While Qian Xiaoshuang was chatting with Zhang Zhiyong, Zhang Zhiyong's wife came into the room, carrying a white enamel basin as big as a washbasin, "I promised to come and serve the meal in a while, but there was no one there..."
Zhang Zhiyong’s wife has a loud voice, a somewhat stocky figure, a round face, and some yellow skin on her face. However,
She has a naturally rich and kind look, which makes people feel comfortable at first sight.
Originally, she spoke to her husband in a normal tone.
As soon as she entered the room, she suddenly saw so many strange eyes staring at her, and she suddenly felt embarrassed.
Having been an old couple for more than ten years, Zhang Zhiyong certainly knows his wife well. In order to help her alleviate the embarrassment at this time, he introduced to everyone: "This is my mother-in-law. From now on, you can just call her Aunt Lanhua."
The educated youth greeted Aunt Lanhua with polite smiles.
Wanyang got off the kang and walked to Aunt Lanhua, showing her a gentle smile, "Aunt Lanhua, thank you for cooking for us! It's quite heavy, isn't it? How about I carry it?"
Lan Hua was stunned for a moment, then smiled and replied: "Oh~ This girl from the city is not only handsome, but she also talks really nicely."
As she said that, she walked around Wanyang and walked towards the Tukang, "I don't need your help, the rice that just came out is hot! Be careful of burning you."
"That's right, Nizi, come and sit down quickly. I'm asking you to come here just to eat. How can I let you work?" Zhang Zhiyong agreed.
Wanyang followed Aunt Lanhua and thanked you again: "Thank you so much for today. We have been riding in the car for a whole day, and we haven't even had a drop of water yet!"
"That's right! My stomach is almost starving!" Qian Xiaoshuang said, holding his stomach.
Wanyang got on the kang again, and Aunt Lanhua also put a basin full of corn paste on the kang table, "You are hungry, you can eat more in a while, I will get you a spoon to fill the rice, and put it on the fire."
You have baked pancakes, don’t worry! I’ll definitely satisfy you today.”
"Yes! We don't have much delicious food in the countryside, but it will definitely satisfy you. After a while, everyone will open their bellies and eat hard." Zhang Zhiyong became enthusiastic, completely forgetting that after the educated youths ate like this today, they would be in trouble in the future.
It's time to tighten your belt.
After he said this, Aunt Lanhua looked at him slightly dissatisfied, but she quickly took it back.
She already knew just now that this meal was not necessarily from the village. Her own food was not enough these days. A meal for so many people would be enough for her family for almost half a month.
She said to Zhang Zhiyong with a smile without changing her expression: "Master, these children haven't eaten for a day. Please follow me to the kitchen quickly and serve them pickles and pancakes."
"Okay." Zhang Zhiyong got off the kang without thinking and followed his wife out.
Aunt Lanhua's emotions just now were all caught in Wan Yang's eyes.
Qian Xiaoshuang patted Wanyang, who was looking at the pot of mashed corn in a daze, and asked, "I just saw you and Aunt Lanhua talking fluently, can you understand the dialect here?"
Wan Yang withdrew her gaze and nodded to her, "Well... I have a classmate whose hometown is in Ontario, but not this city. I often listen to what she says, and over time I will be able to understand her better."
Of course, Wanyang made up things like classmates at the last moment! Otherwise, you can’t say that you are gifted and you understand it naturally!
"That's great! Then we don't have to worry about communicating with the folks here. Wanyang, you can just act as our translator."
Li Jidong's eyes lit up when he heard the two of them talking. They couldn't understand the language with the people here, and Li Jidong was worried about how to deal with the people in the village in the future.
Wanyang didn't hesitate at this time. He glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "No problem! Then I will be your translator."
"Then I will definitely trouble you a lot in the future. Let me first thank you on behalf of everyone!" Li Jidong took the initiative to assume the identity of the eldest brother of the educated youth.
"What's there to say thank you for? We all came here together. We are a collective. We don't need to thank you for anything we do!" Wanyang's collective words brought everyone closer together.
Everyone started chatting with each other...
While they were chatting and joking, Zhang Zhiyong and his wife also brought dishes and pancakes.
A small plate of sauerkraut stewed with potatoes, called potatoes or potatoes here.
There is also a small plate of radish and pickles; the tortillas are corn tortillas, there are about a dozen of them.
After the food was put away, Aunt Lanhua started to greet everyone, "You scoop up the rice yourself. If it's not enough, just tell me and I will cook it for you."
After Aunt Lanhua was about to leave, Li Jidong was a little surprised and asked, "Aunt Lanhua, aren't you going to eat with us?"
"You eat, don't worry about me!" Aunt Lanhua waved her hands and walked to the door, "My children are still eating in the kitchen! I'll take care of them."
"Let's eat! Don't worry about her." Zhang Zhiyong had already helped the two male educated youths around him to fill the meal.
"Uncle Zhiyong, please stop working! I'll just come." Qian Xiaoshuang grabbed the heavy iron spoon from Zhang Zhiyong's hand and served everyone rice one after another. Aunt Lanhua also pushed the door open and went out.
Everyone was already ravenous after a long day of hunger. After seeing Zhang Zhiyong take a sip of his meal, everyone stopped being polite and picked up the bowl in front of them and started devouring it.
Maybe he was very hungry, but the food on the table, which had not much oil or water, tasted unusually sweet.
Not long after, the food on the table was cleaned by them...
After the Five Zang Temple was satisfied, Zhang Zhiyong asked everyone to briefly introduce themselves to him, and everyone mainly said their names.
Later, Zhang Zhiyong took them to the village committee where they were temporarily staying.
There was a small amount of firewood in the village committee, and Zhang Zhiyong taught them how to make a fire kang before saying goodbye to them.
Before leaving, he told them that he would take them up the mountain to cut firewood tomorrow.