Rebirth as an official

In the kitchen, Chen Guiying took out the dough she had woken up in the morning, rolled it into a rectangle, then cut it into small strips and sprinkled it with flour.

Immediately afterwards, I heated up the oil in the pan and started to stir-fry the squid.

Li An was not idle at this time. He went into the kitchen and helped add firewood to the stove.

There is also a skill in adding firewood. You cannot add a lot of firewood at once. There must be not enough space between the firewood, otherwise it will easily flame out and choke the smoke.

Chen Shanhe looked at Li An's skillful movements and couldn't help but smile and said: "Li An, where did you learn this skill of making fire? If I hadn't known that you were from the city, I would have thought you were like me. They all grew up in the countryside."

Li An split a slightly larger piece of firewood into two pieces with a hatchet and threw it into the stove. Then he responded with a smile: "My hometown is also from a rural area. I also learned a lot when I went back to my hometown with my father during the Chinese New Year." Woolen cloth."

But the fact is that Li An, who became a department-level cadre in his previous life, took the initiative to apply to work on the plateau for a year in order to advance further.

A person was assigned a house. The conditions at that time were poor and there was no gas stove or kerosene stove. He had to cook by himself, so the skill of cooking the stove can be said to be engraved in his bones.

Chen Shanhe looked at Li An busy and wondered what he had to do.

He found a hatchet and began to chop thicker firewood into suitable sizes, and then placed it next to Li An so that he could add firewood at any time.

The two of them were busy behind the stove, and Chen Guiying was playing the whistle in front. They were very busy together.It didn't take long for four large bowls of rolled noodles filled with minced pork sauce to arrive on the table, along with a plate of braised pork ribs and stir-fried pork intestines.

"Aunt Chen, there are too many dishes, I can't finish them."

Li An was a little moved when he looked at the two meat dishes. Although the house of the fifth family was built well, it could be heard from their conversation just now that the ribs and sausages cannot be eaten every day. It is estimated that they can be improved occasionally. Life.

"Mr. Li, look what you said, you are a guest when you come here. What you said is a bit contemptuous of our family." The fifth family joked.

"How could that happen? The fifth eldest brother was joking." Li An replied quickly.

"Come on, use your chopsticks to eat. You're welcome." The fifth family began to greet them.

Li An and Chen Shanhe picked up their chopsticks and started to eat.

They had a great time eating, the noodles were chewy and the sauerkraut was delicious, and they praised it from time to time.

"Aunt Chen's cooking is great. It's much more delicious than what the chef makes." Li An's flattery was clever.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." Chen Shanhe was short of words and could only echo.

"How about Aunt Chen opening a restaurant in the city? It will definitely be a big hit." Li An continued to praise.

"Yes, yes, yes." Chen Shanhe continued to agree.

Why does Ang Lee feel that this scene is so familiar?

Oh, right.Isn’t this the Zhang Fei emoticon that says “Me too” on Douyin?

No matter what Guan Yu said, Zhang Fei always said: "Me too."

Li An and Chen Shanhe coaxed Chen Guiying into laughing with their words, and then went to serve them a large bowl of noodles.

"Boom"

Then I saw Chen Guiying put a bottle of white wine and four glasses on the table.

"Come on, Cadre Li, Cadre Chen, let's have a drink." The fifth man opened the lid of the liquor with a smile and filled the glass without any explanation.

Li An looked at the full glass of wine, guessing that there must be two or three.

"Come on, Mr. Li, let's go one by one."

Seeing the fifth man raising his head and taking a big sip after finishing speaking, Li An breathed a sigh of relief and thought he had done it.

"I'll go with the fifth brother." Li An also took a sip, and the amount he drank was a little more than that of the fifth brother. This was a sign of respect for the drinker.

Chen Shanhe looked at the liquor in the cup and felt worried. The smell of koji went straight to his nose. He had never drunk such a strong liquor before. He only drank some rice wine, beer and the like before.

Li An touched Chen Shanhe's arm and gave him a look that meant, "I'm embarrassed, drink quickly."

Chen Shanhe frowned, picked up the wine glass, closed his eyes and took a sip, choking and coughing.

