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Chapter 766: Chinese New Year in a foreign land
Chapter 766: Chinese New Year in a foreign land
??Chapter 766 New Year in a foreign land
??In the evening, Xu Shiyan, his wife and Ji Tongzhong drove back, and the family set off firecrackers and ate dumplings lively, celebrating the new year together.
??In the south, most people celebrate the New Year on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, so Su Anying directly gave the workers a day off.
??From the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the factory no longer needs to work overtime.
??Workers can rest in shifts, and the factory only needs to keep running.
?? On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the factory takes inventory and settles accounts,
??This year's total sales reached 70 million yuan. During the period of the previous year alone, the factory shipped tens of millions of goods.
??There is a long queue of transportation vehicles at the gate of the factory, and the queue can go as far as possible.
??Health care products have high profits, with sales of more than 70 million yuan, which is a lot of money.
?? And the most powerful thing is that the payment for the goods has not been pressed for a penny, and it has been settled.
?? This is also normal. Now Jishengyuan's products are selling very well in the market, and consumers are queuing up to buy them.
??Dealers are eager to order with cash, for fear that if they bring less money, they will not be able to get too many goods, and they will not be able to sell enough when they go back.
??What is the payment for the goods, and the first settlement after the sale? That doesn't exist at all.
?? All the pre-payments are paid in advance, and the final payment will be settled immediately as soon as the goods are shipped.
??In the first year of the new factory, various investments were also huge.
??So don't look at the high sales and huge profits, but there are many places to spend money everywhere.
??So most of the funds were kept on the books and reserved for next year's development. The two companies each shared 3 million.
??After the inventory was finished and the accounts were settled, Xu Shiyan and Su Anying returned to Yangcheng to spend the New Year with their children.
??On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the factory is on holiday. Except for the guards and fire departments who are on duty, the rest of the workers go home to celebrate the new year.
??The holiday is from the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifth day of the first lunar month, and the production officially starts on the sixth day.
?? Zhencaotang is only closed in the afternoon of New Year’s Eve during the Spring Festival, and it opens at 10 am from the first day to the sixth day of the new year.
??During the Chinese New Year, visiting relatives and friends, who visits the house without bringing some gifts.
??What is the best thing to bring now? That is naturally Jishengyuan's health care products.
??The purpose of opening a shop is to make money, Su Anfen is not a fool, it is impossible to miss such a good opportunity.
??Of course, you can’t let all the shop assistants come for the New Year’s Eve.
??So from the first day to the sixth day of junior high school, the clerks work one day and take two days off, and all come back to work from the seventh day of junior high school.
??Everyone else can have a holiday, but Su Anfen definitely doesn't.
??Fortunately, Ji Tongzhong is fine if he doesn’t go to work, and Ji Hongliang is also here. The whole family lives in the backyard of Zhencaotang, so that’s all.
??Xu Shiqin's garment factory is on holiday right after the Spring Festival.
??Han Liwei's work unit is not particularly busy for the New Year. Everyone has made an appointment to come to Zhencaotang on New Year's Eve and spend it together.
??So on the 30th day, Zhencaotang is very lively.
??The man led the boys, and decorated a lot of string lights of various shapes and colors on the windows of the shop, on the door, and on the shelves in the backyard.
??Even the two trees in the yard were wrapped with colorful string lights, and hung with small lanterns made of colored ribbons and colored paper.
??There are couplets and door gods pasted on the gate, couplets and blessings on the door of the house, and window grilles on all the windows.
??The entire yard is decorated with festive lights and festive atmosphere.
??Women are doing all kinds of work in the kitchen, frying and frying to make delicious food.
?? Compared with the Northeast, the supplies here are obviously more abundant.
??There are all kinds of fresh vegetables, as well as various live fish, live shrimp, crabs, etc., which were unimaginable in the Northeast before.
?? It’s rare for everyone to celebrate the New Year here, so you must prepare more generously, and prepare everything that you can’t eat normally this time.
?? Don’t care if the method is authentic or not, as long as you like it.
??Everyone was busy until three o'clock in the afternoon, and a sumptuous reunion dinner was served on the table, and everyone sat down.
?? "Wait a minute, wait a minute, I have to take a picture, and I will show my grandpa and grandma when I get back."
??Xu Haiyuan set up the camera, let everyone sit down, then set up time-lapse shooting, and took a picture with everyone.
?? Then, I took another photo of the food on the table.
