Siheyuan: After being reincarnated as a master's daughter

This year, China began to "break the four olds" and celebrate the "revolutionary" Spring Festival: changing the customs and celebrating the Spring Festival, not stopping on New Year's Eve, working until the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, and starting work on the morning of the first day of the new year after eating dumplings. This time, the people were mobilized, and they were not allowed to set off firecrackers, burn incense and worship Buddha, or dance dragons and lions.

However, the New Year cannot be simply cancelled: for thousands of years, Chinese people have used this time to get rid of the old and start anew, to have family fun, and to rest and adjust. This was the case in the past, it is the case today, and it will continue to be the case in the future.

This year's Spring Festival came quietly. On the New Year's Eve, February 2, the workers at the steel rolling mill were working as usual. Yi Zhonghai and his colleagues did not get off work until 8: in the afternoon.

There were few pedestrians on the streets, but slogans, banners and big-character posters such as "Call from the Central Cultural Revolution Group", "Long Live the January Revolution", "Smash the Dog Head of So-and-so", "Burn, Bombard, Expose" could be seen everywhere.

Workers at the steel mill were walking home from get off work, and there was no atmosphere of the Chinese New Year. Jia Jia, instead of putting up characters for fortune and luck on their doors, they put up couplets that read "Listen to the great man, follow the Communist Party." No family lit candles, burned incense, set out bowls and chopsticks, offered six or seven dishes, or kowtowed to their ancestors before the New Year's Eve dinner.

Walking on the road, only the loudspeakers of the steel mill were playing the music of after-get off work from time to time, and the sound was faint.

Yi Zhonghai and his companions could not help but quicken their pace, eager to return home.

This year, the senior leader who used to cook for Sha Zhu was transferred back, and Sha Zhu was called by that senior leader early to cook the New Year's Eve dinner.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether there are firecrackers or not. After all, the city where I lived before didn’t allow firecrackers and fireworks, so it was always very quiet, but not as quiet as it is now. The sounds of children’s laughter and throwing firecrackers were gone.

The city was freezing cold in winter and the children were kept at home, mainly because they were afraid of catching a cold.

Yi Jiale was also detained at home and was not allowed to go out to pick up his father. Yi Jiale estimated the time when his father would get off work, so he stood at the door of his house and looked into the yard, hoping that his father would arrive the next moment.

The Yi and He families celebrated this Spring Festival together. Lin Ying had been pregnant for more than three months, but women nowadays are not pretentious. She continued to work even when pregnant. She was busy making dumplings and cooking with Auntie and He Yushui.

Oh, by the way, when Lin Ying was pregnant, Sha Zhu was extremely happy and went from house to house to announce the good news that he was going to be a father.

Sha Zhu went to Xu Damao's house to show off, and asked Xu Damao, "Your wife got pregnant a few months earlier than mine, why doesn't your wife's belly get bigger?"

From that day on, Xu Damao suspected that he was cheated by Qin Jingru, and he dragged Qin Jingru to the hospital for examination. Finally, Qin Jingru was exposed and pushed the fault to Qin Huairu, saying that it was her sister who taught her.

Qin Huairu thought, although she was the one who taught Qin Jingru, Qin Jingru had clearly agreed that she would support her family after marrying Xu Damao, but Qin Jingru, that ungrateful person, refused to lend her money after getting together with Xu Damao. Qin Huairu was too lazy to care about her business.

At that time, Xu Damao resented the two Qin sisters for plotting against him, and they almost got into a fight. In the end, they were pulled apart by everyone in the yard.

Since then, Qin Jingru was abused by Xu Damao every other day. When she went out to wash vegetables and clothes, people in the yard saw her with bruises on her face, but they could not sympathize with her, mainly because it was Qin Jingru's own fault, and she was eager to marry Xu Damao.

Finally, after waiting for a while, Yi Jiale saw his father. Yi Zhonghai was wearing a military coat, and there was a layer of white snow on the coat and hat.

Yi Jiale first waited for his father to take off his clothes and brush off the snow on his body, then he rushed over and hugged him.

She asked, "Dad, are you tired from working today? Is the food in the cafeteria delicious today? And where is my brother Zhu? Why didn't he come back with you?"

Lin Ying was a little disappointed that she didn't see Sha Zhu, and turned around to wait for the old man's answer.

Yi Zhonghai: "I'm not very tired at work today, and there's not much work to do. And your brother Zhu went to cook for the big boss, so I guess he won't be back until the evening."

"Yingzi, Zhuzi should have told you about that big boss he used to cook for. Today, Zhuzi gave me a message and asked me to bring it to you. He went to cook for the big boss. If he comes back late, let us eat first."

Lin Ying quickly smiled and nodded: "Okay, I get it, uncle!!"

Seeing that his father hadn't answered yet, Yi Jiale asked him how the food in the cafeteria was. He patted Yi Zhonghai's leg, raised his head and pouted his lips and said, "Dad, you haven't told me yet, how was your meal today?"

Yi Zhonghai warmed his hands and then picked up Yi Jiale and answered, "What we ate in the factory today was not as good as usual. I heard a bunch of leaders holding meetings, emphasizing frugality and opposing waste, and the cafeteria even organized a "bitter and sweet meal" for us.

Yi Jiale asked: "What is that bittersweet rice made of? Is it delicious?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Remembering the Bitterness and Thinking of the Sweetness" is a porridge made with wild vegetables, tree roots, and some coarse grains that cannot be any rougher, and bran.

"It's hard for adults to swallow that, and a kid like you definitely can't eat even a single bite."

When Yi Jiale heard the materials inside, he thought about it and felt that he would not be able to swallow it all in one bite.

Lin Xiong has never seen his father since he was born. Seeing how the old man treats Tuanzi, he is very envious and often imagines the old man as his own father.

Since Lin Xiong often stayed at Yi Jiale's house, he developed a sense of admiration for his uncle and aunt. He often couldn't help but imagine himself as a dumpling, and his parents loved him so much.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife actually saw the emotion in Lin Xiong's eyes.

But they haven't asked their daughter's opinion yet, as well as Lin Xiong's sister's opinion, otherwise Yi Zhonghai and his wife would like to adopt Lin Xiong as their goddaughter.

Yi Jiale was sitting on his father's lap and chatting with him. Seeing Lin Xiong sitting alone by the stove, he invited her, "Sister Xiong, come here. Look, my dad has another leg. Let's sit together."

Yi Zhonghai also looked at the child, opened his arms, and motioned for him to come over and hold him.

Lin Xiong walked forward cautiously and looked at Yi Jiale and Yi Zhonghai's faces. They both had smiles on their faces and hoped that he could go over too. Lin Xiong was happily hugged by Yi Zhonghai.

The two little sisters held hands and chatted with their father by the stove.

The laughter and joy were heard by the three women in the kitchen, and they became more motivated to work.

When Lin Ying walked in and saw her sister being held by an old man like a daughter, she was so moved that tears rolled down her cheeks. After all, she had seen her father, but her sister had never even seen her father and had forgotten her mother. Lin Ying either didn't know why her sister liked to come to the Yi family to play, or she treated Yi Zhonghai and his wife as her parents and Tuanzi as her own sister.

Looking at her sister's innocent smile, Lin Ying thought that she must ask her uncle and aunt privately tonight whether they are willing to accept her sister as their goddaughter.

(Hey, my dear children, today is the last chapter!! Love you!)