Chapter 50: The New Year of '55

It didn't take long to see Wen Ren Mu Xue trotting out of the room

"Silly Zhu, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, how can you come over when you are not busy at home"

It's true that the two sisters said the same thing

"I went to someone else's house this morning to help cook, and gave me some good things to send you some, this is a good thing, I can't usually see it", after speaking, he opened the bag in his hand, which contained some vegetables and two boxes

"What's the matter, it's still in such a beautiful box, snacks", Wen Ren Mu Xue's head was about to be stuffed into the bag

"No, bird's nest and abalone, I still have shark fin, but that thing doesn't taste good, I didn't send it, you see this box is bird's nest, there are 4 in it, you leave two and the remaining two are sent to your grandma or grandma, this is abalone, but abalone is more troublesome to do, you see if you can do it at home, you won't do it when I finish the New Year, and then I will send you some shark fin"

"Yikes! Such a good thing will be given to you, what kind of family" Wen Ren Mu Xue opened the bird's nest box and looked at the bird's nest, she was the first time to see the bird's nest up close, although this thing was also sold, but the family had never bought it, let alone eaten it

"Bird's nest is a good thing for women, I still have 2 boxes, you like to eat and send it to you later, this thing is also easy to make, just stew" Silly Zhu taught her how to deal with it when she saw it

"It's the first time I've seen this thing, I've only heard of it before, but I've seen abalone," he said, closing the bird's nest box and opening the abalone box

"This thing is not easy to get now, I haven't seen it for several years, this is the material of Tan's cuisine, ordinary people eat it, and now it's not easy to buy it if you have money, what about uncles and aunts" Silly Zhu handed the bag to Wenren Mu Xue

"My mother went to my uncle's house, tonight over there for the New Year, my sister and I will also go over, you have to come a little later, there is no one at home", Silly Zhu did not hear that Wen Renbo was not at home for the New Year

"Then it's a coincidence, you guys go quickly, I'll go back too, the dishes haven't been processed yet, and I will prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and sacrifice later, not to mention I'll go back first"

Silly Zhu didn't go back to the courtyard directly from Wen's house, first go to the courtyard in the west of the city to clean it, this yard every week Silly Zhu and Wenren Muxue will come to clean it, weed, water, and clean up the room, this week because it's almost the New Year, it's busy and haven't come

When I opened the door, the furniture inside had fallen some dust, and it was estimated to snow tonight, and there was a gust of wind in the morning, which wiped the windows and furniture

After cleaning the house for more than an hour, Silly Zhu sat on a stone bench in the front yard and lit two cigarettes, one on the opposite side and one for himself.

"Master, it's the New Year again, now the apprentice is doing very well, you can rest assured, I haven't wasted my medical skills and Taoism, before you know it, this is the second New Year after you left, now there is no wine, there is no way to toast you, wait to go back and prepare a good Shaoxing rice wine for you, I know that you like to drink it and find someone to buy it"

After speaking, he quietly looked at the empty courtyard, as if the old Taoist priest was talking to him opposite him

When the smoke on the other side of the table was extinguished, Silly Zhu got up and walked towards the door, and suddenly a breeze blew in the courtyard, as if the old Taoist priest was watching Silly Zhu leave

Riding slowly on the street towards the courtyard, there are not many people on the road today, they may all be at home preparing Spring Festival and cooking Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and occasionally some children can be seen firing guns on the side of the road

This year's Chinese New Year bought a lot of firecrackers and fireworks for the rain, but the rain is now a little older, the girls are becoming more and more quiet, now they don't set off firecrackers, but they are very interested in fireworks, and the small firecrackers bought in the first two years can be disassembled into one by one and put together with friends

Before I got to the courtyard, the sky began to flutter with snowflakes, it was small at first, and then it slowly became bigger and bigger, a little bit to catch up with the snow in December, and it didn't take a few minutes to have no feet and necks deep, and the stupid pillar had to speed up

Back in the courtyard, the children are playing in the courtyard, some are having snowball fights, some are building snowmen, and the happiest thing about the New Year is the children, carefree,

There are also some neighbors who brave the snow to filter the water for the dumpling filling by the pool, the dumpling filling of the New Year in Sijiu City is basically cabbage and radish, everyone will add some meat filling when they are happy during the New Year, it is rare to see pure meat filling in this era, one is to add some cabbage to be more fragrant, and the most important thing is that it is poor and not rich in materials

I don't know why the Jia family didn't celebrate the New Year with Yi Zhonghai this year, Jia Dongxu is now 38.5 every month, and the Jia family can see it fishy several times a month, Jia Zhang's big face plate is getting rounder day by day, and you can often smell the fragrance of Jia's meat

