I am a small factory doctor re-walking my life.

Time has slowly come to the end of the year, December 21st, the 28th day of the winter lunar month, the winter solstice.

After eating at the construction company's family home, Li Tang and Song Xiaohui had just returned home when they welcomed two guests.

That's right, not two, but two, a total of six guests, namely Chen Dong's family of three and his younger brother Chen Shaowei's family of three.

"Cousin, cousin"

"Hello, auntie, hello, auntie and grandpa"

Chen Dong's daughter Chen Mengying is doing better, and they both live in the same courtyard. It is often seen that Chen Shaowei's four-year-old son is a bit unfamiliar. Although the little boy has seen Li Tang and Song Xiaohui, it is only a quick visit every year during the New Year. I can still remember that after entering the house, he sat in his father's arms for a long time without getting off the ground. After a while, he was attracted by the cartoon specially shown for them. He ran to the side and sat with his sister and watched the TV seriously. .

Chen Shaowei came here today to thank Li Tang, his cousin. He has been promoted, not to deputy section chief, but to section chief. He himself is a deputy chief section member, and this time he was directly promoted to full-time section chief.

Director Li in the provincial capital never expected that he would reach this level. He was surrounded by people and talked about it for a long time. In the end, the person he pictured was just a deputy section chief. If he hadn’t known Li Tang’s character after dealing with him for a long time, He really wanted to call her and ask if it was a joke.

"Auntie, these are the tiger-head shoes my mother made for her child after she found out you were pregnant. She made three pairs and wore them interchangeably."

Chen Dong knew Li Tang's temper. No matter who gave him something, he would give him a gift in return. Therefore, when he came over today, he didn't let him take any of the cigarettes and alcohol that his younger brother brought over. He just brought over the shoes that his mother made for the child. .

The mother of the two brothers is very handy. She can make clothes, shoes, window grilles on the windows during the New Year, and steamed flower buns, and she does them very well.

Looking at the three pairs of tiger-head shoes that Chen Dong took out, Song Xiaohui's eyes shone like little stars.

"I was also thinking about telling your mother to help her make a few pairs when I go back to see her during the Chinese New Year. I didn't expect that she would make them all now. They are so beautiful. Li Tang, look, sister-in-law Wencai made them beautifully. Bar."

"Beautiful. The clothes Maomao and Mimi wore when they were young were also made by Wencai's sister-in-law, right?"

"Yes, I thought you hadn't seen it. It should be true. In my impression, Wen Cai's sister-in-law makes the most beautiful ones in the family, and the others are just so-so. Chen Dong, Shaowei, go back and help us thank your mother. "

"You're welcome, aunt, my mother asked Shaowei to help with the message, Shaowei..."

"Oh, cousin, cousin, my mother said she would make all the flower buns after the baby is born and when the baby is full moon."

There is a custom in Qinshan where steamed flower buns are steamed during festivals and family celebrations.

There are fewer styles of steamed buns during the Chinese New Year. There are really various styles of steamed steamed buns for weddings, childbirth, and the full moon.

Dragons, phoenixes, tigers, birds, etc. are all made to look lifelike. The dragon-shaped ones can be more than one meter long. When presented to the host family who is hosting a wedding, at least two people have to carry them together.

Even in 2020, this custom still exists, but at that time, you didn't steam it at home. There are no such earth stoves in rural areas anymore, and of course there is no such big basket anymore. I always order from the merchants in town who specialize in that kind of food.

I just don’t know if this custom can still be preserved after the older generation in the village is completely gone. Anyway, in the past, there was someone in every household who could make it. If anyone wanted to steam flower buns for a happy event, everyone would go and help. It definitely no longer exists.

Sometimes looking back, I have to say that this is indeed a pity.

……

"Shu Tong, what's going on with you and Liu Yuwen now?"

"It's okay, I'm just an ordinary classmate."

At around nine o'clock in the night, Li Shutong packed up the books and notebooks on the table and walked out of the classroom with his dormitory friends. Behind them, there were many classmates still sitting there, studying tirelessly and seriously.

"Didn't you think he was pretty good at that time? You had a good impression of him. Why is there nothing happening now?"

After frowning and thinking for a while, Shutong shook his head and said, "I can't say for sure. When I first started admiring him, I felt that his back and a certain aura on his body were quite similar to my brother-in-law, so I thought of getting in touch with him." , but after this semester started, I contacted him again after a holiday, and I realized that I was wrong, he was still too childish, and I prefer the mature style of my brother-in-law."

Her words made the classmates on the side roll their eyes to the moon.

