New Year's Day is the day of New Year's greetings. As the head of the family, Yu Qingshan will not go out on this day. If someone comes over, he will be responsible for entertaining.

　　In addition to relatives, friends and younger generations, there will also be children nearby.

　　The elders in the family stay behind, and the younger ones basically go out. In addition to visiting his grandmother's house and visiting his grandparents and uncles, Yu Xianghai also visited his father's friends in the factory and the elder leaders who had taken care of them. The boss Wang, deputy director of the company, such as Yan Yuzhen and the others, have to go there.

　　There are more places to go to the two small ones. At this time, as long as the family is not poor at the end, children will be welcome to go there. The more popular the better, their pockets are empty before the New Year's greetings, and they turn around, their pockets It will become full, at this time they will go home, put the harvest in their special small box, and then go out to continue the New Year's greetings, cherish the peanuts and melon seeds and even candies saved on this day. Enough for them for two months.

　　When I got up today, Yu Qingshan struggled for a while. He has two new clothes for the New Year this year.

　　He compared left and right, and finally put on the outfit given by the second daughter-in-law, feeling this set is a little more energetic.

　　During the New Year, we must wear more energetic clothes.

　　Seeing Yu Qingshan's choice, Yu Xiangan stroked his nose.

　　There is a little frustration.

　　Yu Xiangyan secretly gave a thumbs up at Wen Ruzhen.

　　Yu Mingjie and Yu Xiangju both wore new clothes outside this year. Yu Xiangju was also looking at his new clothes when they got up early in the morning.

　　It didn't take long for Yu Mingjie, who was wearing new clothes, to come over. His new clothes were made by Ye Qijia, and Yu Xiangju's was made by Zhao Qiaoniang.

　　They usually pick up old clothes that they don't want to wear, and only during the New Year. If there are enough tickets, they can have new clothes to wear. New clothes are also very rare for them.

　　Putting on new clothes, they will be more careful to avoid getting dirty.

　　The two of them are very popular in the neighborhood. They woke up in the morning and asked a few auspicious words for the New Year. After walking around for a while, before breakfast, their pockets were already full.

　　Most of them are peanuts, fried soybeans and other cheaper things.

　　Generally, a family can only give one candy, and there is no candy for those who are not wealthy.

　　There are some red envelopes among them.

　　Their family also prepares candies, but the quantity is limited, first-come, first-served, and early children who come to pay a New Year's greetings have a chance to get them, but they are gone when they come late.

　　Yu Xiangan is not married yet. She can also receive red envelopes when she visits others for the New Year, but the amount is very small, or it is generally very small at this time. Mao Ermao, that's what it means.

　　Yu Xiangqing went to his grandmother's house to pay a New Year's greeting, and then was taken by Yao Cuifen. Yao Cuifen and Qin Qiang were there in their generations, and there were a lot of people who gave them New Year greetings. During this period, there were many young boys and girls who were not married.

　　Although Wen Ruzhen and Wen Yizhen are also from the county town, they have no relatives here, and friends are not suitable for visiting the New Year at this time, so they help entertain the guests at home.

　　It almost retreats when the lunch is approaching at noon. If the relationship is not in place, it will be disturbed at noon, and there is a suspicion of eating.

　　After Yu Xiangan came back, he cleared out the red envelopes in his pockets. At this time, many of the red envelopes were cut out of red paper. Their family bought some red paper, then cut them to the same size with scissors, and then glued them with paste. Mouth.

　　She turned around today, and all the leaders she met gave her a red envelope. They didn't give too little or two points. The deputy director Wang gave the largest red envelope and gave her 50 cents.

　　When Yu Xiangju and Yu Mingjie saw these red envelopes, they were very envious. They received much more red envelopes than her, but the red envelopes they received were all a penny except those given by their relatives.

　　Five cents is comparable to their 50 red envelopes. They did not receive as many red envelopes as 50.

　　"It seems that he is very satisfied with your work ability." Yu Xiangyan touched his chin: "If you are not satisfied, I won't give you such a big red envelope during the Chinese New Year."

　　Yu Xiangan feels the same way. She is not modest at all: "I am also very satisfied with myself."

　　"Hahaha......"

　　Everyone talked and laughed together, and the atmosphere was just right.

　　At this time, there are not so many entertainment activities for later generations. Chinese New Year is the busiest day of the year. The joy on everyone's faces is also true and very atmospheric.

　　Yu Mingjie and Yu Xiangju can't sit still. They left happily after lunch. They are children and have privileges. They can receive a lot of delicious food today. If they are walking outside, they meet familiar people. , Say a sweet happy new year, you can receive a red envelope, and you can buy a small candy for a penny.

