Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Chapter 230 New Year

Gu Yizhou followed his parents to where Grandpa Gu lived.

If Lin Qingyan saw this, she would be very surprised. There are dense trees here, and few people live around. Only after crossing a long road can you see independent houses.

However, these houses are all surrounded by a large courtyard, and there are guards standing guard at the gate of the courtyard.

Gu Yizhou drove his father Gu Guodong and mother Lu Wan'er to the gate. The soldiers at the gate saluted them.

"Hello, please show me your ID."

Gu Yizhou took out his ID and handed it to the soldier. The soldier took it, took a look at it, saluted them, and then let them go.

After they drove in, another soldier asked him, "Don't you recognize the Gu family's car? Why do you need to check it?"

"I know him! The grandson, son and daughter-in-law of the Gu family."

"Then why do you check their IDs?"

"Zhang Qiang, don't forget what our job is. On the first day of work, I was told that no matter who enters here, their ID must be checked.

You also know who lives there. If there are enemy agents sneaking in, we cannot bear the responsibility for hurting anyone."

The person who checked the ID looked at the cyclist who had disappeared and gave a serious warning to his comrade.

Today is New Year's Eve, and everyone is busy preparing for the New Year.

Lin Qingyan was making the New Year's Eve dinner, while Liu Huizhen and Lin Qingxuan were making dumplings. Of course, the dumpling filling was prepared by Lin Qingyan. When the whole family worked together, the process was much faster. They planned to have the New Year's Eve dinner on the table early in the afternoon.

"Qingxuan, go set off the firecrackers and let's start eating the New Year's Eve dinner."

"Qingyan, bring the wine. Today is New Year's Eve, let's have a drink."

Lin Jianshe looked at the dishes on the table, which were much more sumptuous than in previous years, and couldn't help but think of his wine. His daughter gave him two jars of wine, but he hadn't drunk a sip yet.

"okay!"

Lin Qingyan turned around and picked up the jar of wine. As soon as she opened the lid, the fragrant aroma of wine wafted out.

Lin Jianshe sniffed and quickly placed the bowl in front of Lin Qingyan.

"It smells so good! Pour me a bowl quickly."

After Lin Qingyan poured him a large bowl, she poured some for Liu Huizhen, and even a little bit for her and Lin Qingxuan.

Under Liu Huizhen's gaze, Lin Qingyan said to her with a smile:

"Mom, today is New Year's Eve. Let's have a drink together. I hope days like this can last forever."

Lin Qingxuan also picked up the bowl, "Good days, long and long!"

The New Year's Eve dinner prepared by Lin Qingyan was well received by the whole family.

Accompanying her parents and younger brother, the family ate and chatted, she was very happy in her heart, just letting her sit there quietly and watch them, Lin Qingyan felt very satisfied,

So before she knew it, she had drunk too much and was drunk.

Lin Jianshe carried her back to the house. Liu Huizhen helped her take off her coat, wiped her face and hands, and gently closed the door.

When Lin Qingyan opened her eyes again, it was already the morning of the first day of the first lunar month in 77.

She heard the sound of firecrackers outside, got up, and saw two red envelopes placed beside the bed. Lin Qingyan picked up the red envelopes and smiled.

Lin Qingyan put away the red envelope, walked outside, and saw that Lin Qingxuan had already gotten up.

"Happy New Year, sis!"

"Qingxuan, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, Mom and Dad!"

After breakfast, Liu Huizhen asked Lin Qingyan and Lin Qingxuan to go out to pay New Year's greetings.

"You and Qingxuan should go out to celebrate the New Year!"

"Mom, aren't you going out?"

"Mom is waiting at home for the kids to come and pay New Year's greetings!"

There is a custom of paying New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year here. People usually pay New Year's greetings to their grandparents, uncles and aunts first, and then pay New Year's greetings to everyone in the whole compound, whether they know each other or not.

Normally, children would come to a house and say auspicious words to the host, and the host would give the children some food, or homemade melon seeds, peanuts, or candies.

In this era, supplies were scarce and candies were rare, so people usually ate popcorn or peanuts and other fried food.

Of course they wouldn’t give too much, just a little bit to each person. After going around the yard, almost every child could have a handful of melon seeds or popcorn.

