Water was boiling on the stove.

Li Suhua and Guangming take care of the children, and Zheng Juan and Wang Zhong cook dinner in the kitchen.

The fried sauce is ready-made, Zheng Juan can learn from a neighbor lady in Yanjing, and the noodles are also freshly rolled, heat up the fried sauce made by Zheng Juan, and then stew a meatball sauerkraut soup, and a simple dinner is ready.

At the dinner table, the children all gobbled up one by one, there was no way, Zheng Juan's craftsmanship was really not said, and she couldn't get tired of eating.

Since I went to Yanjing, fried noodles have become a favorite among children.

After eating and playing for a while, the children all hid in the quilt on the kang cold, only their heads were exposed.

Li Suhua brought the copper basin, greeted them one by one, washed their faces, hands and feet, wiped them clean, and then asked them to quickly go into the bed.

First Zhou Cong, then Feng Yue, Zhou Ming, and finally Zhou Ling.

When it was Xiao Zhouling's turn, it was too warm in the bed, and the little girl was reluctant to come out.

"Lingling!"

"It's your turn, Lingling!"

"Lingling!"

Li Suhua screamed a few times but didn't respond, and when she got up, she saw that the little girl's eyes were closed, but her sparse eyelashes were still trembling gently.

The little girl still pretended to be asleep, Li Suhua felt funny, and hugged the little girl out of the nest.

"Grandma!"

"Cold!"

The little girl immediately became aggrieved, pouted, and looked at Li Suhua pitifully, her eyes slightly moist.

Li Suhua made a straight face: "Okay, you can hang an oil pot on your mouth, hurry up and wash it, and go to bed quickly." ”

The little girl reluctantly stretched out her hands, tilted her head, Li Suhua Ma Yuer washed the little girl with those rough big hands, although the big hands were rough, but Li Suhua's movements were very gentle, for fear of hurting the cute little granddaughter.

Wiped the water on the two white and tender little feet with a towel, Li Suhua got up and hugged the little girl back to the kang, and patted her white and tender little feet: "Okay, go to sleep quickly!" ”

The little girl was too lazy to get up, so she crawled directly into the quilt, squinting her eyes and lying down, with a look of enjoyment, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and two shallow dimples appeared on both sides of her cheeks.

I didn't forget to sigh: "It's so warm." ”

The children are all in the bed, and the adults rarely rest, although the family has caught up with the two and often helps to clean and ventilate, but there is a lot of work to do.

As the night deepened, Li Suhua also dozed off.

The children and Li Suhua slept in the outhouse, Zheng Juan and Wang Chong slept in the inner room, Guangming insisted on going back to Taiping Hutong to live, Wang Chong and Zheng Juan did not force to stay, after all, now Guangming is already a big guy, and it is different from before, so he can't always let him and Li Suhua squeeze on a kang.

If your family knows about your own family, you will definitely not think much about it, but outsiders are not easy to say, gossip is the most hurtful, and Guangming is a smart and sensitive person, so he naturally doesn't want to see such a thing.

The next morning, breakfast was fried noodles with fried eggs, and the children each had a glass of milk.

After breakfast, Wang Chong and Zheng Juan rode out on a tricycle.

Now the family has a large population, and all of them are big stomachs, and when the time comes, Zhou Zhigang and they will all have to come back, a large family of nine people, rice, flour, grain and oil, these are all on the reserves.

The vegetable cellar must also be stocked with enough radishes and cabbage.

The vat under the eaves of the courtyard also had to be filled with frozen meat.

It's not that I don't want to prepare other dishes, but the main thing is that there are only radishes and cabbage in this season, but fortunately, you can also choose meat, pork, mutton, and fresh fish.

Because it is close to the Songhua River, Jichun wants to come and eat no shortage of fish, even in winter, there are often people digging holes in the river to fish.

Towards noon, the two of them went home with a large cart full of supplies.

"Mom! We're back! The tricycle stopped in the courtyard, and the two got out of the car to move things to the back room.

