Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 690: The relatives of Lao He’s family have come, and they can’t figure out where they are!

Lu Donghua was quite satisfied with Fang Yan’s performance just now. No one else had ever brought their apprentices to try it before.

This is the first time this has happened today.

Moreover, Old Liu, who came to the door, returned empty-handed.

I believe that within a few days, this matter will spread among their circle of old men.

However, Lu Donghua himself will also go to Sichuan to film in a few days.

You won’t be able to see Old Liu’s unhappy face anymore.

But that didn't stop him from being in a good mood.

Today, on the first day of the new year, Fangyan’s performance just now was the happiest thing for him.

So, when Fangyan said that he had to go to other places to pay New Year's greetings, the old man picked and chose from the gifts of various families at home and got a bunch of them.

They were all stuffed into the hands of Fang Yan and his disciples.

Everyone can see that the old man is showing his favoritism.

Fangyan accepted the master's kindness, said hello to others, then drove away and went to other places to pay New Year's greetings.

I have to take advantage of the time I still have this afternoon to visit a few other families to wish them a happy new year.

Next, Fangyan took his three apprentices to the homes of several people who had sent New Year's goods before the New Year. Except for Old Mrs. Luo who had returned to Luolou Village, Xiayi County, HEN Province, everyone else was still at home.

However, this period is the peak season for New Year's greetings. These people either hold important positions or have many students. By the time Fangyan gets there, the house is basically full of guests.

Some people knew him by dialect, and some had heard of his name.

It is also difficult to cope with the multitude of dialects.

We chatted briefly with this and that, and time passed by unknowingly.

By the time they got home, it was already past six in the afternoon, later than the usual time to get off work.

I spoke more words and met more people in the afternoon, speaking more dialects than when I went to Tong Ren Tang for medical treatment in the morning.

After returning home, dozens of people gathered in the living room, watching TV, which was replaying the Capital People's Spring Festival Gala recorded last night.

That was the party that my little brother and his friends attended last night.

This performance almost brought together the major elite classics of the literary and artistic circles at that time, including singing and dancing, drama, folk art, and acrobatics.

The actors performed with all their heart and the audience was excited.

Fangyan took a quick look and saw the program preview on the TV:
There are Guo Lanying's "Embroidering a Golden Plaque", Hu Songhua's "Ode", Caidan Zhuoma's "Sing a Mountain Song for the Party", Ma Guoguang's quick-paced "Long March Suite: Four Crossings of the Chishui River to Send Out a Surprise Attack", Ma Yutao's "Horse, Please Walk Slowly", the song and dance "Washing Song" by the XZ Military Region Art Troupe, and the dance "The People of Asia, Africa and Latin America Are Connected Heart to Heart" by the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe...

When the family saw Fang Yan and his friends coming back, they all greeted him.

Upon closer inspection, I saw that there were new guests. Among them were relatives from my mother's family, including my eldest uncle and aunt who had come to my wedding last time, as well as my second uncle and aunt.

And they didn’t come last time, but this time several cousins, their wives, cousins’ husbands, and nephews and nieces came.

My uncle is a railway worker. He became disabled due to rescue work. Now he receives salary every month and his life is pretty good.

My second uncle was a high school teacher. He suffered a lot in the past few years. When Fangyan got married, he had not yet resumed his work and his life was not very good. The family relied on my second aunt who worked in the food factory to support them.

However, it is said that after the city leaders knew that he was Fangyan's second uncle, they notified him to resume work some time ago, and he resumed his position in his original high school after the new semester started.

As for the cousins ​​at home, none of them came last time, mainly because their lives were not that good to begin with. Their cousin Fangyan was getting married, so they had to give a gift, and they were not close to Fangyan, so they did not come.

This time... basically everyone who could come came.

He even brought his own children. That guy has a lot of children at home.

Fortunately, the color TV and the candies were used to suppress their noise.

Now everyone sits in the house and watches TV obediently.

When their family members asked them to greet each other, they all obediently called them "uncle" or "cousin" in the dialect.

Fangyan responded one by one, and then listened to their introductions.

There were also relatives from the Zhu family, Zhu Jianye at the train station and his wife who was suffering from rheumatism and was rescued by Fang Yan and Mr. Zhu.

By the way, we used to call him “Comrade Jianye” in the dialect, but now we should follow Zhu Lin and call him “Uncle Jianye”.

After Fangyan said hello, his parents started to order dinner.

There are more people at home today than in the morning.

It’s a good thing that the Dajin couple and the Chen Kaige couple left, otherwise there wouldn’t be enough room for everyone in Fangyan’s house.

Fortunately, Fangyan had thought about their coming, so he asked his family to prepare some extra food.

