Yun Jin's college admission celebration was a lively affair.
One pig isn't enough for a banquet held in the canteen.
Liu Sanchen had connections and managed to get some more pig offal. With the help of the canteen chefs, a delicious braised offal dish was ready.
There was also pig's blood, tofu, pork intestines, and pig's liver. I made a pot of soup, and everyone loved it.
Pork ribs and pig's trotters were stewed into braised pork trotters and pork ribs.
I made a bone and radish soup with the other large bones.
All the pork belly was made into braised pork, and there was a big bowl for each table.
There are also glutinous rice meatballs, made with pork foreleg meat, rolled in soaked glutinous rice grains, and steamed in lotus leaves. They are so fragrant! Little Niangao loves them and ate three glutinous rice meatballs by herself.
There was also mutton. We made a mutton offal soup and a braised mutton dish. As soon as it came out of the pot, everyone's mouths watered at the smell.
Many people who weren't invited came to the cafeteria to eat, and smelling the delicious aroma, they wished they could pay just two yuan to join the feast.
He Tingchuan had been prepared, and had Li Aiguo and Liu Sanchen keep watch, ensuring that no one who was not invited could attend the banquet, so that there wouldn't be enough for everyone else.
If they complained and refused, they were simply given a bowl of pork cracklings as a way to get rid of them.
After eating the pork cracklings prepared by He Tingchuan, they felt awkward continuing the feast, since their relationship with He Tingchuan was just so-so, and they didn't want to take over someone else's grand feast.
Some people asked curiously, "What kind of banquet is this? Is it a wedding?"
"Didn't Deputy Brigade Commander He get married?"
"Your daughter turned one year old? I think we had it last year."
Someone explained, "It's a celebration banquet; his wife got into university, and they're having a celebratory feast!"
"Oh, wasn't it said that his wife came from the countryside and didn't have much schooling? How did she get into university?"
"Is university really that easy to get into? I should have let my wife try too!" It's like they missed out on a fortune.
Others also wondered why university was so easy to get into.
He Tingchuan himself never expected that his wife was so capable; she actually took the college entrance exam just like he said she would.
Of course, when He Tingchuan thought about how his wife had been studying late into the night for two months, with books always in her hand, he realized that if she still couldn't pass the exam, then many people probably wouldn't be able to get into university.
She almost hanged herself by her hair or pricked her thigh with an awl.
This shows how hard they work.
Yun Jin looked at those who had promised to give gifts with satisfaction; they had all obediently done so.
After all, Yun Jin really meant what she said; if she didn't give a gift, she would ask her family for it.
They knew Yun Jin's personality well and felt embarrassed not to give a gift. Everyone cared about their reputation and was afraid of being laughed at by Yun Jin, which would make them feel ashamed to go out in the compound in the future.
It's only seven or eight yuan, five or six yuan, just consider it a nice meal.
And I must say, the Yun family is very efficient in handling matters.
All the dishes served were meat. We had a complimentary pork stew with the pig, as well as mutton. They even bought a few more pieces in case there wasn't enough for everyone. There was fish, mutton, and pork on the table.
Ten bowls were set out, and everyone ate to their heart's content. Even though the children didn't eat much meat, their appetites were still impressive.
They even got to drink soda.
Even in winter, soft drinks remain popular.
Children especially like it.
Xiao Niangao drank several mouthfuls, and after finishing, she covered her mouth, saying it stung her tongue a little.
Even so, I still want to drink.
The tongue is sticking out; it's red.
It's orange-flavored soda.
Many people congratulated Yun Jin on getting into university and offered their blessings.
Yun Jin smiled, raised her glass, drank her soda, and thanked everyone.
When they arrived in front of the other women, they all gave their gifts, and they ate and drank generously. When they saw Yun Jin, they also said a few words of blessing: "I didn't expect you to actually pass the exam, congratulations!"
"Your sister-in-law underestimated you before. Congratulations!"
"You'll be a college student soon, will you still be going back to your post?"
"Yes, my man is here, I will definitely come back." Yun Jin clinked glasses with them and smiled it off.
After eating and drinking their fill, everyone went home because the cafeteria was still too cold.
The leftovers were packed up and taken home.
There were no leftovers at all; everyone packed up their own food.
Yun Jin and He Tingchuan kept the division commander and Political Commissar Li company while they talked. The division commander's wife teased the little rice cake and, knowing they would be returning to Beijing the next day, told them to go back and get some rest.
As for He Tingchuan, he also started his vacation, taking his annual leave and going back with Yun Jin and her daughter.
He Tingchuan was worried about letting the mother and daughter return to Beijing on their own.
Originally, they planned to take Li Aimei back to Beijing with them, but Li Aimei wanted to go back after the New Year. She was afraid that if they went to Beijing, they wouldn't be able to come back until the New Year, so she wanted to spend the New Year with her family.
Yun Jin didn't insist and let Li Aimei make her own arrangements.
Let's make an appointment when we get to Beijing.
That evening, Yun Jin, He Tingchuan, and Xiao Niangao helped count the money they had received as gifts.
Besides buying ingredients, there was also the money from the cafeteria chef. After the graduation banquet, Yun Jin even earned several tens of yuan, which she hadn't expected.
After all, most people come to eat with their families. A family might have six, seven, eight, or even nine or ten members, so giving only three or five yuan, or two or three yuan, is really not much.
The division commander gave twenty yuan as a gift.
Political Commissar Li also contributed ten yuan.
Liu Sanchen and Li Aiguo both paid five yuan.
Those women all start at five yuan.
Sister-in-law Gao also gave five yuan.
Yun Jin remembers it all, and will return the gift when they need it in the future.
At night, after Xiao Niangao fell asleep, He Tingchuan and Yun Jin worked overtime under the covers. She was so hot that she couldn't stand it. She had only just stretched her little hand out of the covers when He Tingchuan grabbed it with his big hand: "Don't catch a cold!"
Yun Jin was tired, so she bit him: "Don't be so slow, hurry up and finish."
He Tingchuan chuckled lightly, always obliging her requests, but later she complained about him, so he could only follow her lead.
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