The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

In the evening, when Yu Li came back from get off work, Yan Jiecheng told her about going to Zuojiazhuang tomorrow.

"Okay, you can go bring back more eggs tomorrow. I won't take your salary for this month, and I'll hand it over when you come back."

Yu Li thought for a while and then complained: "Also, you bought the things that our family should buy for the New Year. Our factory won't have a holiday until the 29th. If you wait for me to buy it, then our family won't buy anything for the New Year."

After eating it, I don’t know why our factory has a holiday on the 29th every Chinese New Year, so I don’t know how many days in advance.”

"Everyone has to make clothes during the Chinese New Year. Is your textile factory busy? By the way, do you have any defective fabrics in your factory? You can buy some more and save them to make clothes for them." Yan Jiecheng pointed at the boy Wan and said to Li.

It’s not that I didn’t want to use good fabrics for them, but they were growing taller, so the finished clothes became too small after a while.

Also, they are at the age where they love to play and they don’t know how to keep their clothes clean. Freshly washed clothes will become dirty after being worn for half a day, so washing them frequently wastes time.

"Okay, I'll go find my colleagues in the warehouse and ask about it when I get to work tomorrow."

Xiao Ziwan: "Dad, I want to eat candy."

"Whatever candy you want to eat, you have to eat it before you eat it tomorrow." Yu Li said fiercely to her when she heard that Ziwan wanted to eat more candy.

I just gave her one, and she almost ate all the candies at home that she wanted to eat. During the Chinese New Year, other children would come to celebrate the New Year. There were no candy coupons at home, so they couldn't buy them even if they wanted to.

"Stop eating sweets, I'll boil an egg for you later." Yan Jiecheng advised from the side.

"No, I want to eat candy."

Yu Li had a headache from her noise, so she walked over to pick her up, turned her over, and slapped her little butt twice.

"Wow……"

Yan Jiecheng took a look and thought, now you can eat sweets.

As expected, after Yu Li beat Xiao Ziwan, she took out a candy from the cabinet and handed it to her.

Xiao Ziwan cried and took the candy, while Xiao Ziyang was stunned as he watched.

"Why do you want to eat sweets too?" Yu Li looked at Xiao Ziyang and asked her.

Xiao Ziyang shook his head in fear: "I won't eat it, Yangyang doesn't like sweets."

Yu Li glanced at Xiao Ziyang with an expression that said she knew you were a kid.

Although Xiao Ziwan got the candy, Yan Jiecheng still boiled an egg for her during dinner. He couldn't let her meal go in vain.

Xiao Ziwan happily ate the eggs. Although he was beaten, he still got the egg after eating a piece of candy. Xiao Ziwan said that the beating was worth it, and the world of naughty children is really incomprehensible to ordinary people.

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Early the next morning, when Li left for work, Yan Jiecheng handed the two children to the third aunt and rode his bicycle out of the courtyard.

When I passed by the supply and marketing cooperative, I bought two bottles of Erguotou and a box of snacks. I put the two cans in the car frame and rode on to Zuojiazhuang.

"Is my cousin at home?"

Yan Jiecheng saw that the door was open and rode his bicycle directly into the yard. He happened to see his cousin washing clothes in the yard.

"Jie Cheng is here. Why did you bring so many things when you said you would come? Go and sit in the house for a while. Isn't it the Chinese New Year? Your cousin has gone to the village headquarters for a meeting. I'm going to give it to you right away.

You call him."

"Don't worry, cousin. Let my cousin have the meeting. I have nothing to do. It's the Chinese New Year. My mother asked me to come over and have a look." As he spoke, Yan Jiecheng followed his cousin into the house and held the handle.

things on the table.

"How is your mother doing?"

"I'm fine. I'm not sick. I'm coaxing my two children to cook for my dad and them every day and they don't do much physical work."

"How about the city? It's not like our rural areas, where people in their thirties look like they are in their fifties." My cousin said with envy.

Their family could have stayed in the city. At that time, the administration was not strict after liberation. No matter where you were, as long as you were in the city, you could register for residence even if you didn't have a job. But my cousin had to go back to his hometown to farm.

After the land was divided, a cooperative was established within a few years of planting, and everyone had to work in the fields to earn centimeters. They couldn't make much money all year round, and they still couldn't have enough to eat. Now my cousin regrets it to death.

"Cousin, why haven't you seen Yang Hao?"

"Hey, it's school holiday. I stayed at home with nothing to do and went to his grandma's house."

