Siheyuan: Stab at Louzi at the beginning

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Three days holiday for Spring Festival.

In these three days, there is only one day left to visit relatives.

Therefore, there are very few people visiting relatives at this time, including distant relatives, and there is no need to bring gifts when visiting relatives.

At this time, relatives are kept in mind, and it doesn’t matter whether the superficial procedures are followed or not. The main thing is that there are no conditions to visit relatives.

If children get married and live separately, the most they can do is visit both sets of parents once.

For various reasons, it is normal for parents and children not to spend the New Year together.

The only regret today is that Sha Zhu did not bring a few children to ask him for New Year’s money. Together with He Xiaojun and He Xiaoshuai, there are quite a few children in this courtyard.

Moreover, children are generally given New Year’s money in the morning and are not allowed to ask for it in the afternoon. I don’t know where this rule came from.

"Director Xu, today is Chinese New Year, why are you not at home this morning?"

"In the morning, because my house is too small, I went out to find a place to stay for the night."

After Xu Damao's answer, the neighbors in the courtyard did not say anything about "reunion", but nodded one after another.

"Director Xu, if you had told me earlier, you could have stayed at my house for a night next time."

"Okay, next time I knock on your door, you mustn't refuse to open it."

"How can that be possible?"

When I got home, Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru and He Yushui had all returned and were making dumplings around the small square table.

According to northern customs, dumplings are indispensable during the New Year holidays.

If I am busy, I will make more dumplings in advance. Since it is winter now, I can just put them in a cool place after making them. They will not go bad even if they are kept for a few days. If the weather is cold, they may freeze directly. When eating, just put them in boiling water.

If you are not busy, of course freshly made ones will taste better.

Fresh and frozen, everyone knows how to choose.

Unconsciously, another autumn has passed, and the ties here are increasing.

The good news is that there were two rains and several heavy snowfalls last year. If nothing unexpected happens, everyone will definitely have a good year this year.

The work at the chicken farm can be put aside for the time being. The most important issue this year is the work on the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

You can't avoid the questions you raise yourself.

We just haven’t received the documents yet. We can start work after the dean gets everything done.

Xu Damao stood in front of the mirror and tidied his appearance, mainly changing his clothes and fixing his hair.

"Are you going out again?"

"Yes, I have to go out again."

I didn't come back in the morning, and missed the group gathering in the courtyard, and also missed the visit from the leaders of the steel rolling mill. The factory leaders mainly visited the old employees and eighth-level backbone workers of the steel rolling mill.

And what should have been done in the morning can only be done now.

Because many people will have relatives at home tomorrow, and they will be busy with personal and collective affairs on the 30th. The first day of the new year will of course be for friends to visit each other, and the second day will be for relatives. Anyway, everyone is very busy during the three-day holiday.

It would not be good if things were put off until tomorrow, when relatives came to visit or when we went out to visit relatives and we could not see anyone.

It is not customary to ask for lucky money in the afternoon, but it does not mean that you cannot visit and say Happy New Year in the afternoon. According to the order of precedence, the first person Xu Damao went to send his blessing to was Director Yang of the steel mill. This was the first benefactor, and no matter who he forgot, he could not forget this old leader.

Not to mention Deputy Director Li, whose rank is not even higher than Xu Damao's. The relationship between the two was not good before, and now they don't interfere with each other. There is no need to wish him a happy new year, even if he is the son-in-law of the Lin family.

"Director Yang, Happy New Year."

"A small gift is not enough to show respect..."

The gift was two old hens. With these, it would not be out of place to entertain anyone. No banquet is complete without chicken. This year, due to illness, many places are short of chicken.

"What are you talking about? Director Yang, how can you not accept it? There are only a lot of chickens in the chicken farm, and I can't give you anything else. Just accept this little bit."

When Xu Damao was still working at the steel mill, Director Yang had clearly told him not to bring anything in anymore. Now that Xu Damao has left the steel mill, it was just a verbal refusal, but he did not insist on not accepting it.

After a few excuses, he accepted it.

Sometimes it’s not that people don’t want to accept gifts. It depends on your position, whether it caters to their preferences, and the nature of your relationship with them. If all these are in place, you must refuse and decline the gift several times, and give them enough time to convince themselves.

Xu Damao chatted about recent work and left when it was almost time.

We just happened to arrive at this time, and everyone knew what was going on, so we had no plans to stay for dinner.

So Director Yang didn't try to keep him.

Xu Damao had originally decided not to send his blessing to Deputy Director Li, but Deputy Director Li lived in the same place as Director Yang, and it could even be said that they lived on opposite floors.

On the one hand, it is convenient, and on the other hand, we have to maintain the relationships that can be maintained, especially the relationship with the Lin family. We have gotten along with each other before, so we can't just forget about it.

Deputy Director Li really didn't expect that Xu Damao would come today. He was quite surprised when he opened the door and saw Xu Damao. When he was in the steel rolling mill, although there was nothing wrong on the surface, there were indeed some things that happened behind the scenes.

"Director Xu..."

"Director Li, let's make this short. There are people in a hurry behind us. These two chickens are from the chicken farm. You must accept them. You can give these two pairs of fat rabbits to Director Lin when you visit relatives tomorrow."

Compared with Director Yang, Deputy Director Li was too lazy to even pretend and accepted it immediately.

"Not many people know that he likes to eat rabbits. I will definitely deliver it to you on time."

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."

Deputy Director Li did not intend to give up, and then he mentioned another matter: "Director Xu, there is something I have been embarrassed to ask. Actually, I just want to know if the small porcelain bottle is still available? I...a friend of mine is willing to pay a high price for it."

Wow, I’m still obsessed with the Black Dragon Pill.

I have a friend, and I don’t know if he is a real friend or a fake friend.

"Oh... what you're talking about? Unfortunately, I don't have any left. You can ask Director Li from the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."

Xu Damao said goodbye and left as soon as possible, ignoring Deputy Director Li's attempts to keep him. Now that he had finally jumped out of that big pit, he didn't want to go back at all.

After leaving the steel rolling mill’s staff quarters, Xu Damao rushed to the next place without stopping.

Director Qian of the Planning and Economic Office.

Not to mention now, I have indeed helped him with many things in the past. We haven't been in touch for such a long time, so I should really go over and say Happy New Year to him.

(End of this chapter)