Mr. Huang picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish first, and ate it.
At this time, the New Year's Eve dinner really begins, and everyone starts to use their chopsticks.
Sun Dahai mainly treats large yellow croaker and prawns. These are the ones he got back from Mr. Huang, and they are purely wild. You know, in a few years, these two wild seafood will be eaten up by our big-eating nation.
Seed.
After a while, Chef Cao and Sun Weiguo also made speeches respectively to congratulate the second and third rounds of wine. The scene was extremely lively. Everyone shook their cheeks and ate and drank vigorously.
After three rounds of drinking, Sun Dahai, who drank three glasses of white wine in a row, was also high. He led his younger brothers and sisters, as well as the Liang sisters, and began to collect red envelopes for New Year greetings from the elders.
Sun Dahai's last thought in the Gengshen Year was: The wine now is definitely made from grain, it tastes so damn good...
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One year old is eliminated amidst the sound of firecrackers,
The spring breeze brings warmth into Tusu.
Thousands of households have pupils as bright as the sun,
Always replace old talismans with new ones.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Sun Dahai woke up early in the morning.
Sun Dahai shook his head and said, OK, the wine is good, but not high. It seems that his body still needs to practice. After three glasses of wine, he drank less than two ounces, and he drank to pieces. How could this be possible?
Sun Dahai took a look and found that he was sleeping in his grandma's house, and his grandma and younger brother were still sleeping.
Sun Dahai quietly dressed, got up, and went out for morning exercises.
When Sun Dahai came back, there was only a little movement in the alley. It seemed that everyone was sleeping in.
Sun Dahai was a little puzzled. In the capital, especially in the city, it is not popular to keep vigil at night. Unless the family likes to play mahjong, everyone will go to bed after eating. It is only 1981, and TV is not yet popular, and there are no
During the Spring Festival Gala, if you have a small family, staying up late will be boring.
Back in the courtyard, someone at home had already gotten up. Sun Dahai walked into the kitchen and cooked a pot of porridge to prepare breakfast for everyone. While his aunt was washing her face, Sun Dahai ran over and asked about last night.
After Sun Dahai got drunk last night, he was very drunk and fell asleep on the table. Later, his father took him to his grandma's house, and he took off his clothes and continued to sleep.
Mr. Huang left at around nine o'clock. After finishing his dumplings, Master Ye drove him away.
Chef Cao, Sun Weiguo and Cao Yong were drinking and chatting. After eleven o'clock, Aunt Liang came back from get off work and picked up the Liang sisters after dinner.
The Gengshen Year passed like this.
Sun Dahai heated up a drawer of steamed buns in a steamer and found the leftover dumplings from yesterday. He was going to make some fried dumplings to eat. Sun Yuanyuan got up. She took Sun Dahe and ran to the kitchen to find Sun Dahai and ask for her brother.
Take her to the bank.
Sun Dahai was stunned. This freshman was in the first year of junior high school. The banks were closed. Besides, Sun Yuanyuan was only three years old. What was he doing there?
Fortunately, his aunt explained it to him in time. It turned out that Sun Yuanyuan received too much New Year's money last night, and her mother was afraid that she would lose the money, so she had to keep it for her. Sun Yuanyuan didn't want to, so her mother said that the money should be used in her name.
It's in the bank. No, Sun Yuanyuan came here early in the morning.
Sun Dahai took out the New Year's money he received last night from his pocket, including one dime, five cents, one yuan, one hundred yuan... There was really something strange mixed in.
Sun Dahai took it out from the banknotes. In the middle was the Great Wall pattern, with the words "Bank of China Foreign Exchange Voucher 100" printed on it.
No need to ask, it must be the New Year's money given by Uncle Xiaoyong. However, did Uncle Xiaoyong drink too much last night? Otherwise, who would give a few children a New Year's money of 100 yuan these days? Or foreign exchange coupons!
Sun Yuanyuan saw the foreign exchange coupon in Sun Dahai's hand and said, "I have one too, just like my brother's." Then she took out another hundred-yuan bill from her pocket. Follower Sun Dahe also raised his.
