Chapter 99 Farewell to the old and welcome the new
On the twenty-seventh of the twelfth lunar month, Ma Qiangsheng and Ma Xiaofeng came back.
Compared with a few months ago, Ma Xiaofeng has changed a lot. Her hair was dyed brown and curled to the same length as her chin. Her eyebrows were trimmed and drawn into brown color. She also put on eyeliner, curled her eyelashes, and
She had red lips, but they were not gaudy. On the contrary, she had a pure aura. Coupled with her good growth, she looked like an adult woman in her late teens. The whole family was shocked.
"It's only been a few months, why does it look like a different person?" Grandma couldn't understand it at all. They all said that women have changed a lot, but this change happened too fast.
Ma Xiaofeng smiled and asked, "Has she become prettier?"
"Hmm, good-looking, good-looking." Grandma nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "I'm almost catching up with Xiaosha."
"Well..." Ma Xiaofeng was speechless. Although she had tried her best to dress herself up, even so, she only raised her appearance to 18 points, which was incomparable to the 19 points in cinnabar's natural state.
Of course, the upper limit of appearance is 20 points. Even if Cinnabar's appearance is at the top, it is only 2 points better-looking than Ma Xiaofeng. Just looking at the good-looking angles, there is no distinction between the two. The difference is only in the unattractive aspects.
angle.
Just like the big secret and the fairy, if they only look at the good-looking angles, there is basically no difference in their appearance scores. But as long as the fairy doesn't show his teeth, there are almost no blind spots at 360 degrees, while the big secret has a bumpy face...
It’s hard to describe in one word.
Ma Xiaofeng's face shape is quite perfect, but the difference still appears in her facial features. Generally speaking, her facial features are pretty good, otherwise she wouldn't have a high score of 14 or 5 points in her natural state. With makeup, she can reach 17
Eight o'clock, but that's all. Compared with Zhu Sha, Chen Jun, Dai Yu and other innate good looks, they are inherently inferior, there is no way.
"They are pretty enough." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "There are many beautiful girls in our family, but Xiaofeng can beat more than 90% of the girls outside."
Ma Xiaofeng was elated: "My brother is nice to talk to and handsome. I like him very much."
"Porridge? Do you want to drink porridge?" Grandma asked.
Zhusha smiled and said: "Grandma, porridge is a homophone, which means like."
"Oh, I like it!" Grandma said: "If you like it, just say you like it. What do you mean by porridge? Grandma doesn't understand you new and new human beings."
"Hey! Grandma, do you know about the new humans?" Ma Xiaofeng was surprised.
"Haha, grandma fell in love with surfing the Internet when she had nothing to do. Now the Internet says that you young people are the new generation, so grandma just jumped on the trend." Grandma said with a smile.
"Hmm, the Internet is good, you can understand the world's major events." Ma Xiaofeng strongly supports her grandma's Internet use, so that they can have a common language.
Ma Xiaofeng became the focus of the family. Seeing that he had nothing to do, Ma Qiangsheng said to Ma Xiaolong: "Xiaolong, follow me upstairs."
"Okay." Ma Xiaolong nodded and went to the study room to talk.
In the study, Ma Xiaolong made a pot of hot tea, and the two of them had a cup each. There were snacks in the desk drawer. It was quite comfortable to drink tea, eat snacks, and chat about things.
"All the professional things are left to those professionals. Now I only have to help you with the trivial things of collecting rent. After your birthday, who are you going to leave these trivial things to?" Ma Qiangsheng took out the
Cigarette paper and tobacco leaves, start rolling cigarettes.
These tobacco leaves were grown by Ma Xiaolong. They taste refreshing and refreshing, and have almost no side effects. Ma Johnson was addicted to these tobacco leaves for the first time and rolled a few of them almost every day.
"Let my grandpa do it!" Ma Xiaolong said.
"Your grandpa?" Ma Qiangsheng was stunned: "Your grandpa is willing to do it?"
"The match factory is closed now." Ma Xiaolong took out a lighter and lit a cigarette for him, saying: "Lighters are much easier to use than matches. The match factory will close down sooner or later. Grandpa is sighing every day now. I guess he also knows that the factory is
If it doesn’t work, why don’t you help me collect rent from now on, it’s better than watching the factory close down day by day.”
"Have you told your grandpa?" Ma Qiangsheng took a puff of cigarette and asked with a happy face.
"I've tried it, and there's no problem." Ma Xiaolong said: "Although grandpa is old, he is still a man. A man spends all day guarding people's doors, and refuses to say anything bad about them. He also locks his time and life in the door.
Rent collection at the door is different. Not only can you receive money, but you can also travel around the country and increase your knowledge. When you grow old, you have to be comfortable. The more comfortable you are, the more energetic you will be and the longer you will live."
