Ye Tianya began to pour wine. While pouring wine for the two empty seats, he kept muttering, "Father-in-law, it's such a pity that you couldn't cherish our fate for a while. Come and have a reunion dinner with everyone today! Don't worry, Zhiqiu will definitely treat Xiaomei well. He is a filial son and will definitely take care of your mother-in-law in the future. Godfather, we agreed that this year's reunion dinner would be lively and festive, but you were so naughty and ran away without saying anything. Are you afraid that I will force you to drink? You can't be afraid. You have to come back and have this reunion dinner with us..."
After he muttered for a long time, he raised his glass and said, "Come, let's have a drink together as a family of three! I wish you all good health, good work, academic progress, and the birth of your two children soon in the new year. Let's live a prosperous life together!"
"cheers!"
“Booming!”
We all know that we have to stay up until midnight to eat dumplings tonight, so we turned on the radio, listened to the program, and slowly started eating and drinking.
Ye Zhiqiu was in a good mood for drinking tonight and toasted frequently. It was also because of his recent experiences that he felt very upset and wanted to feel a little tipsy.
Unfortunately, even if he didn't cheat, it would be difficult for him to get tipsy. He kept drinking with others, and he drank a glass at a time.
It was already half past ten and I still didn't feel any effect from drinking.
Everyone was too full to eat, so they started chatting, and a few little ones ran out to set off firecrackers again.
A small whip is actually a row of firecrackers, which are separated and set off one by one. Children just want to hear the noise, and if they are all set off at once, they will not be able to play with it.
Ye Zhiqiu said to Chen Yuqing, "Mom, do you think my uncle and his family have any dietary restrictions? I'll figure out how to prepare the banquet then."
Chen Yuqing shook her head and said, "There's nothing to avoid. If there's one person who really has a dietary restriction, it's that he doesn't eat mutton. For some reason, he has a strong reaction to the smell of mutton and can't tolerate even the slightest bit of it."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Okay, I know how to arrange it. Then, let's not cook mutton dishes for lunch on the second day of the New Year."
Chen Yuqing nodded and said, "There's no need to be too extravagant. Ingredients are hard to come by these days, and making it too good would be inappropriate."
Ye Zhiqiu grinned and said, "Mom, don't worry about it. It's not difficult for me to get some ingredients. I heard from my friends that supplies will be even more scarce next year, so I have to maintain a good trading relationship with them. I need to buy more supplies. Otherwise, if I don't build good relationships now, it will be difficult to buy them in the future."
Qian Dafu, who was standing by, agreed and said, "My nephew is right. I just learned this truth very late. Otherwise, I wouldn't have ended up looking for a job for your aunt and ended up burning a blank wall."
Ye Tianya nodded and said, "That's right. Interpersonal relationships cannot stop, otherwise the relationship will be gone. Relationships are relationships. Only when there is connection and interest connection can it be called a relationship."
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said, "So, my channels for purchasing supplies cannot be cut off. I have to go out and visit people and give out New Year gifts tomorrow. I have to maintain my personal connections so that if anything happens in the future, there will be someone to help us."
Ye Zhiqiu did have to give gifts to many places, such as his uncle and masters, Liao Yegu, Wang Laigui, Wu Shengli, Qiu Xiaoshan, Zou Langtao, Li Xingwu, He Yongjun's home, Ma Banghua's home, and he also had to go to the hospital to visit the old squad leader.
His schedule for tomorrow is too full, but Ye Tianya can go to the factory leader's house. After all, it is suitable for either father or son to go.
Luckily, he brought back enough tonight, otherwise it wouldn't have been enough to make up so many New Year's gifts. This year's New Year's gifts couldn't be too good, anyway, just a hairtail fish, some kelp, two bottles of wine, a piece of pork and a piece of mutton or beef.
Forget about pastries or anything like that, we can't get that many at all, and every household has purchase limits.
Giving two pieces of meat and a hairtail fish is more appropriate than anything else, as supplies are so scarce this year! It is both practical and shows your ability, so it is quite appropriate.
They chatted like this, took a sip of wine from time to time, and ate a few peanuts. Seeing that it was almost midnight, Wang Xiaolan and Liu Cuihua went to make dumplings.
Ye Bailu and Qian Xiaofang, who had been setting off firecrackers for a long time, also ran back home frozen. Feng Xiaomei pulled Ye Bailu aside, rubbing her face and said, "Little sister, why did you play for so long? Your face is frozen."
Ye Bailu smiled and said, "Grandpa said that when you play, you should have fun, and when you study, you should study hard."
Feng Xiaomei rubbed her head and knew that the girl was missing her grandfather.
For her age, it is a cruel thing, because the person she loves the most suddenly disappears from her life.
"Okay, let's be happy. Grandpa definitely hopes that you can be happy every day."
At this time, Qian Yuanjun's voice came from outside.
"It's snowing, big brother, come and see, it's snowing!"
Ye Zhiqiu looked up at the wall, it was zero o'clock and one minute!
Everyone opened the door and ran to the door and looked up at the sky. They saw dense snowflakes falling in the sky illuminated by the lights.
On February 15, 1961, the first snow of the year arrived earlier than ever before...
The dumplings were cooked, and everyone helped to bring them back and started eating. In fact, many one-cent coins were wrapped in the dumplings, but for some reason, Feng Xiaomei would hit one every time she ate one, and she spit out the coins until everyone was numb.
Wang Xiaolan said happily: "Xiaomei's blessing and luck are unmatched. Sister Yuqing, it looks like we will be grandmothers next year!"
Chen Yuqing smiled and nodded, "That's great. I hope they can give birth to a big fat boy soon, otherwise life will be too monotonous."
Feng Xiaomei ate dumplings silently with a red face, while Ye Zhiqiu happily drank a glass of wine.
The rules for staying up all night to celebrate the New Year vary from place to place. In some places, it's enough to stay up past midnight, while in others, people stay up all night. The Qian family of four, plus Wang Xiaolan and Ye Wubing, were not going to sleep.
Chen Yuqing and the tired Ye Bailu went back to sleep, and the drunk Ye Tianya was also helped back to the room.
Ye Zhiqiu and Feng Xiaomei also had work to do tomorrow, so there was no need to stay up all night. Anyway, Ye Zhiqiu felt he needed to work hard tonight, to make sure their mothers could become grandmothers sooner rather than later.
So they seemed to have gone back to rest, but with the sound of firecrackers ringing everywhere, they were busy again and didn't get a chance to rest.
Even when firecrackers were heard in the yard, it still affected the young couple, after all, they even set off double-kick firecrackers occasionally.
Ye Zhiqiu looked at Feng Xiaomei and said, "Wife, the revolution has not yet succeeded. We still need to work hard!"
Feng Xiaomei blushed and turned her head away from Ye Zhiqiu. His eyes were too aggressive...
In some unknown courtyard, someone was reciting poetry aloud.
The year ends with the sound of firecrackers, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu. With the sun shining brightly in every household, people always replace the old charms with new ones...
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