flstandardbreds Chapter 385 Uncle, don’t you recognize me?
Chapter 385 Uncle, don’t you recognize me?
It took only half a month to build Zhou Rong’s house.
Because excessive eating and drinking is prohibited nowadays, on the day of raising the beam, Zhou Rong asked the builders to sprinkle two kilograms of fruit candies instead of having a banquet.
She didn't even buy new furniture for the room.
Taking advantage of the time to go to the commune to buy things, he took out the batch of old furniture that he had initially collected from the Yang family, and hired a few mule carts to help transport it back to Zhoujiawan.
The explanation given to others was that he bought the old furniture when he saw someone moving.
Over the past year or so, there have been major personnel changes in various units. Some people, after being identified, have had to leave their hometowns and go to work in relocated locations; some have been transferred to other places, and the furniture and belongings they cannot take with them are usually disposed of at a low price.
No one was suspicious of Zhou Rong's words. Instead, they praised her for being thrifty and simple and knowing how to live.
Zhou Rong gave all the items promised to the person who built the house.
There were a lot of stocks of cigarettes, alcohol, and sugar in the space. Zhou Rong went to the county town and said that he bought them in the county.
The pork was bought from the production team of Shengli Brigade which had a "10,000-head pig farm" project. They slaughtered dozens of pigs every morning and asked Zhoujiawan's trucks to help deliver them to various vegetable stores and supply and marketing cooperatives.
In return, two pigs will be given to Zhoujiawan at the end of the year.
If the villagers of Zhoujiawan wanted to buy pork, they would open a back door. The market price of pork was 7 cents per pound, but they would only charge 4 cents, and no meat coupons were required. If cadres or people with status went to buy meat, they could also give them some pig organs, bones, offal, etc.
There are only 100 kilograms of local pork in stock in the space. If I copy it, the system quotes 30 yuan per kilogram. Zhou Rong thinks it is not cost-effective, so he might as well buy it now.
Worried that Zhou Rong would not give face if he went to buy the meat, Zhou Chuanjing bought the meat in his name.
The other party sent a lot of pig offal and a pig's head.
After Zhou Rong cleaned them up, he braised them all. On the day of moving, he invited Zhou Chuanjing, Zhou Chuanyi, Zhou Chuanguo, and Zhou's father to have a drink, and treated it as his own "housewarming" wedding banquet...
Jiang Jiawen and Jiang Lijun's full-month banquet was not held. Tian Huizhen paid for some meat and vegetables from the village, set up two tables at home, and invited Zhou Chuanguo, Zhou Chuantai, Zhou Chuanan, Zhou Chuanyi, Zhou Chuanjing and others to have a simple meal.
Jiang Yiming was busy with work, so he only arranged for one soldier to help deliver some milk powder, brown sugar, noodles and other supplies, but he did not come back.
Jiang Jiawen and Jiang Lijun recently stopped sleeping during the day and started crying at night. Zhou Rong found some methods through the space network and gradually corrected their bad habits.
The winter in Zhoujiawan is a little colder than that in Jiangcheng. Tian Huizhen was worried that her grandchildren would catch a cold, so she dressed them in thick clothes, wrapped them in swaddling clothes, and covered them with thick quilts every time they slept.
The two people's underwear was always soaked with sweat. They couldn't speak and could only remind everyone by crying.
Tian Huizhen and her colleagues only checked diapers every time and didn't pay attention to the children's clothes, so they overlooked this point.
After Zhou Rong's reminder, everyone realized that the two children's clothes were wet. After changing their clothes, they were indeed much more well-behaved.
In addition, Zhou Rong also suggested that during the day, especially in the evening, the two children should be played with more and not be fed too much, and should only be fed at around eight or nine in the evening.
The child's energy was consumed during the day, and he had a full stomach at night, so he gradually stopped crying in the middle of the night...
In mid-January 68, the Jiangcheng Municipal Committee was established and announced to the public that "all party, government, financial and cultural powers will be returned to the Committee, and the official seals of the original Municipal Party Committee, Municipal People's Committee and its subordinate ministries, offices, districts and bureaus will all be invalidated."
