Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

Almost in the blink of an eye, it's New Year's Eve.

The fact that Huo Shaoshuai came to Shanghai has spread like wildfire. Many people wanted to visit him, but Huo Yong only saw a few people.

On the first day, he lived in Fu Yun'an's house, but on the second day, he moved to Huo Ying's big house, and even Fu Yun'an lived there, so that Mu Qiong and Fu Yun'an couldn't see each other.

Woke up early in the morning on New Year's Eve, Zhu Wanwan cooked dumplings.

On weekdays, there are breakfast shops everywhere in the streets of Shanghai, but now that the Chinese New Year is coming, these shops are all closed.

At this time, every household has stored rice, noodles, meat and vegetables at home, and they also have time to make food for themselves, instead of going out to eat.

For Chinese New Year, we need to marinate some bacon or make some sauce meat, but Zhu Wanwan didn't make it at home. The three of them seldom open fire at home, and they couldn't finish eating the marinated bacon at home.

Even the dumplings they ate today were delivered by Fu Yunan's cook last night.

There are two types of dumplings: cabbage and pork stuffing and mushroom and pork stuffing. Each dumpling has thin skin and big stuffing. Zhu Wanwan will be full after eating seven dumplings. Zhu Yuzheng is growing up and eats ten dumplings in one go. As for Mu Qiong, he eats twenty dumplings.

After breakfast, they packed the remaining uncooked dumplings in a box, and they were ready to go to the orphanage.

This year, they plan to live with the children in the orphanage.

However, before they set off, there was a knock on the door.

Mu Qiong went out and opened the door, and saw Fu Yun'an.

"Mu Qiong." Fu Yun'an greeted Mu Qiong with a smile when he saw Mu Qiong.

"Yun'an, why are you here?" Mu Qiong was a little surprised, today is New Year's Eve, the day of reunion, he thought Fu Yun'an would stay at home with his two elder brothers no matter what.

"I'll come and see you." Fu Yun'an said, "Will you spend the New Year in an orphanage?"

"Yes." Mu Qiong said.

"Can you add a few more people?" Fu Yun'an said: "Brother and I will celebrate the New Year with you."

"Of course, it's just that the orphanage is quite simple." Mu Qiong said.

"It's okay, we just want to make it more lively." Fu Yun'an said.

Mu Qiong felt that if Huo Yong and Huo Ying were willing to come to the orphanage for the New Year, Fu Yun'an might have contributed a lot.

Leaning over for a kiss, Mu Qiong said: "Then let's celebrate the New Year together."

"Ahem!" A voice sounded, and Mu Qiong raised his head, only to find that Huo Yong was standing behind Fu Yun'an.

Huo Ying is afraid of the cold, but Huo Yong is the opposite. Even though the weather is very cold today, he still wears thin clothes, and his inverted triangle figure makes people feel uncomfortable just looking at him.

Huo Yong said: "At Huo Ying's factory, we want to have a meal together at noon. Let's go there first, and then go to the orphanage to celebrate the New Year."

There wasn't much going on in the orphanage, and he didn't need to stay there, Mu Qiong readily agreed, greeted Zhu Wanwan, and got into Huo Yong's car.

The car was driven by Huo Yong's adjutant. Huo Yong sat in the driver's seat, Mu Qiong and Fu Yun'an sat in the back seat, and the four soon arrived at Huo Ying's factory.

Huo Ying's factory has not expanded, but compared with Mu Qiong's last visit, there are more buildings and more people coming and going.

At this time, most of the factories were on holiday at the end of the year, but Huo Ying's factory did not have a holiday. Huo Ying gave each worker an extra five yuan, saying that they had to work overtime during the Chinese New Year, and then those workers stayed in the factory happily up.

Although I still have to work during the Chinese New Year, but five yuan!five yuan!With so much money, let alone just let them continue to work during the New Year, even if they are not allowed to pass the New Year, they are all willing.

What's more, the factory is for them to celebrate the new year.

These days, because the end of the year is approaching, the food in the factory is particularly good, but today, they only need to work for a whole morning, and they can have a holiday in the afternoon!

