The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 72 New Year’s greetings
After Qiangqiang was tired from playing, he came back and saw his uncle frying meatballs. He stayed close to Liu Hua and couldn't move. He ate one for every meatball his uncle made. He ate so much that he kept groaning.

Comrade Lao Liu thought that Liu Hua's cooking skills were really good, so he waved his hand and let Liu Hua cook dinner today. It would be a waste if he didn't show off his good skills.

In the evening, the old man was sent home by car. When he saw Liu Hua, his eyes were curved with smiles.

"Grandson, have a good chat with grandpa." The old man said happily: "What was the original intention of your car design? All-terrain, this is something we haven't considered before."

Old Liu quickly stopped him: "Hey, Dad, keep it a secret."

"Secure it for nothing." The old man waved his hand and said, "In the future, there will be hundreds or even thousands of vehicles equipped on a large scale. How can we keep it secret? It's not a secret weapon."

Liu Hua was stunned for a moment: "Why, we don't need to keep it secret anymore."

"We should protect them if we need to." The old man said with a smile, "Just don't tell those bad guys about it. Just keep it to your own people."

Old Liu became interested and sat aside: "What do you mean, our Huazi has done something good."

"All-terrain assault vehicle." The old man slapped his thigh and said, "This kid has a broader vision than us. Our family really has a successor."

Old Liu smiled and said, "We are still far from that. Our father is a level 4 engineer, our mother is a level 5 engineer, and this kid is only a level 16 technician."

"Dad, how long have you not cared about your son?" Liu Hua complained, "I'm already level 13, and I'm only four levels away from being an engineer."

Grandma smiled and said, "Almost. This time he modified the Shenyang Machine Tool C620 machine tool and developed this all-terrain assault vehicle. I think he should be more than qualified to be an engineer."

The old man nodded and said, "That's more than enough. Next year, I'll see if I can arrange for you to take the engineer exam. If you can get promoted earlier, you can contribute to the country earlier."

This is the truth. If you haven't reached a certain stage, there are many things you can't participate in. Level is the embodiment of your strength.

On New Year's Eve, the night of the reunion, Liu Hua exchanged a handful of fruit candies with Yan Fugui for three pairs of Spring Festival couplets in the morning, and pasted them on his door in red.

It’s not that Liu Hua is stingy, he still has White Rabbit milk candy in his pocket, but Yan Fugui’s calligraphy is only worth a handful of fruit candy, and it is traded at a premium, which has disrupted the market rules.

After saying hello to the men and women he knew in the courtyard, Liu Hua rode his bicycle home to celebrate the New Year. As soon as he got home, his mother put an apron on him.

Although the family is rich and powerful, there are only so many things they can do. Ten dishes for a family are already very rich, with fish, meat, chicken and duck.

After dinner, they stayed up together and made dumplings. Liu Hua also took Qiangqiang out to play with fireworks. He made these fireworks himself over the past two days and they were many times more fun than those on the market.

That night, Liu Hua was the one who stayed up all night with his parents. The old man was too old to stay up late. As for Qiangqiang, the youngest one, he fell asleep before even eating dumplings.

The next day after breakfast, my mother called Liu Hua and said, "There's nothing to do right now, so go back to your yard and greet your neighbors on New Year's Day. You'll have to keep doing this later, so don't miss out on the proper etiquette."

When Liu Hua returned to the courtyard, the legendary family gathering had already ended, but he did not regret it. One could imagine that what kind of New Year greetings this bunch of rough guys plus a sour show could say were all just a rehash of the same old tune.

The children in the yard were very happy to see Liu Hua. This uncle or brother was generous and could often get some delicious food. As long as they said a few auspicious words, they would definitely get lucky money, and maybe even candy and snacks. Several children came in groups of three or five to greet Liu Hua and say auspicious words. Each of them gave him a dime as lucky money. The older ones were given two chocolates with liquor fillings, and the younger ones were given two White Rabbit milk candies.

After getting the money, the kids dispersed and started looking for the unexploded firecrackers in the pile of firecrackers in the morning. They would then hold a stick of incense in their hands and light them one by one, which was endless fun.

Liu Hua was having fun, calling out to two more obedient children: "Come here, I'll give you some money, go buy two strings of small firecrackers, and split them up with everyone. But remember, don't throw them into the toilet, it's too dirty during New Year's Day."

"Got it, Brother Huazi."

The children in the yard all heard what Liu Hua had just said, and they quickly gathered around the child. The two children held up money and led a large group of people, going to the supply and marketing cooperative in a very arrogant manner.

Today, this group of kids are the coolest ones in the alley. Other kids have to find unexploded ones on the ground to play with, but they have plenty of ammunition in their pockets.

He bowed and greeted everyone in the courtyard and said a few auspicious words, including Yi Zhonghai, whom he looked down upon, Liu Haizhong, whom he didn't get along with, and Yan Fugui, whom he despised.

New Year’s Day marks the beginning of a new year with everything new.

Everyone had a happy look on their face. Yi Zhonghai was also in high spirits and invited all the neighbors to come to his house for a drink in the evening.

"I can't go, I can't go." Liu Hua waved his hand: "I have to go home tonight, we can talk about it later if we have a chance."

When I went home to freshen up my house, I found that the things hanging in the house were still there. It was not like in other novels, where someone would always make things in my house disappear like a magic trick.

Early in the morning on the third day of the New Year, Sha Zhu's family of three disappeared from the yard. When Yi Zhonghai woke up in the morning, he was puzzled. It was already nine o'clock and they hadn't gotten up yet. Han Yufeng was usually very capable and not a lazy person.

Yi Zhonghai also asked Liu Hua: "Hua Zi, you drank with Sha Zhu last night. Did you get him drunk?"

"No."

"Shazhu hasn't gotten up yet, and his wife isn't around either."

Liu Hua nodded: "It's okay, maybe he went to visit a relative or something, the journey was long, so he left a little early. I think he told me so yesterday."

Yi Zhonghai nodded: "That's right, but why didn't Shazhu visit this relative before?"

"Maybe it's because he's a bachelor and can't afford to lose face?" Liu Hua shook his head: "No, he didn't say yesterday which relatives he was visiting, maybe they were Han Yufeng's relatives from her mother's side."

"That makes sense."

Although he said so, Yi Zhonghai was not very happy in his heart, because he was not very happy about Sha Zhu visiting his maternal relatives. If he was close to them, wouldn't it mean he would be alienated from himself?

Ever since Han Yufeng came into the house, he has been trying his best to get closer to Sha Zhu. Just when he thought things were finally going well, Sha Zhu did this again.

　Ask for monthly tickets and collection
　　
　
(End of this chapter)