1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 295 Stone, your uncle bought you a new book again. How about it? Aren't you happy?

In early spring, Pingcun Village was still shrouded in chill; the icicles under the eaves had not completely melted and shimmered with tiny silvery light in the midday sun.

Outside the walls of the Su family compound.

A tractor belching black smoke and making a sputtering noise slowly came to a stop in front of the Su family's gate.

As soon as the vehicle was turned off, excited shouts immediately rang out from inside the courtyard.

"The tractor has stopped. It's Uncle and Auntie back!"

"Grandma, it must be my uncle coming back."

With excited shouts, the Su family's gate was opened.

A little boy excitedly ran out, wearing thick cotton shoes, his eyes shining brightly on his frostbitten face.

Just then, Su Wenchen helped his wife off the tractor when he saw his nephew running excitedly towards him.

"Uncle! Uncle! You're back!"

Behind the stone was a two- or three-year-old boy named Tie Tou, but he was clearly not as close to Su Wenchen.

Because Shi Tou and Su Wenchen are only about ten years apart in age, Shi Tou has always been Su Wenchen's little follower since childhood.

Yep.

Back then, Stone was just like Little Iron Head is now, always following him around.

Sometimes Su Wenchen also felt that time flies by so fast; in the blink of an eye, his child will be born this year.

However, Shi Tou clearly didn't have as many thoughts as Su Wenchen. After arriving, he immediately started chattering away at Su Wenchen, asking about things in Beijing.

"Uncle, have you ever been to Tiananmen Square? Isn't it huge?"

"Uncle, did you see the big boss?"

"By the way, Uncle, you were on TV!"

"I even saw you on TV during the Chinese New Year!"

As he spoke, he straightened his back and imitated Su Wenchen standing on the podium on TV, waving his arms as he performed.

"Comrades, if the promotion of this white pig is completed, our country will have an additional one-third of meat supply."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Su Wenchen expectantly.

"Uncle, do you mean we'll have more meat to eat in the future?!"

Su Wenchen looked at his nephew's excited chatter and hadn't even said anything yet.

The older man who came from the front of the car walked over and pulled his son aside.

"Go away and play somewhere else! Your dad isn't short of your meat! There's plenty more meat to eat!"

“These past few days of the New Year, you’ve been eating the most meat. You eat so much meat every day but don’t gain weight. Look around our brigade, who else eats like you and doesn’t gain weight?”

"Giving you meat would be a waste!"

"Meeting high-ranking leaders? Do you think you can just casually talk to a little kid like you?"

Upon hearing his father's words, Stone immediately retorted.

"If you can't tell me, you can't tell me. I'll go see him myself when I grow up! I'll even take pictures then!"

"And my grandfather said that I've internalized the flesh into my body."

"Our principal also said that we are in the growth spurt stage, so we won't get fat no matter how much meat we eat."

"Dad, if you don't believe me, just buy me meat to eat every day, and I promise I won't gain weight!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenzhang immediately retorted irritably.

"Get out of here. We'll buy you meat every day. Even the richest landlords of the past wouldn't dare to dream of eating meat every day."

"You always seem to be thinking good things!"

"I want to eat meat every day! Go buy me some!"

Stone patted his chest.

"Dad, you feed me meat every day now, and when I grow up, I'll buy you meat every day and treat you to meat every day!"

Su Wenzhang rolled his eyes.

"You still buy me meat every day to show your respect. If you can give me a sip of meat soup, then I'll consider my efforts in raising you worthwhile. I'll give up on the dream of eating meat every day."

"And you! Stop having such unrealistic dreams!"

"Study hard and be down-to-earth, and I'll see if I can help you get a recommendation for a worker-peasant-soldier university."

"If that doesn't work, come back to the brigade and take over your mother's job!"

"Go to the cafeteria and become an apprentice under the master chef. Then you'll be able to eat meat every day when you cook."

Stone immediately retorted.

"I'm not going to be a chef!"

"I want to join the army, fight the Japanese devils, protect my country, and catch the bad guys! Biu! Biu! Biu!"

"Screw you, you just want to get beaten up! You're like a mischievous monkey all day long."

"Come help your uncle move his things!"

Upon hearing this, Stone immediately came closer.

"Uncle, what did you bring back? Did you bring back a tank?"

Su Wenchen blinked and immediately teased the other person.

"Stone, I bought you new books. Aren't you happy?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Tou's eyes widened in shock, a hint of despair mingling with his mind. The fear that still haunted him, dominated by his math and physics textbooks, flashed through his mind.

The last nightmare hasn't ended yet, and now a new one is starting?
Uncle, are you a devil?

Will I still have an easy life in the future?

Seeing Shi Tou's silly expression, Jiang Li couldn't bear it and gently patted Su Wenchen.

Why are you teasing him during the Chinese New Year?

"Little Stone, your uncle is talking nonsense. This time, your aunt bought you a comic book, the newly released 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy' from Beijing!"

"Although your uncle bought you some study materials, those were for our commune's primary school!"

"Your teachers will teach you after they've learned it themselves."

Hearing Jiang Li's words, Xiao Shitou felt that his aunt was not only good-looking, but also had a very pleasant voice.

"Auntie, are you telling the truth? Is it the color comic book 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy'?" After seeing Jiang Li's affirmative look, she immediately asked sweetly.

"Auntie, I like you the most."

Su Wenchen savored the taste.

"what about me!"

Stone thought for a moment and then added.

"Uncle, I like you too. I'll like you even more if you don't buy me study materials."

Upon hearing his son's flattery, which was so impartial, Su Wenzhang immediately spoke up.

"Don't learn those empty words from your uncle all day long."

"Doing more work is better than anything else! Come and move some things."

Su Wenchen felt somewhat helpless upon hearing this. Some people's suffering is something they truly earned through their own efforts. Not only do they suffer themselves, but they also have to pass on their valuable experience of enduring hardship as if it were a treasure.

So Su Wenchen also took a large package from the car, picked one up, and walked into the house with his nephew.

"Stone, don't listen to your father!"

"Although you can't get things done just by talking, everyone likes to hear nice things."

"Especially those who are both capable and articulate can achieve success anywhere!"

"Don't be like your father, just burying your head in work. If you don't even think about fighting for your own interests, how can you expect others to care about you?"

"We can't just do the work, otherwise we'll be doing all the work for others."

Hearing this from behind, Su Wenzhang opened his mouth and muttered something.

As the old saying goes, suffering a loss is a blessing!

"How can you always be thinking about taking advantage of others! If everyone wants to take advantage, wouldn't things be chaotic?"

Su Wenchen ignored his older brother's grumbling behind him. There's no point in trying to change someone whose values ​​are already set in stone.

Furthermore, Su Wenchen felt more at ease getting along with his older brother's personality.

However, Su Wenchen naturally hoped that his nephew would have a bright future.

At this point, he understood why his father, who was so cunning, had chosen to marry his mother, who was less cunning.

Seeing the group enter, the two sisters-in-law also peeked out from the kitchen.

"Oh, you're finally in! Mother was just saying why you weren't coming in from the doorway and was urging Father to go out and see!"

Mother Su wiped her hands, stepped forward, and said in an annoyed tone.

"When did I mention it!"

However, after saying that, he still looked Su Wenchen and Jiang Li up and down.

"Are you tired from the journey? Is your stomach alright? It's so cold outside, don't catch a chill..."

Jiang Li smiled and shook her head.

"Mom, we're fine. The journey was good. I even bought things for everyone."

After saying that, he opened the large package.

"Mom, these are dried fruits and poria cocos cakes from Beijing. I bought them for you and Dad!"

"And sister-in-law, I remember when we were shopping at the department store, both of your thermos flasks looked like they'd been used for too long."

"I think this color is quite festive and would be suitable for your home. What do you think?"

The two of them immediately fell in love with the bright red plastic thermos.

But she still said it out loud.

"Little Pear, why did you bring us things? We can't accept these!"

Jiang Li waved her hand.

"Sister-in-law, if you say that, I won't dare accept your things next time!"

"A whole leg of lamb isn't cheap during the Chinese New Year!"

Hearing Jiang Li say this, the second sister-in-law also spoke up.

"Xiao Li, your sister-in-law and the others gave you very valuable gifts, so you can forget about giving them as a return gift. We only gave you two jars of dried persimmons, so I can't accept this."

Although both of his sisters-in-law seemed to like him, Su Wenchen noticed that they both politely declined.

They interrupted him directly.

"Alright, sisters-in-law, don't refuse."

"It's pointless to be too calculating; this is just a small token of our appreciation."

Seeing Su Wenchen say this, Su's mother also chimed in.

"Alright then, you can accept the gifts from the eldest son's family and the second son's family!"

"This bright red thermos looks really festive."

"Even if my daughter takes her with her when she gets married, she'll still be someone I can be proud to show off!"

"It's just that we don't seem to have any daughters in our family!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen immediately laughed.

"Who says no? I just feel that my first child with Ali is definitely a girl!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenlie, who was standing nearby, laughed.

"Youngest son, you really are just like your father, you both love daughters!"

Su Wenchen waved his hand.

"I like both men and women!"

However, Su's father spoke to his second son, Su Wenlie, in a rather irritating manner.

"When did I ever like your older sister? It's like I'm the one who's going to starve you guys!"

"Everyone, go and serve the dishes, dinner is ready!"

As soon as Su's father said this, the crowd surrounding Su Wenchen immediately dispersed.

As the pot lid was lifted, a rich aroma of food filled the entire main room.

Su Wenchen smelled the food and thought that although the food in Beijing was good, it still lacked the taste of home.

(End of this chapter)