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With the successful experience of the three families raising chickens, soon every household in the alley was tempted and came to the Qin family with gifts, wanting to get some chicks to raise at home.

Only then did Zhou Guilan realize why Qin Hao had kept a rooster.

"I told you that our son did nothing wrong. Look at these things, they are all here to ask for chicks." Qin Hongqi smiled from ear to ear.

Zhou Guilan nodded with a smile: "Yes, I am short-sighted, okay."

"It's also thanks to our son that he left this rooster. Otherwise, that petty person would think that we only care about ourselves and don't raise chickens for them."

At this time, Qin Hao and He Jiawen came back from outside and saw the main room filled with various gifts, including several bags of canned fruit, and asked half-jokingly.

"Dad, you got promoted? People are starting to curry favor with you and give you gifts."

Qin Hongqi was amused: "What kind of promotion is this? These things were sent by neighbors asking for chicken seedlings."

Qin Hao frowned when he heard this: "Dad, you should return these gifts."

Zhou Guilan was unhappy when she heard this: "Going back? Why?"

"According to the policy, as long as you don't raise more than five chickens, you're fine."

Qin Hao shook his head: "Have you forgotten that we were reported for raising chickens before?"

"This matter can be big or small. There's no need for us to take such a big risk for such a small profit. Besides, how much can this thing be worth? If we don't charge for it, won't our neighbors owe us a big favor?"

It is easy to pay off debts of money, but it is difficult to repay debts of favor, especially in this kind of acquaintance society. If you don't repay a debt, you will be criticized. If your family encounters difficulties in the future, it will be difficult to ask others for help.

"Well, Haozi is right. Return the things."

Qin Hongqi made the decision.

"It would be embarrassing to return the gifts intact. So we can exchange the gifts and send them back with something of similar value. It will be considered as a gift exchange."

Zhou Guilan was completely convinced now: "From now on, we will listen to Haozi on all important matters in our family."

In the following month, Qin Hao hatched more than a dozen chicks with the eggs at home. This time, with a hen, he didn't have to go through so much trouble. He just let them hatch by themselves. He just had to take good care of them and make sure they didn't step on the newly hatched chicks to death.

However, on the same day when the three neighbors came to pick up the chicks, the market inspection team came again.

"Which eye of yours saw that we were selling chicks?"

Facing Qin Hao's questioning.

The inspection team pointed at the dozen chicks and said, "This is the evidence. You cannot deny it."

"That's right, and all those who came to buy chicks are witnesses!"

Qin Hao sneered, "It's called selling only when there's a transaction involved. We gave these chicks away to our neighbors for free. How can that be called selling?"

"Yes, I can prove it. The hen simply couldn't raise the chicks, so they gave them to us to raise for fear of violating the policy. How can this be a business deal? Please don't wrongly accuse me." The neighbors present helped to explain.

"I can prove it too."

"You inspection team eat too much and have nothing to do all day."

Seeing this, the inspection team stiffened their necks and said, "We are here to investigate because we received a report. Don't make trouble."

"Report? Then tell me, who reported it? Do you dare to ask them to come over for a face-to-face confrontation?" Qin Hao's heart moved. Last time he reported it, he could say that it was the neighbors who were jealous, but this time the neighbors all had benefits and would definitely not do anything rash. So there was only one possibility.

Seeing that the inspection team remained silent, Qin Hao continued to exert pressure: "Reporting also requires responsibility. Otherwise, if everyone reports at will, will social work still be done?"

"That's right, let the person who reported it come out and be confronted!"

"I want to see which bastard is always staring at our alley."

Under the unanimous condemnation of the neighbors, the inspection team finally brought the person who reported the incident.

Sure enough, it was a hot water bottle.

Tang Pozi gritted her teeth and said, "So what if I reported it? I saw these people giving you gifts with my own eyes. Even if you didn't take the money, you must have accepted the gifts."

Qin Hao didn't even need to step forward, the neighbors all pointed at the hot water bottle's nose and cursed.

"You only see us giving gifts, but you don't see people giving gifts in return. Our gifts are simply a courtesy between neighbors, and have nothing to do with buying and selling chicks."

When the soup-making woman heard this, she shouted that it was impossible: "How can you spit out the fat meat that is already in your mouth? You must be saying this because you are afraid of being implicated."

