sbdcsierra Chapter 1376 "Friends of Women" and Box Cannon
Chapter 1376 "Friends of Women" and Box Cannon
Chapter 1376 "Friends of Women" and Box Cannon
The Jiefang truck came out of Yong'antun and drove all the way out of the Yong'an forest area.
In the trunk of the car, the four members of the Zhao family, the four members of the Li family, plus Ma Ling and Xu Chunyan, a total of ten people, sat on five large tree stumps.
The diameter of the big tree stump was as big as a small millstone. It was very solid to sit on and didn't shake.
The women chattered non-stop, and they seemed very excited about today's trip.
Li Ruhai mingled with the women, chattering non-stop, sometimes causing everyone to laugh.
"This is quite a commotion!" Zhao Youcai, who was leaning against the wall of the carriage, muttered softly.
After saying that, Zhao Youcai saw Zhao Jun, who was sitting next to him, looking at him with a strange look. Zhao Youcai immediately glared at Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun didn't say anything either. He first looked at Zhao Youcai deeply, then his eyes drifted towards Wang Meilan.
Zhao Youcai followed Zhao Jun's line of sight and after seeing Wang Meilan, Zhao Youcai remembered that he was still a criminal and it was better for him to keep a low profile.
After leaving the mountain, the road conditions improved a lot.
There were canvas covers on both sides and the top of the trunk. Zhao Youcai sat up, stretched his neck to look at the rear of the car, and then asked Zhao Jun, "Why don't you go to the rice flowers? How close are the rice flowers?"
Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this and said, "Dad, I'm on the Shanhe newspaper, but not on Daohua."
Zhao Youcai twitched the corner of his mouth, leaned back, and continued to close his eyes to rest.
After two and a half hours of bumpy ride, the Jiefang bus drove into the county town. When the women heard the destination, they became more excited.
"Hey? Hey! A newspaper seller!" Zhao Chun suddenly screamed. She saw a newsstand where she had just passed.
"Hey! Stop the car!" Wang Meilan slapped the wall of the car, hitting Zhao Youcai in the face, scaring Zhao Youcai who was dozing off.
The Jiefang car pulled over to the side of the road. Before Jie Chen rolled down the window, he saw from the rearview mirror that people in the trunk were getting out one after another.
There was no regular newsstand in the small county town, but there was a small house behind the newsstand. It was just a small room at the entrance, about seven or eight square meters. There was a small kang connected to a stove, and the stove was exposed through the window.
There is only an old man in the room. He works alone, watching over the stall during the day and living in the room at night.
While watching the stalls, I have to look out the window from time to time.
Suddenly, the old man's eyes widened and he saw a group of people running towards his newsstand.
The old man got up quickly, and the moment he came out of the house, he heard a woman shouting, "Look! My son!"
Wang Meilan was holding a copy of Shanhe Daily, with Zhao Jun’s photo and interview on the front page.
"My brother!" Like Wang Meilan, Zhao Chun's face was full of joy and pride. As she shouted, she stuffed the newspaper into Ma Ling's hands.
Ma Ling took a look and then looked at Zhao Jun with surprise.
"Look! Look!" Li Baoyu excitedly grabbed a newspaper and pushed Li Ruhai next to him.
At this time, the old lady and Xie Sun also got off the car. They ran to the newsstand and shouted, "Let me see it!"
"Stop tearing my newspapers!" Seeing that these people's movements were getting more and more violent, the old man manning the newsstand became unhappy.
As soon as he shouted, more than ten pairs of eyes stared at him. The old man was stunned and felt a little scared.
"You guys..." Looking at the group of people in front of the stall, the old man said in a weak tone, but still mustered up the courage to say: "Are you going to buy or not?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Meilan lifted the newspaper in her hand and said, "How many newspapers do you have? Pack them all!"
If Wang Meilan said this in a department store or a supply and marketing cooperative, it would be somewhat interesting.
Upon hearing this, the old man at the newsstand looked at Wang Meilan with a strange look, then pointed at the stack of Shanhe Daily and said, "That's all."
"Is that all?" Wang Meilan raised her hand holding the newspaper. Li Ruhai reached out and took the newspaper from Wang Meilan's hand.
Wang Meilan, with her hands free, took the stack of newspapers and frowned after just one look.
The newspapers were sold all morning, and by noon, most of the newspapers were sold out. Apart from the ones in the hands of a few people, there were still 17 or 18 left on the newsstand.
For Wang Meilan, how could these few pictures be enough?
"Can I have it tomorrow?" Wang Meilan asked the old man. The old man said, "Newspapers...are available every day, but you can't have your son."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. After being glared at several times, the old man hurriedly said to Wang Meilan: "The content of the newspaper changes every day."
"Then I understand." Wang Meilan threw the stack of newspapers in her hand onto the stall, then waved her hand and said, "I'll take all of them."
The old man curled his lips slightly. He didn't know the strength of President Wang, but he thought this woman was a bit pretentious. He had lived for so many years and had seen too many pretentious men, but this was the first time he saw a woman like this.
At Wang Meilan's command, everyone put their newspapers on the stall so that the old man could count them.
At this moment, the attention of Li Baoyu, Li Ruhai and Li Tongyun were all attracted by the magazines on the newsstand.
If Zhao Jun hadn't been in the newspaper, Wang Meilan wouldn't have come to buy the newspaper. As for the magazines, even if they were given to Wang Meilan and Xu Chunyan for free, they would either cut them up and roll cigarettes for the men or use them to fill the kitchen stove.
But in the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce, there are people who really love reading.
Li Tongyun picked up "Story Club", Li Baoyu picked up "Military Pictorial", and Li Ruhai picked up "Women's Friend".
"That's twenty-three servings in total." At this time, the old man who was watching the stall said to Wang Meilan, "Three cents a serving, so the total is sixty-nine cents."
"How much is this?" Li Ruhai raised the magazine in his hand and asked the old man.
When the old man saw the magazine in Li Ruhai's hand, he was stunned.
At this moment, Jin Xiaomei suddenly appeared and hit Li Ruhai with a stick. Then, Jin Xiaomei quickly snatched the magazine from Li Ruhai's hand and said unhappily, "Why did you buy this?"
Li Ruhai didn't say anything. Li Baoyu, who was standing next to him, smiled and said to Li Tongyun, "Sister, if you like, pick a few books. I'll pay for them when you're done."
"Well, thank you, brother." Li Tongyun was happy, but Li Ruhai gave Li Baoyu a dissatisfied look.
Wang Meilan tilted her head and looked at the words "Women's Friend" on the magazine. She picked it up, flipped through it twice, and then threw it on the stack of "Shanhe Daily".
"Sister-in-law, don't spoil him all the time." Seeing this, Jin Xiaomei frowned and asked, "What kind of book is that?"
Wang Meilan narrowed her eyes and raised her head slightly, then turned her hand to hold Jin Xiaomei down, signaling her not to say any more.
Then, Wang Meilan said to the brother and sister who were selecting magazines, "Baoyu, bring whatever you two are looking at here, and I will pay for them all at once."
When they heard that a wealthy sponsor was going to pay for the books, Li Baoyu and Li Tongyun were overjoyed, and each of them picked two books.
Five magazines and twenty-three newspapers cost Wang Meilan a total of one dollar and ninety-five cents.
Wang Meilan gave the old man at the newsstand two dollars, took the five-cent coin he gave her as change, and then left with his people.
When they set off again, neither the old lady nor Jie Sun sat in the passenger seat. They wanted to go to the trunk and join everyone in the fun.
In this way, Zhao Youcai sat in the passenger seat.
After closing the car door and listening to the laughter coming from behind, Zhao Youcai sighed.
"Uncle." At this time, Xie Chen leaned over and asked Zhao Youcai, "Can you drive?"
"I can't." Zhao Youcai asked back: "What's the matter?"
"That's all right." Xie Chen started the car and drove along the road. He stopped at every newsstand he came across and bought all the copies of Shanhe Daily for the day.
I kept shopping until 11:30 in the morning, and there were more than 200 copies of Shanhe Daily piled in the trunk of the car.
Zhao Youcai complained about his frequent stops to buy newspapers. In order to shut him up, the car stopped in front of a halal restaurant shortly afterwards.
When Zhao Jun tricked Wang Meilan into going to Lingnan for medical treatment, they had mutton soup and pies for lunch.
At that time, the Zhao family could only eat beef and mutton a few times a year. Later, it was not until Zhao Baotou returned to the business world that the Zhao family could have beef every day.
They have eaten a lot of beef and mutton in the past two months, but Wang Meilan said she wanted to bring the old lady to eat steamed buns and braised pork strips.
They haven't figured out how to make siu mai yet, and Wang Meilan and her friends can't make braised pork strips.
Thirteen people in total rushed into the restaurant. Seeing that the business was coming in, the proprietress hurriedly invited them to the private room.
This halal restaurant is of quite high standard. There is a big table in the private room that can seat fifteen or sixteen people.
Everyone sat down and looked at the small blackboard on the wall. Wang Meilan tapped Zhao Youcai on the thigh, asking him to order the dishes.
Zhao Youcai understood what he meant and said immediately: "Dried tofu with spicy peppers!"
Zhao Youcai stopped talking after ordering a dish. Wang Meilan glanced at him, then pointed at the small blackboard on the wall and said to the proprietress, "Serve me all the dishes except the beef stew with potatoes."
The proprietress was startled. She looked at Wang Meilan, then at the blackboard, and asked, "Do you want all?"
"Yes!" Wang Meilan said, "We want braised beef strips and mutton strips. That makes eight dishes, right?"
"Ah..." The proprietress was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What's the staple food?"
"Shaomai!" Wang Meilan glanced at the people at the table. She knew almost how much they ate.
So Wang Meilan raised her hand and said, "Eight-drawer Shaomai."
Halal staple foods also include pies and steamed dumplings, but this group of people only eat those two often.
"You'll have to wait. Shaomai takes a long time to make." The proprietress was a little embarrassed. Shaomai was much more troublesome than pies.