I don't know if the Jia family has repaid Yi Zhonghai's money, and I have never heard Yi Zhonghai say it. This year's Chinese New Year, the Jia family also sent a roast chicken to Yi Zhonghai's family, which is the first time that Yi Zhonghai has seen a return when he comes back for so many years

He Yushui is building a snowman in the yard and the little girl of the Lin family in the backyard, there are not many people of the same age in the yard, the girl of the Lin family is still 2 years younger than her, usually the rain is playing with the people in the yard next door, isn't it snowing, the little friends in the yard next door are all shouted by their parents to go home and roast the fire

The rain is still a little lost, looking at other people's parents for the New Year, although she is young, but she also knows that her father doesn't want herself and her brother, and the little girl of the Lin family shouted to build a snowman and forgot about what happened just now

Looking at the rain's somewhat red fingers, the stupid pillar shouted

"The rain is not cold, it is getting heavier and heavier, wait for the snow to stop tomorrow and you will pile it up, go home, don't freeze"

"Okay, brother will come right away" After saying something with the little girl of the Lin family, the two of them stopped building the snowman and went home to roast the fire

The hand holding the rain is a little cold, this is playing with the snow too much, children in the north will have chilblains and the like, this is also normal, the rain used to have it, but the master specially prescribed some medicine for her in the first two years, and then she didn't do it again in the past two years

"Look at you, just play, I don't know what to pay attention to, this is the time to forget that my previous hands were frozen and crying itching" After speaking, he held the hand of the rain

My brother's hands are so warm, this is the voice of the rain at this time. However, the warmth of the brother and sister did not last long before they were interrupted by Yi Zhonghai

"Silly pillar, this is the New Year soon, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner or our two families together"

"Uncle Yi, didn't the Jia family celebrate the New Year with you this year", this sentence was asked by Yushui, but Silly Zhu also planned to ask this question

"No, this year, your Aunt Jia said that she wanted to live alone", in fact, the Jia family prepared more New Year's goods this year, and they didn't want Yi Zhonghai to see it

"Uncle Yi, forget it, let's live by ourselves two brothers and sisters, after all, it has been like this for so many years, and suddenly there are more people, I'm afraid of the rain and I'm not used to it"

Yi Zhonghai was not surprised when he heard Silly Zhu's words, this is how Silly Zhu rejected himself since the New Year in 51, and he will be every year after that

"It's all neighbors, it's so lively to celebrate the New Year together, and you two brothers and sisters are not alone"

Yi Zhonghai is still insisting, sometimes Silly Zhu wants to take Yi Zhonghai's head apart to see what he thinks and why he is different from ordinary people

"Uncle Yi, forget it, it's not suitable, if you really want to have more families to celebrate the New Year together, you can go to the backyard to find Xu Damao, this kid is celebrating the New Year alone this year, and as far as I know about him, he can't cook, and now it is estimated that he is still having a headache for the Chinese New Year's Eve meal, you go to him now to ensure that you agree"

Hearing that the stupid pillar asked him to go to Xu Damao, Yi Zhonghai was as uncomfortable as eating, looking for Xu Damao, the bastard didn't want to look at him himself.

Looking for the stupid pillar by himself is to better grasp the stupid pillar in the future, how to master Xu Damao's parents. I also plan to let the stupid pillar and his current object be separated after a while, after all, I am familiar with it, and I will change to a person who knows his roots, and the daughter of the Liu family in his workshop is good, and I just entered the workshop this year, and I am filial at a glance

"Silly Zhu, you see that the old lady hasn't eaten your cooking for a long time, let the old lady taste your craftsmanship together during the New Year"

Silly Zhu and the deaf old lady do not have any intersection now, in his memory, he was close to the deaf old lady under the arrangement of Yi Zhonghai after he left, and the silly pillar also suspected that the deaf old lady had calculations against himself, but after thinking about it, it should not be, some people say that the deaf old lady is to find an elderly person for Yi Zhonghai, in the opinion of the silly pillar, it is not, the two families have only been tied together in the past few years, and the relationship is not very deep

However, because the deaf old lady is now tied to Yi Zhonghai, Silly Zhu doesn't want to provoke him

Yi Zhonghai, who was rejected in the end, still left with a look of disgrief

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner prepared by Silly Zhu tonight did not have much pomp, and only made six dishes for his sister: yellow braised shark's fin, toad abalone, bird's nest stewed lotus seeds, three fresh monkey heads, shrimp cocoon, sweet and sour carp

After the dish is done, the silly pillar enshrines the tablet of the mother's master, as well as the portraits of the ancestors, each of which burns three incense sticks, and these may not be able to be taken out next year, they all belong to the four olds, and this year may be the last worship in these decades

took her sister to kowtow three times to her mother and ancestors, and the ancestors kowtowed three times alone

