Yao's mother covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Chu Tian, ​​you, you are..."

Yao's father glanced at Yao's mother and said sternly, "Shut up, didn't you hear? My son-in-law said it was legitimate, and it was bought with legitimate money."

Yao's mother nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes."

Father Yao looked at Yao Youjun and Yao Xiuli and asked, "Do you remember?"

The two of them nodded quickly, "Dad, we know, these were all bought from the supply and marketing cooperative by my brother-in-law."

Chu Tian looked at the Yao family with a smile, thinking that he had not misjudged them. They were much better than the Chu family. It seemed that he could treat them better in the future.

After they had digested it, Chu Tian continued, "Dad, we ran into Brother Dashan when we just came out of the regiment. If we hadn't met him, we probably wouldn't get there until the evening. I told Xiujuan that we'd come back to see you and mom first, and then go see uncle. What do you think?"

Father Yao nodded, "Yes, it should be."

Then he looked at Yao Youjun and said, "Youjun, go find some paper. Dad wants to give some of Mo Heyan to your uncle."

"I'll go find..."

Yao Youjun stood up holding the work canvas shoes given to him and walked towards his room.

Mother Yao looked at what Chu Tian and the others had brought, thought for a moment, and said, "Bring a bottle of white wine and a few of these apples for the grandchildren of my eldest brother's family to eat..."

"Chicken, give me a chicken..."

"Take a kilogram of rice..."

"besides···"

Seeing this, Chu Tian hurriedly stopped her and said, "Mom, I think you shouldn't take anything else except the apples."

"Shall we chop up this chicken and stew it, then steam some rice and invite Uncle and the others over for a meal?"

"I've been here several times, but I've never had a meal with my uncle and his family. I feel embarrassed..."

As Chu Tian spoke, he showed a hint of guilt.

Seeing this, Mother Yao looked at Father Yao. Father Yao thought for a moment and nodded, "Old woman, listen to your son-in-law."

Mother Yao sighed, then looked at Yao Xiuli who was holding Wu Ya and playing with her. "Xiuli, stop playing and come help me. Put the things your eldest brother-in-law brought into the inner room, and then go to the kitchen to help me cook."

Yao Xiuli let go of Wu Ya, "Hey, Mom, I understand."

Seeing this, Chu Tian glanced at Yao Youjun who was sharing a cigarette and asked Yao's father, "Dad, shall we go see uncle first?"

Father Yao stood up and said, "Well, I'll go with you after the friendly forces have packed up."

When they arrived at Uncle Yao's house, Uncle Yao and his family had already learned from Yao Dashan that Chu Tian and his family of three were coming to see them, so they gathered early to wait for their arrival.

After greeting each other, Chu Tian handed the things for Uncle Yao to him.

When Uncle Yao saw what Chu Tian brought, he didn't have any other feelings about the apples except that he thought the apples Chu Tian brought looked particularly good. He gave them to Yao Dashan to share, but his eyes were fixed on the Mo He cigarettes given to him. Like Yao's father, he rolled one for himself, and when he was about to light it, he heard that Yao Xiujuan was pregnant, so he put it behind his ear without lighting it.

Chu Tian saw that the men of the Yao family were really good. Not to mention their character and appearance, just the way they took care of pregnant women was something that no man in this era or in the 21st century could compare to.

After chatting for a while, Yao's father said that he would invite Uncle Yao and his family to dinner in the evening. Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Uncle Yao asked his two daughters-in-law and little daughter to get some side dishes and a piece of bacon that was pickled at some unknown time from the cellar, and accompanied the pregnant Yao Xiujuan back to the Yao family to help cook, while Chu Tian continued to chat with Yao's father at Uncle Yao's house.

Uncle Yao took a sip of water and looked at Chu Tian and asked, "I heard from Dashan that the educated youth in your brigade are also causing trouble?"

Chu Tian nodded, "Yes, but I won't make trouble now..."

Uncle Yao raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

Chu Tian thought for a moment and explained, "The director of our Youth League Office found a... Anyway, that's how it was solved."

"The director of our Educated Youth Office said that the reason they have the energy to cause trouble is because they are too idle and have no place to vent their energy. If that's the case, then we should find things for them to do so that they don't have the energy to think about causing trouble..."

Everyone looked at each other in surprise. Yao Dashan widened his eyes and looked at Chu Tian in disbelief. "Brother Chu Tian, ​​did the director of the Youth League Office in your group really arrange the educated youth like this?"

Chu Tian nodded affirmatively, "Yes."

Yao Ershan asked doubtfully, "But, will this work?"

Chu Tian spread his hands and said, "I don't know about this, but I believe that after this incident, the educated youth should be more honest before the beginning of next spring."

Uncle Yao's eyes lit up, "It would be fine if you could be honest until next spring..."

Yao Dashan frowned, "Dad, there are no coal mines near our Corps..."

Yao Ershan reacted and said quickly, "Brother, there are no coal mines near our Corps, but have you forgotten that there is a brick kiln in our Corps?"

Yao Dashan blinked. “Working in a brick kiln isn’t easy.”

Uncle Yao said calmly, "Isn't working in the coal mines easy?"

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll go to the regiment tomorrow to ask the leaders and see what they say."

The meal prepared by the Yao family in the evening included white rice, braised chicken with dried beans, pickled cabbage with vinegar, radish and bacon, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, fried peanuts with oil, stir-fried shredded potatoes, and a large bowl of egg drop soup. If these dishes were brought to the 21st century, they would definitely be unremarkable, even shabby, but in this era, they are very impressive...

There were fewer men, so they sat on the kang inside the house, eating, drinking and chatting. There were more children and women, so they all sat around the big dining table in the main room to eat.

Listening to the voices of people urging people to drink in the room, Yao Dashan's wife He Ni looked at Yao Xiujuan sitting opposite her, wiping the mouth of Wu Ya in her arms. After a moment's thought, she asked, "Xiujuan, have you gained weight?"

Yao Xiujuan put Wu Ya on the ground and asked her to play with her brothers and sisters who had finished their meals. She smiled and replied, "You're pregnant, so you must have gained some weight..."

Yao Dashan's wife was surprised, "Pregnant? Oh, congratulations..."

Yao Xiujuan smiled and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law Dashan..."

Yao Ershan's wife put her son, who could no longer eat, on the ground and looked at Yao Xiujuan with a smile, "Xiujuan, we are all relatives. If there is any way to make money, you can't hide it. You should think more about your brother from your mother's side..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the people who were still eating at the table suddenly stopped.

Yao Dashan's wife pulled Yao Ershan's wife and looked at Yao Xiujuan apologetically, "Xiujuan, don't take your sister-in-law Ershan's words to heart."

Yao Xiujuan smiled slightly, "Sister-in-law Dashan, we are all relatives. How could I get angry over a joke?"