There is no doubt that the closer to the end of the year, the busier Hong Yanwu will be.
Not only was the preparation work for the "New Year's Party Dinner" at its busiest, but his own tobacco and alcohol sales had also reached their peak. At the same time, he had to spend Sunday with Hong Yanwen and Xu Chongya to continue shopping, and worry about New Year's gifts.
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It can be said that Hong Yanwu needs to take care of all kinds of relationships this year. Not only are there many more people than in previous years, but as the exchanges deepen and become closer, the "treatment" of many old relationships will also have to be improved.
For example, Yang Weifan's family and Director Song's family can no longer be superficial and must carefully plan the contents of the gifts. They must have both face and dignity.
In contrast, He Jiefu's family, District Chief Xu's family, and even Zhang Baocheng's family are relatively worry-free, because the value of the gift can determine their level of satisfaction.
As for Aunt Bao, although she is no longer in the capital, she, like Uncle Xue and Old Swordfish, is an elder who has greatly helped Hong Yanwu. She still has to send some local specialties from the capital to express her feelings.
And Mr. Shan, at Wang Hanping's house, you have to prepare four-color gifts of "cigarettes, wine, sugar and tea" to visit. It is not the Hong family's style to use people to go forward and not people to go behind.
Even friendships such as "Da De He", "Hong Ye", "Lao Gui", "Xiao Lei Zi", "Bashi", and "Little Landlord" have to go through the process, because the sedan chair needs to be supported.
When everyone lifts up and gives face to others, it is also equivalent to giving face to oneself.
One can imagine how trivial and complicated these things are when put together, and how much energy they consume.
If you leave it to others, leaks will leak out from all sides, and you will inevitably be in trouble, and screwing up is a high probability result.
Fortunately, Hong Yanwu not only has a beautiful heart, but also has three heads and six arms.
His sophistication in human relations, his many subordinates at his disposal, and his abundant money are all effective aids that enable him to deal with all aspects with ease.
In addition, this year he also has an advantage that no one can match in terms of material channels.
Not to mention how rich the New Year's goods distributed to employees by "Polar Bear" are. Now, through the internal relationship of "Polar Bear", he can also get many "internal products" specially supplied to "Diaoyutai" and "Great Hall of the People". They are not visible at all from the outside.
, and it’s still the ex-factory price.
After having the foreign exchange coupons, Friendship Mall also became his warehouse for foreign goods.
Many good things that he had to spend a lot of time to get in the past, and many things that could only be looked at with covetous eyes, can now be moved home at will.
So in this way, in the last "shiver" at the end of the year, Hong Yanwu "shivered" very beautifully.
My work unit is satisfied, my family is satisfied, not only I earn money, but all relationships are maintained in every aspect, which is perfect.
In fact, it was like when he had to hold back a lot of urine, he had to unbutton his pants in a corner of the cold wind, and through a relatively long "adventure" process, he finally "safely" completed the last "wee".
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No one saw me, and I was relieved of all the burdens on my body. It was extremely pleasant and refreshing.
In this way, on New Year's Eve, February 4, Hong Yanwu's body and mind suddenly relaxed, and he could only happily stay up with his family to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival.
So what is the New Year scene like in Guanyin Yuan this year?
Not to mention, keeping pace with the astonishing speed of social development, there are really big differences in all aspects.
First of all, it is obvious at a glance that the overall brightness of the small courtyard has more than doubled, and the white and yellow lights complement each other.
But this is not because there are more people setting off firecrackers, nor because there are new varieties of fireworks. It is because several families in the small courtyard have gradually started to use firecrackers due to the government's power saving requirements and the increase in electricity bills at home.
Fluorescent tubes began to be introduced into homes as the main lighting.
The advantage of this kind of light is that it saves electricity and has high brightness. It can see things without color casts and is convenient for finding things, especially for the elderly.
On the other hand, the not-so-good thing is that this kind of light is dazzling, overwhelming, and unobstructed. While creating an illusion of daytime, it also strips away the details in the darkness and the dim and soft light of the past.
The beauty of color.
What's more, it's a pity that if a family's children come back from outside after dark during the season when dripping water turns to ice, they can only sense the direction of home from this light, and it will be difficult to feel the warmth of home.
Secondly, in terms of taste, people are most familiar with the smell of winter cabbage, soot, and dust. Although they still constitute the main smell in the east courtyard of Guanyin Yuan every winter.
But what's different this year is that the smell of soap has replaced the smell of soap, and the rooms of the four families in the east courtyard are no longer filled with the smell of closed secret doors. Instead, they are filled with the scent of borneol and ancient ink. This smell makes people feel uncomfortable.