It's fine if they can have a holiday, and their second young master even bought dozens of pigs back, saying that they were going to kill them for the New Year.

On the morning of the New Year's Eve, the workers listened to the sound of slaughtering pigs outside, and felt full of strength all over their bodies, and the work was done quickly and well.

They didn't even know that even if they didn't work overtime, Huo Ying originally planned to give them some money at the end of the year to reward them. After all, Huo Ying really made a lot this year.

When Mu Qiong and Fu Yunan came over together, they happened to be butchering pigs.

Huo Ying specially invited a few pig butchers to kill the pigs.

At this time, the pigs don’t have to eat nutritious pig feed. They usually eat pig grass. When the sweet potatoes are collected, they are given sweet potato leaves. They are not very willing to give them sweet potatoes, so they are not big, even if they have been raised for a year , It is already amazing to be able to produce a hundred catties of meat, and most pigs look very thin.

With two or three men, the pig can be pressed on the bench so that it cannot move, and a wooden bucket for pig blood is placed under the bench, and the pig will be killed with a knife, and then it will be shaved and disembowelled. Belly.

The pig butcher is in full swing.

Huo Yong looked at this scene, and suddenly said: "When I was a child, during the Chinese New Year, what I looked forward to most was killing pigs. No matter which pig slaughtering company in the village would divide the pig's intestines and blood, every family could eat meat."

Huo Ying didn't have a deep impression of his childhood. As for Fu Yun'an...he had never seen a pig slaughtered before.

Fu Yun'an said: "The pig's internal organs look quite similar to human internal organs, and they are about the same size."

Huo Yong and Huo Ying: "..." Listening to these words makes people feel hairy...

Huo Ying took them and walked around all the factories, looking at them one by one.And wherever they went, the workers there would look at Huo Ying excitedly, and some would kneel down and kowtow to Huo Ying.

These workers are all young, full of vigor, and their eyes are full of hope. They are still learning to read and count. Huo Ying's factory is not just a simple factory anymore, it has cultivated many talents.

"I exchanged Xilin for a lot of machines, and next year this factory will be able to operate better." Huo Ying was also a little proud when he saw such a factory.

After seeing the factory, they came to the square again, and here, someone was already burning pork.

The slaughtered pigs are chopped into small pieces, put into a big pot, add water and soy sauce to cook, and the aroma will come out after a while.

In addition to pork, vegetables and tofu were also cooked. Huo Ying's stewards also used pig heads, whole chickens, and fish to worship the "Nian Bodhisattva".

After all this was done, the workers gathered together. Huo Ying held a loudspeaker, spoke to the workers, and said some slogans, asking everyone to shout with him.

The mood of the workers was mobilized immediately, and after shouting, one by one began to eat with full of energy.

Among these people was Song Yanqiu.

As the first batch of workers who entered the factory and were promoted the fastest, Song Yanqiu is now quite respected by those workers. At the moment, there are many people around him, and some people bring the most delicious pork belly from pigs to him. he.

Then, everyone chatted while eating.

"I never imagined that I could live such a good life."

"It's the first time I've grown up to eat so much meat!"

"It's also my first time. When we celebrate the New Year at other people's place, you can't stick your chopsticks on the meat. The meat is called watching the meat. You can only look at it, because the owner's house only has a bowl of meat. Whenever someone comes to pay New Year's greetings You have to take it out and put it on the table to support the facade, but after the tenth day of the first lunar month, you can’t move it.”

"It's the same with us. The fish is also called Kanyu. I was ignorant once and poked it with chopsticks, only to find that the fish was still raw."

"I only go to my grandma's house, and grandma will give me a piece of meat!"

"It's all good for you. My family owes debts. Sometimes, to avoid debt collectors, I can't spend the New Year in my own home."

……

Everyone chatted about the scenes of the Chinese New Year in the past, and talked about the current life.

"Working here, there is meat to eat every day. When I first came here, I felt like I was in heaven."

"Me too! We are also taught to read and write here. This Chinese New Year, I have written letters home."

"Second Young Master Huo is really a good man."

"I must work hard to bring my family back."

