Siheyuan works as a nanny for Shazhu

Yi Zhonghai looked at the wine that Banggeng brought, and his expression finally eased. He even knew to buy a bottle of good wine. If it weren't for my help every day, your Jia family would not be able to survive. He nodded, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a dumpling and started eating.

As soon as they put the dumplings in their mouths, they knew that there were much more vegetables than meat. Looking at Qin Huairu pouring wine with a smile on her face, Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything. The Jia family's grandparents and grandchildren looked at Yi Zhonghai moving his chopsticks, and their chopsticks went for the braised pork. By the time Qin Huairu toasted his master with a glass of wine, half of the meat was gone.

Yi Zhonghai sighed and watched Qin Huairu pick up two pieces of meat for Xiao Danghuaihua and Xiao Danghuaihua respectively. He then picked up some peanuts and drank some wine, occasionally eating a few dumplings, which at least had some meat in them.

The meal was tasteless. He only drank one glass of wine and didn't ask for more. After finishing the last dumpling on the plate, Yi Zhonghai put down his chopsticks. Jia Zhang and Bang Geng had finished their meal long ago and just sat at the table and focused on eating.

After watching Yi Zhonghai finish his meal, Jia Zhang quickly pushed the stick forward and called Xiao Dang Huaihua to come over to wish Grandpa Yi a happy new year. Holding the teacup brought by Qin Huairu, Yi Zhonghai finally showed a smile on his face as he listened to the children shouting, "Grandpa, Happy New Year."

Yi Zhonghai also generously took out a few red paper packages from his pocket and gave one to each person. This is a must-do program every year. But this year is different. When Bang Geng opened the package, he found that there was only 5 cents. He started to mutter.

Jia Zhang's face turned ugly. Her grandson had grown up, but she only gave him 5 cents. Who was she looking down on? She took the red envelopes from Xiaodang and Huaihua. Seeing that they were all 5 cents, Jia Zhang put the money in her pocket and said, "Grandma will keep it for you. I'll buy you some candy some other day."

Xiaodang knew that this happened every year, and Xiao Huaihua was unhappy. She pouted and looked like crying. Qin Huairu saw this and quickly took out 2 cents from her pocket and divided it among Xiaodang and Huaihua. Yi Zhonghai was standing aside, feeling bad too. He thought the red envelope was not enough, and the key point was that he was disdained in front of him.

He stood up, clapped his hands and said, "Huai Ru, it's getting late. I'll go home first."

Without waiting for them to speak, she turned around and walked out the door. Qin Huairu glared at Jia Zhangshi, but Jia Zhangshi glared back. Qin Huairu turned around and hurriedly sent Yi Zhonghai out the door. When he got to the door, Qin Huairu said, "Master, my mother-in-law is just that kind of person. Don't bother with her."

Yi Zhonghai turned his head and looked at Qin Huairu. He waited for a moment before speaking: "The meat I brought today is not finished, right?"

Qin Huairu's heart trembled. What happened? She never cared about these things before. She pretended to be calm and said, "Master, I've done it. I made a portion of braised pork, and the rest is wrapped in dumplings."

"Well, it's done. Okay, you go back. I also want to go back to my room to rest." Yi Zhonghai obviously didn't believe it, but Qin Huairu had no way to explain it. She could only watch Yi Zhonghai go back to the room angrily.

Qin Huairu turned back to the house and looked at Jia Zhang with anger on her face. Jia Zhang was a person who refused to admit defeat and immediately glared back at her: "What do you want to do? Don't think that I am afraid of you just because you joined the workers' team in the factory. This is at home. Am I wrong to say that you only give 5 cents to a big boy? Who are you looking down on?"

Qin Huairu turned to look at Banggeng again, and saw that Banggeng also had a matter-of-fact look on his face. He said, "Okay, okay, you are both right. Banggeng, you are grown up now, and you don't have to listen to your mother anymore.

What did I tell you today? People gave you New Year's money, but you still complained that it was too little. Master also knew about it. The meat was not cooked tonight. From now on, your family will have to eat cabbage and radish every day. I don't have the ability to do that anymore."

Qin Huairu knew Jia Zhang's character and had specifically warned her, but she was still like this. She felt really tired. What was the point of working so hard in the factory? After saying that, she didn't even bother to clean up the dishes and went straight into the house.

Leaving two people outside, Jia Zhang was still stubborn: "It's true, why would an old, poor family eat so much meat? You should save it for my family, Bang Geng, don't you think so, Bang Geng?"

Bang Geng has a different idea. He can clearly distinguish between a full meal and every other meal. Although he doesn't eat much normally, he can have a snack from time to time. It's good to have a good meal now, but it will not be okay if he has nothing to eat in the future.

He shook his head at his grandmother, motioning her to go and clear the table. Seeing this, Jia Zhang felt angry and turned her face away deliberately, ignoring Bang Geng.

Banggeng had never experienced such things before. After waiting for a while and seeing that neither of them moved, he never did these things himself, so he just ignored it. It was not until the sound of firecrackers was heard outside in the evening that Banggeng got up, took out the prepared firecrackers, and set them off at the door.

