload to the third brother's house, but I don't know how much we sent to the eldest brother and his wife."
It seems that Ding Guo's girlfriend's family is well-off.
He thought of Ding Tao who was far away in Fengning, and thought about asking his elder brother and sister-in-law to find a good family for Ding Tao, and send more food for the New Year.
Huang Meihua's eyes twinkled: "I'll ask you about it when I call Fengning to wish you a happy new year."
Why does she have a feeling that Ding Guo’s boyfriend shouldn’t be close to her uncle?
If she guessed it right, I wonder how upset my sister-in-law would be.
Huang Meihua couldn't help but feel happy just thinking about it.
On Ding Guo's side, Third Aunt took advantage of the good sunlight at noon and worked hard to wash the dirty clothes of the whole family.
After washing the clothes, I have to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Ding Guo was not idle either. He called Dayong to come and prepare the ingredients first, and Ding Dazhu also came over to help.
Ding Dalin was young and at the age where he loved to play. He put on his hat, put two handfuls of melon seeds in his pocket, grabbed a candied haws and ran out.
The whole family was busy and prepared a very sumptuous meal in the evening.
Braised carp, pan-fried hairtail fillet, braised pork, fried bacon with garlic chives, old chef's cabbage, garlic-mashed kelp shreds, braised chicken nuggets, vinegar-fried potato shreds, fried black fungus with green onion, fried peanuts, and kelp tofu soup.
Ding Dayong also insisted on making clay pot rice.
Ding Guo insisted on opening a bottle of Wuliangye liquor for his uncle, which was delivered in the afternoon.
Ding Zhicheng was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. He kept saying, "Such good wine, it's a waste to drink it at home..."
He added: "Save it for entertaining my son-in-law when he comes to visit."
Ding Guo laughed: "It's not a waste if you eat, drink or use it yourself, but it's a pity to give it away." Besides, "There will be new good wine by then, what's there to be afraid of? Drink it!"
Ding Guo poured wine for his uncle and aunt, and she and Ding Dayong also poured a cup each. The whole family toasted each other and celebrated the New Year in a lively manner.
But the Ding family, who lived far away in Fengning, was a little shabby. They all looked at the food on the table and fell into silence.
In previous years, the New Year’s Eve dinner was a standard set of ten dishes and one soup, with fish and meat, and a bottle of Lao Baigan and a few bottles of juice on the side. The whole family laughed and talked, saying all kinds of auspicious words, and celebrated the New Year in a lively manner.
After dinner, make dumplings, one portion with meat filling and one with vegetarian filling.
At this time, on the dining table, there was a plate of stir-fried cabbage with shredded pork, a plate of stir-fried shredded radish with spicy sauce, a plate of stewed tofu with dried beans, a plate of peanuts, and a bowl of kelp soup.
Four dishes and one soup were barely put together.
Compared with the display in previous years, it's just a drop in the bucket.
The staple food is steamed sweet potatoes and two-grain flour pancakes.
This year's dumplings have also been ordered, made with cabbage, tofu and vermicelli.
Lu Xiaomei lowered her eyes. Her mother-in-law had clearly queued up to buy fish and meat before the New Year, saying that she would save them for entertaining guests after the New Year.
In the past six months since she got married, she has seen through many things, for example: the relatives from her father-in-law's hometown don't come back because they are too far away and it is inconvenient to travel; the only relatives who can come are the relatives from her mother-in-law's hometown, but her mother-in-law doesn't seem to have a good relationship with her relatives from her hometown, and in previous years she has never been able to get a warm welcome from her mother-in-law, let alone a thorough hospitality.
We never entertained them in a very elaborate manner before, let alone this year.
The only person who could make her mother-in-law specially save good things for her was Ding Nianjun who married to the capital.
In the first year of Ding Nianjun's marriage, he would come no matter what.
Lu Xiaomei felt a little uncomfortable.
She used up her ration to buy the fish and meat. She also gave her mother-in-law 20 yuan before the New Year to buy New Year's goods. However, on her first New Year at her in-laws' house, she couldn't even get a meal of meat dumplings.
The more Lu Xiaomei thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and she couldn't help but feel resentful towards Ding Nianjun again.
Yue Hongmei also had resentment. In her heart, she cursed Ding Guo for being cold-hearted, and at other times she was worried about Ding Jianshe who had gone to the farm. It was New Year's Day, the farm environment was harsh, and he was going there for reform. She didn't even know if he had a whole steamed bun to eat.
