A coal stove was lit in the grandparents' house, and a coal stove was also lit in the east room of the Okura family.

The stove was lit in the east room, and the temperature in the west room instantly dropped several degrees.

It wasn't too cold to lie down on the kang after dinner and do homework. But since the stove was turned on in the east room, it has become so cold in the west room that no one can sleep on the kang.

Ercang and Yingzi both had to go to the kang in the east room to do their homework and review.

The final exams are coming up in the next few days, and after the exams, I will go on annual vacation.

It’s just that there isn’t much room on the kang for the two of them to lie down and study.

Because there are also many warm ones.

Especially after dinner, there were more people. Except for the untouchable Tian Liye and the old bachelor Big Mule, those who didn't come often before gradually became untouchable.

Big-leaf tea is brewed with water professionally boiled in a coal stove. The paste has a slightly sweet aroma and is very delicious.

Everyone couldn’t put it down too.

The only drawback is that there is not enough fuel and water these days. I drink too much tea and before I can say goodbye and go home to sleep, I am already hungry and flustered.

To everyone's surprise, Lao Wai drank with everyone from beginning to end. Why didn't he look hungry?

By the end of each drink, the main topic of discussion was how empty the stomach was.

But looking at Lao Wai's expression and his lack of enthusiasm in responding, I think he doesn't take this topic seriously.

It's obvious that he's not hungry.

Later, everyone discovered that Okura Madam had a huge jar of lard.

And some people found that their family had several meals of pork stew with cabbage before celebrating the Chinese New Year.

This is very surprising.

If people in the village eat pork, they have to wait for the Chinese New Year.

At the end of the year, the superiors will provide each villager with half a catty or more than half a catty of pork for the New Year.

It is not purchased by ticket, but each household has a supply book.

Normally, whether it is white sugar, brown sugar, kerosene or any other daily necessities, they are all supplied in rationed quantities. Take the supply book to the consignment point to purchase.

It was still several days before the pork was brought down. The Okura family had just eaten a few meals of pork, which was obviously not enough food.

Finally, everyone finally discovered that Okura had brought the pork back from the commune after work.

The life of the Okura family suddenly made the neighbors extremely envious.

No one would have thought that Okura could change his family's conditions so much just by working as a worker in a social enterprise.

In fact, Okura didn't want to be so ostentatious.

I don’t want my younger siblings to lead a life too far ahead of other children.

But as the end of the year approached, he discovered two problems.

The first is the fourth child, who is getting taller and more rickety, his neck is shrunken and his face is turning yellow, which is obviously malnutrition.

The second is Yingzi.

Since this little girl went to school again, she has received tutoring from her elder brother almost every night.

She is like a sponge absorbing her elder brother's various learning techniques, such as summarizing, chunking, associative memory, first word memory method, etc., etc., and she can learn it instantly.

Interest is the best teacher. The so-called interest is just intention.

As long as the elder brother said it, Yingzi would understand it with his heart. He would try it thousands of times and work hard, and he would feel warm in his heart.

The hot result is that she works too hard.

My eldest brother was worried that if she couldn't keep up with her nutrition and work too hard, she would get nervous headaches.

So, I could only buy meat from the commune so that my mother could improve her life.

The mother was frightened.

When have you ever been so extravagant?

Besides, where did you get the meat tickets?

While frying meat according to my son's instructions, I felt that this was a sin.

In addition to being envious of the neighbors, it would be a lie to say that there is no jealousy at all.

As for hatred, I really don’t have any.

Envy, jealousy and hatred are human nature, but people these days are generally simple, and simplicity means they are relatively kind and not evil.

So besides being envious, there is at most a little bit of jealousy.

The vast majority of people in the entire village are honest, hard-working old farmers who are both simple and kind-hearted.

Especially since the five brothers of the Jia family came in and Song Qiguo left for a foreign land, the whole village suddenly became clear and clear.

The five Jia brothers are the village tyrants, Song Qiguo is the son of the village chief, and these are the only bad guys in the village.

Although these other standard old farmers are sometimes selfish and petty, all creatures with self-awareness will have these shortcomings.

As for people who are not self-interested but only benefit others, it’s not that there are no such people – there are many in the book.

People eat whole grains, poop after eating, and scatter after drinking. After all, they are still animals. As long as they don't deviate too far from human nature, they are already good people.

But the Qingming Festival in Liangjiahe Village is coming to an end.

According to rumors among the villagers, Song Qiguo has already set off and is coming back.

This news is quite explosive, and villagers have been discussing this topic in the past few days.

Because everyone remembered that Song Qiguo said before leaving that he would come back to compete with Okura.

According to everyone's understanding of him, when he comes back this time, he will definitely not give up and will definitely look for trouble.

Everyone was sweating for Okura.

Okura really didn't take Song Qiguo seriously.

If we were still afraid of Song Qiguo in the autumn, we had no other choice but to make excuses with the Jia brothers and use their strength to fight against Song Qiguo.

Now I really don't have any worries anymore.

Because he has some very close friends, Shi Guoliang, Sun Yancheng, and Sun Yancheng's disciples.

When the time comes, if you really have a problem that cannot be solved, you should ask your friends for help.

Only if you are willing to ask your friends for help can you treat them as friends and friends can help each other.

Liang Jincang believed that his current connections were much stronger than Song Qiguo himself.

And now he is still on the defensive. As long as Song Qiguo doesn't take the initiative to look for trouble, he will never look for trouble with him.

The Art of War says that if you are ten, you are to encircle it, if you are five, you are to attack it, and if you are twice as many, you are to divide it.

