Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 189 Who made my son proud?

No matter how sad and angry Tao Yumo was, he still had to do his job.

There's nothing I can do about it. After all, she is a very particular person.
She always follows the principle of being grateful for what she has received and being grateful for what she has received.

Tao Yumo, as long as she has eaten, she will definitely work.

But she was very unhappy with her sister Tao Yushu's attitude, who bossed her around all day long.

When I get a job and earn money, I won't have to endure your bullying anymore!
After dinner, Tao Yumo was pulled to the study by her sister. When she saw the letters from readers in the sack, she felt her scalp tingling.

"This is too much!"

"Not much, why do I need you?"

Tao Yushu's tone was like that of a black-hearted landlord. Tao Yumo, the farmhand, had been eating for free for half a year and now he was finally put to use.

"Are you still my sister?" Tao Yumo complained.

"It's not in vain that I use you. It's one dollar a day."

Hearing this, Tao Yumo's eyes suddenly lit up.

You should have told me earlier!

One dollar a day is thirty dollars a month, which is almost as much as what you can earn at work.

"Sister, you and your husband work so hard. Just leave this little thing to me."

Tao Yumo's face was full of flattery as she spoke to her sister in a flattering manner.

"Yeah." Tao Yushu nodded with satisfaction.

After leaving the study, Lin Chaoyang asked, "How is it?"

"I'm working. I get one dollar a day, with food and lodging provided. I'm happy."

"That's good."

Tao Yushu said: "Actually, there's no need to give her money. Has that girl been eating and drinking for free at home for the past six months?"

"Well, that's different. I'll pay you a little so you don't get complained about. She'll be happy too, isn't that good?"

Seeing him say that, Tao Yushu stopped struggling and asked again, "How did you offend her before? I saw that she looked unhappy when she came here just now."

Lin Chaoyang repeated what happened in the library with a slightly embarrassed look, and Tao Yushu couldn't help laughing.

"This girl has a strong sense of self-esteem."

"Yes, from this point of view, you two are indeed sisters." Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

Tao Yushu gave him a reproachful look.

With Tao Yumo, the college animal, Lin Chaoyang and his wife did save a lot of effort, but they also spent a lot of "fodder".

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and the food at home is much better than usual. Apart from having to work, her life can be said to be quite comfortable.

A few days passed like this, and there were still three days before the Chinese New Year. All the letters from readers were finally processed, and Tao Yumo's mission was accomplished.

Before dinner that evening, Tao Yushu gave her five dollars as wages for the past few days.

Tao Yumo was happy for a while after receiving the money, but then felt disappointed.

I should have done it slower. If I had done it too fast, I wouldn’t have made any money in the future.

"Sister, my brother-in-law's novel is so popular, there should be more letters from readers in the future, right?"

When Tao Yumo asked this question, his face was full of anticipation.

"I'll call you when I have it."

Tao Yushu gave her a perfunctory response, which made Tao Yumo a little disappointed.

While eating, Lin Chaoyang talked about buying New Year’s goods tomorrow.

Tomorrow is Sunday. If it were in the future, if Sunday fell at this time, you would have to be given an adjustment day off, but there is no such thing as an adjustment day off now.

Nowadays, purchasing New Year's goods is a time-consuming and protracted tug-of-war. Many families start purchasing New Year's goods on the 20th or even the 15th of the twelfth lunar month, and are busy until the day before the New Year.

Of course, the reason why people waste so much time buying New Year’s goods is not because they have plenty of time, but because of a shortage of supplies.

The supply of goods was originally insufficient, and everyone was rushing to go shopping during this period. Long queues in department stores, grocery stores, supply and marketing cooperatives, and vegetable markets were the norm during this period.

There are too many people and too few goods, so it is normal to wait in line for a long time but still not be able to buy anything.

What to do in this situation?
Please come early tomorrow.

That's how time is wasted.

