In the evening, when it was time to get off work, the two Sun brothers returned to their courtyard together.
As soon as I got home, I saw my mother holding her grandson, chatting happily with his grandmother who was also holding a child.
"Mom, I have good news for you. My eldest brother was promoted to deputy director today and also became an 8th-level engineer."
Unable to keep secrets, Sun Zheng'an reported the good news as soon as he entered the hospital.
"Seriously, Zheng Guo is only so young this year! He's risen so fast!"
Lin Wencui exclaimed happily, then looked at Sun Zheng'an and said, "What about you? Tell me about it!"
"Mom, you're amazing! I can't compare to my older brother. This time, I just got promoted ahead of schedule and my technical level was raised by one level. Now I'm a level 14 technician."
Seeing Sun Zheng'an giving a rousing speech, his grandmother, who didn't understand any of this, just kept praising him, saying, "Good! Good! Both of your grandsons are very promising."
The people who rushed over upon hearing the news were all very happy, and Grandpa even asked them a question.
"Zhengguo, how high-ranking is this deputy section chief?"
"I know, I know," Sun Zhenghong quickly replied. "This deputy section chief is just like a deputy county head, brother, am I right?"
After Sun Zhenghong finished speaking, Grandpa looked at Sun Zhengguo again, as if he wanted to see him admit it himself.
Seeing his grandfather's gaze, Sun Zhengguo smiled faintly and nodded, not caring about these things at all.
“Great! Our Sun family has produced such a high-ranking official. It’s truly a blessing from our ancestors.”
"How about we celebrate tonight?"
"OK!"
"Yay!"
Lin Wencui's proposal was unanimously approved.
Then the courtyard became busy again, with several women busy killing chickens and fish.
After a while, a fragrance began to waft through the courtyard.
During dinner, Sun Zhengguo specially brought out a jar of aged wine, which he had recently brewed in his space. Due to the acceleration of time, it had actually been aged for a certain period of time.
Speaking of this aged wine, we have to thank Grandpa for contributing the recipe. Since Sun Zhengguo had plenty of grain, he simply brewed two hundred catties to keep for later consumption.
"Grandpa, how about trying this wine? It's made according to your recipe."
As Sun Zhengguo spoke, he began to pour wine for his grandfather.
"It smells so good, a familiar scent, but it seems to be brewed better than mine."
Grandpa took a few sniffs and then commented.
After saying that, Grandpa didn't stand on ceremony. He picked up his wine glass and took a small sip.
"It still tastes the same, but even more mellow. This wine is well-made."
"If you like it, please drink more. Don't worry, there will be plenty of this wine in the future." Seeing that his grandfather was very satisfied, Sun Zhengguo promised.
"That's great! My eldest grandson is so filial. From now on, Grandpa will enjoy the good life with you, hahaha!"
After Grandpa finished laughing, everyone started eating. After dinner, Lin Wencui hugged her uncle Jie for a long time before reluctantly returning to the courtyard house.
A few days later, all the neighbors in the courtyard knew about the Sun family's son's promotion.
However, aside from expressing their envy, the neighbors didn't say anything sarcastic.
That's how people are; when someone's achievements are beyond your reach, all that's left is to fawn over them.
Even if they know there's no outcome, no one will say anything; they'll still greet them with smiles.
Time flies, and before we knew it, it was April 1961.
During this period, the quota was reduced again and again, seemingly without hope, but in reality it was the last darkness before dawn.
In the past few months, Sun Zhengguo had already completed the drawings for the coordinate boring machine, but he did not choose to submit them. Instead, he continued to draw drawings for other precision machine tools.
There was no other purpose in doing this; the main reason was that the drawings were completed too quickly, so as not to arouse suspicion from those with ulterior motives.
Meanwhile, there was also good news in the family. First, my sister-in-law, Yu Li, found out she was pregnant before the Lunar New Year and is now more than five months pregnant.
Now, besides her uncle Jie, Yu Li has also become a protected animal in the family. Her daily task is to eat and drink well, and she doesn't have to do any work.
In addition, my mother works at a steel rolling mill. Because the former director was promoted, she has now been promoted to director of the Women's Federation. It is said that Director Yang strongly supported her, and the meeting passed the motion unanimously.
In addition, my daughter-in-law Ning Xiaowei also successfully became a full-fledged employee before the Lunar New Year and is now a level 6 clerk.
Wang Guiying, the mother-in-law, was also promoted to Level 6 clerk.
Wang Guiying not only got promoted, but also became a grandmother a week ago.
Wang Aihua proved to be a great woman, giving the Ning family a healthy baby boy. This delighted Wang Guiying, who finally felt she had done right by Ning Qingyu's sacrifice.
After much consideration, Ning Dazhuang finally named his child Ning Aiguo.
Having discussed the Sun family's affairs, let's now talk about the courtyard house.
Nowadays, there are no troublemakers in the courtyard houses. Everyone is struggling to get enough to eat, so they don't have the time or inclination to meddle in other people's business.
The Yan family in the front yard was completely unchanged, still as stingy as ever, and they could never gain any advantage from the family.
Yi Zhonghai, from the Intermediate People's Court, is still very well-behaved, enjoying the pleasures of raising his children. It is said that he is even preparing to strive for the 8th grade worker level this year.
The He family, standing nearby, remained unchanged; still two old bachelors raising a young girl.
As for the Jia family?
Although Jia Zhangshi is currently in prison, she is not living a good life either. After all, the rationing is a major problem, and it is not easy to have enough to eat.
The most tragic thing is that Qin Huairu is pregnant again, and now she's in a similar situation to Yu Li, so she definitely needs to supplement her nutrition from time to time.
This made Jia Dongxu even more worried. With more children, there were more mouths to feed. In order to make a living, he would take on odd jobs during his time off to supplement the family income.
Finally, let's talk about the backyard. First, there's the deaf old lady, whose life is absolutely awful.
Because he hadn't received any return for a long time, Yi Zhonghai has now arranged for a wife to take care of him only once a week.
The goal was to force the deaf old lady to hand over real money, otherwise the care she would receive would decrease.
This directly resulted in the deaf old lady having to eat, drink, and relieve herself all inside the house. As you can imagine, the smell made people want to stay away.
Living in this deity in the backyard has caused the neighbors a lot of trouble.
Xu Damao's family is a little better off, since he lives alone. He usually keeps the doors and windows closed and can just bear it.
But Liu Haizhong's family, who were also neighbors, couldn't accept it.
Because his son has started dating someone else. The girl's family is quite well-off, and I heard that her future in-laws are even a section chief.
This gave Liu Haizhong, who harbored dreams, an immediate hope of becoming an official.
He instructed his son to seize this opportunity and try to marry the girl.
But with the woman set to visit in just a few days, how can anyone stand the stench at the door?
If such a good relationship falls apart because of this, wouldn't Liu Haizhong even know?
With his volatile temper, wouldn't he come to that old deaf man's door with a belt and beat him to death?
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