The eldest of the Yan family in the Siheyuan

Chapter 20 Buying New Year's Goods
The old Yan's house in the front yard is holding the Nth family meeting, and the main content of the meeting is to buy new year's goods.

Yan Bugui: "Let's talk about our family's budget for buying new year's goods this year?"

Three Moms: "Xiecheng gave me 15 yuan, so let's also Tao Shiwu? Make up 30 yuan,"

Yan Jiefang: "What is this little money enough for? We can't buy a set of clothes for each of us."

Yan Jiekuang: "That's right, I have to buy some new clothes for us. I haven't worn new clothes for several years."

Yan Xieya quietly stayed aside without saying a word.

Yan Bugui: "Don't talk about it, listen to my analysis and analysis. Firstly, didn't you just wear the coat your brother bought for me a few days before the liberation? You only have one coat this year. Others, at most, will be given to you. Buy a pair of gloves. I’m talking about Xie Kuang. Didn’t your second brother’s clothes be given to you? What do you want? You’re here first, and you’re growing up to buy new ones. After a few years, you’ll be too small again. When you don’t grow up, buy new ones. I will buy it for you again, and now I will buy you a hat at most. Then tell me about Xie Di, Xie Di’s clothes are old, then ask your mother to pull some cloth for you, and add some cotton to your cotton padded coat to re- It won’t cost much to sew it up, it’s like a new one, and I’m buying you a pair of cotton shoes, it’s fine.”

Yan Jiekuang muttered and said, "Father, according to what you said, my clothes turned into hats, my second brother's clothes turned into gloves, and my younger sister's clothes turned into shoes. We won't buy new clothes for us this year. chant?"

Yan Bugui: "Hey! You don't need money for hats, gloves, and shoes? You are not satisfied yet. It costs more than ten yuan for the three of you. You don't want to eat or drink."

Three moms: "Your dad is right. How much would it cost if everyone bought new clothes? Your dad doesn't even have enough for a month's salary. Our family can't live on."

Yan Bugui: "I don't care to talk about you. After throwing away the money spent on them, there is still about 17 yuan left. Tell me, what else should we buy?"

Three Moms: "We still have to buy a chicken, two fish, peanuts, melon seeds, candy, a catty of pork, tofu, vermicelli, tobacco and alcohol, soybeans? Mung beans, firecrackers. Eggs are not used. I bought it, the two old hens that Xie Cheng bought have laid eggs these days and saved enough for the New Year."

Yan Bugui did the math and said: "Chicken and fish cost five yuan, peanuts, melon seeds, and candy cost two yuan, pork, tofu, vermicelli, soybeans, mung beans, and firecrackers cost three yuan, and cigarettes—five packs of spring farming cost fifty-five cents." , buy two bottles of Xifeng for five yuan, a total of 15 yuan and fifty-five cents, a few red envelopes for the children in the courtyard, and you can save a little bit."

Yan Xiecheng: "Dad~ If you want to settle the score, you are the one in our courtyard." He said and stretched his thumb.

The three mothers: "You all have to learn from your father. If you can't eat poorly and dress poorly, you can't count on being poor."

Yan Jiekuang: "Our family has not become rich."

Three moms: "It's only because of you that our family is not rich. The money spent on you this year is enough to buy a new bicycle."

Yan Bugui: "Okay, let's talk about how to arrange for you to line up to buy things. It can be explained as buying cigarettes, alcohol, firecrackers, peanuts, melon seeds, and candy, and liberated to buy tofu, vermicelli, soybeans, and mung beans. Your mother took Xie Di to buy cloth, shoes, hats, and gloves for you, and I took Jie Kuang to buy meat, chicken, and fish. Okay, you go to your mother to get money and tickets, let's go." I went out with my hands behind my back to play chess with the second uncle.

After dinner in the afternoon, I went to the entrance of the state-run store with money and tickets to line up to buy New Year’s goods. The line was hundreds of meters long, and I could see the crowds of workers inside were sweating, and they stopped at the street to deliver The truck with the goods, where are several workers moving things to the store.

While queuing up, I saw Guangfu Guangtian coming over, standing in front of Yan Xiecheng, "Guangtian Guangfu, is your brother coming back this Chinese New Year?"

Liu Guangtian: "Why did you come back? My elder brother hasn't contacted my family since he got married and left."

Liu Guangfu: "It's fine if you don't contact me, or our dad won't be able to send him things or money."

Yan Jiecheng: "Second uncle still wants Guangqi to come back?"

Liu Guangtian: "That's right! My dad, you don't even know it, but you like my elder brother. If there is anything wrong with my brother, my dad will be the first to worry."

"Then does your mother know about your brother's application to go to the third line to support construction?" Yan Xiecheng said.

Liu Guangfu: "I don't know. My father told my mother that the factory leaders valued my brother very much, so they transferred my brother. The key is that my mother really believed it."

Yan Jiecheng: "Guangtian, you won't go to school after the new year, didn't the second uncle say to find you a job?"

Liu Guangtian: "What are you looking for! My dad asked me to work as a temporary worker in a machine repair factory. I don't know when I will become a regular worker."

Yan Jiecheng: "That's fine, as long as you can earn money, it's really hard to find a job now."

Liu Guangtian: "You are still welcome. If you have an electrician, you will be a regular worker if you enter the factory. I also took the time to take the exam. I didn't pass the exam. It was too difficult and I didn't even pass the written exam."

Yan Xiecheng: "Why didn't the second uncle find a relationship for you to join the rolling mill? The benefits of this rolling mill are much better than that of a machine repair shop."

"My dad doesn't want to waste favors on me, thinking that my elder brother will come back and use them for him." Liu Guangtian said with a depressed face.

No wonder Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu don't care about Liu Haizhong in the future, this is not just about beating children.This Liu Haizhong is also a fool, Liu Guangqi has run away and you still count on him, no one cares about him from now on, he asked for it.

As I was talking, I heard the waiter yelling what are you buying!Hurry up to buy things and pay the ticket, then walk to the courtyard with the things.

When I got home, I saw things piled up on the ground, and the third mom sorted them out.

Yan Bugui saw Yan Xiecheng and said: "Xiecheng is back, put your things down, put the things your mother gave out in the kitchen, and remember to close the door."

"Got it," he said and carried the things into the kitchen.

At this time, the central courtyard was also placing new year's goods. The difference was that Shazhu and the uncle put most of the new year's goods in the old Jia's house. This was to have dinner with Qin Huairu and his family during the Chinese New Year.

Next, the whole courtyard is filled with tempting aromas every day, whether it is stewed meat, stewed chicken, or stewed fish. Today you steam steamed buns, and tomorrow I will steam rice cakes.The children in the yard are also happily setting off firecrackers every day.

Silly Zhu is busy cooking for people everywhere. While earning extra money, he can bring back a few lunch boxes every day. He Yushui also came back from vacation, staying at home every day and not going out.

The same goes for Xu Damao, who is busy going to the countryside to show movies every day. Every time he comes back, he is packed with souvenirs, and sometimes he even distributes them to Yan Fugui.How else could Xu Damao know how to behave better than Shazhu!The key point is that people don’t eat alone. Anyone who meets them can share some. Although there are not many, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are!
(End of this chapter)