Qin Huairu returned to the Jia family with tears in her eyes. Fortunately, she had dealt with the Banggeng issue quite late last night, so Jia Zhang was sleeping like a dead pig. Otherwise, there would have been another verbal dispute.

However, looking at the half pound of pork head on the table and the bag of various local specialties, Qin Huairu felt a little more balanced. After all, she didn't suffer much loss, and if she had to buy these things with money, it would have cost at least two dollars.

On the other side, Xu Damao felt the fragrance coming from his hands and felt extremely proud. In his opinion, he had won over Qin Huairu, Sha Zhu's former goddess, which meant that he had surpassed Sha Zhu again.

It was just a pity for the beauty Yu Li. Xu Damao was furious when he thought of this. "Damn you, idiot Zhu, do you really think that I will forget the past grudges just by inviting me to dinner?" Xu Damao sat in the room and thought for a while, and a new plan immediately came to his mind. However, the Chinese New Year was only two days away, and he had to bring Lou Xiao'e back from her parents' home first, so he could only put the matter of He Yuzhu aside for the time being.

As for He Yuzhu, after taking out 60 yuan from Qin Huairu in the morning, he handed the money to Yu Li intact.

Yu Li looked at the money in her hand and asked worriedly, "Boss, will there be any problem if we take this money?"

"What's the problem? She gave it to me on her own initiative. I didn't ask for it. Just keep the money safe."

After He Yuzhu finished his instructions, he pushed his bicycle and prepared to go out to work. As soon as he went out, he saw Yi Zhonghai just coming out of the house.

"Zhu Zi, are you getting ready to go to work?"

"Well, can you give me a ride? I have something I want to discuss with you."

He Yuzhu was also puzzled. The two families had such a big fight half a month ago, but Yi Zhonghai could still talk to him as if nothing had happened. Was he too thick-skinned or too forgetful, acting as if nothing had happened?

"I can't carry you, and I don't want to discuss it."

He Yuzhu said a few words coldly and ignored Yi Zhonghai at all. He pushed his bicycle and left the courtyard. He knew in his heart that Yi Zhonghai must have come to talk to him about the New Year.

Riding on the road, He Yuzhu also felt the atmosphere of the New Year, and there were obviously more people on the street, many of whom were obviously out to buy New Year goods, after all, if he went too late, the goods in the supply and marketing cooperative would be sold out. This reminded him of his previous life, when Yi Zhonghai had long suggested that he take the goods to the Jia family for the New Year, but he delivered the goods to the Jia family, and before the New Year, Jia Zhang took the goods away.

But in the face of Qin Huairu's tears, he went to the black market to buy another batch of New Year's goods. As a result, after dinner on New Year's Eve, the remaining things were left at the Jia family, and he and He Yushui were sent home to eat steamed corn bread.

Thinking back on it, it was really ridiculous at that time, because He Yushui said he was stupid for this incident, but he turned around and said He Yushui was ignorant and unloving.

Thinking about things from his previous life all the way, He Yuzhu soon arrived at the steel rolling mill. In fact, as the New Year was approaching, the factory had already exceeded its target of tasks, so most people came just to show up and slack off.

As soon as He Yuzhu walked into the kitchen, he heard a burst of cheers.

"Okay, Ma Hua wins."

"Hey, I really can't believe that Ma Hua is so strong even though he's so skinny."

He Yuzhu hurriedly opened the door and walked into the cafeteria, where he saw a group of people competing in arm wrestling. The leader was actually the cafeteria monitor Jin Dafa.

"Yo, let's have fun."

Jin Dafa waved his hand quickly. "Zhu Zi is here, come over quickly, today's game is not in vain, there is a prize."

Wang Quezi beside him said quickly: "If we win, we can leave work early this afternoon, which is our benefit."

When He Yuzhu heard this, he decided to try his best. He could go back early so that there would be no one in the courtyard and prepare some food for the New Year. At the very least, he and Yu Li could work hard to have a son sooner.

Time passed quickly as the group of people were arguing, but in the end He Yuzhu won the opportunity, and in the blink of an eye it was New Year's Eve.

In order to reward the workers for completing all tasks ahead of schedule, the top management of the steel mill simply started the holiday on the afternoon of New Year's Eve.

"Boss, why did you come back early?"

"Hey, we're on holiday early, where did the rain go?"

"I just came back and happened to meet Haitang coming over to play, so we went out together again."

He Yuzhu took off his cotton coat and casually took out a whole pork elbow from his pocket. "We reserved this for you in the cafeteria. I'll make you a pork elbow with rock sugar tonight."

