Before the Cannon Fodder Eloped

Chapter 53: pay a New Year call

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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ye Lan planned to get up, but was held back by Ye Ning, they didn't have a grandma's house to visit, so why did they wake up so early.

"Sister, you can't be lazy on New Year's Day." Otherwise, you'll be lazy all year long.

"Nonsense." Ye Ning turned over, "I'll go to work in two days, and I have to get up before I should."

Maybe I slept late today. I can sleep late in the future.

"Elder Sister." Ye Lan looked at her helplessly, "Then you sleep a little longer, and I'll make breakfast."

Ye Lan is not someone who can lie down, asking her to lie still will only make her feel uncomfortable.

After making breakfast, Ye Ning looked at her watch and saw that it was only past eight o'clock. It was really early for her, so she wanted to stay a little longer, but her younger sister had already made breakfast, and her younger brother woke up too. It doesn't seem very good for her to stay in bed as a big sister.

Hey, being a big sister is hard too.

After dawdling for a while, Ye Li quickly put on her clothes, only to see that Ye Lan had prepared hot water.

"Our Xiaolan is so virtuous, and I don't know which stinky man is cheaper in the future." Counting her age, Ye Lan is actually of the same generation as her own mother, and the women of that generation are indeed harder-working than theirs.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ye Lan glared at the eldest sister who was talking nonsense on the first day of the new year.

Anyway, no one came to pay New Year's greetings. After the meal, the siblings were all reading and laughing at home. Ye Ning felt so bored and missed her mobile phone so much. It would be nice to have a TV.

"Why don't you buy a TV?" Li Xiulan seems to have bought a 14-inch black and white TV at home, but it is a bit expensive, more than 1,200.

The siblings who were reading a book were taken aback by Ye Ning, what does it mean to buy a TV? It wouldn't be the TV they knew, would it

Seeing their expressions, Ye Ning smiled and said, "I was joking with you, why do you take it seriously?"

Ye Lan couldn't help complaining in her heart, if they nodded, the eldest sister would definitely buy it.

Ye Ning really doesn't know how to buy it for the time being, she has a lot of money on hand, and she will need money to do business everywhere, and it may not be enough, so save a little if she can, and when she earns money in the future, she will directly buy a 20-inch large Color TV, that's beautiful!

Speaking of shops, the price of the shop I bought last year has increased again, and this year's rent will definitely increase as well. This is a hen that lays golden eggs, and no one will sell it. Ye Lan's wish to buy one is afraid. It's about to fail.

In the early morning of the second day of junior high school, the three siblings rushed to the station with big bags and small bags. Today, I went back to clean the house. In the afternoon, I went to the grave of the grandparents and their father. On the third day of junior high school, I went to my aunt and uncle’s house in the morning. , They went back to the city on the fourth day of the new year, and Ye Ning had to go to work on the fifth day of the new year, so the time was tight.

It has been several months since the last time I went back to the village. Because of the Chinese New Year, the village was full of joy, and many children were playing and laughing. One of the children ran too fast and bumped into Ye Lan.

"This is Aunt Lanhua's child, right? Be careful." Ye Lan tapped his head, took out a candy from the bag and handed it to him. The children who were chasing behind stopped when they saw the candy. Staring at the sugar, he couldn't help swallowing.

"Stop teasing them, quickly take out the candy." Ye Ning said with a smile.

The half catty of sugar distributed by the unit left a few for Xiaoan, and the rest was brought back to the village to distribute to the children.

Don't look at it now in 1983, it's just enough to eat, it's hard to eat as good as it is, like this kind of candy, it's still hard for many children in the countryside to eat.

The parents of many children were nearby. Seeing the Ye Ning siblings coming back and sharing candy for the children, they were all smiling, and praised them with good words as if they didn't need money.

"Xiao Ning has become a townsman, and she is getting more and more stylish, just like the fairy girl in the painting. Xiaolan has also changed, look at this fair-skinned one, I said, born by a mother, with skin How can it be black, look how white it is now."

"That's not true. Xiaolan is getting more and more beautiful, and Xiaoan has also grown taller. The livelihood of this city is to support people."

"Actually, the city is not as good as the countryside. You have to spend money to buy an onion. If the family's income is not much, it's not as good as what we eat in the countryside." Ye Lan laughed.

That being said, no one in the countryside envied that all three of them had moved into the city.

Not to mention other things, Ye Ning's job is the iron rice bowl that many people dream of. If she didn't have this job, where would she have the confidence to bring her younger siblings to the city

"Bringing such a big thing? Did you come back to visit relatives?" asked a mother-in-law.

"Yeah." Ye Ning smiled, and left with her siblings.

Looking at the backs of the three brothers and sisters, everyone felt a burst of emotion. If Ye Qingshan is still alive, he will be blessed.

After not going home for a long time, a thick layer of dust accumulated, Ye Lan went to clean up the kitchen, Ye Eucalyptus swept the dust with a feather duster, Ye Ning hugged the quilt and put it outside to dry in the sun.

After working for a long time, the house was cleaned.

"Should I have noodles for lunch?" Ye Lan washed her hands and was about to cook.

"Xiao Ning, Xiao Lan, are you at home?"

Xiaoan ran to open the door, it was the third uncle.

"You didn't even tell me when you came back. I only heard from the second wife that you came back. Come on, go to my house for dinner."

"No need, look, I've cleaned it up, the fire is lit, and I can eat it right away." Ye Ning quickly declined.

"You child, why are you being polite to me, Xiaolan, quickly put out the fire and go eat with me, or I'll be really angry." The third uncle's face darkened.

