Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 494
This morning, all the alleys in Sijiu City were full of people coming and going, and there were children everywhere running and having fun with firecrackers.

The sulfur smell after the firecrackers go off is really good. Due to the difference in residential density and openness, the sulfur smell here is much stronger than that in Shanghe Village, and it makes people feel more comfortable.

Because this is the taste of the New Year. No matter how bitter or tiring it is, it will become a thing of the past under the influence of this taste, thus moving towards a better tomorrow.

You wouldn't have smelled this sulfur smell in "those" years, because in those two years, you were not allowed to put up Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, or hold any cultural activities, etc.

As for future generations, many people say that this era is full of happiness, and everyone's face will be filled with a happy smile.

Then they must be talking about the period of Chinese New Year, definitely not "those" two years, nor the normal time, because people nowadays lead such a busy life that they don't even have annual leave.

Most of them are worried about the gaps in clothing and food, and worry about the various bills needed for worldliness, marrying a wife, and marrying off a daughter.

There are still people in later generations who like to describe the equality of this era, saying that workers and farmers are the masters of the country. Haha, that is not the case at all. How can I put it? People who say these things take it for granted just like those nerds who promoted the well-field system of the Zhou Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty. .

Because no matter when, people at the bottom will always worry about these things. Unless you can step into another new level, this situation will never change. It is just that the times are different, the basis of worries, and things are different.

Han Li first paid New Year greetings to Yu Daqiang's family, but at this time he was not in the mood to say any auspicious words such as good luck and wealth.

The common ones are "Happy New Year, uncle and auntie." "I wish you can achieve new results in ** this year."

Those who have a good relationship usually bow their heads slightly and say a blessing such as "Uncle and auntie, happy Spring Festival, I hope your life will bloom like sesame seeds this year."

Han Li paid New Year's greetings to Daqiang's house, and then he took him and gathered several similar children from the alley to start visiting.

During the whole process, more and more people gathered, and they were like marching. The people in front had already finished their New Year greetings, and there were still people behind who had not entered the house. They would occasionally bump heads when turning around to leave, which made everyone laugh and leave together. , so it doesn’t take long to complete all transfers.

We all have a lot of relatives to visit today, so we agreed to get together another day when we parted.

Because Han's father is going to pay New Year's greetings to some older colleagues in the unit, Han's mother has to follow the street office to pay New Year's greetings to some five-guarantee households and military family members. Even the eldest sister, second sister, and younger sister have their own tasks.

So when Han Li came back, they hadn't come back yet, but at this time, he happened to ask the Yun sisters what happened just now.
"Happy New Year to my two darlings. May our darlings become younger and more beautiful and stay youthful forever."

"Brother Li, if we stay young forever, we will become monsters."

"Hey monsters, I really like you two little monsters, especially that time you tied the fox scarf around your waist."

"What do you mean I tied it around my waist? It's obviously you who forced people to do that."

At this time, I can only live my life and let my fingers hold something to keep me from being too bored. I don't want to think about other thoughts, because I don't know when someone will come to the house. Han Li holds one in his arms. asked after fooling around for a while.

"By the way, when dad and I come back, what will you two talk about with mom?"

The two sisters stretched out their wrists at the same time, and Han Li discovered that they both wore relatively simple gold bracelets on their wrists.

"This is a family heirloom given to us by our aunt. She said it was passed down from our grandmothers."

Han Li's mouth twitched when he heard this. He had only heard the word "grandma" from his father a few times. It was said that they got separated during the war. Grandpa and the others had not settled in Sijiu City at that time.

And my father and mother met in Sijiu City. How could she get the heirloom given by her grandma?Could it be that my grandfather gave it to my mother before he died?However, the quality of these two gold bracelets seems to be very new, and they don't look like they have been aged. Could it be that my mother is lying.

But even if the mother lied, he, as a son, could help hug her back at this time.

"Really? I only heard my mother mention it once. This is the first time I have seen a real object. But if you accept our family's heirloom, even if you become ghosts in this life, you can only be my bride. .”

The three of them gathered together to enjoy the countless intimacy they had during this period. However, the happy time was always short-lived. The family members were all waiting to take a family photo, so they all rushed as soon as possible after finishing their own affairs. return.

After the family members arrived, they checked each other's clothes and chest badges and went out together.

Almost all the stores on the road were open for business, and they were going to the largest and oldest photo studio in Xidan, not far from Mianmian Hutong.

Most of the couplets in front of these stores and factories are "Never cease fighting at thirty, contribute to the country without mentioning tiredness. Keep working on the first day of the year, and add glory to the people without mentioning hardship.".

Taking pictures in this era is definitely a luxury thing. Most people have to save money for a long time to save money for taking pictures.But during the Chinese New Year, everyone's enthusiasm still couldn't be stopped. Most of them were young people who were looking for partners to get married. There were also families like the Han family, who had children who went to join the queue to become educated youths and took family photos.

