On New Year's Eve, Huang Chenglong and his family returned to Zuozhou to celebrate the New Year. They also sent Liu Dehou and Chen Xiaomei to Qingshan Town. In order not to disturb Huang Chenglong's return home for the New Year, Chen Weizheng and his two children waited at a crossroad not far from Qingshan Town.
Not long after, the car arrived. It was not the usual four laps. It was a Japanese car. Liu Dehou and his wife got out of the car and said goodbye to Huang Chenglong, telling him to hurry up. From Qingshan Town to Zuo Zhou, there was a 40-kilometer national highway. From Zuo Zhou County to Huang Chenglong's home, there was another 20-kilometer mountain road. This mountain road was very difficult to travel. It was estimated that when Huang Chenglong reached home, it would be dark.
Seeing the two children, Liu Dehou was very happy. He even touched Liu Songzhao's head, which made Liu Songzhao feel flattered. Chen Xiaomei was carrying a delicate gift box in his hand. It was a red belt, red shorts, and red tie that he had bought for Chen Weizheng.
They got into the car and went back to prepare for the reunion dinner.
The New Year's Eve dinner was very simple. A yellow feather chicken was stewed in clear soup with a secret recipe personally prepared by Great Doctor Liu. It became a high-grade medicinal cuisine. It was placed on an induction cooker and slowly simmered over low heat.
When Granny Chen saw the codfish, she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She cut it into pieces and marinated it before roasting it in the oven. She even used some egg white to make a hibiscus egg base and casually threw a few coriander on top. The color, aroma, and taste were not bad.
Grandma Liu was interested in the prawns. She and Old Man Liu discussed several proposals and overturned them one by one. In the end, they still chose Bai Zhuo.
Chen Xiaomei had been the daughter-in-law of the Liu family for many years. She had also learned a thing or two from Grandma Liu.
Steaming a sea bass for the New Year must have a beginning and an end. Grandma Liu was the chef.
One was a cashew and beef assorted pot cold dish, and the other was a sour radish cold dish. These were the handiwork of Old Master Chen.
Vegetarian dishes and stir-fried dishes are not listed in detail.
A chicken, a piece of meat, and a fish. They burned incense and paper to worship the gods. Then the human world began to move.
At night, Chen Weizheng and Liu Songzhao shared a room. Liu Dehou and his wife stayed in Chen Weizheng's room, which was already occupied by Xiao Zhu. They even chased Xiao Zhu to the arhat bed in the study room. At nine o 'clock, under everyone's surprised gazes, Liu Songzhao said good night to everyone and went back to his room to sleep. He had completely adapted to this kind of life. The Spring Festival Gala and the sound of cannons in the middle of the night had nothing to do with him.
The first day of the new year was as usual. Xiao Song and Xiao Zhu woke up on time and trained in the courtyard. Liu Dehou glanced at them from the window on the second floor and could not help but put on a suit and walk down. Chen Xiaomei also followed him down. Seeing Liu Dehou dancing with his hands and feet, he said, "If you really want to move, you can go to the ruins and buy a set of counterfeit sportswear."
"Then why don't you move?" Liu Dehou said.
"I'm going to make breakfast." Chen Xiaomei escaped from the meal.
After breakfast, Chen Weizheng brought the two younger ones to the six elders and three widows of the generation to pay a New Year's visit. The New Year's gifts had been sent before the New Year. Chen Weizheng gave each family three hundred yuan, and also gave them rice, noodles, and sugar cookies. This made the generation to be very polite.
Chen Weizheng's action made a lot of the younger generation who came back from working in the countryside very passive. A few of the Wei generation also joined forces and gave gift packages to the older generation. This made the older generation a small fortune, and also made the New Year's atmosphere in Chen Village very good this year. The older generation also increased the New Year's gift packages from two yuan to five yuan, which was unprecedented. This made all the young people shout, "We're rich!"
This time, they could go empty-handed. Firecrackers were necessary, and it was a courtesy to set off firecrackers when entering the door. Only when the sound of firecrackers was heard would someone come to greet them. They bowed all the way and drank sweet wine. After going to nine houses, they felt a little tipsy. On the way home, they heard a little kid pass a message, "Hurry up and go to Uncle Wei Zheng's house to pay a New Year's visit. Little Pretty Aunt, Granduncle, and the four elders, give six red packets for each round of greeting, ten yuan each."
