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In the afternoon, although it was not as lively as in the morning, there were still just as many people.

Wang Dahai’s brothers are no longer alive, but he has nephews and some cousins.

One family sent radishes, another sent cabbages... In addition to a lot of various vegetables, there were also chickens, ducks and eggs.

Not only cousins, but also people from the same clan sent gifts.

This is very common in the village.

You must remember the gift of chickens and ducks. You must remember this favor and return it when you have the chance.

However, Wang Zhaozhao and the other kids didn't worry about those things and just focused on eating, drinking and having fun.

Back in the village, the dirt yard was indeed not that good. It was not bright during the day and the electric lights were dim at night.

Without running water, the most unacceptable thing for city dwellers may be urine buckets and pit toilets.

But they are all native people of Hebian Village, so their days in the village are extremely relaxing and enjoyable.

I dug holes in the fields to roast sweet potatoes, went up the mountain to catch sparrows, and picked a basket of wild fruits.

There were so many fruits that Xie Ailian couldn't finish them, so she boiled them with sugar, dried them in the sun for two days, and kept them on the stove to eat slowly.

By the way, I asked Wang Erbing for dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes, boiled some sweet potato candy, and dried some sweet potatoes.

Their house has become a gathering place for children from Hebian Village. There's no way around it; the food smells so good every day.

Zhang Xiu'e watched this every day, feeling upset and full of resentment.

But it's amazing that she didn't do anything weird, she just had the face of Zhang Wanniang every day.

If she didn't do it, Xie Ailian would ignore it and everyone would live in peace.

Qiao Li took Wang Chaohui back to her parents' home and stayed there for three nights.

When he came back, he had a chicken in his left hand, a duck in his right hand, and a basket of eggs on his back.

It was Qiao Li's younger brother Qiao Qingsong who rode his bike to take them back, and Xie Ailian warmly invited him to dinner.

Wang Sibing was not at home, so Wang Zhaozhao and others were responsible for entertaining the guests.

Wang Zhaozhao counted on his fingers and found that Qiao Qingsong was one of the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination.

I enrolled in the spring of 1978, and it has been four years now.

"Uncle Qingsong, where have you been assigned to work?" she asked curiously.

"You went to Liancheng for the competition. You can go there after the New Year to complete the formalities for joining the company."

“The first batch of college students all felt very different when they talked about it.”

"It's still far worse than you."

"It's boring to chat like this."

"Ha ha……"

"Where's your partner? Will he also go to Liancheng?"

"Where can I find a partner?"

"No way? You haven't found a partner yet? Then my Grandma Qiao will be so anxious."

"I take back what I said before, can you take it back too?"

Qiao Qingsong surrendered.

This little girl won't suffer any loss.

Wang Zhaozhao grinned as Qiao Li's voice reached him. "He can't find a job himself, and his family is looking for one but they're not happy about it. He really thinks he's in the first batch of university students and thinks he's so great that the government will assign him a job."

"ah?"

Wang Baojia's eyes widened in disbelief. "No way? The government doesn't just assign jobs to university graduates, it also assigns partners."

Well……

Everyone was speechless.

"Why don't you try hard to get into university?" Wang Zhaozhao asked.

"I..." Wang Baojia hesitated.

He still hesitated!

Wang Xingwu couldn't bear to look at him. Just as he was about to push his head down with one hand, he saw him sigh and say with regret, "I'd better forget it. I'll find a wife for myself in the future."

Ha ha ha ha.

Qiao Qingsong couldn't help laughing and rubbed his head vigorously, "You are so cute."

Wang Zhaozhao and the others covered their faces quietly.

…

A few days later, the screams of various pigs being slaughtered began to be heard in the riverside village.

Wang Erbing and his men fed the pigs and planned to slaughter them on the afternoon of the 28th.

Because Wang Sibing and the others have returned, slaughtering the New Year pig is a big event for poor families, so according to custom, if someone goes out, they have to wait until he returns home before slaughtering the New Year pig.

Just like tasting new rice every year.

Zhang Xiu'e was angry and unwilling, but when she thought about the money she gave to Xie Ailianhua to buy meat last year, she just hummed a few times and gave up.

But, Chen Meiru also came back on the morning of the 28th.

Chen Meiru is no longer the Chen Meiru who always has a dead face and keeps silent, but a respectable "city dweller".

As soon as she came back, she complained about this and that. Oh, and from time to time she raised her hand to touch her curly hair that she had permed specially for coming back for the New Year.

The result was that Xie Ailian found her an eyesore, so everyone ate lunch together, but Chen Meiru was not included.

She was so angry that she couldn't call Wang Xingwen and Wang Xingwu, so she called Wang Qingqing and Wang Fangbing and didn't allow them to go to eat.

Wang Fangbing: “……!”

He carried Wang Qingqing and left.

Even though he didn't understand Chen Meiru's behavior of pretending to be a city dweller after returning home, he still thought about helping her serve a bowl of rice and some vegetables when it was time to eat.

But now I'm too lazy to care about her.

When the pig was slaughtered in the afternoon, no one asked Chen Meiru to help, as she didn't need any more help anyway.

Wang Fangbing couldn't bear it, so he asked her to get something. However, she was so stubborn that Xie Ailian took the thing directly.

Her face turned ugly for a moment, and finally she pulled Wang Qingqing out to play.

At dinner time in the evening, she was shameless enough to go to the table early and sit there waiting.

"You have to rinse this bowl with water before eating it. There are cockroaches in the cupboards in the countryside." She said domineeringly when Wang Zhaozhao, Wang Xingwen and other children were setting the dishes and chopsticks.

No one paid any attention to her.

"Did you hear me?"

“…”

Still no one paid any attention to her.

Wang Zhaozhao and the others just set the table.

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