When the children in the village saw the bicycles playing and chasing each other, they ran and chased each other happily behind the bicycles.
Soon, snowflakes began to fall from the sky and the snowflakes on the ground drifted in the wind.
Xiaohegou Village
Mr. and Mrs. Du had been looking forward to the return of their daughter and her family since morning, and they would go out to take a look every few minutes.
"Mom and Dad, it will be almost noon before my younger sister and the others get here. You just wait at home. It's so cold outside." Li Feng squatted on the ground washing vegetables and persuaded them.
Liu Honghong stood on the ground cutting vegetables with her big belly. "That's right, don't catch a cold in this cold weather."
The two of them felt helpless as they looked at their restless parents-in-law.
"Mom, Niu Niu and the others are watching outside. They will definitely come back to shout when my little sister and her family come back."
As soon as the words fell, the children's voices came from outside, "Grandpa, Mom, Dad, my aunt and uncle are back."
Du's father and mother rushed out of the house impatiently, "Xiaoying Guoliang, I thought you wouldn't be back until noon."
"Mom and Dad, eldest brother and his wife, second brother and his wife."
"Hello, grandma and grandpa, uncle and aunt, second uncle and second aunt~"
"Oh! Little sister, why are you riding two bicycles?" Liu Honghong looked at the brand new women's bicycle with shining eyes.
Du Xiaoying couldn't help but feel frightened when she saw her second sister-in-law with a big belly and strong steps, and hurried to support her.
"It's not just for the convenience of going out. Guo Liang and I discussed buying another one."
"Oh my god, no wonder." Liu Honghong's eyes were full of envy, but when she thought about the fact that her child went to his aunt's house for a few months and brought back more money than her family earned in a year, she wanted to praise her sister-in-law and her family to the sky.
"Mom and Dad, please take my little sister, brother-in-law, and the children into the house quickly."
The two brothers called their son and came forward to help carry all the things into the house.
Looking at the pile of things on the kang, Du's father and mother said to their daughter in a bad mood, "Money doesn't come from the wind, so why don't you spend it frugally? Your elder brother and second brother brought back a lot of things when they went there last time, and you took so much again."
"Dad and Mom, this is a gift from your son-in-law and I to you."
Mother Du wiped her eyes and said, "You have sent many good things home this year. We have never run out of food. The children are growing strong. You have no idea how envious the villagers are every time they see you come home with so many bags."
"Little sister, brother-in-law, take the children and have something to eat first. The meal will be ready later." The two sisters-in-law enthusiastically brought out the delicious food at home.
"Sister-in-law and sister-in-law, I want to tell you——"
"Little sister, you finally come back, please talk to our parents. Your second sister-in-law and I can handle the kitchen." Li Feng smiled and quickly held her sister-in-law down.
Liu Honghong agreed with a smile, "That's right, we cut all the vegetables early in the morning and are just waiting for you little sisters to come back and stir-fry them. It will be quick."
"That won't work, I—"
"Little sister, just listen to your sisters-in-law. They've been busy until the New Year. Now that you've finally come back, just wait to eat the ready-made food."
Seeing this, Du Xiaoying stopped trying to be stubborn and talked about what had happened in the past few days with her parents in the house.
The old couple also heard from their grandchildren that they were busy from morning to night and had no time to rest, which made them very distressed.
"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, and Second Brother, please try the egg cake I made specially for you." Du Xiaoying hurriedly took out the specially prepared egg cake.
"Daya, go get some for your aunt and your second aunt to try."
"Oh, this egg cake is so soft and fragrant." Father Du took a careful bite.
Mother Du said distressedly: "These are all good things, it would be great to keep them and exchange them for money."
"Mom, your daughter and son-in-law are rich, and they gave this specifically to honor you and dad." Seeing that her mother was so distressed that she didn't want to eat it, Du Xiaoying stuffed it directly into her mother's mouth.
At noon, the family had a sumptuous reunion dinner, and the whole family was very lively.
Du's mother couldn't help but wipe her eyes. Her daughter had been married for more than ten years, and this was the first time that everyone was gathered together for the New Year.
Du Xiaoying thought of the bad things she had done over the years, and couldn't help feeling heartbroken and sad. She held her mother's rough and cracked hands.
"Mom, why don't you use the clam oil I gave you?"
"What the hell is an old lady like me doing with that?" Du's mother scolded her daughter and said, "Eat more. You look so thin. You must be exhausted these days."
"Mom, you don't understand this, right? Nowadays, girls in the city like to be slim."
Du's mother glared at her. "What's so slim about her? She's as thin as a stick. A strong wind will blow her away."
Everyone burst into laughter.
....
When living in her mother's house, she had everything provided for her. Sometimes, when Du Xiaoying wanted to help with something, her two sisters-in-law would ask her to rest on the kang.
However, a few children followed their cousins and ran around the mountains all day long, chasing chickens, fighting dogs, and trapping birds. They had a lot of fun and became familiar with the children in the village.
It was time for dinner when he ran back panting.
Liu Honghong couldn't help teasing Erya, who was laughing and boxing with a group of boys all day long as if she was following a boy.
"When Arya stands there, she looks like a little boss, quite the boss."
Du Xiaoying was at a loss for words. "It's just because you're wearing new clothes and you're afraid of damaging them. Otherwise, you'd be climbing up a tree like a naughty monkey."
Song Guoliang looked at his wife's eyes and said quickly, "I was very calm when I was a child."
Everyone couldn't help laughing.
....
Because Song Guoliang had to go to work on the sixth day of the New Year, and since he also had an egg cake business, the family prepared to go home on the fifth day.
I have to say that the quality of the 28-inch bicycles of this era was really great. I was carrying a car full of wild game and wild produce prepared by my family, as well as a whole group of people.
The happy days were extremely short, and the egg cake business resumed as usual on the sixth day of the New Year.
This kind of days continued until before spring plowing.
Du Xiaoying looked at the numbers on the passbook and couldn't suppress her joy. She went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative to use up all the remaining tickets and returned home with a full load.
The weather is getting warmer day by day, and we have entered the hot summer in the blink of an eye.
"Did you hear?"
"What?"
"I heard there were instructions from above to start some kind of literacy class, which is to teach people how to read in their spare time."
"Really? What's the point of learning this? It's just a waste of time."
"How could I lie to you? I heard they're going to select from those educated youth from the city..."
Many people looked disgusted and uninterested, only a few looked eager to try, and Liu Dajiao was one of them.
In a blink of an eye, the day for selecting teachers for the literacy class arrived. The registered educated youth gave trial lectures one by one, and then the members voted to select the teachers.
The reason why the educated youth were so enthusiastic and active was naturally because the literacy teachers would give them extra work points as subsidies.
The team leader interrupted the group who were laughing and talking about random things, and signaled to the educated youth to start speaking.
Several registered educated youth took turns teaching according to their own methods.
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