chsdbacks Chapter 257 New Year’s greetings
Chapter 257 New Year’s greetings
The first day of the first lunar month.
Maybe they drank too much last night, Zhou Zheng and his family were dazed until eight or nine o'clock. Yu Wanrong made a sobering soup for them, and Zhou Zheng felt better after drinking it.
He couldn't help but smile when he thought of He Yuzhu, Xu Damao and the others. In fact, the three brothers really drank a lot last night. A total of twenty bottles of Moutai were finished by the three families, especially the three brothers, who drank almost half of them.
Zhou Zheng was also filled with emotion. In this era, if you don't have some martial arts skills, wanting to compete in drinking is no different from fighting your life.
Having already visited relatives before the New Year, the matter of paying New Year's greetings is not so urgent. One can just visit three or five nearby neighbors and leave it at that.
But people have to stay at home, or if someone comes to pay New Year's greetings, it would be embarrassing to have no one at home.
Zhou Zheng didn't feel hungry, so he tidied his appearance and went out.
When I passed the front yard, I heard a quarrel coming from the middle yard. When I looked again, I saw shadows and I didn't know why.
Since I thought that they were not so eager to visit relatives and friends, I walked forward to join in the fun.
It turned out that it was Jia Zhang's fault again. She asked Banggeng to go door to door to wish everyone a happy new year early in the morning, but eventually she aroused public anger.
Zhou Zheng couldn't help but find it funny. Jia Zhang was just a confused person. She didn't even think about her relationship with the residents of the compound. Even if the children were asked to pay New Year's greetings, it would never be their turn. It just added to the laughter.
That's why they didn't make a scene in front of his house, otherwise he would have beaten and killed this disgusting pair of grandchildren.
Then he thought that Banggeng might be He Yuzhu's bastard, and he became less determined.
At this time, He Yuzhu and Xu Damao did not seem to get up. Zhou Zheng looked around but could not see anyone, which made him secretly proud.
Last night he was bragging that no one could beat him when it came to drinking.
But now it seems, what? It's a failure!
The farce in the Central Courtyard was nothing interesting, it was just a bunch of bullshit. Zhou Zheng couldn't help but shake his head in amusement and withdrew from the crowd.
Leave No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.
There were still ashes from firecrackers in front of the door, making a mottled patch on the cold ground, as if the half-black and half-white land had suddenly contracted a skin disease. I couldn't say I had sympathy, but I just felt a little sorry.
I remember that Yan Fugui had specially organized people to clean the area in front of the door before the New Year, but now it seems that all the efforts were in vain.
There was still some snow hanging on the branches of the trees not far away, which sparkled brightly in the rising sun. The morning mist was rising, and the city seemed to be reborn.
The alley was filled with giggling children, lighting firecrackers in groups of three or four. There were also children hunched over looking for duds in the ashes of firecrackers. They did not look miserable at all, but rather had a bit of childish fun.
"Bang." A small firecracker fell at Zhou Zheng's feet and exploded suddenly.
Zhou Zheng made a fierce face at the boy not far away.
The boy screamed and ran away, swinging his arms in circles like a Tyrannosaurus Rex that had just drunk Dichlorvos.
Zhou Zheng knew the child. He was the third son of Wu Laoer, who lived across the street.
The reason why he knew the child was because Zhou Zheng gave the child his name, Wu Suowei. Zhou Zheng knew Wu Suowei's second brother, whose name was Wu Di.
Speaking of Wu Di, he and He Yushui were elementary school classmates. He was fat and strong, and once challenged Zhou Zheng, but was knocked down by Zhou Zheng with just one punch. The name Wu Di was not worthy of his reputation.
There were not only children in the alley, but also adults running around carrying gifts. Whenever they met them, they would say a few auspicious words to Zhou Zheng.
It has nothing to do with whether you know each other or not. If you live in the same alley and have some affinity with each other, most people will not ignore each other.
Zhou Zheng did not drive, but strolled leisurely in the 800-meter Nanluoguxiang.
