On New Year's Eve, Ma Qiangsheng and Liu Ying came back.
After a year, the family finally had a big reunion.
Perhaps because he has been working in the fields for more than half a year, Ma Qiangsheng is much darker and thinner than in previous years, but he looks stronger.
Since Ma Xiaolong gave a lecture, the efficiency of the agricultural and animal husbandry base has increased several times. In recent months, all work has been going very smoothly. The chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep that were produced during this period of time a year ago were also successfully sold. Yesterday
The accounting department of the base has completed the annual statistics. After excluding various taxes and wages and benefits, the net profit exceeds 20 million, which can be said to be a good start.
Grandpa and grandma were particularly happy to learn that their son-in-law had earned more than 20 million in less than a year.
"Well, Johnson & Johnson is now prosperous, and all of us are now prosperous." Grandpa took a sip of the wine happily, his face flushed, and he felt proud.
Liu Ying said with a smile: "Dad has a good taste. He fell in love with his son-in-law at a glance back then."
Grandpa smiled and shook his head: "At first, I just saw Johnson as a hard-working and reliable son-in-law, but I didn't expect to be where he is today. Who would have thought that farming and raising pigs could make so much money?"
"Let me tell you! I still have the glory of Xiaolong." Grandma said with a smile: "If my eldest grandson hadn't become successful, Johnson and Johnson wouldn't have had the opportunity to go outside and gain so much experience. Even the current agricultural and animal husbandry base would be
Xiaolong provided money and technology to start this business, and our whole family has benefited from my eldest grandson."
There was nothing wrong with what he said, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Ma Xiaolong waved his hands modestly: "No, no, first of all, it is my dad who has the will and ability, so I will invest money in his business. It is my dad's own credit that it can do so well."
"There is no need to put gold on my face. Everyone knows who is responsible for the credit." Ma Qiangsheng said: "Everyone else's son is taking advantage of me. In our family, I am taking advantage of my son. Your mother and I have the biggest problem in our lives."
My credit is giving birth to your son."
Ma Xiaofeng: "???"
Ma Xiaolong smiled and waved his hand: "I'm embarrassed to say that. Xiaofeng is pretty good too. He's a bit silly, but if you work hard, you will achieve great results in the future."
"You are stupid!" Ma Xiaofeng rolled her eyes.
"Haha, I'm not stupid." Grandma said with a smile: "My eldest granddaughter is also very good. Now she is working as a makeup artist with the crew. When she opens a big beauty salon in the future, she will definitely be good."
"It's okay to do this, but I think that when the conditions are mature in the future, I can open my own studio and slowly develop it into a company." Ma Xiaolong looked at Ma Xiaofeng and said: "When the time comes, there will be a crew that needs to convince the Hua Dao team.
When you are here, you can sign contracts with these crews. As long as you do well, all Chinese film and TV crews will come to you for cooperation. How big of a market is this?"
Ma Xiaofeng's eyes lit up after hearing this: "This is good, I will do this from now on."
Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "Then you still have a lot to learn, at least the cutting and matching of clothing. You also have to study ancient history and understand what the costumes of each dynasty and generation were like. This way you can have a historical drama.
Only the crew will ask you to cooperate, otherwise there will be no chance of success."
"So troublesome?" Ma Xiaofeng was shaken.
"If this is still troublesome, then you will have to open a beauty salon for the rest of your life." Ma Xiaolong said: "Although there is nothing wrong with it, after all, a beauty salon owner has no social status and cannot be compared to someone who opens a Fuhuadao company.
By then all the big stars and directors in the entertainment industry will be rushing to flatter you."
"I'll learn!" Ma Xiaofeng slapped the table and made up her mind: "I will be the boss of the largest and most powerful Fuhua Road company in China in the future!"
"..."
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After lunch, the family continued to fry glutinous rice in front of the door.
This year, there was a collective explosion in domestic factories, with a large number of laid-off workers. Many people who had been workers all their lives were completely without food and felt unprecedentedly confused about their future.
Before that, technical secondary schools and technical schools were still the schools that many junior high school students aspired to, but after that, technical secondary schools and technical schools declined in China. Taking the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination became the ardent expectations of all parents for their children. It was also during this period that
Since the beginning of the year, there have been many parent quotes that are familiar to those born in the 1980s and 1990s.
"Study hard and go to a good university."
"If you don't study, you will have to work."
"Why do you think I work so hard? Just so you can go to college."
"Your dad just didn't go to college back then..."
“What’s the point of not getting a bachelor’s degree?”
"If you fail to pass the college entrance examination, your life will be useless."
Wait, wait, wait, I wonder if these words lasted through your middle school years?
Although Ma Xiaolong never had the chance to hear these words in this life, he had heard them often in his previous life. Of course, he had heard them from others. After all, he had dropped out of school and went to the construction site at this time in his previous life.
This year many workers of the neighbors in the alley have been laid off one after another, so the alley is not very festive this year. Almost half of the families are worried about their future livelihood.
