Return To 1990

Chapter 52: Tolerance and New Year

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The monthly exams and final exams are coming soon, and there are two big exams in a row within half a month. The students in Taopo Town High School seem to be exhausted. However, Rong Yu was escorted by Rong Yao to study for half a semester. After the exam, he unexpectedly felt that the exam was quite interesting. Seeing the blank test papers being filled by himself, he felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

But even so, it was exhausting.

This is the last day at school after the final exam. The students in the class start to pack their schoolbags, and in half an hour they will go down to gather for a routine meeting, and they will be able to usher in the summer vacation.

"My sister can't go to Beijing during the winter vacation, so let's not go!" Rong Yu said to Xun while packing his things, "Now the family company is undergoing transformation, and the family is also busy."

Ying Xun put the books in his schoolbag, reached out and rubbed Rong Yu's head: "Come with me to Shanghai."

Rong Yu was surprised, "Hey, you went to Shanghai again? What are you doing?"

Ying Xun picked up his schoolbag and Rong Yu's schoolbag, and said as he walked out of the classroom, "I need to reorganize the previous stocks."

"Then you go by yourself." Rong Yu shook his head, turned slightly sideways, and almost bumped into Ying Xun.

It's going to be a holiday, and there are people coming and going in the corridor outside the classroom, people moving books, carrying tables, people everywhere, rushing.

Ying Xun reluctantly fished him over, pulled his wrist, and smiled at Rong Yu's words to let him go.

Since his rebirth, he and Rong Rong have been together almost all the time, this time when he went to Shanghai again, he naturally wanted to take him with him, never thought of separating. But he ignored it, in Rong Rong's mind, is he now or just him, brother

Ying Xun frowned slightly, his chest was stuffy.

Before rebirth, he was willing to trade everything for Rongrong. After rebirth, he thought that as long as Rong Rong lived a safe life, he would be fine. But when he didn't know it, he had been subconsciously living with Rong Rong at the same pace. Even before sleeping in separate rooms, he didn't really feel separated from Rong Rong. This time, he planned to go to Shanghai together. Go by yourself" made Ying Xun feel a little unresponsive.

Rong Yu found that Ying Xun was in a daze, and reached out to pat him: "What's wrong?"

Ying Xun returned to his senses, shook his head, and confirmed again: "You really don't want to accompany me?"

Rong Yu shook his head.

"You don't want to know how much money you have in your account?" Ying Xun asked seductively.

When investing, my mother said that the money was given to Ying Xun and Rong Rong, and whatever they earned would be theirs. Therefore, these three stocks can be regarded as Ying Xun Herong's private money.

Rong Yu was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to think of, and asked, "Did you make two hundred thousand?"

Ying Xun stared blankly at Rong Yu's expectant eyes. He thought of Rong Rong's small ledger. Does Rong Rong want to return 200,000 to the Ying family

200,000 is not a lot in this era. Although Rong Rong had a good life in Ying's family since childhood, most of it was spent on food, clothing, housing and transportation. At most a few pairs of shoes and a few clothes. Rongrong doesn't have luxury cars, famous watches and the like.

The 200,000 yuan, Rong Rong is not only paying for the expenses!

Ying Xun couldn't help but feel a little pain, squeezed his palm, and said with a smile: "I don't think there are any, but if you want it, we'll have it by throwing a share."

Rong Yu shook his head, "It's not in a hurry."

He didn't expect to pay back the money so soon, but his family got better suddenly, and he made a lot of money trading stocks this time. Thinking of the phone call Ying Xun received on his birthday, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

The two didn't speak any more and went to the playground to gather. However, within ten minutes or so, everyone has arrived. The focus of this gathering is on safety issues, as well as encouraging students to persist in their studies and look forward to the future.

The safety issue is mainly firecrackers during the New Year, which is the most accident-prone item every year. Persist in learning and look forward to the future, the principal said emphatically, if we use the words of later generations, it is the principal who draws big cakes for everyone.

