January 22, 1974, the 30th day of the lunar month, is the traditional Spring Festival Chinese New Year's Eve. A long time ago, when Zhou Jimin's family returned to Nanjianzi Hutong, Xiaoxian, Xiaoyi and Xiaobu, the eldest children, all helped with housework.

was already very clean by Huang Zhaodi, so naturally she didn't need Xiaoxian and them to make a big move.

So, after cleaning up for a while, I started to be busy posting Spring Festival couplets. Zhou Shuqing, Zhou Jikang and Zhou Jitong and their four siblings have also returned, and they all live in Nanjiaozi Hutong.

The home is not a small courtyard with one entry and one span, but also contains another set, which was originally an independent two-entry courtyard house of the neighbors, which is 950 square meters.

Together, the combined of these two houses is a total of 1,600 square meters. Although there are a lot of people who come back from Zhou Jimin and his family this time, they can definitely live there.

What's more, the fourth child and his family didn't live with Zhou Jimin and them. Because Lao Siji and his family went back to their own small courtyard, near Nanjiaozi Hutong, about a few hundred meters away.

It is also a set of courtyard houses with one entry and one span, about more than 500 square meters. It was ten years ago, in 1964, when he published four books, got 3,500 yuan in manuscript fees, and then paid for the house.

The five brothers and sisters of the Zhou family, except for the fifth brother and sister who has not yet married, the other four brothers and sisters are all married and have children.

Moreover, just Zhou Jimin himself, the child is already in double digits. Not counting Zhou Qingxian and Zhou Xiaobai, and not counting the little guy Zhou Mengtian who mixed together, it's just the children born to Ding Qiunan, and they all have ten children.

The eldest and second are Zhou Qingyi and Zhou Bingyi, the third is Zhou Bingliang, the fourth and fifth are Xiaowan and Xiaojing, and the sixth is Zhou Bingwen, a little fat pig.

The seventh and eighth are the dragon and phoenix fetuses born by Ding Qiunan in 1970, the elder brother is Zhou Bingsheng, and the younger sister is Zhou Dongling.

and Lao Jiu, who was born in 1972, is also a younger sister, whose name is Zhou Shuyun, and her sister Zhou Yunshan, who was born last year.

Although there are a lot of children, there are also many rooms, which can be fully accommodated. gave birth to ten children in fourteen years, Ding Qiunan is also the most capable woman in this era, and she is really a great mother.

Zhou Qingxian, who is already fifteen years old, is even more beautiful. He is half a head taller than Ding Qiunan, and now he is working, which is quite quick.

She and Xiaoyi, who are about the same height as her, and the two sisters worked together to complete the Spring Festival couplets stickers at the gate. In the courtyard, Xiao Budian, who is now fourteen years old, is carrying two bowls of porridge and a little fat pig and their younger brothers, carrying furniture, and then cleaning them in the yard.

Xiaobai's younger sisters are on the side, and nine-year-old Xu Ning also brings her younger siblings to help.

And Zhou Jimin, Ding Qiunan, Zhou Shuqing, Zhou Jikang, and other adults are busy with dinner.

The family works together, and no one is idle. There are a lot of people in a big family, and the dinner that needs to be prepared is naturally more abundant.

Huang Zhaodi and Huang Xiaohua are not there, so Zhou Jimin and they can only do it themselves. Busy and busy, soon it will be time for Chinese New Year's Eve.

"Nan Nan, the second and third, it's almost time, let's go back to the old house first and worship my parents." Hearing Zhou Jimin's instructions, Ding Qiunan and Zhou Shuqing all put down what they were doing and began to prepare.

The east ear room of the middle courtyard of Nanluoguxiang is the home of Zhou Jimin and his five siblings, and now there are no people living in these two rooms, and the inside has been restored to its original appearance, and there is an extra table dedicated to their parents.

Every year during major festivals such as Qingming, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Spring Festival, Zhou Jimin will bring his children back to worship, and if they have time, they will also follow along.

Of course, there is basically time, and it is not possible to have time. Zhou Shumin, who is not married yet, will not talk about it, she doesn't dare not listen to her eldest brother, and her impression of her parents is much more ambiguous, but her eldest brother is more like her parents.

Zhou Shuqing is also very obedient, and even every time she takes the initiative to find Zhou Jimin and ask him to take everyone back to the capital together.

The qualification to leave Oasis New Town is not something that anyone can apply for, but Zhou Jimin has such a qualification.

