offended the daughter of the deputy chief Yao's family of the Ministry of Communications, Xue Pingshun was very frightened, but Chen Zikun didn't take it seriously: "What's wrong with the young lady of the deputy chief's family, is it that she has two more eyes than others, and she hits people when she hits a car, and there is no Wang Fa." ”

Xue Pingshun sighed: "That's what the truth says, but who is reasoning with you these days, Da Kunzi, you are young and vigorous, and the uncle advises you that if you want to live longer in this world, you have to learn a word." ”

"Which word?"

"Patience."

Back in the house, Baoqing saw a business card on the table, picked it up and looked at it, and jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on: "Du Xinwu, the hero of the north and south!" ”

Xue Pingshun's eyes also lit up, took the business card and looked at it, and said in surprise: "It's really Du Xinwu, Du Daxia, I really didn't expect that the guest who came in the afternoon turned out to be him!" ”

Chen Zikun said: "The name of the North and South heroes is very famous, is he very powerful?" ”

Xue Ping said smoothly: "Du Daxia once worshipped Wulin Yiren as a teacher, and his martial arts were quite good, and he once served as the bodyguard of Song Jiaoren and Song Chief, which is not an ordinary character. ”

Chen Zikun asked: "How is it compared to Yu Zhankui?" ”

Xue Pingshun looked disdainful: "Compared with Du Daxia, Yu Zhankui is a dish." ”

Chen Zikun nodded thoughtfully.

……

The next day is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the New Year goods in the Ziguang Depot are very neatly prepared, eating, wearing, using, playing, offering, raw, cooked, dried, fresh, and complete.

Not to mention the ordinary pork, mutton and beef, in order to take care of Chen Zikun's taste, Xing'er also specially made some Kanto goods, venison, pheasant, frozen fish; There are also water-milled rice cakes, cold bamboo shoots, magnolia slices and other southern goods.

I also bought a suit, a satin melon skin hat, a blue cotton robe, the outer gown can be removed and worn alone in summer, and a black horse coat, two pairs of white-soled single-face cloth shoes, close-fitting gowns, socks, are all brand new, and the size is just right.

In addition, there are incense sticks, tin foil, door gods, stove kings, candles offered to the Buddha, paper flowers, honey offerings, firecrackers set off on Chinese New Year's Eve, two kicks, hemp thunder seeds, and Taiping flowers.

With Xing'er's operation, the car factory is also a little New Year's flavor, during the Chinese New Year's Eve, Chen Zikun gave several guys in the car factory a holiday, let them go home early for the New Year, Uncle Xue also let him go home, and there were only two people left in the huge yard, Chen Zikun and Aunt Wang.

Although it was still daytime, the sound of firecrackers was already one after another, and Chen Zikun couldn't help but feel a little gloomy when he thought of drinking wine and eating meat in large bowls with his brothers in the mountains on Chinese New Year's Eve last year.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, Aunt Wang hurriedly went to open the door, and it turned out to be Xing'er's family and Xiaoshunzi's sister and brother, all six of them were wearing guest clothes, except for Chen Sanpi, all of them were smiling.

"Da Kunzi, are we happy to accompany you for the New Year?" Yan Hong wore a new red jacket today, beaming with joy, since Xiao Shunzi went to the Six Nations Hotel to be a cub, she should not be secretive, and she can raise her head in front of her neighbors.

"Happy, happy." Chen Zikun rubbed his hands excitedly, he is crazy personally, he likes a lot of people.

So many people came, the house became lively, Xing'er and Aunt Wang cooked, Guo'er took a second kick, and went to the alley to find those children to play, Xiao Shunzi accompanied Chen Zikun to sit in the main room and chat, Chen Sanpi stood in the corner with fear, wanting to come over, it seemed that he didn't dare.

"Da Kunzi, try this." Xiao Shunzi handed over a cigarette.

Chen Zikun took it and sniffed, "What smoke?" ”

"Three Forts, this has been popular in the Six Nations Hotel recently." Xiao Shunzi took a cigarette case with green and gold letters, skillfully flicked it at the bottom of the box, jumped a cigarette into his mouth, took a red-headed match casually, lit it on the sole of his shoe, lit it for Chen Zikun first, and then lit it for himself, cocked Erlang's legs in black leather shoes, and spit out the circles of his eyes triumphantly.

Chen Zikun picked up the cigarette case on the coffee table and beckoned Chen Sanpi: "Uncle, you can have one too." ”

Chen Sanpi hurriedly turned his farts upside down, took the cigarette holder with both hands and put it on his ears, and smiled flatteringly.

