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It wasn't noon yet, but Pei Hua was carrying a few kilograms of meat back home with his siblings.

Liu Ru had never seen her family's people before, her grandfather, Second Grandpa and even the legendary Third Grandmother, they were all people that Second Uncle would only hear about, Second Grandmother would sometimes bring food, or her needle basket over to chat, talking about the gossip in the village.

When they saw the meat, the kids eagerly looked at it. Grandma looked at her oil jar and ruthlessly sliced off a little fat and thin meat. Then she went to pick up a cabbage and stewed a cabbage.

Seeing the kids on the table next to the brick bed eating happily, stretching out her arms and kicking her legs, the little brother used his chopsticks to dip the soup into her mouth, taking advantage of her mother's inattentiveness to put it in Liu Ru's mouth. The grandma quickly blocked the chopsticks with her hands and said, "Little ancestor, is your sister really that good at eating this?"

The little brother said, "Grandma, look at my little sister, she must have smelled meat. Let's give her a try."

Grandma said, "That won't do. You can't see salt in a child this young. Feed it to her when she's older."

It was the 26th of the Moon, the full moon of Liu Ru.

Grandmother invited Auntie Hua to cut Liu Ru's hair.

Pei Hua brought his brothers and sisters to help carry the items. Second Brother Pei Jun said: "Grandma, aren't you old already, why must we cut off our younger sister's hair?"

When Grandma heard this, she covered Pei Jun's mouth and said: "Little Ancestor, lower your voice. We are just cutting little sister's hair, why are you dragging us along? Don't go out and spout nonsense."

Pei Jun rolled his eyes and nodded.

Auntie Hua helped to cut her hair, but after hearing Pei Jun say something bad, she did not dare to say anything lucky, so she packed up and returned home.

That night, Mr. Shen went back home, and after the family had dinner, they sat around the brick bed and spoke for a while. Mr. Shen said, "Give us children a name.

Mrs. Shen said in a low voice, "Yin Yun, our little sister already has a name. In the future, little name will be Yinyin."

After lying down, the couple whispered to each other.

The Mr. Shen said, "Ji Ming came again today. He put down some things for the teachers and then went back. The teachers will be spending the new year here."

The Mrs. Shen said, "I don't know when these days will end. At such a young age, there is no place for us to go to the countryside and endure this suffering. My belly full of knowledge is useless following me around."

Mr. Shen tightened the quilt over his body and said, "The big environment is like this, there's no other way, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't have many good days with you, and now you still have to come to the countryside to do menial work."

The Mrs. Shen said: What are you talking about, it's been so many years since we started, Shengsi, I think in the future, our family will have to restrain a few children and peacefully live our lives. If we don't release them now, how hard would it be for us to come over, I believe the situation will improve at some point.

The Mr. Shen said, "That's right, this world is getting more and more confused, why don't we just try to figure it out, and do whatever it is we want to do, since there's no reason to argue, sigh, just bear with it, there's no hope."

The Mrs. Shen said, "Don't worry about it, the War of Resistance Against Japan has its limits too. Since this world is in chaos, there must be a day that you will come back to. Quickly go to sleep, someone will probably call you to write couplets tomorrow."

In the darkness, Liu Ru, who was now called Shen Pei Yin, opened her eyes and listened to her parents' conversation.

From now on, there were only ten years. It would be a very difficult ten years, and he only hoped that these families would be able to withstand the pressure of history and endure until the day the sun appeared in the sky.

Due to the heavy snow from a few days ago, the construction teams from various places had all stopped working early. As a result, most of the people were busy at home preparing for the New Year, and because there were a few children in the small courtyard of Shen Family, the atmosphere became a lot more lively.

A sixteen-year-old Pei Hua, who worked with his grandma in the production team, and who would always help her with household chores at home? There was nothing he couldn't do even if he wanted to, since he was called over to help by the tofu factory during the past few days. This was a very beautiful job, not only did he earn a fair share, he could also stealthily eat some prepared tofu while others couldn't see him.

During these few days, Grandma brought Second Brother Pei Jun to clean up, and Pei Yin heard Grandma talking to Second Uncle.

Grandma said: "Shengqin, don't go out and play games all day, can't you help me do some work at home?"

A slightly hoarse voice said, "Mother, there are so many revolutionary jobs. There are so many small things in that family that you and a few generals of the revolution are enough. I have to go and do something big."

Grandma said in exasperation: "Do big things? "First of all, you have to settle your marriage. In my opinion, you will accomplish one big matter."

Second Uncle said, "Mother, I will take care of everyone first, I do not have time to take care of everyone, I still have matters to attend to, so I will be leaving first."

Grandma said, "Are you coming back for dinner? I'm not going to cook for you."

Second Uncle replied immediately and had already run off into the distance.

After a while, Grandma pushed the door open and entered Pei Yin's room, saying to Mrs. Shen, "Mother Pei Hua is already in his twenties, why don't you tell us about your own family? Our family is not that good, what if we get married."

The Mrs. Shen said, "Mother, how could he not have a good talent? Don't be anxious."

You said he didn't want to put in so much effort and just hung around with a bunch of people all day," she said. "The families with the girls don't even want him anymore. If he could work properly and earn a few more centimeters, maybe others would fall for him. Sigh ~

After dinner, the few children all went to sleep, while came back quietly while his grandmother was still in the east wing of the house sipping her soup.

Grandma said, "I got off work early today, so I'm going to take a rest first."

Pei Hua untied his cotton-padded jacket, took out something wrapped in oilcloth, and chuckled. "Grandmother, Mother, look."