Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Okay, okay, it's time to eat. What are you all doing here? Aren't you going to eat?"

Just when everyone was listening fascinatedly, Shen Yulin's voice came from behind them and interrupted Zhou Tian's words.

Zhou Tian then remembered that today seemed to be New Year's Eve, but he was discussing the gameplay of the Three Kingdoms Killing chess and card game with his family. Why did he suddenly feel so strange?

"Okay, everyone, let's go eat. Today is New Year's Eve, not the time to play games. Let's go, let's go!"

Zhou Tian immediately stood up, put all the chess and cards back into the utility room, and then walked towards the third courtyard with everyone else. However, after taking two steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong, and turning around, he saw that Chang Wen and the others had not followed them at all.

"Chang Wen, what's wrong with you guys? Why aren't you leaving?"

"Commander, we have prepared our own dinner, so we won't eat with you!"

Chang Wen smiled awkwardly, looking very unnatural.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, this is an order, come over and eat together!"

Zhou Tian's face darkened and he gave the order.

"Yes, Chief!"

Chang Wen and his companions originally wanted to refuse, but when they saw that the leader had already given the order, they could only look at each other helplessly and follow the leader into the third courtyard together.

"Come on, come on, sit down, Xiaoting, Xiaoyu, have you got enough dishes and chopsticks?"

Entering the main room, I saw three tables already set up in the living room. Dishes were already laid out on each table, including chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised pork, meat stewed with radish, spicy rabbit head, stir-fried vegetables with meat, potato slices with vinegar, and rabbit stewed with potatoes. It was a sumptuous meal. Even if it wasn't a year of disaster, it would be shocking to be able to have such a meal during the New Year, let alone a year of disaster.

Nowadays, for an average family, it is considered good enough to have two meat dishes.

Although Chang Wu and his companions heard from Chang Wen that the leader was lucky enough to meet a butcher when he went to the market today, they did not expect that the leader would buy so much. They could not help swallowing their saliva as they smelled the aroma of the meat.

"That's enough, brother!"

The voices of Zhou Ting and Zhou Yu were heard from the kitchen.

Zhou Tian then arranged for everyone to sit down, and then went into the kitchen to continue working with his wife and mother-in-law. Now there were seven dishes on the table, three more missing. Zhou Tian decided to order fried peanuts, braised fish, and a chopped pepper fish head, which would make it perfect.

Soon, after a busy period of time, all the dishes were ready and were brought out by Zhou Ting and Zhou Yu.

"Okay, wife, let's go, it's time to eat!"

Zhou Tian tidied up the kitchen simply, then took his wife out and sat down at a table near the kitchen. However, when he saw that there was no wine on the table, he couldn't help but slap his forehead.

"Everyone wait a moment, I'll go get the wine!"

After saying that, he turned around and went into the kitchen, and took out the Fenjiu that had been allocated to him. Four bottles were placed on one table, for a total of eight bottles. After all, his eight children, Zhou Ting, and Zhou Yu were sitting at the other table, so it was not suitable for them to drink.

But ten bottles of Arctic Ocean soda were still placed on the table.

As the food and wine were served, the old man first stood up, said a few words to everyone, and then said a few words of blessing, and then everyone started eating amid laughter and joy.

Perhaps it was because no one had eaten meat for several years, so everyone ate in a hurry this year, especially the eight little ones, who were like starving ghosts, eating with their mouths full of oil.

Soon, the food on the three tables was swept away by everyone, and they didn't even have time to drink the wine.

They didn't stop until every plate was so clean that it looked like it could reflect a light in it. Everyone looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed.

After the meal, with strength in numbers, all the tables, pots, pans and utensils were washed clean in less than half an hour.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers was occasionally heard outside. The eight little guys couldn't sit still anymore. Sajiao and Shen Yulin asked for a string of firecrackers. After opening them, each of them took dozens of firecrackers and ran out laughing.

After a while, the sound of firecrackers outside was heard continuously.

Seeing that everyone was getting bored, Zhou Tian turned on the TV and asked everyone to watch TV together, while his grandfather and father-in-law had already taken out the chess pieces and started playing chess.

"Chang Wen!"

Zhou Tian called him and walked out of the house. Chang Wen followed him tactfully.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers outside and looking at the night sky, he took out a cigarette, handed it to Chang Wen, lit it, took a puff and asked, "Chang Wen, how long have you been following me?"

"Commander, it's been six years!"

Chang Wen thought about it, lit the cigarette in his hand, and said with some emotion that he still remembered that there were only two brothers around the leader at the beginning, but now there are three more people including Xiao Yang.

"Yes, it has been six years. I have been very satisfied with you two brothers in these six years. I have prepared some things for you two brothers. You can take them back after the Chinese New Year!"

"Commander, this..."

When Chang Wen heard what the chief said, he immediately wanted to refuse, but Zhou Tian waved his hand and said, "Don't refuse. This is also my little thought. You know, I don't really use the quota given to me by the state, and I guess your family is in a difficult situation this year, so just take it. In addition, I have three research institutes' quotas, and I'll give them to you. As for how to use them, tell me after the New Year!"

After saying that, Zhou Tian turned around and went back into the house.

But Chang Wen, who was standing in the yard, felt like he was dreaming and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

It was not until his fingers were burned by the cigarette butt that he came to his senses and could not help revealing excitement on his face.

"Brother, what did the commander say to you? You look so distracted!"

At this moment, Chang Wu also came out of the house and asked with concern.

"It's okay, Xiao Wu, it's a good thing, let's talk about it when we get back!"

Chang Wen knew very well why the leader gave him so many benefits. As someone who had been hiding in the dark to protect the leader for many years, he knew the leader better than the leader's wife Shen Yulin.

Especially the chief's ability to produce extra things at any time. Although he didn't know where those things came from, he also knew that the chief had his own secrets.

As a soldier trained by the country, he had thought about whether to report it to his superiors, but in the end he concealed the news. After years of contact with the leader, he knew that the leader was not the kind of person who would let down the country.

As for such a harmless matter, he thought it would be better to keep it hidden in his heart.

"OK then!"

Seeing that his brother was unwilling to say, Chang Wu did not ask any more questions.

Before we knew it, it was twelve o'clock. As bursts of intense firecrackers rang out in all directions and deafening fireworks shot up into the sky, for a moment, the entire city was shrouded in laughter and joy.

"It's Chinese New Year, it's Chinese New Year!"