Hou Yong slowly tore off a piece of calendar paper, loaded it with cut tobacco leaves, and rolled it up.

Rolling tobacco leaves is also a craft, and the cigarettes rolled out by people with poor skills are loose and uneven, and before they finish smoking, the cigarette rolls fall apart.

Hou Yong's technique of rolling tobacco leaves is very good, and the slender cigarette rolls are rolled tightly and neatly, and it looks quite beautiful.

Zheng Youzhi didn't dare to interrupt the process, and waited until he finished rolling the tobacco leaves before he took out a box of cigarettes, took out one and handed it over.

Hou Yong put the cigarette on the table, took the cigarette, Zheng Youzhi handed over the lit match and lit the cigarette for him.

Hou Yong took a puff of cigarette and made a rare joke: "Ambition, the specifications of this cigarette are not low, and my treatment is two levels in a row?"

There is a local saying about cigarettes in N Province: senior cadres smoke peonies, active-duty soldiers smoke Xiangshan, ordinary cadres have two cents and three cents, and poor middle peasants "roll happily".

A box of peony cigarettes is five cents, relatively expensive, and it is a luxury item in N Province at that time, and Xiangshan cigarettes are slightly worse than peony cigarettes, which belong to mid-range cigarettes.

The red sun cigarette of two cents and three cents is more popular, it is a low-grade cigarette, and the general workers and cadres smoke this, as for the so-called "roll up the joy", it refers to the homemade cigarettes of the brave Fangcai.

Zheng Youzhi handed over a Xiangshan, and jumped directly to Xiangshan from "Juan Dehuan" over the red sun, and Hou Yong made such a joke with him.

Hou Yong has always been serious in Zheng Youzhi's face, and it is rare to make a joke.

Zheng Youzhi was a little flattered, and hurriedly smiled: "Where, uncle should smoke Xiangshan." ”

Since Zheng Youzhi was acquiesced by Hou Yong, Zheng Youzhi changed his name to Hou Yong.

Outside, he called Yong the captain, and in private, he called his uncle very affectionately.

Hou Yong didn't express his reluctance or dissatisfaction, and when Zheng Youzhi called him uncle, he agreed naturally.

Zheng Youzhi felt that Hou Yong was treating him as his own family.

I don't know when I will be able to turn my uncle into a father.

The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still have to work hard!

Hou Yong took a puff of cigarette and didn't continue to talk about it, but asked with a serious face: "Youzhi, are you twenty-three this year?"

Today, the Hou family is the second person to mention his age, Zheng Youzhi is a little flustered, and he doesn't know what Hou Yong means.

He didn't dare to be smooth in front of this famous "monkey spirit", so he lowered his eyebrows and replied honestly: "Yes, uncle, I am twenty-three years old and twenty-two years old." ”

"Have you ever wondered what to do next?"

Hearing Hou Yong's question, Zheng Youzhi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Isn't that the same as what Meili asked just now?

Zheng Youzhi immediately cheered up, his small waist was straight, and his chubby round face looked extremely serious.

"Uncle, I want to rely on myself to set up a household, and I will definitely not let Meimei suffer with me! Uncle, your second elder and Meimei look at it, I will definitely be able to live a good life if I don't rely on my sister!"

Zheng Youzhi decided that he had to let the beauty see, and he Zheng Youzhi was also a man who stood up and peed!

"Ahem!"

I don't know if I heard Zheng Youzhi's heart, Hou Yong seemed to be choked by the cigarette, he coughed a few times, and flicked the cigarette ash in the ashtray made of tin cans.

Zheng Youzhi was secretly happy in his heart, take a look, the future father-in-law also thinks he is very capable, right?

"If you have ambitions, although you will come to my house after you get married, you will not break off contact with your relatives in your hometown. ”

Hou Yong didn't mention words like inverted doors, but changed his words.

"Ash is hotter than earth. Relatives should help each other, and in the future, you and Meili will have a career, and you can also help your sister's family. ”

Zheng Youzhi was a little confused.

The future father-in-law seems to have a little different ideas from his beauty?

Who should he listen to?

Zheng Youzhi quickly understood the Taoist ideal.

The old man is right, relatives should help each other.

His second brother is such a strong person, every time he encounters trouble, doesn't he first go to his brother-in-law for help?

It's nothing to ask your sister for help if you have trouble, as long as you can stand up yourself, don't rely on your sister!

"Yes, uncle, my sister is willing to help me, my eldest brother studied secondary school for her to pay for it, and after three years of study, she didn't bother at all.

I'm like this, even if I trouble my sister, it's not as troublesome as my eldest brother. ”

"Ambition, that's not right. ”

Hou Yong pressed the cigarette butt into the canning box, and the smile on his face was kind and wise: "You have to stand up yourself, you can't rely on your relatives."

Relatives move around, pay attention to the coming and going, your sister helps you, you have to help your sister, how can you help her?

You have to stand up yourself first, so that you can have the ability to help your relatives, and you will not live up to your relatives' desire to help you. ”

After saying this, Zheng Youzhi felt as if he had been empowered, and he only felt that his heart was suddenly bright.

This is the way he should go in the future!

Of course, his previous approach of relying on his sister for everything was wrong, and it wasn't all right for Meili to rely on herself, and the old man showed him a clear way.

He wants to stand up on his own, and just as his sister helped him, he will be able to help his sister in the future!

"Uncle, don't worry, I will never engage in those crooked ramps in the future, I am also a man, I have to stand up, I can help the family in case of trouble, and let the beauty have something to rely on in the future!"

Hou Yong nodded noncommittally, and asked again: "It looks like the New Year is coming, what do you plan?"

"I won't go back for the New Year this year, my mother has my two brothers and sisters in front of me, she is lively over there, I stay here to accompany my uncle for the New Year, and by the way, I will discuss with my uncle about the work of educated youth. ”

Zheng Youzhi is full of confidence, but he only feels ambitious.

What about the Chinese New Year, the old lady has two brothers and sisters over there, he has to stay here and think about what to do next.

……

……

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, what the Lin family was worried about has not happened.

Mrs. Zheng didn't come to the door to make a fuss, and Zheng Youde didn't come to find fault with Lao Lin's family.

Lin Weiguo's beard that he was forced to shave has grown again, and Zheng Youde, who loves to find faults, has not yet come to inspect the work of Lao Lin's family.

However, Lin Youcai came a few times with his daughter-in-law and children, and brought some pancakes made by Qiao Xiu'e and her mother.

Qiao Xiu'e's family is from Shandong, and the Shandong pancakes made by her mother are thin and crispy, rolled with green onions and then topped with Zheng Guihua's own spicy sauce, which the Lin family loves to eat.

Zheng Guihua and Qiao Xiu'e were cooking in the kitchen, chatting without saying a word, similar to what kind of food store has hairtail for sale, so they had to hurry up and grab a few.

Or maybe the big store has a new color of fabric, but it is too late, and it is too late to wear it for the New Year, etc.

"Why don't you see your brother-in-law, don't you rest today?" Qiao Xiu'e hadn't seen Lin Jiaming since she came in, and she hadn't seen anyone when the meal was almost cooked, so she couldn't help but ask.

Zheng Guihua didn't care: "There is a relative in my hometown who can't hit the eight poles and is sick, Lao Lin helps to contact the doctor to see a doctor, and he has been busy with this for the past few days, and he has not even returned home." ”

Qiao Xiu'e respects Lin Jiaming in her heart: "My brother-in-law is really a warm-hearted person, and I can't complain that everyone says he is good." ”