There are 6 dishes on the menu: a bowl of roasted chicken with dried bamboo shoots, a bowl of stewed duck with sour radish, a bowl of stir-fried leeks with dried tofu, and a bowl of stir-fried minced meat with vermicelli.
These 4 bowls of dishes are considered meat dishes.
A bowl of boiled water spinach and a bowl of stir-fried beef cabbage in lard.
In order to appear more generous to the owner, the attentive Ye Erniang did not choose to cook the vegetables this time, so she put the lard in.
Instead, wait until the vegetables have been put into the bowl, and then add a few drops of lard.
It looks like there are several big oily flowers floating in the vegetable juice, which is very attractive.
On top of the water spinach and beef cabbage, Ye Er also carefully placed two pieces of oil residue.
On top of the green vegetables, there are two pieces of yellow lard residue, which makes people salivate and make the kid next door cry...
There were only a few people sitting at the banquet table 4.
The production team leader Peng Zhikun and the accountant's acting teacher were sitting on an empty table with not a single gift in front of them...
The two of them are responsible for recording the ceremony.
Luo Xuan brought Ji Xuyuan forward and placed two bundles of vermicelli on the table. Then Luo Xuan took out a gift of 1.6 yuan wrapped in red paper and handed it to Peng Zhikun.
"My dear neighbor Luo Xuan, I would like to present you with a bunch of vermicelli and a gift of 1.6 yuan!"
Peng Zhikun sang loudly, then raised the gift high and waved it around.
——Although there are no spectators around.
The acting teacher carefully wrote down the amount of the gift in a small notebook.
Then he picked up the writing brush and wrote Luo Xuan's name, gift type, quantity, and gift amount on a piece of big red paper.
The small notebook in which the guests' names and gifts were recorded was given to Uncle Zhou and Ye Erniang took it back and kept it.
In the future, they can use the above record of gifts and gifts, and when they meet guests who also hold banquets, they need to return gifts according to the number recorded in this record.
And this big red paper is to be posted at the gate of the courtyard for everyone to see.
When Teacher Dai recorded these things on the big red paper, Luo Xuan clearly saw that there were only a few names recorded on the paper:
That is, the production team leader Peng Zhikun gave a gift of 1.8 yuan, and the accountant teacher gave a gift of 1.6 yuan.
Then there was myself, separated from Ji Xuyuan.
There were 4 tables for the wedding banquet, and a total of 4 guests came to give gifts...
No wonder Uncle Zhou and Ye Erniang, who were standing at the gate to welcome guests, had such gloomy expressions that they were about to cry out.
Peng Zhikun was in charge of the mechanism, and Teacher Dai, Luo Xuan, and Ji Xuyuan looked at each other in confusion.
At another table, the three brothers of the Zhou family and the fourth brother and sister brought over by Ye Erniang's remarriage were also staring at each other.
I saw the youngest son of the Zhou family raising a fist and shaking it viciously at the four Dou brothers and sisters, his teeth gritting loudly!
The threatening meaning in it is extremely strong.
Zhou Laosan, on the other hand, picked his nostrils and wiped the mucus on Dou Ya's clothes.
Today, the four brothers and sisters of the Dou family are wearing clean clothes because their mother is getting married.
Zhou Laosan's move made the four brothers and sisters twist around on the bench in disgust.
But I dare to be angry and dare not speak...
"Perhaps it's still early and everyone has gone home to wash up, so they haven't taken care of it yet, right?"
Seeing the awkward situation, Peng Zhikun couldn't help but try to break the embarrassment: "Uncle Zhou is also a bamboo mat of the Poor Peasants Association, and everyone still loves him very much. Luo Xuan, and Comrade Ji, you can find a place to sit by yourselves. In a while.
Once everyone has arrived, it’s time to start the banquet.”
In the production team, during slack periods, work usually ends around 6 o'clock.
Today, in the entire production team, except for Ye Erniang and Uncle Zhou who did not go to work, other members of the team went to work as usual.
And now, it's almost 7 o'clock, but there are still no guests coming to the banquet.
Peng Zhikun's words are obviously untenable.
Teacher Dai muttered, "Ball! From what I see, I'm afraid no one is coming. Luo Xuan, you go ahead and eat, don't worry about so much, just eat the damn thing."
Wait until Ji Xuyuan and Luo Xuan are seated.
Ji Xuyuan looked at the food on the table, frowned, and asked Luo Xuan in a low voice: "Why are the hot dishes served first? Why are the cold dishes not served?"
Are there any steamed vegetables or fish that haven't been served yet?"
Luo Xuan smiled and shook his head, then whispered back, "They're all here."