Seeing this, Yu Li hurried forward to take the elbow. "Boss, there are enough of those things. How about I freeze the elbow tonight and eat it later?"

He Yuzhu quickly refused: "Then you should hurry up, I just want to take advantage of the New Year when every household makes delicious food, so I prepared so many ingredients."

"Even if it tastes good, no one can say anything if every household makes delicious food."

"If this happened normally, people would definitely come to our door to beg for food if we made this kind of dish."

Yu Li suddenly realized something and hurriedly started to prepare together with He Yuzhu. The reason why He Yuzhu became cautious was because he felt that the wind was getting closer and closer, so he needed to keep a low profile.

At worst, I can just prepare the meal in my space and bring it back in a lunch box when I get home!

Just as He Yuzhu expected, the whole yard was busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner. After all, this year they had finally gotten over the difficulties caused by three years of natural disasters. Although supplies were still tight, at least they no longer had the difficulties of not having enough food to eat as before.

In the front yard, Yan Bugui, who was always stingy, made up his mind to buy some pork sacs. Although these were things that others didn't want, Yan Bugui was too thick-skinned and managed to take a piece of good meat from them.

At this moment, Yang Ruihua was washing the meat with a smile on his face. "Boss, you are really amazing. We can make some lard from this meat and make dumplings. Not to mention that the remaining lard can be used to cook dishes!"

"Humph, not bad, Comrade Ruihua, you have made great progress now."

"Oh, right, those kids will be back soon, so finish it quickly and hide it, or they will be freed and eat it again."

backyard

For the first time ever, Liu Haizhong did not beat the child. Now he was sitting alone at his own small table, eating meat and drinking wine, and listening to his favorite national affairs. He felt as if he had become a leader.

Intermediate Court

Needless to say, He Yuzhu's family had all kinds of chickens, ducks, fish and meat. However, the Jia family was a little gloomy this year. The reason was that Jia Zhang was greedy and ate the small piece of pork in advance.

"Huai Ru, why are you in such a hurry? Aren't Lao Yi and the others coming over to celebrate the New Year together? They will definitely bring something."

Qin Huairu said angrily: "Mom, you don't really think I'm stupid, do you?"

"Zhu Zi is not celebrating the New Year with us this year, and the food is already insufficient. Can our family not produce anything?"

"But aren't there still some potatoes there? If our family produces a cabbage, wouldn't that also be food?"

After hearing this, Qin Huairu simply stopped paying attention to Jia Zhangshi. After a while, Yi Zhonghai came to the Jia family carrying less than two pounds of pork and half a chicken.

When Jia Zhang saw how little there was, she immediately complained, "Old Yi, didn't you give out three and a half pounds of pork? How come there is only this little left?"

Yi Zhonghai was also unhappy when he heard this. "Don't you have another pound of meat at home? Isn't three pounds of meat and cabbage enough to make dumplings?"

But after Qin Huairu's explanation, the three families still got together, but when it came to the New Year's Eve dinner, there were only fried cabbage and chicken stewed with potatoes on the table, and each person could get half a bowl of dumplings.

What made Yi Zhonghai and the others most angry was that Jia Zhang had eaten a large bowl of dumplings in advance, but now she still had the most dumplings in her bowl.

"Eat it. If you don't want to eat it, give it to me!" Jia Zhang said as she picked up the only chicken leg and put it into the bowl.

Qin Huairu just smiled awkwardly and didn't care about Jia Zhang at all. The deaf old lady was so angry that she glared at him. Then she sat there helplessly and recalled the good times of celebrating the New Year with Sha Zhu.

The deaf old lady even wanted to go to He Yuzhu's house to celebrate the New Year, but she still cared about her old face and finished the meal at Jia's house with a gloomy face.

As for He Yuzhu's family that she was thinking about, it was much more peaceful. Although there were only three people in the He family at this time, there were six dishes on the table, and there was a big bowl of pork and cabbage dumplings in front of each person.

"Come on, don't just stand there, eat with your mouth wide open!"

He Yushui picked up a large piece of ribs directly, but she put it into He Yuzhu's bowl first.

"Brother, Happy New Year! You've worked hard this year!"

He Yuzhu almost couldn't hold back his tears when he heard this. "You silly girl, why are you doing this on New Year's Day? Come on, let's eat!"

Yu Li couldn't help laughing and said, "Yu Shui, your brother is just embarrassed!"

"It's okay sister-in-law, I understand!"

The brother and sister smiled at each other, and all the unpleasant past disappeared without a trace along with the laughter of the family. At this moment, He Yuzhu finally felt what a real home was.

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