Time flies by and the Chinese New Year is almost here before we know it.
The whole courtyard is full of strong New Year flavor. Children are running around picking up small whips on the ground in the yard and at the entrance of the alley. They are running happily and are filled with festive joy.
Zhang Zhifei's family was cooking New Year's Eve dinner in the front yard. This year, Zhang Zhifei was finally kicked out of the kitchen. Yang Manli and Zhang Lili were in charge. He only had to eat ready-made food.
Zhang Zhifei, who had nothing to do, slipped out and was about to look around. Finally, he found two old men in the courtyard next to the gate playing chess, so he went over to watch the battle between the two.
Looking at the two stinky chess pieces, Zhang Zhifei's blood pressure soared, and he hurriedly began to direct one of them.
"Gentlemen, you are a true gentleman watching chess without speaking." The two uncles naturally knew Zhang Zhifei, but they did not have a close relationship with him.
"Slip of the tongue, you two play." Zhang Zhifei watched the two of them playing chess. He wanted to open his mouth several times but finally held back.
After the two of them finished playing a game, they hurriedly and shamelessly joined in, but the result was not as good as others, and they were checkmate after a few moves.
"That's it, you still command Lao Zheng. Man, at your level, you are not as good as my older grandson. If you want to play chess, you need to practice more." The old man patted Zhang Zhifei on the shoulder in disgust.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. Could it be that those guys from the Propaganda Department are trying to mess with me?" Zhang Zhifei began to doubt that he was promoting Ke's record of winning every battle. Could it be that he was the bad chess player?
Zhang Zhifei, who woke up from the fantasy of being invincible at chess, was embarrassed to stay any longer, so he turned around and returned to his home in the courtyard. After that, he never dared to play chess with anyone else until the child was born.
"Master, have you eaten?" Yan Bugui greeted.
"No, what about you, Teacher Yan?" Zhang Zhifei, who was celebrating the New Year, also asked gently, without any thorns in his words.
"We are doing it now. Master, what is the process for us to pay New Year greetings this year?"
As soon as Zhang Zhifei heard Yan Bugui's words and combined it with the plot of the original drama, he knew that Yan Laoxi wanted to have a group worship without having to pay New Year's money.
"Teacher Yan, do you have any suggestions?" Zhang Zhifei asked knowingly.
As expected.
“Sir, with new people, new things, and a new country, we must keep up with the trend of the times and cannot go against the times.
Our college held a group visit last year. Although it was ultimately ruined by Silly Zhu, we can't blame the group visit.
I think it’s good for everyone to sit together and say hello to each other and chat. There’s no need to hand out red envelopes to the children. Instead, they can give out some candies and peanuts. What do you think? "
"I think it's okay, but I need to get the opinions of the second uncle and the third uncle." Zhang Zhifei replied.
He still agrees with Yan Bugui's suggestion. There are many poor households who really cannot afford the new year's money, or are reluctant to take it out. The money may be their family's food ration for one or two days.
"I'll ask." Yan Bugui said and walked towards the middle courtyard.
Zhang Zhifei watched him leave and shook his head with a smile. This teacher Yan has really reached a new level and never forgets his calculations at any time.
"Brother, it's time to eat." His younger brother Zhang Zhiguo said to Zhang Zhifei, holding a string of firecrackers.
"Okay, I understand. Pay attention to safety when you fire off the cannons." Zhang Zhifei warned.
"I know, it's embarrassing." Only at this time, Zhang Zhifei realized that his brother was still a child, unlike usual, he was almost an adult.
The crackling sound of firecrackers attracted many children. Everyone came to wait for the firecrackers to go off so that they could pick up some unfired firecrackers.
Zhang Zhifei looked at the children and felt that they were several years younger and their mentality was getting better.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone in the courtyard began to slowly come to the courtyard to chat about national affairs and gossip about the factory. Zhang Zhifei had nothing to do, so he also went out for a walk.
"Master, what time will the group visit be held tomorrow?" Liu Haizhong came over and asked.
Zhang Zhifei knew early on that Liu Haizhong would definitely agree. This man loved meetings to show his differences and was extremely addicted to officialdom.
"It was around 10:30 in the morning. It wasn't cold at that time and everyone had already eaten." Zhang Zhifei said.
"I'll inform you." Liu Haizhong said happily. Zhang Zhifei didn't know what he was enjoying.
the next day.
In the middle courtyard, there is a square table with Zhang Zhifei sitting in the middle, with Liu Haizhong and Li Huandi on the left and right.
The difference from last year is that without Yi Zhonghai, no one put the deaf old lady on the main seat and asked everyone to worship her.
"Everyone is here, let's start. Today is the first day of the Spring Festival in 1962. The three of us have gathered together to hold a group worship during the Chinese New Year this year. Let's start with the first uncle." Liu Haizhong stood up and said .
"This group worship was suggested by Teacher Yan. I think it is very meaningful. This form is particularly good, so as to avoid the unpleasantness that happened in previous years. For example, the rich can take out some money and give some lucky money to their children. Some of them are indeed It can't be taken out.
The second uncle said that he had solicited everyone's opinions, and almost all the 27 families in the hospital agreed to hold group worship. We, the minority, obeyed the majority, and group worship was officially formed as a system. It has been like this since then, and group worship is held every year.
The second uncle asked me to start first, so I will say a few words. On behalf of my whole family, I wish all our families in the hospital harmony, happiness and health. "After speaking, Zhang Zhifei bowed to the crowd several times with his fists in his hands.
"The master has finished speaking. It's my turn. I want to say something about the new year, the new atmosphere, the new year, the new year, the spring snow, the situation, the policies, and the farewell to the old and the new." After Liu Haizhong finished speaking, he bowed to everyone with his fists in his hands.
Zhang Zhifei was really convinced by Liu Haizhong. He was a small courtyard steward with no power at all, and he was still putting on airs. It felt like his authority was greater than that of a city hall leader.
Everyone applauded loudly, and then the third uncle, Li Huandi, said a few auspicious words, and everyone shared some peanut candies before slowly dispersing.
After the Spring Festival, everything recovers, and the three difficult years are finally over. Life is getting better, and food rations have begun to be distributed in full.
Things got better, and all the boys in the courtyard began their blind date journeys. Among them, Liu Guangqi was the fastest.
Liu Guangqi graduated from a technical secondary school and looked like a human. He fell in love with his partner on the first blind date.
He is also very satisfied with the woman. Not to mention how beautiful she is, but the conditions are really good.
I have a high school degree and a job, and my father is a technical backbone. Even Liu Haizhong is quite satisfied.
After the two had a blind date, they started talking about marriage within a month.
Liu Haizhong was very kind to Liu Guangqi. Not only was he reluctant to beat or scold him, but he also stayed close to him whenever he had something good to eat.
Compared to brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, who were born in a honeypot, Liu Haizhong's relationship with the two is simply worlds apart.
When Liu Guangqi got married, Liu Haizhong was very generous and said that he would prepare the wedding according to the highest standards, and there would be no shortage of furniture that should be prepared.
After hearing Liu Haizhong's words, Liu Guangqi was not only not moved, but also felt awkward.
He had already discussed with his partner that as soon as he got married, he would apply to go to Shijiazhuang with his father-in-law to avoid Liu Haizhong. He was afraid that his children would live in this violent environment.
