Chapter 397: The Dongchuang Incident
After sending the naughty children away, Zhang An told his family that he would not be eating at home that night, so he walked out.
It was almost dinner time, and Zhang An was not prepared to wait for a while before leaving.
You can’t keep people waiting when you’re doing work, and you can’t keep others waiting when you come to eat at home.
Especially when so many people are going, I feel embarrassed to make others wait for me.
Even if I go early, I can still chat with everyone.
Just after walking out for a while, Zhang An turned around and came back.
I took a jar of wine from the cellar at home and took it with me.
Zhang Jianwen has been coveting their new wine for a long time. Although he came here last time to make wine, he was busy with other things at that time and did not stay to taste it.
Zhang An thought that since he was going to their house for a drink today, he would just bring this wine over and let him try it.
And we can also take advantage of the crowds to let our new wine meet and greet everyone.
Then I thought about it, ran to the circle again, and caught two plump rabbits.
During this period, fewer people came to buy rabbits, and the rabbits were born one after another.
Zhang An’s house is now overrun with rabbits. Zhang An caught a lot of them and put them in the space.
Wang Fang has become tired of making rabbits during this period and really doesn’t want to do it.
So Zhang An took two of them and asked his aunt to stew them later.
“Hey, everyone is busy. People who don’t know may think they are having a banquet.”
As soon as Zhang An stepped into the yard of Zhang Ping’s house, he found that the people present were not there yet.
Those who had nothing to do would gather around, eat melon seeds and peanuts, brag and spank.
This is still not the case. There are already two or three tables of people gathered in the courtyard.
If everyone came together, the scene would be almost as good as a small drink.
No, because there were so many people, Zhang Jianwen even called Zhang Jianzhong to serve.
“Hey, Zhang An is here. I’m afraid that your uncle won’t give you enough to eat, right? He even brought something of his own.” The gentlemen all started joking.
The people present were basically middle-aged men, heads of households, and few women.
Even those who are helping with the work are all neighbors near Zhang Ping's house, who were called over by the old aunt to help.
On such occasions, it is usually the men in the family who come over, and the women generally stay away from it.
If the man in the family is away or has disappeared, the father-in-law will come over.
If even the old man is gone, then they will come forward.
After all, in such an occasion, all of them are old men. Although they are all members of the same village, they try their best to avoid suspicion and not leave any words for those who like to gossip.
Even the few women nearby who came to help would have a small table alone with the old lady in the room later.
Whether they are eating or drinking, they have their own space.
"It's the same for you kid. Uncle Qi asked you to come over for a drink and he made you hungry. He even carried and carried you."
The two rabbits are not small, they add up to more than ten It weighs ten kilograms, and the jar in Zhang An's hand weighs ten kilograms.
When he came here, there were quite a lot of them.
"Uncle, this is what you said, then I will take the wine back later."
Zhang An chuckled, put the wine jar on the table, and One hand pulled two rabbits by their ears.
Then the free hand opened the stopper on the wine jar, and suddenly a scent of wine wafted out.
Suddenly the drunkards present smelled this smell and were a little intoxicated.
“Hey, you kid is still teasing your uncle, and you want to take the things you brought here back, but there is no way.”
As soon as Zhang Jianwen smelled it, he didn't realize that this was the newly brewed liquor from Zhang An's family.
Then he snatched the cork from Zhang An's hand and immediately plugged the wine jar.
If it’s something else, I don’t want it, but spiritual food is not necessary. Not many people can refuse this stuff.
"Hey, Lao Zhang, why did you cover it up? Open it for everyone to smell."
They only thought that Zhang An brought it to Zhang Jianwen, so they didn't think about it. Take it out and drink it later.
But I don’t want to drink it. It’s still okay if I just smell it.
"Don't smell it either. The smell of alcohol will dissipate as you open it for a long time. Everyone can enjoy it when we eat later."
Originally, Zhang Jianwen went to Wang Xinhua's house for a drink today. A bucket of glutinous rice wine came back and will be poured for everyone to drink later.
But now that Zhang An has brought good wine, he has no intention of hiding it, and will bring it out for everyone to drink later.
