The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 237: Temporary position as deputy department
Time flies by and it’s already the twelfth lunar month.

As New Year's Eve approaches, the New Year flavor on the streets becomes stronger and stronger. Even the countertops of non-staple food stores have been stocked with fat and oily black pork for several days.

The children were running around in the streets and alleys after their vacation, and from time to time, the sound of "cracking" firecrackers was heard somewhere.

In Nanluogu Alley, even if the families are not very well-off, the aroma of boiled lard wafts out from the chimneys of every house. Rich or not, the New Year still has to be celebrated.

"Mom, Erba-chan should be down here, where did you hide the melon seeds and peanuts!"

"Eat, just eat. It's all for the New Year. Your brother has become a leading cadre. You can't go empty-handed when visiting other people's homes during the New Year!"

"Hey, Mom, it's not just other people who come to visit the leading cadres' homes. There are still cadres who go to other people's homes."

Unable to find Li Nan, who had been hidden by his mother for roasting, he lay on the table with a pout and said angrily, looking straight into the rice vat. He remembered that the apples his brother had brought back when he came back had been kept by his mother. Raised in a rice vat.

Liu Yin, who was wearing an apron, was making noodles. In a small basin on the side, a basin full of mutton and cabbage dumplings had been prepared and covered tightly with a steaming cloth.

"That's the family. There are some people who are living a better life now. We don't want to worry about other people. Your brother's salary is enough for the whole family, so I am satisfied. When he finds a good sister-in-law for you, I will be able to do business. "

After Liu Yin finished speaking, she took the boiled hot water bottle on the side, added cold water, and filled the noodle pit with water little by little.

Li Nan pouted and put on a look of disdain. Ever since he became an official, he has been bringing eggs to the family every now and then, as well as some meat that he didn't know where to get. He was sure that he would be accepting people behind his family's back. Something.

"Mom, don't you know where the meat comes from?"

Li Nan muttered something in his mouth, until he saw Liu Yin lifting the rolling pin and looking at him with eager eyes, Li Nan closed his mouth in fear.

Walking to the door of the main house, Liu Yin looked out, smiled and nodded to the third aunt opposite, and then closed the door tightly.

"Damn girl, what are you talking about? You eat meat every once in a while. You're so brave. You can't tell the outside world about these things."

No matter how much she liked the younger one, Liu Yin didn't hold back this time and pinched Li Nan hard. It wasn't until she screamed that she rolled her eyes and continued to stand at the table kneading dough.

"I won't tell you, why are you pinching me?"

Li Nan bared his little tiger fangs, frowned and rubbed the pinched arm, muttering to himself.

"Keep your memory in mind. The courtyard is not as peaceful as you imagined. Everyone is thinking about our family. I wish your brother would be dismissed from office because his hands and feet were dirty."

The dough was alive and had a smooth and delicate skin. Liu Yin spoke with enthusiasm. She threw the kneaded dough directly into the basin, covered it with a lid, and placed it not far from the stove to rest.

Since the old man and the young man were sent to the yard, the yard has become much cleaner. He Yuzhu and Jia Dongxu, who had suffered a lot, have had no more trouble and have calmly passed the days when they were picked on by the street office and the factory's political and educational department.

But the courtyard is not as peaceful as it seems. In Liu Haizhong's house in the backyard, there are sounds of children beating each other every now and then, and in the front is the sound of quarrels in the Yanbu family. The smell of Chinese medicine fills the courtyard from time to time, telling Liu Yin that they are just hibernating temporarily.

With the driving school work on track, Li Feng's bonus and salary are comparable to those of his previous uncle. He has attracted the attention of many families, and even celebrities are coming to visit him more and more.

"Mom, why should you close the door in broad daylight?"

There was a jingle outside the door. Li Feng parked his bicycle at the door and watched the door of the main house being closed. After opening the door and seeing the two people inside, he asked doubtfully.

"Your third uncle's house hasn't bought any meat yet. Our family has to avoid eating dumplings."

Liu Yin looked at Li Feng who came back empty-handed today, breathed a sigh of relief, quickly closed the door, returned to the table, and rolled out the dough.

"Brother, brother, I want to eat melon seeds!"

"I see you want to eat melon!"

After tapping Li Nan's forehead, Li Feng washed his hands and came to the table. He spread the rolled out dough in his palm and helped wrap the dumplings.

"You can't knock your head anymore, you'll become stupid!"

After rubbing his head and seeing that his brother didn't buy it, Li Nan sat back at the table, picked up the dough, and made the little man.

"As for the final exam results, you haven't told me until now. There is still a holiday, so there is no homework. Don't wait for me to write it until the last day. Otherwise, during the Chinese New Year this year, you won't be able to even think about the White Rabbit Nougat." eat."

