He Yuzhu also heard the movements at home in Liu Haizhong. The old lady said it was really good. Her parents were unkind and her children were unfilial. She pursued a filial son under the stick in Liu Haizhong, and she did not have any kindness to her children, which laid the foreshadowing for his later years.
No words all night.
He Yuzhu is like usual, he is a steel rolling mill every day, at two o’clock and one line at home. He drinks tea and newspapers in the office when he goes to work, goes home to cook for Yushui after get off work, and goes to read books and sleeps at night. It is dull and has no trouble at all, but this is what He Yuzhu wants most.
In a blink of an eye, it is the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.
“On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, kill pigs and buy New Year’s meat”, which means that the main thing on this day is to prepare for the New Year’s meat. “Killing pigs” is of course a killer of your own domestic pigs; “cutting meat” means that people who don’t have pork at home go to the market to buy meat for the New Year.
People can only eat meat during the last New Year Festival of the year, so it is called “New Year Meat”. The traditional folk custom of “stewing big meat” on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. “Food for the New Year” is about eating braised pork. The meat represents “richness”. Eating braised pork means that the next year will be prosperous and full of wealth.
In addition to “killing New Year pigs” and “stewing big meat”, people also have to go to the big market on this day, because the New Year’s goods, cigarettes, wine, fish, meat, firecrackers, and gifts for visiting relatives must not be missing, and they must be bought at this market.
He Yuzhu also rode his bike to the market with his sister. There were people coming and going in the street, hawking and bargaining sounds weaving a beautiful melody. He Yuzhu hasn’t felt such a strong New Year atmosphere for a long time.
While the economy in later generations was developing rapidly, people were moving forward rapidly, and life was getting better and better, but those years that were nostalgic for those years disappeared without a trace.
“Brother, I want to eat candied haws.”
“Brother, buy peanuts.”
“Brother, I want to buy firecrackers.”
“Brother····”
He Yuzhu pushed the cart, the basket was already full, the handlebars and the back seat were also filled with things. He Yushui excitedly took He Yuzhu to pay.
“Boss, we want two boxes of crispy candies and a can of milk candies.” He Yushui continued to buy New Year’s goods. After paying the money, He Yuzhu hurriedly pulled her, saying that there were enough things at home.
He Yushui nodded regretfully, she was not satisfied yet. The two of them ate a little in the store and rushed home.
In the afternoon, He Yuzhu went to the barber shop to shave his head, and the two went to the bathhouse to take a shower.
Every day on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month is also the day for people to shave their heads, commonly known as “Shaving the New Year”. Because the house had been cleaned before, it was time to clean up on this day. As the saying goes, in the new year, everything starts from scratch, is a custom to welcome the New Year.
Bathing on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month is also called bathing before the festival. It is said that thisPeople have to take a bath one day, so that there will be more “good fortune” in the coming year. It means to get rid of the bad luck of the year and prepare to welcome the New Year next year. There is a proverb in the capital that “Twenty-seven wash away guilt and twenty-eight wash away sloppy”.
He Yuzhu went to the steel rolling mill early the next morning. Today is the last day for the steel rolling mill to go to work before the New Year. He Yuzhu still has a lot of things. He has to calculate all the accounts this year and there is no mistake.
Today is also the day when the rolling mill pays wages. Although it has not been a month, the rolling mill still pays a month’s wages in order to allow workers to have a good New Year.
“Li Er, 22.5 yuan, order money, sign after the amount is correct.”
He Yuzhu came to the finance room, and there was a long queue at the door, and the people from the finance department called someone to collect the money. He Yuzhu did not go to the line, and was at the end of the line, chatting with the workers, and slowly moving forward with the team.
“He Yuzhu, this is ninety yuan, please count.” The female secretary of the Finance Department of Sex Jiang handed the money to He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu counted it slightly and put it in his pocket, smiled and said thank you and left.
He Yuzhu started to get busy when he returned to the kitchen, and today he would also give New Year’s benefits to the workers. Each person had a pound of pork, and the people in the kitchen worked hard for a long time before they could handle it.
The pork given to the leader was all three-layer fat. I asked a few smart boys to send the leader’s meat over and took ten kilograms of pork to Director Yang’s office, and greeted Director Yang in advance.