Compared with Zhaojia Village half a century ago and Zhaojia Village now, there is not much change, the pattern is the same, Jiang Feng recognized the landmark building at the entrance of the village from afar-the commissary.

Now it should be a supply and marketing cooperative, it was later that the supply and marketing cooperatives closed down and was bought by a private person to become a commissary, the house has not changed, and now it looks like the most magnificent building in the village.

Jiang Weiguo came by bicycle, and in this era of scarcity of materials, the sensational effect caused by a bicycle that was not too old and had been replaced in the countryside was no less than that when Jiang Feng was in school, someone came by helicopter.

Big sensation.

Everyone wants to see it, and it's best to touch it, but Jiang Weiguo is the first time to come to the door, and the son-in-law of the Zhao family, who has not yet settled on a family affair with Zhao Lanhua, the people in the village dare not show their thoughts even if they think about it.

Zhao Lanhua is eighteen years old, and it was hard to talk about this object, if they made it yellow, the Zhao family's parents would have to mention that they would come to the door to chop them up.

So everyone can only watch.

You can't look at it closely, you have to look at it from a distance, and you don't look at it in the way that Jiang Weiguo is scared. As a result, when I arrived at the restaurant, I found that the people in this village were very strange, everyone ate at the door, and stared at themselves with a rice bowl.

Jiang Weiguo: ?

Zhao Lanhua: ......

Of course, Zhao Lanhua knew why everyone didn't eat at home today, but ran to the door to eat. If it weren't for her who came by bicycle today, she would definitely sit at the door with a meal and eat while eating to see what the bicycle looks like.

It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, but it's a little embarrassing to be lively.

Zhao Lanhua is a little embarrassed now.

"The building in front is my house, and I saw my mother at the door. Zhao Lanhua pointed to the bungalow in front.

Jiang Feng followed behind Zhao Lanhua, looking around and looking at the houses in the village all the way. He can roughly determine which one is whose house through the location of these houses, the houses at this time are different from the ones behind, these are old houses that are still half a century ago, and they have basically been bulldozed and rebuilt into small houses.

The old house of the Zhao family was also demolished and rebuilt long before Jiang Feng was born, and this was the first time Jiang Feng saw the old house of the Zhao family.

Small.

In fact, the area alone is not small, but now there are many Zhao families, from old to young. Zhao Lanhua's grandmother, that is, Jiang Feng's great-grandmother, is still alive. Coupled with Zhao Lanhua's parents, the eldest brother's family, including Zhao Lanhua's three unmarried sisters, including Zhao Lanhua, the youngest family of nine people in total is crammed into a room with only four rooms, which makes it seem that this originally quite large house is very small.

Including Zhao Lanhua's grandmother, eight people were guarding the door, wearing their most decent and latest clothes, Zhao Lanhua's sister-in-law held Zhao Zhuangshi, who was not very neat in his words, and stretched her neck to look at Jiang Weiguo's bicycle from a distance.

As soon as Jiang Weiguo and Zhao Lanhua entered the village, they received the news.

This village is also called Zhaojia Village, and now it is called Xiahe Production Brigade, and the people in the village are basically related to each other, the same clan and the same clan, and everyone also knows that the three daughters of Zhao Sanhe's family, who are still talking about their opponents, are going to bring their objects to the door today.

By the way, Zhao Lanhua's father is called Zhao Sanhe.

This is a big event, and Ms. Zhao Lanhua's marriage has always affected the hearts of the whole village. The main thing is that there is nothing special in the village now, and they have nothing else to worry about, and worrying about other people's marriages is the most worry-free and unnerving.

Just talk about it, you don't have to pay anything.

Zhao Lanhua is also not in demand in the current wedding market, at this time, everyone wants to marry a daughter-in-law who is in good health, strong, strong and able to work, like Zhao Lanhua, who is old and thin, and even a little thin to the point of being out of shape is the most unpopular. The reason why she went to the city to go on a blind date with Jiang Weiguo by accident was entirely because Master Huang was worried about introducing Jiang Weiguo to a partner, and Ms. Zhao Hehua adhered to the strategy of not flowing into the fields of outsiders, and has been searching for her relatives.

