Chapter 52: Year 30

The brigade accountant originally thought that it would take at least two or three days to fully settle the work points, but Su Yue’s calculation speed was too fast, and it only took half a day to calculate the part of the task assigned to her, and the accountant The part of myself is not yet calculated.
So Su Yue took a long time the next day to help the accountant with the calculation, and by noon all the accounts were completed.
The brigade accountant doesn’t know how to thank Su Yue. This is really a great help to him. In previous years, at least he had to keep calculating his account for ten days. This time it was only two days before and after. When it's over, this means that you can distribute things to the members several days in advance, and you no longer have to be urged by the members behind the ass.
Through this incident, the party secretary also looked a little upbeat to Su Yue. He didn’t like the fact that the educated youths came to the countryside to jump in the brigade because they were very squeamish, both men and women, and they didn’t know how to do farm work. The brigade also has to pay for their rations and accommodation. This is a burden for the brigade. Therefore, the members do not like the educated youth, and the branch secretary does not like it. They often see these educated youths. Not very enthusiastic, I just hope they can have fewer moths.
In the past, he had the impression of Su Yue as a very beautiful squeamish girl. She didn’t do well and she always wanted to ask for leave. He didn’t like it very much, but he didn’t expect that although Su Yue could not work, she was very clever and settled. It’s better than the calculations.
With her help this time, the settlement at the end of the year was easily completed.
As soon as the party secretary was happy, with a wave of his big hand, he gave Su Yue five pounds of meat as a reward for this help, and he was still given five pounds of fat.
Everyone loves to eat fatty meat these days, and when you divide the meat, you can’t wait to divide the fat, because the fatty meat is rich in oil and water, and it is delicious when you eat it, and it can also be used to refine lard and cook. It can be said that the party secretary is willing to give five kilograms of full fat.
Su Yue actually doesn't like to eat fat meat. If she eats it herself, she would definitely choose to eat lean meat, but she thought that fat meat can be refined. If you have oil, you can add more oil when cooking vegetables, so she didn’t refuse, she carried five catties. Fatty went home with joy.
The old lady Han narrowed her eyes with joy when she saw Su Yue carrying so much fat back, "It's good, good, now I can refine two big tanks of oil, and I don't need to buckle and search for cooking oil during the New Year."
New Year's Day is when oil is needed, and the old lady Han cheerfully refines all five catties of fat into lard that afternoon, in addition to a large pot of oil residue. Greasy residue is a good thing. Adults and children like to eat it. It's greasy in one bite. For members who don't see oil and water all the year round, it is extremely delicious, especially the freshly cooked greasy residue, put one in your mouth and chew Chew, happy like a fairy, if you can sprinkle some sugar, you will live faster.
Han Aimin received a small bowl of oily residue from the old lady. He was too happy to find it. He sat under the stove with a bench and ate while burning the fire. He couldn't enjoy it.
Old lady Han also wanted to serve Su Yue a separate bowl, Su Yue hurriedly waved her hand, "Mother, I don't eat this, I don't like this." She still couldn't eat this kind of oily dregs, and she felt so tired.
The old lady Han said, "You just don't know how to enjoy happiness by nature. You don't like to eat delicious things. You always like to eat those that are not oily."
Su Yue was ashamed, old lady, I really don't like to eat such things as fat and fat.

Early in the morning of the next day, the production team leader called out on the radio, asking all the members to gather at the brigade office immediately and begin to settle and send things at the end of the year.
When the members heard the news, they all grinned with joy. They all praised the brigade cadres for their quick work this year. It was considered a good account so early, unlike previous years that had to be delayed until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month or even the 30th of the new year.
There was snow outside, and people shivered from the cold as soon as they went out. Su Yue didn’t like to go out because of the cold, and didn’t want to join in the fun, so she asked Han Aiguo to take Han Aimin to pick up things and move things, while she followed the old man at home. The wife continued to prepare things for the New Year. In addition to making some melon seeds and candies to entertain guests, the most important thing is to eat on the table. The New Year's Eve dinner on the 30th of light takes a lot of thought.
