A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 67 Getting ready for the New Year

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, most of those who work at work are no longer thinking about work.

In the afternoon, after holding year-end meetings, various units and factories began to arrange the distribution of New Year's goods.

After receiving the New Year's goods, let everyone go back early.

Although Li Xiang only worked as an intern at the auto repair shop for a month, today is his last working day here.

Unexpectedly, he was also included in the list of new year's goods, and the workers in the workshop picked them up for him by the way.

There isn't much, just two ounces of pork and half a pound of white noodles.

But Li Xiang was also very happy. He and the others carried the New Year's goods and left work happily.

When I walked to the factory gate, I saw Factory Manager Fan standing there with the factory leadership team, telling the workers to be careful on the road and have a good year.

When Li Xiang approached, he took the lead in greeting the leaders of the auto repair shop, and the leaders responded politely.

"Xiao Li, come back and see everyone when you have time. We welcome you here at any time."

Director Fan did not turn his back on Li Xiang because he refused to stay.

When a person reaches a certain position, for those who go against the grain, he must either do everything he can or take a step back to open up the world.

The difference is nothing more than whether he is still profitable, or whether you can completely kill him.

Facing Factory Director Fan's words, Li Xiang responded with a smile.

Both sides gave each other enough face.

By the time Li Xiang returned home, Li's mother had also returned from the steel rolling mill and was cleaning the house with her two children.

Usually the house is simply scrubbed, but when the eldest sister is at home during the holidays, Mother Li leaves it to her.

But if there is a big move at home, Mother Li will still go to the battle herself, and at most let her children help.

Li wanted to put the things he brought back into the kitchen. There was no need to store the things he was going to eat in the next two days in the back room.

When they arrived in the kitchen, the things that Mother Li brought back were also placed on the countertop.

The treatment of this big factory is much better than that of small factories.

The New Year's goods that Mother Li brought back included five taels of pork, one pound of white flour, one pound of soybeans, and two pounds of potatoes.

Li Xiang's eyes fell on the soybeans, and all he could think about was the appearance of soybean sprouts.

It's winter now, and vegetables are already scarce, so there are only a few here and there.

If Li Xiang hadn't brought back some other fresh vegetables from time to time, our house would probably be similar to other people's houses, either cabbage or radish.

Soybean sprouts, I haven’t eaten them in years.

Don't look at such a simple thing, but I have never seen it sold in the vegetable market, and few people use soybeans to sprout bean sprouts these days.

"Mom, how about we grow those soybeans into bean sprouts to make a fresh dish for the New Year."

"You come up with this idea as soon as possible. When the bean sprouts sprout, the New Year will be over." Mother Li said while trying to reach the dust on the roof.

After trying several times but still not getting enough, I gave the processed feather duster to my eldest son and asked him to do it.

No wonder Mother Li said so. There are regulations at this time: those who have worked for less than 10 years are entitled to 5 days of annual leave, and those who have been working for 10 years but less than 20 years are entitled to 10 days of annual leave.

According to Li's mother's conditions, she must be in the team for those five days. The steel rolling mill has a holiday on the 5th of the twelfth lunar month, and she has to go to work on the fourth day of the lunar month.However, the first and second uncles in the courtyard have already expired the 29-year period and can stay at home until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.

Li Xiang was a tall man, and he was able to clear away the cobwebs and dust on the roof with three strokes.

Then he came to Mother Li who was sweeping the floor and continued to confuse: "Come on, bean sprouts are considered a rare thing now. Let's keep some for ourselves and I will give the rest as a gift to the teacher."

When Mother Li heard that it was for the teacher, her hesitation immediately turned into immediate action.

He gave the broom to his eldest son, said, "Sweep the floor clean," and turned around and entered the kitchen.

The eldest sister was cleaning the glass with a rag, and the eldest brother persuaded Mother Li with just a few words.

She smiled and said: "Brother, you have to be brave. Our mother doesn't listen to other people's words, so she only listens to you."

"Yes, Mom is too biased. Yesterday I said that if you eat too many radishes, you will fart, and it doesn't mean anything else, so Mom gave me a pair of chopsticks." Li Xiaodi complained to his elder brother about his experience.

"You were beaten because you didn't do well in the exam and you were lazy and didn't do your homework. You have the nerve to say it." The eldest sister complained to her younger brother.

"Why am I not getting good grades? Eighty-point." Li Xiaodi made an eight-point gesture with his hand in dissatisfaction, as if he didn't care about me.

"That's Mathematics. Why didn't you mention Chinese? You only got 64. I couldn't blame you for that "dog crawling" character. The character "Li" is written as "Muzi Separation", and the clear character is written as "one hundred and eight thousand miles apart". If it weren't for Mathematics They are all numbers, you may not be able to get the [-] points." The eldest sister revealed the younger brother's disguise without any politeness.

"Little brother, no one in our family has ever scored such a low score. Even the test questions that my mother copied were much higher than yours." Li Xiang followed behind and continued.

"Pu Chi, Pu Chi." Li Xiaodi's heart seemed to be stabbed with knives one after another, and he felt extremely insulted and hurt.

However, his injured heart was quickly healed by a White Rabbit toffee.

Li Xiang also promised him that if he completed his homework on time every day, he would be rewarded with an extra toffee.

As a senior foodie with eight years of experience, Li Xiaodi, nodding his head for even one second to his elder brother's promise is disrespectful to his status as a foodie.

The head nods like pounding garlic.

The Li family is such a big place, and with the combined efforts of the three of them, the cleaning was quickly completed.

At this time in previous years, the brothers and sisters would go to the old lady's house to help clean it.

After He Yuzhu's stall opened this year, the Li family no longer had to go to the old lady's place.

But if you don’t come to the door, people will come.

He Yuzhu helped his aunt clean up the old lady's house. He didn't care about the hygiene of his own house. Only his sister was cleaning at home, so he went straight to Li's house.

Outside the door, he saw brother and sister Li Xiang lying on the table discussing something. After speaking a few sentences, they were still writing and drawing on paper.

"What are the brothers and sisters busy with?" He Yuzhu asked as he crossed the threshold.

"We are calculating the things we will queue up to buy tomorrow. Brother Zhuzhu, your family is done." Li Xiang replied, and after speaking, he motioned to his younger brother to move a stool for him.

Last time I was staying at someone else's house. Although my sleep quality was terrible, I couldn't use someone to face the front and not someone to face the back.

"I just came from the old lady's house. It's raining at home. I came here also to queue up. Why don't we find the same one together and help each other queue up."

There are only two people in He Yuzhu's family, so he is really at a disadvantage when he has to queue up to buy things.

In the past, he usually lined up with the First Master's family, and in the next two years, he also lined up with the Li family.

So Li wanted to hear his intention, so he didn't refuse.

(End of this chapter)