Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 247 The Chen family has three heroes!
While giving instructions, Chen Luyang tied the cloth bag firmly to the back seat of Chen Jinyue's car.

"Cans are heavy, so go back and ride your bike slowly,"

"If you come across a slippery road, get out and push the cart..."

"I tied the bag tightly. If you can't untie it, don't try to open it with your hands. Go find your dad..."

……

Chen Jinyue stared at him bending over to tie a cloth bag on the bicycle, muttering to himself, and her pretty face became more and more gentle.

Although she can do these jobs by herself, she can also buy these foods by herself.

But Chen Luyang bought it for her and did it for her, so she was very happy!
She stared at him for a while, and when she reacted, Chen Luyang had already stood up.

"What are you looking at?" Chen Luyang asked puzzledly.

"Look at you." Chen Jinyue smiled with his eyes curved.

Chen Luyang straightened his back immediately, straightened his collar, and asked in a serious tone:
"Are you mesmerized by my beauty?"

"Yeah." Chen Jinyue was very happy and reached out to rub his handsome face.

There was fine, hard stubble on the young man's face, which felt hard and dense, like a small brush.

"I also got you some New Year's gifts."

After Chen Jinyue finished touching the items, he turned around and handed the large cloth bag behind him to him.

"I see you like salmon, so I bought you two fish and two cans of caviar from the restaurant. Take them home for the New Year."

The last time Chen Luyang was in a restaurant, he almost ate all the salmon prepared by the chef in the kitchen by himself.

Chen Jinyue knew that he liked to eat meat, so he bought two for Chen Luyang at the internal employee price.

"Hey~!" Chen Luyang's eyes lit up. "You bought it for me???"

"I bought it for you." Chen Jinyue said with a smile.

moment!

Chen Luyang couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

From childhood to adulthood, apart from his mother and sister, no girl has ever bought anything for him!

Don't say it!
Don't tell me...

It feels so good to receive a gift from someone!!
But what Chen Jinyue bought for him was not just salmon and caviar.

"And candy, sausages, and beer coupons..."

Chen Jinyue took out candies, smoked sausages, tripe, chicken legs and candies from the cloth bag one after another.

Sausages, tripe, and chicken legs are fine.

The box of candy was actually packed in a beautiful square tin tube.

There are also Soviet dolls painted on the outside with Russian writing on them.

Although the welfare benefits at the machinery factory are good, the benefits at Songting Hotel are not bad either!

Not only is it not bad,

Because Songting Hotel has an internal supply relationship with the candy factory, sausage factory and brewery, it actually gets more good things at the end of the year.

For example, this can of tin candy is not sold on the market now.

“So many delicious things…!”

Chen Luyang didn't expect Chen Jinyue to take so much, and asked in shock: "You gave it all to me, what do you eat at home?"

Chen Jinyue whispered, "I have more at home. I brought these especially for you."

Chen Luyang was moved...

"Sister, you are so kind to me."

Chen Jinyue smiled at him: "You are nice to me too."

The two people seemed to be exchanging tokens of love. After they had exchanged delicious food, Chen Jinyue took out a stack of red paper from her bag.

"What is this?" Chen Luyang asked curiously.

"Didn't you ask my mother to write Spring Festival couplets for your family..." Chen Jinyue stuffed the couplets to Chen Luyang.

Chen Luyang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked quietly, "What did you tell Auntie?"

Chen Jinyue blushed and said, "Just say it was written for a friend of mine."

Speaking of this, Chen Jinyue felt something strange.

I don’t know if she was overthinking it or what.

When she told her mother that she wanted to write an extra couplet for her friend, her mother looked at her as if she was detecting an enemy spy.

This kind of situation was only seen when she was a child and was playful and lied to finish her homework.

For a moment, Chen Jinyue even thought that her mother had guessed that this was written for her boyfriend.

Fortunately, Mother Chen didn't ask too many questions and just picked up her pen to write a pair of Spring Festival couplets for her.

"Sister...what are you planning to do during the New Year holidays?"

Chen Luyang put away the Spring Festival couplets and began to ask the most important questions.

Chen Jinyue usually works in a restaurant, and he rides his bike to Dongfang Street.

But he had to stay at home during the New Year and couldn't go to the girl's house to find her.

I haven't seen you for a few days. What should I do if I miss you?
"It's Chinese New Year... visiting relatives, shopping with my mom, playing chess with my dad, and reading at home..."

Chen Jinyue answered seriously.

Even though there are several days of holiday during the Chinese New Year, the time is very tight if you visit relatives.

Chen Luyang was worried: "Then can we still meet?"

Chen Jinyue hesitated: "It's hard to say..."

In those days, there were no telephones or mobile phones.