Although Zhao Lanhua is not in demand in the wedding market in the countryside, she looks quite good. Aunt Lotus pondered that Jiang Weiguo should not like to be too strong, nor too small, so she introduced Zhao Lanhua to Jiang Weiguo with the mentality of trying it out, but she didn't expect it to be like this.

The Zhao family was nervous.

Jiang Weiguo was also nervous.

Jiang Weiguo and Zhao Lanhua walked towards the Zhao family step by step.

Closer, closer.

It's here.

"Dad, Mom, Grandma, this is Comrade Jiang Weiguo. Zhao Lanhua whispered.

There is no need to introduce too much, everyone knows the situation of the two sides very well, but they haven't met yet. Jiang Weiguo was warmly welcomed into the house and sat on the edge of Zhao Sanhe.

The tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks are all complete, and the dishes are basically on the table, except for the stew, everyone has sat down, Zhao Lanhua is attached to her mother, Grandma Zhao and the two little granddaughters are sitting on the side, and Zhao Lanhua's sister-in-law is holding Zhao Zhuangshi and sitting with her uncle and grandfather, who looked very average when she was young.

Ten people sat down at a small square table, although one was held in his hand.

Jiang Weiguo took out the wine he brought and put it on the table, and the exquisite wine bottle immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the two little daughters of the Zhao family, who had been staring at the scrambled eggs on the table, no longer looked at the scrambled eggs, but looked at the wine bottle.

"Uncle Zhao, this is the wine I bought when I went to FJ before, and I didn't know what to bring with me when I came for the first time, so I only brought a bottle of wine, I hope you don't mind. Although Jiang Weiguo doesn't speak much, he can still say ordinary scenes and polite words.

"FJ's wine, then I'll have to taste it enough!"

In fact, Zhao Sanhe didn't even know where FJ was.

Jiang Feng was not interested in these scenes at the wine table, if he really wanted to listen to a big basket of things without repeating them when he went to his relatives during the New Year.

What he was really interested in was the stew.

This time, Jiang Feng's movable range is not too large, but fortunately, the Zhao family is not too big, and he can barely enter the kitchen, although he can't get to the stew, but at least he can see and smell it.

The stew was still in the pot, and the large pieces of fat from the white flowers were churning in the pot. Zhao Lanhua is not wrong, the village next door does leave the best meat for their family, and the best meat at this time is fat. When this kind of pig generally can't eat too much, it is really not easy to find such a piece of five-flower, which is not easy to visually measure, let alone two or eight.

The current stew is the most traditional and authentic stew of the Zhao family.

The stew that Jiang Feng ate before was made by Tian Mei, and after seeing the stew of the first generation, Jiang Feng found that the stew made by Tian Mei was actually quite good, at least she had enough to say.

Although the stew made by Tian Mei is fatty and unpalatable, it is at least flavorful, and the stew made by adding green onions, ginger slices and soy sauce is at least dyed with sauce. Now the pot of stew that Jiang Feng saw was pure boiled meat, it seemed that nothing had been added except salt, the white meat, the unclear soup, exuding the smell of death and bubbling.

The stew is terrifying.

Seeing that Jiang Feng could only silently order wax for the old man in his heart.

After admiring the stew up close, Jiang Feng returned to the main hall, the main hall had already drunk, and his uncle and grandfather looked a little drunk, holding the wine glass, there was only half a glass of wine left in the cup, and he reluctantly took a small sip as if he was drinking some elixir.

"Brother-in-law, how much did you buy this wine? I feel that this stamina is quite strong, and I am a little dizzy now. "It's really dizzy, Jiang Weiguo and Zhao Lanhua haven't gotten married yet, and my uncle and grandfather's brother-in-law are called.