……

Hearing what they said, Song Yanqiu said: "As long as you work hard, you will be able to take over your family members, and it is not impossible to become a manager in the future."

"Brother Song, can we really be in charge?" Someone asked.

"Of course I can. If you don't go out, you don't know how big it is outside. In the future, the second young master may open factories all over the country. At that time, there must be many, many workers and many managers!" Song Yanqiu said.

"Is it very big outside? Brother Song, tell us about it!" These people said again.

Song Yanqiu just started talking like that, speaking with eloquence and emotion.

Song Yanqiu felt that his current life couldn't be better.

When Lu County was hit by a disaster, he once thought that he would starve to death, but he never thought that he would have a great fortune in the end.

This New Year's Eve, because of his outstanding performance, the people above put a full twenty silver dollars in the red envelope given to him!

"That person looks pretty good, and he can focus on training." Huo Ying sat upstairs next to him, and after hearing Song Yanqiu's words, he had a good impression of Song Yanqiu.

As this guy said... sooner or later he's going to open factories all over the country!

Huo Ying no longer remembers the young man below who got a lot of tan from running around, the one who was thrown out by him to run a business because he got too close to Mu Qiong.

But Huo Ying didn't remember, but the people around him did. Now that Huo Ying mentioned Song Yanqiu for the second time, they immediately thought about raising Song Yanqiu's position.

After all, Second Young Master valued this person very much!

The workers in the factory ate braised pork cooked in a big pot during the Chinese New Year, and the managers were given a plate of chicken and a plate of duck. As for Huo Ying and the others... there were delicacies from mountains and seas in front of them.

Swimming in the water, running on the ground, flying in the sky, everything on the table.

Mu Qiong has lived in modern times, so he is well-informed, but he still can't recognize some of the food, and the result is like this. Huo Ying also said: "I especially like the fried shrimp brains in Shanghai. It's a pity There is no such dish at this time."

The so-called fried shrimp brains are actually fried shrimp roe. The difference between shrimp roe and crab roe is just as delicious.

"I think this fried shrimp is pretty good. You don't need to spit out the shells." Huo Yong has never eaten fried shrimp brains, but he really likes the fried shrimp tails in front of him. Because this dish has been fried, he doesn't need to spit out the shells.

He just likes dishes that are easy to eat.

Mu Qiong brought some food to Fu Yun'an, and it was another experience of the wealth of the rich at this time.

They stayed at the factory until two o'clock in the afternoon, and then they arrived at the orphanage.

The children in the orphanage have been cutting window grilles with red paper for the past few days, and they didn't throw away the scraps of paper they cut out, but they stuck them on the wall with paste when they were a little bigger. The couplet written by Joan and the word "Fu" complement each other.

So as soon as he entered, Mu Qiong found that the place was bright red, very festive and full of New Year's atmosphere.

"Hello, sir!" Lu Deng immediately came up to say hello when he saw Mu Qiong.

When Mu Qiong first took over the orphanage, the street lamp was a bit glib and unreliable at all, always thinking of taking advantage of small advantages, but now, he has changed a lot-now he is not only down-to-earth and willing to work, but also takes good care of Young children in the orphanage.

Moo-joon is not at all surprised by his change.

In modern times, some children living in orphanages would feel inferior because they had no parents, but at this time, the children in his orphanage would not have such thoughts.

Children outside may not be able to eat some meat every day, but they may not be able to read and write!

They have no inferiority complex at all.

The children in the orphanage are very satisfied with their life and cherish it very much. They really regard this place as their home and strive to make it better.

The New Year's Eve dinner for the children in the orphanage was similar to that for the workers in Huo's factory, but the New Year's Eve dinner that Zhu Wanwan prepared for them was not as good as Mu Qiong's lunch.

Zhu Wanwan cooks very simple meals, such as sweet and sour fish, braised pork, white-cut chicken and stewed duck, as well as common dishes such as stir-fried garlic and shiitake mushrooms.

The most labor-intensive thing on the table is the must-have fried meatballs in Zhu Wanwan's hometown during the Chinese New Year.

Pork is added with seasonings such as minced ginger, kneaded into large meatballs the size of eggs, fried in a pan for a while, and then braised in brown sauce. It is a big dish.

