Everyone's sadness is real, and the pain is not false, but the lives of ordinary people are always surrounded by firewood, rice, oil and salt, no matter what the above situation is, everyone's life will continue to live, and now the New Year is very close.

Everyone's lives have gradually returned to the previous situation, but many people have a little more confusion and uneasiness in their eyes, which is a kind of panic after losing the backbone of the main heart and losing the Dinghai God Needle.

Fortunately, the New Year is getting closer and closer, and the gradually strong New Year's flavor of Sijiu City has covered up these states of the people.

Twenty-three, sugar melon sticky, no matter what the mood of the adults is at the moment, they are all called back to reality by the expectation and laughter of hazy and ignorant children, and the somewhat dull atmosphere that originally shrouded the heads of ordinary people has been diluted a little.

Sister Han and eldest brother-in-law sent New Year's goods to their parents' house today, because this was the first time my aunt came to the door a year ago, so Han's father and Han's mother didn't go to work today, and they made a special trip to wait for Dai Jing'an at home.

Considering that the next generation of Jing'an would have to take the pregnant eldest sister home, he only tasted two cups during the meal.

When they left, in addition to the things that Han's mother had prepared for her daughter, Han Li also took a "peony" for Dai Jing'an.

24. Sweep the house.

After Han Li worked overtime for the past few days, he not only completed all the translation documents sent by Gong Jianglong, but also finished brewing a large number of "Stretching Painkiller Ointment" entrusted by that Aunt Liu, but he didn't call "Aunt Liu" for the time being.

Today is the 24th day of the Lunar New Year, and every household is cleaning the house.

The Yun family sisters, He Mi, and Qi Zhaodi took care of this errand, and they would go to Master Li's side to help clean up later, and the others just went to work, went home, and ate.

And Han Li rode out on his bicycle early this morning with the translation documents and some prepared New Year's gifts, and went all the way west to Liu Lao's place.

But it's a pity that Liu Lao is not there, Gong Jianglong is not there, I heard that the guards in the building said that Liu Lao often goes out during this time, and sometimes he comes back very late, very late.

If the original Han Li would still think about the situation, but after the incident on the ten-mile long street, he didn't bother to think about the problem now, it was too high, too far, and too tired.

Han Li left his things behind and left here, now that the ointment and translation were all done, no one could stop him from living like a salted fish from years ago, once he had finished the Lantern Festival, he would immediately return to Shanghe Village to continue his life.

Twenty-six, stewed pork, today Han Li walked out of the house with some reluctance, came to the street and dialed the phone number of Aunt Liu.

After putting down the phone, Han Li asked a crow to go to the neighborhood to keep an eye on it, he turned around and went to the nearby black market.

It's a pity that nothing good was found here, but it didn't affect Han Li from carrying all kinds of fresh meat and river fresh food needed for the New Year when he came back.

On the twenty-seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Han Li still went to his junior high school and high school teacher's house to stay for a while.

As for that Aunt Liu, she didn't pull away the "stretching painkiller cream" until the evening of the twenty-eighth day of the Lunar New Year, which was impossible in the past, but this also shows that the current situation is more special.

On the morning of the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Aunt Liu, who had a somewhat tired face, found Han Li, said a few words and left in a hurry after leaving a thank you gift.

In the Chinese New Year's Eve, the city of Sijiu, which used to be full of firecrackers from noon, has become quieter this year, only the occasional sound of firecrackers lit by children on the street, and there are few continuous firecracker sounds.

Most people have even changed the couplets to the format that was inherent eight or nine years ago, and there is not the slightest word of superscription.

While the family was busy in the house, Han Li sat in the yard teasing the dog.

At this time, the sound of a car came from outside, and then Gong Jianglong appeared at Han Li's house.

"Brother is here, hurry up and sit in the house, and eat dumplings at my house later."

"Brother Han, you also know that I can't leave for too long, and I have to go to several places today, next time, next time I have the opportunity to try my family's craftsmanship."

Next, Gong Jianglong whispered about the recent situation, as well as Liu Lao's praise for his article, and also pointed out that it could not be announced to the public yet, and finally he relayed that a leader said angrily at the time: "If you want to be sad and hear the ghost scream, I cry and laugh." However, Han Li didn't pick up the topic, and instead chose to ask about Elder Liu.

"Is Old Liu okay?"

"It's not a big deal.,It's just that I've been drinking a little diligently in the past two days.."

After a brief conversation, Gong Jianglong put down the translation fee that Han Li was due to him and a large bundle of ribbon fish and left in a hurry.

After sending this one away, Han Li went back to the house and picked up the things that Han's mother had prepared a long time ago, and rode his bicycle to Master's side first.

The speed at which the internal organs recovered was even slower than Han Li had imagined, so Master Li's situation still hadn't changed much.

Han Li was talking to Master in the house, and not long after, the Han family sisters, the Yun family sisters, He Mi and Qi Zhaodi all came.

After a few of them came, they began to mix noodles, mix fillings, and make dumplings until Han's father and Han's mother came back from the unit.

Master Li's side, like Han Li's family, didn't prepare firecrackers, so everyone simply had a meal and drank some wine.

When I got home, I got together to play cards, chess, and chat, and when I was sleepy, I went back to sleep.

