In fact, the administrative plan here should be called Shilipu Commune, No. 5 Production Team.
The production team that went to Saibei seemed a little different from Bashu: because here the villagers lived together in groups.
Therefore, a large village in the past had a total of 3,400 people, all of whom were classified into the same production team.
The production team leader’s surname is Dou, and his name is Dou Jiande.
This is an honest and somewhat over-the-top person. He is very kind and will not play any evil tricks at all.
I saw him leading Luo Xuan, Zhang Xiaoli and others through the door.
He quickly asked his aunt to spread out some eggs and fry two handfuls of peanuts.
Come and serve drinks to everyone.
Lifting the door curtain, I saw a large group of people already sitting on the kang of the cave outside.
Production team accountant, militia leader, poor people's association leader, women's team leader, warehouse keeper
There were several other men and women whom Luo Xuan naturally did not recognize and could not remember them even after they were introduced.
Before the eggs and fried peanuts were spread out, they were put on the kang table.
Then someone picked up an enamel plate with both hands and walked up to Luo Xuan with a smile on his face: "It's only three days since I entered the door. After drinking it, my body will be warmed and my heart will be warmed!"
Drink as soon as you walk in?
Luo Xuan turned to look at Dou Jiande.
I saw the production captain smiling but not smiling, just nodding.
Luo Xuan raised the small wine glass on the plate and drank three glasses in succession.
The wine here is a little different from the Baogu wine in Bashu. The taste is a little lighter and the alcohol content is not that high.
I saw Luo Xuan drank three glasses of wine.
The accountant picked up the plate again and said, "Good things come in pairs, and the young man will become the groom sooner or later. We are all good men here, and they are good at drinking."
Coming again?
Luo Xuan turned around again and looked at production team leader Dou Jiande.
He still smiled but didn't speak.
Luo Xuan tilted his neck and drank three more glasses of wine. The wine glasses were very small, and it was estimated that a large glass of wine cost only three yuan.
After six glasses of wine, it’s only about two taels, so it’s not a big problem.
The accountant picked up the plate again and kept urging him to drink: "Friends from three mountains and five mountains are here to get together, and I will serve the guests a plate of wine. The guests are very happy, and they drink a lot of wine from the plate!"
Still the same recipe:
Luo Xuan still turned to look at the production team leader, asking if Dou Jiande could give him any advice.
Dou Jiande smiled slightly and said nothing.
There are a total of nine glasses of wine on an enamel plate.
After Luo Xuan finished drinking, the accountant patted Luo Xuan on the shoulder: "Good young man! Please go sit on the kang and keep warm."
Refill the plate with wine,
Accountant Li Guangdao brought the wine on the plate to Peng Yong again.
But this time his words to persuade him to drink were different from before.
It seems that Accountant Li is really an expert at persuading people to drink.
The words that come out of his mouth are always the same, making people feel indebted and confused.
After serving Peng Yong the wine,
Accountant Li then brought it to Zhang Xiaoli.
Zhang Xiaoli learned from Luo Xuan and Peng Yong: every time Accountant Li persuaded her to drink, she would definitely turn her head and look at the production team leader Dou Jiande standing at the door.
this time,
Dou Jiande, who had been smiling and silent, finally spoke, "Woman, you can just touch your lips, that's all."
Accountant Li glared at Dou Jiande, "You're a boss! I usually see you dead everywhere. Why are you talking so much now?"
Zhang Xiaoli smiled slightly, raised her glass and drank!
Sitting on the kang,
Seeing this, Luo Xuan, who was holding a handful of melon seeds while knocking them there, not only glanced at Zhang Xiaoli worriedly.
"Come again!"
Zhang Xiaoli put down her wine glass and said, "This wine is quite fragrant."
She wiped her lips and didn't wait for Accountant Li to persuade her to drink.
He reached out and picked up another line of wine from the plate.
Pour straight into your mouth.
After all the wine on the plate was poured into her mouth, Zhang Xiaoli made a "gudong" sound.
Swallow all the wine in one gulp!
Accountant Li was overjoyed, "This woman is amazing! Yimanjie can't explain it in words, but she looks like Lisa when she drinks! She is as bold as a woman from Inner Mongolia!"
Others sitting on the kang applauded.
Dou Jiande smiled slightly and said, "Comrade Zhang Xiaoli, go to the kang and have a rest! Wait a minute, let's eat mutton stew."
It turned out that it was to entertain Luo Xuan and their arrival.
The production team has already slaughtered a sheep, and the mutton alone weighs over 30 kilograms!
