the longest dream

Chapter 339 Dinner
"Drip drip!"

In the evening, Zhang Qing was watering the pomegranate trees with a water pipe in Ertiao, Beichizi, when he faintly heard the sound of car horns coming from the street outside.

Not long after, seeing Qi Juan's helpless face and being criticized by Li Suzhi, Qi Ping followed behind with a smile.

Zhang Qing hastily turned off the faucet and happily stepped forward and said, "Uncle and Auntie are here!"

"..."

Qi Juan reminded: "Hey, am I a transparent person?"

Zhang Qing hehe said: "I will welcome you when you go home?"

Qi Juan felt shy all of a sudden, and said angrily, "What are you talking about...why can't you welcome me back home?"

Qi Ping touched his bald head with some distaste, looked up, and saw the sunset glow in the sky, and changed the subject: "This yard is really nice...but it needs to burn coal in winter and dig out the toilet, right? "

Zhang Qing smiled and nodded, "Yes."

Li Suzhi smiled and said, "Zhang Qing is still doing this now? He has raised so many people."

Qi Juan said more seriously: "This is one thing to say, and he does it very well. He does everything by himself, such as lifting coal to boil water in an iron bucket, and taking out garbage."

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "Those people have their own jobs."

Li Suzhi asked strangely: "Didn't you say that you brought a lot of family members?"

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "The Pingjing store is expanding very fast. The young family members of these security guards are basically sent to train and become shop assistants. The older ones, as long as they are not sick, are also in Nanchizi. In the yard, you can also earn a living by doing some washing and drying with the washing machine."

The whole family was invited to sit down under the vines in the courtyard. After serving tea, Qi Ping smiled and said, "I thought you were just raising a large group of people. Now it seems that the arrangement is quite thoughtful. Except for the house and household registration , they have no problem feeding themselves."

Zhang Qingdao: "The household registration is also relatively easy to obtain. Li Tie's situation is special. They used to belong to the Security Bureau. And the current policy is that you can settle down when you buy a house. After I settle down next year, I will take a few pieces of land outside the third ring road, near the warehouse. A lot of it is still farmland, and then a few dormitory buildings will be built. In this way, the household registration and housing problems will be solved.”

Qi Ping was surprised: "Just one security, the salary is so high?"

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "The first batch of people who can allocate rooms must not be just security guards."

Qi Juan reminded her father: "The company's high-end secrets, why are you asking so much?"

Qi Ping looked at his girl speechlessly, not willing to teach her a lesson, so he glared at Zhang Qing and drank tea in peace.

Li Suzhi finished admiring the roses in the courtyard and the four mosquito-eating copper lamps, smiled and said: "You didn't go to Longquan Mountain today, but many people are asking about you. Even some old comrades are asking about you, Zhang Qing, the beauty of the younger generation will make you lose most of it."

Zhang Qing shook his head and said warmly: "It's not that I'm hypocritical, but I just made some achievements in the liberal arts, and I was lucky enough to make some money. But it is always the natural sciences that promote the progress of social productivity. The cultural industry is essentially a propaganda , brighter and more beautiful."

Li Suzhi smiled and said: "It's good that you are always so self-effacing. Many people are watching you, waiting to see your next move."

She is really satisfied with Zhang Qing. After making such a great achievement, he is still ordinary, gentle and steady, neither arrogant nor rash. Such a son-in-law is so rare!
Zhang Qing said with a smile: "Then they must be disappointed, because I don't know when the next step will start, it depends on the specific situation on the front line. Moreover, the first few shots must be bloody. They had better not follow, otherwise when the time comes If it’s a bad loss, it’s all on me, and I don’t even accept a dime.”

Li Suzhi said with a chuckle: "I definitely don't recognize it, and I don't have to. Today I handed your report to Mr. Hong who is in charge of the economy. After reading it, he crossed it on Java and crossed it on Hong Kong Island. I made a circle and circulated it to other old comrades. And said that if the Java economy really fails to withstand the storm and undergoes drastic changes this month, then the central government will start to strengthen the response system on Hong Kong Island."

