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Pei Jun talked to Aunt Qiong's Second Brother and Pei Hua talked to his big brother.

Uncle Qiong's family's eldest brother was called Zhang Taihe, and the Second Brother was called Zhang Taiping. They should be Thai characters, and at this time, people were still using the family tree passed down by the older generation to name their families, but they probably changed their names a lot, like Wei Hong or Wei Dong.

From the clothes of his two brothers, Pei Yin could tell that both of them had been changed by adults. The clothes of the Second Brother was obviously more worn than the clothes of her big brother, and now that there were so many supplies, the head of the family had to wear a piece of clothes for his brothers and sisters to wear.

According to what his father had said, Aunt Qiong had gone to high school with him in the capital. If not for the fact that Second Grandmother did not want his daughter to go away to university, she would have gone to the capital with his father and married him after a few years. She was not free when she married, and was considered a rich family in the capital.

It was said that a single woman could influence three generations of the family. This first wife would affect the eldest son, the eldest grandson, or even the eldest grandson, so the Zhang family had visited many families in the past when they married their eldest son, and had finally chosen Aunt Qiong.

Not only did Aunt Qiong know how to behave, but she was also a eldest daughter, moreover, she only had two daughters. However, Second Grandpa had raised her as a half son, and she was very open-minded and open-minded. Not to mention her foresight, at the very least, she had the experience of studying in the provincial capital and would be able to see for much longer than normal girls.

Back then, the Zhang Clan spent a lot of effort to obtain Aunt Qiong. Who would have thought that after the marriage, they would be released, and the family property would be confiscated? This was not only because Aunt Qiong's two brother-in-law had run to Hong Kong with a portion of their family property, but also because the landlord and his family, Aunt Qiong's family, had always been the target of criticism at the general assembly.

The most miserable time for children was still the time for their mothers. After listening to Grandma once, Second Grandmother once asked the production team to take a leave to visit Aunt Qiong, and after returning home cried all night, she carried her family's grain for another thirty miles to Aunt Qiong's home. After that, the Second Grandmother told Grandma that Aunt Qiong's house had already been broken, because the production team didn't provide food in advance, and the children in the house were lying on the kang, unable to speak anymore due to the lack of food.

The village Aunt Joan's house was located in was a communal stronghold, and it was a very advanced community as well. All the movements were at the forefront, unlike the Shen Village, which was restricted by the few elders in the village, the youngsters in the village all worked hard in the fields, so even though they were short on resources, the overall living standard of the village's Shen Village was still quite good. At the very least, they ate more food than other places.

Aunt Joan's village only came here to show off a few things, like learning the Thunder Fist movement and making progress first, like learning big cities first, and then going to see their village for a few dozen miles around. If you think about it, with all this energy spent on drawing eyebrows and painting powder, who would still have the heart to work steadily, so by the end of the year there wasn't much food left to split.

Not only did Second Grandmother save the Zhang family's children with the food, but it was also about time. According to Grandma, Second Grandmother had even secretly sold the gold and jewelry Aunt Qiong left behind for the Zhang family to buy some food, but he didn't dare to take them all at once. She told Aunt Qiong how long it would take for the children to come over to get them, and only then did she help Aunt Qiong through these difficult years.

Pei Hua was talking to Tai He about the series of events from last year.

Pei Hua said: "I followed the few Red Guards from our village to the county, and when I saw that it was a mess, I came back. Our village's branch family's Tian Aiguo followed the county's high school Red Guards to the capital, and heard that he met Chairman Mao."

Taihe said, "I went with the team from our commune. We went into the city and conversed with some other teams before returning. Our commune did not go to Beijing."

After saying this, Tai He looked at his brothers and sisters who were laughing merrily on the other side of the brick bed, and said to Pei Hua in a low voice: "Pei Hua, do you think that this series of moves has any meaning?"

Pei Hua also raised his head to take a look, then lowered his head and said softly, "Taihe, bring your younger brothers and sisters to work with Aunt Qiong and live a good life with them, if you can't participate in the sports, you can't participate too much. No one knows what will happen in the future, let's not get into that situation, but don't fall behind others and be criticized, and treat it as a model of being left behind."

