The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 166 Xiaofang, your son-in-law seems to be here

After loading the goods, Jiang Cheng first went to a deserted place on the beach and took great pains to kill a wild boar with a gun. Then he went to the Logistics Department of the Baoshan District Military Region to find Peng Weiguo, the head of the Military Service Society.

Jiang Cheng was planning to give the wild boar to the troops here to improve their food, but in the end the wild boar accepted it and insisted on paying Jiang Cheng and not taking advantage of him.

Jiang Cheng exchanged a bunch of good stuff at the Military Service Center. He really intended to give the wild boar away, but he also wanted to buy the things. It just ended up being an exchange, and the wild boar was considered to have been bought by the army.

Jiang Cheng felt that this trip to Shanghai was quite successful, except that he did not get any Dacron. The Dacron in the foreign trade warehouse was all wrapped in cloth bags, not in loose pieces.

Now Jiang Cheng has to hurry to Nanjing to tell Zhou Lingying's parents that she is pregnant.

So after lunch I took a half-hour break and then set off for Nanjing. It’s a 300-kilometer journey, so I’ll try to arrive there by noon tomorrow~~.

Nanjing, Zhou family.

Zhou Lingying's family didn't know that Jiang Cheng would be here in a day.

"Fan Yi, as the eldest brother, you have to help your younger brother. Go talk to your father-in-law about the wedding venue and ask him to help you arrange it."

"Yes, I got it. Mom, do you still have the lotus root powder that my brother-in-law brought last time? A few days ago, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xuanxuan went back to her parents' home and gave the lotus root powder to them."

"Lotus root powder, there really is no more of it. Last time your uncle came over, your dad asked him to take some away. Your aunt saw it, too. You know who your aunt is. How could she not take some away?"

Liu Xiaofang told her eldest son Zhou Fanyi that her son-in-law Jiang Cheng had left some lotus root starch for them when he came last time. It was all lotus root starch from Sanjia Village, which cost nearly one yuan per pound.

The main reason is that other places like to pay attention to the specialties of other places, and it is the same in Shanghai. As long as it is hard to buy something and it is from other places, everyone is interested in it.

What's more, the lotus root powder that Jiang Cheng brought really tastes good. Whether you eat it yourself or give it to others, it is something presentable.

Liu Xiaofang asked Zhou Fanyi to come here today to discuss the venue issue in half a month. The last time Zhou Fanyi got married, he borrowed a venue from the street office. Zhou Fanyi's wife is Hu Xuan, and her father-in-law is the director of the street office in this area.

Now they are discussing setting up four tables for Zhou Xingcai's wedding, but there is no room here at home. So they want Zhou Fanyi to talk to his father-in-law and find a place.

They are in-laws after all, but they are just borrowing a venue, and they may have to invite Zhou Xingcai's father-in-law to the table.

The four tables were arranged quite tightly. Only the closest relatives were present, and Zhou Xingcai's cousins ​​of the same generation were not called. They were all elders, and at most the elders would bring their children of a few years old to eat.

"Mom, it would have been great if my brother-in-law was here on Xingcai's wedding day. It would have been such a grand occasion if he drove there to get married. But now I have to borrow a bicycle from my uncle to pick up the bride." Zhou Fanyi said.

"You know what, the last time Jiang Cheng came, he also joked that your brother was getting married and he drove a big car to help propose. But Jiang Cheng can only come to Nanjing once in a while, and it's good enough if he can come a few times a year." Liu Xiaofang said.

"Mom, Xing is getting married, so we need to prepare a table and some dishes. You said you didn't have enough meat coupons, so you borrowed some."

"Your father is still borrowing it. If it doesn't work out, I'll have to go back to your grandma's place. At a wedding, there has to be a braised pork dish on each table, and too little meat won't do. It'll be about the same as your last wedding, with six dishes in total."

Liu Xiaofang said that six dishes are the norm for weddings in Nanjing, and some capable people even prepare eight dishes.

Usually there are braised pork, braised fish, scrambled eggs, stir-fried vegetables, and a half-meat dish, such as braised pork with potatoes or braised eggplant with beans. Finally, there is a tofu stew, which means five dishes and one soup, with both meat and vegetables.

Anyway, in this era, it is much more troublesome for city dwellers to get married than for rural people. More than ten kilograms of meat, eggs, and even fish and tofu. You can't just buy them if you want, but you need so much for a wedding.

Moreover, in coastal cities, shells and the like are not considered dishes at wedding banquets.

