I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

After lunch, Cao Dongfang visited Chen Xueru and then returned home.

Chen Xueru's New Year's food was prepared on the 28th day of the lunar year, enough for her family to eat until the 15th day of the lunar year. After that time, Cao Dongfang would collect it. Expired food should not be eaten.

There are occasional power outages in the city now, and the refrigeration of freezers today is not as good as it will be in a few decades. It is better to be cautious in everything. Cao Dongfang is not short of money.

.......

"What are we having for New Year's Eve dinner?" asked Cao's mother.

"Your daughter Cao Jiajia wants to eat sweet and sour carp. What do you want to eat?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"Just heat up the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and you can take care of the rest yourself," said Cao's mother.

"Roast duck, roast chicken, Kongfu Yipin hotpot, three vegetarian delicacies, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, sweet and sour carp, Buddha jumps over the wall! Six dishes and one soup, and the staple foods are steamed buns and dumplings." Cao Dongfang said.

"Sure! Shall we go buy the roast duck later?"

"Buy one. I know someone there. Soon, ducks will be sold there on New Year's Eve as well," said Cao Dongfang.

“It’s OK as long as I can buy it!”

......

After paying homage to Cao Dashan, it’s time to eat!

There are six dishes and one soup, with chicken, duck, fish and meat. You can eat whatever you like. Although it is the New Year, the food in many families is not good.

Like Grandma Wang's family, Widow Chen's family, and Cao's mother's family, they took half a chicken and half a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, but they just called it soup, not Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a southern dish, all seafood, not many people eat it in the north, but it is relatively famous.

If you can’t finish the food, you can eat it slowly at home with He Yushui tomorrow.

The steel mill distributed one and a half kilograms of meat, so that people in the middle and back yards finally had meat to eat. Some families were so generous that they ate the whole thing in one meal.

For example, the Jia family and Liu Haizhong's family. The Jia family is greedy. Since Jia Dongxu was hospitalized, the Jia family has not eaten meat, which made Jia Zhangshi and Bang Geng very greedy. Jia Zhangshi was saving money desperately because she had less money.

Jia Dongxu doesn't need to replenish his body. Just keep going as he is young.

Liu Haizhong is rich. At the end of 55, he was a level 6 blacksmith, earning 74.5 yuan a month, the highest salary in the compound. Cao Dongfang only earned 68.8 yuan.

Excluding the officer salary, his salary is really not as good as Liu Haizhong's.

After cooking the meat distributed by the factory, Liu Haizhong’s family also bought meat from the market.

The New Year's Eve dinner filled the compound with the aroma of meat, except for Cao Dongfang's family, which had no taste except for steamed dumplings, all of which were taken into Cao Dongfang's 'virtual world'.

After dinner, he wished Cao’s mother a happy new year and went to Chen Xueru’s home to accompany her. Hou Kui was still young and went to bed before nine o’clock.

Cao Dongfang and Chen Xueru exercised until eleven o'clock, then Cao Dongfang went home and will go to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow.

I spent the first day of the New Year greeting everyone, and the second day accompanied Chen Xueru.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on the third day of junior high school, Cao Dongfang went out with an empty big schoolbag on his back.

.......

"Happy New Year, Uncle Guan! Happy New Year, Aunt Jin! Happy New Year to Hua, Xia, Hong and Qi." Cao Dongfang greeted Uncle Guan and his family.

"Dongfang is here. Come and sit down, have some tea, and then go to Lao Yu's place." Guan Huang said.

"Weihua, I'll give each of you a piece of chocolate and Aunt Jin a box of vanishing cream. And take this chicken to the kitchen."

After saying that, Cao Dongfang gave Guan Weizhong a piece of chocolate and an old hen, which were ready.

"Dongfang, you don't have to buy anything for me when you come. You should save money to get married when you grow up." Aunt Jin said with a smile.

"Dongfang, you don't have to spend any money. Chocolate is a good thing, you can leave it for Jiajia. Your Aunt Jin doesn't need the vanishing cream." Guan Huang said.

“No, I have a few at home, all bought by someone before the Chinese New Year. A junior high school classmate of mine works at the largest supply and marketing cooperative in Chaoyang.

There are good things. I bought a lot, such as beef powder, malted milk, and chocolate. Let Weihua and the others have them. "Cao Dongfang said.

"Vanous cream is not expensive, use it, there is plenty of it."

"The country has good things, but it depends on the way they are used. Weihua, you should thank Brother Dongfang and eat again." Guan Huang said.

"Thank you, Brother Dongfang!" The four children took the chocolates and were very happy.

"It's not that the country cannot import, it's just that the quantity is small and ordinary people can't buy it. Tell me if you need anything at home," said Cao Dongfang.

"You have money, but you don't save it. You have the same personality as your father. You also want to save money," said Guan Huang.

"Uncle Guan, we have saved too much money to spend. We can never spend it all!" Cao Dongfang said with a smile.