Seeing the embarrassment of the young man with the Chinese character face, the fifth family member quickly pressed his hands and said, "Take your time, it seems that Cadre Chen doesn't know how to drink. He should practice more in the future. This wine is a bridge to communicate with the masses."

Chen Shanhe was choked and couldn't speak, and nodded with a flushed face.

Li An took a mouthful of sausage and put it into his mouth, and then said: "Fifth eldest brother, it seems that your surname is not from Linjiang. I guess it is from the Guanzhong area."

The fifth family took a sip of wine and said, "What Li said is right. My hometown is in Guanzhong, and I haven't been back for many years."

Li An's words brought back memories of the fifth family, and his eyes were full of homesickness.

Chen Guiying, who was next to her, also had red eyes and said, "It's us two who have dragged down the fifth eldest brother. If it weren't for me, you would have..."

"Oh, Guiying has nothing to do with you, I am willing." The fifth family quickly comforted her.

Well, Li An saw that the atmosphere was not right, and it seemed that he was the cause of the trouble, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Fifth eldest brother, the bamboo carving I saw you carving just now is so lifelike. You learned from that master."

"I learned this skill of bamboo carving from our squad leader when I was a soldier. Demining requires precision and meticulousness without any mistakes. At that time, our squad leader asked us to carve things out of bamboo to practice our finger dexterity and accuracy." The fifth explained.

"I see, but the fifth eldest brother is still very good, and his sculptures are not inferior to those of the bamboo carving masters." Li An praised.

"Hey, it's not worth mentioning. Now I'm just making a living." The fifth family had a smile on their face.

"Come on, Mr. Li, let's take another one." The fifth man raised his cup again, and Li An also took a sip.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Wujia and Li An had already had two drinks, and Chen Shanhe only drank the other half of his glass.

However, his face was indeed the reddest among the others, and he was already a little drunk.

At this time, Fifth An said: "Both Cadres Li and Chen are college students." Seeing the two men nodding, he continued: "Then they must be very good at English."

Li An blushed a little when he heard this.If he really has just graduated from college, he must have no problem with English. After all, if he can't pass CET-[-], he won't get a diploma.As for myself now, I can barely recognize some English words.

"Chen Shanhe is more powerful. He is a top student at Jinling University, one of the top ten universities in the country." Li An specifically explained that he was ranked among the top ten in the country. After all, country people know about schools in other places except for universities in Qingbei and this province. Not much.

"I have a merciless request for Mr. Li and Mr. Chen." Wu'an rubbed his hands and spoke a little hesitantly.

Li An smiled and said: "Fifth eldest brother, you can speak directly if you have anything to say. We have all had drinks, so there is no need to be so open-minded with us."

"Okay, let me tell you, Guiying's son Xu Yongjun is now in the second year of high school in the village, and his grades have been good. But, his English is not good. I originally wanted to find a teacher to make up for him, but the tuition fee is really too expensive. So I thought..." The fifth family didn't finish what they said, but the meaning was clear, they wanted them to tutor Chen Yongjun in English.

"Hey, what do I think is a big deal? Fifth eldest brother, look what you said, I agreed to this for Shanhe, I promise there will be no problem." Li An assured, patting his chest.

"Ah? What's going on?" Chen Shanhe, who was a little confused after drinking, suddenly heard his name and quickly raised his head to ask.

"It's okay, you can eat your food." Li An patted his friend's shoulder and said silently: "Brother, I'm sorry, but I have already returned all my English to the teacher."

"Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Li." Fifth An took out three hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and stuffed them into Li An's hand.

"I know you are usually very busy at work. Make some money to buy some cigarettes."

"No way, no way." Li An quickly blocked the money and handed it over, saying with a serious expression: "Fifth eldest brother, if you don't treat me and Shanhe as friends, aren't you scolding us when you give us money?"

Li An saw the fifth family's hand stretched out in the air, stood up quickly, pressed his hand back, and then came to the rescue and said: "Brother Fifth, if you really want to thank us, just make a bamboo sculpture for each of us. Okay, your bamboo carving is a good thing, better than money."

"That's fine, I'll do it for you in a minute." The fifth family's eyes were full of gratitude.