Rebirth in the 1970s with Space

Chapter 27 Zhang Family

Zhang Qingzhu pretended not to see the old lady's actions, reached into the small bag he was carrying, took out 1,000 yuan and the subsidy certificate and handed them to the old lady.

"Grandma, these are Dad's pensions. Please keep them. There is also this little book. You can get a 10 yuan subsidy every month, plus 2 taels of oil coupons, 2 taels of cotton coupons, one foot of cloth coupons, 2 taels of sugar coupons, and half a catty of meat coupons. Please keep them."

Grandma Zhang held the subsidy receipt in her hands for a long time and couldn't come back to her senses. Zhang Qingzhu didn't say anything either, just sat there quietly.

It was not until Zhang Xue came in and said it was time to eat that Grandma Zhang came to her senses and put away the money and the small notebook. Then she took Zhang Qingzhu to the yard to eat.

When they arrived at the yard, the food was already served. There were two tables, one for adults and one for children. Grandma Zhang took Zhang Qingzhu to sit at the adults' table. As Grandma Zhang and Zhang Qingzhu sat down, everyone present became a little reserved.

Everyone's unanimous impression of Zhang Qingzhu is that he is aloof and difficult to approach. Therefore, everyone in the Zhang family is somewhat intimidated by Zhang Qingzhu.

Grandma Zhang didn't care about these people's behavior and began to introduce her family members to Zhang Qingzhu. "Qingzhu girl, you have seen and known all these people in our family. But I still need to formally introduce my family members to you."

"Sitting on my left is your second uncle Zhang Xue, and sitting next to him is your second aunt Zhao Yanhong." Grandma Zhang paused.

Zhang Qingzhu quickly stood up and greeted the two: "Hello, Second Uncle, Hello, Second Aunt."

"Hello, Qingzhu. If you have any problems in the future, just come to me and your second uncle. We are all family, so don't feel embarrassed." Zhao Yanhong said cheerfully.

When Zhang Qingzhu first entered the courtyard, Zhao Yanhong was helping in the kitchen and didn't know Zhang Qingzhu was coming. It was only when Zhang Qingzhu shouted loudly to find Grandma Zhang that she knew Zhang Qingzhu was coming.

This immediately shattered her previous perception of Zhang Qingzhu. She really didn't expect that Zhang Qingzhu would speak in such a loud voice like the people in their village. She always thought that people in the city spoke in a gentle voice.

When Zhang Bo came back with his wife and daughter, the three of them spoke in a gentle and slow voice. Her third brother's wife, Shen Yuzhen, was the same, speaking in a gentle and soft voice.

So when she heard that Zhang Qingzhu would speak loudly like the people in their village, she instantly liked Zhang Qingzhu more. She felt that she was worthy of being a girl from their Zhang family. Even though she grew up in the city, she was not at all shy with them.

Plus, she had always wanted a girl, but unfortunately she didn't get pregnant again after giving birth to three boys. Now she was the only one left in Zhang Qingzhu's family, and she was Zhang Xue's niece, so she liked Zhang Qingzhu even more.

So after the old lady formally introduced them, Zhao Yanhong quickly expressed her affection for Zhang Qingzhu. The old lady was very satisfied with Zhao Yanhong's performance. Zhang Xue was also very satisfied.

Zhang Xue quickly responded after his wife finished speaking. "Qingzhu, your second aunt is right. If you have any problems in the future, just look for your second uncle. Your second uncle may not be of much use in other places, but in the village, your second uncle still has a say."

Zhang Qingzhu: "Okay, I will, Uncle and Aunt."

After they finished their conversation, Grandma Zhang continued to introduce them: "From your right, they are your fourth aunt Zhang Cuiyun, fourth uncle Zhang Cai, younger aunt Zhang Meimei, third aunt Shen Yuzhen, third uncle Zhang Hong, eldest uncle He Zhengde, and eldest aunt Zhang Tiantian."

Grandma Zhang introduced everything without pausing for a moment except for her second son.

Zhang Qingzhu also stood up and greeted them, "Hello, Fourth Aunt, Hello, Fourth Uncle, Hello, Little Aunt, Hello, Third Aunt, Hello, Third Uncle, Hello, Big Uncle, Hello, Big Aunt."

Everyone responded with a hello, and all the elders were introduced. Grandma Zhang then began to introduce the younger generation.

"Your cousin and your cousins ​​have all gone to pick you up. I won't tell you since you know them all. Starting from your eldest cousin's right hand side, they are your second uncle's brothers, Zhang Qingbai and Zhang Qinghua. Your third uncle's brother and sister are Zhang Qingrong and Zhang Qingcheng. Your fourth uncle's brother and sister are Zhang Qingtao and Zhang Qingzi. Your eldest aunt's brother is He Weijun.

Zhang Qingzhu greeted them again, and then the introduction was over. Zhang Qingzhu also matched the names with the faces through the introduction of Grandma Zhang.

Although the original owner had been here before, he had only lived in the village for a short time. In addition, three years had passed, so some of his memories had become fuzzy.

Zhang Qingzhu originally wanted to ask Grandma Zhang to help distribute the gifts so that she could recognize the faces in the light. Unexpectedly, Grandma Zhang introduced everyone at the dinner table. Grandma was so majestic, she threw flowers.

The food on the table today was very rich, just like the New Year's Day. In order to welcome Zhang Qingzhu's arrival, Zhang Xue took Zhang Bai with him when he set out for the county town in the morning and asked Zhang Qingbai to go to the meat processing factory to buy meat.

Zhang Qingbai was lucky today, as there weren't many people there when he went. He bought five catties of pork belly, eight catties of spare ribs, and two catties of large bones.

This was all thanks to the meat coupons Zhang Cai gave him. These meat coupons were given by Zhang Qingzhu to Zhang Cai to use for meals when he passed through the city on his way.

Although Zhang Cai and his friends went to a state-owned restaurant, he always ordered one meat dish and the rest were vegetarian dishes, so he saved the meat ticket.

After buying the meat, Zhang Qingbai went to the supply and marketing cooperative. His mother asked him to buy some oil. Maybe today was Zhang Bai's lucky day. When he was about to buy the oil, the supply and marketing cooperative suddenly said that some beef had arrived. Each person was limited to one pound, and no tickets were required.

Thinking about what his father had told him on the way here, to buy whatever meat was available, the more the better, he went to queue up to buy beef without hesitation.

Not long after he returned home from buying meat, his friends in the village called him to go fishing. He thought about what his father said: the more meat the better, and fish is also meat. So he followed his friends to the river to catch fish.

Today's harvest was very good. He caught two big catfish weighing five kilograms, as well as crucian carp, silver carp, etc. He caught a large bucket.

So the dishes on the table today are particularly rich. Stir-fried beef with hot peppers, stewed chicken with mushrooms, catfish stewed with pickled cabbage, crucian carp and tofu soup, braised spareribs, carrot and bone soup, braised pork stewed with potatoes, minced meat and eggplant, spareribs stewed with beans, cold cucumber salad, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and stir-fried rapeseed.

The table was full of meat, making everyone drool. It was really rich. But when everyone was facing such a table of delicious dishes, Grandma Zhang held an introduction meeting. Everyone stared at the dishes and couldn't eat them.

After Grandma Zhang finished her introduction, she started eating without any waiters. When everyone heard Grandma Zhang say "eat", it was fine for the adults to sit at one table, because Zhang Qingzhu sat at this table and was very polite when eating.