Chapter 20 Godson
After entering the house, Yu Zhiyuan called Qiaoqiao and Zicheng over to stand in front of him and patted Zicheng's head: "Zicheng did the right thing. When someone steals your things, you have to teach him a lesson if you have the ability to do so. If you can't fight back, think of another way. As for what method, think about it yourself and then tell me, okay?"

"I'll teach you a lesson: Repay evil with good, and you will be rewarding virtue. Repay evil with justice, and you will be rewarding virtue with virtue. Go back and think about this lesson carefully. Have you memorized it?"

Bi Zicheng nodded.

"Today I am going to tell you what it means to not show off your wealth. This society is unfair. Some people are rich while others are poor. So, you must know how to hide your wealth. Of course, it is not just money, but also objects and the knowledge in your mind. Because you don't know if anyone is spying on your wealth."

Bi Zicheng raised his hand: "Uncle, what do you mean by peeping?"

Yu Zhiyuan touched his head and said, "It means quietly observing and scrutinizing you in the dark. Do you understand?"

Bi Zicheng nodded.

"So don't show off in the future. If you have anything delicious or fun, just stay at home. Don't show off outside, okay?"

Seeing the two nod, he happily touched their heads and said, "You did a good job today. I'll make you something delicious."

Yu Zhiyuan entered the kitchen and said to Yang Xuemei while cutting vegetables: "Keep an eye on them from now on. Just eat inside the house. I think Banggeng is almost like a bandit. You should stay away from the Jia family."

After dinner, I sent Bi Zicheng home and told Bi Zhengliang about this matter.

Children, children, don't be greedy, after Laba it will be the New Year;
Laba porridge, a few days later, the 23rd;
On the twenty-third, the sugar melon sticks; on the twenty-fourth, sweep the house;
On the twenty-fifth, make tofu; on the twenty-sixth, stew pork;
On the twenty-seventh, slaughter the New Year chicken; on the twenty-eighth, let the dough ferment;
On the twenty-ninth, steam the buns; on the thirty night, stay up all night;
Twist your luck on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and you’ll have dumplings on New Year’s Eve every year.

With the arrival of the 23rd, Yu Zhiyuan also started to go to the grocery store to buy candy and melon seeds, clean the house, and do what needed to be done.

Clean every nook and cranny.

Wait until the factory has a holiday on the 27th.

Yu Zhiyuan went back to Fangshan to pick up the two pieces of tofu that were custom-made.

Send one piece to Bi Zhengliang's family.

When I got home, I started frying peanuts, shrimp chips, radish balls, banana leaves, fried dough twists, tofu, and fish.

Qiaoqiao ate a lot of food behind her butt.

Early in the morning on the 29th, I went to the grocery store and queued up to buy three pounds of meat, and also picked up two leg bones that did not require meat coupons.

After putting the pork back home, he hurried to the market to buy a slaughtered chicken, took one out from the space and rushed to Fan Changjun's house.

I got half a pig's head from Fan Changjun, and when I got home I used a red-hot poker to burn the hair, then soaked and washed it, and put the pig's head in the pot to braise it.

He took out another basin and kneaded the dough under the guidance of his daughter-in-law.

After being so busy, Yu Zhiyuan didn't want to move at all when lying in bed at night.

In the morning, take the pig's head out of the pot, turn up the fire, and put a chicken in to stew.

After lunch, Yu Zhiyuan followed Yang Xuemei to learn how to knead and steam the buns.

Take the cabbage and start chopping the stuffing to prepare dumplings.

Let the steamed Sanhe flour buns cool down, put them in a clean cloth bag and hang them in the ear room.

Start mixing the dumpling filling and making dumplings.

In order to have a good Spring Festival, our busy feet and hands never stop.

After the couple wrapped the dumplings and put them in the ear room to freeze, Yu Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief!
Finally, everything for the New Year has been prepared.

I happily took Qiaoqiao out for a walk to see if there was anything exciting to see.

Just as he reached the gate of the compound, he saw Yan Bugui sitting on the doorstep peeling green onions, and he chuckled: "Uncle, you are busy."

Yan Bugui looked up and saw Yu Zhiyuan holding Qiaoqiao happily: "Are you two going out for a walk?"

"Finally, we're done with all the trouble. Let's go out and get some fresh air." Yu Zhiyuan said as he sat on the doorstep, handed Yan Bugui a cigarette and lit it!
"Is everything ready at your home?"

