Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 53 New Year's Trivia
There were lively firecrackers in the whole city, mixed with loud gongs and drums, cheerful instrumental music, and brimming with cheerful laughter.Every household opened their doors and windows, and they were filled with lanterns of different sizes and couplets. The fiery red color made the land covered by snow even more joyful.

"Xiaochen, come out and help paste the couplets." The voice of his father Jiang Keming came out from outside the house.

"Good." Jiang Chen put down what he was doing and walked outside.

Lei Dan and Lei Juan on the side were picking vegetables and cooking, when they saw Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Your dad is really serious, a little thing will pull you up."

"Hehe, Xiaoqian's father is also the same. Whenever there is something to do, she will pull Xiaoqian. You think she is so young, how can she help?" Lei Juan smiled while picking vegetables.

"Why do you think our sisters both found someone like this?" Lei Dan also laughed.

"I don't know how Xiaojun (Lei Jun) is doing." Lei Juan said with some concern.

"Don't worry, your family will take care of it, it's fine." Lei Dan comforted.

Lei Juan smiled wryly when she heard the words: "Hehe, the one in my family is not very reliable."

"Hehe," Lei Dan covered his mouth and smiled, "Don't worry, I guess I should call in a while."

"Well, I should call my parents later, and I don't know how the two of them are doing in the oasis." Lei Juan looked at the distance and said in a daze.

"We can't go back, and our parents can't come, they're all busy." Lei Dan also sighed, and both of them fell into deep thought, and fell into silence for a while.

"Up a bit."

"Is this okay?" Jiang Keming shouted while holding the couplet on the stool.

"It's too much, let's go down a little bit." Jiang Chen shouted while supporting the stool.

"How about this?" Jiang Keming moved down again.

"Okay, just right." Jiang Chen shouted.

"Okay." Jiang Keming got off the stool and said with a smile: "You didn't come back from school last year. Your mother and I posted it. It was crooked several times, and in the end it almost broke the couplet."

"Oh, what else?" Jiang Chen laughed.

"Ask your mother." Jiang Keming said with a smile.

"Ask what?" Lei Dan came out and laughed.

"Tell me about the couplet you posted last year." Jiang Chen smiled at Lei Dan.

"Oh, your father is ashamed to talk about this." Lei Dan laughed when he heard this.

"What am I ashamed to say? It's obviously you..." Jiang Keming said anxiously.

"It's obviously me?" Lei Dan interrupted and asked.

"It's nothing, I'm going to see what the two little girls are doing, I haven't seen anyone for so long." Jiang Keming shrank his neck and replied a little discouraged.

Looking at the back of his father leaving, Jiang Chen said with a smile, "I said, mom, you are controlling my father too strictly."

"Go, your father is too lazy to confront me." Lei Dan pursed his lips and said, "Let's go, you are the chef today, we will help you."

"Ah! It's me who cooks again." Jiang Chen said helplessly. Since he left home, he has been cooking on the board, while Lei Dan is supervising the work.Every time he wanted to object, but each time the vote was three to one, so Jiang Chen lost completely.

"It's not who you are, but your aunt asked you to do it by name." Lei Dan pushed Jiang Chen's shoulder and smiled.

"Okay, but I really don't know much about New Year's Eve dinner." Jiang Chen replied as he walked, and indeed he signed some fires on the big dishes.

"It's okay, I'm here." Lei Dan pushed Jiang Chen to the kitchen.

Jiang Chen was cooking, when suddenly Lei Dan's voice came from the living room outside: "Your grandparents are on the phone, come and answer."

"Right now." Jiang Chen quickly put the dishes on a plate, then ran out to pick up the topic that Lei Dan handed over and shouted, "Grandpa, grandma, happy new year, I wish you all a happy new year."

"Alright, Chen'er, I heard you're cooking again." Grandma's kind voice came from the receiver.

"Well, have you eaten, grandpa and grandma?" Jiang Chen asked

"After eating, I called you." Grandma's laughter came from the phone.