There happened to be a skit in this year’s Spring Festival Gala that included a line that has been hated by laid-off workers all their lives: If I don’t get laid off, who will get laid off?
Although he knew that these neighbors would gradually get out of trouble in the future, this year was indeed difficult, so on New Year's Eve, before dawn, Ma Xiaolong set up a frying pan in front of his door and started frying glutinous rice to distribute to his neighbors.
In the morning, three and a half bags of flour had been fried, and there was still one and a half bags left. It took only one afternoon to finish frying.
Hundreds of neighbors were all very grateful to Ma Xiaolong. He was not worth a few dollars, but his kindness would be remembered by them for a lifetime.
Influenced by Ma Xiaolong, the wealthier neighbors are also frying pancakes, making dumplings, steaming buns, cooking noodles and other things at home, and delivering them to neighbors who have been laid off this year and are not having a good life.
The four girls Zhu Sha, Dai Yu, Chen Jun and Ma Xiaofeng all think this is a very meaningful thing and it is simply a model of neighbors helping each other.
Very educated.
As evening approached, Ma Xiaolong shared the last few glutinous rice balls with his family and said with a smile, "Today is the most meaningful day in the past year. What do you think?"
"I have a lot of thoughts." Dai Yu took half a piece of rice and said, "Xiaolong, thank you for teaching me a vivid lesson."
Ma Xiaolong smiled and waved his hand.
Zhusha smiled and said: "My husband is a man who does great things."
"You don't have to be so self-proclaimed." Ma Xiaofeng took a bite of the crispy dumplings and said, "I just spent a day frying dumplings! The dumpling sellers on the street can do it."
"No way." Chen Jun said: "The man who sells gluttons can only sell it all morning, but he won't be able to work for a whole day."
"Hey~ You dare to hold me back? I'll beat you up, you little melon!" Ma Xiaofeng chased Chen Jun and was about to hit her. Chen Jun hurriedly hid behind Ma Xiaolong. As expected, Ma Xiaofeng did not dare to chase after her and said viciously: "If you have the ability, don't do it."
Hide, come out!"
Chen Jun stuck out his tongue: "I won't come out. If you have the ability, come over."
"You come out!"
"Come here!"
"..."
The adults were all overjoyed. Grandma smiled and said: "Stop making trouble, it's almost dark, hurry up and pack up and go home to make dumplings."
After all, it’s New Year’s Eve, dumplings still need to be made, and tomorrow’s meals need to be prepared in advance.
The dumplings were handed over to the women, while Ma Xiaolong and Ma Qiangsheng worked together in the kitchen to process various ingredients.
"Little dragon! Little dragon!"
While we were busy, my grandpa, the only one in the family who was idle, came over to call for help.
"Xiaoyu wants to go home, you see her off."
"Oh?" Ma Xiaolong took off his apron, washed his hands, and walked out of the kitchen. He saw the whole family standing in the yard, about to send Dai Yu out.
The formation was too big, and Dai Yu was very embarrassed.
"It's almost night, can't we leave after dinner?" Ma Xiaolong came over and said.
"No, my mother called me just now and asked me when I would go back. She said she was making dumplings at home!" Dai Yu said.
"Oh, that's okay!"
After driving the electric tricycle outside the door, Dai Yu got in and said to everyone: "Everyone, please go back!"
"Okay, bring something to your parents when you get home and wish them a happy Spring Festival."
"Okay, be sure to take it back."
I drove the electric tricycle slowly to the cement road along the river, looking at both sides of the river, with the canal on one side and the low bungalows on the other.
The cement road has been paved for many years and has become obsolete. Fortunately, almost no trucks or cars pass by here. Although it is in disrepair, there are only some cracks and no potholes.
In six or seven years, the buildings along both sides of the canal will be completely demolished, and they will no longer be what they are today.
The heater in the electric tricycle was on. Dai Yu felt a little hot and slightly loosened the zipper of his cotton coat.
"Little dragon."
"Um?"
Dai Yu looked at his profile, maybe a little warm, and his face was slightly red: "Thank you, I have benefited a lot from this lesson today."
"Why are you talking about this again?" Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "It's not a big deal. They are all from the neighbors. They are in trouble now, and I am capable, so I will do my best."
"Yeah." Dai Yu smiled slightly and said, "I admire you more and more now."
"Good news, keep it up."
Dai Yu chuckled and said: "I finally understand why Isabel has been clinging to you. An outstanding boy like you is really rare."
"Why are you mentioning her properly?" Ma Xiaolong said: "I have been avoiding her for more than a year, and I don't want to have anything to do with her in the future."
"Okay! Let's not mention her." Dai Yu smiled and said, "I just suddenly felt a little envious of Zhusha."
Ma Xiaolong turned to look at her and joked: "Conquered by my charm?"
Dai Yu blushed slightly and said, "A little bit."
"Cinnabar can't satisfy you anymore?" Ma Xiaolong said with a smile.
