novelslam Chapter 1310: First Arrival at the Zhao Family and Surprises
Chapter 1310: First Arrival at the Zhao Family and Surprises
Chapter 1310: First Arrival at the Zhao Family and Surprises
It was just after noon.
At the Zhang family's house in Yong'antun, the door was pushed open from the inside.
Little Bell walked out of the door and pulled the door handle to prevent it from closing.
Then, Yang Yufeng came out of the house holding a basin with a curtain made of sorghum stalks covering the mouth of the basin.
After Yang Yufeng went out, Xiao Lingling closed the door of her room and jumped past Yang Yufeng.
The mother and daughter walked towards Zhao's house one after the other.
In the ten minutes before and after this, Xu Chunyan, Zhao Ling, Xie Sunshi, the old lady and others came out with basins one after another and walked towards Zhao's house at the same time.
This is due to the lack of organization, otherwise they would each hold their basins and walk in a row in the village, which would be a very cool scene.
At this time, at Zhao Jun's house, Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, Zhao Chun and Li Ruhai were busy as hell.
When there were guests at home, it was difficult to ask Zhao Youcai to do any work. Zhao Youcai stayed in the house with Tao Dabao and the others, smoking, drinking tea, and chatting. Wang Meilan once again shouldered the heavy burden.
It's really busy today. There's nothing I can do about it. Even Li Ruhai has to join in the fun.
With the arrival of Yang Yufeng and others, Wang Meilan's pressure was gradually relieved. At the same time, pots of dishes were placed on the kang in the east room of the Li family.
Don’t keep the lid on the dishes that have just come out of the pot, otherwise the water vapor will accumulate and the dishes will become unpalatable.
It was too cold to walk all the way, so after entering Li's house, he removed the curtain and placed a pot of hot pot on the kang in the west room.
The Zhao family is hosting a banquet today, and there may not be enough space in the east and west rooms, so the children are accompanied by little Lingling and play together at the Li family.
There were children in the room, so Jin Xiaomei heated the room especially hot.
The temperature in the room must be around 25 or 26 degrees, and the kang head is so hot that it can keep the food warm to a certain extent.
In this way, all preparations for the Zhao family banquet were proceeding in an orderly manner.
Just after half past twelve, a Jiefang truck sped to the outside of Yong'antun before slowing down.
Xie Chen drove and took Wang Qiang home first to report the news.
Upon receiving the news, Zhao Youcai asked Zhao Guofeng to entertain the guests, and he and Wang Meilan went to the door to greet them in person.
Three to five minutes later, three jeeps drove into Yong'antun one after another.
None of the weddings and funerals in Yong'antun in recent years could hold such a grand ceremony.
Zhao Jun led the way in the jeep from the farm, followed by Chu Anmin and Zhou Chunming who took the Forestry Bureau's car, and finally the filming crew.
Entering the village, looking at the messy courtyards in the forest area, even though the city is not very wealthy nowadays, it is still much better than the situation in Yong'an Village.
After seeing all this, Su Xianglian finally understood why Liu Guihai said that it was a mistake for her to agree to come to Zhao Jun's house for dinner.
"Uncle Liu." Su Xianglian asked Liu Guihai, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, "We are going to have dinner at their place. Do we need to buy anything?"
"Where can we buy it?" Liu Guihai followed the car in front and turned left into the alley. He shook his head and said, "We are left behind in this village. We can't find the place."
"That's right, when we get to someone's place, don't worry about the quality of the food. Just take a bite of rice and start shooting. Then leave quickly and don't cause trouble for others." The driver Hou Jinglin also disagreed with Su Xianglian's suggestion.
Today's recording task only left recording Zhao Jun and the hunting dog. As it was almost noon, everyone came to Zhao Jun's house as agreed.
At this time, the sound of dogs barking could be heard.
Liu Guihai frowned, looked at Hou Jinglin who was driving beside him, and said, "Does their village have a dog farm?"
These days, many people in forest areas and rural areas keep dogs.