Then he thought of Ding Nianjun who was far away in the capital. In the first year of their marriage, something happened to her parents-in-law, and she didn't know whether they could manage to live as a young couple.
The adopted daughter she was thinking about was now carrying the cooked dishes with her big belly, and she pushed the door open with her shoulder and walked into the house.
The house is bustling.
Pan Dingfeng's two friends came, and the three grown men were drinking and chatting there. The room was filled with smoke, making it hard to breathe.
Ding Nianjun felt bitter, but he also knew that this was not the time to be upset.
Because of the accident of his parents-in-law, Dingfeng has almost no contact with anyone during this period. Only his two childhood friends have never left him and often come to help, bringing him things. Before the New Year, they even sent him 20 kilograms of rice, some cabbages, three kilograms of meat, and a fish.
At this moment, Sun Dongliang was talking to Pan Dingfeng: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, if you bring your wife to visit them and they give you the cold shoulder? ... Then we will take you in."
I grew up in a place where I have been able to go freely for many years, but if I go there again now, I still need someone to take me there.
Pan Dingfeng couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.
Gao Jiaye said, "We have to go to the Pei family as well. Although they didn't help with the previous matter, we can't give up our face. If we need their help for some minor matters in the future, it will be easier to talk. By the way, Uncle Pei and Aunt Shao are back this year, so it's a good opportunity to go and say hello."
Pan Dingfeng's heart moved: "Is Brother Che back?"
Ding Nianjun also looked over when she heard that. She had heard of 'Brother Che' from Pan Dingfeng more than once and had always wanted to see who he was that made Pan Dingfeng praise him so much.
Gao Jiaye shrank back when he heard the name and shook his head: "No, I haven't heard of him. I haven't seen Brother Che for a long time."
Sun Dongliang said: "I heard he came back some time ago for his annual leave, but I didn't see him."
Gao Jiaye smiled and said, "You didn't dare to touch it?"
Sun Dongliang nudged him with his shoulder and said unhappily, "How dare you? When you were a child, he beat you the hardest and asked you to kneel down and call him daddy, but you automatically gave him the title of an elder and called him grandpa several times..."
"Fuck!" Gao Jiaye pretended to hit him and the two of them started a fight.
Ding Nianjun's eyes flickered several times, and he asked Pan Dingfeng before going to bed at night: "Ask Pei Che if he has come back. If you ask him, will he help you?"
Pan Dingfeng's eyes were dim, and he recalled the last time he asked Pei Che for help but was rejected. He shook his head and said, "I don't plan to ask him for help. Since Grandpa Pei didn't intervene, he certainly won't intervene in this matter. But he is very cunning and has a lot of tricks. I want to ask him if he can give me some advice, so I know which direction to work hard in..."
After such a long time, he only knew that his parents' place of exile had been changed, but he couldn't even ask where they were exiled. This made him very confused and anxious, and he really needed someone to help him out with some advice.
Sun Dongliang and Gao Jiaye are good at eating and drinking, but when you really encounter serious problems and ask them for advice, none of them are helpful.
Neither of them knew where his parents were sent to.
He believed that the two of them really didn't know, but what about their respective families?
I don't know, or maybe I knew but kept my mouth shut for fear of getting into trouble and thus didn't tell him.
Ding Nianjun was also feeling upset. She rubbed her itchy chilblains and carefully asked Pan Dingfeng when he would return to Fengning.
Of course, on normal days, she would go back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, but they live far away. In addition, this year is special, and Dingfeng wants to stay in the capital and take the opportunity to visit relatives and friends to inquire about things with his parents-in-law. Naturally, she didn't dare to urge them, and could only follow Pan Dingfeng's schedule.
Pan Dingfeng sighed: "Let's wait and see in a few days."
Ding Nianjun felt very complicated.
She actually didn't want to go back.
Something happened to Jianshe, and before the incident he asked her for money. She pretended not to have received the telegram and naturally did not send the money back.
Later I found out that Jianshe had become addicted to gambling, was caught in the act, and was demoted.
Life in Fengning will definitely not be easy this year.
But I have to go back. After all, this is the first year, and I have to go to the street office over there.
Apart from this incident, she must ask her mother to come and take care of her during the confinement period when she gives birth. As for Xiaomei, let her parents take care of her. She will also talk to Xiaomei about this when she returns. Based on her friendship with Xiaomei, Xiaomei will definitely understand her.
My mind was so messy with all these things that I even distracted myself and thought about what Ding Guo was doing at this moment?
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