Then the third sister and brother went to eat at the third uncle's house with their things. After going to the grave, they were taken to their house by the second uncle for dinner at night. As for the old house, there was no one.

Early the next morning, Ye Ning and the others went to the aunt's house with their things, and ate at the aunt's house at noon, and each of them was stuffed with a red envelope, and Ye Ning didn't accept anything.

"I have already joined the work, so I don't need to receive red envelopes." Ye Ning stuffed it back to her aunt, and before leaving, gave the wrapped red envelopes to her grandson.

"Sister, here is the red envelope." Ye Yu handed the red envelope to Ye Ning.

"What are you doing for me?" Ye Ning looked at him suspiciously.

"It used to be handed over to mom, but now it's handed over to you." It means to leave it to the head of the family.

"No, you can keep it yourself." It was when the child was young, and he will definitely keep it by himself when he grows up.

After returning home to rest for a while, I went to the old party secretary's house, the old house that I went to last.

Seeing Old Man Ye's gloomy face, Ye Ning expected that he would not be happy, that's right, they wanted to come over to pay New Year's greetings because of their filial piety, but they just wanted to tell him that in their hearts, he was not as close as the old branch secretary.

"Hey, did you know that there is a grandpa? I didn't know, I thought you jumped out of a rock!" The step-grandmother said in a strange way.

"I'm definitely raised by my parents. I don't know if my father jumped out of a rock!" Ye Ning said to her, "Okay, the year is over, then we'll go."

That being said, Ye Ning didn't get up and leave right away. Before her step-grandmother could speak, she sarcastically said, "What's the matter, I just heard that the children of the uncle's family all have red envelopes, but our siblings don't have them? It's true that my father and I don't have red envelopes." popped out of the rock."

"you... ... "

"Okay." Old man Ye planned to follow his grandmother's unspoken words, "Go into the house and make two red envelopes."

Old man Ye had seen Ye Ning's eloquence, so he quickly asked his step-grandmother to send them two red envelopes.

The step-grandmother gave them a glare, and took a long time to take out two red envelopes after entering the room.

Ye Ning raised her eyebrows, "It can't be an empty shell, right? Forget it, I haven't taken your red envelope before, and now I'm not used to giving it to us all of a sudden. I'm giving this red envelope to grandpa, and we have the right to honor you as granddaughters and grandsons." .”

Old man Ye almost vomited blood because of her anger.

After going out, Ye Lan and Ye Eucalyptus showed joyful expressions, they were so happy just now.

"Sister, did you see that the old woman's face was purple just now." Ye Eucalyptus said happily.

"It's fine to talk about these things at home, and it's better not to say them outside." Ye Lan glanced at her younger brother, no matter what, they are their elders, and if they are heard, they will only say that they are not educated.

"I see." Ye Yu glanced left and right, saw that there was no one else, and let out a sigh of relief.

Early in the morning of the second day, after a simple breakfast, the three of them started to tidy up the house again. In fact, it only takes two or three days to come back, and it takes a day just to clean up. If it wasn't for going to the grave, I really didn't want to come back.

"Sister, take a rest when you're tired." Ye Lan finished packing some odds and ends, took her luggage and prepared to go back to the city.

As soon as I left the hospital, I saw two uncles coming over. The second uncle brought a sack of rice and a large basket of vegetables, and the third uncle brought a knife of meat and a dustpan of carrots.

"Second Uncle, Third Uncle, what are you doing?" The Ye Ning siblings were taken aback.

"You have to buy everything in the city. It's all grown by the family. It's not worth a lot of money. You can take it to eat." The second uncle is honest and doesn't talk much. He is actually kind to Ye Qingshan and the others.

"It's not something valuable. You can save a little by taking it to the city to eat. It will cost you a lot in the future." The third uncle took a puff of the cigarette, "Take it, we are all from our own family, don't be so coy Yes, when Xiaolan and Xiaoan have a bright future, just come and see us."

Ye Ning thanked the two uncles sincerely, and accepted their wishes. The two uncles took them to the station with their belongings, and the eldest aunt and the youngest son of the uncle's family waited there.

"Second Uncle and Third Uncle, this... we juniors should honor you." The aunt looked at the things they were carrying and said with shame.

"We are not old, we don't need your filial piety, and we are not valuable things." The two uncles saw Ye Qingmei was there, put down their things and went home.

"Uncle gave it to you." Ye Qingmei pointed to the bacon in her cousin's hand, "Please keep it from Uncle's wishes."

Ye Ning didn't know what to say. Originally, he thought that a catty of white sugar and a catty of dried lychees would be a very good gift, but they all returned such a big gift.

"Don't think so much, just be careful, don't think too little." Uncle Biao laughed.

"How come, it's too much." No matter how you look at it, the meat weighs 10 catties, what's missing

The aunt also gave meat, not a knife, but a whole leg of pork, which weighed fifteen or six catties.

"Gu!"

"The car is here. We'll help you put your things in the car. When you get to the city, don't forget to take them down." There were few people in the car today. Except for rice and vegetables, the meat was placed next to Ye Ning and the others so as not to be caught. People go away.

"Sister, what should I do?" Originally, I came back to pay New Year's greetings, but I brought a bunch of things back home.

"It's all the wishes of the elders. Just keep it. Later, when they have something to do, we will do our best to help them."

"That's for sure." Ye Lan and Ye Eucalyptus said warmly in their hearts.

On the fifth day of the fifth day of work, Ye Ning had just left the house when she saw Sheng Jingchuan standing tall and straight at the door. ,,,