February 14th, New Year’s Eve.
The reunion dinner is a tradition passed down for thousands of years, so all units have a holiday today as appropriate and only work half a day.
In previous years, when Geng Changqing was the leader, during the New Year's Eve holiday, he would pay out of his own pocket to give each commune cadre a pound of meat.
Li Hongjun had just been promoted and didn't want others to say that he was stingy, but he had a family and a family and didn't have that much money. So I ordered 20 fish from the fish breeding team.
After Su Mo worked for a long time, she returned home carrying the fish given by Li Hongjun and the snacks she bought at the supply and marketing cooperative in the morning.
There was a reunion dinner today, and Li Yue'e was busy making food at home, so Su Mo didn't ask her to pick her up and walked back by herself.
Halfway there, they happened to meet a vehicle carrying supplies from the army. The cook following the vehicle had also seen Su Mo that day and quickly asked the driver to stop the vehicle.
The little cook jumped out of the car and shouted to Su Mo, "Sister-in-law, are you going to see the group leader?"
Su Mo was somewhat impressed by this cook, so she smiled and waved her hand, "No, I'm going home, just ahead of me is the Lujia Village Brigade."
The little soldier scratched his head in embarrassment. He had heard that the new regiment leader was a local, but he didn't expect it to be so local. The village was almost at the entrance of the camp.
"Then, sister-in-law, let's give you a ride."
"Okay, thank you." Su Mo didn't refuse. It might take a few minutes to drive, but it would take her more than half an hour to walk.
The little soldier asked Su Mo to sit in the passenger seat and went into the car.
In the car, Su Mo chatted with the two people and learned their names. The cook was Wu Dong and the driver was Qin Gang.
I also know that the two of them went to pick up supplies for the New Year today. During the Chinese New Year, you must give the soldiers some meat.
Lu Changzheng also said yesterday that he would come back later today and would have to have a reunion dinner with the soldiers in the army before returning, so that he would not have to wait for him to eat.
The two soldiers sent Su Mo to the brigade headquarters. Before getting off the bus, Su Mo gave each of them two pieces of cake. They didn't dare to ask for it, so Su Mo forced it.
After arriving home, Su Mo took the steamed buns from the space and made a simple lunch.
Then I started a pot and lit a fire, and took some chestnuts and pine nuts to fry. If anyone comes over during the Chinese New Year, I can use them to entertain people.
After the speculation, Su Mo began to seal the red envelope again. On New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve money was given.
Lu Changzheng handed in last month's salary yesterday, which was 127 yuan. After deducting 14 yuan for food expenses, he kept 3 yuan for himself as pocket money, and the remaining 110 yuan was given to Su Mo.
Su Mo had no reference for how much money she would need to pay, so she could only give it at the rate that her father would give to her parents during the Chinese New Year in future generations. Her father used to take half a month's salary and give it to the elders.
Lu Changzheng's half-month salary is more than 60 yuan, so Su Mo only gives 20 yuan to the three elders.
For five children, a package cost two yuan. After all, Lu Changzheng is the head of a regiment with a salary of more than 100, so he only gives out red envelopes once during the New Year, so there is no need to be too shabby.
In the middle of the afternoon, Geng Changqing came and took a lot of things. I bought at least twenty or thirty kilograms of rice and flour alone. I also bought fresh pork and mutton, as well as wine and cigarettes.
Geng Changqing basically ate in the canteen, and he didn't eat much. In addition, he had 45 kilograms of food per month, which saved a lot. This time, he gave it all to Su Mo.
"Did your parents give you anything for the New Year?" Geng Changqing asked after putting the things away.
"Give it away. The Long March took it early this morning."
Geng Changqing nodded, just give it away.
Seeing that there was no Chinese New Year atmosphere at home, Geng Changqing helped Su Mo cut the window grilles and red paper and put them up.
As for Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures, there are none.
Su Mo is a typical southerner. On New Year's Eve, she always goes back to her hometown to worship her ancestors at the ancestral hall. But here, it seems that she has never seen the ancestral hall. It may be that it was demolished because of the special period.
After finishing the work here, Su Mo and Geng Changqing carried their things and went to the Lu family.
The Lu family is very lively. The whole family is gathered in the main room, the fire wall is warm, and they are making dumplings and chatting together. Even Lu Guihua, who had not been seen for a long time, was there. Although she looked quite haggard, she had a smile on her face.
Seeing Geng Changqing coming, carrying cigarettes, wine and meat in his hands, Lu Qing'an quickly stood up and took it, "Hey, Secretary Geng, you can just come, why do you still bring so many things?"
Geng Changqing waved his hand, "Brother, I'm here today as a relative. Just call me Changqing."
Lu Qing'an chuckled. After calling him Secretary Geng for so many years, he got used to it. He couldn't change his words for a while, so he hurriedly went to the side to drink tea and chat with Geng Changqing.
Su Mo also took out the things she brought. In addition to snacks, she also took a fish and about 2 pounds of ribs.
After giving the snacks to the children, Su Mo helped make dumplings together. After making the dumplings, they went to the kitchen to help cook together.
Four people and two pots were started at the same time. The speed was very fast. The food was on the table in more than an hour.
The New Year's Eve dinner is very sumptuous, including braised fish, braised pork, lamb soup, chicken stewed with mushroom vermicelli, ribs stewed with potatoes, peanut braised pork knuckles, fried tofu, and a large plate of fried lettuce. The staple food is dumplings and steamed buns.
The braised pork and fried tofu were prepared by the first room; the braised pork knuckles with peanuts were brought by the second room, and they also brought a few kilograms of white flour; the braised fish, ribs, stewed potatoes and lettuce were brought by Su Mo; the lamb soup and chicken stewed with mushroom vermicelli were brought by It was Li Yuee who did it.
Such a New Year's Eve dinner will not be bad in future generations, let alone now.
The children were already salivating with greed, because Lu Changzheng told them not to wait for him, so everyone ate first.
At about eight o'clock, Lu Changzheng also came back, drinking and chatting with him.
When men chat, they mostly talk about work.
While chatting, Geng Changqing revealed the news that the credit union plans to set up credit stations in several large brigades of Hongqi Commune after the year to assist them in cash management at the grassroots level. As an advanced brigade, the Lujiacun brigade will definitely have it.
It was also mentioned that the staff of credit stations are generally employed part-time by people from their own brigade. In addition to enjoying the average annual work points of the entire workforce of the production team, they also receive a subsidy of six yuan per month, and dozens of yuan at the end of the year. bonus.
This bonus is related to the amount of money mobilized. The more money you save, the greater the bonus will be.
If you do well enough at work, it is possible to get admitted to work in a credit union in the future.
Geng Changqing had already mentioned this, but Lu Xingjun still didn't understand. He immediately toasted to Geng Changqing, saying that he would prepare well and win the job when the credit station's recruitment exam comes.
He had been an accountant for so many years and often dealt with credit unions. If he had prepared early, he would still be very confident in himself.
As long as you pass the exam, you will be a salaried person from now on. Otherwise, he would be the only one in the whole family to receive no salary, and he would feel really unhappy.
Sure enough, it's better to have someone at home who knows the news early and can prepare early.
Once this kind of news is released, there will definitely be a fight for it. Among those educated youth from the city, who doesn’t want such a job?
