Chapter 0314 Visiting relatives and friends (Part 2)
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, my uncle's small restaurant opened. On the same day, Zhou Yan's high school classmates had a reunion.
As soon as it got light, Zhou Yan was lifted out of the quilt by his father, pulled by his collar into a plastic greenhouse, where he harvested vegetables and picked strawberries.
After my wife prepared breakfast, she also joined in. In more than an hour, the family of three harvested hundreds of kilograms of vegetables.
When loading the truck, Mrs. Zhou Yan divided the vegetables and strawberries into two parts, bagged and packed them separately.
After breakfast, as soon as the sun emerged from Fuyun Mountain, Zhou Yan was kicked out of the house.
There is still some distance to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the smell of the New Year is still very strong on the road. Moreover, at intervals along the road, there will be a stall selling fireworks and firecrackers.
Yan, full of emotions.
Everyone has bad nature and cannot see the good in others.
There are indeed good reasons for prohibiting the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers. Setting off fireworks and firecrackers will inevitably lead to a decrease in air quality.
The policy was first implemented in large cities. Later, as urbanization continued to advance and the overall urban greening rate continued to decline, regulations prohibiting the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers were extended to most cities across the country.
In cities where the greening rate is low and the air quality tolerance rate is low, it is enough to ban fireworks. But in rural areas where the greening rate has reached 60 to 70% and the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers will hardly affect the air quality, it is also prohibited.
The reason for setting off fireworks and firecrackers is a bit unjustifiable.
Although the country has repeatedly reiterated that "one size fits all" is not allowed, "one size fits all" can still be seen everywhere...
After wandering on the road for nearly an hour, Zhou Yan finally arrived in front of his uncle's shop.
The first day of work after a legal holiday will definitely be full.
In the store, the old uncle and his apprentice Xiao Luo were busy preparing ingredients, while the little sister was counting the accounts. The little cousin had started school, and the little cousin was probably placed at the uncle's father-in-law's house.
Glancing at his uncle who was busy at work, Zhou Yan was embarrassed to call someone, so he took out a bag of vegetables from the carriage, opened the door, and entered the store.
"Is Zhou Yan here?"
Hearing Xiao Jinzi's shout of surprise, the old uncle who was busy finally stopped. But after seeing the vegetables in Zhou Yan's hand, the smile on his face quickly turned into helplessness: "Shitou, aren't you already very fond of you?"
Mom said, vegetables in the city are not expensive!"
"I can't help it," Zhou Yan put the woven bag filled with vegetables on the ground, "When my father and my mother grew vegetables, they didn't even have a lot of them. Now several of my neighbors are tired of eating vegetables.
You are the only one who can help solve the problem..."
Li Yulin had no choice but to help Zhou Yan carry vegetables to the store.
After moving the vegetables, Zhou Yan took down a box of strawberries from the back seat, put it on the table, took a breath, stood up and said: "My mother also prepared some vegetables for Lao Qin's family. After sending them there, I will come back!"
Before leaving, Zhou Yan called Qin Ruoshu and asked her to go downstairs to move things. Miss Qin greeted her at the gate of the community.
"This way..."
As soon as the car arrived at the gate of the community, Zhou Yan saw the young lady who kept waving to him, and stopped the car with a smile: "Get in the car!"
The eldest lady climbed into the car obediently. After sitting firmly, she stared at Zhou Yanmeng with a smile: "Didn't you say that the class reunion will only start in the evening?"
Zhou Yan smiled: "Someone's mother-in-law is thinking about her daughter-in-law and asks her son to send vegetables and fruits!"
After the car drove for half a minute, I heard Qin Ruoshu's house downstairs.
Qin's mother was already waiting downstairs. When she saw the vegetables in the carriage, she was a little bit dumbfounded: "Xiao Zhou, I asked you to worry about it!"
Zhou Yan smiled: "The vegetables at home are just in time, I can't finish them all!"
Although Zhou Yan had been here many times, when he went upstairs carrying vegetables, he finally felt like his son-in-law was visiting.
After entering the door, Mother Qin kept directing Miss Qin to get things and bring tea and water, which made the Miss Qin's mouth curl up all the time.
"Mom, I still have to review my homework. Zhou Yan is not an outsider!"
Qin's mother smiled calmly: "Review your homework. You have been jumping up and down since you got up in the morning. How can you have the time to review your homework?"
Zhou Yan suppressed his laughter and turned his head aside...
"By the way, you guys watch TV first, I'll go..."
"Auntie, please stop being busy," Zhou Yan quickly grabbed his mother-in-law, "I still have to go to my uncle's shop to help, so I will stay there at noon..."