?? "I figured it out. You didn't learn anything else. Your dad loves to play with cameras. You learned it very quickly."
??Su Anying looked at her son playing with the camera, couldn't help but shook her head with a smile.
?? "Okay, sit down and eat quickly, I've been busy for a long time, and I'm hungry."
?? Seeing that her son hadn't sat down yet, Su Anying hurriedly greeted him.
?? "Wait a minute, I'll call my grandfather."
??Xu Haiyuan didn't sit down to eat in a hurry, but picked up the phone.
?? "Grandpa, it's me, Yuanyuan, have you eaten? What did you eat today?"
?? After a while, the phone was connected. When Xu Haiyuan heard Xu Chenghou's voice over there, he chatted with Xu Chenghou.
?? "Yo, it's my eldest grandson.
??The meal is ready, I haven’t eaten yet, your grandma and your aunts and aunts have cooked a lot of food.
??There are chicken, duck, fish and everything, and there is a big table full. Grandson, have you eaten yet? "
??Xu Chenghou was very happy when he heard about his grandson.
?? "No, the dishes are all on the table, let's eat right away.
??I miss grandpa, so I will call him. "
??At this time, Xu Jinping, Xu Jinhui, and Xu Haiqing all came together, shouting grandpa.
?? On the other end of the phone, when Zhou Guilan heard that the grandchildren were calling, she quickly grabbed the phone and chatted with the grandchildren.
?? "You guys have fun over there, don't worry about home.
??Your uncle, second uncle, fourth uncle, and fifth uncle are all back to celebrate the New Year. As for the whole family, don’t worry about me and your grandfather.
??Well, today is the Chinese New Year, you should eat more for the reunion dinner, and eat well.
??Do you want to make dumplings at night? Tell your mother, you must remember to put money in the dumplings. Let's see who eats more money. "
??The children have never left their grandparents since they were young, and they call back every night after they come here.
??The three old people in the family are also thinking about it all day long, talking about it all the time, and looking forward to their grandchildren calling back every day.
??The two ends of the phone are connected to a family of young and old. It is so far apart that we cannot see each other, so it is good to be able to hear the movement.
?? "Grandpa, grandma, master, the food is ready, let's eat first, or it will all be cold.
??In the evening, I will call you again to say New Year greetings. "
??The children chatted with their grandparents and saw that the dishes on the table were getting cold, so they hung up the phone and sat down to eat.
??Xu Shiyan and the others didn't move their chopsticks until the children sat down, and then greeted the children to eat.
?? It’s New Year’s Eve. Even though I didn’t celebrate the New Year in my hometown this year, but traveled thousands of miles away, it must be a lively one.
?? Men drink, women and children drink.
??Everyone filled their cups, toasted and clinked together to celebrate the New Year together.
??Even the two little guys, Han Zhenlin and Han Yu, clumsily held the cups and bumped them with everyone.
?? Fortunately, they poured less drink into their cups, so they didn't spill it.
??The two babies were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, "Happy New Year, cheers."
??Han Yu didn't know who he learned from, so while clinking glasses, he said this.
?? "Yes, Happy New Year, cheers." Everyone laughed.
??Xu Shiyan deliberately bumped into Han Yu again before taking a sip of his wine.
??Han Yu looked at it, brought the cup to his mouth, and took a big gulp.
??A group of Northeast people celebrate the New Year in the south. It is impossible for them to go to the countryside to do as the Romans do. It is still how to celebrate the New Year at home, and it is the same here.
?? Among other things, the dumplings must be made.
??So after the reunion dinner, the women started chopping meat, vegetables, and kneading noodles.
??At six o'clock, all the string lights inside and outside the courtyard were plugged in, and the colorful lights made the small courtyard dreamlike and beautiful.
??The cartoons are over, the party has not started yet, and there are no interesting programs.
??The children don't have many friends here, unlike in their hometown, they all ran out in groups at this time.
??Staying bored in the house, the children simply took firecrackers to the yard and lit them. The jingling firecrackers conveyed the joy and blessings of the New Year.
??The small courtyard originally raised two dogs and several cats.
?? These days, especially after Han Zhenlin and Han Yu came, the dog and the cat were suffering.
??Nowadays, as long as the children are playing in the yard, the dog will just shrink into the den and never come out.
??The same goes for the cats, who have been hiding for a long time, never giving the children a chance to see them.
