Seeing Yu Li come in, Aunt Yi quickly put down what she was doing.
"Yu Li, why do you have the time to come? You even brought braised meat. Hurry up and take the meat back. Your Grandpa Yi and I really don't lack this little thing of yours.”
Aunt Yi also saw the braised meat in Yu Li's hand.
"Hi, Aunt Yi, I came here today to ask for calligraphy. Isn't it because Jie Cheng likes the couplets he learned to write, so he asked me to come and learn to write two couplets to bring back? I can't come empty-handed for such a thing. Coincidentally, Jie Cheng braised some meat the day before yesterday, so I can bring it for you and Uncle Yi to taste.”
Yu Li placed the braised meat on the small table on the kang and greeted the old lady again.
When she heard that they were here to ask Yi Xuexue for couplets, the auntie's face was filled with joy. She felt that Yi Xuexue's handwriting was beautiful, but she was illiterate, so she did not know how good Yi Xuexue's writing was. However, when she heard Yu Li say that Yan Jiecheng liked it, she had a rough idea in her heart. It should at least be not much worse than Yan Bugui's writing.
Thinking of Yan Bugui's age and the age at which he could easily learn, the auntie was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
She let Yu Li sit on the edge of the Kang and talk to the old lady. Aunt Yi cleaned up the noodles and stuffing on the dining table and specially asked Yi to write a couplet for Yu Li.
Seeing how happy Aunt Yi was, what else could Yi Xuexi say? He could only scold himself in his heart for having a bad hand. If he did not want to be in the limelight, this would not have happened.
He was unwilling, but with Aunt Yi and Yi Zhonghai around, Yi Xuexi still wrote out the couplet honestly. Because Yu Li was in the steel factory now, and Yan Bugui was in the rolling mill, Yi Xuexi specially chose one in his mind.
" Molten iron is used to pour red flowers, and nectar is used to guide the strange taste.'
This couplet was the same as the one he had written before. It was definitely not very good, but it was suitable for Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng.
At least Yu Li couldn't help but praise Yi Xuexue after reading his couplet. The first sentence said that she was in the steel factory, and the second sentence said that Yan Jiecheng worked in the canteen. Yu Li felt that such a suitable couplet would definitely be better than Yan Bugui's previous one.
Although Yan Bugui's writing wasn't bad, other than some old words and sentences that she was getting tired of, the ones that were easy to learn were new. Moreover, he even put her, Yu Li, before Yan Jiecheng, which made her even happier.
After returning home happily, Yu Li couldn't help but praise Yi Xuexue's couplets as soon as she arrived at the front yard.
Yu Li's words were naturally heard by others. Yu Li was Yan Bugui's daughter-in-law, and even she said that Yi Xuexi's writing was better than Yan Bugui's. Then, everyone naturally no longer had any doubts in their hearts. They all started to go home to get melon seeds and peanuts and ran to the Yi family's house, as if they were afraid that it would not be their turn if they were late.
Seeing that so many people had come, the smile on Aunt Yi's face never stopped. It just so happened that they had not used the dining table yet, so Aunt Yi treated Yi Xuexue as free labor. Then, she sat on the edge of the Kang with the old lady and listened to others praise Yi Xuexue.
Although everyone was complimenting Aunt Yi and Yi Zhonghai, many people nodded in their hearts when they saw Yi Xuexi, who was busy writing couplets. Yi Xuexi was only six years old, but he could write so well with a brush. His future achievements would definitely be great. Compared to Yi Xuexi, their children were a little inferior.
In the end, even Bao Guangfu, who was in the courtyard next door, heard about it. He directly brought his two children to ask Yi to learn how to write couplets.
Looking at Yi Xuexi who was working hard, Bao Kangmei and Bao Yuanchao laughed. They had a great time these two days. Yesterday, Bao Guangfu took them to Houhai to play for a day. Even lunch was eaten outside. Bao Guangfu also bought two candied haws for each of them. It was a good opportunity to show off to Yi Xuexi.
Yi Xuexi could only roll his eyes helplessly at the Bao brothers who were showing off. He really regretted it now. If he had known earlier, why would he be so smug?
Yi Xuexi finally stopped writing when it was almost dark. However, he could barely lift his wrist. Yi Zhonghai even went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a large bottle of ink for Yi Xuexi.
However, Yi Xuexi was not written for nothing. Now, the melon seeds and peanuts in his house were almost piled up into a small mountain. Even if the Bao brothers each carried a few bags before they left, they did not cut off much of the two small mountains.
"You must be tired from studying. Hurry up and rest. Mom will make you something delicious later.”
Aunt Yi's heart ached when she saw Yi Xuexue rubbing his wrist.
However, when she thought about the work stations in the neighborhood just now, her mood improved again. They were all neighbors. She couldn't possibly refuse to agree to such a small matter, right? Moreover, Yi Xuexi didn't write it for nothing. They also brought things with them.
