The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

The nth family meeting is being held in the front yard of Lao Yan's house. The main content of the meeting is to buy new year's goods.

Yan Fugui: "First of all, what is our family's budget for buying new year's goods this year?"

Third aunt: "Jie Cheng gave me 15 yuan, let's do it too, right? Let's put together 30 yuan."

Yan Jiefang: "What can we do with this little money? We can't even buy a set of clothes for each of us."

Yan Jiekuang: "That's right, you have to buy some new clothes for us. I haven't worn new clothes in several years."

Yan Jiedi didn't say anything and stayed aside quietly.

Yan Fugui: "Stop talking, let me analyze. First, didn't you just wear the coat your brother bought for me a few days before liberation? You only have one coat this year. For other things, I will buy you at most one pair.

Gloves. Let’s talk about Xie Kuang. Didn’t your second brother’s clothes be given to you? What else do you want? You are here first. You are growing up and buying new ones. In a few years, you will be small again. When you stop growing,

I’ll buy you some more, at most I’ll buy you a hat now. Then tell me about Xie Di. Xie Di’s clothes are old, so ask your mother to pull some cloth for you, add more cotton to your cotton-padded coat and sew it again.

It's like new ones, and it doesn't cost much. I'll just buy you a pair of cotton shoes."

Yan Jiekuang muttered and said: "Dad, as you say, my clothes have become hats, my second brother's clothes have become gloves, and my little sister's clothes have become shoes. They won't buy us new clothes this year."

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Yan Fugui: "Hey! Hats, gloves, and shoes are free of charge? You are not satisfied yet. It costs more than ten yuan just for the three of you. You don't have to eat or drink."

Third Aunt: "Your dad is right. How much would it cost if everyone bought new clothes? Your dad doesn't even bring enough for a month's salary, and our family can't survive."

Yan Fugui: "I don't care about you. After throwing away the money spent on them, we only have about 17 yuan left. What else should we buy?"

Third Aunt: "We still have to buy a chicken, two fish, peanuts, melon seeds, candies, a pound of pork, tofu, vermicelli, tobacco and alcohol, soybeans? mung beans, firecrackers. Eggs are not needed.

I bought it because the two old hens I bought have been laying lots of eggs these days and have saved enough to eat during the New Year."

Yan Fugui calculated and said: "Chicken and fish cost five yuan, peanuts, melon seeds and candies cost two yuan, pork, tofu, vermicelli, soybeans, mung beans, firecrackers cost three yuan, cigarettes - buy spring plowing five packs for fifty cents, wine

Buying two bottles of Xifeng costs five yuan, so the total is fifteen yuan, fifty-five cents, and I can save some money by giving some red envelopes to the children in the courtyard."

Yan Jiecheng said: "Dad, if you want to settle accounts, you are the one in our courtyard." He said and stretched out his thumb.

Third aunt: "You all have to learn from your father. If you don't have enough food, you don't have enough clothes, you don't have to think about it, you will suffer from poverty."

Yan Jiekuang: “Our family hasn’t become rich yet.”

Third aunt: "Even with you, our family is not rich. The money we spent on you this year was enough to buy a new bicycle."

Yan Fugui: "Okay, let's talk about how to arrange for you to queue up to buy things. Jie Cheng will buy cigarettes, wine, firecrackers, peanuts, melon seeds, candies, Jiefang will buy tofu, vermicelli, soybeans, mung beans, your mother

I'll take Xie Di to buy cloth, shoes, hats, and gloves for you, and I'll take Xie Kuang to buy meat, chicken, and fish. Okay, you go to your mother's place to get money and tickets, and it's time to leave."

I went out to play chess with the second uncle.

After dinner in the afternoon, I took my money and tickets and went to the state-owned store to queue up to buy new year goods. The queue was several hundred meters long and I could see a sea of ​​people there. The staff inside were so busy that they were sweating. There were even people stopping at the street to deliver goods.

There are trucks carrying goods, and several workers are moving things to the store.

As they were queuing up, they saw Guangfu Guangtian coming over and standing in front of Yan Jiecheng, "Guangtian Guangfu, will your brother be back for the Chinese New Year?"

Liu Guangtian: "Why come back? My eldest brother has never contacted his family since he got married and left."

Liu Guangfu: "It's okay if we don't contact him, otherwise our dad won't be able to send him things or money."

Yan Jiecheng: "Second uncle still wants Guangqi to come back?"

Liu Guangtian: "That's right! My dad, you don't know, he likes my eldest brother. If anything happens to my brother, my dad will be the first to worry."

"Then does your mother know about your brother's application to support construction in the third line?" Yan Jiecheng said.

Liu Guangfu: "I don't know. My father told my mother that the factory leaders valued my brother very much and promoted him to work. The key is that my mother really believed it."

Yan Jiecheng: "Guangtian, you won't go to school during the Chinese New Year. Didn't the second uncle tell you to find a job for you?"

Liu Guangtian: "What are you looking for? My dad asked me to work as a temporary worker in a machine repair shop. I don't know when I will become a regular worker."

Yan Jiecheng: "That's fine, as long as you can make money. It's really hard to find a job now."

Liu Guangtian: "It's better for you. If you have an electrician degree and enter the factory, you will be a regular worker. I also took the time to take the exam, but I didn't pass it. It was too difficult and I didn't even pass the written test."

Yan Jiecheng: "Why don't the second uncle help you find connections to join the steel rolling mill? The benefits of this steel rolling mill are much better than those of the machine repair shop."

Liu Guangtian: "My dad doesn't want to waste the favor on me. He wants my eldest brother to come back and use it for him."

No wonder Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu don't care about Liu Haizhong in the future. This is not just about beating children. Liu Haizhong is also a fool. You still expect him when Liu Guangqi has run away. No one will care about him from now on, and he asked for it.

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Just as he was talking, the queue came to my place, I went in to buy some things, paid the ticket, and walked to the courtyard with my things.

When I got home, I saw that the house was full of things, and the third aunt sorted these things.

Yan Fugui: "Xie Cheng is back. Put your things down. Put the things your mother sorted out in the kitchen. Remember to close the door."

"I know" he said, carrying the things into the kitchen.

At this time, New Year's goods were also being placed in the middle courtyard. The difference was that Shazhu and the first man put most of the New Year's goods at Lao Jia's house, in order to have dinner with Qin Huairu and her family during the Chinese New Year.

From then on, the whole courtyard was filled with an attractive aroma every day. It was either stewed meat, stewed chicken, or stewed fish. Today you steam steamed buns, and tomorrow I steam rice cakes. The children in the yard were also happy to go around with firecrackers every day.

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Silly Zhu was busy cooking for people everywhere, and while earning extra money, he could bring back a few lunch boxes of food every day. He Yuyu also came back from vacation and stayed at home every day without going out.

Xu Damao is the same. He is busy going to the countryside to play movies every day. Every time he comes back, there are big and small bags of local specialties. Sometimes he even gives some to Yan Fugui. If not, Xu Damao is a better person than Silly Zhu! The key is that he does not eat alone.

Anyone who encounters one can share some of them. Although there are not many, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are!