??The two dogs were puppies back then, and they had little knowledge. When the firecrackers rang out, the dogs were so frightened that they hid in the den and couldn't come out.
?? This movement is too scary, I dare not go out.
??At eight o'clock, the party started on time, and the children who were screaming outside all went back to the house and sat down to watch TV obediently.
??As for Xu Shiqin, Su Anying and the others, they had already moved the table and panels to the living room, and stood by the table rolling out skins to make dumplings.
??While bagging, Su Anying was still muttering.
?? "Let me just say, it's inconvenient in the south, not even a kang.
??If it was at our house, sitting on the hot kang, making dumplings and watching TV at the same time, how exciting would it be? "
??Northeast people are used to working on the kang, and they find it inconvenient when they come out.
?? "Well, what's the matter? Anyway, I've been here for so long, and I'm not used to it.
?? There is a kang in the northeast of our country, which is really comfortable. When Su Anfen heard this, she nodded quickly.
??No way, as a Northeast person, those customs are engraved in the bones, and it is really inconvenient to come out.
??The living habits of the north and the south are different, and the food culture is very different. This cannot be changed in a short time.
??Northern people are not used to coming to the south, and southerners are also not used to going to the north.
??People, it’s not for the sake of making a living, who wants to leave their hometown and go all the way?
??However, with the development and changes of the times, the north also began to live in buildings, and the kang gradually became the warmth in people's memory.
??Su Anying and the others chatted while making dumplings.
??These people have different identities now, they are no longer the housewives they used to be.
??The topic of discussion has also changed from family short stories to business matters.
??Xu Shiqin's clothing factory here is doing well, and the accounts have just been settled a few days ago.
??When the clothing factory was first built, Xu Shiyan and his wife invested part of the money, accounting for 30% of the shares. This time, the dividends were about 500,000.
??In the past few months since the opening of Yangcheng Zhencaotang, the turnover of the store has been very good, including wholesale and retail, with a turnover of tens of thousands a day.
??Since acting as an agent of Jishengyuan's health products, the income has doubled.
??As the store manager, Su Anfen has 10% of the dry stock, so this year's harvest is also great.
??Of course, Su Anying made the most money.
??The profits of various factories, stores, and companies are added together, and Su Anying will be several million this year.
??This is still the start-up stage of the health care product factory and Zhencaotang, and the investment is relatively large. They are waiting for the stable development next year and more profits.
?? "Thinking about the past, Xiaoji and I were busy working in the fields all year round, that is to say, eating and using for the whole year.
??Who would have thought that there would still be a time to earn so much money?
??Second sister, thanks to the help of you and second brother-in-law, otherwise, even if we work hard all our lives, we still wouldn’t be able to earn this year’s money. "
??Su Anfen sighed while working.
?? "Cough, what are you talking about?
??We are sisters, so my stall is too big and there is no one to help me, how can I find outsiders? I can't trust outsiders either.
??My family doesn’t need to talk about this, as long as you two work hard, the days of earning money are still to come.
??You save some money and train Liangliang well.
?? In the future, if he gets into a good university, finds a good job, and marries a wife, won’t his mission in this life be completed? "
??Su Anying kept making dumplings, but just smiled.
??Which family has a good life without bringing along brothers and sisters?
?? Besides, this is not free money. No matter Ji Tongzhong or Nan Zhendong, they have made great efforts and helped a lot, and it is only natural to give corresponding rewards.
??What? Can you still give money to outsiders? Probably need to give more.
?? No matter how much you give, it can't match the kindness of your own family.
?? "No matter what you say, we all followed the second sister and the second brother-in-law."
??Su Anfen has long understood that the sisters, even the Su family, are all following the second sister and second brother-in-law.
??The third sister and her family, if not for the help of the second brother-in-law, could they come out of the countryside, and now one is in Yangcheng and the other is in the capital? Dreaming.
?? Without the help of the second brother-in-law, would her father be able to find a job at such an old age?
??Look at the front door, the wind and rain are not wrong, and you can still be free, and you get a lot of salary every month. When you don’t want to work, you can retire and get a pension. How good?
?? There are also the fifth and the sixth. Both of them are section chiefs now, and their wages are not low.
??The fifth brother-in-law is the deputy director of the health care product factory, and the sixth brother-in-law is the manager of the sales department of the ginseng company, with a bright future.
??If it weren't for the help of the second sister and the second brother-in-law, it is estimated that the fifth and sixth children would just find someone to marry randomly, and they would never be where they are today.
