Literary Master 1978

No matter how sad and angry Tao Yumo is, he still has to do the work he should do.

There is no way, who makes her a particular person?

She is soft-spoken when eating people and short-handed when taking others. This has always been her principle in life.

Tao Yumo, as long as she eats, she will definitely work.

It's just that her sister Tao Yushu's attitude made her very unhappy, and she bossed her around all day long.

When I go to work to make money in the future, I will no longer be rude to you!

After eating, Tao Yumo was pulled to the study by her sister. When she saw the readers' letters in the sack, she felt a numb scalp.

"This is too much!"

"It's not much but still need you?"

Tao Yushu's tone was like that of a black-hearted landlord. Tao Yumo, a long-term worker who had been living for half a year, was finally put to use.

"Are you still my biological sister?" Tao Yumo complained.

"It's not free of charge, it's only one yuan a day."

Hearing this, Tao Yumo's eyes suddenly lit up.

You should have told me earlier!

One yuan a day is thirty yuan a month, which is almost as much as the money earned from work.

"Sister, you and your brother-in-law usually work so hard. Just leave this little thing to me."

Tao Yumo's face was full of flattery, and he said flatteringly to his sister.

"Yes." Tao Yushu nodded with satisfaction.

After leaving the study, Lin Chaoyang asked: "How was it?"

"I'm working on it. I pay one dollar a day and take care of food and shelter. I'm happy."

"That's good."

Tao Yushu said: "Actually, there is no need to pay. Then the girl has not been eating and drinking at home in the past six months?"

"Well, that's different. I'll give you some money so that you won't have to complain. She'll be happy too, isn't that great?"

Seeing what he said, Tao Yushu stopped worrying and asked, "Why did you offend her before? I saw that she looked dissatisfied when she came just now."

Lin Chaoyang recounted what happened in the library with a hint of embarrassment, and Tao Yushu couldn't help laughing.

"This girl has quite a strong sense of self-esteem."

"Yes, from this point of view, you two are indeed sisters." Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

Tao Yushu glanced at him angrily.

With Tao Yumo as a college animal, Lin Chaoyang and his wife really saved a lot of energy, but they also spent a lot of "forage".

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the food at home is much better than usual. Apart from working, her life can be said to be quite nourishing.

A few days passed like this, and there were still three days left before the Chinese New Year. All letters from readers were finally finished, and Tao Yumo's mission was completed.

Tao Yushu had given her five yuan before dinner that evening, which was considered as wages for the past few days.

Tao Yumo was happy for a while when he took the money, and then felt disappointed.

I should have known earlier that I should have worked slower. If I worked too fast, I wouldn’t be able to make any money in the future.

"Sister, my brother-in-law's novels are so popular, there should be more letters from readers in the future, right?"

When Tao Yumo asked this question, his face was full of expectation.

"I'll call you later."

Tao Yushu gave her a perfunctory sentence, which made Tao Yumo a little disappointed.

While eating, Lin Chaoyang talked about buying new year's goods tomorrow.

Tomorrow is Sunday. If it were in the future, Sunday would be at this time, so I would give you some time off, but there is no such thing as time off now.

Nowadays, buying New Year's goods for the New Year is a time-consuming and protracted tug-of-war. Many people start buying New Year's goods from the 20th or even the 15th of the twelfth lunar month, and are busy until the day before the New Year.

Of course, everyone wastes so much time on buying New Year's goods not because they have plenty of time, but because of the shortage of materials.

The supply of goods is not enough, and everyone is rushing to go shopping during this period. Long queues in department stores, non-staple food departments, supply and marketing cooperatives, and vegetable markets have become the norm during this period.

There are many people but few goods. It is normal to wait in line for a long time and not be able to buy anything.

What should you do if you encounter this situation?

Please be early tomorrow.

This is how time is wasted.

Moreover, many commodities and materials now have specific supply points. For example, if your work unit issues gas stamps, you can only go to the grain and oil station. If your work unit issues meat stamps, you have to go to the non-staple food department.

When buying some New Year goods, most of the time is wasted in rushing and waiting in line.

Today, Yan Da distributed some of the benefits for the Chinese New Year, including twenty kilograms of food stamps, two kilograms of meat stamps, one kilogram of sugar stamps, one kilogram of cooking oil stamps, one kilogram of pastry stamps, and tea stamps. These coupons are all printed with " The two words "Spring Festival" belong to the Spring Festival ticket.

Seeing that there are still three days left before the Chinese New Year, I have to quickly grab my tickets to buy things. If all the goods are sold out, these tickets will be equivalent to a piece of waste paper.

"Brother-in-law, I will go shopping with you."

Tao Yumo offered to help. She is now very conscious of being a worker. She has regarded her sister and brother-in-law as half-boss. She must worry about the boss's needs and think about what the boss thinks.

"For such a small thing, I can just go by myself."

The next day, Lin Chaoyang went out for a long time and came back with a hand full of things.

He and Tao Yumo sorted through the New Year's goods at home. They had everything they wanted, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, tobacco, wine, sugar and tea, but the quantity was not as abundant as in later generations.

The couple calculated that after more than a week of going back and forth, they had spent more than 300 yuan on New Year's goods, which is far beyond the consumption level of ordinary families today.

That night, Tao Yushu worked overtime and washed everything that could be washed at home.

Zhang Guiqin looked at the humming washing machine and sighed: "It's still good to have this thing, saving time and effort. If you rub such a large pile of things by hand, it will take at least half a day."

When she first came to Yanjing, she looked down on the washing machine anyway, thinking that it was a waste of water and electricity, but after this period of influence, she gradually discovered the changes it brought to her life.

