My village can't be like this

Chapter 220 Drinking
Since you want to do it, you have to make the best one. You can't make one casually, Zhang Anke can't do it.

Besides, Zhang An is now considered a carpenter, and making a spinning top for a little doll is not easy.

Zhang An rummaged through the pile of firewood in the yard for a long time, and finally found a section of green bar tree that was as big as a bowl.

Qinggang tree is a kind of heavy and hard wood. Many people in the village like to chop it to make hoe handles.

Therefore, it is most suitable to use the green stick tree to chop the spinning top.

When Zhang An was young, Zhang Jianye used this spinning top that he made for him to pump it up very vigorously.

After gesturing the required size, Zhang An saw it off with two or three strokes of the saw.

After setting the sight, Zhang An found a nail and drove it in, and then began to chop with the axe.

After a little time, a bowl-sized top was formed.

"Wow, it's so big, even bigger than Zhang Bao's."

Looking at such a big spinning top, Li Yao's eyes were filled with the shape of a spinning top.

"Then do you like such a big spinning top?"

Zhang An said that since it is going to be done, it must be a good one, and of course it must be bigger.

"I like it." Li Yao nodded quickly, for fear that Zhang An would stop doing it after he finished speaking.

Many adults in the village don't have time to play with the children, so many of the children cut their tops by themselves, which also exercised their hands-on ability.

Therefore, the spinning tops cut out by many people are not big, and the crooked tops are not very attractive.

Soon, Zhang An finished chopping the top, but it wasn't finished yet.

Zhang An carved a beautiful pattern on the top of the spinning top with a flower knife, and finally took out the paint at home to color it.

It looked much better now, Zhang An nodded in satisfaction.

Once the spinning top is finished, there is still a whip left, otherwise there is no way to whip it.

There are many materials that can be used for the whip, such as cloth locks, hemp rope and some packing tape at home.

But it is not these things that are used the most.

But the leaves of the palm tree, and the bark of the mulberry tree.

Especially the bark, which is made into a whip and whipped.

From far away, you can hear the sonic boom of "piapiapia".

It's just that the bark tree that Zhang An's family cut down before has already dried up, and it's useless to peel off the bark.

So Zhang An took out half of the hemp rope, untied it, and then weaved it again.

After a while, a delicate little leather whip was ready.

Zhang An was in the yard, beating the finished spinning top a few times.

The pattern engraved on the top of the spinning top spins quickly, and with the bright colors, it looks pretty nice to wander around at the moment.

It's just that Zhang An felt that it was a little uncoordinated to smoke, and he had to make some adjustments.

Now I took the ax and began to trim it for a while, and finally I was satisfied after a few rounds of trial.

There is no need to trim it in the future, so Zhang An took out sandpaper and polished it again.

In this way, a huge smooth spinning top was made.

If it wasn't for the lack of time, Zhang An would have wanted to paint it, so it would look better.

"Hey, Zhang An, just get used to him, what will he do with the stars every day in the future."

Zhou Lan looked at Li Yao and just raised his mouth, and Zhang An spent half his salary here.

If others didn't know this, they would think that Zhang An was Li Yao's real father.

"Hahaha, he is seven or eight years old now, and there are only a few years left to live such a carefree life. Let him have fun if he wants to play."

Li Yao himself grew up in the town. Compared with the children in the village, he has always lost a few years of childhood.

I can't wait until I grow up in the future, and everyone else has a happy childhood.

But when it came to himself, he thought about it and found that it was blank.

Originally, Zhang An was worried that the spinning top was too big, and the little guy Li Yao couldn't spin it.

But at this moment, it was discovered that after they got it, they had already started playing on the ground, and even flew up.

Zhang An reckoned that Li Yao probably played with other people's spinning tops many times outside.

And looking at his whipping movements, he is quite skilled, probably a lot of flat whipping.

And this guy also played tricks, drawing forwards, backwards, and changing hands back and forth.

Then the little guy happily ran towards the drying yard with his new toy in his arms.

With such a big treasure, Li Yao definitely wanted to bring it there to show off to his little friends.

With this ultra-low and invincible big spinning top, he will surely become the prettiest boy among the group of dolls.

At this time, there were not many people drying things in the drying yard, and it was very empty.

So there are all dolls playing on it, and there are more than a dozen people just pulling the top.

There are also a group of little girls jumping into the sea and jumping rubber bands.