Moreover, many commodities and materials now have specific supply points. For example, if the unit issues oil coupons, you are only allowed to go to the grain and oil station. If the unit issues meat coupons, you have to go to the grocery department.

When buying some New Year's goods, most of the time was wasted on traveling and waiting in line.

Today, Yan University distributed some benefits for the New Year, including 20 kilograms of grain coupons, 2 kilograms of meat coupons, 1 kilogram of sugar coupons, 1 kilogram of cooking oil coupons, 1 kilogram of pastry coupons, tea coupons and other living coupons. All of these coupons have the word "Spring Festival" printed on them, and they are Spring Festival tickets.

With only three days left until the Chinese New Year, I have to hurry and take my tickets to buy things. If the goods are sold out, these tickets will be just a piece of waste paper.

"Brother-in-law, I'll go shopping with you."

Tao Yumo offered to help. She now has the consciousness of a worker and regards her sister and brother-in-law as half-bosses. She must be concerned about the boss's concerns and think about what the boss thinks.

"It's just a small thing, I can go by myself."

The next day, Lin Chaoyang went out for half a day and came back with his hands full of things.

He and Tao Yumo sorted out all the New Year's goods in the house. There was everything from chicken, duck, fish, meat, cigarettes, alcohol, sugar and tea, but the quantity was not as abundant as in later generations.

The couple calculated that after more than a week of going back and forth, they had spent more than 300 yuan on purchasing New Year's goods, a figure far exceeding the consumption level of an average family today.

That night, Tao Yushu worked overtime and washed everything that could be washed at home.

Zhang Guiqin looked at the humming washing machine and sighed, "It's still good to have this thing, it saves time and effort. If I were to rub this pile of stuff by hand, it would take at least half a day."

When she first came to Yanjing, she looked down on washing machines, thinking that they wasted water and electricity, but after using them for a while, she gradually discovered the changes they brought to her life. When there were few people in the family, she didn't think it was a big deal, but once there were more people, washing clothes, sheets, quilt covers, curtains, door curtains, tablecloths, and various mats became a big burden, and she would spend the whole day busy.

With a washing machine, fill it with water, throw the clothes in and let it agitate on its own. You can do whatever you need to do without wasting any work.

"When you move to the courtyard house, I'll buy one for you," said Lin Chaoyang.

Zhang Guiqin waved her hands repeatedly, "What do we use this for? Time is precious for you young people. You can save time with this thing and use it to do business. What can your dad and I do with the time we save?"

After being in Yanjing for such a long time, Zhang Guiqin has become familiar with the rhythm of life of Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu. She knows that it is not easy for the couple to go to work, school, study, write and read every day. She also understands their idea of ​​saving time.

"Mom, your time is equally precious. You can use the saved time to go out for a walk or a stroll!" Tao Yushu said.

"No need, no need."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said nothing.

It has been nearly two months since the purchase of the courtyard house in Mianhua Hutong, but Li Quanfu's family has not moved out yet because they have not found a suitable house. Lin Erchun understands their difficulties and does not push them too much. He only asks them to move out after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

After they moved out, it was almost March. Lin Chaoyang planned to tidy up the yard so that Lin Erchun and his wife could live more comfortably in the future. Home appliances such as washing machines would definitely be necessary.

Another day, the Chinese New Year is approaching, the library is deserted, and my colleagues are bored to death.

The company distributed some more things in the afternoon. The previous Spring Festival tickets were tickets, and everyone had to spend their own money to buy things. The reason for distributing them a few days in advance was also for this reason.

This time, the gifts were real goods, including a 20-jin bag of flour, two hairtails, five-jin eggs, five-jin oranges and apples each, one-jin of fruit candy, and two towels.

After receiving the items, Lin Chaoyang asked his colleagues to see if anyone had anything they didn't need so that he could buy it and save on tickets.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, everyone was buying New Year's goods for their families, but he only bought four hairtails from two colleagues. He took the flour and hairtails and delivered them to the Tao family.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Du Feng sitting at home.

