Uncle Yan nodded in agreement, "This child is really good!"

Li Xiangdong was anything but modest. "Of course! I'm not only handsome, but also very smart, right?"

This remark made everyone inside burst into laughter, but Li Weijun, who had just walked outside, overheard it. He thought to himself, "That brat Xiang Dong is really like an old Wang selling melons, praising his own wares!"

Li Jin placed the two 50-jin bags of wheat flour and two 50-jin buckets of wheat seed oil next to the cabinet. "Brother Yan, this is for you and Secretary Liu. One serving each. Try our brigade's new wheat flour and wheat seed oil!"

Factory Director Yan waved his hand in refusal, saying, "I cannot accept rewards without merit!"

Li Xiangdong grasped his hand, "Don't be so polite with me! You don't want the wheat, are you planning to talk to me about wages?"

Factory Director Yan chuckled and slapped his head, "Trying to be naughty again!"

Li Xiangdong grinned and said, "Keep it. This oil was pressed from wheatgrass seeds that I collected myself; it wasn't just distributed by the team."

Li Weijun finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his second brother had given away all the oil in the house as a favor!

...

This year, Lijiapo Brigade had a bumper wheat harvest, and the grain was distributed to every household. Looking at the new wheat they received, everyone took out all the old wheat flour they had previously treasured and used it to make all sorts of delicious dishes.

Tonight, the aroma of white flour wafts from every household! Some are steaming white flour buns, some are steaming white flour dumplings, some are rolling out noodles, some are making vegetable pancakes, and some are making plain flour dumplings.

In Huichuan County, there is another custom: once the new grain is distributed, the men in the family must quickly grind the flour, buy a bag of brown sugar, and the women steam a pot of white and sweet sugar triangles. They then take the children to deliver the sugar triangles to their parents' home.

This is considered a way of letting her family know she's safe and sound, proving that she's doing well in her husband's family and sharing the joy of her success with her own family.

This can also be seen as a chance for women who have worked hard all summer to relax and rest.