Time flies and it’s already the twelfth lunar month.
As the New Year’s Eve approaches, the New Year’s flavor on the streets is getting stronger and stronger. Even the shelves of non-staple food stores have been selling fat and oily black pork for several days.
Children are running around in the streets and alleys after their vacation, and from time to time, the sound of "cracking" firecrackers is heard somewhere.
In Nanluogu Alley, even if the families are not very well-off, the smell of boiled lard wafts out from the chimneys of every house. Rich or not, the New Year still has to be celebrated.
"Mom, Erbajiang should have come down. Where did you hide the melon seeds and peanuts?"
"Eat it, you know how to eat it, they are all for the New Year, your brother Now that you have become a leading cadre, you can’t go empty-handed when visiting other people’s homes during the Chinese New Year.”
“Hey, Mom, it’s not just other people who come to visit the homes of leading cadres. There are still cadres who go to other people’s homes.”< /p>
Li Nan, who was hidden by his mother for roasting seeds, could not be found. He lay on the table with his lips pouted and said angrily. He looked straight into the rice vat and remembered the apples his brother had brought back when he came back. My mother has been raising her in a rice vat.
Liu Yin, who was wearing an apron, was making noodles. In a small basin on the side, a basin full of mutton and cabbage dumplings had been prepared and covered tightly with a steaming cloth.
"That's my family. There are a few people who are having a better life now. We don't want to worry about them. Your brother's salary is enough for the whole family, so I'll be satisfied. I'll wait until he finds a good sister-in-law for you." I can do the job."
After Liu Yin finished speaking, she took the boiled hot water bottle on the side, added cold water, and filled the noodle pit with water little by little.
Li Nan pouted and put on a look of disdain. Ever since he became an official, he has been bringing eggs and some meat to his family every once in a while. He felt confident that, He must have collected things behind his family's back.
"Mom, don't you know where the meat comes from?"
I was mumbling until I saw Liu Yin lifting the rolling pin and looking at her with eager eyes. , Li Nan shut his mouth in fear.
When she walked to the door of the main house, Liu Yin looked out, smiled and nodded to the third aunt opposite, and then closed the door tightly.
"Damn girl, what are you talking about? You eat meat every once in a while. You are so brave. You can't tell the outside world about these things." Liu Yin liked the little ones, so she didn't hold back this time and pinched Li Nan hard. She didn't roll her eyes until she screamed and continued to stand at the table kneading dough.
"I didn't say anything, why did you pinch me?"
Li Nan bared her little tiger teeth, frowned and rubbed the pinched arm, and muttered in her mouth.
"Keep a long memory. The yard is not as peaceful as you imagined. Everyone is thinking about our family. I wish your brother would be dismissed from office because his hands and feet were dirty."
The dough was alive and had a smooth and delicate skin. Liu Yin spoke with enthusiasm. She threw the kneaded dough directly into the basin, covered it with a lid, and placed it not far from the stove.The place wakes up.
Since the old man and the young man were sent to Qiaolizi, the yard has become much cleaner. He Yuzhu and Jia Dongxu, who had suffered a lot, have had no more trouble and have survived the harassment by the street office and factory administration. The day when the teaching department finds fault.
But the courtyard is not as peaceful as it appears. In Liu Haizhong's house in the backyard, there are sounds of children hitting each other every now and then, and in the front is the sound of quarrels at Yanbu's family. From time to time, the smell of Chinese medicine spreads throughout the courtyard. Tell Liu Yin, They are just dormant temporarily.
With the driving school work on the right track, Li Feng’s bonus and salary are as good as those of his previous uncle. He has attracted the attention of many families, and even celebrities are coming to visit him more and more.
"Mom, why should you close the door in broad daylight?"
There was a jingle outside the door. Li Feng parked his bicycle at the door, looked at the door of the main house tightly closed, and opened the door. Then he saw the two people in the house and asked suspiciously.
"Your third uncle's family hasn't bought any meat so far. Our family has to avoid eating dumplings."
Liu Yin looked at Li Feng who came back empty-handed today and relaxed. Taking a breath, he quickly closed the door, returned to the table, and rolled out the dough.
"Brother, brother, I want to eat melon seeds"
"I think you want to eat melon seeds"
Knocked Li Nan's forehead, Li Feng washed My hands also came to the table, spread the rolled out dough in the palm of my hand, and helped wrap the dumplings.
"You can't knock your head anymore, you will become stupid"
After rubbing his head and seeing that his brother didn't buy it, Li Nan sat back at the table and picked up the facial preparation. Son, pinched the villain.
"As for the final exam results, you haven't told me yet. There is still a holiday, so there will be no homework. Don't wait for me to write it until the last day, otherwise, this year's Chinese New Year, White Rabbit Nougat , You don’t even want to eat a piece of it.”