"Brother-in-law!" Du Feng stood up.

"Why are you here?"

Lin Chaoyang asked with a smile. It had been almost half a year since they last saw each other.

"I came to deliver something. It happened that you came, so I didn't have to run away."

Du Feng picked up the bag from the ground and said, "This one is for you."

"I still have a share?"

"Yes, my dad asked me to bring it to you."

Lin Chaoyang took the bag, which contained two bottles of Xifeng liquor in simple packaging and two packs of Hongmei cigarettes.

"We have cigarettes and alcohol for the New Year. Your army's treatment is still the best!" Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

"What's good about it? People have been in a panic because of CJ's incident this whole year." Du Feng complained.

He is not against the national policy, but he feels that the times are changing too fast.

my country has undergone several CJs since its founding, but until the end of 1978, the total number of military personnel still exceeded 500 million.

Last year, due to the war in the south, the size of the army expanded again and has exceeded 600 million people.

At the beginning of this year, the decision was made to streamline and reorganize the organization. The news spread from the first half of the year to the second half of the year, and finally began to be implemented after the winter. It is said that the scale of CJ this time is as high as more than 70 people.

CJ had little impact on the Du family, but it had a huge impact on Du Feng's comrades. He couldn't help but sigh when talking about this matter.

"I guess, the next time CJ comes, it will be our art troupe's turn. I really don't know what we can do in the future."

"If you are worried about your own future, then shouldn't others be more worried?"

"Brother-in-law, my father is my father and I am me," Du Feng emphasized.

"Ambitious."

While chatting casually, Tao's mother was busy preparing dinner and asked Lin Chaoyang and Du Feng to stay for dinner. After dinner, Lin Chaoyang went home.

"Does your company still distribute cigarettes and alcohol?"

Two days ago, Lin Chaoyang mentioned that the company was going to distribute New Year's goods today. When Lin Erchun saw that he brought back some cigarettes and alcohol among the goods, he asked about it.

"That was not issued by the company, but was given to Yushu by his uncle's family."

"Xifeng wine and Hongmei cigarettes, these are not cheap!"

Xifeng Liquor is a famous wine that won awards in the 1950s and is well-known in China. Hongmei cigarettes are also mid- to high-end cigarettes at 3.9 yuan a box.

"It doesn't make sense for elders to give gifts to younger generations. Chaoyang, you have to return the gifts after the New Year." Lin Erchun warned while looking at the cigarettes and alcohol.

"Don't worry, how could I not understand this little bit of etiquette?" Lin Chaoyang replied.

The next day, it was already New Year's Eve.

Zhang Guiqin got up early in the morning and started kneading the dough and chopping the stuffing in preparation for making dumplings.

Lin Chaoyang and his son Lin Erchun first pasted the Spring Festival couplets on the door, and then he went to work at the library.

These days there is no holiday on New Year's Eve. People go to work as usual, but just report for work. When they get to the company, everyone tells jokes and by noon, many people leave, and no one says anything about it.

When Lin Chaoyang returned home in the evening, the dumplings had been wrapped, and Tao Yushu and Zhang Guiqin were preparing the meal.

At around seven o'clock, the dishes were served. The freshly cooked dumplings were steaming hot. Lin Chaoyang opened the bottle of Xifeng wine that Du Feng had sent him and filled a glass for Lin Erchun.

"I have never tasted such good wine in my life!" Lin Erchun looked at the bottle of Xifeng wine and suddenly sighed.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "You can drink as much as you want in the future."

Lin Erchun also laughed, and his laughter was full of joy.

"If I couldn't drink it when I was young, it's no loss to drink it now that I'm old. It's my son's fault!"

The pride on Lin Erchun's face was beyond words, and Zhang Guiqin beside him was also filled with joy and excitement.

When Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu came to Yanjing a year and a half ago, did they ever think that their son would be so successful?

(End of this chapter)