Chapter 331: A Long Absence is Better than a New Expectation 2
Yi Ke stood up suddenly, as fast as a whirlwind, and rushed to Zhang Yuling. He buried his head in her arms and cried out in a muffled voice: "Mom, mom, mom, I miss you so much! Mom, mom..."
"Hey, stop nudging me. You're not a puppy, kid. You're so old, but you're still nudging me in your mother's arms. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?" Mother Zhang Yuling held Yi Ke's head and stroked it gently, her voice choked with sobs.
"Mom, I miss you, your warm embrace, and your braised pork. Mom, you don't know, what people outside cook is not meat, and it's not as delicious as what you cook." Yi Ke smacked his lips after he said this.
"You little greedy cat, you're just thinking about me, the real reason is that you want to eat the meat I cook." Zhang Yuling scratched Yi Ke's nose.
"Mom, you wronged me. I wanted to see you earlier, so I asked Brother Jiankang to pick you up." Yike pretended to pout in anger.
"Still pouting? I told you about your health. I'll treat you to dinner tonight and let me come back to cook."
"Mom, this is just an excuse that I want to see you earlier. If I could drive a ox cart, I would pick you up myself. I don't want someone else to pick you up." Yike gave Du Jiankang a big sanitary ball.
The mother and daughter returned home chatting and laughing. Du Jiankang was still wondering how he had offended Yi Ke's sister and why Yi Ke gave him such a big eye roll.
For dinner, Zhang Yuling was in charge of cooking and everyone helped out. Dinner was ready before dark.
Dinner is ready and everyone has arrived one after another. There was a rectangular table in the main room, which was already filled with dishes, including braised pork, candied carrot and pork, chicken meatballs, fried eel with rice, steamed giant salamander, boiled rapeseed, boiled lettuce, boiled wood ear vegetable with tofu, cold cucumber salad, and winter melon bone soup. The rich aroma made everyone's nostrils smell hot, and everyone couldn't wait to sit down at the table.
Tonight is a family dinner, and apart from my family, there will be no outsiders. Old Su and Li Haoran sat at the main seats, Du Qingcang, Ziyi, Du Jiankang, and Yike's two cousins sat on both sides. They were all those who wanted to drink and sat together. At the other end of the table sat Zhang Yuling, Wang Cuihua, Yike, Dani, Wu Feifei, Xu Chaoqun, Han Guihua and her cousin's wife.
Li Haoran first gave an opening speech, which basically said that everyone present was a family member, a loved one, and that they should love each other, etc., and then he asked everyone to eat and drink well.
Ziyi picked up some food on the table and gave it to Mr. Su, taking care of him while he ate. Mr. Su said to Ziyi, "You and the young people can go have a drink. Don't worry about me. I'll eat slowly. Go ahead, go ahead, you young people can have fun."
Ziyi, Du Jiankang and Yike's two cousins started playing finger-guessing games, drinking wine in big gulps and using their chopsticks more frequently.
Yike saw the excited and flushed faces in front of him and heard the laughter from the boxing and drinking games, and felt even happier. He picked up the glass of wine he had just filled and clinked it with his sister Han Guihua beside him. The two smiled at each other and took a sip of the wine.
Li Haoran and Du Qingcang burst into laughter from time to time, and the movement of chopsticks almost never stopped.
My mother Zhang Yuling brought over a pot of food. After a while, only the empty pot was left, and then it was quickly filled up again. Since Xu Chaoqun was young and it was inconvenient for him to pick up the food, he half-knelt on the chair, pushed the bowl in front of the plate, and asked his mother Wu Feifei to pick up the food and put it into the bowl, and then he ate with the bowl in his hand.
Yike's cousin's wife was a little shy and just looked at the food in front of her while eating. From time to time, Yi Ke would put the dishes that were a little far away into her bowl.
"Sister-in-law, are you used to it recently? Tell me if there is anything, don't keep it to yourself." Yi Ke asked while picking up some food.
"It's a habit, everything is good. The food in the cafeteria is also delicious. You can't find such delicious food outside, and you can eat as much as you want." My cousin's wife said with a smile.
"You'll get used to it. I was busy at the time and couldn't come in with you. I was worried when I was outside. I'll feel relieved once you get used to it."
"Sister Guihua is here. As soon as we came in, she arranged everything and even made clothes for me and her two brothers. You two sisters are so good to us. Your brother often tells me to get along well with you. He is afraid that there will be conflicts between us. Haha, with such good sisters-in-law like you, unless I am stupid, how could I be bad to you?" My cousin's wife was probably a little drunk from drinking wine, and she blurted out everything.
Yike quickly gave her some food and kept persuading her to eat. My cousin's wife ate the delicious food happily.
At the other end of the table, Du Jiankang was drunk. He opened and closed his mouth several times, uttered a few unclear sounds, and then fell on the table.
Ziyi was still playing finger-guessing games with his two cousins, “…Three stars are shining, four seasons of prosperity, five are the best, six are all smooth…” The second cousin lost, drank, and then also lay down on the table.
Ziyi wanted to continue playing finger-guessing games with his eldest cousin. Yike brought some sobering soup to his eldest cousin and told him not to play finger-guessing games anymore. If the eldest cousin got drunk too, who would take care of the second cousin?
Although Li Haoran and Du Qingcang, Su Lao and his student Ran Dongsheng did not play finger-guessing games, they clinked glasses with each other and chatted, and they actually drank too much and got drunk.
Mr. Su and his student Ran Dongsheng were half drunk, and they supported each other and went back to rest.
Ziyi and his mother Zhang Yuling helped Li Haoran back to the room, and Zhang Yuling took care of Li Haoran. Ziyi came out again to help his godmother Wang Cuihua to help Du Qingcang and his son back to their room to rest.
Yi Ke's eldest cousin half supported and half carried his brother back to rest, and his sister-in-law followed behind.
Han Guihua stayed to help clear the dishes on the table. After Zhang Yuling and Wang Cuihua settled the men, they came out and washed the pots and pans with the Yike sisters.
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So many people came to the mountains at once, and everyone was busy for several days in a row in order to accommodate them. The women learned how to use sewing machines from Yike, and Yike bought five sewing machines. Now that so many people came at once, Yike immediately took people to make factory uniforms.
The men stepped up their efforts to build houses. This time they built dormitories that could accommodate more than 500 people at a time. It was a huge project. But now is the slack season for farming, so there is plenty of time to build it. Moreover, the most abundant material in the mountains is wood, so all the buildings they built were made of wood.
Autumn passed by slowly, the cold wind lowered the temperature, and a thin mist appeared in the forest. The mist girl chased and entangled in the sky, danced on the branches, weaved hammocks among the pine leaves, cooled the stream, and covered the forest with a white veil.
Before winter came, the dormitories for the people in the mountains were finally built. All the workers who came from outside the mountain happily moved into the dormitory and put on the factory uniforms sewed by the women.
They all have two sets of factory uniforms in winter, one is a cotton coat, the other is a jacket, and a quilt.
Those who come to work in the mountains are people who cannot survive outside the mountains. They originally entered the mountains with the mentality of being ready to die, but they did not expect to end up in a place like heaven.
They worked harder and harder, and no one cheated. Even the children are working hard, and as long as they work, they will be paid, which is something they don’t get outside. They also have half a day to study every day. They just feel so happy.
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