Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

On his way home from get off work, Chen Changan passed by the Yan family's door and did not hear the laughter and joy that he usually heard during meals.

The Yan family is a large family, and no matter how stingy Yan Fugui is, at least he can feed the whole family.

Eating when you are hungry is a happy thing. Eating together as a family, laughing and talking, is also a kind of happiness for ordinary people.

Today, because of Yan Jiecheng’s incident, there is no more laughter and joy in the house.

Chen Changan just shook his head and continued walking home.

Unlike the Yan family, there was obviously more laughter in Chen Changan's family today.

The sisters were very sensible. A few days ago, when Chen Changan was in a bad mood, the sisters saw that Chen Changan was in a bad mood, and naturally they became in a bad mood too. They even spoke less loudly than usual.

After the punishment results came out today, Chen Changan just sighed for Yan Jiecheng. As for Ni Laoer? Chen Changan had only seen him and had never said a word to him.

I was basically not implicated, so I naturally went home with a smile on my face.

Chen Changan's smile also directly infected his sisters. Xiuying also saw from Chen Changan's smile that Chen Changan had overcome the difficulties.

Xiuhua and Xiujuan also started to play around like a show of affection.

The days passed in such an ordinary way until the New Year.

Due to the lack of meat in the city, Director Huang arranged for more and more hairtail to be shipped into the city at the suggestion of Chen Changan and with the support of the superiors.

As a welfare benefit during the Chinese New Year, basically all employees of major state-owned factories can receive a few kilograms of hairtail.

Chen Changan also successfully snatched the cotton cloth from Director Wang. Although it was not much, there were still many people in the processing factory.

The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month was the last day before the Chinese New Year. Today Chen Changan arranged for cleaning and inventory.

After that, Chen Changan started to distribute the New Year benefits in person. There was no other way, as Director Wang said that the accountant and cashier he had arranged would not be in place until after the New Year.

There was no other way. He didn’t dare let anyone else take charge, so Chen Changan had to do it himself.

The workers in the factory also knew that Chen Changan had spent a lot of time running around to get New Year supplies some time ago.

But they didn't dare to think too much. After all, they were all temporary workers. Even if they had their stuff, giving them two kilograms of hairtail would be a surprise enough.

I didn’t expect to distribute so many things, even to the people who pulled carts in some non-processing factories.

An unexpected surprise. The workers were all smiling and thanking Chen Changan.

Looking at the dark, wrinkled faces, Chen Changan was also sincerely happy. At least his efforts were worthwhile, right?

After the warehouse was sealed and everyone went home, Chen Changan said a few words to Old Man Lu and went home.

Old Man Lu will be living in the factory these days. This is also Old Man Lu’s own request.

Old Man Lu, who had come from the war years, was alone and had no relatives or friends. Ever since Chen Changan took over the factory, Old Man Lu had regarded it as his home.

As a person, it is enough to have food to eat and look after the house. If you need coal, you have coal, if you need a stove, you have a stove, if you need food, you have food, what else can you be dissatisfied with.

Siheyuan, the steel mill is also on holiday today, and the food they distribute is also hairtail. Fortunately, every family in Siheyuan is cooking hairtail.

Similarly, Chen Changan's family also had hairtail today. Chen Changan silently said in his heart, Bohai hairtail and Zhoushan hairtail, the resources are indeed abundant now. The proportion of big fish is also very large. For the supply of Sijiu City, there will be almost no fish in the future. I hope you don't blame me.

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the annual show of the third uncle collecting melon seeds and peanuts and writing couplets did not take place.

Although it was not broadcast or reported, it seemed as if it had never happened, but many people in the processing plant and the street office knew about it.

There is no such thing as confidentiality, and it cannot be kept. In this era with few entertainment activities, gossip has become the usual entertainment program for the elderly.

This sensational and eye-catching event spread like wildfire that same day.

Yan Fugui felt that he was a cultured person, and that such a shameful thing had happened in his family, so he felt embarrassed to see anyone.

Ever since Yan Jiecheng got into trouble, he has been avoiding his neighbors every day, and he would wait until everyone in the yard had almost left before he dared to go out for work.

Writing couplets today was even more impossible. Chen Changan took his sisters to buy New Year's goods early in the morning.

I can't help it. I was busy on weekdays and wanted to buy it earlier, but then something like this happened before the New Year. I can only go today.

The sisters' snacks, meat, eggs, etc. were all consumed by Chen Changan's remaining bills.

Thinking that my sisters are still young and they are all girls, I only bought one string of firecrackers.

After shopping, the family happily had a meal at Donglaishun. After all, since Chen Changan took over the processing plant, he had no time to take his sisters out to eat.

The New Year celebrations of this era are not festive, but they are not. The main reason is that there are too few entertainment activities. After dinner, there is nothing to do. It is impossible for a few people to sit together and stare at each other.

In fact, the period with the strongest New Year flavor was the mid-to-late 1980s and the 1990s.

In the era when firecrackers were not banned, every household had enough food and clothing. On the night of the 30th, they ate delicacies that they could not eat at other times and watched the Spring Festival Gala on TV.

That was the Chinese New Year that Chen Changan celebrated in his childhood and in his memories.

Chen Changan thought that rest time was not as good as working time. Not knowing what to do was really hard.

Chen Changan felt that he was a scumbag. He wanted to take a day off when he was at work, but he didn't know what to do when he was on holiday. He wanted to go back to work.

In the midst of Chen Changan's hardships and contradictions, the year 1958 arrived.

Routine meeting on the first day of work in the new year.

The person sitting next to Chen Changan was no longer Wu Haiyan, but an old lady and a little girl brought by Director Wang himself.

The aunt's surname was Hou, and Director Wang asked Chen Changan to call her Auntie Hou when introducing her. But Auntie Hou said directly, "Why call me Auntie Hou? Call me Sister Hou. You are much younger than your Auntie Wang."

Chen Changan was speechless. Sister Hou is Sister Hou. He couldn't afford to offend her. The aunties of this era were all good at talking. After all, women could hold up half the sky. When they quarreled, they could be more aggressive than men.

The girl's surname is Su, she is 18 years old this year, graduated from a technical secondary school, and to be honest, it is a waste of talent to come to Chen Changan. But who can blame the district and the street for paying attention to her?

God of Wealth, come and reap the rewards when the funds are insufficient, and you will get a lot of money. You must pay attention to it, and choose someone who has no background and is not easy to be bribed.

Having just experienced the baptism of campus life, I am full of a sense of justice and dare to fight and not compromise with those who harm national interests.

Looking at the somewhat shy little girl, Chen Changan felt that she was relatively easy to handle, so he simply called her Xiao Su.

Seeing that the other party didn't say anything, it was obvious that he agreed.

Unexpectedly, Chen Changan is also a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. When facing the old Aunt Hou, he calls her "Sister Hou" and when facing the little girl, he calls her "Xiao Su".