Xu Yuefang was transferred to the Municipal Party Committee as deputy director, and several of Jiang Linhai's cronies also took up positions.
They united together, played various games with the bad guys, and tried every means to help Jiang Linhai get his job back...
January 1th this year is New Year’s Eve.
Zhou Qingping returned to Jiangcheng on January 1th.
He changed his job location and was unable to communicate with the outside world due to confidentiality issues. He did not receive any of the letters Zhou Rong sent him.
Two days before departure, Zhou Qingping sent a telegram to Zhou Rong, saying that he would board the train on the 23rd and arrive on the 25th.
Zhou Rong returned to Zhoujiawan and did not receive the telegram. However, Zhou Jiaguang saw the contents of the telegram when he went to Chang'anli for "inspection".
Zhou Jiaguang wrote a letter, relaying the news that Zhou Qingping was going home, and asked the driver who was delivering vegetables into the city to help bring it to Zhou Rong. He also said that he would pick him up at the train station and send him back to Zhoujiawan safely, so Zhou Rong didn't need to worry.
Zhou Jiaguang hadn't seen Zhou Qingping for four years. He happily went to the train station to pick him up, but after searching for Zhou Qingping in the crowd for a long time, he didn't see him.
Zhou Qingping saw him at a glance, walked quickly to him, and coughed lightly a few times to remind Zhou Jiaguang.
Zhou Qingping inherited his parents' good looks, and in Zhou Jiaguang's eyes, he has always been handsome and elegant.
But now Zhou Qingping is thin and dark, probably because of indigestion. There are ulcers at the corners of his mouth, his hair is messy like dead grass, and his clothes are wrinkled and covered with dust. It is estimated that he has not changed them for several days.
He doesn't look like someone who works in a state-owned enterprise, let alone a young man under 20 years old.
Seeing that Zhou Jiaguang didn't respond for a long time, Zhou Qingping gently pushed him and asked with a smile: "Uncle, don't you recognize me?"
Zhou Jiaguang came back to his senses and stared at Zhou Qingping: "I really don't recognize you. How did you get yourself into this state? If your mother saw this, she would be heartbroken!"
Zhou Qingping: "The weather in the north is dry, and I'm busy with work, so I'm a little irritated. I'll be fine after a few days of rest. Are my mom and the others all right?"
Zhou Jiaguang: "It's fine, your mother and Nini have returned to Zhoujiawan, and I don't know if Qing'an will come back this year.
My parents and third sister are all in our hometown. We will rest in the city for a day tomorrow, buy some New Year's goods, and then return to Zhoujiawan the day after tomorrow.
I'll take you out for a nice meal first, then get you a haircut, take a shower, change into clean clothes, and tidy yourself up so you look more energetic, so your mother won't feel bad."
Zhou Qingping: "Okay, thank you, uncle."
After dinner and getting his hair cut, Zhou Jiaguang accompanied Zhou Qingping back to Chang'anli to rest.
Zhou Jiaguang wanted to know what Zhou Qingping had been through and how he had ended up like this.
Zhou Qingping always smiled and did not answer, and asked Zhou Jiaguang not to ask about his work.
Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Zhou Jiaguang stopped asking.
When the neighbors in Chang'anli saw Zhou Qingping coming back, they all greeted him warmly. Some asked him where he worked and why he hadn't been home for several years.
He was worried that if he didn't say anything, people would make wild guesses and gossip about him behind his back, disturbing his mother's peace. Whenever someone asked, Zhou Qingping would say that he was an accountant, doing math and bookkeeping for the company, and that his work was very busy and it was not convenient for him to take leave. He also had a long commute to work, so he came home less often.
This statement was the same as what Zhou Rong said, so everyone believed it.
There was a caring aunt who told Zhou Qingping that Zhou Rong was sick and asked him to go home more often and be more filial to his parents, saying that work was not as important as his parents.
Zhou Qingping asked in surprise: "My mother is sick?"
Zhou Jiaguang whispered, "It's not a serious illness. It should be healed. You'll know when you return to Zhoujiawan. Your mother will tell you what happened."
Zhou Qingping: “Yeah.”