On the morning of February 1, 1970, Daling Primary School finally had a holiday!

Before the holiday ceremony, Zhou Xiaoming talked to me.

Xiaoming said: "Alas! Ahh We've known each other at this school for a year! I'm so happy to have you here! However, I don't like this ravine more and more! In the future, I may have to face employment problems! So, I'm going back to Shanghai next semester! ”

I said, "Yes! After all, you are not from the big city, and this place is really not suitable for you! So, will your parents leave here too? ”

Xiaoming said: "My parents will continue to stay here! This is my father's workplace! Now, my dad is going back to Shanghai to work, it's too difficult! Unless he works here in the future and makes meritorious contributions! Only then will he be able to return to Shanghai! Do you understand? Ah Cai, you are the godson of my parents, in the future, you should visit them often! ”

I said, "Okay! I will visit them often! Wait, I'll send you some gifts as a souvenir! ”

Xiaoming said, "Okay! After the holiday ceremony, you go and get the gifts for me, and then, you come with me to my house, my parents want to see you! ”

I said, "Okay! Wait, I'll get the family car! ”

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After the holiday ceremony, Xiaoming was waiting for me at the school gate, and I ran home.

When I got home, I rinsed a glass bottle of multicolored stones, which I picked up with Yanfang and Xiaoda by the Daling River, and I liked it very much, so I think Xiaoming will also like this glass bottle full of colorful stones!

My mother and Wei's mother happened to be at home, and I told them to go to Zhou's house to play.

The mother said, "Ah Cai! You go early and come back early! In the evening, you have to go to Cen House with me to do dividend settlement! ”

I said, "Mom! Okay, I'll come back when I see my godfather and godmother! ”

So, I took the multicolored stone glass bottle and drove the family jeep to the school gate.

When I arrived at the school gate, I gave Zhou Xiaoming the colorful stone glass bottle, and he really liked these colorful and brilliant colorful crystal stones!

He put the bottle in his bag.

After I put his bike in the jeep, we drove to their house.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, we arrived at the courtyard of the Zhou family's villa.

We went into the house and chatted with Uncle Zhou and Aunt Xue over tea in the living room at home.

Aunt Xue said, "Ah Cai! Listen to Xiaoming, when Mr. Tao was arrested, you were beaten by others? Is it hurt? ”

I said, "Godmother! No! I just haven't seen anything like that! At that time, I was so excited that I didn't stand still and fell on my own! ”

Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Ah Cai! You are a good person who values righteousness! I like people who are affectionate and righteous! However, in the future, you must consider the pros and cons of what you do! Don't do anything that is bad for you! Do you understand? ”

I said, "Uncle Zhou! I know! I really didn't expect Mr. Tao's family to be like that! My mom said that I would forget about them completely! ”

Uncle Zhou said, "Yes! Very to the characters and things, we can only see the surface! It's very difficult to see what they are! Therefore, in the future, you must pay more attention to everything you do! Don't believe what others say or do, or what things look like! Be sure to learn to calmly analyze the essence of things! Do you understand? ”

I said, "Uncle Zhou! I understand! Thank you for your teachings! I won't be making the same mistake in the future! ”

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Oops! Old Zhou! You should be a professor at a university! When you talk about these things, I have a headache when I hear it! Ahh Don't tell your Uncle Zhou about these things! Ah Cai, we are going back to Shanghai for the Chinese New Year, and when I come back here from Shanghai, I want to buy you a gift! What do you want? ”

I smiled and said, "Godmother! You buy me the kind of jacket, trousers and leather shoes that Zhou Xiaoming often wears! I want to be a big city kid! ”

Everyone laughed!

Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Okay! Ahh I'll buy you a good pair of Go and chessboards! In the future, you can play chess with me more! ”

I said, "Okay! Uncle Zhou! I'll play chess with you now! But don't be angry if you lose! ”

Everyone laughed!

So, Xiaoming and Aunt Xue went to the kitchen to make lunch with Su's mother.

Uncle Zhou and I set up a chessboard and a chess jar in the living room and started to play chess, and we chatted as we went.

I said, "Uncle Zhou! Do you feel aggrieved that you work in a poor ravine like ours? ”

Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Alas! There is no way to be wronged! Life is like this, and everything can't go your way! Patience is life's best friend! ”

I said, "Uncle Zhou! So, how can you and your godmother go back to Shanghai? ”

Uncle Zhou said: "It depends on the opportunity!" If the above thinks I'm useful! I could get out of here! ”

I said, "Uncle Zhou! How can it be considered useful? ”

Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Ah Cai! I've been pondering this question all my life! There's no answer yet! In fact, everyone is a chess piece! When you're a rock, it's useless! Therefore, you have to stand up to the polish of others! Become a beautiful pawn! Then, you have to find a chess player and put you in his chess jar, and then, you have to follow the master's hand, he puts you there, and you stay there! Until a game of chess is played! If you are disobedient and slip from the hands of your master! You may get hurt and become an outcast! Or it will fall to pieces and become useless garbage! ”

