Sending away a group of little ancestors, Xue Xiang breathed a sigh of relief to the four of them, and this tossing took more than an hour. At this moment, the sun is rising, the light is shining, and the ice edges and snow on the house are already dripping with tears.

Everyone took advantage of the free time to light a pot of charcoal fire, began to surround the brazier, drank tea, chatted, and was making fun of the miserable situation of Liu Yuanchao, Li Hongjun, and Sun Qianjin in the barracks, and another visitor came to the door. It was Zhang Fatzi, Yin Jinghua, and Chen Fosheng who walked in, and all three of them were wearing black round-neck tunics, I don't know if it was discussed in advance, and the uniform dress made it quite a good feeling for the brothers to let them go together. The three of them were not empty-handed, they carried a lot of bags and small bags, and when they entered the courtyard, they greeted the New Year together.

Xue Xiang greeted the three of them into the door with a smile, beckoned Lei Xiaotian and the three of them to serve tea, and just as everyone was about to sit down, three more people stepped into the door talking and laughing.

"Xiao Xue, happy New Year, I'm not at home when I move forward, I, who is an uncle, will give you a New Year's greeting for him." The first to speak was Ma Liangma, the director of Hualian Wood Factory, who said that he was greeting Sun Qianqian for the New Year, but he was just covering up his skin. This old boy was tossing and turning in bed at three o'clock in the morning and waiting for dawn, so that he could come early to pay New Year's greetings to Xue Xiang. During this time, he had already inquired about Xue Xiang's current dispatch - the security office staff, this was poking at the sky, and he was so scared that he almost broke his spine. After being scared, he was ecstatic, and he was happy that he could even be regarded as having a little incense with Xiao Xue, and if he cultivated it well, he might not be able to walk out of a road to heaven in the future. Ma Liang knew the details of Xue Xiang, but he didn't have the opportunity to get close to Xue Xiang, so he couldn't run to other people's houses every day with a cheeky face, so it seemed contrived, it didn't make people bored, and it hurt his feelings if he couldn't say it. Finally, looking forward to the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ma Liang found this right opportunity to visit. As soon as the morning dawned, the director of the Ma University got up, and after cleaning up, he was about to go out. Director Ma was impatient, but he had to say that everyone welcomed him in. Who knew that after sending this batch, that dial came, and after tossing for an hour, a pair of feet of Director Ma Da still couldn't get out of the house. Seeing that the sun had risen high, Director Ma Da couldn't care about the faces of his group of subordinates, dropped a sentence, brought two good cigarettes that had been carefully prepared, and went to Xue Xiang's home.

Ma Liang's voice fell, and the other two also spoke.

"Staff Officer Xue, my Lao Qiu has come to pay you a New Year's greeting, it's late, don't blame, don't blame, I'll punish myself with three cups at noon."

"Comrade Xue, Happy New Year, my old horse came uninvited, abrupt, what about my lovely little niece, look at what Uncle Ma sent her."

The previous one spoke was Qiu Zhiguo, the commander of the 12th Regiment of the Praetorian Guard Division. Qiu Zhiguo was full of smiles, and carried a purple canvas bag in each of his left and right hands, which contained precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, Polygonum multiflori, and cordyceps that he had dragged all over the relationship. Qiu Zhiguo really tried his best to come to the door this time, with his speculation, Xue Staff's family lacked nothing to eat, drink, and wear, and what he sent could not achieve a dazzling effect, so after thinking about it, he hit the idea on the mountain medicinal materials of the supply and marketing cooperative. Why are you so concerned about Qiu Zhiguo? It turned out that what happened that night more than four months ago, and now that I think about it, it still makes him feel numb. The entire Praetorian Guard Division, from the division commander Liu Gao to the officers close to Liu Gao, were wiped out, and of the three regiments under the Praetorian Guard Division, only he, the commander, was unharmed, and the commanders of the other two regiments were taken away that night. If Qiu Zhiguo still can't understand whose shelter he is entrusting, then he is simply wronged if he is said to have started by patting horses. Therefore, Qiu Datuanzuo has always wanted to find an opportunity to thank this great staff officer Xue who has great powers and attaches great importance to love and righteousness. Qiu Tuanzuo is now very low in front of Xue Xiang, with his age beyond Xue Xiang's teens, even a cheeky person like New Year's greetings has to pretend to be a junior before he is embarrassed to say it, and he will be directly arrogant.