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "I hope my foresight can play a role."

Just as they were talking and laughing, they saw Zhang Lan and Zhang Qian coming in from the outside.

Seeing that there was an elder there, the two hurried forward to say hello, and then went to the room to do homework obediently.

Li Suzhi said in surprise, "Miss Zhang Tianmao still lives in your house?"

Zhang Qing nodded and said softly: "Zhang Tianmao offended many people before. After he entered, the windows of his house were smashed."

Qi Ping said: "Come out soon?"

Zhang Qing smiled and said, "Well, at the end of next month."

Li Suzhi said solemnly: "Zhang Qing, you have done everything you can to him. After Zhang Tianmao comes out, don't have any contact with him. You have to know, it's not that you don't have the so-called loyalty, and it's not that you are snobbish, it's that he doesn't know his self-respect!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Qing nodded slowly and said: "Auntie didn't say anything, I mean the same thing. It was originally agreed that after he came out, he and Sister Ouyang would go to the public relations department to make a clean break with the past. I didn't expect that the promise was good, but then I changed my mind Yes. He himself knows that he has no face to see me, so he speaks very politely now. When he comes out, let it be like this."

Li Suzhi calmed down and asked, "Ouyang Wanqing still wants to be with him?"

Zhang Qing shook his head and said, "Sister Ouyang understands things better than I do, so I will only be friends after I say it."

After all, Qi Ping is a big brother in the industry, he knows some inside stories, and said with a sneer: "Ouyang was pregnant with Zhang Tianmao's child, and thought that the mother and child would be able to gain a higher position, but in the end, Lao Zhang refused to divorce and forced her to abort the child. Afterwards, the fact that the two were able to stay together for so many years was a mess. Zhang Tianmao's money is in Ouyang Wanqing's hands, right?"

Zhang Qing nodded, and said: "Listen to me that buying a house can increase in value, and it's all bought into a house."

Li Suzhi sighed and said: "This is the entertainment industry, there are all these messy things everywhere. This is just the tip of the iceberg, Zhang Qing, you must take it as a warning. The career you want to do is too big, and you need strong support from above, so you must not There is such a stain."

Zhang Qing nodded and said, "I know."

As soon as the words fell, I heard a surprise voice from the Moon Gate: "Hey, uncles and aunts are here!"

Everyone looked at it together, and saw Zhou Yanyan wearing a simple cuckoo cultural shirt, jeans, white sneakers, a cloth bag slung across her shoulders, and a ponytail combed back, coming in simply but stunningly.

Li Suzhi and Qi Ping looked at each other a little bit. Although they knew that Zhou Yanyan's situation was special, but such a beautiful girl lived in Zhang Qing's house... It's hard to describe in words.

Zhang Qing smiled and said, "Did Mr. Zhang give you any homework today?"

After Zhou Yanyan and Qi Juan winked and greeted each other, they giggled and said, "Additional. The master said that I walk too ugly, and instructed me to practice my figure all afternoon."

After all, he took lotus steps and walked around.

Qi Juan stepped forward with a jealous "Aoao", hugged and kneaded, and the two laughed together.

Seeing this, Li Suzhi and Qi Ping looked at each other, but they didn't know what to think.

"Uncle and aunt haven't eaten yet, right? I'm going to make fried noodles!"

After breaking free from Qi Juan's clutches, Zhou Yanyan said happily.

Qi Ping smiled and said, "You are such a big star, why do you still cook?"

Zhou Yanyan giggled and said, "I'm a different star, Qingzi said, I don't need to pretend, I should do what I do!"

Zhang Qing also said: "Uncle, auntie, let's have a light meal? I'll make some barbecue, and then I'll call Director Xu over for a drink. Juanzi and I will fly to the United States the day after tomorrow. Juanzi will probably have to wait until the Chinese New Year when he comes back." gone."

Li Suzhi smiled and said, "That's fine."

Zhou Yanyan said: "If you want to eat barbecue, then you can't make oily noodles, let's make yellow noodles."

Li Suzhi smiled and said, "What is yellow noodles?"