When there were few people in the family, it didn't seem to be a big deal, but once the population increased, washing clothes, sheets, quilt covers, curtains, door curtains, tablecloths, and various mats would be a big burden, and a day of hard work would be gone.

With a washing machine, fill the water, throw the clothes in, let it stir by itself, do what you need to do, and don't delay anything.

"When you move to the courtyard, I will buy you one too." Lin Chaoyang said.

Zhang Guiqin waved her hands repeatedly, "What do we use this thing for? You young people have precious time. You can save time with this thing and do your career. What can your dad and I do with the time we save?"

After being in Yanjing for so long, Zhang Guiqin is familiar with the rhythm of Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu's life. She knows that it is not easy for them to go to work, school, study, write, and read every day, and she also understands their idea of ​​saving time.

"Mom, your time is just as precious. With the saved time, it's also good for you to go out for a walk or a stroll!" Tao Yushu said.

"No need, no need."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said nothing.

It has been almost two months since the purchase of the courtyard house in Mianhua Hutong. Li Quanfu's family has not moved out because they haven't found a suitable house. Lin Erchun understands their difficulties and doesn't urge them too much. He only asks them to move out after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month after the Chinese New Year.

After they moved out, it was almost March. Lin Chaoyang planned to clean up the yard so that Lin Erchun and his wife could live more comfortably in the future. Appliances such as washing machines must be equipped.

Another day, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. The library is deserted and colleagues are bored.

In the afternoon, the company distributed things again. The previous Spring Festival tickets were tickets, and everyone had to spend money to buy things. This is why they were distributed a few days in advance.

This time, they distributed real things, a bag of 20 kilograms of Fuqiang flour, two hairtails, five kilograms of eggs, five kilograms of oranges and apples, one kilogram of fruit candy, and two towels.

After receiving the things, Lin Chaoyang asked his colleagues to see if anyone had things they didn't need, so he could buy them with money, which would save tickets.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, everyone was buying New Year's goods for their families. He only bought four hairtails from two colleagues. He took the flour and hairtails and sent them to the Tao family.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Du Feng sitting at home.

"Brother-in-law!" Du Feng stood up.

"Why are you here?"

Lin Chaoyang asked with a smile. It had been almost half a year since they last met.

"I came to deliver something. It happened that you came, so I didn't have to run away."

Du Feng said as he picked up the bag on the ground, "This one is for you."

"I have another one?"

"Yes, my dad asked me to bring it to you."

Lin Chaoyang took the bag, which contained two bottles of plainly packaged Xifeng wine and two packs of Hongmei cigarettes.

"We have cigarettes and alcohol for the New Year, but your army's treatment is still good!" Lin Chaoyang smiled.

"What's good about it? People have been panicked by the CJ incident all year long." Du Feng complained.

He was not against the national policy, but he felt that the times were changing too fast.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, my country has had many CJs, but until the end of 1978, the total number of troops in the army still exceeded 5 million.

Last year, due to the war in the south, the size of the army expanded again and exceeded 6 million.

At the beginning of this year, the higher authorities decided to streamline and reorganize. The news spread from the first half of the year to the second half of the year, and finally began to be implemented after the winter. It is said that the scale of this CJ is as high as more than 700,000 people.

CJ has no impact on the Du family, but it has a great impact on the comrades around Du Feng. He couldn't help sighing when talking about it.

"I guess, the next CJ will be our turn. I really don't know what I can do in the future."

"If you are worried about your future? Then others should be more worried?"

"Brother-in-law, my father is my father, and I am me." Du Feng emphasized.

"I have ambition."

While chatting casually, Tao's mother was busy cooking and asked Lin Chaoyang and Du Feng to stay for dinner. After dinner, Lin Chaoyang went home.

"Your unit is also distributing cigarettes and alcohol?"

Two days ago, Lin Chaoyang said that the unit would distribute New Year's goods today. Lin Erchun saw that there were cigarettes and alcohol in the New Year's goods he brought back, so he asked a question.

"That was not issued by the company, but by Yushu's uncle."

"Xifeng Liquor, Hongmei Cigarettes, these are not cheap!"

Xifeng Liquor is a famous liquor that won awards in the 1950s and is well-known in China. Hongmei Cigarettes are 3.9 yuan a box and are also mid-to-high-end cigarettes.

"How can elders give gifts to younger generations? Chaoyang, you have to return the gifts after the New Year." Lin Erchun looked at the cigarettes and alcohol and reminded.

"Don't worry, don't I understand this etiquette?" Lin Chaoyang replied.

The next day, it was already New Year's Eve.

Zhang Guiqin got up early in the morning and started to mix dough and chop stuffing to prepare dumplings.

Lin Chaoyang and Lin Erchun, father and son, first posted the Spring Festival couplets at the door, and then he went to work at the library.

There is no holiday on New Year's Eve these days. People go to work, but they just report for work. When they get to work, they tell jokes. By noon, many people leave, and no one says anything about it.

When Lin Chaoyang returned home in the evening, the dumplings had been wrapped, and Tao Yushu and Zhang Guiqin were preparing the meal.

At almost seven o'clock, the dishes were served, and the freshly cooked dumplings were steaming hot. Lin Chaoyang opened the Xifeng wine sent by Du Feng and filled a glass for Lin Erchun.

"I have never drunk such good wine in my life!" Lin Erchun looked at the bottle of Xifeng wine and suddenly sighed.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "You can drink as much as you want in the future."

Lin Erchun also laughed, and his laughter was full of joy.

"If you can't drink it when you are young, it's not a loss to drink it when you are old. Who made my son proud!"

Lin Erchun's face was full of pride, and Zhang Guiqin beside him was also happy and excited.

When Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu came to Yanjing a year and a half ago, did they ever think that their son would be so successful?