"Ah, it's so early." Jiang Chen was a little surprised.

"Well, your grandfather will go down to the grassroots to celebrate the New Year with the soldiers in a while, so he ate early." Grandma explained helplessly, this is the tradition of the army, so they are actually very helpless as family members , No way, soldiers need more care.

"Oh, that's it." Jiang Chen suddenly said.

"Come on, let me say a few words to my grandson." Lei Zhan's sonorous voice came from the receiver.

"Hey, old man, he's always fighting over the phone with me." Grandma nagged to grandpa a little dissatisfied.

"Grandpa, happy Chinese New Year, New Year greetings to you." Jiang Chen smiled.

"Well, happy Chinese New Year, I know everything about your situation, have you resolved everything?" Lei Zhan asked.

"It's all settled. Deputy Director Qiu of the General Logistics Department and Deputy Director Yu of the General Staff/Staff are very kind to me." Jiang Chen replied with a smile.

"Haha, this old thing." Lei Zhan laughed.

"Oh, what? Grandpa, you know each other." Jiang Chen asked curiously.

"Well, yes, we are old acquaintances. I heard from this old guy that you have tossed and tossed one new thing, and the effect is not bad. Get me a few hundred to try." Lei Zhan replied with a smile.

Hearing the black line on his forehead, Jiang Chen smiled wryly and said, "Grandpa, the general manager has ordered 200 pieces, and you want a few hundred pieces, plus the ammunition is a huge number, do you want more?"

"Oh, that's it, forget it." Lei Zhan dismissed the idea and said, "I don't have the money."

"Well, grandpa, didn't the general manager order 200, you can order some." Jiang Chen was a little puzzled.

"Fart!" Lei Zhan raised his voice: "Except for some who were sent to the front line, most of them were divided up by those who were close. We probably can't even drink soup."

"Hehe." Jiang Chen could only smirk along with Lei Zhan, after all, this equipment belongs to B17, he has no right to decide the price, especially his relatives, the influence of this spread is not very good.

"Okay, I'm leaving, I'll call again." Lei Zhan said.

"OK!"

Jiang Chen handed the phone to Lei Juan and went back to cooking.

Finally, with Jiang Chen's hard work and the help of his mother and aunt, a table of New Year's Eve dinner was finally served in front of everyone.

"Come here! Let's have a toast as a group and wish everyone a happy new year." Lei Juan raised her glass and proposed. She is a cadre, so she has more experience in entertainment, so she is more active at the wine table.

"Do it!" Everyone stood up and raised their wine glasses, while the two little girls at the side jumped up and shouted: "I want it too, I want it too."

"What kind of wine do children drink at home? Drink your Rising Sun." Auntie refused.

"No, no, I want to drink, I want to drink." The two girls still insisted on crying.

"Okay, I'll drink it for you." Jiang Keming pulled the two little girls in front of him and coaxed, "Let's taste a little first. It's delicious and I'll give it to you."

"Enen, good." Seeing the two little girls nodding, Jiang Keming dipped the tip of his chopsticks into the wine glass and fed it to the two girls.

"It's so spicy!" the two girls fanned with their hands while gasping.

"Hahaha, you know it's amazing, hurry up and order some food." Lei Dan picked up a chopstick and the food tasted in the mouths of the two girls before healed up.

"Do you still drink?" Jiang Chen joked with a smile.

"Brother is bad!" The heads of the two girls shook like rattles, everyone laughed when they saw this, the atmosphere in the room was very warm for a while, Jiang Chen seemed to have found that familiar feeling.

"Call!" Jiang Chen rushed over to answer.

"Why is he so active today?" Jiang Keming wondered, this kid usually didn't pick up the phone when he was urged to answer it, what happened today.In fact, it’s not that Jiang Chen didn’t want to go, it’s that he couldn’t call out his name after taking pictures. In human memory, images are always easier to remember than sounds. This is also Jiang Chen’s weakest memory when accepting the former.

