Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 677: Opening Director Liao's treasure chest, a new year is coming to an end with the sound of firecrackers (Monthly ticket plus more)
After finishing the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone cleaned up the table and put various dried fruits and snacks on it. Then the family members either watched TV and chatted in the main living room, or went out to set off fireworks in the yard.

There is no live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala these days. What is broadcast are some singing and dancing performances, crosstalk, storytelling, Peking opera and other programs. My family hardly watches them. They turn on the TV just for the atmosphere.

With the sound from TV, it’s lively and the chat feels more interesting.

The yard was even more lively. The fireworks that had not been set off just now were being picked up again.

Adults and children held magic bullets in their hands, which were long and thin sticks. They held the end without a fuse and after lighting the other end, they sprayed fireworks into the sky.

Granular ammunition is distributed along the burning path of the fuse. After being ignited by the fuse, these ammunition will explode in the sky.

"Pah! Pah!"

"Pah! Pah!"

"Swish! Bang..."

Although this thing is not as good as the huge fireworks in later generations, it is still very good in this era.

Coupled with the sounds of firecrackers and fireworks in other streets and alleys outside, the atmosphere of the New Year is very strong.

Of course, magic bullets alone are still a little insufficient.

There is also a paper butterfly cannon that looks like a butterfly with a horizontal nozzle. It can rise to a certain height, but its main function is to fly far. Its principle is similar to that of a sky rocket, but its flight direction is different.

It flew into the sky with a whoosh.

The two little guys, Zhao Zhengyi and Zhao Mingzhu, had never seen these things before and were extremely excited.

In addition, Hu Daohu got a slightly larger spray paint from somewhere.

It is a cone-shaped fireworks which can spray out fireworks up to several meters high when ignited, with sparks flying everywhere, as gorgeous as a fire tree and silver flowers, which is very spectacular.

Fang Yan watched them for a while and then returned to the study.

At this moment, the family's big wolf dog Hei Nui was hiding in the study. There was a lot of crackling noise outside and a bad smell of gunpowder, so it ran to Fangyan's study and hid.

Seeing Fangyan enter the study, Heinu immediately wagged her tail to greet Fangyan.

"Good dog!" Fang Yan touched the dog's head, then came to the desk and sat down.

Hei Nuo naturally ran to Fang Yan's feet, lay down on the ground, and stayed by his side.

Fangyan turned on the desk lamp and took out the bag that Director Liao had given him today, then took out the box inside. He saw that there was no name written on it, and the material was just ordinary pine wood.

So he lifted the lock on it and opened the box.

Immediately, a document with all the proof of the courtyard house appeared in front of Fangyan.

Looking closely, the address is exactly the courtyard house on the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street.

Fangyan was slightly stunned. You know, after 1966, real estate ownership registration came to a complete standstill.

The ownership of urban land was not clarified until the relevant laws and regulations were promulgated in 1982. At that time, there is no very standardized and unified real estate certificate to clarify issues such as the ownership of houses.

But the certificate in front of me is different. It contains the reasons for the award, the government departments involved, and the signatures and seals of relevant personnel, including the Beijing Municipal Construction Committee, Housing Management Department, and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office.

It clearly states that the house was given to Fangyan by the government as a reward, and it even states that the right to use the land belongs to Fangyan.

Fangyan had thought about buying this courtyard house before, but in this day and age, these houses are all managed by state departments.

The only things that can be traded seriously are of special nature.

For example, the Le family’s courtyard house was preserved because they had handed over the secret recipe before and were given priority support during the public-private partnership.

As a result, Fangyan has really got the courtyard house, but he did not buy it. Instead, it is a reward for completing his mission to help the country.

Now he suddenly understood. No wonder Director Liao asked Fang Yan to go back and open it. It turned out that he needed to hide from the overseas Chinese businessmen and prevent the news from spreading.

In fact, many overseas Chinese businessmen want to buy a house in Beijing. They are not short of money, so they want to buy a courtyard house and then decorate it to make it the way they want, so that they can live here conveniently every time they come back.

For example, the Zhou family wanted to buy the courtyard house next door to Yan’s family, but in the end they failed to do so due to policy reasons.

This kind of thing really needs to be kept confidential.

After all, it has been opened.

He shouted to the main hall:
"Wife, come here for a moment."

Soon Zhu Lin came, opened the door and asked him:
"what happened?"

She was holding a teapot in her hand, and I thought it was Fangyan who wanted to add more tea.

Fang Yan waved at her and said:

"Come and take a look."

Zhu Lin came over with a teapot in hand, looking curious.

Then I saw Fangyan pointing at the certification documents on the table.

