Become a winner in life after binding the childbearing system

Although the New Year's Day in 1968 was simple, the atmosphere of the New Year was everywhere.

Time gradually entered the twelfth lunar month, and most of the employees in the cannery had a holiday on the 26th.

Except for a few who had to work overtime, the rest of the people took the rich New Year gifts of mountain products prepared by the Logistics Department, accompanied by the canned food with unique flavors from the cannery and various tickets, and went home happily to celebrate the New Year.

Because Shen Yao facilitated this New Year gift of mountain products, she received a lot of extra things prepared by the Logistics Department, and this does not include the thank-you gift that Zhao Yueyue mailed to her separately.

The bicycle she rode home was fully loaded with things, so Shen Yao rode twice as slow as usual and finally got home safely.

The Municipal Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital where Yuan Li works has already been closed for holiday, and there are not many people in the hospital during the New Year holidays.

After all, except for a few patients, no one likes to go to the hospital during the New Year to bring bad luck.

"came back"

"Aunt Zhao, Aunt He"

As soon as she entered the tube building, Shen Yao saw Zhao Yueyue's biological mother arguing with a woman with saliva flying everywhere.

After a closer look, it turned out to be Chunxiao's stepmother. Was she released? She had been detained for a long time.

It should be noted that Chunxiao had left Beijing to work in the countryside for more than half a year.

The Chun family has been turned upside down by Chun Xiao this time. I heard that he even lost his job at the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

She obediently picked up the New Year's goods she had brought back and quietly walked around the two of them and returned to the house.

Shen Yao carefully piled the things in the living room and called her mother to ask about the situation.

Yuan Li rolled her eyes and said, "What are you asking about, kid? Go away, go back to the room and watch Shen Ning and Shen Jin do their homework."

Shen Yao was driven away by her mother with just a few words, and she was still a little confused.

what's wrong?

"Nothing, it's just that your mother is worried that you will go out and say something that will affect yourself."

Grandma Zhou, wearing a small vest, swiftly filled a basin of oranges for Shen Yao and the others.

Shen Yao retorted while peeling the orange peel, "What can I say? I don't even know what Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao asked about Yueyue."

Since Zhao Yueyue went to the countryside, she has not returned to Beijing yet.

They did send some mountain products, but they were far less than what the Shen family gave them.

Of course, this is not entirely Zhao Yueyue's fault. It's because the old couple of the Zhao family are biased.

When Zhao Yueyue left, she didn't take anything with her. It was Shen Yao who asked Yuan Li to help arrange everything.

"It's better not to say anything. The Zhao family has been in a mess recently. Yueyue is a good child. She can't come back and be delayed."

Grandma Zhou added something, and seeing that Shen Yao didn't understand, she explained in a low voice, "Zhao Yueyue's elder brother, Zhao Ziqiang, is involved with the stepdaughter of the Chun family.

When they heard that Chun Fei was pregnant and Zhao Ziqiang refused to marry her, the Chun family went to file a complaint.

Shen Yao:......

"Grandma, where did this news come from? How dare the Zhao family get involved with the Chun family? Wasn't it the Chun family who caused Yueyue to go to the countryside?"

Shen Yao was so shocked that she didn't even eat the orange in her hand. She thought that the fact that Zhao Yueyue's incident could be exposed was because Chun Xiao's stepmother was a worthless person and Chun Fei was the vested interest in it.

Grandma Zhou sighed, "The tube building is connected in all directions, there is no place to hide anything.

Besides, Zhao Ziqiang is not a serious person, and Chun Fei's move is too extreme."

Shen Yao curled her lips, "That's better than going to the countryside, Chun Fei and Chun Xiao are only a few months apart.

Besides, Chun Fei doesn't look serious at all," otherwise Chun Xiao would go crazy.

Of course, there is the problem of Chunxiao's stepmother, but Chunfei is not completely innocent either.

Grandma Zhou spread her hands, "So these two people are just together, right?

Chun Fei will never go back this time. The Chun family is clinging to the Zhao family just to make your Aunt Zhao vacate her job so that Chun Fei can stay in the city."

Shen Yao:......

Shen Yao pursed her lips and said, "How dare the Zhao family commit crimes against the wind?"

The Chun family lost two of their three jobs. The Zhao family only has three employees. If Aunt Zhao loses her job, will the two elderly people with children depend on Uncle Zhao alone? That's just a dream.

As for Zhao Ziqiang's work, Shen Yao didn't take it into account at all.

After all, he was a temporary worker guarding the gate of the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and he expected to earn a few dollars a month.

When Chun Fei marries and takes over Aunt Zhao's job, the couple will be able to live a relatively stable life, but other members of the Zhao family will definitely be sacrificed in various ways. Shen Yao can already imagine the excitement that will happen to the Zhao family in the future.

Zhao Yueyue was right to go to the countryside and not come back. Whoever comes back from this hell will be in trouble.

He got up and ran into the house in a hurry. Grandma Zhou shouted, "Why are you going back to the house? Who are you going to give half of the orange to?"

