Chapter 67 Difficult
The days passed slowly until the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Yu Zhiyuan quickly collected the large white barrels from several families and went to Changping to exchange them for five more barrels.

Share the wine.

Director Li wants soft-shelled turtle and Wuliangye liquor again.

After finishing here, I will do this.

I started buying New Year's things again, a little bit of this and that.

It was busy morning on New Year's Eve.

He took the offerings and rode his bike with his son to visit the old couple's grave.

Yu Zhiyuan talked a lot and asked his son to kowtow.

If you take possession of someone else's son's body, you must offer him incense, wine and food.

As soon as I got home, I started preparing the New Year's Eve dinner. I was chopping a goose on the stone table in the yard when Liu Haizhong came over.

"Zhiyuan, how about this big goose?"

Since you asked for my help during the New Year, you have to give me some face!
"Second uncle, what do you want?"

"For this half, chop the goose leg in half and give me the leg."

He chopped it up with a few knives and handed it to the second uncle: "Second uncle, stew it for a while, otherwise it will become mushy."

"Thank you Zhiyuan."

After a while, Liu Guangfu came over with a bottle of sesame oil and a bottle of Fenjiu and handed them to Yu Zhiyuan.

The old lady lay on the recliner and said to Yu Zhiyuan with a smile: "That's right, if you make things convenient for others, you will also make things convenient for yourself."

Yu Zhiyuan nodded: "Second uncle just wants to be an official, there is nothing wrong with that. Everyone has some ideas and goals. It's just that taking it out on his son is a bit too much."

"He just has little education and his wife is confused. If his eldest son doesn't leave, he can also talk to Liu Haizhong." The old lady shook her head.

"Old lady, you are blessed! Zhiyuan, give me some goose meat, Xiao'e wants to eat it."

"Brother Damao, you are willing to come back from your father-in-law's house? You have gained weight."

Xu Damao patted his belly and said, "I have to go home for the New Year. I will go back on the second day of the New Year."

Yu Zhiyuan gave a thumbs up and handed the remaining half of the goose to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao thanked him and left with the goose.

"This time Damao's wife is pregnant, Damao has become much more sensible!"

"Of course not. I have something to look forward to. Haha."

The whole family sat together happily and had the New Year's Eve dinner.

Qiaoqiao took Wenwen to kowtow to grandpa and grandma and wished them a happy new year, and received red envelopes.

You also have to kowtow and wish Yu Zhiyuan and Xuemei a happy new year, and give them money.

I ran to my uncle Yang Zhiqiang to kowtow and wish him a happy new year and to collect money.

This is something for the two of them to do.

After she kowtowed, Qiaoqiao took the red envelope from Wenwen and said, "Sister will keep it for you, little brat."

Yu Zhiyuan and Yang Xuemei also kowtowed to their father-in-law and his wife.

Yang Zhiqiang couldn't run away either, so he kowtowed to his parents.

Everyone is happy to celebrate the New Year.

Pack up the things, set up the table, and make vegetarian dumplings.

We waited until after eleven o'clock and had some vegetarian dumplings before letting everyone go to bed.

Wenwen went to bed early and was snoring.

After breakfast early on the first day of the new year, Yu Zhiyuan took Xuemei, Qiaoqiao and Wenwen to kowtow to the master.

This cannot be missing.

After leaving the master's house, he visited all the households in the courtyard before taking the things to Hu Hanguang and Fan Changjun's homes.

Then there are leaders and friends.

After having lunch at Fan Changjun's house at noon, we returned to the yard and asked Yang Zhiqiang to take a car each to Yu Weijun's house.

After arriving at Yu Weijun's house and paying New Year's greetings, I was taken into the study.

There were already two people sitting inside.

A man with glasses, quite fair complexion, and wearing a Zhongshan suit.

A dark-skinned man, sitting upright, wearing an old military uniform.

Yu Weijun said to Yu Zhiyuan and Yang Zhiqiang: "This is the director of the new workshop, Qiao Chengjiang. This is Fu Jianpei, who is directly responsible for the safety of the workshop."

He pointed at Yu Zhiyuan and said to the two of them, "He's a maintenance fitter in the workshop."