The latter is naturally Director Ma Yongsheng of the May Fourth Canteen Management Committee. Since the little guy called him Uncle Ma once, Ma Yongsheng did his best, and in the shortest possible time, he was stunned to sit down on the title of this uncle, and sent some food and toys to the door in person. No, he heard that the little guy loves to eat hairy crabs, and before the end of the year, he was stunned and brought back four or five catties from Yangcheng Lake to Xue Xiang's family. Ma Yongsheng is now completely controlling Minister Xu's pulse, as long as Minister Xu Da goes to the May Fourth canteen for dinner, he intentionally or unintentionally mentions the recent situation of the little guy, which will always attract Minister Xu's attention and questioning, so that he has become familiar with Minister Xu a lot recently. On one occasion, Minister Xu actually asked him personally to teach the little guy what to eat and the skills of coaxing the doll, and Ma Yongsheng was so happy that his soul almost came out of the shell. Up to now, he still can't see Minister Xu's doting heart for the little guy, so he has ruined the nickname of "Spirit Rhinoceros" given by others.

As soon as the three of them walked to the edge of the flower pond, Xue Xiang greeted them, and after a while of greetings, he let the three of them into the house. After everyone sat down again, Xue Xiang introduced Ma Yongsheng and Qiu Zhiguo to everyone. Ma Liang and Zhang Fatzi, Yin Jinghua and others participated in that dinner together, and they already knew each other, but when they met at this time, they didn't mention their own greetings. Ma Yongsheng, Qiu Zhiguo and everyone met for the first time, and when Xue Xiang introduced him, he had to give a brief explanation of their respective backgrounds, and the two of them were also in the same heart.

Everyone sat down around the brazier, these people, the stubborn lord and the officials sat together, the young and the middle-aged chatted together, and without a few words of greeting, the scene was cold. Xue Xiang, as the master and the link connecting everyone, naturally took the responsibility of enlivening the atmosphere, he turned into the room, brought out a few decks of poker, this time, everyone found a common hobby, around the Eight Immortals table, and played Gong Pig (Gong Pig, the more popular way to play at that time, pig, alluding to the Z faction).

Speaking of which, the younger officials had to ask: Was there poker at that time, and could it be played? The answer is yes, and you can play. Here's the thing, at the beginning of the catastrophe, there were three cards in the playing cards, J, Q, K, and the big and small king joker, as representatives of the decadent ideas of the West, were chased and beaten by the young generals, and the playing cards were banned. After the ban on playing cards, this group of idle young players suddenly found that they wanted to play cards are also difficult, at that time there was little fun, and they banned poker, which is equivalent to abandoning martial arts, and it was uncomfortable. Playing cards are banned, and it is not only the youngsters who are uncomfortable, but also a lot of high-level people who love to play cards, so what should I do? Easy to do! The wisdom of the people is always infinite, so someone came up with the idea to change the J, Q, and K of the playing cards to the numbers 11, 12, and 13, and the big and small kings directly wrote Chinese characters, and the printing on the playing cards was also changed to GM slogans and leader inscriptions, and in this way, the playing cards that had been banned for several years were re-produced in the early seventies.

Zhang Fatzi, Chen Fosheng, Yin Jinghua, Ma Liang, Ma Yongsheng, Qiu Zhiguo played poker around the Eight Immortals table, Kang Tong, Zhu Shijun, and Lei Xiaotian were pulled into the kitchen by Xue Xiang to prepare lunch.

Fortunately, the meat dishes have been cooked years ago, and at noon, you only need to heat them up and add a few small stir-fries to make a table, which is also convenient. Xue Xiang was stabbing a red carp by the Huanyi Pond, and the three pees happily stepped into the house.

The little guy took the lead, holding his little head high, and the smile on his face couldn't be hidden, showing that he had gained a lot; Xiaoyi straddled a bulging satchel on each shoulder, with no joy and no worries on his face, followed by him, apparently caught by the little guy and dragged him to work as a coolie; Xiaowan carried a backpack and walked at the end happily, and this New Year's greeting also gave her a lot of sweetness.

The little guy just walked a few steps, and found Xue Xiang who was killing fish, and immediately accelerated his speed, rushed to the edge of the Huanxi pool with his head high, and made a magic trick, one pocket on the left, one pocket on the right, up and down, and took out many red envelopes, and then introduced that this was given by Uncle Li, which was given by Aunt Wang. Listening to the little guy's surname, Xue Xiang understood who gave the red envelope, mostly the family members of Xue Anyuan's old subordinates in Army A.

Xue Xiang looked funny and got a lot of red envelopes, is it necessary to proudly raise his little head to the sky? He was about to ask a question, when the little guy spoke again: "Third brother, come and pick up the snacks in my hat, and press my neck to the pain." "It turned out that the little one was wearing a pink tweed coat today, and when her little book was full of snacks, she highlighted her whimsy and made a bag out of the hat behind her head. And just like that, Little Red Riding Hood was full, and her little head was lifted to the sky.

