My village can't be like this

Chapter 730 Major Events
The next morning, before it got light, shouts were heard at the door of Zhang An's house.

"Zhang An, are you up? It's time for us to set off."

It turned out that Zhang Jianzhong and a few others who were in charge of the kitchen were going to take Zhang An to the city to buy groceries for Zhou Yang's family today.

The noise caused Xiaohu and the others to roar wildly and rush out of the circle. After seeing them, they realized that they were people from the village and gave up their intention to pounce on them.

But even so, the people at the door were frightened to the point of their legs going weak. After all, the scene of so many big dogs rushing over was no ordinary scene.

Zhang An had already gotten up and was preparing to wash up when he heard some noise in the yard.

"Look at you guys, you can't just talk nicely, but you have to mess around. Look, you're scared, right?"

He came out brushing his teeth, opened the gate and spoke to a few people, looking somewhat gloating.

After everything was ready, Zhang An drove a pickup truck and took Zhang Jianzhong and others to the city.

In rural areas, when buying food for a banquet, the key is to be early.

Because I have a lot to buy, I went there early just as the stall opened. There were plenty of vegetables, and not only could I buy fresh ones, but I could also choose a few.

If you go too late, you can only pick up what others have left.

Moreover, Changqing Village is far away from the county town, and it would be useless if you don’t go there an hour or two in advance.

Therefore, whenever there was something going on in the village, they would set out to the city to prepare food before dawn.

There were not many cars in the morning, so Zhang An drove a little faster, but it was still within a safe range.

When they arrived at the county town, it was just dawn, and they went straight to the largest farmers' market.

"Uncle Jianzhong, you guys go inside and pick out the food first. I'll go get some buns for everyone to fill their stomachs."

After parking the car in front of the farmers' market, Zhang Ancai said to Zhang Jianzhong.

In order to buy some good food, everyone didn’t have time to eat breakfast and would wait until they finished buying the food before having breakfast.

However, as for the grocery shopping, it would be enough as long as Zhang Jianzhong and the others were there. It didn't matter if Zhang An went late. He was the chief steward of Zhou Yang's family and he came here just to pay.

After a while, he bought ten steaming hot meat buns from the breakfast shop next door and took them to find Zhang Jianzhong and others.

When I found it, I happened to see Zhang Jianzhong bargaining with the stall owner.

After all, he was often in this line of work, so the price he gave the boss was not very high, but it was within an acceptable range.

The stall owner hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't bear to give up such a big order, and as it was the opening day of the business, he finally agreed.

"Come here, let's do it together."

Zhang Jianzhong waved to his group only after he reached an agreement with the stall owner.

So, they all came together and started picking at the dishes on the boss's stall, but their actions were not too excessive and were still within an acceptable range.

When the boss saw this, he knew he had met a professional and could only keep saying, "Be gentle, I have more to sell."

If someone who didn’t know the situation saw this scene, they would think it was a robbery.

In fact, this scene often happens in this kind of farmers' market.

After finishing with this family, Zhang An paid the money and carried the purchased vegetables to his pickup truck before everyone set off for the next family.

"Come on, let's eat and watch at the same time, it won't delay anything."

Zhang An opened the bag and let everyone help themselves to the buns.

The buns these days have thick skins but large fillings, and they taste delicious.

They were all grown men, each of them had two big meat buns and finished them in no time.

After the group swept around the farmers' market for a few rounds, they had already bought all the vegetables, side dishes and other items, leaving only the pork unchecked.

Because Zhou Yang's family didn't plan on having a big wedding, basically half a pig's meat would be enough, so there was no need to kill the pig themselves.

However, they had no plan to buy pork in the city because most of the meat came from butcheries.

If it were in the past, we would go to Hongyan Town and find those pig killers. We all knew each other. We would just tell them to kill a pig and split the profit in half.

But now, there are people who specialize in slaughtering pigs in their Changqing Village, so there is no need to go outside.

"Come on, let's find a place to have breakfast and then go back."

After buying the groceries, Zhang An, the general manager, will definitely make arrangements for everyone.

