Scholars in the courtyard

bang bang bang

Before midnight, firecrackers were already ringing in Sijiu City.

Ups and downs, from far to near.

At the gate of the front yard, Yan Fugui led a group of people, carrying firecrackers on bamboo poles. The people behind them were chatting from time to time, and bursts of laughter could be heard.

"Time's up, light the fire."

Yan Fugui pushed up his glasses frame and shouted loudly.

When the words fell, a group of people immediately stepped forward, lit the matches with a hiss, then lit them and ran back.

Some people are quick to act, while others are slow to respond.

The last person who ran away was surrounded by firecrackers. He was so frightened that he quickly put up his arms to protect his face, shouting that he was unjust, but he ran faster than anyone else.

There were roars of laughter from those watching the excitement, but they were drowned out by the sound of exploding firecrackers.

In the middle courtyard, Yang Xiaotao was holding firecrackers with a fishing rod. Mr. Yang lit a cigarette and stepped forward to light it.

The crackling firecrackers kept ringing.

After putting away the fishing rod, I was no longer sleepy during the Dragon Boat Festival, so I led my two sisters and ran forward to the yard to pick up unexploded firecrackers on the ground.

Occasionally I saw a few with fuses, and I immediately laughed from ear to ear.

After picking it up here, I immediately ran out to pick it up at the gate.

In normal years, we put more of them there, and they are the most productive.

Yang Xiaotao stopped the two girls and walked into the house holding them one by one.

When the dumplings came out, Duanwu ran back with seven or eight firecrackers in his hands, and then Ran Qiuye caught the dirt on his body and criticized him harshly.

After eating dumplings, everyone rested.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone put on clean clothes and put on new clothes for the Dragon Boat Festival. Then they were ready to go out and start paying New Year greetings.

Start by walking around the yard.

Everyone meets each other when they go out, and says Happy New Year when they meet.

Walking around the front yard, middle yard, and backyard, children are running left and right. The entire yard is their playground.

Occasionally, if you meet a generous person and give him a nickel or ten cents, you will be happy for many days.

After celebrating the New Year in the yard, Yang Xiaotao led Ran Qiuye, Zhang Qing, and the three children out.

At home, Mr. Yang and Ms. Cui stayed in the yard.

When a few people went out, they saw people coming and going on the street, which was very lively.

The sound of firecrackers made the whole street lively.

The red Spring Festival couplets bring a touch of festive color.

On this day, the old streets and alleys are particularly lively.

The street office had already arranged for people to tidy up the decorations and put up the most beautiful decorations.

Red lanterns and colorful flags flutter in the wind.

Snacks such as cattail fans, fried pancakes, and fried kidneys are roasted in front of each house or in a high-pitched brazier, attracting neighbors to come.

The children were wearing new clothes, holding firecrackers and long candied haws, running and playing in the streets with smiles on their faces.

The square was crowded with people. Young people happily danced the door-god dance, and some old people gathered together to pay New Year greetings to each other. While talking about the New Year's situation, they stretched their bodies, and their laughter echoed in the air.

On the roads extending in all directions, people driving tricycles and bicycles among the rolling wheels have different expressions, but most of them have sincere blessings.

Standing on the street, Yang Xiaotao held his two daughters and looked around. The sound of firecrackers in the sky was mixed with the spring flower drums, and the drums were cheerful and lively.

Zhang Qing even squeezed into a place selling candied haws, shouted loudly, and then bought a bunch of candied haws.

Then he ran over happily, and the candied haws in his hand turned out to be one meter long.

"Sister-in-law, look, this candied haws on a stick is so long."

Ran Qiuye smiled, "This is a big bunch of candied haws."

Yang Xiaotao looked at the slightly bent candied haws and reminded kindly, "Eat it quickly or it will melt."

On the side, Duanwu's eyes widened with greed.

Zhang Qing saw it and handed it to him, "Dragon Boat Festival, count it. If you count it correctly, my little aunt will give you one."

Duanwu nodded immediately, then stretched out his fingers to count them one by one.