Xiaoyi listened to the little guy's prolonged voice of the "third brother", and immediately shivered. On the 28th, the little devil carried out a nuclear strike on Xiaoyi - cut off the source channel of the story, pestered him to eat four pig tails in a row for an afternoon, and ate Xiaoyi until today when he sees the meat and is still sick to his stomach. Hearing this, Xiao Yi hurriedly stepped forward, hit the two satchels behind his back, lifted the military coat, pulled it into a pocket, and honestly waited for the little guy to bend over, and took Little Red Riding Hood's snacks.

The third elementary school entered the hall and just said "Happy New Year" to everyone, and the people who were playing cards immediately stopped fighting. Ma Yongsheng was the first to greet him, his old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, and he bent down and said, "Okay, come, Uncle will give you a red envelope." After that, Ma Yongsheng reached into his coat pocket and took out three palm-sized red seals, and the seals were actually edged with gold threads. Ma Yongsheng sent the red envelope to the three children according to their age, and when they were sent to the little guy, he gently patted the little guy's shoulder with his hand, and his love was beyond words.

Ma Yongsheng's actions were like blowing the horn of battle, and everyone took out red envelopes from their pockets and handed them to the three elementary schools. None of these guys had bad eyes, and even Chen Fosheng and Yin Jinghua had prepared red envelopes in advance. Everyone stayed at Xue Xiang's house and didn't leave, so why did they come, wasn't they just waiting to distribute red envelopes to Sanxiao and marry a personal favor, was it just to have a full meal?

The three children didn't expect that they all arrived home, and it actually rained red envelopes again, and the three of them were so happy that they smiled, and they really wished that every day was the first day of the new year.

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Xue Xiang rode a motorcycle, driving on the avenue of Changning Street, all the way, the most eye-catching thing for him was the various styles of Spring Festival couplets in every household. At this time, the Spring Festival couplets he saw the most were the sentences taken from the leader's poems, such as: There are thousands of willows in the spring breeze, and 600 million Shenzhou is full of Shunyao; Chinese sons and daughters are full of ambitions, and they don't love red makeup and arms; Thousands of villages and Xuli people's relics, thousands of households Xiao Shu ghosts singing, etc. In addition to the leader's verses, the most frequent is the same as the one hanging outside the door of his house, "New Year's Yuqing, the festival number Changchun", this sentence is the first pair of Spring Festival couplets in the land of China, written by Meng Chang, the lord of Shu. Everyone hangs this couplet, all of which express the good will to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and to change Vientiane.

Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and Xue Xiang went here to pay New Year's greetings to an old man at the request of his uncle. At this moment, Xue Xiang was riding on the car, with a spring breeze blowing all the way, and the streets were full of jade, but he had no intention of appreciating it, and the noise of the past few days really exhausted him. He never imagined that the New Year would be more exhausting than a battle with hundreds of people.

On the afternoon of the first day of the new year, Xue Xiang ran through the relatives and friends in the courtyard, and when it was dark, he remembered that Mr. An had forgotten it, and ran to Songzhu Zhai in a panic. When he arrived at Songzhuzhai, Old Man An's house was feasting guests, and the second son, seven daughters, and seven sons-in-law were all at home. The old man was very dissatisfied with Xue Xiang's belated New Year's greetings, and it was also the New Year's Eve, so he didn't make a sound. Xue Xiang is always a monkey in front of the old man, and as soon as he teased him with a few words, the old man actually quarreled with him, arguing and arguing and being happy again, and the daughters and sons-in-law of the old man were amazed. Who doesn't know that the old man is very cold on weekdays, and he doesn't pretend to anyone, how can he be so good with this kid as if he were brothers. Among the sons-in-law of Old Man An, only Zuo Qiu Ming and Chen Dao knew what kind of person Xue Xiang was and what weight he had in the old man's heart. A dinner party was eaten until the middle of the moon, after the meal, the old man took out a red envelope and stuffed it to Xue Xiang, Xue Xiang didn't accept it, the old man just wanted to drink it, but Xue Xiang said, "You are old too, such a thin letter, even if it is all great unity, it is not worth much", choked the old man and rolled his eyes. Unexpectedly, Xue Xiang's voice fell, and the An brothers actually took out a red envelope to give him. Before long, Chen Dao and Zuo Qiu Ming joined the ranks of spreading the rain of red envelopes, and the remaining brothers-in-law of Zuo and Chen were no matter how sluggish they were, and they also saw a little bit of the way at this moment, and hurriedly beckoned their wives under the table to thicken the red envelopes that they had prepared to give to other nephews, and first followed the uncle in front of them. Xue Xiang went out of Songzhu Zhai, and counted the income under the street lamp, and when he counted it, he was taken aback, and more than ten red envelopes added up to a small 3,000 yuan, which was about to catch up with his salary as a superhero for a year.

