At the beginning of February, the weather is getting colder, but the festive atmosphere is already upon us. The streets and alleys are crowded with people, and all the shops are carefully decorated with advertising banners, red lanterns, and colorful flags flying. They try their best to win this festival every year.
Get a piece of the pie in the largest New Year market.
Buying New Year's goods is an essential thing for every household before the New Year, and Li Youran is no exception. In the past two days, he took Sun Xiaoying to department stores, supermarkets and other places to shop, mainly household items, decorative items and clothing.
There were a bunch of fireworks, but as for food, I bought less, because most of them were self-sufficient, and I could only add some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, rice and noodles.
Of course, the favors from years ago were also indispensable. He asked the logistics department to arrange for Mr. Fang, Secretary Lin, and Mr. Ling Wanru to each send a tube of Cuifeng tea and twenty liters of Space Creek water, as well as several
Mandarin fish, perch, crabs and other self-cultivating aquatic products.
After such a long period of cultivation and cutting, the Cuifeng tea tree has grown more and more luxuriantly, and the fresh leaf yield of each tree has more than doubled than before. This gave it more room for activities. As for Dahongpao, the healthy branches were cut later.
Although it is also a mature tree, the increase in output is not as obvious as that of Cuifeng, and there is still inventory to be prepared as the backbone of the new teahouse, so it cannot be easily taken out yet.
As the New Year approaches, the number of customers coming to Baozi Shop to buy fish has also increased significantly. After discussing with Li Youran, Uncle Qi specifically allowed each household to purchase twice the usual amount. Xiao Xia from the logistics department made a special trip to Mingcui Villa for this purpose.
, with the help of my second uncle, I caught a batch of aquatic products from the fish pond in the glass greenhouse to supplement it.
As for other system departments related to the bun shop, Aunt Qi is responsible for them and manages them one by one, just as a courtesy.
Aquarium shop Meng Huijuan's home is in Heteng County, more than 100 kilometers away from Tianhai City, and she plans to go home to celebrate the Spring Festival this year.
For this reason, Fatty Luo granted her a few extra days off, asking her to come back to work on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year and spend more time with her family.
On the morning of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Fangcheng drove Meng Huijuan to the long-distance bus station in a Chang'an Star van. Before leaving, he took out a bottle of Peach Blossom Beauty Honey from his bag, which was given to him by Brother Ranzi two days ago.
Give it to Juanjuan as a special New Year gift.
Meng Huijuan's face was red, and she hesitated for a while before reluctantly accepting it. Then she boarded the long-distance bus and waved goodbye to Li Fangcheng.
In addition, Aunt Qi informed Li Youran that the Baozi Shop renovation and expansion plan submitted last time has been approved and it went very smoothly. The drawings basically do not need to be modified and have been handed over to the architectural design office to draw the construction details. The weather will warm up after the Chinese New Year.
The construction team can be arranged to start work.
The approval process was already quite fast. Li Youran naturally understood that this was Fatty Luo's father's role in it. To express his gratitude, he asked the guy from the logistics department to send two snakeheaded fish, three chickens and
A basket of eggs.
The time finally arrived on New Year’s Eve. In the afternoon, Li Youran and Aunt Qi walked around the store together. They wished the employees who were still sticking to their posts a happy New Year.
Then I came to the yard and saw Leopard Ball playing in an empty field. It was the severe winter, and Leopard Ball was active outside during the day. At night, it had been moved to Uncle Qi's dormitory. After all, wolf dogs have a long life in human society.
If it is too long, its ability to withstand the cold will be far inferior to that of wild wolves.
"Leopard Ball, I can't be with you during the Chinese New Year. You have to be good and listen to Uncle Qi." Li Youran stroked the big head of Leopard Ball, who rushed towards him, and said slightly apologetically. Leopard Ball also had to take care of Baozi.
It is not the responsibility of the shop to bring it to Mingcui Villa.
Leopard Ball barked, stood upright, and pushed his head into his arms, looking coquettish.
"Uncle Qi, let's get some more delicious food for Leopard Ball these days, for a change. Also, there are a lot of firecrackers set off during the New Year, so be careful about the fire. Thank you for your hard work." Li Youran turned to Qi beside him.
Uncle explained.
Uncle Qi's family of three will be celebrating the New Year at the bun shop, and they will also be on duty.
"Ranzi, don't worry as I'm here." Uncle Qi nodded and promised.
Li Youran said goodbye to Baoqiu, then called Li Fangcheng, Hu Zi, Sun Xiaoying and Liao Leng to drive the Audi Q5 and Changan Star to Mingcui Villa respectively.
The second uncle and the second aunt are both restless people. During the time they lived in Mingcui Villa, they kept the house in order, the windows were bright and clean, and the indoor floors were mopped with mops to make them spotless. They even hired the property management company.
The cleaners who were regularly sent to clean the house were sent back.
Li Youran felt very sorry and tried to persuade her twice. But her uncle and aunt took it for granted and told others that if they were inactive for a long time, their bones would get sick.
Two cars drove into No. 76 Courtyard one after another. Li Youran opened the car door and walked out. He looked up and saw that he hadn't been back for three days. The small building in the courtyard had changed. There were window grilles on the glass and couplets and couplets on the doors.
