Chapter 64: The Family Dinner
Wang Yuanchao's moving was very simple. After getting up early in the morning and washing up, he put the quilts and mattress pads in the room of the educated youth into a sack, and put a few sets of clothes and books for daily review into another sack. With just two sacks of things, he was able to move his home easily.
As for the big iron pot and the food, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar left in the kitchen, Wang Yuanchao did not move them for the time being, leaving them for Lin Laoer's family to continue using.
When he walked to the yard of the educated youth center with the sack in his hand, Lin Laoer had already gotten up and was making breakfast. Wang Yuanchao said loudly to Lin Laoer:
"Brother Hao, I've sent the things to my house. You can use the things in the kitchen first. I'll come and clean them up after your house is built and you move in."
Lin Lao Er raised his head and smiled at Wang Yuanchao, saying without any strangeness: "Okay, thank you Yuanchao,
I will borrow it for the time being, and when my house is built, I will buy my own iron pot."
"Hey, this is a small matter, why thank you? I'm leaving now. I have to go to the commune early to buy some vegetables.
Remember to bring sister-in-law and Nizi to my house for a family dinner at noon."
"Okay, I'll be there on time."
Wang Yuanchao picked up two sacks and threw them into his bedroom without rushing to deal with them.
After returning to the educated youth point, I rode my bicycle to the commune.
After arriving at the commune, Wang Yuanchao first went to the grocery store and bought a fishing line, several fish hooks, and several floats, preparing to go back and make a fishing rod so that he would have a source of fish to eat in the future.
Then I went to the post office to see if I had any mail.
Finally I went to the vegetable market and bought a pound of shepherd's purse, a pound of amaranth, and a pound of leeks.
I rode my bicycle back to the Red Flag Brigade and took out the wild boar fat and a pound of wild boar fat.
After returning to his yard, Wang Yuanchao first filled several water jars at home with well water.
Then he picked up the fishing rod he had just made, dug some earthworms, and sat down by the Qingyu River in front of the yard to start fishing.
Around 10:30 in the morning, Wang Yuanchao finished his air force mission, went to the kitchen and started cooking.
This time, Wang Yuanchao cooked the rice in a large aluminum pot. After the rice was cooked, he added some water and lard into the large iron pot and began to boil the lard.
While taking out a large grass carp weighing more than 7 kilograms from the space, he killed the fish, removed the internal organs, scraped off the scales, and cut it into fancy shapes.
Wang Yuanchao prepared a braised grass carp, a fried egg with leeks, a boiled amaranth, and fried shepherd's purse with oil residue.
After the food was ready and heated on the stove, Wang Yuanchao strode out of the yard and headed towards the village committee.
Arriving at the village committee, Wang Yuanchao took out the unpacked Daqianmen and walked in with a smile.
"Captain, Uncle Liu, Director Yang, hello, come and have a cigarette."
The captain took the cigarette from Wang Yuanchao and asked happily:
"Oh, is Wang Zhiqing happy today?"
"Yes, I moved into my new house today. I went to the commune early this morning to buy some food and some wine.
Come and invite a few leaders to my house for a party and some drinks to celebrate. "
"Hey, you are too polite, you just had the banquet two days ago.
There's another banquet today, aren't you enjoying life?"
"Hey, Captain, isn't today a festive day? There are only a few of us, and one meal won't make me go broke."
"Haha, OK, since you've invited us here, there's no reason for us not to go. Director Yang, Captain Liu, let's go and call Secretary Zeng. Let's get off work early this afternoon and go to Zhiqing Wang's new home for a drink."
"Haha, this is good, let's go."
Wang Yuanchao chatted and laughed with several village cadres. When passing by the educated youth site, he greeted Lin Laoer loudly. A group of people came to Wang Yuanchao's house. Wang Yuanchao first moved the eight-immortals table in the kitchen to the square in front of the house, took out four long benches, and everyone squeezed to sit on them.
Then they brought a large basin full of braised grass carp to the table.
"Hey, man, this fish is big."
"It was also luck. I had just arrived at the commune and passed by the purchasing station when someone was selling fish. I picked a big one and bought it. It weighed exactly 7.2 jin."
"Wow, it's over seven pounds, it's really big. With such a big fish and Wang Zhiqing's cooking skills, we are in for a treat today."
"Yes, after eating the dishes cooked by Wang Zhiqing last time, I couldn't stop thinking about it for a long time. Today I am lucky enough to have a taste of it."
"Haha, as long as the leaders like it, it means my efforts are not in vain."
After that, Wang Yuanchao continued to serve the dishes. After serving several dishes, Wang Yuanchao brought a bowl of rice to the table.
I took out the 5 kilograms of loose liquor that I bought at the sales outlet last time and poured it for everyone.
"Come on, come on, let me give you a glass of wine to thank all the leaders for coming to celebrate my move into my new house."
"Haha, Wang Zhiqing, congratulations, congratulations, come on, we have deep feelings, let's drink it in one gulp."
"Come on, come on, congratulations to Mr. Wang on moving into his new home."
After drinking two taels of wine in one gulp, everyone felt a little tipsy. They were no longer in a hurry to talk and started eating to suppress the smell of alcohol.
With Wang Yuanchao's current physical condition, he can drink a lot. After drinking two taels of white wine, he just feels tipsy.
After everyone ate a few bites of food and suppressed the alcohol in their throats, Secretary Zeng said to Lin Lao Er:
"Jiahao, I see you have been repairing the house these days. How long will it take to finish it?"
"Uncle Zeng, my house is a mud brick house. Every household in the mud brick village has one. The house was built very quickly. We can put up the beams almost tomorrow. After the beams are put up, the kang is built, and the moisture in the house is dried, we can move in and live there.
I will have the house ready before I leave for the army."
"Before you go to the army, you should settle your wife and daughter.
Your mother and your elder brother are not easy to deal with. They have been thinking about you in the village these days."
Lin Lao Er smiled and said coldly, "Uncle Zeng, I'm not afraid that they will miss me. The allowance I sent back before was collected by my eldest brother at the commune. Before I go to the army this time, I will go to the commune to carve a private seal for my wife and will talk to the people at the commune post office.
From now on, the allowance I send to my wife must be collected by her in person with her ID and private seal.
They will never be able to take advantage of my family again, but I am afraid they will come to make trouble with my wife, and then I will have to trouble Uncle Zeng and the team leaders to take care of her more."
"Jiahao, I heard that you were promoted in the army this time?"
"Yes, Uncle Liu, I won a third-class merit in the army this time and have been promoted."
"It's good to be promoted. Once you are promoted, the room for advancement in the army will really open up.
Jiahao, don't worry and do your best in the army. Your wife is a military wife. We, the leading cadres at home, will help take care of you. You don't have to worry about anything when you go to the army . Jiahao's wife, if you have any difficulties in the future, remember to come to us in time.
I am the captain of the militia, and it is my duty to take care of the military families in the village."
(End of this chapter)
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