sinovels Chapter 1567: Golden and Eye-Catching
Chapter 1567: Golden and Eye-Catching
Chapter 1567: Golden and Eye-Catching
The Zhao family's dinner tonight was relatively simple. On the dining tables in the east and west rooms, there was a large pot of beef stewed with radishes in the middle, with a circle of side dishes around it.
Stir-fried shredded potatoes, stir-fried beef with bean sprouts, sauerkraut powder, shredded radish with sugar, fried egg sauce with dried radish and frozen cabbage.
We eat meat every day, but today we have a meal like this, and everyone, young or old, male or female, is very happy to eat it.
After eating and drinking, when Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei came to pick up the table, Zhao Jun asked Wang Meilan, "Mom, are all the beef sold out?"
"How can that be possible?" Wang Meilan smiled bitterly and said, "It's 1.4 yuan per pound, and no one is buying it."
As she spoke, Wang Meilan looked at Jin Xiaomei and said, "Sell about 20 kilograms."
"Yeah, that's it." Jin Xiaomei said so. Li Dazhi frowned and said, "No, we are both forestry employees, so we should not be short of money."
"Then you have to decide when to eat." Li Dayong finished speaking, and Wang Qiang continued, "It's just after the Chinese New Year, who would still eat like this?"
Hearing Wang Qiang's words, the people around him nodded. Although they ate like this every day, they were now accustomed to it and distinguished themselves from other families in the forest area.
"What else is there to say?" After hearing what Wang Qiang said, Wang Meilan said, "I won't sell it before the New Year."
Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this, and then asked Wang Meilan, "Mom, there's no market tomorrow, are you guys still going the day after tomorrow?"
"I won't go." Wang Meilan said, "You'll be getting married in half a month. Why would I go? I have to prepare in the next few days."
"Let your Aunt Sun and your Grandma Jiang go to the market next time." Jin Xiaomei immediately said to Zhao Jun, "We'll sell whatever you can. Sell about 200 kilograms, and keep the rest for your wedding banquet. That's it."
Today is March 1988, 3, the 5th day of the first lunar month. In half a month, on the third day of the second lunar month, Zhao Jun will get married.
Fifteen days passed in a flash, so Wang Meilan had to clean up the house, the yard, the warehouse, and everything inside and out to prepare for the most important event in her son's life!
Wang Meilan didn't care about beef or pork. After returning this afternoon, she led people to sort out the beef in the backyard.
The beef was piled into four piles in the small vegetable garden according to the parts, and then covered with snow. Plastic sheeting was placed on the snow, and sacks were placed on the plastic sheeting, and straw was placed on the sacks to ensure the freshness of the beef before Zhao Jun got married.
"Hehe." Suddenly, a silly laugh attracted everyone's attention. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Li Baoyu laughing and saying, "My brother will finish his work, and it will be my turn in about a month."
"Yeah." Jin Xiaomei said, "Your aunt was still complaining today, saying that the beef won't last long enough for you to get married, so why not just not sell it."
"Hey?" At this time, Wang Meilan pushed Jin Xiaomei and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't stay. I'll arrange something for Baoyu before we get there."
"Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about this." Jin Xiaomei said, "I've also thought about it. We'll go to Yongxing and catch two more pigs when the time comes."
There is still a big black pig raised in the Zhao family’s backyard, but when Zhao Jun gets married, this pig will be served at the banquet.
"Hey, sister-in-law?" Zhao Youcai heard this and hurriedly stopped Jin Xiaomei and said, "Why are you still spending that money? I'll buy the pork back for you two days in advance, and you can just put it in cold water and drain it."
"That's right." Li Dayong echoed, saying Jin Xiaomei: "Why spend that money? My brother and I can get enough money by going up the mountain and begging for food for the next year."
After listening to Zhao Youcai's words, Jin Xiaomei endured and did nothing. After listening to Li Dayong's speech, Jin Xiaomei couldn't help but glared at him.
In front of so many people, Jin Xiaomei couldn't say anything about her man. At this time, Li Dazhi laughed and said to Li Dayong: "Brother, what are you thinking?"
"Huh?" Li Dayong was startled, and then he heard Li Dazhi continue: "My nephew's wedding is in the first two days, and the woman is in charge. Are you going up the mountain to catch pigs?"
There are different styles in Shili, and different customs in Baili.
The custom of marriage in Zhao Jun's family is that the bride's family holds the wedding first, and then the groom's family holds the wedding on the third day after the bride's wedding.
There are two ways to calculate the third day. The first is that the bride's family holds the wedding ceremony, and then the groom's family holds the wedding ceremony two days later.
There is another method, which is the same as the three-day funeral. For funerals, the day of death is counted as one day, with one day in between, and the day of the funeral is the third day.
If we talk about the marriage, the woman's family will hold the ceremony on the first day, the day in between will be the second day, and the man's family will hold the ceremony on the third day.
