After chatting, Song Xi learned that Zhang Lianxin used to be a primary school teacher, but later became ill and had to give up her job.
Song Xi immediately began to make calculations in her heart.
Ping'an Village Primary School is in short supply of teachers. It would be great if there was an experienced teacher.
I just don’t know if Zhang Lian is willing to come to Ping’an Village Primary School to teach, but Qianweimin still needs to be informed about this matter.
Thinking of this, Song Xi said to Zhou Yi, "Brother Yi, please go next door and call Aunt Li, and ask her to help me call Uncle Qian and Aunt Zhuhua, saying that I have something to tell them."
Zhou Yi injured his leg, and it would be too time-consuming to go to Qian Weimin with a cane. And Song Xi had to entertain guests at home, so he had to ask Aunt Li next door for help.
Let Aunt Li come over for dinner later at noon and thank her properly.
"Okay." Zhou Yi nodded slightly to Zhao Jun and his family, got up and went out on crutches. Aunt Li's house was next door, and Zhou Yi could walk slowly for only a minute or two, so he came back quickly.
"Brother Yi, please chat with Brother Zhao." Song Xicheng winked at Zhou Yi, got up and went to the stove room. After preparing all the ingredients for lunch, he came to the main room and said to everyone, "Brother Zhao
, Sister-in-law, don’t be in a hurry to go back. We will have a simple meal at home at noon. I hope Brother Zhao and Sister-in-law don’t dislike it!”
"Comrade Song, you are really too polite." Zhao Jun said embarrassedly. He was about to say something and go back later, but he didn't expect that Song Xi wanted to stay with them to eat, but they didn't have any rations.
bring.
It’s not easy for every household. It’s so embarrassing for their family of five to eat here!
"How embarrassing!"
"It's okay, Brother Zhao, as long as you don't dislike the simple food we have in the mountains." At this time, there was a knock on the door. Song Xi quickly got up and went to open the door. Qian Weimin, Wu Zhuhua and Aunt Li were standing outside the door.
Song Xi hurriedly invited, "Uncle Qian, Aunt Zhuhua, Aunt Li, come in quickly, we are all having dinner at home today!"
"Xiao Xi, did you ask us to come over for dinner? Is there something wrong?" Wu Zhuhua asked in confusion.
"Some friends are coming to pay New Year greetings, so I want to ask some elders to help greet the guests." Song Xi closed the courtyard door and explained as she walked, "My sister-in-law used to be a primary school teacher in a primary school in the city, and I really want to invite her.
We are from Ping'an Village Primary School, so we want Uncle Qian to come over and understand and see how to solve this matter."
Qian Weimin nodded clearly, "Okay, I understand."
He already knew Song Xi's intentions, and he and Song Xi had been working together for several years, so there was a tacit understanding.
Song Xi led a few people in and introduced Zhao Jun and Zhang Lianxin, "Brother Zhao, sister-in-law, this is Qian Weimin, the captain of our team, this is Wu Zhuhua, the women's director, and this is Aunt Li next door.
We have a very good relationship and are like a family. I asked them to come over just because I wanted everyone to have a meal together."
Zhao Jun stood up in a hurry and stretched out his hand towards Qian Weimin, "Hello, captain, my name is Zhao Jun and I am a postman. This is my wife Zhang Lianxin, and my three children, Zhao Xiangqian, Zhao Xiangyuan and Zhao Xiangru."
"Hello, Comrade Zhao, welcome to our Ping'an Village as a guest." Qian Weimin warmly stretched out his hand to shake Zhao Jun's hand, and then said, "Everyone, sit down, Zhuhua, you will help Teacher Song cook in a moment.
Don't let Teacher Song work alone."
Wu Zhuhua nodded, "Okay."
Even if Qian Weimin didn't say anything, she would still help. With so many people coming to eat, how could Song Xi cook alone? It would be too tiring!
When Zhang Lianxin heard the captain call Song Xi Teacher Song, she raised her eyebrows in surprise. She didn't expect that Song Xi was also a teacher!
Song Xi had brought a lot of ingredients and some cooked food from the supermarket before, so she didn't have to go through any trouble when cooking at noon. She could just heat some of them directly or reheat them.
Braised pig trotters, braised pork intestines, shredded chicken, spicy crabs, steamed crabs, and pickled fish are all brought out from the supermarket, just heat them up.
If there were only her and Zhou Yi at home, there would be no need to mention going outside, and naturally it wouldn't be cold.
In addition, Song Xi also made pork belly stewed with potatoes, spicy rabbit cubes, shredded cabbage and fried meat, radish and ribs soup, fried bacon with green onion leaves, stir-fried cabbage, cold lettuce, and stir-fried mushrooms.
Song Xi and Wu Zhuhua put dishes on the table together and invited everyone to eat.
Zhao Jun's family couldn't help but swallow when they saw the table full of dishes. They didn't expect that the conditions in the mountains were so good. There were meat, fish and rabbits. During the Chinese New Year, their family's dinner table was full of food.
There are only two meat dishes, meat and chicken!
Afraid that the people in the city would think too much, Qian Weimin said, "Teacher Song, the pork in your house is still the wild boar meat that was shared during the hunting in the village a few days before the New Year, right?"
Song Xi didn't think much and nodded, "Yes!"
"I didn't expect that your family would still have it! Everyone else's family has almost eaten," Qian Weimin said.
Song Xi thought, this is impossible, the family must have shared more than 70 kilograms, how could they finish it so quickly?
When she glanced at the surprised Zhao Jun family, Song Xi understood what Qian Weimin meant. She nodded, "Yes, we have a small family, so we naturally have less food. Brother Zhao and sister-in-law came early. If
If it's a few days later, we'll probably have finished eating it."
"Brother Zhao, sister-in-law, you can eat it with confidence. You don't have to spend any money or tickets on this meat. A few days before the New Year, the village arranged for young adults to go hunting in the mountains, and there was a harvest. Every household was given some wild boar, fish and hare, too.
The crabs were divided among the village and we caught them ourselves." Song Xi explained as she was afraid that Zhao Jun and Zhang Lianxin would not dare to use their chopsticks.
To be honest, today's meal did not cost much for Song Xi. She raised the fish, crabs and hares herself without spending any money. The braised pig meat was bought at the market, and it was super cheap.
Vegetables are picked from the garden.
Only the shredded chicken and fresh pork belly are modern products bought from the supermarket. They really don’t cost much, but others don’t know. If they don’t explain it, they think their family is rich, but they don’t.
That's a lot of meat in one meal.
"Comrade Song Xi, I don't even know what to say. Thank you so much." Zhang Lianxin's cheeks were slightly red. She felt that she really took advantage of it today. She could eat without bringing anything.
With such a sumptuous meal, she returned to her parents' home with her husband and children on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but she didn't get such treatment!
"Sister-in-law, we are all friends. It would be disrespectful to say such things. I don't know what you like to eat, so I won't pick it up for you. You can pick it up yourself and eat it quickly. It's cold now and it's not delicious.