Golden Color Xiangjiang: A Young Man's Dream in a Siheyuan

Zhou Jin saw that everything about the New Year had been discussed, and it was indeed getting late. In addition, there was a lot of things to do at home tomorrow, so Zhou Jin planned to go home.

"Grandpa and grandma, it's getting late now. I'll take Zhou Xin home first."

When Grandma Yang heard that her little granddaughter was leaving, her mood suddenly turned sour and her face darkened.

Seeing Grandma Yang's reaction, Zhou Jin was helpless and could only ask Zhou Xin.

"Xinxin, it's getting late now. Do you want to go home with your brother, or stay at your grandparents' house tonight? I'll pick you up tomorrow."

When Zhou Xin heard her brother asking her, she looked up at her grandmother who had a face full of expectation and answered in a baby voice.

"Brother, I want to sleep with grandma today. Please come and pick me up tomorrow."

When Grandma Yang heard that her granddaughter wanted to stay, she was so happy that she kissed the little girl. After the kiss, she said to Zhou Jin.

"Xiao Zhou, it's getting late. You should go back. Be careful on the road."

After saying that, he carried Zhou Xin back to the bedroom. Zhou Jin felt as if she had been abandoned. She could only say goodbye to her grandparents helplessly and ride her bike back home.

After returning home, Zhou Jin felt that the whole room was cold and deserted. Although the little girl had only been there for a short time, Zhou Jin had already gotten used to her presence and would pull herself together to tell her stories every night.

Zhou Jin was still a little uncomfortable with the sudden absence of the little girl, but luckily it was only for one night. In the future, he would never let Zhou Xin live out. If the little girl gets married in the future, he would just find a live-in son-in-law.

Zhou Jin had been running around all day today and was still a little tired. Although he was not used to the little girl not being at home, he fell asleep in a second when he lay on the warm kang. As for whether he snored or not, no one knew.

Anyway, Zhou Xin never said that Zhou Jin snored, which means he didn't snore.

As the roosters crowed in the yard next door, the sky in the east began to turn pale.

Zhou Jin also quickly got up, signed in, washed up, had breakfast, and then prepared to go out.

Today I promised to deliver supplies to the street office in the morning, and also go to the supply and marketing cooperative to purchase some things for the New Year.

When everything was packed up, it was already half past seven. Zhou Jin locked the door and pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard. When passing the front yard, Yan Bugui came up and asked if he wanted his help in writing Spring Festival couplets.

Zhou Jin originally thought that the relationship between the two families had gradually improved recently, so he simply asked him to help write a few paintings. It wouldn't cost much anyway.

Just as he was about to agree, Zhou Jin suddenly remembered that his grandfather had already written the Spring Festival couplets, not only for their yard, but also for his own rooms.

If I asked Yan Bugui to help write it again, my family would be in an uproar, so I just refused.

When Yan Bugui heard that he was rejected, his face immediately darkened, but Zhou Jin didn't care. I am willing to give it, and I don't care how much it is, but if you want to snatch it by force, then we will see who has the harder fist.

Zhou Jin rode his bike to the street office, leaving Yan Bugui alone in the wind. He originally thought, since you have taken the initiative to show your kindness to me, you must want something from me, but it turned out that he was not even allowed to write the Spring Festival couplets.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Jin arrived at the street office. Since Director Wang had already given instructions, Zhou Jin simply put his bicycle away and then pulled the cart out of the street office.

Zhou Jin pulled the cart to the place he had taken a fancy to before. There were no residents around here, and usually not many people passed by. Then Zhou Jin looked around and took out two pieces of pork, weighing about two hundred and five hundred kilograms, and thirty bags of Fuqiang flour, each weighing twenty kilograms.

Then he rested for about half an hour, looked at the time, and thought it was about time, so he pulled the cart to the place assigned by Director Wang.

This is a small courtyard, a bit far from the main street, which is considered a remote place. However, it is not far from the street office. It must be the place where the street office stores supplies.

Zhou Jin parked the cart at the door and went forward to knock.

"Dong dong dong."

As soon as Zhou Jin knocked on the door, it was opened.

Director Wang came out with five or six clerks.

"Xiao Jin, are you here to deliver New Year's goods?"

"Yes, Director Wang, I have successfully completed the task you assigned to me. These two pieces of pork weigh almost 250 kilograms, no more, no less. These 30 bags of Fuqiang flour weigh 20 kilograms each. Please inspect them."

Director Wang was very excited when he saw the fresh pork and bags of flour. He had originally asked Zhou Jin for help as a last-ditch effort. After all, it was too difficult to get so many supplies in such a short time. He did not expect Zhou Jin to actually do it, and even exceeded the target.

The clerk behind her also looked agitated and was trying hard to calm herself down.

"Okay, okay, this time it's really thanks to you, otherwise I don't know how to explain to everyone. Now it's good, everyone can have a good New Year."

"Director Wang, this is what I do. We all work hard for the residents of the street all year long. It's not easy to celebrate the New Year, so we must eat something good. This can be regarded as my contribution to the street."

"It seems that our comrades are more conscious. Now I feel really relieved.

But Xiaojin, I may not be able to settle your payment today. We will have a holiday tomorrow, and the accountant may be too busy today. Can I settle your payment after the New Year?"

"That's totally fine. How can I not trust my own government? Just pay me whenever you have time."

"Okay, okay, Xiaojin, this time it's really thanks to you, don't forget to come and play on the third day of junior high school."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll remember it. Director Wang, I'll leave first. There are still many things at home that I haven't prepared."

"Okay, get busy now."

After Zhou Jin finished speaking, he went to the street office, where his bicycle was still parked.

