Years ago, apart from cleaning up the house, I was also busy doing various things and eating.
Li Rong helped Zhao's mother make shortbread cakes and said, "Mom, after the New Year, come with me to the capital."
Mother Zhao paused and said, "Is the second child going too?"
"If he doesn't go, An'an will be five years old after the Chinese New Year and can go to school. I plan to let him go to the capital. You and dad can go together. Farming at home is so tiring. You two will go to the capital with me to help
Look at An An."
"If you don't farm the land, what will you eat? If you ask his father to do it too, who will farm the land at home?"
"I have already thought about it. When this season's wheat is harvested, you and dad will go to the capital. Do you still remember the fruit shop we opened before? My teacher didn't even rent out the house. You and dad watch it every day.
The income from running a shop is no less than farming, so why are you afraid that you won’t have enough to eat?”
Opening a shop is indeed easier than farming, and it can also make money. Farming at home is only enough for one bite.
The second elder is too old to do heavy work at all.
But if the store sells fruits, they can do it.
Zhao's mother was moved, but she didn't agree immediately. She replied absently: "His father and I will work it out."
Li Rong had nothing to do, so she made dozens of kilograms of mung bean cake.
He kept some for himself and let Zhao Qingsong take the rest as a favor.
Some time ago, Zhao Qingsong specially brought back a lot of pork. When He Xing was making sausages, he asked her to help make it. It was several dozen kilograms, but he kept it as a favor.
Carrying the mung bean cake, Zhao Qingsong first went to Song Xiaoshan's house to get him a New Year gift.
This shocked Song Xiaoshan: "Brother Song, I should be the one going to pay you New Year greetings, why don't you come to my house first?"
"Isn't this because your sister-in-law urged me to come if you don't come?" Zhao Qingsong made a rare joke, "If you don't want it, I will take it."
"Yes! Why don't you want it? I can't even buy this sausage. There is also the mung bean cake made by my sister-in-law. I haven't eaten it in many years."
Zhao Qingsong smiled, touched Song Xiaoshan's son's head, and stuffed him with a red envelope: "Come and sit at home when you have time."
Song Xiaoshan asked him to stay for dinner, but Zhao Qingsong refused with a smile. Song Xiaoshan's family could eat food at any time, and Li Rong was only at home for a few days. He still wanted to eat the food cooked by his wife.
Song Xiaoshan smiled: "I understand, brother, please walk slowly and drink together then."
After sending it to Song Xiaoshan's house, Zhao Qingsong went to send it to Song Xianping and his friends, who were jointly raising pigs, and some of his comrades who had retired.
It took two days to get rid of the favor, and it was just one day before the new year.
Li Rong asked Zhao Qingsong to take a day off. There was nothing to do anyway. Zhao Qingsong felt at ease and really stayed at home.
But staying at home doesn't mean you don't do anything. These old houses need to be renovated every New Year, and the men in the family have to do this work.
Now that everything is tidied up, it’s time to wait for the new year.
On New Year's Eve, the whole Zhao family went to the county town for a stroll, which was really enviable.
The tiger next door is also called Daniel.
Dan Niu is a little older and doesn't like to show off so much. Young Er Niu shouted back to him: "Yes, we are going shopping in the city, and my mother said she wants to buy me new shoes!"
Huzi is really envious, and even wants new shoes when he comes home.
When the Zhao family went out, they didn't go shopping together. They separated when they arrived at the county town.
The two elders didn't follow any of them, they walked alone.
The last time the two of them went out on the street together was I don’t know how many years ago it was.
At that time, they were still a year old.
They are now grandparents.
Walking on the busy street, Zhao's mother sighed: "I didn't expect that today would be here. I thought I would work for the rest of my life."
Father Zhao: "Fanghong, I have worked hard for you for so many years. I will buy you some new clothes later."
Mother Zhao was happy for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and asked, "Where did you get the money?"
"Ahem~" Father Zhao said as Mother Zhao stared at her, "The second daughter-in-law gave it to me, saying it was a New Year red envelope for me."
"How much did you give? You even hid it secretly!"
Seeing that Zhao's mother was looking at something wrong, Zhao's father couldn't help but said: "I just gave it yesterday, one hundred. Didn't I have time to give it to you? I'll buy you whatever you like later."
Mother Zhao looked like this, but she couldn't help but feel how beautiful she was.
In fact, she also received a New Year red envelope from Li Rong, and what she got was three hundred yuan!
Three times that of the old man.
I feel more beautiful.
When Li Rong gave the money to Zhao's father, Zhao's father didn't want it. He said he would give it to Li Rong to Zhao's mother. Li Rong said that he would also give Zhao's mother's share, so Zhao's father put it away.
Father Zhao thought of this and asked Mother Zhao: "How much did the second daughter-in-law give you?"
Mother Zhao laughed and changed the subject by saying she wanted to buy cotton cloth to make shoes.
Father Zhao: "..."
Zhao Qingsong took his wife and children to the photo studio to take pictures.
This photo studio is private, like the photo studio at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Because the equipment is old, the photos taken are not very good-looking. The price of the new photo studio is about the same. You can also change clothes and take photos there, and there are also fake flowers.
So the customer flow is good.
After the photo studio owner took a photo of Li Rong's family of three, he sighed that they looked very energetic and asked if he could keep their photos to hang in the shop.
Li Rong said yes.
The owner of the photo studio was very kind and said, "I don't need your money for this photo shoot. You can come and pick up the photos after the third grade of junior high school."
Li Rong smiled and said thank you, and the money for the photo was not much, but the boss said no, so Li Rong happily accepted the offer.
When the time comes to hang up their photos, they are actually helping to advertise his store.
They came out early, and after walking around for a while, Li Rong said she was ready to go back.
I'm going back to cook New Year's Eve dinner.
When they returned home, the two elders of the Zhao family were already at home. Li Rong greeted them: "Mom and dad, when did you come back?"
"I came back before lunch and didn't eat out."
It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Rong smiled: "You come back so early, why don't you go shopping for a while?"
"I'm old and there's not much to see."
Not long after Li Rong came back, He Xing and the others also came back.
Because there were a lot of dishes to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner, He Xing thought that Li Rong came back very early, and said a little embarrassedly: "I want to see the two cows here or buy them somewhere. I came back late."
"We just got home too."
The New Year's Eve dinner is particularly sumptuous. During the festival this year, there are also shrimps and squid, which are stir-fried with celery and garlic. It's very fragrant.
The whole family had a great time eating.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, they sat in the house and watched the New Year's Eve.
A few years ago, there would be movies, operas and other shows on New Year's Eve in the village, but now there are less of them. Inviting those people to come requires money.
In the past, it was arranged by the state, with several villages at one location and fixed times.
Later, the policy was liberalized, and the money earned by working at home went into his own pocket. There was not much money in the village, so there was no money for people to show movies or hire people to sing in operas.