"Hehe, who else? This kid has been restless all night." Lei Juan pursed her lips and smiled.

"Hahaha!" Everyone reacted and laughed heartily.

"Hello, Xiaoyun?" Jiang Chen asked anxiously.

"Me!" A male voice came from the receiver.

"Who are you?" Jiang Chen asked a little disappointed.

"I, Lei Jun." Lei Jun said helplessly on the phone.

"Oh, Lei Jun, you're still alive." Jiang Chen complained.

Lei Jun,,,,,,

"Mom, Lei Jun is calling." Jiang Chen said impatiently.

"This kid." Lei Dan said helplessly when he came over to grab the phone.

Jiang Chen couldn't eat anymore, so he went to the yard alone to watch the fireworks all over the sky. At this time, there was no concept of environmental pollution or noise pollution, so setting off firecrackers was not banned in the city, so it was very lively.People in our country attach great importance to the New Year, especially people in this age, who look forward to one day every year.They were also very willing to spend a small sum of money to spend this year, which was what children looked forward to most at that time.Although the materials are still relatively scarce, and each family does not buy a lot of fireworks, but they can't stand the crowds in the city, so the sound of firecrackers keeps coming and going.

"Xiaochen, come here quickly, Xiaoyun is calling." The mother's voice came from inside the room.

"Cut." Jiang Chen thought his mother was making him happy, so he ignored him and continued staring at the night scene in a daze.

"This child, tell me to go in quickly, he is waiting." The mother came out and shouted.

Seeing his mother's expression of not wanting to lie, Jiang Chen finally realized that Liu Yun had called. He immediately ran back, snatched the phone from Lei Juan who was talking, and shouted, "Xiao Yun."

"I'm your Aunt Gao." Liu Yun's mother's laughter came from the phone.

"Oh, Aunt Gao, happy Chinese New Year." Jiang Chen said hello awkwardly.

"Hehe, you boy, I asked you to come to my house, why didn't you come." Liu Yun's mother reproached.

Jiang Chen replied in embarrassment. "Well, Aunt Gao, I'm really busy. Don't worry, I will definitely visit you and uncle after the new year."

"Okay, okay, here you are, you girl." Liu Yun's mother's helpless voice came from the phone.

"Xiaochen." Liu Yun's kind voice came from the phone.

"Happy New Year, Xiaoyun." Jiang Chen immediately said excitedly.

"Well, Happy Chinese New Year to you too, why didn't you answer my call just now?" Liu Yun said a little displeased.

"I've been waiting for your call, but someone else always called me, so I went out to watch the fireworks, but you called me unexpectedly." Jiang Chen looked at his parents and aunt with a bit of embarrassment and said with embarrassment.

"Well, I have a lot of relatives, so I called you now." Liu Yun said with a smile.

"Oh, did it snow on your side? It snowed on my side the day you left, and it was very beautiful." Jiang Chen had nothing to say. Sometimes he misses someone very much and wants to talk to her, but he knows how to talk to her. It caused a situation where he really spoke but didn't know what to say, Jiang Chen is like this now.

"I saw it on the train." Liu Yun replied with a smile.

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The two chatted for a long time, and finally hung up the phone reluctantly under the urging of both parents. Only then did Jiang Chen feel that this was the feeling of holding on to the feeling of not seeing each other for a while, and also tasted the feeling of talking on the phone.

Dang,,, Dang,,, Dang,,, The slightly vicissitudes of bells tell the whole city the arrival of a new year.Jiang Chen also made good wishes for the new year.Some for work, and some for himself, he silently prayed, hoping that the new year would be a bumper year.

The firecrackers of various houses in the distance became more violent, and Jiang Chen also blessed:

I wish the buddies who read this book happiness and good luck in everything!The new year (one week) is coming, do you want to give more red envelopes (collections, tickets!!)! ! !
(End of this chapter)