On the second day of the new year, all the stubborn lords gathered in the old house of the Xue family, drank happily, and played cards all night. On the third day of the new year, Xue Xiang finally seized the opportunity to pay New Year's greetings to his future mother-in-law, and carried a bunch of large and small bags, most of which were bribed by the ghost spirit Liu Fufeng. This kid is a thief, several times a year ago, Xue Xiang took the opportunity to help the old Liu family work and got close to Fairy Liu, but he was broken by this kid. Later, this kid actually made a bid to ask Xue Xiang to exchange chocolate for a private meeting with his sister. No, a large box, nearly half of which was chocolate sent to Spy Liu. On the fourth day of the new year, it was the visiting time of the farm in the northern suburbs, and Xue Xiang took the third child to pay New Year's greetings to Xue Anyuan. This time, the farm was a lot empty, and there were only more than ten old cadres left, and Xue Anyuan's spirit became more and more vigorous. During this period, the uncle and nephew talked about the giant bomb dropped in the propaganda field half a month ago, and the form suddenly showed signs of reversal. Before leaving, without waiting for Xue Xiang to comfort Xue Anyuan, Xue Anyuan first explained that Xue Xiang took the smoothed rifling Wang Ba box at the bottom of the box and went to the plum garden to pay New Year's greetings to the old chief.

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The plum garden is located in the northwest corner of Yangliu Street by the Shicha Sea, which is where the old chief's "Rongyang" is located after going into the wild. The plum garden is not like Songzhu Zhai, named after the vegetation in the courtyard, but the first generation of the owner of the plum garden is surnamed Mei, and for some reason, after the liberation, the plum garden has been turned over several times and has never been renamed. Since the 60s, the plum garden has been inhabited by the old chief since it was assigned to the old chief by the old cadre bureau.

When Xue Xiang arrived at the plum garden, it was only eight o'clock in the morning. Yesterday, he learned from his uncle that the object of his New Year's greetings was actually the old chief, and he was completely panicked. To say that Xue Xiang has been reborn so far, big figures such as Chen Kaizhen, Xu Zigan, and General An Lao, and big scenes such as the Twelfth Regiment at Night, Lao Mo Bully Jiang Yanei, and Rong Deng Auditorium have also seen and experienced a lot. But when he really wanted to meet this old man, no matter how much he was encouraged and suppressed in his heart, he still couldn't help but set off a monstrous storm.

Yesterday afternoon, he was busy thinking about New Year's gifts for the old chief. After thinking about it, I almost scratched my scalp, and I still didn't know the essentials, and finally I almost wanted to send the ginseng and cordyceps sent by Qiu Zhiguo to the old chief, but I thought about it again, I was just a broken family, and I was not looking for excitement to send this kind of gift. Xue Xiang searched his stomach and thoughts, and at the same time scurried around the courtyard, patting the railings all over the place, only to find a trace of inspiration from the vast sea of memories. The old chief is a native of Shuzhong, and in the report in his memory, the old chief especially likes to eat Sichuan cuisine, and Sichuan cuisine has the heaviest three peppers - dried sea pepper, pickled sea pepper, and Sichuan pepper. Isn't it low-key to give these three things? Thinking of this, Xue Xiang couldn't help but applaud his cleverness. These three peppers are not available elsewhere, but there is one place, and this is the home of President Chen. Chen Kaizhen is also a native of Shuzhong, especially delicious and spicy, there have been poems praising sea peppers, poems: sea peppers are red in strings, colorful and happy to see department stores. When Xue Xiang resold antiques at Chen Kaizhen's house for the first time and was left for dinner, he saw a plate full of pickled sea peppers at Chen's house, and wanted to find three peppers, where would he go if he didn't go to Principal Chen's house?

Sure enough, Xue Xiang arrived at Chen's house and said the New Year's greetings, and then explained his intentions, Chen Fosheng was so excited that the third brother could come to the house to pay New Year's greetings, and when he heard about this little thing, he immediately went to the kitchen and moved out three jars and gave them to Xue Xiang. Xue Xiang was overjoyed, for fear that the old man would regret it, so he picked up the jar and said goodbye, turned around and withdrew, not giving Chen Fosheng a chance to say "no" to the old man at all.

PS: 2-in-1 chapter, celebrating the birth of the first deacon of this book, thank you for the gynecology reward. I believe everyone knows the source of the chapter title, from "Heaven and earth are all working together, and heroes are not free", here is a special sentence, for fear that some readers will mistakenly think that Jiangnan clerical error. It makes sense to use "Heroes are not free" here, because in the content of these chapters, Xue Xiang couldn't know that this turning point would add a strong touch to his career, and he passively accepted the task.

In addition, this is the last subsection of the first volume, and at the end of this section, Xue Xiang will be trapped in the dragon and go to sea. Finally, complaining about grievances, the days without manuscripts are very difficult, I hope you can give tickets and collections, Jiangnan will continue to stay up late to produce tomorrow's food.