I've been through a lot of fights with my grandpa, and I feel that this kind of exercise is meaningless, but I don't know what is meaningful, so I want to talk to my first uncle. My mother said that my first uncle came from the capital, and although he was turned into a rightist, his vision is there, so he should be able to solve my confusion.

Pei Hua said: "Why don't we finish eating and invite my father to this room to listen to his opinion."

Tai He said, "Alright."

After dinner, Mr. Shen brought Pei Hua and Tai He to the east wing. Pei Yin closed his eyes and rested, his ears perked up, ready to hear what his father had to say.

Tai He said, "First uncle, I don't understand why I'm being criticized like this all day long. My mother asked me to talk to you, so please explain it to me."

Mr. Shen said, "The reason for this kind of competition is because the ones being challenged are of the same class, Tai He and Pei Hua, there are many things I can't say either, and the two of you have to remember, in the future days, you must listen more and speak less, you two are the eldest child of the family, and there are even several siblings below, not only you two are good helpers of your parents, but also role models of your siblings, so you two must properly restrain your words and deeds, no matter where you are, no matter what you say, you have to say it three times in your heart before you can say it three times."

Looking at the two children who were deep in thought, Mr. Shen said, "Pei Hua, Tai He, don't underestimate yourself because of your own composition. You two must be mentally prepared, because in the future, you will encounter a lot of problems with your composition and should relax your mind when facing problems. Remember, there must be other ways for you to walk if you can't take this path.

The two children solemnly nodded.

Mr. Shen said to Zhang Taihe, "Taihe, your mother is an open-minded person, from the experiences of these years, you can see that she is not someone who is easily defeated. You have to bring your brothers and sisters to study with your mother, and don't have any struggles with her when things go wrong, and the little tree will bend in the storm because it is still not strong. When you grow into a big and sturdy tree, you can stand straight in the wind and rain, so, you have to remember to bend down when you have to bend down."

Zhang Taihe nodded, "Uncle, I understand what you're saying."

Mr. Shen said, "It's good that you understand."

Zhang Taihe had always kept these words in his heart. In the following years, he had experienced many difficulties accompanying him. Many years later, when his brothers and sisters all gathered together, Zhang Taihe said that if it weren't for his uncle's words, he really didn't know whether he would be able to endure the inhuman treatment.

The children of Aunt Joan's family had come, and Second Grandmother was worrying about Aunt Jue, who didn't believe him.

The production team started working on the third day of the new year.

At this time of spring, the production team had to organize everyone to tidy up the land. The young ones of Shen Family would go to work, and the older ones would go to graze or raise pigs, while the Mr. Shen would follow the production team down to the ground, receiving 10 centimeters per day for work. Pei Hua would receive 7 centimeters per day for work, the grandfather Second Grandpa who went to graze would receive 8 centimeters for work.

Pei Yin was lying on the brick bed, blowing bubbles as she calculated the family's points. In this era of rural areas, every centimeter was the family's food and drinks.

Until the fifth day of the first month, no one came to Aunt Jue's house. Second Grandmother couldn't sit still any longer, so she carried her backpack and walked over to Aunt Jue's house early in the morning.

It was not the same commune as Shen Village. It was called Qing He Village, and the village was surrounded by Qing He River. Because of the Qing River that surrounded the village, most of the households were hunters before the liberation.

The reason why Aunt Jue married to this village was because there was a family that was familiar with each other in the Second Grandpa. After bringing a young man to the Shen Village, they attracted the attention of the Second Grandmother.

Aunt Jue had been married for more than ten years. She had two daughters and a son.

At this time, the communication was mostly due to shouting, the two families were so far away, they did not send any message to the Second Grandmother, in a hurry, they ate breakfast and left with their bags.

At home, other than Pei Tian and his sister who were running around the yard, only Pei Zhi was left lying on the brick bed. Grandma busied herself with cleaning up, and then carried the basket over to the east wing to make needlework for the children.

A big patch on the shoulder of her clothes had been neatly sewn to make up for her elbow. Grandma cut out two pieces of cloth from a piece of clothing that was too old for her to wear and sewn them into a place with holes in it, Pei Yin thought to herself, the people of this era are really plain and harsh, if I were to continue down this path for another thirty to forty years, I won't need to tear the clothes, I'll just throw them away.

After a long while, the courtyard started to make noise, and Second Grandmother was also talking. Grandma quickly put down her needle and went out to see what was going on.