Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1736 Three-Day Annual Leave
Liu Xiaoqing's outfit looked very eye-catching, beautiful, and fashionable to others, but it was just so-so in Han Li's house.

Because the girls in their family all have clothes that are prettier and more fashionable than what Liu Xiaoqing is wearing, but due to the current situation and the circumstances of their respective workplaces, they can only wear them at home.

Although the Han family wasn't surprised to see Liu Xiaoqing on stage in this outfit, they were very happy.

Since everyone is an employee, the most common topics they discuss after returning home are trivial matters from work, gossip, and current market conditions.

They saw that Liu Xiaoqing was able to appear on the Spring Festival Gala in such attire, which meant that the authorities had loosened their grip on this aspect.

This also means that in the near future, they will be able to wear these clothes out, and they won't have to hide their nice clothes at home anymore.

Therefore, the Han sisters, the Yun sisters, He Mi, Wang Chunhua, Hou Yuhua, and Qi Xiaomei quickly started discussing it.

Women are naturally drawn to beautiful clothes, and when they get into a discussion, they forget all about the TV programs.

It was already 12:30 when the Spring Festival Gala ended. Han Li quickly went to the yard to set off a string of firecrackers. After that, everyone except the three older children left Han's parents' room.

The two children, Sanming and Erliang, needed to be breastfed in the middle of the night, so Yun Yingying and He Mi held them and placed them in Han Li's room next door.

Those who wanted to take a nap went to Han Erjie's room to rest, while those who wanted to stay up until dawn went to Han Sanmei's room to play cards and chat.

However, the break was only two or three hours, and everyone quickly got back to work.

After the firecrackers went off, before eating dumplings, Han Li woke up the children who were still sleeping and led them to kowtow to their parents.

After eating dumplings, Han Li and his father, along with firecrackers, three portions of meat for the offerings, cigarettes, and alcohol, rode their bicycles to his grandfather's grave.

As for Da Ming and Xiao Liang, they can have two more years of leisure. After they turn six, they will have to go to the ancestral graves with their great-grandfather to wish him a Happy New Year.

The situation is becoming increasingly clear this year, and things are becoming more relaxed in all aspects, so Han Li and his father can be more daring when they visit their grandfather's grave.

Han Li and his father were both very familiar with visiting graves. After setting out meat, cigarettes, and alcohol, Han Li lit the firecrackers in his hand.

After the firecrackers ended, when Han's father kowtowed to his grandfather, he quietly recounted what had happened in the family last year, including the birth of two grandsons, Sanming and Erliang, as well as Han Li's situation in Hong Kong, his job change and promotion by his superiors, and finally, the affairs of the other family members.

After Han's father finished reciting all of this, he led Han Li to kowtow again before leaving.

After the father and son returned home, Han Li immediately took Yun Yingying and the children to pay New Year's respects to their master.

After giving the children their New Year's money, the master, as in previous years, smiled and squatted down to pick up the three brothers, Da Ming, Xiao Ming, and Xiao Liang, one by one.

While teasing them, the master also pinched their arms and legs, and finally spoke to Han Li.

"The bones of Da Ming and Xiao Ming are developing well. They will be able to start strengthening their bones and muscles around next year. Xiao Liang will have to wait a little longer."

"You two should discuss it first, and decide when to have your child come to my place to practice basic skills and strengthen their body, without interfering with their schooling."

Han Li was very supportive of his master's help in training and nurturing his son.

This is a very demanding task, because the children are physically weak and their condition needs to be monitored constantly, and the training routines and methods of physical conditioning need to be adjusted accordingly.

As for the medicinal herbs used to strengthen the body, that was a minor matter; neither the master nor his disciple cared about it, and Han Li wouldn't let his master pay for it. However, his master was right; the children's schooling was also a major issue, and Han Li didn't have any good plans for the time being, so he could only deal with it for now.

After returning from his master's house with his wife and children, Han Li immediately met up with Yu Daqiang and began to pay New Year's greetings to the neighbors who were on good terms with him and were older and more senior.

Next comes Han Li and his friends' usual routine at this time of year: drinking, playing cards, and chatting.

Han's parents stayed home with their children, waiting for people to come and offer New Year's greetings. The little ones received quite a few red envelopes today.

The next day, the second day of the Lunar New Year, Han Li took his wife and children to the Yun family to pay New Year's greetings.

Even though many of Yun's neighbors came over to drink with him today, Han Li still managed to get his brother-in-law, Yun Chengpeng, drunk once again.

The third day of the Lunar New Year is the last day of everyone's holiday.

(Since 81, the statutory holiday for the Spring Festival has been restored to three days, from the first to the third day of the first lunar month.)
After Sister Han and her family of three came to pay their New Year's respects, at everyone's insistence, the entire Han family went to the Children and Youth Activity Center, which opened on August 5th of last year.

This children's and youth activity center is located in Guanyuan, Xicheng District, on Ping'an Xili Street. It is currently the most advanced and well-equipped scientific institution for children's development in China.

This activity center includes a science palace, an art palace, a gymnasium, teaching buildings, a theater, and various children's play facilities.

However, the Han family children were still young, and they didn't pay much attention to the Science Palace and Art Palace, but were more interested in the amusement facilities.

Han's mother felt that since they had bought tickets, they couldn't just stay here with their child all the time; that would be a huge loss for them.

So Han's mother had everyone split into two groups: one group stayed with the children at the amusement facilities, while the other group went around to explore. After they finished exploring, they would come back and replace the others.

Han Li was too lazy to move and just watched the children play inside the whole time, but the others were having a great time and were still discussing the various venues and facilities on their way home.

Because everyone was so engrossed in playing, they forgot the time, and the Han family didn't get home until after 3 p.m.

The children are doing well; they're either nursing or buying snacks at the activity center, but the adults are all hungry.

So as soon as they entered the house, Han's mother told the others to hurry up and go to the kitchen to cook.

Han Li, his father, and his brother-in-law Dai Jing'an were inside smoking, drinking tea, and chatting.

Since my brother-in-law switched to working at the post office, he was assigned to the telephone installation and repair team. Although this job requires him to travel frequently, it is more comfortable than when he worked at the musical instrument factory.

Especially when going out to press or repair telephones, whether the other party is a government agency or an individual, a big meal and drinks are the bare minimum. It is also common for them to give you cigarettes, alcohol, candy, and tea when you leave.

Because everything was readily available at home, including plenty of meat to nourish Han Li, the meal was prepared very quickly.

The three of them hadn't been chatting for long when Han's mother called them over for dinner.

By the time we finished lunch, it was already past four in the afternoon, and the sky outside was beginning to darken.

Han Li is currently unaware that two events have occurred in Hong Kong in the past two days that are closely related to him.
(End of this chapter)