Chapter 20: Purchasing New Year's Goods
The front yard Lao Yan's house is being held, the Nth meeting of the family, and the main content of the meeting is to purchase New Year's goods.
Yan Bugui: "First of all, what is the budget for our family to buy New Year's goods this year?" ”
The three mothers: "Xie Cheng gave 15 yuan, let's also Tao 15, right?" Thirty dollars,"
Yan Jiefang: "What is this money enough for?" We couldn't buy a single set of clothes. ”
Yan Jiekuang: "That's it, you have to buy a few of us a new set of clothes, I haven't worn new clothes for several years." ”
Yan Xie didn't speak, and stayed quietly on the side.
Yan Bugui: "Don't say it, listen to my analysis and analysis, first of all, didn't you just wear the coat that your brother bought for me a few days before liberation?" You're going to get a coat this year, and you're going to get a pair of gloves at most. I'm talking about Xie Kuang, didn't your second brother's clothes be given to you? What else do you want, you are here first, you are growing your body to buy a new one, after a few years it will not be small again, and when you don't grow your body, I will buy you again, and now I will buy you a hat at most. Then talk about Xie Jian, Xie Jian's clothes are old, then let your mother tear some cloth for you, and re-sew your cotton clothes with some cotton, the same as new, it doesn't cost much, buy you a pair of cotton shoes, no. ”
Yan Xie Kuang muttered: "Dad~ According to what you say, my clothes have become hats, my second brother's clothes have become gloves, and my little sister's clothes have become shoes, and you won't buy us new clothes this year?" ”
Yan Bugui: "Hey! Hats, gloves, and shoes don't cost money, huh? If you are not satisfied, you will have to spend more than ten dollars on the three of you, and you will not eat or drink."
Three mothers: "Your dad is right, how much would it cost everyone to buy new clothes?" Your dad doesn't have enough money for a month, and our family can't get by. ”
Yan Bugui: "It's not uncommon to talk about you, so if you throw away the money spent on them, there is still about 17 yuan left, tell me what else to buy?" ”
"We still have to buy a chicken, two fish, peanuts, melon seeds, candy, and a pound of pork, tofu, vermicelli, tobacco, alcohol, and soybeans?" Mung beans, firecrackers. There is no need to buy eggs, the two old hens that Xie Cheng bought have laid a lot of eggs these days, enough to eat for the New Year. ”
Yan Bugui calculated and said: "Five yuan for chicken and fish, two yuan for peanuts, melon seeds, and candy, three yuan for pork, tofu, vermicelli, soybeans, mung beans, and firecrackers, and five yuan for cigarettes - buy five packs of spring ploughing, and five cents for two bottles of Xifeng for wine, a total of fifteen yuan and five cents, and wrap a few red envelopes for the children in the yard, and you can save a little." ”
Yan Jiecheng: "Dad~ If you want to talk about settling accounts, you are in our courtyard Yan is this" said and stretched out his thumb.
Three mothers: "You all have to learn from your father, you can't eat poor, you can't wear poor, you can't count it to be poor." ”
Yan Jiekuang: "Our family hasn't become rich."
The three mothers: "It's just a few of you, our family is not rich, and the money spent on you this year is enough to buy a bicycle, or new." ”
Yan Bugui: "Okay, let's talk about how to arrange for you to queue up to buy things, Xie Cheng went to buy cigarettes, wine, firecrackers, peanuts, melon seeds, candy, Jiefang went to buy tofu, vermicelli, soybeans, mung beans, your mother took Xie Jian to buy cloth, shoes, hats, gloves for you, and I took Xie Kuang to buy meat, chicken, and fish." Okay, you go to your mother's to get the money and the ticket, and disperse. As he spoke, he went out with his hands behind his back to find the second master to play chess.
After eating in the afternoon, I took the money and tickets to the door of the state-run store and lined up to buy New Year's goods, the queue had to be hundreds of meters, and at a glance there was a sea of people, and the staff inside were busy sweating, and there were trucks parked at the corner of the street that came to deliver goods, and several workers were moving things to the store.
was lining up when I saw Guangfu coming over in broad daylight, lined up in front of Yan Jiecheng, "Guangtian Guangfu, is your brother coming back for the New Year?" ”
Liu Guangtian: "What are you coming back, my eldest brother hasn't been in contact with his family since he got married and left." ”
Liu Guangfu: "It's okay if you don't contact him, or our father won't be able to send him things and money." ”
Yan Jiecheng: "The second master still wants Guangqi to come back?" ”
Liu Guangtian: "It's not! My dad, you don't know it yet, he likes my eldest brother, and if my brother has something, my dad will be the first to worry. ”
"Then does your mother know about your brother's application to go to the third line to support construction?" Yan Jiecheng said.
Liu Guangfu: "I don't know, my dad told my mother that the factory leaders valued my brother very much, so they transferred my brother over, the key is that my mother really believed it." ”
Yan Jiecheng: "In broad daylight, you won't go to school after the New Year, didn't the second uncle say to find you a job?" ”
Liu Guangtian: "What are you looking for!" My dad asked me to work as a temporary worker in a machine shop, and I don't know when I will become a regular worker. ”
Yan Jiecheng: "That's okay, as long as you can make money, it's really hard to find a job now." ”
Liu Guangtian: "It's still hello, there is an electrician who enters the factory as a regular worker, and I also took the time to take the test, but I didn't pass the test, it was too difficult, and I didn't pass the written test." ”
Yan Jiecheng: "Why doesn't the second uncle find a relationship for you to enter the rolling mill, this rolling mill is much better than the welfare of the machine repair factory." ”
"My dad doesn't want to waste favors on me, thinking that my eldest brother will come back and use it for him." Liu Guangtian said with a depressed face.
No wonder Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu don't care about bangs in the future, this is not just a matter of beating children. This bangs is also a fool, this Liu Guangqi has run away, and you still count on him, no one cares about him in the future, and he also asked for it.
As I was talking, I heard the waiter shouting what are you buying! Hurry over to buy good things, pay for the ticket, and walk to the courtyard with your things.
When I got home, I saw that the ground was full of things, and the three mothers sorted these things.
Yan Bugui saw Yan Jiecheng and said, "Xie Cheng is back, put down your things, put the things your mother sorted out in the kitchen, remember to close the door." ”
"Got it," he said, carrying his things into the kitchen.
At this time, the middle courtyard was also placing New Year's goods, the difference was that Silly Zhu and Uncle Yi put most of the New Year's goods at Lao Jia's house, which was to eat with Qin Huairu's family when they were preparing for the New Year.
Next, the whole courtyard is filled with an attractive aroma every day, either stewed meat, stewed chicken, or stewed fish, today you steam steamed buns, tomorrow I steam rice cakes. The children in the yard are also happy to take firecrackers everywhere every day.
Silly Zhu is busy cooking for people everywhere, earning extra money at the same time, he can bring back a few lunch boxes of meals every day, He Yushui also came back from vacation, stayed at home every day, and did not go out.
Xu Damao is too, he is busy going to the countryside to show movies every day, and every time he comes back, he is a big bag of local products, and sometimes he gives it to Yan Fugui. If you don't say that this Xu Damao is more stupid than a stupid pillar, he can be a man! The key people don't eat alone, whoever encounters it, can share points, although there are not many, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat!