Daily life in the courtyard

Chapter 130
The custom on the first day of the Lunar New Year is New Year greetings.

In the past, it was New Year greetings at the homes of relatives and friends, but now it is New Year greetings between neighbors in the courtyard.

This year, the three elders in the courtyard have already been notified that there will be a street office, and the leaders of the neighborhood committee will bring everyone to celebrate the new year.

Wei Pingan did not expect that the first person to knock on the door to pay New Year's greetings would be...

"Da Mao, Xiao'e, Happy Chinese New Year."

When I opened the door, I saw Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe.

"Brother Wei, our couple wishes you a New Year greeting. I wish you all the best and happiness in the new year."

"Thank you, let's go inside..."

Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe walked in, and Lou Xiaoe turned her head to look at the two dogs lying on the door of the den.

It is Hong Niu and auspicious.

Laifu has already gone to the small building.

It has already learned to climb stairs, and even flush the toilet, you say it is annoying.

It is the alarm clock of Dabao's little master, responsible for waking him up with his tongue.

Only when Laifu wakes up, will it be exchanged for giggles, instead of crying in anger.

It's really amazing.

"Hey, Brother Wei, these dogs of your family are really fat... er, they are strong."

"Come on, don't say the next sentence, our family will never eat dog meat in this life..."

"Brother Wei's dogs are very spiritual. Dabao has been protecting him when he is playing outside. Last time I saw Dabao almost fell down the steps. The big dog bit Dabao's back collar immediately. , was dragged back."

As Lou Xiaoe spoke, her eyes were still full of envy.

Come on, I found another woman who is greedy for "dog sex".

Oh, woman.

In the room, Zhou Wen also got up, Wei Pingan stood talking with the couple at the door, called the room twice, Zhou Wen pushed the door open.

"Happy New Year, Miss Xiaowen."

"Happy New Year, Ezi, Da Mao, and happy New Year for you too, come in."

"It stands to reason that we shouldn't have come so early. It's just that the two of us will go home after a while. Wouldn't it be too late to come back to pay New Year's greetings on the fifth day of the lunar new year? As soon as the two of us made up our minds, we came directly."

"Is everything packed at home? Go directly to your house, Da Mao, or should Ezi go home first?"

"Uh, that..."

"What are you embarrassed to say to Sister Xiaowen. Sister Xiaowen, I will go back to celebrate the New Year with my parents this year. Xu Damao will go to his house, but I won't go."

"Ah? What's the matter? The couple quarreled at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed. Don't be awkward during the Chinese New Year." Zhou Wen persuaded.

"It's not awkward, just, it's okay to go to his house, it must be children, children, children... I'm making trouble."

Lou Xiaoe said angrily.

"The old man is looking forward to hugging his grandson. Ezi and I have been together for many years, so the old man is in a hurry..."

Xu Damao's explanation was weak, and he glanced at Wei Pingan from time to time while saying this.

Wei Ping'an is the clearest about his affairs.

After all, it was blocking the widow's door.

"You are going back to your respective homes, and then you will come back to meet again on the fifth day of the new year. For those who celebrate the new year, playing a little farewell is better than getting married?"

"Haha...that's right."

"It's also very good. Sometimes we will be separated for a few days to promote the relationship between husband and wife. Maybe we will get pregnant after a few days of getting tired of coming back."

"Then I can borrow your good words, this festive words are the best words I heard this year..."

"Well, how long has it been this year? It's not even half a day."

Lou Xiao'e habitually made trouble with her husband.

These two couples are typical happy enemies. As the saying goes, it's not that enemies don't get together. Wei Ping'an just watched the scene in front of him.

It's boring for a dignified man to let his wife go back to her natal home on the first day of the Lunar New Year, saying in front of outsiders that he won't go to his house...

It's not easy.

The later practice was quite critical, and now Wei Pingan sees it as the difference between the antecedent and the consequence.

A slap doesn't make a sound.

Don't blame anyone.

But when the couple came to pay New Year's greetings, Wei Ping'an's relief explained that he did his best to smooth things over.

Even if he doesn't like this flattering chat.

After sitting for a while and drinking tea, Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe got up to leave.

After leaving the north room, I heard Dabao giggling from the small building.

Apparently, Laifu is good at kung fu, so he coaxed the little master up so quickly.

Xu Damao turned around, and Lou Xiao'e understood and walked towards the small building.

She hasn't been here before, but she was actually curious about it before.

Today is a chance to come in and see.

Pushing the door open, he saw the decoration and also saw Wei Dabao.

Sitting on the ground with his arms around the dog's head and playing.

"Aunt Xiao'e."

Dabao has a sweet mouth, and his voice is crisp.

"Dabao, come here, happy new year, Auntie will give you a big red envelope, lucky money."

