"That's it! Okay, go wash your hands and put the fish in the basin. I'll clean it up after dinner."

"Hmm!"

Fangyuan and the others hurriedly washed their hands. Of course, they had to go inside to get hot water first.

"Master!" Fangyuan shouted first as he entered the room.

Master is quite enjoying himself, listening to the radio and drinking tea.

This radio does not belong to Fangyuan's family, but was brought over by Master. It is not a very big radio.

Fangyuan has seen them before, and even thought about buying them, but those radios are too big, bigger than the big tape recorders from the 1980s.

So I didn’t buy it, and Master’s radio is relatively small, only twenty centimeters in length, about six centimeters in thickness, and about ten centimeters in height.

Don't think that just because this radio is small, it means it's cheap. Wrong, the smaller it is, the more expensive it is. For this radio, you can almost buy two of those big ones.

Today's industry is underdeveloped, and the things produced are relatively large, and to put it bluntly, they are not precise enough, such as radio factories.

This kind of radio cannot be produced. They can only produce larger ones, which are also cheap. One set only costs more than 100 yuan.

Master's radio costs at least two to three hundred dollars, and I don't know where the old man got it.

"Come back?"

"Yeah! I went to catch some fish to eat during the New Year." Fangyuan said.

"You're just restless, you can't sit still for a while." Master shook his head and said.

Fangyuan shrugged and said, "I can't help it. I'm used to it and it's not easy to change."

After hearing what he said, Master didn't say anything more to him.

Fangyuan poured some hot water into a porcelain basin and carried it out.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and on the eve of the New Year's Eve, there were two people missing from the house tonight, one was a little girl and the other was a fat man.

Although I am very unhappy, I have to go back because the evening of the 30th is the day for family reunion.

Of course, Fangyuan also spent a lot of money and bought a large bag of snacks for the little girl and the little fat man, including peanuts, melon seeds and white rabbit toffee.

There is a reason why they got so many more. Before, Fangyuan always thought that each person was given two taels of melon seeds and two taels of shelled peanuts during the New Year.

I asked my eldest sister today and found out that it was not the case at all. It was only 2 taels per household. What is this enough for? It would be gone after just a few per person.

But there is no way, in this era of shortage of supplies, the Fangyuan family does not need to buy, so my mother gave the peanut and melon seed tickets to her apprentice Xiaoliu.

Just two taels of the same thing, why do you need it? Fangyuan has no shortage of it.

It’s the Chinese New Year, so of course you have to give red envelopes, so before eating, Master called Fangyuan and the sisters, including the eldest sister, into the room.

"Master, what's the matter?" Fangyuan asked.

Master took out several red envelopes from his pocket and said: "Come here, one for each person."

"Thank you, Master." Fangyuan was not polite at all and took it directly.

The second sister and the third sister glanced at their mother and took it when they saw her nodding.

When the eldest sister saw the red envelope handed over by the master, she quickly waved her hand and said, "I'll forget it. I'm already at work, how can I still ask for a red envelope?"

"You are also a child when you go to work, take it!"

"This..."

"Okay Shuhua, take it! Otherwise your master will be unhappy." Wang Lin said.

"Thank you, Master." The eldest sister took it and thanked her quickly.

Then there was my mother, who also gave everyone a red envelope, including the eldest sister. Just by looking at it, I knew that there was no way my mother’s red envelope could compare with Master’s.

But yes, Master is a rich man. In the past, just buying meat from Fangyuan would have cost more than a thousand yuan at least.

"Okay, let's have dinner!" Mom said after handing out the red envelope.

"Wait!" Fangyuan stood up and said at this time.

"What's wrong, son?"

Just watch Fangyuan put two red envelopes together, then take out two red envelopes from his pocket, first hand them to Master and say: "Master, I wish you blessings as long as the flowing water of the East China Sea, and longevity as long as the everlasting pines in Nanshan Mountain."

"You brat, what are you doing?"

"Master, of course this is my filial piety as a disciple! Just take it."

Hearing what Fangyuan said, Master laughed a few times and said, "Okay, I'll keep it."

After Master put it away, Fangyuan walked to her mother and said, "Mom, I wish you a long life and may you stay younger as you live."

"Thank you, son." Mom touched Fangyuan's head and collected the red envelope.

Because this is the second time she has received a red envelope from Fangyuan, there is no need to say anything more.

"Can we start dinner now?" Mom looked at Fang Yuan and asked.

"Not yet."

"Uh!" Mom was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you want to do again?"

"Mom, have you forgotten? We haven't set off the firecrackers yet!"

"That's right! Go and set off firecrackers."

"Hey!"

After finishing speaking, Fangyuan ran into the west room and took out a firecracker with a thousand rings.

To be honest, Fangyuan originally wanted to buy 10,000 ringing rings, or at least 5,000 ringing rings, but after thinking about it, I decided against it because it was too ostentatious.

So he bought three 1,000-ring ones, one on the evening of the 30th, one on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the other one until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Fangyuan didn't find anything to lift, he just opened it, placed it on the ground, and lit it on fire.

The sound of "cracking" sounded in the yard.

For now, this is the longest time he has heard the sound. Also, everyone is an ordinary employee, who is willing to buy such a long firecracker!

You know, a thousand firecrackers cost one yuan and eighty cents!

Soon after the firecrackers were set off, it was time to eat. The first thing that came out were dumplings, not many, only five for each person. You can only eat after eating the dumplings.

Fangyuan didn't understand what the rule was, but it seemed that Master understood because Master had already started eating.

This dumpling will be eaten not only tonight and tomorrow morning, but also with noodles.

The longer the noodles, the better. You can’t put anything else on them, you can only eat them mixed with minced garlic.

These two are the things to eat on the morning of the first day of junior high school. Fangyuan also doesn't understand because he has never eaten like this in his previous life.

There were only five dumplings, and everyone finished them quickly. Mom put the bowl down and poured Master a glass of wine.

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The wine was provided by Fangyuan, needless to say, it was Maotai, and my mother also poured herself a glass.

Fangyuan and her sisters couldn't drink, so each of them poured a glass of soda.

"Come on, brother, let me toast you." Mom said, picking up the wine glass.

My mother doesn’t care so much. She will be nice to whoever treats her son well.

"If you don't dare, let's do it together." Master also stood up quickly and said.

"Come, let's go together." Fang Yuan raised the cup and said.

Then came the eldest sister, the second sister and the third sister. The whole family raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

In this way, the happy family started drinking and eating. Today is the Chinese New Year. Everyone is very happy. Even my mother drank a few more glasses.

The happiest ones are the second sister and the third sister, because they received a large amount of New Year's money.

These two girls secretly opened the red envelope just now, and were shocked when they saw the New Year's money given by their master.

A whole hundred yuan! This is equivalent to half a year’s salary of the eldest sister.

The eldest sister just became a worker from an apprentice some time ago, but it is a relatively low-level one. After all, she is still young.

The length of service is also low, but the salary has increased from ten yuan a month to sixteen and a half yuan, a direct increase of six yuan and a half cents.

In a few years, her salary will slowly rise. According to regulations, after five years of becoming a formal employee, her salary will rise to thirty-two and a half yuan.

It is difficult to go up from thirty-two and a half yuan. For example, my mother, after working for so many years, still earns thirty-two and a half yuan a month.

If it weren't for Fangyuan, let alone her current forty-two and a half yuan, even if it were thirty-seven and five yuan, I don't know how long it would take.

Of course, it may be easier for the eldest sister than for the mother, because the eldest sister is highly educated, and she also graduated from junior high school.

As for this, it is easier for the eldest sister to increase her salary than for my mother. To be honest, it is a pity for the eldest sister. If she continues to go to school, she will probably become a college student.

You must know that college students in this era are very good. After graduation, they can enter the government department, and at least they can work in a factory and work as an official.

Watching his mother and master drinking, Fangyuan's mouth watered with greed, but he knew that he was not fully developed yet and could not drink for the time being.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the whole family had eaten. My mother drank a little too much, so I left the cleaning to the eldest sister.
To be continued...