As for the third and fourth brothers, their opinions do not matter. As soon as they heard that they were going back to the old house, Zhou Qingxian and the others were very happy, and the little fat pig, the little steamed bun, and Zhou Mengtian all jumped up on the spot.

It's not very far from Nanjiaozi Hutong to Nanluoguxiang, so you can walk there. The family carried tributes, firecrackers, incense and candles, etc., and walked to the old house.

At this point in time, every household can be fed and clothed, and there is no longer more than ten years ago, when there was not enough to eat.

Therefore, walking into Nanluoguxiang, Yan Bugui's old neighbors are also more enthusiastic. It's just that seeing Zhou Jimin and his family carrying sacrifices such as roast duck and roast chicken, the neighbors still can't help but want to drool.

In today's capital, there is indeed no shortage of food and drink, but when you see delicious food, you will still subconsciously want to see more.

What's more, Zhou Jimin's family has a lot of people, not to mention, all of them are very high, and they also carry a lot of delicacies that their neighbors have never seen.

It's normal for neighbors to be greedy.

"Yo, Professor Zhou is back?" The three mothers greeted each other with a smile, as enthusiastic as they were more than ten years ago.

She was very emotional, who could have imagined that a fifteen-year-old boy had just died and had to take care of his four younger siblings.

At that time, the whole courtyard thought that the Zhou family's future days would definitely be difficult. didn't think about it, not only was it not as difficult as everyone imagined, but it was a prosperous life.

Now it is even more spreading, and children are as tall as adults. Back then, that is, on New Year's Day in the 60th year, Xiao Yi and Xiao Budian were on their birthdays, and they were now fourteen years old.

looks much taller than the three mothers, looks a little thin, like a bamboo pole. But whose children are not similar to bamboo poles?

If you really eat fat, in this era, it is still rare. The courtyard in the middle courtyard is quite large, but when Zhou Jimin's family walked in, the courtyard was instantly lively, and it felt a lot smaller.

Uncle Yi, Jia Zhang's family, Qin Huairu and others all stood at the door of each house, looking at Zhou Jimin's family.

With these neighbors, Zhou Jimin simply smiled and nodded, which can be regarded as a greeting. It's just a superficial politeness, and there's nothing to deal with.

The main room of He Yuzhu's house has also been preserved. At that time, the stupid pillar wanted to mortgage the credit to Qin Huairu, and Qin Huairu wanted to use this house for her son's stick terrier as a marriage house.

Later, it was destroyed by He Yushui and Zhou Jimin, and finally handed over to the street office to receive and sell, but it has been vacant until now.

After the two silly siblings went to Oasis New Town, they have not come back. And the two brothers and sisters are doing well over there, Silly Zhu got married to Ran Qiuye as he wished, and also gave birth to five children, and lived a happy life.

His sister He Yushui is also married to a university lecturer and has a happy life. The main reason is that the happiness index on the side of Oasis New Town is very high, and the quality of most people is also surprisingly high.

In addition, aerospace engineering, universities, scientific research institutions, factories, troops, etc., all of these are gathered together to live in this city, with a high safety factor, everyone has something to do and dreams to chase.

Naturally, there weren't so many intrigues and things like that. Glancing at the dusty lock on the door of Silly Zhu's house, Zhou Jimin walked into his house with his legs raised.

Here, it is still spotless, and she is cleaned by Huang Zhaodi every day, so naturally there will be no dust.

"Is that grandparents?" Zhou Bingsheng and Zhou Dongling, two little children who are not very sensible, looked at the two black and white photos hanging on the wall, and whispered to ask their brother Little Fat Pig.

The two children were born in December of '70, and they have only recently turned three years old.

"Well, that's grandparents." Without waiting for the little fat pig to respond, Xiao Budian had already nodded solemnly and said.

Zhou Jimin glanced back and didn't speak. In the small room, there were more than 30 people, almost all of them children.

Even, Ding Qiunan was still holding Zhou Yunshan, who had not yet been weaned, and Concubine Li, the third daughter-in-law with a big belly.

The family has grown a lot. Worshipping her parents, Zhou Shuqing couldn't hold back and cried. The little steamed bun Xu Ning hurriedly came over to comfort her mother, Zhou Shumin also shed tears, and Ding Qiunan's eyes were also red.

