The next day was New Year’s Eve.
Chen Jun set an early alarm and got up at around six o'clock.
Breakfast was simple, just some ordinary mutton dumplings.
While we were eating, the third uncle Yan Bugui walked in with a smile, holding two pairs of Spring Festival couplets.
"Hey, Third Uncle, you're here."
Chen Jun looked at the Spring Festival couplets in Yan Bugui's hand with some surprise. This was Yan Bugui's way of making money. If people in the courtyard wanted to ask him to write Spring Festival couplets, they had to pay him a fee of one or two cents.
One or two cents may not sound like much, but there are quite a few residents in the courtyard. Even if half of them ask Yan Bugui to write Spring Festival couplets, he will still earn several dollars.
"Haha, I'm here to bring you Spring Festival couplets." Yan Bugui nodded with a smile, and couldn't help but glance at the dining table.
Wow, dumplings with meat filling!
In terms of living conditions, the Chen family has to be ranked first. They start eating meat dumplings on the morning of New Year's Eve.
Chen Jun stood up and took the Spring Festival couplet. He glanced at it and couldn't help but say, "The calligraphy is really good. Uncle, have you eaten yet? Do you want to try it?"
Yan Bugui looked at the meat dumplings reluctantly and waved his hand to refuse: "No, I make dumplings at home too."
After saying that, Yan Bugui said goodbye.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to eat the meat dumplings, but as the third uncle, Yan Bugui has to have some dignity. It would be so embarrassing if he went to someone else’s house to eat early in the morning.
He came to deliver the Spring Festival couplets just to lay the foundation in advance, and then discuss things with Chen Jun in the afternoon.
As for what to discuss, of course, he wanted to have a drink with Chen Jun in the evening.
He had heard that Sha Zhu was going to have New Year's Eve dinner with Chen Jun today, and Yan Bugui couldn't even imagine how sumptuous the meal would be.
So he came early in the morning to deliver the Spring Festival couplets so that Chen Jun would remember his kindness first.
"Hey, why didn't the Third Uncle ask for money?" Lin Yao asked puzzledly while looking at the Spring Festival couplets.
Chen Jun smiled and didn't explain: "Hurry up and eat, then go to work."
After showing off the delicious mutton dumplings, Chen Jun went to the kitchen to make some paste and took Lin Yao to paste Spring Festival couplets on the two houses.
After pasting the Spring Festival couplets, Chen Jun took out red lanterns from the house, holding one on each side, which looked very festive.
Just as the two were hanging lanterns, Chen Jun saw Yi Zhonghai bringing an older woman to put up Spring Festival couplets for the deaf old lady.
In recent days, Yi Zhonghai has been very busy. He bought dozens of kilograms of food and distributed them to the poor residents in the courtyard one by one, winning a lot of goodwill.
After seeing this, Liu Haizhong went back to the house cursing.
It is obvious that Yi Zhonghai wants to repair his reputation, win over some people with tangible benefits, and then take the opportunity to restore his status as the manager.
Liu Haizhong was very wary of this, but he was reluctant to buy food and give it away like Yi Zhonghai did.
After all, his salary was not as high as Yi Zhonghai's, and he had three sons to support at home, so his conditions were far worse than Yi Zhonghai's.
After finishing her housework, Lin Yao let herself go, took out the firecrackers she had bought and went to the middle courtyard to play with He Yushui.
Children are the happiest people these days. When they hear the sound of firecrackers in the yard, they can't sit still and all run out.
As a result, Lin Yao became the king of children today. She took Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangfu and other children to set off firecrackers everywhere, blowing up everything that could be burned in the yard and alley.
Banggeng, who is already a toddler, was frightened and screamed when he heard the crackling sound of firecrackers at first, but seeing the children having so much fun, he just lay down at the door and looked out curiously.
As he was looking, he suddenly noticed a dark-skinned man walking towards him.
Before he could react, the man picked him up.
"Banggeng, hurry up and call grandpa!"
Grandpa?
Qin Huairu hurried over when she heard the noise. Seeing that it was her father, Qin Laoer, she was surprised, happy and worried.
I was surprised because Qin Laoer came to my house on New Year's Eve.
She was happy because Qin Huairu still had feelings for her natal family, and she was very happy when she saw Qin Laoer.
She was worried because she remembered the letter from Qinjiazhuang last month, saying that the family had run out of food and wanted to borrow some from Qin Huairu, but Jia Dongxu flatly refused. Qin Huairu took two dollars from her own private money and gave it to the person who brought the letter, asking him to deliver it to her mother's home.
"Dad, why are you here?"
Qin Lao Er looked at Qin Huairu, thought for a long time, and then replied awkwardly: "I miss my grandson."
The last time Qin Laoer asked someone to deliver a message to Qin Huairu, he was already embarrassed. This time, he was even more embarrassed to ask for help.
But there was no other way. The family had been drinking water for three or four days. If they didn't ask Qin Huairu to borrow some money, the family really couldn't hold on any longer.
So Qin Laoer took a ride to the city early in the morning and walked to the courtyard, because there was really no food at home. He had not eaten a single bite since yesterday afternoon. When he entered the courtyard, he almost fainted from the fragrance in the courtyard.
It has to be in the city, you can smell the meat during the New Year.
Missing your grandson?
Qin Huairu didn't believe it at all. She pulled Qin Laoer to sit down, and then went to the kitchen to heat up two steamed buns.
These two steamed buns were the only fine grains in the house, and she brought them back from the canteen.
Qin Laoer was embarrassed to eat it at first, but when he smelled the fragrance of the white flour buns, he couldn't resist the temptation and finished the buns in a few bites.
Perhaps because he had been hungry for a long time, the two white flour buns actually made Qin Laoer feel a little full.
"My daughter, besides coming to see Banggen this time, I also want to ask for your help on something."
"Our family is really about to collapse. Your two brothers didn't sleep all night because of hunger. Dad wants to borrow some money or food from you. I'll pay you back once we're through this."
have to!
He really came to borrow money.
Qin Huairu's heart tightened and she clutched her sleeves in embarrassment.
She didn't have much pocket money, only a few dollars, and she had already taken out two dollars last time. Even if she took out the remaining money, it wouldn't solve the problem.
I have to discuss this matter with Jia Dongxu.
But Qin Huairu knew how much money was left at home. There was only a dozen yuan left, and Jia Dongxu would definitely not be willing to lend it out.
"Eunuch Jia, you idiot, why are you still hanging around outside? Your father is here!"
Just as she was thinking about it, Qin Huairu suddenly heard Xu Damao's shout.
"Xu Damao, do you want to die?" Jia Dongxu was directly irritated by this sentence.
It would have been fine if he just called him Eunuch Jia, but he actually dared to make fun of Old Jia.
After all, Lao Jia is Xu Damao's elder and has passed away. Xu Damao is really a wicked person.
"Hey, you heartless thing! I was kind enough to give you a warning, but you actually scolded me. I think you want to roll on the ground!"
After Xu Damao finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves with a sly smile on his face and ran quickly towards Jia Dongxu.
Damn it!
Jia Dongxu cursed inwardly, then hurriedly pushed his wheelchair away.
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