While they were talking, my cousin came in and said, "Jie Cheng, why are you here? What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's not the Chinese New Year. My mother asked me to come over and take a look." Yan Jiecheng said boredly. Why did he feel like something was wrong when he saw him coming? Was it because he used to pick on them and not interact with his cousin's house when they were fine? Well,

It's really possible with my old temperament.

"Okay, let your cousin cook some hard vegetables for noon, and we and I will have some drinks." My cousin said boldly as he looked at the wine Yan Jiecheng brought.

"Okay, you guys sit and chat for a while, and I'm going to cook." My cousin got up and went to the kitchen outside.

Watching his cousin leave, Yan Jiecheng said, "Cousin, do you know anyone in this village who has eggs? I'll buy some. Don't worry, the price is higher than that of the supply and marketing cooperative. Just five cents each."

Five cents an egg is the same price as the eggs sold in the vegetable market, but there is no need for a ticket. This price is half higher for the villagers. They sell it to the village supply and marketing cooperative for about three cents an egg.

In this era, rural supply and marketing cooperatives were not only responsible for selling things, but also for purchasing agricultural products in the village, and when the goods were purchased, they were brought to the city to be sold to the urban supply and marketing cooperatives.

When the cousin heard that the price was so high, he was a little confused and said: "Jie Cheng, you can buy it at this price in the city. Why do you still charge it in the village? Besides, there are so many bumps and bumps along the way. At least you have to bump into it when you bring it home."

A few bad ones.”

"Aren't you asking for tickets in the city? I can't buy many tickets this month. There's not enough food for the two children at home."

After listening to Yan Jiecheng's explanation, my cousin said, "Okay, I'll find it for you later. How much do you want?"

"The more, the better. Even if you can't eat it, you can still make it into salted eggs. By the way, cousin, when will your village kill the pigs to see if they can evenly distribute the meat for me? I will also buy it at a high price. I don't pick any kind of meat."

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My cousin thought for a moment and said, "The meat is probably enough. The village raised two pigs this year, which is just enough for the villagers to share. Do you want the pig head?"

Yan Jiecheng was disappointed when his cousin said it was disgusting, but he became happy when his cousin said he could sell the pig's head to him.

"Yes, my cousin is like this. After the two pigs are divided in the village, they will leave everything they don't want to me. I even want the bones. I will pay for them all."

"Why do you need bones? There's no meat in this thing." My cousin really couldn't understand what Yan Jiecheng was thinking. After all, when pigs are killed nowadays, the bones are picked cleanly and no meat is left at all.

"Cousin, just do as I say. I have use for these big bones. Otherwise, I wouldn't buy them. I'm not stupid." Yan Jiecheng looked at his cousin and looked at him like a fool and quickly explained.

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"Okay, you're the one paying for it anyway, and I'll help you out after dinner." My cousin stopped talking when he saw that Yan Jiecheng didn't listen to his advice.

"Don't worry, cousin, these big bones are the most nutritious when used to stew soup. Don't believe it, these bones are as delicious as meat when stewed."

"Don't fool my cousin, these bones are even more delicious than meat." My cousin said with a look of disbelief. It's not like he has never eaten these bones before, so he really didn't think they were worth eating.

After his aunt finished cooking, his uncle opened a bottle of Erguotou brought by Yan Jiecheng and drank it with Yan Jiecheng.

Either Yan Jiecheng didn't want to bring good wine to the villagers, or Erguotou drank it comfortably.

"Jie Cheng, don't just hang out drinking with your cousin and ordering food to see how your cousin is doing." As she said that, her cousin gave Yan Jie Cheng a few big pieces of fat.

"Cousin, you don't have to worry about me, I can still starve myself at your house." Yan Jiecheng really doesn't like eating fat, but when someone puts it on you, you can only bear to eat it.

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Having had enough food and wine, my cousin took a break and drank some tea before taking Yan Jiecheng to the captain's house.

After explaining Yan Jiecheng's purpose to the team leader, the team leader agreed after thinking that he would not divide the meat as long as the team members would share the rest and pay a high price.

After all, according to the price given by Yan Jiecheng, they can sell the remaining pig heads, pig guts, etc. for a lot of money.

In the end, the team leader decided to kill the pigs in the afternoon. It wouldn't be bad to keep them in the winter anyway, and they wouldn't gain weight even if they were left for a few days.

When Yan Jiecheng left, he took away two pig heads, two pairs of pigs, and all the bones of the two pigs.

His cousin also collected hundreds of eggs from door to door for him, but it was too late to tell him that all the eggs before were sold to the supply and marketing cooperative.