The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 136, New Year’s greetings

Coming out of the space, Li Weiguo heard a "dong dong dong" knock on the door.

"Captain, are you at home?" Zheng Shan's voice came from outside the door.

"Here he is, coming."

Li Weiguo quickly tidied his clothes and went up to open the door.

When I opened the door, I saw that it was Zheng Shan and Yang Xiaojun who had come to pay their respects.

The two of them were still holding the gifts that had come to their door. When they saw Li Weiguo opening the door, they smiled and gave him New Year greetings.

"Happy New Year, Chief, we are here to wish you a happy New Year and wish you all the best." x2

"Hey, it's Shanzi and Xiaojun. Happy New Year, happy New Year. Come on, come in and warm yourself up." Li Weiguo also happily arched his hands and warmly greeted the two of them to come in.

During the Chinese New Year, it was rare for someone to visit us to pay New Year greetings, so the house finally felt a little joyful.

Li Weiguo led them into the room, pointed to the bench in the main room, and said with a smile: "Sit down, all of you, just treat it as your own home. You have been here before."

"Hey, okay, Chief, this is a gift for you."

Zheng Shan and the other two smiled without being polite. They put the things they brought on the dining table and sat down.

The things the two of them brought were not expensive, just two bottles of Xifeng wine and a box of four kinds of dried fruits, which they bought together.

The New Year gifts in Sijiucheng pay attention to the auspiciousness of homophones and numbers.

Give "double" gifts instead of "single" gifts for the New Year, which means good things come in pairs and is auspicious.

Moreover, Old BJ pays special attention to giving wine during New Year greetings, because wine is a homophonic word for "jiu", which means eternal life. If giving wine, two or four bottles should be sent in one basket, and dried fruits should be given in four or six items in one box.

So the two of them thought about it all day yesterday before they came up with the idea of ​​sending two bottles of wine and a box of dried fruits, which were neither expensive nor shabby.

Before setting off, Zheng Shan and his mother wanted them to bring a basket of steamed buns with noodles, but the two of them thought about it and rejected it.

During the famine years, it was indeed a good gift to give a basket of food to relatives when visiting relatives during festivals. However, considering that Li Weiguo was also in need of these, they did not have the nerve to bring it. After all, the pork and white noodles for the New Year were given by Li Weiguo, so how could they be embarrassed? Taking steamed buns as a New Year gift.

Li Weiguo glanced at the gifts on the table and complained about their expense: "Hey, I don't lack anything. You don't know why you brought these things. Isn't it a waste of money?"

Zheng Shan smiled and said noncommittally: "You are not lacking, so etiquette is still required. Otherwise, if you come to the door empty-handed, you are embarrassed to let us in, but we are embarrassed to sit down. Don't you think so, hahaha. "

How can you come to visit someone empty-handed during the Chinese New Year? It all depends on your heart whether it’s expensive or not, so don’t be surprised if there are so many people.

"Okay, you have a lot of sense. Come on, have some snacks and help yourself."

As he spoke, Li Weiguo took out various peanuts, melon seeds, candies, biscuits, dried fruits and other snacks from the cupboard and placed them on the dining table to entertain Zheng Shan and the other two.

"Okay, thank you, Chief."

Zheng Shan didn't think he was an outsider, he just grabbed a handful of peanuts and started eating them. Yang Xiaojun on the side didn't show any politeness and grabbed a handful of melon seeds.

Li Weiguo sat down opposite them, grabbed a handful of hawthorns, and casually asked Yang Xiaojun and the others: "What's going on at home now? Do you have enough for the New Year?"

Yang Xiaojun smiled and said: "The New Year's goods are enough. You gave me twenty kilograms of fat pork. If you save some food, it will be enough for three months. In addition, there are monthly wages and coupons, which is enough for my mother and I to live on weekdays." After all the expenses, I can still save a lot every month, and my mother is still asking me to give you a voice."

Li Weiguo nodded: "Well, that's good. We are not outsiders. If you have any difficulties in the future, just ask. Don't be embarrassed."

"Okay, Chief, hehe." Yang Xiaojun touched his head and smiled innocently.

After asking Yang Xiaojun, Li Weiguo turned to look at Zheng Shan again: "Shanzi, where are you? Your family has a large population. How is the situation now?"

As soon as Li Weiguo asked about the situation at home, Zheng Shan smiled from ear to ear. The changes in the family situation in the past few months were still vivid in his mind.

"Hehe, thanks to the help of the section chief, now the debt has been paid off and I have a job. When I put on my white police uniform, I feel proud in my courtyard.

Now my salary is twenty-five and a half yuan, and my wife and mother-in-law can still do some work as a matchmaker on the street, and they can earn ten or eight yuan a month. Life is getting more and more promising."

After hearing about Zheng Shan and Yang Xiaojun's family situation, Li Weiguo nodded with confidence.

When we first met them, their family situations were not very good, even miserable.

At that time, Zheng Shan sold his assigned job and had been taking odd jobs on the street to earn a salary of three melons and two dates. When I met him in the ghost market, he didn’t even have decent clothes on him. where.

Yang Xiaojun is doing better. He just started working as a street sweeper as an apprentice and has not yet become a full-time employee. However, his wife's health is not good and she also owes a lot of foreign debts.

Later, after Li Weiguo gave him a job, he simply sold his job as a street sweeper, paid off his debts, and then went to work in the picket unit. Now his family's situation is getting better and better.

"Okay, it will be good if the family's life gets better. In the future, as the working years get longer, the wages and benefits will be higher and higher, and the life will be better." Li Weiguo said with a smile.

"Hehe, it all depends on the help of the unit chief." Zheng Shan said with a smile.

"Okay, no need to flatter you. You have earned these by yourself. If you don't live up to your expectations, you won't be able to get job quotas." Li Weiguo waved his hand and said.

Suddenly, Li Weiguo remembered Zhao Guobing's incident, so he changed the topic: "By the way, I wonder if you are free these days?".

Zheng Shan said doubtfully: "I'm free. I don't have anything to do during the Chinese New Year. I'm very free. What's up, chief? What's going on?"

"It's not a big deal, just staring at one person."

Then Li Weiguo briefly told Zheng Shan and Zheng about Zhao Guobing's affairs, and asked them to help keep an eye on Cui Zhi's activities in Xinjiekou when they had time.

Of course, the work is not in vain, Zhao Guobing will show something when it is done.

Originally, Li Weiguo didn't care about the three melons and two dates, he could just give it to him, but Zhao Guobing insisted on paying for it himself.

It was said that it was not appropriate to ask friends to pay for help, but in the end Li Weiguo didn't resist him, so he let him go.

After Zheng Shan heard the ins and outs of the matter, he raised his head and glanced at Yang Xiaojun. Seeing that he had no objection, he nodded and accepted the job.

"No problem, Chief, you can leave it to us. It happens to be the Chinese New Year period when I have nothing to do and I feel like I am busy doing some activities."

Tracking is their specialty, and they can make some money, so why not do it.

These gangsters and old gunners on the street are not good birds. They sit around all day, pick up girls, and cause trouble everywhere. Even entering the gunnery bureau is a common occurrence, and they are cleaned up as a matter of social security. Made a contribution.

"Okay, then it's up to you. If you have any news, come to me anytime."

"Okay, Chief, just take a look."