Entering the beginning of February, the weather is even colder, but the festive atmosphere has been coming, the streets and alleys, crowds of people, all the shops are carefully dressed up, advertising banners, red lanterns, colorful flags fluttering, do their best, and strive for a share of the largest New Year's goods market every year.

Buying New Year's goods is an indispensable thing for every family before the New Year, Li Youran is no exception, in the past two days, he took Sun Xiaoying, to department stores, supermarkets and other places to shop, which mainly household items, decorative supplies and clothing, as well as a bunch of fireworks, as for food, they bought less, because most of them can already achieve self-sufficiency, at most add some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, rice noodles and the like.

Of course, the exchange of favors in the past year was also indispensable, and he asked the logistics department to arrange to send a tube of Cuifeng tea and twenty liters of space stream water to Old Man Fang, Secretary Lin, and Ling Wanru's father, as well as a few self-raising aquatic products such as mandarin fish, flower perch, and crabs.

After such a long period of cultivation and cuttings, the growth of Cuifeng tea trees has become more and more luxuriant, and the yield of fresh leaves per tree has more than doubled compared with the original. That's where there is more room for manoeuvre. As for Da Hong Pao, although the healthy branches of the cuttings were also independent trees, the increase in yield was not as obvious as that of Cui Feng, and the inventory had to be prepared as the pillars of the new teahouse, so it could not be easily taken out.

Approaching the end of the year, the number of customers who came to buy fish in the bun shop has also increased greatly, Uncle Qi after Li Youran discussed, specially allowed each household to purchase twice the usual amount, Xiao Xia of the logistics department for this purpose and specially ran a trip to Mingcui Villa, with the help of the second uncle, caught a batch of aquatic products from the fish pond of the glass greenhouse to replenish.

As for the other system departments related to the steamed bun shop, Aunt Qi is in charge of the unified situation, and she will do her best to make the most of them.

Meng Huijuan, an aquarium shop, whose home is in Heteng County, more than 100 kilometers away from Tianhai City, also plans to go home for the Spring Festival this year.

Luo Fatzi granted her a few more days off for this reason, so that she could come back to work on the tenth day of the new year and gather more with her family.

On the morning of the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month. Li Fangcheng drove Meng Huijuan to the long-distance bus station in the Chang'an Star van, and before leaving, he took out a bottle of peach blossom beauty nectar from his bag, which was given to him by Brother Ran Zi in the first two days. As a special gift for the New Year, it was given to Juanjuan.

Meng Huijuan had a red glow on her face, hesitated for a while before reluctantly accepting it, and then boarded the long-distance bus and waved goodbye to Li Fangcheng.

In addition, Aunt Qi informed Li Youran that the reconstruction and expansion plan of the steamed bun shop declared last time had been approved, and it was very smooth. The drawings basically do not need to be changed, and they have been handed over to the architectural design institute for the drawing of construction details, and the construction team can be arranged to start construction when the weather is warmer after the Chinese New Year.

This approval speed is already quite fast, Li Youran naturally understands that this is the role played by Luo Fatzi's father, and in order to express his gratitude, he asked the guys in the logistics department to send two black fish, three firewood chickens and a basket of firewood eggs to Luo Fatzi's house.

The time finally came to the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and in the afternoon, Li Youran and Aunt Qi walked around the store together. Give an early birthday to the employees who are still sticking to their posts.

Then I came to the yard and saw a leopard ball playing in the empty field. It's a harsh winter, and the leopard ball is outside during the day. At night, he has been transferred to the side of Uncle Qi's dormitory, after all, wolf dogs have lived too long in human society, and their ability to withstand the cold is far from being comparable to that of wild wolves.

"Leopard Ball, I can't be with you during the Chinese New Year. Be obedient and listen to Uncle Qi. Li leisurely stroked the head of the leopard ball that pounced on him, and said slightly apologetically. The leopard ball also has the responsibility of taking care of the bun shop, and cannot bring it to Mingcui Villa.

The leopard ball squealed, straightened up, and arched its head into his arms, looking coquettish. …,

"Uncle Qi. Let's get a few more delicious portions of leopard balls these days, and change the tricks. Also, there are a lot of artillery battles during the New Year, so be sure to pay attention to the fire. Thank you very much. Li Youran turned his head and explained to Uncle Qi next to him.

Uncle Qi's family of three is going to spend the New Year in the bun shop, and they are also on duty.

"Ranzi, I'm here. You can rest assured. Uncle Qi nodded and promised.

Li Youran said goodbye to the leopard ball, and then called Li Fangcheng, Huzi, Sun Xiaoying and Tuo Yi, and drove the Audi Q5 and Chang'an Star to Mingcui Villa together.

The second uncle and two aunts are all idle people, living in Mingcui Villa during this time, the house and the house are cleaned up in an orderly manner, the windows are bright and clean, and the indoor ground is also mopped spotlessly with a dun cloth, and the light shines. Even the cleaners who were regularly sent by the property company to clean up were returned.

Li Youran was very reluctant to go, and persuaded him twice. But my aunt took it for granted, and told others that if they were inactive, their bodies and bones would be idle.

