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"The first drum beats, and the battle begins."

"Two drums, tighten your robes."

"Three drums, the sword is unsheathed."

"Four drums, hand over the troops."

Humming an opera, Chang Wei walked slowly into Yard 95. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw the little girl and Xiao Zhao playing hide-and-seek.

Since it is a female cat, the name of Imperial Cat cannot be used - it's a pity for Zhan Zhao, but Xiao Zhao, the Persian cat, is also pretty good.

Playing peekaboo with a cat...

The cat couldn't talk, so the little girl made the decision for it. The little girl was responsible for hiding, and the cat was responsible for finding it.

Then......

"Uncle, the little one is bullying me."

After being found out seven times in a row, the little girl got angry and pulled Chang Wei's legs to complain.

Chang Wei picked up the silly girl with a smile, and Xiao Zhao climbed onto his shoulders skillfully, her round, dark eyes full of intimacy. His mood, which had been depressed all day, suddenly improved.

"Why didn't you play at home today?" Chang Wei patted the little girl's plump butt, "Are your uncle and aunt at home?"

"I'm at home. My aunt is being scolded. I dare not go in." The little girl pursed her lips and felt very sympathetic towards Chang Long, yet she still felt 90% gloating.

Chang Wei was curious about what the fourth brother had done today.

After entering the back room, Chang Long knelt on the ground, looking pitiful. His watery eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Chang Wei, filled with expectation and help.

"What's going on? Are you using family rules?" Chang Wei said with a smile, ignoring Chang Long and walking up to his angry mother. "Beat her if she deserves to be beaten, scold her if she deserves to be scolded. Don't get yourself into trouble by getting angry."

Yang Min took a deep breath, glanced at Chang Long again, and scolded, "Get out now. I'll be mad to death when I see you."

Chang Long got up and ran.

"This child is too wild." Yang Min took a sip of water to calm down. There was not much anger in her words, but more helplessness.

Chang Wei laughed and said, "You are even wilder than when I was a kid. Back then, I ran all over the mountains and fields, and you couldn't catch up with me."

Yang Min seemed to recall something, smiled and tapped him lightly on the head.

"You know that, too? Alas, the third child has the same honest personality as your eldest sister, and the fourth child is exactly like you when you were a child. Fortunately, she is a girl. If she was a boy, I would be exhausted to death."

After some jokes, Chang Wei finally understood why Chang Long was scolded today.

Yesterday was the first day for new students to attend school. Although the children are not as precious as they will be in the future, it is still customary for parents to send their children to school in person on the first day, introduce them to the school, and hand them over to the teacher.

Usually they will say: "Sorry for bothering you, but if he doesn't obey, you can beat him up."

They were all six or seven years old and had never been to kindergarten. After saying goodbye to their parents and suddenly entering an unfamiliar environment, they lost the protection of their parents and brothers, so it was inevitable that they would cry for a while.

The teacher was very attentive and spent more than half an hour singing and dancing to coax the children into a good mood. In the end, Chang Long said quietly in the corner: "Mom doesn't want us anymore!"

The whole class collapsed instantly.

The teacher spent another half an hour jumping and singing.

She added, "We will be sold to Hanako, and no one will take care of us anymore."

The children in a class were crying so hard that they couldn't catch their breath.

The teacher can't even jump!

Fortunately, the school only lasted half a day, so by noon, they were able to send these little brats away. When they lined up to the school gate, Chang Long looked at the school gate and sighed, "We will be sent back tomorrow."

The situation was almost out of control, and the other four freshman classes started crying as well, alarming even the principal.

Chang Wei was shocked. He didn't expect that his sister, at such a young age, had already become so cunning.

admire! admire!

"The most infuriating thing is that she told me in bed last night that the principal thought she was smart and asked her to give a speech at the freshman opening ceremony today. I was quite happy at the time and told her not to be too wild and to be polite. Do you know what she did?"

Chang Wei immediately became interested and hurriedly asked, "What earth-shattering thing did she do?"

Yang Min paused, took a deep breath to calm herself down, and said with a smile, "She said a few words, and then kowtowed to the principal three times on the podium in the playground in front of the whole school."

Chang Wei was stunned, then burst into laughter.

Not to mention Yang Min, Chang Tian even covered his face while attending class at school today.

Chang Wei took out a small notebook and wrote down this incident, and would bring it up again when Chang Long turned eighteen.

During dinner, Chang Tian refused to sit with Chang Long.

He loves his sister the most!

Because of scolding Chang Long, Yang Min was so angry that she didn't have time to cook. Chang Wei asked his mother to take a rest and started to cook himself.

There were onions, tomatoes, hot peppers, radishes, garlic sprouts, and two taels of meat in the small kitchen.

The meat is pure lean meat, probably because I got there early today.

This kind of meat is not easy to sell, meat coupons are precious, and ordinary people are reluctant to spend their coupons on pure lean meat, so if you go early, you might be able to see it.

After the new year, fresh meat becomes hard to buy and we can only eat canned meat. Starting from the year after next, even canned meat is no longer available.

The family has had plenty of food and water these days, and with the nourishment of two doses of physical-strengthening fruits, the yellow-haired girl's hair has begun to turn black, and the eldest sister's figure has gradually become plumper, no longer looking frail and malnourished as before.

Yang Min didn't know that Chang Wei was thinking of "laying a foundation" and "fattening up" his family to cope with difficulties. Seeing her children growing well, she was in a good mood. Since she saw there was meat, she bought it.

We have oil at home, so we don’t care whether it’s fat or lean.

Chang Wei put these messy thoughts aside and dug out a piece of tall bamboo shoots from under the vegetable basket.

Gaosun is called differently in different places. It may also be called Gaogua, Gusun, and Jiaosun. Its scientific name should be Jiaobai.

The ancients called茭白 "菰". Before the Tang Dynasty,茭白 was cultivated as a grain crop. Its seeds were called菰米 or 雕胡, and were one of the "six grains".

This is a unique aquatic vegetable in China. It can be stir-fried with some chili peppers. It tastes better if you add meat if possible.

Chang Wei cut two taels of meat into shreds, stir-fried half of it with bamboo shoots and the other half with garlic sprouts. He cut the winter melon into cubes, added salt to boiling water, simmered it on low heat for a while, put a steamer on the soup pot and placed the egg custard on it.

Peel and cut teacup-sized potatoes into shreds, then stir-fry them with shredded chili peppers to make another dish.

Soon four dishes and one soup were served.

"The Jia family's child was born, and every family in the courtyard sent some gifts. I thought since I have a lot of eggs at home, I might as well bring two kilograms of eggs over. What do you think?"

Yang Min was really ready to step down and let others take over. He even discussed such trivial matters with Chang Wei in a negotiating tone at the dinner table.

"Just do whatever you want." Chang Wei chewed his steamed bun and grumbled, "Qin Huairu has been discharged from the hospital?"

"Well, I came back today and am at home recuperating after giving birth."

"Okay, go ahead. I won't step into their house. Besides, there are women who are in confinement after childbirth. It's so hot and they can't even take a shower. It's scary just to think about it."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Every woman has come this way."

Yang Min glared at Chang Wei. It was okay when Chang Tian was born in the winter month, but Chang Long was born at the end of April in the Gregorian calendar. Although it was not as hot as July and August, it was also very difficult to endure. After the confinement period, she felt like she had gone bad.

Chang Da is even more miserable, the little girl was born in June...