New Year pictures, on both sides of the door
Red lanterns were hung up, and the willow trees, apple trees and grape trellises in the yard were also hung with colored lanterns, which looked very festive. These were all decorations he bought a few days ago, and it seemed that they had been arranged in different categories by his uncle and aunt.
In place.
"Father, mother, we are back!" Li Fangcheng shouted loudly and pushed the door open.
"Change your shoes, change your shoes, the house has just been mopped, and the outside is full of dirt and mud." The second aunt greeted quickly.
Li Fangcheng and Hu Zi laughed, put on their slippers as instructed, took off their coats and hung them on the hangers.
There were waves of aroma wafting from the kitchen, and Li Youran took a whiff. It must be the smell of chicken stewed with mushrooms. It was really tempting.
"Second Aunt, do you use special water from a water bottle to stew chicken? Don't use tap water." He asked casually.
"You told me this several times when you left, and I still can't remember it. Don't tell me, the water is really good, and the cooking is delicious." The second aunt praised.
"Okay, let's go wash your hands and help in the kitchen. Let's make New Year's Eve dinner together." Li Youran issued a call to work to his younger brothers and sisters.
"I have to wait for you. The cucumbers and vegetables are all cold. Your second uncle and I started preparing it yesterday and we are almost done. If you guys are careless, you will cause trouble. Just ask Xiaoying to come over and help me."
After the second aunt finished speaking, she took Sun Xiaoying into the kitchen.
"Second Aunt, where is the second uncle?" Li Youran looked around and asked quickly when he didn't see the second uncle.
"It's on the roof. Feed your big eagle. This old man is so affectionate with a bird like a father and a son. I don't know what's wrong with him." The second aunt's nagging voice came from the kitchen.
"It's Jin Yu, eh, I haven't seen it for a long time, let's go and have a look." Upon hearing this, Li Fangcheng and Li Fangcheng became more interested, took off the coats they had just hung up, and walked towards the stairs.
Li Youran also wanted to see what happened, so he followed him upstairs.
As soon as they reached the third floor, they heard a babbling tune, followed by the sound of a saw blade. Li Youran smiled. This is a local tune from Longshan County. I haven't heard it for many years. It seems that the second
Uncle is in a pretty good mood.
Huzi pushed open the terrace door, and the three of them took a closer look. They saw the second uncle wearing an old cotton-padded jacket with one foot on a square stool and pulling the saw with one hand. A thick log rod with a thick wrist was rustling under the back and forth movement of the saw blade.
Sawdust fell from the rustle.
Beside him, Jin Yu was squatting on the perch, turning his head and listening to his second uncle's singing attentively, seemingly enjoying himself.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Li Fangcheng walked over and asked.
"Hey, you are back. I will add two more bars to Jin Yu to give him more room to move." The second uncle stopped humming, raised his head and responded.
Chi, chi, Jin Yu saw Li Youran and flapped his wings twice to say hello.
Li Youran walked over and patted Jin Yu's neck. Jin Yu rubbed the outside of his curved mouth and face against his hand to express affection.
Li Fangcheng and Hu Zi looked at it with envy, and they moved closer and stretched out their hands to touch it.
"Aren't your hands clean? I just brushed Jin Yu's hair at noon." The second uncle frowned and asked.
"Dad, you are asking this question as if we are still playing in the mud." Li Fangcheng said dissatisfied.
"Then who knows? Didn't you two play in the mud when you were little? You got mud everywhere in the bed, and your mother suffered a lot because of this." The second uncle said disapprovingly, and continued to lower his head and pull the hand saw.
"Dad, when did that happen? Why do you keep bringing this up?" Li Fangcheng was quite embarrassed.
"Okay, okay, I'll prove it, Fang Cheng, Hu Zi is cute and clean now." Li Youran quickly smoothed things over.
Li Fangcheng and Huzi then moved their hands up and down, touching Jin Yu's back feathers from head to toe. They felt really good, crisp and shiny, and extremely smooth. They also touched Jin Yu's paws and exclaimed in admiration. This thing has killed roe deer before.
It is also comparable to steel knives.
Jin Yu was quite honest at the moment and didn't show any dissatisfaction.
After teasing Jin Yu for a while, Huzi approached his second uncle and said flatteringly: "Second uncle, I can also do some carpentry work, let me help you."
"You?" The second uncle glanced sideways at Huzi, hesitated for a moment, then threw him a pair of wooden brackets and asked him to drill holes and install bolts.
Huzi agreed happily, rolled up his sleeves, and started working according to his second uncle's instructions.
The two brothers Li Youran looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
"By the way, Brother Ranzi, have you bought any fireworks?" Li Fangcheng suddenly remembered the key question. This Chinese New Year would be very boring if there were no fireworks.
"You're still talking about this. The warehouse is stacked like a hill, and they are all so big. How much will it cost? I can just buy a few firecrackers for the Chinese New Year. It's really wasteful."
While pulling the hand saw, he scolded that he knew that the price of those big aerial fireworks was not cheap. In the past, he only saw people letting them go during celebrations in the countryside. No one in the entire village of Lijiagou was willing to do this stuff of burning buns.
"Haha, Second Uncle, it's not that exaggerated. It's rare to celebrate the New Year together. Everyone is happy and happy." Li Youran explained with a smile.!~!
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