"Write a letter and tell Yueyue about this. At least she should be mentally prepared."

What if the Zhao family is shameless and asks Yueyue to send back all kinds of food?

It can be said that it is the responsibility of the adoptive parents and grandparents, but Zhao Yueyue has no such obligation to others, including Chun Fei, the new sister-in-law.

On the contrary, Zhao Yueyue has now been trapped and can only go to the countryside in Northeast China, all thanks to the Chun family. Chun Fei is the real culprit who caused all this.

……

"Comrade, when will the letter be delivered?"

Shen Yao handed the stamped envelope to the other party and paid a dime for postage to outside the city.

“If you go to the Northeast, it will take at least half a month, or seven or eight days at the fastest.

Especially at this time of year when it is freezing cold, the roads in the Northeast are difficult to travel on, so it will be even slower.”

The postman at the post office was a young man, and he was very friendly when he saw Shen Yao.

"Oh, I see. Thank you, comrade."

Shen Yao turned around and went out, then turned a corner and went to the public telephone booth next door to send a short telegram message to Zhao Yueyue.

As for why it is short, it is because telegrams are paid by the word count.

I typed a few words and filled in a few cents, but not even a sound was heard.

Shaking his head helplessly, Shen Yao missed the advanced means of transportation in later generations very much.

Whether it is a mobile phone text message or a certain messaging app that allows direct video calls, it has greatly increased the close connection between people.

"Oops, I forgot to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. I have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative."

As she was pushing her bicycle back home, Shen Yao suddenly remembered that she had a mission to accomplish.

Well, I went to the crowded supply and marketing cooperative again.

In the days before the New Year, supply and marketing cooperatives, department stores and other places were extremely crowded.

The Shen family bought all the necessary vegetables and meat as early as the beginning of the twelfth lunar month.

This time, I asked Shen Yao to bring some seasonings back because there were too many New Year's goods at home.

People’s diet at that time lacked oil and water, so dishes with high oil and salt content were the most popular.

Yuan Li thought that it was the New Year and everyone should get together and have fun, so she decided to cook and show off her skills.

As a result, once his cooking skills improved, the food at home became more and more delicious.

The seasonings bought before the New Year are not enough, so Shen Yao is buying some extra stock.

Shen Yao patiently squeezed through the crowd and bought a bottle of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, as well as a few bags of MSG, star anise, green onions and ginger.

When Shen Yao came out of the supply and marketing cooperative, she had full bags in both hands.

"Make way, make way, make way"

"Hurry, stop pushing, these are filled with eggs."

"Ouch, my cloth, what's rubbed on it?"

"..."

There were all kinds of noisy sounds in her ears, but fortunately Shen Yao had already gotten used to it.

Shen Yao strolled to the bicycle, unlocked it, and sat on it. He held the handlebars firmly with both hands, pushed hard with his feet, and ran away with a whoosh.

Shen Yao simply fell in love with the feeling of pedaling the bicycle as fast as lightning.

Seeing that the tube building was getting closer, Shen Yao slowed down and prepared to push the cart in.

Ok?

At the front door of the tube building, Shen Yao saw an old lady wearing a pudding-padded jacket and her hair braided into small pigtails.

The old lady was carrying a basket in her arms, which was covered with a slightly thick cloth.

"Aunt, you are from Shenjia Village, right? Why don't you go inside in such a cold day?"

Auntie Kuanlan:……?

"You, you are Xiao, Xiao" the aunt reacted and was about to continue the conversation with a turn of her eyes.

"I'm Xiao Shen. I've grown up a lot in the past two years. I think your auntie can't recognize me."

Shen Yao touched the two hanging pigtails and smiled particularly sweetly.

The aunt nodded, "Yes, yes, she has changed a little. They say girls change a lot when they grow up. Xiao Shen is getting more and more beautiful. I can't recognize her anymore."

Shen Yao covered her mouth, "Aunt, what are you talking about? Why are you coming here..."

"Aunt, next time you come, just come in. It's very cold outside. You need to take care of yourself."

"Yeah, I know. Xiao Shen, go back. Auntie will be back soon."

Shen Yao carried the basket, watched the other person leave, turned around, stopped smiling and walked back.

Not bad, not bad. Fortunately, she had a sharp eye. Such big eggs could be sold for seven cents each at the supply and marketing cooperative, and smaller ones could be sold for six cents each.

Now she bought them all at the price of one fourth of an ounce. A basket contained forty eggs, enough for the Shen family to eat for half a month.

Humming a little tune, Shen Yao locked her bicycle and pushed the door open to go into the house.

"Mom, I'm back. I met a man selling eggs on the way."

Shen Yao winked and handed the basket in her hand to Yuan Li, and as expected, she received praise from Yuan Li.

These days, going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy eggs is a matter of luck. Not only are you not allowed to pick and choose, but the time of day and time of arrival are also crucial.

Yuan Li used to buy most of her eggs from supply and marketing cooperatives, and she often bought bad eggs.

Later, someone was selling it in front of the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Yuan Li would occasionally buy some after get off work.