These days, when poor people make fried meatballs, they cook glutinous rice and mix them with raw pork to make meatballs, so that they can make more meatballs with less meat, but the fried meatballs made by Zhu Wanwan are real pork , not adulterated at all.

Huo Yong ate a lot in one bite.

"Auntie, your craftsmanship is really good." Huo Ying also praised.

"That's right! Aunt Zhu's meatballs are very delicious." Fu Huai'an couldn't help but said.Fu Huai'an didn't go to the factory during the day, and stayed in the orphanage all day. He watched Zhu Wanwan make these meatballs, and he even helped out. Right now, he feels that these meatballs are definitely the best in the world. Eat meatballs.

Huo Yong neither loves nor targets Fu Huai'an's younger brother. His attitude is similar to Fu Yun'an's. Huo Ying doesn't like Fu Huai'an very much, but today is New Year's Eve, and he didn't bother Fu Huai'an.

As for Huo Anni... "Auntie, the food you cook with your own hands tastes different!" Huo Anni praised Zhu Wanwan, which made Zhu Wanwan not like her very much.

After eating, Zhu Wanwan gave Mu Qiong some leftover untouched food, and asked Mu Qiong to deliver it to Wei Ting.

In the past two days, Wei Ting has not sent Wei Yuanyuan over, but Zhu Wanwan also knows some news about him.

Wei Ze has gone back to his hometown, but Wei Ting and Wei Yuanyuan stayed in Shanghai.

The two of them, father and daughter, celebrated the New Year together alone, and fearing that they would not be able to cook anything delicious, Zhu Wanwan thought about asking Mu Qiong to bring him something to eat.

Zhu Wanwan also said: "Mr. Wei is very busy, I'm afraid he won't have time to bring Yuanyuan, you tell him, let him bring Yuanyuan over next year like before."

"Okay." Mu Qiong agreed.

He knew that Wei Ting didn't send Wei Yuanyuan here because his father came to trouble Zhu Wanwan.However, neither he nor Zhu Wanwan would offend Wei Ting and Wei Yuanyuan because of Wei Ting's father.

It is impossible for Wei Ting to carry Yuanyuan all day, and it is difficult to find someone to help carry Yuanyuan for a while, so Wei Ting is probably worried right now.

"Yun'an, do you want to go with me?" Mu Qiong asked Fu Yun'an.

Today, he stayed with Fu Yun'an all day, but because of the two uncles watching over him, the two of them really didn't get along very well.

"I'm going to Ping'an Hospital later, so I can't be with you." Fu Yun'an smiled at Mu Qiong: "You can go home later, I'll watch the New Year with you after I'm done."

"Okay." Mu Qiong said.

Fu Yun'an did not go with Mu Qiong, but arranged for Mu Qiong to be protected by two people and a car.

There was a car, and it didn't take long for Mu Qiong to arrive at Wei Ting's residence.

Wei Ting has no real estate in Shanghai, so he rents a small house to live in.

The house he rented was smaller than the courtyard that Mu Qiong rented after he moved away from Yao's house. There were only two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs, and there was no yard.

The car stopped outside the door, and when Mu Qiong looked up, he saw lights on upstairs.

He knocked on the door, and then the upstairs window was opened, Wei Ting poked his head out from the window: "Who is it? Mu Qiong?"

"Principal, I'll bring you some food." Mu Qiong said.

"I'll come down right away," Wei Ting said.

Wei Ting quickly went downstairs and opened the door. When he saw Mu Qiong, he smiled and said, "Last year, you brought me food for Chinese New Year, and you brought me food again this year..."

"My mother is afraid that you won't know how to cook." Mu Qiong said.

"I don't know how to do it, but I'm not stupid. I bought some food in advance." Wei Ting greeted Mu Qiong to come in: "Yuanyuan said in the evening that she was hungry and wanted something to eat, so we ate the New Year's Eve dinner early. , I’m hungry now, what you brought is just enough for us to have another meal.”

The two downstairs rooms of Wei Ting's house, one for dining and one for cooking, are not big, so even though only one candle is lit at the moment, they are very bright.

