As the sun sets, the bell rings on time, marking the end of the day's work.

Workers who got off work happily walked home with their rewards.

On the side of the courtyard, Yan Bugui was sitting on a small stool in front of his house basking in the sun.

Today, he still maintains his old habits, wearing a pair of glasses, squinting vigilantly at passers-by, and stepping forward to chat and greet at every opportunity, and ask for gossip or small gifts.

After a while, Zhengda Guangguang "begged" two tomatoes and a small handful of small vegetables, which made Yan Bugui very happy. "I'm lucky today, I'm going to have so many things, and tonight's dishes are gone."

However, the only thing that made Yan Bugui a little dissatisfied was that since Jiang Yan and they opened a door, almost all the people in the backyard have passed through Jiang Yan, and only occasionally walked through this courtyard, their living conditions are much better than those in the courtyard, and they are still quite generous, and a few leaks from their fingers are enough for a family to eat for several days.

Basking in the sun for so long, he was a little thirsty, and just as he was about to get up and go back to the house, he found that the people in the yard seemed to be carrying things to their homes today, and their faces were full of joy, but the people who carried things seemed to be people from the research institute.

Over the years, the workers in the yard have also been divided into two categories, one is to work in the rolling mill, the other is to work in the research institute, many people have watched the situation in recent years, if you talk about life, this institute is much better than the rolling mill, and it sounds much better than the rolling mill. ，

Seeing the meat and other things they were carrying, Yan Bugui's saliva was about to flow out, and he forgot to go back to the house to drink water, so he hurriedly stopped a neighbor Lao Li who was walking towards the courtyard and asked, "Yo, Lao Li, are you here today, is it for the New Year?" Why are they all carrying things back?"

Lao Li said with a smile: "You don't know the three masters, our research institute has made great contributions, and the big chiefs have personally come to inspect the CNC machine tools, and they have made newspaper headlines!" The factory gave everyone a prize, a pound of good meat, a pound of apples and half a pound of toffee, didn't I take it back to my grandson to try it. ”

When Lao Li said this, there was an indescribable pride in his eyes.

"What? The institute has issued a reward?" Yan Bugui's eyes widened, surprised.

He hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" If you don't have a festival this year, you will be rewarded, and your research institute has come up with good things again! Who took the big credit? Why are you giving out rewards all of a sudden?"

Lao Li mysteriously lowered his voice and said: "It is Jiang Yan who lives in the small courtyard next door, Chief Engineer Jiang, who led us to build the world's leading machine tools and equipment, and became famous in one fell swoop!" The superior gave him a reward, but he didn't ask for it, this is not all distributed to our employees, I have to say, Mr. Jiang is benevolent and righteous. ”

"What? Jiang Yan actually did it?" Yan Bugui was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, and his face suddenly became cloudy. But the next moment, he asked Lao Li in a low voice.

"How much this superior rewarded him! This can send something to the whole institute. ”

"It's a lot, and according to the grapevine, it's thousands of dollars! There are also some bills. ”

After Lao Li left, Yan Bugui's face was full of distress.

"This loser kid, I really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are at home! This time I got away with thousands of dollars, I listened to it and I was distressed, no, no, my own family has been until now, this deposit is not a thousand yuan, this is really a loser, if you give it to your own family, your own family is not prosperous. ”

As soon as he thought of this, Yan Bugui felt that his heart was hurting, and he didn't care about getting some more things at the door, so he went home and lay on the bed, not knowing that Yan Bugui was sick!

Not long after lying on the bed, a thought suddenly crossed his mind - he has a good relationship with Jiang Yan now, and they also have a lot of respect for themselves.

So Yan Bugui immediately decided to go to Jiang Yan's house later.

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On the other hand, Jia Zhang's holding his golden grandson just came out of a sister's house, now this Jia Zhang's is quite proud, this entire Nanluoguxiang is counted, there are basically few dual-income families, and the days at home are much better to the naked eye, so now Jia Zhang's always likes to visit the door when he has nothing to do, and he will say some short things in the parents, and he has no less to show off to the old sisters about the current situation in his family. None of them can compare to their own family, and the corners of their mouths are slightly raised when they think of this.

Maybe the life of the Jia family is better now, this Jia Zhang is far from being as mean as described in the book, although it is spicy, it still makes some sense, but the gossip of the east and the west family can't be changed.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the alley, I saw many people carrying meat to their homes, and their faces were full of joy.

"Oh mom, is this the New Year, why does every family carry meat back?" Jia Zhang whispered to himself.

She saw an acquaintance in her yard and quickly stopped a young man to ask why.

After hearing that the institute rewarded everyone with meat, he was quite excited.

Although his son is in the rolling mill, but his daughter-in-law is in the research institute, maybe she can bring back meat, and the thought of being able to eat meat at night makes the corners of Jia Zhang's mouth drool.

At the moment, she didn't go home, she turned around and walked directly to the vegetable market, it's always a good thing to have meat to eat, hurry up and buy some vegetables and go home, you can treat yourself well tonight!

Is this Jia Zhang's lack of mouth? To be honest, she really doesn't lack a mouth, her daughter-in-law gives herself three yuan a month, and her son secretly stuffs himself with a few dollars when he has time, but he has made a lot of money in the past few years, and when he has time to be greedy, he will secretly buy himself a little braised meat and other things to eat, but who is not excited about eating meat in a bright light!

After buying good vegetables, Jia Zhang's face was filled with strange joy.

She didn't buy much vegetables, only a few bunches of greens, and a few round potatoes, which were meant to be stewed with meat, and the potatoes were better than meat as long as they were meaty!

Jia Zhangshi looked at the abundant ingredients, her heart was overjoyed, and she couldn't wait to start cooking immediately, so the pace of going home was a little faster, she was a little tired just now, but now she was full of energy, and she felt that walking another five kilometers was not a problem.

After Jia Zhang, who returned home, arranged his golden grandson, he went directly to the kitchen to take out the cooking utensils, cleaned them, and began to chop vegetables. The sweet aroma of vegetables soon spreads.

After making the vegetarian dishes, cutting the potatoes, and making the stick noodle porridge and wotou, Jia Zhang sat on the chair next to him, rubbing his hands uncontrollably, and his face could not hide his excitement and expectation.

(End of chapter)