Two generations of military wives compete for time

Chapter 283: Too bad

Wang Moli came back to her senses, took the cup of tea handed over by Wang Min, and said with a big smile on her face: "Thank you, sister Wang Min, your house is so luxurious, it's like living in a movie, hehe."

Li Hongmei said, "Mom, you are lucky to have listened to my advice and come with us to the provincial capital to celebrate the New Year. You are now in the real world of these wonderful places that you can only see in movies. I guess you have broadened your horizons now."

Sister-in-law Wang Moli said, "Hongmei is right. I should go out for a walk and have a look. If I don't go out with the young people, I will be a toad in the well, hehe."

Professor Jiang Yuhan said: "Moli, you should have come out to see the world a long time ago. Let Qian Yizhen arrange a job for you as a housekeeper in the provincial capital. The salary is high and you can learn skills.

You'd better take a confinement nanny training class, and when Hongmei gives birth, you can go directly to Kunming to take care of your grandson. Isn't that a great thing to kill two birds with one stone?"

Sister-in-law Wang Moli said, "Professor Jiang, after hearing what you said, my brain has opened up. After the Chinese New Year, I will go back to Dawan Village, contract out the few acres of thin land at home, and come to the provincial capital to work as a housekeeper with Sister Yizhen."

Professor Jiang Yuhan said: "Wang Moli, that's right, the world outside is big and wonderful."

As they were talking, the housekeeper, Ming Zhigang, Li Hongmei, Wang Wei, and Yuan Daoqin worked together to serve a sumptuous meal.

Professor Jiang Yuhan said, "Wang Moli, drink some Beijing Erguotou that Yuan Daoqin brought from Beijing tonight."

Wang Moli's sister-in-law asked, "What is Beijing Erguotou? Ergetou, is it the second brother's head?"

Yuan Daoqin said: "Aunt Jasmine, Beijing is the ancient capital of China for five dynasties, and Erguotou is a typical representative of Beijing's wine culture with a history of 800 years.

It developed from Shaojiu. The Beijing Annals of the Ming Dynasty mentioned "Shaodao of the capital and pure cotton of Di". When distilling wine, the winemakers in the capital removed the head of the first pot and the tail of the third pot, and took the middle part of the second pot. This process is called "cutting the head, removing the tail and cutting the middle part".

This is the earliest liquor named after the craft in my country. It is a milestone in the history of Chinese winemaking. It has been inherited and carried forward for hundreds of years and has been passed down to this day. It is commonly known as "Erguotou". Beijing Erguotou is a kind of liquor and a famous liquor in Beijing.

Sister-in-law Wang Moli said, "Oh, I know, it's liquor. I don't drink liquor. I've already drunk three cups of Kuangfu liquor at Lu's house this afternoon. I can't drink more than two taels of liquor a day. You guys drink, and I just eat, hehe."

"Aunt Moli, let me pour you a small cup so you can have a taste and see which one is better, Kuangfujia liquor or Beijing Erguotou." Wang Wei said as he filled a small cup of Beijing Erguotou liquor and placed it in front of sister-in-law Wang Moli.

Professor Jiang Yuhan said: "Come on, let's raise our glasses and welcome Wang Moli, Ming Zhigang, Li Hongmei, Ming Zhiqiang, Qian Baogui, Yuan Daoqin, and Wang Wei. Cheers!"

Wang Min said, "Come on, don't be polite, use your hands and mouth, and eat happily, hehe."

Li Hongmei said, "Yuan Daoqin, you will graduate from college next year. Are you going to get married? Get married quickly. You can't keep Brother Wang Wei waiting."

Sister-in-law Wang Moli said: "You should get married early. There is a saying in the countryside: get married early, give birth to a son early, and get an emperor early."

Yuan Daoqin said: "I haven't decided yet. I want to study more while I'm young and get a doctorate degree like sister Wang Min."