"My eldest lady, are you mistaken? This is school. Isn't it too unfair for you to compare a student with someone like your brother-in-law?"

"I know, so I decided not to look for one in school until I enter a workplace after graduation."

Li Shutong never denies that she likes her brother-in-law's type to her family and particularly close friends, so it wouldn't be a big surprise to hear her say this.

The classmate next to her is named Ge Shuqing, who is from Rongcheng and comes from a military family. Her grandfather was one of the first batch of school officers awarded that year. Her parents are now civilian cadres in the army, and her uncle is a division-level cadre leading the front line.

She grew up in a military compound and has a bold personality. She became good friends with Shutong when she first came to school. Later, she also fell in love with Shuyuan. However, before she could take the initiative, the news came The news that Shuyuan was going to study abroad made her first love end before it even started.

"Shu Tong, is your brother still used to living in the United States?"

"He's used to it. It's not like he hasn't been there before. He told you a long time ago that my brother is slow to respond and asked you to take the initiative. You say I'm sorry. We are tens of thousands of kilometers apart now. Why don't you give up? "

Shutong turned her head and glanced at Ge Shuqing beside her, hating the iron was not made of steel.

She had noticed the thoughts of her best friend in the first half of the semester, and she had been trying to bring the two of them together at that time. However, Ge Shuqing usually looked carefree, but when it came to this kind of thing, she started to feel shy again, feeling all kinds of embarrassed.

That guy Shuyuan was a little slow to react to things like feelings, and he didn't believe Shutong's words at all. He didn't think this beautiful and delicate girl would like him, so the two of them missed each other.

Ge Shuqing did not answer Shutong's question, her eyes were a little complicated, and after a while she seemed to have made up her mind before she said, "Shutong, can you tell me Shuyuan's mailing address?"

"Of course it's okay for me to tell you. It's not something that needs to be kept secret, but... Xiaoqing, let me tell you the truth. My brother is preparing to finish his Ph.D. before coming back."

"Will he come back?"

"Of course he will come back. If he dares not to come back, let's see if my parents can fly over and break his legs, and then they can carry him back."

"Pfft..."

"Oh... you two!" Shutong turned the schoolbag on his back to his chest, stretched out his hand to feel inside for a while, and took out something without even looking at it. He patted it on Ge Shuqing with a "snap" chest.

Her actions startled Ge Shuqing, and she almost threw out all the books in her hand.

"What is this?"

"See for yourself, I'm really impressed by you and my brother. When we were in school, you didn't tell me and he didn't tell you. Now he's ten thousand kilometers away. You miss him again and he writes to you again. What the hell, why can’t you openly admit your feelings when we are together?”

"Letter?" Classmate Ge didn't hear the rest of what Li Shutong said, but she just heard the word "letter".

"No, it's all in your hands, what do you want me to do?"

"Is this a letter Shuyuan wrote to me?"

"Don't believe it? Then give it back to me."

"Come on!" Student Ge suddenly jumped three feet away, fearing that Shutong would be snatched away from her again.

"Why is the letter for me at your place?" Looking at the blank envelope, she still felt a little unbelievable, worried that Shutong was deliberately trying to mess with her.

"He doesn't know if you still have him in your heart, so he added this letter to the magazine he mailed to me. Let me listen to your voice first. If you still have him in your heart, I will forward this letter to you. If you have forgotten him, let me never mention it again."

"Have you read this letter?"

"Sister, didn't you see that it's all sticky? There's an American stamp on the seal. What do I think?" Shutong patted her forehead speechlessly.

"Uh...hehe..." Classmate Ge smiled sheepishly, stepped forward, took Shutong's arm and shook it.

"Don't be angry, Xiao Tongtong, I'm just a little nervous."

"I didn't..." Shutong was about to say it when she saw that her good friend was already about to open the letter and stopped her in a hurry.

"Xiao Qing, don't be too busy taking it apart just yet."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"Listen to what I have to say first, and then decide whether to demolish it or not."

"Um...Okay, you tell me, I'm listening." Student Ge looked down at the letter in his hand, put it into his bookend, and then turned to read it.

"You are my good friend, and he is my brother. I don't know what he will say in the letter. What I want to tell you now is that you really need to think carefully about whether to give your feelings to him. He is now More than 10,000 kilometers away, if you two get together now, this is not a long-distance relationship, this is a foreign love, you see..."

Shutong raised his hand and pointed forward. Not far ahead was a boy and a girl walking side by side. The two were very close, chatting and laughing. It was obvious at a glance that their relationship was unusual.

