Since 1983

Just after noon, the meal has been prepared and the table is full.

Fortunately, my parents brought meat here, otherwise the stock at home would not be enough for eleven people. It’s really not that rich, there are not many hard vegetables, and there are few winter vegetables. In the end, I can only fry some peanuts and cut salted duck eggs to make up the number.

The hard dishes spoken by people from the Northeast are very interesting, and they can only be understood but not expressed in words. First of all, if it is meat, it has to be a big meat, a big pot and a big plate, put it in the middle of the table, the kind that can suppress the surrounding dishes...

"Come on, sit down, don't be shy!"

The two elders, who were not too old, invited everyone to sit down, their parents took the lead, Xu Fei was next to Xu Xiaowen, and Hou Changrong was next to him. Chen Xiaoxu is next to Zhang Guiqin, and Zhang Li is over there.

A small half circle for men and a big half circle for women.

Xu Xiaowen stood up with a cup in his hand, and said, "I'm a storyteller. I'm not very educated, but I understand the truth. There is a saying in the book, that birds fly away with phoenixes, and people with virtuous people are proud of themselves.

Although I met for the first time today, I can see that you are good boys, each of you is capable. It is his blessing for Xiaofei to make friends with you, and he has also been taken care of by you in the past two years. Let me toast first. "

"Drink some, all of you."

"Up, down."

There was a bang, the men drank white wine, and the women drank soda. Zhang Guiqin saw that Chen Xiaoxu was inconvenient, and thanks to Zhang Li's thermos, she poured a bowl of brown sugar and shredded ginger.

Everyone did a crop first, and then sat down to eat.

To be honest, Xu Feite doesn't like to eat with the elders, especially during Chinese New Year. The older generation likes to make wine table rules, which are rustic and vulgar, and they are self-satisfied, which makes the young people very embarrassed.

Just like once during the Mid-Autumn Festival, an uncle in his previous life liked to make this show, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is rare to reunite, let's say something to express our feelings."

Say your sister! Be sick!

Fortunately, Xu Xiaowen doesn't have this problem, he is open-minded, knows how to accept new things, and can chat with juniors.

"What's the matter with the Hong Kong press corps? They have to have a big Chinese New Year reception, and they won't let them go home."

"It's the newspapers, magazines, and TV stations over there who come to interview. The standards are quite high, and the Minister of Culture is personally accompanying them." Hou Changrong said.

"The main reason is to sell dramas. Don't we shoot "Dream of Red Mansions"? The higher-ups want to sell it in Hong Kong, of course they have to treat them well." Wu Xiaodong said.

"Oh, I heard that there will be a lot of darkness over there, and it will be very chaotic..."

Xu Xiaowen was bored with his lipstick star Erguotou, and said: "I went out to perform, and I occasionally met Hong Kong businessmen, all of them were smarter than monkeys, they talked about people and didn't care about people, they eat people's food and don't shit on people. But they are all after autumn. Grasshopper, it won't be a few days, we have signed the Sino-British treaty, and we will clean it up sooner or later."

"Tsk, why are you talking about this during Chinese New Year? Come, eat vegetables, eat vegetables."

Zhang Guiqin kicked him, picked up two chopsticks and gave them to the two girls who were closest to each other.

"Well……"

Zhang Li looked at the piece of fat meat topped with garlic slices in the bowl, and couldn't help swallowing, garlic and fat meat were the two things he didn't like the most.

She struggled for half a second, but she still stuffed it into her mouth. Finally, when she raised her head, Xu Fei was looking at her and smiling, and then she tilted her head, and the girl was also laughing.

She became annoyed for no reason, and then looked at Chen Xiaoxu's bowl, where there was a piece of warm and soft pumpkin.

"..."

Sister Bao buried her head in her meal.

And Zhang Guiqin glanced around, patrolling back and forth among the three of them, and keenly sensed an unusual smell.

A group of people ate and drank until the afternoon ended.

Xu Xiaoben wanted to stay overnight, but it was inconvenient, after several refusals, the big guy left.

I was a little tired after all the tossing. According to the habit, I made dumplings at night, and there was nothing to do for half a day. Xu Fei went to the study to sleep, his parents were lying in the main room, and Zhang Guiqin was tossing and turning.