After Zhou Jin left, Director Wang and the clerks behind her hurriedly pulled the cart into the yard, and then began to sort the things out.

In order to divide the pork, Director Wang even went to the slaughterhouse to invite a butcher over. Now the yard is bustling with activity.

Zhou Jin went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some candies, canned food and cakes, and also bought two strings of firecrackers for the little girl. During the Chinese New Year, the children would take down the firecrackers and set them off one by one to add to the festive atmosphere.

Because Zhou Jin had already taken out the New Year's goods from the space a few days ago, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, rice, flour and fruit, everything was available, so he came to the supply and marketing cooperative today to buy some things that were not produced in the space.

This was Zhou Jin's first time celebrating the New Year in this era, so he didn't know what to prepare. Basically, he had only bought food. Suddenly, Zhou Jin remembered that when he was a child, he would buy new clothes every New Year. So he went to the clothing counter and bought a set of cotton clothes and shoes for each of the four of them.

Zhou Jin couldn't think of anything else he needed, so he rode back to the courtyard. As soon as he entered the yard, everyone saw Zhou Jin carrying a lot of bags, all kinds of food and new clothes. They were very envious. In addition, they also saw Zhou Jin bringing a lot of things home in the past few days, all good things like chicken, duck, fish and meat.

But everyone could only envy him. After all, everyone now knew Zhou Jin's income and his family background, and his job was to facilitate the purchase of supplies.

As for reporting that the source of the bills is irregular, forget it. Regardless of where his bills came from, even if they were really bought on the black market, who among us has not done that? If this report gets to know, it will be the same as Yi Zhonghai and others, and no one will dare to talk to them.

But if there was no problem with Zhou Jin's ticket, they would have to go in. We didn't have the connections like Yi Zhonghai, who could go in today and out tomorrow, so when we saw Zhou Jin carrying so many bags home, we could only feel envy.

After all, whether you report it or not, it will not benefit you, so why offend him, especially since he is a cadre.

Zhou Jin really didn't want to say anything about Yan Bugui. Whenever he saw you had something in your hand, no matter what it was, he would come up to you and wait for an opportunity to take advantage of you.

When he saw Zhou Jin bringing lots of bags home, he approached her and asked for favors as if by reflex, but was directly rebuffed by Zhou Jin.

Looking at Yan Bugui who seemed to be taking advantage of Zhou Xin, Zhou Jin suddenly felt that his previous attempts to show goodwill for Zhou Xin seemed to be wrong.

Therefore, he planned to treat Yan Bugui the same as before, so that he wouldn't always think that he needed something from him and would take advantage of him at every turn. This would be like a toad falling off its feet. It doesn't bite, but it makes people feel disgusted.

As for Zhou Xin, Zhou Jin decided to take her directly to her grandfather's house when she went out, and then take her home when she came back. It didn't matter if he didn't take her back, because the old couple loved the little girl very much anyway.

It is true that a day without seeing you feels like three years. Moreover, my grandparents are also educated people. I dare not say how powerful they are, but according to Zhou Jin's observation, they are definitely much more powerful than Yan Bugui.

Therefore, sending Zhou Xin to her grandfather could not only teach the little girl to read and write and lay a good foundation in advance, but also prevent Zhou Xin from being bullied in the courtyard or being led astray by others after staying there for too long.

As for Zhou Xin's going to school, it was not easy for Zhou Jin, a deputy section chief, to send Zhou Xin to school. Before, Zhou Jin was confined to the inherent circle of the Siheyuan.

Now Zhou Jin has come to terms with it. Although he doesn't know the principal of Red Star Primary School, Red Star Primary School is the affiliated primary school of the Third Steel Rolling Mill. When the time comes, he can go find Deputy Director Li and treat the two of them to a meal, and the matter will be resolved.

By then, Xinxin will be taken care of by the principal at school, which is much more reliable than Yan Bugui, and she will definitely be in the best class, taught by the best teachers.

After Zhou Jin sent Yan Bugui away, he returned home, put away the things he had just bought, and then began to prepare the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen, because it was his first year to celebrate the New Year at home, and he was not alone this year, as he had his grandparents and sister with him.

Therefore, Zhou Jin wanted to make it more grand, so he prepared squirrel fish, lamb stewed with radish, sea cucumber with scallions, braised pork, Qianlong cabbage, egg custard, stir-fried oyster mushrooms with green peppers, winter melon ball soup and mushroom chicken soup.

Because there were a lot of things to prepare, Zhou Jin didn't have time to make lunch at noon, so he just prepared some noodles with soybean sauce to fill his stomach, and spent the rest of the time preparing the ingredients.

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon when Zhou Jin finally finished dealing with everything. Then he prepared to lock the door and pick up Zhou Xin, and then go to the cemetery together to see his parents.

As soon as I went out, I saw He Yushui coming.

"Brother Zhou Jin, are you going out?"

"Yes, isn't today New Year's Eve? I haven't been home for many years. I plan to take Xinxin to the cemetery to see my parents, and then go to pick up grandpa and his family to come back for the New Year.

What about you, what are you going to do?"

"I don't have anything to do. It's just that an old man came to my house yesterday and said that this year the Jia family will celebrate the New Year together with my family, the old man's family and the deaf old lady. I thought that with the Jia family here, the New Year's Eve dinner would definitely not be good, so I planned to leave halfway through the meal.

Then I came to your house to eat, hoping you would save some food for me." He Yushui said with some embarrassment but with confidence.

"I thought it was something else. Don't worry, there is always food for you at home. You can come anytime. Are you relieved now?" Zhou Jin answered with a doting face.

"Okay, I'm relieved. You go ahead, I'm going home too."

After saying this, He Yushui skipped home.