Seeing Li Nan causing trouble, Li Feng left his schoolbag on the wall, and he hadn’t seen her move since he was on holiday.
"I was writing it while you were at work. Mom saw it. I asked her to sign the test scores and transcripts."
Hearing my brother's question , Li Nan got scared and looked furtively towards the door, ready to run away at any time.
Liu Yin twitched the corner of her mouth, wanting to say something, but she sighed and continued to immerse herself in rolling the dough. How Li Nan did in the exam could already be seen from her demeanor and movements.
"You are lying to me. If you can't pass the technical secondary school entrance examination, you are just waiting to come down to work. Now you have to sign up to go to the mountains and countryside. I think you have to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants."
p>Seeing that the package was almost enough for three people, Li Feng wiped his hands, put the big iron pot on the stove, and boiled water in it.
Li Nan, who lowered his head and wished he could bury himself under the table, heard what his brother said was so callous and ruthless, and looked at his mother with a pleading look on his face.
"Don't scare her, girls will never come back if they go down. I heard that many of them married idle men in the village directly because of their stuttering."
I thought about what I got from chatting with other aunts before.According to the news, Liu Yin is a little worried about going to the countryside. Li Nan doesn't seem to be able to bear any hardship. If he really goes to do farm work, he probably won't be able to bear it in a few days.
"I'm not old enough, brother. You didn't even find a sister-in-law for me, but you just want me to get married. This family can't accommodate me, woo woo woo."
"Then wait a little longer. Anyway, it depends on you graduating from junior high school. There are many people getting married before you reach the age in rural areas."
Li Feng opened the damper a little and poked at the cinders accumulated under the stove. He threatened nonchalantly.
Seeing that his brother refused to take the advice, Li Nan thought about the scenes he saw in the countryside when he was a child. He couldn't help but his shoulders trembled. He took off the school bag hanging on the wall and took out a book. The book started to read.
"Huh, luckily I said a nice word to you when they went to school, but you turned away and didn't recognize them. You are so cruel."
While pretending While reading the book like this, Li Nan looked at his brother's face and whispered.
"Yeah"
"When did someone go to school?"
Li Feng squatted in front of the stove, holding a dustpan to pick up the cinders, and listened. When Li Nan said this, his head turned away.
"That time, we went to the Forbidden City to play, and the next day someone came to school to look for me. They were very aggressive."
Li Nan felt that he was doing well again, and his momentum was back. , restlessly twisted his butt in front of the table, raised his chin high, and said proudly.
"What are you asking?"
After thinking about it, it happened last month. Li Feng asked while making dumplings, guessing that it couldn't be Zheng Chaoyang's group. Bar.
"I just asked who I met and what they said when I went to the Forbidden City. They also knew that the old man gave me a grasshopper jar."
Liu Yin saw the two talking. , didn't know the relevant inside story. When he heard that Li Feng was being investigated, he stopped what he was doing and looked over with a worried look.
"It's okay, the inspection before promotion was notified by the superiors today. I mentioned the deputy chief of the Transportation Section. It may be the inspection personnel sent by the organization department in advance."
After placing the dumplings and covering the pot, Li Feng looked at Liu Yin's concerned eyes and patted his mother on the shoulder.
Don’t mention anything about the investigators, as it won’t involve your family members.
I have been wondering before that if the student’s parent wants to give her son money to use the back door, it is also an assessment of the organization. Now it seems that when Lao Zheng comes, I am afraid that he will have everything figured out. Problem, they won't absorb themselves either.
"Brother, you have been promoted"
Li Nan, who had just watched for a few minutes and was a little dizzy, took advantage of the opportunity to put down the textbook in his hand and jumped up to his brother with a look of "admiration" on his face. looked at.
"Xiaofeng, what's going on?"
Liu Yin didn't care that the water in the pot was boiling, and walked from the stove to the table with a spoon. The news was so shocking. Then, without saying a word, he arrived at the deputy section chief. This child had justNo information was disclosed.
" Wasn't Lou the deputy section chief of our department before? He was older and was transferred to the branch factory. I didn't ask for the specific reason. Now I will temporarily take up the post of deputy section chief. Maybe after the New Year, the organization will I just know how to go through the procedures, and I have to wait for the approval of the district personnel bureau."
Sitting back at the table, Li Feng poured himself a glass of water and explained the matter clearly.
"As expected of my brother, he's so awesome. Within a few months of being promoted, he was promoted to deputy section chief."
Li Nan happily waved his hands and danced funny, until Liu Yin picked up the He picked up the big spoon and prepared to hit her, then stuck out his tongue and returned to normal.