As they entered the village, they heard a lot of sporadic barking of dogs.
But there was a chaotic sound of barking dogs ahead, and it sounded like there were probably at least ten dogs.
As soon as Liu Guihai finished speaking, the first car that Zhao Jun was riding in turned right, moved forward forty or fifty meters, and stopped in front of the Li family's door.
Immediately afterwards, the second car carrying Chu Anmin and Zhou Chunming stopped in front of the Zhao family's west tent.
Then, the video crew's car stopped in front of the east tent.
Zhou Chunming, who was sitting in the back seat of the second car, got off first. Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan, who were standing at the door, saw someone coming down and were about to step forward to greet them, but they saw that it was their relatives.
"My dear relatives." Zhao Youcai asked, "Where are the guests?"
"Huh?" Zhou Chunming was startled and looked back at the jeep he had just ridden in.
He did see Zhao Jun standing next to the car, but apart from the two of them, no one else got out of the three cars.
Yes, where are the people?
Zhou Chunming walked quickly to the side of the car. Chu Anmin, Zhao Ziyang and Song Zhiyuan, who were still in the car at the moment, tilted their necks and looked up at the fence tent of Zhao Jun's house.
"Director Chu, we're here." Zhou Chunming called softly, and Chu Anmin, who had come to his senses, pushed open the car door.
"Oh, Director Chu!" Zhao Youcai came over and shook hands with Chu Anmin. They were acquaintances. Every time Chu Anmin came to Yong'an Forest Farm, Zhao Youcai prepared the dinner for him.
"Master Zhao, this is causing you trouble!" Chu Anmin said to Zhao Youcai with a smile, and Zhao Youcai smiled and said, "It's not a trouble. You are a distinguished guest. I can't invite you normally!"
"Haha." Chu Anmin smiled and glanced at Wang Meilan next to him. Although he already had the answer in his mind, he still asked Zhao Youcai: "This is my sister-in-law!"
He calls Zhao Youcai "Master Zhao", but there is nothing wrong with calling Wang Meilan "sister-in-law".
"Yes, yes." Zhao Youcai nodded, and Wang Meilan smiled and nodded to Chu Anmin.
At this time, people got out of the first two cars.
These people were no strangers to Zhao Youcai, and Chu Anmin waved his hands at Zhao Ziyang and Song Zhiyuan, saying, "Bring the wine down!"
Zhao Ziyang and Song Zhiyuan, who were reminded, hurriedly took down two boxes of Shanhebai and two large butter paper bags from the car.
Chu Anmin collected four boxes of gifts for the Zhao family. Shanhebai is a local liquor produced in Shanhe Town.
Brewed from pure grains, the wine has a mellow aroma.
There is a large wine pool in the factory that has been passed down from the late Qing Dynasty. It is said that over the past hundred years, the liquor in the wine pool was only emptied in 1962 and 1963.
During the two years when I stopped drinking, the aroma of wine in the wine pool never dissipated.
The other two butter paper packages, one contained caozi cake and the other contained changbai cake.
These two things can't even compare to Shanhebai.
But there was no other way. They would have to stay in the mountains for a long time on their way here, and the canned food they bought would easily freeze.
As for buying cigarettes, Chu Anmin heard that the cook Zhao Youcai only smoked Shilin. He should buy Yingchun himself, which was not good enough.
If I buy Shilin, two packs of cigarettes will cost 90 yuan at wholesale price, which is almost as much as Chu Anmin's monthly salary.
So, I only got four boxes of gifts like this.
However, the fact that he is such a high-ranking director and can bring gifts to the Zhao family is enough to make the Zhao family flattered.
Seeing Director Chu coming with gifts, Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan exchanged a few polite words.
Just as they were exchanging pleasantries, three members of the video crew got out of the car.
The three of them stood there amid the barking of dogs, staring in amazement at the sight of tens of thousands of plum blossoms in full bloom behind the Zhao family's fence.
