Ning Caiyun felt that Hu Lijuan looked familiar, so she made a bold guess. Ji Donglai explained while taking off his coat. Hu Lijuan's kick was neither light nor heavy, and Ji Donglai had no time to hide.
"Ah, my child has changed so much! Come and sit down. This kid is from the south. Come and try our northern cuisine..."
Ning Caiyun was overjoyed to find out that it was her son's classmate, and she treated her as her prospective daughter-in-law.
The young people gathered at two tables, arranged according to their age. Ji Donglai, Wang Jue, Hu Lijuan, Yang Xue and others gathered at a table.
The remaining ones who were too young were taken by their parents and grandfathers. As Ji Heng announced that the party was about to begin, the table became eager.
Hu Lijuan is very familiar with northern cuisine. As a Shanghainese, Yang Xue is not only curious but also surprised when eating Northeastern cuisine, especially the amount of home-cooked dishes.
Ning Caiyun and other housewives all cooked according to the habits of northerners. Seeing that Yang Xue didn't have much to eat, they quickly ordered two more Yangzhou dishes.
"Your family is so enthusiastic. The city over there is so deserted during the Chinese New Year. Everyone lives in the building, and they just watch TV during the Chinese New Year. It's so uncomfortable!"
Yang Xue sat diagonally across from Ji Donglai, looking at the reception received by Ji Donglai's family, and felt very moved.
The other person is a typical Wu Nong soft-spoken person, and his words are the source of laughter at the table.
"Yang Xue, when you came to our place, didn't you notice that our place is very different from yours in Shanghai?"
After taking a sip of beer, Ji Donglai tricked Hu Lijuan into pouring a glass, but Hu Lijuan's murderous gaze almost penetrated her.
"Of course there are many differences. The cannon at the temple fair I saw this morning scared me to death, you know..."
When Yang Xue heard the difference, she immediately began to describe it vividly. Ji Donglai turned his eyes to Hu Lijuan, and Hu Lijuan covered her mouth and smiled.
"We just walked to the popcorn furnace, and the popcorn furnace turned on. With a bang, Yang Xue almost fell to the ground, gurgling..."
Talking about Yang Xue's tragic situation at the temple fair, Hu Lijuan couldn't help it, and Yang Xue couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
"It's very different over there. We also have popcorn, but it's an open iron pot with cooking oil in it, and then there's a handle on it that you turn to make a pot! It's the first time I've seen this kind of popcorn. It's like shooting off a cannon, so scary..."
Yang Xue acted exaggeratedly, and everyone at the party listened quietly, making the whole family laugh.
Ji Zhong occasionally laughed once or twice, but looking at Hu Lijuan next to Ji Donglai, her face never looked good.
As soon as we finished talking about Ji Dong coming there to find a partner, he immediately got her back, not one, but two. What is this called? What a slap in the face!
"Hey, if Yang Xue didn't tell me, I forgot. My grandpa has a story about this popcorn machine...Grandpa, can I tell it?"
Looking at Yang Xue telling stories vividly and the atmosphere at the table was lively, Ji Donglai suddenly remembered something about Ji Heng. Ji Heng was holding a wine glass and turned around after hearing Ji Donglai's story.
"You brat, I still want to bury your grandpa during the Chinese New Year. Come on, it's okay. My face is thicker than the soles of my shoes!"
As Ji Heng put down his wine glass, everyone at the table except the children pricked up their ears to listen. Yang Xue and Hu Lijuan also quickly put down their chopsticks and urged Ji Dong to come. Wang Jue didn't listen either.
"In the past 70 years or so, my grandfather's factory was not performing well..."
The core content of the story is very simple. The profitability of Jiheng Township Factory is not good! I had three days off and four days off, so Ji Heng and his wife discussed doing some business! It happened that a coworker had this popcorn machine at home, so the two of them worked together to pop popcorn in the town.
At that time, people in the village were very poor, and the sacks used to carry things were all patched and patched. For the first business, an old farmer came over to get a sack like that.
The pressure of the popcorn pressure cooker reached. Ji Heng put his bag on the outlet of the boiler and then hammered it down. The pressure in the pot flushed out all the popcorn bullets.
It turned out that the sacks at that house were so badly damaged that the bottom of the sacks disappeared immediately, and everything was scattered. Popcorn was everywhere on the street.
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Not to mention, Ji Heng didn't step on the popcorn boiler, and the boiler rocketed along the street.
"My grandfather was very handsome at that time. He stepped on the void with one foot and held the lever for opening the door in the other hand. He was just like the horse stepping on the flying swallow. He landed on one foot and everyone around him was dumbfounded..."
Ji Donglai said vividly, and a group of people at the table, especially the group led by Yang Xue, including Wang Jue, all laughed when they heard Ji Donglai describe Ji Heng's horse riding on a flying swallow.
Even several aunts and family members from Ji Donglai were laughing so hard that Ji Heng felt embarrassed. Only Ji Heng's grandma didn't hear what was said clearly, but she laughed too when she saw everyone laughing.
Ning Caiyun laughed so hard that she slapped her thigh. Ji Ping's face turned red at this time, because Ji Ping told Ji Donglai about this matter. He didn't dare to laugh at this time and was holding it in so hard that he almost suffered internal injuries.
"Hahaha... What happened next, what happened next? Did your family lose money? Giggling... I laughed so hard, my stomach hurts. Hu Lijuan, your classmate is so funny!"
Yang Xue finally straightened up and pointed at Ji Donglai and Hu Lijuan to urge them. Hu Lijuan also straightened up with great effort and urged Ji Donglai to continue.
"Later, I had to say that my grandpa married a good wife, and my grandma was standing next to him! Wasn't my grandpa posing on the horse riding a flying swallow? My grandma screamed, hurry up, chase the popcorn, I’m chasing the pot!”
"Hahaha……"
Now the people on the table couldn't hold it in any longer. Even Ji Ping slapped his thigh at this time, because the latter sentence was something Ji Dong came to play on the field and was not mentioned when Ji Ping said it.
The whole table was laughing. The old lady and Ji Heng were also supporting each other and laughing.
"Oh my god, I will never come to your house again. I'm almost laughing to death! Grandpa, you tell the next story. If Ji Donglai continues to tell it, my belly will burst!"
Yang Xue held her stomach and hurriedly ran to Ji Heng's side, pulling Ji Heng's arm to express that she still wanted to hear the next story.
"Whatever I say, let my old lady say it. What, my daughter wants to hear us popping popcorn, it's the time you chased the pot and I chased the popcorn, hahaha..."
Ji Heng couldn't hold it in any longer at this time, thinking that his eldest grandson was definitely a talent. He didn't think it was so interesting back then, but it makes him happy to think about it now.
"Ah, that's enough! I'm telling you, listen, your father was a loser when he was young! I ran for two miles after the pot and didn't come back for an hour. Your father didn't look for me ! That big-hearted person should never look for a man like your father..."
