Chapter 66 Returning to the Village for a Banquet(1/2)
The unexpected candid meeting made the two people more emotionally compatible.
They are not the kind of selfless people who would leave their own homes to take care of everyone. They have to do a good job and take care of their families.
Such people are more real.
This night, everything was so harmonious.
Even that has become more harmonious.
All in all, it was a harmonious evening.
The next day was rare. Both of them woke up relatively late and didn't get up until after seven o'clock.
You know, in the past, Tong Mei would get up at six o'clock, prepare breakfast for the family, and then wake them up one by one to send them to school.
"Oops! I got up late, what should I do?" Tong Mei said a little anxiously, thinking of the craziness last night and a little shy.
"It's okay. Let Gangzi and Xiangzi go to the alley entrance to buy some snacks and come back early. We can also have some luxury." Zhang Yan said lazily while lying on the bed.
"Okay! That's all we can do. I'll prepare lunch for them and let them eat it hot at noon."
"No, there are still some leftover bones from yesterday, right? You take the bones and give three kilograms of white flour to Sister Ma, and let the six children have a meal with Sister Ma."
"Three pounds of white flour?" Tong Mei exclaimed.
It feels like a bit much.
"Young man, I am a poor man. These little guys have a lot of appetite." Zhang Yan said with a smile.
This is not false. Zhang Yan and his family of eight eat a pot of steamed buns a day.
One pot can steam more than a dozen large steamed buns.
"Then we can't eat three kilograms of white flour! Our family of eight only eats less than a hundred kilograms of white flour in total in a month."
[Note: Nowadays, a grain quota supply system has been implemented. For example, Zhang Yan’s quota of thirty-two kilograms of grain per month is not all fine grain. The grain is distributed according to a certain proportion.
In the four years from 1953 to 1957, the food stamp supply system was in the trial stage, and the ratio of coarse grains to fine grains was basically one to one.
Later, it becomes 30% refined grains and 70% coarse grains.
In order to cope with some special circumstances, various localities have specially produced and issued a batch of fine grain food stamps.
In other words, with special grain stamps, you can only buy fine grains.
Generally, food stamps are purchased according to the proportion of coarse grains to fine grains stipulated by the state.
In 1956, food stamps not only contained grain, but also edible oil. Soybean oil and peanut oil were also purchased with food stamps in proportion.
Five or seven years later, after the country's food stamp system was perfected, gas stamps were separated from food stamps.]
Although they can't eat three kilograms of white flour, we can't let Sister Ma work in vain, right?" Zhang Yan said with a smile.
"Okay! I'll give Sister Ma three kilograms of white flour later and ask her to help take care of the child.
In fact, Sister Ma usually helps take care of the children. Sometimes I am busy on the street and come back late, so Sister Ma calls them home to have dinner." Seeing Zhang Yan say this, Tong Mei nodded and agreed.
Tong Mei went out to arrange for Gangzi and Xiangzi to buy breakfast, while she started boiling water and waited for Zhang Yan to get up and wash up.
They used up all the hot water they boiled yesterday.
After eating breakfast, Tong Mei took the white noodles and bones to Sister Ma and told her about having lunch with her.
After Sister Ma declined, she happily left the big bones and white noodles.
With so many big bones, boil the soup and roll out mixed noodles inside. Not to mention how fragrant it is, the whole family can improve their lives.
As for the children, naturally the noodles are made by hand for them to eat.
Sister Ma is quite a good person.
If it were someone who loves to take advantage, they would definitely let Gangzi and the others eat mixed noodles together.
Mixed noodles with bone broth are just as fragrant, what else is there to choose from?
Zhang Yan put on new clothes and brand new leather shoes. After thinking about it for a while, he took out a pen and inserted it into his left breast pocket.
"Tong Mei, what do you think? Does it look like a college student?"
"Like a cultural person, a cultural person who is better than a college student." Tong Mei looked at Zhang Yan's outfit and said with blurred eyes.
