Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 493 New Year's Eve
Han Li was urged to leave his master's house by the two elders. Now that it was morning, he first rode his bicycle to the farthest place, Mr. Liu.

In a deserted place on the road, there were two large fish weighing more than ten kilograms in the snakeskin bag on the back seat of Han Li's bicycle.

This fish was obtained from Meng Zaihong when they were in Shanghe Village, and now it happened to be given to Han Li as his trophy as a gift.

The entrance inspection was still unavoidable. After the inspection, Han Li was escorted to Mr. Liu.

As usual, Mr. Liu walks his dog, trains larks, or plays chess with a few people who live here, or meets some people who come to pay New Year's greetings, reminisce, and build relationships. However, most people are Blocked the door.

But the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and there was no sign of his family.

Han Li was inconvenient to inquire about this, and he didn't want to know. He chatted with Mr. Liu for a while and talked about the process of dealing with "Aunt Liu".

In the middle, Han Li also mentioned the foreign language textbooks sideways, to which Mr. Liu just laughed and said that young people should learn more and turn the knowledge into their own, so that they might be able to use it one day.

Then the guard called to say that someone was visiting, and Han Li took the opportunity to leave.

But before leaving, Gong Jianglong handed Han Li a cloth bag with several bottles of canned cherries in it.

I won’t say whether this canned cherry is delicious or not, but it is a scarce product. Due to various reasons, it is difficult to see it in many stores at present.

Han Li left Mr. Liu's place, and then rode his bicycle to the homes of his junior high school and high school teachers. As for why he didn't go to his elementary school teachers, it was because not all teachers deserved respect.

Han Li went to his teacher's house to pay homage to him in his early years, and he had already started the habit of giving some gifts.

Both Father Han and Mother Han came from that era, and they both had a special respect for the teacher. Even in the first few years, they would let Han Li quietly go to the teacher's house before the year.

And in this era, except for those who are selected as professors or assistant professors, other educators are having a hard time.

However, it was still early in the morning, so it was inappropriate to go to the teacher's place, so Han Li started walking around in the street.

At this time, apart from places such as supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores, the most crowded places are the post and telecommunications offices. There are long queues at the door of every post and telecommunications office, and some places can even stretch for two miles.

These people in line are calling their relatives and friends, and most of them are calling the educated youth who have gone to the countryside to jump in line. No matter how expensive the phone bill is, and a call may even cost them New Year's money, they still want to call When the New Year comes, listen to the voices of the children over there.

However, the educated youths who could receive the phone were sent to the countryside in good conditions, because at this time there were still countless villages that did not even have electric lights and could only rely on kerosene lamps and candles for illumination, let alone high-end equipment such as telephones. Something.

Han Li has never liked to gather in crowded places, but now there are a lot of people everywhere. At this time, the population of Sijiu City is not as large as that of later generations, but there are also few places for everyone to go. Today, even the alleys are running around. Children playing.

Han Li finally ran to the bookstore and read for a while, then came out when it was almost time.

First, he went to the home of junior high school teacher Mai Huaihai, who was relatively close to here. When they were far away, Han Li put away his bicycle.

He was carrying a snakeskin bag in his hand, which contained a small half bag of cornmeal and about a pound of fat meat. It wasn't that Han Li couldn't take out more, but more would easily cause trouble.

Although he respects his teachers, he doesn't want to involve himself in this matter.

Although Teacher Mai Huaihai's family is relatively poor, it is because there are too many children, but his current situation is not bad among teachers. This is because he was not divided into the other side in the first place.

Although the situation in recent years has been special, the family can survive on that salary.

Han Li didn't stay here for long. The teacher and the student briefly reminisced about old times, and the teacher pulled him away after saying a lot of thanks.

Next, Han Li, the high school teacher Zhang Yubo, came up with the same thing, but the situation here was not so good.

Although those doors and windows had been simply repaired, it was obvious at a glance that they had been broken.

This teacher is usually very cautious. Even if the Han Li brothers and sisters come often during the Chinese New Year and holidays, he will never teach them more than one question outside. Unexpectedly, he still can't escape this disaster.

When Teacher Zhang Yubo saw Han Li coming, he forced a smile on his originally miserable face.

Han Li had no choice but to ask questions about this situation, and he didn't know how to comfort him. He could only secretly put some more brown sugar and peanuts in the snakeskin bag.

This time, Han Li was kicked out by Teacher Zhang Yubo before he could leave. Without saying much, he just pointed at the door and window with a bitter look on his face.

It was completely dark when Han Li left Teacher Zhang Yubo's house. He went back to his home first.

After having something to eat at home, I exchanged words with my mother and the Yun sisters and then returned to Master's house to replace my father.

After giving his master a pulse test, decoction of medicine, water for washing feet, and a chamber pot, Han Li lay down on the bed and went to sleep.
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Jiayin year, Wuyin month, Dinghai day, February 75, 2, the 10th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Mother Han came here early this morning with Sister Han and the Yun sisters. As for Father Han, the second sister, and the younger sister still have to go to work.

This was what they had discussed yesterday. Master Li does not have the ability to cook alone now, and there is no one around him, so their family plans to spend New Year's Eve here this year.

