We chatted with Chang Xianzhang for a long time. When Chen Liquan went out, he looked at his pocket watch and it was almost eleven o'clock.
Fortunately, there was still some time before lunch, so the two of them went to Song Guofu's house one last time and handed the Moutai to his sister Song Pingping who was on winter vacation. They successfully completed the morning's task and returned home.
But when they entered the courtyard, guess what?
Beside the kitchen doors of Su's, Ding's, and Bian's families, and in the sheltered areas under the eaves, a frozen leg of lamb and several kilograms of ribs and ribs were all hanging high. It was as if the whole hospital was rich in supplies.
Preparing for the New Year's Eve scene.
Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan both smiled tacitly at that time. Needless to say, this must be the result of the exchange of materials between various companies.
The ribs and ribs are definitely from the Hong family, and the leg of lamb from each family was probably brought back by Bian Jianguo and Su Jin.
As for Lao Ding's family, since both his sons work in the pastry factory, they will definitely send a few kilograms of pastry residue and two kilograms of flower beans made by Lao Ding to each family every year.
This was the deep friendship between the neighbors in the courtyard back then, and each family was very sincere. The courtesy was not much, but the key was that what is mine must be yours, and this consideration represents the weight in each other's hearts.
However, when Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan finally arrived at the door of their home, what was hanging at the door of the Hong family's small kitchen was a bit unexpected. Because not only was there a leg of lamb, there were also two extra silver carp and two pheasants hung there.
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As soon as the two of them entered the door, they realized that it was "Xiao Baizi" who had come to give New Year gifts.
It had been more than two months since the three of them had been separated from Bincheng. Of course they were very happy to see each other again. They happened to be having lunch, so they all went to the table to eat and chat.
From the words of "Little Baizi", Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan learned that his family's current situation was good. Thanks to Shou Jingfang's wonderful rejuvenation, his father's back injury had been greatly cured. Although the old man could no longer make the "magic slingshot", his life was basically closed now.
No different from normal people.
At the end of last year, the old man applied for medical retirement from the construction team with the hospital's certificate that he had lost full working ability. Not only does he no longer have to endure hardships, but he also earns 70% of his salary every month, and can earn a small salary of 30 yuan.
The economic situation is also much stronger than in the past.
As for "Xiao Baizi"'s sister Bai Yurong, she is also happy. Not only has she just been promoted to a third-level worker, but she is now in a relationship with a technician who has just been assigned to the enamel factory. Moreover, both parties have already met each other's parents.
, we are about to talk about marriage.
But the only thing that troubled "Xiao Baizi" was that his father and sister were always hesitant to spend the five hundred yuan he gave to his family, saying that they had to hear Hong Yanwu's guarantee in person before they could rest assured.
When he heard this, Hong Yanwu was happy. He said half-jokingly, "This is called the fragrance from far away and the smell from the near. The flowers at home are not as fragrant as wild flowers. Our family is also like this. I would rather believe outsiders than me."
Naturally, his unrestrained words immediately offended his biological father. Hong Lucheng was annoyed that he had "exposed his own family scandal" and immediately tapped the table with his chopsticks and gave him a sideways look.
Only then did Hong Yanwu realize that he had "made a mistake" and made the old man disobedient. He stuck out his tongue and quickly changed the subject, saying that he would take Nian Li to "Xiao Baizi"'s house to see his father in the afternoon.
When I didn't want to finish my meal and packed my things and was about to leave, the two "savages" who had asked Hong Yanwu to kick him at the bottom of the steps in the morning - Bian Jiangong and Su Jin actually came to the door. They had nothing to do and they came to play poker and chat.
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But at this moment, the image of the two people changed drastically, and it was even more interesting to watch. Although their clothes were changed into ordinary cotton clothes, each of them had a shaved head. They looked like two monks.
When Hong Yanwu asked, he found out that these two boys were not lying and were indeed infested with lice. Throughout the morning, Jing was busy burning clothes, buying pesticides, and going to the street barber shop to find a hairdresser to shave his head.
Hong Yanwu was startled, and then asked, "Have you taken a shower? This is an important matter. Don't let our yard work with you two to catch lice."
Su Jin quickly said, "I took a bath, but I didn't take a good bath. It was just in time for the festival. The bathhouse was so crowded that we couldn't even take off the basket, and the second brother of the Bian family couldn't arrange it for us. So in the end I just took a big basin in the boiler room and made do with it. But the second brother of the Bian family said that he would open a pool of water after get off work in the evening and give us a good wash. If you want me to say it, we men can all go take a bath together in the evening. What you have washed should be washed again, otherwise a large pool of water would be a waste..."
When Hong Yanwu heard this, he said yes, and turned around and asked "Xiao Baizi", saying if you are okay, I will go to your house to deliver things later, and then come back with us. As long as you don't dislike these two guys being dirty, we will be together tonight
Take a bubble bath and chat for a while. You can go home tomorrow."
Of course "Xiaobaizi" was happy and nodded immediately.
But these words provoked Bian Jiangong again. He curled his lips and said with disdain, "Hong Laosan, don't try to bully people. Do you still think we are dirty? If you go to Inner Mongolia, you will know. We have lice."
What the heck, isn’t there anything under the quilt every day? It’ll be good if you can sleep. Do you know what it means to have too many lice but not itchy? Just get used to it. I think you’re a very strange kid. You’re used to being in the city.
It’s so clean. It’s so clean like this place, and it has lost all the simplicity of the working people!”
Hong Yanwen felt the same way and couldn't help but say, "It's just like going to the mountains and countryside. It's extremely difficult and the conditions are limited. There's nothing we can do about it."
