As the Chinese New Year approaches, although a group of people have left the family compound to go home for vacation, many family members have also come to visit their relatives.
Not only the family compound, but even the county town became extremely lively.
"Adults look forward to farming, and children look forward to the New Year." This is a true portrayal of this era.
People look forward to the New Year's Day all year round.
Ever since Lu Xiangqian said he wanted to take Ye Xiaoding out to sea to catch lobsters, he has been talking about going out to sea these past two days.
I also often talk about catching big lobsters for the New Year.
When Ye Zhi came out of the shower, she saw Ye Xiaoding carrying a small bucket with various tools for fishing in it. It seemed that he was preparing for going out to sea early in the morning.
Seeing Ye Zhi coming out, he excitedly showed his tools and said, "Aunt, I have packed my tools and we can go out to sea soon!"
Ye Xiaoding was extremely excited. After coming to the island, he had never taken a boat again except for that one time he came from Guangzhou.
When he comes back from this voyage, he must write a letter to tell his grandparents!
Ye Zhi looked at Ye Xiaoding's bucket and said with a smile, "So many tools?"
Ye Xiaoding said arrogantly: "Of course, I'm going to catch lobsters!"
Just at this moment, Lu Wei came out of the room and Ye Zhi asked, "Why aren't you cleaning up? Aren't you bringing any tools with you?"
Ye Xiaoding cut a bamboo yesterday and said he wanted to make a fishing rod.
Lu Wei glanced at Ye Xiaoding who had already put on waterproof shoes and said, "No need, just bring a fishing net and a fork."
This is going out to sea, not catching seafood. If a fishing net can solve the problem, other tools are useless.
And there are fishing nets on the boats, so you can just grab a fork later.
If you want to fish for deep-sea fish, Ye Xiaoding's homemade bamboo fishing rod is useless.
Besides, Lu Wei was a little skeptical about this sea voyage, especially since it was initiated by his father.
In his impression, Comrade Lu Xiangqian was always busy. When he was a child, he saw other children riding horses on their fathers' shoulders, and he also wished that his father could play with it.
Once, Comrade Lu Xiangqian was on vacation and said he would take him to the beach to play in the water. As a result, his father took him to run five kilometers on the beach...
At that time, he must have been eight years old, and after running five kilometers on the beach, he no longer had any expectations for the sea.
Later, when he didn't believe it, his father said he would take him to the mountain to watch the sunset. As a result, Lu Xiangqian took him to the mountain to hunt wild wolves, and they didn't go down the mountain until noon the next day.
At that time, Lu Wei was 13 years old. He went down the mountain with thorns all over his body. After returning home, his mother thought he had fallen into a ravine.
It’s not that Lu Xiangqian lied to him, but every time he went out to play, he would encounter unexpected events, and then his father would simply forget the original purpose of going out in the first place.
So, when Lu Wei told Lu Xiangqian that he wanted to take Ye Xiaoding out to sea, he was not looking forward to it at all.
Ye Zhi had never been out to sea, so she didn't know what to prepare.
She said "Oh" and sat down at the eight-immortal table. She took a plate of shrimp and egg sausage and started eating. While eating, she said, "Then you guys have fun out to sea and keep an eye on Xiao Ding."
Lu Wei said "hmm" with a lack of interest. The chances of him being happy were probably not high, but he could definitely take care of Ye Xiaoding.
He didn't say anything else, just watched Ye Zhi eat rice rolls quietly.
This rice noodle roll was made by Ana Shen early in the morning. The tender white rice noodle roll skin was wrapped with shrimp and eggs. Lu Wei told her that Ye Zhi didn't eat onions, so she didn't sprinkle any chopped green onions.
Ye Zhi was tired of eating steamed buns every morning before, so Shen Nanzhen had been trying different ways to make rice rolls for her in the past two days since she came.
After Ye Zhi finished her rice noodle rolls, Shen Nanzhen was ready to leave for the county town.
