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New Year's Spring New Meteorology,

New thing new fashion;

4. Joy at the door

Love as deep as the sea will never forget.

Time is like flowing water, the sun and moon are like shuttling, in the blink of an eye will arrive in 1990 New Year's Day.

Zi Peng moved from the six teams to the four teams in March 1989, watching a 14-inch black-and-white TV. His mother was in her seventies, he thought. She had worked all her life to pull us four siblings, so she should have seen color TV. Enrich her old people's spiritual life, let her old people happily spent the last years of her life.

At that time, the price of the color television was very expensive. Even if Zi Peng wanted to buy a color TV, he didn't have enough money, so he told Village Head Deng Chunming about this idea. After the village chief heard what Zi Peng said, he said:

"Secretary Wang, I truly envy you for your filial piety. How about this, I'll help you buy the color TV back. Now, the lumber processing plant lent the village 2000 yuan, letting us Village cadres celebrate the Spring Festival. "I'll lend you this money first. If it's not enough, I'll lend you some more personally so that you can fulfill this wish."

Zi Peng was deeply moved by Chun Ming's words. He said:

"Chun Ming, as you know, I bought this house and renovated it for a total of 10 thousand yuan. I can't afford a color TV with our lousy wages. Since you're going to help me, I'll thank you first. You can deduct 100 yuan from my monthly salary and I'll pay the rest by the end of the year. "

"Alright, let's do that. We'll go to City tomorrow to buy the color TV." Chun Ming said straightforwardly.

On the 25th of January, Zi Peng and Chun Ming went to City to buy color TV sets. Today was the 29th of the 12th lunar month. Tomorrow was the 30th lunar year. They went to the places in City that sold Home Appliances such as 100, 200, 300, and 5 gold. They were all very expensive. Because at that time, color television was still not widespread. As a result, the price remained high. They wandered around City for more than two hours before finally choosing an 18-inch 'Chrysanthemum' color TV set from a department store. It also sold for $3,050 in October and now sells for $2,670.

Buy this television, Chunming personal loan Zipeng 400 yuan. When they shipped the TV back home, Zi Peng had returned 200 yuan to Chunming. As for the remaining 200 yuan, he would return it after the Spring Festival.

Just like this, on the first day of the Spring Festival, Family caught his eyes on the color television. At that time, Zi Peng's neighbors didn't have any color TV. He was the first one to have a color TV. My mother looked at the color TV and was so happy. She said:

"Zi Peng, I didn't live my life in vain. In the 1970s, I listened to radio. In the 1980s, I watched black-and-white TV. In the 1990s, I watched color TV. I was so happy. " Zi Peng continued with his mother's words:

"Mother, you have brought us up through so much suffering, and now you are willing to let us study. Now that you're old, you should enjoy your blessings. It's only right that you like color TV. It's all thanks to Village Head Deng's help. We have to rely on ourselves, but we won't be able to buy this set within three years. "

"Zi Peng, you must thank properly. Don't forget the benefits he has given you."

"Mother, don't worry, I got along well with Chun Ming." In the past few years, his work had also become very compatible, and he was also very satisfied with his work in the village. In the work, I support him a little bit, then have; in the work, I share for him a little bit, is very good reward. "...

January 26th was the Spring Festival of 1990. On New Year's Eve, the weather was clear and cloudless; the morning sun rose from the east like a giant fireball, golden and dazzling. For people to celebrate the auspicious Spring Festival plated with a layer of golden splendor.

Zi Peng woke up early in the morning. He had a lot of work to do today, busier than any other day. Because this year he had four great things to celebrate:

The first joyous event was that he had moved from the grass hut of the sixth team of Taoyuan into the fourth team's new brick house. He bought the house in 1987, renovated it in 88, and moved in in in the spring of 89. This house is 102 square meters wide, bright and new and comfortable. It was the best house he had ever lived in in his life. The snow-white walls, the snow-white ceiling, the glass doors, the windows, the concrete floor. He was content to live in such a house in those days. Especially since her mother was in her seventies and had never lived in a new house like this.

The second joyous event was that his account had changed from the Ota Team of Peach Blossom Team Six to the field team of Peach Blossom Team Three. Family ate and provided food. He also received 12 catties of flour, 18 catties of rice and 2 catties of 4 taels of soy oil every month. These were things that he didn't even dare to think about before, but now they had magically become reality.

The third happy occasion was that Zi Peng's eldest daughter, Cheng Hua, was married on the 14th of May last year. In Zi Peng's eyes, this could be considered a happy occasion.

The fourth happy occasion: Yesterday, the 25th of January, was the 29th day of the Lunar New Year. Zi Peng and Chun Ming went to City and bought a colorful television set. In a situation where color TV wasn't widely available, he had bought it back first. How could he not be happy? How could it not be a good thing? For this reason, Zi Peng felt that these four happy events were the most perfect, joyful, and meaningful thing in his life. Thus, he wanted to properly celebrate …

Zi Peng once celebrated the success of his ginseng planting in the yellow soil on the Spring Festival in 1987. Compared to this year, this year, it was truly insignificant.

After finishing breakfast, Zi Peng continued to follow the usual sequence, act according to the plan, and act the same as usual …

Zi Peng had arranged all the goods for this year's New Year. Although he did not kill the pigs, he bought half a pig of pork meat. He bought a set with head and hooves, and two sets of ribs; everything else was available, and firecrackers and fireworks were roughly equal in quantity and variety to 87 years of age.

