Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 185
"Brother, get up soon." Ma Liang opened his eyes, and saw his cousin Wu Zhichao pushing and shoving him.

I picked up my phone and saw that it was only early 7 o'clock.

The rhythm of life in the village is basically working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Go to bed early at night and wake up early in the morning.

After Ma Liang finished dressing and washing, he walked into the hall and saw several younger brothers and sisters acting like a baby around grandma, as if they were fighting for something.

"Grandma, give us two more sprinkles"

"Don't eat too much, the glutinous rice cakes are not easy to digest, and you won't be able to eat it for lunch in a while." Grandma held a plate of freshly fried glutinous rice cakes and guarded her tightly.

The little ones have already eaten, and the remaining plate of glutinous rice cakes is for the grandson.

Seeing Ma Liang coming out of the house, grandma shouted happily again: "Liang, come and have breakfast."

The old lady was indeed eccentric, and she liked Ma Liang, the eldest grandson, the most.

This is also human nature, who made him follow the elders since he was a child, and was brought up by his grandparents, so the relationship is naturally different.

A bowl of bone soup and a plate of brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, this is Ma Liang's breakfast.

Today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and New Year's Eve is tonight. Every family starts cooking various ingredients early in the morning in order to make a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

For example, the Dongpo elbow dish is a must-have option for many family New Year’s Eve dinners in Sichuan and Sichuan.

Huge pork knuckles need to be processed in advance, blanched, marinated, air-dried, and then put in a pan to fry the tiger skin. The pre-processing alone takes an hour.

This is just the beginning. Next, fry the sugar and spices, and finally put them together in a casserole and simmer for more than three hours. It really takes a lot of effort.

The whole family went to battle, and the kitchen was opened in the open space in front of the old house if it couldn't be used.

Vegetables are washed, vegetables are cut and seasoned, stewed and burnt, hard vegetables one after another.

Therefore, the meal at noon is already much richer than usual.The New Year's Eve dinner in the evening is even more exciting.

At noon, Lao Ma's family was enjoying delicious food when suddenly a guest came.

"Jianguo, Jianjun, they're all here!" Before entering the door, the visitor shouted loudly.

Ma Liang's father hurriedly put down the bowls and chopsticks, stood up and greeted him, "Weidong, it's okay to eat.

You haven't come back for two or three years, so stay and have a meal together if you haven't eaten, and we just have two drinks. "

The person who came was Xu Weidong, who was in the same generation as Ma Liang's father and uncle in the village.

It's just that although we all grew up playing with mud together, the later life experiences are not the same.

"No, no, I'm here to deliver invitations, and there are still many others to deliver.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I set up wine at home, and everyone will go to Xiha together. "Xu Weidong put down the invitation, smiled and left.

Uncle Ma Jianjun took a look at the invitation, and his face was not so happy.

He threw the invitation on the table and said bitterly: "I guessed it a long time ago. It really is a new house. I can't wait to show it off."

Not being nice to others is one of the bad roots of human beings, and this uncle Ma Liang is not exempt from it.

Because the three brothers of the old Xu family are capable people, one is in Rongcheng and the other two are in Shancheng, and they all work in the spicy rabbit head snack bar.

In the past few years, the business has become better and better, and naturally it has made a lot of money.

The three brothers of the Xu family raised money together, knocked down the old house and rebuilt it, and built a new four-story house, which can be called the number one in the village.

It's normal for people to move to a new house and have a drink, but in the eyes of the two brothers of Lao Ma's family, it's not good.

Who made them incompetent? They haven't made much money working outside for many years.Seeing that all capable people in the village are building new houses, the two brothers can only stare blankly.

"It's going to be a gift again. It's a must every Spring Festival." The stepmother Zhang Hongyan couldn't help complaining.

That's how it is in the village, they are all rushing to hold weddings during the Chinese New Year.

Children get married, the baby is full moon, the elderly celebrate their birthdays, and they move to a new house. From the first day of the new year to the Lantern Festival, they have to eat every day when they are exaggerated.

After all, ordinary young people have gone out to work, and it is only during the Chinese New Year that banquets can gather people.During the Spring Festival, the wine is not only lively and face-saving, but also can charge a little more gift money.

But the brothers and sisters of Lao Ma's family don't have any skills, and they haven't made a lot of money, so even if they want to set up a banquet, there is no happy event at home.

The only gratifying thing is that Ma Liang was admitted to a key university.But during the college entrance examination, Ma Jianguo was still working outside, and he couldn't even pay for his son's tuition, so how could he have money for wine.

Aunt Wei Hongying suggested with a smile: "Brother, why don't you hold a banquet for Liang Wazi.

Fortunately, he was admitted to a famous university, and he can get a little gift money back for a drink. "

"I can't do it, don't make it up to me." Before my father could say anything, Ma Liang hurriedly vetoed it.

Although being admitted to a key university is the first great event in the village, but holding a feast in this name, wouldn't he have to accompany him to toast all the time?

Ma Liang was not happy about this, he let so many people watch like a monkey.

When Ma Jianguo heard this, his face darkened.In fact, even if his son did not object, he would not be able to serve wine.

Not to mention the torment of divorce, after remarrying, two more children were born, and it was already difficult to raise them.

More than half a year ago, the second father-in-law had a major operation, which wiped out his savings for several years.

No matter how little money there is for the wine, he can't get it out right now.

Besides, the expenses for the new year are already very high, so you have to save some money for contingencies in the coming year.

Ma Jianguo already felt that he was incompetent, but when he saw his son's resolute resistance, he felt even more heartbroken.

How can father be happy when he is like this.

Ma Sufen saw her elder brother's face downcast, and she immediately stopped thinking about instigating the arrangement of wine.She really wanted to congratulate Ma Liang, but her nephew is not her own son after all, so it's not easy to make decisions!

Because of the Xu family's invitation, the atmosphere of the meal at noon immediately became much duller.

After all, happiness comes from comparison. Seeing that people's life is booming, but Lao Ma's family can't see any hope, how can the family be happy.

It wasn't until mid-afternoon that the preparations for the New Year's Eve dinner began that the family regained their joy.

During the Chinese New Year, no matter how unhappy things are, you have to temporarily forget them.

The most important thing is to cherish the present moment when the family eats a good meal happily.

Spicy chicken, Maoxuewang, steamed pork, husband and wife lung slices, fried bacon with garlic sprouts, spicy sausage, saliva chicken, beer duck, braised grass carp, fried crispy pork, Dongpo elbow, spicy fried fatty sausage, plus a few vegetarian dishes and a big pot Bone Seaweed Soup.

This New Year's Eve dinner can be described as extremely sumptuous!

In the era when the wind blows, no matter how poor or poor the common people are, they will still get a little bonus.

Just like Lao Ma's family, even though they didn't make a lot of money, at least the standard of this New Year's Eve dinner is getting better every year!

Of course, except Ma Liang, the reborn boss, he is no longer the little brother Ma.

While enjoying the New Year's Eve dinner with his family, he thought about how to improve his family's living standards.

As for this family, of course there is a priority.

We must start with grandparents and aunts and uncles first. As for his cheap father and uncle, let's go back one row.

It's best to change subtly, and don't turn around and make troubles if nothing happens.

After all, human nature cannot stand the test, and Ma Liang doesn't want to test it.

When the family conditions are better, you can take the opportunity to build a new house for your grandparents in the village, so that the two elders can live more comfortably.

Although he is capable now, he won't immediately pretend to be this cowardly.Everything needs a long-term plan, so let's take a step at a time.

The dishes are rich, and the family is very happy to eat.

The two brothers Ma Jianguo and Ma Jianjun were both drunk. It may be the only day all year round that they can really let go of drinking.

Or maybe it's only when you get drunk that you can forget all the unhappiness caused by poverty.

The two brothers were soon taken back to lie down by their daughter-in-law, and the old man was also a little too drunk, so he was helped by his grandmother back to the house and fell asleep early.

Uncle and aunt took the children out to set off firecrackers and fireworks, and Lao Ma's house also needed to be lively.

Only Ma Liang continued to stay in the house, allowing the TV to play the Spring Festival Gala program there, without even looking at it.

For the Spring Festival Gala, I make complaints about it every year, but no one really takes it seriously anyway.

Starting in the afternoon, the mobile phone will receive New Year's greetings text messages from time to time, both from classmates and from business contacts.

Ma Liang was also busy editing a New Year's greeting message at the moment, and sent it back in groups.

However, important people must be greeted individually, such as his mentor, Dean Liu, and his uncle, lawyer Feng Decheng, etc., so they can't be fooled.

There are also those high-end contacts introduced by Sister Bingmei, all of whom need to pay New Year's greetings alone.

While I was busy, my phone vibrated continuously, and I received several text messages at once.Ma Liang returned to the inbox interface to look, and everyone was stunned.

Sister Jiang University, Liu Yaonv, Yan Bingfu, and Teacher Feng sent a blessing message at the same time as if they had made an appointment in advance.

It is estimated that there are too many people paying New Year's greetings via SMS on New Year's Eve, and the mobile company's SMS base station is overcrowded, which caused the delay in sending and receiving.

But it's a bit inconceivable that the four people's text messages are so coincidental.

[In the past year, the luckiest thing was to meet you; I hope we will have more surprises in the coming year.Happy New Year! ]——Jiang Yinqiu.

[Silly Baoer, I don’t know how to say it.In short, I wish you a happy new year!I'll go find you in two days] - Liu Feifei.

[There is no turning back on the past, please give me more advice in the coming year!Happy New Year! ]——Lin Fengyun.

[Thank you for your appearance last year, and I still need you by my side in the coming year.In the new year, may we all be well! ]——Yan Bing.

After reading their text messages, Ma Liang laughed silly, but at the same time had a headache as to how to reply.

Write a string of sweet words?

Too hypocritical, not his style.

It would be ridiculous if four girls called at the same time.

After thinking about it, it's better to be simple and rude. He immediately made up a short message, just a few words, and sent it to them.

Anyway, the content is the same, there is no need to distinguish between each other!
[I miss you, hug! ]
Group hair can be okay.

　My heart is hurting again, so I adjust my work and rest, I will only have one chapter tonight, and I will continue tomorrow when I get up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)