After dealing with Li Dengshen's matter, Tang Ning was depressed for several days, and he couldn't do anything, and the people around him, whether it was Miyuki Yokoyama, who was quite favored before, or Higashino Shimada, who was very much used, didn't dare to speak casually when they saw Tang Ning's appearance, let alone those new guards and Li Xianglan, who had just been robbed, in short, the atmosphere at home was very solemn, and everyone didn't dare to speak loudly.

Until one day (January 22, 1947 to be exact), Tang Ning overheard Han Xuewei and Yebi arguing, Han Xuewei complained: "Chef Yebi, I just want to eat a plate of dumplings, it's not a big deal, if you don't want to wrap it, then I'll make it myself." ”

Yebi explained in a low voice: "Miss Han, don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't want to give you a bag, if it's usual, don't say a plate, even ten plates, I also made it for you, but now you can see the situation at home, the master is in a bad mood, everyone is careful to do things, for fear that where he is not done, provoke him to be angry, it is said that the previous master killed dozens of people. ”

Han Xuewei muttered: "I know that the captain is in a bad mood these days, so I secretly asked you to help me make some dumplings, otherwise I would have bought firecrackers and red lanterns a long time ago." ”

Yebi couldn't help but ask curiously: "Miss Han, what day is today, you want to make dumplings and set off firecrackers again?" ”

Han Xuewei replied without thinking: "Today is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and for the New Year, of course, you have to eat dumplings, set off firecrackers, and paste Spring Festival Lian!" ”

Yebi asked suspiciously, "Chinese New Year?" Isn't the year long over? Then, suddenly, he reacted and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Han, I forgot that you are Chinese, it seems that you Chinese have a different time for the New Year than us." (After the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese New Year refers to January 1 to January 3 of the Gregorian calendar, which is different from Japan.) ）

Yebi said this, Tang Ning also reacted, yes, today is the first Spring Festival after he crossed over, the first most important day of the year in the real sense, this day is much more important for him than Christmas (this is the day of the American New Year) and January 1 (Japanese New Year), and recently due to his bad mood, the atmosphere in the whole house is very dignified, and it is just this opportunity to let everyone relax and relax!

After making up his mind, Tang Ning walked into the kitchen, Han Xuewei and Yebi, who were still discussing just now, saw him come in, and they hurriedly saluted nervously, Tang Ning said with a smile: "No need to salute, am I so terrible!" By the way, Miss Han, I just heard you say that today is the Chinese New Year's Eve of you Chinese, what does this mean? Is it the same as us Americans celebrate Christmas? "This grievance that Tang Ning said, a person who has lived nearly thirty years of the Spring Festival, actually wants to use this method to determine the meaning of the Chinese New Year's Eve

Han Xuewei nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the Chinese New Year's Eve of us Chinese is the same as the Christmas of you Americans, the New Year of the wild than their Japanese." ”

Tang Ning thought Han Xuewei's appearance was quite funny, so he teased her: "Oh, then you Chinese celebrate the New Year every year today, that is, January 22nd?" ”

Han Xuewei hurriedly explained: "No, no. We in China do not use the Gregorian calendar, but the Yin calendar, and the time of the Chinese New Year is different every year. ”

Tang Ning continued to pretend to be stupid and asked, "Lunar calendar?" Yin and Yang of Yin? ”

Han Xuewei blushed and waved her hand again and again: "It's not the yin of yin and yang, but the Yin of the Yin Dynasty, the Yin Dynasty is a very ancient dynasty in our China, and the calendar we use was established during the Yin Dynasty, also known as the lunar calendar." ”

In fact, what Han Xuewei said is not entirely correct, the Yin calendar is a kind of calendar in folklore, in fact, the lunar calendar adopted in China is not exactly the Yin calendar, but Tang Ning felt that there was no need to break it with her so clearly, so he said with a smile: "Anyway, today should be a festive day, because I am in a bad mood recently, so everyone is very nervous, so let's have a lively New Year today, everyone is happy." ”

As soon as Tang Ning said this, everyone was very happy, of course, the happiest was Han Xuewei, because people went to a foreign country, and they were most likely to be sad and homesick in some more important festivals that were generally family reunions (if boys want to chase girls from other places, the success rate of using tender means at this time is the highest), Han Xuewei got in touch with her family a while ago, and her father wrote that now the Northeast is at war, and the entire Northeast is in a mess (due to the fact that I am not allowed to write about the domestic situation during this period, So please Baidu Baidu 1946 Northeast War Situation), since the girl has a stable job in Japan, then don't be in a hurry to come back, so Han Xuewei is still alone in Japan at this time, and she will naturally miss her family extremely much during the Spring Festival.

Although the others did not have her homesickness, everyone was relieved to hear Tang Ning's words, and the heart that had been carrying it was finally put down.

So everyone started to get busy, Tang Ning naturally couldn't arrange what everyone to do, because he had to pretend not to understand these customs, but fortunately, not only Han Xuewei, Li Xianglan, Yebi, and Shimada are all people who have stayed in the Northeast, and they know very well how Northeast people should celebrate the New Year, so they paste Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, make dumplings, and reunion dinners, these processes are staged one by one, and Tang Ning also sent a red envelope to everyone in the house, and the result is naturally happy.

Washed away by the festive atmosphere of the New Year, Tang Ning's mood also became much better, and the next day he went to inspect the work of various departments of the Cola factory in good spirits, and checked the training of the guard reserves, and then began to work on the preparations for the new factory.

In fact, Tang Ning didn't worry much about the whole preparatory work at all, most of it was taken care of by Aoyama Trading Company, and at this time it was very clear to see the difference between locals and outsiders, although Tang Ning, as a US ** official, could be rampant and domineering, but after all, he was not familiar with Japan, and he didn't know where to have the right machine and where to recruit experienced workers, so he did everything with half the effort. On the other hand, Aoyama Trading Company can do these things with half the effort, and it will cost less.

But even so, there is still a big problem in front of Tang Ning now!

PS: The previous plot is a little darker, so write some happy things in this chapter to transition.