It is relatively simple and convenient for Zhou Bingkun to take a bath. Although the wood processing factory is not big, he can still take a bath.
Baths are a must. Most jobs in wood processing plants are quite demanding. Employees always need to take a shower after get off work.
But Li Suhua and Zheng Juan, who don't have jobs, have to go to public baths to take a bath.
The street will issue bathing tickets, but there are not many. On average, each person only has one ticket per month. For people who like to be clean, it is definitely not enough.
So at this time, the bath ticket sent by Qiao Chunyan seemed quite grand.
One bath ticket costs 25 cents, and three bath tickets are given, which is equivalent to 75 cents.
In the relationship between neighbors, it is considered a great gift.
"Juan, you take mother and Guangming and walk to the bathhouse first. I'll take mom home and we'll meet at the door of the bathhouse later."
On the 28th, just after breakfast, Zhou Bingkun sent Zheng Juan to Taiping Hutong.
The reason is that bathing is in a public pool, and it is also the peak time for bathing at the end of the year.
It is necessary to be first. The bathtub is obviously the cleanest in the morning when the water is first put in.
The bathhouse where Qiao Chunyan worked was actually quite far away from the photo album. It was already outside the Gongle District and was at the junction of the Gongle District and another district.
You can walk this distance, but there is no need. The old Zhou family does not lack these few cents.
So Zheng Juan took Aunt Zheng and the girl on the tram, and Zhou Bingkun took Li Suhua on a bicycle.
In a hurry, go to the bathhouse as soon as possible, wait for the bathhouse to open, and take a bath with clean water for the first time.
Coincidentally, it is not just Zhou Bingkun's family who thinks so, but many people also think so.
Zhou Bingkun arrived ten minutes early, and there were already many people at the entrance of the bathhouse.
"Auntie, Bingkun, you are here, come in quickly."
Zhou Bingkun's family had no choice of a bathhouse close to home. They had to travel so far to come here. Of course, it wasn't just because they could save a few cents with Qiao Chunyan's three bathhouse tickets. The most important thing was that Qiao Chunyan had face.
You can bring some breakfast in.
"Chunyan, I'm really troubling you."
Li Suhua smiled and said to Chunyan that he should not be surprised if his daughter was not at home. Li Suhua fell in love with someone else's daughter and had a good relationship with Qiao Chunyan.
Usually Li Suhua is more caring and enthusiastic towards Chunyan than towards Zheng Juan, her daughter-in-law.
The bathhouse where Chunyan worked used to have very high standards, with luxurious decoration and grandeur. It was a place where dignitaries enjoyed themselves before liberation.
After it became a public bath, it was not repaired for many years, and the house and facilities were quite dilapidated, but it still looked more upscale than other baths.
In the bathhouse, in addition to two pools with different temperatures, there are also rain shower and sauna rooms.
In terms of bathing facilities, Northeast China has always been ahead of other regions in the country.
Even in the following decades, Northeast China has always led the country in sauna bathing industry.
Zhou Bingkun takes a bath almost every day, and he came here today mainly to take his brother-in-law Guangming to take a bath.
After taking a bath, the bathhouse also has a public activity area where you can have massage, pedicure, cupping, drink tea, eat snacks, play cards, and chess.
We already have the prototype of taking a bath in Northeast China, where we can eat, drink and have fun all day long.
"bright."
After washing, he went to the activity area to have tea and rest. While waiting for Zheng Juan and others to come out, Zhou Bingkun shouted to Guangming.
"Brother Bingkun, you said."
"Do you want to go to school?"
"I can't see, the school won't accept me." Guangming said disappointedly.
"As long as you are willing to go to school, there is a school that will accept you. We have a special school for the blind in Jichun."
No matter what I do in the future, it is necessary to learn some knowledge.
Fortunately, in provincial capitals, ordinary counties and cities, there are no such conditions for blind people to go to school.
"Mom asked, the school for the blind is too far from home." Guangming said anxiously.
"I asked someone about it. If you go to a school for the blind, you really can't go home every day. You usually have to live on campus, but it's not a big problem. When you go there on Monday, I'll take you there. When I go to the weekend, I'll take you there.
Go with your sister to pick you up."
"Brother Bingkun, won't it cost a lot of money?"
"Don't worry about money. How much money can you spend on going to school? Why do you, a child, think so much?" Zhou Bingkun said, stroking Guangming's head.
Waiting for Zheng Juan to come out with the two mothers, Zhou Bingkun once again told Guangming to go to school.
Regarding this, all three people also support it. Li Suhua is uneducated, but he is a person who absolutely respects knowledge.