No wonder Luo Xuan saw a large group of people in the cave as soon as he entered the door.
At that time, Luo Xuan was still surprised: He only had a small family background as a production captain.
We can't afford to entertain so many people for dinner!
Even Dou Jiande pretended to be fat and forced to treat so many people to dinner.
From now on, the life of Dou Jiande's family will definitely not be easy. He will suffer from famine because of today's generosity.
After talking for a long time, it turned out that they were waiting here to eat mutton stew!
The weather in Saibei is cold.
The outside of the cave dwelling is equivalent to a natural refrigerator. If the sheep killed in advance are placed in a cool place.
It won't break down if you leave it for ten days and a half, or even a month.
The mutton was simmering in the pot.
The very, very delicious aroma of stewed mutton permeates the cave dwelling.
The atmosphere at the wine table was lively.
Everyone's attitude towards Luo Xuan, the three educated youths who came from afar, is respectful and curious.
The militia captain asked, "Hey, Comrade Luo Xuan, do you people in Bashu eat rice?"
Luo Xuan nodded, "That's true. If you occasionally eat some pasta, it's for breakfast."
Sometimes we eat noodles at noon or in the evening, but this is rare. If we eat noodles for several days in a row, not many people can bear it."
The militia captain laughed and said, "It's just the opposite here. If I eat rice for several days in a row, I will feel that I have no strength."
Zhang Xiaoli was curious, "Excuse me, uncle, what kind of staple food do you usually eat here?"
Dou Jiande replied, "I eat more millet, millet, pasta, corn and mainly potatoes."
Accountant Li smiled and said, "There is a saying that without potatoes, people in Tuocheng will not be able to cook."
The northern part of Saibei is bitterly cold and crop yields are low.
For thousands of years, this area has been suffering from food shortage.
Since the introduction of potatoes in Saibei, the food shortage here has been slightly alleviated.
but still.
The hard-working and extremely resilient Saibei people have made countless tricks out of potatoes.
As soon as we got in and had a drink, the atmosphere on the Kang became more intense. Everyone didn't take a sip of the food and wine, but they each drank a few large jugs!
After a while,
The fried eggs cooked by the captain's wife are served.
Because everyone is short of oil, they dare not use oil to fry eggs. They can only use a brush to brush a little oil on the bottom of the pan.
Then keep turning the eggs so that the eggs are "spread" cooked.
Now there is only a plate of melon seeds and a plate of raw peanuts on the small kang table. It is said that this is in the name of "official business" for the production team.
Peanuts specially "appropriated" from the storage room.
Apart from the two plates of snacks used to decorate the facade, the only thing left was the plate of eggs that had just been brought to the table.
It can be considered as affordable and a real dish to go with drinks.
Don't look at the small Kang table, but there is a large group of people sitting there. But there are only a few people who actually stretch out their chopsticks to pick up the eggs.
Everyone knows whose family's life is not easy.
They are all being polite!
There are few dishes, bad wine and many people.
After a while,
As they drank, everyone present became more interested.
Everyone started making noises and asked the women captain to sing a song.
The aunt in Zhimi County is capable and fierce.
The female captain who became a cadre of the production team naturally has no stage fright!
I saw her kneeling on the kang, opening her mouth to sing, "Speaking of family, my family is famous. My family lives in 40lipu Village, Zhimi County. The third brother fell in love with the fourth sister."
"good!"
"another one!"
Not to mention,
When this female captain talks normally, her tone and tone are full of Saibei style.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, the Saibei ditty he sang was really nice!
Once someone started to sing a little song, the men who sang Inner Mongolia's sour songs also began to open their voices and sing.
only,
The lyrics in the sour songs from Inner Mongolia are quite explicit.
I just heard a man singing: "I crossed the Yellow River once, but I didn't drink the water once. I made friends once, but I never kissed my sister on the mouth."
I rushed to sleep with my sister and didn't sleep with my sister. My brother left, sister, do you regret it, don't you?"
The people present were excited to hear it!
The folk customs in Saibei generally tend to be conservative.
Only at the wine table, when everyone's interest comes up, can they really let loose and sing!
Sing a little tune, dance a yangko,
This is also one of the few fun they usually have in the winter.
Strong wine is already boiling in everyone's chest.
Passion has already made all the men and women present burning with heat!
The people present jumped to the ground one after another and performed Yangko dance in the small cave dwelling.
At this moment, they are happy.
currently,
Their long-suppressed hearts were finally completely released.
Perhaps after this night, everyone will start working, working, and studying day after day again.
