60s: I have a store

Chapter 412 Wedding Banquet
On his way back, Zhou Daguo thought to himself that he could finally live a life with a wife, children and a warm bed. Thinking of this, his tired body suddenly burst into endless energy.

Even the bicycle rider pedaled a little faster.

Zhou Daping immediately said angrily: "Daguo, even if you ride a bicycle, you still have to take care of us. We run."

I don’t know if he was in a hurry to go back to the bridal chamber. He rode so fast, how could I catch up with him?

After hearing this, Zhou Daguo felt a little embarrassed: "Sorry, go back and have one more drink!"

Then slow down.

At this time, Lin Xiulan asked, "Daguo, whose bicycle is this?"

She knew that Zhou Daguo's family could not afford to buy a bicycle, let alone a precious bicycle ticket.

Zhou Daguo answered honestly: "I borrowed it from Uncle Sixteen in the village. He is a leader in the steel plant."

When Lin Xiulan heard this, her eyes lit up immediately. She wondered why she hadn't mentioned this relationship earlier. Then she asked cautiously, "Daguo, can we arrange for you to work in the steel plant?"

The welfare benefits of the steel plant are famously good. If you can become a worker, you can become a city dweller.

You don’t have to get up early and work late every day, and then not get much money at the end of the year.

But it’s different when you’re a worker. Not only can you get a good salary every month, but you can also eat city food and become a city dweller.

By then, my mother’s family will definitely be extremely envious.

Zhou Daguo directly broke the fantasy: "You had this opportunity before, but you didn't win?"

After hearing this, Lin Xiulan felt that she had missed out on 100 million yuan, and was a little puzzled: "Daguo, since he is your sixteenth uncle, why do you still need to draw lots?"

Zhou Dagui began to explain: "Sixteenth Uncle is a person of seniority in the village, not just my sixteenth uncle."

If Zhou Yimin was his sixteenth uncle, he would have lived a good life long ago.

When Lin Xiulan heard this, she was immediately disappointed. So that's how it was, so she didn't say anything else.

Soon after returning to the village, I saw a lot of children gathered at the entrance of the village.

I guess I heard from the adults that if I go to the village entrance, I can have wedding candy today.

As a result, the children in the village did not go anywhere and just waited at the village entrance. Although Zhoujiazhuang was not short of food, they still missed candy and meat.

It still takes some time, especially for candy. Adults don’t like to eat it and feel it is not cost-effective, so most of the children in the village can only eat candy during the Chinese New Year.

Zhou Daguo was even more generous and asked Zhou Daping to give a piece of wedding candy to each child present.

Zhou Daping did as Zhou Daguo said and distributed candies to the children present. However, when he got to the end, it seemed that there were not enough.

Then he came to Zhou Daguo and whispered, "Daguo, there is not enough candy, what should we do?"

Zhou Daguo looked embarrassed. He didn't expect that after buying so many candies, there would not be enough to share. Suddenly, he thought of someone. If there was anyone else in the village who had candies, it was Zhou Yimin.

"Daping, please go buy some candy from Uncle Sixteen."

After saying that, he took out a dollar and handed it to Zhou Daping.

If there isn't enough candy to go around at the wedding, it would be bad if people in the village gossip about you.

Don't underestimate the gossips in the village. In less than a day, everyone in the village will know that Zhou Daguo was so reluctant to even send candy to his wedding.

After borrowing the money, Zhou Daping hurried to Zhou Yimin's home.

It was a bit strange to see Zhou Daping running in such a hurry.

"Daping, what's the matter that makes you so anxious?"

Zhou Daping panted, "Uncle Sixteen, Daguo didn't buy enough candy to share, so he wanted me to buy some with you."

After saying that, he took out a dollar. Zhou Yimin understood why he was in such a hurry, and he turned around and went back to buy two kilograms of candy directly from the store.

After giving the candy to Zhou Daping, he did not take the dollar.

"Just consider it a gift from me!"

Zhou Daping didn't say much. After taking the candy, he hurriedly ran towards the village entrance.

Then distribute the candy to the children who have not received any yet.

Zhou Daguo finally breathed a sigh of relief after distributing the food to all the children in the village.

No need to worry about being gossiped by the village gossips.

After Zhou Daping distributed the wedding candies, he returned one dollar to Zhou Daguo.

"Uncle Sixteen didn't accept it."

Zhou Daguo took back the one dollar.

Then he drove Lin Xiulan back to his own yard. In the yard, which was a little shabby but full of festive atmosphere, there were many villagers from the same village standing there, listening to the congratulations from the surrounding villagers.

"Daguo, here, these are a few eggs that everyone has saved up. They are for the new bride to nourish her body." An aunt from the village smiled and stuffed a small basket of eggs into his hands.

A family would definitely be reluctant to take out so many eggs.

There is a chicken farm in the village, but the eggs laid are all kept to hatch chicks. Unless they are bad eggs, they will be distributed to villagers.

So every household in the village can get a few eggs, and since every household raises a few chickens, they will also place orders.

Zhou Daguo hurriedly thanked them with a simple smile on his face: "Thank you, everyone!"

Several tables were set up with simple meals, and people from the village who knew each other sat together in a lively atmosphere.

On the table were just some home-grown vegetables, steamed buns made of two-grain flour, and two or three pieces of meat that Zhou Daguo had specially exchanged for from Zhou Yimin. There was also a bowl of pork on every table, with thinly sliced ​​meat spread on a plate, which seemed particularly precious in that era.

Everyone sat around the table, but couldn't help but glance at the bowl of meat.

Lin Xiulan was also shocked by the dishes on the table in front of her.

There are two meat dishes alone, including cured fish and pork.

At this time, Zhou Daguo's father Zhou Xunian spoke up: "Today is a good day for Daguo, everyone can eat as much as they want!"

It broke the somewhat restrained atmosphere at the table.

Zhou Daguo stood up with a smile, picked up his chopsticks and served food to everyone: "Uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters-in-law, please don't be polite, everyone, eat more."

As he spoke, he put a few slices of pork into the bowls of several elders.

One of the elders said, "Hey, Daguo, you just got married, save it for your new daughter-in-law."

Although he said so, his body was still very honest. He carefully picked up the thin slice of meat, put it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully, as if he was savoring this rare delicacy.

The villagers can eat meat every now and then, but when the meat is at their mouths, they will push it away.

Zhou Dagui did not forget his wife and gave Lin Xiulan some slices of pork and cured fish.

After all, she is your wife. If you don’t love her, who will?
When the people around saw this, they started to make a fuss, which made Zhou Daguo feel a little embarrassed.

Lin Xiulan didn't hesitate and started eating directly. She hadn't eaten meat for a long time.

In this way, this meal can be said to be quite enjoyable. After all, with the support of meat and vegetables, this wedding banquet was not too bad.

(End of this chapter)