Chapter Twenty-Four: The Heart Has a Soul

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the king of the stove "said good things to heaven", and people seemed to take the opportunity to start crazy, steaming steamed buns and putting oil on the pot...... The prelude to the Spring Festival was opened, the chimneys of every household were smoking all day long, and wisps of greasy, sweet, and fragrant smells wafted out of the windows, slowly floating in the alleys and on the roofs—

Liu Jianshe and Zheng Lijuan, the New Year's goods were purchased early, steamed, fried, fried and fried in the kitchen for two days, and they should be cleaned up and put in place. Other families waited until the Chinese New Year's Eve to start gluttony, and while the "virtuous brother" was at home, his family's feast began early.

Zhang Guoqiang struggled to carry one or two pig's hind legs with one hand, and carried a bulging brown paper bag into the yard with the other hand, and just entered the house with his front feet, and greeted the master and his wife for a while, sitting by the fire, his buttocks were not warm;

Liu Jianshe turned his head and looked at Zhang Guoqiang and "Brother Xian", stood up, smiled and said: Did you two discuss it in advance! Zhang Guoqiang quickly shook his head, "Brother Xian" looked at Zhang Guoqiang and said: This is fate, there is a heart!

Liu Jianshe walked towards the door, lifted the curtain and shouted: "Here, here, it's all in the house, come in, come in, senior brother, it's a little cold outside! The senior brother looked at the two roosters in his hand, looked around the yard, Liu Jianshe came out and stood at the door, complaining: Come on, what else do you bring! The senior brother put the two roosters with their legs tied on the steps at the door of the kitchen, found a cage to buckle it, and said: This is my mother's own raising, and it was originally brought to you when I was going to get it for you during the New Year!

Liu Jianshe smiled kindly and said: Okay, let's come into the house, Guoqiang has just arrived! After hearing this, the senior brother was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while, and Zhang Guoqiang also lifted the curtain, poked his head out and shouted with a smile: Senior brother, here, come in, the senior lady has made tea, come in and drink some, warm and warm!

The senior brother patted the soil on his hands and entered the house, "Brother Xian" got up and said: "Senior brother, I just poured you hot water behind the door, you can wash your hands!" The senior brother smiled politely at "Brother Xian", and then called to Liu Jianshe and Zheng Lijuan, "Master-", "Master-", looked at Zhang Guoqiang hesitated, and called: Guoqiang--Then he went to wash his hands and sat by the fire.

"Brother Xian" brought a small round table and put it in the middle, Liu Jianshe said: Guixian, there are just ready-made melon seeds and peanuts, scoop two plates for your two brothers! The teapot on the stove is already steaming hot, Zheng Lijuan took out two stoneware bowls from the cabinet, put them in front of them, and added tea, a peaceful atmosphere, and in the thick fragrance of tea, "Click-click-" The explosion of melon seeds and peanuts began to steam-

Liu Jianshe was asking his senior brother and Zhang Guoqiang, most of the topics were how the New Year's goods were purchased, whether the steamed buns were steamed, and how the elderly at home were in health...... Words of greetings like that. "Brother Xian" listened on the side, feeling that the atmosphere was relatively relaxed, and relaxed a little, so he glanced at Zhang Guoqiang, and Zhang Guoqiang quickly understood.

Picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, smacked it in his mouth for a while, and said: Master, what kind of tea is this, it's quite comfortable to drink in the mouth, fragrant, I thought the house was sprinkled with perfume, it turned out to be tea! After speaking, the senior brother couldn't help but take a sip of the tea bowl, and couldn't stop nodding, Liu Jianshe smiled "hehehe" and said: You two are not at a loss Senior brothers, your mouth is quite tricky, this is Guixian came back and bought it in the store, special jasmine tea!

After speaking, Zhang Guoqiang and his senior brother couldn't help but look up at each other, Zhang Guoqiang put down the tea bowl and said: Master, senior brother, what do people say, I just watched on TV in the past two days - oh - it's better to choose a day than to hit the day!