Talk about the benefits of studying, talk about the bright future of being admitted to a junior college, and talk about the emphasis on academic qualifications after the economic opening up, etc., the principal said this for 20 minutes. There is no way to do this, the dropout rate reaches almost 20% every year, and most of them don't come after the holidays.

Rong Yu's feet hurt from standing, and he was carrying a big schoolbag. In addition, it's February, and the wind is so cold that it can make people's faces stiff.

"We shouldn't be carrying schoolbags." Rong Yu turned around and said to Ying Xun who was behind him. Most of the textbooks and materials have actually been moved home a few days ago. There are not many things left, but they are put together in the schoolbag. It's not too light.

The ground was full of dirt, and he didn't want to let it go.

"Give it to me!" Ying Xun said.

He helped carry it downstairs before, but Rong Rong took it back and carried it back when he was queuing up.

Rong Yu shook his head and replied: "No, it should be over soon."

Within five minutes of Rong Yu's speech, the principal ended his speech and the meeting was adjourned.

It was not only Rong Yu who was frozen, but also the other students. As soon as the meeting was over, they could leave. The people on the playground rushed towards the school gate like flying chickens, and almost squeezed Rong and Ying Xun away. People pull over.

After pulling it over, Ying Xun realized that Rong Yu's hands were cold, and he wished to donate an indoor playground to the school for a while, but Ying Xun will be a hundred billion in 30 or 40 years, and he doesn't even have an account with him now.

Ying Xun held Rong and one hand and stuffed it into his pocket, not forgetting to tell: "Put your right hand in your pocket, don't take it out."

"No way, the schoolbag will fall if it is not buckled." Rong Yu is a little annoyed. He wears thick clothes in winter, and the schoolbag is heavy. It is easy to slip when he is carrying it, and it will fall on his elbows if he doesn't hold it with his hands.

Just as he was talking, the strap of the hand that Ying Xun was holding slipped off, and he had to withdraw his hand, pull the strap back onto his shoulder, and shake it again.

Ying Xun couldn't help frowning, and reached out to untie his schoolbag regardless of his appearance and struggle.

"What are you doing?"

Rong Yuan watched the two of them touch each other from a distance, and when they got closer, he asked about the situation.

"It's okay, let's go!" Ying Xun carried Rong Yu's bag, turned back to Rong Yao and said, "You don't have to go to self-study tonight!"

"No, we'll have a day off, and we'll have classes the day after tomorrow." Rong Yao wasn't happy about the holiday at all, and said, "This is the last carnival."

The two were amused by her mournful words.

The entertainment industry in the early 1990s was very barren, and Taopo Town itself was not a big town, and there were no interesting places. People from poor families have to help with farm work or do small handicrafts to help make money when they go home. Those from better families just go shopping in a few small streets in the town, or go home and watch TV.

Television is the most fashionable and expensive entertainment in Tao Po Town.

The Rong family also bought a TV set, a 17-inch color TV set. The color TV sets of this era are different from those of later generations. The color is quite different. The texture of the color is a bit like watercolor, and it is not bright enough or clear enough. The most helpless thing is that there are very few stations that can be received. Except for the local city and provincial stations, only national stations are left.

Cable TV didn't become popular until 1997, and now only Beijing has it, and there are only about 10,000 of them.

Rong Yao likes watching TV the most. Whether it's TV dramas or news, he enjoys watching everything with gusto.

Ying Xun would also watch it, but he watched the news, or the stock market. At this time, the stock market would only play the news for a few minutes when the main station news, and the scheduled broadcast time was mostly news around 5 pm.

The first thing Ying Xun does when he comes back every day is to turn on the TV to watch the stock market, and then go to cook, leaving Rong Yao and Rong He watching "Journey to the West".

The two watched and chatted with snacks in their hands, and it happened to be three dozen bones, Rong Yao stomped his feet angrily, and kept yelling for Tang Seng to sew leather skirts for Sun Dasheng, forgive him first, after all, there is still love.

