In the book, the female supporting role dreams of being an idle fish

Chapter 408 Treat

"If we get along well with them, we should treat them with a smile. If we don't get along well with them, we should also treat them with a smile. They are your uncle's family and they don't live here permanently. What's more, judging from your uncle's personality, he shouldn't be sarcastic or mean." Gu Lixia always hits the nail on the head.

"Nineteen originally planned to treat everyone to a meal, but my brother-in-law is not here. Should we still treat him?" Jiang Wen felt that it was fine to treat him, but it would be unreasonable not to.

Previously, it was because the other three directors had just retired from the army and had to move and adapt to the environment. Now they have already adapted and it is the perfect time to hire them during the winter.

Better sooner rather than later.

Gu Lixia should do his best to be a good host. Moreover, as a leader, he should maintain good relationships with his subordinates to facilitate their work.

"Please, we can't delay any longer. If you hesitate any longer, it will be the New Year." Gu Lixia also knew that they couldn't delay any longer.

"What dishes should I cook? Have you decided on the menu?" Jiang Wen also felt that if he wanted to entertain guests, he had to prepare in advance.

"Fried pork, shredded pork with fish flavor, shredded potatoes with chili peppers, scrambled goose eggs with tomatoes, shredded pork with chili peppers, spicy shredded pork, stir-fried pork with green onions, spicy tofu, sweet and sour meatballs, stir-fried bean curd sheets, fried potato chips, spicy diced chicken, stir-fried zucchini with meat, stewed eggplant with beans, corn with grapes, Kung Pao chicken, candied sweet potatoes, stewed chicken with mushrooms, braised pig's trotters, and a fish soup." Gu Lixia had already decided on the menu.

"Making so many delicious foods? It should be enough for 20 dishes. We don't even eat so much during the Chinese New Year." Huai Zhou sighed.

"Yes, with their family of several children, plus our family, Uncle Lin and Uncle Wang, we might not be able to fit them all at two tables."

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In the blink of an eye, it was the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month.

I told Lu Changzheng, Yang Jianping and Cui Ze that on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, we would get together with our families and children on the 19th day.

Lu Changzheng, director of the security department, was deputy regiment commander before retiring from the army. He broke his arm by a stone during disaster relief this year. He has three sons and one daughter, and his wife, Zhao Sixiang, has just finished her confinement after giving birth.

Yang Jianping served as director of the political department and, before retiring, was also deputy regimental commander. He had seven children: four boys and three girls. His six siblings back home each had seven or eight children, and the older ones needed his uncle's support as they started their own families. Yang Jianping had no choice but to lend a hand. Although he earned a rank-fourteen salary of 141 yuan, plus mission allowances, averaging just over 200 yuan a month, supporting such a large family was a real struggle, and life was tight.

Life was so tight and he was facing retirement, so Yang Jianping's wife Li Cui was hoping to find a job for herself. However, Jiangcheng had accepted too many veterans this time and it was impossible to arrange for their families.

Li Cui wanted to find Gu Lixia, but was held down by Yang Jianping. This time, when she heard that she was invited to dinner, she wanted to ask about the situation.

Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui’s third son, Cui Ze, is the director and head of the production command. He is also a retired deputy regiment commander. His wife is Shen Jianan. He has three sons and three daughters. The first three are sons, and the last three are daughters.

Wang Shuguo and Lin Duofu are both unmarried, and need Gu Lixia's help to consider these issues. This is the situation at present. Leaders have multiple positions, and if their children are not married, some people will criticize the leaders for not caring.

Wang Shuguo and Lin Duofu both planned to find local people from Jiangcheng, excluding educated youth who had gone to the countryside.

This has to be done slowly. Gu Lixia plans to hold a blind date meeting on Women's Day next month.

It's not easy for children to go out in this weather. Zhao Sixiang wants a job. The eldest child is 10 years old, the second child is 7 years old, the third child is 4 years old, and the fourth child is just one month old. Logically, they cannot go out, but this opportunity is rare.

Zhao Sixiang wrapped the fourth child in her husband's military coat, and the guards and driver would send him to the Jiang family.

Zhao Sixiang got into the car carrying her family's rations, two pieces of bacon, a jar of pickled vegetables, and a pound of tea. Zhao Sixiang was very nervous. She had been in the military district's family compound for several years and rarely faced her superiors directly. She would just say hello on the road. Men rarely talk to women.

Now, there is a female leader sitting above the man, and Lu Changzheng rarely talks about work, so Zhao Sixiang doesn't know how to get along with the female leader and is naturally nervous.

Li Cui did the same. She took out her own food rations and a jar of pickled vegetables. Since she couldn't come up with anything else decent, she used the meat coupons she had saved to buy two kilograms of fresh meat.

It wasn’t far away. Walking towards Jiang’s house, the children were jumping around, and it made me dizzy just watching them.

"When you go to someone's house, be quiet and don't touch anything in the house. If anyone takes anything without permission, I will chop them into pieces. This is related to your father's future for the rest of his life."

Li Cui kept chattering all the way and was very nervous. If she wanted to work, she had to see how Gu Lixia arranged it.

Shen Jianan learned more from his mother-in-law and knew that Gu Lixia was not difficult to get along with, but it was still different. The previous dinner was a gathering among brothers, but now it was a meeting with the leader, and he had to be inferior to him.

Knowing that the Gu family was generous, Shen Jianan took two fish, five pounds of bacon, a jar of chili sauce, and all the food rations from home, and urged the children to go to the toilet quickly and leave.

The first one to arrive was Shen Jianan. Gu Lixia no longer followed Jiang Wen in calling him brother because it was inappropriate.

Just add the minister or director with the surname, Minister Cui, Director Cui, Minister Yang, Director Yang, Minister Lu, Director Lu.

Gu Lixia called out "Director" several times, and the others followed suit and called out "Director" as well.

Just call Gu Lixia, led by Lin Duofu, Wang Shuguo and Ge Jun, and Deputy Director Gu.

Gu Lixia was not cooking in the kitchen. Huainan and Jiang Xiu were cooking.

As soon as someone arrived and the system reminded her, Gu Lixia stood up and lifted the door curtain.

"Is it cold outside? I haven't been out today. Why come here and bring so many things?" Gu Lixia invited everyone to sit down.

Shen Jianan had already rehearsed this in his mind countless times. "It's cold today, there's not much food, and there are so many of us. I'll go to the kitchen to help."

"No need. Huainan and his aunt are in the kitchen. Sit down and drink tea. I'll make tea for you." Gu Lixia would not let the guests take action, so she quickly stopped them.

Jiang Wen also called out, "Third brother, please stop making your sister-in-law busy. We are all family."

"That's right, sister-in-law, please sit down." Gu Lixia held Shen Jianan down, "Huaibei, take your brothers and sisters out to play, and keep an eye on them."

Huaibei took the four siblings of the Cui family away and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the bathroom first. This is the women's bathroom, this is the men's bathroom, and this is the kitchen. I'll take you to the activity room to play chess."

"Huaibei has grown taller and looks like an adult. How old is Huaibei this year?" Cui Ze looked at Huaibei, who was tall and thin, like an adult.

"He's 13 already, and his birthday was only two months ago. He can't wait for his next meal, and he's always hungry. His stomach is like a bottomless pit. Fortunately, he's as tall as his father, and he'll probably grow to 2 meters next year." Jiang Wen feels the benefit of being able to eat and drink, and his whole family will be tall in the future.

"Now he looks about 1.7 meters tall, just a little shorter than me. I'm only 176 meters tall."