But seeing his father Zhang Wenxue's expression, he was truly determined not to help him this time, and Zhang Liunian couldn't accept this fact for a while.
You know, his parents used to only consider him, and would never abandon him. Now they suddenly wanted to be hands-off and not help him, how could he adapt to this change?
"Mom, what about you? Aren't you going to take care of your son me anymore?" Zhang Liunian knew that his father was a more rational person, and his mother was relatively weaker, so he set his sights on her.
His behavior made Zhang Wenxue sigh secretly, his feelings extremely complicated.
Yu Xiaohua was not as perceptive as Zhang Wenxue and didn't realize her son was trying to use her as a breakthrough. She suddenly met her younger son's gaze and stammered, "Second child, your eldest and third brothers aren't as good as you. Why don't you think of another way!"
This also meant they wouldn't help him.
Hearing this, Zhang Liunian's breathing became uneven, his chest rising and falling. "You are all being too much."
Zhang Wenxue and his wife were speechless. They knew they were being too much because they had indeed promised to help him get the recipe before they returned. But who would have thought that first their younger son disagreed, then there was resistance from the whole village, and later they themselves didn't want to force their younger son anymore.
The atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point, and the four of them didn't know what to say.
Meanwhile, Zhang Liunian was in the female educated youth dormitory, waiting for people from the glass factory to deliver glass bottles.
"Comrade, please wait a moment. I have something to give to Director Luo," Zhang Liunian called out to the two delivery men who had finished unloading the goods and were about to leave.
The two delivery men heard this, stopped, and looked at Zhang Liunian.
Zhang Liunian extended his hand, gestured for them to wait, and smiled, "Please wait a moment."
The two comrades exchanged glances, asking with their eyes what it was, as the director hadn't mentioned anything! Finally, both shook their heads, indicating they didn't know.
Zhang Liunian saw their silent communication clearly. He invited them into the reception room and poured each of them a cup of tea, "Please have some tea, I'll get the items for you right away."
Seeing them sit down, Zhang Liunian turned around and took out four glass bottles. He washed and dried them thoroughly, ensuring there was no moisture inside. He personally bottled the freshly made lobster sauce, tasting it as he went to confirm everything was in order before feeling relieved.
About five minutes later, Zhang Liunian handed the four bottles of lobster sauce to the two comrades. "These two bottles are the lobster sauce I just bottled. Please deliver them to Director Luo.
And these two bottles are for you to try. It's just a small token of my appreciation, please don't mind."
The two delivery men were surprised to receive something from Zhang Liunian and felt a bit embarrassed.
"That's not good. This food must cost quite a lot of money. We can't accept it."
"Don't worry, we will deliver these two bottles to Director Luo. We are just delivery personnel, so you don't need to give us any."
Zhang Liunian looked at the two bottles of lobster sauce being pushed back and smiled, pushing them back again. "My place is far, and it's not easy for you to deliver from so far away. These two jars of sauce are made by ourselves and are not worth much. Please take them!"
The two delivery men exchanged glances and finally accepted them.
However, they secretly made a note of Zhang Liunian's kindness and thought that this comrade knew how to handle things. He was not only polite to them, the delivery personnel, but also gave them his own produced goods. He was truly a strangely courteous comrade.
On the way, the male comrade in the passenger seat looked at the bottle of lobster sauce that belonged to him, from left to right. Finally, he couldn't resist opening it, reaching in to take a piece and put it in his mouth. After chewing twice, his expression lit up.
"Mmm, this sauce is delicious. It tastes like meat and is fragrant, and it's spicy too. Try it quickly." The male comrade in the passenger seat used his hand to pick up another piece and put it in the driver's mouth.
The driver heard him, opened his mouth, tasted it, and his expression also lit up. "It's indeed delicious. That bouncy and fragrant thing shouldn't be meat."
"If it's not meat, what else could it be?" The male comrade in the passenger seat took a few more bites, and it tasted like meat no matter how he ate it.
"It's definitely not meat. I'm not sure what it is specifically, but this bottle is definitely worth one or two yuan." The driver comrade had seen the world and had a general idea of how much this bottle of lobster sauce was worth.
"What? One or two yuan? Is it that expensive?" The male comrade in the passenger seat looked at the not-so-large bottle in his hand, extremely surprised. After a long while, he thought that this item was also packed in a glass bottle, so one or two yuan was understandable.
It was just that Comrade Zhang Liunian had given away several yuan without batting an eye, which truly impressed him.
When they returned to the factory, they delivered the lobster sauce to Luo Wei, who smiled. It turned out that Zhang Liunian was serious about giving him something to try.
Looking at the dark red lobster sauce in the transparent glass bottle, Luo Wei couldn't help but be curious about what kind of sauce it was and how it tasted. So, he took out his own chopsticks from his drawer and tasted it. It was such a revelation that he finished half a bottle directly.
"It's too delicious," Luo Wei exclaimed, suppressing the urge to eat more.
He put down his chopsticks, closed the lid, and decided to take the rest home for his wife and children to try. They would surely like such delicious sauce.
Zhang Liunian was temporarily unaware of these matters. At this moment, he was delivering lobster sauce again.
"Xiao Qian, here are four bottles of lobster sauce. Give them to Uncle Zhao," Zhang Liunian said, handing the bottles in his hand to Zhang Qian.
"Got it, Brother Liunian." Zhang Qian gave Zhang Liunian the money for the live shrimp from the morning. He had already stir-fried the lobster in the educated youth dormitory and was now heading to the county town to deliver goods again.
Zhang Liunian watched them leave, then turned back into the house to get a large basket and put two bottles of lobster sauce into it, planning to deliver them to Zhang Laoshi, Zhang Hao, and others.
He owed their help yesterday for him and his wife to escape safely. To express his gratitude, he not only brought lobster sauce but also sent each of them a bowl of braised meat.
The aroma of the freshly cooked braised meat could truly be described as wafting ten miles. The fragrance lingered long after it passed.
This was a hardship for the villagers of Zhangjia Village who had just finished work and were starving.
When they smelled the aroma, they all stopped on their way home and sniffed the air greedily.
"So fragrant!"
"I'm so hungry. I've never smelled meat better than this before. I wonder if Liunian made it himself."
"If not him, then who else?"
"This smells way too good!"
"We'll have to ask him tomorrow how much he sells this meat for, just to satisfy our cravings."
"..."
Zhang Liunian naturally heard the voices behind him. He stopped and looked at everyone. "If you all want to eat, I'll make more tomorrow and send each of you a small bowl as a thank you for saving me yesterday."