It's just that from time to time, there will be a burst of shouting in the village.

It is estimated that there is some leather monkey who ran out to play without finishing what the adults in the family told him.

At this moment, the adults in the family came back, and the incident was revealed, and they were about to be called back for education.

On the contrary, Zhang An felt that it was because of this kind of urging that everyone would cherish the time to play more.

At five or six o'clock the next night, Zhang An remembered that his uncle had called him in the morning.

"Mom, I won't be home for dinner tonight."

Zhang An said something to the old mother who was about to cook at home, and then went out and walked towards the old uncle's house.

Before walking out of the courtyard, Zhang An returned home.

Zhang An thought that since his old uncle asked him to drink, how could he go there empty-handed.

So I went home and found two bottles of Moutai, which I brought over from Su Ying's house.

Anyway, these wines are usually not drunk at home.

It's better to take it out and play its original role.

"Zhang An is here, and he brought high-end goods."

When Zhang An arrived at Zhang Ping's house, accountant Huang Weimin and cashier Li Youcai had already arrived.

"Uncle Cai, Uncle Damin."

They are all old people, Zhang An greeted them with a smile.

Seeing that there were not many people in the yard, Zhang An felt a little strange.

Some people can't figure out why the old village head is looking for him this time.

If Zhang Jianwen came to him for his own affairs, then several leaders of the village were here.

But if it's for collective matters, those village leaders are not here, so it's worth pondering.

"Hey, Zhang An brought a bottle of goods."

Li Youcai saw Zhang An coming with two wine boxes, so he leaned over to have a look.

"It's still Moutai, today is the right time."

Although the villagers like to drink, most of them drink loose wine.

I don't drink much bottled wine on weekdays, and I don't want to buy it because the price is a few dollars higher.

In their minds, regardless of whether the wine is good or not, the wine in the bottle is more expensive.

Especially the Moutai brought by Zhang An, the name is even more resounding.

Although this wine is a brand produced in the province itself, the price has not yet skyrocketed these days.

But for those who are reluctant to sell even ordinary bottle cellars, this wine is already a rare high-end product.

So seeing Zhang An bring two bottles at a time, Huang Weimin and Li Youcai were very happy.

"Hey, our family doesn't drink much at ordinary times. The old uncle called me to drink. How dare I come empty-handed."

"What are you talking about?"

Hearing Zhang An's voice, Zhang Jianwen walked out of the room.

At this time, I was very happy to see a few people talking about it.

"It's nothing, today is thanks to you, Zhang An, and Zhang An brought two bottles of good wine."

Huang Weimin smiled, pointed to the two bottles of Moutai on the table and said.

"Yo, this is really good wine."

Zhang Jianwen looked at the two bottles of Moutai on the table and nodded involuntarily.

When I went to the town for a meeting last time, the leader left him to discuss the matter of the middle school.

At the end of the meal, I generously took out a bottle.

It was just a bottle of wine, half of which he drank by himself.

After drinking liquor for so many years, Zhang Jianwen had to admit it.

This wine is expensive for a reason, and it tastes much better than ordinary loose wine.

Not long after, Zhang Ping came back on a motorcycle.

And above the faucet, there was a bag of cold braised pork hanging.

Since he became a staff member at the forestry station, he has been sent a happy motorcycle.

At this time, the old lady in the house also prepared the dishes.

When he came to the old aunt's house, Zhang An was not polite, as if it was his own home.

Together with Zhang Ping, they set up the tables and chairs in the yard, and then helped the old aunt serve the dishes together.

Today, the old aunt cooks a lot of dishes, such as spicy chicken, fish with pickled vegetables, and braised trotters and so on.

A table is full of hard-to-find hard dishes, it seems that the old man has a lot of plans tonight.

"Come, come, let's move our chopsticks, let's drink the good wine brought by Zhang An today."

After the old man finished speaking, he opened a bottle of Moutai and began to pour wine for everyone.

"Old Zhang, why don't you pour more, why do you feel like you don't want to pour it?"

When the old uncle was pouring the wine, Li Youcai even passed his hand to lift the wine bottle.

"Come on, I didn't know that you, Li Youcai, were a drunkard. It wouldn't be enough to pour all this bottle for you."

The old uncle unceremoniously exposed Li Youcai. They are all old guys who have known each other for decades, and they know what the other party wants to do with a flick of their tails.

"My old aunt also came over to eat together. There are only a few of us here, and there are not enough seats."