A middle-aged woman had been watching just now. In the entire quad, only Xu Damao, Silly Zhu, and Qin Huairu's families had not come. As for the others, they had all come, and they had even brought things with them.
Xu Damao had to return to his parents 'place for the New Year, so he was not in the quad. As for Silly Zhu, he did not come because he rarely spoke to Yi Zhonghai. As for Qin Huiru, she probably could not bear to part with the melon seeds and peanuts. Not to mention this year, even when Yan Bugui was writing the couplets, Qin Huiru did not write them. Every year, she would leave the door empty.
After giving Yi Xuexi two milk candies and letting him sit down to read, Aunt Yi and Yi Zhonghai started to get busy. Tonight, they had to cook a lot of dishes in addition to dumplings. These were not only for kowtowing later, but also for them later.
After the dishes were almost ready, Aunt Yi and Yi Zhonghai cleaned up the room. They placed the table in the middle and started to serve the dishes. Then, they burned incense. When the dishes were ready, Aunt Yi led Yi Zhonghai and Yi Xuexi to kowtow.
In fact, in the past, Aunt Yi did not pay much attention to these things. At most, she was just doing it for fun. However, after Yi Xuexi was born, she took it as a big deal.
In Aunt Yi's heart, Yi Xuexi was a gift from the heavens to her and Yi Zhonghai because they were pitiful. Since the heavens were so good to their family, she naturally had to return the favor and pay her respects.
Yi Zhonghai and Yi Xuexi could guess what Aunt One was thinking. Although they didn't really care about the heavens, they couldn't spoil Aunt One's mood since she valued it so much.
Because the old lady was old, she did not kowtow as well. Instead, she watched from the side.
After secretly burning the paper, Aunt Yi heated up the dishes again. Then, the family's New Year's Eve dinner officially began.
During the meal, Aunt Yi even took out the Erguotou that she had bought for Yi Zhonghai. Although Yi Zhonghai usually did not drink, he could still have a drink during the new year.
Yi Zhonghai drank the Erguotou in his cup and picked up the fat in the dish. He looked at the old lady and Aunt Yi beside him and then looked at Yi Xuexi who was sitting opposite him. Yi Zhonghai felt that he could do it for the rest of his life.
After Yi Xuexi left school, if he wanted to enter the factory, he would have Chen Nuanjin to help him. If he wanted to work outside, he would have Li Baocai to help him. If he wanted to be a chef, he would have Yan Jiecheng to teach him. If he wanted to be a patrol officer, he would have Liu Jiacai to help him. At least he would not have to worry about his work.
When that time came, he would find a partner for Yi Xuexi and his life's hardships would be over.
At that time, all that was left was to have grandchildren and enjoy life.
The more he thought about it, the happier he became. Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but take a few more sips.
Just as Yi Zhonghai was feeling happy, Yan Bugui was not. He had been having a hard time since the afternoon.
First, the task of writing couplets was snatched by Yi Xuexi. Then, Yan Jiecheng lectured him when they were distributing the items. He directly let Yan Jiedi and the other three children take whatever they wanted. Then, Yan Jiecheng drank most of the bottle of Maotai that he opened. He only drank one cup.
Now, Yan Jiecheng was talking about him at the dining table after drinking.
"Mom, it's not that I want to criticize my dad, but our family is poor. We don't lack melon seeds and peanuts. Look at my dad. He's still the same as before. He can't wait for you to take care of him one by one. Is there a need to scheme like this? No matter how much he schemed, my dad wouldn't be at a disadvantage, but when there were benefits, no one remembered him.”
Looking at Yan Jiecheng who was blushing, Yu Li smiled.
Putting aside whether Yan Jiecheng was right or not, Yan Jiecheng's actions meant that in the future, the person in charge of the Yan Family would be Yu Li.
As for Third Aunt, she acted as if she didn't hear anything. Anyway, she had more than 70 yuan a month. With so much money in her hands, she didn't care what her father, Yan Bugui, did.
"Oh right, Jiefang, Jie Kuang, Jiedi, you three tell your brothers if you were happy today.”
After speaking of his father, Yan Bugui, Yan Jiecheng turned to his three younger siblings.
Hearing Yan Jiecheng's question, the three of them cheered.
Of course, they were happy. They could eat as many melon seeds as they wanted today. There was still so much meat to eat tonight. It would be unreasonable if they were sad.
"It's fine as long as you're happy. However, there will be times when you're happy later. It's already the new year, but I haven't heard any happy words from you.”
Hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, the three children immediately understood. The three of them ran behind the dining table in unison and knelt down to kowtow.
"I wish big brother and sister-in-law a hundred years of happiness, all the best, early birth of a child, smooth sailing, and congratulations on making a fortune…”
Yan Jiefang said all the good words he knew as if they were free of charge. As for Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiedi, they also followed Yan Jiefang's lead.
"Alright, alright. Hurry up and get up. Yu Li, give me the money.”
With a wave of his hand, Yan Jiecheng acted as if he was paying for it himself.