"It should be 13 pieces. "Jiang Weiguo Road, very sober.

My uncle is also sober, scared to be sober.

Zhao Sanhe was also taken aback, the two or three yuan of bulk liquor sold by the village supply and marketing cooperatives was already a very high price in their opinion, but Jiang Weiguo told him that this small bottle of liquor less than a pound actually cost thirteen yuan.

Their family can save a dozen yuan all year round to save money, but they may not be able to save it.

Zhao Sanhe suddenly felt that the dishes on the table were not enough.

In order to welcome Jiang Weiguo's arrival, the Zhao family made a bloody lunch today. Stir-fried cabbage, fried potato chips, stir-fried wild vegetables, stir-fried river prawns, scrambled eggs, and a bowl of tomato egg soup and enough white rice, even sweet potatoes and corn were not cooked, plus the stewed meat in the kitchen, this meal was more hearty than what was eaten during the Chinese New Year.

But all this can't be compared to a bottle of liquor worth thirteen yuan.

"Is the stew ready?" Zhao Sanhe suddenly raised his voice.

Mother Zhao was originally talking to Zhao Lanhua in a whisper, but when she heard Zhao Sanhe's call, she hurriedly got up: "It should be almost, I'll go take a look." ”

"Okay, let's give Xiao Jiang a bowl first. Zhao Sanhe said loudly, turned his head and said to Jiang Weiguo with a smile, "Orchid mother's stew is the most delicious, and it is famous in our village." The meat that was just cut yesterday was stewed early this morning, so don't you eat more. ”

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Zhao. Jiang Weiguo nodded.

When Jiang Feng went to the kitchen to see it just now, the stew was almost there, and it didn't take long for Zhao's mother to come out of the kitchen with a big pot of stew, and the three catties of meat were all in the basin, piled up like a small mountain.

The meat is good, fresh, all-natural, carefully raised pork, and after a long morning of stewing, it finally became the breathtaking appearance it is now.

White-flowered, greasy, and hopelessly stewed in white water.

Jiang Weiguo was shocked.

The young Jiang Weiguo wrote surprise on his face, not only surprise, but also a trace of fear hidden in surprise.

Unlike Jiang Weiguo's reaction from normal people, the eyes of the other Zhao family members at the table lit up when they saw the stew, and Zhao Zhuangshi, who couldn't speak clearly, became excited when he saw the stew. may have been told by the elders in the family before, and he didn't dare to make too much noise, so he could only keep whispering to her mother that he wanted to eat meat.

Everyone's eyes were glued to the stew, the largest and fattest piece on the top, except for Zhao Lanhua.

Jiang Feng noticed that Ms. Zhao Lanhua's performance was a little strange.

Ms. Zhao Lanhua looked a little surprised, a little disappointed, and even a little confused.

Zhao's mother brought out the stew and went into the kitchen again, and took a plate of soy sauce, obviously, due to the serious shortage of seasonings, the stew of the first generation was not stewed with soy sauce, but stewed and dipped in soy sauce to eat.

Zhao Sanhe enthusiastically served meat to Jiang Weiguo and a full bowl to Jiang Weiguo. Just like every time Jiang Feng went to his uncle's house before, his uncle and grandfather enthusiastically served meat to every child of the Jiang family, and the enthusiasm of the Zhao family was always a little unbearable.

The main thing is that the stomach can't bear it.

"Xiao Jiang, eat meat, let me tell you that it is the most comfortable thing to eat a bowl of meat after drinking, you see how well the orchid mother stewed this meat today, it is big and fat, it's just ...... Oops, I forgot Xiao Jiang that you are the chef of a state-run restaurant, and your skills must be better than the orchid. Zhao Sanhe moved the soy sauce to Jiang Weiguo.

The meat had to be eaten in front of it.

Jiang Weiguo hesitated.

He hesitated.

