Chapter 1496: The roar of the 30th

Nanluoguxiang

New Year's Eve is a unique cultural atmosphere and a traditional celebration. For many people, this day is the most important day of the whole year, symbolizing family reunion, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, and praying for peace.

On New Year's Eve, Jingcheng is immersed in a happy and festive atmosphere. In the streets and alleys, every household has pasted red couplets and the character "Fu," symbolizing good luck. In every household, parents and children gather together to share the joy of family.

As night falls, Jingcheng is brightly lit, and fireworks and firecrackers bloom in the sky like blooming flowers, offering the best blessings for the arrival of the New Year.

The New Year's Eve dinner is naturally an indispensable highlight. Every household has prepared sumptuous dishes—fish, meat, chicken, duck—symbolizing wealth, happiness, and reunion. Children cheer and jump, and adults also can't close their mouths with happiness.

The whole Red Star Courtyard is filled with the aroma of food. Because the Red Star Rolling Mill's New Year benefits are powerful, every worker working at the Rolling Mill can receive five catties of wild boar meat, three catties of eggs, one catty of mutton, white flour, cooking oil, peanuts, melon seeds, candies, etc... enough for the family to have a happy New Year.

Thanks to Yan Jiecheng, the Yan family rarely made a table of meat dishes, making Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiedi eat with greasy mouths, making Yan Fugui feel pained.

Yan Fugui shouted anxiously: "Eat slowly, eat slowly, don't just eat meat, save some for tomorrow."

Yan Jiecheng's wife smiled: "Dad, let everyone eat more. It's okay, there's still plenty of stuff at home. We don't need to save this year."

Yan Fugui: "If you don't manage the house, you don't know the price of firewood and rice. You can't eat and drink lavishly just because you're rich. No family can afford to spend like this. Only by being diligent and thrifty can life get better and better."

Yan Jiecheng said: "Forget it, Dad. You have been diligent and thrifty for most of your life, and now you still have to rely on me for the family to eat this big fish and meat. If you ask me, instead of focusing on saving, you might as well think of ways to change the status quo. Look at me as an example. If I didn't work at the Red Star Rolling Mill, even if I only ate one meal a day, I wouldn't be able to save this table of chicken, duck, fish, and meat."

Yan Fugui said with a straight face: "Hmph, you being able to enter the Red Star Rolling Mill is not because of my help? Without my face and family background supporting you, could Cao Weiguo get you into the Rolling Mill? What? Now that your wings are hard, you dare to lecture your father? You tell me, how did I raise such a white-eyed wolf?"

Yan Jiecheng said hard-heartedly: "Dad! It's New Year's, don't look for trouble. How am I a white-eyed wolf? Splitting the family is following the call of the revolution; that is the general trend. Besides, I haven't been less filial to you two elders after splitting the family. If it weren't for me, could you eat this table of big fish and meat?"

Auntie Yan pulled Yan Fugui: "Old Yan, what are you doing? This is New Year's Eve dinner, everyone is happy, don't argue."

Yan Fugui patted the chopsticks on the table in frustration and stood up angrily to walk out: "I have no appetite. You guys eat, but be careful. Don't eat it all in one meal. Just because you have some conditions doesn't mean you can eat and drink lavishly. You don't know how to live at all."

Yan Jiecheng greeted nonchalantly: "Everyone eat, this is all brought back by Brother from the factory, all good things. Look at how fat this wild boar meat is, and this mutton, is it fragrant?"

Yan Jiedi: "Fragrant."

Yan Jiekuang: "I want to eat fish!"

Yan Jiefang: "Brother, if only I could work at your factory too."

Yan Jiecheng said: "Our factory is one of the key units in Jingcheng. Is it something you can enter just because you want to? You, just honestly go to the countryside to join the team."

Middle Courtyard, Jia family

Seeing Shazhu used the benefits he and Qin Huairu brought back to make a table full of dishes. The aroma was mouth-watering, but this atmosphere and the New Year's Eve dinner didn't match at all.

Jia Zhangshi pulled a stinky face, bitter and deep, as if someone owed her one hundred thousand or eighty thousand.

Qin Huairu lowered her head and wiped her tears, sobbing from time to time. She was clearly missing Bang Geng, which made Seeing Shazhu and Yi Zhonghai feel pained, secretly blaming Bang Geng for not being promising and not being peaceful on New Year's.

The Deaf Old Lady, He Yushui, Xiao Dang, and Huaihua were not affected. They happily ate the delicious food, and their mood was quite good. Without Bang Geng grabbing meat, they could eat more steadily. Otherwise, all the good food would have to go into Bang Geng's stomach.

"Eat, eat, eat, only know how to eat, a bunch of heartless things! Bang Geng is still suffering outside, and you guys can still eat? All of you put down your chopsticks! This meat must be saved for my grandson to eat!"

Jia Zhangshi slapped the chopsticks out of Xiao Dang's hand, stared with triangular eyes, and shouted sternly, scaring Xiao Dang's face white, and Huaihua cried even more.

The Deaf Old Lady said unhappily: "Dead girl, what kind of wind are you blowing again? Not even eating New Year's Eve dinner, is this New Year still being passed?"

Jia Zhangshi shouted at the top of her lungs: "Eat what eat! My grandson is not home, this New Year is meaningless! Seeing Shazhu, didn't you say you went to beg the big leader? Didn't you say you had a way? How come my grandson is still locked in the juvenile detention center! You useless thing, if you don't have the ability, don't talk big! Now it's alright, Xu Damao was annoyed by you, and you didn't get my grandson out either! What do you want my grandson to do? I tell you, if my grandson can't come back, I won't be finished with you!"

Seeing Shazhu said shamefully: "Auntie Zhang, I really tried my best, but I didn't expect the big leader's situation to be bad too. He is now idle at home, has no power in his hands, and can't manage this matter. But don't worry, even if I risk my old life, I will save Bang Geng. If the big leader can't do it, then I will go find Factory Director Yang tomorrow. No matter what, he was once the Factory Director of the Rolling Mill, so he can say a few words."

Yi Zhonghai sighed: "Zhuzi, the hope of finding Factory Director Yang is also not big. He was a Factory Director before, but times have changed. Now he is just cleaning. Inside and outside the factory, only you take him seriously. If you go find him, it's better to think of a way to beg Cao Weiguo. He is the Logistics Section Chief. Bang Geng was caught in the canteen, and that place is also under his management. If he is willing to help, Bang Geng's matter might still have room for maneuver."

Seeing Shazhu stared with ox eyes: "Find Cao Weiguo? Ptooey! Even if I find a dog, I won't ask him for help! He is an insidious and despicable villain. This time Bang Geng was caught and held onto, I suspect it has something to do with him. Maybe it was him falling into the well and throwing stones, taking the opportunity to retaliate against Bang Geng."

He Yushui was unhappy and said angrily: "Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? Brother Weiguo is not that kind of person. He doesn't like Bang Geng, but he won't fall into the well and throw stones."

Jia Zhangshi slapped the table and shouted: "All of you shut up! Seeing Shazhu! Qin Huairu! I don't care what method you use, I just want my grandson to come home. If he doesn't come home for one day, our family won't have peace for one day. Don't eat this meal either, all of you get out! I feel annoyed when I look at you! My grandson is suffering outside, and you guys are eating and drinking here. Do you have any conscience? All of you get out!" ===== CHAPTER 1498 =====