"Thank you, auntie, you are so beautiful."

"This kid can really talk."

Wei Pingan thought to himself, could it be that he was thinking: what nonsense are you talking about...

The couple's New Year's money had already been prepared, and it was obvious that they had already made plans before coming.

After sending Xu Damao and his wife away, Wei Pingan exchanged the red envelope from Wei Dabao.

It's six dollars.

These days, Qin Huairu's salary is 27.5 yuan, which is due to inheriting Jia Dongxu's working years to get so much.

Give the child a share, and it's six yuan for a shot.

This is a big deal in a big deal.

You know, last night Zhou Zimo only got 5 cents for his head, and he was so happy that he almost jumped.

This is still a calm child like a small adult.

Wei Dabao has no concept of money, and he doesn't make a fuss when the red envelope is exchanged for a white rabbit by his unscrupulous father.

Hug the dog's head and play wrestling.

Outside the compound, Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe went out pushing their bicycles. Most of the large and small bags were brought home by Xu Damao, while Lou Xiaoe was carrying a dark blue canvas bag.

Xu Damao sent Lou Xiao'e to take the bus, and then rode back by himself.

When I went out, I saw three uncles surrounded by the front yard.

"What's the matter, gentlemen, it's early in the morning, is there any group activity?"

"Da Mao, what are you doing here?"

"Why don't you go to my old man's place for a few days?"

"The street office took the lead and led everyone to pay New Year's greetings to all the households in the yard. You are leaving now, what will happen when you arrive at your house later?"

"I wish you a happy new year for the uncles. I wish you good health and a happy family. Come on, let's go..."

Xu Damao put down his hands, pushed the cart and took Lou Xiaoe away.

"This... what is this?"

"No organization, no discipline, the leader is so busy, and he even found time to pay New Year's greetings to the big guy, but he just left... Grandpa, you have to talk about it."

"Forget it, it's Chinese New Year, when the leader comes, I'll tell them, I believe the leader will understand."

"First uncle, second uncle, have you ever thought about Wei Ping'an's family?"

Yan Bugui spoke suddenly.

"What do you want to do with his family? They ignore us, why should we be hot and cold... so what."

The second uncle said.

"You can't say that. The conflict in our compound, to be honest, it's all old and outdated. It's not that the neighborhood committee of the street office didn't know about the incident at the beginning, even if it can't be overthrown... If you are a leader, can you still treat them differently from us?"

"That's true."

"In our yard, apart from the deaf old lady in the backyard, Mrs. Zhang is the oldest one. First, she pays New Year's greetings to the elderly, and then goes door-to-door... Mrs. Zhang lives in Wei Ping'an's house. I can't justify it."

The uncle analyzed.

"Then what should we do specifically? Elder Master, Third Master, you two have an idea?"

In fact, the second uncle is not really illiterate.

You must know that there was a bowl of dumplings stuffed with meat, but it was brought to their table.

He also ate a small half of the plate. There was really a lot of meat, and the more he chewed, the more delicious it became.

So Liu Haizhong may be the one who doesn't reject Wei Ping'an among the three uncles.

No specific conflicts, just following the herd.

Yan Pugui saw that he was prosperous, so he wanted to take the initiative to ease the relationship.

As for Yi Zhonghai...it's more complicated.

Let's not talk about it here.

"If you want me to say, in front of the leader, we can't treat it too differently. I don't know which leader is here today. Let's look at the specific situation. If you can get past it, you can get it. In [-], following the leadership of the street office, we didn't take the initiative to lick our faces, do you think it makes sense?"

As expected of an old master, Yan Bugui finished his speech without stopping.

In fact, it is just two words: thanks.

Rory is talkative.

Yi Zhonghai was silent for a moment: "Then let's pay New Year's greetings along the way. Depending on what people want, we will discuss our business later."

A young man in dark cotton clothes came in from the courtyard door.

It's Officer Li.

Uh, it should be called Deputy Director Li now.

Li Weidong is also an old acquaintance of Wei Ping'an.

The three uncles were about to go up to meet them, when they saw Deputy Director Li beckoning to the three of them, they withdrew back.

The three uncles followed to the gate of the courtyard, and saw Director Wang coming down next to Little Jeep.

Hey, the top leader and the second leader came to pay New Year's greetings together.

My small courtyard is full of splendor.

But other than Yan Bugui, no one else could pull out this word.

As for Yan Bugui, he quickly figured in his mind that there must be something unusual happening in the courtyard for the two chief directors to personally bring the New Year greetings.

The most unusual thing this year is that Wei Pingan came back after disappearing for 5 years.

Yan Bugui deduced from the disappearance of the son and daughter-in-law of Lao Litou's family that Wei Ping'an's "disappearance" in the past few years must have done "big things".