Seeing her angry look, Rong Yu rolled his eyes, "Yaoyao, do you know who sewed Monkey King's leather skirt in the original book?"

"?"

"Goku sewed it himself."

"... , let me kill you."

The support in Rong Yao's heart was broken by Rong Yu, so he jumped up angrily to catch Rong Yu, Rong Yu jumped three feet high, and his first reaction was to rush to Ying Xun in the kitchen, shouting: "Ying Xun, save me!" .”

Holding up the empty glass, Rong Yao snorted angrily, "I'm here, and I can't save you."

The two rushed into the kitchen one after the other, circling around Ying Xun, almost tossing the soup pot, but Ying Xun frowned, pulled Rong Yu out of the kitchen, and finally asked Rong Yao to cook, and then put The two separated.

Ying Xun went to Shanghai on the third day of the holiday, Rong Yao was in class, Rong's parents were busy with work in the factory, and Rong and himself were the only ones left at home. Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are still a lot of things to buy at home, so Rong Yu simply asks Rong's mother to open an order, and he goes shopping by himself. In this way, people become busy, but every night when they return home, looking at the empty house feels uncomfortable.

The empty-nest days ended a few days before New Year's Eve, and the factory was officially on holiday, and work would not start until the seventh day of the new year, but Rong's father and Rong's mother couldn't stop, because they were going to Beijing to see the machines, and the factory would officially transform into production in the coming year fabric.

"Rong Rong, do you want to be with mom?" Seeing that Rong was at home alone, she was afraid that he would think too much, so she decided to take him there so that she could play with his former friends.

"No, the Chinese New Year is coming soon at home, don't you have a lot of things to buy?" Although Rong Yu has been quite lonely for a while, but now everyone is busy at home, and there is no time to prepare for the Chinese New Year. Clean and tidy, this is his first year of rebirth, and also the first year of a family of five, he wants to make it lively.

When Mother Rong thought about it, it was the same. After thinking for a while, she said to Father Rong, "Why don't you go to Beijing by yourself?"

Father Rong was surprised, he was a bit reluctant to separate from his wife, but looking at his youngest son...

"Mom, it's all right. I'm fifteen this year," Rong Yu continued, "I don't have many things to buy for the New Year. I can do it. I will definitely give you a happy New Year."

Rong He smiled brightly, and his clear eyes could not see any reluctance.

Mother Rong thought about it and asked, "Then is there anything you want Mom to bring?"

Rong Yu shook his head.

Time was too short, Rong's mother and Rong's father took a car to the city and transferred to Beijing that day, and Rong and Rong were left alone in the Rong family.

It is true that Rong Yu said that he wants to have a lively New Year. He bought couplets, fruits, lanterns, etc., as well as red paper, and his mother specifically told him about the incense used for worshiping gods and so on.

Rong Yu didn't know much about these things, so he just walked around the town with a list, and went to the store he saw the most people in, and chose the best and most expensive one when he bought it, thinking that he couldn't go wrong.

"Boss, this incense is too expensive, one yuan a bunch, it's a steal! Fifty cents, no more."

"Fifty cents is too low. Do you know what raw materials this incense is made of? Sandalwood spices, there are also bamboo spices and elm bark, those are cheap."

"I just want to buy some good ones. Maybe God will bless me and send them out next year. That's it, Liumao."

"No, no, forget it, New Year's Eve, Jiumao."

"Seven hairs."

"Bamao, no less."

"Seventy-five cents."

"Okay, seventy-five cents."

Rong Yu stood behind them with some of the most expensive incense sticks that cost one yuan each, scratching his head in confusion, hesitated for a moment, and walked up to the boss: "Boss, is this one seventy-five cents?"

The boss was trying to settle the accounts. Hearing this, he raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him. Seeing that he was well dressed, he rolled his eyes, coughed twice, and said in a fierce tone, "Isn't there a piece written on it?"

Rong Yu was so fierce, his cheeks were slightly hot, and the hand holding Xiang could not help but tighten, and finally stammered a little: "But, the person in front..."

