Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

In the next few days, Song Shuangshuang and Song Youlin were basically not at home.

I have been walking around the streets of my hometown.

They either queue up to buy food and vegetables, or go to buy meat, or go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to "grab" things.

It’s not that the things they want to buy are not available in the space, but mainly because this is a small city and the chances of running into acquaintances when going out are too high.

They can't just appear out of thin air without leaving the house.

Moreover, the prices in Liao Province are different from those in Heilongjiang Province. The brother and sister have to find out clearly, otherwise how can they offset the money she spends on meat and vegetables from the supermarket.

Well, family members have to settle accounts clearly!

The main reason is that the tickets from Liaoning Province are not compatible with those from Heilongjiang Province! They have nowhere to spend the money when they return to Heilongjiang Province.

It seems that we need to find a place to deal with these tickets.

It was not until the 30th that the Song family finally had a complete rest.

Song's father and mother checked the list to see what was missing and prepared to go to the street again.

Unexpectedly, the two children not only bought everything, but also bought a large piece of red cloth!

This is really not easy.

You should know that red cloth from the supply and marketing cooperative is the hardest to buy, especially around the New Year, when many families choose this time to get married. If you don’t have some connections, you can’t buy it at all.

Song's mother didn't ask the siblings whether they spent extra money. Even if they did spend extra money to find someone, it was worth it.

Looking at the pork and cabbage bought by the siblings, Song's mother was even more excited.

In fact, the city is not as good as the countryside. At least you can slaughter pigs in winter. If you earn a lot of work points this year, you can line up at the front and grab the good meat.

It's not the same in the city.

Don’t even think about buying lard. I’ve never seen anyone buy the particularly fatty ones.

If it is a festival, you can't expect to buy good meat unless you queue up early in the morning.

And cabbage.

In previous years, most of the cabbages Song's mother bought had rotten leaves on the outside, or they were blown by the wind and wilted.

"Thank you both for your hard work these past few days."

"Mom, stop telling me and Youlin how hard we work. If you can give me some real rewards, we won't feel so tired.

Right, brother."

Song Shuangshuang raised her chin towards Song Youlin.

She has heard the word "hard work" too many times these past two days.

The family of three works hard once in the morning, once when they come back at noon, and once again in the evening. Her ears are almost callused from hearing it all the time.

"Kid...you two will definitely get a reward." Father Song looked at his daughter lovingly.

Although the two children were more talkative than before they went to the countryside, they still gave him a sense of alienation in the past few days. But since he told the old lady that he was severing ties with her, that feeling seemed to have disappeared.

The two children also became closer to them.

Song Shuangshuang was just joking, but she didn't expect there would actually be a reward.

The light in Song Shuangshuang's eyes revealed that she was looking forward to this reward, but she pretended to be reserved and said, "This reward doesn't have to be too big. Save the money for my brother's wedding. My expenses have been quite high recently.

Or, save Youlin's share and just give it to me."

Song Youlin, who was sitting on the side, had his smile frozen on his face.

"Sister, do you want to hear what you are saying?"

Although the brother and sister were not short of money, he didn't care much about the reward that Song's father mentioned.

But, it is one thing that he does not care, but she cannot say no on his behalf!

In particular, his share was saved, and his sister's share remained the same.

Hearing this, Song Shuangshuang slapped Song Youlin and said, "You kid, you can't help but laugh. I'm just joking with you."

Her brother actually took it seriously.

Song Youlin: "..."

Okay, okay, it’s all his fault.

"You two siblings are really..." It's been several days since you came back, and this kind of thing happens almost every day.

The two children had a very close relationship before they went to the countryside, but they basically never fought like this.

However, this time when they came back, the atmosphere between the two siblings was better than before, and the daughter's personality was more lively than before.

The meat and food that Song Shuangshuang and Song Youlin brought back from Heilongjiang Province saved Song's parents from having to worry about how to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

Song Shuangshuang's family had their reunion dinner in the evening.

Although Old Mrs. Zhang lives with Uncle Song, according to the custom of previous years, the Song family should go to Uncle Song's house to celebrate the New Year on the night of the 30th.

But because of what happened a few days ago, Song's father said that this year their family would celebrate the New Year on their own, and there was no need to go to Uncle Song's house. They could just go and pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the first lunar month.

The three brothers and sisters of the Song family were stunned. They didn't expect that Father Song would be so "courageous" this year and actually say that they don't need to celebrate the New Year with the old lady.

In previous years, their family had to go to their uncle's house early to start preparations for the New Year, and they had to bring a lot of good things.

As soon as Song's mother arrived, she would start to get busy. The Song family members felt sorry for her and would help her with the work. Despite this, they had to work until the last dish was cooked before they could rest.

My uncle's family were just eating melon seeds in the house like the old man, without helping at all.

When Song Shuangshuang thought of the original owner's memories, she didn't know what to say.

It turns out that Mr. and Mrs. Song are really idiots.

After working like a slave for so many years, I don’t know what he is thinking.

So, Song Shuangshuang and her family got busy.

The family of five has a clear division of labor, from pasting couplets to hanging lanterns, cutting vegetables, chopping meat, and making dumplings. Everyone in the family has their own job.

Because there was something delicious to eat in the evening, Song Shuangshuang's family only had two meals today. They had a bite in the morning and saved their stomach for a good meal in the evening.

The whole family is busy.

Compared with the Song family, Uncle Song’s family is different.

Uncle Song and Song Guangzong were the only two people working in Uncle Song's family. Although Song Guangzong was promoted to a regular employee, there were six mouths to feed in the family, including Old Lady Zhang. It was good enough that the salary could cover daily expenses. Otherwise, Old Lady Zhang would not have gone to Song Shuangshuang's house to ask for money.

The whole family was waiting for Song Shuangshuang's family to come. They just had a simple meal in the morning, but by noon, Song's father and mother had not arrived with anything.

"Mom, the third brother's family can't not come this year." Uncle Song said.

Although the two families had a falling out in the past two years, during the Chinese New Year, the third brother's family would still take his mother into consideration and bring meat and gifts to the house, and have a New Year's Eve dinner in apparent harmony.

Thinking about how the old lady and her daughter-in-law came back from the third brother's house a few days ago in a dejected manner, Uncle Song felt that the old lady must have said something that day to make the third brother angry.

"If they dare to try, I will beat them out."

The person who was speaking had a hoarse voice. Old Mrs. Zhang was sitting cross-legged on the kang. When she heard her precious grandson coming, she quickly spat out the melon seed shells in her mouth, put on her shoes and went downstairs.

"Yaozu, you have a fever, why are you still up?

Go back to your room and lie down. I'll wake you up later when it's time for dinner."

The person who spoke was Song Yaozu.

He came back yesterday afternoon. Although he borrowed money for the train ticket, he hadn't had a good meal for a long time. He couldn't control himself and spent the money on food. He had no choice but to sneak back without paying the fare.

During the three days on the road, Song Yaozu ate a total of two pancakes. He didn't dare to finish them in one day. He only took a bite when he was extremely hungry.

On the last day, all the bread was gone and he could only drink water to fill his stomach.

Not only was he hungry, but there were so many people on the bus that he didn't even have a place to lie down.

He also had to keep an eye out for conductors and avoid ticket inspectors at all times.

I finally made it home, but as soon as I got home, I fell ill.