"If the two of you get together, the campus romance in your fantasy will definitely not exist. At least this situation will definitely not happen. Besides, I told you just now, he plans to come back after finishing his Ph.D. Although the old Americans are different from us, they calculate based on credits, but I estimate that it will take at least three years for him to come back.

Three years, Qingqing, what is the concept of three years? You can't count it, right? Can you wait? I think it's better for you to think carefully before deciding whether to open the letter. I don't want you to just jump into this relationship with no future in sight. Besides, he is alone abroad. I know if he can't stand the loneliness and do something extraordinary. "

"Xiao Tongtong, he is also your brother after all. Is it really okay for you to say this about him?"

"Please, sister, is this the point I'm talking about?" Shutong was almost furious because of her good friend's uncanny ability to grasp key points.

"I understand what you mean, Xiaotongtong. I will consider what you said carefully." "Huh..." Shutong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew that as long as her good friend said he would seriously consider it, he would really consider it seriously.

Of course she hopes that this classmate and good friend can be her sister-in-law, but what she wants more is that her brother and good friend can be happy whether they are together or not.

"Stop talking about me, Xiao Tongtong, is it really impossible for you and Liu Yuwen?"

"He's looking for you?"

"You really came to see me this afternoon." Student Ge nodded without concealment.

"So what do you think of him?"

"Uh..." Classmate Ge didn't expect that Shutong would throw the question to her. After being stunned for a moment, she thought carefully for a while before slowly shaking her head and saying: "Actually, I always knew that it was impossible for you two to get together. Because you are not from the same group at all.”

The two have similar family backgrounds. If we really want to talk about it, Shutong is better. From what he has seen since childhood, and what happened to his brothers and sisters, Ge Shuqing knows very well that the person he is talking about is not playing house, but marriage. It’s not child’s play either.

"Then let's get over it, let's go, Xiao Qingqing, let's go upstairs."

The two of them had already walked downstairs to the dormitory. They had already started counting to nine today. It was very cold outside, and Shutong didn't want to stand outside blowing the cold wind.

……

A lot of things happened tonight. Just when Li Tang was entertaining guests at home, a large family of the Guan family in Sijiu City was sitting lively in the living room of the main house in the backyard, chatting and laughing.

The arrival of the Winter Solstice means that the coldest day of the year is approaching, and eating dumplings on this day is also a long-standing custom. Eating dumplings during the Winter Solstice will not freeze your ears.

The five generations of the Guan family live together, with nearly a hundred members. At this moment, except for Guan Xiaoze's family of three, who have no blood relationship with the Guan family, and are far away in Qin Province, everyone else is here.

When Guan Xiaoze went there, his original plan was just to study with Li Tang for two or three years before returning to Beijing. But just when he was about to return to Beijing in 1986, his mother's death made him re-examine his return to Beijing. necessary.

Finally, after careful consideration and handling of his mother's funeral, he packed up his luggage and returned to Qinshan again.

At that time, Li Tang was still in a bit of a dilemma, because Guan Xiaoze's work had already been assigned, and it was the Chinese medicine hospital where Guan Dongting worked before his retirement. This was a job in the Four-Nine City.

Later, after communicating with his senior brother and master, he finally agreed to stay, and found a way to transfer his work relationship and personnel files.

Over the years, Guan Xiaoze has been carefully trained by Li Tang, working, getting married, and having children there, and has long become the mainstay of Qinshan Pharmaceutical Affiliated Hospital.

It's just... alas... I don't know how many people in the Guan family who are laughing and laughing at this moment can remember him.

"Cough cough..."

Following a few dry coughs from Mr. Guan, the lively living room quickly fell silent. Even the children were pulled to their side by their parents and forced to turn off their phones manually.

Looking at the young people in this room, the old man felt a little emotional. He would be a hundred years old after the New Year, and his wife was only one year younger than him.

Since the beginning of winter, the old man has clearly felt the deterioration of his body functions and the changes in his wife's body. As a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine with very good medical skills, he knows very well that the end of their life is approaching.

After decades of war in the late Qing Dynasty to today's New China, the old couple has long felt that their roots are enough, but there is nothing worth cherishing. The top priority is to settle down their family.

The old man sitting in the main seat slowly turned his head and looked carefully at the juniors in the room, then turned his head to look at his wife sitting on the other side of him. After seeing her nodding, he turned his head and spoke.

"I called you all back today because I have two things to explain to you."

As soon as these words came out, except for the younger children, the faces of everyone in the room changed drastically.

"Dad..." Guan Dongyang frowned and interrupted his father's words directly.

"Dongyang, don't interrupt yet, just listen to me." The old man waved his hand with a very calm expression.

