I helped my cousin Li Jinling complete the annual "big production" "Temple Fair", and helped my cousin Feng Xiaobei arrange self-study video teaching materials. Just as he was about to take a breath, Mr. Zhou took out Zhou Yan's set of Damascus seven-star knives.
The busy New Year still starts with killing the New Year pig.
After more than a year of observing and studying, Mr. Zhou, who was determined to join the slaughtering business, finally found the trick when he stabbed the knife into the coronary artery.
The fat pig howled a few times and collapsed on the chopping board...
Father Zhou picked up the rag, wiped the blood on the knife surface, and handed the knife back to Zhou Yan: "You can do the rest..."
After slaughtering the New Year pig, you still have to kill chickens and catch fish. Ingredients that you won’t be able to buy in many years have to be purchased in advance before the new year.
When it comes to "housekeeping", the family's material reserves are much richer than last year. In order to accommodate the food, my mother used the "bi-fold door" in the new house with a volume of more than 600 liters.
I have been busy for more than a week. When it comes to New Year's Eve, I have just finished posting the couplets and have to call up my mobile phone address book and call them one by one to wish them a happy New Year.
After the New Year greetings, I put on my apron with a smile: "Son, the New Year's Eve dinner depends on you!"
On New Year's Eve, the "big boss" who paid New Year's greetings was still my uncle Zhou Zhenghe.
Because several projects have been built in the village and the results are very good, you can see a rather exquisite New Year's Eve dinner at every house.
After bowing in a circle, I returned home, made a video call with my girlfriend, and then fell asleep...
At the beginning of the new year, as soon as I opened my eyes, I felt that the sky was gloomier than the day before.
"I woke up early, but..."
As soon as he put on his down jacket and went out, Zhou Yan felt the signs of the first snow of the new year: the clouds in the sky were gloomy.
Before noon, light snow began to fall in the sky.
In the afternoon, I stayed at home and played poker...
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I went out to pay New Year greetings.
The presence of Feng Jun's girlfriend made everyone feel uncomfortable.
We stayed up until the afternoon with great fear, and the robbery operation officially began.
Cousin Feng Xiaobei was finally able to escape the "shadow" in an open and honest manner. In the next few days, she still visited non-stop, visited New Year's greetings, and ate and drank.
Zhou Yan drove into the city early in the morning on Saturday.
Both his uncle and aunt returned to their hometown. Zhou Yan, who really had no place to go, could only go to his future father-in-law's house for two hours.
"Hey, Zhou Yan is here, please take a seat!"
After being in contact for so long, Zhou Yan's tender face has been turned into iron skin: "Uncle Qin, today is our class reunion!"
"I know that, have fun!"
"Also," Zhou Yan raised his head and glanced at Qin Fangyuan cautiously, "the day after tomorrow, my classmates will have a reunion, and I want to take Ruoshu to the Loop!"
"No problem!" At the critical moment, the speed at which his father-in-law took off his cotton-padded jacket far exceeded Zhou Yan's imagination.
After drinking hot tea at my father-in-law's house for more than an hour, when I arrived at the place agreed upon by my classmates, a few people had just arrived.
Seeing Zhou Yan and Qin Ruoshu holding hands, the classmates who were waiting there had a flash of surprise in their eyes...
"The good cabbage has been eaten by pigs!"
Chang Ning's attempt at teasing failed, but she was attacked by Zhou Yan...
"I heard that this party was organized by squad leader Chen Feng. This guy has entered the bank system. Logically speaking, this guy should be treated to a treat!"
"that is!"
Chen Feng, the squad leader in high school, was not very popular, so there were very few classmates who came to support him. When the gathering time came, everyone counted among themselves and found that the number of students participating was less than half of the total number of the class...
After graduating from high school, many students in the class have entered the society directly, and after graduating from college, many students have joined the work force. After going back and forth, less than half of the students have "free time" to attend parties.
Although Chen Feng's face didn't look good, he still had the courage to continue.
“Forty per person, buffet!”
"It won't be barbecue this time, it's a bit too tricky!"
Chen Feng's face was originally not very good-looking, but when he heard the gossip among his classmates, his face turned even darker...
After the party started, the monitor's "fox tail showed up" - soliciting deposits and finding people to lend money.
Qin Ruoshu, whose family owns a restaurant and is "rich and wealthy", has become the squad leader's first choice for raising deposits.
Of course, Chen Feng, who has explosive emotional intelligence, will not directly state his purpose, but will test it in a roundabout way.
"Classmate Qin Ruoshu and classmate Zhou Yan, good things are about to happen for you two. What are your plans for your future workplace?"
Qin Ruoshu looked at Zhou Yan.
"I should stay in the capital. The conditions there, whether it's medical or education, are much better than those in Dongyang!"
"Oh," Chen Feng was slightly disappointed, "I think it would be better to go to Dongyang. After all, my parents are in Dongyang and they won't be traveling far away..."
"I heard that Dongyang is about to build an airport. By then, it will only take two hours to fly from the capital to Dongyang," Zhou Yan smiled very honestly, "Two hours is no different from one hour..."
There are two fewer potential customers.
Chen Feng immediately gave up his plan to continue the entanglement, and instead set his sights on another young rich woman in the class...
Watching Chen Feng disappear, Yu Zhifei, who was sitting at the same table as Zhou Yan, smiled and shook his head: "If we keep playing like this, there will be no need to organize a class reunion, and people will be scattered..."
"It is estimated that in another two years, I will not be able to organize a class reunion," Zhou Yan sighed, "Oh, everyone will be working by then, and the annual leave will only be one week, so how will you find the time to attend the class reunion?"
"Yes..." Yu Zhifei's eyes glanced into the distance, thought for a moment, looked back at Zhou Yan, and asked in a low voice, "Old Zhou, when will you and Beauty Qin get married?"
Zhou Yan raised his head and glanced at the sky in the southeast: "After the Bihailantian Hotel is completed!"
"Big dog!" Yu Zhifei raised his glass angrily and bumped it against Zhou Yan viciously, "Pay me and my wife's performance fees back later!"
"Tell me, what do you want?"
"Forget it!" Yu Zhifei rolled his eyes, "Let's just treat it as a friendly appearance. Oh, by the way, our Liu Yu has already told his family about the Tuoshen Pier. His father said that we must follow the normal process!
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"It's easy to say that the construction of Blue Sea and Blue Sky, berths, and channel projects will all go through the formal bidding process!"
"Hey, what are you two talking about? Drinking!"
In the high school dormitory, apart from Zhou Yan, Yu Zhifei and Chang Ning, several other people were employed directly after graduating from college: President Ye Lei entered a company affiliated with COFCO; Ying Bo and Liu Peng took public exams, one worked at the Earthquake Bureau, and the other
At the Gucheng County Government; while Zhao Yang passed the public examination and entered the judicial system...
As for the classmates in the class, due to family conditions, some graduated from university and studied abroad, some directly entered the civil service, and some planned to pass the law exam and become lawyers.
In Xia Dong Province, which has a relatively strong traditional concept, civil servants are the best jobs. There are many people in the class who take the civil service examination, and there are also many who successfully get a job...
In the second half of the party, the squad leader picked up his wine glass and started to toast. Naturally, the focus was on the students in the taxation and judicial system.
And those students who have already entered the civil service are not good at it, and they follow Chen Feng in a roundabout way...
"It's so tiring to watch!" Yu Zhifei, who was watching the excitement, smiled and shook his head, "How much oil can we squeeze out by ourselves?"