"Forget it, forget it. I ate a few buns and I don't feel hungry at all. Let's go back early. When we get home, the food we cook will definitely taste better than those in these restaurants."

Zhang Jianzhong shook his head and decided not to have breakfast.

When I came here before, I would eat there because I was hungry, but now after eating two big buns, there is no need at all.

And what he said was not exaggerating. As a cook, he often cooks, so the food he makes himself must taste better than those in those small restaurants in the city.

"Yes, yes, let's go back and make it ourselves. We spent money here and still can't get enough."

After hearing what Zhang Jianzhong said, the others nodded.

It is still early now, and they will have plenty of time to prepare some meals for themselves after returning.

"In that case, let's go back. I won't care about you anymore. Don't go back and say I didn't care about you."

Seeing that they all said so, Zhang An stopped forcing them.

On the way back, Zhang An took out a few cucumbers he had found in the space and handed them to them: "The road is still long, everyone can chew a cucumber first."

"The cucumbers you just bought look pretty good, but we grow them at home, so there's no need to waste money on them."

Although Zhang Jianzhong and the others said this, their hands did not slow down at all. One of them held a cucumber and started to eat it.

The cucumbers these days are grown with chemicals, so you don’t even need to wash them.

Zhang An laughed and said, "Hehe, I just bought a few cucumbers because I thought they were good. I think they taste good to you guys."

"Hey, you know what, these cucumbers are really delicious, much better than the ones we grow ourselves. You should have told me where you bought them earlier so we can buy more."

After just a few bites, they felt like they had discovered a new world.

"It's right behind the farmer's market. I didn't buy it at a stall. It's useless to buy more. This is all that's left and I bought it all."

Zhang Anke couldn't find such a person selling cucumbers. What if they had to go and ask someone next time?

If it were anyone else, they might have just heard it and forgotten about it, but Zhang Jianzhong and his friends would do anything for the sake of that mouth.

When we returned to the village, the kitchen had already been set up and Uncle Huang helped to light the stove.

Zhang Jianzhong didn't hesitate to pick up a few ingredients from Zhou Yang's freezer and made a whole pot of them.

Then I cooked a bowl of noodles, one bowl for each person. It tasted so delicious and authentic.

Later, more and more people came to eat, so I stopped cooking after cooking two bundles of noodles, and then started preparing the dishes. "Zhang An, help me take it, and you guys can check where it is."

At this time, Lin Youde came over carrying half a pig. It was obvious that it had just been slaughtered, and the meat was still steaming.

Seeing this, Zhang An hurried over to him, holding the front leg in one hand and the hind leg in the other, and took the half pig from Lin Youde's shoulders.

At this time, Zhang Jianzhong also brought a few racks and a square board to set them up, and then let Zhang An put the pork on it.

"Youde, don't walk so fast, just take off this meat."

He handed the bone-cutting knife to Lin Youde and said.

Although he can also butcher pigs, his skills are definitely not as good as Lin Youde, who specializes in butchering pigs.

Lin Youde did not refuse. He took the boning knife and started cutting it. It didn't take long before half a pig was turned into pieces of meat. The whole process was a pleasure to watch.

The main meal is in the evening, so just have a casual meal at noon, as long as it's acceptable.

When things got busy in the afternoon, Zhang An realized that it was not easy to be the chief steward. Sometimes this person was looking for this, sometimes that person was looking for that, or they were all looking for them at the same time. It was like he was the head of a group.

It was also because of this that he realized how hard it had been for others to help his family.

When the time was almost up, Zhang Jianzhong and the others started preparing the dishes, and Zhang An finally had some time to sit down and take a break.

But the next second, he quickly got up from the stool and ran out.

Because there was a young man in the village who slipped while carrying a steamer with Huang Ming, and the steamer was about to fall over.

Fortunately, Zhang An ran fast and came over to help catch it, otherwise the layers of steamed dishes in the steamer would be ruined.

Besides, it’s not a big deal if the vegetables get damaged, but the real problem is that it gets poured on people, which would be a real disaster.

"How are you? Are you okay? Did you sprain your ankle?"

Zhang An took the steamer and then asked.

