After lunch, as Secretary An burped and led the family away, everyone in the village gradually learned about the marriage between Zhaoqing and Xiaoqin.
Especially those who followed Secretary An in the morning. They never expected that Secretary An's family, who came to the door angrily, not only did not have any conflict with the Yuntai family, but the two families actually became friends with Qin and Jin. This was naturally shocking.
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And most of these people are meddlesome people and gossipy old women, so there are all kinds of discussions in private.
Some people said that Secretary An was asking for a betrothal gift. Knowing that relatives from the Yuntai family came to the capital, he opened his mouth and sold Xiaoqin to Zhaoqing at a high price.
There are also people who are jealous that Zhaoqing can get such a beautiful wife as Xiaoqin. From now on, he will have the secretary of the brigade as his backer.
If you are implicated, you will definitely be in bad luck.
Others, on the other hand, felt that Zhaoqing was simply stupid for not going to college in order to marry Xiaoqin. They joked that he could have been a city dweller and found a good job, but instead stayed as a farmer and married.
A country girl.
But in short, most villagers are kind and simple.
Not only were they happy that Zhaoqing and Xiaoqin could finally get married, but they were also emotionally closer to the Yuntai family, a semi-foreign household.
Everyone thinks that Zhaoqing's ability to stay and marry Xiaoqin proves that he completely regards Longkou Village as his hometown. From now on, he will truly be one of his own.
And it is precisely this change in consciousness that will have great benefits in the future not only for Zhaoqing himself, but also for the families of Yuntai and Secretary An, and even for the entire Longkou Village, making Zhaoqing's life achievements far greater than before.
What university to attend.
It's just that, not to mention that almost no one could predict this in advance at this time, even most people today can't imagine it.
Because to be honest, simple inertial thinking and herd mentality are not just common problems in this era.
The arrangements for the afternoon are very simple. The adults still have endless things to say, so the children don’t need to talk about any rules. Everyone has become a prince and can go their own way and do whatever they want.
Zhaoqing volunteered to take everyone to fish.
For Hong Yanwen, Shouzheng and Hong Yanru, this is an activity they have never experienced before, and they are all very interested. Even Hong Jun is clamoring to go.
It's just that An Daniel is worried that the sun outside is too strong and the children will suffer from heatstroke. Especially Hong Yanru and Hong Jun, it would be terrible if they get really tanned. She doesn't want them to go.
Fortunately, Wang Yunlin was very open-minded and said, "Let them go. The children of the Hong family are not that delicate. It doesn't matter if they are sunburned. Who can let them be happy?"
Just like that, Andaniel no longer objected.
Zhaoqing was very considerate. He first put on the two straw hats at home for Hong Yanru and Hong Jun, the two key protection targets. Then he took the fish basket from the wall and took them out.
In this way, six young people and one child, followed by a yellow dog, walked together to a puddle in the south of the village.
The water bubble is very large, quiet and calm, and there are large lotus leaves growing there. It looks quite beautiful. But Zhaoqing said to pay attention to the water plants below and don't get your feet tangled, and he said that there are some places
The water is very deep and people have drowned here.
Upon hearing this, Hong Yanru became frightened and refused to let Hong Jun go into the water. She kept asking the others, "Are you okay? Are you okay?" Concern and nervousness were palpable, which meant that he might as well not get in.
But Hong Yanwu said, take Hong Jun and watch, and you will know later whether we can do it or not.
Just like that, he asked Hong Yanru and Hong Jun to go aside first to avoid it, and the rest of them took off their pants and got into the water.
Zhaoqing was very familiar with the situation. He pointed to the east and said, the water there is shallow, warm under the sun, and full of fish.
Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan looked at each other and smiled, then plunged in. When they came up again, they already had a small fish in their hands.
Hong Yanru and Hong Jun on the shore were excited for a while. Zhaoqing took the fish basket and put it down, and he couldn't help but praise. "Okay, he is a good player!"
Shou Zheng and Hong Yanwen became excited when they saw it, and they also got in.
But these two college students looked simple. Who knew that Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan had learned their skills through the sea, and they could almost be said to be the biological sons of the Dragon King?
In the end, they really followed the saying "A useless scholar is a scholar". After a long time of effort, they didn't catch a single fish and all of them were scared away! It was just a mess!
Not to mention that Hong Yanru and Hong Jun laughed at them, even they themselves were embarrassed and knew that they had to humbly ask for advice in order to master the tricks of fishing.