Without waiting for him to talk, Chen Zikun took out a piece of ocean and said, "Uncle Trouble help me buy some firecrackers and kicks, and by the way, buy some fried peanuts at the mouth of the alley." ”

"Well, I'll go." Chen Sanpi turned around and went out.

Xiao Shunzi pouted: "For one dollar, he can go down with five cents." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Even if it's all black, it's only one dollar, I saw that he was awkward and deliberately sent him out." ”

"That's right." Xiao Shunzi did not continue this topic, but instead talked about the anecdotes of the Six Nations Hotel, which courtesan flower was favored by the young master of the chief family, and what the young lady of the overseer's family eloped with someone.

"Last night, there was a dance party at the Liuguo Hotel, and the young lady of the Yao Cichang family was furious and scolded the son of the Xu Cichang family...... "Xiao Shunzi said that her eyebrows flew and danced, and she was enjoying it.

Chen Zikun interrupted him and asked, "Deputy Director Yao of the Ministry of Communications?" ”

"Huh, how do you know?" Xiao Shunzi was puzzled.

"Look at me, I'm not, the library assistant of Peking University is my friend, read the newspaper casually, I don't know how many deputy directors surnamed Yao are in the cabinet."

Chen Zikun's words are a bit bragging, it is true that Assistant Mao is his friend, but newspapers are not so easy to borrow.

"Hehe, yes, it's Deputy Director Yao of the Ministry of Communications, the temper of his daughter's daughter is really powerful, I really don't know how Xu Gongzi suffered, tsk." Xiao Shunzi shook his head and sighed, seemingly interested in the gossip of the dignitaries.

"What department is Vice Chief Xu from?" Chen Zikun asked, he suddenly remembered Xu Tingge, and heard Xu Er say, isn't his family the second chief.

"That's a big deal, Xu Shuzhi of the War Department, Deputy Chief Xu, Army General, are all deputy chiefs, and his deputy chief is more powerful than Yao Cichang, but Xu Gongzi is a nephew, and the relationship is a little farther away, so it is quite equal."

"Oh" Chen Zikun spit out a smoke ring, and suddenly understood why Xu Er was so arrogant, it turned out to be the coachman of the general's family.

As he was talking, Chen Sanpi came in with a large number of firecrackers, and a large bag full of fried peanuts from old newspapers, put them on the coffee table and said: "It's done, the old man at the mouth of the alley is really pitiful, I bought all his peanuts and let him go home for a good year." ”

"Uncle Chen has a heart." Chen Zikun praised that one dollar can buy so many things, it seems that he really has no black money.

"Well, I'm going to sweep the floor." Chen Sanpi was encouraged, seemed to be in a good mood, took a big broom, and swept the ground in the yard hard.

"Daddy Xing'er is not bad to the bone." Chen Zikun said with emotion.

"That's, they are all from poor families, how bad can they be, if it weren't for the addiction to alcohol and gambling, the Xing'er family wouldn't have lived so badly, by the way, in two days, there will be a fireworks party in the Liuguo Hotel, and it will be full of Western fireworks, which is different from our second kicker, it is absolutely beautiful, and you will come then."

"Eat peanuts." Chen Zikun greeted, opened the newspaper bag, the peanuts in it were fragrant and crispy, all full, he casually spread out the old newspaper and took a look, this is a "Times" in November last year, the headline on the news is that the diplomatic delegation of the government went to Paris to participate in the victory of the peace conference, and there is a small news below is that the president of Peking University Cai Yuanpei announced a three-day holiday, and students took to the streets to cheer and march.

"Tsk, our country has also become a victorious country." Chen Zikun said with a newspaper in his hand.

"But no, it's different now than the former Qing Dynasty, let the family ride on the head to fight, now we are the Republic of China, a dignified victorious country, do you know, the European war has wiped out all the men, and now we have to transport men from China to help them pass on the lineage." Xiao Shunzi said vividly.

Chen Zikun was stunned: "This thing is fresh, are all the men in the family dead?" ”

"It's not enough to die, it's not enough anyway, I heard them say in the Six Nations Hotel, this time the war Britain died a million, France died two million, all of them are strong young men of the right age, you think, how many widows do you need, it's not enough, you must import our Chinese men."

