After a hearty lunch, Chen Wang and his brother-in-law Lin Guoqiang took a jar of leopard bone wine and rode their bicycles to the town together.
The machinery factory has been closed for holiday, but fortunately Lin Guoqiang knows where Deputy Director Lao Wu lives.
As long as we can find Old Wu, we can definitely find Director Duan.
When visiting someone on the second day of the Chinese New Year, you must not come empty-handed.
When they were leaving, Lin's mother asked them to take the cigarettes and alcohol from home, but Chen Wang decisively refused.
The two searched the town for a long time and finally found a store that was still open. They spent less than five dollars and bought two bottles of wine and a pack of cigarettes.
Then, under the leadership of Lin Guoqiang, the two quickly arrived at Old Wu's house.
As the deputy factory director, Old Wu's salary is naturally not low. His family already lives in a brick house, which looks like it was built not long ago.
The two men walked to the front door of the house, and Lin Guoqiang shouted inside.
"Old Wu, are you there?"
"Who is it?"
Old Wu's voice came from behind the house.
"I, Xiaolin, have something to discuss with you."
Lin Guoqiang responded loudly.
Soon, the two saw Old Wu walking towards them from the back room.
After seeing the two people, Old Wu was slightly stunned.
"It's you, come in, come in!"
While inviting the two men into the house, Old Wu took a pack of unfinished cigarettes from the incense table and walked forward to hand out cigarettes to the two men.
"Old Wu, why didn't you go back to your parents' house to pay New Year's greetings today? We were prepared to go to the house empty-handed."
Lin Guoqiang took the cigarette with a smile.
"My wife's family's home is a bit far away. I'll have to go there tomorrow morning and it will take several days for me to come back!"
Old Wu answered with a smile.
“I see!”
"Hey, smoke, smoke!"
"I don't smoke, thank you, and happy new year, this is for you."
Chen Wang waved his hand to decline, then handed over the cigarettes and alcohol in his hand.
"Come if you want to, what else do you want to bring?"
Old Wu took the cigarettes and alcohol, put them on the table, and then poured tea for the two of them.
"Old Wu, don't bother. We are here to look for the factory director. Do you know where he lives?"
Lin Guoqiang went straight to the point.
"Director Duan should be in his hometown now, but I don't know where his hometown is!"
Old Wu looked embarrassed.
"So what do we do?"
Lin Guoqiang was also dumbfounded and looked at Chen Wang with an inquiring look.
Chen Wang smiled and said, "Old Wu, I'm here to deliver something to Director Duan. Since he's not in town right now, can I leave it with you first? You can give it to him for me later."
"It's okay, it's okay, what is it?"
Old Wu asked doubtfully.
"Wait a minute, I'll go get it!"
Chen Wang said this and turned and walked out.
After removing the rope that tied the wine to the back seat, Chen Wang carried the box of wine into the house.
"This is?"
"Didn't Director Duan give me Da Hu last time? I promised him that I would bring him good things if I hunted them in the mountains. Here is a jar of leopard bone wine."
"Leopard bone wine?"
Old Wu had a look of astonishment on his face.
"I've already told you that my brother-in-law is a very good hunter. He killed a leopard a few days ago."
Lin Guoqiang said with a proud smile.
“That’s amazing!”
Old Wu looked at Chen Wang with surprise and admiration.
"Just good luck!"
Chen Wang smiled and asked, "Where should I put this?"
"Well... come with me and put it in the room. This thing is too valuable. If it is left outside, it might be broken."
"good!"
Following Old Wu into the room and putting down the leopard bone wine and the box, Chen Wang turned around and left the room.
"I'll ask you to pass that thing on. We'll go back first."
"Stay for dinner before leaving, and have a drink together."
"No, no, we are going back to my parents' home to celebrate the New Year today, and we have to rush back in the afternoon!"
Chen Wang smiled and declined.
"Well... okay!"
Old Wu nodded with some regret.
"Old Wu, he's gone!"
Lin Guoqiang also said with a smile.
"Okay, go slowly on the road."
Old Wu saw the two men out the door and watched them ride away on their bikes.
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After returning to the Lin family, I saw several children setting off firecrackers outside and having a lot of fun.
When I entered the house, I saw Lin Xiuqin, her two uncles and aunts, and her sister Lin Xiuya playing mahjong at a table!
The mahjong was the old bamboo-backed mahjong, a little small, with corners missing from many bumps and bruises, and two of the bamboo tiles were missing, so they were replaced with white tiles.
Of course, there were no mahjong tables in later generations, and people just rubbed the pieces of mahjong on the table with their hands.
The minimum bet is two cents, and after a day's play the most you'd win or lose is a few dollars. The main purpose of the game is to sit together and chat.
Lin's father, mother and grandmother all sat in the back acting as military advisors.
Lin Xiuqin was undoubtedly the weakest one, but fortunately she had two military advisors, Lin's father and mother, standing behind her.
When they saw the two men come back, everyone clamored for Chen Wang to come to the table.
"No, no, I don't know how to play. You guys play."
Chen Wang smiled and waved his hand to refuse, then walked over and stood behind his wife to watch.
Lin Xiuqin turned her head to look at him, stood up with a smile and motioned for him to sit down and play.
"Go ahead and play. I really don't want to fight."
Chen Wang politely declined.
Lin Xiuqin pointed to her visibly pregnant belly, gesturing that she needed to move around and couldn't sit still all the time.
"Yes, Xiuqin can't sit all the time. It's not good for the fetus. Awang, you sit down and play."
Lin's mother immediately agreed.
"Mom, come here, come here."
Chen Wang pressed Lin's mother's shoulders and pushed her to sit down.
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