Ji Xuyuan's face was full of doubts, "I read in the newspapers and listened to the radio. Didn't it say that agricultural production and construction in advanced agricultural cooperatives have made earth-shaking changes, and the lives of the members are very good?
How much is this table of food worth? How many kilograms of meat is there?"
In this era, judging a family's living standard depends on how much meat they eat.
Very simple and clear.
"The vegetables on this table, including dried bamboo shoots, water spinach, and beef skin vegetables, are all saved by themselves.
They raised the chickens and ducks themselves, so they don’t count the money for the time being.”
Luo Xuan whispered, "According to our production team's banquet standards, the amount of pork and vegetables required for a table is 8 taels."
"A chicken costs 5 yuan, and a duck costs about 3.5 yuan."
Luo Xuan calculated the accounts with his fingers and told Ji Xuyuan, "The total pork is 2 pounds of deboned meat and 1 and a half pounds of pork belly. The four table seats do not include grain, condiments, lard, etc. The cost of the meat will not exceed 11 yuan."
Ji Xuyuan had been dealing with accounts all his life, and he could figure it out at once: the table of food in front of him, together with the box of cigarettes and the small jar of corn wine on the table.
The total cost will not exceed 5 yuan!
Seeing Ji Xuyuan's confused look, Luo Xuan whispered, "I'm afraid you don't understand the difficulties in the production team, but this is a little bit better. When you meet a really poor family, two pumpkins or a chicken can be enough."
Have a wedding.”
When Ji Xuyuan heard this, he frowned and said nothing, just sitting there in deep thought.
The two were talking when they suddenly heard Xiaocao's voice, "Duoduo, Duoduo, are you here too?"
Luo Xuan quickly left his seat, holding Xiaocao's hand and walked back to the table, "Haha, our Xiaocao is so delicious today, she can enjoy the banquet! Come, sit next to me, so my brother can grab the meat for you...
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Xiaocao glanced around with a pair of watery eyes, then suddenly put her mouth close to Luo Xuan's ear and lowered her voice and said, "I have to go back and call my mother, and my second brother and third brother are here!"
"Why don't they come with you?"
Luo Xuan smiled and said, "It's not a shameful thing. Just come and enjoy the feast openly. Why do you have to shrink your head and act like a litter of rats?"
Xiaocao said, "Mom asked me to come over first and take a look. If no one comes to eat, I will go back and call them. Mom said that if there are more guests, I will go back and tell her, and then we will
But I’m here for a meal..."
When Luo Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but feel nauseated!
Uncle Zhou and Ye Erniang are scheming against others, but they don’t expect these guys in the production team to have a fuel-efficient lamp!
According to Wang's calculation: if there are few guests coming to Uncle Zhou's wedding banquet, then she will come to the banquet carrying gifts.
Since there are fewer customers, they can eat more.
On the other hand, if there are a lot of guests coming, the Wang family will not come over... Then they won't be able to eat much food, and they will lose money.
As for Xiaocao, she just pretended to come to the yard for a leisurely stroll, but in fact, Wang sent her to act as a sentinel to observe the situation!
Being extremely poor, everything is full of calculations.
At this moment, Zhou Laoer's voice came from the dining table next to him: "Brother, why are there no chicken legs?"
“There are no chicken drumsticks in the food bowl here!”
Zhou Laosan held up a pair of chopsticks and kept picking at the other dining tables, "How strange, you obviously killed a chicken, but you can't find the legs?"
After Zhou Laosan finished picking up the dishes on the three tables, he could not find any trace of the chicken legs.
"Look at the shovel!"
Seeing that Zhou Laosan was quite interested in looking for chicken drumsticks on his table, Luo Xuan glared at him and said, "There are none on this table either!"
The stewed chicken with dried bamboo shoots on the table has more bamboo shoots and less meat. You can tell at a glance whether there are chicken legs in it.
Boss Zhou sneered, "Don't look for it. The chicken legs were kept by that person and he was going to start a small stove to eat. I have seen it a long time ago. The chicken legs are still in the pottery pot at home."
The "that person" in his mouth naturally refers to Ye Erniang.
"Let's go home and eat."
Luo Xuan picked up Xiaocao, called to Ji Xuyuan and said: "Make fresh mushroom and crucian carp soup base, fragrant fried eel to make whistle, old man, why don't we go back and make water noodles?"
Ji Xuyuan stood up thoughtfully, "Okay! Your gouache is really good. Let's go eat the gouache."
Xiaocao was a little hesitant and told Luo Xuan in a low voice, "I have to go home and talk to my mother. No one is here to have dinner now."
Luo Xuan patted Xiaocao on the shoulder, "Ignore them. After eating such a meal, she won't have an extra piece of flesh on her face. Come on, let's go home and eat water powder."