Two years ago, Director Wang also visited Lao Li in person, and he also brought rice noodles and meat oil like today.

"Three uncles, help me to carry some too. Let's share a little bit for each person. Let's go to the middle courtyard first, and Mr. Wei's house will pay New Year's greetings."

Yi Zhonghai's heart trembled.

Master Wei?

Is this the chief engineer?
That 25-year-old Wei Pingan?
That little kid who was bullied by him?

Don't you still hate yourself.

Yi Zhonghai is not afraid that Wei Ping'an will hate him.

Because at his age, he is still the highest rank of worker, so he is not afraid of some things.

But he didn't live alone.

Qin Huairu and Shazhu are the embryos of his plan to retire. If Wei Pingan intends to take revenge, it will be a headache.

"Master Yi, Master Yi?"

"Hey, hey, here we come, here we come."

Liu Haizhong is a blacksmith with the strongest strength, carrying a bag of flour.

This is white flour, so precious.

The third master Yan Bugui was carrying a net bag, which contained two bottles of oil, one bottle of cooking oil, and one bottle of sesame oil.

The standard at the end of 1963 was half a catty of sesame oil per household per year.

This bottle is as big as the Erguotou bottle, a bottle weighs a catty.

When Lao Yan passed by his own door, he almost couldn't help but go back home, and went in with chopsticks to rinse.

Get some oil and water on it.

Yi Zhonghai was carrying a bag with beans on one side and millet on the other.

All are fresh and sought-after food.

Not to mention taking these as New Year's greetings, even if it is for a family to prepare for the year, it is more than enough.

The three uncles stared at the large piece of pork in the hands of Deputy Director Li Weidong.

Not only them, but also people in the front yard looked at it.

"Oh, is this going to mean that every household gets a share?"

"Didn't you see the director of the sub-district office and Director Li in front of you, leading the team to visit the house to pay New Year's greetings, I guess those are New Year's greetings..."

"This year the situation is really getting better and better. The supply has been restored, the factory has restarted, and the director of the street office is not empty-handed for New Year's greetings..."

After passing through the hallway, Jia Zhang's small eyes saw the flesh in Deputy Director Li's hand.

It's heavy, at least a dozen catties.

Looking at the thick white fat, there must be three fingers, at least it must be first-class meat.

But... seeing Director Wang and Officer Li leading the way, the three uncles followed behind and went straight to... the courtyard of Wei Ping'an's house.

Wei Ping'an's family?

This day's little scourge, why is he everywhere.

Even the director of the sub-district office gave gifts to his family, is there any reason?

Why is this trying to piss people off?

My family, Dongxu, is gone. The life of our orphans and widows is so difficult. Are all the street offices blind?

I don't know how to distribute the meat, noodles and oil to our family.

Mrs. Jia Zhang got angry, muttered in a low voice, turned around and went into the back room.

Qin Huairu, who was tidying up outside, looked puzzled.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Zhang took a deep breath, and just about to speak, suddenly thought that Qin Huairu had a situation with Wei Pingan, so she was discouraged again, and sat down angrily, without saying a word.

Qin Huairu put down the work in his hands, and leaned over: "Mom, what's wrong with you? Who's warming you up? I didn't see you go out just now."

"It's not that Wei..."

Jia Zhang paused again: "Forget it, don't mention it. Go do your work, I'll be fine in a while."

Qin Huairu is not a fool, she is just uneducated.

When I heard the word "Wei", I knew that I was angry with Wei Ping'an's family again.

opposite.

"Hi, Director Wang, Deputy Director Li, Happy Chinese New Year."

"Happy New Year, Mr. Wei."

The two directors are very polite in their New Year greetings, which is what they should mean, but when facing Wei Pingan, they are even more polite.

If Director Wang was not present, Wei Pingan designated Deputy Director Li as Director Li.

But guarding the top leader, the word "deputy" must be added.

There will be no unpleasantness, and it will not increase the psychological burden on Li Weidong.

"Hey, the three uncles are here too, so come in, and wish you three a happy new year."

Yi Zhonghai was the first to speak: "Peace, happy new year to you too. We will come with Director Wang and Director Li to celebrate the New Year with Mrs. Zhang."

"Then come in, grandma, grandma, the three uncles in the courtyard are here to wish you New Year greetings."

Wei Pingan said that on purpose.

You, Yi Zhonghai, have a gun and a stick, and I, Wei Pingan, are also unambiguous.

Director Wang and Deputy Director Chen said they wanted to give me New Year's greetings, but you just said you wanted to give it to the old lady, so the old lady greeted you, and I just didn't bother to care.

Director Wang and Li Weidong looked at each other, and both saw each other's slightly frowning brows.

(End of this chapter)