Each of them gave more than a hundred red packets, and the four elders were very satisfied. Old Doctor Liu said, "How many years has it been since we gave out so many red packets? We're really tired of giving out red packets."
"This custom in the countryside is good and bad. If one's economic ability is poor, it will become a burden." Liu Dehou said.
"Once a year during the New Year, we'll gather the savings of the whole year and squander it all in one day. This is the national condition of China. "Old Master Chen said.
"I think it's pretty good. Do what you can. If you have money, give more. If you don't, give less." Grandma Chen was more practical.
"This is difficult. People are afraid of competition. Once they compete, they will be at the top. It's hard to say that we will become the main culprit of Chen Village's malicious promotion of the red packets this time. "Grandma Liu saw through it.
Everyone laughed.
On the first day of the Chinese New Year, the second day of the Chinese New Year, the third and fourth day of the Chinese New Year, the fifth and sixth day of the Chinese New Year, and the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, the seventh day of the Chinese New Year.
From the third day of the Chinese New Year, Chen Village ushered in a scene that had never been seen before. During the Chinese New Year in Chen Village, there had never been so many small cars. The people who got out of the cars gave out candy cakes when they saw children and cigarettes when they saw men. Then, they walked towards Chen Weizheng's house in unison. The people of Chen Village did not understand at all.
Seeing this scene, Liu Dehou knew that he had destroyed the peace and tranquility of Chen Village, so he decided to return to the city early. The four elders were very supportive of Liu Dehou's decision to return to the city early. This was because with Liu Dehou around, there would be non-stop social activities. Only when he left would there be peace.
The four elders decided to stay in Chen Village for a long time. Great Doctor Liu called the hospital director and told him that he was not going to work anymore! The hospital director begged him again and again, but Great Doctor Liu was very determined to resign. He would stay in Longshan for the rest of his life to study Chinese medicine in China.
Xiao Song and Xiao Zhu left Chen Village when school was about to start. Chen Weizheng sent them to Gu Yi City with a five-gallon bucket of water.
The New Year gifts were very useful. The four old people had a reputation in Chen Village. When the little buttocks of the Wei generation saw them from afar, they would call them, "Grandpa Liu, Grandpa Chen." The Hua generation was more pleasant to hear, "Great Grandpa Liu, Great Grandpa Chen." The two old ladies always carried candy with them and gave it to whoever they liked.
There was a small clinic in the village next to the village office. It was very simple and the doctor was not very good. One day, Great Doctor Liu, who was taking a walk in the village, walked past the clinic. He heard a two or three-year-old child crying in the clinic. Out of professional habit, he could not help but go in and take a look. He put three fingers on the child's finger and asked the parent to go to the village hospital to get the medicine. The hospital director saw Great Doctor Liu's signature on the prescription and was shocked. He quickly ran to Chen Village to ask about it. The village doctor, Chen Weishi, begged again and again. He even asked Lord Eighteen to hold a banquet and asked Great Doctor Liu to treat patients in his small clinic for half a day a week. There was a rumor that the county party secretary's mother was the first in line. In the city, even if one queued for three days, they might not even get to see Great Doctor Liu.
Granny Chen had a part-time job at the elementary school, which was to be a volunteer English teacher. This news made the director of the village education committee jump with joy. He requested that all the English teachers in the district attend Teacher Chen's class. They had to be there even if they walked at night. They had to sit outside the classroom if they could not sit down. If there were no stools, they had to stand and listen. When they heard Grandma Chen's standard London accent, the people of Longshan knew what English was. It was no longer the language of birds.
Grandma Chen's biggest hobby was to feed the half acre of vegetable field. The vegetable field had been turned into a work of art. There was not a single weed on it. Whoever wanted to enter her territory next would have to change their shoes.
Old Master Chen's attention was on the fish pond. Nobody knew what method he came up with, but he actually divided the fish pond into four areas, and raised different fish in each area. There was even a pond of ornamental fish. There were several types of ornamental bamboos around the pond. The most famous ones were square bamboos and mottled bamboos. It was better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo.
It was fun to be old!
The most boring person was Chen Weizheng. When he returned to Longshan, he opened QQ for the first time.