As soon as they walked to the door, the door was opened, and Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao came out.

"Brother Bingkun, sister-in-law!"

"Chunyan, Debao, here!"

The two sides hurriedly greeted each other.

"Brother Bingkun, why did you come back?" Saying that, the two of them walked to the side of the tricycle and enthusiastically helped to lift things.

"There's a lot of stuff, it's a little slower." Zheng Juan explained with a smile.

Wang Chong's eyes flashed slightly, he didn't say anything, someone helped, and the action was naturally fast.

After a while, a cart of things was almost moved.

In the house, Aunt Qiao and Li Suhua were chatting enthusiastically, and Zhou Cong, Feng Yue and Qiao Chunyan's son Niu Niu were playing games in the house.

Seeing Wang Chong and Zheng Juan entering the house, the two children hurriedly stopped and called someone.

"It's so lively!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

"Kun'er is back!" Chunyan's mother also smiled and greeted Wang Chong and them.

"Aunt Qiao, Chunyan, don't leave later, stay and have lunch together!" Those who come are guests, and Wang Chong has no habit of turning away guests.

"Sister-in-law, I'll help you!" Qiao Chunyan took the initiative to ask Ying to help Zheng Juan.

Zheng Juan did not refuse.

Cao Debao and Wang Zhong sat by the stove and talked.

"Debao, I heard that you have become the director of the workshop, and you have become a middle-level leader in the factory, you kid!" For more than a year, although Wang Chong has not returned, he is not ignorant of the matter of light word films.

Especially Qu Xiuzhen has always kept in touch with the young juniors of their soy sauce factory, and Cao Debao's promotion was known from Qu Xiuzhen.

"It's just a little workshop director, where is the leader, and you can't compare." Cao Debao said with some emotion.

"Since the transfer of the secretary of the song, the efficiency of the soy sauce factory is not as good as a year, and there was an accident at the beginning of the year, and the money for the New Year this year cannot be paid."

In previous years, as soon as the soy sauce factory arrived for the Chinese New Year, it would send some soy sauce, vinegar, and monosodium glutamate to the employees.

"Got into an accident?" Wang Zhong frowned.

Li Suhua, who was sitting on the kang and talking with Chunyan's mother next to her, was also surprised when she heard this: "What happened?" Is it serious? ”

Chunyan's mother waved her hand and said with a displeased face: "Hi! As for the Gong Bin of the old Gong family, improper operation caused an accident and wasted a full three tons of soy sauce. ”

Speaking of this, Chunyan's mother looked in pain.

"Gong Bin of Gong Weize's family?" Li Suhua asked.

"Who else could it be, if it wasn't him!" Chunyan's mother said.

Cao Debao said: "Fortunately, it is not a major accident, Gong Bin himself was injured and lived in the hospital for a few months, and the other workers in the factory are fine, but the machine has a small failure, not to mention the waste of three tons of soy sauce, and the production has been delayed, and the efficiency of the factory has been greatly affected." ”

"However, considering Gong Bin's special situation, the factory only punished Gong Bin, but did not let him compensate for the loss, but gave him an illness retirement in advance."

"If you retreat, you will retreat, as long as the person is okay!" Li Suhua patted her chest, looking afraid.

Wang Chong looked a little helpless, his old lady was such a personality.

"Not really!" Chunyan's mother also agreed.

But as soon as the voice changed, he gossiped again: "But I'm afraid the old Gong family will have a hard time this year." ”

"Gong Bin has been in the hospital for a few months, and the medical expenses and hospitalization fees add up to a lot!"

Cao Debao wanted to speak and stopped, but the words came to his lips, but he held back again, but fortunately, everyone didn't notice.

Li Suhua sighed and said: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and no one has any difficulties. Speaking of this, Li Suhua thought of Zhou Rong again, as well as his boss Zhou Bingyi, and his mood became complicated.

"It's the New Year, why are you talking about this!" Chunyan's mother waved her hand and directly pulled Li Suhua to chat about family life, and asked about Li Suhua's life in Yanjing.