Walk to the entrance of the courtyard.
Uncle Zhou, who was squatting on the ground smoking a cigarette, saw Luo Xuan and Ji Xuyuan coming out and asked, "Luo Xuan, you and this guest are not from the same family. Your courtesy should be shared."
[This is not made up. There are really people in the production team who can do this kind of thing.]
Luo Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, the accountant will remember it."
A smile appeared on Ye Erniang's face, "Luo Xuan, my man can't speak, so don't argue with him! Hey, you'd better eat before leaving."
Even though Ye Erniang was talking like this, there was no trace of sincerity in her expression.
Moreover, the person stood there without moving.
Empty versus empty, false versus false.
Just like the small landowners in the old society who would wipe their lips with pig skin a few times when they went out: they were all trying to fool people.
Luo Xuan smiled but said nothing.
Ji Xuyuan's face was heavy, and a trace of regret could be seen in his words.
After bidding farewell to Uncle Zhou, Ye Erniang and his wife, Ji Xuyuan, Luo Xuan and Xiaocao have just returned home.
At this time, the third sister-in-law, Aunt Zhang and the others had just finished their meal and were washing the pots and pans.
Luo Xuan smiled and asked, "Third sister-in-law, why don't you go to Uncle Zhou's place for dinner?"
The third sister-in-law curled her lips and said, "That guy has a dark heart. When he came to the stage to get Fu Nong, you didn't see how vicious his actions were... Forget it, let's not talk about this.
Oh, by the way, someone just sent me a radio box. Oh, that’s so beautiful! You and I were so scared that Aunt Zhang and I didn’t even dare to touch it, for fear of damaging such a precious thing. .”
Luo Xuan was stunned, "Radio box?"
Ji Xuyuan said with a smile, "I have developed a habit over the years. I like to listen to some news at night, and then listen to Sichuan opera, stand-up storytelling and so on. Get used to it! Only after listening for a while every night can I sleep soundly. .”
Luo Xuan replied coldly: "You slept well, but from then on I was frightened and couldn't sleep all night!"
turn out to be,
Ji Xuyuan applied to join the production team to experience life.
The old party secretary and Captain Liao in the brigade headquarters took into account that Ji Xuyuan also made great contributions in improving threshing machines and threshing machines.
Therefore, he readily agreed to his request.
After Ji Xuyuan completed the corresponding procedures at the brigade headquarters, he deposited 10 kilograms of food stamps and 20 yuan into the brigade headquarters in advance.
Ji Xuyuan sent people back to Hongxing Township and sent the "saba" radio imported from Germany that had been with him for many years to the Zhengxing 6th Team.
Radios are expensive.
This radio sent by someone from Nanhua Palace looks more precious than the Emperor's Empress.
Aunt Zhang, Third Sister-in-law, and Uncle Ding were frightened and overwhelmed on the spot!
Several people moved step by step and quietly put the radio into Luo Xuan's room. Uncle Ding even went back to get a brand new towel and carefully placed it under the radio, for fear that it would be bumped.
This German-made radio uses 4 dry batteries as its power source and is very powerful.
In addition to listening to domestic radio broadcasts, you can also listen to the "Sound of Sea Shrimp", "Beep Beep", and "The Cause of Rice Pot".
Ji Xuyuan walked to the radio and was about to reach out and turn on the switch.
But I heard Luo Xuan cry out urgently, "Don't touch it!"
Uncle Ding, the third sister-in-law and others, who were gathered around the radio and were about to watch a rare dish of exotic meat, suddenly turned to look at Luo Xuan with puzzled faces.
"Please, everyone, please go out for a while."
Luo Xuan's face was solemn, "Mr. Ji and I have something to say."
Everyone had never seen Luo Xuan so nervous. Uncle Ding opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't ask.
Waving his hands, Uncle Ding greeted everyone and turned around to leave.
Luo Xuan reached out and turned on the switch, and bursts of electrical noise came from the radio.
"Old man, there can only be one left between this radio and you."
Luo Xuan said coldly, "If you are reluctant to part with this precious machine, please take it away. This machine must not be a curse to our family."
Ji Xuyuan was originally surprised that Luo Xuan could turn on the radio. When he heard Luo Xuan's serious words, he couldn't help being surprised: "It's just a radio, how can it be so scary?"
A radio, that’s all??
Luo Xuan clearly remembered that he had nothing to do last night, looking through the old comic books he had picked up from the shopping mall.
The story told above is: catching a special agent.
This comic book says: There is a small landowner who seems to be re-educating honestly, but he actually uses wire as a clothesline at home.
Then the young generals found him out and said that he was actually an antenna disguised as a wire...
