Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

Time passed while they were waiting. The staff of the two groups had already transported the spare parts back to the compound. Li Tian checked them carefully one by one. If he found any unqualified ones, he would ask the technicians to modify them. If they were really unusable, he would have to ask the engineers who took them back to the factory to redo them.

New Year soon arrived. Because the compound was not fully staffed, Li Tianyi and Deputy Director Zhou discussed and decided to make dumplings during the New Year and then have the canteen stew meat when all the staff returned.

Anyway, it was snowing heavily in the Northeast and the weather was so cold. The meat sent to the compound by the military logistics department could be kept for several months, so Li Tianyi was not in a hurry.

Adults may not think it's a big deal if there is no holiday during the Spring Festival, but children can't stand it. In order to respond to the country's call, An An's school also does not have a holiday during the Spring Festival, which is very hard for students like An An.

An An has been unhappy since the beginning of the twelfth lunar month. Li Tianyi was busy with work at first and didn't pay attention to the child's emotions. Later, Xiaoxue secretly asked Li Tianyi to pay attention to An An's emotions, and Li Tianyi discovered it.

When he found some free time, Li Tianyi asked An An why she was unhappy. He thought An An was bullied by other kids at school and didn't dare to tell her family or teachers. But he didn't expect that An An would almost cry when Li Tianyi asked her this.

"Dad, we don't have a holiday during the Spring Festival!"

Li Tianyi looked up at the sky in silence. Your dad doesn't have a holiday either. But he still wanted to comfort An An, "An An, it's not that your school doesn't have a holiday, it's that the whole country doesn't have a holiday. Our company will also work during the Spring Festival."

"Really?" An An didn't believe it at first, but when she saw Li Tianyi nodded seriously, An An finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the expression on her face turned from gloomy to bright. "That's good, I thought it was only our school! This way I don't feel bad anymore."

Li Tianyi didn't know what to say, so he patted An An on the back and said, "Get out of here, you little bastard."

An An burst into laughter and happily ran to play with Dou Dou.

Over the next ten days, An An didn't get upset anymore, but as the New Year approached, An An was still a little unhappy. After Dou Dou knew the reason why his brother was unhappy, the brat showed off in front of his brother, saying either that his mother took him to the city to play today, or that his mother took him to see the ancestors.

Finally, An An couldn't stand it anymore and slapped Doudou on the back twice. Doudou was stunned and then he started crying loudly.

Xiaoxue came out of the kitchen after hearing the crying. When she entered the house, she saw An An sitting on a small stool, while Dou Dou was standing in the middle of the room crying. Li Tianyi was sitting next to them watching the fun with a smile on his face.

Xiaoxue looked annoyed, "Why can't you take care of the children? You just sit there and watch the fun."

Li Tianyi smiled and said, "Why should I take care of this? Isn't An An doing a good job?"

When An An heard his father praising him, his back straightened up, but Dou Dou cried even louder.

Xiaoxue ignored Li Tianyi and Anan, she picked up Doudou and started to coax him. In the end, Doudou was sobbing in Xiaoxue's arms, and his little eyes would occasionally glance at his brother and father.

When Doudou stopped crying, Xiaoxue asked the reason, "Why did you two fight?"

Doudou shrank his little head into his mother's neck and didn't look at the people in the room. An An was still angry and didn't say anything. Li Tianyi had no choice but to tell her what he had seen.

This made Xiaoxue speechless. The boy in her arms was so mean. He had nothing to do all day long but to provoke his brother. When she made her brother angry and hit him a few times, he started crying again.

Xiaoxue had told Doudou before that he shouldn't bother An An unless necessary, but Doudou didn't listen. He missed An An so much after not seeing her for the whole day that every time An An came home from school, Doudou would follow her like a little tail.

"An An, don't be angry. Although we don't have a holiday, we can take Saturdays and Sundays off. Then mom will take you to visit the ancestors."

An An is not a stubborn person. When he heard Xiao Xue coaxing him, he went along with it and stopped being angry.

After a while, the two boys started playing together again.

Although there was no holiday during the Spring Festival, Li Tianyi and his family still went to the city on Saturday and Sunday, called relatives in the old city, and then went shopping in the department store.

Because this place is close to the border, the architectural style here is more Gothic, and there are more commodities than in the old city.

Li Tianyi didn’t know whether the children had a great time shopping that day, but he was really tired.

Fortunately, it is cold here in winter, so people wear more clothes, such as a fur hat and a scarf. No one will know who they are, so Li Tianyi can go shopping with peace of mind.

After all, the spies who assassinated him last time have not been caught yet. Li Tianyi was speechless anyway.

On Sunday, Li Tianyi took his whole family to Shen's house, where they celebrated the New Year in a lively manner. It was snowing heavily and the north wind was blowing strongly. Although the snow on the village roads had been cleared, it fell again and was up to his calf height.

No one came out of the village, everyone was staying at home during the winter, which made it convenient for Shen Qingshan to return to the Shen family.

The two new people who had arrived earlier had already become familiar with Shen Qingshan and the others. Whenever Mr. Shen made something delicious, he would share some with them, so no one would tell on them.

Shen Qingshan also spent his first New Year in the village at the Shen family. The whole family was very happy and contented. In this era, as long as the family is safe and sound, that's enough.

The New Year passed quickly and Li Tianyi once again devoted himself to work. As the snow melted, the temperature slowly warmed up and the engineers who were sent out to make parts also returned one after another.

After everyone arrived, Li Tianyi held a meeting, affirmed their contributions, praised their spirit, and then announced that there would be meat for lunch.

These people were very surprised. It had been more than a month since the Chinese New Year, so where did the meat come from?

Deputy Director Zhou explained to them that the meat was saved during the Chinese New Year and was waiting to be eaten when everyone was together.

Everyone was very happy, firstly because they got to eat meat, and secondly because they felt they were valued. Li Tianyi and Deputy Director Zhou had not ignored their contributions and had not forgotten them.

At noon, the canteen prepared a dish of pickled cabbage and pork, braised pork, meatball soup, and steamed buns made from two-grain flour, which made everyone very happy.

After lunch, Li Tianyi asked everyone to rest for the afternoon and officially start the assembly tomorrow morning.

Everyone admired Li Tianyi and Deputy Director Zhou. As the movement outside became more and more intense, there were individual voices among them, but they were spontaneously suppressed by the majority.

Therefore, in this compound, there was no situation where the fighting between black-eyed chickens occurred.

Deputy Director Zhou was secretly glad that he was transferred here. His former colleagues in the old city were either being punished or were busy punishing others. As for their own jobs, they didn't care about them at all.