Chapter 65: Staying up all

night After dinner, the female comrades were making dumplings while the male comrades were chatting on the side. The main hall was built spacious enough so it was not crowded.

This year, when he came back, he saw Shen Ruoqing wearing new cotton-padded clothes. Even Shen Yun and Shen Xue wore new clothes. Their family only made a cotton-padded clothes for their youngest daughter. Shen Xiangbei couldn't help but ask, "Mom, didn't you say that the year was bad this year and the grain production was reduced and we didn't get much money? How come we are doing so well this year?"

Moreover, when he came back this year, the villagers he met praised him for his promising future. It was true that Shen Xiangbei had been promoted to a regular employee, but with so many people praising him, he still felt a little uneasy.

Shen Xiangnan chuckled, "Fourth Brother, you probably don't know this, but this is all thanks to my younger sister's adoption of us as godparents. She gave our family a lot of cotton and cloth coupons, and even exchanged them for food, so we can have a good year this year."

Shen Xiangbei had heard about Shen Ruoqing's affairs with the black market boss from his mother before, so he asked about it in detail. Su Jieru also pricked up her ears and listened.

"I told you outside that these things were brought back by you. Don't let it slip to me outside." Old Mrs. Ji rolled her eyes at Shen Xiangnan.

"Okay." Shen Xiangbei smiled bitterly. No wonder so many people in the village were trying to get close to him. It turned out that there was this layer of relationship. I'm afraid that in the eyes of the villagers, he has a big relationship.

"Second brother, are you saying that all the fine grains we eat at home now were obtained by my godparents?" Su Jieru asked.

Shen Xiangnan said, "No, sister-in-law, let me tell you, food is in short supply this year. Even if we replace all of Xiliang with coarse grains, we still have to tighten our belts to make ends meet. But my godparents are capable and are willing to exchange our vegetables for food. The rice we eat today and the flour for making dumplings were all exchanged for vegetables."

"How much are those vegetables worth? Can they be exchanged for so much fine grain?" Su Jieru was a little skeptical, but everyone in the Shen family said so, so she had no choice but to believe it.

Her mind became active.

"Ruoqing, does your godparent still have any fine food?"

Old Mrs. Ji narrowed her eyes and said, "Fourth daughter-in-law, why are you asking this?"

Su Jieru said, "Mom, the section chief of Xiangbei's unit will be promoted to director after the new year, so the position of section chief will be vacant. Originally, we didn't have much idea about Xiangbei's lack of experience, but the former section chief spread the word that as long as we get 50 kilograms of fine grain, we can get his recommendation."

"Even if he gets recommended, he may not necessarily become the section chief. It's only been a short time since the fourth brother was promoted to a regular employee." Wang said.

"Now that we have the chance, we have to give it a try, right?" Su Jieru looked at Old Lady Ji.

Shen Xiangbei was also tempted. Although the section chief only received a few dollars more in subsidies than ordinary employees each month, he was still a small leader after all, and he certainly did not want to miss this opportunity.

"The chance of being recommended is probably not that high. If there were a hundred kilograms of food, wouldn't the probability be higher?" Shen Ruoqing said.

"This..." Shen Xiangbei stopped talking. If there were a hundred kilograms of grain to bribe people, then this matter would definitely be a sure thing. But the problem is that in this day and age, who would be willing to spend a hundred kilograms of fine grain to bribe a small section chief? Moreover, the couple only had a little more than a hundred yuan in savings, which was originally intended to be used to pay back Old Lady Ji.

"This hundred kilograms of grain can be considered as a loan from me to you two. In the future, please remember how kind your sister is to you." Old Mrs. Ji spoke. She could see that Shen Xiangbei and his wife could not afford to buy grain.

Shen Ruoqing wanted to slowly push Shen Xiangbei to a high position, so that when he could produce good things in the future, others would not be suspicious. The extra fifty kilograms of fine grains were used to build relationships, so that Shen Xiangbei would not be just a small section chief in the future.

What Old Mrs. Ji was thinking was that if Shen Xiangbei did well and became a small leader, he would have a say in the future and would be able to recruit her good boy to work in the factory.

Wang's eyes turned red. After wrapping the dumplings, she went back to the house and complained to Shen Xiangnan: "Your mother is biased to the extreme. She was biased towards her younger sister-in-law before, but now she is biased towards her younger son. My mother came to borrow some life-saving food but she was so reluctant and embarrassed me by only giving me some coarse grains. But she turned around and lent 100 kilograms of fine grains to the fourth son's family!"

"Okay, okay, don't you know what kind of person your mother is? Giving her money will make it a bottomless pit. Besides, if the fourth child is successful, wouldn't it be a honor for me as her elder brother?" Although Shen Xiangnan loves his wife, he is also clear-headed.

"What's wrong with my mom? Didn't she just come to our house to borrow some food? How did it become a bottomless pit? Shen Xiangnan! If you don't explain clearly, I will never let you go!"

No one knew about the farce in the second room. After Old Lady Ji agreed to lend Shen Xiangbei 100 kilograms of grain, Shen Xiangbei and his family discussed the matter in the room vacated by Old Lady Ji, which was originally occupied by Shen Yun and Shen Xue.

Shen Xiangbei first paid back one hundred yuan to Old Lady Ji. Old Lady Ji said that when they left tomorrow, they should take one hundred kilograms of fine rice with them. It was up to them whether to pay back the grain or the money.

This time when Shen Xiangbei and his wife returned to the Shen family for the New Year, they brought a lot of things. In addition to the fish, they also brought a piece of Dacron, which was specially brought to Shen Ruoqing. This Dacron material had just become popular, and such a piece of material would cost fourteen yuan. It was Su Jieru who asked for help to buy this piece of material. As Shen Xiangdong from the first wife was still recovering from his health, Shen Xiangbei and his wife brought a can of malted milk to the first wife, a box of the cheapest vanishing cream to the second and third wives, and a padded jacket and some glutinous rice sticks to Old Lady Ji. This gift was not light. Maybe Old Lady Ji was so happy to lend a hundred kilograms of refined rice because of this relationship.

One hundred kilograms of refined rice is a lot of money nowadays. Even if it is two yuan per kilogram, it is still two hundred yuan. What's more, you can't buy rice with two hundred yuan nowadays.

In the end, they got the upper hand.

When it was time to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year, the little kids were breathing heavily.

"You can't sleep now, otherwise you won't get any New Year's money." Shen Xiangnan teased the cute Shen Rongrong, and the little guy's eyelids were about to close.

"But I'm so sleepy."

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"Don't listen to your second uncle. Eat the dumplings and go to bed. You'll get lucky money tomorrow. Darling, go to bed too." Old Mrs. Ji looked at them lovingly.

The little ones ate the dumplings and went to sleep.

Shen Ruoqing didn't want to sleep.

"Mom, I'm not sleepy yet. Why don't you go to sleep for a while?" This year is her first New Year since she traveled through time, and she wants to stay up all night.

"Okay, dear, this is for you." Old Mrs. Ji handed over a big red envelope.

Shen Ruoqing did not refuse and accepted it generously. After Mrs. Ji left, Shen Ruoqing opened the money and saw that it was ten yuan.

Old Mrs. Ji was old, so she went to bed first. Shen Xiangnan and his two brothers waited until midnight, and when they heard the first firecracker, they also set off the firecrackers they bought at home.

It made a crackling sound non-stop.

(End of this chapter)