"Which of those girls is the best?"

"Two of them belong to the owner, and the remaining four are fine." Xu Xiaowen closed his eyes and responded, unexpectedly also thinking about this matter.

"Little Hu is beautiful, but she feels too small, like a child. Deng Jie is short and old, so it's not easy to find a big wife."

Zhang Guiqin poked her husband, "Hey, I think Xiao Fei is a little interested in Zhang Li, flirting with each other."

"I didn't see it, I didn't pay attention to Zhang Li, I just thought he and Xiao Xu were the best." Xu Xiaowen opened his eyes, very surprised.

"What can you tell? It's all there on the dinner table! Sigh, but Xiao Xu is really good, smart and sensible, and knows the basics, how can this be fixed..."

As my mother thought about it, she became inexplicably worried and couldn't sleep.

After the people left, the yard became very empty in an instant.

The three strangers spent the Spring Festival in the capital, each with a different taste. That is, in the first year, he was working in the capital, and his parents were worried about coming to accompany him.

It won't be possible in the future, just like those parents whose children are working hard in other places, they may not see each other for a year.

Baihua Hutong is also very quiet during Chinese New Year. Except for children setting off firecrackers outside, there is no noise. In the evening, I still stick to the routine, eat dumplings, and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Starting from this year, the Spring Festival Gala has gradually matured, and many types of programs have become a fixed pattern and have continued. The performers also began to look familiar, and they all knew each other, such as Jiang Dawei, Yu Junjian, and Xiaolin appeared one by one.

The most awesome program was the wedding of two Laoshan battle heroes on the spot. The officiant was so talented that Xu Fei was stunned.

Damn, the scale is too big these days, it's frightening.

…………

Parents stayed until the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Xu Fei took them to Tiananmen Square, the Temple of Earth, and the nearby Huguo Temple.

Speaking of Huguo Temple, the previous temple fair was also very famous. It was as famous as the Longfu Temple Fair. It was known as the two temples of the East and the West. "One million dollars can be spent in a day."

In the 1950s, when the temple fair was sluggish, most of the buildings were demolished and rebuilt into buildings. Only three King Kong halls and a few Xibei halls remained.

The Huguo Temple loves to catch fire, once it was set on fire, it burned down a bit, and then it was set on fire again in 2004, and the Xibei Hall was also burned down, and it was in decline.

Parents were very happy to stroll around, and bought two red lanterns, with light bulbs inside, and hung them on the outer door. At one o'clock in the evening, it was red and eerie.

Xu Fei grinned straight at the sight, walking in Baihua Hutong, the house with two red lanterns at the door... Well, this description is just a haunted house.

On the morning of the third day of junior high school, the two elders went home by train.

In the afternoon, Feng came to visit again and brought a painting of his own, saying it was a gift. Xu Fei knew why he came here. One was to get close, and the other was to ask what he thought of "Plainclothes Police".

Teacher Xu is so easy to be clichéd. After sitting for a while and talking nonsense, Feng felt bored and left angrily.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and I started working.

Hey, that's right, there will only be three days off for the Spring Festival. Don't think it's too little. In the past, there were no three-day holidays. It was called "revolutionary Spring Festival", and the slogan was "Stop fighting at thirty, and continue working on the first day of the new year."

In addition, it is forbidden to burn incense and pray to Buddha, dance dragon and lion, kowtow to pay New Year's greetings, etc., and only posting Spring Festival couplets is reserved.

It was not until 1980 that the Spring Festival holiday was resumed. The common people have two long holidays throughout the year, three days for the Spring Festival and three days for the National Day, with a single holiday every week, which lasted until the 1990s.

Of course, there are national conditions under the policy. It is stipulated that the holiday begins on the first day of the junior high school, but except for special units, it is basically fine in the 29th or 30th. In the past, I was more comfortable in the Quyi Troupe, and I didn't even have to go to classes.

Xu Fei is twenty-nine days off, and then goes to work on the fourth day of junior high school, and holds meetings at work, whether it is a public institution, he has to get used to it.

(besides……)