Everyone walked on the street for a while, and then Yang Xiaotao and his party arrived at Director Wang's house.

I came in to say New Year greetings, sat for a while, then left and went to the next place.

By the time we finished walking around the nearby relatives and friends, it was already noon.

Several people went home for dinner.

Then Yang Xiaotao went out alone and continued walking.

Along the way, we first went to Xu Yuanshan’s house, then to Yang Youning’s house, and then to Liu Huaimin’s house.

A series of people walked down, and then everyone made an appointment to come to Chen Gong's house.

By the time we left again, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

After Yang Xiaotao sent Xu Yuanshan home, he returned to the courtyard.

The same goes for the second grade of junior high school. It passes quickly while walking around.

On the morning of the third day of the third lunar month, Yang Xiaotao took his grandfather back to Yangjiazhuang.

Yang Dazhuang and others, who got up early, were already ready.

After Mr. Yang came back, the villagers set off in the dark towards Nanshan.

When they came to the river, Yang Xiaotao carried Mr. Yang forward on his back.

Several young and strong people also carried the old man across the river.

"Uncle Da Zhuang, we still need to build a bridge. Otherwise, what will we do when the river water rises?"

After crossing the river with his grandfather on his back, Yang Xiaotao suggested again.

Yang Dazhuang put down Uncle Jiu and nodded after hearing this.

"This year during the off-season, we will organize people to build bridges."

Yang Dazhuang also knew that the bridge would be built sooner or later. Instead of leaving it to future generations to build the bridge, it was better to build it now.

Everyone walked another section of the mountain road before arriving at the cemetery.

On this piece of land, there were originally hundreds of tombs, large and small, and now there are several more.

It's still the place full of weeds, some have erected monuments, some in the village, and some have nothing at all.

Yang Xiaotao followed his grandfather to the ancestral grave, then put down a knife of yellow paper, and then walked to the grave beside him.

Pulling out the weeds in front of the tomb, Yang Xiaotao put down the yellow paper he had brought, and put the steamed buns prepared by Ran Qiuye on top. Finally, he took out a lighter and lit the yellow paper. The flame ignited, and the yellow flame emitted gray smoke.

Finally, he poured the "drink" aside and then looked at the name on the tombstone.

"Dad, Mom, Grandpa and Grandma, I have found them"

"Mom, grandpa and grandma also said they wanted to come see you, but I didn't let them come, mainly because I was afraid of disturbing you two."

"You and Dad stay well down here and don't think about anything. I'll burn a lot of this money for you, enough to buy a new house."

Yang Xiaotao was talking in front of the grave, and beside him, Mr. Yang had already led people to kowtow to the ancestral grave.

Yang Xiaotao followed and kowtowed four times to his ancestors respectfully. Then he kowtowed to the graves of his elders with his peers and juniors.

Finally, when we arrived at the graves of our parents, about ten people kowtowed.

After visiting the grave, things in Yangjiazhuang came to an end. Mr. Yang wanted to stay in the village, but Yang Xiaotao pulled him back to Sijiu City and went directly to the Sixth Hospital.

Under the arrangement of Yang Xiaotao, a physical examination was quickly conducted.

It would take two days for the results to come out, so Yang Xiaotao took them back to the courtyard.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Xiaotao officially started working.

This year has passed like this.

There is a lot of preparation time, and the days before the new year are also very slow, but during the New Year, I always feel that I have not fully experienced it and it has become a thing of the past.

What we need to deal with now is another year of struggle.

After this Spring Festival, things about the machinery factory finally came to a conclusion.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Chen came to the machinery factory with instructions from his superiors.

Except for the second factory, the entire machinery factory, including the directors, deputy directors and directors of each branch factory, all gathered in the conference room.

Then Mr. Chen read out the appointment letter on behalf of his superiors.

As before, the top leadership of the machinery factory is still the core of the original system.

However, Yang Xiaotao's job division has changed this time.

As secretary, Liu Huaimin is the core of the party.