I said, "Uncle Zhou! I don't want to be a pawn! I want to be a chess player! ”

Uncle Zhou said: "Ah Cai! To be a chess player is to be a human being! Everyone in this world is a chess player! Everyone has a game of chess in their hearts! It's just that there are more or fewer chess pieces in everyone's hands, and the rules of chess are different from chess skills! There are no rules in the chess game of life! The chess pieces are also unpredictable! It is very difficult to play chess well in life! Therefore, this chess player is not easy to be! Sometimes, it's easier to make a pawn! These truths, in the future, you will slowly understand! ”

I said, "Uncle Zhou! Thank you so much for telling me these life lessons! I will take your teachings to heart! Be a good person, do good deeds! ”

Uncle Zhou said: "Ah Cai! You're a good piece of material! Your talent is high! In the future, study hard and work hard to be a man! ”

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After we played a few games of chess, lunch was ready.

After I had lunch with Uncle Zhou, Aunt Xue, and Xiaoming, I drove back home.

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At 8 p.m., I drove my mother to Cen's house.

When we arrived at Cen's house, my mother and I were in the living room of Cen's house, discussing with Mr. Cen and Uncle Lan about the dividends of the machine repair factory and the rice noodle shop.

Teacher Cen smiled and said, "Magnolia! Since the opening of our machine shop on May 1st last year, business has been doing very well! As of the end of January this year, all costs and employee year-end bonuses have been removed, as well as this year's reserve fund! We earned a total of 68,000 yuan! This is a dividend! I think the Zhou family has been very helpful to us this year! I want to give a red envelope of 2,000 yuan to Director Zhou personally! What do you guys think? ”

The mother smiled and said, "Yes! Teacher Cen! I think 2,000 yuan with the Zhou family is too little! Let's give 5,000 yuan! In this way, things may be easier for us to do with them in the future! ”

Uncle Lan said: "I support Sister Yulan's proposal!" Now, our raw materials mainly rely on Mr. Zhou, who supply our factory! They do a good job in terms of product quality and price! ”

Teacher Cen said, "Okay! Just give them 5,000 red envelopes! Tomorrow morning, Ah Cai and Xiaoda will be responsible for sending it to Uncle Zhou and Aunt Xue! ”

Then, Aunt Lotus began to calculate dividends according to the shares of the Qin family, the Cen family and the Lan family, and the calculated dividend plan was:

Total dividends: 63,000 yuan

The Qin family accounted for 40% of the shares and received 25,200 yuan;

The Cen family accounted for 35% of the shares and received 22,050 yuan;

The Lan family accounted for 25% of the shares and received 15,750 yuan.

After everyone read the calculation and there was no problem, Aunt Lotus distributed the above cash to her mother, Teacher Cen and Uncle Lan, and after my mother and I counted the dividends, my mother put 25,200 yuan in cash into her briefcase.

Aunt Lotus handed over 5,000 yuan in cash to me after wrapping it in a red silk cloth.

I put this goodie bag in my briefcase.

The dividend of the rice noodle shop is 8,000 yuan, which is also quite good, but it is not as profitable as our photo studio!

The Qin family accounted for 40% of the shares and received 3,200 yuan;

The Cen family accounted for 35% of the shares and received 2,800 yuan;

The Lan family accounted for 25% of the shares and received 2,000 yuan.

After everyone read the calculation and there was no problem, Aunt Lotus distributed the above-mentioned cash to her mother, Teacher Cen and Uncle Lan, and after my mother and I counted the dividends, my mother put 3,200 yuan in cash into her briefcase.

After the dividends were over, my mother and I said goodbye to Teacher Cen, Uncle Lan and Aunt Lotus, and we drove back home.

When we arrived at home, Mama Wei, Jing Di and Lilan were waiting for us in the living room at home.

The mother smiled and said, "Everyone! Our family had a bumper harvest last year! Ah Cai's photo studio earned 1,920 yuan last year! Today, our machine repair shop and rice noodle shop also share dividends! Get 28,400 yuan together! Recently, our family's income is 30,320 yuan! ”

Wei's mother said, "Okay! Jing Di and I didn't settle the accounts at home last year! Before February 25 last year, our family deposit was 21,100 yuan! Last year, the daily expenses of subsidizing the family with savings were 1,100 yuan, and Jingtian and Lifen went to study and gave 1,500 yuan! In this way, the deposit is now 18,500 yuan! If 30,320 yuan is deposited in the bank tomorrow, our family's deposit will be 48,820 yuan! ”

The mother said, "Good! Wei Ma! Now we have more money! Convert some of your money into a fixed deposit! That's a lot of interest income a year! ”

Wei's mother said: "I have already done this!" The original deposit was 15,000 yuan, and I had completed a 10-year fixed term on February 25 last year, with an interest rate of 10.5%! This time, I want to make 30,000 yuan into a 10-year term! In this way, our family has an interest income of 4,725 yuan every year! This income is much stronger than a rice noodle shop's annual dividends! ”

Everyone laughed!