After all, drinking requires more people, and everyone gathers together to make the drink taste better.
It's just that the barrel of glutinous rice wine I just brought back today may have to be taken back and returned.
“Hey, it’s important, we just mean that Lao Zhang is still open-minded.”
When Zhang Jianwen said that he would pour it for everyone to drink later, the drunkards became excited. .
Including a few people who were staring at the wine jar, they also sat back obediently.
"Auntie, give me a knife and clean up these two rabbits. Later, let my uncle make a pot of spicy rabbits with onions for everyone to drink."
The wine was taken away, but the two heavy rabbits were still in hand.
They may have felt that they were about to sail away tonight, so they kept struggling in Zhang An's hands.
Immediately asked the old aunt for a kitchen knife and prepared to send them both on their way.
"You are bringing food and drink, how can you be allowed to do it yourself? Let us who come here to eat and drink for free do it."
Old Aunt Before he could respond, several uncles nearby stood up and took the two rabbits from Zhang An's hand.
Everyone came here empty-handed, only Zhang An brought something.
Although no one says anything when everyone is tied, but at this time, to put it bluntly, if you have money, you will contribute money, and if you have strength, you will contribute.
When you have nothing to do, you just sit around and no one says anything, but if you don’t do anything when you have something to do, you will be looked down upon by others.
Although they say that killing pigs is not feasible, there is no problem in killing rabbits.
I didn’t know where I found two kitchen knives. I put them aside and started to quickly clean up the two rabbits.
Everyone rushed to work, and Zhang An was happy to have some leisure time.
Although he is a junior, he still takes it for granted. "Uncle, why isn't my brother Ping at home?"
I looked around and saw no sign of Zhang Ping, so I guess he wasn't at home.
"The Forestry Bureau has to hold a training meeting these two days and has called all the forest rangers in the county. You, the webmaster, are living a comfortable life, but they are not."
Although the Forestry Bureau did not publicize the establishment of a temporary wildlife rescue base in Changqing, Zhang Jianwen, as the village chief, also heard about it.
After he learned about it, he had to sigh, the same people, different lives.
Thinking back to Zhang Ping’s family, it was because Zhang An didn’t want to go that he became a temporary worker.
Later, it was his family’s efforts that enabled Zhang Ping to be converted into a formal establishment.
In the end, Zhang An’s place was good, so forget it if the temporary workers didn’t like it before.
Unknowingly, I got another formal job, and it was like God was chasing the person who fed me.
When Zhang Ping went for training a few days ago, he was curious about why Zhang An didn't go with him since he was also from the Forestry Bureau.
Later Zhang Ping told him that Zhang An was the stationmaster of the rescue base, and he was a special case. He usually had nothing to do.
So now he looks at Zhang An with envy. He doesn't have to do anything in such a job, it's so cool.
But he is just envious, and there is no jealousy at all.
They are all children he has watched grow up, and they are still related to each other, especially since the relationship between the two families is relatively close, so naturally there will be no such unnecessary thoughts.
And he knew that Zhang An had a very close relationship with Zhu Yuliang of the Forestry Bureau.
Zhang Ping is working as an errand in the Forestry Bureau again, and he may have to ask him to help put in a good word in the future.
"No wonder, I just said that I haven't seen my brother Ping in the past two days, and I thought he went into the mountains again."
Zhang Ping is a forest ranger, where there are woods , is their job, and going into the mountains is a common occurrence for them.
"Old Zhang, what kind of webmaster are you? Is it possible that Zhang An, like your Zhang Ping, works in the Forestry Bureau?"
But the people next to him obviously do not know this.
When I heard Zhang Jianwen say what kind of webmaster Zhang An was, my ears immediately stood up.
They may not be so enthusiastic about letting them work. They are the professionals when it comes to eating melons.
The way everyone looks now gives Zhang An the feeling that he has done something without telling everyone, and now it seems like it has been revealed.
"The Forestry Bureau established a temporary wildlife rescue base in our village this year, and Zhang An is the station manager."
Zhang Jianwen doesn't mind telling everyone this exciting thing several times, it's exciting Stimulate these lazy people.
