Wu Xiaotao nodded embarrassedly, not wanting to keep everyone waiting too long. After putting her things back in her room, she quickly ran out to sit and eat with everyone.

The educated youths have meals at the camp, and it’s almost the same at the Niu family’s place.

When we were about to have dinner, Xu Shike came back on a bicycle with a big bag of things on the back seat.

Yu Guifang heard the cheers of several children and ran out to see that it was her youngest son who had returned with a lot of things.

"What is this? Such a big bag." She walked forward and took a few looks and asked.

Xu Like took it off and explained, "These are some New Year's benefits distributed by the factory. I think there's meat, oil, some cakes, melon seeds, and so on."

"There are so many good things. The welfare in your factory is so good." After hearing this, Yu Guifang's face was full of surprise.

"No wonder everyone wants to find a job in the city now." Now she finally understood that people working in the city can bring back so many good things during the holidays.

The children had very sharp noses. Even though there was a bag between them, they could still smell the pastries that Xu Li Ke brought back.

"Grandma, please give us some to try. We just need a taste." Niu Runxing rubbed his hands together and discussed with Yu Guifang with a greedy look on his face.

Yu Guifang couldn't help but smile when she saw the greedy faces of the four children at home. She deliberately put on a fierce face and asked, "Eat, eat, all you know is eat. How are you doing with the calligraphy that Grandpa Fan taught you? Have you memorized it?"

In the past, she always thought that it didn’t matter whether children in rural areas could read or not, as long as they could fill their stomachs.

But since her youngest son and his wife came back, they found good jobs and were able to earn money because they could read and write, turning their family from a poor one into a family that everyone in the village envied. Only then did she finally realize how important literacy was.

The four children looked at each other and answered in unison, "Remember."

Niu Runxing continued, "We can also write our own names. If grandma doesn't believe us, we can write them for you later."

Upon hearing this, Yu Guifang smiled with satisfaction and said, "Okay, okay, just remember it." After that, she gave each of them a handful of melon seeds.

"Go eat over there." She waved at the four children.

As soon as the four little ones got the food, they happily ran to the side to crack melon seeds.

On the 25th day of the lunar year, Xu Shike had a day off, and the couple agreed to go to the mall to buy new clothes for everyone in the family.

After breakfast, the young couple left their son Xiaodudu behind, sneaked out of the Niu family’s gate, and rode their bicycles towards the city.

When they were halfway through the ride, the couple made sure that there was no one around, found a secluded place to hide, and slipped into the mall.

As soon as they entered the mall, Jiang Shanshan immediately took Xu Shike to the store that specialized in selling clothes.

First, they picked out a set of festive clothes for each of the children in the family. After picking out the children's clothes, the two went to a shop that specializes in selling clothes for the elderly.

After picking for more than ten minutes, I picked out several sets of warm and lightweight cotton-padded clothes for the elderly and put them into the bag.

As for the young people like Zhang Xiangcao, Jiang Shanshan only brought one set of warm clothes for each of them.

After picking out these things, the couple went shopping in the supermarket in the mall. When they came out, Xu Shike was holding some seafood and a large piece of beef.

When the couple came out of the mall, they were carrying large and small bags in their hands, some of which were even hanging around Xu Shike's neck.