Pointing at Yang Zhiqiang, he said, "They are responsible for the registration and management of all incoming and outgoing materials. I have introduced the nature of their work in detail to both of them. They are both trustworthy worker representatives."

Several people shook hands.

"Comrade Yu Zhiyuan, you haven't joined the party yet?" "Yes, Director. You can just call me Xiao Yu, or Zhiyuan. My shoulders hurt a little when you call me Comrade Yu Zhiyuan."

"Haha, Xiaoyu, we will have a lot of communication in the future when we work together. After your assessment, I will introduce the Party Constitution and the Party's history to you in detail. You must study them carefully and gain a deep understanding of them."

Yu Zhiyuan quickly stood up and said, "Yes."

Director Qiao waved Yu Zhiyuan to sit down: "This is a difficult and challenging task. We have only verified it in the laboratory, and now we have to make it ready for industrial production."

"Next year will be very hard for us, so you must be mentally prepared. Even if it is very hard, you must be aware of safety and confidentiality."

All four of them stood up and said, "Yes."

Director Qiao handed Yu Zhiyuan a piece of paper and said, "These are the workers to be transferred from the factory. You can find out from the side. You can never be too careful."

Yu Zhiyuan saw the names of his master and senior brother on the list.

Yu Zhiyuan looked at the list again and nodded: "I'll try my best to learn more."

Director Qiao looked at Fu Jianpei and said, "You will be responsible for the veterans."

Then he said to Yu Weijun: "It is your responsibility to coordinate with the factory."

After briefly explaining the work tasks, Director Qiao said to Yu Weijun: "Where's the osmanthus wine? Hurry up."

Several people were chatting and drinking.

Finally, Yu Weijun carried a large barrel of wine and put it on the jeep that was taking Director Qiao home.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, after lunch, the old lady suddenly found Yu Zhiyuan.

"Zhiyuan, take my old lady out the door."

I rode my bike with the old lady to a two-story Western-style building.

After helping the old lady out of the car, she went forward and knocked on the door.

The visitor opened the door, looked around, and helped the old lady into the yard.

Yu Zhiyuan pushed the car into the yard, parked the car and followed the old lady.

As soon as I entered the building, I saw Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e eating.

I saw a well-dressed, short middle-aged man who looked 40% similar to Lou Xiao'e walking up to the old lady.

"Old lady, why are you here? I'll send a car to pick you up."

"My old arms and legs want to move."

"Let's go to the study and talk." The middle-aged man said and helped the old lady towards the study.

After entering the study, the old lady sat down.

"Shuhua, this is my neighbor. Xiao'e also knows him. I've been very grateful to this guy for taking care of me over the past two years."

"Thank you, young man, what's your name?"

"Uncle Lou, you can just call me Zhiyuan."

Father Lou nodded: "Zhiyuan, you sit down too."

Then a servant brought tea.

Yu Zhiyuan stood up and thanked him.

"Old lady, are you here to see me for something?"

"My grandson has some wealth and wants to collect some ancient books, but he has no way to do so. Don't you think I can help him?"

As he spoke, someone knocked on the study door.

"Madam, if you want to come to our house, just let us know and you can take the bus with us in the morning."

"Girl, if you go back to your parents' home, how can it be the same? It's just a small matter, and you left after saying it."

"Please stay and have dinner before you leave. We will only have dinner at your house in the courtyard."

"Let's talk about it later."

"Xiao'e, please go out first. The old lady and I have something important to do."

Lou Xiao'e glanced at Yu Zhiyuan and left the study.

"Madam, Zhiyuan, I have some books and paintings that I want to transfer. Since you said so, I will give them to Zhiyuan. I will sort them out and let you know later."

The old lady had a lot of reputation, so she could get it done with just one word.

It seems that the old lady in charge really helped the Lou family.

Now that the matter was settled, Yu Zhiyuan felt much more at ease.

Yu Zhiyuan listened to the two of them talking about the past.

Half an hour later, the old lady glanced at the clock and said, "Shuhua, I'm tired too, so I won't bother you anymore."

"Old lady, why don't you eat before you leave?"

The old lady stood up and motioned Yu Zhiyuan to support her, then walked towards the study door.

Mr. Lou had no choice but to ask the driver to take the old lady and the gifts back.

(End of this chapter)