Zhang Feng drove Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu to the market. At this time, the market had just opened, and the merchants were busy placing their goods on the stalls. The car could only drive through the gate of the market, but could not enter the passage. Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu had to split up and notify Boss Chen and Boss Zhou to deliver the goods. The two people who received the notice rode yellow croaker carts to deliver the goods. Boss Chen's goods are small, but he still has a full snakeskin bag.
As soon as the market opened, the two of them sold a batch of goods with their little brother, which attracted the envy of the merchants nearby. Especially Boss Zhou, who passed by the door of the merchant with a truck full of yellow croakers, was greeted with congratulations. The two of them delivered the goods to where Zhang Feng's truck was parked, and the four of them worked together to load the goods. They all took special care of Yang Liu because of his small size. Let him hold something light, or simply let him watch.
Knowing that Yang Liufang was going to be stationed at the site to make furniture, Boss Zhou and Boss Chen, after finishing their work, ran back and forth to buy him quilts, mattresses, stoves, sheets, quilt covers, pillows, two lanterns, pots, etc. Bowls, pans, and even toilet paper were bought. Li Tongfu was so busy that he was sweating profusely as he carried the goods back and forth. The goods were loaded into a small semi-truck. After checking that it was gone, Zhang Feng carefully covered it with a tarpaulin and tied the tarpaulin tightly with straps. After they said goodbye to Boss Chen and Boss Zhou, the three of them drove off.
When passing by the department store, Li Tongfu stopped the car and went in. After a while, he came out with a delicate cardboard box and carefully handed it to Yang Liufang.
"Brother, take it, this is a gift for you."
"What, brother? It's time for us to use money, so don't spend it randomly."
"Oh, it's nothing. It's just a radio with a clock. Take it, it's useful. I originally wanted to buy you a three-in-one with a tape recorder, but brother, I am short of money. I will buy the best for you when I have money in the future. "
"This is good enough, brother. For two months since I've been out, I've been relying on the sun to estimate time."
"Master Zhang, you will pass by the vegetable market later and have to stop for a while. I will buy some rice, flour, meat, vegetables and other things for my brother. Don't starve him."
"Okay, Boss Li."
The three of them drove forward and took a detour to the Xizhou Vegetable Market. When they stopped the car, Li Tongfu bought him rice, flour, oil, cabbage, celery, carrots... and a bunch of snakeskin bags of charcoal.
"Brother, these vegetables are easy to store. They won't go bad for a long time. They are almost eaten. The batch of goods has also come out. I will bring you new ones when it is delivered. I also bought you three packets of salt to put the meat on. Pickle it, light it with scrap wood or sawdust, and smoke it so it won’t go bad.”
Yang Liufang listened carefully to the concern from his brother, his eyes were red. In this way, almost a truck was filled. After Zhang Feng covered the tarpaulin again, tied it securely, and continued driving. In the car, Yang Liufang told Li Tongfu:
"Brother, it will be winter when you finish this batch of goods. You can't stay in a hotel all the time. If not, you can live where I work, just to help. And on the 26th of next month, remember to go to Boss Chen to pick up the 260 The soap is sent to Accountant Li of Hongtu Village for delivery."
Li Tongfu took out his notebook, wrote it down on the calendar, folded it again and marked it.
When the car arrived at Hongtu Village, Li Tongfu and Zhang Feng unloaded the goods together, completed the delivery with Accountant Li and Director Cao, and went to Accountant Li to collect the payment. The three of them continued to go straight to Zhaomagou.
When they arrived, Wang Shan and the village chief Shitou had already arrived. Seeing their arrival, several people were very happy. Except for Brother Shitou, who was older, the four of them were young people. They unloaded the things smoothly. Shitou The village chief also brought potatoes, a killed old hen, and a bag of eggs.
"Brother, your sister-in-law prepared this. We eat it while we work."
"Brother Shitou, you are too polite. The baby at home is growing, so we should keep it for him."
"Yes, keep it. This is specially given to you."
"Thank you, brother and sister-in-law. By the way, let me introduce you. This is my brother. My parents recognize my godson, and he was also the first person who pointed me to Xizhou to meet everyone."
"Hello, welcome to Hanwangchuan in Xizhou, Emeng." Wang Shan shook hands generously.
"Hello brother, I'm relieved now that Al Fang is here, he has been looking for you." Shitou also stepped forward to shake hands.
"We are all here today. We have all worked hard. How about we fire up the fire in this courtyard and have a reunion dinner?" Yang Liufang suggested.
"Okay! Okay..." everyone echoed.