　　Although their new year's money will eventually be taken care of by adults for various reasons, the happiness when they receive it is irreplaceable by other things.

　　The second day of the new year was the day when Yu Qingshan's two daughters were still married, and no daughters returned, so they went to Qin's house.

　　Qin Fenglan is no longer there, but her child is still there, so it is only natural for them to go to grandma's house.

　　Zhao Qiaoniang could have returned, but after her parents passed away, she actually had no family. If Ding Minxiu married normally, she would come back, but she was not.

　　On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it was a common day to go back to the natal family. Uncle and cousin all accompanied their daughter-in-law and children back to their natal family.

　　Generally, only if you have a married girl who wants to come back will you stagger the days.

　　The eldest uncle gave birth to two sons, and the second uncle gave birth to two daughters and one son.

　　The elder daughter was married a long time ago. This year she was pregnant with a child and it was not convenient to come back. The younger daughter was abducted when she was young, and there has been no news.

　　When they came to Qin's house, only Qin Qiang and Yao Cuifen were there.

　　Yao Cuifen pulled Yu Qingshan and said that a young man who came to pay a New Year's greeting yesterday, "I saw this good when I came to pay a New Year's greeting yesterday. His name is Li Yuming, he is two years older than Xiaoqing. Hai's wife is different, he is in the warehouse..." She spoke of the young man in detail.

　　Yu Qingshan listened very seriously. Yu Xiangqing looked helpless next to him. He said so seriously, as if there were some dramas. People would come here to pay homage for a year. After speaking, they left and said hello to her. Thing.

　　Yao Cuifen: "There is a problem. He is already a worker himself, but he still has a younger brother in his family. The fucking job might be given to his younger brother in the future. His dad is the pillar of the family and will not retire so easily. ."

　After retirement, the job can be passed on, but the level and qualifications cannot be passed on. After retirement, the child will start from the beginning, and it is not surprising that the income will be cut in half. In this case, it will be a disadvantage to apply for retirement in advance, and most people will not consider it.

　　Yu Qingshan was also sighing. It's really hard to find such a job. It can only be the kind whose family members are relatively thin, the kind that the powerful and powerful can arrange for him to have self-knowledge, Qi Dafei.

　　Yu Xiangqing: "Dad, grandma, don't go to the doctor in a hurry, bah, bah, it's not a disease, just don't worry, I will work hard, this kind of thing can't be anxious."

　　Yu Qingshan didn't speak anymore. Yeah, I couldn't be anxious. Take your time. She went back to the country. They can still help her see if there is something suitable here.

　　On the third day of the new year, their family went back to the countryside, and returned to their grandparents. They brought a lot of things in large and small bags.

　　Their family is not too good in the county seat, but it is not too bad, but in these not bad days, compared to the countryside, it is the handful of people standing at the top of the pyramid.

　　The rural folks have a family all year round, and the work points earned are 30 to 40 yuan apart from the grain, and Yu Qingshan's monthly salary is more than 40 yuan.

　　Although they have to buy the grain they eat, as long as the grain store supplies them normally, they don't need to go to the black market to buy high-priced grain, as there are some leftovers every month.

　　On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Yu's family is very lively. Every year Yu Qingshan and the others go back on the third day of the Lunar New Year and spend the reunion year with the big guys. This leads to if Yang Huili goes back to her natal family, she will go back on the second day of the Lunar New Year or it will be delayed until the beginning of the year. Going back on the fourth day, she stopped leaving on the third day of the new year, and stayed at home to entertain her second uncle's family.

　　There are also her two married daughters. They will try their best to pick a more common day to come back, such as the third day of the new year.

　　In this case, they can not only see their grandparents, parents, but also their second uncles and cousins.

　　For Yu Qingbao and the others, the third day of the new year is a more reunion day than New Year's Eve.

　　When Yu Qingshan and the rest of the family arrived, Yu Manrong and Yu Manhong both returned with their men and children. Yu's house looked very small at this time. It was difficult for them all to stand in the house and turn around. They had to sit outside. Only in their yard can there be more spacious space for them to talk.

　　This is the second time Yu Xiangan saw two cousins. The first time was when Yu Manchang and Xu Xiaojuan got married.

　　They were all in the brigade next door not far from their marriage, and Yang Huili carefully selected the candidates.

　　Yang Huili chose the best one for them in the range, who is diligent enough to support herself and her children. The future parents-in-law will not be arrogant and unreasonable, and will not be able to talk to her daughter-in-law. Too poor, if light leaks from all sides of the house, wouldn't it be a harm to my daughter?