"Dongting, Dongyang, Xinying, Xinyuan, you four are not young anymore. Your mother and I are already a hundred years old. If you live to our age, it will be a long time." As for life, live one day at a time.

You four are my children. Your mother and I are very lucky that you are all in good health. At least you can sit here and listen to us in good health. "

As he said that, the old man reached out and took the hand of his wife beside him.

"Today, we plan to explain to you our funeral arrangements."

"grandfather……"

"Everyone, please don't interrupt. Listen to your grandpa first, especially your third, fourth, and fifth generation. Just listen." Seeing the eldest grandson interrupting again, the old lady couldn't help but speak.

As the old lady spoke, the room became quieter and quieter.

"Is it too early for us to make arrangements for our future? It's not too early. How many people in this world can live to our age? Besides, it doesn't mean that if I tell you today, I will die tomorrow. It's just an arrangement in advance."

The old man picked up the water glass on the small table next to him and took a sip of water, and continued: "First of all, what I want to say is that after we are no longer together, this house of ours cannot be sold under any circumstances. It belongs to our family. The ancestral house has experienced several wars and renovations since the Ming Dynasty. Until your junior brother asked experts to help renovate it again the year before last, it has always been our family. This is the root of our family and cannot be sold."

At that time, Li Tang specially invited professors who were engaged in ancient architecture research, as well as a professional construction team of antique buildings, and asked others to buy high-quality materials. It took more than a year and a total of more than 500,000 yuan to build this. The courtyard has been renovated. The Guan family's current house has the best decoration and living facilities among all the courtyard houses in Sijiu City.

Mr. Guan emphatically mentioned that this yard cannot be sold because someone is interested in his yard.

He is a Hong Kong businessman who has invested in Sijiucheng. It is said that he is also an old Sijiucheng native. He seems to be a bannerman. He went to Hong Kong Island from here, and now he has come back with money.

This Hong Kong businessman came to the door several times, and the price soared from hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars to three million Hong Kong dollars, but he was rejected every time.

The old man also understands that he can refuse the temptation of money while he is alive, but what about the children? What about the juniors?

In this era where money is becoming more and more important, not everyone can refuse such a large sum of money.

Therefore, what he was talking about at this time was his last wish. Once he was gone, he would not be able to control what would happen to this house even if he wanted to.

"Your mother and I still have some money. Part of it is saved from our retirement wages, and part of it... is given to us by the third son and his wife when they come to visit us every year. It all adds up... …”

Having said this, the old man turned to look at his wife. The old lady was in charge of the family's money, and he really didn't know the specific figure.

"There are now a total of 5.8 million, and 99% of them are the third son and his wife who honor us." The old lady took over the conversation and said.

The number she said made everyone's eyes widen a lot, and even their breathing became heavier.

Li Tang and his wife would leave money for their elders every time they came over. They knew it, but they never expected that there would be so much.

The old lady ignored the children's reactions and looked at her four children and continued: "You four all have your own descendants, more or less, we don't care about that. Your father and I are only responsible for you four, you You will be responsible for your descendants in the future. We have already discussed that the money will be divided into four equal parts in the future, one share for your family.

As for this courtyard, Dongting and Dongyang, each of you will have half of it. We will write it down clearly in the will later. "

The money can be divided equally, but the Guan family's ancestral home will definitely not be divided between the two daughters.

The bowl of water served by the old couple was considered relatively even. At least the money was shared equally between the two daughters.

It's not fair or unfair. This is the family property of the old couple. They can divide it how they want. Maybe some people here think it's unfair, but they have no say here at all.

……

Li Tang knew nothing about the fact that his master and his wife had begun dividing the family property and arranging their affairs after death. Even if he knew, he couldn't say anything. It was the master's family matter. He could only be regarded as an outsider and could not intervene.

Tuesday, December 22nd, the end of the Gregorian calendar year is approaching, and the company has already started to take stock of the year-end in these two days.

The annual revenue plan set at the beginning of this year was 80 billion. As of now, this number has reached more than 111 billion. That is basically it. A big satellite has been launched.

The company's senior management meeting was held last week to unify the thinking and set a tone for the next three years. Within three years, revenue will exceed 200 billion.

This goal is not particularly difficult, but it is still a high mountain.

As soon as I entered the office in the morning and before I sat down, Deputy General Manager Chen Zheng followed me with a few faxes.

"Chairman"

"Old Chen, please sit down quickly."

After sitting down, Chen Zheng put the fax in his hand on the table.

"Chairman, this is an order from the Life Exploration Institute. They want to purchase another five thousand Y-type medicines. As long as we confirm the order, they will transfer the money and pay it in one go."

(End of this chapter)