The boss immediately said: "He is my uncle, son, daughter-in-law, third uncle, and second uncle from her natal family. What I give is a family price."

Rong Yu: "..."

"Young man, you are young, don't be so stingy, what price are you talking about for a few cents?" The boss saw the flushed cheeks in front of him, and knew that he didn't know which young man who didn't eat fireworks ran out, so Said: "Hurry up and check out, I'm busy!"

The boss is used to doing business, and knows that when this kind of person is urged, he will usually pay the bill according to the words. Sure enough, the person in front of him hesitated for a moment and was about to step forward, but he stopped when he saw him, and then heard him say: "Well, then I don't buy it."

Rong Yu has never negotiated the price with anyone, and it is a very embarrassing thing for him to ask for the price after taking something, but Rong Yu is not a fool. Selling someone else seventy-five cents and selling him one dollar is too much.

The boss was not happy: "Tsk, why are you like this? Is there such a thing as whether to take it or not?"

Nowadays, people have no money in their pockets, so there is nothing that cannot be bargained. The boss naturally makes the price higher, but now seeing that he can earn a lot more, he doesn't want to give up.

When Rong and Being said this, they couldn't get up or down for a while.

"Boss, is this a forced buy and sell?" A familiar voice rang out from the ear, pulling out the embarrassing Rong Yu, and turned his head to see that it was Ying Xun. He walked in and said to the boss: "If you buy everything you touch, the boss will be able to clear the store today!"

Ying Xun walked to Rong Yu's side, and smiled when he saw him relieved after being stunned. Rong Rong has never been able to negotiate prices since he was a child, and he has been embarrassing him recently.

Ying Xun's trip to Shanghai this time originally planned to come back before New Year's Eve. Later, he learned that his parents would go to Beijing, and after handing over the New Year's affairs to Rong Rong, he booked a ticket and came back immediately.

Rong Yu is white and tender, well dressed, looks easy to bully, and doesn't know how to bargain. But Ying Xun is different. He is tall and strong. He also looks mature and stable. He can tell at a glance that he is a person who can live.

In the end, the boss couldn't help it anymore, and if he continued, he wouldn't even be able to earn seventy-five cents.

Everyone lives in a small town, so Ying Xun finally bought a few sticks of incense in this store, but the couplets and small lanterns that Rong and wanted to buy before were not bought here.

Ying Xun came back this time with a lot of things, except for the various books that Rong's mother wanted, clothes, shoes and so on. This made Rong Yu think of the trendy clothes that later generations saw. He felt that his family's factory could develop in this direction, so while preparing new year's goods, Rong Yu also wrote and drew.

Ying Xun was very curious about Rong Yu's sudden interest in other than studying, but this person was always unwilling to show him.

Rong Yao was on holiday the day before New Year's Eve, and Rong's father and mother also came back the day before New Year's Eve. According to Rong's father and mother, the machine has already been ordered, and the machine will be delivered for the Chinese New Year.

This year is different, with a new house, three major pieces of refrigerator, TV, washing machine, factory, and children who have returned to me.

The day before New Year's Eve, the firecrackers in the town rang out until the day of New Year's Eve.

During the Chinese New Year, we have to worship the gods. Although the Rong family has moved out, the temple is still in Linshui Village. On New Year’s Eve, Father Rong drove Mother Rong back to the village on a motorcycle. There were chickens, meat, fish, and fruits in the temple. In this era, it is very eye-catching on stage.

The Rong family village is doing well this year. Although the other families are not as rich as the Rong family, they are still good, at least the chicken, duck and fish are always the same.

Although the three children of the Rong family didn't return to the village, they couldn't stay in bed. The firecrackers in the town started early in the morning, and the crackling seemed to be in their ears.

Rong Yu was the last to get up, and the sound could not be blocked by the quilt, and it was the same if he added another pillow, so he couldn't get up in the end.

"Pfft, little rooster." Rong Yao sat cross-legged on the sofa while watching TV and peeling beans, seeing Rong Yu come out with a pinch of raised hair and squinting eyes, he was happy.

