Chapter 302 Construction starts on the third day of the Chinese New Year

On the night of New Year's Eve, the courtyard was lively and all households sat together, gathering around the table and eating the New Year's Eve dinner.

Yes, everyone is deposited in the joy of the New Year.

Although from the surface, the Spring Festival is gone, in fact, how can it be cancelled just by saying it is cancelled?

Even though the situation of changing the world is severe, the New Year’s customs that have been passed down for thousands of years is not just a word or a piece of paper that can be erased from everyone’s hearts.

At this time, in Xu Qing's house, Xu Qing, his wife Jinghong, his second brother Paiguo, and the little girl, sat around the warm kang and reunited.

This is the New Year’s Eve dinner, and it’s so sumptuous tonight.

A small stir-fried meat, a plate of spicy and sour cabbage, a plate of mapo tofu, a plate of spicy and sour potato shreds, as well as fried bean sprouts and a plate of moustache meat (scrambled eggs with tomatoes).

However, the tomatoes are replaced with tomato sauce made by Xiaoya Tou.

After all, these days, where can I buy fresh tomatoes in the middle of winter? If I can eat them in winter, I can only cook them in advance and store them.

In addition, there are three cold dishes mixed with Ma Jinghong, one with a gathering of heroes, one with stir-fried radish skin, and one with cold bean sprouts.

There are only a few vegetables in winter, so I can only eat them in different ways.

In addition, Xu Qing also stewed a large pot of stewed pork, vermicelli, radish, cabbage, potatoes, bean sprouts, tofu, etc.

For chicken, duck and fish, except for the old hen that Paiguo took back from his classmate's family a few days ago, he bought one at home this year, and now he has brought it to the kang in the front room.

In the past, my family couldn't afford it. At that time, Xu Qing's salary was low, and his three younger brothers and sisters were all in school. The expenses were high. It was good to be able to eat pork twice a month. As for chicken, duck and fish, they naturally didn't dare to buy it.

But now, the situation is different.

Xu Qing was steadily promoted in the factory, from a seventh-level clerk at the beginning to a first-level clerk at the beginning.

Salaries and benefits are naturally rising.

As for Paiguo, Feng Ming and the little girl, after several years, the three of them successfully completed high school and were able to make money, so of course the family situation would be easier.

Furthermore, Xu Qing and Jinghong got married again, and their father-in-law didn't help him, but throughout the year, Ma Jiefang would still be asked to take some rice, flour, oil, etc. to Xu Qing's house after a few months.

Grandparents and the others in the countryside would also send some things to the city from time to time.

Besides, Xu Qing also has the ability to ‘divid one into two’.

In the past, in addition to allocating various tickets and daily necessities, he also had to help divide the learning tools and other things that his younger brothers and sisters used to go to school.

Since her youngest sister Xiaoya graduated from high school, Xu Qing's ability has hardly been used in that aspect.

Therefore, the situation at home is getting better and better.

At this time, in addition to these, there were also a lot of melon seeds, peanuts, apples, oranges, walnuts, fruit candies and milk candies on the kang, and there were two bottles of canned food, one was yellow peach and the other was orange.

There is no orange in the north. This southern specialty fruit will become more expensive immediately when transported to Sijiucheng.

When ordinary people see the price, they can only be discouraged and dare not buy it.

Of course, the price is expensive, but during the Chinese New Year, people who are a little more affordable will still buy a little.

However, Xu Qing bought four kilograms of fresh oranges this year.

Now that you are not short of money, the place where you spend money at home is relatively not as big as before, so there is no need to live a tight life any more.

It is worth mentioning that when my son was born, he added a "four-legged gold-swallowing beast" at home, and the future expenses will definitely not be small.

But that's what happened after next year. Although Xu Qing doesn't have much money at present, he still has a few hundred yuan.

Moreover, he and Jinghong both work, and their salary will be enough to cope with them in the future.

It's the New Year today, I'm happy.

Xu Qing took out the white wine, sat on the kang, and drank it with his second brother Paiguo. Ma Jinghong and the little girl holding their son, while sister-in-law and sister-in-law were drinking chicken soup.

There was no TV in the house, but there was a radio. A few years ago, Xu Qing bought one, and Master Hou's crosstalk was played on the radio.

A dish registration sounds very good.

In Xu Damao's house, who was living in the backyard, Master Hou's crosstalk was also heard.

Xu Damao held a cigarette in his left hand and peeled oranges in his right hand. He ate, smoked, and listened to crosstalk. He picked up the wine cup and asked Qin Jingru to drink with him a drink, which was so moisturized.

Qin Jingru was busy all afternoon and made a big table of New Year’s Eve dinner. Although she and Xu Damao were the only ones, but who would treat her badly?

Xu Damao has been used to spending money since he was a child. Xu Damao couldn't do anything to eat and drink, so he could make him live a stingy life like the third uncle.

However, Xu Damao will enjoy it and make money by himself. When he was still a projectionist before, he was making a living from a second-dealer. He was the most casual person in the yard.

