The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 136, New Year's Eve

Coming out of the space, Li Weiguo heard a "dong dong dong" knock on the door.

"Chief, are you home?" Zheng Shan's voice came from outside the door.

"Here, here we come."

Li Weiguo hurriedly tidied up his clothes and went up to open the door.

When I opened the door, it turned out that Zheng Shan and Yang Xiaojun had come to pay New Year's greetings.

The two of them were still carrying gifts from the door, and when they saw Li Weiguo open the door, they smiled and gave him a New Year greeting.

"Captain, happy new year, we are here to wish you a happy new year, wish you a happy Chinese New Year and all the best." ×2
"Yo, it's Shanzi and Xiaojun, happy new year, happy new year, come, come, come into the house and get warm." Li Weiguo also happily cupped his hands, and warmly greeted the two of them to enter the door.

During the Chinese New Year, it is rare for someone to come to pay New Year's greetings, and the house finally has a little joy.

Li Weiguo led them into the room, pointed to the bench in the main room, and said with a smile: "Sit down, all of you, just treat it as your own home. You have been here before."

"Hey, okay, Chief, this is a gift for you."

Zheng Shan and the other two smiled without being polite. They put the things they brought on the dining table and sat down.

The things the two of them brought were not expensive, just two bottles of Xifeng wine and a box of four kinds of dried fruits, which they bought together.

The New Year gifts in Sijiucheng pay attention to the auspiciousness of homophones and numbers.

The New Year gift gives "double" instead of "single", which means that good things come in pairs, and one is auspicious.

Moreover, Old BJ pays special attention to giving wine during New Year greetings, because wine is a homophonic word for "jiu", which means eternal life. If giving wine, two or four bottles should be sent in one basket, and dried fruits should be given in four or six items in one box.

So the two of them thought about it all day yesterday before they came up with the idea of ​​sending two bottles of wine and a box of dried fruits, which were neither expensive nor shabby.

Before leaving, Zheng Shan's wife wanted them to bring a basket of steamed buns with Erhe noodles, but the two of them vetoed it after thinking about it.

During famine years, it is indeed a good gift to give a basket of food to relatives during festivals, but considering that Li Weiguo does not lack these, they are not ashamed to bring them. After all, the pork noodles for the New Year are all given by Li Weiguo. Taking steamed buns as a New Year gift.

Li Weiguo glanced at the presents on the table, and complained that they were spending money: "Hey, I don't lack anything, it's not like you don't know, what are you doing with these things, isn't it a waste of money?"

Zheng Shan smiled and said noncommittally: "You are not lacking, so etiquette is still required. Otherwise, if you come to the door empty-handed, you are embarrassed to let us in, but we are embarrassed to sit down. Don't you think so, hahaha. "

How can you be empty-handed when you come to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year?

"Yes, you have a lot of truths, come, have some snacks, and take whatever you want."

As he spoke, Li Weiguo took out various peanuts, melon seeds, candies, biscuits, dried fruits and other snacks from the cupboard and put them on the dining table to entertain Zheng Shan and the two of them.

"Okay, thank you, Chief."

Zheng Shan didn't treat himself as an outsider, he grabbed a handful of peanuts and ate them. Yang Xiaojun, who was beside him, was rude and grabbed a handful of melon seeds.

Li Weiguo sat across from them, grabbed a handful of hawthorns, and casually asked Yang Xiaojun and the others: "What's the situation at home now, are there enough New Year's goods?"

Yang Xiaojun smiled and said: "The New Year's goods are enough. You gave me [-] catties of fat pork. If you save some food, it will last for three months. In addition to the monthly salary and tickets, it is enough for me and my mother on weekdays." After the expenses, I can still save a lot every month, and my mother still wants me to sing for you."

Li Weiguo nodded: "Well, that's good. We are not outsiders. If you have any difficulties in the future, just speak up. Don't be embarrassed."

"Okay, Chief, hehe." Yang Xiaojun rubbed his head and smiled foolishly.

After asking Yang Xiaojun, Li Weiguo turned his head and glanced at Zheng Shan again: "Shanzi, what about you, your family has a large population, how is the situation now?"

When Li Weiguo asked about the family situation, Zheng Shan couldn't help but smile from ear to ear. He still vividly remembered the changes in the family situation in the past few months.

"Hey, thanks to the help of the section chief, the debt is paid off and I have a job. I put on my white police uniform, and I feel proud in my yard.

Now my salary is 25 yuan, my wife and mother can still make matchboxes in the street, and I can earn [-] yuan a month, and my life is getting more and more hopeful.”

After hearing about Zheng Shan and Yang Xiaojun's family situation, Li Weiguo nodded with confidence.

When I first met the two of them, their family conditions were not very good, and it could even be said to be horrible.

At that time, Zheng Shan sold the job he was assigned, and has been picking up some odd jobs on the street, earning those melons and jujubes. When I met him in the ghost market, he didn't even have decent clothes on him. That miserable where.

Yang Xiaojun was a little bit better. At first, he worked as an apprentice sweeping the streets, but he hadn't become a full-time worker yet. However, his mother was in poor health and owed a lot of foreign debts.

Later, after Li Weiguo gave him a job, he simply sold his job as a street sweeper, paid off his debts, and then went to work in the picket unit. Now his family's situation is getting better and better.

"Okay, it's good that life at home improves. In the future, the longer the working years, the higher the wages and benefits, and the better life will be." Li Weiguo laughed.

"Hey, it all depends on the help of the section chief." Zheng Shan laughed.

"Okay, no need to flatter. You have won these by yourself. If you don't live up to it, you won't be able to get a job." Li Weiguo waved his hand and said.

Suddenly, Li Weiguo remembered Zhao Guobing's incident, so he changed the topic: "By the way, I wonder if you are free these days?".
Zheng Shan asked suspiciously: "I'm free. I don't have anything to do during the Chinese New Year. I'm very free. What's the matter, chief? What's the matter?"

"It's not a big deal, just staring at one person."

Then Li Weiguo briefly told Zheng Shan and Zheng Shan about Zhao Guobing's affairs, and asked them to help keep an eye on Cui Zhi's activities at Xinjiekou when they had time.

Of course, it's not for nothing, Zhao Guobing will say something when it's over.

Originally, Li Weiguo didn't care about these three melons and two dates, he just gave it to him, but Zhao Guobing insisted on paying by himself.

It is inappropriate to say that it is not appropriate to ask friends to pay for help. In the end, Li Weiguo did not persuade him, so he let him go.

After Zheng Shan heard the ins and outs of the matter, he looked up at Yang Xiaojun, and seeing that he had no objection, he nodded and accepted the errand.

"No problem, Chief, you can leave it to us. It happens that during the Chinese New Year, there is nothing to do and you will be in a hurry. Activities are also good."

Tracking is their specialty, and they can make some money, so why not do it.

These gangsters and veterans on the street are not good birds. They do nothing all day long, flirting with girls, causing trouble everywhere. I made a contribution.

"Okay, then it's up to you. If you have any news, come to me at any time."

"Okay, Chief, just take a look."

(End of this chapter)