Whether you have money or not, you go home to celebrate the New Year; whether you have money or not, you still have to celebrate the New Year.
My uncle and grandpa hardly had to worry about the New Year's goods for my grandma's family this year. They brought back everything that needed to be prepared, from fish and meat to flour, drinks and wine.
Wan Feng bought two boxes of kvass, not even asking for the deposit, and also bought more than a dozen bottles of wine. Now all that's left are firecrackers.
There’s no rush to buy that thing. If you buy it too early, it will still be a thought.
Grandma’s family has almost finished buying New Year’s goods, and Luan Feng’s family has almost finished buying New Year’s goods as well.
Wan Feng always felt that he was at a disadvantage. He summed up an experience: it is better not to find a partner too early, otherwise you cannot afford the money.
Hearing Wan Feng's words, Luan Feng laughed like the White Bone Demon who had been hit by three sticks.
Yang Qilang asked his father to go find Chen Cang. Chen Cang went to the Tan family on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month. Wan Feng drove a tractor to take him there.
He thought he should join in the fun, not because he was worried about Gu Qiaoling's mother's objection, but because he wanted to buy a goat in Beishan.
Although Gu Qiaoling's mother was worried about her daughter going out to work, she did not put any obstacles in her daughter's marriage.
Especially when he personally went to Wahou and saw the brick and tile factory, the unfinished factory buildings, and Luan Feng's garment factory, he supported his daughter finding a partner in Wahou.
Her brother, who used to be addicted to gambling, has become a good man in Wahou. She believes that her daughter will not suffer any loss if she marries into Wahou.
You see, this is the embodiment of soft power.
While Chen Cang was bragging about Yang Qilang in front of his sister, Wan Feng and Chen Cang's brother-in-law were buying sheep in the third team of the Tan family.
Many families here raise goats and sell them during the New Year to get some cash for the New Year.
The market price of mutton is more than 80 cents, and the purchase price of a whole sheep is only 30 cents.
As the saying goes, pigs eat old goats and sheep eat young goats. There is not much choice between male and female goats. As long as the goats have not given birth and weigh no more than 100 kilograms, they will do.
Wan Feng picked a young sheep weighing about 70 kilograms. The family slaughtered it for Wan Feng on the spot and cleaned it up for him.
The cold winter months are the perfect time to enjoy mutton. During winter, the body's yang energy retreats, leading to cold hands and feet and poor circulation. Mutton is sweet but not greasy, and warm but not dry. It nourishes the kidneys and yang, warms the middle and dispels cold, warms qi and blood, and stimulates appetite and strengthens the spleen. Therefore, eating mutton in winter not only protects against cold but also nourishes the body—a truly win-win situation.
The sheep were packed up here, and Chen Cang and his sister were almost done talking over there.
They did not eat at Gu Qiaoling's house, but went back to have a meal at the Warrior Commune Hotel.
The marriage has been proposed, and the next step is for the man and woman to meet.
Yang Qilang and Gu Qiaoling had met each other several times, so they skipped this procedure and went straight to the next step of identification.
The man gives it to the woman's parents to see, and the woman gives it to the man's family to see.
After the recognition is completed and both families have no objection, they will get engaged, pay the bride price and finally get married.
It is only more than half a month away from the Chinese New Year, and it is impossible to complete all these procedures. It would be good if both parties can get to know each other.
After receiving the news of his success, Yang Qilang danced with joy, like a stimulated foxtail grass. For several days in a row, he walked like a storm, as if a source of strength had appeared in his body, and the record of selling couplets kept setting new records.
In one day, this guy actually rode his bike to Shaling Farm twice and sold more than 50 sets of couplets by himself.
When Gu Qiaoling saw him again, she was no longer indifferent. It was natural that she could not help being shy and timid. As a woman, how could she show her shyness without doing this?
The two people will also have some brief conversations.
Every time this happened, the ears of people in the workshop would stand up like frightened rabbits, for fear of missing every word of their conversation.
As a result, a new topic suddenly emerged in the sewing workshop, and Gu Qiaoling became the main target of teasing, causing her face to be red all day long. Those who didn't know her would think she was cold.
The 13th, 14th and 15th of the twelfth lunar month are three market days. During these three market days, Wanfeng sold another 1,600 to 1,700 sets of couplets. Together with the sets sold in Xiatun, Wanfeng still has more than 4,000 sets of couplets.
After the three markets on the 18th, 19th and 20th, I guess these couplets will be almost done.
During this period, Zhang Guangdong came again. He did not come every other day as he said, but listened to Wan Feng and came two days later. Even so, only more than 100 ski jackets were produced here.
He said he could come again the previous year and sell whatever he could.
Luan Feng couldn't switch all her employees to making ski jackets, as new clothes were needed before the New Year.
In fact, the most profitable thing before the New Year was making children's clothes, but Luan Feng simply couldn't spare the manpower to make them, so she could only watch them being thrown away.
On the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, Wan Feng went to the county town again. If nothing unexpected happened, this should be his last time to deliver goods on the street in the previous year.
In addition to the clothes for Xia Qiulong, they also brought a thousand electronic watches and ten tape recorders.
After this delivery, he didn't plan to go out again. After selling all the couplets, he would stay at home and celebrate the New Year.
As a wholesaler, we always give gifts to our distributors during the Chinese New Year. The main purpose is to have fun and encourage everyone to work harder in the coming year.
Wan Feng gave each person a set of couplets. While giving them out, he kept cursing himself for being stingy, but he kept a sincere smile on his face.
His consistent principle is to achieve great things with little money.
On the 16th and 17th of the twelfth lunar month, plus the three markets on the 18th, 19th and 20th, just as Wan Feng had expected, the remaining 4,000 couplets were sold out.
Finally, I have come to terms with my problem.
If he is still here next year, I won’t have to worry about this anymore. The printing factory will print it tomorrow.
The most people selling couplets made more than 30 yuan, and the least made more than 20 yuan. Even Zhu Ping, who sold the latest, made 15 or 16 yuan.
This money is enough for them to have a happy new year.
On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascends to heaven.
In the morning, every household would set off one or two firecrackers in front of their door, and then invite the Kitchen God and his wife from the corner of the stove to come down and burn them with fire. This was considered the Kitchen God going to heaven.
May God speak good things and bring good luck back to the palace.
The couple will stay in heaven for about a week, and can only come back after the new Kitchen God is pasted on New Year's Eve.
In 1981, these things that were previously called feudal superstitions had begun to appear in southern Liaoning. Not only did Wan Feng see the Kitchen God, but he also saw people selling family genealogies at the market.
Four yuan per ticket is not cheap.
My uncle and grandfather are also discussing whether to request a family tree.
Wan Feng would not get involved in this matter. As a grandson, he had no right to advise others on such matters.
The Little New Year has passed, and it’s time to buy firecrackers.
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