"Hey, you guys usually don't pay attention. You often pass by the door of Anzi's house, and you don't even notice the sign hanging there."
"Hey, this I really haven’t heard about it, and even the establishment of a country is such a big thing, and I didn’t tell everyone about it.”
Everyone was stunned when they heard it, because these days, they want to find someone to help them. Jobs are hard to say and easy to say.
But for ordinary people like them, who have no money at home and no connections, that is something they don’t even want to think about.
But Zhang An is silent. They were found. It sounded better than Zhang Ping's position, but they were all shocked.
In the past, some people who couldn't stand Zhang An's family always said that Zhang An was just hanging around in the village with no job, no different than a second-rate person.
It's okay now, the last road those people can take is blocked.
“By the way, this webmaster also has a boss, is it possible that he is also an official?”
The two most passionate things in the hearts of rural people are either becoming an official or getting rich.
So they are very sensitive to these things.
"Of course, you know the grain station in the town, it's not much different from the station manager."
Other people may not know, but when it comes to the grain station, their generation No one can be a stranger even if he wants to be a stranger.
As soon as these words came out, the people around him immediately became lively, and everyone looked at Zhang An with hot eyes.
"Guigui, there is smoke coming out of the old Zhang family's ancestral grave."
In the past, when Zhang An was not admitted to college, everyone thought that their ancestral grave was buried in the wrong place. .
As a result, I discovered now that it was not the wrong place, but a geomantic treasure.
“So, when you go into the mountains from now on, do what you should do and don’t do anything you shouldn’t do. Now is different from before. Many things are illegal, otherwise Zhang An will come to you. Don’t blame me for not holding you back.”
Taking this opportunity, Zhang Jianwen used his identity as Zhang An as the webmaster to give Zhang Pinghu a false impression.
After all, many villagers now go into the mountains just to mess around. When it comes to hunting, they don't care whether they can hunt or not. They hunt first.
Now that Zhang An is the webmaster, they can be more restrained. After all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.
Listening to Zhang Jianwen’s concern for everyone, Zhang An had to smile bitterly.
Because he knew very well that his so-called webmaster was just a name and had nothing to do with what Zhang Jianwen said.
In the midst of their heated discussion, Zhang Jianzhong led someone to prepare the dishes.
With so many people eating, Zhang Jianwen did not go from door to door to borrow bowls, which seemed troublesome.
Instead, use the pots and pots at home to put the vegetables together and serve them directly.
Among the people present, only Zhang An was a young man, so he carried a wine jar and poured wine for everyone one by one.
Ten pounds of wine, so many people drink it, and each person can’t pour much.
But everyone knew it, so they didn’t mumble about asking people to pour more wine like they usually do when drinking loose wine.
"Today is not a holiday, nor is it the end of the year. I called you here just because I have a few things to say. Before I talk about it, let's all have a drink together. But don't drink too much. This wine is The new wine of Zhang An’s family uses the recipe in Huang’s hand, because it will be gone after drinking it, so you can only drink the loose wine I made.”
Before the banquet started, Zhang Jianwen picked up the bowl and told everyone. A few words.
Hearing the origin of this wine, many people who are used to drinking heavily immediately slowed down.
“There are several things, let me tell you the first one first. I believe some people have heard that tomorrow the town’s work team will come to our village to inspect, so I will give everyone a break today. ”
After taking a sip of wine, everyone continued to eat food, and Zhang Jianwen also continued to talk.
Anyway, talking while eating has always been his style, and Zhang An has become accustomed to it after experiencing it a few times.
“But don’t worry, everyone, they are not here to find anyone, they are mainly here to see how big the kiwi fruit planting area is in our village this year, because the authorities attach great importance to this matter. ”
As soon as I heard that the working group was coming down, everyone’s expressions immediately changed.
Because in recent years the working group has kept everyone from leaving, and everyone has changed their color after hearing about it.
“Anyway, we will take them wherever they want to see. If you have any questions about home, don’t be afraid of saying the wrong thing. What does Zhang An usually tell you? Just tell people how to do it.”
"Anyway, if everything goes well, the people who start planting in the future should be able to receive planting subsidies. Although it is not a lot, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are."
(End of Chapter)