My village can't be like this

Chapter 397 The Unexpected 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 now, 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, it feels so embarrassing 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 drink at their house 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 fat 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, but 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 it might think they are having a banquet."

As soon as Zhang An stepped into Zhang Ping's yard, he found that there were quite a few people present.

Everyone helped with the work, and those who had nothing to do gathered around, eating melon seeds and peanuts, bragging and spanking.

Even before everyone came, two or three tables of people had already gathered around the courtyard.

If everyone came together, the scene would not be as good as a small drink, but it would be close to it.

No, because there were so many people, Zhang Jianwen even called Zhang Jianzhong to take charge.

"Hey, Zhang An is here. He's afraid that your uncle won't give you enough to eat, right? He even brought something of his own."

When Zhang An came in, all the old men started joking with him.

Most of the people present were 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 usually stay away from it.

If the man in the family is absent 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 the elders are present. Although they are all members of the same village, everyone tries to avoid suspicion and not to 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 it and took it."

The two rabbits were not small, weighing more than ten kilograms in total, and the jar in Zhang An's hand weighed ten kilograms.

When he brought them here, it looked like there were quite a lot of them.

"Uncle, this is what you said. I will take this wine back later."

Zhang An chuckled, put the wine jar on the table, and pulled the ears of the two rabbits with one hand.

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 all intoxicated.

"Hey, you kid is still teasing your uncle. You want to take back the things you brought here, but there is no way."

As soon as Zhang Jianwen smelled the smell, he didn't realize that this was the newly brewed liquor from Zhang An's family.

Immediately, he snatched the stopper from Zhang An's hand and immediately stuffed the wine jar.

If it's anything 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? Open it for everyone to smell."

They just thought that Zhang An brought it to Zhang Jianwen, so they didn't think of taking it out to drink 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 after you open it for a long time. Everyone can enjoy it when we eat later."

Originally, Zhang Jianwen went to Wang Xinhua's house today and brought back a bucket of glutinous rice wine, which he would pour for everyone to drink later.

But now that Zhang An has brought good wine, he has no intention of keeping it secret and will bring it out for everyone to drink later.

After all, drinking requires a lot of 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, this is important. What I mean is 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 the few people who were staring at the wine jar, they also sat back honestly at this moment.

"Auntie, give me a knife and clean up these two rabbits. Later, let my uncle make a pot of spicy fried 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.

He 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."

Before the old aunt could respond, several uncles 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 to put it bluntly at this time, if you have money, you will contribute money, and if you have strength, you will contribute.

If you just sit around when you have nothing to do, no one will say anything, but if you don't do anything when you have something to do, you will be looked down upon by others.

And although they say that killing pigs is not feasible, there is no problem with killing rabbits.

I didn't know where I found two kitchen knives. I put them aside and started to clean up the two meaty rabbits.

Everyone was rushing 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 guessed he was not 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 station leader, 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 about Zhang Ping's job as a temporary worker, it was because Zhang An didn't want to go that he fell into their family's shoes.

Later, it was his family's efforts that enabled Zhang Ping to be converted into a formal establishment.

It turned out that Zhang An was fine here, so forget it because the temporary workers didn't like him before.

Unknowingly, I found 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 station manager of the rescue base, and he was a special case. He usually had nothing to do.

So now he looked at Zhang An with envy. He didn't have to do anything in such a job, it was so cool.

But he was just envious, and there was 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 works as an errand in the Forestry Bureau again, so he might 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, and their job is wherever there are woods. Going into the mountains is a common occurrence for them.

"Old Zhang, you are the webmaster? Is it possible that Zhang An, like your Zhang Ping, works in the Forestry Bureau?"

The people around him obviously didn't know about 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 asking them to work. They are the professionals when it comes to eating melons.

The way everyone looked now gave Zhang An the feeling that he had done something without telling everyone, and now it was as if the incident had come to light.

"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 to 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, I really haven't heard of this matter. The same goes for building a country. I didn't tell everyone about such a big thing."

Everyone was immediately stunned when they heard this, because nowadays, it is difficult to find an iron job, and it is easy to say it.

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.
Zhang An was found quietly. He sounded like he had a better position than Zhang Ping, but they were all shocked.

In the past, some people who could not 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.

Well now, the last road those people could take has been blocked.

"Speaking of which, this station manager also has a chief, 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 town, right? It's pretty much the same as the station manager."

Others may not know it, but when it comes to grain stations, people of their generation are familiar with it.

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."

Before Zhang An was admitted to college, everyone thought their ancestral graves were 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. Now is different from before. Many things are illegal. Otherwise, when Zhang An comes to find you, don't blame me. Don’t hold me back.”

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Jianwen used Zhang An's identity as the webmaster to give their Zhang Pinghu a false prestige.

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 could only 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 didn't go from door to door to borrow bowls, which seemed troublesome.

Instead, just 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 kilograms of wine, so many people drank it, and each person couldn'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 Zhang An’s new wine uses the recipe in Huang Er’s hand, because it will be gone after drinking it, so you can only drink the bulk wine I made.”

Before the banquet started, Zhang Jianwen picked up the bowl and said a few words to everyone.

After hearing the origin of this wine, many people who are used to drinking heavily immediately calmed down.

"There are several things. Let me tell you the first one first. I believe some people have heard about it. 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, and Zhang Jianwen 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, 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 we heard that the working group was coming down, everyone's expressions immediately changed.

Because in recent years, the working group has been able to keep everyone from leaving, and everyone has changed their color after hearing about it.

"Anyway, we will take them wherever they want to go. If they have any questions, don't be afraid to say the wrong thing. Just tell them what Zhang An usually tells you. "

"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 this chapter)