"You make money fast, but we can't compare with you in making money, so we save money." said Uncle Guan.

"Hunting makes money quickly, so my family only saves the money we can't spend. Saving money is actually not good for the national economy." Cao Dongfang shook his head and said.

"I don't understand the affairs of this country. I'll go to your Uncle Yu's place for a drink later. Dongfang, your alcohol tolerance..." Guan Huang asked.

“I don’t know… I’ve never been drunk before, so five kilograms should be no problem.” Cao Dongfang said.

"Five catties, shit, another barrel of wine, you and your uncle Jiang can drink some, he's never drunk before, he can handle three catties of alcohol.

Your Uncle Bao and I can drink at most one and a half catties, and your Uncle Yu is the worst. "Uncle Guan seemed to look down on Uncle Yu's drinking capacity.

“Is Uncle Yu cooking? I brought some sea cucumbers and abalone. Can Uncle Yu cook?”

Cao Dongfang took out two large oil paper bags from his schoolbag and took out the soaked sea cucumbers and abalone from the system space.

"Sea cucumbers and abalone are good things. Lao Yu should be able to cook them. I can take these things to Lao Yu and ask him to cook them. If he can't, just talk." Guan Huang said to Aunt Jin.

"Okay, you sit for a while. I'll take the things to Lao Yu's place. We might as well make another dish for the chicken. There are four families, so we can make a few more dishes." Aunt Jin said.

"Okay, take them all and do it. With 22 people we can do more." Guan Huang said.

"Uncle Guan, I brought four chickens. I'll take them all out. Aunt Jin can take them over as well. If you can't finish them, we can continue eating them tomorrow." Cao Dongfang said.

"Four chickens, Dongfang, you took too many. Take them back for your mother and your sister to eat." Aunt Jin said.

"No need. We have a few more at home. My mother and sister like to eat fish. I have no shortage of food. Aunt Jin, take them. Chickens are not fat in winter." Cao Dongfang said.

"Take it. There is no shortage of food for hunting in the East. He knows a lot of people in the market. I have met him." Guan Huang said.

"Okay, I'll take them and put them all over Lao Yu's place," said Aunt Jin.

"You go ahead. I'll take Dongfang to Lao Bao's house and sit for a while before going to Lao Yu's place," said Guan Huang.

......

When I went to Uncle Bao and Uncle Jiang's homes, there were two adults and three children in each family. The adults were given a box of cream and the children a piece of chocolate. Since we were of the same generation as the children, we didn't need to give red envelopes.

Finally, I went to Uncle Yu’s house with Uncle Guan’s family and Uncle Jiang’s family of five, ready to have dinner.

The location of Uncle Yu’s house is not very good, it is at the end of the street, very close to the public toilet, but there is one more room, maybe as compensation.

The four rooms are relatively large, so four families can sit down to eat at Uncle Yu’s house.

"Happy New Year, Uncle Yu, Happy New Year, Aunt Tao!" Cao Dongfang greeted them both.

"Dongfang is here, Lao Guan, Lao Jiang, and your sister-in-law, please sit down and have some tea." Aunt Tao greeted them.

"Dongfang is here, please sit down and chat for a while. We'll cook and have dinner later. Can Dongfang cook?" Uncle Yu asked.

"Yes, I have been cooking for my family since three years ago. My cooking skills are pretty good. Come to my house for a meal in a few days," said Cao Dongfang.

"Okay, let's take a look at the food in your house. It should be pretty good. Your sister is still young, so she should eat better." Uncle Jiang said.

"This Sunday, do you uncles have time? Bring your four aunts and younger brothers and sisters." Cao Dongfang said.

"If they don't go, there will be only us. There are too many people and there is no room for everyone to sit." Bao Shu said.

"You can sit down, Uncle Bao, don't worry, I have six rooms at home." Cao Dongfang said with a smile.

"You forgot that the country allocated you three houses. No one is planning to take your house. The steel mill is expanding and they are in great need of houses." Uncle Guan asked.

“No one attacked my house. The director of the subdistrict office told the people in the compound when I was allocated a house.

Anyone who dares to take my house will be sent to pick up soap." Cao Dongfang said.

"I don't dare to make any plans, but there will definitely be some people who say weird things. There are too many people like that." Uncle Jiang said disdainfully.

"They are just ordinary people. It's okay to say something. If they go too far, just send them to pick up soap. It's not a big deal. It's easy to deal with them." Cao Dongfang said.

"We are all a bunch of ordinary people. Dongfang, what time do you want to buy tickets for the seven things you mentioned when the store opens?" Uncle Guan asked.

“May Day! I’ll save some until the beginning of April, mainly cloth and cotton.

The other seven items are small items that don’t need to be stored. I can buy them anytime in a day or two. "Cao Dongfang said.

"You can buy as much as you want. In March and April, you can buy more and use them slowly. It won't cost much," said Uncle Guan.

"Alas! There's nothing we can say about the national economy." Uncle Jiang sighed.

It will get better slowly!