Chapter 17 One-year-old addition to the sound of firecrackers
Looking back at the capital.
Regardless of other families, the Hong family spent this New Year's Eve in a wonderful way. First there was the reunion dinner, then they stayed up late, set off firecrackers, bid farewell to the New Year, and then ate dumplings.
There was no television back then, and there was also no Spring Festival Gala. However, the Hong family did not just sit around and watch the New Year. They had their own unique programs.
After they had had enough wine and food, Hong Lucheng gathered his family together, and then asked Wang Yunlin to take out a stack of red notes and hang them on the wire. On them were riddles that he had copied with a brush many days in advance. Anyone who could guess it would be able to guess it right.
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These riddles have two major characteristics. First, the riddles are quite funny and full of humor. Second, they are all very easy to guess and not difficult at all.
For example, "the eunuch in the palace" (hit a fruit) - "plum", "looking forward to winter" (hit a country) - "Greece", "obesity" (hit a food) - "meat floss"
, "seventy-two hours" (guess one word) - "crystal", and so on, making everyone guess with great interest.
The prizes were filled with the things that Hong Yanwu bought in the department store. Hong Yanwen and Hong Yanru were the biggest winners that day. In addition to daily necessities such as shoes and socks, gauze scarves, and handkerchiefs, they also received "hero pens" that Hong Yanwu specially bought for them.
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Of course, this is just a way to add a little fun. Because even if someone really can't guess, everyone will always get what they deserve in the end.
In addition to guessing riddles, another game is "playing poker". In order to take care of the youngest Hong Jun, the Hong family only plays "catching the queen", which is a poker game with "tribute", and some people call it "fighting for the top".
Of course, Hong Jun will definitely not be your opponent. He has lost several times in a row. He can only act as the "empress" and give the best cards he has caught to the "emperor".
In the first few times, he didn't care if he lost, but he kept losing, and seeing how proud others were after becoming "emperors" and receiving tributes, he felt a little...
Wang Yunlin saw tears starting to well up in her grandson's eyes. She hurriedly winked and winked at others, meaning to ask everyone to give him a little concession. Then she brought out a plate of high-end candies bought by Hong Yanwu to him and coaxed him, "
If you lose, there’s a prize! If you lose, there’s a prize!”
Hong Jun smiled sheepishly, stopped playing, and went to eat sweets.
However, there is also a side effect here because everyone ignores that there is "wine chocolate" in the candies.
Hong Jun had never eaten anything like this before. He loved both the colorful cellophane and the taste of chocolate. As a result, he specialized in eating this stuff. By the time everyone realized something was wrong, this kid was already leaning forward with his face flushed.
He fell asleep. Looking at his feet again, there must be twenty small wrapping papers.
Hong Yanwu was the first to understand and said, "It's really good. I guess I got a tael after drinking. This guy has become a drunk cat."
In this way, Hong Jun could neither keep up his old age nor eat dumplings. He even failed to set off firecrackers and was the first to leave.
When midnight is approaching, the sound of firecrackers in the capital becomes chaos. According to tradition, the formal New Year's farewell ceremony takes place at this moment.
In ordinary families, when bidding farewell to the New Year, it is enough to kowtow to the elderly. This is not the case in the Hong family. In addition to the children who have to kowtow to their parents three times, the younger brothers and younger sisters also have to bow three times to their older brothers.
The youngest is Hong Yanru. Counting Chen Liquan, she now has four brothers. She has been married for a long time.
However, her hard work was compensated when she received the "excess money". Not only Wang Yunlin was so happy that she sent a "big solidarity" "red envelope" to every child in the family. Even Hong Yanzheng and Hong Yanwu
He and Chen Liquan also gave Hong Yanru a separate portion. Everyone knew how to care for this little sister.
But it was even more interesting when it came time to eat "Wuguang Dumplings", and the situation at that time was simply strange. Because Chen Liquan almost spit out a date core after eating a dumpling, and Hong Yanwu almost spit out a coin after eating a dumpling.
This made everyone say "Mom is biased" and thought that Wang Yunlin deliberately placed the dumplings with "content" in front of Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan.
But it's weird to say that what others put in front of them was not available, but these two guys, when they put it on someone else's plate, they still had it.
In the end, except for Hong Lucheng who also ate three coins, the other six coins were all spit out by Hong Yanwu. Chen Liquan ate all nine dates. This was extremely evil.
Faced with this kind of result, everyone has to admit it and feel that this is really a matter of luck.
In short, the golden snake heralds victory, and the horse heralds spring. Amidst the deafening sound of firecrackers, the men, women, and children of the Hong family and every household in the capital welcomed the Year of the Horse into their homes.
One year has passed and it’s a new page!
February 7, 1978, the first day of the first lunar month.
From this day on, the official Spring Festival holiday begins.
However, I have to mention that during the ten-year "movement", due to the call from superiors to "not stop fighting for thirty years and continue on the first day of the new year" and "to celebrate the revolutionary Spring Festival", starting from 1967, my country's Spring Festival holiday system was completely Aborted.
Gradual recovery began in 1976. At first, only some provinces, including Beijing, had only three days of holidays.
So now everyone in the capital has to complete New Year greetings, visits to friends, and family visits from the first to the third day of the lunar new year. So the time seems a bit tight and a bit overwhelming.
Starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year, after the Shou family came to the Hong family to pay New Year greetings and spent a day together, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan spent almost all the remaining days eating out. Not only was their gastrointestinal burden heavy, but also
There is always something unexpected happening at every meal, which makes Hong Yanwu have to worry about it.
For example, at noon on the second day of the second grade, the two of them went to Chang Xianzhang's house for dinner as scheduled. Not only were they warmly entertained by Gu Lingye, but they were also surprised to learn that the two teachers had already planned to get married on May Day.
As Chang and Gu's common students, apart from congratulations, they must also do their best to prepare for their two mentors. So at that time, Hong Yanwu ignored the refusals of Chang Xianzhang and Gu Lingye and insisted on
Take care of all wedding preparations.
That afternoon, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan went to Zaolin West Street again to look for "Hongye". Unexpectedly, "Hongye's" house was closed and even the neighbors couldn't tell when he would come back.
And when they left the note and headed home, they accidentally bumped into Zhang Baocheng who was going to Xing Zhengyi's house for dinner.
In this way, it was better to rush early than to rush late. Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan were pulled by Zhang Baocheng to Nanxian Pavilion.
Zhao Zhenmin arrived at Xing Zhengyi's home earlier. When he saw Zhang Baocheng arriving with Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan, he immediately shouted happily. "Zhengyi, come and see, there are fake policemen who have infiltrated our army."
Isn't it? The navy uniforms worn by Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan were placed among the three policemen, and they were basically the same.
This time, it was the first time that Xing Zhengyi and Zhao Zhenmin met Chen Liquan, but because of Quanzi's honesty that permeated their bones, they quickly became very fond of him. On the contrary, they were very attracted to him because of the cans and Maotai liquor brought by Hong Yanwu.
He was suspicious, and after interrogating him for a while, it wasn't until Hong Yanwu gave a detailed account of his encounters in Bincheng, with mixed truth and falsehoods, that he was allowed to pass.
Dinner was cooked by Xing Zhengyi's mother. The dishes were a little lacking, but the conversation during the dinner was quite interesting.
Since Zhao Zhenmin was going to work as a professional pickpocket, he naturally had to pester Hong Yanwu to tell more about the inside story of "Buddha".
At the same time, a lot of information was revealed in the chat between the three policemen. It was said that the Fifth Division of the Municipal Bureau has been officially upgraded to the Labor Reform Bureau, and in addition, many units in charge have been established. It is estimated that regional classification and crackdowns will be carried out next. So.
They all reminded Hong Yanwu to control himself and not cause trouble outside.
It can be said that this meal was basically an information exchange meeting between black and white. This also made Hong Yanwu clearly aware that the construction of the legal system is accelerating, whether it is for the peace of mind of his parents or for the increase of a legal career.
For their own safety, both he and Izumi should find a job as soon as possible, even if it is a temporary job.
What's even more interesting is that when Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan got home that night, they found out that "Hongye" actually came to their door in the afternoon with two boxes of snacks and two bottles of wine. I bet they were looking for each other today, and they completely went astray.
Naturally, on the third day of the junior high school, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan, who had just had dinner with the police, started playing with "Hongye", "Naughty Boy", "Chop Knife", "Shunzi" and "Three Jumps" again.
", "Buddha" sat together.
However, Hong Yanwu felt a little upset about this meal and felt a little regretful.
One is because the restaurant is closed, so the content of this meal is a bit wrong. There are no vegetables. This guy only took two kilograms of peanuts, two roast chickens, a plate of preserved eggs, a plate of pork head meat, and a pot of stewed pig trotters.
Pair it with wine. For people who have been feasting on meat and fish for several days, this is really a bit greasy and difficult to swallow.
In addition, the request "Hongye" made to him also made him angry. He didn't expect that his original advice allowed "Hongye" to get into college, but now this guy was going to risk the livelihood of all his subordinates.
He really felt like he was trapped in a cocoon.
Hong Yanwu didn't want to take this hot potato, so he had to find an excuse to shirk it.
So firstly, he told all the information he heard from the police yesterday, and secondly, he said that he had washed his hands in a golden basin. From the perspective of "Jianghu rules", he could no longer touch the "Buddha".
The third time he came, he said that he and Chen Liquan had not yet settled their livelihoods. If they did not steal or rob, finding a way for so many people would be a fantasy.
Unexpectedly, these reasons not only had no effect on "Hongye", but actually made "Hongye" make up her mind.
"Hongye" said that first of all, it is precisely because of the tightening of police intervention that we have to find another way to survive. Secondly, the brothers just want to eat without relying on their fingers. Even if they follow Hong Yan in martial arts, they cannot be said to have violated the "rules of the world." Thirdly,
Even Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan, who were well-dressed and shot Maotai, didn't look like they were down and out. So he told Hong Yanwu not to pretend to be grandsons here.
Speaking of this, "Hongye" had already planned to let "Naughty" and "Chop Knife", "Shunzi" and "Sanbengzi" kowtow to Hong Yanwu.
It has to be done, and it should be done even if it shouldn't be done.
Now Hong Yanwu was sitting on the wax. He and Chen Liquan looked at each other and couldn't help but let out a wry smile, saying that you really think highly of me. If you follow me and go hungry, you will be dumbfounded.
Unexpectedly, what he said under the red leaves made people choke even more. He said that the real people in the world never show their faces. Most people with ability pretend to be cowards on the outside, such as Jigong, Li Tieguai and so on.