If the time and place for meeting are not agreed in advance, it is really not easy to meet, and you can only knock on the door and come up to find someone.

Seeing Chen Luyang's depressed look, Chen Jinyue comforted him:
"It's just a few days. I'll be fine once I get back to work."

Chen Luyang sighed helplessly: "This is the first time I'm looking forward to going to work so much."

"...I want to recruit!"

Chen Jinyue was confused: "What are you planning?"

Chen Luyang was depressed: "I want to see you, what else can I do!"

……

This year, Chen Dazhi and Chen Luyang were very lucky. They were not selected for the Spring Festival duty list and could spend the New Year peacefully at home.

On the 29th, Chen Luyang went out early with her mother and brother-in-law to buy New Year's goods.

The factory is performing well this year and the workers are enjoying better benefits.

In addition, the three grown men, Chen Dazhi, Chen Luyang and Sun Zhigang, had very high salaries, so they bought a lot of delicious food to take home, wanting to have a happy and full New Year.

On New Year's Eve, the biting north wind blew through the red brick and tile buildings of the machinery factory, and Chen Luyang was awakened early in the morning by the sound of firecrackers going off one after another in the courtyard.

After getting up and washing up, Chen's father, mother, brother-in-law, sister, Xiaoling and Junjun were already busy.

There was the clang-clang sound of chopped dumpling fillings in the main room, the crowing of chickens in the yard, and the occasional festive "Happy New Year" coming from outside the yard.

My sister is preparing food in the main room.

Junjun stood obediently on the kang and put on new cotton trousers and a new cotton jacket.

My brother-in-law Sun Zhigang was kneading the paste in a basin.

Father Chen used a small broom to clean the dust in the house, took down the old calendars and replaced them with new ones, and then pasted window decorations on each window.

Chen's mother and Chen Xiaoling called Junjun out of the house to help them paste Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters.

"Dad! Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year~~"

After washing up, Chen Luyang walked around the room.

He wanted to help his elder sister prepare the food and chop the dumpling stuffing, but his elder sister didn't trust him and didn't let him do it.

He wanted to help Chen's father sweep the floor, but Chen's father disliked his ability to sweep clean and swept him away.

Finding himself with nothing to do in the back, Chen Luyang walked out of the yard and helped his mother and sister to paste Spring Festival couplets.

As soon as he arrived at the gate, Chen Luyang was stunned.

"No... Mom, where did you get this?" On the big iron gate of the Chen family courtyard, there were a pair of photos of national model worker Chen Dazhi and socialist youth activist Chen Luyang, each showing their big teeth and smiling at the outside.

I wiped...

Chen Luyang was almost numb.

There is a photo on each side of the big iron gate, and they are called door gods.

But if there are four photos of two people on each side, when you look at them together, it looks like a wanted poster.

And it’s in black and white!

Chen's mother said frankly: "I took it from the drawer in your office."

"Your child is the same. He didn't even bring his article home to show his mother when it was published in the newspaper!"

"Look how beautiful you are in this photo!"

"If it weren't for this... I was afraid your dad would get upset. I'd tear down both of his photos and just stick one with you."

Although Chen's mother expressed her disgust, she still stretched out her fingers to smooth out Chen Dazhi's photo and gently applied glue.

Chen Luyang felt like the sky was falling.

Although the Chen family is not a wealthy family, Old Chen's status in the machinery factory is indeed not low.

Every Chinese New Year, many comrades from the factory and workshop workers come to visit with their families to wish us a happy new year.

If other people saw the "Chen Family Father and Son Wanted Poster" on the gate, I really don't know how it would spread.

Chen Luyang said bitterly, "Mom, just look at these pictures of me and my dad."

"It's Chinese New Year today, and you put up pictures of my dad and me. Where's the room for the Spring Festival couplets?"

Mother Chen glanced at Chen Luyang with disdain.

"I told you that you're lazy all the time and that there's something wrong with your way of thinking."

"Who says Spring Festival couplets must be posted on the door? It's the same if you post them on the walls on both sides!"

"This way, I can release the photo of you and your father without delaying anything..."

Chen Luyang: ...

He watched helplessly as his elder sister and Chen's mother pasted the Spring Festival couplets on the brick wall next to the gate!

But Junjun said with great envy at this time:

"I also want to put photos on the door like my grandpa and uncle."

"stick!"

Mother Chen looked at her little grandson and said cheerfully, "My son Junjun still has a few newspapers from last time. I'll take them out and put them on Junjun's newspaper too!"

"Really?" Junjun's eyes lit up, and he jumped and followed Chen's mother back to the main room to cut the newspaper.

Chen Luyang looked at the happy grandparents and grandchildren in silence, feeling tired.

"I wish I could be in the newspaper..."

