Jingteng Fanghua

Chapter 45 Drink Two Cups

"Excuse me, is this Guo Haiyang's home?" Gao Qi asked the girl.

Tao Chunqin looked up at the young man who was asking the question, and felt that his face was familiar, but seeing the clean and tidy young man in Chinese tunic suit, with clear-cut facial features and imposing manner, he didn't think he had seen it anywhere before, so he asked suspiciously: "Who are you, why are you looking for my Guo Haiyang?"

"Are you younger siblings? I am Guo Haiyang's comrade-in-arms, and my name is Gao Qi." Hearing the young woman's tone, Gao Qi guessed that she was Tao Chunqin, Guo Haiyang's newly married wife.

"Ah! You are Company Commander Gao, ouch, look at my eyes! Hey, wait a minute, Haiyang! Haiyang! Come out, let's see who's coming!" Tao Chunqin threw down the spoon in her hand and hurriedly called Gao Qi , and hurriedly ran into the house, shouting at the yard in the back door.

"Daughter-in-law, what's the matter, yelling?" A man in a green military uniform with a cropped cut and a cap badge missing his collar appeared at the back door.

Tao Chunqin grabbed Guo Haiyang's arm and walked out. Guo Haiyang was hurriedly pulled away by his wife for no reason, his expression tensed, and he hurriedly asked, "Daughter-in-law, is someone looking for trouble?"

Tao Chunqin said anxiously: "Oh, hurry up, it's Company Commander Gao!"

"What?" Guo Haiyang rushed out when he heard his wife's words, and immediately saw Gao Qi standing on the road outside.He rushed over excitedly, without saying anything, the two comrades hugged each other tightly and patted each other on the back.

"All right?" Gao Qi's voice was a little hoarse and nasal.

"It's not good how to marry a wife!" Guo Haiyang's nasal voice became heavier.

"I'm hungry"

"I invite you to eat meatballs"

The two of them didn't have any polite words.

Guojia Town, which had been noisy for a whole day, was finally quiet. Inside the gate hole of the kitchen, there was a big pot with a boiling oil pot sitting on it.

Gao Qi sat on a small stool, helping to light the ground fire. Guo Haiyang held a handful of meat paste in his hand and squeezed it deftly. The round meatballs were squeezed out from the tiger's mouth. With a touch of his thumb, the meatballs Into the frying pan.

Tao Chunqin was cleaning the bowls and chopsticks, while Guo Haiyang's parents were arranging the tables and chairs, preparing to close the door.

"Haiyang, I've cleaned up Haiping's house, lit a charcoal fire for you, and made two small dishes. You can accompany Commander Gao to have a drink or two. I'll fry the rest of the meatballs." Tao Chunqin came over and said .

"Go, go, we will do the rest." Guo Haiyang's parents also came over.

"Uncle, Aunt, I am causing you two elders trouble!" Gao Qi stood up and said to the two elders.

"What's the trouble, you and my family Haiyang are dead brothers, why are you so angry? Let's take a rest!" said the honest and kind Father Guo.

After Guo Haiyang washed his hands, he led Gao Qi to the west room. He opened the thick cotton curtain, and a warm breath rushed towards him. He saw that the bed in the room had been made, and the brand-new printed red silk quilt was covered. It looked like a newly made quilt when we got married.

Red charcoal was burning in a large iron basin, and there was a small wooden table beside it. On the table were four dishes of two meat and two vegetables, and a bottle of Linhe Daqu produced in Shangqiu.

Guo Haiyang didn't use the small wine bottle prepared by his wife, but took two enamel jars brought back from the army, and poured the wine into two.

The two of them didn't say anything, when the jar touched, one of them took a big mouthful first.

Gao Qi picked up a chopstick and put pig's ears in his mouth. This is his favorite appetizer. Guo Haiyang knew that he liked it, so he smiled and said, "My brother and sister are so virtuous."

"Not virtuous, why should I marry her?" Guo Haiyang said in a low voice.

"Hehe!" Gao Qi tapped Guo Haiyang with his chopsticks.

Guo Haiyang also laughed, "Company Commander, you can see it, if you want to make a joke, make a joke!"

"What's the joke? I'm afraid my daughter-in-law will have something to eat at home." Gao Qi laughed.

"That's right." Cui Haiyang grinned silly.

"Tell me, how did you manage to coax this daughter-in-law?" Gao Qi began to gossip.

"Hey, when I just came back from the army, the leaders of the commune knew that I had made a contribution in the counterattack against Y, so they invited me to give a report in the town hall. You know, I didn't dare to speak in front of everyone. I panicked, why would I make a report?

Later, the leader of the commune asked me to dictate, and the secretary in the office wrote a manuscript for me to read.

A lot of people came that day, and the inside and outside windows of the auditorium were covered with people. Chunqin just fell in love with me while listening to my report.

Company Commander, Chunqin is a flower in our town, the people who come to propose marriage have all lined up outside the town, and everyone's conditions are better than mine, but she just fell in love with me, what a fool!Do you think I can not put her on the head?hey-hey. "Guo Haiyang said with a sullen face.

Gao Qi understood why Guo Haiyang acted like a slave in front of his wife.

"Congratulations, Haiyang, I am relieved to see you happy." Gao Qi said with relief.

The two picked up the jar and touched it again.

"My brother and sister look smart and capable. She helped you support this family, right? Why do you think of doing a donkey meatball shop?" Gao Qi asked.

"Yes, thanks to Chunqin. Our town is a pilot town for the province's reform and opening up. There are many socially-run enterprises, and every village has village-run enterprises. Now many people in the town are starting side businesses in private. , There are many shops, and people from all over the country come to visit and study.

I have been in the army for several years and have not been at home. Haiping was still in junior high school at the time, and his parents were honest. Because he is a member of the military, he was arranged by the village cadres to earn wages in a village-run enterprise. However, the benefits in the village are not low every year, so the family is not rich but not bad. , eat well and wear warmly.

After I returned from the army, as soon as I had no skills and no funds, Chunqin saw that the traffic in the town was getting bigger and bigger, so she took the whole family to start a meatball shop with small investment and quick results to earn some hard money.

You have also seen that the daughter-in-law is still kneading the dough, which needs fermentation time, and she has to get up to make pancakes every day before dawn.We are farmers, and we are not afraid of hardship. As long as we can make money, we can do anything, but the business of my meatball shop is really good, hehe. Guo Haiyang said with a satisfied smile.

"I see, your business is really good, the key is that your donkey meatballs taste really good!" Gao Qi praised.

"Praise!"

"Haiyang, the leaders of your Guojia Town Commune are very pioneering and enterprising, which surprised me. This kind of boldness is completely beyond my imagination!" Gao Qi boasted sincerely.

"This is all due to the scarcity of land. People have to live, right?" Guo Haiyang said while eating a peanut.

"What do you mean?"

"To tell you the truth, our village is fundamentally an immigrant village."

"Oh?"

(End of this chapter)