The little penguin was jumping happily! Almost all of the avatars were moving. He opened it and saw that half of them left their phone numbers. His classmates had gone to other places and had jobs. They changed their phone numbers and left messages on QQ.
Only Ou Jie's avatar was black! He did not know if it was because the United States did not allow QQ or the time was not right. No one chatted on QQ.
He gave Ou Jie Longshan's phone number and left a message: "I would like to know how you are doing." Then he went offline.
During breakfast, Chen Weizheng said to the four elders, "I will be away for a few days. There will be a reunion with my classmates."
The elders knew that young people had their own lives, so they gave him a few words of advice. Chen Weizheng pretended to pick up some luggage and left. He went to Chen Xiaomei's house in Gu Yi City. This time, he came mainly to settle the car payment. Chen Weizheng wanted to give it to Chen Xiaomei, but Chen Xiaomei did not want it. It was necessary to give it. Although it was not a lot, giving a car was not something an ordinary civil servant could do. It was also not something an ordinary civil servant's aunt could afford.
He had a long talk with Chen Xiaomei and reached a consensus on a few issues. First, Chen Weizheng was not short of money. He had enough money to buy a car. Second, Huang Chenglong should return the fuel card of car 26 to the government. This was not a small advantage. Third, Chen Weizheng's construction in Chen Village would be reported to the higher-ups. They would think that he had the support of Chen Xiaomei. The Commission for Discipline Inspection would investigate the personal assets of Liu Dehou and Chen Xiaomei. They had to be prepared. This time, Chen Weizheng wanted to go to Nancheng and solve the problem of the source of funds once and for all. The best way was for Ou Jie's supermarket to give him a certificate of withdrawal.
Hearing Chen Weizheng's words, Liu Dehou asked Chen Xiaomei to take the car payment and said, "Little Zheng, lend me 500,000 yuan. I'll write an IOU to you."
Hearing this, Chen Weizheng smiled. He immediately knew what Liu Dehou was thinking and said, "Okay. Is 500,000 yuan enough? If not, one million yuan. I'm going to Nancheng this time to find a way to solve this problem. "
As expected, Liu Dehou wrote an IOU of one million yuan to Chen Weizheng. The time was before the National Day last year. Chen Xiaomei's mind was in a mess.
Chen Weizheng stayed at Liu Dehou's house for a night to check on Liu Songzhao's progress and Xiao Zhu's health. He was very satisfied.
Early in the morning, Chen Weizheng left the Liu family's house and drove to a remote place. He threw the car into the space and took a taxi to the bus station. Taking the bus saved him money and effort. Chen Weizheng was not so flashy as to drive a long distance alone. It was good to have the space as a parking lot.
He bought a hard seat and got on the train. Anyway, he was going into the space, so there was no need for a soft sleeper.
While waiting for the train to start, a message appeared on his phone. It was Ou Jie's phone number in America. Chen Weizheng immediately opened an international call and prepared to call him at eight or nine o 'clock in the evening.
He got on the train at six o 'clock in the evening.
It was not long after the Spring Festival, so there were very few people on the train. There were only six people in one carriage. It was standard VIP treatment.
He walked to the corner of the carriage and took out a packet of instant noodles, two bags of tea eggs, and a ham sausage from the space. This was fast food that he had not eaten in a long time. He used to eat like this when he was a student, but he had not eaten like this in the past six months. After making the noodles, he took a bite. It was not good. He took another bite. It was a bit unpalatable. He took another bite. It was quite unpalatable. He ate like this when he was a student.
Time slowly came to nine o 'clock. Chen Weizheng took out his phone and dialed Ou Jie's number.
"Weizheng, is that you?" Ou Jie's voice came from the phone.
"It's me, it's me. Ou Jie, how are you?"
"Is your body okay?" Ou Jie asked first.
"No problem. I'm very strong now. I've never been so strong before." Chen Weizheng really felt that he was very strong. He continued, "I went back to my hometown to recuperate for a while. It's very good. How about you? How are you in America? "
"It's okay! I'm a stranger in a foreign land. My ability to adapt is not bad. I'm now studying at a university here and working in a supermarket. "Ou Jie said.
Someone shouted from the side. Ou Jie said, "Something happened. I have to go and move some goods. I'll call you when I have time. "
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