The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 48, Family Banquet

Soon, Zhou's mother prepared lunch and asked Xiaobo to come over and call everyone to eat.

It is incomparable with Li Weiguo's banquet specifications, but there are also six dishes and one soup.

Braised pork, white chopped chicken, steamed silver carp, braised pheasant, fried eggs with leek, fried meat with lettuce, white silver carp soup.

There are six dishes and one soup, all of which are meat, which can be said to be quite rich.

The pork and chicken were brought by Li Weiguo, and the rest was all found by Zhou Can himself.

Zhou Can pointed to a few dishes and said: "Hey, how about it? It's not bad. I bought the silver carp from someone in Houhai, Shichahai. Each of them weighed more than 3 kilograms. They are getting fat."

The pheasants and eggs were purchased from the pigeon market. There is not much in the pigeon market recently, so it is always difficult to find these things.It’s incomparable with Wei Guo’s "state banquet", so let’s just let it go, hehe"

"Well, it's not bad. I can't catch up with this during Chinese New Year. He has connections in Weiguo, so don't compare with him, or I won't dare to call him in the future." Zhao Guobing said with a smile.

Before he was seated, Zhou Xiaobo was so attracted that he drooled, staring straight at a table of dishes.

There is no way, there is a lack of oil and water in this era, how can I not be greedy.

Zhou Can's family is pretty good. Zhou's father and mother are both cadres and receive a good salary. Zhou Can also works in the supply and marketing cooperative and can eat meat once or twice a week.

It’s difficult for ordinary families. There are only a few taels of meat in a month, and they are saved until the New Year to eat. It’s really not a few times a year.

Zhou's mother brought the bowls and chopsticks and handed some of them to Zhou Bo: "Come on, let's start the meal. Everyone, please sit down. Xiaobo will hand out the bowls and chopsticks to his mother."

The bowls and chopsticks are in place, and everyone is seated.

Father Zhou took out a bottle of Xifeng from the cupboard and opened it.

Just as he was about to pour wine, Zhou Can took the bottle and poured a glass for Uncle Zhou first, and then a glass for each of the three of them.

Father Zhou raised his wine glass and said, "In the blink of an eye, the three of you have grown up and worked, and you will be able to establish a family in the future. Come and have a drink with us, and I wish you a bright future and a bright future."

"Thank you, Dad."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou."×2
"Cheers." ×4
After the four of them drank the first cup, Zhou's mother warmly greeted everyone to eat vegetables: "Come, eat vegetables, everyone eat vegetables, the soldiers and the state guards are welcome."

After Zhou's father and Zhou's mother moved their chopsticks, the four young men also moved their chopsticks one after another. The atmosphere was very lively, just like the Chinese New Year.

Can you not be enthusiastic? I can't eat such a good dish a few times this year, and the Chinese New Year is almost the same standard.

Just look at Zhou Bo, the bowl and chopsticks don't stop once he picks them up, so he knows how short of oil and water he has.

The meal lasted for more than an hour, and after three drinks, Father Zhou asked everyone about their work: "Are the national soldiers assigned to the street office now?"

"Yes, Uncle Zhou, I am assigned to work as a clerk in the street office."

Zhou's father nodded: "The street is doing well. Once assigned, it will be a clerk, a 24th-level cadre. I guess you will be assigned well in your high school graduation class."

Zhao Guobing waved his hand and said modestly: "No, no, Uncle Zhou praised me. That means I got extra points for entering high school early, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get my turn. Besides, Zhou Can's allocation is not bad, and the salesmen of the supply and marketing cooperative are always popular. I don’t know how many people are envious of me.”

Then he added: "But if you want to get along well, it must be Weiguo. The head of the picket unit of the Steel Rolling Mill Security Section is also level 24 and a cadre with real power."

"Huh?"

Zhou's father and Zhou's mother looked at Li Weiguo in surprise. They had never heard Zhou Can mention it before.

"It's not as good as the national soldiers said. When I came back from my job, I was assigned as a security guard. I was promoted to this position after I made some merits." Li Weiguo explained to everyone.

Hearing Li Weiguo's words, Zhou's father seemed to think of something, and asked, "Did you make a contribution in the 7.2 grand theft case in the rolling mill?"

"Yes, Uncle Zhou." Li Weiguo replied.

Zhou's father glanced at Li Weiguo in shock: "Okay, he is a real man. Come on, I'll give you a toast." He raised his glass and touched Li Weiguo's.

After drinking a few cups, Zhou's father was also in high spirits, and said to Zhou Can earnestly: "When you enter the unit, you have to be diligent, watch more, do more and talk less, the unit is not your home, but no one is used to you, if you don't pay attention If you offend someone, I will put on shoes for you every minute, so be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't bring your stubborn temper to the work unit.

In addition, don’t easily get involved in the confrontation above. Whether you are on the right side or on the wrong side, your little arms and legs can easily become cannon fodder. Just do your part and you must know it well. "

Although Father Zhou was speaking to Zhou Can, he was also giving instructions to Zhao Guobing and Li Weiguo.

The three of them didn't understand Zhou's father's intentions, so they all nodded in agreement and were extremely grateful.

Then they drank for another half an hour and finished three bottles of Xifeng before the banquet was over.

Everyone was just a little drunk, nothing serious. After drinking, Zhou Can took Li Weiguo, Zhao Hongbing and Zhou Bo to find the old man at the post office, leaving Zhou's father and mother to clean up the house.

After Li Weiguo and the others left, Zhou's mother asked Zhou's father: "What happened just now? Although Weiguo is doing well, he won't let you, a big bureau chief, toast alone? I think you didn't look right just now. .”

Father Zhou picked up the enamel jar and took a sip of water before saying, "Hey, you work at the Women's Federation and you don't know the inside story of the July 7.2 theft at the steel rolling mill. I only found out about it after drinking with my comrades from the district bureau a few days ago.

Ma Wancang and his gang in the rolling mill have been stealing property from the rolling mill for a long time. They were discovered by a security guard some time ago. In order to cover up the facts, the security guard was silenced.

Later, his son came back from his job and secretly investigated for a month. After confirming the facts, they joined forces and suddenly broke out and overthrew the gang.The replacement security guard was later directly promoted to the post of chief of the picket unit. "

When Zhou's mother heard the whole story, she couldn't believe it: "So, Wei Guo."

Father Zhou said nothing and nodded.

"Our Zhou Can is a very nervous lazy guy. It's good to have Wei Guo and Guo Bing around to support each other. Zhou Can has a lot of friends, Guo Bing has a lot of eyes, and Wei Guo has a tough hand. They went to school together and played together since they were young. , We have deep feelings, and when we retire, we won’t be easily bullied.”

Father Zhou is quite satisfied with the relationship between the three of them.

Zhou's mother also nodded in agreement: "That's right. The more successful the children are, the less worry we will have."

(End of this chapter)