"Tang Pozi, do you think he is the same as you? Old Qin is a man of high moral character. He helped us hatch the chicks. This selfless act will be commended even if it is reported to the higher-ups."

"That's right. You think everyone is like you Tang family, either taking advantage of the public or thinking about how to bully others. Old Qin's thinking level is much higher than yours."

Being flattered by the neighbors, Qin Hongqi's old face turned red with shame, and at the same time he was secretly glad that if he had not listened to his son, he would probably be in the interrogation room of the inspection team now.

"It's you again. It seems that your Tang family has never reflected on your mistakes over the years. I will report this matter to the party organization tomorrow!" He Changsheng can finally feel proud.

"I'll go with you." Qin Hongqi also echoed.

The hot pot girl was struck by lightning, her legs went limp and she fell to the ground, muttering, "Impossible, why would they confiscate my things?"

"This matter has nothing to do with my parents. I was the one who reported the false accusation. Come after me."

Tang Weimin squeezed into the crowd and knelt on the ground.

"No, this has nothing to do with him. I am the one who made the false accusation. You can arrest me if you want." Mrs. Tang pounced on Tang Weimin.

The mother and son hugged each other and cried bitterly. At this time, Tang Youmin came out from somewhere and glared at everyone present fiercely.

"You deserve it. If it weren't for you, my dad wouldn't have to write self-criticisms every day, and my brother wouldn't be unable to find a job. Just wait for me. When I grow up, I will kill you!"

The crowd, who originally had some sympathy for the Tang mother and son, were instantly furious.

"Is this the second son of the Tang family? He is so vicious at such a young age. What will he be like when he grows up?"

"Look at his eyes, he's like a wolf cub. Maybe he'll dare to kill someone when he grows up."

Tang Weimin looked at his brother in disbelief. Mrs. Tang also came to her senses and quickly pressed Tang Youmin's head to apologize to everyone.

In the crowd, Tang Weimin's eyes unconsciously fell on He Jiali, but he quickly looked away. At this moment, he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Finally, the inspection team took Mrs. Tang away and punished her by making her sweep the streets. She did this for a month. Although her eldest son Tang Weimin helped her, she became seriously ill after being exposed to the cold wind for a month.

In addition, the factory also punished Boss Tang, requiring him to make self-criticisms in front of all the workers for one month.

After a month of continuous troubles, the eldest brother Tang also fell ill. The second son of the Tang family was still a teenager, and the third son was only four years old. The burden of the family fell entirely on Tang Weimin. Tang Weimin had no choice but to borrow food and money everywhere. However, the eldest brother Tang had offended too many people on a daily basis. Not only did he fail to borrow money, he also suffered a lot of humiliation.

That day, early in the morning, Tang Youmin got up and acted coquettishly. He saw a figure flash past the door, and then there was an envelope in the house.

When Tang Weimin opened it, he saw a stack of change, which added up to more than five yuan.

"Youmin, did you see who it was?"

"No, I just saw a man in a red jacket running outside the yard."

"Red coat?"

……

In the blink of an eye, the winter of 1971 arrived as expected. Since they raised chickens and saved a lot of eggs, the children in every household were looking forward to a prosperous year. The adults had more money on hand, so they were naturally willing to buy things for the children.

However, a large family like the He family with five children still has to live frugally.

"Let's make new clothes for the eldest and the second child this year."

As soon as Liu Meixin finished speaking, He Jiayi immediately protested: "Why?"

"My eldest sister pays two-thirds of her salary to the family every month. I won't say anything about her contribution to the family, but my second sister is also unemployed. We are almost the same height now. Why should she do it instead of me?"

Liu Meixin glared at He Jiayi and said, "You will be the head of this family."

"Look how capable you are. We only have so few cloth coupons throughout the year, not even enough to make two new sets of clothes. I had to exchange eggs for some cloth coupons to make up the difference. What's wrong with you being tall? You're the third child, too. It's your fate."

He Jiayi was even more unhappy: "Then I can only wear my elder sister's and second sister's old clothes for the rest of my life."

"Alas, this is the only way in our family. We have so many children. If you want to wear new clothes, that's fine. When you grow up and get married, if your man is capable, I won't say anything if he lets you wear new clothes every day."

"Okay, I will definitely marry a capable man in the future!"

After saying that, He Jiayi ran out in the heavy snow.