In the original plot, after Gong Bin had an accident, Gong Wei came to them and persuaded Wang Chong and Cao Debao to hide the matter of his illness and retirement from Gong Bin, or take him with him and go outside to run business, and even the salary was paid by Gong Wei out of his own pocket and sent to Gong Bin through the accountant in the factory.

But now that there is no original body, a great benevolent person who does not care about returns, no one in the entire soy sauce factory dares to take a person with mental problems like Gong Bin with him, and the matter of retiring from illness is naturally a foregone conclusion.

Cao Debao suddenly leaned into Wang Chong's ear and reminded in a low voice: "I know that you are back, I don't know when Gong Wei will have to come to you." ”

"Looking for me?" Wang Chong frowned slightly: "Looking for me to borrow money?" In the original plot, it seems that Gong Wei really borrowed money from the original owner.

Cao Debao patted Wang Chong's shoulder: "Let's take a light word film, you Zhou Bingkun is famous for being helpful and easy to talk to, who else can he find besides you?" ”

"Gong Bin is a bottomless pit now, in short, you keep an eye on yourself!"

Cao Debao, as long as he doesn't involve himself, in fact, his character is okay, his heart is not bad, he is beneficial to others, harmless to himself, and he is willing to do things that can still leave people behind when he helps others.

Sure enough, at night, not long after the Qiao family left, Wang Chong and they were all about to sleep, when suddenly there was a knock on the door outside.

Wang Zhong opened the door, and standing outside the door was Gong Weize, who was dressed in a police uniform.

"Uncle Gong, what's going on this big night?"

"It's a bit of a problem." Gong Wei's face was not very good-looking, but he still forced a smile.

"Then come in and talk about it!" Everyone has come to the door, and they are not enemies, so it is not good for Wang Chong to turn people away.

In the house, Wang Zhong poured a cup of hot water for Gong Weize.

After taking a sip of water, Gong Wei went straight to the point: "Bingkun, Gong Bin's matter, I don't know if you have heard about it?" ”

Wang nodded again, "Listen to Debao, how is Gong Bin now?" ”

Gong Wei sighed: "What else, I found some connections and found a job as a temporary street sweeper for him, and I will do it for the time being, so as not to make him cranky." ”

"It's better to have a job than to be idle, and now there are so many educated youths who have returned to the city, so there is just a little work, and it is not bad to have a temporary worker to do the work first."

"Who's to say it isn't!" Gong Wei sighed with emotion and said: "I won't hide it from you, Gong Bin has been hospitalized for a few months, and he has spent almost all the money in his family, and now although he has been discharged from the hospital, he still has to take medicine every month, fortunately, the soy sauce factory did not let him compensate, otherwise, your little Uncle Gong really can't hold on." ”

"Every family has a scripture that is difficult for you to read, Uncle Gong, don't be too sad, at least compared to others, you are still a national cadre, holding an iron rice bowl."

"What kind of cadre, just a small police station director, your aunt has no job, and there are several children to support at home, my salary is enough for the family's expenses."

Wang Zhong said: "Uncle Gong, this night, it's weird cold, let's not go around the bend, if you have anything to say, if you can help, I will not be ambiguous." ”

Gong Wei smiled embarrassedly, and hurriedly said: "It's still Gong Bin's business, I sold everything I could sell at home a while ago, and I just made up for that hole, but now Gong Bin has to pay seven or eight yuan for medicine every month, and the whole family still has to eat, I really have no choice." ”

"I know, you are a capable person, not only was you admitted to the university, but you can also bring a large family to live in Yanjing, and you are a great writer, if you have enough money, can you lend some money to your little Uncle Gong for emergency relief?"

Gong Wei looked at Wang Zhong expectantly, very nervous, and afraid that this matter would be known and lose face, so he quietly ran over in the middle of the night.