Ma Qiangsheng nodded. Although he has been very tired in the past few years, he has indeed gained a lot of knowledge. Even if he only wants to return to his hometown to raise pigs and farm, those experiences are still an immeasurable amount of money for him.
Wealth is also of great benefit to his conduct in life.
If grandpa had taken grandma to see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, its customs and customs, and collect rent and waste money, he probably wouldn't just want to be an old janitor in a small town.
By the way, my grandpa is only sixty-six this year, and grandma is only sixty-five. As long as you take good care of it, it will not be a problem to collect rent until you are eighty years old.
"Now that the construction of the agricultural and animal husbandry base is in good shape, we still need your support for the follow-up funds." Ma Qiangsheng said.
"No problem." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "But since we want to build an agricultural and animal husbandry base, we must have a good market positioning. Do you want to provide it to the general public? Or provide it to those rich people?"
"Can't we all?" Ma Qiangsheng asked back.
"You should listen to me!" Ma Xiaolong said: "Build a brand and specialize in the mid-to-high-end market."
"Why?" Ma Qiangsheng was puzzled.
"The general public has the guarantee of the state. You are not needed. Besides, how many people can you manage in one base? Why not start with taste and quality. We will talk about the brand later. The taste must be strict. From now on, the slogan of the base will be 'Only produce products'."
Delicious high-end ingredients', when others hear our brand, they will know it must be delicious. Delicious and high-end is the meaning of our brand."
Ma Qiangsheng thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay." He paused and said, "But good taste requires a lot of experimentation. Here..."
"The manuals I gave you are enough." Ma Xiaolong said: "Follow what the manuals say, and within five years at most, you will be the largest supplier in the high-end market of China's agriculture and animal husbandry."
"Is it really possible?" Ma Qiangsheng is still very doubtful: "These knowledge countries don't have it, where did you get it? You can't just read it in a book, right?"
"The country doesn't have it, but it can't deny that your son is a genius." Ma Xiaolong pointed to his head: "A lot of things are in my head, so I just copied them down and gave them to you."
"..." Ma Qiangsheng warned with a solemn expression: "Don't tell anyone about this in the future. I'm afraid someone will steal your brain after you die."
"I'm not Einstein." Ma Xiaolong said: "Besides, by the time I die, I may have developed a smart chip. Then I can transfer the memories from my brain to the chip and change my body and still live."
"..." Ma Qiangsheng was silent for a moment and asked, "Can you also make a chip for me?"
"..."
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In the evening, after grandpa came back, Ma Xiaolong talked about the rent collection in the future. Under Ma Qiangsheng's persuasion, grandpa agreed. After agreeing, grandpa seemed to have gone away from a heart disease and his spirits improved a lot.
During the meal, my grandfather said: "I have worked in the match factory all my life. I never thought that when I got old, the factory would no longer be able to survive. It really fulfilled the saying that people are not good for a thousand days, and flowers are red for a hundred days. At that time, the match factory was full of people.
The largest factory in Asia, but now it is just a small factory that is on the verge of bankruptcy and no one cares about it."
"The factory can go bankrupt, but people have to live well." Ma Xiaolong said: "With the rent collected from now on, you and grandma can use your pocket money to buy whatever you want, and travel wherever you want. You two have worked hard for a lifetime.
It’s time to enjoy peace and happiness.”
"When it comes to filial piety, it has to be my eldest grandson." Grandpa and grandma were both overjoyed.
"What about me? What about me?" Ma Xiaofeng came out to compete for favor again: "How filial I am!"
"Haha, yes, there is Xiaofeng." Grandpa smiled and said: "Although my eldest granddaughter has not made much contribution to the family so far, she has always been very filial. In the future, she will study hard, make a career, and marry a good family. Let's
As an elderly person, you can feel relieved."
"..."
Ma Xiaofeng suddenly felt that she shouldn't have asked, and now she could only swallow the bitter pill of self-humiliation.
"Wait a minute." Liu Ying discovered Hua Dian: "From now on, my parents will go out to collect rent. After Johnson comes back, I will definitely go to the village with him to stay. Xiaofeng will go to the capital to study skills. From now on, only Xiaolong will be left in the family.
Alone?"
"Isn't there still Xiaosha?" Grandpa smiled and said, "It just so happens that we are not at home, so the young couple can live their own little life."
"How can that be impossible!" Ma Xiaolong said: "Aren't there still my mother and Xiaojun? Besides, it's not like you will never come back if you go out."
"Well, I will take good care of Xiaolong." Zhang Chiling smiled and said, "Then my son will be mine alone."
"Okay! You have been thinking about this day for a long time, right?" Liu Ying laughed and scolded: "Let me tell you, this is my biological son, and you are also my biological son when you snatch him away."
"You two, don't be embarrassed." Grandma laughed and scolded: "But since Zhiling is taking care of me, I feel relieved."
