Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 43, Chinese New Year

So on the day before the Chinese New Year, the Wang family had already prepared a wealth of New Year's goods, and even had some left over to give to several other families.

On the night of the 30th, Wang Li's mother cooked a large table of dishes, and Wang Li's family of three plus Lai San's siblings had a New Year's Eve dinner for a total of five people. Maybe because Lai San and his two children were there this year, Wang Li felt that this year's New Year's Eve dinner was particularly lively.

Lai San was very touched because he had not had a good New Year's celebration for some time since his parents passed away.

Because Wang Li was a big eater, and Lai San and Wang Li's father were both martial artists, the entire table of food went into the stomachs of several people.

After getting up in the morning on the first day of the New Year, the mother, with the help of Lai San, began to prepare for the reception banquet on the first night of the New Year. The main dishes were bear paws and stewed venison prepared in advance.

Wang Li took Lai Xiaomei to play on the kang in the main room. Lai Xiaomei was able to run around, and the little girl was very cute. Wang Li liked playing with her very much.

After all, his mental age is already that of a middle-aged man, so he likes to play with a little girl of this age, just like taking care of his own child.

Before 3pm, nine people from Zhang Lei's, Li Hu's, and Zhao Qiang's families arrived at the courtyard one after another. All three families were carrying large and small packages of New Year's gifts.

Since they came from the war era, the three families had few children, only one boy each.

After greeting each other and giving red envelopes to the younger generations, they chatted with each other about their gains and interesting things that happened in the past year. Of course, the focus was still on the children. They finished dinner in a happy and peaceful atmosphere.

The next thing was a very interesting program, in which the four brothers Lai San, Zhang Fang, Li Ren and Zhao Gang served tea to Wang Li to wish him a happy new year.

Under the watchful eyes of the parents and Lai Xiaomei, Wang Li drank tea for the four people and symbolically gave each of them a Yuan Datou, completing this additional ritual for the New Year. On the third day after the New Year, several disciples began to practice at Wang Li's house. Before they started practicing, Wang Li conducted an assessment on several disciples. Lai San, the eldest disciple from the outer sect, was the oldest and had basically grown up.

Therefore, the one with the highest combat power currently ranks first, Zhang Fang ranks second due to age and physical reasons, Li Ren ranks third, and Zhao Gang ranks fourth because of his youngest age and shortest martial arts training time. Their individual strengths are ranked the same as the ranking of their fellow apprentices.

Wang Li summarized their martial arts training last year, gave individual guidance to several of them, pointed out the key points for future practice, and then let them practice on their own.

After the Chinese New Year and the beginning of spring, Wang Li's family continued to build the house. They used the best wood they bought, such as huanghuali, to complete the construction of the third courtyard.

In the days that followed, his family began to build a second courtyard, built an underground warehouse and basement in the second courtyard, dug an underground garage in the garden, renovated the corridor and dug an underground corridor under the corridor, connecting the underground project of the entire courtyard.

The house and basement of the first courtyard were rebuilt, and the original underground warehouse of the first courtyard was reinforced.

All of this relied on Wang Li's use of space to move bricks to the city wall, as well as the steel bars and cement he found as soon as he entered the courtyard. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to accomplish under the conditions at the time.

It was not until 1958 that the entire courtyard house and underground buildings, as well as the interior decoration of the houses in the three courtyards and the creation of furniture were completely completed.

The only part that remained untouched was the above-ground portion of the garden, as it was needed as a storage location for the purchasing station.

Thank you for reading and thank you for your suggestions. The author has made minor adjustments based on the reasonable suggestions.

(End of this chapter)