In the afternoon.
Everyone in the courtyard started to get busy. Today was the New Year, and tomorrow was the Spring Festival.
At this time of the year, even the poorest family would have to borrow money to make dumplings.
The dumplings for the Spring Festival had to be cooked early. The dumplings were more troublesome, so they had to be wrapped in advance.
"The two of us will perform a crosstalk for you. My name is Ma Sanli. What's your name again?”
"Hey! You've forgotten my name,"
"I forgot."
"I'll tell you, my name is Zhao Peiru."
“........”
"I'll write a couplet."
"What's your couplet called?"
"The first half, the wind blows the waves on the water.”
"What is the second half?"
"The rain hits the beach with ten thousand pits."
"That's not right."
"What's wrong?"
"Your second half is not neat."
“.........”
The radio was playing crosstalk, the popular crosstalk of that era.
The old lady brought the children to make dumplings.
The old lady and Lin Ruoxi were in charge of making the dumplings, while Duoduo was in charge of rolling the dough.
A twelve-year-old girl was already very sensible at this moment.
The few of them chatted and laughed happily.
Ye Feng did not participate in the dumpling business, at this time, he did not have the mood to make dumplings, he lay on his bright red bed and waited for the sky to turn dark.
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it? Come in!" The old lady replied.
The patrol officer in uniform came in with a bucket of oil and a bag of eggs.
"Yo, yo, yo, little San is here!"
"Old Madam, I wish you a happy New Year!"
The patrol officer entered the room with his things. The old lady looked at the things in his hands thoughtfully.
After putting down the things, the patrol officer asked respectfully,""Where's Comrade Ye?"
"The room next door, go and find him!”The old lady pointed to the room next door.
"I'll go find him."
The patrol officer entered Ye Feng's room.
Lin Ruoxi was puzzled." Grandma, why would someone from the government send something to us?"”
The deaf old lady replied," Grandma is a family member of a martyr. Every year during the New Year, there are gifts to express our condolences.”
Lin Ruoxi said,"The public is really generous.”
"Cough!" In the past, it was half a catty of eggs and two catties of white flour.”
"Why are there so many this year?”
"For your man's sake."”
Ye Feng?
What face could he have?
"Grandma, why?" Lin Ruoxi's eyes lit up.”
"What did you say? I can't hear you."”
........
"Chief!"
The patrol officer bowed respectfully, Ye Feng sat up and poured him a cup of tea, indicating for him to sit down.
The patrol officer was flattered and felt a little uneasy.
"What is it?"
The patrol officer: " It's like this. It's the New Year today. The higher-ups are inviting the leaders of all departments to dinner. They asked me to invite you over.”
"Leader?"
Ye Feng started to ponder…
After he retired from the army, he only wanted to live a peaceful life and did not want to come into contact with any leaders.
He really wasn't interested in the big leader treating him to a meal.
However…
Now that the family had a large population, after the new year, the three girls would have to be sent to school. Their household registration had just been settled, and they needed to find someone to enroll.
In addition.
He also needed to find a job for Lin Ruoxi.
Although he was not short of money, Ruoxi could have a job and it would be like living a life.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be nice if word got out that the couple was a pair of idlers.
If he could get in touch with the higher-ups, it would not be a problem for him to find a leisurely job.
Ye Feng did not want Lin Ruoxi to work in the factory assembly line, she was cultured, it would be best if she could find a cleric job.
He needed someone to help him.
Seeing Ye Feng's hesitation, the police officer almost cried: ""Chief, our director said that you're the most distinguished guest and will definitely be there. If I don't invite you back, he'll definitely skin me alive.”
"Haha!"
Ye Feng smiled: " No matter what, I can't skin you alive. Go back and report to your director, I will go. Time and place."”
"Alright! Our director said that he would personally come to pick you up tonight.”The patrol officer heaved a sigh of relief.
Ye Feng shook his head: " No need, just tell me the address, I will go there myself."”
" It's winter and the night is early. 5 p. m. The address is..."
After reporting the address, the patrol officer left. However, he did not leave. Instead, he went to He Yuzhu's house in the middle court.
"Silly Zhu!"
"Yo, the leader is here. What instructions do you have?”
"Stop bickering. The big leader is treating us to dinner tonight. Factory Manager Yang is going too. You go and cook.”
"Yes, Leader. I promise to complete the mission.”
Their conversation was very loud, especially Silly Zhu. When he heard that the big leader was looking for him to cook, he came over and shouted at the top of his lungs.
His words made many people in the courtyard envious. It was such an honor to cook for a big leader.
First Uncle: " Old woman, Silly Zhu is not bad. The big leader invited him to be the chef."”
A middle-aged woman: " Yes, Silly Zhu's cooking skills are so good. Our courtyard is only capable of Silly Zhu."”
Jia Zhangshi: " Huai Ru, did you hear that? Silly Zhu is going to the leader's house to cook. Go find him and ask him to bring a lunch box."”
"Mom, I know. I'll go."”
......
4:40 PM.
Ye Feng took the city bus and rushed to the leader's house.
The courtyard he lived in was at Youan Gate, and the leader's house was at Guangqumen.
Although they were both in the outer city, one was in the southwest corner and the other was in the northeast corner. The distance was a little far, eight kilometers. They would definitely not be able to catch up if they walked.
This book comes from：m.funovel.com。