This year’s New Year’s Eve dinner is for the whole family. There are more than a dozen people. Su Yue wondered if he had to cook at least ten dishes. In order to make up the dishes, she planned to deep-fry a piece of meatballs, and because every company made tofu when the brigade was grinding tofu, Su Yue left a piece of tofu to fry the Chinese cabbage, and the other tofu was intended to be used for fried tofu rounds.
However, before the deep-fried Yuanzi, Su Yue called Han Aimin and Lotus to announce to them: "From tomorrow, we will officially start the annual vacation, which means that your classes will be cancelled from tomorrow and will continue after the next year. "
Although both Han Aimin and Hehua are very consciously learning children, students like to take vacations, so when she said that, both of them were delighted.
Su Yue added another sentence when they laughed happily: "But before the holiday, you have to take a final exam. This is also the biggest exam this year. The first place in this exam will be rewarded: a stationery box and two Bucks."
The smiles on Han Aimin and Lotus's faces froze, and then turned into nervousness again, nervous and looking forward to it. The nervous thing is that the test is going to be done and I am afraid that the test is not good. I am looking forward to getting such a good reward, and I can even dream. Woke up with a smile.
The so-called test means that Su Yue has produced a paper herself. The test questions are all the content she taught them during this period, to see how well they master it.
Su Yue usually teaches very strictly, Han Aimin and He Hua also work hard, so the teaching progress has been advancing very fast. According to the textbook, they have now completed the content of the third grade of elementary school, so the test paper that Su Yue issued this time should be regarded as Final exam paper for the third grade of elementary school.
The content of the Chinese paper test questions includes grouping words, filling in verses, supplementary sentences, with a small understanding, and a small composition of one hundred words. The difficulty is not simple, at least much more difficult than the questions given by the elementary school teachers in the brigade. The math papers are all calculation problems.
Han Aimin and Lotus sat on each side of the table. The two sat opposite each other, each holding a paper and a pen. After Su Yue announced the start of the exam, they drew their heads intently and wrote the paper.
The language test is two and a half hours, and the math test is two hours. The test is completed in the morning after the language test.
Su Yue took off her watch and put it on the table so that the two of them could see the time at any time, and grasp the progress of writing the question by herself, so as not to finish the paper when the time is up.
Not only Su Yue and the two children took the exam seriously, but the adults in the family also took it seriously. The old lady Han would come out from the kitchen to take a quiet look at the two children. Seeing that they lowered their heads and wrote seriously, she smiled with satisfaction. laugh. Old people are always happy to see their children study hard.
Han Lao Er and Han Lao Er's daughter-in-law also attached great importance, mainly Han Lao Er's wife, because if Lotus can get the first place in this exam, he will get a stationery box and two yuan. Two dollars can be worth forty centimeters! And the stationery box is also very useful, Xiao Lei can use it in school in the future, take it out, the child can save face.
So the second daughter-in-law Han also rarely set foot on the old house. Standing beside the lotus, she looked more like an invigilator than Su Yue. She carefully watched the lotus writing on the paper. Although she could not understand what was written, she did not forget it. Explain to the lotus: "Lotus, please write carefully, don't make a mistake, you won't be the first place if you make a mistake, and I won't clean up you at that time."
Lotus had a pause with her hand writing the test and bit her lower lip.
Su Yue's face sank, and she said to the second wife of Han, "My second son, don't bother your child doing the questions here. Even if you can write lotus, you may not be able to write it."
The second daughter-in-law of Han pouted her lips and wanted to say something, so she was dragged away by the second daughter, "Walk around, you don't know how to read, so what are you doing here to disturb the children? There are a lot of things at home."
The second wife of Han was dragged away reluctantly by him.
Su Yue rubbed the lotus head, "Don't be influenced by others, only you can decide your own way."
Lotus's eyes became firm, and she said "Yeah" before continuing to write the topic.
The exam was completed in one morning, and there were only four papers for two students, and Su Yue corrected the papers when they had lunch at noon.
