Jianbao Lingyan

A few days after the New Year's Eve, Xu Yanzhen gave the supermarket employees a holiday, leaving only a few who would not go home during the New Year to watch the store.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Xu Yanzhen did not bring his family back to his hometown. In fact, Xu Yanzhen has been planning to take over his parents and live with them.But for the two elderly people, the life in their hometown makes them live a fulfilling life every day. Besides, when they live in the city, they don't know anyone around them, so they won't have a happy life if they want to come back.

Not only Xu Yanzhen, but also Xu Yanming, the eldest son of the old couple, has always wanted to take the two old people out of their hometown, but every time this matter was raised, Xu Dongliang would veto it, so the matter was left alone.

This year's new year's goods were bought by Xu You and Chen Zhibei together, which also made Xu You more knowledgeable.

Ever since Chen Zhibei knew that Xu You was young, he didn't need to go to the store, so he started to drive a minivan he got from who knows where, and took Xu You around all over the magic city.

At the beginning, Xu You thought that he was just taking advantage of his spare time to walk around and see the scenery.Unexpectedly, Chen Zhibei did bring him to do New Year's shopping.

First, I went to a large fishing ground, found an old squad leader when I was a recruit company, and ordered three big sea fish and some seafood.

Then I walked around the major shopping malls. After shopping around, I started to pick the most cost-effective place to buy clothes and various food for the people in my hometown. went back.Of course, it was very laborious for others to help carry things, and Chen Zhibei took a lot of effort to drag his comrades who had changed jobs to the local railways and bought them sleeping berths.

The fellow used to go home once a few years ago, but what he could buy was just a stand-by ticket, and it was a real pain for him to stay for three days and two nights. With a sleeper, he didn’t have to spend his own money, but he was just helping to carry some things, so he was naturally very happy. of.

After buying food, it's time to buy things. Chen Zhibei first took Xu You to a state-owned store, where he sold a lot of fabrics, including cotton, silk, gauze, patterned, and printed. Xu You was dazzled by all kinds of cloth.When paying the bill, he didn't even dare to look at the bill issued by the salesperson. From time to time, he took the bank card Chen Zhibei gave him, held it in his hand, touched it, and encouraged himself.

I thought even more in my heart, it doesn't matter, Brother Beizi's money is gone, I still have it here.

In fact, Xu Er has turned in all his salary since he spent half of his salary in the antique street last time. To many good things, especially the food.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Er has no money in his pocket and does not go shopping in the antique street. Chen Zhibei only leaves 50 yuan for Xu Er a month, and saves everything except daily life, and Chen Zhibei invests it. That is to say, after buying stocks, Xu Youzhi has never been to the bank to see how much money is in it since he got the bank card, and he never remembered to look at it.In Xu Wei's mind, there is more than 3000 yuan in it, less than 4000 yuan at most, as an emergency deposit, so that he can feel more at ease when he goes out.

After buying the materials, Chen Zhibei took Xu You to an old tailor shop with a sign in the old street of Modu. Inside was a master craftsman with his two sons running the shop.This shop made Xu Wei very fond of it. There were several items in it, all of which had a warm aura.Like the Fushou Yannian clepsydra, the ruler made of pine wood, the long table made of pear blossom wood, and even the purple clay pot placed in the corner of the shop, all have a warm glow.In Xu You's eyes, the whole tailor shop is a real colorful world.

The master's surname is Zhou, and everyone calls him Master Zhou. This shop is the ancestor of Master Zhou. It has been a time-honored brand since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, with royal craftsmanship and fine workmanship.At that time, the high-ranking ladies in the entire magic city were proud of wearing the clothes of Zhou's time-honored brand, and they scrambled to pursue them.

Chen Zhibei took out the purchased fabrics from the car and put them all in front of Master Zhou.

"Hehe, Xiao Chen, what are you going to do, open a shop to sell clothes, so many materials, ah, they are all good materials, are you making clothes?" Master Zhou obviously knew Chen Zhibei, But Chen Zhibei was still taken aback when he took out so much material at once.

"I make five sets, and he also makes five sets, Tang suits." Chen Zhibei pointed to Xu You, and took out another piece of paper, "One set for each person, and the rest is yours."

When Xu Wei heard that he wanted to make so many clothes for himself, he quickly shook his head, "Brother Beizi, I don't need it. You don't need to make so many clothes for me. I just need one or two." Five clothes?Before coming to Shanghai, Xu You only had five pieces of clothes in total.Chen Zhibei actually wanted to give himself a break, making so many clothes that he couldn't wear them at all.

"Understood, young man, stand over here, let me take a look at you." He said to look at, that is, to look at data such as height, weight, shoulder width, and waist. Xu You knew it, and he had seen it in a dream before. The great-great-grandfather often made clothes, but they called the tailor to the house, and then walked around the master. The master could make a suit of clothes as long as he looked with his eyes.

