Country folk rarely ate a meat dish from one end of the year to the other. Since Yuanchun had prepared such a lavish spread, letting them gorge on meat here while their own families went hungry at home didn't feel right. If they brought the food back, their families could also get a taste of meat.
Yuanchun had experienced this sort of situation before, so she readily agreed. She divided the food among the men building the house, giving each of them a large basin to take home. She also opened two bottles of liquor, poured two taels for each man to carry away with him, and left the remaining bottle behind so that Yu Hegui could drink with the brigade leader, the village party secretary, and the two male educated youths who had come to help.
The brigade leader's wife, the village secretary's wife, Chen Hong, and Li Yujie did not drink. They sat to the side to eat and enjoy the dishes. Of course, before serving the food, Yuanchun had already filled two large basins with meat dishes and asked Chen Hong and Li Yujie to deliver them respectively to the homes of the brigade leader and the village secretary.
Chapter 912