After buying the meat, everyone happily rode their bicycles back together. Zhou Bingkun and the other five people all carried a piece of meat on the back of the car, while Sun Qianchao and his brother-in-law Wu Pingfan carried half a piece of meat.
A few people were chatting while riding, and while chatting, Cao Debao mentioned what happened just now: "Qianchao, how did you know that the cold storage has been waiting for a call from the supply and marketing cooperative?"
"Yes, when you came over and said you wanted to make a phone call, it scared me~" Zhou Bingkun said while pedaling his bicycle.
Xiao Guoqing also echoed: "I would say that we should all be grateful to catch up. If it weren't for him, we probably wouldn't be able to buy meat for the rest of the night~"
Sun Qianqian couldn't tell the truth, so he smiled and said: "Hahaha, what does this mean?"
"It's good that everyone can buy meat. I was worried just now. The meat never came, and I couldn't squeeze into the house. I had to queue outside in this cold weather. It was freezing to death."
"At that time, it was just a blind cat that met a dead mouse. Anyway, I am not from the supply and marketing cooperative. Even if the call was wrong, they couldn't do anything to me!"
Everyone laughed and rode to the city together. No one mentioned the "Six Little Gentlemen" this time. After all, they had finished buying meat in the morning and didn't encounter anyone grabbing anything. Naturally, they didn't fight together.
Sun Qianchao sighed while riding his bicycle. At this time, everyone was still young and had no worries at all. In a few years, it would be difficult to imagine being as happy as now...
When we arrived at a fork in the city, Wu Pingfan, who had been silent and didn't chat much with everyone, stepped on the brakes.
"Catch up, your sister is still waiting for me at home, so I'll go back first. I'll go over to see my parents later~"
"Then ride slower and tell Uncle Wu that I will go see him later when I have time~" Sun Qianchao waved his hand.
He naturally knew that his brother-in-law didn't say anything because he didn't want to have contact with people like Guoqing Bingkun. After all, not every second-generation official is Cai Xiaoguang.
"Brother-in-law, can you do it yourself? Do you need a favor?" Cao Debao on the side took the initiative to interject because he had asked about it.
The Wu Pingfan in front of him was the son of the district leader. If he could get along well with such a person, he would definitely be able to leave the miserable place of the slag removal workshop with just a few words.
"No, it's not too heavy. Thank you Debao. You should go home quickly~" Wu Pingfan refused without thinking.
After arriving home, Sun rushed to unload the meat from the back seat of the bicycle. Because of the cold weather and more than an hour of riding, the pork was already frozen.
Moving into the house with some difficulty: "Mom, let me buy the meat too!"
The grandson's parents and grandma, as well as Sun Xiaoning, who was on vacation, heard the sound and hurried to the outhouse. When they saw the half fan of pork, they all looked shocked.
They usually buy one pound or two, but when more than 70 pounds of pork were placed in front of them, they really didn't react for a while.
Sun Xiaoning came over and touched the meat, swallowed and said, "Mom, let's make braised pork tonight~"
Grandma acted as if she hadn't heard anything and said subconsciously: "Oh my God, how long will it take to eat such old meat~"
"Hehe, starting from today, our family must ensure one pound of meat every day, so that we can finish it before enlightenment~" Sun Ganchao smiled and patted the pork on the table.
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Soon the day before the Spring Festival came, and the Sun family was full of joy. The smile on Sun's mother's face had never stopped since she got up in the morning.
The Chinese New Year is only part of the reason, the main reason is because the eldest son is coming back today.
Because Sun Xiaoli is going to her husband's house tomorrow to celebrate New Year's Eve, today is considered an early reunion at her parents' house, and the family is happily making dumplings.
At this time, Sun's mother took a look at the time, turned around and said, "Echao, it's almost time. Go to the train station to pick up your brother. Don't be late."
"Mom, it's not even 10 o'clock now. My brother didn't arrive until 12 o'clock. Why are you going so early? From morning to now, you have said what you just said at least seven or eight times~" Sun Qianchao looked helpless. .
"I noticed that you talked a lot this day. You can go if I ask you to go. What if the train arrives early~" Grandmother glared at her son.
After saying that, he raised the rolling pin in his hand. If you say another nonsense, I will beat you.
Sun Ganchao raised his eyebrows when he saw this, quickly put down the dumpling wrapper in his hand, and said decisively: "Okay, I will listen to you, I will get dressed and go to the train station~"
Putting on a cotton-padded jacket, hat and scarf, he got on his bicycle and left home, fully armed. He happened to meet Zhou Bingkun on the way.
"Catch up, go ahead~"
Hearing this, Sun Ganchao stopped his bicycle and replied: "Go to the train station, my brother will be back soon!"