After lunch, he would go to the sixth team to go to the grave and then come back to the grave. He was going to the sixth team today to bury his foster father, so he had to go earlier. He wanted to first visit his little sister Lixia. Because he and she had formed a deep friendship since 87 years ago; then he had grown into a lover who had not seen her for a long time. His relationship with her was as deep as the ocean, as deep as the lacquer, already beyond the relationship between husband and wife. Therefore, he wanted to make use of this opportunity to go to the grave today to first visit the little sister that he missed every moment.

In the afternoon, after finishing lunch, Zi Peng pushed his bicycle towards the sixth team. He arrived at her home an hour later.

Today at noon, the family ate two meals, but they still hadn't eaten lunch. She had purposely arranged for this to happen. Today was New Year's Eve, she thought. If her brother came to bury his foster father, he would definitely come to see me. If he comes, we'll eat together here. Firstly, he loved me for nearly three years. Secondly, I helped him make some delicious food on the eve of the Spring Festival. This was also a little bit of kindness that I felt for him …

When Zipeng came into the room, the food was placed on the table. She and Gui Hong let Zi Peng sit down with his head bowed. Lixia filled a cup of red plum wine for him and another cup for herself. Gui Hong drank white wine. At this time, she raised her wine cup and said:

"second brother, it's the new year today. The fact that you came to my house means that you think highly of us. Gui Hong and I are very happy. These years you've been ordering 'families' for me and 'newspapers' for me, which has caused you a lot of trouble. There was nothing special about it. It was just a common occurrence. Come, let me toast second brother. I wish second brother a happy new year, and a happy new year! "

She threw back her head and drank a glass of wine. At this time, Zi Peng raised his wine cup and said,

"Thank you, Gui Hong's family, for your concern for me. Thank you for cooking so much good food for me today. When it came to helping, I didn't help much. Neighbors helping to order 'family' and 'newspaper' didn't mean anything. It was very convenient to do such a small thing. It was as easy as lifting a finger. From now on, if you need any help, feel free to tell me. Whatever I can do, I'll do it. Gui Hong didn't treat me as an outsider, and I also treated him as my own brother. "I'll borrow your wine and wish your family a happy new year and a happy family reunion!" He drank a glass of wine.

Gui Hong drank half a cup of white wine, put down his wine cup and said:

"second brother, after you became the secretary, our family gave you a lot of trouble. Today is New Year's Eve, so even if you didn't come, we would still eat the dishes we cooked. "You better not be faking it. You must eat and drink well."

"I had lunch when I was at home. It had only been an hour, yet he was eating again. "Don't worry, I'll definitely eat and drink to my heart's content."

After Zipeng said this, he looked at the table: the dishes were very sumptuous: chicken stewed with mushrooms, sweet and sour carp, braised pork meat, beef stew, fresh vegetables and cold mixed vegetables. There were a total of 10 dishes, as well as the three fresh dumplings …

After Zi Peng finished drinking and eating his fill, he bid farewell to Gui Hong and Lixia and headed to stonecrop to go to the grave. Lisa said:

"Gui Hong, clean up the table, I'll send you to second brother." Gui Hong agreed and went to clean up the table.

Lixia escorted Zi Peng to the door and pressed a letter into his hand. He kept the letter in his pocket and walked in the direction of the stonecrop. It was still dark when he finished with the grave. Thus, he opened her letter and carefully read it:

Big brother, I miss you all the time. Hello:

First of all, I apologize to my brother. On December 25, for my sake, you gave up taking the farmers' test held in the district. This has affected your job, and your date failed. little sister has truly let you down, brother, please forgive me.

Dear brother, you are angry with me again. Because in the letter you sent me, it could be seen that although you didn't complain about me, your heart would definitely be angry with me. Brother, I received your letter. When I finished reading it, I felt indescribably happy and happy. I read it every day, and I regret it every time I finish reading your letter. Why can't I wait a little longer? Wait a little longer and we can meet up. I hate myself for being so silly. Why do I hate myself for not being able to keep my word? I hate myself for being sentimental.

The brother you missed, you said in your letter, 'little sister blames second brother'. I really don't blame my good brother. My mood in the last few days has been particularly cheerful and exciting, because we have met several times recently: on 13 and 24 January, especially on 24 January. You celebrated Mother Liang's birthday, even came to see me in person, and gave me a letter. Therefore, I feel these days in a particularly good mood, very comfortable, very relaxed.

Brother, you also said in your letter, 'Congratulations on writing 25 letters to each other in 89 years.' Treat our letters as food for the soul, and convey our feelings through the letters...

Dear brother, I think: I do not need letters to convey our feelings, but will love you more. Speaking of which, that was my first letter to you last December. From then on, they started writing letters to and from each other. I thought: We don't need to communicate this year, we will be very close. Brother, I don't want to write to you again. Isn't it better if we communicate for a long time? We'll write a letter once every three months, don't you think?

My dearest brother, I miss you all the time. I look forward to you all the time. But who can control my feelings for you as deep as the sea? We don't know when we'll meet. Brother, can you play poker at my house during the Spring Festival? I paid my respects to my brother in his early years:

I wish you a happy New Year and all the best!

This to

Salute

Your lover

25 January 1990, 2 p.m.