But Fangyan hadn't expected them to come. In fact, all of them came with their families. The food he prepared was originally intended to deal with several groups of people, but in the end, almost all of it was served on the table tonight.

It’s not that Fangyan was heartless about the food, but all these relatives, who he didn’t contact much on a daily basis, came all at once, which really caught him off guard.

Zhu Jianye at the train station was a great help to Fang Yan's family with their travels.

As for the uncles and cousins, they are actually not close to the Fang family.

He is not even close to his mother, He Huiru.

Just look at the frequency of interactions with the Fang family over the past decade or so and you can already explain the nature of the relationship.

Although they were relatives, they had never helped the Fang family in distress. The idea of ​​"blood is thicker than water" had basically been broken by my mother.

What's more, they also destroyed my grandfather's inheritance.

I don't have anything good to say about them.

The friendship between Guan and Bao is rare in a thousand years, and the essence of most interpersonal relationships is the exchange of values.

However, it only happens once a year, and they are still relatives after all, so they still have to maintain their appearance. As long as they don't make any excessive demands this time and have a meal or two, Fangyan still thinks it's no big deal.

No matter what, I still have to call you "Big Brother" and "Second Brother".

Fangyan now suddenly understands the relationship between Lao Hu and his brothers and sisters.

It’s probably the same relationship as that between my mother and my two uncles.

It's just that their family is richer.

Everyone was quite satisfied with the food at Fangyan's house.

Especially in my second uncle's family, which was not well off, that guy really worked hard. Both the adults and the children just focused on eating. Fangyan was afraid that they would have problems with their diet.

After dinner, my uncle said he was ready to leave. His home is in Xicheng District, and there are buses back home.

At the same time, ask Fangyan’s family to visit when they are free and burn some incense for grandpa.

"Your children are all successful now, especially Fangyan, who has been in the newspapers and on the radio. Go back and burn some paper and incense for the old man, and tell him that he will be happy in the underworld."

After hearing my uncle's request, my mother quickly expressed her attitude:

"Okay, we'll find time to go there during the first month of the year."

Then the family members sent them all off, and of course they also took the better New Year gifts at home with them when they left.

I also gave each child a red envelope of a few cents.

After my uncle and his family left, Uncle Jianye and his wife also planned to leave.

They drove here, and of course they drove away as well.

After the couple left, the only family members left were my second uncle's family, who had not yet made any move.

On the way to the main hall, the old lady whispered to Fangyan:

"I heard your second uncle say this afternoon that your cousin wants your help to introduce him to his superiors. You can start the process later and we will help him find a way to get the job done."

"His superior?!" Fang Yan was stunned, thinking he had heard it wrong.

This is the first time I met this cousin today. How do I know his superior?
Fangyan doesn’t even know what his job is, so why should I help him?

"Is he mentally ill?!" Fang Yan looked surprised. He didn't know what was going on in the other person's brain.

If it was a friend or someone he knew coming to him to ask for this, Fangyan could still understand, but who is he?

Come over for a meal and then let yourself be helped.

The old lady lowered her voice and said:
"When I heard him, I felt that he had a mental problem. Anyway, I just refused."

"They haven't left yet. I'll talk about this as soon as you come into the house."

After hearing this, Fang Yan thought for a moment and asked my mother:
"Is he the eldest or the second child in their family?"

"Boss." said the mother.

Fangyan asked:

"Where does he work now?"

The old lady responded:
"It looks like a locomotive factory."

When Fangyan heard that it was a unit that had nothing to do with the health department, he immediately had some guesses in his mind.

In all likelihood, it was because I had treated one of their leaders before and he heard about this, so he planned to ask Fangyan to help.

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"Okay, I see."

Then they returned to the main hall, and my second uncle's family started watching TV again.

The kids' bellies were so bloated that they couldn't sit still for a while. They stood there watching TV, still eating candies in their mouths, looking like they never stopped.

After seeing Fangyan coming in, my second uncle smiled at them and said:

"This is the first time I've seen a color TV in your house. The effect is really good. In our area, if anyone has a black and white TV, it's a big deal. Hey, they must have never seen a color TV before."

My second aunt also said:

"It's only because of Huiru's dialect that we can bring back these new things."

Fangyan knew they were trying to start a conversation, so he just smiled and didn't respond.

At this time, the second uncle had no choice but to say to his eldest son:
"By the way, Boss, didn't you say before you came here that you wanted to discuss something with your brother? Now that he's free, hurry up and tell him. He's usually very busy."

Hearing this, the cousin immediately stood up and said to Fangyan with a smile:

"Brother, I have something I want to ask you for help..."

(End of this chapter)