My thoughts drifted away. It is said that there are four areas under the imperial city: poor in the east, rich in the west, noble in the south, and humble in the north. Nanluoguxiang is located in Dongcheng District, where the poor people really make up the majority.
I think the place with the most prosperous fireworks last night must have been Xicheng District. No wonder it sounded so real.
In the morning, Zhou Zheng visited three companies in total.
When I came back at noon, the farce in the Intermediate Court had not ended but had become more and more intense.
Zhou Zheng happened to see Xu Chengye smoking at the gate in the front yard, so he asked, "Brother Xu, what's going on?"
Xu Chengye said with a click of his tongue: "What else can it be? Xiao Qin from the Central Courtyard has returned, and as soon as he returned, he was caught by Mrs. Jia. They have been arguing for a while."
Qin Huairu is back?
Zhou Zheng thought that Yu Wanrong and Qin Huairu had a good relationship, and he was afraid that they were also arguing in the Central Courtyard, so he rushed to the Central Courtyard in a hurry.
After passing through the hanging flower gate, you can see that almost all the residents of the three courtyards are crowded in the small middle courtyard to join in the fun.
In the center of the crowd were Qin Huairu's family, Jia Zhang, and Bang Geng.
Zhou Zheng felt relieved when he found that Yu Wanrong was not present.
In front of the He family’s door, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, He Daqing, Li Guixiang, and Yang Xiaoman gathered together, laughing and talking, watching the excitement.
Xu Damao had sharp eyes, and when he saw Zhou Zheng, he waved and called out, "Zhengzi, this way!"
Zhou Zheng looked in the direction of the voice and saw Xu Damao and his group, so he squeezed through the crowd.
He Yuzhu, He Daqing and others greeted everyone one after another, "Happy New Year."
Zhou Zheng also responded one by one. He Daqing handed him a cigarette and lit it. Zhou Zheng took a puff and then asked casually: "Are you all sober now? You drank a lot yesterday. I just realized when I woke up this morning that you drank more than 20 bottles yesterday."
He Daqing said casually: "Well, that's because Maotai is not strong. If I change it to Fenjiu, I can't even drink ten bottles, let alone twenty bottles."
Li Guixiang said, "You are still weak. I don't know who it was yesterday, but he insisted on forcing Zhuzi and the others to become sworn brothers. If it wasn't for Sister Yu stopping them, who knows what kind of joke it would have caused."
When these words were spoken, the men were all stunned. Is this possible?
Xu Damao waved his hands and said, "I was given a video clip yesterday. I can't remember it, but there seemed to be a part where Uncle Daqing insisted on kneeling down by holding the pillar. He should have also asked Zhengzi and I to kneel down. I couldn't even stand up, so I knelt down. Isn't this a joke?"
Zhou Zheng also vaguely remembered this scene and said uncertainly: "I have some impression. I don't know which old man kicked me in the knee and I beat him up."
Li Guixiang grinned: "That's Lao Yang, you gave him two black circles under his eyes, Yu Shui insisted that he looked like a panda, but I don't know what kind of cat a panda is. In the end, it was Yu Mei who pulled them apart, otherwise Lao Yang would have to be punished."
Zhou Zheng smiled awkwardly, "Then I can't remember clearly, but if that's the case, Old Yang deserves it. How can you kick someone in the knee?"
He Yuzhu couldn't help but burst out laughing, panting and saying, "My father-in-law kicked his foot, maybe he wanted you to kneel down and become sworn brothers. This is too funny."
Yang Xiaoman glared at He Yuzhu and said, "Hold it back. Who is my dad to you? How dare you laugh?"
He Daqing laughed and said, "That old Yang is indeed a bit absurd. I'm not like that!"
Li Guixiang said disdainfully: "You, you have already knelt on the ground, how could you have the chance to be ridiculous? No one else knelt, only you knelt there, and those who didn't know would think you were here to wish a happy new year."
At this moment, the Central Courtyard suddenly became quiet, and the people who were chatting happily were stunned.
Suddenly, Yan Fugui's voice rang out: "Zhou Zheng, you came at the right time. We are all at a loss as to what to do. Please come over and give us some advice."