Ye Bailu nodded repeatedly. After seeing the people off, she turned around and ran back to the living room.
Everyone turned to look at Ye Bailu who had pushed the door open. After she closed the door, she ran over to Wang Xiaolan and said, "Mom, Aunt Qin just came to our house and asked you to go back to the neighborhood office for a meeting this afternoon. I asked her to come in for a while, but she said she had to go notify other people and left."
Wang Xiaolan was surprised: "Oh, are we going back to work?"
After listening to this, Ye Zhiqiu felt that work should resume, so he nodded and said, "I talked about this with Aunt Chen this morning, and she thinks work should resume tomorrow. I guess your neighborhood office is holding a meeting about this matter, and it's very likely that they'll ask you to notify the workers to resume work!"
Everyone expressed their opinions and felt that this was the correct answer.
Wang Fugui smiled and said, "Girl, why are you thinking so much? You'll know when you go there in the afternoon."
Wang Xiaolan said happily, "Grandpa is right. No matter how much we discuss, it's better to go over in the afternoon and see what the leader has to say! It's already half past ten, sister-in-law, let's go cook!"
Liu Cuihua nodded and said, "Okay, Sister Lan, you have to teach me how to do it. I haven't done these things well."
“It’s very simple, just boil it and it’s delicious.”
The two of them went to busy themselves with cooking, while a few others went to see the wine that Ye Zhiqiu brought back. They brought out two bottles of Erguotou and prepared to have two drinks at noon.
Ye Zhiqiu brought the cups over and poured a glass for everyone. After taking a sip, he smiled and replied, "When I was in the army, this is the taste I missed the most, because the wine we were supplied with was all purchased locally and was not as fragrant as Erguotou."
Ye Tianya asked curiously, "Didn't they send you cigarettes and alcohol back then? This was your grandpa who went to tinker with it!"
Speaking of this matter, Ye Zhiqiu's smiling face suddenly dimmed.
He said softly, "My battalion commander always said that smoking and drinking were against the rules, so he always had to deduct a portion of the money. Later, during work, an accident happened and the person died.
My company commander later told me that he had been taking those cigarettes and alcohol and giving them to his superiors, hoping that they would show leniency.
Luckily, our regimental commander and his men were quite open-minded, so I was able to smoke the cigarettes and alcohol you and Xiaomei sent me. It's just such a pity that I found out too late and didn't have a few more drinks with the battalion commander..."
Ye Zhiqiu thought of Ou Jiahao. This name must have held a lot of things in his heart. But although he lived up to the name, he would never see him again...
His thoughts flew very far, over the mountains and over the sand dunes, and he seemed to see the company commander Huo Dazhuang and others.
Although those days were hard, they are memories that he will never forget in his life!
Wang Fugui saw Ye Zhiqiu was in a daze, so he reached out and patted him on the shoulder to bring him back to his senses.
"My child, you will experience many things in your life, whether it is sadness or joy, happiness, anger, sorrow and joy make up your life. You should be more open-minded about some things."
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and nodded, then drank the wine in one gulp. He smiled and said to everyone, "Li Bai said, when life is good, we should enjoy it to the fullest, and never let the golden cup face the moon in vain. I was born with talents that will be useful, and even if I spend all my money, I will get it back!"
So we should drink it quickly, are you guys just raising fish? Drink it quickly so I can fill it up!"
"Come on, come on, let's fix it!"
"Stinky boy, now that we know you can drink, how about we give you a glass each time?"
"No, please. My eldest grandson is such a drinker. How much wine would it take for him to drink?"
While chatting and laughing, Ye Zhiqiu dispelled some of his bad mood.
Lunch was simple too. The steamed buns were made all morning, so they were enough for the four of us. All we had to do was heat them up and cook the dishes.
Moreover, seafood is not difficult to cook. In the era of oil shortage, all you have to do is steam or boil it, which is very simple.
So a few of them chatted and drank a few glasses of wine, and then the food was ready and brought back for lunch.
Ye Zhiqiu asked curiously, "Mom, where did the second brother and the others go? Why didn't they come back for dinner?"
Wang Xiaolan said unhappily, "It's your grandpa who gave your little sister some pocket money, and a group of people went to buy firecrackers!"
Wang Fugui quickly explained, "I didn't let Xiao Bailu buy firecrackers. I just gave her fifty cents to buy candy! This girl doesn't dare to set off firecrackers. She only dares to watch others from afar. I'm afraid Wubing is the one who started it!"
Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "Hey, Grandpa, you can't run away. If you hadn't given her money all day, the second child wouldn't have been able to cheat her out of her money to buy firecrackers."
Wang Fugui yelled, "This girl keeps calling me grandpa and acting like a spoiled brat. How can I, an old man, handle this? I can't bear to not give her pocket money..."
The next generation’s relatives are not necessarily your own children. Many elderly people may not be very nice to their own children, but there are also people who are very good to children.
Ye Zhiqiu had come across this kind of old man before. His son wasn't close to him and he rarely brought his children home. The old man spoiled his grandson to bits and was sometimes very generous to his neighbors' grandchildren!
We didn't wait for them here and started eating as soon as the food was ready. Fortunately, their voices were heard not long after.
Wang Xiaolan yelled at the top of her lungs, "Wubing, reinforcements, bring the two sisters back to wash their hands and have dinner..."
"Okay! Got it!"
Ye Wubing agreed and asked the three of them to go wash their hands. After a while, they returned to the living room to eat.
While eating squid, Ye Bailu said happily: "Mom, when we went to set off firecrackers just now, we saw a lot of cars coming, carrying a lot of things!"
At this time, Ye Zhiqiu remembered something and said to Wang Xiaolan, "Mom, I asked you to go back this afternoon. I'm afraid you don't want to arrange for the people in your jurisdiction to line up to buy supplies, right?
Aunt Chen went to queue up to buy things early this morning and bought a lot of canned food, all of which were military supplies. She said that although the train is running, the supplies are not coming in so quickly, so they are temporarily using these supplies for emergency use!
Wang Fugui also remembered this. He smiled and said, "It shouldn't be wrong! Now that the roads have been blocked by snowstorms for so many days, even if supplies can enter the capital, it will take some time to restore the supply. So it is very likely that emergency supplies will be used first."
Wang Xiaolan said happily, "Then we have to pay close attention. I'll ask if we need to queue up. If we do, then Old Ye and Brother, remember to queue up."
The two of them smiled and nodded. They had to queue up to buy things and bear the cold wind. It was impossible for them to let their wives and children come.
Wang Xiaolan would say that for ordinary street office staff, when arranging supplies, they don’t need to queue up and can purchase them directly internally.
This time, the supplies were for war, and she wasn't sure if they were the same as usual, so she gave them these orders.
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said, "Eat, eat. After I'm full, I'll go for a walk and find out what's going on."
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