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After Zhang Qiufang handed a handkerchief to He Jiali, she turned to Qin Hao and said, "Qin Hao, I'm going to take them to the health center. Please help me look after the house. I'll give you some peanuts later."

Qin Hao laughed secretly, thinking that they were treating him like a child.

"it is good."

Qin Hao is quite experienced in pretending to be a child.

"So good." Zhang Qiufang pinched Qin Hao's chubby little face, and took He's grandmother and He Jiali to the health care center.

After the three people left, Qin Hao found a copy of Mao's Selected Works from home and sat at the door to read it with relish.

Before I knew it, the sun had set.

"Haozi, why are you squatting here?"

A gentle voice came from not far away. When Qin Hao looked up, a middle-aged woman in gray work clothes had picked him up with a concerned look on her face.

"Mom, you're off work now. Sister Qiufang asked me to look after the house for her and give me peanuts when I get back."

Qin Hao pointed at the door opposite and said.

"So that's how it is. Our Haozi is so awesome that he can even look after the house for others."

Mother Zhou Guilan tapped Qin Hao's nose lovingly and said, "Then you stay here for a while, I'll go cook for you."

"Ah."

"Don't run around."

"it is good."

When it was getting dark, Liu Ma came back with Zhang Qiufang.

"Chunyan, how is Mei Xin?" Zhou Guilan heard the noise outside and trotted out.

Aunt Liu shook her head: "It's born, both the adult and the child are safe... it's a girl."

Zhou Guilan also sighed when she heard this: "Alas, Mei Xin's life is really hard. This is her third baby, a girl."

"Who said it wasn't? Didn't you see how He Changsheng's face immediately dropped when he heard it was a daughter?"

Zhou Guilan: "It's not his fault, actually. Look at the big boss Tang's family, they gave birth to two sons in a row, they are so proud, and the two families don't get along. I don't know how much gossip he will have to endure when he returns to work."

As they were talking, Qin Hao's father Qin Hongqi came back.

"Hey, what are you talking about so lively?"

As a result, when he heard that He Changsheng had given birth to another daughter, he sighed and said, "Now Old He will be squeezed out of the company again."

The three of them chatted for a while, and when Aunt Liu was about to take Zhang Qiufang back home, Zhou Guilan quickly pulled them back.

"Why go back? You can eat at our house. I've already prepared the meal."

"Really, we can just go back and get some noodles."

"You'll have to light a new fire when you get back. Qiufang will be starving by the time you're done. Just listen to me and eat at our house."

In the end, Liu Ma still couldn't persuade Zhou Guilan and stayed at Qin Hao's house to eat for free.

Looking at the warm scene of his neighbor's family, Qin Hao smiled knowingly. The last world was full of intrigues, but it was nice to enjoy the atmosphere of family harmony in this world.

At the dinner table, Aunt Liu and Zhou Guilan started chatting about the He family next door again.

"By the way, Changsheng's mother brought her eldest daughter here. The little girl looks very energetic, but she doesn't seem to be very close to Changsheng."

Zhou Guilan thought for a moment and said, "It's normal that we're not close. We were a group that came to Huainan to support construction. It's been seven or eight years. His eldest daughter was less than a year old at that time. I guess she doesn't have much impression of him."

"Now that you mention it, Changsheng and Meixin are both pretty cruel. They haven't taken their eldest daughter home for so many years."

"It's not all their fault. The conditions were so bad when we first arrived. We lived in that thatched house and it rained heavily outside and lightly inside. It was only in the past two years that we were allocated a decent house like this."

Qin Hao sneered. All the talk about poor conditions was fake. After all, the He family had given birth to a daughter as their second child. The second daughter around diluted their thoughts about the eldest daughter. The reason they brought the eldest daughter over now was simply because the third child was about to be born and someone was needed to take care of the baby. So, since the He family's grandmother could take care of three children at the same time, they just let them come together.

To be honest, it's really bad for He Jiali to have such parents. She never enjoyed the love and care of her parents since she was a child, and she was always instilled with the idea that the eldest sister is like a mother. She worked hard for the He family all her life, and was still despised and plotted against by her younger sisters.

At night, Zhou Guilan came to Qin Hao's bed with a kerosene lamp, covered him with a quilt, and left quietly.

Back in the master bedroom, Qin Hongqi asked quietly, "Are you asleep?"

"He fell asleep. Children get sleepy when they are full."

After Zhou Guilan lay down, she said, "Oh, we still have five eggs at home. I'll take them to Mei Xin when she's discharged from the hospital. A woman needs to replenish her nutrition after giving birth."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Qin Hongqi nodded.