Seeing Li Nan causing trouble, Li Feng put his schoolbag on the wall. He had never seen her move since the holiday.

"I was writing it while you were at work. Mom saw it. I asked her to sign the test results and transcript!"

Hearing his brother's question, Li Nan got scared and looked furtively toward the door, ready to run away at any moment.

Liu Yin twitched the corner of her mouth, wanting to say something, but she sighed and continued to immerse herself in rolling the dough. How Li Nan did in the exam could already be seen from her demeanor and movements.

"You're lying to me. If you can't pass the technical secondary school entrance examination, you're just waiting to come down and work. Now you have to sign up to go to the mountains and countryside. I think you have to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants."

Seeing that the package was almost enough for three people, Li Feng wiped his hands, put the big iron pot on the stove, and boiled water in it.

Li Nan, who lowered his head and wished he could bury himself under the table, looked at his mother with a pleading look on his face after hearing what his brother said was so ruthless.

"Don't scare her. The girl won't be able to come back if she goes down. I heard that many of them married idle men in the village directly because of their stuttering."

Thinking of the news she got from chatting with other aunts before, Liu Yin was a little worried about going to the countryside. Li Nan looked like he couldn't bear any hardship. If he really went to do farm work, he might not be able to bear it in a few days.

"I'm not old enough yet, brother. You didn't even find a sister-in-law for me, yet you just want me to get married. This family can't accommodate me, oh oh oh."

"Then just wait. Anyway, seeing as you have graduated from junior high school, there are many people getting married in rural areas before you reach that age!"

Li Feng opened the air door a little and poked at the cinders accumulated under the stove. Li Feng threatened nonchalantly.

Seeing that his brother refused to take the advice, Li Nan thought about the scenes he saw in the countryside when he was a child. He couldn't help but his shoulders trembled. He took off the school bag hanging on the wall, took out a book, and started reading.

"Huh, luckily I even said a nice word to you when they went to school, but you turned away and ignored them. You are so cruel."

While pretending to read a book, Li Nan looked at his brother's face and murmured in a low voice.

"Huh~?"

"When did anyone go to school?"

Li Feng was squatting in front of the stove, holding a dustpan to scoop out the cinders. Hearing what Li Nan said, his head turned away.

"That time, we went to the Forbidden City to play, and the next day someone came to school looking for me, very aggressive."

Li Nan felt that he was good again, and his momentum was back. He restlessly twisted his butt in front of the table, raised his chin high, and said proudly. "What did you ask?"

After thinking about it, it happened last month. Li Feng asked while making dumplings, guessing that it couldn't be Zheng Chaoyang's group.

"I just asked who I met and what they said when I went to the Forbidden City. They also knew that the old man gave me a grasshopper jar!"

Liu Yin saw the two talking and didn't know the relevant inside story. When she heard that Li Feng was being investigated, she stopped what she was doing and looked over with a worried look.

"It's okay, the inspection before promotion was notified by the superiors today. I mentioned the deputy section chief of the transportation department. It may be the inspection personnel sent by the organization department in advance!"

After placing the dumplings and covering the pot, Li Feng looked at Liu Yin's concerned eyes and patted his mother on the shoulder.

Don't mention the investigators' matters at all, as it won't involve your family members.

I have been wondering before that if the student's parents want to give money to their son through the back door, it is also part of the organization's assessment. Now it seems that when Lao Zheng came, he probably had everything figured out, and they would not accept any questions. Own.

"Brother, you have been promoted!"

Li Nan, who was a little dizzy after just watching for a few minutes, took advantage of the opportunity to put down the textbook in his hand, jumped up to his brother, and looked at it with "admiration" on his face.

"Xiaofeng, what's going on?"

Liu Yin didn't care that the water in the pot was boiling, and walked from the stove to the table with a spoon. The news was so shocking that she went to the deputy section chief without saying a word. This child had not revealed any information before.

"Didn't our department have deputy section chief Lou before? He's older and was transferred to the branch. I didn't ask for any specific reasons. Now I'll be temporarily posted as deputy section chief. Maybe after the Chinese New Year, the organization will go through the procedures. What's the matter? We have to wait for approval from the district’s personnel bureau!”

Sitting back at the table, Li Feng poured himself a glass of water and explained the matter clearly.

"As expected of my brother, he's so awesome. Within a few months of being promoted, he was promoted to deputy section chief!"

Li Nan waved her hands happily and danced in a funny way. It wasn't until Liu Yin picked up a big spoon and prepared to hit her that she stuck out her tongue and returned to normal.