Later, when I got married, I didn't say I had to tighten my belt, even if I didn't have a day.

Although his wife changed from Lou Xiao'e to Qin Jingru, Xu Damao became the deputy director. Regardless of whether he had real power or not, he had all the salary and benefits.

Besides, Xu Damao used to be just a small projectionist.

The salary is not high and the treatment is average.

But now is different. Since he has been with Director Li, Xu Damao has transformed himself into deputy director and became an official as he wished.

In the factory, except for Director Li, the top leader of the "G Committee", Xu Damao never cursed anyone. He didn't take the previous leaders and cadres seriously at all.

Not to mention currying favor with them, Xu Damao didn't come to ask them for some good things. It would be good.

It was just Xu Damao's rise to power, accompanied by his resignation from Liu Haizhong.

The second uncle, a fan of the official, has been talking about it for decades. Finally, under the appreciation of Director Li, he worked as an official in the factory for a while, but he was not yet excited to show his strength. As a result, not long after he was entrusted with an important task, Xu Damao was replaced.

At this time, the second uncle was not drinking with his two sons, and he drank alone with a wine cup.

The two sons made him very upset today. If it weren't for the New Year, they might have to clean up with the alcohol.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu did not take the initiative to drink with Liu Haizhong. Knowing that their father looked down on him, they did not rush to find it uncomfortable.

At this moment, there was no movement in the house of the deaf old lady with only lights on, because she was already carried by Sha Zhu to the intermediate yard for the New Year.

Several families in the Intermediate Courtyard are spending the New Year together this year.

An old man Yi Zhonghai and an old man have no children.

Sha Zhu's parents were not there, and he and his sister Yushui were the only ones in his room.

After the Jia family and Jia Dongxu died, only Qin Huairu's orphan and widowed mother and Jia Zhang were left.

Therefore, these people got together.

In fact, Sha Zhu and Yushui thought of Xu Qing’s family spending the New Year this year.

Both families have no parents and their relationship is close on weekdays, so it is appropriate to spend the New Year together.

But yesterday, after hearing Sha Zhu's thoughts, Yi Zhonghai dissuaded: "Zhuzi, Xu Qing and Jinghong got married and had children, and they were having New Year together with their younger brothers and sisters. What did you do with the rain?

Listen to me, our three families in the Intermediate Court will be better than you go to Xu Qing’s house.”

Sha Zhu thought about it and then gave up his thoughts.

As for the front yard, the third uncle and Yan Bugui lived in a family, so naturally the whole family was sitting in the house of the third uncle and the third aunt to celebrate the New Year.

At midnight, firecrackers were heard in the courtyard to welcome the New Year.

The crackling sound rang throughout the cold night.

In the backyard, after Xu Qing and Aiguo set off firecrackers in the yard, they quickly went back to the house and helped Jinghong and Xiaoyao make dumplings together.

We stayed up in the New Year tonight, so all night, Xu Qing and Jinghong were sitting on the kang, wrapping dumplings and chatting.

When I was wrapping coins into the dumplings, the little girl seemed to remember something. She quickly put down the dumplings she had just wrapped, smiled and lay in front of Xiao Hongzhi, with watery eyes open, reached out to take out the prepared New Year's money, and stuffed it into the little quilt that wrapped the little guy.

"Auntie, I'll give you New Year's money, you have to collect it."

The little girl finished speaking with a smile, and gently touched the little guy's face with her right hand, which was stained with flour.

Seeing this, Xu Aiguo quickly stuffed the New Year's money prepared for his nephew into his nephew's quilt.

Xu Qing and Jinghong looked at each other, smiling and saying nothing.

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The next morning, on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

When Sha Zhu sent the deaf old lady back to the backyard from the intermediate yard, he went to Xu Qing's house and also gave Xiao Hongzhi New Year's money.

Xu Damao lived in the backyard, so he naturally gave it to him earlier.

The two of them have always had a good relationship with Xu Qing. Xu Qing and Jinghong have children, and they are uncles, so how can they not express anything?

However, after the first day of the first lunar month, the factory will collect holidays in the third lunar month.

So on the morning of the second day of the lunar month, Xu Qing carried cigarettes and alcohol, and took his daughter-in-law Jinghong, who was holding her son, to her father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings while the weather was clear.

When Ma Guohua saw Xu Qing and his daughter coming with their grandson, he smiled instantly. He reached out to take the little guy in Jinghong's arms, held it in his arms, and looked loving, and the New Year's money was directly given a great unity.

Ma Jiefang's eyes were wide open, "Dad, when I was a child, you never gave me so much New Year's money."

Ma Guohua held Xiao Hongzhi and turned his head to look at his son Ma Jiefang and said:

"If you and Yuemei give birth to a grandson for me and your mother this year, I will give you so much at that time."

Ma Jiefang chewed the fruit candy in his mouth and said, "Then let my mother see, my wife will give birth to a big fat grandson for you by the end of this year!"
To be continued...