Rebirth 1984 Wife and children are on the hot bed

Xu Yeliang raised rabbits this year. Many of them got sick and died, and he didn't make much money.

During the Chinese New Year, when visiting relatives and friends, people kept asking him about raising rabbits and saying comforting words. In fact, many people were laughing at his jokes.

He also knows that others are laughing at him, so he has been a little disappointed in the past few days.

I had a few quarrels with my wife just now because of this matter, and I felt depressed and unhappy.

"Brother Yeliang, you look so distracted that you are about to hit me. What are you thinking about?"

"Ah? It's you Xiaohai."

Xu Yeliang quickly came to his senses, thought about it, and said with a smile:

"It's nothing serious. I just had a few words with your sister-in-law. By the way, how about we go hunting together in the mountains after the new year?"

He has heard that Xu Dahai, Huang Lei, Xu Hu, Xu Junhao and Rong Chenglin went hunting in Lianggou Village a few days ago.

The prey had been sold, and everyone who participated received at least eight or nine hundred yuan.

envy!

His wife had already told him that Xu Dahai called him on the day of departure, but he was not at home.

I feel like I've missed out on hundreds of dollars.

"Okay, let's go to the chicken farm first."

The two chatted and made jokes while walking. After a few jokes, Xu Yeliang also burst out laughing.

Most of the depression in my heart dissipated.

"Hey, there are a lot of people."

"Of course, when it comes to giving money, everyone is very active, for fear that it will be too late and they won't be able to get it."

Cousin Xu Hu squeezed through the crowd and looked around. There were about seventy or eighty people there. They were in groups of three and five, smoking and chatting.

There were many children running around, and boom, firecrackers exploded, snow flew, and some dogs were scared to run around.

Another few minutes passed.

Xu Xiaowen, the old village chief, the accountant and four or five other village leaders came out of the house and faced the many villagers.

Xu Yong and Xu Junhao moved two tables and some stools out of the room.

The village accountant sat on the stool on the far right, opened his leather bag, and took out the list, ink pads, and a stack of mao bills.

Xu Xiaowen did not sit down, but said loudly:

"Everyone, please be quiet. After discussion among us old guys, we decided to share 2560 yuan with everyone!

A total of 5120 yuan was collected before, which means that half of it can be returned. For example, some people took 20 yuan, and this time they can get 10 yuan..."

Xu Xiaowen also talked about the daily expenses and losses of the chicken farm, how many villagers it hired, how much it cost, etc.

One stroke at a time, there are zeros and wholes.

Although most of the villagers don't care much about these data, the weather is cold, hissing and stamping their feet. They just want to finish the money quickly so that they can return to their warm homes to continue the cat winter.

But Xu Xiaowen felt that everyone had the right to know and was still telling the story in detail.

Fortunately, he only spoke for more than three minutes.

Finally, he said: "Bring up change to those whose names are read, and press your fingerprints if you remember!"

When he paid the money, Xu Dahai went earlier and his name was higher up, so his name was called out quickly.

After receiving the 50 yuan, he left directly.

Not long after arriving home, grandpa came over with a puzzled look on his face.

"Little sea?"

"What's wrong, Master, come in and sit down."

Xu Dahai was stroking the dog's head in the house, but Qing Bei became active, opening his mouth wide and waving his paws to play with him.

He stood up and opened the door, and soon entered the back room with his grandfather.

Grandpa was sitting on the stool next to the cabinet. Wang Xiuxiu was present. He was a little cautious, but he still smiled and expressed his doubts:

"I said I would invest 20 yuan in stocks, but you paid 100 yuan?"

"Yeah, I'm quite optimistic about our cooperative. With half of the capital back this year, we should be able to make money next year."

Xu Dahai understood his grandfather's concerns. For his grandfather, 100 yuan was a lot of money.

He doesn't want to take risks.

But to Xu Dahai, it's nothing, if you get in, you'll get in.

At this point, grandpa took out another 80 yuan to make up for the previous 100 yuan.

Xu Dahai didn't want it, but his grandfather insisted on giving it. He was very stubborn, like a child, so Xu Dahai finally accepted it.

What he was thinking was - anyway, he often gave his grandfather some money, otherwise his grandfather would not have the money to help those old comrades who were living in hardship, so he could just return the money to him when the time came.

After sending grandpa away.

Xu Dahai returned to the house and continued to play with the dog Qingbei.

"You two are really awesome. One makes trouble with the dog, and the other plays with the cat."

Wang Xiuxiu took out the couplet and the word "Fu", looked at Xu Dahai, and then turned to look at Xiao Tingzi. The fat orange cat was lying on the futon, and the latter was petting the cat.

She pursed her lips and smiled:

"Post it, there is no New Year's Eve this year, tomorrow is the New Year's Day."

"Okay, let's stick it on with a little glue."

Not only the front yard, but also the doghouses, roe deer pens, chicken coops, flying dragon pens, etc. in the backyard are all labeled with the word "Fu".

Crackling~

Xu Dahai set off two firecrackers, the smoke drifted away, the soft sunshine shone on the Chinese characters "Fu" and the couplets, and the air was filled with a festive atmosphere.

The sound of firecrackers in the countryside is endless, and every household is pasting couplets with the character "福".

Some families had to move ladders, others hung lanterns, children ran and dogs barked, it was very lively.

"Stand and look at it from a distance. Is the sticker with the word "福" crooked?"

"No! It's posted right."

"That's fine."

When Xu Dahai and Xiao Tingzi came to my mother's yard, the third brother was pasting blessing characters on the eaves, and the seventh sister, Xiaohua, helped watch.

Mom, the second sister, and the sixth sister are making dumplings in the house. The dumplings, which look like boats, are placed in order on the sorghum pole curtain. Most of the curtain is already covered.

"Mom, are you making dumplings?"

"Well, you, Xiu Xiu, and Xiao Tingzi can eat together in this courtyard tonight. There are so many people and there is no need to light a separate fire to cook."

"Okay, then I'll bring over the sea cucumbers, prawns and hairtail fish."

Xu Dahai bought enough sea cucumbers, prawns and hairtails. In addition to keeping some for his own hospital, he also gave some to his grandfather, father, second uncle, third uncle and Xu Hu.

It's just a rare treat.

The sun sets and the moonlight enters the house.

The cold wind outside the window is whistling, but the inner room is as warm as spring. On the Kang table are stewed dragon mushrooms with hazelnuts, braised bear paws, shredded green onions mixed with roe deer offal, stewed half chicken, braised sea cucumbers with green onions, steamed prawns, fried hairtail, braised grass bream, etc. .

The staple food is dumplings stuffed with roe deer meat, which will be served later.

Grandpa, father, second uncle, third uncle, third brother, and Xu Dahai sat around the table, eating and chatting. The atmosphere was lively and relaxed.

As for the women, they ate in another room. Except for the braised bear paws, all other dishes were the same.

There was no other way but a bear paw, and Xu Dahai saved it for the last meal at the end of the year.

"It's another year, tomorrow will be 1989! Come on, have a drink!"

"Yeah, year after year, it goes by so fast!"

"Hmm, I feel like I haven't done much this year. I still remember watching the Spring Festival Gala last year. I put on my cotton-padded jacket at twelve o'clock at night and went outside to set off my whip. It was so cold."

"This prawn is good, try this prawn."

Xu Dahai pulled off the heads of the shrimps, peeled off the shells, put the shrimps into his mouth, chewed them, took a sip of wine, and then picked up the braised bear paw meat with chopsticks. It was so good!