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After eating the dumplings, it was still early in the morning. She put out the oil lamp and laid on the brick bed, then said to her sister Pei Zhi: "Father, tell me a story."

Father said, "What story is it?"

Pei Zhi said, "The story of the birds filling the sea."

It was very dark in the room, the few children slept on one side of the brick bed, while and his wife slept on the other side with their youngest child, Pei Yin. Pei Yin felt like Pei Zhi's mother had just finished speaking when her hands slowly prodded someone on the other side of the bed.

Mr. Shen cleared his throat and said: "It's the new society. Daddy, can I tell you a new story? ";"

That night, Pei Yin listened to several revolutionary stories told by the Mr. Shen. It was originally a very short story, but it couldn't hold up the fact that the Mr. Shen was a master at rendering the atmosphere. He arranged the plot very well, added a few things that were useful for children to grow up.

Early in the morning, Pei Yin was woken up by her sister's soft voice. She opened her eyes and saw that the sun was shining outside, and she felt it was strange, why didn't she hear the firecrackers?

Seeing that Pei Yin had woken up, Pei Hua's mother wrapped him in a thick blanket and carried him to the living room.

This was the first time Pei Yin had walked out of her house.

He opened the door and saw a large square table by the back window. At this time, the table had already been brought to the center of the room. There were a few elders sitting at the table, and steaming hot dumplings were on the table.

Mr. Shen brought Mrs. Shen and a few children and stood in front of the table. He told the few seniors, "Happy New Year!"

The grandparents happily invited them to sit and eat the dumplings.

Second Uncle stood up and said: "Today is New Year, so we will follow the orders of the Central Committee's Chairman Mao to have a new year. I wish my father, mother, and Second Aunt's Third Aunt a happy new year, and hope to meet with Chairman Mao this year. I wish the few Revolutionary Generals, represented by Shen Pei Hua, great success in their new year, and an early success as generals of the revolution! "

was not the only one stunned by the speech, the rest of the family did not react for a long time as well. Pei Yin looked at her own Second Uncle, her figure was not very strong, although she was very handsome, but her extremely agile eyes made him feel weak.

After a long while, his grandfather, who was sitting on the seat of honor, said with a rigid face, "Alright, let's all eat water dumplings. It'll get cold if we don't eat anymore."

And so they ate a meal in such an inexplicable atmosphere.

After dinner, Mrs. Shen carried Pei Yin and the few children back to her room.

Pei Tian pestered his mother and asked: "Mother, why are you not setting off firecrackers this year?"

Pei Hua said: "The firecrackers are old, you did not hear what Second Uncle said, you are not allowed to set off firecrackers, you are not allowed to burn incense to worship Buddha, you are not allowed to dance dragons and roll lions, Second Uncle had even specially instructed me to bring you guys out to meet people for the new year.

The Mrs. Shen warned them, "You all have to listen to what big brother says, and follow what most people do. Pei Hua, what your Second Uncle says is reasonable, when your Second Uncle speaks in the future, all of you don't need to refute him. You all have to listen carefully, understand?"

Pei Jun said: "Second Uncle likes to speak lies."

The Mrs. Shen said, "You can't talk about the Second Uncle like that in the future. The Second Uncle is his elder, and he is even part of the commune's declaration team.

Pei Yin was a little speechless, thinking that these were all just jokes. But who knew that it was actually true?

Because there were some kids at home, Mrs. Shen didn't go out to pay New Year respects. She helped Grandma entertain the neighbors who came to pay their respects, and no matter how old they were, they wouldn't be able to erase these thousand year old inheritances in one day and one night.

A few aunties came to Mrs. Shen's house to look at Pei Yin. The fat baby was quietly lying inside the blanket, and seeing that someone was teasing him, she smiled so much that her eyes were narrowed, making everyone's heart feel warm. The child was too adorable.

At night, the family gathered together. Pei Hua gave Mrs. Shen a few cents and whispered: "Mother, this is what my Grandfather and the others secretly gave us. Furthermore, Fourth Grandpa also gave it to us.

The elderly people had actually secretly given the New Year's money to the children. The Shen Shengsi couple were moved by the elderly people's care for the children, Mrs. Shen put his wallet into a new handkerchief and said, "Alright, I will help you keep it. When school starts, I will pay the tuition fees for you."

Pei Jun opened his pocket and took out the things inside, saying, "Mother, I followed Second Uncle to pay my respects. This was given to me by someone, I wasn't willing to eat it, so I brought it back for us to eat together."

On the table were a few pieces of fructose and a few cooked peanuts. In this era where resources were scarce, tickets were needed to buy anything. Those pieces of fructose were especially precious.

Mrs. Shen asked: "Who gave this to you?"

Pei Jun said: "It's from the branch family in the village. The branch family's daughter slipped it to me."

Pei Tian said: "It's really good, if I knew earlier, I would have followed Second Uncle to eat."

Pei Jun said: "Second Uncle didn't want me to follow him, I only followed him in when he was about to enter the branch family's gate, if not you would think that I could follow him in."

Mr. Shen said: "Pei Jun, don't be like this in the future. Second Uncle doesn't allow you to follow, so don't follow me."

Pei Jun said: "Second Uncle's bosom is bulging, I just want to know what Second Uncle took to the branch family so I followed in. Father, what do you think Second Uncle brought to the branch family?"

Mr. Shen said, "Kids casually ask around. Each of you can eat this candy and quickly go to sleep."

After the few children fell asleep, the Mrs. Shen whispered to the Mr. Shen: "I am not surprised that his Second Uncle would give such a gift to us, but I find it strange that the daughter of the Zhou family gave us a few lumps of sugar. Could it be that the daughter of the Zhou family has taken a fancy to his, the Second Uncle?"

The Mr. Shen thought for a moment, then said: "The daughter of the branch family often followed behind Shengqin when she was young, and did not see him often when she was young. He heard from Fourth Uncle that the daughter was going to the county's textile factory.

The Mrs. Shen said, "If he really has his eyes on our conditions, he probably won't be willing."

The Mr. Shen said, "Forget it, we don't want to waste time on such useless things. Let's just tell the children not to talk about this. We can just shut the door and live our own lives."