"Where's Mom and Dad?" Rong Yu yawned, and glanced around the house, only seeing Rong Yao in the living room and Ying Xun in the kitchen.

"Going back to the village to worship God, we all have to go tomorrow." Rong Yao said with a smile: "Tsk, our family used to go to worship God in the early morning, but this year we are not in the village, what should we do? Are we going back to the village at ten o'clock in the evening?" ?”

Rongyao is worried, the first stick of incense is the most important thing on the first day of the new year. I used to live in the village, not far from the temple, and my family would bring fruits and incense to the temple around 11:30 in the evening. Xiang set off firecrackers, and then went home to sleep.

This year they are too far away from the temple, thinking about rushing in the early morning, my head hurts.

"Xiao Yu, wash up and eat breakfast," Ying Xun from the kitchen urged, then turned to Rong Yao and said, "Dad said in the morning, we'll go back at around ten o'clock in the evening, and we will load in two batches."

Rong Yao nodded, it's not impossible, it's just too cold.

After Rong Yu finished breakfast, he followed Rong Yao and Ying Xun to start decorating the house. The lanterns he bought were hung up, and auspicious trees such as fortune trees and oranges he bought were placed on display. Candies and fruits were also poured out and placed. It's afternoon when I'm busy.

The customary New Year's Eve dinner in Taopo Town is arranged in the afternoon, and the sumptuous meals are served on the table around three o'clock. After the family happily eats, they start posting couplets, and then take a bath, wear new clothes, and get red envelopes.

Rong Yu took two red envelopes, one for his father and one for his mother, and both red envelopes were filled to the brim.

"In the coming year, I hope Xiaohe will be safe, healthy, happy, and grow up quickly." Mother Rong touched Rongyu's head and said softly, her eyes were full of love.

Rong and his cheeks were slightly hot, and he replied, "Thank you, Mom."

Father Rong's mouth was stupid, he stuffed the red envelope into his hands, he didn't know what to say, but his eyes were red, in the end he just rubbed his head, and said in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Yu, please be safe."

Father Rong didn't know what was wrong with him, he had a lot to say, but in the end he held back for a long time, but there was only one sentence left.

Rong Yao, Ying Xun and Rong Yu's peers logically don't need to give red envelopes, but Ying Xun also gave them. Rong Yao had no choice but to give each of Ying Xun and Rong Yu one.

After receiving the red envelopes, everyone stayed in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala. It was a very peaceful New Year. It could even be said to be good-natured, but Rong Yu was very happy. This was the first time he lived a life in his own family. New year, a happy new year.

In the past when I was in Ying's house, when I went back to the old house for the Chinese New Year, my uncles and uncles would come back. The whole family looked happy on the surface, but underneath it was a dark tide. When giving out red envelopes, Rong Yu must be said, and the number of red envelopes is the same as that of other cousins.

When I was a child, Rong Yu always thought that everyone's red envelopes were the same, but until one day, the children of the second uncle's family exposed this "lie". After snatching Rong Yu's red envelope, he tore it open in front of everyone, saying that he had the least red envelope and that his grandfather didn't like him the least.

At that time, Rongyu was eight years old, and it was the time when he started to compare himself with the children around him. Even though he didn't like his grandpa scolding his mother and himself, but it was his grandpa, and when he was said so in public, Rongyu still cried angrily. And rushed over to beat up the second uncle's child.

Rong Yu also failed to spend the first day of junior high at Rong's house that year, and he and his mother were kicked out of the old house on New Year's Eve.

Since then, Rong Yu's New Year has been unhappy, but now, he is very happy.

"Smiling so happily." When Ying Xun returned to his room, he saw Rong Yu rolling on the bed with a smile on his face. He stretched out his hand to pinch his face, and said with a smile, "Go to sleep, I have to get up and go back to the village at half past ten."

I only watched the Spring Festival Gala for an hour, and now it is nine o'clock in the evening, and I can only sleep for an hour and a half.