Zhou Yanyan swallowed her saliva, and said, "It's Xijiang cold noodles, auntie, they are delicious! In Xijiang, they are specially eaten with barbecue."

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "Yellow noodles are delicious, appetizing and greasy, clearing heat and relieving troubles, fine and smooth noodles, sour, spicy and cool."

Qi Juan squinted: "I'll make you a hot dog when you go to America, and I'll see how you praise it."

Li Suzhi sneered: "You're still ashamed to say, such a big girl, it's time to learn how to cook."

Qi Juan didn't care: "It's fine if our Yanyan knows how to cook... Xiaolan cooks deliciously. Qingzi also has good cooking skills, huh?"

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "I dare not say it's good, but I can cook it well. Okay, Juanzi, show your uncle and aunt around the yard, Yanyan will make yellow noodles, and I will make barbecue. Try to finish it in [-] minutes!"

Qi Ping said with a smile: "I see you do it, and you can also learn from it."

Li Suzhi also said: "I learned from Yanyan how to make yellow noodles... Juanzi also learned from it."

The result is to move the kitchen to the courtyard and cook while talking.

Seeing Zhang Qing cutting meat and piercing the iron rod, Qi Ping laughed and said, "You are not proficient at this."

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "In the past, my family couldn't afford to eat this. I always went to my grandpa's house. When my uncle and the others made it, I learned a little by helping them."

With that said, he put the cut mutton pieces in the order of fat and thin, prepared the seasoning box, and went to set up the oven.

"Barbecue in Xijiang takes freshly killed mutton, cuts the meat, mixes it evenly with salt and onion shreds, and puts nothing else in. Add enough water to soak for two to three hours, and then thread it on skewers."

"In my memory, when I was a child, the barbecue in Xijiang was not charcoal, but coal, anthracite. The anthracite in Xijiang is low-sulfur, smokeless, and high-heat. It can't be done in the interior. The coal in the interior has high sulfur content, so the roasted meat has a strange smell and is poisonous, so They are all cooked with charcoal. But I always feel that the mutton skewers grilled with charcoal are not as wild as Xijiang barbecue.”

Zhang Qing was talking and laughing, lit the coals on the fire, and after they were burning red, they were sandwiched into the furnace to break them up and spread them evenly.

After the fire was ready, Zhang Qing grabbed five skewers with one hand and put ten skewers on the stove with both hands. Qi Ping wanted to help spread the seasoning, but Zhang Qing persuaded him: "It's not busy, it's not busy, sprinkle it after it's cooked."

Li Suzhi looked at it with a smile on her face, and asked: "Zhang Qing, I see other people roasting, they keep flipping, why don't you move?"

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "Wait until one side is basically cooked before turning over the other side. This way the juice will not be lost and affect the taste. There should be no flames during roasting, otherwise the meat will turn black and have a smoky taste. If the oil drips, use water to suppress the fire head quickly. So look at those barbecue stalls, prepare an extra bottle of water, with a hole poked on the bottle cap, and keep the flame ready at any time. After the meat on both sides is cooked, sprinkle it first Sprinkle the spicy noodles with cumin. Finally, turn it over twice and toast it slightly, be careful not to burn the spicy noodles and cumin, and you can eat it!"

As he spoke, he took the two kebabs off the stove and put them on a plate set aside.

Before he could say hello, I saw Xu Zhen walking in with a smile, quite a wretched look like a devil entering the village.

Except for Qi Ping who was very happy and repeatedly greeted him to eat meat and drink, few others were happy.

After Qi Juan opened and closed her mouth silently and muttered a few words, she got up and walked outside Zhang Lan's house in the east chamber, knocked on the door and said, "Come out and eat barbecue, or it will be gone!"

In front of Li Suzhi, Zhou Yanyan pulled a piece of noodles into a plate of Huang Yingying noodles, and then went to the kitchen to cook.

Seeing this scene, Li Suzhi suddenly realized that these children have really grown up, and they can even live independently, harmoniously and naturally...

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PS: I am addicted to the flow of daily life without looking at the background data and cannot extricate myself.

(End of this chapter)