These two are the children of master Yang Mingde. According to the rules, Zhang Junping naturally has to call him senior brother and senior sister.
"Happy New Year, senior brother, happy New Year, senior sister!" Zhang Junping said hello with a busy smile.
"Happy New Year to Xiao Pingzi! I've long heard from my dad that I have a new apprentice. It's really good. He's a talented person!" Senior sister Yang Yinghua patted Zhang Junping on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Happy New Year to you, junior brother!" Senior brother Yang Guangzheng, who is in his forties, nodded to Zhang Junping in a very kind way.
"Xiaomi, Xiaotao, Xiaoxu, Xiaoying, come here quickly and kowtow to your uncle for the New Year!" After introducing the children, the two boys and two girls were called over by their master Yang Mingde to pay New Year's greetings to Zhang Junping.
Xiaomi and Xiaotao are the master's granddaughter and grandson. They are both sixteen or seventeen years old this year, just a few years younger than Zhang Junping.
Zhang Junping had the nerve to ask them to kowtow to him and say New Year greetings, "No, no! Master, it's okay to pay New Year greetings, but kowtowing is not necessary, right?"
"Well, the kowtow is waived, but the kowtow money is not waived!" Yang Mingde said seriously with a straight face.
Come on, it turns out that the master is waiting for me here. He is really an old naughty boy.
Zhang Junping quickly took out four red envelopes from his pocket and gave them to his four nephews and nieces respectively.
Xiaomi, Xiaotao is a little embarrassed to accept it.
Yang Mingde said from the side: "Just keep what your junior uncle gave you! Your junior junior uncle is a rich man, so there is no need to be polite to him."
"You old man, you don't look like a master at all!" the teacher's wife scolded from the side.
"Master's wife, we don't have much to bring, so we brought you some millet and Yuandu green radish from home. Don't dislike it!"
"Okay, not bad! Not bad! I like Yuandu's green radish. It's crunchy and crunchy when I take a bite. I eat it with the freshly made steamed buns. It's very sweet and goes very well with rice.
Since I came back, I haven't been able to eat it anymore. Even if you have a conscience, you still know how to bring green radishes to Master." Yang Mingde said happily.
"Master likes to eat it. From now on, every year when the radishes come out, I will get some for you."
"Okay, it's settled!" Yang Mingde was not polite to Zhang Junping at all.
After having lunch at Master's house, Zhang Junping said goodbye and left.
In the afternoon, Zhang Junping went to pay New Year greetings to Fat Aunt, Aunt Wang, Aunt Tian, Aunt Feng and other aunts, and gave them some small gifts.
Naturally, the gift was not brought from my hometown, but bought in Beijing.
Jingba pieces are the first choice for old Beijingers to give gifts to relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year and festivals.
Jingba pieces are not expensive, but they are very exquisite, and each one has a beautiful meaning.
The cake with the word "Fu" symbolizing happiness; the Taishi cake symbolizing the wealth of high-ranking officials; the peach cake symbolizing longevity; the square cake with the word "happiness" with the word "double happiness"; the silver cake with salt, pepper and salty pastry filling symbolizing wealth; the roll resembles a scroll of a book
Shortbread cakes are also filled with salt and pepper; chicken fat cakes are homophonic to "auspicious"; jujube cakes may mean that a young couple will have a baby early.
After walking around and paying New Year's greetings, Zhang Junping arrived at the furniture factory in Liulichang.
Good guy, the furniture factory has already started work before the boss even arrives.
"Director Zhang, happy New Year to you!" Seeing Zhang Junping, Master Du hurriedly came over to give him New Year greetings.
"Happy New Year, Master Du!" Zhang Junping returned the greeting with cupped hands and fists.
After asking each one a happy New Year, they stopped and sat down in the main hall.
"Director Zhang, I heard from Meili yesterday that you were here..."
"Well, I went to my master's place for a day yesterday...
When did you start work? Didn’t you say you wouldn’t start work until the 15th?”
"Everyone came here on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year and had a busy day, and then officially started working on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
This doesn’t mean that other factories have started to work, so we can’t be idle either.
The production tasks in the factory are so heavy now, so I asked everyone to start work early..." Master Du introduced with a smile.
"Okay, since you are so active, let's do it! Before the 15th, I will not pay you overtime pay in the past few days. At the end of the month, I will give you more bonuses." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"No, no! Our wages and remuneration are already very good. There are not many factories in Beijing with better remuneration than ours."
"Okay, Master Du, let's not argue about this. I'm not a black-hearted capitalist. If you work hard and the benefits are good, your remuneration and benefits will naturally increase." Zhang Junping smiled and continued: "This is the New Year period.
Time, thank you for your hard work, Master Du."
"It's not hard work, but I would like to thank Director Zhang for providing a place for our family to reunite." Master Du smiled honestly.
"It will get better in the future! When our furniture factory develops for a few more years and saves some money, we can also build a dormitory building!"
"Hey, our furniture factory is going to build a dormitory building?" Master Du exclaimed.
"What's wrong? Other factories can build dormitories, why can't our furniture factory build one?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
"I don't even dare to think about it. Those who can build dormitories are not big factories..."
"Then let's work hard together and develop the furniture factory into a big factory. Let's also build dormitories and families' homes!" Zhang Junping smiled and drew a piece of cake for Master Du.
I stayed at the furniture factory until get off work and watched everyone go out to eat as usual so that they could attend the evening study class.
Zhang Junping stopped everyone and said, "The evening study class will be suspended for now and will not start until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
It’s not yet the 15th year but it’s still New Year. Let’s go home early and enjoy the happy New Year time with your family!
After the 15th, I won’t have so much leisure, and I’m afraid I’ll have to work in two shifts by then.”
After seeing off the cheering workers, Zhang Junping turned to Master Du and said: "Master Du, Master Du will have to work hard until the fifteenth to continue to look after the house. You can only go back to your home when my eldest sister and others come back."
"It's okay, it's okay! It's nice to live in the factory. It's much more spacious than at home!" Master Du said with a smile.
"Yes!" Zhang Junping nodded, bid farewell to Master Du, and came to the alley of Dongmi City.
Yesterday, the old lady packed up the room for him. According to the old lady's request, he will live here with her until school starts.
In this alley of Dongmi City, there are seven or eight courtyards owned by the old lady. The other courtyards have been rented out, leaving only this courtyard. During the summer and winter vacations, the old lady comes to hide and relax.
It was really leisurely, but the old lady was alone in the yard, and she was too lonely.
As for renting it out like other courtyards, the old lady is not willing because she thinks it is too messy.
It is indeed a mess. Zhang Junping went to several other courtyards and found that they had been remodeled by the residents.
Those yards belonged to the old lady in name only. The tenants there were arranged by the street, and the rents were collected by the street and then handed over to the old lady.
It's really not easy to drive them out.
After implementing the policy, the property was returned, but the residence rights were not recovered. There are many such situations in Beijing.