Mu Qiong saw three plates of dishes on the table, one plate of steamed meat with eggs, one plate of steamed vegetables, and one plate of diced roast chicken.

This kind of food is usually considered rich, but on New Year's Eve, it looks shabby. However, after Wei Ting ran away from home, he has not been financially well off, which is normal.

"Brother Mu!" Wei Yuanyuan came down the stairs and rushed towards Mu Qiong.

Mu Qiong hugged her wrapped up in a ball, and said with a smile, "Yuanyuan is heavy again."

Wei Yuanyuan nodded happily: "I eat a lot every day!"

"Yuanyuan will eat more in the future, so that she can grow bigger and bigger." Mu Qiong said again.

"Okay." Wei Yuanyuan nodded, and said again: "Brother Mu, why didn't the dean's mother come to see me! I miss her."

Many children in the orphanage called Zhu Wanwan the dean's mother, and Wei Yuanyuan followed suit.

"She's very busy and doesn't have time to come here. Yuanyuan thinks about her, so let her father send Yuanyuan there." Mu Qiong said.

Wei Yuanyuan nodded seriously, and then went to look at Wei Ting again: "Father, send me to the dean's mother tomorrow!"

Wei Ting was a little embarrassed, Mu Qiong said: "Principal, you don't have to worry about the shadow if you are upright."

Wei Ting was even more embarrassed when he heard this.

The point is...he is a little out of shape.

Before Wei Ting, he really didn't think much of Zhu Wanwan, even at the Shen family's banquet, Zhu Wanwan was dressed up in a glamorous way, he didn't pay too much attention.

After all, he has seen countless beauties since he was a child.

But recently, he sent Wei Yuanyuan to Zhu Wanwan's place every day, and then went to pick him up. Seeing Zhu Wanwan wearing coarse clothes, with her hair tied up casually, busy with work, but still studying hard when she had time, he became more and more fond of Zhu Wanwan.

Of course, he didn't think much of it then.

Until this time his father went to trouble Zhu Wanwan.

After he took his daughter home that day, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and then he thought... It would be great if he was with Zhu Wanwan.

Yuanyuan likes Zhu Wanwan very much, and he also likes Zhu Wanwan a lot.

But Wei Ting soon smiled wryly.

Regardless of the property of the Wei family, he is really not a good match, after all...he is quite poor.

His life is stretched, Zhu Wanwan not only won't benefit from being with him, maybe his parents will make trouble for him, if he were Zhu Wanwan, he definitely wouldn't find such a man.

The children are grown up, and the son is still very promising and rich... How comfortable is Zhu Wanwan living alone?Isn't marrying a man with no money just asking for trouble?

Hearing Mu Qiong's words now, Wei Ting couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, but he quickly cleared up his mood and responded: "Then trouble Ms. Zhu."

He was very busy and didn't have time to think about relationship issues for the time being, so he just let it go.

With time, he still wrote a few more manuscripts...

"By the way, Mu Qiong, I've been taking Yuanyuan with me recently and wrote a few novels suitable for children to read. I planned to let you read them in the next year. Now that you're here, why don't you take them with you?" Wei Ting said, taking her with her. Let Mu Qiong go upstairs to get the manuscript.

Mu Qiong followed Wei Ting upstairs and found that in the room used as a study, there were papers and pens spread out. There is no doubt that Wei Ting wrote here before.

Still writing manuscripts on New Year's Eve... Wei Ting is probably really poor.

Also... Although the Education Monthly pays dividends to Wei Ting every month, Wei Ting spends a lot of money on weekdays, and sometimes sends the money to the school, fearing that he won't be able to save money.

When Wei Ting found a few manuscripts for Mu Qiong, on the other side, Fu Yun'an and Huo Yong came to a house together.

Huo Yong glanced at the house, and said: "It's unlucky to see blood in the New Year... We'll get rid of those who should be dealt with tonight."

Fu Yun'an nodded, and checked the gun in his hand.

The people who chased him and Mu Qiong had already been killed by him, and what needs to be solved today is the mastermind behind the scenes.