So, from now on, Hong Yanru took Hong Jun and the yellow dog on the shore to look at clothes, swoop at dragonflies and catch butterflies. The five young men concentrated on diving up and down on the water.
In the gentle breeze and the singing of insects in the grass nest, they spent a sunny and wild afternoon together. It was not until a beautiful sunset appeared in the western sky that they returned home.
At this time, their fish baskets were almost full. They were all "wheat ears" and restless little loaches.
Dinner was naturally solved by their collective efforts. It was another kind of wonderful thing that can only be shown by firewood pots - boiling small fish with pancakes.
A big pot, firewood, bellows, and a small bench. This time, Yuntai personally lit the fire under the stove and added firewood to pull the bellows. He was more methodical than Hong Yanwen, who was too tired to move. After a while, he boiled the water in the pot.
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Andanelle began to pour the prepared fish in. She scooped out some home-made miso from the small jar, threw in two handfuls of chives, threw in half a head of garlic, and slowly used a big iron spoon to
stir.
Zhaoqing grabbed a handful of reconciled stick noodles from the side and threw them hard on the side of the hot pot.
In the thick steam, those yellow doughs looked like a circle of little piglets sucking milk, which was so cute.
Immediately after the lid of the large pot was tightly closed, Yuntai took out the firewood, and the fire on the bottom of the stove gradually became gentle and gentle, and it simmered slowly over a low fire.
This family works really well together, as if they have put on a wonderful show together, each performing their own duties and playing their respective roles very well!
We ate dinner in the courtyard, and the fragrant smell of fish and pancakes came out of the pot, which made people feel nervous.
Hong Jun was probably very hungry. He was too anxious to sit or stand. He always wanted to walk to the pot, lift the lid and see what was inside.
When the pot was done, Andanelle brought another pot of fresh products to the table. Newly selected cucumbers with flowers and thorns on top, radish that watered at the first bite, and sweet but not spicy croissant scallions, all of which were used for dipping the sauce.
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The sauce is pure soybean paste, which has been dried in the sun for a whole summer. When you open the sauce vat, it bubbles up and ferments at the right temperature.
Everyone ate a lot this night, and everyone had to eat dozens of "wheat ears" and loaches in their stomachs.
It's just that Hong Jun is a bit picky about food. He doesn't dare to eat fish heads. If he is afraid that they will get into his stomach and rebel, how can he resist being bitten?
On the pancakes, he only likes to eat the charred ones on top. It tastes "crack-crack-crack", so fragrant and crispy that he can't even put away a few pieces.
As for the cracked pancakes, Hong Yanru took the initiative to accept them, and gave the ones she couldn't eat to Hong Yanwu. As her "aunt", she had a bit of trouble with her nephews.
The only aggrieved person was the big yellow dog, which could only lie down in the distance and glance here from time to time.
Hong Jun looked at the pitiful yellow dog and asked his aunt and uncle why they didn't feed the yellow dog?
But Annie told him that dogs in the country were never fed, and they had to go out to find food on their own.
After hearing this, Hong Jun understood why his "new buddy" was so thin, so he secretly hid half of the pancake again.
It's getting dark. The only thing that can be said to be more advanced in Longkou Village is that it has electricity and electric lights.
But after dinner, no one wanted to enter the house, so they didn't turn on the lights. After clearing the dishes, everyone chatted in the yard with only the faint starlight, listening to the chirping of autumn insects.
At this time, the fields were all dark, and there were fireflies gathering in the distance, flashing and flashing, showing a mysterious unknown. It was very surprising to people who had never seen this kind of scene before.
Above the head is a sky full of stars. The thick and strong Milky Way appears trance-like, densely packed, and delicate across the sky. This kind of magnificence and romance is something that is rarely seen in today's brightly lit technological age.
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And night is also the time when Antanelle can best show off her talents. Not only can she cook, but she can also fan herself and tell many anecdotes.
Like a weasel worshiping the moon, a fox refining elixirs, a hedgehog being bumped while practicing, and it will have to endure for another five hundred years. There is also such a thing as the "Galaxy angle, cotton trousers and cotton jacket, the Milky Way forks, single pants and single coat".
, attracted all the young people at once.
The night in the countryside is really interesting.
On the second day, everyone got up early because today Yuntai was taking Wang Yunlin to pay homage to his mother's grave.