It was not until Zhou Chunming introduced the host and hostess of the house to them that the three of them came to their senses.
After Jiandan greeted the three people, Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan invited everyone into the courtyard.
When entering the Zhao family compound, the guests all looked up.
After seeing the big lantern of the Zhao family, everyone walked into the Zhao family compound one after another.
As soon as you enter the yard, you will see two rows of dog kennels on the east and west sides, and hunting dogs jumping back and forth in front of the kennels.
Going further in, in front of the Zhao family’s west window, two brick stoves were emitting smoke.
In front of the earthen stove, Yang Yufeng and Xu Chunyan were frying the vegetables quickly with their spatulas.
"Why are you still cooking outside?" Seeing this scene, Chu Anmin couldn't help but ask.
The three members of the video recording team were also curious.
It’s not that they think cooking outdoors is dirty. After all, when it snows heavily in winter and it’s windy outside, there’s no dust.
They were purely curious. After all, even in rural areas, it was rare to have a stove in the yard.
When guests come to a house, one big pot is usually too big to handle the cooking, so the family usually asks the neighbors to help cook a few dishes.
"The pot at home is not cooking." Zhao Youcai answered with a smile, while Yang Yufeng and Xu Chunyan smiled and nodded to the guests.
As the door of Zhao's house opened, a wave of hot air blew in their faces.
Zhao Youcai invited everyone into the house. It would have been fine at other times, but today there were distinguished guests coming, so the guest table had to be in the east room.
"Ouch!" Chu Anmin, who had entered the room earlier and had not seen Zhao Jun from behind, exclaimed, "Why are you here?"
The person who surprised him was his old comrade Tao Dabao.
"What's the matter?" Tao Dabao said with a smile, "Only you can come, but I can't?"
Chu Anmin pointed at Tao Dabao, shook his hands twice, and asked, "Tell me, did you know I was coming? That's why you came here."
"What are you thinking about?" Tao Dabao patted Chu Anmin on the shoulder with a smile and said, "We passed by today and came to Yong'an. I was thinking of visiting Zhao Jun's house."
At this point, Tao Dabao looked toward the door and asked, "Where is Zhao Jun?"
"Uncle Tao! Uncle Li!" Zhao Jun greeted the two of them. At this time, he was also wondering why Tao Dabao suddenly came? Could it be that he came to find him to fight the bear devils?
Not only he thought so, Chu Anmin also thought so.
After everyone sat down, Chu Anmin asked Tao Dabao, "Tell me, are you here to look for Zhao Jun?"
After asking this question, Chu Anmin didn't wait for Tao Dabao to answer, and immediately said: "In our forest area, other forest farms have to queue up if they want to find Zhao Jun for something. As for you, I'll help you through the back door, hahaha..."
What he said made it seem like going hunting with Zhao Jun would be like seeing an expert 20 or 30 years later.
"I'm not looking for him. I'm just visiting." Tao Dabao said this while looking at Zhao Jun and said, "Your father killed that bear devil."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was shocked when he heard this, and he and Wang Qiang and Jie Chen looked at Zhao Youcai at the same time.
At this time, Zhao Youcai was spreading Shilinyan to everyone with a calm face.
"Master Zhao, I have to thank you." At this time, Chu Anmin took over the conversation and said to Zhao Youcai: "Li Chunming and the others told me that if it weren't for you yesterday, they would have been kicked by that blind bear."
"Oh, that's nothing." Zhao Youcai turned his head slightly. Wang Qiang handed him a match. Zhao Youcai lit the Shilin cigarette in his mouth, took a puff, and said lightly: "We went up the mountain together, how can I ignore them?"
"Li Chunming also said so." Chu Anmin said, "If they hadn't held you back and the gunshots hadn't disturbed you, you would have been knocked off by that big claw."
Zhao Youcai smiled faintly and shook his head slightly.
"Director Chu." At this time, Liu Guihai asked Chu Anmin, "Wasn't the tiger captured by Zhao Jun the day before yesterday?"
