After the dumplings were wrapped, they were taken outside to freeze. Wang Qiaoyun moved the kang table into the room, and the four of them played poker together while eating melon seeds as a snack.

"This damn thing is really wrong." Wang Qiaoyun picked up the apple in her hand, which was sweet and crisp.

Ye Ji took a deep look at the apples on the plate, and knew what was going on over there.

At ten o'clock, Hu Xiaopang went to set off firecrackers, while Lin Weiwan and Wang Qiaoyun quickly put the dumplings into the pot.

In this era, eating meat once or twice a year is considered wrong. People would count the meat they get.

Those who have daughters and daughters in the family may have had some of it, and the old sons and grandsons certainly had a few more bites.

After the dumplings are cooked, it is completely strenuous to eat a bowl with an empty stomach.

The dumplings were ready. As usual, two bowls were filled for Shen Minghua and placed in the basket, topped with the vinegar sauce and mashed garlic specially prepared by Lin Weiwan.

The four of them also gathered together to eat hot dumplings, chatting and laughing as they officially welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit in 1975.

In the sea city, Zhou's mother was wrapping dumplings with dough, looking at Zhou Weibei who was still lying on the bed.

"Xiao Bei, come and work with me after the New Year. I've made an agreement with Director Chu. If you work hard, our salary will be much lower.

Zhou Weibei looked at the ceiling with empty eyes. When he heard his mother talking about work, he jumped up.

"Mom, I'm going to go, even if I die. I'm going to pick up shit, and you're going to teach me how to look at me.

I'm only ten years old, how can I find a wife? What girl would be willing to marry a scumbag?"

Zhou Weibei couldn't bear to think about the days when he had to deal with shit all day long. Now he felt hungry just watching his mother making dumplings.

The smell can be smelled from two or three meters away. The family is poor, and he really wants to eat the food cooked by his mother.

"What are you doing? We are the same now as before, so let's just stay alive.

I will support you for one day, ten days, ten years, will I support you for a lifetime? If I die one day, will you starve to death…”

Mother Zhou looked at her youngest son with great hatred. It was like this was the only one left without a breath among her four sons.

The adopted daughter disappeared and never sent anything home, not even a penny.

Thinking of this, Zhou's mother burst into tears while wrapping dumplings.

If a good family becomes like this, he feels ashamed to face people, but she can face people with dignity.

In the past, she was the wife of the deputy director of a factory. Many people envied her. No one in the office had to talk to her. It was like pushing a manure cart through the streets to collect manure.

If she had met her former subordinates in the factory one day, she would have lost all her face.

I sat down on the chair feeling somewhat powerless, and I wrapped the dumplings more slowly.

"We'll never go back, Xiaobei, if you can find a job now while you're still young, work hard for a few years and mom will stay with you.

Let's save some money, and when we have enough, we can marry a country girl.

When we find a better job, we will sell this job of handling feces.

Mom has no more patience, this is all I have planned for you. Now you are in love with it, do you know how many people want this job?

We have to put up with it even if it's a bit dirty and smelly, it's better than eating our fill."

Thinking about the fact that she had to give herself to the old director who had already been obsessed with him for Zhou Weibei's work, Zhou's mother felt sick to her heart.

She would have taken this path if she had any way. Fortunately, she had not suffered much in the Zhou family over the years, and she was still younger than the women of her age.

Zhou Weibei just turned his head slowly to the side and shed tears as he listened to his mother's words.

During this time, he just slept, and it seemed as if nothing happened when he was asleep.

꿵父 is still the deputy factory director, 꺶哥 is a soldier, 괗哥 is a doctor, and the third brother went to the countryside, so he is at home with nothing to do.

He would rather wake up with an empty stomach and face everything, escaping from reality and everything he is willing to accept.

"Mom, I'll go. After the New Year, I'll go with you to pick up dung."

Zhou Weibei's voice was a little choked, and he slowly stood up and walked to Zhou's mother.

I followed Zhou's mother to learn how to make dumplings little by little, and it took me almost half a year to see this little bit of meat.

He almost forgot what meat tasted like. The faint laughter of other residents in the building made their home seem even more desolate.

The Shen family next door was equally miserable, with only a wall between the two families.

Everyone is attracted to each other, even though Shen Shili, the son-in-law, still calls Zhou's mother "Mom".

But the Shen family is now in a difficult situation.

The whole family is supported by Shen Shili's salary alone, let alone the matter of recognizing relatives.

Shen Shili had no such plan, after all, Zhou Rongrong was the adopted daughter of the Zhou family, and she was even closer to him.

"Shili, our family is counting on you now." Mother Shen was filling the dumplings.

The dumplings in the Shen family's bowl have more meat than those in the Zhou family next door. They look more appetizing.

"Mom, I know. Don't worry, I will work hard and take good care of you and grandma."

Shen Shili said he understood. Looking at the house which was at least 10 square meters, it turned out that his bedroom alone was nearly 10 square meters.

However, a family of three is squeezed into a ten-square-meter room.

Moreover, it was Lin Weiwan's house. He had always dreamed of renting Lin Weiwan's house to live one day.

But at first I didn't marry Zhou Rongrong but Lin Weiwan, now the situation will be completely different.

The rent of this villa is all pocketed by him.

Thinking of this, Shen Shili suddenly realized that he had been too sincere in the past.

I am worthy of Zhou Rongrong, worthy of this relationship, but most of all, I am worthy of myself.

If she married Lin Weiwan, even if the Shen family had affairs, she would still have to work from 8 am to 5 pm and earn a living under someone else's control.

Thinking of this, Shen Shili felt regretful. He was so young and ignorant...

At the educated youth point, after dinner, a few people felt sleepy and went back to sleep, and Ye Jibai helped Lin Weiwan clean up.

Quietly holding Lin Weiwan's white fingers, "When I finish my work, you will come with me. I promise to treat you well for the rest of my life."

Ye Jibai didn't know how to coax the little girl, so he just told her everything he did in his heart to show his feelings.

He likes Lin Weiwan more and more, and he wants to let go.

The two of them strolled around for a while and then Ye Jibai returned to the front yard.

Lin Weiwan locked the door and went straight into the space, of course holding Xiao Mi who was becoming increasingly clever.

I went to sleep right after entering the villa, and when I woke up, I started looking through medical books again, trying to figure out the effects of the medicines.

When you are tired of studying, you can pick some fruits from the orchard behind. The fragrance of the fruits fills the air as soon as you take a bite.

When Ye Jibai returned to the room, several people had already fallen down. The lights in the room were out on New Year's Eve.

Ye Jibai looked at the people on the kang without much expression, and quietly took off his outer clothes and got on the kang.