"What do you mean, the temporary position has not been officially approved yet?"

"That's more or less what it means, a first-level clerk, a temporary deputy department, but the level is not yet reached. After all, the age is here!"

Holding the warm enamel teacup, Li Feng felt that the past few months had been really enjoyable, more exciting than the past few decades in his previous life.

Meeting, getting to know, and becoming close friends with so many historical figures, and even reaching a position that is basically the ceiling for ordinary people, is something that is really unimaginable.

"Brother, how much has your salary increased? I'm curious about this!"

Holding his chin with both hands, Li Nan directly focused on the important point. After his brother's promotion, plus the bonus, it had reached 100 yuan, and now it has risen again. Doesn't that mean he can have a little more pocket money?

"Go aside, you are asking so loudly, you think others can't hear you, right?"

Liu Yin grabbed Li Nan's ears and dragged her to the stove. Looking at the dumplings, she sat on the stool and her eyes began to shine.

"Not much, eight yuan more than before!"

With his thumb and index finger at [-] degrees, Li Feng gestured with his mother and took out the salary he had just received.

"Is the 50 yuan at home enough? Jia Haijie has a watch ticket there. I will buy another one when the time comes."

"That's enough. Her tuition, fees, and book fees for the next semester are about five yuan. I'll buy two more pencils and two exercise books, and she'll have more food. Buy less eggs. Look, she's getting fat!"

While counting the money, Liu Yin poked Li Nan's waist with a smile on her face. It was eight yuan a month more, which was a month's ration for one person.

Li Nan lowered his head and looked at his waist with confusion. He didn't feel fat, so why did his mother say that he was fat?

"My uncle wants to give me 28 yuan, but I don't want it. Let them send it back to my aunt and them first so that grandpa and the others can have a good year. If there isn't enough at home, I still have some."

Seeing his mother counting the money happily, Li Feng raised his chin towards the side room in the west courtyard and told her that the rental fee for the mule carriage was not collected this month.

"If you confiscate it, confiscate it. It has been given to you for two months. During the Chinese New Year, you, the grandson, still know how to love your grandpa. It's not a loss to your grandma and the others. When you were a child, they even left chicken legs for you to eat!"

After pausing for a moment, Liu Yin carefully put the five big black ten cards back into her inner pocket and wrapped them together with the money given by her son before.

By visual inspection, it added up to at least more than 100 yuan, not counting the savings. Li Nan on the side was holding hot dumplings and watching eagerly.

"Watch, you are now a cadre, and your wrist has always been empty and unsightly. Just buy it. Liu Laoer holds the radio every day and treats it as a treasure. But Jia Haijie is getting married soon. Doesn't he use the ticket himself? "

"What's the use? It costs money to get married. I found a job in a textile factory for Yuyu in advance. It cost a lot. How can I still have money to buy watches and tickets? He is not the only one in his family, and Uncle Jia's burden is not light."

He grabbed a handful of chopsticks from the chopstick cage and remembered how pitifully Jia Haijie looked when he asked him to borrow money. Li Feng couldn't laugh or cry. He was so proud when he asked him to buy meat.

As a result, when it came time to get married and go shopping, I found that I didn’t have enough money. If I hadn’t loaned him 100 yuan, I wouldn’t have been able to move the sewing machine back.

"Jia Haijie is always busy looking for a partner and getting married, but you are not in a hurry now."

After saying this, Liu Yin lost her joy just now, stopped holding the chopsticks in her hand, and said meaningfully.

Li Nan remained silent and carefully poured a little vinegar into the vinegar dish and placed it in the middle of the table.

"Mom, please don't get involved in this matter. A celebrity is here to seize the seeds and settle the matter. I don't want to explain the matter of a lifelong marriage in a haphazard manner."

"Huh, you don't want to explain things in a vague way, but you just want to send me to the countryside. Do you have a brother like you?"

Rolling his eyes, Li Nan carefully dipped the dumplings in vinegar and put them into his big mouth, biting them hard with his little tiger teeth.

"I don't care about you. If outsiders know that you have been promoted, then the celebrity has not crossed the threshold. There are so many melon seeds at home for you to use like this."

After tapping Li Nan with chopsticks, Liu Yin said slightly dissatisfied.

"Look for the third uncle. His family probably harvests a lot of melon seeds and peanuts at this time. If you trade eggs with him, he will definitely agree."

"Eggs don't cost anything. Give them to Xiaonan and they will grow. I'll give them to him, bah!"

Pouting her lips, Liu Yin still couldn't bear to part with them. Eggs can nourish the body, while melon seeds and peanuts are just snacks. She can still tell the difference between them.

(End of this chapter)