"I'm wondering whether I should let Haozi go to school early?"

Zhou Guilan asked in confusion: "Isn't Haozi not yet six years old? He is not old enough to go to school. Why did you suddenly think of this?"

"I saw Haozi reading Selected Works of Mao this afternoon."

"The child can recognize a few words, so he probably just flipped through it casually."

"I thought so at first, but when I asked him what he had seen, do you know what Haozi said?"

"What did you say?" Zhou Guilan asked curiously.

Qin Hongqi imitated the child's tone: "The teacher said that we must learn to grasp the main contradiction..."

Zhou Guilan was amused and then said in surprise: "When did this child start to learn to read? We don't even know it."

"I taught him how to use a dictionary before. I guess he learned it because he was bored at home. So I thought since Haozi is so smart, I should just let him go to school a year earlier. Even if he can't keep up, he can still repeat the grade. He can get some advantages by studying an extra year."

Zhou Guilan pursed her lips and said, "Then I have to pay an extra year's tuition."

But thinking of her son, Zhou Guilan agreed: "Then you have to ask for help quickly, because the summer vacation is about to end and school will start again."

"Well, I'll ask Mr. Wang from the attached primary school about the situation tomorrow."

Qin Hongqi took full action and took Qin Hao to the affiliated primary school the next day. At first, Teacher Wang was determined not to accept him. Later, after testing Qin Hao with some math problems and asking him to write a few words, he immediately agreed to let him enroll.

"This child has a sharp mind and is a good material for studying."

Who doesn't want to hear others praise their own children? Qin Hongqi was so happy that he smiled from ear to ear. When he returned home, he took out the sweet potato wine that he usually didn't want to drink and drank two cups.

Zhou Guilan was also very happy when she heard this, and she even took out an egg and made some egg drop soup to go with the dish.

A day later, Qin Hongqi and Zhou Guilan both went to work. Qin Hao was alone at home, feeling a little bored. Just as he was about to go out for a walk, he saw the big family next door coming back in a grand procession.

"Good morning, Aunt Liu."

Liu Meixin's face turned pale, and she forced a smile at Qin Hao: "Haozi is at home, your parents are at work, right?"

"Oh, by the way..." Qin Hao ran back home and took out a few eggs from the kitchen.

"Aunt Liu, my mother said that you just gave birth to your sister and need to supplement your nutrition."

Liu Meixin's eyes reddened.

"Thank your mother for me."

He's grandmother was afraid that she would cry and damage her eyes during the confinement period, so she quickly reminded her: "It's windy outside, let's go inside first."

Liu Meixin and her group entered the house. When Qin Hao was about to leave, a little girl of about five or six years old stopped him and said, "Where are you going? Children should not run around. They will be sold by bad people."

Looking at the cute little girl in front of him, Qin Hao was happy. This was He Jiawen, the second daughter of the He family, and she grew up with him.

"Children are not allowed to run around, but I am no longer a child."

He Jiawen pouted: "You are talking nonsense, you are obviously a child, I am one month older than you."

Qin Hao said seriously, "I'm going to primary school soon. When I'm in primary school, I can join the Young Pioneers. How can a member of the Young Pioneers still be a child?"

He Jiawen thought so too, but he felt something was wrong.

"Jia Wen, what are you doing? Come into the house quickly."

"Oh."

After entering the house, He Jiawen acted coquettishly to Liu Meixin: "Mom, I also want to go to primary school and join the Young Pioneers."

Liu Meixin was confused for a moment: "You are not yet old enough to go to school, what school are you going to?"

"But Qin Hao next door said that he is going to school soon. If he can go, why can't I?" He Jiahuan pouted.

Liu Meixin said unhappily, "Why do you want everything that others have? The school won't accept you if you are not old enough."

"No matter what, I just want to go to school..."

"If you cry again I'll spank you."

Liu Meixin was upset by the disturbance. Seeing this, Grandma He quickly stopped her and said, "Okay, it's a good thing for the child to go to school early. Let's discuss it again when Changsheng comes back."

Then he comforted He Jiawen, "Mom just gave birth to a little sister, she is very tired and needs more rest. Let's stop arguing with her here and go out."

"Oh."

He Jiali has been watching from the sidelines. She feels unfamiliar with everyone in this family except her grandmother, including her second sister.

At the same time, Qin Hao had already come to the street.

After several years of support and construction, Tianjia'an has been transformed from a small rural village into a town, but the road is still bumpy and dust is blown everywhere by the wind. There are no stalls selling goods on either side of the street, and all goods are sold in state-owned stores.