"What does it mean to be on a temporary job? It's just that it hasn't been officially approved yet."
"That's more or less what it means. A first-level clerk, a temporary position as a deputy department. The level is not yet reached. After all, the age is here. ”
Holding the warm enamel tea cup, Li Feng felt that the past few months had been really enjoyable, more exciting than the past few decades in his previous life.
To meet, get to know, and be friends with so many historical figures, and even to achieve a position that is basically the ceiling for ordinary people, is really something that I dare not even think about.
"Brother, how much has your salary increased? I'm curious about this."
Putting his chin on his hands, Li Nan directly focused on the key points. After his brother raised his salary, he added bonuses. It has already reached 100 yuan, and now it has risen again. Doesn't that mean that I can have a little more pocket money?
"Go aside and ask so loudly, you think others can't hear you, right?"
Liu Yin grabbed Li Nan's ears, pulled her to the stove, and looked at the dumplings , he sat on the stool, and his eyes began to shine.
"Not much, eight yuan more than before"
With his thumb and index finger at 90 degrees, Li Feng gestured with his mother and took out the salary he had just received.
"Is the fifty yuan at home enough? Jia Haijie has a watch ticket there. I will buy another one when the time comes."
"That's enough. Her tuition, miscellaneous fees, and book expenses for the next semester will be enough." , five yuan is about the same, buy two more pencils, two exercise books, and eat more, buy less eggs, you see she has become fat."
While counting the money, Liu Yin He poked Li Nan's waist with a smile on his face. It was eight yuan a month more, which was enough for one person's monthly rations.
Li Nan lowered his head and looked at his waist with a puzzled expression. He didn't feel fat. Why did his mother say that he was fat?
“My uncle wanted to give me twenty-eight yuan, but I didn’t ask for it. He asked them to send it back to my aunt and them first so that grandpa and the others could have a good year. If my family doesn’t have enough, I still have some. ”
Seeing his mother happily counting the money, Li Feng raised his chin towards the side room in the west courtyard and told her that the rental fee for the mule carriage was not collected this month.
"If you confiscate it, confiscate it. I have given it to you for two months. During the Chinese New Year, you, the grandson, still know how to love your grandpa. It is not a loss to your grandma and the others. When you were a child, they even left chicken legs for you to eat."
After a moment of pause, Liu Yin carefully put the five big black ten cards back into her inner pocket, and put them together with the money given by her son before.
By visual inspection, it added up to at least more than a hundred yuan, not counting the savings. Li Nan on the side was holding hot dumplings and watching eagerly.
"Watch, you are now a cadre, and your wrist has always been empty and unsightly. Just buy it. Liu Laoer holds the radio every day and treats it as a treasure, but Jia Haijie is getting married soon. Doesn’t he use the ticket himself?”
“What’s it for? It costs money to get married. I found a job in a textile factory for Yuyu in advance. It cost a lot. Where can I have money to buy a watch ticket? He is not the only one in the family, and Uncle Jia's burden is not light."
He grabbed a handful of kuaizi from the cage. Li Feng couldn't laugh or cry when he thought of Jia Haijie's pitiful appearance when he asked him to borrow money. Be proud when buying meat.
As a result, when it came time to get married and go shopping, I found that I didn’t have enough money. If I hadn’t taken out a hundred yuan and lent him the sewing machine, I wouldn’t have been able to move the sewing machine back.
"Jia Haijie is busy looking for a partner and getting married, but you are not in a hurry now."
At this point, Liu Yin's joyful mood disappeared and stopped. The kuaizi in his hand said with meaning.
Li Nan remained silent and carefully poured a little vinegar into the vinegar dish and placed it in the middle of the table.
"Mom, please don't get involved in this matter. Someone famous will come and seize some melon seeds to get rid of the problem. I don't want to explain the matter of marriage for a lifetime."
"Humph, you don't want to explain things in a secret way, but you want to send me to the countryside. Do you have a brother like you?"
Rolling his eyes, Li Nan carefully dipped the dumplings in vinegar and put them on the table. He gave it into his big mouth, biting it hard with his small tiger teeth.
"I don't care about you. Outsiders want to know that you have been promoted. If the celebrity has not crossed the threshold, there are so many melon seeds at home for you to use like this."
After knocking Li Nan with a kuaizi, Liu Yin said slightly dissatisfied.
"Look for the third uncle. His family probably has a lot of melon seeds and peanuts at this time. If you trade eggs with him, he will definitely agree."
"Eggs cost nothing. Give it to Xiao Nan, and it will grow bigger. I will give it to him, bah."
Putting her lips, Liu Yin still couldn't bear to part with it. Eggs can replenish the body, while melon seeds and peanuts are just snacks. She still has to decide which is more important. It's clear. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft