Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Hearing Wang Jianguo's exaggerated laughter and Luo Jianshe's mischievous expression, Jiang Sen seemed to understand something.

He laughed along, "Can you guys be a little more innocent?"

It's no wonder they laughed so strangely; it's all because people these days have such a strong impression of lace in foreign films.

Regardless, in the 1980s, almost every household had one of those white lace overcoats.

There was one on the TV, the coffee table, the refrigerator, and even on the tea tray and glasses.

The three of them finalized the furniture design.

They also discussed how to manage the business next year.

When I came out of the house again, the two pigs had already been slaughtered, and two large basins of pig blood were placed next to them.

The old cripple was already dividing the meat. Yingzi put the meat for making jerky in another large basin, and the rest in a basin next to it.

Jiang Sen scratched his head; he himself didn't know when he had so many large basins in his house.

"We're slaughtering a pig today, let's make a 'pig-slaughtering feast'!" the old cripple said. "Steam some blood cake, and use the rest to make blood sausage. Take some home with you all!"

The old cripple seems to be in a good mood.

"That's great!" Luo Jianshe said without any politeness.

"Take some of these spare ribs, pig's trotters, pig's head, and stuff if you want!" Yingzi chimed in. "And take some fresh pork ribs too, I'll make the rest into jerky!"

"Sure, sure!" Luo Jianshe nodded vigorously. "Is there anything we can do to help?"

Yingzi laughed, "What can you do?"

"I will...eat!"

"Go play! Jiang Sen, help me clean out that big pot inside!"

"Alright!" Jiang Sen patted Luo Jianshe on the shoulder. "Watch me!"

Wang Jianguo asked, "What about me? What can I do?"

Yingzi looked back and forth, "Go and help me get the pickled cabbage, get that basin."

Luo Jianshe was somewhat unwilling, so he quickly ran over and picked up the basin, saying, "Come on, I'll go with you!"

It's still early today, so we had a simple lunch and are now looking forward to the pork stew for dinner.

After they finished eating, when the two left, each of them had an extra suitcase.

"We won't take the offal, we'll eat it at your place later!" Before getting into the car, Luo Jianshe was still thinking about the heart, liver, and lungs, "Don't forget to save some of that large intestine for me!"

"Let's go! You'll get your share!" Wang Jianguo urged him. "Hurry up and take me home. It's so late, and I still have to pack up when I get back!"

After cheerfully seeing the two off, Jiang Sen and the old cripple strolled back slowly.

While we were having dinner, the TV was showing the news that the neighborhood committee had announced during the day.

This is a very important matter for the entire country.

The old cripple was happy and overjoyed!

He drank a couple more glasses that evening, humming a little tune as he waved to Jiang Sen to go back, then went into the side room and turned on the radio again.

Jiang Sen also felt a sense of relief.

We can now go all out without any worries.

Yingzi was tidying up inside. After she finished and washed her hands, she saw Jiang Sen wandering back and forth in the yard, grinning foolishly.

"What's wrong? Are you so happy about eating meat?" Yingzi asked, amused. "Go brush your teeth, wash your face, and go to bed."

"You're here! Honey, you're so sweet!"

"You too, hurry up and go!"

"Honey, let me hug you..."

"going or not?"

"Go now!"

The next morning, Jiang Sen was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.

There are still a few days until the Chinese New Year, and they're already setting off firecrackers?

After he got up, he saw the old cripple come in from outside and asked, "Is someone getting married outside?"

The old cripple laughed, "No, it's just the news about the big meeting held last night. People were already setting off firecrackers to celebrate this morning."

"Oh!"

Jiang Sen was not surprised at all. At that time, the people's emotions were still simple. They would express their happiness and celebrate.

Before the Lunar New Year, every household is busy preparing ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner, doing a thorough cleaning, and visiting relatives and friends.

Yingzi took care of the whole cleaning by herself; Jiang Sen only helped her climb up and repaired the broken tiles.

The old cripple cleaned up the water system, drained the water long ago, and scooped out the goldfish and put them inside the house.

He wiped the gate and the connecting corridor again.

After finishing all that, Jiang Sen and the old cripple sat in the main room drinking tea. Jiang Sen looked at the gifts he was preparing to send out and felt a little worried.

Whether he was in the Great Northern Wilderness or back in Beijing, he received help from the fathers of Wang Haiyang and Luo Jianshe.

Logically speaking, he should have taken the initiative to visit with gifts long ago.

But these two families are not ordinary families, and the two elders are also very busy.

Therefore, he always sent gifts through Luo Jianshe and never took the initiative to say that he wanted to go.

He was afraid of being misunderstood as deliberately currying favor.

But after Luo Jianshe's father visited last time, he kept thinking about finding an opportunity to go there someday.

But he still hesitated, after all, his status was too different from Luo Jianshe's family background, and going would always feel like he was currying favor.

"I'll go with you!" the old cripple suddenly said.

He saw Jiang Sen staring blankly at the prepared gifts on the ground and understood what was going on.

"Go ahead, then you have nothing to worry about."

Jiang Sen was moved, but still somewhat uneasy.

“Old cripple, you’ve done enough for me. I just want you to live peacefully here. I can handle all these troublesome things myself.”

The old cripple smiled, handed Jiang Sen a cigarette, and lit one for himself as well.

“The old commander has come to see me in person. If I don’t go, I’ll seem disrespectful! It’s alright. You can make a call first and see when they are home, then we’ll go over.”

“Okay!” Jiang Sen agreed.

Having said all that, refusing now would make me seem too pretentious and indecisive, and I'd feel uncomfortable too.

He made a phone call to Luo Jianshe.

Upon hearing that he wanted to go and pay New Year's visits with the old cripple, he readily agreed.

“After my dad went there that day, he talked about it almost every day. Today he’s free. I called my dad and then I’ll come pick you up.”

"Why are you making the trip? We can go ourselves. Just give me the address..."

“Even if I give it to you, you won’t be able to get in. I’ll go pick you up! By the way, are you still going to Haiyang’s house? Don’t go. I’ll tell my mom, and it’ll be much easier if everyone comes to my house tonight! Also, you have to have dinner at home. Bring Yingzi too. My mom has been saying she wants to meet her, and Liu Ma too!”

Jiang Sen laughed, "Alright! Then I'll wait for you at home!"

After listening to his phone call, the old cripple got up and said, "I'll go to the back and see if there's anything else I can deliver, and I'll call Yingzi along."

As a result, when Yingzi heard that she was going to formally visit Luo Jianshe's family to offer New Year's greetings, she changed back into her old clothes.

Jiang Sen didn't object, but just smiled and asked her, "It's just going out for a meal, is it really that big of a deal?"

"It's just etiquette!" Yingzi rolled her eyes at him. "Let me see, is it pretty?"

"My wife looks good in everything, but she looks best when she's not wearing anything... Hey, look at you, I just teased you and you're about to hit me. I'm going to reassert my husbandly authority! You just wait... Ouch!"

Jiang Sen was kicked out of the door and almost knelt down in front of the old cripple.

He chuckled, stood up, and asked, "What did you find?"

The old cripple really enjoyed watching the young couple bicker, but he never called them out on it. "Take some blood sausage, make it, and that brat Jianshe didn't come to get it. There's still one left, leave it in the kitchen, and give it to Jianguo later."

“Okay!” Jiang Sen took the blood sausage. “I’ll find something to put it in.”

Once they were ready, Luo Jianshe arrived. As soon as he entered, he said, "Hurry up and come quickly! My dad and Uncle Wang heard you were coming, so they went home early!"