On the way back from Captain Zhao's report, he saw his eldest son waiting at the entrance of the village, looking panicked, and hurriedly asked him what happened?
Zhao Dashan looked at the two policemen behind his father and quietly told Wang Jianan about his rogue behavior.
It turned out that Wang Jianan was not fooled. Half an hour ago, he packed his bags and moved into his home, and the money was returned in full. Now it is placed on the sacrificial table at home, every penny counts.
"I'm sorry, comrade, my son just said that he got his money back!" Captain Zhao turned around and apologized to the police in fear.
"How did you find it?" The policemen breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't want the production team's money to really be lost. It would be troublesome to go door to door to check during the Chinese New Year.
"The child was ignorant and threw away the box containing the money."
In the end, the police did not enter the village. They only gave a few words of education at the entrance of the village and then went back. In fact, they can understand it. After all, one hundred yuan is a huge amount of money to the people in the village. Who can sleep peacefully if it is lost?
After Captain Zhao returned home, he saw Wang Jianan sitting in his living room like an uncle. Not only did he shamelessly order his grandchildren to work, but he also greeted him with a smile.
"Uncle Zhao is back. After thinking about it, I feel uneasy about taking the money, so I plan to use the money as food expenses. Don't worry, I am a kind person. I will never stay another day after spending a hundred yuan!" Wang Jianan He is indeed somewhat clever. Ever since he learned that the Zhao family was plotting against him, the darkness in his heart began to stir.
"It's Chinese New Year, isn't it good for you to stay at our house?" Captain Zhao said with a smile.
"There's nothing wrong with it. Didn't Uncle Zhao always say that the production team is a big family? After all, we are family."
"as long as you are happy."
Captain Zhao is already over forty, so he will not go crazy because of this little scoundrel. He has seen many such stabbings when he was a soldier.
It's a pity that he is confident, but his family does not think so. Everyone wanted to push Wang Jianan to the ground and beat him. Why would he come to live in their house? He didn't have a home?
Damn it!
Zhao Xiaoshan couldn't suppress his violent temper. If his brother and sister hadn't stopped him, he would have struck someone with an axe.
Wang Jian'an was actually a little scared. He was not afraid of the impulsive and reckless Zhao Xiaoshan, but he was afraid of a scheming person like Captain Zhao. He decided to act calmly and try to eat and drink well while disgusting the Zhao family.
In the evening, the Zhao family had dinner. Because of Wang Jianan's appearance, they did not cook three or two meat dishes as usual, but boiled Chinese cabbage and steamed a few eggs to make custard.
No one invited Wang Jianan to eat, so he went to the kitchen to get a bowl of rice and vegetables, and while eating, he told everyone to eat more. No one arranged a room for him at night, so he didn't care and happily said he would sleep with Zhao Jiaojiao.
Mother Zhao had no choice but to lay a quilt for him on the wooden board to avoid ruining her innocence in her daughter's room in the middle of the night.
Compared to the Zhao family, which is lifeless and shady, the Wang family is much more lively. Wang Jianying cooked dinner. She read Zhao Jiaojiao's dream and knew many popular dishes in the city, and she was very good at cooking them.
Like the squirrel fish, that was really eye-opening.
Zheng Jingwen went back to the educated youth spot after dinner. There were a lot of things going on in the village recently, so it was not advisable to stay too late to avoid rumors.
The next day, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, steamed buns.
Zhao Chunhua woke up early in the morning and started steaming steamed buns. The steamed buns were thin, white, tender, soft and chewy. There are only a few days when you can eat thin noodles throughout the year, so everyone is happy.
People in this period are easily satisfied. A fat white steamed bun or a piece of sweet candy is enough to make people laugh for a long time.
After breakfast, she was busy visiting the graves to make offerings to her ancestors. Liu Yufeng handed it over to Wang Laosan. In name, it was a big deal to ask ancestors, but in fact she didn't understand.
Wang Laosan was very happy to be "reused". He got up early in the morning and prepared items for worship: fragrant wax paper money, firecrackers and fruits, fatty dried tofu, etc.
At noon, he led the whole family to worship in front of the ancestors' graves, chanting words such as blessing the family with abundant wealth, a bumper harvest next year, good health, etc. After that, everyone kowtowed.
It was already afternoon when Zu came back. Everyone took a bath with mugwort and then put on new clothes. Only Wang Laosan in the family did not have new clothes, because Liu Yufeng was the one who made the clothes, and she felt that he was not worthy of wearing the clothes she made.
Wang Laosan didn't care either. This woman was crazy and vindictive. It would be nice if she had food to eat and wine to drink. She would be greedy for more than she deserved.
"Second brother, this is for you to wear." Liu Yufeng made Wang Jian'an a new coat, with thick cotton inside, which made it warm when worn.
"Thank you, Mom." Wang Jian'an was a little touched. His mother had been suppressing him in the past few months, and now it seems that she is still thinking about her son.
"If you are bullied in the Zhao family, tell your mother that no matter what, you are still the meat she shed during her ten-month pregnancy." Liu Yufeng's eyes were slightly red.
"Well, I'll leave first." If he wasn't here, the Zhao family might come up with some bad ideas to deal with them.
"Go and see how handsome you look when you smile. When you were a child, you were the smartest and cutest in the whole village. Mom doesn't know how happy you are. Oh, take good care of yourself."
"Why."
Wang Jianan walked far away, and Liu Yufeng was still standing at the door looking at him. When she couldn't see the other party's figure, she calmly entered the house.
The family was very busy on New Year's Eve. Wang Laosan and Wang Jianping were busy in the kitchen in the morning. There is a custom in the Da'an production team that no matter who cooks the food during the holidays, men will cook all the New Year dishes.
Wang Jianying and Zhao Chunhua are not idle either. This year they bought bags of glutinous rice flour and used them to make glutinous rice balls. The south eats glutinous rice balls during the Chinese New Year, while the north eats dumplings.
Liu Yufeng likes both glutinous rice balls and dumplings, not to mention that in this era of scarcity of food and clothing, glutinous rice balls are also considered a rarity.
The New Year's Eve dinner includes fish, meat, tofu, and glutinous rice balls. There are six dishes in total, which will make everyone's mouth water.
Firecrackers must be set off before eating. Starting in the afternoon, every household in the village heard the sound of crackling firecrackers. Wang Jian'an first had the New Year's Eve dinner at Zhao's house, and then went to Wang's house for a meal.
At this time, it is not impossible to eat, and it is not chaff, it is meat. Only a fool thinks there is too much meat, so he will stuff it into his mouth even if he is exhausted.
After dinner, Wang Jianan returned to the Zhao family. The Wang family was not in a mood to stay up late, so everyone went back to their houses to rest. Zhao Chunhua boiled the eggs in the kitchen and ate them when Wang Jianping got up in the early morning to set off the cannon.
According to custom, during the Chinese New Year tonight, the kerosene lamp cannot be blown out, nor can the fire in the stove be extinguished. Firecrackers must be set off in the early morning to drive away evil spirits and avoid evil, so that you can have good luck in the coming year.
Liu Yufeng lay on the bed with her hands under her head. Although there are no fireworks in the New Year here, it feels pretty good.
In the middle of the night, when Captain Zhao's firecrackers were set off, other families also followed suit. Because in the whole village, only the Zhao family has a watch and knows the exact time.
