When Zhou Yang and others arrived at the brigade headquarters in the front yard, they saw a lot of cars parked in the yard, including cars and jeeps, more than a dozen of them.
This was 1975. With so many cars parked in one yard, the scene was a bit shocking!
At this time, everyone in the car had gotten off and gathered around the door of the brigade office.
When Zhou Yang just heard what Tan Shiqing said, he thought it was Li Changqing who was here. After all, he specifically told him about this yesterday.
But when he saw these people at the door, he was instantly dumbfounded!
Among the crowd, the person surrounded by others was the deputy director of Anguo State Security of the province!
Zhou Yang also knew the people standing next to him. They were Director Huang and Deputy Director Wang from the city, as well as several directors and deputy directors of the prefectural committee office.
Zhou Yang also saw Li Changqing, Wang Anguo and others in the crowd, but their positions were relatively far back. Obviously, they were all minions in front of these big guys.
Not to mention Director Qiao and the others of the commune, they were all standing on the outskirts, surrounded by the cold wind. They looked somewhat pitiful.
In such a small place, leaders of all sizes from provinces, cities, counties, and communes were gathered together. What kind of rectification was going on!
At this time, An Lao and others also saw Zhou Yang.
In the horrified eyes of everyone, Deputy Director An strode towards Zhou Yang, and then said with a hearty smile: "You are here, and you are the only one who can do this while leaving a large group of us here!"
Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and said, "Why didn't you say anything before you came? This sudden attack is too scary!"
"Hahaha, you kid still care about this?"
"This is not a matter of not caring. You are the provincial leader!" Zhou Yang said.
"Haha, I didn't let them notify you on purpose. I came as per our agreement. Don't let me down!"
Zhou Yang smiled and said: "How can you!"
Just as he was talking, Director Huang from the city also came over, and then asked with a smile: "Comrade Xiao Zhou, where are the people in your production team? There is only one little girl in the office. Is it because winter has relaxed? "
"No, the village held a commendation meeting today, and everyone is behind it!" Zhou Yang said.
"It's a coincidence that we came to the commendation conference!" Director Huang said with a smile.
Mr. An smiled and said, "Come on, take us there to have a look. Since we have met, let us see how your commendation meeting is going!"
"Then please keep asking!"
With that said, Zhou Yang led the way, taking dozens of cadres from provincial, municipal and county communes to the venue of the commendation conference!
As soon as he walked to the backyard, Deputy Director An saw a shocking scene.
I saw five or six large pots and stoves set up in a row in a temporary tent set up in the backyard. At this time, a dozen women were busy here.
From far away, everyone could smell the tempting fragrance!
Deputy Director An immediately pointed here and asked: "It seems that your village is going to have a big pot of rice today?"
"Well, I plan to eat here after the commendation meeting!"
"Let's go over and see how your food is!"
Then, Mr. An personally took the lead and walked directly to the tent!
At this time, in the tent, female educated youth Li Lan and others were cooking. Suddenly, they were shocked when they saw so many impressive people walking in.
Zhou Yang immediately comforted him and said, "Everyone should do whatever they are supposed to do. The superiors are here to inspect our village. Don't panic!"
An Guobang walked to a large pot, pointed to the tightly covered lid and asked, "What is cooking in here that is so fragrant?"
Li Lan stuttered a little and said: "Beef...beef stewed with carrots!"
"Beef? Open the lid and let me take a look!"
Li Lan didn't dare to neglect and immediately opened the lid of the pot.
When the lid of the pot was lifted, everyone present was stunned.
I saw half a pot of beef being stewed in a large iron pot with a diameter of more than 1.5 meters that is common in large groups.
Looking at the pieces of beef flying up and down, everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Such a half pot of meat must be at least fifty or sixty kilograms of beef.
Beef is not cheap these days. Even with meat coupons, a pound of beef costs one dollar and sixty-seven cents.
In other words, the ingredients alone for this pot of beef cost no less than one hundred yuan!
An Guobang pointed to a large pot next to him and asked, "What's cooking in here?"
"Pig in the water!"
When the lid of the pot was opened, a large pot full of pig offal was boiling, including pig liver, pig heart, and pig belly.
Compared to the beef stew pot, this pot was more arrogant, because the pot was so full that the lid could hardly be covered, and it was unknown how many pigs were in it.
"Where's this pot? What's in it?"
“Chowder!”
This time, Li Lan opened the pot lid without waiting for An Guobang's greeting.
Seeing that there was a large pot of ordinary stew inside, everyone was slightly relieved. If it was still meat, they didn't know what to say.
But even so, An Guobang still discovered that this pot of stew was different from the stew that everyone usually eats.
First of all, the amount of stew in this pot is not very large, which means that the stew is not the protagonist today.
Secondly, there are very few potatoes in this pot of stew. Instead, tofu, vermicelli and Chinese cabbage account for more than half, and there are also a lot of fatty meat slices.
So, this pot of stew is not ordinary.
Then, An Guobang pointed to a large four-tiered basket next to him and asked, "Are the steamed buns steamed in this?"
"No, it's blood sausage!"
"Blood sausage?"
"Um!"
With that said, the female comrade responsible for taking care of the blood sausage also opened the lid of the top drawer.
I saw dozens of pig blood sausages of different lengths neatly placed in such a large cage. This scene was both surprising and a little weird.
There were still a few pots and stoves left. An Guobang did not continue to look at them, but turned to look at Zhou Yang.
"Zhou Yang, you guys are a bit afraid of people. This meal will cost a lot of money, right?"
Zhou Yang could feel the seriousness in An Guobang's tone. Apparently the food in the village exceeded their expectations.
However, this is understandable. Most places in Saibei Province were hit by disasters this year, but the severity was different.
Therefore, most of the rural areas are not rich now. The people are eating bran-thick vegetables and thinking about how to tide over the difficulties, but here they are stewing meat in pots. This scene is inevitably a bit inconsistent.
But Zhou Yang had a clear conscience and immediately said with a smile: "Today's food is indeed good, but in terms of money, it really didn't cost much!"
"It didn't cost much, how is this possible?"
"There was a fight between cows in the village two days ago. As a result, one cow was hit by the other and was seriously injured. I had no choice but to kill it!"
Then Zhou Yang continued: "As for these pigs, we just sold all the pigs from the pig farm in the village yesterday. The meat joint factory only wants meat, but not pig water or blood, so we just sold these things. Come back."
"The remaining potatoes and cabbage are all grown by ourselves, and the vermicelli and tofu are also made by the villagers. So despite the pots full of meat and vegetables, it actually didn't cost much!"
After listening to Zhou Yang's explanation, An Guobang's expression returned to its previous relaxed state.
"That's okay. I thought you would also learn from some places where village cadres secretly kill pigs and cows in winter. These are all undesirable!"
Zhou Yang smiled and said: "You can rest assured, boss. This kind of thing will not happen in our village. My father-in-law retired from the army and is very upright. Who dares to do such a thing? He is the village party secretary." The first one doesn’t agree!”
"That's good!"
Then An Guobang suddenly thought of something and asked immediately: "By the way, the batch of piglets you said you defrauded from my family just now were put on the market. How much did they sell for?"
"Can you always stop telling lies!" Zhou Yang said with a wry smile.
"It's not a lie to be a white wolf with nothing. Stop being so nagging, tell me how much you sold it for!"
"Ninety-three thousand dollars!"
"How many?"
"Ninety-three thousand, two hundred and seventy-four yuan!" Zhou Yang replied loudly.
In an instant, everyone including An Guobang was stunned!
No wonder people dare to start a gang for the members like this, it turns out they are really rich!