As soon as Chen Xiaoling finished speaking, Chen Luyang stopped her.

"Don't!"

After a while, Chen's mother came out of the main room, pulling Junjun with her, and pasted the little boy's photos next to Chen Luyang's photo one by one.

Tut tut...

This is why the Chen family’s gate is quite big.

If I change to a smaller one, it won’t fit in the queue.

Chen Luyang looked at the row of "wanted posters" numbly.

Absolutely!

Three generations, old, middle-aged and young, each one famous...

This time, the Chen family has no choice but to become famous.

really!

Not long after the Spring Festival couplets were posted, the family finished their breakfast and cleared the table.

The knock on the door came with New Year's greetings.

"Old Chen, I'm here to wish you a happy new year!"

Song Jianhua's happy voice came from outside the door.

Chen Dazhi quickly ran out of the main room happily.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Song Jianhua standing at the door with three children: Song Liaosha, Song Nata and Song Vasi.

"Old Chen, Happy New Year! Our whole family is here to wish you a happy new year!" Song Jianhua wished you a happy new year happily.

"Uncle Chen, Happy New Year!" The three children of the Song family spoke out loudly together.

Song Liaosha and Song Vasi each wore a red scarf around their necks, and Song Nata wore a newly made red cotton-padded jacket.

The three mixed-race children are taller than Song Jianhua.

This glance really made Chen Dazhi very surprised.

The child she gave birth to is so beautiful!

"I was just thinking of going to see you, but you got here first! Come on, come on, come inside!!"

Chen Dazhi took Lao Song's hand and led him into the house.

Song Jianhua smiled and said, "Let's not go in! We have to go to the next house to pay New Year's greetings."

Chen Dazhi: "That won't do. We're already here! We have to sit for a while before we leave!"

Chen Dazhi's hands have been working on machines and pinching tools all his life, and his rough little chubby fingers are full of strength.

Song Jianhua, who was busy calculating and drawing blueprints all day, couldn't break free at all and was dragged into the house.

Seeing Song Liaosha and her two siblings enter the house, Chen's mother and eldest sister took out the sugar, peanuts and melon seeds that they had prepared long ago, and also made a bowl of hot milk powder for each of the three children.

"Nata is getting prettier and prettier. She's so cute!"

The more Chen's mother looked at Song Nata, the more she liked her.

This mixed-race girl is so fair and beautiful. When she sits there, she looks as graceful as a young lady.

She doesn't look like my own Xiaoling at all, and seems like she's not growing up day by day.

"Vasi has grown into a young man, his eyes and eyebrows are more handsome than your brother's!"

Eldest sister Chen Lihong also looked at Song Wasi with great interest.

When Song Liaosha heard that her younger brothers and sisters were all praised, she looked around and finally set her sights on Sun Zhigang, who was considered an elder.

Sun Zhigang immediately understood.

"Da Song is really becoming more and more like a brother now. I heard that a lot of girls at the social gathering a few days ago were asking about you. Didn't you bring one home to show your dad?"

Song Liaosha was shy: "There are too many, I haven't decided which one to get..."

Chen Luyang rolled his eyes silently.

Song Jianhua kept bringing up the issue: "Old Chen, I've walked around here and your door has the most colorful decorations!"

"Your Chen family has three outstanding people, amazing!"

Chen Dazhi was helpless: "It's all the child's mother's fault...My words don't count at home, and I have no status. I have to listen to the boss in everything I do."

Mother Chen laughed and hit Father Chen: "You old man, you always push everything onto me... How can I dare to stick to you without the approval of the head of the family?"

The two families sat and chatted for a while, and then Song Jianhua's family of four got up and went to the next house to pay New Year's greetings.

Old Song has no wife who takes charge of the family. In previous years, he, a grown man, would take care of his three children and make dumplings during the Spring Festival.

Not to mention visiting relatives and friends to wish them a happy new year, it would be great if I could make dumplings for the three children and prepare the meals before dinner so that they don’t go hungry.

Moreover, while making dumplings, we also have to greet other comrades who come to pay New Year's greetings, so we can't stop working.

For many years, the Chen family would prepare the dumplings and have Chen Luyang bring them over. After Song Liaosha and the others finished their meal, they would come out together wearing their little cotton-padded jackets to set off firecrackers.

Fortunately, the children have finally grown up in recent years, and Liaosha, Nata and Vasily are all able to work.

I used to spend the New Year alone, but now four of us have to.

Song Jianhua finally had time to take his children to pay New Year's greetings one by one.

But even so, Mother Chen was still worried:

"Old Song, don't be so busy celebrating the New Year today! After you finish your New Year's greetings, come back to my house and eat dumplings! My family bought a lot of things this year, so let's have a reunion dinner together."

(End of this chapter)