The village usually distributes grain after the autumn harvest.

It is now the end of December. The autumn harvest in the village has long been completed and the grain must have been distributed.

With Mai Xiangdong around, Mai Laosan doesn't have to worry about his food being stolen, but he has to take it back.

Although he was often lazy at work, together with Mai Hongcai, he still had some ability.

Moreover, the current distribution method implemented is "60% for people and 40% for labor".

That is, 60% is distributed according to household registration, and 40% is distributed according to labor.

Labor is equal to work points, the more you work, the more you earn.

Mai Laosan’s family definitely doesn’t have many work points, but they still have 60% of the food for the people.

As long as Mai Laosan and his family are registered in the village, they will have a share of the grain. This is a government regulation.

In addition, Mai Laosan and his friends are now military dependents, so they should not be treated harshly.

Because the government has regulations that for people like military dependents and martyrs' families, if the food allocated is less than the minimum standard, it must be made up.

This is a kind of care for soldiers and the families of martyrs.

Mai Sui and his four companions came back by car.

Whose car is it? Of course it belongs to Qi Chuanqing, otherwise Mai Sui and the others wouldn't have it.

Shen Xingchen can drive. He learned it when he first started working, and it came in handy today.

However, even if he can't, Wheat Ear can.

The kind that you learn now.

Mai Sui can even drive airplanes and tanks, so he can learn to drive this backward car just by watching it for a moment. It has no technical skills at all.

It is a rare thing for cars to enter the village.

The last time a car came to the village was during the time of Lu Chengye.

Now, Shen Xingchen also drives a car, although it is borrowed.

Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai were sitting in the car wearing new clothes, with the windows on both sides rolled down, and they kept greeting people outside.

This was their first time back since joining the army, and it could be considered a glorious return.

The most important thing is that I came back in a car, so of course I had to show it off.

Shen Xingchen naturally knew Mai Laosan's obvious intention, so he consciously reduced the speed to the slowest.

After the autumn harvest, the villagers were not so busy and many people sat and chatted at the entrance of the village.

Everyone saw Mai Sui and others in the car at a glance.

Mai Sui and Shen Xingchen have always been outstanding, and now looking at each other through the windshield of the car, they seem even more unique and noble.

Not only that, Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai have also changed a lot.

I can’t say exactly what has changed, but I feel more westernized, and I look more like city people than city people.

Especially when paired with a car, it seems that the whole person's temperament has changed.

"Hey, isn't this Mai Lao San? Why are you back to the village during such a strange time of year?"

"Mai Sui has only been in the army for a short time, and the army has already provided him with a car? Has he done something meritorious again?"

"Shen Zhiqing can also drive. He is indeed from a big city. He is different."

"Hongcai, you're back. I'm safe. You promised to show me your sister's medal. Remember?"

The villagers gathered around and started talking.

Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai simply got out of the car and chatted with everyone (to show off).

Shen Xingchen took Mai Sui and drove directly to Mai Xiangdong's house.

They would go back home after dinner, which would only be a few hours, so there was no need to go back to their own house to clean up.

Hutou, who was playing not far away, was feeling strange when he saw a car parked in front of his house.

Then he saw his aunt and uncle getting out of the car, carrying large and small bags.

Hutou immediately stopped playing with Maoqiu and the others, and boasted loudly:

"My aunt is back. She must have brought me some delicious food. I have to go back quickly!"

Maoqiu saw this and immediately followed: "Sister Mai Sui is back!"

Potato and the others also happily called out "Sister Wheat Ear" and then ran over in a swarm.

The four-year-old Hu Tou had short legs and could definitely not outrun the six-year-old Mao Qiu and the others, so he was left far behind.

He was so anxious that the two pieces of flesh on his face trembled, and he shouted from behind: "That's my aunt, not yours!"

If only Mai Sui, Mai Lao San and Mai Hongcai came back, they would definitely not think of buying things.

It’s not that I’m stingy, but I just don’t have that awareness.

Fortunately, Shen Xingchen was there. When the four of them went to his uncle's house for dinner, they had to behave politely.

So, Shen Xingchen bought a lot of things at the military district canteen.

Didn’t Mai Xiangdong’s second daughter-in-law, Song Xiaojuan, give birth to twins a while ago? Shen Xingchen bought two cans of milk powder for the children.

Of course, tiger head sugar is also indispensable.

Only Mai Sui took a few of them and gave them to Maoqiu and the others.

This made Hu Tou a little unhappy.

Mai Sui gave him a big slap: "How can you be so stingy as a man!"

Hu Tou's eyes were filled with tears: .....Have you ever seen a manly man at the age of four?

In the end, it was Shen Xingchen who took out a chocolate from his pocket and finally calmed Hutou down.

Hu Tou immediately decided that he would like his uncle more in the future.

The military district canteen occasionally has some good things, and this chocolate is one of them.

This thing is not often available. If you buy it outside, you may need foreign exchange coupons. But in the military district, you only need sugar coupons.

Shen Xingchen happened to see it and wanted to buy some for Mai Sui to try.

This one is what's left over from the wheat ear.

Tian Guifen warmly received Mai Sui and Shen Xingchen.

She was no longer surprised to learn that Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai were still bragging outside.

He immediately asked his eldest grandson Hutou to go to the village committee to ask Mai Xiangdong to come back.

Guo Hongmei and Song Xiaojuan were also at home at this time.

Mai Juncai and Mai Liangcai are not here. They went to the mountains to chop firewood.

When Mai Sui came back this time, he also brought a lot of wild boar meat. He gave some to Tian Guifen and asked her to help exchange the rest for eggs in the village.

What's so difficult about this?

Every household in the village raises chickens. They usually save the eggs and are reluctant to eat them, but now they are definitely happy to exchange them for meat!

Upon learning that Mai Sui and the others were going back after dinner, Tian Guifen immediately got busy.

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On the other side, Mai Hongcai was showing off in the "fake military uniform" he had just bought from the military district's canteen, and Liang Ping'an and other friends were very envious.

What is meant by fake military uniform is that the color is similar to that of a military uniform, but without epaulettes or anything like that.

Nowadays, everyone particularly admires soldiers, and being able to wear such clothes is definitely an enviable thing.

Mai Hongcai also took Mai Sui's third-class merit medal and wore it on his chest.

Liang Pingan wanted to touch it, but Mai Hongcai stopped him immediately: "Have you washed your hands? Just touch it casually!"

"Didn't you promise to show it to me?"

"Just look at it, I didn't ask you to touch it. What if you break it?"

Cao Gang, who was not far away, saw Mai Hongcai acting like a big shot and felt unhappy. He sneered:

"Mai Hongcai, this is your sister's medal, not yours. What else can you do besides bragging and showing off?"

Hu Siping also echoed, "That's right. I heard from your father that your brother-in-law is also going to work. Now you and your father are the only two idle people in your family!"

"Your father is your elder after all, but Mai Hongcai, you are already such a grown-up, do you have the nerve to be a burden?"

"That's right! Marry a man to get clothes and food. If you don't do anything, it will be difficult for you to find a wife in the future!"

Under the pressure from Cao Gang and others, Mai Hongcai suddenly became the object of everyone's ridicule.