On the streets, most of the snow had been shoveled into roadside ditches by brigade cadres and members, leaving only a thin layer of snow that had just fallen at night on the road.

Li Wen pushed his bicycle and walked slowly, while several little guys were trotting while competing with each other to see who had the biggest apple.

In the past few years, the living standard of Li Wen's family has improved dozens of times compared to before.

Although the second uncle Li Dezhong's family is a little worse off than Li Wen's family, they have brothers to help them. The eldest son is still a worker, and the family life is much better.

When Li Wen just traveled through time a few years ago, Li Yong and Li Tao were as skinny as monkeys, and were much shorter than Li Qiang, who was only one year older than them.

In the blink of an eye, the two little guys were now taller than Li Qiang, who was much taller than them.

Li Tao had indeed grown up. He ran to the door and raised the threshold directly to the side before Li Wen could speak.

"Grandma, uncle, my brother is back!" Li Yong ran into the backyard in a hurry, shouting.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. In the evening, everyone in the family gathered together to chat and listen to the radio. After hearing that Li Wen was coming back, they all ran out.

"Xiaowen is back!"

"Wen Wazi, you are back. I miss you so much."

"Brother, you are finally back!"

All the family members surrounded Li Wen with smiles and greeted him with greetings.

"My dad, hurry up and pick up your baby's bicycle!" Wang Chunmei was stunned." Wang Chunmei slapped her husband who was standing aside and giggling.

Wang Chunmei had not seen her second son for more than half a year. At this time, her son came back. The baby couldn't help it, so she quickly called her husband.

"The second brother is already a big boy, but he still wants me to push a bicycle." Li Deyou was slapped by his wife and felt a little jealous.

However, although he was chattering, his movements were not slow either. He patted Li Wen on the shoulder and took the bicycle.

"Dad, don't worry, we're already home. Hold on to something while we hold up the backrest." Li Wen said with a smile.

"Okay, hold on to Awen, and I'll pull him from behind." Li Deyou smiled and helped Li Wen hold up the car.

"Xiao Wen, you don't have to move anything. It's cold. You go inside to warm yourself up first. Your dad and I will carry the bags in later." Second uncle Li Dezhong saw Li Wen about to untie the rope and pushed Li Wen away with a smile.

"Let's go! My baby must be freezing after walking all the way. Go back to the house and sit on the kang to warm up." The old lady took Li Wen's hand and walked into the house.

"good!"

Li Wen gave his backpack to his younger brother and helped the old lady slowly walk into the house.

"Mom, it's still warm on the kang in our house." Li Wen took off his cotton shoes and sat on the bed with a smile.

"Haha! It's warm. My baby will sleep here with my mother-in-law tonight." The old lady smiled and narrowed her eyes.

"Awen, how did you come back with so many things in such heavy snow?" Not long after Li Wen sat down, two brothers, Li Deyou, came in carrying things.

"Oh, Dad, I came back on a coal train that passed through our county.

After arriving at the county seat, I borrowed a bicycle from a friend and carried my things back." Li Wen said what he had already thought of.

In fact, these are all made up by Li Wen. There is heavy snow these days and trains are suspended. There is no train for him to take.

"That's it! I just said that the county buses are no longer running, and your brother is on vacation. I thought you were pushing a bicycle back here." Li Deyou suddenly realized.

Li Deyou guessed right. His son Li Wen was indeed a melon boy.

"Then why did you lend your friend's bicycle to someone else and return it? Look, the bicycle is still brand new. It's the Chinese New Year soon, and they will definitely need it when visiting relatives starting in the third year of junior high school.

How about dad being your companion tomorrow and we go to the county town to return the bicycle to someone else?" Li Deyou continued.

"Dad, that's not necessary. My friend's whole family is a worker, and he has several bicycles at home. He is not in a hurry to use them. He can just ask me to push them to him after I go to work in the new year." Li Wen quickly waved his hand and refused.

Now that the family is divided and there are children here, Li Wen doesn't let his parents unpack the things they brought back.

Instead, he opened his backpack and took out some candies, chicken cakes, and a large bag of chicken legs.

"Mom, take these chicken legs to the kitchen and heat them up." Li Wen smiled and handed the chicken legs to his mother.

"Okay, I'll take it and heat it up to satisfy everyone's cravings." Wang Chunmei took the straw paper bag and prepared to get off the kang.

"Sister-in-law, why are you wasting such a good thing this late at night!" Cui Yanzi stood up and stopped her.

"Haha! Yanzi, forget it and let your sister-in-law heat it up! Look at these little greedy cats." The old lady pointed to the little guy sitting on the kang and said.

Cui Yanzi turned around and said, "What a guy!".

Li Ping, Li Yong, Li Tao, and Li Wen's younger brothers and sisters looked directly at him.

"Sister-in-law, let's heat it up together! I'll light the fire." Cui Yanzi said with a smile.

"Brother, this chicken drumstick is so delicious! My mouth is full of oil after eating it. It is simply a delicacy in the world."

Li Juan, the little girl, hugged the big chicken leg and said, completely unaware that she was missing her front teeth and couldn't speak clearly.

"Haha! I'll give this to you too, Brother Haochi." Li Wen touched the little girl's shiny hair and said with a smile.

"That's great! That's great."

The little girl's eyes shone brightly as she took the chicken drumstick from Li Wen's hand.

"There are no rules! One for each person. If you eat your brother's, what will your brother eat? I have half of it left for you to eat. Give your brother's back to him." Wang Chunmei, who was standing aside, glared fiercely.

A glance at the little daughter.

"Oh!" The little girl pouted and silently handed the chicken drumstick to Li Wen.

"You can eat it! I don't want it." Li Wen smiled and comforted the little girl. He turned to Wang Chunmei and said: "Mom, let Xiaojuan eat it. I won't eat it. I just ate one with my friend before I came back."

Roast chicken, I’m full.”

Chunmei then gave up, but she kept mumbling: "What's a girl doing eating so much!"

Li Wen didn't refute after hearing this, he just smiled bitterly.

In these days, male babies are indeed worth more than female babies. It would be a problem if the family valued female babies more than male babies.

"Awen, you are also 18 years old. You will be 19 years old in the new year. You are not young. Do you have anyone to talk to?" At this time, Wang Chunmei's voice changed and she gave Li Wen a critical blow.

"Mom, this is too outrageous! I just celebrated my 17th birthday during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Even during the Chinese New Year, I will only be 18 years old at most. You just raised my age to 19." Li Wen heard what his old mother said,

After chatting for a while, I pulled him down.

"Don't interrupt, I don't care if you are 18 or 19, I just want to ask you, have you found a partner?

Your brother Ah Quan also got married when he was 18 last year. Even if you are 18 this year, you still have a partner!" Wang Chunmei said with a serious face.

Li Wen hasn't changed his mind yet. He always thought that he would get married after he was at least 23 years old, but he didn't expect that his family would force him to get married this year.

"Mom, I was just 18 years old. I work in a provincial capital, and my unit hasn't allocated rooms yet, so I'm still renting a house.

I will save enough money next year and a year later, and I plan to get married when I am 20 years old, do you think that is okay?" Li Wen explained with a smile.
Chapter completed!