At around five o'clock, Su Anying came back from the mountain. She happened to have finished making the dumplings at home and the first pot was about to be cooked.
The freshest wild vegetable in spring, celeriac, is made into dumplings with pork belly. It tastes like something you will remember for a whole year after you eat it once.
After everyone had dinner and chatted together for a while, Su Weizhong and others left.
Yang Haoyu's parents are busy today and don't have time to pick him up.
This boy stayed at Xu's house at night, together with Xu Haiyuan and Xu Haiqing, and they all slept in the same room as Chu Xuanhuai.
Xu Shiyan always goes out and rarely brings any gifts back now.
Besides, the children don’t lack anything, and they don’t look forward to it as much as before.
So after dinner, Xu Haiyuan took his brothers and sisters home to clean up the house, burn the kang, and watch TV.
Leave Xu Shiyan and Su Anying to sit here for a while and chat with the old man.
"Mom, I brought you something."
Xu Shiyan suddenly remembered that he saw a good gold jewelry seller in Yangcheng, and he bought it for his wife, mother, and mother-in-law.
So I quickly went to dig through the bag and took out two boxes.
“I was so busy going out this time that I didn’t even bother to wander around much.
Besides, our family doesn’t lack anything right now, so we didn’t buy all those random things and only picked out a few gold jewelry.
Mom, you can wear these earrings and gold earrings." Xu Shiyan pushed the box to Zhou Guilan.
Earrings are naturally earrings. The style of gold earrings is very simple, just a twist hoop with the ends buckled together.
Jin Jiazi is a local dialect and is actually a gold ring.
Nowadays, there are not many styles of gold jewelry.
The gold ring is just an ordinary double stirrup, but the gram weight is not low, about 4.0 grams.
As soon as the box was opened, revealing the golden jewelry inside, Zhou Guilan immediately beamed.
As for women, from eighty to eighteen, there are probably not many who don't like gold jewelry.
"Look at you, what are you spending all this money on? This thing is so expensive."
At this time, the price of gold is about sixty or seventy yuan per gram, which seems not expensive compared with later generations.
In fact, if compared with daily expenses, it is quite a lot. How much are workers’ wages now?
"What's so expensive? How much does it cost for a few kilograms of red goods?" Xu Shiyan laughed.
"Didn't you always say that when you married my father, the bride price included a silver hairpin and a pair of silver bracelets, and you had never seen anything like gold jewelry?
This time you have earrings and gold bars, so you can wear them as much as you want.
When I have a chance to go out again in the future, I will buy you a gold bracelet."
When Zhou Guilan married Xu Chenghou, the Xu family was already in decline and could not afford any decent betrothal gifts. The two pieces of silver jewelry were considered very good.
Now that life is better, Xu Shiyan wants to make up for his mother's regrets back then.
"That is, if your son is capable and capable, wear the gold jewelry he bought for you as you should."
On the other end, Xu Chenghou coughed and motioned to his old wife to put on the jewelry.
Zhou Guilan had her ears pierced, but she hadn't worn them for many years. They were almost dead and she couldn't wear them directly. She had to use something to re-open them.
The gold rings are all flexible and can be adjusted.
In order to prevent the ring leg from being scratched, it is generally necessary to wrap it with red thread before wearing it.
So Zhou Guilan put the gold ring on her hand and tried it on. After adjusting the size, she took it off and put it in the box.
"When it's daytime tomorrow, I'll find a red thread and wrap it around it before wearing it.
These ears need to be pricked open with a broom or something like millet."
Anyway, I bought something and gave it away. Xu Shiyan didn't care whether my mother wore it or not.
The couple talked for a few more words here, then got up and left, going back to their own homes.
As soon as he got home, Xu Haiyuan said that his godfather had called.
Xu Haiyuan's godfather is, of course, Guo Shouye.
When Xu Shiyan heard this, he immediately called Guo Shouye.
"Brother, shouldn't you be attending the celebration party? Why don't you call me if you have time?"
When the call was connected, Xu Shiyan teased Guo Shouye on the phone.
"How dare you say that? We've already reached Songjiang River. You left your brother and me and ran home by yourself.
Good guy, I almost had those people knocking me down at noon.
If our director hadn't spoken out, I wouldn't have even thought about getting up tonight." Guo Shouye complained on the phone.
Xu Shiyan laughed when he heard this. He was afraid of this, so he ran away.
I really can't stand drinking like this anymore, so it's best to stop and go home.
"Well, I'm calling you to remind you that someone is starting to worry about our beverage factory."
Guo Shouye was just joking. In fact, he had serious business on the phone.
Xu Shiyan was stunned, "Are you thinking about our beverage factory? Haha, I have a big appetite.
Brother, tell me who it is? Don't tell me, it's the other end of Quanyang."
Xu Shiyan thought about it and found that there are currently about three or four mineral water and beverage factories in the county that have declared.
But except for the one in Quanyang that has been completed and put into operation, the others are still under construction.
If anyone is thinking about it, it's the one in Quanyang.
"My guess is pretty accurate, it's over there.
The beverage factory in the province contacted our bureau through the provincial forestry department.
Ask us how much sales the factory can make in a year and what its output is.
This time we have earned more than one million yuan in foreign exchange. Can we complete so many orders on time? If it is difficult to complete the orders, our brother units can help."
Guo Shouye snorted coldly on the phone.
"We haven't come back yet, but they can't hold it in any longer. They're jealous of us earning foreign exchange."
"Brother, what's your bureau's attitude?"
Xu Shiyan knew very well what kind of person Chen Jihui was. To say that he was unprofitable would be considered a compliment, but he was a master who was unfaithful and unfaithful.
On the other side of Quanyang, the good factory was left half dead by Chen Jihui.
At present, none of the products have made a name for themselves.
No one wants those kinds of champagnes for export. If they are sold domestically, the prices are not low and they cannot be sold.
As for mineral water, because I have always wanted to compete with Holy Mountain Tianquan, the prices are quite high.
There was not much noise at last year's Spring Fair. I heard that the project was canceled directly.
"What's your attitude? Our director didn't even have to say anything, and the superiors just pushed him back.
The leader has spoken, let alone an order of 1.2 million US dollars, even if it is 12 million US dollars, there is no need to ask for help from outsiders.
In the forestry system competition back then, which one of us forestry people was the coward?
Just stay where it is cool." Guo Shouye said very domineeringly.
When Xu Shiyan heard this, he laughed.
The reason why I chose the Forestry Bureau to cooperate with me in the first place was because it has a strong backbone and a lot of confidence.
You must know that many leaders in the forestry system were born in Dongye and Siye.
Later, he received the task of supporting the construction of Northeast China and established the Forestry Bureau on the spot.
These people have a tough temper and strong style, and even after all these years, some of their deep-rooted traditions have remained unchanged.
In addition, the Forestry Bureau is a key provincial unit, not to mention Big Brother in the Northeast.
If you still dare to worry about the industry of the forestry department, isn’t that just too old to start a new project?
"That Chen Jihui doesn't have much ability, but he's quite happy jumping up and down.
He heard that we earned so much foreign exchange, and he couldn't keep calm anymore, so he wanted to find an opportunity to steal from us."
With just this little trick, you still want to hide it from Xu Shiyan?