When they came, they brought meat, hairtail distributed by the work unit, some New Year groceries, and the "mixed food" they bought.

Mixed food is one of the must-have items for Chinese New Year in Sijiucheng. They are divided into three grades: high, medium and low.The high-end ones are called fine mixes, including preserved apples, preserved apricots, preserved peaches, candied dates, melon sticks, green plums, hawthorns and candied lotus roots.

The mid-range mixed food is called coarse mixed food, including dried pears, persimmons, hawthorns, crisp dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, etc.

The worst kind is called "miscellaneous", which only contains melon seeds, peanuts, snap beans, etc.

The Han family's miscellaneous products are coarse miscellaneous products bought by the second sister Han. As for Sijiucheng, there are also higher-end large and small products during the Chinese New Year.

The Big Eight are Fu-character cakes, Lu-zi cakes, Shou-zi cakes, Xi-zi cakes, Zaohua cakes, Taishi cakes, black sesame cakes, and Saqima cakes.

The eight delicate ones are jujube cake, jade butterfly cake, small roll cake, acacia cake, manna fruit, hibiscus cake, pink cake and egg yolk cake.

Although several members of the Han family work, they can usually make ends meet and buy less to satisfy their cravings, but now that the New Year is approaching, those miscellaneous, large and small items are really not something that their family can buy if they want. .

The ability to buy mixed food is attributable to the second sister's work in the supply and marketing cooperative. The others can only celebrate the New Year with skinned peanuts.

Mother Han and the others started to get busy as soon as they arrived. If the situation in Sijiucheng's home allowed it, everyone would have carp, Sixi meatballs, dumplings, etc. during the Chinese New Year.

They were busy talking and laughing, and Han Li was not idle either. He took out the pen and paper that his mother brought when she came and started writing couplets.

Sijiucheng made it a point to post couplets on the morning of New Year's Eve, so after Han Li wrote them, he posted them at his master's house. Then Han's mother sent him and the Yun sisters back to their home to post couplets.

However, it took a long time for Han Li to post the couplets when he returned home. I'm afraid only the bed in his room knew what happened.

When the three of them came back, Dad Han had already come from the work, carrying the wine that the work had just distributed in his hand.

Nowadays, the best wines in the eyes of most units and the middle class in Sijiu City are "Xifeng" wine and "Site" wine.

This was mentioned at the first wine tasting event in the country in 52. Because these two wines are famous brands and reasonably priced, they have become the first choice for many people during the New Year or when giving gifts.

Next, the second sister and the younger sister all came back from the work. After another busy time, the sound of crackling firecrackers rang out in the yard.

During the meal, Han Li initially disapproved of his master drinking, even if he said a lot of alarmist things, it didn't work.

In the end, Han Li could only stare at his master and choose to break down the alcohol in his stomach after it reached a certain amount.

Not long after the meal, Master Li started to drive people away. At first, even Han Li wanted to drive away.

He even stood up and walked around the room twice to prove that he was fine, but in the end Han Li still stayed.

Yimao year, Wuyin month, Wuzi day, February 75, 2, the first day of the lunar new year.

Han Li got up early and started cooking dumplings, setting off cannons, and kowtow to his master. However, after he finished kowtowing, he was driven away by his master.

(In Sijiucheng, paying New Year greetings to one’s own family is called kowtow, while others can only call it a simple New Year greeting.)
Han Li did not shirk this time because he had too many things to do today. He just repeatedly told his master not to move and so on.

After returning home, I kowtowed to my parents first, and then my father led me to the Western Mountains.

The ancestral home of the Han family is in the land of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance in Hebei Province, but the ancestors can no longer find each other due to the war.

My father and grandfather settled in Sijiu City during the country’s first five-year plan. Every year on New Year’s Day and Qingming Festival, their family would kowtow to the south in Xishan Mountain as a way of remembering.

It's a pity that grandpa passed away in the third year after coming to Sijiu City, and he was later buried here.

When their father and son kowtow to their grandfather on the first day of the Lunar New Year and Qingming Festival every year, they will also kowtow a few times to the south.

The father and son first placed wine, pork, fish, rice cakes and a furnace on their grandfather's grave, lit firecrackers, kowtowed and chanted.

Tear off all the things that were placed there and throw a small piece on the grave, then quickly pack up your things and run away.

You can't do it unless you run away. Everyone who visits the grave is afraid of being caught. It's no joke if you get caught.

However, the two of them have often been like this in the past few years, and they are very agile when running on familiar roads.

When the two returned home, Mother Han was talking to the Yun sisters, but their faces seemed a little too red.

But before Han Li could ask secretly, Mother Han spoke.

"You two go out quickly to celebrate the New Year. When we come back, we will go to the photo studio to take family photos together."

Han Li was kicked out again without asking a word. His first stop after coming out was at Yu Daqiang's house.

Because most of them are paying New Year greetings to some elderly neighbors this time. Although it is not far away, there are too many doors, so in previous years they would contact a group of people to accompany them to pay New Year greetings, so that sometimes they can hide behind the crowd and be lazy.

(End of this chapter)