"Haha! Let's go to Dongjiao Min Lane first, and then get the pork." Zhang Yan said with a proud smile.
Zhang Yan rode his bicycle and drove Tong Mei all the way to Dongjiaomin Lane.
I don’t know how many men I have made envious, jealous, and hateful along the way.
There are also many women who are envious and jealous of Tong Mei.
When they arrived at Dongjiaomin Lane, they found a tailor shop that was open. Zhang Yan and Tong Mei walked in.
Seeing Zhang Yan communicating with the other party in fluent English, Tong Mei opened her mouth in surprise.
This is so awesome, the surgery is so amazing, and even the English is so awesome.
What else can my man not do?
After communicating with the other party, Zhang Yan chose a light gray alpaca woolen windbreaker, a slim-fitting gray alpaca sweater, a pair of alpaca woolen pants, a pair of black straight pants, and a pair of half-high black boots.
Zhang Yan originally planned to buy a red sweater to make it more colorful, but considering that this era is not suitable for wearing such bright colors, he could only choose the most ordinary gray one.
These clothes cost Zhang Yan six small yellow croakers.
They put on their clothes directly in the tailor shop and the two of them stood together, they were like a golden boy and girl made in heaven.
The excited foreigner kept shouting loudly: "It's a foreigner!"
This is also due to Tong Mei's good figure, which can hold up these clothes originally prepared for Western women.
After buying clothes, Zhang Yan took Tong Mei back to Qianmao Hutong.
At the butcher shop at the entrance of the alley, pick up the ten pounds of pork Tong Mei ordered.
She stuffed it directly into the bag, hung it on the handlebar, and took Tong Mei to Zhangjiayu.
Along the way, Zhang Yan used all his strength, thanks to the solid construction of bicycles in this era.
Otherwise, with Zhang Yan's riding style, the bicycle would be scrapped before reaching Zhangjiayu.
The cars on the road were passed by Zhang Yan one after another. The car drivers were all stunned. What did this guy eat?
How many kidneys do you need to eat to ride a bicycle faster than a car?
It’s impossible not to ride faster!
Because I was delayed buying clothes, it was already past 9:30 when I left home.
This is a journey of more than 40 kilometers!
If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to make it in time for lunch.
Inviting the whole village to a wedding banquet shouldn't be postponed to the evening, right?
Zhang Yan kicked hard for a while, and when he reached the foot of the mountain, sweat appeared on his forehead.
Zhang Yan then slowed down. He was less than five miles away from home, and this mountain road was not suitable for riding a fast car.
At this time, it was only after half past ten.
It took Zhang Yan an hour to ride a 40-kilometer journey.
When we entered the village, we could see from a distance that the village was very lively today.
It must have been lively. Zhang Yan treated the guests to a banquet. This was a great event for the whole village.
Many aunts and ladies came to help, not only for Zhang Fusheng but also for Zhang Yan.
"Why did Yanzi come back? The whole village is waiting for you." Zhang Fuquan stood on the hillside and shouted to Zhang Yan.
"Uncle Quan, are you still herding sheep? Don't forget to have a wedding banquet later." Zhang Junping shouted towards the hillside.
After entering the village, Zhang Yan returned home directly.
Although the banquet was prepared by Uncle Zhang Yan, it still had to be placed at Zhang Yan's house.
This is the rule.
What do outsiders think when you put it in Uncle Zhang Yan’s house?
Whose son is Zhang Yan? Has he been adopted into his uncle’s family?
"Yanzi is back?"
"Yanzi's wife is so handsome!"
"I've known since I was a child that Yanzi is capable."
"Aunt Shan, Aunt Gui, Sister-in-law Gen, Sister-in-law Gang, I'm sorry to trouble you.
Come and have some wedding candy first, sweeten your mouth." Zhang Yan greeted and said thanks all the way, and Tong Mei followed behind and gave the wedding candy.
Zhang Yan and Tong Mei's approach naturally won praise.
The picture is not of this piece of candy, but of this heart.
To be continued...