"Brother Xian" glanced at Zhang Guoqiang disdainfully, and said: Speaking of your business, you can still learn how to write crepe! Zhang Guoqiang smiled "hey, hey, hey", and said earnestly: Master, senior brother, I apologize to you two first, blame me for the money, blame me for my dog can't change the problem of eating, so that the two of you haven't earned money this year, I don't dare to stay alone with you for so long, I don't have the face to see you two!

Zheng Lijuan refilled the tea bowl in front of everyone, the senior brother kept staring at the hot air in the tea bowl, without words, Liu Jianshe sighed and said: You can't be blamed for this matter, you also want everyone to make more money, don't you, senior brother?

Senior Brother nodded slightly, but didn't say anything; Liu Jianshe continued: Guoqiang, Senior Brother, you also know, the three of us, Senior Brother and I are all in the nest, we don't know how to deal with each other outside, and we have to rely on you to do the work, but you have to have a degree in what you do, don't go too far, isn't it?

After hearing this, the senior brother grunted and agreed: That is, there must be a degree, everyone wants to win, no one wants to lose, it's almost enough! Zhang Guoqiang heard this, and immediately sat upright, facing the senior brother and Liu Jianjian, and said righteously: Master, senior brother, and senior sister, ghost brother, you testify to me today, and I also swear a poisonous oath, from now on, if I play money and gamble again, let me-

The senior brother raised his head first, "Hey-hey-" interrupted, and said: Guoqiang, don't say that, the mountains are evil, don't dare to talk nonsense! After listening to this, Liu Jianshe smiled and said: Guoqiang, I didn't say that I wouldn't let you play, we still rely on you to take over the work, you still have to play, just pay attention!

Senior brother, "Brother Xian" and Zheng Lijuan said in unison: That's it--Liu Jianshe said meaningfully: People are gambling all their lives, gambling with hard days, gambling with fate, gambling with the sky, gambling with the earth-Zheng Lijuan couldn't help but laugh "hahaha" after hearing this, and said: Your master, where did you get your feelings today! People should fight with the sky, and the fun is endless! Fight with the earth, the fun is endless! Fight with people, the fun is endless!

After listening to it, "Brother Xian" said noncommittally: Aunt, what you said is not right, from "Mao Zedo".

The original text of "Struggle and Self-encouragement" of G Anthology is: Struggle with the sky, the joy is endless! Struggle with the earth, the joy is endless! Struggle with people, the joy is endless!

After hearing this, Zheng Lijuan laughed "hahaha", and Liu Jianjian, Zhang Guoqiang, and senior brother also laughed. The teapot on the stove began to "squeak" and squeak again, Liu Jianshe pointed to the tea bowl to Zhang Guoqiang and his senior brother, and said: Okay, the matter is open, don't be stiff, drink some tea, and we will solve it together!

The senior brother took the initiative to pick up the tea bowl and said to Zhang Guoqiang: Guoqiang, come--replace wine with tea, I shouldn't--Before he finished speaking, Zhang Guoqiang picked up the tea bowl, touched it "dang-" and said: Senior brother, I am also at fault, don't say it, it's all in the wine-tea!

Zhang Guoqiang immediately stood up, stopped the senior brother, and said: Senior brother, wait a minute, sit down first - after speaking, he took out the bulging kraft paper bag, and said while opening it: I have calculated the account, I have written it on it, including the dividends with everyone later, and the master and senior brother who are still missing, you can take a look!

Liu Jianshe smiled and said: I won't look at it, senior brother, you are right there, I must be right, just the three of us? Senior brother looked at Liu Jianjian, then at Zhang Guoqiang, took the piece of paper and looked at it, and then nodded at the two of them. Liu Jianshe got up and walked into the courtyard to go to the toilet. Zhang Guoqiang took out several stacks of brand-new 100 yuan bills from the brown paper bag and distributed them to his senior brother and Liu Jianjian.