　　Both of her sons-in-laws met her criteria. It seemed that there was no problem in general. Now their two sisters are the mothers of their two children.

　　The age difference between Yu Xiangan and Yu Xiangqing is not that big, but they seem to be much older. Working in the ground every day, being exposed to the sun, naturally ages quickly. The two brother-in-laws were a little silent, and gathered together, listening to Yu Manchang talking about the brick factory. Two months later, he will come back and burn bricks in the brigade and then build a big house.

　　Their families Yu Manwu and Yu Mansheng have not yet married. They have to have their own house when they get married, otherwise they will be hard to find. I didn't do it together before, because I didn't have enough money. Now if I can build a brick house in one step, then basically all the girls in the brigade can find them.

　　Moreover, it's not difficult to approve homesteads in the countryside. Once approved, you can build it as you like. Yu Manchang wants to build Yu Xiang'an, with a special kitchen and bathroom. He can burn bricks himself, and he doesn't need to pay for materials, but just use manpower. , The country guy doesn't have much, just a lot of energy.

　　There is one on the Timber Mountain, and you can cut it with the sliver approved by the captain. The only thing that needs to be paid is the roof tiles and the good meals and dishes that people help to make. In comparison, this saves a lot of money. If they work hard to get a brick house, they are willing to do their best to work hard. Yu Xiangyan is also very interested in this. If he can, he also wants to do something for the place where he goes to the countryside. In this way, they can live better there and have a good relationship with the locals. This is for their future. There are benefits.

　　The men talked over there in full swing, while the women talked around on the other side. Wen Ruzhen is really the center of the topic. She is a new daughter-in-law. Everyone didn't know her before, so she was naturally curious. Only her grandparents and the uncles and aunts know about her family's affairs here, but others don't. Yu Manrong and Yu Manhong said a lot of compliments. The two brothers and sisters are really good.

　　They look much better than the educated youth here. The boast is very straightforward and makes people blush.

　　Yu Mingjie was held by Ye Qijia. Hearing everyone's words, he looked up, his face serious: "I think not only the second aunt is beautiful, but you are both beautiful, mom and aunt."

　　Those who are boastful of this are full of hearts.

　　"Mingjie, you can really speak."

　　As for all women, there is no one who doesn't like others to praise her for her beauty. Yu Mingjie's pocket was stuffed more delicious.

　　After laughing, Yu Xiangan went to the bathroom. Yu Manrong and Yu Manhong looked at each other, and Yu Manrong followed: "Xiaoan, Manchang's temporary worker was introduced by you. Are there any other temporary workers?"

　　Yu Manrong said that he was not embarrassed: "Your brother-in-law and I still live in the same room with our children. We want to save some money. It doesn't matter if we don't have one. I know it's quite difficult." The people in the city all want one, even more. Don't talk about the country folks.

　　Yu Xiangan was taken aback, and smiled: "Sister, I understand what you mean."

　　Even if Yu Manchang built a brick-burning workshop in the brigade, the people who benefited were from the Red Star brigade. People in the vicinity would at most be closer when they bought the bricks, which would be cheaper, and there would still be so many in his pocket.

　　Yu Xiangan thought for a while: "Temporary workers are not so easy to find. Is there anything that brother-in-law is good at?"

　　For example, Zhao Qiaoniang is more clever and can go to the textile factory, and Yu Manchang is strong enough to go to the brick factory.

　　Yu Manrong smiled bitterly: "Your brother-in-law is an honest person and talks few words. The only thing he does is hardworking and willing to do something. He doesn't say anything during the day until dark, and he hasn't read many books. He just followed the literacy class to recognize common words and can write. Own name."

　　In this way, it will be more difficult to find, Yu Xiangan: "I can't guarantee you, I will help pay more attention."

　　That's great. Yu Manrong smiled and nodded, "Then I will trouble you. Don't worry about this, look for it slowly, if you have the best, if you don't have the best, just like now, save slowly, and sooner or later you will be able to save enough."

　　The two of them had a conversation. When they came back, there were more people in the family. They were relatives with only a vague impression of Yu Xiangan.

　　This person is not very far from them. He is the son of Yu Changyou's cousin. His cousin was not early, so he left such a son. This year he is more than 30 years old, but he is lazy, only Miaomiao, Spoiled by his mother, he can sit without standing, lying without sitting, and now there is little difference in the number of work points he can get from work or not, so he does everything he can to be lazy, earning every year He didn't have many work points, so he was enough to feed himself. If he weren't more diligent when he was young, he probably couldn't find a daughter-in-law back then.