Just as Cao Yong came in, Sun Dahai said to Cao Yong: "Uncle Xiao Yong, is the New Year's money you gave us too much?"
Cao Yong said: "This is not only lucky money, but also a gift for our uncle and nephew when they meet for the first time. When I came here, I originally asked your aunt to prepare gifts for you, but it turned out that she had a baby and needed to take care of her. I was busy taking care of it.
She doesn't have time to choose gifts for you. So, keep the money and buy it yourself when you see something you like."
"My uncle, it's not like you haven't been to the Friendship Store before. The control is so strict now. We don't have passports, so we can't spend the foreign currency."
"You can use it for dinner. I had a party with my former classmates a few days ago and treated them to dinner at the Capital Hotel. All I spent was foreign exchange coupons and they didn't ask for my passport. When you treat me, you can also..." Cao Yong looked at it.
The three of them, Sun Dahai, whose oldest was only 8 years old, scratched their heads and felt a little embarrassed.
"Forget it, after the New Year, I will take them to deposit the money in the bank first. There will be interest anyway." Sun Dahai was helpless.
"You are so young, can you save money? Do you want my help?" Cao Yong was a little embarrassed.
"We'll see when the time comes. Whoever is free can go. Now you can deposit and withdraw money from banks anonymously, as long as the passbook and password match."
Sun Dahai thought of something again and asked: "Uncle Xiaoyong, what will you do with the big yellow croaker in the end?"
"Follow Aunt Jiang's arrangement. There are five left in Xiangjiang right now, for my family and the Liu family, so take them from me. The remaining three will be taken from my third uncle's place when I come back next time.
Road, bring it here by train. With the big yellow croaker, I can't fly directly from Xiangjiang to the capital. By the way, your dad and your uncle told him on the phone about the family's arrangements for gold. Your uncle asked me to help him sell it in Xiangjiang.
, into cash..."
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"Brother, you don't have to persuade me. I didn't have the conditions before. Now that I have it, I naturally want to help the families of those who sacrificed their comrades. You don't know, most of my soldiers are from rural areas, and their families are all from the upper class.
The old and the younger. If they retire, all of them will be strong laborers and the backbone of the family. The country is not rich now, and the pensions provided are not enough for families in need. Niu Hong and I are both army cadres.
I will probably stay in the army for the rest of my life. Gold is not only of no use to me, but also has a bad impact. I don’t care about the gold that my family gave Niuhong and Dahe. It’s up to them to decide how to use it. The big yellow croaker they gave me might as well be exchanged for it.
If I turn it into cash, I will distribute more to families in need."
"Weimin, how much money do you need? Your sister-in-law and I still have some savings here. Let's use it first. If it's not enough, use the money at home."
"No need, brother. I did the math, including the sacrificed and disabled comrades in the regiment. There are about a hundred households with real difficulties. Niu Hong and I can make up two thousand, and there are some families in the regiment who are relatively well off.
My good comrades also scraped together about a thousand yuan. If that big yellow croaker can be sold for two thousand yuan, for five thousand yuan, each household can get an extra fifty yuan, which is about the same. Brother, I can’t do this kind of thing.
Contributing some money is based on comradeship, and no one can say anything wrong. If you or our family contribute the money, that would be bad. Even I can't take too much money, otherwise there will be gossips.
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"Well, I told Xiaoyong to let him deal with it as soon as possible. It will probably have to wait until the next year."
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Cao Yong continued: "I'm going to go to the telegraph building later, call Xiangjiang to say New Year greetings, and handle this matter by the way. I'll go find out the price, and I'll use my money to remit it to your uncle first, so that he won't be anxious.
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"Uncle Xiaoyong, do you have RMB?" Sun Dahai asked.
"I don't have RMB, but I have US dollars with me, and I can exchange them for foreign currency notes. If it's not enough, I'll ask your aunt to remit it directly from Xiangjiang."
"Uncle Xiaoyong, please don't do this!" Sun Dahai was afraid of this and hurriedly stopped Cao Yong.
"My uncle is a cadre in the army. Are you sending him foreign exchange? Then he will be in big trouble."