At that time, the only thing that accompanies everyone every day will be fatigue and haggardness.
"Hey, are you guys drinking?"
The door curtain was lifted, and Lao Litou walked in with a humble smile on his face.
Accountant Li was in high spirits, but was suddenly interrupted.
So I was a little unhappy, "Old Li, what are you doing here? Didn't you see the cadres of the production team talking about work with the educated youth comrades?"
Lao Litou quickly apologized and said, "I'll give you some candies and I'll leave right away. No harm, no harm."
As he spoke, Lao Li headed around the crowd and walked cautiously towards the kang bed.
Lao Litou walked to the table and carefully took out a handful of "prawn cakes" from his pocket.
Carefully put it into the melon seed plate.
Then he smiled, nodded to everyone present, and then walked out step by step along the edge of the cave dwelling.
Prawn crispy!
Few people in the Shilipu production team are lucky enough to have tasted such high-end goods!!
The women's captain's eyes lit up, "Second dad, where did you get this high-end candy?"
Hearing this, Old Li Tou hesitated for a moment.
Then he laughed and said, "I didn't expect that some educated youth comrades who had left their hometowns would join our production team to join the queue. So I bought a few pills for everyone to have a try."
The female captain pouted, "Second dad, tell me, if you worked for someone else for three days and three nights, I believe it.
If you say you are willing to spend money to buy this kind of candy? I’m afraid even the mules in the production team won’t believe it.”
Lao Li was confused, "What's wrong? Why don't you make me look generous and make our production team look bad?"
Dou Jiande's mother-in-law pretended to reach out to Lao Li and said, "Hey, his second dad! The mutton has been stewed. Why don't you stay and have a few bites?"
"No, no, no."
The cadres of the production team gathered together to entertain the newly arrived educated youth.
How could it be the turn of someone with Lao Li's status to eat mutton with them and drink with educated youths?
Old Li Tou, who knew his identity very well, quickly ran away: "Well, I have to go back and burn the kang for the comrades of the educated youth! I can't let them freeze to death."
Wait until Lao Li goes out.
Everyone was tired from doing the Yangko dance, so they all returned to the kang and continued drinking.
“Prawn crispy?!”
Accountant Li lamented, "Two years ago, there would have been no such high-end candy in the non-staple food stores of the city's supply and marketing cooperatives.
That year, I got two prawn cakes at the house of my cousin who is the director of the sub-district office!"
The women's team leader asked, "Accountant Li, what does this candy taste like?"
Accountant Li blushed, "I'll give one to the eldest daughter, and one to my second son. So, don't ask me to know what it tastes like!"
Lao Li just told a lie:
Lao Li deliberately said that he bought this "prawn cake" with his own money.
In fact, he was just worried about causing trouble to Luo Xuan. He was not worried about the scarcity, but the imbalance.
As for why Lao Li took the risk to come and deliver prawn cakes?
Based on Luo Xuan's guess: Lao Li should be planning to make a statement in front of the production team cadres:
——Cadres, please see, I, Old Li, have also added glory to our production team in front of the educated youth!
Such an expensive candy, I, Lao Li, have never spent money to buy a candy to try in my whole life.
But for the sake of the face of our Shilipu production team, we Lao Li spent a lot of money
Leader, please don’t forget my contribution, Lao Li!
This time, the prawn cakes brought by Lao Lila were all divided up by everyone present.
Luo Xuan listened to them counting and knew that Lao Li had brought over 27 candies.
One or two large shrimp cakes, roughly 9 pieces.
I gave Lao Li half a catty of candies in total, which is 45 pieces.
If you calculate it like this, Lao Li brought most of the candies over here.
In fact, the reason why prawn cakes were so precious was that two or three years ago, regardless of the price, they were expensive.
At that time, if you want to buy prawn cakes.
It requires a certain level and a special "Domestic Candy Supply Certificate".
Even in the past two years, prawn cakes have become a mass commodity and can be bought with ordinary candy tickets.
But the price is 4 yuan 9 cents per pound, plus precious candy stamps.
Calculating this, it costs about 9 cents to buy 1 or 2 large shrimp cakes.
And during this period,
Those employees in the unit who have just joined the work have a relatively low level of service and their service experience is still relatively young.
Therefore, their daily salary is only about 80 cents.
And what Lao Li caught just now are these three taels of large shrimp cakes.
To top it all off, the workers in other units who eat public food receive three full days’ wages!
Calculating it this way,
The prawn cakes can definitely be regarded as luxury items, enough to make most customers sigh with joy.