"Have your Uncle Zhou, your brother and your sister come back? I heard Aunt Zhou say before that they should all come back this year!"
Zhou Bingkun held a soy sauce bottle in his hand and complained: "Forget it, my mother has been looking forward to it for nearly half a year. She saved two or three months of meat for them to come home~"
"It turned out that my sister couldn't come back without her vacation. Yesterday, my dad also wrote a letter saying that he went to Qianzhou to see my sister. My brother said that he was on duty to prepare for war. He even married Sister Dongmei there~"
Sun Qianchao felt that he must have been too young to tell the truth. It was probably not that Zhou Rong was not lying, but that he was reluctant to let go of Feng Huacheng. The two had just gotten married now, which was the best time for their relationship.
This family is really interesting. Zhou's mother has been looking forward to it for half a year, but in the end, her husband did it for her daughter, her son did it for her daughter-in-law, and her daughter did it for her son-in-law. None of them came back.
But after all, it’s someone else’s business, so it’s not easy to say anything, so he just changed the subject and said, “Bingkun, do you have time in the past two days? Let’s have a drink if you have time~”
"Okay..." Zhou Bingkun was about to agree, but then he suddenly remembered something and patted his head in annoyance.
Oh my god, look at my head, I always wanted to find time to tell you~"
"I just remembered after hearing what you said. You can come directly to my house on the third day of junior high school and let's get together. I told you to bring your partner over during the National Day. It's just a good time to get to know each other~"
"Okay, I have to go then~" Sun Qianchao thought for a moment and then agreed.
After we separated from Zhou Bingkun, we rode in the cold wind for more than 40 minutes, and it was only 10:30 when we arrived at the station.
"Oh my God, it takes half an hour to arrive by train. This old lady, why did you ask me to come so early in such a cold weather~" Sun Qianchao looked at the clock in the waiting room and said to himself, dumbfounded. Talk to yourself.
Regardless of the Spring Festival travel period in any era, there were too many people in the station. Sun Qianchao had no choice but to come out of the waiting room. As a result, he couldn't bear to stay outside for ten minutes.
Decisively, we went to a nearby state-owned hotel. Once we entered, we looked at the price list and took out the money and food stamps.
He handed it to the waiter at the counter who was eating melon seeds: "Comrade, give me a bowl of hot soup noodles, add more chili~"
The waiters in this era didn't have much sense of service, so they took the money carelessly.
Maybe he was disturbed from his rest, so his tone of voice was not very good: "Just wait, there will be no time to relax in this day~"
Sun Ganchao had long been used to it. He sat down next to the stove, took off his coat, and leaned against the wall comfortably.
"Who is that? The noodles are ready, come and get them yourself~" In this era, don't ask the waiter to serve you the noodles like in later generations.
After retrieving the noodles, although the preparation was relatively simple, just a bowl of plain hot noodle soup, Sun Qianchao still ate very deliciously. After eating the hot noodles, he felt that his body, which had been frozen all the time, slowly came back to life.
Regardless of the waiter's disgusted look, he insisted on staying in the hotel until 12 o'clock. He didn't want to lose face, but he didn't want to go out and get cold again.
It wasn't until he felt that the time was almost up that Sun Qianchao put on his military coat and arrived at the pick-up location agreed with his elder brother.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, I finally saw the figure of my eldest brother, and quickly waved my hand: "Brother, this way~"
Sun Qianwei, who was looking around, heard this voice and quickly came over with his bag: "Second Chao, what time did you come? It's been a long time, right?"
"I didn't wait long. I just had a bowl of hot soup before I came out~" Sun Qianchao said and took the bag from his brother's hand.
"It's my turn to ride when I go back. I've been on the train all morning and it's just a good time to do some exercise~"
On the way home, Sun Qianwei rode his bicycle and said to his younger brother behind him: "Er Chao, I heard a letter from my mother before saying that you are already a cadre, you can do it~"
Sun Ganchao smiled: "It's just so-so!"
Then he said: "By the way, brother, I have been thinking of a solution for your matter. I should have something figured out after the Chinese New Year~"
"I'm not in a hurry~" Sun Qianwei sighed inwardly after saying this. There was one thing he wanted to ask his parents' opinions on when he came back this time.
The two brothers kept chatting, and time passed very quickly. Before they knew it, they had returned to the optical film.
When the grandma heard the sound of the bicycle, she quickly walked out of the door. The moment she saw her eldest son, tears fell directly from her eyes: "Dawei~"
"Mom, Dad~" Sun Qianwei saw this and took two steps forward. She hadn't been home for more than a year. The last time she came back was during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.
However, this made the educated youths who joined the queue very envious, because they had traveled so far that they had not been home for three or four years.
"Hey~" Sun Guofu agreed, then walked over and patted his eldest son on the shoulder.
