"Grandpa and grandma, just listen to me, relatives, the more you visit, the closer you become.
If we don’t interact with each other much anymore, my cousins and I might not even recognize each other if we meet on the street.”
Zhang Shuguang took a small bowl for his grandfather and poured half a bowl of Moutai liquor into it.
Just when he was about to open the cigarettes, the old man was quick to grab two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes in his hands, and walked into the inner room with the cigarettes, muttering as he walked.
"How can you, kid, not be able to let go of a good thing? Do you have to eat it all in one meal?"
“This old man!”
Zhang Shuguang put down his hand and smiled helplessly.
If he doesn't want to smoke, then don't smoke. The old man has been frugal all his life. Forcing him to smoke Zhonghua cigarettes now may not be a good thing.
In the future, as there are more and more good cigarettes and good wines at home, I will gradually get used to them.
"Old man, why don't we listen to our daughter-in-law and grandson and go to our eldest daughter's house tomorrow to take a look?"
After Zhang Qingchun came out from the inner room, Liu Guixiang asked with anticipation.
"Okay, let's go and have a look, so you don't have to worry about it all the time."
After hearing what his daughter-in-law and grandson said, Zhang Qingchun finally put his worries aside.
As an elderly person, who doesn't worry about their children? It's just that they are too busy to take care of themselves and are just trying to bear it.
Because there were fish in the big wooden tub, Zhang Shengli had no way to get some water to bathe. After dinner, he begged his brother to take him to the river to bathe.
Zhang Shuguang changed into a vest and shorts, took a pair of underwear, and went out with his brother.
"Victory, here are some candies for you."
Zhang Shuguang handed his younger brother a few White Rabbit milk candies. Zhang Shengli and his sister each got two of the White Rabbit milk candies bought with the tickets, and the rest were kept by their grandmother.
In an era when brown sugar water was a luxury, even the richest families would not dare to let their children eat White Rabbit milk candy at will.
"Thank you, brother."
Zhang Shengli put the candy into his pocket. He planned to eat it with his sister tomorrow.
The river is very lively in the evening. After work, the members usually take their children to wash in the river.
Not only is it not fun to wash at home, but you also have to fetch water. Nowadays, every household is hungry and no one wants to do that.
Zhang Shuguang didn't want to bother anyone, so he took his brother and walked a few more steps until they came to a deserted water surface.
"Brother, wait a moment, let me test the depth first."
This was not the first time the two brothers went to the river to bathe together. Every time, Zhang Shuguang, the older brother, went into the water first.
"Okay, take off your clothes and come down!"
Zhang Shuguang walked around the shallow water area and made sure there were no sharp stones at the bottom of the river before letting his brother down.
"I'm coming!"
The little guy, who couldn't wait any longer, jumped into the river with a splash, splashing countless water.
"Brother, is the splash I made big?"
The little guy emerged from the cool river water and wiped the water off his face.
"Big, bigger than the splash made by the Philippine Fish Fry team."
"Brother, what is the Filipino Fish Fry?"
The little guy's face is full of curiosity.
"They are a group of innate diving saints. The water is almost splashing on the referee's face."
Zhang Shuguang remembered the video he watched in his previous life.
"Big brother is amazing, he knows everything!"
The little guy looked at his brother in admiration in the water. He had never heard of the words his elder brother said.
"Come here, I'll rub the mud off you!"
The two brothers played in the water for a while. When the dirt and dead skin on their bodies had dissolved into powder, they pulled their younger brother over and rubbed him roughly.
"Brother, it's itchy!"
The little guy hid and laughed.
"Okay, we should go home."
The noise in the distance grew quieter, and most of the members went back with their children.
"Brother, play for a while longer."
The little guy obviously hasn't had enough fun.
"No, your fingers are all chapped. If you behave, I'll bring you here tomorrow."
"All right!"
The little guy raised his hands and looked at his wrinkled hands in the moonlight.
"Brother, let me wash your clothes so you don't have to wear them tomorrow morning."
In the 1960s, in rural areas, both adults and children generally wore two sets of clothes: a single coat and a cotton coat.
It’s okay for single clothes, they can be dry the next day after washing in the evening, but cotton clothes can be worn all winter.
Adults know how to be careful and keep their clothes cleaner, so children's cotton-padded clothes are all shiny black.
"I don't want to go home naked. I'll wash it myself when I get home."
An eight-year-old child already knows how to save face.
"Don't you have to carry water to wash at home? Shengli, be obedient and wash here. No one can see your naked butt in the middle of the night."
"Oh well."
Ten minutes later, Zhang Shuguang returned home in the moonlight, holding the washed clothes in one hand and holding a naked child in the other.
I glanced at the system time and it was already past eight o'clock. There were not many people on the road, so it was a good time to give gifts.
"Victory, go to sleep first. I'm going to the captain's house."
To transfer grain relations, a relocation certificate from the production team is required.
"Okay, big brother."
The little guy climbed onto the bed sensibly.
Zhang Shuguang put on his backpack and went out again under the cover of night.
When he arrived at the captain's house, Shuguang put 20 kilograms of cornmeal in his backpack.
"Uncle Xiangyang, are you asleep?"
Zhang Shuguang stood outside the door and knocked on the wooden door of Zhang Xiangyang's house.
"Who is it?"
"Uncle Xiangyang, it's me, Xiaoguang."
"Wait a moment."
Zhang Xiangyang came to the gate and opened it to let Zhang Shuguang in.
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