Cheng Fangyi left as soon as he got off work. He couldn't wait to share the good news with his family.
Little did they know that the other members of the Su family and the villagers knew it earlier.
As soon as he entered the village, he felt the enthusiasm of the villagers.
Many men invited him to drink, and many aunts and grandmas surrounded him and asked him about his well-being.
"Old Cheng, those boys and girls in your family have really brought honor to our water village. It's already very good to have one or two college students in this area. Our village has more than ten of them at once, and six of them are from your family."
"Two top scorers! This is the first time I've seen this in my life."
"Old Cheng, when are you free, let's make an appointment."
"We have to make an appointment. Your daughter is the top female scholar. It would be unreasonable not to make an appointment. We won't go home until we are drunk."
Cheng Fangyi has been in Shuixiang Village for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has received such treatment.
The men put their hands on his shoulders and would unconsciously pat his chest while talking.
Even though he was still wearing thick clothes, Cheng Fangyi still couldn't stand it.
He silently moved more than half a meter away before speaking, "I'll choose a good day to hold a graduation banquet for the children. Everyone must come and get drunk. Don't leave until you are drunk."
When everyone heard that the Su family was going to hold a graduation banquet, their attention was immediately diverted and they began to discuss what kind of graduation banquet the Su family would hold. After all, they were a well-off family in the water village, so the banquet would definitely not be shabby.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cheng Fangyi fled from the "Gossip Center", but he was not as eager to go home as he was at the beginning.
When he got home, it wasn't as lively as he had imagined.
Xiaowu and Xiaoliu were being forced by Si Ya to play hopscotch in the yard, while Hei Ye and Su's mother were writing or drawing in the living room.
"Si Ya, where is your mother?" Cheng Fangyi ignored Xiao Wu's pleading eyes and spoke to Si Ya.
"Mother and aunt are picking out clothes in the house. They said they want to dress beautifully for the graduation banquet and become the most beautiful woman in the water village."
"What about the brothers and sisters?" Cheng Fangyi supported Xiaowu's head with his hands. This little brat loved to rub his head against others when he acted like a spoiled child. He was worried that Xiaowu's hairline would move back because of this.
"In the study, but I don't know what he's doing." Si Ya shrugged helplessly, then pulled Xiao Wu away.
Xiao Wu struggled and said, "Dad!!!"
"Good boy Xiaowu, play with your sister well." After saying that, Cheng Fangyi strode into the living room.
Boys are not so spoiled. They are just playing hopscotch with their sisters. It won’t hurt them.
"Godfather, mother, I'm back."
"Xiao Cheng is back. Come and take a look at the menu we prepared. Is there anything that needs to be changed?" Mother Su handed over the results of their afternoon discussion.
The banquet arrangements for that day included braised pork, four-happiness meatballs, taro pork belly, potato-braised chicken, stewed pork, scrambled eggs, tofu with green onions, stir-fried cabbage, fried rice noodles, and bone soup.
Smashed cucumbers, pickled vegetables and fried peanuts are appetizers before meals.
Cheng Fangyi had already imagined how much attention the Su family would draw once this recipe came out.
"There's nothing to change, except whether the staple food is sweet potato rice or multi-grain steamed bread?"
When it comes to wedding banquets, they can’t be too shabby, but they can’t be too ostentatious either.
This five-meat banquet was probably the first of its kind in the Water Village in recent years, so the staple food was slightly inferior, so as to give people the illusion that the Su family had emptied their savings to host the graduation banquet.
"Actually, your godfather and I discussed whether to have mixed grain rice or white flour buns."
"Mom, we can hold a grand ceremony when the children get married. Now is not the time yet. I think we don't need to prepare white flour buns and mixed grain rice."
Many people have a hostile mentality towards those who are better off than themselves, and may even try to trip others up behind their backs when they are jealous.
Their family will move out by September at the latest, so there is no need to get into those little troubles in the last six months.
"Okay, I didn't think it through and forgot about our situation. How about cooking sweet potato rice? Every household eats sweet potato rice these days, and it won't attract attention." Mother Su was a little annoyed. She was so busy having fun that she didn't think too much about it.
"No, Mom has thought it through very carefully. If she asked me to do it, it would definitely make a mess." Cheng Fangyi's words made Su's mother's frown relax.
She didn’t know if it was because she was getting older and her eyesight was blurry, but she could always see the shadow of Su Qing in Cheng Fangyi.
Every time this happened, Su's mother felt a deep sense of guilt.
Thinking back to when Cheng Fangyi was such a good kid, now he has become a smooth talker under the influence of Su Qing.
Mother Su smiled and said, "Okay, stop joking. Go to the meat processing plant tomorrow morning to find your eldest brother and go with him to buy some vegetables. We'll do it the day after tomorrow. I think the day after tomorrow is a good day."
Su Che went to the countryside to pull pigs and hasn't come back for a few days.
But how could he miss such a good thing as his child getting into college?
I can just take advantage of the opportunity to go shopping tomorrow and ask Cheng Fangyi to bring the person back.
"Okay, I'll go cook first. Do you want anything to eat?"
"Just do whatever you want." Su's mother was very excited. She just wanted to focus on the graduation banquet and didn't care what to eat.
"Then I'll watch and do it. Si Ya, Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, Daddy is going to cook. Come and help Daddy."
Xiaowu came running over as if he had heard some heavenly sound.
He felt that if he didn't leave, he would become the first person in history to become disabled from playing hopscotch.
"Dad, I want to eat scallion pancakes."
Xiaowu has been eyeing the green onions in the backyard for a long time, but Su's mother always asks them to grow longer.
Everyone is happy today, so it won't be a big deal even if he eats it, right?
"As usual, go prepare the ingredients yourself. I'll make dinner for you after I've prepared dinner for everyone. I can't let your scallion pancakes delay everyone's meal, right?"
"Yes, yes, Dad. You are the best dad in the world."
"Come on, my best dad wants to eat cabbage now. Go to the backyard and pick some cabbage and wash it."
"Ouch..." Xiaowu resisted, but his body still honestly walked towards the vegetable garden in the backyard.
…
The next day, Cheng Fangyi rode a bicycle, Su Qianshan and Su Qianfan rode a tricycle, and these grown men went out in the cold wind.
Everything in the south is good except the winter and spring.
Especially the late spring cold, which is so cold that it penetrates to the bone, and even wrapping yourself in thick cotton clothes still doesn't help.
In the meat processing plant, Su Che was called up just as he closed his eyes, saying that someone was looking for him.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes and came out wearing his military coat.
"Big brother."
"father."
"father."
"Why are you three here together? What happened? Did something happen at home?" Su Che's sleepiness was suddenly scared away.
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