Now that the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was on holiday, Yuan Li was planning to try other hospitals. The basket of eggs that Shen Yao brought back at this time solved her urgent problem.

Grandma Zhou, wearing a vest, sat in the living room and waved to Shen Yao.

When it gets cold in winter, Grandma Zhou will move to the Shen family to save coal.

Shen Zizai happened to live with his daughter Yuan Li, so he moved in with Shen Ning.

"Let's go to Fengshou Hutong together tomorrow. If you want to bring anything, you have to buy it in advance."

Grandma Zhou's feelings towards Xie Ci'an were too good, and Shen Yao even felt jealous about it.

"Take some of the canned food and mountain products from home. It will be enough for us."

Shen Yao counted on her fingers and settled the accounts with Grandma Zhou. They had taken quite a lot.

Not everyone has mountain products. If it weren’t for the cannery and Zhao Yueyue, you would have to buy them on the black market if you wanted to eat them.

The supplies on the black market are indeed abundant near the New Year, but they are also really expensive.

For example, the basket of eggs Shen Yao just bought would cost eight cents each on the black market.

Not only is the premium huge, but the black market is also unsafe and you never know when you might be caught by patrol teams.

Ordinary people like the Shen family would rather go to the black market and take risks, even if they had to queue up at the supply and marketing cooperative.

After listening to this, Grandma Zhou nodded and said, "Indeed, taking too much is not good.

If you marry, it's not just you, there's also Xiao Xie, and there are other brothers and sisters in the Xie family.

We'll talk about it when you two have your own family in the future, now we just go with the flow."

They must not let the Xie family suffer any loss, nor can they show off how great the Shen family is.

Grandma Zhou was not afraid of the Xie family's greed, but mainly concerned about the issue of how the sisters-in-law got along.

It's normal for a family to have some bumps and bruises, and there's really no need to increase the difficulty.

Shen Yao smiled and put her arm around Grandma Zhou's arm, "Grandma will be able to see the neighbors in the courtyard tomorrow.

Xie Ci'an said that the Siheyuan is the busiest during the Chinese New Year.

If they go there tomorrow, there is an 80% chance that they will see the melon-eating scene.

As soon as Shen Yao finished speaking, Grandma Zhou's eyes immediately lit up, with the look of someone discovering gossip.

"Really? Then let's go there early tomorrow and spend more time with our in-laws."

After Grandma Zhou finished speaking seriously, she turned around and asked Shen Yao about the courtyard house.

Shen Yao had introduced it before, but it had been a while, so Grandma Zhou decided to deepen her impression so that she wouldn't be late when she went to eat the melons.

Because the Shen family had to go to Fengshou Hutong the next day, they all went to bed early after dinner, intending to get enough rest to watch the show. The two little ones, Shen Ning and Shen Jin, did not make any noise.

You know, earlier, Shen Ning and Shen Jin would not go to bed until after nine o'clock.

Nowadays, everyone closes their eyes and rests at 8 o'clock. Even Grandma Zhou's favorite radio takes a day off. This is enough to prove the Shen family's yearning (passion) for going to the Siheyuan.

"Yaoyao, wear that red tweed, it's festive."

Yuan Li not only instructed Shen Yao to change her dark green coat into a bright red one, she also gave Shen Yao a beautiful hair band.

She applied some red rouge on both sides of her cheeks and put some lipstick on the corners of her mouth.

"Not bad, not bad. This looks more like the real thing."

Patting Shen Yao on the shoulder and asking her to go and rest aside, Yuan Li picked up Shen Jin, who looked like a chicken coop, with one hand and hurriedly dressed her little girl.

By the time the six members of the Shen family went out, it was already eight o'clock.

Since they didn’t ride bicycles for the first time, they simply took the bus.

After wandering around for half an hour, the family got off at a stop not far from Fengshou Hutong.

Xie Ci'an had been waiting here for a while. When he saw Shen Yao and the others coming, he quickly ran over to greet them.

"Is everything okay?"

Looking at Shen Yao with concern, Xie Ci'an stuffed two candies into her hands.

Shen Yao: Hmm?

It’s White Rabbit.

Shen Yao opened the candy wrapper and put it in her mouth, then took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"Xiao Xie, hold Yaoyao, she's carsick, let's go over there."

Yuan Li greeted Xie Ci'an with a smile, holding Shen Ning's left hand and Shen Jin's right hand, and strode forward.

Shen Yao held Xie Ci'an's arm and put most of her body weight on him.

"not cold?"

Xie Ci'an was wearing a dark green coat, which made him look tall and thin.

Especially since this person changed his glasses to silver ones and had smoothly combed hair, he really looked pretty.

Xie Ci'an smiled, diluting the coldness on his face, "I want to go with you."

They both own this dark green coat, which was specially bought by Xie Ci'an.

Shen Yao thought about what happened before she left the house this morning and tried to hold back her laughter. "It still fits now."

The girl is gorgeous in red, which makes her features look delicate; the boy is cool in black, with a face as handsome as jade.