Master Zhou also has this skill, and his eldest son is about to become a master in this area, but the youngest son still has poor eyesight and needs to practice.

"It will take at least half a month before these clothes are finished. How about this, I will make a set for each of you first, and you will wear them during the Chinese New Year, and pick them up later in the rest of the year." Master Zhou looked at Xu Er for a while, and said to Chen Zhibei.

Chen Zhibei nodded, and then left with Xu Wei. They still had something to buy, and they needed to continue this trip of New Year's goods.

At the age of 27, Xu You hurried to Xu Yanzhen's house with a bunch of New Year's goods. Long before the holiday, Xu Yanzhen had agreed with him to let him and Chen Zhibei come to the house during the Chinese New Year. There were many people and it was lively.

It's been a long time since Xu You had a happy Chinese New Year. Before, because her family life was not very good, Liu Yunhua always saved here and there. It's very good to be able to eat dumplings during the New Year.

But when he arrived in the city, Xu Wei found that the people in the city are really lively during the Chinese New Year. They not only eat dumplings, but also have New Year's Eve dinner, Spring Festival Gala, countdown, fireworks, and many other things that Xu Wei has never seen in his hometown.

The Spring Festival is to watch the Spring Festival Gala, Xu Wei has always known this, but there are not many people in the village with a TV, and my own house happens to be the one without a TV.The second master has a TV at home, and it was an expensive product bought by the third uncle Xu Yanzhen, just to honor the second master Xu Dongliang and his wife.

Originally, during Chinese New Year, Xu Yanbin would take his family to Xu Dongliang's house. At that time, Xu Er could take his younger siblings to set off a few small firecrackers, eat delicious food made by his mistress, and even the second master would give him a sip of wine. , although Xu You doesn't like the hot and sour taste, but still very happy.

But in recent years, I don't know why the two families are not together during the Chinese New Year.After that, New Year’s Eve was a lot less fun, but it’s also good to help the family cook New Year’s Eve dinner, after all, I’ve grown up.Xu You kept comforting herself like this, but she still felt that something was missing.

20-year-old Xu You had a different Spring Festival than before. He got up early on New Year’s Eve, and Chen Zhibei and Chen Zhibei hung red grilles on every window in their house. written couplets.At noon, Chen Zhibei drove the borrowed minivan to Xu Yanzhen's house with Xu You and his bags.

"Hey, there are so many things, you said, didn't you bring a bunch of things over the past two days? Why are you still taking them? Do you still have things at home? No store is open during the Chinese New Year." Xu Yanzhen saw another big The two people who walked in Bao Xiaobao joked.

"There is one chicken, two fish, one elbow, five sausages, one duck, and ten catties of fine noodles at home." When going out, Xu Wei took a special look at the kitchen to know what else he could eat.

"Come on, come in, it's quite cold outside." Xu Yanzhen shook his head and said nothing more.He has discovered that his nephew can be stubborn, he believes everything he says, and he doesn't understand jokes at all.

The New Year's Eve dinner was made by Guo Meili and Chen Zhibei. The others only made dumplings when they needed to make dumplings. The rest of the time, they gathered in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

"I didn't expect that, Zhuzuan, there is nothing to say about Beizi's craftsmanship. If anyone marries you in the future, they will not enjoy a lifetime of happiness!" Xu Yanzhen took a mouthful of buckwheat and drank Laobaigan, which was soft and glutinous Served with a spicy liquid, it is not to mention more enjoyable.

"Xu Yanzhen, do you mean that you are not happy?" Guo Meili asked with a gentle smile, but the left hand leaning on Xu Yanzhen was placed under the table.

"Oh, no, no, I just want to praise the younger generation. I have been busy all day, so I don't have to express it. Do you say no, Teacher Guo?" Xu Yanzhen's entire face changed, but he was talking with a smiling face. It's fun to tease the twins.

"Oh dad, masculinity, masculinity." Xu Liao, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, patted the table, booing with a look of hatred.

"Go, go, go, you old man and I have always been very masculine, how about you two?" Xu Yanzhen patted Xu Liao, and as soon as he finished speaking, he felt another pain in his waist, and quickly turned to face Guo Meili. , "Mr. Guo, you are really well dressed today. Look at your clothes, it's beautiful; look at your hair, it's beautiful; look at your pendant, it's exquisite; look at your bracelet, it's just as beautiful as yours." The fairy-like hands make it even more beautiful."

"The clothes are from Beizi, the pendant is from Xiao Er's filial piety, and the bracelet is bought by me. Does it have anything to do with you? You can say nice things." Guo Meili was amused by her husband, but she still laughed back.

"That's not it, you are my wife." He said, picked up a small rib and put it in Guo Meili's bowl.

"Virtue." Guo Meili gave her husband a blank look, then turned around and took care of a few juniors.

When the bell rang at midnight, everyone said happy new year to each other. This year is considered to be over.

At night, Xu Er and Chen Zhibei slept on the only big bed in the guest room, and said to each other, "Good night."