People outside were setting off firecrackers one after another. Bang Geng also saw Yi Zhonghai, but at his age, he had to be very shy, so he turned his head to the side and pretended not to see it.

Yi Zhonghai ignored him, went out to set off the firecrackers, packed up, and went back home to sleep.

Jiang Feng's family was in great joy. There were four meat dishes on the table in the evening. Chicken, duck, fish and meat were all necessary. Shishi's mouth was full of oil. She held the little one in her arms, with her hands always reaching out to the table. Jiang Feng also drank some wine in the evening. It was nothing to do, so he ate and drank slowly.

When the firecrackers went off at night, both children were woken up. Jiang Feng went into the house after setting off the firecrackers. Zhao Xuelin was holding her and coaxing her. Jiang Feng said, "Not so fast. Let's play for a while. The noise outside will not stop for a while."

After saying that, he went to coax Shishi and asked her to lie down on the bed and fall asleep first. Once she fell asleep, they stopped making noise. It was not until the sound of firecrackers outside stopped that the two children fell asleep.

Jiang Feng pulled Zhao Xuelin to go to bed quickly, as they had to get up early the next morning and go to some places, even if it was just to visit.

There are no group gatherings now. Two of the three uncles have gone down, and the remaining one is shivering. There is no one to organize it. The next day, Qin Huairu came to Yi Zhonghai to wish him a happy new year. Yi Zhonghai didn't change at all. He just nodded in response.

Qin Huairu was feeling depressed and didn't know who to talk to. No one at home understood her. Looking at her two daughters picking up firecrackers on the ground in the yard, she sat there and couldn't stop crying.

When Jia Zhang got up, Qin Huairu didn't say a word, but just did her work. Bang Geng didn't notice anything unusual, so he went out for a stroll as usual.

Jiang Feng was very busy. He went out after breakfast in the morning and didn't come back until almost noon. He finally had a break in the afternoon, as he had to continue running tomorrow.

The entire courtyard is busy. People just say hello when they meet each other. It is rare to see people hanging around and chatting outside. The Spring Festival holiday passes quietly in a busy atmosphere, and it is time to go back to work again.

Through his visits over the past few days, Jiang Feng learned that the first batch of educated youth going to the countryside would leave at the beginning of the year. Fortunately, Xiaowei had already joined the army, otherwise he would be the only one left this time. The one from Uncle Liu's family was not yet of age and would have to wait for a year.

In fact, everyone in the courtyard received the notice, but no one took it seriously. For families without children of school age, it was none of their business, while for families with children of school age, they were eager to send them away, as the situation was really chaotic.

People nowadays don’t know that most of these children will never come back once they leave. When the second and third groups of people go down, they cry their hearts out.

In the play, Banggeng just said that he went to join the queue and skipped that part directly. Normally speaking, even at the end of the period, it would be difficult for Banggeng to come back due to his family situation. However, the plot arrangement still allowed him to come back. This time, Jiang Feng planned to let him contribute to the broad masses of working people and take root there.

However, Jiang Feng still doesn't know whether these people should be reported or how to arrange them. It has to go through the street office. But Uncle Huang is not in charge of it now, so he wants to find someone to ask.

Jiang Feng thought about it and decided that it was not impossible to do it. He just needed to find someone to handle the matter. After checking that everything was fine at the factory, he called Director Li and told him about it, then went to the street office in advance.

When I arrived at the door, I greeted the old man at the door. However, this old man was not the same as before. He had been the same for several years. He handed me a cigarette, said hello, and then walked towards Huang Ming's office.

However, after going upstairs, Jiang Feng opened the space to see if he could find who was doing these things. Jiang Feng, who was multitasking, arrived at Huang Ming's office, which was deserted. Now he had nothing to do. He just read the newspaper and drank tea every day and went off work on time.

Seeing Jiang Feng coming, Huang Ming didn't stand up. He just sat there and asked, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Feng found a place to sit down and said, "It's really comfortable. When can I live like this? I can work forever without retiring."

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me what's going on."

"Nothing much, I just wanted to ask who is handling the work of going to the countryside here, I want to go out and visit."

"Don't mess around. These are the policies from above. Anyone who meets the policy requirements must go. Don't think you can get away with it by using connections."

"How could that be possible? I support the policy. I just want to ask where those people in our courtyard were assigned to. Someone in the courtyard asked me to find out."

"That's it. You are really nosy. Don't you have a bad relationship with your courtyard? And you are helping others to inquire about this."

"Alas, there is nothing I can do. You know Yan Fugui in the front yard. The two people in his family might be on the list. They asked me to ask and see how far they are."

"Well, I'm not in charge of it now. Deputy Director Zhang of the street is in charge of this matter. I don't know who is under him."

Jiang Feng nodded after hearing this, and he suddenly had a target in mind. The director's office was one of the rooms upstairs. Jiang Feng looked at it while taking out a cigarette and handing it to Huang Ming. They both lit up and started smoking.

Jiang Feng chatted with Huang Ming and asked where Xiaowei was. Huang Ming said that he was very comfortable at home now, without children to bother him. They were so happy.