Han Aimin has always been better at arithmetic than lotus because he has studied arithmetic. This time he got a perfect score in the math test, but lotus got 95 points for a wrong calculation problem. However, Lotus's Chinese score has always been better than Han Aimin's. This time, he scored 95 points in the Lotus Chinese test, while Han Aimin's Chinese test scores only 88 points. As a result, Han Aimin's total score is two points less. .
Lotus is the first place in this final exam.
When the results were announced, Lotus was so happy that she almost fainted. When she received the beautiful stationery box and two yuan from Su Yue, she couldn't help crying.
No one knows the huge impact in her heart at this moment. This is not a simple first place for her, but the self-confidence for the future life, and it points to her a way forward.
She has not been taken seriously by her parents since she was a child, and it seems that she will always be a trivial and insignificant existence at home, as if the only purpose of her survival is to take care of and help her brother in the future.
But now she realized that she didn't exist for her younger brother, she could be great, she could be praised by others, and she could be a great person by herself, she was not a money-loser in her mother's mouth!
Su Yue understood the feeling of lotus, patted her on the back, wiped her tears, and whispered to her softly: "Remember, you can also be great. As long as you work hard, you can become the person you want to be. Care about what others say, only you can decide your own life."
The lotus nodded heavily, keeping this passage firmly in his heart. And think about it when you encounter difficulties in the future, and use this incentive to get through the difficulties again and again.
Han Aimin was a little bit disappointed not to get the first place, and he, as an uncle, lost to his niece. He felt so embarrassed that he was embarrassed to meet people.
Su Yue patted him on the shoulder, "What does it matter if you didn't get the first place in one test? It will be fine next time you work hard. How can a man take this small failure to heart."
Han Aiguo also patted his younger brother's shoulder encouragingly, and said, "Your sister-in-law is right. Listen to your sister-in-law."
Han Aimin: ...
Fortunately, the whole family started to get busy on the first day of the official annual holiday. Su Yue was about to blow up the ball, and Han Aimin was in charge of sitting in front of the stove and burning the fire, so busy that there was no time to lose.
Especially when he was burning the fire while eating the meat and tofu that were just out of the pot, his tongue was so fragrant that he couldn't wait to bite off his tongue. After bite after bite, his mouth was full of oil, and all his disappointment and shame were left behind. Up.
Twenty-eight fried yuanzi, twenty-nine dishes, and the New Year’s Eve came right after.
Early in the morning, the second daughter of Han brought her second wife and three children from the new house to help. The second wife of Han brought half a catty of meat and a pack of brown sugar to the old lady Han, "Mother, The money for building a house this year has been used up, and there is nothing good at home, so don’t dislike it."
As long as they are interested, Mrs. Han is happy, and she doesn't care if things are not. After receiving the things and turning around, I went to the room and took out a handful of candies and a few snacks. A child divided some, making the children happy.
Han Laosan also brought her and Maomao with her daughter-in-law, and Han's daughter-in-law can now go to the ground for activities as long as she does not exercise vigorously. But apparently she herself was too cautious, and she sat on the chair as soon as she came, not to say to help, even her mouth was too lazy to move, except that she yelled to the old lady Han, she did not even say hello to Su Yue and Han Aiguo .
Su Yue didn't bother to care about her when she saw her like this. If she didn't say hello, then she wouldn't take the initiative to say hello. She should be busy with herself, just as if she didn't exist.
Old lady Han was also angry, but she didn't care about her because she still had one in her stomach, and treated her as if she didn't exist just like Su Yue.
Oldest Han frowned and wanted to say she had a meal, but when it comes to the New Year's Day, you have to quarrel. It's fine if you quarrel at home. Don’t quarrel here with my old mother will ruin the good mood of my new year, so I just held back. Go forward and ask Han Aiguodao: "Brother, if you have any help, just call me."
Han Aiguo was not polite to him, "Mother and the others are cooking, we have to contract for the work, and we have to carry some hay and firewood to the kitchen. In addition, we should wash the dishes and chopsticks we will use later."