Two cars drove into the No. 76 courtyard one after the other, Li leisurely opened the car door and walked down, looked up, did not come back for three days, the courtyard and small buildings have changed, the glass is glued to the window flowers, the door is pasted with couplets and New Year's paintings, the big red lanterns are hung on both sides of the door bucket, and the willow trees, apple trees and grape trellises in the yard are also tied with colored lanterns, and it is very festive to look at. These are all decorations that he bought back a few days ago, and they seem to have been placed in place by his uncle and aunt.

"Dad, Mom, we're back!" Li Fangcheng shouted loudly and pushed the door in.

"Change your shoes, change your shoes, the house has just been mopped, and the outside is full of dirt and mud." The second aunt hurriedly greeted.

Li Fangcheng and Huzi laughed, changed into slippers according to their words, and took off their coats and hung them on the hanger.

There was a burst of aroma wafting in the kitchen, and Li Youran smelled it, it should be the smell of stewed shiitake mushrooms with chai chicken, which is really tempting.

"Second aunt, the stewed chicken is made of special water from a water bottle, right? Don't use tap water. He asked casually.

"You've explained it several times when you left, and I can't remember it. Not to mention, this water is really good, and the rice is fragrant. The second aunt praised it.

"Okay, let's all wash our hands, go to the kitchen to help, and everyone will make a Chinese New Year's Eve meal together." Li Youran issued a call to labor to his younger brothers and sisters.

"I'm going to wait for you, the cucumber dishes are cold. Your second uncle and I started preparing yesterday, and we have already done it a long time ago, you young men are careless, you will make a mess, just let Xiaoying come over and give me a hand. After the second aunt finished speaking, she took Sun Xiaoying into the kitchen.

"Second aunt, where is the second uncle?" Li Youran looked around, didn't see the second uncle, and hurriedly asked.

"On the roof, feed your eagle, this old man, now he is as intimate with a bird as a grandfather and son, and I don't know what is wrong." The second aunt's chattering voice came from the kitchen.

"It's Jin Yu, ho, I haven't seen you for a long time, let's go, take a look." When Li Fangcheng and the others heard this, their interest increased, and they took off the coat they had just hung up and walked towards the stairs.

Li Youran also wanted to see what was going on, so he followed him upstairs together.

As soon as I went up to the third floor, I heard a babbling song, followed by the sound of a sawing blade, Li Youran smiled, this is a local minor tune in Longshan County, I haven't heard it for many years, it seems that the second uncle is in a good mood.

Huzi pushed open the door of the terrace, and the three of them looked closely, only to see the second uncle in an old cotton jacket stepping on a square stool with one foot, pulling the saw with one hand, and a wrist-thick log bar was dropping sawdust under the back and forth movement of the saw blade.

Beside him, Jin Yu was squatting on the perch, turning his head sideways to listen to the second uncle's singing intently, as if he was enjoying it.

"Dad, what are you doing?" Li Fangcheng walked over and asked. …,

"Yo, you're back. I'm going to add two more bars to the golden feather so that it can move a little more. The second uncle stopped humming a little song and raised his head in response.

Tsk, tsk, Jin Yu saw Li Youran, flapped his wings twice, and said hello.

Li leisurely walked over and patted Jin Yu's neck, and Jin Yu rubbed the outside of his crooked mouth and face back and forth on his hand to show affection.

Li Fangcheng and Huzi looked at it very hotly, and they approached and reached out to touch it.

"You two don't have clean hands, huh? I just wiped the hair of the golden feather at noon. The second uncle asked with a frown.

"Dad, look at what you're asking, as if we're still playing with mud." Li Fangcheng said dissatisfied.

"Then who knows, you two don't play with mud less? Sticking the quilt everywhere, your mother is not less affected by this. The second uncle said disapprovingly, and continued to bow his head and pull the handsaw.

"Dad, when did that happen, why do you keep mentioning this?" Li Fangcheng was quite embarrassed.

"Okay, okay, I prove that Fang Cheng and Huzi are cute and clean now." Li Youran hurriedly played a round.

Li Fangcheng and Huzi just got their hands up and down, touching the back feather of the golden feather from head to toe, it felt really good, crisp and shiny, and smooth. He touched the claws of the golden feather again, and admired in his mouth, this thing has killed a roe deer, and it is on par with a steel knife.

Jin Yu was quite honest at this time, and he didn't show any dissatisfaction.

After teasing Jin Yu for a while, Huzi approached the second uncle and said flatteringly:

"Second uncle, I can also do some carpentry work, let me help you."

"You?" The second uncle glanced at Huzi, hesitated for a moment, and then threw him a pair of wooden brackets and asked him to punch holes in the bolts.

Huzi happily responded, rolled up his cuffs, and started working according to the instructions of the second uncle.

The Li Youran brothers glanced at each other and smiled knowingly.

"By the way, Brother Ranzi, have you bought fireworks?" Li Fangcheng suddenly remembered the key question, this Chinese New Year, if there is a lack of fireworks, it will be very boring.

"And that's it, the warehouse is piled up like a hill, it's all so big, how much does it cost? It's a waste to buy a few guns in the New Year, and you can get it at once. The second uncle pulled the handsaw while counting down, he knew that the price of those big people lifting into the air was not cheap, he used to only see someone let go when he was celebrating in the township, and no one in the whole village of Lijiagou was willing to burn this thing.

"Hehe, second uncle, where is it so exaggerated. It's rare to get together for the New Year, and everyone is happy and happy, and they want to be happy. Li leisurely explained with a smile. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )