Siheyuan starts to eat the old man

When the family was having dinner in the evening, they naturally closed the door and chatted about what was in today's newspaper, but as soon as the eldest mother started to talk, she was interrupted by Yi Zhonghai.

"This kind of thing is not for ordinary people like us to discuss. The higher-ups have their own intentions. Don't discuss these at home."

Yi Zhonghai has a clear mind and can see the situation clearly. He understands the outside situation very clearly and naturally knows what the environment is outside now. Therefore, he is very careful when speaking. The whole hospital meeting was not held, for fear of getting into trouble.

The aunt muttered that she was dissatisfied with Yi Zhonghai depriving her of the right to speak. However, she also knew the seriousness of the matter and did not continue to discuss the sensitive topic of why the Spring Festival was not allowed. Instead, she turned the topic to Ding Qiunan:
"Qiu Nan, I canceled my vacation today. How are things going with my in-laws? Are you coming to Sijiucheng to see you?"

Mentioning this matter, Ding Qiunan sighed, took out a telegram from her bag, and said with a slightly disappointed expression: "I had already arrived at the station in the morning, and after hearing the station's announcement, I returned the train ticket I bought. , I won’t come this year. I said I’ll wait until I have the chance to talk about it after the baby is born.”

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. It's okay. Anyway, there are not many days until the child is born. The child will be able to see his in-laws in more than a month." The eldest mother opened her mouth to comfort Ding Qiunan.

Ding Qiunan, who had not seen his parents for a long time, was obviously in a depressed mood now. He nodded casually, eating the dumplings in the bowl without a bite, even if he was facing the standard New Year's Eve dinner.

The family is rich, so my eldest mother went to buy New Year's meals early. As soon as the newspaper came out today, she was not allowed to celebrate the Spring Festival. It also stipulated that the New Year's Eve dinner was not allowed to eat or drink, and she had to eat 'remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweet rice'.

After this announcement, the meat and vegetables that Auntie had prepared for the New Year’s Eve dinner could no longer be used.

Considering that if she ate dumplings secretly on the night of the [-]th, she might be reported by the neighbors, so the aunt decided to celebrate this evening as New Year's Eve and prepared a table full of sumptuous banquets.

After returning to the house after dinner, Ding Qiunan didn't even turn on her favorite TV. She simply washed herself and got into bed.

Looking at Ding Qiunan's appearance, Li Pingan didn't know how to persuade him. This kind of thing happened from top to bottom and could not be changed by personal will. He could only hold Ding Qiunan's hand and comfort him.

After a good sleep, she didn't know whether the comfort last night had an effect or she figured it out on her own. She returned to her usual self the next day, talking and laughing with her aunt at the dinner table.

After breakfast, Li Ping'an pushed out his bicycle, which he had not ridden for a long time since the beginning of winter. He took out his previous winter cycling thermal equipment and wrapped it tightly for Ding Qiunan. Then he took Ding Qiunan to work at the steel rolling mill on his bicycle.

The current workers do not dare to say anything openly because of the cancellation of spring break, but they must feel uncomfortable in their hearts. At this time of overwhelming resentment, it is not appropriate to continue driving the jeep in the factory. This is too high-profile, in case anyone feels uncomfortable. If you feel comfortable, report it to Li Ping'an, wouldn't you be causing trouble for yourself?

In order to show support for the policy, the workload in the factory today was set to be a quarter higher than usual. All the workshops in the steel rolling mill were on full fire, and there were scenes of enthusiastic work everywhere.

The work of the logistics department is also very heavy. The consumption of materials for tens of thousands of people in the steel rolling mill a day is very huge, not to mention the even larger quantities of industrial raw materials.

Because of the sudden cancellation of the holiday, many materials in the steel rolling mill are insufficient. For such a full-scale work as the steel rolling mill, the materials stored in the factory cannot last for a few days. All the people in the purchasing department rode bicycles to the supply unit. Ask for supplies in advance that should be delivered after the year.

Wu Yajun, this piece of shit, is completely ruined because he will be transferred out after the new year. He lies on the sofa in the office every day to relax. Even when he is so busy now, this kid doesn't even show his face.

Li Ping'an, who drove a jeep to four units a day, returned to the steel rolling mill and slumped down on the sofa in his office, not wanting to move his tired little finger.

"Section Chief, I'm asking for leave. I have something to do at home, so I need to go back early." Just when Li Ping'an fell on the sofa tiredly, Zhang Daquan, who had also worked hard today, opened the door and walked in from the outside to Li Ping'an. Ping An applied for leave.

Li Ping'an raised his hand to check the time and found that he would get off work in an hour. He did not ask Zhang Daquan when he wanted to ask for leave, and directly waved his hand and agreed to Zhang Daquan's request for leave.

After Zhang Daquan left, Li Ping'an regained his energy after a period of rest, and took the documents to report today's work to Chen Youfu.

Li Ping'an was in a hurry to pick Ding Qiunan home, hurriedly reported work to Chen Youfu, then hurriedly got on his bicycle and ran towards the infirmary.

When he brought Ding Qiunan back to the courtyard, he found that there were Spring Festival couplets posted on the door of the courtyard.

Li Ping'an smiled when he saw that on both sides of the gate it was written 'Three means non-stop fighting' and on the other side it was 'Continue to work on the first day of junior high school'.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw the third uncle happily writing Spring Festival couplets on the table.

Seeing this scene, Li Ping'an joked: "Third uncle, what's wrong with this? Didn't you say you're not allowed to write Spring Festival couplets? Are you going to commit the crime just for the sake of the fifty-cent red paper?"

The third uncle who had just finished writing was not angry when he heard Li Ping'an's teasing. He smiled and explained: "With your third uncle's consciousness, can you do such a thing?"

"Then this is?"

"The street will send someone to notify you at noon. Spring couplets can be posted normally. Without a notice from above, would I dare to write Spring Festival couplets?"

"I see, that's good. Your fifty cents were not wasted." In this cold weather, Li Ping'an didn't want to stay outside for too long. After knowing the situation, he pushed his bicycle and wanted to take Ding Qiunan away from here.

Just when Li Pingan and Ding Qiunan were carrying them away, the third uncle stopped them with the brush in his hand. He looked at Li Pingan and his wife shrewdly, waved the brush in front of Li Pingan's eyes, and smiled. Then he said: "Ping An, look at this. Now it's not that you are not allowed to post Spring Festival couplets. After all, it is a tradition, right? Don't you think there is anything wrong with the front door of your house?"

Li Ping'an understood the meaning of the third uncle's words. Since it is allowed to post Spring Festival couplets above, he should buy two sets and stick them up. The third uncle is right, this couplet is indeed a thousand-year-old tradition.

Buying Spring Festival couplets is a Spring Festival couplet, but before buying it, Li Pingan wanted to tease this scheming little old man.Li Ping'an joked with Yan Fugui with a faint smile: "Third uncle, I have no money. Besides, I think there is nothing missing on the front door of my house. It looks good when it is empty."

"Hey, don't pretend to be poor with your third uncle. If you, Li Ping'an, have no money, then there will be very few rich people in the entire Four-Nine City. Besides, you really misunderstood your third uncle this time. This year You go and ask about the couplets, but your third uncle didn’t take a penny and wrote couplets for everyone for free.”

When Yan Fugui said this, he spoke righteously, as if he was really serving the people. Li Ping'an frowned. Did he really misunderstand the third uncle?
But Li Ping'an's thoughts didn't last for more than a minute before the third uncle's next words broke his guard.

"No money, no money. It's just a mental job to write Spring Festival couplets. I can't write the words like dragons, phoenixes, wealth and auspiciousness in the past. You, third uncle, I need to think of new words. This is not ordinary. It’s a waste of brains. If you feel sorry for your third uncle, I’ll give your third uncle some of the melon seeds and peanuts prepared at home to supplement your brain.”

After listening to the third uncle's words, Li Ping'an cursed in his heart why he had expectations for the third uncle. This little old man's calculations were deep down. There was no hope of change in this life, so he should wait until the next life.

"Yes, the third uncle is indeed the third uncle. You are not free. You have changed the charging method. It is still the same as before."

"What you said is wrong. The third uncle will have to argue with you now."

Ding Qiunan, who had been blowing cold wind all the way, really didn't want to stay outside anymore. They only saw two couplets and a handful of melon seeds. The two of them stayed outside for a while while the cold wind blew. Not only did it not end, but it started to get worse. So Ding Qiunan quickly interrupted the third uncle:

"Okay, third uncle, for such a small thing, don't talk about it in the courtyard in this cold weather. Please help me write our family's couplet. I will ask Ping An to bring you some peanuts and melon seeds later."

The third uncle who was interrupted to speak did not feel angry after being interrupted when he heard what Ding Qiunan said. Instead, the wrinkles on his face were all gathered in a smile: "Okay, okay, Doctor Ding is still very refreshing. Third uncle." I will go and write to your home now.”