At present, the largest photos produced by photo studios during this period are only 6 inches, and they are all black and white photos without color photos.

When some people see the color photos of this era, they think that color photos were already popular in my country in the 60s, 70s and [-]s?actually not.

As long as you look carefully, you will find that these color photos are weird. They are either monotonous in color, lack of change, excessive in color, or rigid and stiff, etc.

In fact, most of the color photos coming out of the "photo studio" are colored by hand, but not all photo studios can do this kind of coloring.

You must go to those large photo studios, because only such places have the profession of professional photo colorists.

But even if you are unlucky in these large photo studios, it will be in vain, because this is a very rigorous technical job. Since it is a technical job, there are good and bad skills. If you meet those who are not good at it, The photo looks weird.

The photo studio that Han Ma is talking about is the Cathay Photo Studio in Xidan. This photo studio has a long history and the masters there are very skilled.

The most important thing is that it is located in the jurisdiction of the Hanma Subdistrict Office. It is for this reason that she knows both the photographers and colorists here. There will never be any weird photos taken here. .

(Color photos gradually entered people’s daily lives in the late 70s and early 80s.)
The salesperson here chatted with Mother Han as soon as she entered the photo studio. When she learned that her whole family was coming to take a photo, she arranged them directly to the front, so there was no need to wait at all.

Today, Mother Han also spent a lot of money. First, there was a family photo of everyone in the Han family, and then there was a family photo of the Yun family sisters. Next, Han Li, his father, his mother, the Yun sisters, and his own family. Sisters, three sisters from the Han family and two sisters from the Yun family, father Han, mother Han and two sisters from the Yun family...

Mother Han was very happy when she waved her hand to take pictures, but when she was paying the bill, the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably several times.

When choosing whether to include inscriptions of great men on the photos, everyone unanimously decided to put inscriptions on those family photos and not on the other photos. After deliberation for a while, they chose "Wind and rain send spring back, flying snow welcomes spring, and falling flowers". Read Huazhang during the season, and the red flag rolls in the west wind. These sentences are scrambled and placed on two family photos.
Finally, the salesperson told Mother Han that it would take a week for the photos to come out, and that he would take them to the street office then. However, Mother Han smiled and said that she would come and pick them up in person at that time.

After the family came out of the photo studio, Mother Han stuffed a handful of money tickets into the hand of unknown Yun and said.

"The temple fairs on the street have recovered a little bit in the past two years. There are a lot of good things on the street during this period. You should also go and have a look, don't stay at home all day and make people bored. Son, your master's place You don’t have to worry, just ask your dad to clean up when you get home. Your eldest sister and the others will go over to cook at noon, and you can just have fun outside."

In this way, Han Li encountered the third expulsion from his family today.

Neither Han Li nor the Yun sisters were very interested in visiting the Forty-Nine City because they had lived here since they were children.

This is just like those people in later generations who bought their houses near the park. Before moving in, they always thought that I would go for a walk in the park every day. However, after they actually moved in, the number of times they stepped into the park throughout the year was pitiful. It's the same look.

But now that they are out, they have to have fun. The three of them don't ride bicycles. If they are far away, they will squeeze into the bus, and if they are close, they will take a leisurely stroll.

Han Li bought each of them a large windmill and a string of long sugar-coated haws. They watched big-headed dolls and rowing boats near the Fire Temple. Most of the images were characters from model operas.

As for the lion dance and dragon lanterns, there is no such thing as a slightly mythical one, because these are strictly prohibited things.

The three of them had a lot of fun listening to cross talk, watching juggling, and setting off firecrackers on the Tianqiao Square.

Of course, the current characteristics are also indispensable, those alley gangsters and the fights between educated youths returning to the city.

Since people come out in groups during the Chinese New Year, whenever there is a fight, it must be in a group.

At this time, the children in the compound basically did not participate, because they can usually earn a legion farm establishment. Nowadays, people with wages and age will not easily conflict with the children in the alley like before.

When there was a fight, Han Li and his two sisters stood by to watch. Anyway, they were just having fun and watching the excitement. If someone wanted to come over to make trouble, they had to first see if Han Li was tall enough to agree.

In the afternoon, they rented three pairs of skates by Haizi. The three of them played here all afternoon and didn't return home until it got dark.

At this time, Hao Hongmin, who was far away in Lu City, was not having a good year this year. One was due to her family's own problems, and the other was that she was once again disliked by her mother.

Today in Shanghe Village, He Mi, Qi Zhaodi, Hou Yuhua, Zhang Shulan, and Meng Zaihong all gathered together to celebrate the New Year.

However, during the chat, Meng Zaihong's tone was full of dislike for the male educated youths in the Educated Youth Academy. This problem arose when the pigs were slaughtered and divided up years ago.

(End of this chapter)