It refreshes the mind and makes breathing easier.
This is one of the annual gifts given to the Hong family by the Shou family of Shiye Medicine. Shou Jing just made "Ping'an Powder" before this year's festival. This medicine cannot be taken. It is mainly used around the fire mouth when it rises in winter.
Sprinkle it in a circle, specially to prevent gas poisoning in winter. With this medicine, even if there is no ventilation in the house, there is no risk of gas poisoning.
It's just that burning medicine like this every day costs 50 cents per house a day, which is not something ordinary people can afford. Several neighbors are completely in the Hong family's favor, so it is difficult to do what Aunt Bian wants.
, dedicated the prescription to the government and used it to benefit the people of the entire capital.
As for the concept of taste, in addition to smell, it naturally also includes taste.
For example, in this year's Spring Festival supplies for Beijing residents, eggs, white wine and semi-negotiated rapeseed oil are no longer limited. Among the limited supply of foods, additional items include 2 liang of scented tea, aniseed, yellow flowers, which cost four to eight yuan per pound.
Two liang each of fungus, twenty catties of Chinese cabbage, one catty of food stamp tofu, and one catty of food stamp soy products, etc.
In addition, "Nan Laishun" in Caishikou has also added snacks such as "Mi San Dao" that are not usually available.
What makes the families in the East Campus far better than the overall standard in Beijing is that each family can enjoy additional high-quality products from "Polar Bear". What about concentrated orange juice, bayberry juice, pineapple, lychee, mud sausage, quail eggs, and pickled vegetables?
Duck, stewed duck with mushrooms, braised pork, canned hot and sour vegetables, it's more comprehensive than a store.
The Hong family themselves are even more extraordinary. In addition to these "polar bear" things, foreign cigarettes such as Dunhill and Marlboro are held in the mouths of the Hong family brothers.
Real "AOC" certified French red wine and orange-flavoured "Cointreau liqueur" are also on the Hong family's dining table.
But Xiao Hongjun and Hong Yi ate real chocolate, which was no longer the artificial cocoa butter substitute produced by Yili.
But what made the younger members of the Hong family grin and criticize the most was a bottle of Coca-Cola with a 40-cent foreign exchange coupon.
Except for Hong Lucheng, Wang Yunlin, and Hong Yanwu, everyone who drank it called it a deceptive medicinal soup. Even Chen Liquan, who had drank it, ignored it and was more interested in Polar Bear's "Special Soda" and "Yangmei Soda"
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As for the sound, the endless fireworks and firecrackers can only occupy the outside world. As for indoors, in the east courtyard, the chatter, laughter and chatterbox sound of family members are no longer completely dominant. As long as the TV screen is turned on,
It's this thing's turn to have the final say.
Whether it's "Astro Boy" that just started airing at six o'clock in the evening, "Xinwen Lianbo" which starts at seven o'clock, or "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" which starts at eight o'clock. The children, the elderly, men, and women in the family are all watching.
You have to take turns being at its mercy.
Yesterday's Evening News just made a relevant report, saying that there are already 420,000 TV sets in Beijing, with an average of one in every three households. And of these 420,000 sets, 390,000 have been sold in the past two years.
Go. This kind of speed can only be described by the word "explosion".
Finally, the biggest difference lies in people's spirits.
For example, the Hong family's Spring Festival couplets this year read "Apes crow over thousands of mountains, and chickens dance across thousands of houses", while the horizontal line reads "Say farewell to the old and welcome the new."
Although it is just a few simple sentences, it contains a lot of content, and it is easy to see the feelings of the Hong family.
If you think about it, you will know that not only has the social atmosphere changed greatly this year, Hong Yanwu came out of depression, Hong Yanwen's future and marriage have also been settled, and what is even more incredible is that the Hong family's former enemies have actually become in-laws.
Which one does not correspond to the word "change"?
When switching to other families related to the Hong family, the biggest commonality this year is that no one misses Hong Yanwu.
Like the Bian family next door, the Su family and the Shui family in the opposite courtyard. There are also the Song family, the Chang family, the "Xiaobaizi" family, and the Yang Weifan family further away.
Even "Da Dehe" who was drinking and talking nonsense by the lonely lamp with You San, the "generals" and Hai Pengzi who were far away in Bincheng, whenever they talked about Hong Yanwu, their hearts would be filled with sincere admiration and gratitude.
This year, it is no exaggeration to say that Hong Yanwu's image in everyone's minds is indeed a bit close to Comrade Lei Feng.