He Jiawen chased him to the alley entrance, stepping on the snow pits, and the ice chips got into his cloth shoes and stabbed his ankles. He Jiayi squatted under the locust tree and made a snowball, and his tears fell into the snow and froze into ice particles.

"Third child, don't blame our mother. You know our family's conditions well. Our mother is afraid that once this opportunity is opened, the fourth and fifth children will both ask for new clothes. Our figures are similar, so when the clothes are ready, I'll give them to you."

He Jiayi sniffed, "Humph, I'm not doing this for a piece of clothing, I just think it's unfair. From childhood to adulthood, I've been wearing the old clothes that you and your eldest sister replaced. Just because I was the third child and was born two years later, I never got any good things at home, and I always had to suffer the consequences."

He Jiawen smiled bitterly: "Third child, I know you think it's unfair. Who made our family have so many children? I can only hope that our mother is pregnant with a boy this time, otherwise there might be a seventh child..."

He Jiayi snorted, "That has nothing to do with me. I'll be married by then anyway."

"Okay, let's go back. It's very cold outside. Look, your face is red from the cold."

"No, I'm going to Brother Hao's house."

"Okay, let's go together."

The two of them arrived at Qin's house with familiarity. Just as they were about to go to the inner room, they saw Qin Hao busying himself with something in the kitchen.

"Brother Hao, what delicious food are you making?"

He Jiayi rubbed his frozen hands and pulled He Jiawen into the kitchen.

Qin Hao shook off He Jiayi's hands that were rummaging around, squatted down, and brushed oil on a few eggs with a clean brush.

"Brother Hao, are you baking eggs?"

He Jiayi's saliva was almost flowing as he smelled the tempting aroma.

Qin Hao used chopsticks to pick up a few freshly baked egg shells from the simple barbecue grill built with a few fire bricks and put them on a plate.

"Be careful of hot hands."

Even though it was hot, He Jiayi could not resist the temptation of delicious food. After wrapping an egg in a handkerchief and breaking it, she couldn't wait to eat it.

"Wow, it turns out that eggs can be baked and taste so good. Brother Hao, how do you make this?"

Qin Hao handed one of the eggs to He Jiawen and picked up one to eat.

"It's actually very simple. Make a hole in the egg, pour out the egg white, beat it, and add some seasoning and water. Not only will it taste better when baked, but one egg can be used to make several baked eggs, which is perfect for trying new things."

After listening to Qin Hao, He Jiayi's face was full of admiration: "Brother Hao, how did you come up with this? You are so smart."

As He Jiawen ate the delicious baked eggs, she couldn't help but sigh that she had eaten a lot of delicious food at Qin Hao's place over the years, many of which she had never even thought of.

"Okay, you are eating alone behind my back again!" He Jiahuan's voice came before she even arrived. This girl has reached the voice change period, and her voice is terribly sharp.

In order to make her shut up, Qin Hao handed her a baked egg.

Between delicious food and settling accounts, He Jiahuan chose the former without hesitation.

"Mm, this is so delicious."

After eating the roasted eggs, the four of them sat by the fire looking at the snow scene outside, which was a unique experience.

He Jiahuan suddenly revealed something in a sneaky way: "Did you know?"

"what do you know?"

"Our mother is looking for a boyfriend for our eldest sister. She wants to have a romantic relationship."

He Jiawen was stunned when he heard this: "Where did you hear that? How come I don't know."

"Hehe, a few days ago I heard our mother talking to Aunt Wu at the other end of the alley. She asked her to find a partner for our eldest sister. Aunt Wu agreed immediately. I guess there should be news in the next two days." He Jiahuan said proudly.

He Jiayi propped up his chin when he heard this: "So, my eldest sister is going to get married soon?"

"I really envy my elder sister. She will be able to leave this home soon."

He Jiawen glared at her: "What nonsense are you talking about, do you really want to leave home?"

"Second sister, that's not what I meant. I just envy my eldest sister for becoming an adult soon."

"But if my eldest sister passes away, my second sister will be the oldest in the family, and I can wear new clothes too."

He Jiayi said happily.

"Look at what you have accomplished." He Jiawen was both angry and amused.

When Qin Hao heard that He Jiali was going on a blind date, he couldn't help but hesitate whether to help Zhang Jianguo and He Jiali get together. (End of this chapter)