Grandmother came over and hugged her son: "Dawei, why are you so thin and old? You have really suffered in the countryside these past two years~"
At this time, Sun Xiaoli held her child and said: "Mom, let's go inside quickly. Why are you standing outside in this cold weather? If you have anything to say, go back to the house and chat. My brother can't run away~"
Sun Ganchao echoed: "That's it, Mom, let's go in~"
Grandmother also reacted: "That's not good. Why are you standing outside? Come in quickly!"
After saying that, he took the eldest son's hand and walked into the house, turning his head and giving instructions: "Er Chao, you light the fire, and let's make the dumplings~"
The dumplings were cooked quickly, and the family ate happily. The more they drank, the more they became. Sun Guofu became happier the more he drank, one cup after another. Sun Qianchao and Wu Pingfan also drank a lot.
Sun Qianwei, on the other hand, had something on his mind, so he only had two drinks, and then he mentally organized his words to see that everyone was almost done eating.
Only then did he have the courage to say: "Mom and Dad, I have something to discuss with you!"
Grandma smiled when she heard this: "You kid, you can't discuss anything. If you have anything to do, just say it. What's going on~"
"Dad, Mom, I found a partner in the countryside. I want to discuss it with you when I come back this time and plan to hold a wedding!" Sun Qianwei said everything in one breath.
As soon as these words came out, the whole family was stunned and turned to look at Sun Qianwei who had just spoken.
Grandmother was a little unsure and asked again: "Dawei, what did you just say? Was it drunken talk~"
"Mom, I didn't drink too much. I was serious. This time..." Sun Qianwei said firmly.
"Pa~" Sun's mother slapped the table hard, interrupting her son directly: "Shut up!"
The whole family was shocked. Wu Aiguo, who had been eating dumplings, burst into tears: "Wow~"
When the grandma saw this, she didn't care about anything else. She quickly picked up her grandson and said a little guiltily: "It won't scare you if you touch the fur, but it will scare you if you touch the ears. It's all my fault for scaring my grandson~"
"Mom, give me the child~" Sun Xiaoli stood up. She also knew that her mother didn't mean it just now. After all, what her elder brother just said was too scary.
The grandma handed her grandson into her daughter's hands with a guilty look on her face. She turned around and said, "Er Chao, there is malted milk in the cabinet. Take it out and refill the stone."
Sun Ganchao got up and went to the cabinet to take out the malted milk, made a cup and handed it over, saying: "Sister, please lead him to my room~"
"Yeah~" Sun Xiaoli said and went to the back room with her child in her arms.
Father Sun frowned: "Dawei, how old is your partner and how long have you known him?"
"Her name is Jin Ye. She is 20 years old. Didn't I tell you some time ago that I was selected to teach in an elementary school. That's where we met for more than a year!" When mentioning this matter, Sun Qianwei A happy smile on his face.
At this time, Sun Qianchao came out of the back room. Hearing these words, his mind moved. He wanted to teach in the brigade school these days. That was no joke. There must be someone in his family who was a cadre in the brigade.
This is not bad. At least if you teach in school, you will have time to study. If you are admitted to university when the college entrance examination resumes in two years, the assigned job will be much better than what you can find yourself.
Nowadays, many educated youths are trying to find a way to return to the city. With their own abilities, the most they can do is find a temporary job for their brother, which requires a lot of favors.
"Brother, her family must not be simple, otherwise we can become teachers~"
Sun Qianwei nodded: "Her father is the deputy secretary and director of our brigade. It is thanks to his recommendation that I can teach in the school. I have become familiar with him after going back and forth~"
Grandmother Sun was from a rural area before, so she was very aware of the hard life in the countryside, so she reacted very strongly.
He shouted loudly: "I don't agree with you finding a village girl. I don't care whether you are a cadre in any brigade. Are you willing to dig dirt in the countryside for the rest of your life?"
Your brother has already said that he will find a way to get you back after the New Year. What are you doing at this time? "
"I'll leave it to you. If you still recognize me as your mother, break up with that girl as soon as possible, and then go home and go to work."
Sun's father felt that his wife's words were a bit harsh: "My mother, what are you doing? Even if you don't agree, you should talk to your child."
"How can you be a father like you? You can talk to Xini all day long. No matter how nice you talk, your son will have to go back to the countryside to farm~" Sun's mother's hands were shaking with anger.
"Mom, please calm down. My brother won't talk about it anymore. He and his sister-in-law are teaching in school and don't have to farm~" Sun Ganchao also advised.
Grandma was the one who knew the key points best. She turned around and glared: "Get out of here, she is not your sister-in-law!"
In the end, no matter what Sun Qianwei said, Sun's mother would not let go. Sun Qianchao and Sun's father tried to persuade him, but both got scolded...
(End of chapter)