How difficult it was for this family at the beginning, Ding Qiunan knew best. After being lively for a while, Zhou Jimin instructed the third and fourth children to set off firecrackers, but Xiao Budian grabbed the job again.

How can you trouble the third and fourth uncles with such a fun thing as setting off firecrackers?

"Big brother, wait for me." As Xiao Budian went out with firecrackers, Xiaobai, two bowls of porridge, and Xiaojing Xiaowan also ran out in a noisy manner.

Looking at the noisy children in front of him, Zhou Jikang couldn't help but speak: "Today's children are really happy, how can they be like us before, let alone firecrackers, it's very good to be able to eat well." ”

"Didn't I feed you before?" Zhou Jimin said quietly, and the third child suddenly became dumbfounded, and hurriedly explained that he was talking about the neighbors, not his own family.

More than ten years ago, when his parents left, Zhou Jikang was already nine years old and had long remembered. Before my parents left, the family was really miserable, but after that, the living conditions at home got better and better.

Therefore, Zhou Jimin, who is the eldest brother, is indeed very competent. The fourth and fifth brothers and sisters next to them couldn't help but laugh when they saw the third brother being deflated.

Ding Qiunan and Zhou Shuqing also laughed. The family worshiped their parents, and in the envious eyes of the neighbors, they left Nanluoguxiang.

As usual, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is also very rich, and after dinner, there is also a New Year's celebration. However, it is the male Ding of the family who keeps the New Year, although Ding Qiunan and they do not ask for it, but they also consciously keep the New Year together.

After the Spring Festival, the door of the house has not been closed since the beginning of the new year. All the old friends from the past came to visit, such as Meng Xiaoxing's family who lived in the front yard, as well as Xing Yicheng, An Zesheng, Gong Peihong, Zhang Wantong and so on.

Whether it is an ordinary worker, a doctor or a soldier in the army, they come and go, and there is no time to be idle at home.

I don't know when it started, every year during the festival, Zhou Jimin rarely visits other people's homes.

It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that they all came to visit him before he did. There are not many people who can let him visit in person.

"Yo, Brother Xiang, have you returned to the capital?" On the evening of the first day of the new year, when it was almost dinner, Lu Qianxiang came to visit in person.

When Zhou Jimin saw the other party, he was very surprised.

"Didn't you go to the South? I think it's been four years, right? As Lao Lin's assistant, Lu Qianxiang's position is not low, and he was finally transferred to the south a few years ago.

The assistants sent out were not taken seriously, but were promoted. Once he becomes a feudal official in the future, he will definitely be able to return to the capital.

"Jimin, help my brother, I'm about to lose it." As soon as they met, Lu Qianxiang was not polite and went straight to the point.

When Zhou Jimin heard this, he immediately understood, he nodded quietly, and then invited the other party to the study.

Since I want to talk about something, I can only go to the study. The study is relatively quiet, and it is also guaranteed that secrets will not be leaked.

In the past two days, the family has been full of people coming and going, and it is inevitable that it is easy to expose some secrets and go out. After walking into the study, Zhou Jimin had just poured two cups of tea, and Lu Qianxiang said it one by one.

The latter went to a county town in the south in 69 to become a leader, which is not very high compared to the capital.

But after all, it was transferred from the capital, and the power, connections, etc. are very different. However, that county is also really poor and backward.

In the whole county, all of them are mountains, not to mention that there is almost no industry, and the only economic industries in the county are nothing more than tea and agriculture.

However, compared with other counties, these industries not only have no advantages, but are disadvantages. In short, if Lu Qianxiang wants to do something and develop the economy, it is almost impossible.

I won't talk about the rules and regulations at the policy level, but how to develop the county economy reasonably and legally within these rules and regulations and improve the people's living standards will test Lu Qianxiang's personal ability to govern.

It took him more than four years to sort out the complex relationship between the county and the province.

In order to ensure that he will not be hindered by all sides in his next actions. Therefore, he will take advantage of the Spring Festival to return to the capital.

In other words, he came to the capital to move the rescue soldiers. And Zhou Jimin is one of the rescuers he can move.

Because Lu Qianxiang knows very well that Zhou Jimin returns to the capital for the Spring Festival every Spring Festival, and rarely celebrates the Spring Festival in other places.

"Brother Xiang, don't be in a hurry, if it's this matter, you really can't be in a hurry." After Zhou Jimin listened, he immediately comforted softly.

"Take a sip of tea first, and we'll talk slowly."