New Year’s Eve.
Chen Xia spent the whole afternoon giving gifts, mainly food.
Nowadays, people don’t give money or antiques as gifts. If the boss sees meat, he will smile, but if he sees a box of money, he will definitely kick you out.
Chen Xia took out a few ox heads, as well as some ox tripe and intestines, and asked the canteen to make all of them into braised meat. This cooking method not only tastes good, but can also be eaten hot or cold. The key is that it can be kept for a few more days without going bad.
The first house they went to was Ren Yuanfei's. Although Chen Xia was not interested in Confucianism, respecting teachers was what he should do.
Master's family was in financial difficulty, with many people in the family, and he was the only one who earned money. So Chen Xia packed some extra braised meat and some candies and cakes for the children in his master's family.
Old Ren treated him well. He had often asked for leave before, and it was always Master who kept it a secret, allowing him ample time to engage in speculation. In this life, he had two fathers: one was dead, and the other was still in Jiangzhou. Now, Master was the most powerful.
When the master's wife and grandmother saw Chen Xia bringing in bags of things, they were very happy, but they still said politely: "Hey, kid, it's not easy to make money, why are you bringing so many things?"
"Grandma, Master's wife, if I don't give you some more gifts, I'm afraid Master will hit someone in the hand. Then you must avenge me."
"Hahahaha", everyone burst into laughter.
Chen Xia then gave a red envelope to each of his master's two sons, Ren Jijun and Ren Jibing, and said, "Take this and buy some firecrackers."
When the two boys saw this nominal senior brother, it was like seeing their closest relative in the world.
In this era, firecrackers are definitely a magic weapon for children during the Chinese New Year.
Generally, after buying firecrackers, children will break the fuse, disassemble them into small firecrackers, and light a stick of incense for worshiping Buddha.
Then he held the incense in one hand and lit the firecrackers in the other, and everything in the world exploded.
The most common water tanks in rural areas, upside-down bowls, enamel washbasins, other people's spittoons, etc., were all ruined by children during the New Year.
The most disgusting thing is to stick a small firecracker into the feces. After it is lit and explodes, the area within a few meters is filled with stench.
He was often held down and beaten by adults.
At that time, there was no KFC, no KTV, no Disney, and not even a TV. Entertainment was very scarce, and the only fun thing during the New Year was visiting relatives.
Many of the staff at the Fourth Hospital are from other places and cannot go back to their hometowns during the three-day holiday. So even during the Spring Festival, they can only stay at home and stare at each other. They have to play cards secretly, and playing mahjong is not allowed.
Chen Xia went to Dean Gu's house the second time. This was the big boss of the unit, and there was a certain possibility that he would become his father-in-law, so he had to flatter him well.
In addition to the braised meat, a set of Pechoin was also given to Gu's mother. The more she looked at Chen Xia, the happier she became. The feeling was exactly the same as when she looked at her son-in-law.
As for Gu Lin, as long as it was edible, Chen Xia specially prepared a 12-inch double-layered cake for her.
When buying it, the clerk said that this cake could be eaten by 10 people. Chen Xia was not worried about Gu Lin's fighting ability at all. She would get angry with anyone who tried to snatch it from her.
"Chen Lao Er, where are we going to play for the New Year? Can you take me with you?"
"There are only three days off for Chinese New Year. Where can I go? I have to go to my hometown to celebrate the New Year tomorrow. How about you become my wife and I'll take you with me?"
"Get away from me."
"cut!"
The two of them joked around as usual, but when they went downstairs, Gu Lin still saw him off.
The little girl was wearing a big cotton-padded jacket today, and she swayed like a big penguin when she walked. Chen Xia took out a pair of cashmere gloves from his coat pocket.
"Put it on. Such pretty hands won't look good if they have frostbite."
"Hey, it's really warm. Thank you. I have a gift for you too."
Gu Lin shyly took out a pair of gloves from her pocket.
Chen Xia took it and looked at it: "Hey, where did you buy these gloves? The needle holes are crooked, they are obviously defective. Be more careful next time."
"Go to hell! I spent two weeks weaving this, and you dare to say it's bad? Don't want to live anymore, don't give it back to me."
Chen Xia looked at the angry little girl and touched her head lovingly. Looking at her chubby little face, he felt a little touched and put on his gloves in a hurry.
"Just like I said, I feel like these gloves are particularly warm. Turns out they're Miss Guo's warm-weather gloves. Thank you, I like them very much."
Gu Lin then turned from anger to joy, and immediately showed her little hand to Chen Xia:
"See? I got so pissed trying to knit these gloves! Oh dear, it turns out women's work isn't for me. I'll never knit again."
Chen Xia suddenly grabbed Gu Lin's hand, wanting to see the needle holes clearly, but the little girl was frightened and immediately pulled her hand back with a red face.
"What are you doing? Do you want to take advantage of me? You bad guy."
Chen Xia curled her lips, thinking that she didn't know who had hugged her neck and slept in her arms until she drooled.
"Tsk, I just wanted to see if your hand was hurt. Do you think you're one of the Seven Fairies who can't even be touched?"
In fact, Chen Xia didn't know that he had just escaped a life-and-death crisis.
When Old Man Gu saw Chen Xia grabbing his precious daughter's hand upstairs, he was so angry that he looked for weapons everywhere to shoot the bad boy. If Gu's mother hadn't stopped him, someone would have been killed.
Afterwards, Chen Xia went to the homes of Secretary Zhang, Vice President Sun, Personnel Section Chief Liu Bo, Medical Administration Section Chief Qian Jun, and Finance Section Chief Fei Meilan to give them some gifts.
Although he is now the acting section chief in theory, compared with these veteran section chiefs, he is still just a loser.
Of course, she has not forgotten her "ex-boyfriend" Luo Jiacheng.
Old Man Luo has now become Chen Xia's assistant and can really help a lot in normal times, so the relationship between the two must be good, otherwise you will have no choice but to watch helplessly if he causes some minor damage to you.
When Chen Xia walked around and returned home, the table in the living room of the main house was already filled with wine and food.
Other families still have to worship their ancestors and Buddha, but the Chen family has only children. Chen Chun, as a college student and an atheist, does not care about these superstitious activities.
As soon as the Chen family arrived, the banquet started immediately. There were four siblings and three non-staff family members.
Chen Xia stood up and said, "Come, let's have a toast. I wish our lives will be better and better next year, and I also wish the four sisters will become more and more beautiful."
Chen Xia and the four female college students all drank beer, Chen Qiu and Chen Dong drank soda, and the seven of them raised their glasses together.
"Cheers. I believe next year will be even better. I also wish Brother Chen great fortune and continued good meals."
Hahahaha~~~
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