The 1970s Educated Youth

Chapter 88

◎New Year◎

Coming back from the lecture hall, Cheng Yanzhou walked slowly with Gu Guanning on his back, "Tomorrow is the first day of the new year. I'm going to visit the head and political commissar's house in the morning to pay New Year greetings. What do you want for breakfast?"

Gu Guanning tilted his head and thought for a while, "You can't have leftovers on the first day of the new year."

"Otherwise, I'll have to eat leftovers all year long."

Cheng Yanzhou said silently: "That's not true!" Gu Wanning patted him on the shoulder, "I did it for your own good."

"..."

He understood.

He said: "We don't have any leftovers."

Gu Guanning thought the same.

There are two rice buckets in the family, and there is never enough food to eat, and there is absolutely no food left for the next meal.

"Then I want to eat fried dumplings and millet porridge."

Shaking his legs, Gu Guanning asked, "Do I also have to go to my cousin's house to pay New Year's greetings?"

Cheng Yanzhou nodded, "Yes."

"I guess many people will go to Jiang's house to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow. We will come back after we deliver the things. My cousin asked me to come over for dinner on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and then officially celebrate the New Year."

After the fifteenth day, Cheng Yanzhou and Gu Heting will go out for training, and Gu Wanning will probably stay at Jiang's house for the next half year.

Cousin Xie Xiaochen's lover Jiang Jinkang also accompanied the team and was responsible for the medical care of the soldiers during the training.

Cheng Yanzhou said: "I wanted to bring my parents over next year, but I'll be away for most of the year. I'm not worried about you three living in a house in the city."

It's much more chaotic outside than in the camp.

Of course, Gu Guanning would rather live with her aunt than stay with Jiang's family. "Don't you have a holiday after you come back from training? It just so happens that we can go back to Nanhe County to celebrate the New Year. When the holiday is over, we will bring our parents to Yang City, hold temple fairs around the Chinese New Year, and there will be performances by the county song and dance troupe."

The team also invites projectionists to show movies. When the weather is fine, every family will visit each other, and when it snows, they will sleep on the kang at home. From the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month, people in the brigade set off firecrackers every day, always reminding everyone that it is the New Year.

Gu Guanning listened with great fascination. In her previous life, when she lived, the excitement of the New Year became less and less every year.

It is also because the people of later generations can eat meat every three days and wear new clothes every month. Unlike now, everyone is looking forward to having a good meal during the New Year and being able to wear new clothes and show off everywhere.

After going out for a walk and coming back, I was hungry again just after I had eaten. Cheng Yanzhou took the dishes and returned to the pot.

Gu Guanning broke off a banana to fill her belly, and while eating, she picked up a book and read it. I remembered the reply I received from the publisher a while ago.

She shouted out the window: "Cheng Yanzhou, please accompany me to the city in a few days." Cheng Yanzhou looked over, "Do you want to buy anything?"

Gu Guanning shook his head and took out the letter from the drawer, "It's with Sign a contract with the school publisher." There are three volumes of the chemistry textbook.