It was not until almost noon that Lin Qingyan brought Lin Qingxuan back home.

"Qingxuan, go pick up your second aunt and her family tomorrow." Liu Huizhen assigned work to Lin Qingxuan directly.

"Mom, I've made an appointment with my friends to go out and play tomorrow. Should I ask dad to pick me up?"

Lin Qingxuan remembered the agreement with his friends and discussed it with Liu Huizhen.

"Your father is going to pick up your eldest aunt and her family. Your eldest aunt's house is quite far away," Liu Huizhen explained to him.

"Qingyan, you should prepare the dishes for tomorrow's meal. I have to admit that our daughter's cooking skills have surpassed mine as a mother." Liu Huizhen looked at Lin Qingyan and sighed.

"Mom, I think your cooking is the best."

Lin Qingyan smiled and walked forward to hold her mother's arm.

After arranging the work, Liu Huizhen went out with Lin Jianshe, and Lin Qingxuan also went out to play with his friends.

Of course, Lin Qingyan couldn't miss the opportunity to be independent on her own, so she flashed into the space and went to the modern world from the space. However, this time she chose to appear in an abandoned house in Xishui Village.

He pushed open the back door, took out his cell phone and slowly flipped through it. There were several messages on the phone, most of which were sent by Zhou Limei. One was from Aunt Wu, who made soy sauce, asking if there were any vegetables.

After Lin Qingyan replied to each message, she saw that the last one was from Lu Minglei. Lu Minglei was the one who bought her ginseng. After buying the ginseng, he called her once to ask about testing vegetables.

I haven't contacted her since then, why did I suddenly send her a message?

Lin Qingyan clicked it with some trepidation, and only heaved a sigh of relief when she saw it was a New Year's greeting message. After hesitating for a long time, she still didn't reply.

I picked up my phone and called Zhou Limei, and the call was connected as soon as it rang.

"Qingyan, you're back?"

Zhou Limei's excited voice came from the other side. How could she not be excited? During the time when Lin Qingyan was away, she was urged many times by the buyers in the group every day.

We had clearly issued a notice before telling them that there would be no vegetables during the Chinese New Year period, but after the children started to be picky about food again, these mothers or grandmothers went crazy again and took the initiative to start making reservations for after the holiday.

If she hadn't repeatedly controlled it, the reservation might have been scheduled for two months later.

"Sister Zhou, Happy Chinese New Year!"

"Happy Spring Festival!"

Zhou Limei then realized that today was still the first day of the new year and she almost forgot to pay New Year's greetings.

"Sister Qingyan, Happy New Year. Tongtong wishes you a happy new year. Sister Qingyan, when will you come back?"

Just when Zhou Limei was feeling frustrated, the phone was snatched away by Tongtong.

"Happy New Year, Tongtong. Sister can't come back now. Wait a few more days, and then I'll come to see you, okay?"

"Okay, then Tongtong will wait for you to come back!"

The two chatted on their phones for a long time before Zhou Limei took her own phone.

"Qingyan, when will you come back?"

"Sister Zhou, I'll probably be back here around the eighth day of the new year."

Lin Qingyan calculated the 15-day vacation time. Excluding the time spent on the road, the time she spent at home was even less.

"Okay, we'll discuss the store business when you come back."

"Sister Zhou, I received a message from Aunt Wu, asking when the store will have vegetables. Is it because there are too many people rushing to buy them?"

Lin Qingyan asked a little embarrassedly.

"Alas, it's more than just a lot. Almost every day, half of them urge me. Not only do they urge me in the group, but many people even send me private messages. I'm so scared that I'm staying at my parents' house recently and I don't dare to come back."

Zhou Limei still felt a lingering fear when she thought of the horror of these people.

"Sister Zhou, wait for me to come back and I can provide more for the first few days."

Zhou Limei was shocked when she heard this, "How much more can you supply?"

"About three times the normal amount, enough to supply for a week."

"Okay, I know what to do."

After Lin Qingyan hung up the phone, she thought about it and sent a New Year's greeting message to Lu Minglei.

After replying the message, she returned to the 70s from the space. Naturally, she didn't know that Lu Minglei had called her after she left.