Chapter 128 Treating Guests
The quality of the 28-ton bicycles of that era was really good. On Wang Yuanchao's bicycle, there were 200 kilograms of grain and a pig weighing nearly 200 kilograms tied.
Wang Yuanchao pushed the bicycle in front, easily, without feeling any pressure on the 28-ton bicycle.
Widow Du and Xinghua, who were at the back, were holding a little girl each, chatting, "Sister, I was kicked out of the Jiang family.
Just like a daughter who is married off, like water that has been poured out,
If I return to the Red Flag Brigade like this, how will the people in the village look at me? What should I do in the future?"
Widow Du knew that her sister was not in a stable mood at the moment, so she said something nice:
"It's okay, Xinghua. Now I live with Yuanyuan in the aid-Korea area. My old yard is now empty and no one lives there. You go back to the Red Flag Brigade and take Pan Di and the others to live in my yard first. As for the future, I will discuss it with Dad and Big Brother when I go back to see what is the most appropriate way."
Wang Yuanchao knew that his mother-in-law was unsure, so he spoke up: "Mother-in-law, when we get home later, I will call a few village cadres to come to our house for a drink in the evening.
By the way, I mentioned to them the settlement of my aunt.
After all, my aunt used to be a member of the Red Flag Brigade, and we are all from the same village.
Now that my aunt has separated from the Jiang family of the Qianjin Brigade, it shouldn't be a problem to ask Secretary Zeng and others to give in and move my aunt's household registration back to the Hongqi Brigade.
As for the gossips in the village, you don't have to worry about it. We can just live our lives behind closed doors.
With my current reputation in the village, no one dares to cause trouble for my aunt."
When Xinghua heard what Wang Yuanchao said, she held Pan Di's hand tightly, almost crying with excitement. She looked at Widow Du tremblingly and asked:
"Sister, Yuan Chao, is this really okay?"
Before Wang Yuanchao could answer, Widow Du nodded affirmatively at Xinghua and said:
"Since you've mentioned aiding Korea, then there must be no problem. Now aiding Korea is very popular in our Red Flag Battalion."
Wang Yuanchao smiled awkwardly. He didn't expect that his mother-in-law had more confidence in him than he did. He didn't know what to say next.
"By the way, I asked Zhaodi to come over and tell you the news. Why didn't this girl come back with you?"
"Hey, that girl must have run all the way to inform us, her feet are almost broken. I can't bear to see her suffer like this, so let her rest at Yuan Chao's home. You will see her when you go back."
"Well, sister, it's a good thing I have you, otherwise I don't know what to do this time."
"Silly girl, you are my sister, we are a family, and dad and big brother are here too, but they don't have bicycles, so they walked here. Before they arrived, the problem was solved by the aid from North Korea.
We should be able to run into them on our way back."
Not long after Widow Du said this, she met her father and older brothers in front of her.
When the two sides met, they hugged each other and cried and complained, then the group of people turned around and walked towards the direction of the Red Flag Brigade.
When they arrived at the Red Flag Brigade, Wang Yuanchao asked his mother-in-law to take Xinghua and Pandi back to settle down first, while he went to the brigade headquarters, handed a cigarette to Secretary Zeng and a few others, and said with a smile:
"Secretary, Captain, yesterday evening, I caught a silver carp weighing more than 10 jin in the Qingyu River, and also caught three mallards.
I thought of calling everyone over today so we can have a drink together?"
Recently, Secretary Zeng and the team leader drank the hospitality wine every day. They vomited countless times and were a little afraid of drinking. However, several village cadres really loved the dishes cooked by Wang Yuanchao. So they agreed without hesitation. After Wang Yuanchao realized that his goal had been achieved, he returned home.
He fished out the silver carp and bighead carp that had been in the water tank for a long time. While killing the fish, he said to Widow Du:
"Mother-in-law, Secretary Zeng and his friends will come over for dinner later. We can move the eight-immortal table to the yard to eat.
But we still have to find a way to hide the meat in the kitchen.
If they see it, it will have a bad impact.
For dinner, I'll make a chopped pepper fish head, a pot-fried duck, and a braised fish fillet. You can make two vegetables. How about that?"
Widow Du responded:
"For vegetables, how about stir-fried eggplant with green pepper, stir-fried shredded radish, and scrambled eggs with leeks?"
"Okay, make the portions bigger and steam more buns. Secretary Zeng and his friends all have big bellies and can eat a lot."
"Okay, by the way, Yuan Chao, let's find a way to put the two large water vats containing the meat in my house later. I will lock the door when the time comes. What do you think?"
Wang Yuanchao thought about it, nodded and said:
"Sure. Actually, Secretary Zeng and the other village officials probably won't enter our house. We're just hiding here to be prepared."
"Okay, kill the fish quickly. Call Xinghua along, and we'll carry the two large water tanks to my room."
"Okay, I kill fish very quickly."
Soon, Wang Yuanchao prepared the cooking ingredients, carried the large water vat containing the meat to his mother-in-law's room, and started cooking.
The young wife and mother-in-law like to eat pasta. The main meal in the evening is white flour steamed buns. The head and upper body of more than ten pounds of silver carp and bighead carp are made into chopped pepper fish head. The lower body is chopped into fish pieces by Wang Yuanchao and made into braised fish pieces. Three mallard ducks are made into a pot-duck dish. After they are put together, a ceramic basin is full.
Add eggplant, shredded radish, and fried eggs with chives, and it can be said to be super rich in this era.
The Pandi family, who usually only had wild vegetable dumplings and cornmeal steamed bread, were so greedy that they kept drooling. Their eyes turned green as they stared at the prepared dishes, unable to move their eyes away.
Wang Yuanchao really couldn't stand it anymore, so he gave two white flour buns and a big bowl of duck and fish meat to each of Xinghua, Zhaodi, Pandi and Niandi, and asked them to eat first to fill their stomachs.
Not long after the meal was ready, Secretary Zeng and several others came to Wang Yuanchao's yard carrying a 5-jin bucket of loose liquor.
Wang Yuanchao invited Secretary Zeng and several others to sit on the benches provided by the Eight Immortals Table, and then filled each of them with a small bowl of white wine, raised it up and toasted:
"Come on, Party Secretary, Team Leader, Team Leader Liu, Director Yang, you have all been busy with the autumn harvest recently. You have all worked hard. The reason why our Red Flag Team has such a good life today is because of you, the hard-working leaders. The first glass of wine is to you. You have worked hard. Cheers."
Secretary Zeng and his companions held their wine glasses, looked at each other, smiled, drank the wine in one gulp, and said:
"Wang Zhiqing, I don't know where you learned this eloquence. You have a lot of tricks when it comes to persuading people to drink.
This compliment is given to us, we have to drink the wine.
Let me make it clear today. I am just craving the food you cook.
Let's eat the food first, and drink the wine slowly. Please don't keep toasting us."
Alas, a sensitive word has been triggered, and another chapter has been reviewed. It will probably not be released until tomorrow. Sorry, fellow book friends.
(End of this chapter)
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