The sky began to drift with a light rain, moisturizing things silently, the south of the Yangtze River in the deep winter and the cold solar terms, wet and cold, warm wind from the southeast and the cold wind in the northwest to compete, caressing the earth into a drizzle.

Lin Yan was holding an umbrella and was just about to go out, when his mother Xu Mei hurriedly stopped: "Stone, wait, take this Huoxi in your hand, it's very cold outside!" After that, he handed Lin Yan the handheld Huoxi in his hand (introduced at the end of this chapter), and then took another one and handed it to Lin Fa.

The cold outside the house hit from all directions, penetrating into his sleeves and trouser legs, Lin Yan wrapped the medicine in a plastic bag and put it in his pocket, and the two of them went out against the wind.

Li Jiaqi's family was watching TV in the house, Aunt Huang and Li Jiaqi were in a fire bucket, talking intimate words, and father Li Jiancheng was lying on the sofa.

The arrival of Lin Yan and Lin Fa made Uncle Li and Aunt Huang very happy.

"Uncle Li, Aunt Huang, Sister Jiaqi, Happy New Year!" Lin Yan greeted warmly as soon as he entered the door.

"Oh, Lao Lin and the stone come to play, come and come, sit and roast the fire! This weather is windy and rainy, but it's cold, why didn't Xu Mei come?" Aunt Huang said with a smile.

"Lao Li, are you feeling better? I heard you say that you were not feeling well in the afternoon, Lin Yan happened to come back with spare cold medicine, so he thought about coming over and bringing it to you. Lin Fa said as he extinguished the cigarette in his mouth and threw it outside the house, and then walked into the house.

"It's better, it's better, I didn't dare to go out today, I've been nesting in the fire bucket, Xiao Nizi has been letting me drink boiled water, it's much better now, and the little cold doesn't matter. Li Jiancheng said.

Aunt Huang got up to pour tea and gave up her place to Lin Yan, who still sat with Li Jiaqi after some excuses and kept warm in the same fire bucket. handed the medicine in his hand to Li Jiaqi, and did not forget to make a grimace at Sister Jiaqi.

After Li Jiaqi took the medicine from Lin Yan's hand with a smile, she said, "Dad, then I'll make you a cup of cold medicine, so that you can get better faster." Then he got up and went to make the medicine.

Aunt Huang poured the tea and came over, watched Jiaqi get up, and hurriedly held it down and said, "Nizi, don't move, I'll come, you can talk to Lin Yan." Suddenly pressed Jiaqi into the fire bucket again.

"Mom, it's okay, I'm hot, come out and walk around, you can bake the fire." Without saying a word, he got up.

"Aunt Huang, thank you!" Lin Yan took the tea and put it on the coffee table and said.

Aunt Huang looked at Lin Yan with a smile and sat down in the fire bucket, seemingly in a good mood. But it was the first time for Lin Yan to face Aunt Huang so closely, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned, because Aunt Huang's expression was so enthusiastic, no matter how she looked at it, it looked like "the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law".

"Lin Yan, my Jiaqi is still obedient in S City, is she serious about her work?" Aunt Huang asked kindly.

"Sister Jiaqi is very good, her work ability is strong, and she has helped me a lot!" Lin Yan said.

"I heard Nizi say, the company now has nearly 200 people, and there are only about 800 people in our village, your company is not small, how much salary do you have to pay workers this month?" asked Aunt Huang.

"There are about more than 1 million, Sister Jiaqi knows very well, she is in charge of personnel in the company, and her monthly salary is calculated by her, and she knows how much money she has paid by the finance!" Lin Yan said.

"More than one million, this cost is unbelievable! Xiaoshi, you are really productive now, you have to pay more than 1 million yuan to the workers' wages every month, then you can earn a lot of money!" Aunt Huang's face was full of surprise, and her voice couldn't help but marvel.

Lin Yan's face was a little hot unconsciously, because he had done so much, he never thought of showing off, and now he didn't look at the monthly salary he received from the company, and he didn't take any money from the symbolic salary card, and he rarely spends.

The usual company's work clothes are also handled by Li Jiaqi, what clothing specifications to wear at each level, Li Jiaqi and Zhou Tong have stipulated, and Lin Yan's clothes on business trips are also selected by Li Jiaqi and Zhou Tong for Lin Yan.

When such words came out of Aunt Huang's mouth, Lin Yan did not feel proud, but a little emotional.

Outsiders look at the scenery, but the actual operation of the company is that the game development department is underfunded and needs other departments to fill the hole.

If it weren't for Ali's capital injection, the company would now be moving towards Vijin, and in order to move forward, it is expected to cooperate with Tengxin and seek opportunities.

Those two companies are not really big guys now, whether it is the new wolf, Tianhu, and Yiwang, they are all richer than them, and the current Shengda in the game market is in full swing, ninety percent, Yiwang is a new star, and they are all wealthy masters. Shengda keeps a low profile and is ninety percent sharp.

"Auntie, don't just talk about our work, I'll talk about some family things in a relaxed way during the New Year, don't you and your uncle plan to go out to play this year? I remember that you went to Dali last year to play. Lin Yan said.

"Yes, Jiaqi is working with you this year, not in the travel agency, I can't arrange for us to go, I was still talking to Lao Li just now, where to go after the Spring Festival?

Your dad and your mom have to be idle this year, why don't you go out and play together, you were still spending money in previous years, but you never thought that in a blink of an eye, Lin Yan, you have made a lot of money. Aunt Huang said.

"Then dare to be kind, Dad, Aunt Huang invited you to travel with your mother!" Lin Yan happily agreed, then turned his head to look at Lin Fa and said.

"Haha, okay, when Lao Li is well, let's go outside and have a look, your mother and I also have this intention!" Lin Fahaha laughed.

Li Jiaqi brewed the medicine and handed it to her father, "Dad, take the medicine first, this is Banlan root powder, and there is a white and black." ”

Hearing a few people talk about traveling, Li Jiaqi said happily: "This matter is for me, I will contact the travel agency, have you figured out where to go?"

"Xiaoqi, what about me, I just want to go to Tianmen Tower, see the capital of our country, look at Tianmen Square, watch the flag-raising ceremony, and pay tribute to the leader......"

"Wait a minute, there's no hurry, I see it's too cold now, and it's been rainy recently, so I'll go when it's a little warmer." Sister Jiaqi, let's take them to S City for a spin first, and then sign up for a group of a few people to go to Tianjing, play for a few more days, Great Wall, Tianjing Forbidden City, Tianmen Tower, Daming Lake, and Yihe Garden are all indispensable, what do you think?" Lin Yan hurriedly interrupted.

As soon as Tianjing was mentioned, Lin Yan was scared in his heart, alas, Mom, this SARS is really not a joke, go there at this point in time, if you don't say it's good, you will be isolated, so you hurriedly pushed back the time.

"Okay, Dad, Uncle Lin, Xiaoshi's idea is okay, after a while, I plan to buy a house in S City, and then I will take you over to live for a while. Li Jiaqi said.

"Okay, just do as you say, hehehe!" Aunt Huang smiled and echoed.

Several people were talking and laughing about their parents' travel itinerary and arrangements, and Lin Yan's mobile phone rang again.

Remarks:

Huoxi: There is a saying that there is a warm kang for heating in the north, and fire is used for heating in the south.

Huoxi is still very familiar to the southerners in the sixties and seventies of the last century, and now it can be handed down basically antiques.

Huo Xi is a general name, which can be divided into three categories: fire fire, copper fire and aluminum according to the different materials made. Among them, the use of 篾熫熫 is the most common.

In the fire, the workmanship is particularly fine and exquisite.

To weave a fine fire, the master craftsman needs to put in one or two labors. The lower part of the body is braided with scorn and slivers, and the weft threads are as thin as copper wires in flower wires (a type of wire).

The warp threads are braided with weft threads and silk in the inner layer, which is almost invisible. The braided texture is tight, the warp and weft are distinct, and the whole is smooth.

The upper convex belly is braided with another pattern for a week, the warp slices are exposed outside, the weft slices are separated into a block of square shapes, staggered, forming a circle of squares staggered with a belt pattern, the bottom of the pattern fire and the upper mouth are each tightly turned a hoop, this hoop is synthesized into a thick hoop with multiple circles of thin slices, so that the fire is strong and durable.

The round arch handle is also composed of a number of strips, and a circle of rattan is tightly wrapped around the handle to tighten the arch handle, and the pattern of the spring ring is also braided.

At both ends of the hand, the original multiple pieces of slices were broken and arranged into a fan-shaped, and one by one was inserted into the fire wall and stretched straight to the bottom, and the two ends were knotted.

Fine fire will certainly paint tung oil or tree paint to add color, its production craftsmanship is exquisite, the image is beautiful, often as a gift for relatives and friends.

Many people will put a jar in front of the stove, and usually put the leftover charcoal in this jar, and in winter, it can be used as charcoal for making fires.

It is far from enough to rely on the charcoal fire generated when cooking and cooking and picked up from the stove, so what should we do? The fire produced by cooking rice is "killed" into charcoal and hoarded, mixed with some chaff, chaff, wood chips and charcoal to fill the number as hot raw materials.

How are the fire and hot raw materials installed? The bottom of the fire is filled with a layer of thick ash to prevent charcoal from burning the wall and bottom of the fire, a layer of hot raw materials is placed on the ash, a layer of charcoal is spread on top, and a thin layer of ash is covered on the charcoal fire to prevent the heat energy of the charcoal fire from oxidizing and depleting too quickly. The charcoal fire comes into contact with the hot raw materials below, and under the semi-anoxic conditions, it is slowly burned to produce heat energy, which prolongs the heat release time.

Roasting Barrel: Simply put, it is a large wooden barrel, in which the inner bowl or brazier of the fire is placed, and there are four slightly protruding "ears" on the wall of the barrel to block the iron grid.

In the winter in the south of the Yangtze River, the weather is wet and cold, and the whole person squats in the fire bucket, with a small blanket covering his knees. The fire bucket is very useful, baking clothes on rainy days, keeping food warm, and can also be used directly for barbecue.

When I was in elementary school, every little friend had to bring a small fire bucket to school, and I often baked rice cakes, roasted corn, roasted sweet potatoes, and also baked eggs in the fire bucket.

In class, they barefoot on the fire, reading a book, and stealing food from the fire barrel......