This means that you can only attack if you are five times the size of the enemy.

Now that his connections are stronger than Song Qiguo's, if he still takes the offensive and seeks trouble, he will only bring humiliation to himself.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it’s the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow will be the Little New Year.

The closer the New Year is, the more lively the New Year’s Fair becomes.

Although the weather has reached the coldest time of the year, not long after dawn, before breakfast has started, the firecrackers set off have already turned into a pot of porridge.

Even when having breakfast, if you put a bowl on the pot table to serve porridge, the empty bowl will be vibrated by the firecrackers and make a "buzzing" resonance sound.

The children are caught up in the excitement of the upcoming New Year every day.

Students also have a holiday today.

Yingzi, a transfer student, ranked third in the class in the final exam.

Of course, he is also ranked third in the entire grade, because there is only one class for each grade in the village's junior high school.

The second warehouse is also third.

reciprocal.

But this is pretty good.

There are at least two students who have been going to school, and they are not as good as him, a transfer student.

The most important thing is that Ercang persisted.

At least I haven't dropped out of school so far.

Mainly because he didn't dare to mention dropping out of school.

I was really worried about being beaten.

The eldest brother is quite tolerant in other matters. As long as he makes a bold statement and refuses to do anything, then a beating from the eldest brother is unavoidable.

That was a real fight.

Later, I gave up the idea of ​​dropping out of school.

Just to avoid being beaten to death, one must persevere in this study.

It is obvious that this good result of third from the bottom has greatly encouraged him.

When he came home, he reported that he ranked thirty-ninth in the class. He was so proud and excited that it was beyond words.

Okura-niang was extremely disappointed when she heard that her second son got such good results.

She has been holding it in for several months, waiting every day for the good news that her second son has successfully dropped out of school.

Unexpectedly, the second child not only persisted until the final exam, but also got such good results.

Look how happy he is!

It looks like I plan to continue playing after the Chinese New Year!

Ms. Okura was very depressed.

It was a mistake, a mistake. It was a mistake.

If I had known this, I shouldn't have compromised with the boss in the first place.

Then Yingzi came back, carrying a schoolbag and holding a certificate in her hand.

Futura rushed to report to her mother on her behalf, and Eiko came third in the class.

The teacher praised her specifically and said that her third place was more honorable than her first place...

"Get out of here, Yingzi won't say it himself, you still need to recharge your energy, hurry up and help your uncle chop the wood!" Mother suddenly became very angry.

In fact, I feel very desperate.

What kind of material is Yingzi’s little head made of?

I went to school halfway and still managed to do so well in the exam!

Obviously going to school is addictive!

Isn’t this even more reason to drag her down?

This time Okura-chan was really worried.

She felt that Yingzi was like a baby bird that was growing up, and its feathers were getting fuller and fuller.

If this continues, it will be a matter of time before he flies away.

As long as Yingzi is admitted to college, her plan of child bride or marriage exchange is destined to be a winner.

What made her even more distressed was that Song Qiguo came back today.

I am rushing back to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

After coming back, I first went to the area with the surname Liang in front of me and then came to the front of Okura's house.

He swore some dirty words in his mouth.

Biting rushed out and barked, but was hit by a few flying rocks, and ran home howling miserably.

Song Qiguo won the first round, his confidence doubled, and he even cursed like a chicken scolding a dog.

Basically, Okura was compared to the howling dog to scold him.

When Er San Si Cang saw that Zhi Jia was injured, he immediately became angry.

Yingzi hugged and bitten the girl, who was crying miserably, and was so distressed that she burst into tears.

Er Cang took off the gun from the wall, San Cang suddenly pulled out the command knife from behind the cabinet, and Xiao Si'er picked up the ash rake from the side of the stove.

But as soon as the three brothers rushed into the yard, they were stopped by Lao Wai:

"Your eldest brother is not at home, you are no match for him!

No matter what we do, can we wait until your elder brother comes back?"

Fortunately, my stepfather's words are still useful.

Because the three brothers were actually very scared.

Song Qiguo was nineteen years old. He was tall and strong. Even if three brothers were tied together, they would not be able to defeat him.

Besides, Ercang's holding a blunderbuss is worse than holding a fire stick. He doesn't even know how to load gunpowder.

After their stepfather stopped them, the three brothers must be obedient and good children.

When Ocang Niang heard the shouting and scolding, she ran out from her neighbor's house to the west and saw Song Qiguo showing off his power at her door.

At that time, he refused to give in: "Song Qiguo, you can only kill people with a nod of your head, you are not finished yet!"

"Yes, it's not over. As long as Okura is still alive, I won't be over."

"What on earth do you want to do?"

"Tell Okura and give him two choices, either get out of here before the Chinese New Year and never step foot into Liangjiahe, or wait until this time next year to pay him a death anniversary!"

"Song Qiguo, you're going to die badly—" Ocang Niang was so angry that she rushed towards Song Qiguo and wanted to fight Song Qiguo to the death.

As soon as I started to take off, I was pulled from behind by Lao Wai.

No matter how hard I try, I can't get rid of it.

Lao Wai also worked hard.

No matter how often he is afraid of his wife, now he must show his responsibility as a man.

That is to hold on to my wife no matter what.

Because Song Qiguo stood up and waited for Okang Niang to pounce.

Isn't he afraid of the tigress? Come up and give it a try?

Don't rely on the fact that you are a girl to be beaten.

Okura-niang fluttered for a while, but in the end she couldn't break away from Lao Wai's drag.
Chapter completed!