For future generations, New Year's Eve is incomplete without the Spring Festival Gala, but people today do not have this concept. Lin Chaoyang's family does not even have a TV.

On New Year's Eve, the family had a happy New Year's Eve dinner, and the sound of firecrackers outside the window kept coming and going.

When there is no ban on the New Year, the New Year flavor will be stronger.

After getting up early on the first day of the Lunar New Year and saying New Year greetings to their parents, Lin Chaoyang and his wife rode their bicycles to Yanda University. They didn’t care whether they came back on the second day of the Lunar New Year or not. Anyway, they were close and they had time, so they could go back if they wanted to.

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When I go home to celebrate the New Year, I will inevitably have to be begged for New Year's money by several children.

Tao Yumo asked her sister for lucky money, but Tao Yushu knocked her hand off.

"You are so old, but you still need lucky money!"

"I'm only a sophomore in college, and I haven't even participated in work. Why can't I ask for lucky money?" Tao Yumo said unconvinced.

"Okay, okay. Come on, take it."

Lin Chaoyang took out a five-yuan note and gave it to Tao Yumo.

Tao Yushu rolled her eyes at him, "You are the only one who knows how to be a good person, and you will get used to her!"

“New Year’s Eve!”

Whether it’s New Year’s Day, festivals, early in the morning, late at night... the Chinese can always find ways to break up fights.

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

Tao Yumo shouted four plus numbers of sweetness in her throat, and happily put the money into her pocket.

After having lunch at home and making an appointment to visit their uncle Du Ruolin's house for New Year greetings on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu prepared to go home.

After going out, I saw Wu Zuxiang saying goodbye and saying hello.

"Uncle Wu, happy New Year!" Lin Chaoyang and his wife wished him a happy New Year.

"Happy New Year, happy New Year!" Wu Zuxiang returned the greeting.

Lin Chaoyang secretly tried to stuff a pack of cigarettes into Wu Zuxiang, but the old man pushed his hand away unexpectedly.

"Slap me with this!"

The old man handed Lin Chaoyang a cigarette. Lin Chaoyang saw that it was still a Phoenix brand.

"Okay, this salary has been improved." Lin Chaoyang took the cigarette and joked.

"Who wouldn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year!" Wu Zuxiang smoked a cigarette with a proud look on his face.

Phoenix is ​​a Grade A cigarette, priced at 46 cents per box. It has also won the title of National Tobacco Industry Exterior Flavor Quality Product. For smokers, this is a high-end ration.

During the Chinese New Year, department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives provide cigarettes for the Spring Festival. Each household has twenty-five boxes, and only three boxes of Class A cigarettes can be purchased.

Single young people are in a worse situation and can only buy nine boxes.

So, no matter how long it takes, single dogs will still be discriminated against.

After smoking a cigarette and chatting for a while, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu returned home.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the couple came to the military compound in Shijingshan with the Tao family as promised.

While eating, Du Feng suddenly asked Lin Chaoyang: "Brother-in-law, I heard from my aunt that you bought another courtyard house?"

"Well, it's in Cotton Alley."

Lin Chaoyang did not deliberately publicize the purchase of a courtyard house. When Du Feng asked about it, he answered truthfully.

"You guys make so much money as writers!" Du Feng said enviously.

Tao Yumo on the side said maliciously and sarcastically, "I'm a fish in the ocean, why don't you retreat and build a net? If you want to make money, write about it!"

Faced with her malicious ridicule, Du Feng was naturally not polite and went up to pinch her chubby cheeks.

"Look how fat you have become this year, and you still eat!"

Over the past year or so since she went to college, especially after eating at Lin Chaoyang's house, Tao Yumo has indeed become much more rounded than before, but this roundness has not detracted from her beauty, but rather added a bit of coquettishness.

With Du Feng's words and actions, no girl could withstand such a double physical and magical attack.

"Du Feng!"

Everyone felt a sharp explosion in their ears, and then they saw Du Feng running away with his head in his arms. Tao Yumo, who was chasing behind him, was furious and gnashing his teeth.

Several elders shook their heads helplessly. The brother and sister had been noisy since childhood, and everyone was already used to it.

After the laughter, Du Feng grinned and rubbed his arms as he sat back on the dining table. Tao Yumo took advantage, but he was still angry and looked at Du Feng with a vicious look.

"This girl's temper is really getting louder and louder!" Du Feng muttered.

The two-story building of the Du family was filled with laughter and laughter, and as expected, Tao's father was filled with laughter by his uncle Du Ruolin.