Responsible for managing and leading the branch of the machinery factory, organizing the formulation and implementation of plans, and making decisions on implementation.

As the factory director, Yang Youning is responsible for managing the daily work and normal production of the factory.

As the chief designer, Yang Xiaotao is mainly responsible for improving the factory's R\u0026D and innovation capabilities, adjusting the industrial structure, and managing daily work arrangements.

Liu Huaimin's job was okay, and his mission responsibilities were very clear.

But Yang Xiaotao and Yang Youning have some overlap.

Especially for daily management, this itself is Yang Youning's responsibility.

But in the end, it was assigned to Yang Xiaotao. The consideration involved was probably only known to the superior leaders.

Finally, Liang made new arrangements and was still responsible for the security work of the machinery factory and its main factory.

However, this time it will be directly under the jurisdiction of the headquarters, so the number of people will increase, and the power will also become greater.

After the task results were finished, Liu Huaimin read out the personnel arrangements for each branch factory based on the previous plan.

Basically, just change the prefix, nothing to change.

This also gave everyone reassurance.

Then Yang Xiaotao, on behalf of the General Machinery Factory, submitted the machine factory's recent task arrangements to Mr. Chen, and then announced the tasks at the conference.

Mr. Chen is very satisfied with the arrangements of the machinery factory.

Basically covers all aspects of the last exchange.

In addition, reality is also taken into consideration, so that the advantages of the machinery factory can be brought out faster and better.

The eighth day of the first lunar month.

In the first workshop of the machinery factory.

Yang Xiaotao and Huang Degong stood aside, and a group of workers were busy transporting the Chenxing machine tools produced.

"Mr. Yang, this is the third Morning Star. All the products produced during this period have been moved here."

Huang Degong shouted happily from the side, and then asked quietly, "Mr. Yang, tell me, what good things have you left for us?"

"Don't worry, as long as the tasks assigned to us will be completed without compromise?"

There were a few key elites around him who also pricked up their ears to listen.

Previously, they also speculated about what their workshop would do after the electric pressure cooker was sent out.

At first, some people thought that they would produce rolling mills. After all, this is a large-scale mechanical equipment. Moreover, the Morning Star machine tools delivered during this period, coupled with the Shining Morning Star and so on, greatly enhanced the strength of the first workshop.

Isn't this prepared for the production of rolling mills?

But when he got off work yesterday, he learned from Liu Wei, the director of the fifth workshop, that the production task of the steel rolling mill had been handed over to them.

This made him feel a little unsure, but then he felt a little hopeful.

Because he knew that Mr. Yang must have something in his stomach.

And he will never treat them badly.

Otherwise, how could we let them do the first workshop?

Yang Xiaotao looked at Huang Degong's silly smile and couldn't help but shake his head.

"There's nothing good going on. Don't make blind guesses."

"Mr. Yang, please don't lie to me. Every time you smile like this, you are sure of it."

"You've figured it all out."

Yang Xiaotao said speechlessly, Huang Degong smiled proudly, "The main reason is that everyone has confidence in you."

"Okay, I'll tell you."

Yang Xiaotao thought for a moment. Sooner or later, they must know the task arrangement of this workshop. It doesn't matter if it's one day early or one day late.

"We at the Ordnance Research Institute want to develop new topics."

"Study the turbojet engine!"

Yang Xiaotao's voice was not loud, but his words were like thunder, exploding in Huang Degong's ears.

"What?"

"Turbojet engine?"

Instantly, Huang Degong took a breath of cold air, and then his whole body shuddered.

"Okay, okay."

"Just the turbojet engine, our workshop will definitely make it for you."

After being surprised, Huang Degong immediately promised.

The people in the workshops behind him blushed even more. This is much better than making diesel engines, and it is more face-saving.

"Plan for the time being, don't spread it out."

"Understand, understand."

"I said, our workshop one is the direct line of General Manager Yang, what workshop two, what workshop three, four, and five, are all our younger brothers."

"Come on, stop talking, just know it yourself, don't make people jealous."

"Hahaha"