Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

After buying the clothes, Zhao Shanhe took the elderly to buy cotton shoes, but the shoes were not their own.

The old people only wore cotton-padded clothes and carried other things carefully for fear of damaging them.

After coming out of the mall, Zhao Shanhe called Zhao Shanhu and said that someone had come from his hometown and he would be there soon, and asked Shanhu to prepare more food.

Then Zhao Shanhe took a few elderly people to the bathhouse. He discovered that the reason why the elderly people didn’t change their clothes was because of this. He had overlooked it last night. It was a good opportunity to take them to the bathhouse and get a haircut.

Zhao Shanhe brought the old man to a private bathhouse. If it was a public bathhouse, there would be a lot of people today, the weekend, and the water would probably be black by now.

After depositing their clothes, they went to the bathhouse and soaked in the pool.

Zhao Shanhe leaned against the pool, squinting his eyes, with a look of enjoyment on his face. He hadn't felt so relaxed in a long time.

Several elderly people were indeed a bit dirty and grimy. "Shanhe, I'm sorry to make you laugh. We came from the dirt and have only taken a few baths in our lives."

Uncle San was also a little emotional while lying in the pool. "I remember the first time I came to Sijiu City, Shanhe was still in the steel mill at that time, and he took me here to take a bath and get a haircut. So many years have passed in a flash, but it's so comfortable to take a bath here."

An old man said to Uncle San, "Youngest, you city people know how to enjoy life."

Uncle San was not happy now. "Sixth brother, if you keep saying that, I will get angry with you. I am not a city person at all. I am just blessed by the mountains and rivers. I used to dig for food in the fields."

"That means you are half a city dweller. Your descendants will all be city dwellers in the future. You have finally made it."

"Indeed, the schools and hospitals here are much better than those in my hometown."

"Xiao Gangzi, come here and rub your Sixth Grandpa's back," the Sixth Brother referred to by the Third Uncle shouted at Zhao Gang.

Uncle San said, "Sixth brother, just soak in it and soak your old dirt well. If you want to scrub your body, there will be a scrub master later. He will guarantee to scrub off three pounds of mud for you."

After soaking for about half an hour, Zhao Shanhe called the bath scrubber. Sixth Master said, "I have lived for sixty or seventy years, and today I have learned something new. It is just like killing a pig. After killing the pig, scald the hair with boiling water, and then rub it like this, and the hair will fall off."

Zhao Shanhe chuckled after hearing this. It was indeed true. The village chief and the other old man didn't say anything at all. They were probably embarrassed. Mud was falling off their bodies, and every time they rubbed it, there was a handful of mud.

Sixth Master asked the bath scrubber, "Master, have you ever scrubbed someone as dirty as us?"

"Hey, what's that? That's nothing. The dirtiest person I've ever scrubbed was like a different person. The mud weighed at least three pounds. Your level is not even comparable to anyone I've scrubbed before."

The master was also talkative. While scrubbing people's bodies, he told me the ranking of the dirtiest things he had seen during his years of scrubbing people's bodies.

After scrubbing the bath, the elderly put on their new clothes and said, "You know what, I feel a few pounds lighter after scrubbing."

Uncle San saw that several people were still packing up their old clothes and said, "Keep the coat and throw away the clothes inside. Look at what they have become. Can they still be worn?"

"Youngest, why can't you wear this? You'll be covered in dirt when you go back home. You have to wear these old clothes. I think you've forgotten your roots since you came to the city."

"Sixth brother, how many years can you live, old coffin? You can wear these new clothes until you die. Why are you planning to keep them for when you die? When you are old, you should eat and drink as you wish. When you die, it's your wish."

"I'm happy with it, what's it to you?"

After everyone finished washing, it was dark when they came out. Zhao Shanhe took them home, kept some of the local specialties they brought with them, loaded the rest into the car, and also loaded some into his uncle's car.

Then he took the old man to the mountain lake.

When we arrived at the mountain lake, we had another meal and then stayed there.

The next day everyone had to go to work. My third uncle also had a car, so we said we would leave it to him and he would take the elderly people for a walk.

Uncle San took him around for another day, and when he was about to leave on the third day, Zhao Shanhe took some time out to come and see him off, bought him a sleeper ticket, and bought him some local specialties from Sijiu City to take with him.

According to what Zhao Gang said when the new year came, one of the old men died after the new year, smiling as he passed away without any warning.

After seeing off the people from his hometown, Zhao Shanhe just read some books at work. There was nothing else to do, so he just had to wait for the New Year.

Before the end of the year, the Zhao Group held an annual meeting and gave generous rewards to its employees. Another group of people received houses, and corporate executives who received houses all received a generous bonus.

Even the New Year benefits are more generous than those of big factories. Before the New Year, shopping malls, clothing, and electrical appliances ushered in another peak period. This year, the Zhao Group has made a lot of money.

On New Year's Eve, everyone came to Zhaoshanhu again. Zhao Shanhe called his second uncle, greeted him and wished him a happy new year.

My third uncle's family also came. There were dozens of people sitting at three tables. Zhao Shanhu specially asked someone to customize the tables. Everyone had a lively New Year's Eve dinner and drank wine together in the afternoon. Otherwise, there would not be enough room in the courtyard for so many people.

In the evening, Zhao Shanhe and his family gathered together to watch the Spring Festival Gala and were amused. The Spring Festival Gala at that time was still very interesting.

In the old courtyard, Yi Zhonghai celebrated the New Year with Sha Zhu's family. Sha Zhu cooked a table of delicious food, but unfortunately He Daqing was not there.

Although He Daqing was not in the courtyard, he and his White Widow cooked a large table of dishes. Unfortunately, their children were not around, and both of them felt lonely.

"Daqing, why don't you go home for the New Year?"

"Xiaobai, that's enough for the two of us. Eat and don't think too much."

The Jia family should be the most lively family except for Zhao Shanhe's family. Xiaodang was also there for the New Year this year, and Huaihua gave birth to a big fat boy a few days ago. The whole family celebrated the New Year in a lively manner.

Xu Damao's family was also festive. There was a new member in the family this year, and Xu's father and mother also came, so three generations had New Year's Eve dinner together.

Some were happy and some were sad. Before the New Year, the third uncle took his two grandsons to see Yan Jiefang.

This year, the third uncle is not well off with his two grandsons, so the New Year's Eve dinner on the table seems a bit simple. The remaining two sons are also calculating and unwilling to spend money. They calculate that the third uncle must have spent a lot of money on raising his grandsons, and they are not as filial as before. The third uncle had a boring year.

Since the death of the second uncle, Liu Guangqi has never returned to the Liu family in the past few years. Liu Guangtian did not come back for the Chinese New Year either. He had to spend the New Year with his father-in-law and only came here on the first day of the new year. Only Liu Guangfu and his family spent the New Year with the second aunt.