Lu Wei looked unhappy, so Ye Zhi said, "Comrade Lu, you should also pay attention to safety when you go out to sea."
"Okay, got it."
Lu Wei stood at the gate of the yard, watching his wife and mother get into the arranged car, feeling a little sad.
He wants to go shopping for New Year's goods with his wife.
Lu Xiangqian looked at Lu Wei's back and shouted, "Get ready, let's go too."
After hearing what his father said, Lu Wei went back home and packed a cotton jacket for Ye Xiaoding that he had worn in Xitang Town.
After thinking about it, he went back to his room, found two coats he wore when he was in school at the bottom of the box, put them in a bag, and then followed Lu Xiangqian out.
The temperature in Qiongzhou Island is comfortable in winter. Except for being a little cold in the morning and evening, the temperature is very comfortable after the sun comes out during the day, about 24 or 25 degrees.
Ye Zhi felt uncomfortable wearing pants because it squeezed her stomach, so she wore a light yellow floral dress.
This skirt was made of the fabrics that were previously rewarded by the factory, and it was paired with a pair of flat shoes that Ana Shen bought in Yangcheng.
Ye Zhi, Shen Nanzhen, Li Weimin's wife Zhang Guiying, and Chen Fang set off for the county town together.
Zhang Guiying came back two days ago. As Lu Wei said, she is a very nice sister-in-law, with a cheerful personality and warm personality. She is tall and is from the Northeast.
No wonder it took so long to go back, it’s really not easy to go back and forth.
When he came back, he brought a lot of things for Ye Zhi and Lu Wei, saying that they were to congratulate them on their wedding.
In this corps, Li Weimin and Lu Wei have the best relationship.
We used to live in the same dormitory at the military academy, and later we were in the same division when we came to Qiongzhou Island, so our revolutionary friendship has continued to this day.
However, Li Weimin got married earlier than Lu Wei. He and Zhang Guiying had known each other for a long time. Later, Li Weimin decided to come to the island for construction, so he plucked up the courage to confess his love to Zhang Guiying. The two got married after dating for three months and have been living on the island ever since.
Lu Wei is a bachelor and sometimes goes to Li Weimin's house for dinner, but not very often.
However, compared to other people, Lu Wei is the most familiar with Li Weimin and his wife on this island.
So Zhang Guifang was also very enthusiastic towards her, and a big part of the reason was because of Lu Wei.
Zhang Guiying looked at Ye Zhi, whose skin was as white as snow, and finally understood why Lu Wei suddenly wanted to get married.
Who can resist seeing such a beautiful girl?
Zhang Guiying looked at Ye Zhi's pregnant belly and said, "Xiao Ye, how many months have your twins been pregnant? They look really big."
Ye Zhi said, "More than four months."
Her four-month pregnant belly was about the same size as Huang Qiuchan's five-month pregnant belly.
Zhang Guiying said, "Some people have babies that are five or six months old. If there are a lot of people on the street later, don't squeeze in with others."
Ana Shen also said: “There may be a lot of people today, everyone is on holiday and preparing for the New Year, Ye Zhi, don’t squeeze with others later, if you want to buy anything, just let your mother buy it.”
Chen Fang also said, "What about me? I'll help Comrade Ye carry things. Let me do the heavy work!"
Ye Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She was just pregnant, not incapable of doing anything. She couldn't help but say, "I'll be careful."
The car drove towards the county town. Along the way, several women were chattering, talking about Ye Zhi's twins and the things to prepare for the New Year.
Soon, they arrived at the main urban area, which was much more lively and prosperous than Ye Zhi had imagined.
The market place is a street of terraced houses with three-story houses along the way, built one on top of the other. The long street is crowded with people, as lively as boiling water, making a deafening noise.
After getting off the car, a few people planned to go to the department store first, but they saw a sea of people.
Ye Zhi touched her belly and felt like giving up.
Although she wanted to buy New Year's goods and go shopping, she didn't expect that the 1970s would be so prosperous and lively, with people crowded like dumplings.