Meat, eggs and vegetables were supplied by vegetable companies, while tobacco, alcohol and other non-staple foods were supplied by department stores. All of them had to be purchased with tickets, while items like matches, flashlights and watches required industrial coupons.

This is the best era. Everyone is treated equally and each person is given various tickets according to a fixed quota every month to purchase daily necessities.

It was also the worst era. All ownership belonged to the collective, and even wild fish in the river were not allowed to be caught privately, otherwise it would be considered as undermining socialism.

Qin Hao looked around and found helplessly that his plan to improve his living conditions seemed to have been strangled in the cradle.

In the evening, as soon as Qin Hongqi got off work, Zhou Guilan called him to the kitchen.

"What's the matter?"

Zhou Guilan nodded at Qin Hao who was in a daze.

"He has been sitting there since I came back. I don't know what's going on in his little head."

Qin Hongqi smacked his lips and said, "You are so sentimental at such a young age. I'll ask you about it when we have dinner later."

At the dinner table, Qin Hongqi asked curiously, "Haozi, what were you thinking about just now that made you so engrossed?"

"Nothing, I just want to know how to improve my life." Qin Hao replied casually.

Zhou Guilan and Qin Hongqi smiled at each other: "Hey, I thought it was a big deal, but it turns out that I just lack a mouth."

"Little brat, what do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you later."

Qin Hao shook his head: "No, I'll figure it out myself."

"What can you do?" Qin Hongqi laughed.

"Dad, how do you deal with the toothpaste tubes at home?"

This question really stumped Qin Hongqi. He looked at Zhou Guilan and realized that it was his wife who usually did all the housework.

"Sometimes people from the scrap collection station come to collect them. They charge two cents for each. What are you going to do?"

"Mom, please don't sell the toothpaste tubes at home anymore. Give them to me."

"That's...ok."

There were six toothpaste tubes at home, but that was not enough. After dinner, Qin Hao went to Zhang Qiufang's house opposite.

"Sister Qiufang, do you still have toothpaste tubes at home?"

"Yes, what do you want that for?"

"Well, how about I trade you some maltose?"

"Maltose?" Zhang Qiufang's eyes lit up. What child doesn't like to eat candy, especially in the 1960s when supplies were extremely scarce.

"But not yet. I'll give it to you in two days."

"Okay, I'll get it for you."

After a while, Zhang Qiufang came over with two toothpaste tubes. Qin Hao was about to go home when He Jiawen from next door came running over.

"Sister Qiufang, what are you doing?"

As soon as Zhang Qiufang told He Jiawen, the girl ran faster than a rabbit. After a while, she came over with four toothpaste tubes and looked at Qin Hao eagerly: "How much maltose can these be exchanged for?"

Qin Hao smiled secretly. He didn't expect that the second son of the He family was a foodie when he was a child.

"Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any loss."

The next day, Qin Hao came to the recycling station. It was Lin Dongzhe who gave him the inspiration to buy the toothpaste tube.

"That kid, this is not a place for you to come."

As soon as Qin Hao entered the yard, he was stopped by a middle-aged man.

"Uncle, do you recycle toothpaste tubes?"

"Are you here to sell toothpaste tubes? Where are your parents?"

"They had to go to work, so they asked me to come."

"One three cents. Here you go."

Sure enough, there were more than what was collected at the door. After Qin Hao took out all the toothpaste tubes, the man frowned and asked, "Why do you have so many toothpaste tubes at home?"

"There are two houses next door too. Let me sell them together."

"Where do you live? What's your name, sir?"

"My father's name is Qin Hongqi, and he works in the leather factory of a foreign trade company."

"Okay, here's thirty-six cents. Be careful on the road and don't lose it."

"Thank you uncle."

After coming out of the scrap collection station, Qin Hao went to the state-owned store and took out the food coupons he had asked Zhou Guilan for last night.

"Auntie, I want 3 kilograms of glutinous rice."

"Where are your parents, little one?"

"They went to work and asked me to buy it."

"You are awesome, kid. Come here, auntie will help you put it on."

With an innocent smile on his face, he easily got away with it.

In addition to glutinous rice, wheat is also needed to make malt sugar. However, there is no need to buy this stuff. The wheat harvest season is coming soon, and the fields are everywhere. Qin Hao went into the field, plucked a small bag and took it back.

After soaking the wheat and glutinous rice in water for two hours, Qin Hao evenly sprinkled the soaked wheat on the winnowing basket.

"Haozi, are you going to make maltose?" Zhou Guilan understood what her son wanted to do when she saw this step. (End of this chapter)