"You talk too much!" Liu Meifen glared at her husband, annoyed.

Chang Dashan chuckled, didn't retort, took out a special-supply cigarette wrapped in white paper from his pocket, and lit one with relish.

"What kind of cigarettes are these? I've never seen them before." Liu Meifen asked in confusion. She worked at the supply and marketing cooperative and rarely encountered cigarettes she didn't recognize. She had indeed never seen cigarettes with ordinary white paper packaging before.

"Hehe, someone gave it to me. I can't sell it for money, and I can't give it to customers to smoke, so I had no choice but to smoke it myself."

Ignoring the smug Chang Dashan, Liu Meifen shouted at the three girls, "Don't pull Xiao Huo's ears, they'll kick if they hurt!"

Chang Kun looked back and, sure enough, Chang Qing was pulling Xiao Huoshao's ears down while it was eating grass, trying to climb onto its back and ride the donkey.

"Come here, everyone, come and share the toys."

Upon hearing Chang Kun mention that there were toys, the three girls forgot about the little donkey and ran over, staring at him expectantly.

"Let's make this clear: each person can only choose one option, and once you've chosen, there's no going back, and no crying!"

The three girls nodded in unison.

Chang Qing added from the side, "Big brother, if Xiu'er cries, spank her!"

"I won't cry!" Xiu'er shouted from the side.

Chang Kun rummaged through his pockets, first taking out a bamboo whistle, and then blowing it twice with a "whoosh."

"I want it! I want it, big brother, give it to me!"

The three girls stretched their little hands high, all wanting this.

"Stop! Listen to me, you play rock-paper-scissors, whoever wins gets it."

"Huh?" Chang Mu looked at Chang Qing suspiciously. She remembered that the last time they played rock-paper-scissors, her older brother seemed to have accused Chang Qing of cheating.

Chang Qing's face lit up with excitement and confidence: "Okay, let's play rock-paper-scissors!"

Xiuer had no objection. Before her two older sisters could even make a move, she first showed off her little fist.

Chang Mu stared at Chang Qing: "Hurry up and get out, or it won't count!"

Chang Qing: ? ? Why does it feel like this simple-minded Xiao Mu has suddenly become enlightened?

The two of them simultaneously slapped Xiu'er, eliminating her from the competition.

Before Xiuer could even shed a tear, Chang Kun scooped her up in his arms: "You promised you wouldn't cry!"

Xiuer pouted, looking aggrieved, tears clinging to her long eyelashes, wanting to cry but not daring to.

"There are several more toys, and the ones at the end are even more fun," Chang Kun whispered in her ear.

She immediately stopped crying and started laughing, showering Chang Kun with kisses on the face.

Chang Qing and Chang Mu faced off in a decisive match, and Chang Qing lost.

"Hmph! You're lucky!" Chang Qing pouted angrily after failing to cheat, unable to understand why Chang Mu had suddenly become so clever.

Chang Qing and Xiu'er watched helplessly as Chang Mu took the whistle and kept blowing it.

"Big brother, dear big brother, I want one too!"

Shaking him so much he could barely stand, Chang Kun quickly reached into his pocket again.

"Hey, Xiuer and Xiaoqing, whoever wins gets to keep it."

"Wow! It's a spinning top!" Chang Qing's eyes lit up and he shouted. This was much more fun than the bamboo whistle.

Seeing the brightly colored spinning tops, Chang Mu suddenly lost interest in the whistle in her mouth. If she had known this would happen, she would have let Xiao Qing cheat and let her win.

"Xiuer, throw a punch!" Chang Qing was very confident this time, as little Xiuer only ever threw punches.

"Haha, I won after all!"

Chang Qing snatched the spinning top from his older brother's hand, looking at it with obvious delight: "Big brother, where's the whip? Do you have a whip?"

Chang Kun took out the matching whip for her and handed Xiu'er a small water gun made of bamboo tube.

"Big brother, what is this?" None of the little girls recognized the water gun.

"Xiuer, do you want it?"

Xiuer nodded quickly; both of her older sisters already had toys, so she was left with nothing.

"Come on, let me teach you how to play." Chang Kun led her to the fish pond.

Chang Qing and Chang Mu followed without thinking. Even if they didn't recognize the water gun, they knew it must be fun just by looking at its design.

He drew water from a bamboo tube into the fishpond, aimed at the jujube tree in the yard, and with a "whoosh," a stream of water shot out, hitting the trunk squarely!

"Wow! Big brother, let me try it!" Chang Qing and Chang Mu reached out to grab the water gun. They had never played with anything like this before. They had a bubble machine at home, but it could only blow bubbles and not spray water.

Like a mother hen protecting her chicks, Xiu'er stood in front of her two older sisters, declaring, "They're mine! The toys are mine!"

"Good girl, here you can play with the spinning top, I'll teach you how."

With his elder brother present, Chang Qing didn't dare to forcibly take it, so he could only exchange the spinning top in his hand with Xiu'er.

"Hmph! I only want what's mine!" Xiu'er crossed her arms and remained unmoved. Although she was young, she knew that anything Xiao Qing and Xiao Mu wanted to take away must be something good.

After watching her older brother play with it twice, Xiu'er learned how to pump and spray water, spraying it at the grass turtle in the pool.

"Hehehe, big brother is so funny!"

Chang Qing listlessly spun his top, while Chang Mu stopped blowing his whistle and just watched Chang Qing play with his water gun.

They were initially quite happy to receive the whistles and spinning tops, but now, compared to the water guns, sigh!

I wish I had known I would lose rock-paper-scissors until the very end.

Chang Kun took out the remaining small bicycle model made of wire and handed it to Chang Qing: "This is the last toy, do you want it?"

Chang Qing pursed her lips. This kind of little toy could only fool a child as old as Xiu'er who liked to play house. She had long since stopped playing with it.

"If you don't want it, I'll take it." Chang Mu took the toy bicycle and walked over to Xiu'er. "Xiu'er, how about we trade this one with a whistle, two for one, and you can have a water gun with it?"

Xiuer rolled her eyes: "Then I'll have to play a little longer before I can switch with you."

Chang Mu nodded happily, as long as they were willing to make the change.

Chang Qing grinned as well, thinking that once the item was in Xiao Mu's hands, it was no different from having it in his own.

"You guys, stop playing around and come eat potatoes!" Liu Meifen cooked some more potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn in the pot, and when she lifted the lid, a wonderful aroma filled the air.

Xiuer clutched her toys tightly, afraid that her two older sisters would steal them.

Seeing this, Chang Kun took out the three net bags that Uncle Zeng had given him: "Each of you take one. You can put toys in them when you go out, or you can put a small potato in it to eat when you're hungry."

"Wow! Big brother, you're so great!"

The third girl was jumping and skipping around. For the past two months, she hadn't had to go up the mountain to work and could eat meat to her heart's content. She also had all sorts of wonderful toys that she had never seen before. It was like a dream.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn were boiling in the pot. "Take whatever you like," Liu Meifen said as she was munching on corn when she suddenly slapped her thigh.

"I almost forgot, Xiao Kun, Old Zhu, the director of the state-run restaurant across the street, asked when you'd like to come over. He said he needs to talk to you."

"Oh, I see!" Chang Kun nodded. Director Zhu was quick; he must have helped his aunt get the waitress position sorted out.

"What does Old Zhu want with you?" Liu Meifen asked curiously.

"They were short of a waiter and asked me if I knew anyone reliable to recommend. I mentioned my aunt to them."

"What?"

"What?"

Liu Meifen and Chang Dashan stood up in surprise.

How could this son do something so big without making a sound!

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