Dai Yu blushed even more and hit him: "She and I... Anyway, I liked boys at first, but she... made me not disgusted."
"Hmm~" Ma Xiaolong thought for a while and said, "I heard that women are born to be two-way. For example, girls often hold hands, hug, kiss on the cheek and so on. It is caused by their orientation. If it were a boy, they would have started fighting long ago."
"Really?" Dai Yu was academically curious: "Has anyone studied it?"
"I don't know, I just heard it from hearsay." Ma Xiaolong said, "But you can observe how girls get along with girls, and boys get along with boys. If nothing else, let's just say that you girls like to go to the toilet together, but boys have no such interest.
, and you girls like to touch each other, boys don’t do that."
"Hmm~" Dai Yu thought for a while, it was really like this, and for a moment he began to wonder if the girl was really born bi-directional.
"Stop thinking nonsense, it's meaningless." Ma Xiaolong said: "Anyway, you are from Cinnabar, that is, mine. If you really think about it, I will be OK at any time."
"..." Dai Yu blushed again, remained silent for a moment, and whispered: "Then... after the college entrance examination is over!"
"Huh?" Ma Xiaolong glanced at her and said with a smile, "You want to study hard?"
"Well." Dai Yu said: "The Qingbei exam is not easy to pass. If you don't work hard in the past three years, it will be difficult to pass. I want to put all my thoughts and energy on study. When the college entrance examination is over, I can put down the burden.
."
"That's pretty good." Ma Xiaolong said, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. You know how good I am at giving tutoring lessons."
Dai Yu nodded: "I will."
…
I sent Dai Yu home, paid my first birthday to her parents in advance, declined the other party's warm invitation to stay, and drove home.
It was busy until eight o'clock, the dumplings were cooked, and the whole family sat in front of the TV to watch this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Chen Xiaoer was banned after all, and this year became the first year for Zhao Laowen to take over. The work "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" has been succeeded very steadily. Perhaps no one would have thought that in the next ten years or so, China's Spring Festival Gala stage will be
This little old man who is only in his forties rules.
But before this skit, the skit with the phrase "If I don't get laid off, who will be laid off?" has turned off the appetites of countless laid-off workers in China. I don't know how many people turned off the TV because of this sentence and missed Zhao Laowen's succession.
In addition to Zhao Laowen, Teacher Wang Zhao, a female sketch artist who is as famous as Chen Xiaoer, also participated in this year's Spring Festival Gala, and it was also the last work in her life, "The Veteran Comes Out."
In just over a year, this old artist who has brought countless laughter to the Chinese people will pass away from lung cancer at the age of 72.
In this era, 72 years old is already above the average, which is just a pity.
First it was last year's MCA coach, and then this year's Teacher Zhao. It was a pity. Ma Xiaolong held his chin and felt that he should take action.
In addition to Teacher Zhao, there is another comedian who will leave the Spring Festival Gala stage this year as the main performer. Although he has returned to the Spring Festival Gala several times in the future, he can only participate in the performance as a supporting actor. This person is Niu Qun.
It is said that character determines destiny. This County Magistrate Niu loved to toss too much. When he was at his peak, he did not talk about cross talk properly. He wanted to be his own artist but became an official. As a result, he regretted it after a few years and wanted to come back to Feng Gong.
Partnering is no longer possible.
This year, there are two songs that have become long-lasting hits among people across China. One of them is "Hot Girl", which is particularly exciting and enjoyable to sing; the other is "Go Home and Watch Often" that has brought tears to the eyes of countless parents.
look".
Grandpa, grandma, Ma Qiangsheng, Liu Ying and Zhang Chiling all had wet eyes after listening to it, but several teenage children didn't feel anything at all, and instead thought the song didn't sound good at all.
After all, I am still young, my heart is far away, and I cannot empathize with others.
Maybe only as a parent myself, watching my children grow up day by day, and listening to it again, I will feel something!
Many artists from Bruce Ma's company also appeared on the stage of this year's Spring Festival Gala, but they were just singing and dancing, nothing more.
Originally, the Spring Festival Gala invited him and Chen Jun, the "Dragon Yu Group", to sing "The Lonely Warrior" on the stage of this year's Spring Festival Gala, but he refused directly because he did not want to expose his and Chen Jun's identities.
He will definitely attend the Spring Festival Gala in the future, but it will be after the college entrance examination and will not be considered in the next two years.
Because this year is 1999, there is also a very symbolic "Song of the Seven Sons" on the Spring Festival Gala stage. Just listen to it, the melody is really ordinary.
In the midst of laughter and sighs, the time came to the countdown, and Ma Xiaolong had already taken the three girls and ran to the riverside to set off fireworks.
This is the advantage of being born in a small place. Although fireworks are prohibited in big cities, it is not prohibited here, and the locals are happy to do so.
Looking at the fireworks in the night sky, the Year of the Rabbit is just jumping around.