Zhou Bingyi's status in the family is much higher than that of Zhou Bingkun. This has a lot to do with the fact that Zhou Bingyi has already finished high school and has the highest academic level in the family.
Aunt Zheng and Zheng Juan, of course, hope that their son and brother will be better.
I absolutely support Guangming to have more contact with peers and go to school to learn knowledge.
It was easy to decide that Guang Guang would be sent to a school for the blind and mute next year.
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After taking a shower, there was nothing major happening a year ago.
Pasting couplets and window grilles are all trivial tasks that can be done in a few minutes.
On the evening of the 30th, the family cooked a New Year's Eve dinner together.
Although there are only a few people in Lao Zhou's family, they still cook a lot of dishes, including chicken, duck, fish, and meat.
Many of these were prepared in advance by Li Suhua, Zhou Zhigang, Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong for not going home.
Even if those who are outside don't come back, they have prepared things. The New Year's Eve dinner needs to be sumptuous, and all the dishes that should be cooked are also cooked.
With the addition of Zheng Juan to the family this year, it will be more lively than just Zhou Bingkun and Li Suhua spending the New Year at home.
After eating, they turned on the radio and listened to it, and the three of them made dumplings together.
After wrapping it up, put it on the curtain and take it outside. It will freeze solid in a while.
Therefore, those who can afford it should prepare as much dumpling filling as possible.
Wrapped and frozen in a jar, you can take out another bowl at any time when you want to eat.
Of course, you still have to have a meal of dumplings when staying up late on New Year's Eve.
For hygiene reasons, Zhou Bingkun did not let Li Suhua put coins into the dumplings.
Wrap it with candy, peanuts, and red dates. It has the same meaning and is very good.
"This year's dumplings are so delicious, Bingkun, tell me, it would be great if your dad, your brother, and your sister could come back. They are out and don't know if they can have a meal of dumplings during the Chinese New Year?"
Chatting on New Year's Eve is of course indispensable without relatives who are not at home, especially for Li Suhua.
"If dumplings are delicious, eat more of them. There is nothing better than dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage and pork. They all eat them well. Who doesn't want to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year?"
Zhou Bingyi can definitely eat dumplings in the Corps. As for Zhou Zhigang following Zhou Rong, whether he can eat dumplings depends on whether Zhou Zhigang has prepared his own ingredients.
Originally, the atmosphere was quite good during New Year's Eve, but when Li Suhua mentioned these people who were not coming back, the atmosphere suddenly disappeared.
Listening to Li Suhua talk about the three children when they were young, it didn't make much sense.
It is always Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong who have a positive image.
One is the eldest son of the old Zhou family. The first child is loved by his parents.
One is a daughter, who is naturally delicate and needs more love from her parents.
Zhou Bingkun, the youngest in the family, is naughty and mischievous, and no one cares about him.
In addition, Li Suhua's age was not suitable for staying up late. After twelve o'clock in the evening, Zhou Bingkun took Zheng Juan back to his room to sleep.
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After the first day of the Lunar New Year, we had another meal of dumplings, and then went to the neighbors’ homes to pay New Year greetings.
Lao Zhou's family has no relatives in Jichun, so New Year's greetings are just a few close neighbors, and it's just a walk around.
First of all, I am a relatively good neighbor with Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua.
Zhou Bingkun’s personal relationship meant a visit to Qianchao, National Day and Chunyan’s home.
When I went to Chunyan's house, I still had a dual relationship. The older generation and the younger generation of both families had a good relationship.
I paid New Year's greetings at Guo Qing's home. Before leaving, Guo Qing came out to see people off and asked:
"Bingkun, when you have free time someday, let's get together?"
"Okay, let's just get together. Apart from going to Zheng Juan's house tomorrow, I'll be fine for the next few days."
It’s so cold in the Northeast, and there’s not much fun to do outside, including watching movies. Movie theaters are also closed during the Chinese New Year. You don’t have to go to work during the Chinese New Year, so it’s really more suitable for friends to get together.
"Then I'll ask Catch-up soon. When are we in the third and fourth grade of junior high school getting together someday?"
The people who live in Guangzipian are basically from other places. Even if they have relatives in the Northeast, they are not too many.
After the first and second days of junior high school, most people are idle.
"Okay, I can do it any day."
Zhou Bingkun went to Sun Chanchao's house to pay New Year's greetings and notified Chanchao again.
After meeting Qiao Chunyan, she also informed Chunyan.
Zhou Bingkun called Chunyan because Chunyan was a girl and could accompany Zheng Juan.
There is no intention of bringing Chunyan together with Xiao Guoqing or Sun Chaochao.