Rolling her eyes at Yan Jiecheng, Yu Li pulled the three children up and took out six yuan from her pocket with a red face. She gave each of them two yuan.
This was what she had discussed with Yan Jiecheng. One of the two yuan was given by Yan Jiecheng, and the other was given by Yu Li.
Looking at the two yuan in their hands, the three children felt that their sister-in-law was better than their third aunt for the first time.
"This money is for you to buy exercise books. You can't spend it recklessly, understand?”
Although she said that, Yu Li knew in her heart that it was impossible for these children to use the money to sell their exercise books. If it was Yi Xue, it would be fine. However, these three children of the Yan family did not like to study.
However, in front of her, the three children still raised their hands and promised. However, only they knew what they were thinking.
"Dad, Mom, I've given Yu Li and my money, but I haven't given you two your money yet.”
Yan Jiecheng then turned to Yan Bugui and Third Aunt. His meaning was clear.
"What are you giving them? Didn't you already give it to them? Why would your mother and I give it back to them? Isn't that a waste of money?”
Upon hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, Yan Bugui, who had been lowering his head and not speaking, was no longer willing.
"Look, Dad, you're so petty. Let's see who will support you in your old age in the future. Jie Fang, Jie Kuang, Jie Di, did you hear that? Our dad said that the money is the same.”
He drank quite a bit, so Yan Jiecheng was willing to play with the three children.
Of course, the three siblings weren't willing, so they started to argue with Yan Bugui again. In the end, they forcefully snatched three yuan from Yan Bugui's hands, making Yan Bugui's heart ache.
Seeing Yan Bugui's heartache, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li couldn't help but laugh. It was the new year, so of course it had to be lively like this.
Even a fool would not believe that Yan Bugui really lacked the three yuan. Now that Yan Jiecheng had brought back leftovers from the canteen, the Yan family basically did not buy vegetables at night. Just this one yuan alone could save four to five yuan a month, not to mention Yan Jiecheng's salary.
Although the Yan Family was bustling, the other families were not much worse. After all, it was the new year. Even if it was usually not very lively, the new year should be lively.
Even at Qin Huiru's house, Qin Huiru and Grandma Stick Stud had made dumplings in the afternoon and cooked them for the three children at night.
There was also some meat inside. Qin Huiru had spent three yuan to buy it for the next few days of the new year. However, this little bit of meat was not enough to satisfy the stick, so he made a fuss again during the meal.
"Alright, do you want to be beaten again? Can't you learn from other people's children when you have time? Look at Yi Xuexi across the street. He's much younger than you this year, but his calligraphy is so good. You saw it in the room this afternoon. There hasn't been a break in the afternoon. Not only have people from our quad come, but even the people from the quad next door have come. Who doesn't have melon seeds and peanuts in their hands? If you have the ability to learn from Yi Xuexi, don't tell me you want to eat dumplings filled with meat. Even if you want to eat dragon meat from the sky, your mother will find it for you, but can you?”
Qin Huairu was furious as she looked at the memes that were clamoring to eat meat.
This idiot. He did badly in his exams, didn't pay attention to his studies, and even insisted on eating meat. Why did he have so many problems?
Looking at Yi Xuexi, who was sitting opposite him, although Yi Zhonghai's salary was usually high, the food stamps of each family were given according to the number of people. The food stamps of the Yi family were not as good as theirs. In addition, the old lady had to eat white flour, so the Yi family usually ate cornbread.
However, when did Ren Yi learn to argue with the stick meme like this? Wasn't he just eating well? Moreover, even if he was eating cornbread, how could his exam results be so good? The exam papers were even placed on the bulletin board.
She didn't expect the meme to be like Yi Xuexue. She would be satisfied as long as the meme could get a certificate back. But in the end, not only did the meme not get the certificate back, but when Teacher Ran came to her house two days ago to ask for tuition fees, she even specifically mentioned that the meme had skipped class. At that time, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to hide in.
Although Qin Huairu was making fun of him, his house was still rather lively. If one were to compare the two most deserted houses in the quad, one would definitely be Xu Damao, who had already returned to his hometown, and the other would naturally be Silly Zhu.
Although it was the new year, Silly Zhu still only fried two eggs and a plate of peanuts today. In addition to the 500 grams of white wine he bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, this was his new year's dinner.
Anyway, he was eating alone, so he was not interested in spending a lot of effort to cook.
He drank the cold Erguotou and ate the cold scrambled eggs and peanuts. Shazhu was determined to get a wife this year no matter what.
He used to have He Yushui at home to accompany him during the New Year. But now, He Yushui had married into the Liu family and stopped interacting with him because of the house. He finally knew what it felt like to spend the New Year alone.
After the lively New Year's Eve dinner, Yi Zhonghai went to set off the firecrackers.
The firecrackers that Yi Zhonghai was setting off now were not the kind that Yi Xuexi had set off before. Those were just small firecrackers for children to play with, but these were big firecrackers.
She covered her ears and watched the firecrackers go off. The family also sent the old lady back to her room.
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