The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 48, Family Banquet

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

The size of the banquet was incomparable to Li Weiguo's, but it still had 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 has been very little in the Pigeon Market recently, and it has always been difficult to find these things. It's incomparable to Wei Guo's "state banquet", let's make do, hehe."

"Well, that's good. I can't keep up with this even during the Chinese New Year. Wei Guo has connections, but don't compare with him, otherwise I won't dare to ask him to visit me in the future." Zhao Guobing said with a smile.

Before he even sat down at the table, Zhou Xiaobo was so attracted that he drooled and stared at the table of dishes.

There is no other way. In this era, there is a lack of oil and water. How can we 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. They only have a few taels of meat a month, but they still save it to eat during the Chinese New Year. It’s really not that greasy 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 takes their seats.

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 are working, and you will be able to establish a family in the future. Let us have a drink and wish you a bright and bright future."

"Thanks, Dad."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou." x2

"Cheers." x4

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.

How can it not be exciting? I can’t eat such good food a few times this year, and the Chinese New Year is almost the same.

Just looking at Zhou Bo, who never stops once he picks up the bowls and chopsticks, you can tell how hungry he is.

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."

Father Zhou nodded: "The street office is pretty good. The first assignment is to be a clerk, a 24-level cadre. I guess you are well assigned among your high school graduating 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 what Li Weiguo said, Zhou's father seemed to remember something and asked, "Did you get the credit for the 7.2 major theft at the steel rolling mill?"

"Yes, Uncle Zhou." Li Weiguo responded.

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 drinks, Father Zhou was in high spirits. He said to Zhou Can in a serious voice: "When you enter the work unit, you must be more diligent. See more, do more, and talk less. The work unit is not your home, but no one will spoil you. If you don't pay attention, If you offend someone, you will be put in the shoes in a minute, so be careful in your words and deeds, and don't bring your stubborn temper to the work.

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 tipsy and 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 Zhou's mother tidying up the house.

After Li Weiguo and the others left, Zhou's mother asked Zhou's father: "What happened just now? Even though Weiguo was doing well, he wouldn't let you, a big director, toast alone? I think you looked wrong just now. .”

Father Zhou picked up the enamel jar and took a sip of water before saying, "Hey, if you work at the Women's Federation, 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 Wanchang and a group of people in the steel rolling mill have been stealing property from the steel rolling mill for a long time. They were discovered by a security guard some time ago. In order to cover up the fact, 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."