Just when she hesitated, Zhao's mother had already distributed the meat to the others. Stewed meat is the most precious dish in today's meal, and it must be shared by Mother Zhao, who is in charge of the distribution of dishes. Two pieces for each child, Grandma Zhao was too old to eat too much and only divided two pieces, Zhao Sanhe and his uncle and grandfather each got half a bowl because they were men, Zhao Lanhua also got half a bowl because she was one of the protagonists today, and the rest of the people each got half a bowl.

Everyone has already eaten.

Zhao Zhuangshi's chopsticks are not very good to get started directly, his mother feels sorry for him, he gave the fattest piece of meat in his bowl to his son, a whole piece of white fat Zhao Zhuangshi swallowed it directly without blinking his eyes, leaving only some oil flowers on his lips.

"Xiao Jiang, why don't you eat it? You're welcome, just treat it like your own home. Zhao Sanhe thought that Jiang Weiguo was embarrassed and urged.

Jiang Weiguo could only pick up the chopsticks with difficulty, took a piece of the bowl that looked the least fatty, dipped it in some soy sauce, and took a bite.

Then chew twice and swallow decisively.

Jiang Feng understands this state too well, they all ate meat like this back then.

Because it is really untasty and greasy, the longer the stew stays in the mouth, the more greasy it becomes, and the fishy taste of pork can be eaten when chewed carefully. Long pain is better than short pain, anyway, it is death horizontally and vertically, and the experience of death will be better if you eat faster.

The stew passes through the intestines, and the fat remains in the mouth.

I just don't know if it will be a little more unpalatable when dipped in soy sauce.

Jiang Weiguo quickly finished a whole bowl of stew.

If Jiang Weiguo's expression was still a little flawed at the beginning, as long as you look closely, you can see his pain, his resistance, and his despair, and in the middle and late stages, his performance is already very impeccable and cannot find mistakes. The expression is natural, the movements are fast, and the appearance of gobbling up will also give people the illusion that he thinks this bowl of stew is delicious, so he eats it so quickly.

After all, he is a person with rich social experience, and his acting skills are naturally different from ordinary people.

"How is Xiao Jiang? Orchid Mother's stew skills are good!" Zhao Sanhe looked very proud.

Jiang Weiguo took two bites of fried wild vegetables and calmed down, and said calmly: "It's good, my aunt's stew skills are really good, I told me about orchids before, and it really deserves its reputation." ”

"Do you want to do it again, there's still one in the basin?" Zhao Sanhe said happily, the last bit of stew in the basin was specially left for Jiang Weiguo by Zhao's mother, for fear that he would not have enough to eat.

Jiang Weiguo decisively changed the topic: "Uncle Zhao, thank you for your hospitality today, you actually made such a sumptuous dish for me." Come, I'll toast you. ”

It's foggy.

While the fog was rising, Jiang Feng noticed that the stew in Zhao Lanhua's bowl hadn't eaten much, and there was still a lot left.

Zhao's mother also noticed.

"Orchid, why don't you eat it. Don't be shy if it's okay, you can see that Xiao Jiang and your dad have a good chat. Wait a minute, you don't have to come forward, I'll tell Xiao Jiang the rest. "Mother Zhao thought that Zhao Lanhua was because Jiang Weiguo was there, so she was embarrassed to eat so much.

She didn't know that Zhao Lanhua was eating every time she went on a date in the city, and Zhao Lanhua was embarrassed to go home and tell her parents that she was going to the city to eat today, roast duck, braised pork ribs, roast chicken, braised prawns, and steamed pork......

"No, Mom, didn't you stew the meat well today?" Zhao Lanhua asked in a low voice.

"Huh?" Mother Zhao was stunned, Jiang Feng wanted to know what Mother Zhao's expression was at this time, but unfortunately it was already foggy, he couldn't see it, he could only listen.

"I don't think today's stew is as good as it used to be. Zhao Lanhua has already said very tactfully.

"It's delicious, I stewed it early in the morning, and I kept it all morning, there will be no problems, don't think about it." ”

Jiang Feng left the memory.