Year 1979: Eating meat with my wife and children

Things will definitely get better in the future. As reform and opening up progress, the country has gradually become wealthier, and the welfare benefits of public officials have also begun to gradually increase.

The term "older brother worker" will no longer be popular; jobs within the system are the most desirable!

"You're lucky. Think about what your uncle said. After all, it's your own path to walk from now on."

Seeing his youngest son nod, Brother Ge urged, "Quickly offer your uncle two cups of wine."

Ge Youfu doesn't drink, but he picked up the wine bottle, got up, walked over to Li Xiangdong, and handed him two glasses of wine.

Li Xiangdong remained unmoved and calmly accepted the drink; what were two cups of wine?

If Ge Youfu had listened to him, he would have entered the system early after graduation, and later, when he was promoted to a cadre position within the unit, Ge Youfu would have had both a diploma and seniority, which would have been a huge advantage for him.

A hearty lunch has come to an end.

The women comrades cleaned up the mess of cups and plates on the table, while Li Xiangdong and the other men sat together drinking tea and chatting. Ge Youfu led a group of younger brothers and sisters to play in the alley.

"Dad~"

Li Xiaozhu entered the house with a displeased expression, walked to Li Xiangdong's side, hugged his leg, sat on his feet, and started to act childishly.

Li Xiangdong raised his hand and rubbed her head, then looked at Li Xiaomei, who followed Li Xiaozhu into the house.

"what happened?"

Li Xiaomei explained why Li Xiaozhu was unhappy: it was because Li Xiaozhu watched her older brothers and sisters chasing each other and running around in the alley.

She's small and has short legs, so she couldn't keep up and ended up standing there anxiously...

"That's it."

Li Xiangdong smiled and nodded to Li Xiaomei, then picked up Li Xiaozhu.

"If you can't catch up with your older brothers and sisters, there's nothing I can do. If you want to run faster, you can only eat more and grow up quickly."

Li Xiaozhu pouted and rubbed her head against Li Xiangdong's neck without saying a word.

"What do you want?"

"Feifei~"

"Okay, I'll take you to play in the yard."

Li Xiangdong finished the water in his cup in one gulp, then carried Li Xiaozhu to the yard.

"Xiaomei, go play. I'll stay in the yard with her."

"Okay, Uncle."

Li Xiaomei skipped away. No matter how sensible a girl her age is, she doesn't want to have a burden on her all the time, even though she has so many peers to play with.

"Flying~ Flying~"

Li Xiaozhu finally smiled as she watched the bamboo dragonfly flying in the air.

This time, Li Xiangdong didn't mess with the child and played with Li Xiaozhu for a long time in a very cooperative manner.

Li Xiangdong was only freed when Li Xiaozhu was tired from running and shouting, without even looking at the bamboo dragonfly that had fallen to the ground, and went into the house with her doll to find Zhou Yuqin.

Time flew by and it was almost 4 p.m. Since they didn't plan to have dinner at Uncle Ge's house, Li Xiangdong and his group headed back home.

On the way back, Li Xiangdong didn't carry the old lady on his back. Li Xiaozhu, who was tired from playing, insisted on staying in his arms and wouldn't let anyone else hold her.

"Oh, you're awake? You woke up as soon as you got home, that's impressive."

Back at Uncle Ge's house, Li Xiangdong had just put Li Xiaozhu on the bed and hadn't even covered her with a blanket when Li Xiaozhu rubbed her eyes and hummed twice, waking up.

"You little devil! I'm going to kill you! *Slap! Slap! Slap!*"

When Li Xiaozhu heard Li Xiaotao's shout, she stretched out her arms, wanting Li Xiangdong to hug her.

"Daddy~ play~ look for brother~"

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Li Xiangdong put her shoes on and carried her out of the house.

"What are you guys playing? Don't shout here, let's go next door."

No one was home at Ge Youfu's house next door, so Li Xiaotao and his friends could do whatever they wanted and shout without disturbing anyone.

"Li Xiaotao, if you don't listen to me, then you can play by yourself."

Li Xiaojiang, who was walking ahead, spoke up, but Li Xiaotao rubbed his nose and retorted with a defiant tone, "Where did I not listen to you? Tell me."

