Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1494 Chinese New Year
Han Li came back after having lunch at Old Liu's place, and when he came back he had a bunch of New Year goods on the back seat of his bicycle.

However, from now on, until the New Year, Han Li only needs to visit a few places that need to maintain relationships.

The rest of the time, Han Li just drinks tea, reads books, plays musical instruments, plays with children, or goes to drink and chat with friends.

The proposal document that Han Li gave to Mr. Liu soon appeared on the desk of "that person".

He took some time to look through it and lit himself a cigarette. He looked at a certain paragraph for a long time and then burst into laughter. When his personal secretary Shi Junfei heard it, he hurried in.

"Commander, what are you doing?"

That person: "Hahaha, Xiao Shitou, take a look at this proposal written by Han Li. Aren't many of the contents very close to the concepts I proposed on the 11th?"

Not to mention that this document was sent directly by Mr. Liu, Shi Junfei had never read it at all. Even if he had read it, what could he say at this time? He could only say something tentatively from the side.

"If the leader takes a fancy to you, then you can't go wrong."

The man smiled without saying anything, looked at the document again, put out the cigarette in his hand and said.

"Xiao Shitou, go ask Yanda when it plans to award graduate degrees.

In addition, I should move up the time when I visit Lao Liu before the New Year so that the process can be more adequate."

Time passed day by day, and soon it was New Year's Eve.

A few days ago, that person had a good talk with Mr. Liu and others. Of course, the issue during this talk was not just about Han Li, the main topic was about cadre retirement.

However, their conversation this time made Han Li's future situation better, but it also caused some trivial matters that were not there originally.
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Although Han Li has been busy these past few days, he is now relatively comfortable and at ease compared to when he first came back.

During this period, Han Li took his wife and children to deliver New Year's goods to his master, and helped with cleaning, stewing meat, and steaming buns.

Han Li took Yun Yingying, Hou Yuhua, and his three sons to Teacher Zhang Yubo's home.

I went to the Yun family to deliver some New Year's goods, and also received some New Year's goods from the Yun family and my eldest brother-in-law's family.

Han Li spent most of the rest of his time in Mianhua Hutong with his childhood friends and neighbors.

Playing chess, chatting, and looking after children, the focus was on criticizing and complaining about the Chinese national football team's loss to the tiny country of New Zealand on January 1, and its failure to participate in this year's World Cup to be held in Spain.

Today is New Year's Eve. Han Li and his family got up early and went to Mianhua Hutong.

Han Li's task today is to write couplets, not only for his own family, but also for some neighbors.

After Han Li finished writing and pasting the couplets, all he had to do was chat and gossip with a group of men in a sunny spot in the alley.

The three children are taken care of by their father and mother, while the Han sisters, Yun Jingjing, Wang Chunhua, Qi Xiaomei, and Hou Yuhua, who are in good health, are responsible for making dumplings and cooking at home.

Yun Yingying and He Mi, the two pregnant women, were not allowed to do any other work except making dumplings, so they could only chat with everyone on the side.

The sound of firecrackers in the alley started early today, but they were all set off by children just for fun.

Even so, it still attracted the attention of the two brothers, Da Ming and Xiao Ming. They had never set off firecrackers before, but when they saw the older children playing with firecrackers, they pulled Han's father's trouser legs and insisted on playing with firecrackers.

It is still dangerous for children between two and three years old to set off firecrackers. Dad Han disagreed at first, but he could not stand his two grandsons crying and finally agreed to their request.

However, the entire process of Da Ming and Xiao Ming setting off firecrackers was assisted by Han's father, who just held them in his arms and lit the firecrackers, and then ran away after they were lit.

Compared to the two brothers Da Ming and Xiao Ming who have already started to act naughty, Xiao Liang, who is a little over one year old, is less of a worry. He snuggled in Han's mother's arms the whole time and listened obediently to his grandmother chatting with other people.
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At this moment, Zhong Chuhong, who was far away in Hong Kong, did not feel much of the New Year atmosphere. She looked at the bowl of black medicine soup in front of her, and her expression changed many times. Then she drank it in a deep breath with great bitterness.

Mrs. Zhong, who was standing nearby, handed her a plum after seeing her daughter finish drinking it, and then put away the medicine bowl and said.

"Nan'er, you will be fine after drinking this medicine. Don't take it to heart. Let's get up early tomorrow and go to Wong Tai Sin to burn some incense."

For a father like Han Li, the Chinese New Year no longer has the same excitement as before.

However, everything that needs to be done must not be missed, such as eating dumplings, staying up late on New Year's Eve, and setting off firecrackers.

The next day, New Year's Day, when it was still dark, Han Li took his wife and children to kowtow to his parents and wish them a happy new year. Then he quickly went to the suburbs with his father to pay New Year's greetings to his grandfather.

After returning from the cemetery, it was almost noon when we finished visiting the master's house and the neighbors' houses.

Next, a group of young people from Mianhua Hutong gathered at Han Li's house and started drinking, chatting, and cursing the Chinese national football team. They drank until the evening before dispersing.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Han Li went to Lanmian Hutong early to pay New Year's greetings to his father and mother, and returned after having breakfast at his eldest sister's house.

In previous years, when Han Li was here, it was usually his father or elder brother who would come over to have a few drinks, say a few words of ceremony and auspiciousness, and then leave.

But this year, as soon as these two left, Dai Yuncai, the younger sister of eldest brother-in-law Dai Jingan, lifted the door curtain and walked in. After entering the door, she ignored the dissatisfied look of eldest sister Han and said with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, I have always heard you and my second brother praise Han Li. I didn't have the opportunity before and I was not sensible. Today I came here to offer you a glass of wine.

Han Li, you are one year older than me, so I will call you brother.
We are relatives, you won't be so disrespectful as to not even drink a glass of wine, right?"

Han Li felt speechless after listening to this. He did not have the slightest favorable impression towards Dai Yuncai.

I guess her former "martial arts" faction saw me in the same way, otherwise, we have been relatives for several years and the number of times they have greeted each other can be counted on one's fingers.

But as Dai Yuncai said, no matter what, they are relatives, and her eldest sister is still the other party's second sister-in-law. Even if she is reluctant in her heart, she must give the face of clinking glasses with wine.

"Haha, sister Dai, you are too polite."

Han Li smiled and chatted with the other party, clinking glasses. Seeing that Dai Yuncai had no intention of leaving, he kicked his elder sister under the table and told her to serve the meal quickly so that he could leave after finishing his meal.

Han Li didn't want to talk to someone like Dai Yuncai. There were too many negotiations. Besides not being used to her personality and work style, the last thing he wanted to hear was her asking him for help.

However, sometimes the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen. When Sister Han was serving the dumplings, Dai Yuncai finally told her the purpose of coming over this time.

"Brother Han."

(End of this chapter)