"Oh okay, I'll move!" Han Lao San was very happy that his eldest brother was not polite with him, and happily ran to move hay and firewood.
The third wife of Han secretly pouted her lips, this big idiot, being asked to do a job is like picking up a big bargain.
In the kitchen, the chef Su Yue, the old lady Han and the second wife of Han are responsible for fighting.
For this New Year’s Eve dinner, Su Yue planned to cook ten dishes. In addition to the existing meat ball and tofu ball, he also used extra tofu to cook a piece of tofu and boiled cabbage; this morning, the old lady Han got up and killed A chicken, this chicken has been raised for a year, just waiting for the New Year to kill and eat, Su Yue made a braised chicken with this chicken.
Because the meat was divided during the Chinese New Year, Su Yue also made a plate of braised pork, then fried into shredded pork with the meat, and served it with his own dough to make a piece of shredded pork with Beijing sauce.
The remaining four dishes are all vegetarian dishes, namely hot and sour potato shreds, eggplant pot, fish-flavored pork shreds and glutinous rice lotus root.
The second wife of Han looked straight on one side, and didn't move for a while.
Good deed, is this meal made for the big leaders?
When will their farmers eat such good dishes during the Chinese New Year? When she grew up, the best time she had eaten in her memory was during the Chinese New Year last year. At that time, she hadn’t separated her family. Because the older brother had an allowance in the army, the family’s conditions improved. The old lady made six dishes during the New Year’s Eve dinner. The big dishes, two of which were meat, ate her mouth full of oil that time, and I felt that there was no better day than then.
As a result, she knew now that last year's food was not good, and this year's food was so good. I really didn't expect that the New Year could be enriched like this. She hadn't eaten some of these dishes before, and the fragrance felt like it would penetrate into her stomach.
It turned out that after the separation, the eldest brother and the mother lived so well. I pity their family who ran out of money for building the house. Now the meal is not as good as before the separation. If there is no separation, would she also? Can you live such a good life?
She doesn't want to split up.
The old lady called Han's second wife several times, "Why are you in the second place?"
The second wife of Han came back to her senses, "Ah? What do you tell me, mother?"
The old lady Han pointed to the cooked dishes, "The dishes are ready, you put the dishes on the table, and let the second child set the tableware and chopsticks, we are ready to eat."
"Oh oh." The second wife of Han hurriedly put away her thoughts, and took the vegetables to the hall and put them on the table. Just seeing the third wife's wife sitting at the table and licking melon seeds and didn't know to help, she felt uneasy.
Why are they busy here and she sits and eats ready-made food? She is not Lafayette.
Feeling unhappy, Han's second wife said: "I said that the third child's family, you go and put the bowls and chopsticks, you don't need much effort."
The third wife of Han continued to eat melon seeds, threw the melon seeds directly on the clean ground, and said casually: "I have a child in my stomach. The doctor said I want to rest, how can I work? Besides, my family loves the party. Do you work? I don't need to do it."
The second daughter-in-law of Han is very uncomfortable with her being like a queen mother when she is pregnant, and she rolls her eyes immediately, "Is it possible that you can't move when you are pregnant? You are so squeamish, if you are born It's a girl movie, I see what you do."
The third wife of Han exploded as soon as she heard this, and stood up for a moment, "What are you talking about? You are afraid that you are pregnant with two girls, so you want others to be pregnant too, so you will be proud? "
The second daughter-in-law of Han became unhappy after being stimulated by the "two girl films", and argued with her: "You say that a son is a son? I think Bacheng is a girl!"
The third wife of Han pinched her waist and her voice became louder, "I tell you, our girl from the Zhao family is famous for having a son. I gave birth to a son at the first birth, and this one is still a son! I am different from you. !"
The quarrel between the two people here drew everyone. Before Han Lao Er and Han Lao San could speak, the old lady Han came over with a kitchen knife and slapped it on the table. Give me a few more quarrels and then all go back to me. Don't even think about coming to my old house for dinner!"