Rong Yu huddled in the quilt, shook his head, and said, "It's too early, I can't sleep."

Ying Xun smiled, didn't say anything, but turned around and approached the closet, squatted down and took out something inside. Rong Yu looked puzzled, turned over, and stretched his head to look at it. After a while, Ying Xun took out a passbook from his bag, walked back to the bed and handed it to him.

Confused and puzzled, he smiled and said, "Is this the second New Year's red envelope?"

When the words fell, I reached out to take it, opened it and saw a string of zeros on it, counted five zeros plus a prefix, two hundred thousand.

Rong Yu raised his head, looked at Ying Xun, and then lowered his eyes.

Regarding the 200,000 yuan, the two of them didn't discuss it. The passbook was put in his schoolbag, and the two of them closed their eyes under the quilt, and they didn't know if they were asleep or not.

At 10:30 in the evening, they were woken up. Father Rong first took Ying Xun and Rong Yu back to the village, and then came back to pick up Mother Rong and Rong Yao.

The family of five gathered in the old house at 11:10 p.m., but the village was not quiet at this time. There were sounds of people walking everywhere, and it was as lively as daytime.

Many people from the village came to the Rong's house to say hello. Apart from greeting the new year, many people also asked whether the factory would recruit people when it started work next year. Now the Rong family's factory can get 200 a month, and 300 when they work overtime, which is the only one in the town.

"Haha, it depends on the new year's order." Mother Rong replied with a smile, but she didn't finish her sentence.

"That must be good. In the whole town, who is as capable as you? I heard that you have met the mayor?"

"The mayor has already seen it, what a big business it is!"

"No, the three children are handsome again, so lucky."

The Rong's courtyard was full of people, and everyone was chatting.

The three children of the Rong family were squeezed on the edge, talking in a low voice, and when people in the village mentioned them, they all opened their mouths and laughed dryly.

At around 11:30 in the evening, someone finally reminded that the time was almost up, and everyone dispersed, and ran home to get things to the temple.

It took about 20 minutes to walk from Rong's house to the temple, and it was already 50 minutes when we arrived.

This temple is enshrined by three villages. It is not big. There is a tile-roofed house in which three gods are enshrined. There is a square in front of the temple, crowded with people, and many offerings have been placed on the offering table.

As soon as the Rong family came over, someone greeted them loudly and gave up the middle seat directly.

Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and I am a vegetarian, so offering to the gods is also a vegetarian. In addition to fruits, there are also vegetarian browns or pastries, which look very rich.

At fifty-five minutes, the parents light incense, and the family members find a place to kneel on the mats below.

Rong Yu didn't understand this at all, so Ying Xun dragged him to find a place.

The bell rang in the early morning, and when the time came, the temple blessings began to be recited, and the parents who had lit the incense finished inserting the incense, and everyone began to bow down.

Rong Yu still didn't understand.

Ying Xun looked at him blankly, and said, "Xiao Yu, follow everyone, and when others worship you, follow them."

Rong Yu nodded, originally thought that only three bows would be enough, but he didn't expect that one bow was required for a period of commemoration in the temple, and they also paid attention to three knocks and nine bows.

The surrounding villagers were also muttering words, and even Rong Yao on the left was whispering: "Bless me to pass the exam, bless me to pass the exam..."

Rong Yu was stunned, and then heard Ying Xun on the right also chanting: "May my Rong and health live a long life, be happy, and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life."

Rong Yu: "..."

Rong Yu: "There is one more, with tiles to cover the head."

He doesn't want to live in a tent.

Ying Xun got up and looked at Rong Yu, his eyes were full of emotions that Rong Yu couldn't understand. He smiled softly and said softly: "Okay, there is a tile to cover your head."

Rong Yu blinked, for some reason, he seemed to be about to cry when he saw Ying Xun.

Rong Yu rubbed his nose and said awkwardly, "Who is your Rong Yu, I am my mother's Rong Yu."

Ying Xun did not refute Rong Yu's words, but reached out and rubbed his head.