Wang Min said: "Student Yuan Daoqin, as far as I know, you can get married and have children during graduate school. Getting married will not affect your studies, but having children may have a certain impact on your studies because you need more time and energy to take care of the children, and you also have to consider the financial pressure.

In our family, there is no problem of having children affecting academics or financial pressure, so go ahead and get married and have children. When the time comes, let Yizhen assign you an excellent nanny, and Jiang Yuhan's mother will also serve you full-time.

Yuan Daoqin, you should not worry about getting married and having children affecting your postgraduate and doctoral studies. Therefore, I strongly suggest that the palace will surely welcome the grand wedding of Wang Wei and Yuan Daoqin during the Spring Festival next year. "

Li Hongmei pushed Yuan Daoqin and said, "Yuan Daoqin, please express your opinion quickly. Everyone is watching you."

Yuan Daoqin blushed slightly and said shyly, "Aunt Wang Min, I will listen to you. I will get married, have children, and study for a doctorate all at once."

Wang Wei stood up excitedly and said, "Dear classmate Yuan Daoqin, I will follow your instructions. Come on, let's drink."

Let us raise our glasses together and look forward to a promising future.

Sister-in-law Wang Moli said, "There is one thing I don't understand. Yuan Daoqin calls Wang Min auntie, and Wang Wei calls Wang Min sister. This means that Wang Min's niece is marrying Wang Min's brother. Isn't that a mistake in seniority?"

Professor Jiang Yuhan said, "What's so strange about this? City dwellers mostly define their own names, unlike village dwellers, who have clearly defined their generations. People of the previous generation cannot marry people of the next generation because they are afraid of close relatives marrying. City dwellers come from all corners of the country, so there is generally no problem of close relatives. Comrade Wang Moli, do you understand?"

Ming Zhigang said, "Mom, this kind of thing is very common in the city. Take Aunt Yizhen for example. She calls Hongmei's mother "Sister-in-law Hao Xia" and Professor Chen Zhuoran "Uncle Zhuoran". Isn't it that the "sister-in-law" and the "uncle" are getting married, and there is a difference in generation."

Sister-in-law Wang Moli touched her head and said, "Oh, that's really the case. I'm seeing the world again, hahaha."

Everyone laughed together.

Xiang Xiang said: "I also don't understand why Bo Xiang and Bo Wen, like us, are children, but Gang Gang and I have to call Bo Xiang uncle and Bo Wen aunt. Why not call them sister or brother?"

Wang Min said, "Xiangxiang, I will prepare the lesson carefully for this question you raised and explain it to you and Ganggang, okay? Hahaha."

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Time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, the lively Spring Festival is over. Ming Yuanhui and Li Hongmei flew back to Kunming to work, Yuan Daoqin and Qian Baogui took the train back to Beijing to attend university, Wang Wei flew to the Jiuquan Satellite Base to work, and the children in kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools also put away their playfulness and returned to campus.

Sister Wang Moli's first job after the Spring Festival was to serve as a guide for Grandpa Kuang and travel all over the mountains in the Huaguoshan Scenic Area. First, to find and survey suitable caves and air-raid shelters to be used as wine cellars. Second, to find suitable terrain and streams to select a site for the new winery.

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Qian Yizheng handed over the prepared "Implementation Plan for the Installation of High-standard Street Lights on Hong Kong Road, Macau Road, Xingfu Road, Meiman Road, Wufu Road, and Lanyan Feixiang Avenue" and "Budget for the Installation of Street Lights" to his great uncle Chen Haoyu.

Uncle Chen Haoyu took the information and said, "Yizhen, sit down. I just made some Kung Fu tea. Let's drink some tea and chat. There is something I have been thinking about for a long time. The graves in the Chen family cemetery were flattened by airplanes and cannons during the war.

During the Cultural Revolution, their graves were dug up. I also learned that during the Cultural Revolution, the leader of the Chenjiazhuang Revolutionary Committee led the villagers to savagely dig up the ancestral graves of the landlords and wealthy families around the village, including the Chen family’s ancestral graves.”