?? "Sigh, it's a trivial matter whether you get rich or not.
??I was thinking, you are in Yangcheng, the third child is in the capital, and the fifth child will come with his fifth brother-in-law after the next year.
??We sisters, now there are everywhere in the world.
??At the beginning, I thought about getting you all to Donggang. Our sisters are all by our parents, so we can take good care of them.
??It's a good thing now, our parents stayed in Donggang and we all came out. What will happen to the old couple in the future? "
??As Su Anying was talking, she felt uncomfortable, so she stopped making dumplings.
?? "Oh, yes, my parents are getting older, and there is no one to take care of them, so I don't feel at ease after all."
??Su Anfen was also taken aback when she heard the words, and sighed.
??Maybe this is the benefit of raising a son. The elderly must be with their children and grandchildren when they are old.
??Don't care about the good or bad life, there are always people around to take care of you.
?? "Otherwise, when you have a chance in the future, discuss with your parents and take them over?"
??Su Anfen thought about it, and it seems that this method is okay.
?? "I'm here, and the fifth child will come over next year, and the second sister will probably have to come over for a few months a year.
??If Mom and Dad are willing, I live here close to Lao Wu, so I can take care of him a bit. "
??Su Anying raised her head and looked out the window, "Wait until you go back, and ask your parents what they mean."
??When Sister Su Anying was talking about her parents, thousands of miles away in the northeast, Su Weizhong and his wife were sitting on the kang, making dumplings and talking about it.
?? "In normal years, Yuanyuan and the others would come over a few times on the 30th night, it's quite interesting to make noise.
??This year, the children are all going to the south for the New Year, why do they feel so deserted? "
??Han Caie muttered while kneading the dough.
?? "Yeah, there is no movement of a child in this house, just the two of us, why don't we panic?"
??Su Weizhong stopped rolling the skin and sighed.
?? "Look at the in-laws. They have many sons. Shi Yan's family has gone to the south, and there are four other sons.
??It’s good for us, six daughters, which of the six girls should not spend the New Year at her in-law’s house?
?? Why don't we just look at me and I look at you? "
??What Su Weizhong looks forward to most in his life is to have a son, but unfortunately, he just doesn't have this life.
??It’s fine in normal times, but every year and festivals here, it’s really deserted.
?? "Come on, don't talk about those useless things, who told us that we don't have that life.
?? Let’s work, make dumplings quickly, distribute papers early, and go to bed early if there is nothing else to do. "
??Compared to the deserted Su family with only an old couple, the Xu family is bustling.
??The four brothers of the Xu family all came back with their wives and children for the New Year. The people in this room were full of laughter and laughter.
??However, Xu Chenghou is still not used to it.
??I always feel that the children of the third family are missing, especially Xu Haiqing, a treasure. Without him in front of Baba, I feel like something is missing.
?? "I don't know, what happened to the third child's family in Yangcheng.
?? At this time, do you also make dumplings? "
??Xu Chenghou sat on the kang, watched the TV, couldn't help but put a bag of cigarettes in his hand, and started smoking.
?? "It must be making dumplings, we Northeast people, we can't forget dumplings wherever we go.
?? A few skinny children, don't know if they can adapt there. "
??Chu Xuanhuai, who was sitting opposite Xu Chenghou, couldn't help but sigh.
??Compared to Xu Chenghou, Chu Xuanhuai misses Xu Haiyuan and the others more.
??Chu Xuanhuai loves Xu Haiyuan and the others as if they were his own grandchildren. The children of the Xu family are also very good, but they don't have much affection after all.
??When the family is reunited, without the children in sight, I feel empty in my heart.
??The two old men looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled wryly.
??When Xu Shiyan discussed with them, they were too troublesome and refused to follow them to the south.
??At this moment, to be honest, the two old men felt a little regretful.
?? "They can't stay in the south for a few days, and they have to go back on the seventh day of the new year at most.
??The children have to go back to school, and the third child has to go back to work. "
??Xu Chenghou finished smoking a bag of cigarettes, knocked on the pot of the cigarette bag, and came back to say this.
?? I don't know whether to comfort Chu Xuanhuai or to comfort myself.
??On New Year’s Eve, thousands of houses are lit up, whether in the south or the north, every household celebrates the New Year with laughter and laughter.
??At nine o'clock, Su Anying and the others finished making the dumplings.
?? This is not in the Northeast. You can't take the dumplings outside to freeze, so you can only send them to the kitchen for storage.