Seeing this, Ana Shen said, “How about we go to the state-owned mall to buy things for the New Year?”
Shen Nanzhen came out mainly to buy couplets and candies, and some refined flour to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
The Lu family is from the north and they eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
However, Ana Shen knew that Ye Zhi was from the south, and they did not have the habit of eating dumplings during the New Year in the Jiangnan region, so she bought some glutinous rice flour according to the habits of the people in Guangdong Province and planned to make some glutinous rice balls.
You don’t have to buy pork. On New Year’s Eve, the family compound will slaughter pigs, and then you can share the pork.
Zhang Guiying and Chen Fang both planned to buy some candies and red paper for wrapping red envelopes, which are temporarily available in shopping malls before the New Year.
Several people entered the department store together. Because there were so many people, they got separated as they walked and agreed to wait for each other at the entrance of the mall.
Ye Zhi and Shen Nanzhen went to the place to buy couplets together. In this era, couplets were all handwritten. They bought red paper and then lined up to have someone help them write.
The two of them waited in line for a long time before they got the couplets. After buying the couplets, Ana Shen took Ye Zhi to the clothes selling place on the third floor.
Ana Shen planned to buy two more dresses for Ye Zhi, saying that she was afraid that her belly would get bigger in the future and the clothes would not fit her.
Ye Zhi said, "Mom, no need. My skirts are specially made much bigger and tied with ropes on both sides."
There was a severe shortage of fabric, so Ye Zhi made the dress larger at the outset, then added two ropes on both sides of the waist and adjusted it according to her belly.
And she has made three pieces, enough to wear.
Ana Shen smiled and said, "Isn't it Chinese New Year? Mom doesn't have time to make it for you, so I'll just buy you a new set of clothes."
Ye Zhi knitted a sweater for her. She tried it on last night and it fit her perfectly, with the right amount of tightness.
And her knitting skills are very good. When she returns to Guangzhou, she can show her new sweater to her colleagues.
Ye Zhi looked at Ana Shen and said with a smile: “Mom, I’m not a child anymore, it doesn’t matter whether I wear new clothes or not. And I made a few dresses like this myself.”
Ana Shen then smiled and said, “In my eyes, you and Lu Wei will always be children, so I want to buy it for you.”
No matter how Ye Zhi persuaded her, Shen Nanzhen still bought it for her, a red one, saying that it would be more festive to wear during the New Year.
Ana Shen finally realized her wish of buying a beautiful dress for her daughter!
In addition, he also bought a new set for Ye Xiaoding. "Children look forward to the New Year all year round. It would be great to give him new clothes."
Ye Zhi couldn't persuade her, so she bought Shen Nanzhen a pen.
Even when Ana Shen was on vacation, she was busy writing hospital materials every day, and she wrote until quite late every day.
So compared to clothes, Ye Zhi felt that she needed a better pen more.
Fortunately, the county town has a connection with Guangzhou in terms of supplies, so there are more varieties to choose from, including high-end brands.
Ye Zhi finally picked out three Hero brand pens for Ana Shen. She remembered that this old 100 model was very collectible.
Lu Wei's parents each got one, and the remaining one was given to Lu Wei, which was just right.
Ana Shen received the pen with a smile and said, “I like this gift.”
The fountain pen she has been carrying with her has been used for several years. It was a gift from Lu Wei on her birthday when he graduated from military school.
Unexpectedly, her daughter-in-law gave her a new one.
It’s really great.
After buying everything they needed, everyone was tired and didn't want to squeeze in the crowd anymore, so they went home satisfied.
When I got home, the three men were no longer at home. They must have gone out to sea on the boat.
Ye Zhi thought they were only out for a day or two, but Lu Wei and the others didn't come back until the next night.
As soon as Ye Zhi walked out of the yard, she saw the tall Lu Wei walking in front of her, carrying a green net basket full of things on his shoulder.
It looks like a fruitful harvest.
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