Moreover, because of the greetings yesterday, Secretary An also came early in the morning. He also specially found a carriage from the village to drive a carriage and personally escorted him off.
When they arrived at their destination, what surprised everyone was that the ancestral graves of Yuntai and Wang Yunlin were no longer the same place as before.
They came to the foot of Jiulong Mountain at the west end of the village. There was no trace of Wang Yunlin's memory of the two stone sheep kneeling on both sides and the majesty of the stone horse. They could only see one spot that was several hundred meters long.
The stone wall has various revolutionary slogans painted on it.
Then, based on the content of the slogan, Yuntai found the article: "The great leader taught us: learn from Daqing in industry, learn from Dazhai in agriculture, and learn from the People's Liberation Army throughout the country!" After that, he told Wang Yunlin with a little helplessness that after the word "民"
Just buried their mother.
Seeing everyone's surprise, Secretary An quickly explained to everyone. He said that this was Yuntai's great contribution to Longkou Village.
When the Ganqing "movement" began to destroy the "Four Olds", the village received instructions from superiors to level the graves.
This matter is very difficult for Secretary An. He is a party member and secretary, and he is also a filial son. Shouldn't the grave be leveled? This belongs to the "four olds", and he will not be able to see Marx underground in the future.
The grave has been leveled, right? The task of the superiors has been completed, but once the land is plowed and the bones of the parents and ancestors are dug out, it will be even more shameless to face the parents and ancestors when they get there tomorrow. Not to mention the village
My son won't do it either, so I have to poke him in the back, and he's really in trouble.
So he later held a village meeting and asked everyone to come up with a solution. But when this happened, no one could do anything. In the end, Yuntai came up with a good idea.
He said if it didn't work, just move them. To put it bluntly, this meant moving graves. His idea was to move all the graves in the village to a land with good feng shui at the foot of Jiulong Mountain. This way he could cope with it.
But then something happened again, and the superiors called for "agriculture to learn from Dazhai" and they had to level the mountains and turn them into terraced fields.
In this case, the ancestral graves of the villagers could not be saved. Secretary An had to ask Yuntai for advice.
Yuntai finally figured it out after three days of hard thinking.
That is to first go up the mountain to open fields, and then use the stones dug from the mountain to build a large wall outside the villagers' graveyard and surround the graves. Finally, paint various revolutionary slogans on the wall. This embodies the spirit of learning from Dazhai and working hard.
Who dares to break down the revolutionary determination?
Secretary An was so impressed when he heard about the case that he immediately complied with the request. As a result, Yuntai became a great benefactor in the village.
It is all because of him that the ancestral graves of all families have been saved. This great contribution has also allowed his family to go through the "movement" peacefully and happily.
It's just that from now on, the villagers have to have more trouble when worshiping. People can't get in, so they can only express their feelings outside. Each household has to find its own way to mark the marks.
Although Wang Yunlin was very sorry about this, she knew that there was nothing that could be done about it, and she was lucky that the graves of her ancestors could still be left. This was thanks to her brother's wit and the care of the villagers.
Naturally, she would not blame him, but instead thanked Secretary An for his thoughtfulness over the years. She silently placed the sacrifices brought by her family under the wall.
Then Yuntai took the lead, and together with Hong Lucheng and several of his children, held a ceremony, scattered libations and burned paper money.
When she knelt down and worshiped, the unspeakable feeling in her heart was truly something that only Wang Yunlin herself could know.
She remembered her mother sitting on a chair smoking a hookah and patiently teaching her how to manage the household chores.
I also remembered the way my mother hated Yuntai so much that she complained endlessly to her.
I even remembered the way when I first got married, after my mother seemed heartless and said the words never to be together, she tilted her head to one side, holding back her tears and handed her the jade flat square.
Alas, a few decades have already brought about a world of change, and now people are separated from yin and yang.
After years of longing for her, although she found her mother's grave, she still rarely saw her through a big wall. And her mother, who had a royal title and could wear four pearls on her hat, was now buried in the grave.
After adding the word "people".
All of this can really be said to be the will of God and destiny, but how can she be able to feel at peace in her heart?
In such a complicated and unspeakable mood, Wang Yunlin kowtowed seriously one after another. She forgot about time and counted, and the last one got up.
At this time, everyone discovered that although she was wiping her tears and did not speak out, the ground beneath her body was already wet.