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It was late autumn when Ren Baqian finished setting up the courtyard and house. Longshan was already a little chilly in late autumn. The radishes and cabbages in the vegetable garden were green and attractive. The broccoli, lettuce, chives, and coriander were dim.
The fish in the fish pond had all sunk to the bottom because of the cold weather. Occasionally, a fish would splash and cause small ripples.
There was a lot of cement left from the construction of the house, and there were also some flakes left. Chen Weizheng estimated and asked someone to drag a few more flakes, gravel, and sand to the village's primary school and turn the mud outside the school into cement. When the village cultural station saw this, they also took the opportunity to set up a basketball hoop and drew a line frame to form a standard basketball court. Because of this, the primary school students in the village were so happy that they kept calling Ren Baqian, Uncle Zheng. The older generation in the village all praised Chen Weizheng for his benevolence. The work of paving the cement was done by the villagers who brought their own dry food.
Since his grandfather was buried in the Tianhui Village, Chen Weizheng had never left the village. Everyone in the village thought that he had just recovered from his illness. It was normal for him to have some eccentricities, so they didn't think it was strange. Therefore, the villagers basically didn't disturb him. He was happy to stay at home every day, do some cleaning, plant vegetables, and practice martial arts online.
There were still a few thousand kilograms of rice in the space. One person couldn't finish it in a few years. As for oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, there were all kinds of things. There were even a few hundred kilograms of black Xiangxi cured meat.
The doorbell rang, and Chen Weizheng opened the door with a remote control.
It was Lord Eighteen. Lord Eighteen was the person in the village who visited him the most. After all, he was Ren Baqian's granduncle, and blood was thicker than water. He often came to visit and ask about his well-being. The old man really cared about him, and he wasn't just putting on a show.
Many people came back this time. Six of the nine standing committee members came, in addition to the village director, Chen Baoliang, and the women's director, Auntie Xiuhua. It was almost enough for one class. It was the first time for a few of them to come and see such a mansion. They sat on the big sofa in the living room and kept playing on it like a trampoline.
Chen Weizheng boiled some water and brewed some tea. He even brought out some snacks and served them to the seniors. He guessed that something big must have happened this time.
"Ah Zheng!" The one who spoke was the oldest person in the generation of grandfathers and also the oldest person in Chen Village, Fifth Grandpa. You are eighty-nine years old. He was in good health, his eyes were not blurry, his legs were not bent, and his voice was very loud. "Your courtyard is ready, and so is the house. It's time to make some fire wine."
"Yes, yes!" Chen Weizheng knew that he had to do it, but the main problem was that he was only one person. He couldn't afford to do it, so he wanted to muddle through. Everyone knew that the eyes of the masses were as bright as snow, even at eighty-nine years old.
"After the new year, you will be twenty-four years old. It is your natal year. Originally, we asked your aunt to help you pass the tribulation. Now that you have an aunt, this matter will be handled by your aunt." This was the second matter that Fifth Lord said. Needless to say, Chen Weizheng had never thought about this before. He had to wear red shorts in his natal year, but he couldn't buy it himself. He had to ask his relatives to buy it. Now that the responsibility fell on his aunt, it seemed that he had to trouble his aunt again.
"There's one more thing." The one who spoke was Aunt Xiuhua. "You will be twenty-four years old after the new year. You are the only male left in your family. It is time for you to get married and have children. If you have any requirements for a wife, you can tell me so that we can help you find a suitable one. "
Chen Weizheng smiled foolishly.
"Aunt will help me buy things for my natal year, so I won't trouble you." Then, he smiled at Uncle Chen Baolong. She turned to Auntie Xiuhua and said jokingly, "I know that there aren't many people in our household, but I can't make a big tree by myself. Besides, there's family planning now. If I work hard, I can at most have two children. Any more and I'd be breaking the law."
"Break the law? The law is more important than favors. When the time comes, we can just have two more children. "He didn't expect Lord Eighteen to be ignorant of the law, and a righteous one at that.
"Haha, I don't want to find a partner this year."
"Why?" Aunt Xiuhua didn't understand.
"Didn't I just recover from my illness? I don't know what side effects there will be. It's better to wait and see first. Don't be in a hurry to marry her and harm her. "He used this as an excuse again.
Everyone thought about it and agreed, so they didn't say anything else.
"Everyone will be having dinner at my place tonight. Help me come up with some ideas on how to get the wine." This was a good enough reason that no one could refuse.
Dinner was easy. They made a hotpot with a water pot and a dry pot. The water pot was made of pickled fish head, there was fish in the fridge, and there were seasonings for perfume fish in the space. They just had to be cooked together. The dry pot was more complicated. They went to the vegetable garden at the entrance and picked two lettuce shoots. They peeled and sliced them. They also sliced a piece of cured meat that was about three pounds. They grabbed some dried red chili and stir-fried them. The lettuce leaves were stir-fried into vegetables. Aunt Xiuhua was very efficient. These dishes were all home-cooked, so they were served in less than half an hour.
There were two induction cookers placed side by side on the western dining table, one dry pot and one water pot. They also made two bottles of wine with high alcohol content and started eating.
After a lively meal, all kinds of agendas for the wine were written in words.
The date was January 2, 2013. It was a good day! All is well with Henry and Zhen. The best thing was that all the units and schools were on holiday. Everyone could come back.
Who was responsible for what had been arranged. The chief purchasing was still Chen Baoliang, and the chief logistics was still Wei Xiuhua. The chief supervisor was Uncle Chen Baolong, and the people of the generation of Chuan were only responsible for the wine.
