Chapter 1027: Housewarming Feast 1

1.

After Han Changzheng left the principal's office, Sun Wudong picked up the pen on the table and was about to write a rough outline for the speech of the all-teacher meeting tomorrow. You must know that tomorrow will be the first time that Sun Wudong, the new principal, will make an official appearance in front of all the teachers of Hushan Middle School, but he must not be sloppy.

At this moment, Song Xiuwen, the director of general affairs, pushed the door with a smile.

"Principal Sun, what are you busy with?" Song Xiuwen greeted Sun Wudong first when he entered the door.

"Oh, it's Director Song, please take a seat!" Sun Wudong raised his butt slightly, "What's the matter?"

Song Xiuwen sat in front of Sun Wudong with a big grin, reached out and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on Sun Wudong's table, and took a hard breath to spit out a thick smoke.

"No, I've already led the logistics staff to overhaul the water and electricity in the student dormitory area and teaching area for an afternoon according to your instructions...

"Director Song is hard!" Sun Wudong hurriedly said to Song Xiuwen for his hard work. It seems that every school is the same, and the busiest department before the start of school is school logistics, material procurement and water and electricity maintenance, which Sun Wudong knows very well.

"By the way, how is the preparation of teaching materials before the start of school?" Sun Wudong suddenly patted his head and asked Song Xiuwen, to be honest, Sun Wudong is indeed a little busy these days, and he often loses everything when he does things.

In fact, the question asked by Sun Wudong was also the question that Song Xiuwen had always wanted to ask in his heart but did not dare to ask. Seeing that the start of school is imminent, Sun Wudong has not arranged the preparation of teaching materials, and the preparation of teaching materials in the school was responsible for the wife of Deputy Mayor Xu Wenkai, and Song Xiuwen, the "general manager" of Hushan Middle School, can only be responsible for receiving and distributing them, and he will not get any benefits. Now? The principal of Hushan Middle School has been replaced by Sun Wudong, will it also change the school's rules for preparing teaching materials? This makes Song Xiuwen's heart itch and panic, and he wants to ask, right? And he is afraid of provoking Sun Wudong's annoyance, what if Sun Wudong has already booked the teaching materials in advance? Isn't Song Xiuwen's question tantamount to looking for trouble? If he really annoys Sun Wudong, will he still have his own good fruit to eat next? But, if he doesn't ask? Song Xiuwen is indeed itchy, the preparation of various materials for the school before the start of school is a big expense, and the benefits are self-evident.

"There are only a few broken brooms and iron dustpans left in the logistics warehouse, and there are a few boxes of white chalk, and the rest needs to be replenished..."

"Oh!" Sun Wudong frowned, and answered without further instructions.

Song Xiuwen looked at Sun Wudong with a blank eye, but Sun Wudong had been wrinkling his eyebrows and pondering, which made Song Xiuwen feel a little disappointed, thinking that the wife of the deputy mayor Xu Wenkai or Sun Wudong himself had already taken the lead.

In fact, Sun Wudong's mind didn't think about this aspect at all. What Sun Wudong was thinking about was where the money for the school's purchase of materials would come from before the school's accounts were formally handed over? You must know that poor teachers are all people who live on dead salaries, and it is impossible for anyone to come up with a few thousand yuan in cash at once. Therefore, Sun Wudong's worries are also normal.

2.

"Look at it! I almost missed a big deal!" Song Xiuwen saw that Sun Wudong had been silent, so he suddenly changed the topic, "Principal Sun, the cadres of the school committee are discussing the 'burning kang' for you tonight, do you think you should arrange it in advance first?"

"I don't need to trouble everyone with 'burning kang', right? I will hold a banquet in the hotel tonight, thank you for your hard work..." Of course, Sun Wudong understood what Song Xiuwen meant by "burning kang", so he hurriedly excused himself.

"Burning Kang", also known as "warm pot", "warm house", "warm house" or "Tian Hoard", is called differently in different regions, but the content and meaning covered are roughly the same. In the Toyama area, "burning kang" refers to the custom of inviting relatives and friends to come to know the new house after the completion of the new house, or after the housewarming or brother's separation, relatives, friends, and neighbors should bring gifts to celebrate, and the host sets up a banquet to entertain the compatriots, which is a folk custom that has been popular in the Toshan area for thousands of years. Especially in the former countryside, after building a new house, the neighbors will send food, furniture and other items to help, because the general living conditions in the past were not good, such behavior can promote the harmony and mutual help between neighbors, including the meaning of everyone adding firewood and high flames. Although it is said that the material life is better now, and each family no longer lacks anything after moving to a new house, the custom of "burning kang" is still enduring, and it reflects a strong human touch and simple family affection.

The tradition of "burning the kang" has a long history, but the customs vary from place to place. In the Toyama area, for example, relatives and friends usually come to "roast kang" to give chicken, fish, meat, tofu or bean sprouts, and steamed noodles. Sending chicken means good luck, two fish means having more than enough every year, tofu means being blessed, bean sprouts means taking root and sprouting, sending noodles and dumplings means that the days are thriving, and so on. If the married daughter separates the family and sets up a separate door, the mother's family will send food, cooking utensils, wine and food, etc., in order to help set up a pot and set up a stove and live independently. But no matter what you send, the theme of congratulating you on the housewarming is the same.

With the continuous improvement of material living standards in recent years, the "burning kang" between relatives and friends has gradually replaced the goods by money. Therefore, "burning kang" to send red envelopes has gradually become a trend in the Hushan area. Of course, the amount of money in the red envelope depends on the personal financial resources and the intimacy of the relationship, and those with good relationships and deep wealth can wrap a little more in the red envelope.

It's just that in some areas, some industries or some people, the essence of "burning kang" to give red envelopes has now been distorted and has become a way for many people to give gifts to leaders in disguise. If you have a request for someone or want to tie up with the leader, take advantage of the leader's housewarming to send a big red envelope, so that the leader can not refuse and can quietly achieve their goal.

Sun Wudong can be regarded as having been in the officialdom of Huxian No. 2 Middle School for many years, so how can he not understand the tricks in this? Sun Wudong does not want to be accused of taking advantage of the opportunity of moving to a new house to make money as soon as he comes to Hushan Town.

2.

"Principal Sun, as the saying goes, follow the customs of the countryside!" Song Xiuwen continued to speak in the vernacular in order to achieve the goal, "In our Hushan Town, 'burning kang' is a very important custom, and 'burning kang' is to add popularity to the family, indicating that the future will be prosperous, so the more people who 'burn kang', the better.

"This..." Song Xiuwen's hat was buttoned too heavily, and Sun Wudong was speechless for a while.

"Principal Sun, that's it, I'm going to inform them, let's see you at the 'Longquan Restaurant' at six o'clock tonight..."

After saying that, Song Xiuwen ran away again, where is there any sign of the "old arms and legs" he complained about just now?