Several people chatted and laughed, and soon Wang Ying was also serving dishes one after another.

The dishes are not very rich, a shredded leek meat, a green pepper back to the pot meat, plus two seasonal stir-fried vegetables, such a configuration can even be described as shabby if it is placed in the later generations, but now it has to be said that Ma Xiangqian has put a lot of effort into the arrival of Yang Limin.

After all, the supply of materials in this era is still in the planned economy, even if an adult is only 25 catties of food stamps and 4 catties of meat stamps a month. Ma Xiangqian's family of three has not much left except for sending it back to his hometown, and there is also a child studying by his side, so nutrition is naturally indispensable, so being able to make such a table with two meat and two vegetables is really saved between the teeth.

Maybe it's because there is not much oil and water in the stomach, or maybe it's because Wang Ying's dishes are too delicious, even Yang Limin, who has eaten two big meals in a row in two days, is also very moved, and after a while, several people even ate the plates.

"Oh, the hospitality is not good, the hospitality is not good!" Wang Ying, as the hostess, was undoubtedly the most embarrassed on her face.

When the guest comes, there is no good wine and good food at home, so it is naturally her responsibility.

It's just that she can't help it, as long as she keeps apologizing.

"Auntie, you are not well entertained here! I think the hospitality is too thoughtful!" Yang Limin hurriedly came out to relieve the siege and said: "The main thing is that the dishes you cook are so delicious that we can't even take care of eating all the dishes you make!"

As he spoke, he looked at Peng Gang and Zhong Shiguo on the side, and asked with a smile: "Section Chief Peng, Director Zhong, do you say yes?"

"Yes, yes! Originally, I had eaten, but I couldn't control my mouth when I ate it was so delicious!" Zhong Shiguo opened his eyes and said nonsense, he had been working overtime, the so-called eating was impossible to talk about, in order to make Wang Ying feel better, he patted his belly while pretending to be full of wine and food.

"Yes, I usually only have half a bowl, but I don't want to eat so many ..... today"

The three of them all looked for reasons from themselves, although they were well-intentioned, but Ma Xiangqian and the two of them were still embarrassed on their faces.

said a thousand dishes and ten thousand, and the guests ate all the dishes before they ate, and in the final analysis, the host seemed stingy.

"Hey, don't help me cover up, after all, I'm not prepared!"

Ma Xiangqian sighed, picked up the wine bottle and poured a full glass of wine for the three of them, and said, "In the end, it's still a matter of poverty!"

In a short sentence, everyone present fell silent.

As Ma Xiangqian said, if you are rich, tonight's food will not be just two meat and two vegetables, and if you are rich, it is impossible for those technicians who are transferred to the technology department to do private work despite the discipline of the factory, ignoring the leadership.

For what?

It's not about being able to save, or generate a dollar or two.

But this is the case in this era, with a shortage of materials, low wages, and people can't see hope, and slowly form a drum-like old oilboy mentality, which creates a lazy cycle for production and even society.

Perhaps thinking that the atmosphere was too depressing, Zhong Shiguo continued while peeling peanuts: "Let me tell you, I met a rare thing when I went back to my hometown during the Chinese New Year last year, and I will tell you about it!"

"Oh, what is the rarity?" Peng Gang chimed in.

"Well, that's the case!" Zhong Shiguo slowly brewed, organized the language, and said: "My next-door neighbor made the gate and invited three carpenters, and it happened that their family was small, so I went to help." Originally, it was nothing to help the neighbors, but my neighbor invited me to have dinner with them at noon out of gratitude!"

Originally, the atmosphere on the table just now was still a little discordant, but as Zhong Shiguo's new news came to an important juncture, he suddenly became active and tired, and even Ma Xiangqian couldn't help but joke with Zhong Shiguo.

Ma Xiangqian smiled and said, "What, old Zhong, is there no man in the family, and he is going to recruit you as a son-in-law?"

"yes, that's a novelty, but you're married, you didn't make a mistake, did you?"

couldn't help but be Ma Xiangqian and Peng Gang, and Yang Limin couldn't help but start YY.

In later life, he had heard many strange things in the countryside, and he had heard of one thing when he was chatting with people. The thing is that a girl married a young man, not because of love, not for money, but because the young man helped her change the light bulb several times.

Although this kind of thing may seem incredible, it did happen in that era, and it shows how important it is to popularize culture.

"Go, go, am I that kind of person?" Zhong Shiguo glared at a few people angrily, and continued: "We generally eat bowl by bowl, and we fill one bowl first, and only add a second bowl according to the amount of food we eat when we finish eating.

But guess how the three carpenters made the food?"

"Oh, could it be that they eat the vegetables first and then add the food?" asked Ma earlier.

"Hehe, there are so many dishes there! Just a pork stewed potato, and in my opinion, almost all of them are potatoes, I have been looking for a long time and I have seen a few oil residues, there are so many dishes for you to eat?" Zhong Shiguo half-jokingly explained: "Those three carpenters all took their own bowls and went to the pot to cook, and one person only made half a bowl!"

"Half a bowl of rice?" Yang Limin was a little curious and asked, "Is half a bowl of rice enough to eat?"

"Hehe!" Zhong Shiguo smiled, deliberately sold the guanzi, and waited until everyone was impatient to wait before he continued: "At that time, I also wondered, how can this half bowl of rice be enough to eat? Not to mention that this carpenter's work is not light, and he will definitely be hungry after half a day." Well, when they finished their meal and went to the kitchen to add a second bowl, I asked my neighbor about it!"

"And what did your neighbor say?" Peng Gang eagerly said.

"My neighbor said that the reason why they only added half a bowl of rice to the first bowl was mainly to prepare for the second bowl of rice!" Speaking of this, the original smile on Zhong Shiguo's face that was still a little playful disappeared, and was replaced by a depressed and helpless face.

Zhong Shiguo said: "It's not easy to have a full meal in the countryside! Every household is basically at the same level of food and clothing, and this is still eaten with sweet potatoes and cornmeal, and only during the New Year's festival or when people come to be polite can you eat hundreds of meters of dry rice." Therefore, these craftsmen only add half a bowl to the first bowl, mainly because they eat quickly, and only after eating can they add the second bowl of rice.

You know, this kind of thing is to ask someone to work, and the dry rice is generally cooked at noon, and the white rice below is the sweet potato, so whoever eats fast can eat the white rice dry rice in the second bowl, and then add it if you want to eat it slowly.... That's only the sweet potatoes left!"