At this time, people around also rushed over and asked with the same concern.

No matter where you are, when encountering such a thing, few people will first care whether the food is spilled or not, but more people will care whether people are hurt.

"No... I'm fine, I just slipped, luckily Uncle An caught it quickly."

The food in the steamer was saved, but the young man blushed instead, because it is really embarrassing to have such a thing happen.

Zhang An was not familiar with the young man in front of him, but when he heard him calling him uncle, he wondered which nephew this was.

After putting the steamer away, Huang Ming came over, patted his chest and said, "Luckily you caught it, otherwise I would have lost face and would have to go out and work for a few years before I could come back."

He was really relieved. Although the accident was not caused by him, he was the one who called the person to help.

"Okay, remember next time, if you need to find someone for this kind of thing, ask an adult. They are young and have no experience."

Zhang An just glared at him, because he was well aware of Huang Ming's habit of forcing young people to work with him.

This can be considered a lesson. Let’s see if he dares to play like this again in the future.

Nothing happened afterwards and everything went on as normal.

After everyone had finished eating, Zhang An got together with Zhang Jianzhong and the other cooks and the people who were busy working there.

Although it was a little late, the dishes prepared by the chefs for me were the most abundant.

It's the same no matter whose house you are in.

No one would have any objection, because chefs are indeed the hardest working people.

If anyone thinks this isn't feasible, then you can do it.

Of course, when Zhang An accompanies them for dinner, it is definitely not just about eating, wine is definitely indispensable.

At this point, the matter was considered over, but he, as the chief steward, had not yet finished his work and had to accompany everyone.

What does it mean to accompany someone well? In other words, it means to drink to your heart's content.

So this time he is not keeping a low profile and is going all out.

By the end, he was a little confused, but the others were full.

Because he drank a little too much, he slept until the sun was shining on his butt the next day.

Su Ying didn't say anything, but his mother kept complaining that he drank too much.

In the afternoon, the designer Yan Peifeng had found arrived, and he asked Zhang An to go over and take a look.

Professionals are professionals. They only walked around twice and after listening to Yan Peifeng's suggestion, they quickly drew a sketch, which Zhang An thought was quite realistic.

A few days later, a big event happened quietly in the village because the results of the high school entrance examination came out.

Zhang An took the report card from Su Ying, and after looking through it, he found that the scores of the two classes of students in the third grade of Changqing Middle School in the high school entrance examination all exceeded the admission score of the county middle school, which means that they can all go to high school.

Moreover, the combined scores of more than 20 students in these two classes exceeded those of the top classes in the county.

There are only two top classes in the county middle school every year, and those who can enter are not ordinary students.

It can be said that if you are admitted to the top class in the county middle school and do not give up halfway, when you take the college entrance examination, you can basically be admitted to a university, and most of them are key universities.

It is said that when Principal Ou Lin received the students' grades yesterday, he was so excited that he directly notified all faculty and staff to hold a meeting.

During the meeting, the principal, who was usually calm and composed, gave a passionate speech for a long time.

I also heard that in a few days, people from the Education Bureau and principals of many schools in the city will come down to inspect in person.

To put it simply, the schools in the city are coming to poach our students.

This is unprecedented for a rural middle school.

Because among the more than 20 people who could enter the top class in the county middle school, there were three people: Zhang Tie, Zhang Xing and Zhang Yu.

In the past, Zhang Xing had the worst grades among the three and he didn't like studying.

But later, he found that his younger brothers and sisters had better grades than him, and his older brother was also a college student.

His father Zhang Jianjun once said that if he continued like this, he would not be able to sit at the table for meals at home in the future.

So in order to maintain the right to sit at the table for meals at home, he calmed down and studied hard.

In addition, Su Ying often gave them special treatment, and Zhang An also provided them with some nutritional supplements. After a period of time, their grades started to rise rapidly.

Su Ying came back from a meeting yesterday with a smile on her face that wouldn't fade away. She didn't even go home, but ran to Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye's house to announce the good news.

She has been preparing for her professional title this year, but now that the teaching results of her two classes are out, no matter what the problem was, it is no longer a problem.

(End of this chapter)