Chapter 12: Private Family Dinner
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Chen Xiuzhi planted a few acres of watermelons in the south of the land, trimming the melon seedlings is a hard work, to be patient and careful, to pinch off the excess melon seedlings, in order to maintain the nutrients and vitality of the whole watermelon vine, in order to produce more watermelons.
It was almost noon, and I came back to wash my hands and prepare to cook. His son Li Qingyun went fishing, but he still hasn't come back, and he is a little worried. was about to ask her husband Li Chengwen to go out to look for her, but she saw a group of people walking in from outside the gate, and her son was also among them, talking and laughing with a young woman who was a little too beautiful, and had a good conversation.
Of course, a beautiful woman is good, but she has a fox face, and her body is so enchanting that it makes people blush and heartbeat, and after all, it is not something that ordinary men can subdue. Chen Xiuzhi is very worried about her son, an ordinary and beautiful Qin Yao has made her son silent a lot, if she falls into the love network woven by more beautiful women, will she still hold her grandson in her life?
"Son, these people are all your friends? I don't know, tell my mother about it. Li Xiuzhi wiped her hands and greeted her warmly.
Li Chengwen heard movement in the house, ran out with a five-pound ceramic wine jar, took a closer look, and was stunned: "Isn't this Director Liu? Fuwa, why did you invite Director Liu to the house, and you didn't say a word beforehand? ”
Director Liu shrank and walked behind Wu Xiaoyu all the time, and said with a smile: "Haha, Brother Li, you are too polite, what kind of distinguished guest am I." See clearly, this Mayor Wu is the real guest. ”
Li Chengwen's hand shook, and the wine jar almost fell to the ground. What are you kidding, usually the biggest official who comes to the house is only the village head, when has he ever been to the director of the police station, let alone the town mayor.
"Please, please, please, please. Today, the fifth master of Fuwa sent a few jars of good wine, you have a good mouth!" Li Chengwen was afraid of snubbing the distinguished guests, so he kept letting people into the house.
Wu Xiaoyu was very humble and quipped: "Uncle Li, don't listen to Director Liu, I'm not a distinguished guest." Actually, I am an alumnus of Qingyun's school, and after a few years of elder him, he called me senior sister, shouldn't I call you uncle? Today I went to the little junior brother's house to eat and drink, but I am not the mayor of the town. ”
"Yes, yes, today I don't talk about official positions, only about eating and drinking. Brother Li...... Ahem, Lao Li, what kind of wine is this, it smells so fragrant, hooking out the wine worms in my stomach. "Director Liu called Brother Li just now, but Mayor Wu called uncle, how dare he take advantage of the mayor?
"I'm not familiar with wine, but when I smell it, I can't help but pat it open and taste it. Didn't you even drink it before you drank it, and here you were. Fuwa, have you caught any fish, can I go to the pond in the south to net a few nets?" I paid too much attention to the guests just now, and I didn't pay attention to Li Qingyun. However, the bucket was carried in the hands of the driver Zhang Zhe, Zhang Zhe stood at the end, and no one showed up when the big fish fluttered in the bucket.
"Dad, you don't know my fishing ability, when did I go empty-handed? Brother Zhang, go to fish and open my dad's eyes......" Li Qingyun made a little joke, and the atmosphere was a little embarrassing.
Zhang Zhe carried the bucket to the yard, poured the fish to the ground, fluttered and fluttered, and several fierce big fish jumped around, out of the water for a long time, still tenacious, struggling.
Chen Xiuzhi's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed with a sense of pride: "Ah, this is a golden catfish, this is a black fish, this is a red carp, an old turtle...... You're so capable, you can catch so many big fish after going out for a while!"
In front of a beautiful woman, you have to have a long face for your son, no matter whether this beauty is the town mayor or the county magistrate, this is already a habit of being a mother.
Among these fish, only the golden catfish is the rarest, and the other fish are medium in Qinglong Town, and anyone can catch a few of them. The common catfish with a black back and a white belly, and a golden catfish with a golden body is called the golden catfish by the locals, some people say that it is the result of mutation, and some people say that it is a unique branch of the catfish, and the nutritional value is several times higher than that of ordinary catfish.
Inviting the guests to the living room of the hall to talk, Li Qingyun went to the inner room to check the samples of loose wine sent by the fifth master, three bottles of small sorghum wine, three bottles of Wuliang wine, three bottles of corn wine, and one bottle of five-year-old wine and one bottle of ten-year-old wine. The bottles are all clay pottery products, with black glaze inside and out, and the words "Li Family Secret Brew" on the bottle body. The price tag was glued with scotch tape, and at a glance, the price was so low that it could only be described as cheap. Except for the corn wine, which is too rough in taste, the other wines are good, Li Qingyun has drunk every kind of wine, and knows the true value of this wine.
The reason why the fifth master sent samples was mainly to find a reasonable pretense to hide the wine in his own small space without letting others know, and turn ordinary fine wine into peerless wine.
Originally, he didn't send corn-like wine, but it seems that the fifth master couldn't hold back and wanted to show all his brewing results. The bottle is marked with the retail price, and if it is a large batch, the price will be cheaper. However, Li Qingyun didn't plan to lower the price anymore, and when he thought of storing wine, he also wanted to contribute to the brewing business of the fifth grandfather's family.
However, after buying the wine, the money on Li Qingyun's bank card was all gone, and some of the dreams in his heart had to be postponed again. Unable to afford a house in the city, he wanted to build a beautiful house in the village. However, this matter is not urgent, and it needs to be planned slowly, provided that the parents accept the fact that they will return to the village exhibition.