??Let’s discuss it, it’s better to boil the water and prepare the dumplings quickly, and don’t wait until eleven o’clock.
??When you are in a foreign land, you can’t be as particular about it as when you were at home.
??Especially when the three families get together to celebrate the New Year, the procedures of distributing papers and worshiping ancestors are also saved.
?? It’s better to cook the dumplings earlier and eat them. If the children are willing to play, they can play for a while, and if they are sleepy, they can go to bed earlier.
?? Besides, Han Liwei still has something to do tonight, he has to go down to the company to condolence to the soldiers.
??At around 9:40, the kitchen started cooking dumplings, and Xu Shiyan and the others led the children out to set off firecrackers.
??Three years ago, the three families all bought fireworks and firecrackers. I was afraid that the children would not have enough things to play with, so I took them all out to have a look. Good guy, there are a lot of them on the ground.
??I bought everything, so let’s put it away, so I put it on the ground and lit it one by one.
?? Now the yard is lively, colorful fireworks take off and explode in mid-air.
?? There are also various firecrackers, clanging.
??Han Zhenlin took a nap in the afternoon and was not sleepy at the moment, so he went out to watch the cannon shooting.
??This kid is very courageous, he is not afraid of such a big firecracker, watching those fireworks, he clapped his hands happily.
?? It was the two dogs, who were frightened by the sound of firecrackers in the yard, hid in their dens and shivered, wishing they could curl up into a ball.
??Such a big pile of fireworks and firecrackers, it's time to finish the fireworks.
??It was only halfway here, and there was a shout from the house, calling them to come in and eat dumplings.
?? "Okay, let's put these first, and let's come out and put them after we finish eating the dumplings later."
??Han Liwei picked up Han Zhenlin, who was still full of emotions, and coaxed him back to the house to eat dumplings.
?? "Your mother and your aunt put money in the dumplings, let's see how much money you can eat tonight.
??Our family Zhenlin is the most capable, and he will definitely be able to eat several. "
?? Sure enough, when he heard that there was still money in the dumplings, Han Zhenlin showed his strength, and immediately pulled his finger and made a gesture of three.
?? "Three, I want to eat three." What he meant was to eat three coins.
?? "Well, three, our family Zhenlin is the most powerful, we will definitely be able to eat three."
??Han Liwei carried his son into the house, let him sit on a chair, and waited to eat dumplings.
?? There are several kinds of fillings for the dumplings on New Year’s Eve, each of which is different, such as lace, wheat ears, and ingots.
??Each of them contains money, jujubes, sugar and other things, just to coax the children to eat more.
??Xu Haiyuan and the others are all grown up, this trick can no longer fool them.
??However, as the child grows up, he also eats a lot. After eating at three o'clock in the afternoon, he will be hungry by this time.
??So they all ate a lot of dumplings, and they also got a lot of money, dates and the like.
?? It was Han Zhenlin who was clamoring for three dollars to eat. He didn't eat any of the five dumplings, and he wanted to eat more if he was in a hurry.
??Seeing this, Su Anying was afraid that her nephew would be full, so she hurriedly found some money and secretly stuffed it into the dumplings.
?? "Come here, look at the dumplings my aunt found for you, there must be money in them."
??Su Anying put the dumplings stuffed with money in front of Han Zhenlin.
??Hearing this, Han Zhenlin immediately grabbed the dumpling and bit it, and sure enough, he bit something hard.
?? "Money, money." Children don't know anything else, but they do know money.
?? This time, Han Zhenlin was so happy that his eyes widened, he didn't care about the half of the dumplings left, and continued to look for dumplings with money.
??Su Anying gave Xu Shiyan a wink, and Xu Shiyan quickly gave him another wink.
?? "Come on, let's try to see if there is any money in this third uncle."
??Han Zhenlin took it and bit it, and sure enough, there was one too, so he was very happy now.
??Over there, Han Liwei also picked one up for his son, and Han Zhenlin sure enough got another one.
?? This little guy only knows three numbers, and he can't count if there are too many.
??Seeing that there are three coins, the little guy is satisfied. Anyway, his stomach is full, so he stopped clamoring for dumplings and went to play by himself.
??Xu Shiqin drew a gourd in the same way again, and coaxed his daughter to eat two dumplings with money.
??Xiao Yuer was also full now, happily got down from the table, and went to play with her brother.
??(end of this chapter)