The snow outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, and the brother and sister only went to the gate to set off a firecracker, and the fireworks were all set off in the yard

The people in the same hospital looked enviously at the He family brothers and sisters setting off fireworks, it would be good if they could have money to buy firecrackers, they didn't dare to think about fireworks, even if they bought a few, they would buy so much like the He family

However, everyone also knows that Silly Zhu is now almost 90 a month in salary and subsidy, and the farm welfare is okay, there is no need to buy ordinary vegetables, and a lot of sweet potatoes can be exchanged for food

At the time of this year's sweet potato harvest, the factory leaders rewarded the stupid pillar with a bonus of almost 2 months' salary, and he also served as the director of the canteen, and he usually did not have to pay for meals in the factory, except for his sister who needed tuition fees to go to school, and the salary earned every month could be saved about 800,000, which was the same as his own family earning 400,000 a month and spending 350,000, and sometimes spending 450,000 basically moonlight

Now the one who has a deposit in the courtyard family is the first and second uncle, the He family, the Xu family, plus the Lin family in the backyard will also have a deposit of several hundred yuan, and the third master will not be deducted from the door, the Lin family and the three masters are not at the same level as these families

The second uncle's expenses are large, the savings are definitely not as much as these 3 families, the first uncle earns a lot and the two of them are not willing to eat and drink, Xu Damao did not bring something back when he went to the countryside, and he could sell it to others for money if he couldn't finish eating, and he could also earn more than 200,000 yuan per month, not to mention the He family, the best family in the courtyard

The three masters have counted the deposits of several companies, and one master has worked the most years, estimated to be about 50 million. The second is the stupid pillar, this kid is now receiving less outside, but he often received it in the first two years, plus this year's promotion deposit is at least 20 million to 30 million, Xu Damao himself may not be much better, but his parents' deposits will not be less

I have to say that the three masters are really accurate, and the stupid pillar who did not bring the master to stay behind is indeed more than 30 million and nearly 40 million now

The next day, the first day of the first year, Silly Zhu also needs to go to Wen's house to pay New Year's greetings this year, this is the old lady asked him to come this year, and it can be regarded as an acknowledgment of his identity as a grandson-in-law, Silly Zhu carried the yellow braised shark fin specially served by cooking yesterday, and has been simmering on the fire this morning, and also wants the two old people to try it

When the silly pillar arrived, the hall was already full of New Year's greetings, and there were subordinates with relatives and friends, but fortunately, the silly pillar ran a few elders before 7 o'clock

Silly Zhu came over today to mention a bottle of red wine, which was given to him two bottles when he went to place his uncle some time ago, saying that he was not used to drinking it and had a strange smell

There is no shortage of these things, but this is also a heart. Originally, Silly Zhu wanted to bring fruit over to the house, and Director Wang sent a southern fruit a year ago, with pineapple mangosteen, saying that it was left by the big leader to Silly Zhu, but after thinking about it, the big leader must have heard that people must also have it, red wine is rare now, and gifts are better than fruits

Wen people's New Year's greetings Silly Zhu didn't know anyone except a few others from Wen Ren's family, and the two old people couldn't take care of their own side when they were talking to others, and it happened that Wen Ren Mu Xue found him at this time, and Silly Zhu first asked her to go to the kitchen to simmer shark fin

"Did you eat your bird's nest yesterday?"

"I didn't eat it, I wanted to do it yesterday, but I found that no one at home could do it, and Master Zhao wouldn't do it, so I kept it first, is this shark fin, it's so fragrant"

"That thing can be boiled in water, and there is no need to prepare any seasoning for bird's nest, and it can be stewed with pears."

"Try it at noon, my grandparents are receiving their former subordinates, it is estimated that it will take a few hours to finish, let's go to the kitchen first, you made the bird's nest, let me taste it" After speaking, he pulled the stupid pillar and walked towards the kitchen

"I knitted you a scarf for you to take back when you leave, I learned it with my roommate before, I saw that you were wearing so little, and I don't know how to wear more, although I am not afraid of the cold and I am not afraid of others laughing at you"

Silly Zhu listened to Mu Xue's nagging while cooking, and Lin Weiya came in once in the middle, but she didn't disturb the two

"Why didn't you see your dad today, did you go out to pay New Year's greetings?"

"No, my dad was transferred to the Shanghai Military Region, and he didn't go home this year, so he spent the New Year there", Silly Zhu remembered that the title ceremony would be held in the 55th year, but he didn't know the specific level of the Wen family, and the appearance of Wen Ren Anping was one of the few dozens of people in the country