Only Liu Xiaofang and her son Zhou Fanyi were here at noon today. Zhou Dongming went to see his brother Zhou Hewang at noon. Zhou Xingcai, the heartless man, might have taken his girlfriend out to eat at noon today.

As for Zhou Fanyi, the elder brother, he couldn't really help much. He could give some money, but he couldn't give him anything for cloth coupons, meat coupons, furniture, etc.

Zhou Fanyi's child is only a little over one year old, and his wife Hu Xuan is pregnant again. So in order to nourish Hu Xuan's body, Liu Xiaofang and Zhou Dongming usually buy some meat for their daughter-in-law. "Mom, do you have any canned food at home?" Zhou Fanyi asked.

"You, your wife asked you to ask again. Your brother-in-law sent some things over, and your wife took notice of them all."

Hearing her eldest son Zhou Fanyi's question, Liu Xiaofang couldn't help but say, "Canned food is a good thing these days. It can be stored for a long time and is considered a special material."

Many people were sent to the countryside, and if some parents knew someone had extra canned meat, they would go to the family and ask them to sell it to them. They would even be willing to pay three yuan for a can of meat that cost one yuan and two cents.

Therefore, canned meat was just eaten as ordinary meat, which was a luxury in that era. One can of meat could be exchanged for one or two kilograms of meat.

Liu Xiaofang thinks her eldest daughter-in-law Hu Xuan is a good person. The only bad thing about her is that she takes care of her parents. She also has a younger brother who has moved to a faraway place in the countryside.

Hu Xuan's father is the director of the street office and a cadre. Many children of cadres have to set an example and go to the countryside. Moreover, many young people in this era have a spirit of dedication and volunteer to go to the countryside.

Hu Xuan's younger brother took the initiative to say that he wanted to go to the countryside. After going there, she, as his elder sister, was heartbroken.

Zhou Fanyi was exposed and smiled awkwardly without saying anything. He also understood what his mother meant. Even if there were canned food at home, she would not let him take it back and give it to Hu Xuan.

The mother and son chatted for a while in the room, mainly to ask Zhou Fanyi to do his best to help his brother's marriage.

When it was almost time to go to work, everyone left.

At noon the next day, all the Zhou family members were present, and Zhou Fanyi also brought his wife and children to eat.

"Xingcai, I went to your uncle's place yesterday, and he got a stool ticket and some loose wine tickets. When you have time, go with Xiuyun to pick out a stool you like. Your aunt also got a pound of meat tickets. After all, she is married, so it is not easy for her to come up with a pound of meat tickets." Zhou Dongming said.

"Dad, where are the cloth coupons for making clothes? Xiuyun's parents said they want to make her a set of clothes." Zhou Xingcai asked.

"There is no problem with the cloth coupons. Your family and your brother and sister-in-law can pool together, and then borrow some from your uncle. You can pay it back by the end of the year." Zhou Dongming replied.

With the cloth coupons, I have new clothes, and the only thing missing is some furniture.

But this is not a big problem. If it really doesn't work, Zhou Dongming will ask a carpenter to renovate the wardrobe in his room. There are wooden boxes in their room that can also hold clothes. As for the bed, it needs to be widened, so he asked someone to find some wood.

"Xiaofang, Xiaofang, you guys are still eating at home, come out quickly. I was just about to go downstairs to the bathroom, and I thought I saw your brother-in-law coming. But he didn't drive the same car as last time."

Just as the Zhou family was eating and chatting, the neighbors on the same floor suddenly shouted outside the house.

I was only halfway through my meal when I was interrupted. How shameless.

Almost everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks, and Liu Xiaofang was the first to walk out of the room.

"Beautiful, is this true or not? Did you see it clearly?"

"He should be. He's so tall and young. Who else can this driver be but your uncle? He's still getting something from the car. The car is different from the last one. Why don't you wait a bit? Your uncle will definitely get in soon."

The one who came to tell Liu Xiaofang the news was her neighbor Wang Meili. Only people of this generation would give themselves such names. If future girls were given such names, they would be laughed at. It would be better to be more conceited and call her Wang Piaoliang or something like that.

If all names were given like this, Jiang Cheng would know that he wanted his parents to name him Jiang Liangzai.

　Let me say here that some brothers said that there is no main plot and it is meaningless to keep dealing with various goods. In fact, there is a main plot, but it is difficult to reveal the specific content. I can only say that it will appear in the next transportation. It is still in the hoarding state.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)