Saying this, he looked around, lowered his voice and pretended to be mysterious: "I heard that there is a big mansion to live in Europe, and four or five women are waiting, if I can't leave, I want to go." ”

Chen Zikun smiled dumbly: "Come on, who believes it." ”

Xiao Shunzi was anxious: "Lying to you is a puppy, this is all what I heard in the Six Nations Hotel, absolutely not wrong, our country has sent 600,000 strong men over, it is not enough, Duan Zhizhi has trained 100,000 troops to participate in the war and prepare to fight in Europe, Germany and Austria heard the news, guess what, surrendered, hehe, we have won, and our China is also a victorious country." ”

Chen Zikun didn't read many newspapers, and he hadn't mixed in the Six Nations Hotel, so he couldn't say it, so he had to bury his head in eating peanuts, Xiao Shunzi laughed twice, and said: "The Six Nations Hotel is ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year and the victory in the European War, and make a large-scale fireworks party. ”

"Keep it to yourself." Chan said.

The fragrance of the meal wafted in, the apricot mother and Aunt Wang shuttled back and forth with steaming plates and bowls, and it didn't take much effort to put the big round table full, chicken, duck and fish, and more tempting was the plate of pork dumplings, that is, when the rice and the dish, dipped in some high vinegar sesame oil, garlic cloves, and then some two pots, that beauty, to a fairy do not change.

The family sat around the round table, and Aunt Wang wanted to hide under the kitchen to eat, but was persuaded by Chen Zikun to stay on the table, facing the table full of wine and food, everyone didn't know how to speak.

In the end, it was Xing'er who was the most generous, stood up with a wine glass and said: "Thanks to Da Kunzi, we can have a decent year this year, with wine, food and dumplings......"

Before she got up, she was a little choked, Xing'er Niang wiped her eyes with the placket of her clothes, Yan Hong lowered her head and didn't speak, Aunt Wang was also sad, and Chen Sanpi was even more ashamed and wanted to bury her head in the crotch of her pants.

However, Guo'er's two eyes were staring at the oily chicken leg on the plate, and she wanted to stretch out a hand in her throat, and Xiao Shunzi was also anxious to scratch her ears and cheeks, eager to hurry up and start the banquet.

Chen Zikun took over the conversation and said: "In the future, we will be like this every year, there is wine, food and dumplings, but we can make it vigorously, and we will be full!" ”

Xing'er laughed, the dense sound of firecrackers outside sounded, and the smell of the New Year became more and more full, Chen Zikun raised his wine glass: "Let's go." ”

Everyone raised their glasses, the men tilted their necks and lowered their stomachs, and the women all took a shallow sip, and their faces flushed.

Finally started eating, Xiao Shunzi and Guo'er pounced like two wolves, grabbed a chicken leg and gnawed it violently, and were counted down by Yanhong and Xing'er Niang, and then looked at Chen Zikun, it was not much better, holding the pig's elbow with both hands and biting, that virtue was no different from a live bandit.

Everyone laughed when they ate and said that Da Kunzi was domineering and majestic.

Xiao Shunzi pretended to be angry, saying that it was good for the pigeon to rest on Da Kunzi, but it was not good to put it on me, where to reason.

"If you have the ability, you can also defeat Yu Zhankui." Guo'er said to him.

Everyone burst out laughing.

……

Chinese New Year's Eve ended with the sound of firecrackers, and everyone did not leave that night, the older ones gathered together to nag for vigil, and the younger ones went out to play with firecrackers, and went to bed when they were tired of playing.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xue Pingshun's family came early, to give everyone a New Year's greeting, along with the work, all walks of life are closed for the New Year, but the rubber group can not rest, the New Year period is the most frequent time for everyone to go to relatives, going out is to buy and sell, a day can earn a few dollars, no one is willing to rest.

After accompanying Uncle Xue and Bao Qingye to talk, Chen Zikun looked at the big grandfather clock in the house and said, "I should go to work." ”

Uncle Xue said: "Let's take a day off today, if you are reluctant to get a car, let Baoqing help you pull, and his clinic is also closed." ”

Chan said: "I can't be replaced by others. ”

After saying that, he pulled the foreign car and went out.

"This kid is really a hard worker." The older ones sighed.

No one knew that Chen Zikun pulled the empty car out of the house, and when he met the taxi caller, he didn't care at all, so he went directly to the Lin House, stopped at the mouth of the alley, and began to wait.

After a while, the door of the Lin Mansion creaked open, poked out a little head and looked around, and quietly came out of the door, dressed in plain blue and elegant, it was Chen Zikun's dream lover Lin Wenjing.