Both algorithms are aimed at finding an auspicious day, and this auspicious day should be given priority to the man.
For example, the Zhao family scheduled the wedding of Zhao Jun and Ma Ling on the third day of the second lunar month. Liu Tiezui, who received a generous gift from the Zhao family, personally checked the calendar and concluded that the day was an auspicious day, suitable for marriage, engagement, and marriage matching.
Instead, the Ma family and the Zhao family held the wedding ceremony one day apart, which was the first day of the second lunar month. The calendar showed that that day was not an auspicious day. It was okay to get engaged or match a marriage, but it did not say it was a good day for marriage.
If it is two days later, it will be changed to January 30th of the lunar calendar. That day is an auspicious day in the calendar and is suitable for marriage.
Therefore, the Ma family will hold the wedding on the 1988th day of the first lunar month, which is March 3th, 17.
After the wedding, Ma Ling did not go home with Zhao Jun, but stayed at her parents' home, waiting for Zhao Jun to pick her up in two days.
In the next two days, Ma Ling will pack her dowry with the help of her family. Although she doesn't have a decent dowry, she still needs a box when she gets married.
When Zhao Jun came to pick up the bride, Ma Ling's family members carried the suitcases and followed along. When they arrived at the Zhao family's place, Ma Ling's family members became guests of the family, and the Zhao family had to treat them well.
Seeing that Li Dayong didn't say anything, Li Dazhi chased after him and said, "Your son is about to get married, but you don't stay at home. Instead, you run around the mountains. Aren't you being laughed at by others?"
Yes, your son is getting married soon. You went hunting in the mountains a few days ago. People thought you were a bad father.
What if they are unlucky and die in the mountains? Will the couple still be able to hold their wedding?
Li Dayong was speechless, and then he heard Wang Qiang say to Zhao Youcai: "Did you hear that, brother-in-law? My eldest nephew is getting married, and you're still wandering around the mountains."
"Fuck your dad!" Zhao Youcai said something he shouldn't have in anger, but Wang Meilan glared at him fiercely.
……
After the women helped Wang Meilan pack up, they went back home as family units.
There were five members of the Zhao family left. Wang Meilan went into the east room to warm the bedding and coax the two girls to sleep.
Zhao Jun and his son Zhao Youcai were in the east room, studying the clay bottle.
"Dad, do we have a chisel at home?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhao Youcai said unhappily, "I think you look like a chisel."
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes at Zhao Jun and said, "Your father is a cook, not a carpenter."
Zhao Jun: "..."
The dog gang was broken up by the wild boar just as they started, which made Zhao Youcai hold his breath. Before, there were so many people at home, so he couldn't say anything. Now that the diners have left, Zhao Youcai turned his face away.
Zhao Jun didn't expect that he would be scolded for asking a few questions. Zhao Jun was so angry that he pulled the corner of his mouth and said unhappily: "Next time you want to compensate Lao Niu, don't look for me!"
What Zhao Jun meant by this was that Zhao Youcai had to pay twelve thousand yuan for the collision with the old cow from Wang Fu's family, and here was one thousand yuan that he gave to Zhao Youcai.
But as soon as these words came out of Zhao Jun's mouth, Zhao Youcai became furious.
What do you mean I'll have to compensate the old cow next time?
"I'm pretty!" Zhao Youcai was furious and immediately clenched his fists and was about to stand up.
Zhao Jun was startled and was about to call Wang Meilan to save him when he heard two dogs barking outside the house.
"My uncle is here." As Zhao Jun spoke, he quickly moved his butt to the edge of the kang to get away from Zhao Youcai.
When Wang Daba, a wealthy businessman from Yong'an, passed away, only his drunken son-in-law was by his side. It was not until more than 20 years later that the words the old man left for his children were told to Wang Meilan and Wang Qiang.
When the old lady of the Wang family was leaving, she held Wang Meilan and Wang Qiang's hands and told the siblings to support each other.
It is also said that although Wang Meilan was a married woman, she had been supporting the Wang family since 64. Later, Wang Meilan married Zhao Youcai, and the family became supported by Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan alone.
So Old Mrs. Wang said that anything from the Wang family would be divided equally between the siblings.
At that time, the only thing the Wang family had was the bag of silver jewelry that Zhao Youcai had taken from the brigade headquarters.
The package of things was kept by Wang Meilan at first. Later, when Wang Qiang got married, Zhao Youcai asked Wang Meilan to give all the things to Wang Qiang.
Before Zhao Jun was reborn, Zhao Chun was the first demon since Yongan was established. Before Zhao Chun, this title belonged to Wang Meilan.
Fu Di Mo always thinks that her brother has a hard time. Although her brother has all the faults, they never realize it.
When Zhao Youcai took the initiative to propose giving all those things to Wang Qiang, Wang Meilan naturally had no objection.
