Just after the cold season, an overwhelming heavy snow wrapped Baicheng in a thick layer of silver clothing, and the temperature quickly dropped to minus ten degrees.

As the year approaches, the business of Galaxy video game parlors is becoming more and more hot, and it has been overcrowded from morning to night, and its daily income is also rising step by step.

Under the good situation, no one can bear to close down the business without earning the money delivered to them.

After discussing with the employees, Geng Wenyang decided to insist on the holiday until Chinese New Year's Eve, and the compensation method was to pay an additional bonus of 20 yuan per person per day from Xiaonian to Chinese New Year's Eve.

There are six days from Xiaonian to Chinese New Year's Eve, and if you have 20 yuan a day, you can earn a full 120 yuan, which is more than the usual monthly salary, and Li Yuqin and other employees are of course very willing.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, after everyone got up early in the morning, they worked together to clean up the inside and outside of the game hall, and after worshipping each other in the early years, they closed the doors, windows, water and electricity and locked the door, and then they went home for the New Year.

Geng Wenyang naturally couldn't stay alone in the game hall of Nuoda to celebrate the New Year alone, of course he had to go back to Zhuangjia Lane to spend the Spring Festival with his parents. On Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the old rules, I reunited with my grandparents, uncles and aunts to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the Geng family's old house.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, several younger siblings were setting off small firecrackers and fireworks under the plane tree, Geng Huizhong and his uncles and brothers were busy in the kitchen, and the eldest ladies and aunts were busy setting up tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, preparing for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Although Geng Wenyang is still a half-grown child who is less than eighteen years old, he relies on the feat of buying a house, building a house and opening a game hall, and now his status in the family is no longer the same.

When arranging the seats before eating, grandfather Geng Hongtai specially named him to sit at the main table in the back room.

The Geng family is generally divided into two tables during the New Year's holiday. The main table in the back room is mainly grandparents and uncles and elders, plus the eldest grandson Geng Wenbin. At the table next to the hall are the four daughters-in-law and other grandchildren. Geng Wenyang has been eating in the hall since he was a child, and he has never been qualified to enter the back room to sit at the main table.

Geng Wenyang smiled and declined the invitation to let him enter the back room. Not only do you have a lot of rules when you eat in the back room, but you also have to drink alcohol, which is far less comfortable than in the hall. There are no rules for eating in the hall without drinking, so it goes on quickly, and the big guy is full and it's over.

After eating and drinking, he didn't need to clean up the mess, Geng Wenyang walked to the courtyard.

It was already dark, and the sound of firecrackers sounded from time to time around, and occasionally a few colorful colored beads flew up to the sky. Geng Wenyang didn't want to mix with his younger siblings and play those childish games, so he walked around the courtyard boredly, and walked in when he saw the lights on in the eldest sister's house.

Geng Wenmei was on the phone, and when she saw him come in, she whispered a few words and closed the phone. Geng Wenkui saw that she had peach blossoms on her face, guessed a little in his heart, and said with a smile: "Sister, who are you calling?" ”

Geng Wenmei's face turned even redder, and she put on a sister's posture and scolded: "Why do children ask so much, go and go!" ”

The old house of the Geng family is a standard traditional three-entry quadrangle, where there are three Geng Hongtai brothers, plus a large number of children and grandchildren, so Geng Wenyang has a total of three cousins: the eldest sister Geng Wenmei, the second sister Geng Wenjing, and then Geng Wenmei's sister Geng Wenyan.

Geng Wenyang grew up in this courtyard since he was a child, and after going to school, he likes to come to his eldest sister Geng Wenmei the most, because the eldest sister has all kinds of books and magazines for him to read. As long as it is a holiday, Geng Wenyang often moves a small horse to sit at the door of the eldest sister's house, reading books one by one by the light. So among the three sisters, he and Geng Wenmei have the best relationship.

Geng Wenmei is four years older than him, and she is in her early twenties this year, and she is old enough to find her mother-in-law's family. The phone call just now is estimated to be from the eldest sister's boyfriend. The lovesickness torture between lovers, Geng Wenyang and his two lives are deeply experienced, he didn't want to disturb the good things of his eldest sister, so he quickly turned around and walked out of the house.

The banquet at the main table was still not dispersed, and Geng Wenyang had nowhere to go, so he had to walk onto the roof of the small building in the backyard.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the clouds covered the sun, the sky was pitch black, and the moon and stars did not know where to hide, and even half of the shadow could not be seen. The wind blew, the cold penetrated into the bone marrow, and Geng Wenyang couldn't help but wrap his clothes tightly. Although the two-story blue brick building is not tall, it is surrounded by low-rise bungalows, and you can see the lights on all sides when you stand here and look into the distance.

As a traverser, Geng Wenyang is a little dazed at this moment, not knowing what his future will be in this world, and who will his other half be?

In the distance, a huge ceremonial flower exploded in the night sky, blooming into a brilliant and colorful flower. Unfortunately, the dazzling beauty was too short-lived, and then turned into a dark silence after a moment.

Geng Wenyang sighed and said with emotion: "If you come, you will be safe, since you have come, let's enjoy the beauty of this world." ”

After paying a New Year's greeting to the Geng family's relatives on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Geng Wenyang made a special trip to Du Gaoyi's house to pay New Year's greetings to his master. It just so happened that several senior brothers also came to Master's house to pay New Year's greetings, including Zheng Baisheng from the Nanguan Sub-district Office.

A senior brother introduced Geng Wenyang: "Little junior brother, your senior brother Zheng has been promoted, and now he is the director of the Zhannan Sub-district Office in the North District of the Mine, why don't you hurry up and congratulate you?" ”

Geng Wenyang hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to Senior Brother Zheng on his relocation, and I wish you more good and practical things in your new position, so as to bring greater benefits to the people." ”

Zheng Baisheng said with a smile: "Little junior brother, what you said is good, I like to listen to it." It doesn't matter what is promoted or not, the key is to better serve the people, and this is the most important thing. ”

Geng Wenyang said in his heart: "No wonder Senior Brother Zheng can be promoted to an important position, people's political sensitivity is not ordinarily strong. Compared with others, the other senior brothers are definitely not people at the same level. ”

Du Gaoyi on the main seat said: "Bai Sheng is right! What do we ordinary people want? Of course, there are some food, some clothing, and some housing, as long as you can live in peace. Now that you are the leader, you have to find a way to make the masses live a good life. ”

"But......" he frowned slightly and said, "In recent years, there have been many vicious cases in the northern mining area. It is said that even in broad daylight, there are people who have encountered knife robbery, which is unimaginable. ”

Zheng Baisheng sighed: "Yes, the efficiency of coal mines has not been good in recent years, and even upstream and downstream enterprises have been sluggish. Not only is the general income of the workers not high, but how to arrange a large number of unemployed young people is a big headache. ”

A senior brother said: "At a young age, they are idle and have no serious work to do, so it's strange if they don't cause something." ”

Zheng Baisheng nodded and said, "You're right! Although the district and the streets are thinking of ways to increase employment, but the district-affiliated enterprises are already in a recession, not to mention the street enterprises, it is already good to be able to support the existing workers, and it is difficult to increase the number of people on a large scale! ”

Many of the senior brothers here also encountered a similar situation to some extent, and they all sighed with the same feeling.