As soon as the annual holiday was over, the village was immediately filled with the atmosphere of celebrating the New Year happily.It can be said that a village during the Chinese New Year is completely different from a village in ordinary times.

The club members and friends who were usually gray-faced found a way to take a shower and wiped off 2 pounds of mud. They looked relaxed and relaxed.It seems like I have worked hard for a year just for these few days of the New Year.

Everyone begins to buy new year's goods, clean and prepare for the new year.

The screams of pigs being slaughtered can be heard from time to time in the village, and the aroma of cooking lard wafts around.

Ye Chu's family sold all their pigs, and they bought a few kilograms of pork from someone who killed the pigs in the village. Together with a few roosters from their own family, they had enough meat for the New Year.

Unmarried young men and women begin blind dates accompanied by their parents and matchmakers.

Ye Wenming appeared in front of everyone wearing brand new clothes, which attracted many people to ask: "Where was this style made? Is it a new style made by Tailor Qian?"

The answer is: "Ye Xiaoba."

After everyone heard the answer, they grabbed Ye Haibo who was passing by and asked, "Xiaoba, are you free these two days? If you are free, make one for me."

Ye Haibo said, "I'll go back and ask Xiaoba" and ran away.

When he got home, he discussed with Ye Chu: "What do you think, we sell the two pictures you drew to Tailor Qian? I think what everyone likes is the style, not necessarily my craftsmanship. Let's sell the style pictures Give money to a tailor and let everyone go to him to make clothes. Let’s just sell the pictures, okay?”

Ye Chu: "...Okay, Dad, Jiang is still old and hot, so we can make some money by selling it without having to sew the clothes ourselves. Just do it like this."

The two pictures were sold to Tailor Qian for 10 yuan.Tailor Qian's shop has a lot of customers, and people from several nearby villages come to him to make clothes. He thinks it's worth spending 10 yuan to buy the design.But if it were any more, he wouldn't be happy.

These days, when you pay someone to make clothes, you can't just say it directly. You have to say it euphemistically, "asking people for help and helping each other in the revolution."

Crafts such as tailoring and shoemaking have always existed, and craftsmen have always lived a good life.So much so that Ye Chu's contemporaries have always believed in the truth that it is very important for a craftsman to learn a craft no matter when the time comes.

After selling the design drawings, Ye Haibo turned around and let the news out, "How can Xiaoba be good at her craftsmanship? I just need to take good care of her in a civilized way and give her a few cents to buy candies. If you want to make clothes, you'd better go find the money." Tailor. A tailor can make this style of dress."

Ye Wenming: "..." He found Ye Chu privately and asked what the situation was. "You don't make clothes anymore?"

"Well, let's not do it for now. My dad feels sorry for me. Making clothes is too labor-intensive. He gave the pattern drawings for making clothes to Tailor Qian in exchange for a few dollars. I don't have to make them myself."

"Yes, making clothes is quite tiring."

"Speaking of which, Fourth Uncle, you have great appeal. When everyone sees you wearing new clothes, they all want to ask my dad to do it."

"Looking for your father?"

"Find me through my dad."

Ye Chu patted her chest, almost betraying her father.

Ye Haibo took Ye Chuye to the commune supply and marketing cooperative to buy fabrics. "It's the New Year, so I have to make new clothes. New Year, new atmosphere." Ye Haibo said.

"I don't want to do it. I want to keep the cloth tickets and buy some good ones in the summer." Ye Chu said.

"We'll wait until summer. There are people in our village who don't have enough cloth stamps. Then I'll exchange them for cloth stamps and buy them for you. Now let's go buy some velvet and make you a coat."

The corduroy jacket still looks good when it’s done.Ye Chu happily agreed.

After buying the fabric, I also bought some pastries that were free of charge.Ye Haibo originally wanted to buy more, but Ye Chu boasted: "No, no, just buy some and try it. Dad, I'm telling you, I feel like I'm talented in cooking. If you try it, I can make it myself." ."

Ye Haibo seemed to believe it or not.Speaking of which, Xiaoba's cooking skills are very good. In the past half year, Xiaoba has been cooking most of the time.At first, he felt sorry for the child and didn't want her to work in the kitchen, but he couldn't stand the fact that Xiaoba's cooking was so much better than his own, so he gradually transferred the kitchen position.But Xiaoba has never made pastries.I wonder if she is as good at making pastries as she is at cooking.

Although he was unsure, he habitually encouraged his children. When he heard what Ye Chu said, he reflexively agreed, and even said, "Then let's go home and make it ourselves. What you make will definitely taste better than what we bought."

Ye Chu nodded happily, and inadvertently saw a salesperson showing a disdainful expression towards her father and mother. She probably felt that the two men could not afford pastries and wanted to save face for themselves, so they were talking nonsense. Damn boy, what kind of pastries can you make?I’m not afraid that everyone will laugh out loud.Not only did she show disdain, she also uttered two words: "Poor."

Before she could say anything, Ye Haibo spoke first: "Who are you talking about? What's your expression? Looking down on the working people? We poor and lower-middle peasants come to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, and we still have to look at your face? You have a problem with your consciousness. ! Are you trying to provoke conflicts among the people? We are poor and you are rich?"

"That's right, a family of workers and peasants. When you become a worker, do you have to break away from the ranks of the masses? Do you look down on us and don't regard yourself as a member of the workers and peasants? Do you want to be superior?" Ye Chu was beating the drum beside him.

Although she felt that she was not worthy of being on the same level as the salesperson, she did not understand the inexplicable sense of superiority in their hearts.But since her father has spoken, she can't hold back.Brothers fighting tigers, father and son go into battle.

Salesperson: "...I'm not, I don't have one."

"Nothing? Your disdain for the people is clearly written on your face. You also said that we are poor. We are just poor and poor farmers. What's wrong?" Ye Haibo said.

The people shopping around also joined in the fun, which shows that they are often looked down upon by salespersons.

The place was so noisy that the person in charge of the supply and marketing cooperative couldn't sit still anymore. He came out to comfort everyone and asked the salesperson to apologize to everyone.

That person was not a courageous person, he was just a little arrogant when he first became a salesperson. Now that he was being criticized by the masses, he was already frightened to death and apologized obediently.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I wasn't pointing it at everyone. I encountered something at home, so it affected my mood."

The simple people who were outraged immediately changed their attitude.

Ye Chu: "..." She is quite good at making things up.Ordinary people are really easy to fool.

Ye Haibo: "Don't bring personal emotions to work. Everyone is celebrating the New Year. If you come to buy things happily, but it depends on your face, it will make the New Year difficult. Forget it this time, don't do this again in the future ”

"Yes, she also knows her mistake. She will definitely correct her attitude and serve the people well in the future." The director of the supply and marketing cooperative came out to smooth things over.

After all, it's not a big deal. If it were him, he wouldn't even speak, but isn't he bringing his daughter with him this time?He wouldn't like it if his daughter looked at someone else's face.

After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Ye Haibo was about to take Ye Chu back.

Ye Chu rolled his eyes and said to him: "Let's go find Tailor Qian to make clothes. I will draw a picture and sell it to him, and then let him make the clothes for us."

Ye Haibo agreed without saying a word.If you can let others do the work, don't do it yourself!This is the basic principle of life.

Two pictures of coats, another 10 yuan in exchange, and two pieces of clothing made for free.Tailor Qian said that although there are quite a few people who come to his place to make clothes, the villagers are generally frugal at this time and can only make one or two pieces of clothes throughout the year, which is not much more.

"I'll give it a try first. If there are more people making clothes, I will raise the price for you if you send me the patterns next time."

Ye Chu and both of them were indifferent.The most important thing is to make clothes for them.This was no pressure for Tailor Qian, and he agreed immediately.

This year, the two of them lived happily.

There is no fried melon seeds in their house, which lacks a bit of atmosphere.But it doesn't matter, Ye Chu is thick-skinned. On the 29th of the Lunar New Year, he went from house to house in advance to pay New Year greetings. He grabbed some melon seeds from each house and mixed some space stock into them. It was enough to eat.

The villagers do not buy most of their melon seeds, but grow them themselves.Many families in Nanshan Village plant a few sunflowers in their yards just to eat fried melon seeds during the Chinese New Year.

"Dad, let's plant a few trees next year and fry them during the Chinese New Year."

Ye Haibo nodded while cracking melon seeds: "Plant it, I'm afraid it won't last until the end of the year, and it will be eaten as soon as it is ripe."

Ye Chu: "...How many more trees should I plant in the backyard?"

On New Year's Eve, the two of them closed the door and secretly offered incense and offerings to their ancestors. Now that feudal superstition has been broken, this kind of thing cannot be done blatantly, but it must still be done secretly.

Ye Haibo bought a piece of red paper, cut it into small squares, rolled the paper into a tube, pressed the two sides inward, folded it into an ingot with two ends raised, and burned it to the ancestors.While burning, I muttered the blessings of my ancestors in my mouth.

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