"I'm going to buy two bottles of wine!" Wang Shan said and walked out.
"We don't know how to cook the delicate ones, so we'll chop the chicken brought by Brother Shitou into pieces, chop a few pieces of pork belly, cut a few potatoes, and let's stew it until it's tender." Yang Liufang suggested.
"I'll light a fire for us." Zhang Feng volunteered to join them.
Brother Shitou took the kitchen knife to wash and peel the potatoes. Li Tongfu wanted to chop a chicken and found Brother Shitou using it. When he was at a loss, Yang Liufang pulled out a carpenter's ax and handed it to him.
"Brother, use this."
"This is good! It's faster than a knife!" He went to find a chopping board from the kitchen utensils and cooking utensils bought by Boss Chen and Boss Zhou, and started chopping on it.
Everyone is busy, only Yang Liufang is here. He thought, it seems that he is the chef today. He took the initiative to find the pot and washed it with the water Brother Shitou brought to wash vegetables. At this time, Zhang Feng had already raised the charcoal fire in the stove. Yang Liufang put the pot on the stove, and after the water dried up, he took a knife from Brother Shitou, cut off a small piece of lard, wiped the hot pot with chopsticks, and then washed it clean. Roast it on the fire, pour in cooking oil, Chinese prickly ash, aniseed, chili pepper, etc., stir-fry until the fragrance becomes fragrant, then open the white sugar bought for your own tea, pour in some, and stir-fry until the sugar color develops. Watching the base material bubbling slightly and green smoke rising from the pot, I poured in the chicken and pork belly pieces chopped by Li Tongfu and continued to stir-fry until they were all coated in sugar color.
When the chicken and pork belly are stir-fried in the pot, add the potato pieces cut by Brother Shitou and continue to stir-fry for a while. Add salt and MSG, stir-fry a few more times, and pour water around the edge of the pot to cover it. After the meat and potatoes are done, cover the pot and simmer.
At this time, Wang Shan came back with wine, followed by his future father-in-law, Yinhua Da. Wang Shan opened the way in front, holding wine and a plastic bag with noodles in one hand, and making an invitation gesture to his father-in-law with the other hand. When the village chief Shitou saw it, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Sou (Uncle), why have you been alarmed? Oh, I should have invited you, but you see that young people like me are ignorant and shoddy, and I'm afraid you won't like it, so I don't dare to make mistakes."
"Oh, Stone Boy, even though you are a junior, you are also the head of the village and the son-in-law of my family. When you came here, I should have received you because of emotion and reason. I didn't expect that Xiao Yang took the lead. Well, let’s borrow flowers to offer to Buddha!”
"Uncle, this is my brother. My brother and I welcome you to guide our work." Yang Liufang saw the opportunity and pulled Li Tongfu over to introduce him. "You are here just in time. My brother brought you a pair of leather shoes from my hometown. They are size 43. I don't know if they will fit you."
"Sou (Uncle), look at my head. I get so excited when I see the leader. I'll go get it. Brother Shitou also has some." Li Tongfu agreed tactfully.
"Oh, this is so embarrassing. Why are you accepting gifts from the kids!"
"I brought it from my hometown, with a little thought, old man (uncle), how about I serve you?"
"Okay, okay, let's try it." Li Tongfu helped the old village chief try on the shoes.
Yang Liufang took Wang Shan and Zhang Feng to remove the bed board, put two willow sections underneath as table legs, and used two willow sections as stools. After setting them up, the old village chief had just finished trying on the shoes, with a smile on his face. , looks particularly full.
Several people gathered around the old village chief and took his seat. Yang Liufang opened the pot, stir-fried it again to collect the juice, brought the pot up and placed it on the table made of bed planks, the aroma was overflowing.
I asked Brother Shitou to greet everyone for dinner, and I was busy cooking noodles in the pot used to steam rice and steamed buns. By the time the noodles were cooked, three rounds of wine had passed, and several people insisted on Yang Liufang to make up for three glasses. Yang Liufang couldn't hide it, so he said: "Uncle, brothers, my brother and I are here to thank you for treating us like family. It's hard to refuse your hospitality. I'll drink three glasses full to express my gratitude." "
Yang Liufang, who had almost never drunk liquor, felt his face turn red and his stomach felt hot after one glass of wine. After the second glass of wine, his eyes blurred. After the third glass of wine, he could no longer stand still. I put down my cup and wanted to sit on a tree, but instead I sat down on the ground. I squinted my eyes and watched everyone eating meat and noodles. I couldn't stand up until the meal was over.