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On the morning of February 2, Xiaoda and I drove to Zhou's house to give gifts to Uncle Zhou and Aunt Xue.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, we arrived at Zhou's house, and the family was preparing their luggage to return to Shanghai for the Chinese New Year.

Uncle Zhou and Aunt Xue received me and Xiaoda in the living room at home.

I said, "Uncle Zhou! Aunt Xue! Last night, the shareholders of our machine repair plant paid dividends! The shareholders are very grateful for your Zhou family's help! Today, they entrusted me and Xiaoda to give you a gift of 5,000 yuan! Here are some of the shareholders' thoughts! You must take it! ”

So, I wrapped the red silk cloth that Aunt Lotus gave me to Aunt Xue and Uncle Zhou.

Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Oops! You're so kind! Actually, it's not free for us to help you! We've already charged your factory fees! That's a lot of money! We can't take it! ”

I said, "Uncle Zhou! Last year, our machine shop did a great job! The shareholders also shared a lot of money! This money is taken out of their own dividends! It does not affect the operation of the factory! Xiaoming is going back to Shanghai to study, and in the future, you will inevitably spend more money! Uncle Zhou, you are a business person! I also know how much I earn! Take it! ”

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Alas! Old Zhou! I'll take it! Otherwise, Ah Cai and they wouldn't go back to make a difference! ”

Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Okay! Even if you support me! In the future, we will support the operation of your business more! ”

After the gift, we said goodbye to the Zhou family.

Aunt Xue said that early tomorrow morning, their family will go to the provincial capital to take a plane to Shanghai, so we don't have to see them off!

After saying goodbye to the Zhou family, Xiaoda and I drove back to Cen's house to report the gift to Teacher Cen and Uncle Lan.

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On February 4th, the beginning of spring, on this day, our family received the New Year's package sent by Brother Wenchang and Sister Wenjuan, Brother Jingtian and Sister Lifen!

In the package of Brother Jingtian and Sister Lifen, there are gifts for Mother, Mother Wei, me, Jingdi and Lilan!

Mother and Mother Wei each got a cashmere scarf!

They bought a red head rope, a hairpin, and a small hat for their little sister Lilan!

Jing Di and I each got a commemorative pen from their school!

There are also a few photos in the package, which are photos of Brother Jingtian and Sister Meixin, Brother Xiaodong and Sister Lifen or photos of the four of them, etc., because they are all wearing strict military coats and military hats, we can't see their fat and thin at all! However, they are all in good spirits!

Brother Wen Chang and Sister Wen Juan's package sent from Paris, France, has gifts and letters!

The letter said that Brother Wen Chang had been studying at the Frunze Military Academy for more than half a year, and he had traveled from Moscow to Paris to celebrate the New Year with Sister Wen Juan and Aunt Wen.

Aunt Wen, Brother Wen Chang and Sister Wen Juan, the three of them took a photo in front of the Eiffel Tower, Aunt Wen is dressed as a Parisian lady. Brother Wenchang is wearing a suit and leather shoes, wearing a Russian-style windbreaker, and he looks extraordinary! Sister Wen Juan's dress for a French middle school student.

They gave us beautiful food in tin boxes such as chocolates, sweets, biscuits, coffee and condensed milk.

My mother made us coffee for us to drink, and it was the first time our family had coffee together.

After Lilan took a sip, she spit it out!

Lilan said angrily: "Sister Wenjuan is too!" Buy us cold dishes to drink in winter! This herbal tea is so bitter! I don't drink! ”

Everyone laughed!

The mother smiled and said, "Lilan! This is not herbal tea! It's coffee! It is the favorite drink of foreigners! There's *** inside! It's a pick-me-up! ”

Lilan said, "Okay! Let's call it coffee! But even if it's coffee! I don't like it either! ”

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On February 5, Chinese New Year's Eve, our machine shop, photo studio and rice noodle shop closed their doors for the New Year after setting off firecrackers.

Uncle Tiger, Brother Tiedan, Brother Shi and Sister Caiyan and other families are celebrating the New Year in our photo studio, and they are used to life in the town!

On Chinese New Year's Eve's Chinese New Year's Eve, Mother and Wei's mother cooked very richly, including white-cut chicken, white-fruit stewed duck, braised fish, taro button meat, scallion fried lamb, and hot pot, etc., meat and vegetarian dishes!

The mother said, "Alas! Your father has been gone for more than two years! You're starting to grow up, too! Your four older siblings are also studying outside and laying the foundation for their future lives! Jingcai, Jingdi and Lilan, you have grown up to be sensible! Ah Cai can already be his own boss to make money! Jingdi is also studying, and he can do a lot of things! Lilan will also help Wei's mother work at home, and she can also read and write! ”

Lilan smiled and said, "Mom! You can rest assured! I've grown up! It must be better than Brother Acai! I'm going to be a scientist when I grow up! Let you sit at home and eat and drink for nothing! ”

Everyone laughed!

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