But Hong Yanwu didn't believe that at all.
"Dirty is just dirty, don't look for objective reasons. Quanzi and I also worked with hoes and slept in Datongbu in Chadian. How come we didn't get lice? It also depends on personal hygiene habits. Bian Laosan, don't be pretentious. How about we
Let's make a bet. If you rub off two pounds of mud and wash off your bald skin at night, will your aunt let you go to bed while you watch?"
This made Bian Jiangong roll his eyes at that moment.
"Hey, I have such a bad temper! Which one of us is hypocritical? Just how clean you are! Have you forgotten that you went to take a bath with us when you were a child and peed in the bathtub? That is to say, we have been hiding it for you.
Otherwise you would have been beaten to death by the bathers..."
Yes, this time he had Hong Yanwu's monkey tail. No matter how thick-skinned he was, he was caught off guard and couldn't help but be speechless and embarrassed.
But what he never expected was that Hong Yanwen actually gave a detailed explanation on the matter.
"Jianguo, you don't know this. The third child liked to pee in the pool because he was scared. I remember one time, I took him to soak in the pool, and suddenly he couldn't hold back his urine.
As soon as I stood up, I felt like I was going to spill out, so I hurriedly ran out of the pool."
"The pool we were soaking in was inside. We had to cross a pool to go to the toilet. There happened to be a big head on the edge of the pool. It was an adult who was taking a bath with his head on the edge of the pool and his eyes closed. As a result, the third child fell out of his head.
The next step, guess what? The urine actually came out and splashed all over that person’s face.”
"At that time, the man grabbed Lao San by the scruff of his neck and scolded him, 'You've done something bad, did you purposely pee on my face? I'll pull off the guy you're peeing on...' As soon as I saw something wrong, I hurried over to explain.
But no one believes it."
"In the end, the third child peeed all on the edge of the pool, and half of it splashed on the man. Only then did the man realize that the third child really couldn't hold it in anymore, and let go. But the third child didn't have to go.
The toilet is empty, and everything has been peeed. From then on, this kid is afraid of being embarrassed again due to urgency, so he simply ignores the filth and smell..."
After hearing these words, everyone was stunned in disbelief for a moment, and burst into laughter at the same time. Even "Xiao Baizi" and Hong Yanru couldn't control their joy.
Hong Yanwu was furious on the spot.
"Second brother, why do you always talk nonsense! I have no impression of myself at all, so don't frame me falsely!"
Unexpectedly, Hong Yanwen was so magnanimous.
"I can't talk nonsense. There is circumstantial evidence. The uncle over there was there, saw it, and helped to persuade him. It will be clear when he returns home after doing meritorious deeds and asks..."
Hearing this, Bian Jiangong was even more proud and laughed again.
And Hong Yanwu was even more ashamed.
"Second Brother, Second Brother, I really owe you a zipper on your mouth! Are you my real brother? Why do you always like to expose my shortcomings! You are the one who spread my nickname of 'Hometown Thief'.
Let me tell you, you are too cruel to add insult to injury today, I will remember you forever..."
Scolding and scolding, making trouble and making trouble are actually just a joke among young people, and no one is really impatient.
After everyone had laughed enough and worked hard, Su Jin stayed at the Hong family to play cards with Hong Yanwen and Hong Yanru. Hong Yanwu, Chen Liquan and "Xiao Baizi" took their things to Tianqiao'er together.
Not to mention, after arriving at "Xiao Baizi"'s house, Hong Yanwu really put his father's heart at ease for "Xiao Baizi". This old man was also weird. Others didn't believe it but believed in Hong Yanwu. This boy was really honored and honored.
Little pride.
As for "Little Baizi"'s sister Bai Yurong, she specially prepared a table of good meals for their arrival. In the end, both Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan were overwhelmed by the hospitality and had to stay for dinner and drank two cups with the old man.
What a coincidence it was when we returned to Fu Ruli after dinner, Song Guofu actually came to visit us. As soon as he learned that Hong Yanwu was back, he had come to deliver wine to his house today. He felt very sorry and felt that he had to come over and have a look, so he gave it to him.
Two peonies and 150 kilograms of national food stamps were sent.
So good, it's better to come early than to come by chance. Now that we've caught up, let's go and meet each other shirtless together!
In this way, that night, in the entire east courtyard of Guanyin Yuan, except for the elders of various families, Hong Yanzheng and the eldest son of the Ding family did not like to join in the fun with these young people. As long as they were male members, almost all members were out.
Hong Yanwu, Chen Liquan, and Hong Yanwen took Hong Jun and walked to the Zixin Road bathhouse together with Bian Jiangong, Su Jin, Song Guofu, and "Xiaobaizi" Ulala, talking and laughing.
To say that this bathing session was really different from usual, Hong Yanwu made some extra preparations in advance that no one expected.
He not only brought several boxes of peonies and brewed several pots of good tea using his own "Spring Bud Silver", he also brought two bottles of ice-cold green plum wine and cut some Cantonese sausages.
Coupled with the fact that Bian Baoguo had specially placed a new pool of crystal clear water with a suitable temperature for them, the group of people were all so beautiful that they had an unprecedented and extremely moist bathing addiction.
Everyone was drinking and eating in the mist of water vapor, talking about the mountains all over the world, covered in clouds and mist.
In this kind of naked atmosphere, no one cares about the difference between the director's son, a college student, an educated youth who jumped in the queue, and a prisoner in a labor camp. There is no vanity or inferiority complex in comparison with each other.
On the contrary, a kind of ordinary friendship that can grow stronger over time is slowly growing and getting thicker.
This kind of simple emotion cannot be compared with the so-called "four irons" in the money age.