"Third uncle, please remember to write two copies. I will definitely give you enough melon seeds and peanuts." Ding Qiunan asked the third uncle not to forget that there are also Spring Festival couplets in Yi Zhonghai's room.

"Don't worry, I will definitely write the Spring Festival couplets between you and your uncle beautifully."

After solving the problem of the Spring Festival couplets, Ding Qiunan returned home, took out a small bowl from the cupboard, filled a bowl full of peanuts and melon seeds, and asked Li Pingan to deliver it to the third uncle.

When Li Pingan appeared in the front yard with peanuts and melon seeds, the third uncle, who had already written a couplet and was looking forward to it, smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes after seeing a bowl full of rewards. He kept saying that Li Pingan was If you are generous, you will definitely be able to achieve success in the future, and other auspicious words.

Holding two couplets, I borrowed some paste from Xu Yanxia who had posted couplets in the afternoon, and pasted the couplets on her and Yi Zhonghai's house in a few clicks.

When Li Ping'an returned to the back room, Auntie and Ding Qiunan were already waiting at the dining table for Li Ping'an to come and serve the meal. The workload in the factory was heavy today and he had to work overtime for two hours in the evening. At this time, Yi Zhonghai hadn't come back yet. There are only three people.

"Hey, aunt, the Yiku rice you made is different from the Yiku rice at other people's homes." Li Ping'an glanced at the food on the table and knew in his heart that the Yiku rice was definitely filled with ingredients. of.

The correct way to make Yiku rice is to use grass roots, bark, and wild vegetables as the main ingredients, and add a small amount of corn paste and dried sweet potatoes. Some radical units will also add soil, sand, pebbles and the like.

This year is the first year to celebrate the Spring Festival in a militant style, and I don’t dare to be too blatant. Tonight’s table of bitter-remembering rice is mainly made of corn paste and dried sweet potatoes, supplemented by wild vegetables and grass roots, and the quantity is small. A lot, just a small bowl for one person.

Although it is still difficult to swallow, it is much more delicious than the Yiku rice cooked in the canteen of the steel rolling mill tonight. As far as Li Pingan knows, the factory cafeteria is making a standard Yiku rice today. It is extremely unpalatable. Everyone Employees who work overtime can enjoy a bowl of pure Yiku rice for free in the canteen.

After a hasty dinner, it wasn't long before he heard a lot of noise outside the door. After hearing Si Zhu's loud voice, Li Ping'an knew that it was the overtime workers at the steel rolling mill who had returned.

Welcoming Yi Zhonghai in, Li Ping'an knew that the food at the steel rolling mill was not good at night, so he gave Yi Zhonghai a biscuit for tonight's dinner.

It was this biscuit that moved Yi Zhonghai so much that he looked at Li Pingan with tears in his eyes, making Li Pingan feel uncomfortable all over.

There is no Spring Festival Gala now, and there are no programs on the TV today. To pass the time, the family sat together cracking melon seeds and listening to White-Haired Girl on the radio.

"What are you doing, get out of here"

Just as the white-haired girl was listening with enthusiasm, Silly Zhu's roar sounded outside, mixed with the cry of a child.

There was such a big commotion outside on New Year's Eve. Li Ping'an and Yi Zhonghai looked at each other and immediately knew something was wrong. They stood up from their stools at the same time and walked out quickly.

When he opened the heavy door curtain, he saw Sha Zhu holding a kitchen knife, Doctor Hu holding a rolling pin, and Xu Damao facing each other at the door of their house.

"Silly Zhu, who gave you the courage to eat and drink so much today? The newspaper has clearly said that tonight we will have a meal to remember the bitterness. We must remember the evil old society. No eating, no drinking, no extravagance. Waste, look at your food tonight, you are dissatisfied with the policy of the superiors and openly contradict the superiors." Xu Damao, the leader, did not panic at all when facing Sha Zhu's kitchen knife, and proudly smashed it on Sha Zhu's head. A big hat.

Silly Zhu knew in his heart that it was broken, but he showed a generous look on his face. He gestured with the kitchen knife in his hand twice menacingly, and threatened fiercely: "Xu Damao, don't put a blame on my head. I don't want to do it today." Take action, take your people and get out of here, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

Facing Silly Zhu's threat, Xu Damao smiled contemptuously, waved his hand behind him, and said in a cruel tone: "Fuck me, if Silly Zhu dares to resist, I'll beat him to death."

With Xu Damao's order, five or six strong men behind him rushed towards the guy towards Silly Pillar. (End of chapter)