Wang Zhong put his right hand on the tabletop, his index finger lightly tapped the tabletop, and said with a smile: "Is this money, I do still have some money, you can borrow it, but ······"

"But what?" Gong Weize's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Wang Chong's hand excitedly, and couldn't wait to ask.

After asking, he realized his gaffe and hurriedly took his hand back.

"As the saying goes, emergency relief is not poverty relief, Uncle Gong, it's okay to borrow money from you, but you have to set up a note to explain the time and amount of the loan, as well as the time limit for repayment."

"Still want to make a note?" Gong Wei frowned.

Wang Chongdao: "The book is the evidence, the signature is the evidence, Uncle Gong, if you don't want to, then I can't help it." ”

Gong Weize's eyes flickered, and he struggled for a while before gritting his teeth and saying, "I'll stand!" ”

Wang Zhong took out a pen and paper, took out the ink, put it in front of Gong Weize, and took out a pile of great unity from the space, "How much does Uncle Gong want to borrow?" ”

Gong Wei glanced at the money in Wang Chong's hand, and his heart was horizontal, borrowing as much as he wanted, so he simply borrowed more, but he was afraid that he would say too much, so Wang Chong didn't agree, so he asked tentatively: "Is two hundred okay?" ”

Seeing that Wang Chong just smiled and didn't answer, he immediately changed his words: "If it doesn't work, one hundred and fifteen, one hundred will do." ”

The money in Wang Chong's hand was less than three hundred yuan, so he counted out twenty pieces of unity from it and put them on the table: "Two hundred is two hundred, as long as Uncle Gong sets up a note and presses his handprint, the two hundred yuan will be borrowed from you." ”

"Okay!" Gong Wei immediately picked up the pen and was about to put it down, but was stopped by Wang Chong.

Gong Wei looked at Wang Zhong puzzled.

I saw Wang Chong smile slightly, took out the pen, took the letter paper in front of Gong Weize to him, and immediately wrote: "Uncle Gong, I'll write it first, and you copy it again." ”

After a while, Wang Chong stopped writing and pushed the letter paper in front of Gong Weize.

I saw that it was written:

There is Gong Weize, a person from Jichun City, Jiangliao Province, who is currently the director of the Guangzipan Police Station, with an ID number of ······ Now on January 2, 1979 in the Gregorian calendar, the twenty-fifth day of the lunar calendar, the people of Jiangliao Province are ····· The loan was RMB 200 for the whole ·····, and it was agreed that the principal would be repaid on January 2, 1981 in the Gregorian calendar, without interest.

The next is the signature of the borrower and the borrower, and there is still time.

Gong Wei looked at Wang Zhong with some reluctance: "Do you need to write in such detail?" ”

Wang Chongdao: "Establish a note, of course you have to have a document, I don't even want interest, if you still don't want to, then I can't help." ”

"I write!"

Gong Wei gritted his teeth and picked up the pen to write.

After writing, Wang Zhong said again: "On these two notes, you will be asked to stamp your handprint wherever your name, ID number, date, and loan amount are written." ”

The documents are all erected, and the handprints are not bad.

Gong Wei pressed his handprint, and Wang Zhong also pressed his handprint where his name and ID number were written on the two chapters, and pushed the twenty pieces of unity on the table and the IOU written by himself in front of Gong Weize.

Gong Wei couldn't wait to pick up the money, spit and count it, and then stuffed it into the pocket of his underwear.

Next to him, Li Suhua watched the whole process, but didn't say a word.

Although Li Suhua is kind-hearted, two hundred yuan is not a small amount, on the contrary, Wang Chong's prudence makes Li Suhua agree very much.

Wang Chong also folded the one written by Gong Wei Ze and carefully put it away.

"Uncle Gong, it's not early, I won't send it!"

"Thank you, Bingkun!" Gong Wei had mixed feelings in his heart, and said gratefully: "Don't worry, as soon as I have money, I will definitely pay you back as soon as possible." ”

"It's all neighbors!" Wang Zhong smiled and sent Gong Weize out of the door.