"What? Two!" Chu Anmin felt that he hadn't said it clearly enough, so he raised his hand and made a "yeah" gesture, then continued to say to Liu Guihai: "Two tigers, the father and the other chased one each."
"Ouch!" Liu Guihai looked at Zhao Jun in surprise, then looked at Zhao Youcai and said, "It's true that a tiger father will have a dog son. The son caught a tiger, and the father...almost beat a tiger."
Zhao Youcai: "..."
Everyone present, except Zhao Youcai, thought that this was a compliment.
"Hey?" At this time, Chu Anmin stared at the Zhao family's TV, looked at Zhou Chunming and said, "Old Zhou, isn't this the batch of TVs that came from our bureau?"
After saying this, Chu Anmin looked at Zhao Youcai and asked, "Master Zhao, your TV looks like new. How long have you had it?"
"Just one month." Zhao Youcai couldn't remember the exact time, but he knew it wasn't long ago.
"It's only been a month, why don't you wait for our bureau to arrange it for you?" Chu Anmin said, "That would save you four or five hundred yuan."
"Yes, yes." Zhao Youcai nodded and said with a smile, "We also bought that one. It's in my son's new house. It's quite suitable."
Zhao Youcai said this to praise the benefits provided by the bureau.
But it sounded different to everyone else.
Chu Anmin was stunned, and Su Xianglian, Liu Guihai and Hou Jinglin were even more shocked.
In this forest area, there are people who can afford two televisions!
But the three people in the video recording team were not familiar with Zhao Jun. Thinking back to what Zhao Youcai had just said, they thought that Zhao Jun had more than one son and that Zhao Jun was about to separate from Zhao Youcai.
"It's appropriate, right?" Chu Anmin reaffirmed in a questioning tone that the benefits provided by the Forestry Bureau to the majority of forestry workers were correct.
"It's quite suitable." Zhao Youcai said with a smile: "Counting the refrigerator, washing machine, and tape recorder, our family can save two to three thousand yuan."
Chu Anmin, Tao Dabao, Li Laowu, Yan Shugang: "..."
Su Xianglian, Liu Guihai, Hou Jinglin: "..."
Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, Jie Chen, and Zhao Guofeng all looked at Zhao Youcai. The same thought flashed through the minds of the four of them: "There are two kinds of people sleeping in the same bed!"
Think of Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here.
At this time, Wang Meilan brought in a large enamel plate with cups of tea on it.
"Sister-in-law, stop working." Chu Anmin, who was the first to receive the tea, said politely. Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Drink some to warm yourself up. We'll have dinner soon."
As she spoke, Wang Meilan served cups of tea to the guests one by one.
When it came to Su Xianglian, Wang Meilan saw that the girl was a little embarrassed, so she smiled at her and said, "Girl, come with your aunt to eat in that room later. The men will drink wine, and we will drink soda."
"Okay, Auntie." Su Xianglian was very grateful to Wang Meilan. She, a little girl, would feel uncomfortable sitting at the same table with a group of men for dinner.
Wang Meilan went out of the room with the empty enamel tray, and Zhao Ling came in right after her with melon seeds and peanuts.
After Zhao Chun left the house, Li Ruhai followed in with a thermos.
Looking at Li Ruhai in a Zhongshan suit and military shoes, Liu Guihai was slightly stunned. He subconsciously ignored the thermos in Li Ruhai's hand and blurted out, "Is this a village cadre?"
Zhao Guofeng: “…”
"Huh?" Li Ruhai was also startled, thinking: "Who is this guy? He has such a sharp eye that he can even see that I, the director of women's affairs, can't get the position!"
"Hahaha..." A burst of laughter disrupted Li Ruhai's wild thoughts. Chu Anmin smiled and waved at Liu Guihai, saying, "What village cadre?"
At this point, Chu Anmin gestured towards Li Ruhai and said with a smile: "This is the guard of Yongan Forest Farm!"
Liu Guihai: “…”
Li Ruhai: "..."
(End of this chapter)