"Oh well……"
After chatting for a while, Zhou Yan said goodbye, returned to his uncle's shop, and worked as a coolie. He was busy until about three o'clock in the afternoon, when he was kicked out of the kitchen by his uncle: "Don't you have a class reunion?"
The venue for the party was set at a Nanbang-style independent barbecue restaurant near the department store in the old city. When Zhou Yan arrived with a pickup truck, several classmates had already arrived early.
Originally, students were relatively reserved in their emotional expressions, but they couldn't handle the fact that there were so many "brutal" female classmates in the high school class.
When Miss Qin appeared in a Chinese-style sweatshirt, a female classmate screamed and rushed towards Qin Ruoshu...
"Ruoshu, long time no see, have you become beautiful again?"
"This dress is so beautiful!"
If Zhou Yan hadn't known that this female classmate still had a childish heart, Wuying Legs and Hei Hu Qingxin would have taken care of her.
Soon, Qin Ruoshu was dragged away by a group of female classmates, while Zhou Yan smiled and greeted a group of strange acquaintances and started chatting...
As the appointed time gets closer, more and more students arrive. It has been less than three years since I graduated from high school, and it is also during the Chinese New Year. There are many more students coming to the party than during the summer vacation of my freshman year...
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However, what Zhou Yan didn't expect was that Miss Qin, who was jumping around with the girls, saw a sudden change in her face when she saw a female classmate approaching. After giving a few instructions, she quietly came over.
In front of Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan's roommates had questions all over their faces.
"What's wrong?"
Miss Qin stretched out her hand, gently twisted a small piece of meat on Zhou Yan's waist, and asked in a low voice: "I remember when I was in high school, Yan Jing seemed to have thoughts about you, right?"
Zhou Yan was a little confused: "Isn't it possible?"
"Then let's wait and see. If you don't believe me, just wait and see..."
What Zhou Yan didn't expect was that in his girlfriend's head, he had already conceived a short movie about him and Yan Jing fighting over jealousy.
However, Zhou Yan proved with facts that Qin Ruoshu thought a little too much: after entering the store, Zhou Yan took a few roommates to occupy a table, and then brought a few familiar classmates to fill the seats, filling the table.
A table full.
After all the students were seated and the monitor, the organizer of the party, made a brief speech, the party began...
Zhou Yan just wanted to get up to get the ingredients but was held down by Qin Ruoshu: "You sit down, I'll get it!"
Zhou Yan saw that the eldest lady was smiling but not smiling, so he didn't dare to move. He could only sit in front of the table and wait. Within a few minutes, the eldest lady came back with a large plate of meat.
Zhou Yan almost stopped laughing when he saw the meat on the eldest lady's plate.
The eldest lady was laughed at and confused: "Old Zhou, why are you laughing?"
Zhou Yan smiled helplessly: "You took back all the most valuable ingredients in the store!"
"That's it?" Qin Ruoshu curled her lips and muttered in a low voice, "It's far worse than the ingredients in our hot pot restaurant!"
"The next step is up to you!" Qin Ruoshu put the plate in front of Zhou Yan and glanced at Yan Jing, who was sitting far away, calmly.
After that, the eldest lady would run to the food area every few minutes to pick out ingredients and hand them over to Zhou Yan when she came back.
Zhou Yan's roommates all have the same style as Zhou Yan. They immerse themselves in cooking and don't drink any alcohol. They don't pick up a glass of wine until someone comes over to chat with them.
Just like the cow raised by Master Kang, the wine in Zhou Yan's cup has not lost a drop after experiencing several waves of classmates...
After experiencing six waves of classmates, Qin Ruoshu became nervous: Yan Jing came over with a wine glass.
"Ah, Zhou Yan, long time no see!" The cooing voice of Yan Jing standing next to her made Qin Ruoshu's skin crawl.
"It's only been two and a half years since graduation, right? It's not a long time." Zhou Yan smiled at Miss Qin who was busy making food, "Ruoshu, your best friend is here, why don't you express your gratitude?"
Qin Ruoshu glared at Zhou Yan fiercely, then turned around and put on a standard smile: "Jingjing, you are beautiful again!"
"Old Qin?!" Yan Jing jumped up with joy.
After chatting with Qin Ruoshu for a while, Yan Jing picked up the wine glass on the table: "Cheers to those lost youth!"
After saying that, Yan Jing drank it all in one gulp, while everyone sitting there just thought about it for a moment and then put it down.
"Old classmate, you guys are so unkind, I did it all!" Yan Jing grabbed the handle and refused to let you go, "And Zhou Yan, you already have a girlfriend, at least you have to show off!"
"I'm sorry, I'm driving!" Zhou Yan said sternly, "I took the B exam, and I'm counting on my driver's license to support my family!"
Zhou Yan's lies came out easily, leaving Yan Jing speechless...