　　He is not industrious, and naturally has a weak family background. He can't give a betrothal when marrying his son to a wife, but he has a thick-skinned face and thinks that Yu Qingshan's family is so "rich" and he has difficulties. If you are relatives, you can naturally do it. Help each other.

　　Yu Qingshan himself is a worker who has worked for many years. The eldest son and the eldest daughter-in-law are also regular workers. His youngest daughter is now also a regular worker. Only one daughter and one son go to the countryside. There is no need for him to help. They have country registration. Those who have hands and feet can grow their own food, and it's useless to put money there, so just lend him a little.

　　Yu Qingshan didn't want to borrow, he had borrowed five yuan before as a bride price for his eldest son.

　　He didn't want to borrow before. Knowing his personality, he was just ashamed to watch his mother work hard for this son. At that time, she was running out of time, so she wanted to watch his grandson marry a wife and set up a family. It was for her sake. , Yu Qingshan only took out the five yuan, he thought he had lost the five yuan, now this is the second time?

　　Yu Shijian heard him mention the previous five yuan, haha, "This matter, and this matter...I have forgotten, sorry, but I remember now, I will pay you back next time."

　　Yu Qingshan, "It's not difficult to borrow again."

　　Yu Shijian, "We are relatives, are you afraid that I won't return you."

　　Yu Qingshan nodded, and didn't care about his face at all. He didn't cherish his face, why should others cherish it for him.

　　"Yes, I'm afraid you won't pay it back."

　　With so many people and so many eyes looking at him, he was a little bit irritated and angry, "Why are you so stingy, your family is so rich, you lend me 10 yuan, not much for you, just a few days' salary, if you are If you don't borrow it, your nephew's marriage will be dysfunctional. If you don't know when it will be delayed, will you bear the heart to ruin this marriage."

　　Yu Changyou said in a deep voice, "This is the path you choose. You don't want to work to earn money. Who can you blame? You are their father, and they are your son. You should think of today when you were lazy. "His family often borrows fire from others, and his family may only buy two or three boxes of matches throughout the year.

　　Let alone other things.

　　Yu Changyou sighed: "Enough, you go back, don't say anything, I didn't agree to borrow before you came here, if you want to complain, blame me, didn't help you when you were young Come here, if you continue, you will immediately return the money you borrowed."

　　His second son and children in the countryside need him to take care of him. Where is there so much spare money to lend to others, and he has spent so much on seeing a doctor before, should he really emptied his family?

　　He will not allow it. Yu Shijian thought he would speak better if he took this time to come, but he was beaten up. Dejectedly left. It is nothing new for someone to borrow money, but what did he think about choosing a day when the family reunite to borrow money?

　　He was not the first to borrow money from Yu Qingshan. He worked in the countryside and worked hard all year long. The final money may be his one month's salary. Yu Qingshan also went out here, within the scope of his ability. If you don't save the poor, he will borrow it, but if Yu Shijian is like this, forget it.

　　He will be poor for the rest of his life. He himself is unwilling to fight, but it is a pity for his children.

　　And now Yu Qingshan really doesn't have much money on hand.

　　The savings were emptied when Yu Chang was seriously ill, and then Yu Xiangyan got married. The betrothal gifts for the two brothers should not be too bad, otherwise the brothers would be prone to unevenness, which would easily lead to emotional problems. Xiaoan would get married every month. She has a salary, but she wants to give it to the family, but he doesn't want it. She has to take out part of the money to repay the house every month, and she has to buy things by herself. She works by the director's side, and she should not wear too badly on her body, plus She would also open a small stove for the family every month to subsidize the food at home, so she could save very little in a month.

　　His salary, except for the expenses at home, he saves the rest and prepares to do dowry for his two daughters.

　　When the two daughters are getting old, maybe the fate will come suddenly, when the man gives a dowry gift, could the woman just marry like this?

　　The dowry is a woman's confidence in her husband's house.

　　Yu Xiangan and the others came back to watch the second half. Yang Huili saw that the original joy was affected, and she felt wrong, stood up, and the atmosphere was lively. I asked someone to clean up the family of three. Every household got a lot of meat. Our family was lucky and got a pork belly. Today, I will make a pork belly chicken. I promise you will blow your mouth if it is fragrant."

　　Wild boar? !

　　All of a sudden, the atmosphere heated up.

　　Everyone babbled: "How old is this wild boar?"

　　"How many have come down?"

　　"Does it really have long fangs?"

　　Because of the large number of people, everyone was forced to sit down after three tables for lunch today.

　　There are not many dishes, but they are very real, and each dish is served on a large plate.

　　Everyone had a round belly.

　　Yu Xiangan thought the soup was delicious, so he accidentally drank too much, so he couldn't sit still, and ran to the house to eat in circles.

　　After turning around twice, someone called her name, and Yu Xiangan looked up and it was Ruan Chenxi.

　　Seeing her, Yu Xiangan was a little surprised, "You didn't go back?"

　　They talked a few times, but they couldn't talk about friends, and they knew a little bit about her family background. She shouldn't be unable to pay for her travel expenses.

　　Ruan Chenxi smiled reluctantly, "Happy New Year, Shanghai is too far away, I plan to go back next year."

　　Yu Xiangan said, "Alright, it's really too far away."

　　Yu Shunwen is very open-minded in this regard. He is far away from home. He will write a letter of introduction with enough time and will never deliberately block it. She should have other circumstances.

　　And coming here today, it can't be a drop in the way, came to her specially?

　　Ruan Chenxi praised Yu Xiangan's new clothes and asked her about her vacation, and then she expected to step into the topic, "I have something to ask you for help. I know it is sudden, but I have a reason."

　　Yu Xiangan listened carefully.

　　Ruan Chenxi looked at her expectantly, "Your uncle's house seems to have a room available, can you help me ask if I can join in here?"

　Yu Xiangan didn't expect that she was talking about this, but she refused, "There are not many rooms in the house, and the unoccupied rooms belong to our family. We will live there when we return."

　　Even if the room is available, it is not suitable. Yu Manwu is about the same size as her. If living together, although there are other people, it is easier to spread gossip.

　　If both parties don't mean it, try to avoid it.

　　Ruan Chenxi was a little disappointed, but not very disappointed. She expected it, so after listening to her, she asked, "Your family is a local here and there are many relatives. Do you have any other relatives you know? They will clean up, rent the house every month, and start the rations by themselves, so they won't take advantage of it."

　　"Is it convenient for me to ask the reason? Isn't it good to be in an educated youth academy?"

　　The same educated youth, they should have a more common language.

　　She didn't know what to say, she hesitated for a while, "You know, our female educated youth live together, and the male educated youth are on the other side." The educated youth academy is a virus rebuilt from the old house and cannot accommodate all educated youths at once. , So the male is on one side and the female is on the other. There is a distance of about 500 meters among them.

　　"In the past half month, I found that someone was secretly following me. I didn't dare to go anywhere for the past half month. In those remote places, I felt that he was getting closer and closer to me until I saw other people and talked to others. Together, the people behind will hide. We are all girls. I am afraid, so I want to live in a place where there are many people in my family."

　　This is not a small problem, Yu Xiangan's expression became serious, "Did anyone else find out?"

　　That's the problem. Ruan Chenxi smiled bitterly, "No, they all said they didn't find out. I thought too much, but I really found out. I was a little scared in my heart, but I had no evidence. Fuck me."

　　Yu Xiangan was silent. Female educated youths have always been a good target. One is that they have come from afar and have no relatives here. The other is that female educated youths are generally richer and look better. If there are those The ill-intentioned, trying to take advantage of it, in the end the female educated youth can only suffer from this dumb loss.

　　This matter cannot be ignored. Yu Shunwen is the captain and her cousin. You should tell him about this matter.

　　"Are you sure you didn't read it wrong?"

　　Ruan Chenxi nodded vigorously, "Really, look at my dark circles, I haven't slept well for several nights."

　　"You go to the captain with me." As soon as she said this, when she saw her relieved, Ruan Chenxi explained hurriedly, "I also wanted to go to the captain before, but I had no evidence. I was worried that he would not believe me. "Even the female educated youth who lived together didn't think anything was wrong. She really didn't have much confidence. Later, when she found out that their family would be back today, she wanted to come and try her luck, if she could meet her, and would she believe it? She, go with her to explain the situation.

　　If she didn't meet her, she didn't plan to continue to delay, she was going to find the captain. She couldn't stand it anymore.

　　Yu Xiangan saw it, but there was nothing uncomfortable in his heart. Many times the adult world is not so innocent. If I want to be friends with you, I just want to be friends with you.

　　Moreover, she was also a little compassionate. She was unfamiliar with this place, just like Yu Xiangqing's situation in the Bullhorn Brigade.

　　She is not stingy to help a little now, and she also hopes that in the future when Yu Xiangqing needs help from the Niu Jiao brigade, someone will come forward and help her.