After convincing Tao's father, Du Ruolin turned his attention to Lin Chaoyang.

"Chaoyang, you were right not to join the army. In just a short time, your reputation in the country has become bigger and bigger!"

"Uncle, this is just a fluke."

Du Ruolin glared with a mouth full of alcohol: "What kind of luck? This is called strength! Come, let's have a drink with uncle."

Lin Chaoyang had no choice but to drink a few glasses of wine with Du Ruolin before he let him go, and then watched him approach Tao Yucheng.

"My eldest nephew, today is the Chinese New Year, why don't you show any sign to my uncle?"

Tao Yucheng had been avoiding drinking before, and he was waiting for now. After so many years, he knew his uncle too well.

"Uncle, don't I want to have a few drinks with you alone?"

"Yes, this is the right attitude. You can't be like Dad, who has to be fed by others to drink."

With that said, the two drank a glass of wine.

After the family dinner, Lin Chaoyang left with his family.

The third day of the Lunar New Year is over, which means that the Spring Festival holiday is over.

On the first day of work, the library is filled with a happy and lazy atmosphere. The Spring Festival has just ended. According to Chinese tradition, the year is not over until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so it is normal to have this kind of atmosphere.

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That afternoon, Du Rong approached Lin Chaoyang mysteriously, "Hey, there's some news you want to know?"

"In no mood."

Lin Chaoyang didn't give Du Rong a chance to show off. She held in her breath until her chest felt uncomfortable.

"I have to tell you even if you don't want to know." Du Rong said angrily.

"Did you know? After spring, the library will evaluate professional titles!"

Colleges and universities in our country were the first to use "academic titles" to clarify the academic ability, work ability and work achievements of college teachers.

However, there was no degree system corresponding to the academic title system at that time. Later, relevant departments began to use technical and academic titles to replace academic titles, but it was not fully popularized. After the buzz, the work on professional titles was forced to be suspended.

In 1977, the National Science Conference was held, requiring that a technical title evaluation system be implemented nationwide in 1978.

However, the construction of the professional title evaluation system involves all walks of life and has far-reaching impact. It cannot be accomplished overnight. In the past two years, the country has officially approved only 12 professional title regulations. It is against this background that the professional title evaluation work of Yanda Library is

expanded below.

"Professional title? That thing has nothing to do with me." Lin Chaoyang said casually.

His correspondence education degree has not yet been completed, and he cannot evaluate his professional title even if he wants to.

Du Rong looked at his expression and said, "You are a great writer, so of course you don't care about professional titles. We poor people can use it to increase our wages."

Professional titles not only involve wages, but also benefits. The most direct impact is naturally on housing allocation. A very important reason why Lin Chaoyang doesn't care about professional titles is that he owns his own house.

Du Rong has a university degree and has been coming to the library for more than two years. It is easy to get a junior professional title, which is why she is so excited.

Not only her, as the news of the professional title evaluation spread, many colleagues in the library were paying attention to this matter.

After buzzing, the matter of professional title evaluation was discontinued. Old comrades need to have their professional titles promoted, and new comrades need to have their professional titles evaluated. This matter is related to everyone's vital interests, so colleagues are naturally concerned.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Chaoyang received two letters. One was from Shenzhen and was written to him two years ago.

This year, Ermatai did not go home, but chose to stay in Shenzhen.

Since arriving in Shenzhen in April, he has stayed there for more than half a year, gradually getting used to life in Shenzhen and working on the construction site.

During the Chinese New Year, he originally wanted to go home, but later he calculated the calculation and found that it would take five or six days to go back and forth, and then stay at home for a few days, which would be half a month. Taking into account the round trip fare and the cost of returning home,

It would take at least two or three months' salary, so after thinking about it, I might as well forget it.

Ermaitai is so prudent in budgeting, so he naturally has his own ideals.

He happily told Lin Chaoyang in the letter that he had saved nearly 400 yuan in the past six months.

He planned to go home after saving 2,000 yuan, build three large tile-roofed houses, complete the building with a three-turn ring, and marry a beautiful wife.

After reading the end of the letter, Lin Chaoyang couldn't hold back his laughter.

I dare you to travel thousands of miles just to earn some money to get home and marry a wife? Are you worthy of the rolling wave of reform and opening up?

Lin Chaoyang wrote back to Ermitai, asking him to work in Shenzhen with peace of mind and use his spare time to study. In the future, the country will become more and more open and there will be more and more opportunities. Maybe the opportunity will turn around when.
To be continued...