"Actually, I have nothing to take care of. On the contrary, Lulu and those pigeons need someone to take care of them." Ma Xiaolong said: "I'm not interested in raising those pigeons anymore, so I'll stew them later! As for Lulu... Grandpa, grandma, you guys
When you go to collect rent, take Lulu with you! Just treat it as your companion."
"Lulu is leaving, who will look after the house?" Grandpa asked.
"The walls of our house are full of broken glass. Which thief would dare to climb the wall and come in?" Ma Xiaolong said: "Besides, thieves nowadays only dare to commit petty thefts and not break into houses. Don't worry!"
"Okay." Grandpa thought it made sense and nodded. He took a sip of wine and suddenly laughed: "I've been wanting to taste pigeon meat for a long time. Let's stew two of them tomorrow."
"No problem, fry, fry, fry, you can taste it." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile.
There was laughter and laughter inside, and pigeons cooed outside.
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The next day, more than a dozen pigeons were brutally murdered. Under Ma Xiaolong's cooking, everyone ate three large bowls of pigeons with tears in their eyes.
Woohoo, pigeon, I'm sorry, it's all your fault for being so delicious.
There is no New Year's Eve this year, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month is New Year's Eve.
After breakfast that day, the family began to hang lanterns, put up Spring Festival couplets, and prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.
This year, Xiaolong Ma did not prepare new clothes for his family to wear during the New Year. A few days ago, Lingling Chu sent them tailor-made new clothes.
Ma Xiaolong did not dare to use the level 5 female celebrity skills. It would be a waste of time to do it by himself, so this year's new clothes were left to Zhu Lingling.
With one phone call from Zhu Lingling, her staff collected everyone's sizes, and then customized three styles of clothing for each person according to their different needs. Ma Xiaofeng, who loves stinking beauty, put on a set of girly pink winter clothes today, which is very good.
Fried meatballs, fried lotus root clips, fried small fish, fried prawns, steamed date cakes, steamed flower rolls, and steamed sugar triangles were all made during the day. Except for what I kept for myself, I shared the rest with my neighbors.
Towards evening, the women were sitting together making dumplings, while the two men, Ma Xiaolong and Ma Qiangsheng, were preparing the meals for tomorrow.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the whole family stayed in front of the TV to watch the 1998 Spring Festival Gala.
The New Year is the Year of the Tiger. At the beginning, a bunch of cute little tigers sang and danced on the stage, and the first domestic girl group "Young Girls" participated.
Young and beautiful girls can be regarded as the collective memory of those born in the 1970s and 1980s. "Happy Baby" and "Network Warrior" are both very good singing and dancing songs, especially "Happy Baby", which is popular all over the country because of its good advertising.
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But for some unknown reason, there was no market for it after a few years. At that time, Bruce Ma lost interest in the girl group and stopped paying attention to it. I don’t know what happened next.
It must be cold!
The quality of this year's Spring Festival Gala is relatively high, and there are a number of well-known programs, such as Niu Qun and Feng Gong's "Sit back and enjoy the success", Yehenala and Princess's "Meet in 1998", Teacher Zhao and Gong Hanlin's "Kung Fu Order",
"Health Song" by Xie Xiaodong, Fan Xiaoxuan and Ma Hua.
Speaking of MCA, CCTV now broadcasts a five-minute aerobics program every morning. Because the young ladies are dressed in blushing outfits, many people watch it. The fitness instructor is MCA, and it is also one of the collective memories of this era.
It's a pity that MCA passed away due to illness a few years later.
If possible, Ma Xiaolong would like to help her heal.
Let’s talk about it later!
Teacher Shi Shengjie's "My Deskmate" is one of his few high-quality cross talk programs. The biggest regret of the Chinese people is that the last program of Chen Xiaoer and Lao Mao in the Spring Festival Gala was this year. After "The Prince and the Postman", the two
No one has ever appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage again.
Maybe Chen Xiaoer is not sorry, but for the people of the country, not being able to see him on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again will be a lifelong regret.
China's first generation of sketch kings has come to an end.
And next year's Spring Festival Gala, the new king of sketches, Uncle Zhao, will take over the show with the program "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow".
Is it a coincidence? Or God's will?
As soon as Chen Xiaoer retired, the quality of Uncle Zhao's sketches skyrocketed. In terms of funnyness, "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" is definitely the first in the Spring Festival Gala for Uncle Zhao over the years. However, leaving aside shows such as selling abductors and selling cars, Zhao's sketches have skyrocketed since then.
In many of the Spring Festival Gala programs, the uncle had sex with the host, and he even made a sissy popular because of it.
This year's Spring Festival Gala was overall pretty good, and everyone enjoyed it.
In the early morning, everyone went to the riverside to set off fireworks for half an hour to bid farewell to the Year of the Ox and usher in the Year of the Tiger.
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Sorry, I delayed the update because I read a very interesting book. The panda is guilty and kneels down to repent.