The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 66: Creating some good memories

The next day, Du Ming and his father Du Bayi rode a 28-inch bicycle from the capital to the Li Cai Brigade.

In accordance with the rules, they distributed wedding candies and cigarettes in the village to announce the good news of Du Ming and Li Qiaozhi's marriage.

They also brought wine and food and set up a banquet at Li Jieshi's home, inviting the important people in the village to sit down and eat, drink and chat.

Afterwards, Du Ming rode a bicycle and took Li Qiaozhi back to Beijing.

During the whole process, Du Ming's face remained gloomy and he hardly spoke.

Du Ming never dreamed that he would fall into the hands of a village girl.

He originally thought that he could just pat his butt and run away. No matter how powerful Li Jieshi was, he would not be able to find the city.

Unexpectedly, they really found his house.

Moreover, Li Qiaozhi was actually pregnant.

He just accepted the marriage reluctantly.

Wang Haoran and Xiao Lijuan were also invited to the banquet at Li Jieshi's house.

Wang Haoran also gave a special gift of 5 yuan.

This gift is a bit big at this time.

After Du Ming drove Li Qiaozhi away, Xiao Lijuan sighed and said, "I have a bad feeling that Li Qiaozhi may never be happy in this life."

Wang Haoran said: "That's not necessarily true."

"Li Qiaozhi is quite aggressive. Maybe she can cure Du Ming."

"Besides, there is no better solution than the current one."

"Li Qiaozhi chose this person herself. Whether he is good or bad, she has to bear the consequences herself."

Time flies, and it is already early September.

Early in the morning on September 9, Wang Haoran woke up and it was around 3 o'clock again.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Lijuan blinking her big eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering like two small fans.

"Happy birthday, dear!" Wang Haoran kissed her rosy little lips and said with a smile.

Xiao Lijuan smiled sweetly: "I thought you didn't remember."

Wang Haoran pinched her little nose and said, "How could that be? I won't go to work today. I want to spend your birthday with you."

When Xiao Lijuan heard this, she was surprised and delighted: "Really?"

Wang Haoran said: "Of course it's true!"

"Hmm! Have you ever eaten cream cake?"

Xiao Lijuan shook her head: "I haven't eaten it."

"But I heard from my mom that foreigners eat cake on their birthdays."

"What? You want to buy me a cake?"

“I’m afraid it’s not easy to buy?”

In the past, Chinese people did not eat birthday cakes when celebrating their birthdays. They only ate eggs and longevity noodles.

Wang Haoran vaguely remembered seeing some information in his previous life, which said that birthday cakes became popular in Beijing in the mid-to-late 70s.

Wang Haoran said: "I plan to make you a cake."

“It’s not difficult to make a cake.”

Xiao Lijuan shook her head and said, "Why bother? Just boil two eggs later and have a bowl of longevity noodles for lunch."

Wang Haoran said, "It's not a big deal. It's quite meaningful. There's milk for sale in the commune supply and marketing cooperative, but we have to go early. I'll buy some milk, and we'll make some cream. Then, we can make a big loaf of bread in a frying pan, and then we can start making the birthday cake."

"Just wait and see. I will make sure you have a delicious birthday cake at noon today!"

It’s not that Wang Haoran advocates Western birthday customs, but mainly because he himself is a little greedy. When he thought of Xiao Lijuan’s birthday, he thought of the birthday cake he had eaten in his previous life.

He thought that making a birthday cake by himself was quite meaningful, wasn't it?

Xiao Lijuan felt very happy. She asked, "Then I will help you and give you a hand."

Wang Haoran kissed her and said, "Today is your birthday, so you just need to rest and watch from the side. Let's get up."

Xiao Lijuan said: "Why do you have to get up so early? Since you are not going to work today, just sleep a little longer. I feel so sorry for you when I see you working so hard every day!"

As she spoke, she came up to me like an octopus.

Young couples want to stick together all the time. Even the narrowest bed seems a bit wide to them. They want to blend into each other.

After all, they are still young, and their bodies are so stuck together that it soon turns into a thrilling accident.

That day, they didn't get up until after 7 o'clock in the morning.

"We have to get up quickly, someone will be here soon." Wang Haoran said.

"Who's coming?" Xiao Lijuan asked.

Wang Haoran said, "Zhao Yougui will bring me some milk later. By the way, I asked him to buy some high-gluten flour for me."

As he was speaking, a soft cough was heard outside the door.

It was Zhao Yougui's voice.

The two of them got up quickly.

Wang Haoran opened the door and came out, and Zhao Yougui was sitting on a motorized tricycle smoking.

"Yougui, good morning!" Wang Haoran greeted Zhao Yougui and offered him a cigarette.

Zhao Yougui smiled and said, "It's getting late. The sun is shining on our butts. Men with wives are a little weak. It's normal to get up late. Haha!"

Wang Haoran laughed and scolded: "You are the one who is weak, right? I am very strong!"

After chatting and laughing for a while, Zhao Yougui took the things from the tricycle bed and handed them to Wang Haoran.

Wang Haoran asked Zhao Yougui to stay for breakfast.

Zhao Yougui said that the factory was busy and he had to go back quickly.

After Zhao Yougui left, Wang Haoran started to busy himself with making breakfast.

Xiao Lijuan wanted to come over to help, but was stopped by Wang Haoran.

After breakfast, Wang Haoran started to busy himself with making cream from milk.

He had never done this himself before, but with the experience in the memory capsule, everything went smoothly.

The cream he extracted, after later adding white sugar to it, looked delicate and white, and exuded a sweet fragrance.

"It smells really good." said Xiao Lijuan.

"You can try some and see if it tastes good." Wang Haoran scooped a little cream with a small spoon and handed it to Xiao Lijuan's mouth.

Xiao Lijuan put it into her mouth carefully and felt it melt on the tip of her tongue in an instant.

Sweet and delicious, better than honey.

"It's delicious. This is my first time eating fresh cream! Thank you Haoran."

Wang Haoran said: "Next, we are going to use the pot to make bread."

Making bread requires high-gluten flour, eggs, sugar, oil and yeast.

After all the raw materials are prepared, knead them repeatedly into a smooth dough that can be pulled into a film and let it ferment.

After fermentation, release the steam, make it into the size of cake dough, and continue to ferment.

After fermentation is complete, brush the surface with egg yolk liquid and then start baking on low heat.

During the baking process, Wang Haoran was a little nervous as he was worried that it would not be successful.

However, the moment you open the lid of the pot, the aroma fills your nose.

The bread is soft and golden, and looks really good.

Hmm! It looks more like bread than steamed buns.

This should be considered a success.

At noon that day, Wang Haoran made a cake by himself, fried two dishes, and cooked two bowls of vegetarian noodle soup.

The only regret is: no birthday candles.

But even so, Xiao Lijuan was already deeply moved.

After lunch, Wang Haoran went to check on the oyster mushrooms he had grown and found that they had begun to grow rapidly, in clusters and flowers, and looked very beautiful.

Wang Haoran thought that in a few days, the first batch of mushrooms would be grown.

He was just thinking about calling Li Jieshi and other brigade cadres to come over and discuss how to promote mushroom cultivation as a sideline business in Licai Brigade. Unexpectedly, Li Jieshi came to visit.

(End of this chapter)