At that time, Wang Qiang disagreed and insisted on having half of the family's property, but Wang Meilan forced everything on him.
Wang Qiang has been idle for these years, relying on those things. In the past six months, Wang Qiang has come back to the right path. Although he does not mention it, he also regrets his previous behavior.
So before going to the treasure cellar of the widow of King Qi, Wang Qiang said that no matter what was dug out, it would all be given to his eldest nephew.
But with the insistence of Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan, it was finally decided that the two families would each split it in half.
This was the case with the first two treasure hunts, but Wang Qiang never took back his share, and it all remained in Wang Meilan's hands.
Zhao Ling fully supports Wang Qiang's decision. Nowadays, women are not afraid of poverty or hardship, but they are afraid of their husbands not doing their jobs.
After going back to her parents' home every few days for two years, Zhao Ling is very satisfied with her current life.
So she didn't care what treasure was found, she just took the child home to sleep.
Wang Qiang ran to the west room as soon as he entered the room, and saw the father and son were at loggerheads.
Of course, it was mainly Zhao Youcai who stared at Zhao Jun with his small eyes and gnashed his teeth.
"Uncle!" Seeing that he had a backer, Zhao Jun quickly signaled Wang Qiang to come to his side.
"What are you doing, brother-in-law?" Wang Qiang didn't rush over, but gave Zhao Jun a reassuring look. Then, while taking off his cotton-padded jacket, he asked Zhao Youcai, "Why are you grinning?"
"You little brat deserves a beating!" Zhao Youcai said this and Wang Qiang's face suddenly changed. He took two steps forward, grabbed Zhao Jun's arm and pulled him back, then sat in front of Zhao Jun, stiffened his neck and said to Zhao Youcai: "Come on, come on, beat him up, let me see!"
"CTMD! If it weren't for the fact that he still has to go on stage in two days, do you think I'd give him a beating?" Zhao Youcai said this to mean that Zhao Jun still had to go on stage when the spring hunt was over. But he said this just to give himself a way out.
But after hearing him say that, Wang Qiang said with a gloomy face: "Come on, come on, I won't go on stage, you hit me, come on!"
Zhao Youcai was startled, frowned and looked at Wang Qiang, saying: "Are you sick? Why are you pretending to be such a jerk? Have you forgotten the time when you were crying behind me?"
When Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan first got married, Wang Qiang was still a child. At that time, Zhao Youcai went up the mountain to hunt, and Wang Qiang was happy to follow Zhao Youcai.
But I don’t know when Wang Qiang stopped hanging out with Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai recalled carefully that Wang Qiang had defected to his nephew after the Zhao Family Gang was established.
Of course, what Zhao Youcai considered "rebellion" was absolutely correct in Wang Qiang's eyes. After all, in ancient times, an uncle was the one who could wholeheartedly help you seize the throne.
"So what?" After hearing Zhao Youcai talking about the way he came here, Wang Qiang did not feel ashamed and just said, "Brother-in-law, you usually yell at us, but I don't do the same as you. But if you want to touch my nephew in front of me, I tell you, it will definitely not work."
Zhao Youcai heard this and said angrily: "You are the one who pretended to be such a bitch, I..."
Zhao Youcai seemed to want to say something, but he heard the sound of a door opening in the east room, and Zhao Youcai quickly shut his mouth.
Seeing that their biggest black backer had arrived, Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang's morale was immediately boosted, and they simultaneously gave Zhao Youcai a provocative look.
Zhao Youcai pretended not to see it and lowered his head to take out a cigarette case from his pocket.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Wang Meilan came into the room and called Zhao Youcai, saying, "Stop smoking, open this quickly."
"Ah..." Zhao Youcai responded, then raised his finger to the bag hanging on the wall and said to Zhao Jun, "Give me my skinning knife."
The skinning knife is very small, only about one foot long.
Zhao Youcai scraped the bottle twice with a knife and saw yellow mud powder falling down as the knife moved. Sometimes, a small amount of yellow mud fell down.
Zhao Youcai poked and poked for a long time before he finally broke open the clay bottle, revealing the mud ball inside.
"Slow down!" Wang Meilan reminded Zhao Youcai, and then saw Zhao Youcai put the tip of the knife against the mud ball.
Zhao Youcai reached back and took the broom used to sweep the kang, and tapped the knife handle lightly with the broom handle.
Zhao Youcai thought that the mud ball and the mud bottle outside were fired together, but he didn't expect the mud ball to break when touched.
Just then, Zhao Youcai exerted force with his hands and the tip of the knife broke the mud ball into pieces. Then, with a loud noise, a bunch of stuff spilled onto the table and flowed onto the kang.
In an instant, the kang table and the kang mat were all golden.
When Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan and Wang Qiang saw these things, those with big eyes stared wide-eyed, while those without big eyes stared narrowed their eyes.
I will definitely get married before May 1st
(End of this chapter)