A high-achieving student who is famous in the town goes home to farm, not to mention that his parents are difficult to accept, I am afraid that even the people in the village will say cool things. Living in the countryside is easy to say, but it's not easy either.
Li Qingyun touched his chin and thought about it, feeling that he should do something first, so that his parents could feel that their faces were bright, and they could also block the mouths of the people in the village.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud voice from the yard: "Ouch, what delicious food does my sister-in-law make, the fragrance is wafting to my house, my saliva is flowing, I can't help but come and see." My mother-in-law's craftsmanship can have one percent of my sister-in-law's, and I will be happy to crook my mouth. This dish is really sumptuous, and you have a guest?"
Chen Xiuzhi's tone was also very loud, and she was busy in the kitchen while talking: "It's the village chief's brother, go to the hall and sit down." Hehe, look at you, if you want to eat, you can open your mouth, what else do you take, I'm afraid that my sister-in-law won't give you chopsticks?
"What village chief, my sister-in-law just called me a little sixth son. A few days ago, I heard that Fuwa's nephew came back to recuperate, and said to come and see, but I didn't have time, and the town called me to go to a meeting, and I was busy last night. No, I came over at noon today. The village chief continued to say politely.
Li Qingyun walked out of the back room and greeted the village chief. The village chief of Lijiazhai is called Li Tianlai, short, fat, and has a big general's belly. The appearance is also very strange, with a pointed head, but the face is round, and there is a small flat head, which makes the head more pointed and the face more round.
The appearance is not good, but the ability is not small, when he is young, he can fight and make trouble, and he is not **, but he takes care of the people in the village. encountered contradictions and frictions between villages, he was the first to charge, copy the guys, lead the men in the same village, and make some fame, and also gained a foothold in Lijiazhai.
This is the case in rural areas, as long as you are domineering enough and can convince the villagers, you can become the village head, and the village head and the village party secretary are often the same person at the same time, and the power is not small. However, the village accountant can only be appointed by a person of high moral character, and it is also elected by the whole village, but in some cases, the villagers trust the accountant more.
The village accountant of Lijiazhai is Li Qingyun's fourth grandfather, named Li Chunyi, who studied in a private school for several years when he was a child, and his enlightenment education is the doctrine of Confucius and Mencius, who is honest, rigid and conservative. I used to work as an accountant at the town grain station, but later I stopped paying the grain and worked as an accountant in the village.
The village chief Li Tianlai and Li Qingyun's family are not related by blood, and there is no blood relationship between the five or six generations of ancestors. Before liberation, a door can also be understood as a big mansion door, to the time of separation, divided into an alley, or nearby, are an ancestor, usually no matter how much contradiction, if you meet people from the outer door to bully, that door of people must be together.
Usually, Li Tian doesn't walk around much when he comes to Li Qingyun's house, let alone carrying gifts, it must be to see the face of the mayor and director.
Li Qingyun glanced at the gift in his hand, and it turned out to be two boxes of Luzhou Laojiao, which were old wine from a few years ago, and the trademark was already a little gray. Seeing the patient come to deliver wine, only such a superb can be said.
"Uncle, sit in the house, Mayor Wu and Director Liu are talking inside. Saying that, Li Qingyun took the gift and gave him face. In the countryside, guests bring gifts, and if you don't take them, you will look down on people.
"How many people are there?" said village chief Li Tianlai, who asked in a thief's whisper.
"Four people, plus the mayor's assistant and the driver. The guy surnamed Hong is gone. "To build a house in a few days, you still need the village's seal, plus the village chief has a good reputation, Li Qingyun is also very polite to him.
"It's okay to go, it's okay to go! That guy doesn't have a good drink, I'm afraid he's going to drink too much and spill it in the village! Oh...... Why did the mayor come to your house? If I hadn't seen you when you came back from fishing, I wouldn't have believed you. The village chief muttered a few more words.
The footsteps were about to step into the door of the hall, Li Qingyun didn't have time to answer, but shouted at the hall: "Dad, the village chief is here, you can talk." I'm going to help my mom cook a few side dishes. ”
There are outsiders here, and Wu Xiaoyu can't talk privately, those officialdoms say that he doesn't like it, it sounds hard, and it is better to cook a pot and cook refreshingly.
These fish are too big and easy to handle, but not easy to cook. There are a lot of people today, so I have to cook large portions of dishes, and I don't have enough to eat. After a while, a few mountain vegetables were already out of the pot. Spicy catfish pot, sauerkraut black fish, whole pepper wild boar, stewed soft-shelled turtle soup, the red carp because of the many spines, and afraid of the same method as other fish, after processing with a squirrel knife, pat dry powder and fry it, pour on the reconciled tomato sauce, and make it into a squirrel fish. These are several main dishes, the side dishes are mainly farm vegetables, plus two wild vegetables, with ten dishes and two soups, the color and flavor are complete, and the table of eight immortals is filled.
"Wow, Auntie, your craftsmanship is amazing, it's a pity not to open a big restaurant! This catfish pot is delicious...... You eat too, don't just watch me eat, let's do it together, it's delicious. In the face of food, Wu Xiaoyu does not have the mayor's shelf at all, and she is no different from ordinary women, but she does not forget to greet everyone to eat. After all, her status is on hold, she doesn't take the initiative to speak, and some people really can't let go.
This is a private occasion, and if it is an officialdom entertainment, assistants and drivers are not allowed to serve at the table. Li Qingyun and his parents, who have no official position, are not subject to the end, if there is a reason for the incident, it can be justified to eat at the same table with the mayor and governor in public.