Chen Weilai and several people of the generation of Wei were responsible for welcoming the guests on the bridge. Chen Weigang was responsible for the phone call. Several people of the generation of Bao were the chefs, and several people of the generation of Wei were the kitchen helpers. Listening to their arrangements, Chen Weilai also felt that this Chen Village was really full of talents.
After everything was confirmed, Chen Weizheng called his aunt Chen Xiaomei right away.
Chen Xiaomei came to see the house during the National Day. At that time, the foundation of the house had just started. She estimated that it was almost finished during this time. Just as she was about to call to ask, Chen Weizheng called.
"Is it all finished?" his aunt asked.
"It's all finished."
"When are you going to enter the house?" his aunt's second sentence was this. It seemed that this was really an indispensable part.
"I've been cooking for many days. Does it count?" Chen Weizheng joked.
"That doesn't count. There's a ceremony. Lord Eighteen definitely won't let it go easily," his aunt said.
"Aunt, you're really Zhuge Zhiliang. You can even predict this."
"What's so difficult about it! If Lord Eighteen doesn't want you to do it, I want you to do it. In the countryside, you don't know what it means to build a house! Do you have enough money? Don't be embarrassed to ask. Some things have to be spent even if you don't have the money. Don't let people look down on you! " Finally, he decided, "Okay, I'll go back on the first. The wine will be easy on the second."
December 31, the Chinese calendar year.
Gu Yi City, Xinghu Road, Municipal Party Committee Dormitory Building Number 5. This was the dormitory assigned to Liu Dehou by the unit. The two-story bungalow was very low-key, huddled in the shade of a tree.
At eight o 'clock in the evening, the big flat-screen TV in the living room was showing the New Year's Eve party. The main people watching the party were two old people. A middle-aged couple and two young people were completely enjoying the old people's company.
The middle-aged couple was naturally Liu Dehou and Chen Xiaomei. The old people were Chen Xiaomei's parents and Liu Dehou's parents-in-law. They were two old intellectuals in their sixties. Before they retired, they were teachers at Gu Yi City College. The old man taught ancient times, while the old woman taught English. The old couple only had one daughter. They usually lived in the staff dormitory and didn't come often. They only came to their daughter's house on holidays.
Every time Old Master Chen came, he liked to ask his son-in-law and in-law to come so that he could have some company. His in-law was also an intellectual. He had retired from traditional Chinese medicine and was now hired by the unit to treat specialists. Old Master Chen jokingly called him an old worker. This time, Old Master Liu's unit organized a trip to Nan Qiong, not Gu Yi City.
The two young people, one boy and one girl, were Chen Xiaomei's twin son and daughter. The girl looked very much like her mother. She was a temperamental beauty with delicate facial features. She was tall, had a delicate figure, and was mature and generous. The boy wasn't short, but he was obviously not as mature as the girl. His face was full of childishness. He had a small pointy face, big eyes, and long hair that covered his eyebrows. The boy obviously didn't want to watch TV. It was probably because of his father's pressure that he had no choice but to accompany the old people to create family happiness. One moment he poured water, the next he peed. His butt seemed to have ulcers, and he couldn't sit still.
When this pair was born, the whole family was so happy that they couldn't tell north from south. They gave no less than a hundred names. Old Master Liu's favorite names were his daughter Chen Banxia and his son Liu Danggui. However, the whole family rejected them. The most important reason was that their son absolutely couldn't be a turtle when he grew up.
In the end, they adopted Old Master Chen's proposal. Old Master Chen first praised Wang Wei's poem "Living in the Mountains in Autumn" from the Tang Dynasty: After the fresh rain in the empty mountains, autumn came late. The bright moon shone among the pine trees, and the clear spring water flowed on the rocks. Zhuxuan returned to Lady Huan, and the lotus moved down from the fishing boat. As the spring fragrance rested, the royal grandson could stay. It was decided that the son would be Liu Songzhao, and the daughter would be Chen Zhuxuan. Her nickname would be Xiao Song, Xiao Zhu.
As a grandmother, she gave the two children each an English name. Unfortunately, no one called them, and they didn't sound like human names. Over time, they were forgotten by people.
Those who practiced traditional Chinese medicine were not as talented as those who practiced Chinese.
It wasn't known if there was such a saying, but people followed their names and lived up to their names. Chen Zhuxuan followed her mother's surname Chen, so not only did her surname resemble her mother, but her behavior and thoughts were also like Old Master Chen. She loved to read, always wanted to ask questions, had good grades in school, was popular, and liked by the teachers.
Liu Songzhao was different. At a young age, he knew that he was the son of the deputy mayor of the Standing Committee. In Gu Yi City, he was also one of the officials. At the age of 14, he began to hang out with some of the leaders' children who had already entered society. Although he didn't skip class every day, his grades weren't very good.
Since entering the third year of junior high, the twins were like two separate tracks, and the difference between their paths was getting bigger and bigger. Chen Zhuxuan was basically an A + in all subjects, especially English. Under her grandmother's education, whether it was the number of words or the grasp of grammar, they were far beyond the scope of textbooks. For this reason, Old Master Chen had raised a strong protest because at home, the two of them always spoke in English. Even when they went shopping, they used English. Old Master Chen's level of understanding of English was that he could understand all 26 letters of the alphabet when they were separated, but he couldn't understand a single letter when they were put together.
When Liu Songzhao entered the third year of junior high, the biggest change came from his height. In half a year, he suddenly grew more than ten centimeters. All of his pants became three-quarter pants overnight. His originally clear voice also became similar to that of a duck's. His temperament also became particularly surly. This brother's will was very obvious. He didn't accept anyone's opinion, whether the other party was right or wrong. He didn't allow anyone to say no to him, whether he was right or wrong. In the whole family, only Liu Dehou was a little afraid of him. He basically ignored everyone else.
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