Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 350 Chapter 349 Dinner Party
The lunch box had limited space and could not hold four cucumbers. Tang Zhitong continued to crush the remaining two cucumbers on the lunch box lid, broke them into pieces and placed them on the lid. After the lunch box was finished, he poured them in, shook them and continued eating.

Lu Jian was the first to return to the dormitory, carrying two bottles of wine in each hand, four bottles in total.

"Wow, dormitory leader, do you want to drink the whole thing?" Tang Zhitong asked in surprise when he saw such a large amount.

"Aren't I afraid that everyone won't have enough to drink? I'll drink the rest next time." Four bottles of wine cost nearly six yuan. It would be false to say that Lu Jian didn't feel bad, but these were all necessary material preparations to close interpersonal relationships.

"The room is open and bright!" Tang Zhitong gave Lu Jian a thumbs up. Four bottles of wine is a lot of money for anyone, just like a salaryman with a monthly income of 5,000 yuan spends 1,000 yuan to treat guests.

"Don't praise me. This is the first time we all have sat together. It just so happens that your sister-in-law has just sent me living expenses, and I will have to eat cornbread afterwards." Lu Jian replied humorously.

"How can we let the dormitory chief eat steamed buns? It's okay to ask the dormitory chief to eat steamed buns for half a month." Tang Zhitong responded generously.

"Yes, with Teacher Tang's words, this wine will not be in vain." Lu Jian's salary is high, and his lover is afraid that his man will be embarrassed outside. After collecting the salary on his behalf, the rest after deducting the family's living expenses will be sent to him, in his hand Of course there is no shortage of money.

"What did Teacher Tang say?" As soon as Lu Jian finished speaking, Dou Yongchang entered the dormitory from outside, and the other roommates filed in behind him.

"The dormitory master bought a lot of wine. I'm worried that he won't have enough money to spend later, so I asked him to treat him to a meal." Tang Zhitong said proactively before Lu Jian could speak.

These words could come out of Tang Zhitong's mouth, but when they came out of Lu Jian's mouth, they changed their taste, as if he took the initiative to ask everyone to return the invitation.

"How can we make the dormitory starving if we are all classmates? Let's take turns with our brothers. Forget about the two little brothers who receive scholarships. We can treat them after they join the work." Dou Yongchang suggested cheerfully.

"Hey, I was joking with Teacher Tang. I can't reach that point. If I don't have the money, I will definitely not be polite to you." Lu Jian saw that the topic was about to get twisted. He didn't invite you to drink this time. It increased everyone’s burden, so he spoke.

"Hey, peanuts? Where did they come from? We don't have this dish in the cafeteria, right?" Luo Zhiping didn't have much to worry about in his heart. He entered the dormitory and put down the lunch box, and asked after noticing the dishes on the table.

"Teacher Tang brought it himself, right?" Lu Jian wasn't sure. It was there when he entered the room, but the peanuts were in an aluminum lunch box, so he guessed.

"Last year when there was a market here, I bought peanuts. I hid them so tightly that I forgot about them. I found a few yesterday and tasted them. They were still edible. I simply fried them and brought them to everyone to try. Don't dislike them. Just show the goods." Tang Zhitong opened his mouth to cover up.

"It's good to eat some, but I don't dare to dislike it." Shi Huaian, a roommate from Jinmen, said cheerfully.

"There hasn't been much food in the cafeteria these past two days. We've ordered some at each window. Let's try which window has the best chef." Luo Zhiping happily interjected from the side.

"Come on, put them all on the table. Let's get together in the middle. Put our food separately. We only share the dishes, not the rice." Lu Jian greeted his roommates with a smile.

Everyone worked together to put the two tables together and put all the dishes in the middle.

There are four beds in the lower bunk. Move the quilts on the beds inside, and there will be two people sitting on each bed, which means eight people can sit exactly.

Lu Jian closed the door of the dormitory, picked up a pair of chopsticks, arranged the chopsticks neatly, grabbed the wine bottle, put the top of the chopsticks under the wine bottle cap, then held the wine bottle and chopsticks with his hands, and used the lever principle to lift the wine bottle Cover.

Tang Zhitong has tried this method of opening bottles, and there are no other problems except that it is laborious.

"Come on, guys, take out the cups issued by the school. Let's each rinse our mouths with two taels." Lu Jian said, his hands not idle, he followed the same pattern and opened another bottle.

"Chief, if I don't know how to drink, why don't I drink?" Lu Shi asked.

"Neither can I." Gu Mancang followed closely and said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know it. Just practice slowly. You will have to use it for work in the future. I'll pour less for you two this time so you can get used to it." Lu Jian patted Lu Shi on the shoulder and said something sincere and thoughtful. It won't take a few years. They will go to work. If they want to do well, they must exchange cups and cups.

Lu Shi and Gu Mancang listened to the advice. Seeing what Big Brother said, they didn't object. In fact, they were also full of curiosity about wine.

In rural areas, we don’t have much money to begin with. When serving wine during festivals and festivals, we have to drink with the guests first. Like in Gu Mancang’s hometown, they always serve three guests first, and only after the three guests have finished drinking will the host accompany them. drink.

In order to save wine, it is enough to have a representative from the host family to accompany the wine. It is absolutely not possible for young and old men to go into battle together. So how much wine does it take to drink?
"These bases are not enough. Let's have a good drink today." Lu Jian took everyone's cups, lined them up in two rows, and then began to share the wine. Lu Shi and Gu Mancang looked like one or two, and everyone else had three. It looked like two, and the two bottles of wine were just finished.

"Okay, thank you to the dormitory leader for organizing the game. Principal, can you say a few words?" Everyone took their cups and waited for the start.

"Okay, just a few simple sentences. For the common ideals and common beliefs, everyone came to the College of Posts and Telecommunications from all over the country and gathered in dormitory 219. Let us become like-minded friends. Cheers to friendship!" Lu Jian Holding the cup, after speaking, he stretched his arm towards the middle.

Everyone consciously moved their glasses to the middle, clinked their glasses, and then each drank his own drink.

Lu Shi and Gu Mancang looked at the crowd, then at each other, then looked at the white wine in their glasses, raised their necks, and drank...

This is a liquor with over 60 degrees of alcohol content. After you swallow it, it will be hot all the way from your esophagus to your stomach.

The two young men had never drunk liquor before. After taking a sip, they closed their eyes in unison, frowned, and then coughed.

"Slow down, don't be in a hurry, eat something quickly." Lu Shi sat next to Lu Jian, and Lu Jian patted him on the back and said.

After everyone saw it, they laughed kindly, as if they saw themselves drinking for the first time, and they all asked the two little brothers to eat.

"Hey, Mancang, have you finished it in one gulp?" Gu Mancang sat next to Tang Zhitong. Tang Zhitong looked at the blushing Gu Mancang, and then glanced at his cup, which was empty.

"Isn't that a toast?" Gu Mancang asked ignorantly after swallowing the peanuts in his mouth.

"Hahaha, there's nothing wrong! Did Lu Shi do it too? Why do you two cough so much? Come on, pour some more, pour some more." Lu Jian glanced at Lu Shi's cup and opened another bottle Baijiu, I poured another one or two ounces for the two young brothers.

"Cheers are similar to clinking glasses. You clink and drink a little. Saying 'dry' means you have drank all the wine in the glass." Luo Zhiping explained to his two roommates.

"These two little brothers are very down-to-earth and very good." Dou Yongchang commented cheerfully.

Lu Shi and Gu Mancang won unanimous praise from everyone by accident. It is true. Tang Zhitong sighed secretly in his heart, it is really good, but it is too easy for people to suffer...

The ensuing wine party was lively, and everyone turned the conversation to today's dish, praising Tang Zhitong's delicious cooking.

"Hey, just slap the cucumber, it can be replaced by anyone. Peanuts are delicious because they are peanuts. They are delicious when eaten raw." Tang Zhitong waved his hands repeatedly and said modestly.

"It also depends on who makes it, right? The cucumbers in the cafeteria are not as delicious as the ones you make, Mr. Tang." Luo Zhiping said, pointing to the cucumbers he brought from the cafeteria.

"It's a big pot dish in the cafeteria. It's possible that it wasn't mixed evenly and was cooked for you." Tang Zhitong responded cheerfully. In fact, he knew in his heart that the cucumbers in the cafeteria were not fragrant because the soy sauce used was not good and there was not enough garlic.

"Teacher Tang's cooking is delicious, but we can't let him work as a cook in the cafeteria, right? Come on, let's have a drink." Lu Jian picked up the wine glass and continued to persuade him to drink.

This time Lu Shi and Gu Mancang followed suit. After clinking their glasses, they only drank a few sips, then put down their glasses and ate their vegetables while drinking more wine.

As the atmosphere progressed, the topic evolved from the dishes in front of us to the interesting stories told by the trainees about their local bureaus, which made everyone laugh.

When it was Tang Zhitong's turn, Tang Zhitong didn't laugh at other people's embarrassing things, but his own world was greatly changed.

"One time, a friend of mine asked me to accompany him for a drink. My friend is from southern Fujian, and so is his friend. When we were half drunk, he asked me to come up with an idea. Play a game and let the loser drink. I thought about it. Come on, let's talk nonsense and say 'black fertilizer will evaporate', and if you don't say it, you will be punished with a drink." The friend in Tang Zhitong's mouth is Jiang Xinwen from the National Postal Code Promotion Training. This story. It was also said by him, and I borrowed it here.