There are not many girls who can watch light-type movies. Qiao Chunyan is praised every day as a flower in light-type movies, which naturally makes her feel a lot better.
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao really looked down upon Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao, who had mediocre families, looks and abilities.
After wandering around and returning home, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan were at home helping Li Suhua receive the guests who came to pay New Year's greetings.
Prepare peanuts, melon seeds, and candies to receive the adults and children who come to pay New Year greetings.
I had a simple meal at noon, and in the afternoon Li Suhua went out to find someone to chat with.
Zhou Bingkun took Zheng Juan to skate. Zheng Juan is one of the few Northeasterners who cannot skate.
When she was a little over ten years old, when other children were having the most fun, Zheng Juan had already started to take care of little Guangming.
So she didn't even master the most basic skating skills. A normal childhood was really not much for Zheng Juan.
Zhou Bingkun is very good at skating. He has been practicing for several lifetimes.
She is also very good at teaching people how to skate. One afternoon she already made Zheng Juan look like an experienced skater.
The next day, Zhou Bingkun took Zheng Juan back to Taiping Hutong.
Then I helped Aunt Zheng and sold candied haws and popsicles all afternoon.
Even Zhou Bingkun is willing to bear Guangming’s school expenses.
Aunt Zheng was inspired to have more enthusiasm for making money because Guangming wanted to go to school.
During the Chinese New Year, families with good financial conditions still give their children some New Year's money.
Therefore, candied haws and popsicles are particularly easy to sell.
On one day during the Chinese New Year, the sales of candied haws and popsicles can equal that of a normal week.
On the third day of junior high school, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan continued to help Aunt Zheng sell candied haws and popsicles.
It’s over after all the goods that Aunt Zheng has prepared for the New Year these days are sold out.
In the evening, because the party was arranged at Zhou Bingkun's house, Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan went home to cook first.
I came to Zhou Bingkun’s party because among these houses, Old Zhou’s house is the largest and most spacious.
If we go to other people's homes and a few people gather to occupy one room, the rest of the family will have no room to stay, which is really inconvenient.
"Bingkun, you young people, you can play at home. I'll go to your Aunt Qiao's house to chat with them." Li Suhua said after helping to lay out the dishes.
"Mom, you should eat first and then go over."
There is probably no restaurant in Guangzi Film that can compare with Zhou Bingkun’s food.
Even though Zhou Bingkun didn't prepare much meat today in order not to appear exaggerated or showy, it was still much better than the food at other people's homes.
"You guys eat, your Aunt Qiao asked me to come over, and we can have a drink together."
"You drink less, but don't drink too much."
Li Suhua only drank a few sips, but Zhou Bingkun still had to give some instructions.
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"Bingkun, is there anything else you need to help with? I'll help you with it."
The first one to come over was Sun Qunchao, who brought a few bottles of beer.
"Bingkun, Juan'er, is someone here? Am I the first?"
The second person who came over was Qiao Chunyan, bringing some peanuts, melon seeds, and candies.
"Bingkun, Bingkun, is the food ready?"
Xiao Guoqing was the last one to come, bringing some frozen pears and frozen persimmons.
"The dishes are all ready and waiting for you to come over." Zhou Bingkun replied.
After seeing Guo Qing entering the house, there was another person following behind her. Chunyan asked: "Guo Qing, who is this behind you? Why don't you help us introduce him?"
In fact, Zhou Bingkun also saw this person, but he didn't want to talk to him.
"Let me introduce to you, this is my cousin Wu Qian. Wu Qian, let me introduce to you, this is Zhou Bingkun, this...except Zheng Juan is Bingkun's wife, we are all young." Xiao
National Day helped introduce people on both sides.
"On National Day, the person is the person. If you don't dare to admit it, why do you say it's your cousin? You really don't think we know what your cousin means!" Qiao Chunyan joked on National Day.
"Wu Qian, right? Sit down, sit down quickly."
Zhou Bingkun first invited Wu Qian to sit down.
Even if Zhou Bingkun has a lot to say now and wants to say something to Xiao Guoqing, he still needs to be polite.
I am willing to take my partner to visit Lao Zhou’s house on National Day.
It shows that National Day really regards Zhou Bingkun as a very close friend.
We will talk about the future matters later. We must entertain Wu Qian today.
"Now that everyone is here, let's get started. Let's have a first glass of wine and welcome everyone to our house."
None of them were heavy drinkers, and there were three girls, so they didn't drink a lot.
When a few people get together, the main thing is to chat. With Qiao Chunyan, the boss of the company, and Zhou Bingkun making a start, there is no need to worry about being left out.