Bingchen year. Ji Chou Yue. Renwu Day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, January 31 of the solar calendar.

Although Han Li's family didn't prepare firecrackers, they still got up early.

Kowtow, eat dumplings, and greet the New Year, and then drink and chat with Yu Daqiang and the others.

Others didn't go to the streets to see the excitement as in previous years, because there was nothing to see on the streets this year.

Some just groups of people with red armbands are running through the streets, and they clash with some people who come to worship from time to time.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Han Li still got up early in the morning, but he didn't go to Haizi to practice boxing today, and as soon as he moved his muscles and bones in the courtyard, Han's mother started to urge him.

"Hurry up and go to your eldest sister's house to pay New Year's greetings, if our family goes late, we should let our parents pick it out."

"But now it's just dawning? They may not have gotten out of bed yet. ”

"Don't ink, there are bicycles this year, and it's too late for you to go, if you stay farther away from the two families before, and have more sisters, you will be ready to go to the New Year in the middle of the night."

Han Li set off after washing up under his mother's nagging, and when he came to the Rotten Noodles Hutong, the people of the Dai family had not only gotten up, but also cleaned the inside of the house very cleanly.

At this time, the door-to-door visit was to pay New Year's greetings, and Han Li actually got a red envelope after paying a New Year's greeting to the second elder of the Dai family? This really made him a little embarrassed for such a big person, and when he wanted to refuse, he was dragged to their house by the eldest sister and the two of them.

"Eldest sister, this red envelope?"

"Here you go. You just take it, this is what you should get in the first year, they don't give it to me, but after that, unless you bring your children, it's hard to see the red envelope in that house. ”

The two sisters and brothers were talking in the house, and the eldest brother-in-law, Dai Jing'an, then put together several hard dishes and pulled Han Li to drink.

Although Han Li knew that this was a rule and etiquette, he was really a little uncomfortable when he started drinking in the early morning, and then he thought that after the second sister and the younger sister got married, wouldn't he have to drink three times in a row on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year? Immediately, I felt a tingling in my scalp.

Although Han Li could decompose the alcohol, water without alcohol was very unpleasant, and the taste was simply not as good as the water in the pot.

During this period, the father and the eldest brother of the family came to accompany two glasses of wine, but they all had their own guests to accompany, so they went out after drinking.

After eating and drinking enough, Han Li couldn't stay here for long, otherwise the eldest sister would return to her parents' house later.

Han Li got up and went to the house to say goodbye to the second elder of the Dai family, and then rode his bicycle to take a step first, as for the eldest sister Han, after she cleaned up, she would follow the eldest brother-in-law home with the gifts.

However, on Han Li's way home, as soon as he walked to the Xuanwu Gate, he heard someone shouting his name.

"Han Li, Han Li, you wait first."

Han Li was a little puzzled when he heard the shout, he was already wrapped tightly enough, there was no shortage of scarves and Lei Feng hats, and his whole face showed a pair of eyes outside, so that someone could still recognize him?

When he stopped his bicycle and looked in the direction where the sound came from, he saw a young woman riding a bicycle towards him, but she was also very tightly wrapped, but Han Li couldn't remember who this person was.

"Han Li, it's me Tian Xiaoxia, don't you recognize me?"

The young woman who called herself Tian Xiaoxia moved her scarf down as she spoke, revealing a somewhat familiar face that had darkened and thickened a lot.

"Tian Xiaoxia, how could I recognize you with only a pair of eyes."

"Didn't I recognize you by showing your eyes as well? You don't recognize me, it only means that you don't take our friendship for so many years to heart. ”

"Hehe, it may be that I drank some wine when I was visiting relatives just now, and I didn't pay attention to it when I was dizzy and rushed home, when did you come back from northern Shaanxi?"

"I came back a year ago, and I originally wanted to see you at the class reunion, but your sister Chunying said that you had been busy and couldn't find time to attend at that time, so I planned to meet you before leaving, but I didn't expect to meet you today."

Next, the two of them chatted on the side of the road for a while, and when Han Li was a little bored and used the excuse that he was going home to prepare a banquet for his eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law, Tian Xiaoxia took off her gloves and took out a handkerchief from her pocket. roll, unfolded it, took out 20 yuan and handed it over.

"This is the last time I borrowed money from you, if it weren't for your 20 yuan, I wouldn't be able to survive that year."

Han Li didn't lack this money now, besides, Tian Xiaoxia's character was very different from Qi Ruying's, and their life over there was indeed very hard, so he didn't take the money handed over by the other party in the first place.

"Compared to your side in northern Shaanxi, I'm okay in the northeast, so you don't have to rush to pay me back this money, let's talk about it when you completely stabilize over there."

"That's not good, you can lend me money to help me a lot, and it's easy to borrow and repay, it's not difficult to borrow again, next time if I open my mouth again, you can help me better than anything else."

Han Li looked at Tian Xiaoxia's eyes as if he was faking, so he took it and said.

"Okay, if you have any difficulties, you just ask, if you can help, I will definitely help, but I'm in a hurry to go home and prepare wine and food for my eldest brother-in-law now, why don't we talk next time?"

"When is the next time?"

(End of chapter)