"Who didn't listen to me? Tell me first, who are you playing?"

"Haiwa!"

"What are you going to do?"

"Sending a message with a feather in its mouth."

Li Xiaojiang said speechlessly, "When Haiwa delivered the messenger, he wasn't carrying a gun!"

"No gun? Is that right?"

Li Xiaotao chuckled sheepishly, "It's okay if I didn't bring it. Don't worry, brother, I'll give you the gun in a bit."

Li Xiangdong, who was carrying Li Xiaozhu and walking behind, understood that Li Xiaojiang and the others were playing a role-playing game.

The play was "Chicken Feather Letter," which was in the comic book he bought home.

"Chicken Feather Letter" tells the story of Haiwa, the leader of a children's corps, who helps the anti-Japanese forces deliver letters while evading searches by Japanese and puppet troops during the Anti-Japanese War.

As Li Xiangdong entered Ge Youfu's courtyard, he sat down on a stool placed in the yard.

He put Li Xiaozhu on the ground and started bothering the Li Xiaomei and Li Xiaolan sisters.

Ge Youfu went back into the house, brought out a stool, and sat down next to Li Xiangdong.

The uncle and nephew remained silent, watching Li Xiaojiang and the others standing in the center of the courtyard.

"Xiaobo, you be Haiwa; Xiaohai, you be a little Japanese devil with me."

Li Xiaojiang rearranged the roles, and Li Xiaotao, who didn't hear his name called, asked, "What about me?"

Li Xiaojiang shrugged. "We're out of roles. Why don't you come and play the Japanese devils with us?"

"Pooh!"

Li Xiaotao spat and said with a look of disgust, "I'm not going to be a little devil."

"Then you should move away a bit, so as not to interfere with the three of us playing."

Li Xiaojiang started rudely trying to get rid of people, but Li Xiaotao stubbornly refused to leave even after being chased away.

“Brother, don’t push me away. I know what role I’m playing. I’ll play the sheep! Haiwa is a shepherd, and the secret message is hidden on the sheep. I’ll play the sheep. You and Xiaohai can search my body for the secret message later.”

As Li Xiaotao spoke, he imitated a sheep and bleated twice.

"Am I a good imitator? The gun I'm holding now is the 'feather letter.' You guys wait a bit before you start. I'm going to hide the 'feather letter' first."

As Li Xiaotao spoke, he quickly ran into the house, and then soon came out of the house in an odd posture.

"Brother, let's begin."

Li Xiaojiang circled around Li Xiaotao, his gaze fixed on Li Xiaotao's crotch, his face full of disgust.

"Start what? Why are you hiding a gun in your crotch?"

Li Xiaotao feigned ignorance and asked in return, "Gun? What gun? I don't have a gun on me."

Hearing the laughter of Li Xiangdong and Ge Youfu behind him, Li Xiaotao felt ashamed for his own younger brother!

"It's not a gun, I misspoke, it's a letter, okay? Aren't you ashamed? Take it out right now!"

"It cannot be taken out."

Li Xiaotao shook his head and patted his own butt.

“I hid it correctly. Haiwa hid the letter under the sheep’s tail. I played the sheep, but I don’t have a tail. If I didn’t tuck the letter between my thighs, where would I hide it?”

"Then I won't play Haiwa!"

When Li Xiaobo heard that Li Xiaotao wouldn't take the gun out of his crotch no matter what he said, he got fed up!

Li Xiaojiang is now in a real bind. He hasn't even resolved Li Xiaotao's problem yet, and now Li Xiaobo is causing trouble.

"Xiaobo, what's wrong with you again? Haiwa is a good character, and Xiaohai and I are still Japanese devils."

Li Xiaobo stared at Li Xiaotao's bulging crotch and shook his head repeatedly. "Anyway, I won't do it. I don't want to go into Brother Xiaotao's crotch to retrieve some secret message."

P.S.: Here's the third update! Please urge me to update more and support me with your love!

The previous chapter was revised again; I'll take it easy and not write carelessly from now on...

[Thanks to Mr. Chunyu from Dongtaishan Island for the amazing massage!]