After saying this, Yu Zhiyuan wanted to slap himself. Wouldn't this give Yan Bugui an excuse to ask for things?

"What do you need to prepare? My salary is barely enough to support my family. There's nothing to prepare. It's not like your family with two working parents who live a rich life."

"Uncle, you know that before my father passed away, he was sick and hospitalized, and my family borrowed a lot of money. It was not easy to pay it back. My mother is not in good health, so there is no money left at home. Let's just make do!"

"You've made a name for yourself. I can see you've brought a lot of stuff home!"

"It's nothing good. Your family will be much better off if Jie Cheng from your family gets a job." "He's only in the first year of high school and he still has a year to graduate. I see that the eldest son's grades are so bad that he can't even get a diploma. Is it that easy to find a job? Do you have extra ones in your family? Let's change some."

Yu Zhiyuan looked at Yan Bugui: "Change? What do you have?"

"You look down on me, don't you? I still have a snack ticket and a wine ticket in my hand. What do you think? Do you want to exchange them? Be a man."

"Okay, I won't let you suffer any loss. I'll get you two carps, okay?"

"Big one, don't fool me with the small one."

Yu Zhiyuan waved his hand: "Okay, go get the tickets, I'll pick the biggest one for you."

Letting Qiaoqiao wait here, Yu Zhiyuan went to his own vegetable cellar, took out two carps weighing about one and a half kilograms, and strolled to the door of Yan Bugui's house.

When Yan Bugui came out, he handed the fish to him and said, "Take a look. Is it okay? It's not small, is it?"

Yan Bugui handed the ticket to Yu Zhiyuan, then gave him a thumbs-up: "OK, you are a very open-minded man."

Yu Zhiyuan smiled, went to the gate, picked up Qiaoqiao and left the yard.

Grocery stores are open until the morning of New Year's Eve and close in the evening.

It was already 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still an endless stream of adults and children holding pots to get soy sauce and vinegar.

Yu Zhiyuan carried Qiaoqiao into the grocery store and looked around the counter slowly.

Seeing that there was also Arctic Ocean soda in there, I took out one dollar and bought five bottles.

Take out the cloth bag from your trouser pocket and put it on.

The salesperson also nagged: "Don't throw the bottle away. You can return it and get a dime back later."

Holding the girl, I looked again and saw that there were milk candies. I asked for candy tickets, but I couldn’t buy them.

Yu Zhiyuan turned around and said to his daughter, "I'll buy it for you when Daddy has candy coupons."

I saw someone selling small whips and asked my daughter if she wanted one.

Qiaoqiao nodded.

I bought two strings of 100-shot firecrackers for fifty cents and let my daughter take them home to play with.

When he saw that there was nothing good to buy, he left the grocery store, put his daughter on the ground and let her walk by herself.

Strolling back to the courtyard.

As soon as I walked through the moon gate in the backyard, I heard ghost howling sounds coming from Liu Haizhong's house, and then I looked at the old lady who was strolling in the backyard.

The old lady held Qiaoqiao's hand and shook her head, saying, "They beat the kids during Chinese New Year. It sounds like Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu stole something. I dared to do it, but the two brothers are not good enough."

"How are the two brothers going to celebrate the New Year? Just eat a little on New Year's Day. You can't even bear to sacrifice your own children!"

"Who said it wasn't? It's been a messy day. Did you go out to buy something?"

"Buy two bottles of soda for Qiaoqiao."

"Qiaoqiao is so lucky, why do I see Xuemei is pregnant again?"

"Well, it's been almost two months, and I didn't dare to make it public."

"Why are you making such a fuss? Tell her to be more careful. If you have a son, you will have both a son and a daughter. Okay, go and do your own thing. Let Qiaoqiao take a walk with me. She's been holding her breath in the house all day."

"Qiaoqiao, stay with grandma, and I'll give you some candy when I come back."

Qiaoqiao nodded happily.

Yu Zhiyuan entered the room and saw Yang Xuemei practicing with the abacus. He put down his things and asked, "Do you have any more candy tickets? I see there are still milk candies for sale. Let's go buy some."

Yang Xuemei heard this and said, "It seems there is still half a pound left. I'll get it for you right away. You can just spoil her for the day."

Yu Zhiyuan took the sugar ticket and quickly left the compound to buy sugar.

(End of this chapter)