"Hahaha, what next?" Fang Qingliang from Jinmen laughed first and asked.

"Then? Then my friend asked me to eat more food and talk less." Tang Zhitong said innocently.

Fang Qingliang laughed so hard that he patted his thigh.

"No, Lao Fang, is it so funny?" Others looked confused. Shi Huaian, who was also from Jinmen, pushed his companion and asked.

"I happen to have a comrade from Fujian Province. Let me teach you how they say this sentence." Fang Qingliang stopped laughing, cleared his throat, and tried to learn the dialect of Fujian Province and said: "Hei Hui Hui Fei Hui" hair."

"I don't know how to learn it. Just go back and find a friend from Fujian Province and try it. But be careful not to get beaten, hahaha." Fang Qingliang said with a smile.

"You really have to try this with a close friend, otherwise you may get beaten. I treated that friend well afterwards, and this matter is over." Tang Zhitong added unnecessarily.

After all, not everyone is surrounded by people from Fujian Province, so this joke cannot be sympathized with. Everyone laughed together, showing their humanity and sophistication, and the matter passed.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

The topic unknowingly returned to food, but this time it was about food rationing and non-staple food supply.

"I just received a letter from home yesterday, and I can't get any food. The treatment in Beijing is good, and Teacher Tang can still buy cucumbers. It would be great if I could settle here." Dou Yongchang said with emotion.

"Haha, I don't agree with this. It's because our school can still guarantee the supply of non-staple food, not the entire Sijiu City. Our family has been eating pickles for several days. This cucumber was grown by my mother in front of the room. I gave it to me this morning. Come here." Tang Zhitong shook his head. Although the supply here may be better, we can't start a war!

"Oh, everyone is the same this year, just make do with it." Lu Jian sighed and said.

"We are different." Gu Mancang's reaction may have been dull because it was his first time drinking, or because he couldn't handle the drink well enough. Before the two ounces were taken down, it was already on his face.

"What's the difference?" Fang Qingliang teased the drunk Gu Mancang.

"We are different. You still have a ration after all. My family has nothing. A while ago, the county said that we concealed the property and shared it privately, and took away all the previous stock. This year, we survived by eating wild vegetables and leaves." Gu Man Cang lowered his head and murmured.

Tang Zhitong also knew about this from later public information. At the beginning of the year, a meeting was held in the capital of Henan Province, and some farmers secretly wrote it into the report (for specific proportions, please refer to the meeting speech at the end of February 59. Some people did not see these data, secretly Click to report).

Tang Zhitong has not done any research, let alone experienced it personally, so he has no opinion on this.

Although the boss approved the private distribution of farmers in early March, the collection amount was not lowered in time...

Tang Zhitong didn't agree, but he understood.

The butt determines the head, and those in power consider the whole plate. It is precisely because of this lesson that latecomers are very cautious in making adjustments. One change has paved the way for many years.

There was silence in the dormitory for a moment, as if netizens for decades had found it difficult to believe that there are still people who only eat potatoes every day in the 21st century. Behind the unbelief, it was actually just a lack of information.

Tang Zhitong knew that some words should not be said, but the words he said were like water thrown out. Gu Mancang had already said it and could not take it back, he could only make up for it.

"Mancang, which one is better, willow leaves or poplar leaves?" No one said anything, so Tang Zhitong thought for a moment and asked suddenly.

"Willow leaves are okay when they are young, but they become bitter when they are old. Poplar leaves are bitter no matter how you cook them, but elm leaves are delicious and can be used to steam vegetable dumplings." Gu Mancang looked up at Tang Zhitong, tears in his eyes unstoppable. Flow down.

"In the early years, I have eaten these leaves, and the taste is consistent with what Mancang said. Brothers, let's just let this matter go, okay?" The reason why Tang Zhitong asked this was because he was sure that Gu Mancang had eaten it. , people who have never tasted it will not grasp the taste so accurately, which proves from the side that what Gu Mancang said is true.

"I drank too much and was a little distracted. What did you say just now?" Fang Qingliang regretted teasing Gu Mancang and cooperated very straightforwardly.

"Yes, yes, I drank too much." Others also agreed.

"Mancang, some words have to be rotten in your stomach. Eat some food, get some sleep, and we will figure out a solution for your family later." Tang Zhitong gave Gu Mancang a nest, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him.

"Yes. My father said that wine can also fill you up and should not be wasted." Gu Mancang took the wotou blankly, looked at the remaining wine in his cup, and drank it in one gulp.

"Man Cang is right, let's all drink up the wine and eat." Lu Jian said from the side, the atmosphere was a bit solemn, and he had no intention of giving up any more wine.

(End of this chapter)