Li Liang's grandmother and second aunt prepared dishes with local characteristics, with strong local characteristics. Local chicken soup, button meat, braised pig's feet, meat skin are just the most common, braised soft-shelled turtle, boiled yellow eel, steamed seven-star fish, yellow duck called tofu soup, spicy crayfish, black fish, steamed mandarin fish, steamed red tail fish, snake soup, snail meat These dishes with local characteristics make everyone eat with eyebrows and smiles.

There are four kinds of liquor prepared at home, the liquor is Site Laojiao and Duihua wine, and the rice wine is the water wine brewed by Li Liang's grandmother Qian Sanmei and the local specialty Laba wine of Hekang.

Let's not talk about the four special old cellars, pile flower wine and farmhouse water wine, everyone knows it.

This Laba wine has to be mentioned, which is a local specialty wine in Hekang County. Every year around the Laba Festival, some farmers in Hekang will use their own high-quality glutinous rice to steam and make wine, and this kind of wine does not need to filter the lees when sealing the altar. After the sake lees and wine are sealed together, they are cellared for several years, and only after the sake lees are completely dissolved in the wine, the altar is opened to take the wine. The older this Laba wine is, the darker red it becomes. The best Laba wine, the color of the wine is crystal clear, the drips are silky, the wine flavor is rich, and the lips and teeth are fragrant after drinking. Even people who don't know how to drink can drink as if they were drinks, and they can drink several large bowls.

However, this kind of folk liquor is generally not available in large quantities and is only for household use, so it is difficult to buy it in the market. The Laba wine provided by the Li family today was brewed by Li Liang's grandmother ten years ago, and there are only two jars left, which are very precious, and the others are only about five years old.

There were many people coming today, and Li Chengxi and Li Shuangqi, father and son, borrowed two sets of tables, chairs and benches from the neighbors around them early. Two tables were set up in the hall and one table under the yuzu tree in the courtyard.

Today's visitors are all distinguished guests, and the guests are naturally arranged in the hall, and their own families are arranged in the courtyard.

Mr. Yang, Secretary Long, County Magistrate Zhang, Deputy County Magistrate Deng, Yao Mingliang of the Forestry Bureau, Chen Xiaohua of the Agricultural Bureau, and senior party officials from the three townships of Zaozhu, Yutian, and Bishui sat at the first table, accompanied by Li Liang's second uncle Li Shuangqi.

The second table in the hall sat the township mayors of the three townships, Zeng Jiahao, Liu Kang, director of the county party committee office, Song Nannan, Chen Bin, Yang Zongchauffeur, and Yuxi Village Party Secretary Li Wangsheng, village director Li Wang, and others.

Secretary Long and Mr. Yang invited Li Chengxi and Li Liang to sit at the first table, but Li Chengxi and Li Liang refused with a smile.

"Secretary Long, Mr. Yang, you are all distinguished guests. I'm the little radish head in the family, and I still sit with my younger siblings. You must eat and drink well today!

My grandfather was old and didn't drink much. Today, let my two uncles accompany you well. ”

Li Liang is still young, although he sometimes behaves very maturely, but everyone is very familiar, so they let him go with a smile. Old man Li Chengxi knows that today's protagonists are his two sons. As long as they behave well today, the second son Li Shuangqi will be able to develop well in the county in the future, and as for the younger son Li Shuangyan, he will not be worried.

Li Chengxi and Li Liang sat under the grapefruit tree in the courtyard, accompanied by several division-level cadres. These department-level cadres are all comrades who drive for the leaders today, and in this era, being able to drive is an amazing skill. Many drivers have either been transferred from the army and learned to drive in the army, while others are generally family members and nephews of leading cadres, and they are the only ones who have the financial and social resources to learn to drive. Like Lu Yao's "Ordinary World", Runye's husband Li Xiangqian's father is the deputy county magistrate, and he arranged for his son Li Xiangxiang to learn to drive and become a driver.

These drivers and cadres are generally highly paid, and they usually go out with the leaders and sit at the same table with the leaders to eat. The leaders don't feel abrupt, they take it for granted. This situation continued until the late 80s, and it was not until the 90s that more and more people in society could drive, and the leaders and drivers gradually clarified the boundaries, and the meal was gradually not on the same table.

Li Chengxi and Li Liang have experience, Li Chengxi is the experience of this life, Li Liang is the experience of the previous life, they are very clear that the drivers may not help you succeed, but it is completely possible to hand over a small word in front of the leader and give you bad things.

"Master Zeng, Master Liu, Master Wang, the hospitality is not good, you all have to drive later, how about I pour you some home-brewed rice wine?" Li Liang asked with a smile.

"Good!"

"I don't need to!"

Several people answered differently, and Li Liang saw the quality of each person.

The two drivers in the county who said that they did not need to pour alcohol usually served the county senior official Long Yemin and the county magistrate Zhang Chenglin, knew the preferences of the leaders, and strictly abided by the rules of not drinking while driving.

And several drivers from Zaozhu Township, Yutian Township, and Bishui Township, perhaps they usually don't drive much in the township, or the leaders are not strict, they all drink a little bit of rice wine brewed by Grandma Li Liang.

Li Hao and Li Yin can be regarded as happy today, today's dishes are so delicious, where do they usually eat so many delicious foods. When my cousin Li Liang came back a few days ago, he came back with a few pieces of pork belly, and the braised pork made them eat with a smile.

Their family is a relatively good family in the village, not only does the grandfather have a retirement salary, but the uncle's family will often buy vegetables and meat, and basically can eat meat every week. Those in the village who are not in good conditions often only have one meal of meat for a month or two.

After lunch, the leaders left specifically. They are going to go to the Zaozhu Township Government for a meeting in the afternoon, and then communicate with Mr. Yang about today's visit in the conference room. At the same time, prepare for the next stage, after Mr. Yang's investment officially enters Hekang, how to coordinate the work of the two sides.

On the Li family's side, Li Liang's two uncles came forward to participate, but Li Liang did not follow. Uncle will not be at home in the future, and he will go to high school again in the first half of the year, and the main person in charge of the kiwifruit industry in the future will be his second uncle. Judging from this morning's reception, the second uncle is very good at talking and has a good ability to do things, so Li Liang decided not to participate in the afternoon meeting.

Li Chengxi took his grandson Li Liang to watch the leaders' cars leave under the big camphor tree at the entrance of the village, along with the village party secretary and the village director.

"Uncle, your second brother performed well in front of the leaders today, and the village will rely on him more in the future. Li Wang, the village director, said.

Li Wangsheng, the village party secretary, and Li Wang, the director, and Li Liang's family are handed down from the same ancestor and are of the same ancestry. According to generation, Li Wangsheng and Li Wang and Li Shuangqi are people of the same generation, so they call Uncle Li Chengxi.