"I'm not afraid of being slow." Wang Meilan finished speaking, and Zhao Youcai continued, "Give me a bowl of rice."
"I want a bowl of rice too." said Li Baoyu.
"I want one too." These are what Jie Chen said.
"Yeah!" Wang Meilan concluded, "Three bowls of rice, and if there's any soda, give each of us a bottle."
"Hey." The proprietress responded, turned around and walked out, preparing to go to the kitchen to tell the chef to cook.
At this time, she heard people talking behind her.
Xu Chunyan leaned forward and asked in surprise, "They still have persimmons here?"
"There are also chili peppers!" said Jin Xiaomei.
The dried tofu with spicy peppers must contain chili peppers. In addition, Wang Meilan also ordered a beef and persimmon soup.
In Zhao Jun's home, tomatoes are called persimmons, and the ones that grow on the tree are also called persimmons. Cherry tomatoes appeared several years later, and they also call them persimmons.
The persimmon in the beef and persimmon soup is actually a tomato. Zhao Jun and his friends haven’t seen this for several months.
There are two people cooking staple food in front of the panel on the east side of the kitchen, and two stoves on the west side. One of the chefs is the boss, and the other is the boss's wife's younger brother.
Seeing his wife come in, the boss asked, "Have you finished ordering?"
"We've ordered." The proprietress said, "Braised beef strips, lamb strips, three kinds of stir-fried meat, stir-fried lamb with green onions, lamb with cumin, dried tofu with hot peppers, beef and persimmon soup, and sweet and sour pork. After that, we have eight trays of steamed buns."
The two people in the kitchen were dumbfounded, and the boss asked, "What are you doing? How many people are eating?"
"Thirteen." The lady boss answered first, and then urged: "Don't you have to make it for several people? They ordered it, so hurry up and make it."
"But they are quite capable." The boss lady's brother said as he was washing the pot and draining the water, "Are they the same people from the match factory again?"
"No." The lady boss shook her head and said, "It seems to be from the countryside."
"Rural people?" The four people in the kitchen were very surprised. They might be thinking, is the living standard in rural areas so high?
The dishes were brought to the table one by one, and four trays of steamed dumplings were served first. Zhao Youcai held a large bowl and ate rice with dried tofu with hot peppers and braised pork strips.
Others were commenting and discussing while eating, discussing how the braised pork strips were made, and why their own stir-fried three dishes and stir-fried lamb with green onions were not as good as those made by others.
Just then, the proprietress came in with a basin and placed it between several plates.
"Beef and persimmon soup." The proprietress said, "All the dishes are ready!"
"Hey, big sister." Xu Chunyan called the proprietress. The proprietress thought she wanted to order more dishes, but she pointed at the beef and persimmon soup and asked, "Where did you buy these persimmons?"
"We bought this in the fall, a small cart of it," the lady boss explained, "We bought green tomatoes at the time and put them on the floor of the lower house in the north, covered with tarpaulin."
"Can you stay until now?" Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei and Xu Chunyan asked in unison.
"Save it until the big freeze." The lady boss said, "It's all red from being covered in water, so we'll freeze its head."
"Ah, that's what I said." Wang Meilan was pouring the soup while looking at the shapeless persimmons in it.
But Wang Meilan didn't pick and choose. It was good enough to be able to eat tomatoes at that time.
"We can't keep our green persimmons either." Jin Xiaomei said with a smile, "A few kids stuffed persimmons into the rice, and ate them one by one when they turned red."
Everyone laughed and continued eating and drinking.
After a full meal and a full drink, the table was a mess. Wang Meilan settled the bill, waved her hand, and asked everyone to leave.
After coming out of the restaurant, Zhao Jun smiled and said to Wang Meilan, "Mom, we don't have to clean up the table after dinner, isn't that good?"
"Yeah." Wang Meilan smiled and said, "We don't have to do it yet."
Everyone got into the car while chatting and laughing. This time Zhao Jun drove and headed straight to the first department store in Shanhe County, also known as the No. 100.
When they arrived at the store, everyone got out of the car and Li Baoyu pulled a sack from the trunk.
This sack was specially made. Two straps were sewn on one side of the sack with cloth strips. A potato was stuffed into each of the two bottom corners and then tied with a hemp rope. The hemp rope was passed through the mouth of the sack and it was sealed once it was tied.
Li Baoyu carried the big sack on his back. The sack was bulging with sacks.
Today, the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce is going to make a large purchase.
Just as everyone was preparing to leave, a child jumped out of the alley with a wooden box gun in his hand. He pointed the gun at Li Tongyun who was nearby and shouted, "Da da da, I'll kill you, I'll kill you!"
As soon as the child finished speaking, he saw Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai rushing towards him. The child was so scared that he turned around and ran away, but he never expected that Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai appeared on both sides of Li Tongyun, and the two brothers nervously held Li Tongyun.
This chapter makes up for yesterday's. Today's chapter will be a little later. Brothers, if you are sleepy, go to bed first.
(End of this chapter)