The table was opened, and Zhang An saw that the old aunt was still busy in the kitchen, and had no plans to come out to eat together.

If there were too many tables in the past when there were many people, then forget it.

Today there are only four or five people at this table, and it is very spacious.

"Xiao An, eat first, I'll eat later."

Hearing Zhang An shout, the old aunt said with a smile.

"Oh, there are no outsiders here, so don't wait for a while, old lady."

"Yes, sister-in-law, let's come over and eat together. I'm here to eat at your house, but I'm sorry to make you stand and wait."

Normally, Huang Weimin and Li Youcai would not pay attention to this matter.

They are all of the older generation, and they have long been accustomed to the bad habits that women are not allowed to do.

But today Zhang An said that as a junior, and they couldn't help but speak up.

In the past, Zhang An's family was also like this, when the family invited people to dinner, Wang Fang did not attend.

But Zhang An was particularly disgusted, so their family didn't have this habit later.

"What Xiaoan said is that there are no outsiders, so come over and eat together."

Finally, Zhang Jianwen said a word, and the old aunt came to sit with him.

Zhang An held the wine bottle and poured some for the old aunt.

These women in the village are not immodest when drinking.

"Xiao An, you can just drink it yourself, I don't like it."

Seeing Zhang An pouring wine for herself, the old aunt hurriedly declined.

If it's loose wine, she won't say much, but this wine is not cheap, she thinks it's better to drink it for the elders.

"It's okay, auntie, you just have to taste it, and my mother will also drink it at home."

Seeing Zhang An like this, the old aunt showed a smile on her face.

She felt in her heart that it was not in vain to love Zhang An when she was a child, she was a conscientious junior.

"Come on, Xiao An, try this, and guess what it is."

Zhang Jianwen pointed to the casserole in the middle of the table and said to Zhang An with a smile.

Zhang An stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat. Although the meat had skin on it, most of it was lean meat.

This kind of food is eaten together with the skin, and there is only lamb and dog meat in this area without any fat.

"Uncle, this is dog meat."

After Zhang An ate a piece, he felt that the taste was tender and the meat was full.

It tastes a little fishy, ​​but it is not as smelly as mutton, so it must be dog meat.

"Haha, yes, yes, this is indeed dog meat."

"Old Wu from the town went to Longtan Village yesterday, but was bitten by a big flowered dog. The family refused to admit it, so Old Wu and his son beat the dog and brought it back."

"I just saw it and bought a few catties from him."

While drinking, Zhang Jianwen told Zhang An the source of the dog meat.

Zhang An nodded as soon as he heard it. This kind of thing is normal in the local area.

If someone's dog bites someone, if the owner doesn't admit it, he won't bother him too much.

It's just that this dog won't survive, and will definitely be beaten and taken back.

Even though there are many families with dogs in the village, none of them are willing to beat their dogs for meat.

Unless the dog at home bites someone actively and sees blood, then it really can't be kept anymore.

Of course, some people are sneaky and sneaky, or they are dogs who tease them first, so it's not the dog's fault.

However, the old aunt's skill in making Huajiang dog meat is really in place, which makes Zhang An very happy.

After drinking for three rounds, the two bottles of Moutai brought by Zhang An had already been drunk completely.

Except for Zhang Ping who is a little handsome, these old men have no influence at all.

Zhang An had to admire them, Jiang was still old and spicy after all.

After drinking two bottles of Moutai, everyone is unwilling to drink loose wine.

So I ate dinner in a hurry and ended the battle.

"Zhang An, some of us asked you to come here today, mainly to ask if you are interested in the party secretary of our village."

While drinking tea after dinner, the old uncle talked to Zhang An.

"What?"

Zhang An was stunned when he heard these words, why did the old man ask himself this.

"Uncle, isn't the branch secretary your boss?"

In Changqing Village, the positions of village head and branch secretary have always been held by the old uncle.

In this large mountain, many villages are like this, and the village head and secretary are responsible for it alone.

Because the scale of these villages is not large, that is, the size of dozens of households.

Therefore, affairs in the village can usually be solved by only one person.

And even though one person holds two jobs, what he gets in the end is only one salary.

This is also a way for the above to adapt measures to local conditions and come up with ways to save expenses.

　I'm sorry, I went out to dinner with my friends at night, and when I came back, I was in a hurry, but I still didn't catch up, but this chapter is yesterday.

　　
　
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