Zhu Lin immediately saw the key words above. She almost dropped the teapot in her hand and said in surprise:
"Ah! This...where did you get this?"

The dialect said:

"Director Liao from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office gave it to me when I left today." Zhu Lin poured a cup of tea for Fang Yan, then picked up the certificate and read it carefully. After reading it three times, she asked:

"In other words, this courtyard will be ours from now on?"

Fang Yan took the teacup in his hand, took a sip of tea, was very satisfied with his wife's reaction, nodded and said:
"Well, if there are no unexpected policies in the future, it should be like this."

This is not a definite statement. After all, it was a gift from the government. Once the current leader retires and Fangyan's position is no longer important, maybe someone will still want to take it back by force.

Fangyan had seen this situation before in his previous life, so he said this.

But Zhu Lin didn't think about these things.

He said happily:
"That's great."

"I'll go tell our parents the news."

As she was about to take the certificate to the next door, Fang Yan quickly said:

"Don't be busy yet."

Zhu Lin was startled:
"what happened?"

Of course, such good things should be shared with family members, right?
The dialect reminded:
"Old Hu and his wife are still here!"

Zhu Lin blinked, not quite understanding the meaning.

Then I heard the dialect explain:
"Many of their overseas Chinese businessmen want to get a house. When Director Liao gave it to me today, he asked me to come back and open it to have a look. I guess he wanted to avoid them."

"If they knew about this and went to Director Liao to buy a house, wouldn't that make Director Liao embarrassed?"

Zhu Lin was stunned when he heard this, and then he suddenly realized.

At the same time, I also remembered the old Zhou couple who wanted to buy a house next door to them, but they didn’t buy it either.

She nodded:

"That's right..."

After saying this, he put down the certificate in his hand:

"Okay, let's talk about it after they leave."

"Yes." Fang Yan nodded, then packed the documents, closed the lid, handed the bag and box to his wife, and said:
"I'm giving this to you, take it and keep it."

After hearing this, Zhu Lin immediately smiled and nodded, took it, and said:
"Okay, this is our family's title deed. I have to pass it on to my children."

After saying that, he picked her up like a baby and went to the bedroom with the things.

After opening the treasure chest given by Director Liao, Fang Yan left the study and returned to the main hall, where he sat together with his family to stay up all night. The elders did so to cherish the time, while the young people did so to prolong their parents' lives.

The whole family gathered together to chat about the trivialities of life in the past year, share each other's stories and experiences, and look forward to the new year. Lao Hu and his friends also came back to chat after setting off firecrackers.

Listen to Fang Zhenhua talk about folk rumors in the Northeast Forest Farm, listen to the eldest sister and brother-in-law talk about the struggle with wolves on the grassland throughout the four seasons, listen to the second sister looking for water and digging a well on the loess plateau, and listen to the dialect talk about the time when she was sent to work in Sichuan and crossed the mountains to find Master Haideng next door.

Hu Daohu and Huang Huijie were fascinated by the story and never thought they could celebrate the New Year like this.

Then they also told stories about the Malay side.

Time passed quickly and it was midnight in the blink of an eye.

After the Jiaozi hour, people will set off firecrackers to ward off evil spirits and add to the festive atmosphere. Not only the Fangyan family but also the neighbors outside will do the same. Once it’s past twelve o’clock, the sound of firecrackers can be heard continuously.

Fangyan and the others also arrived at the gate of the courtyard, opened the door, put a string of firecrackers on a pole, lit them, and started to set them off with a crackling sound.

It took several attempts in a row before it was done.

The sound of firecrackers could still be heard all around, mainly because there were so many people in the compound, and if one family could set off a bunch of firecrackers, that would be a lot.

After the firecrackers were set off, a car drove into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street from a distance and stopped in front of the courtyard gate.

The drunk little brother was sent back.

After asking, I found out that he drank almost a pound of white wine today.

Fangyan quickly got it back for the younger brother, and then used a needle to help him sober up.

After the younger brother came back, the family was finally complete. After setting off firecrackers and after midnight, the next necessary programs were for the younger generations to pay New Year's greetings to the elders and for the elders to give New Year's money to the younger generations.

This is meant to ward off evil spirits and ghosts, and bless the younger generation with good health and good luck in the new year.

The elders in the family had already prepared red envelopes and were waiting for them to wish them a happy new year.

There are many things to pay attention to when celebrating the New Year these days, so the festive atmosphere is very strong.

Hu Daohu and his wife were not shy and immediately decided to participate in the activity.

PS: After finishing this chapter, I still owe you 92000 words.

No more today. Please come early tomorrow.

Lao Feng is working hard on coding for tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)