From the History of the Republic of China to Raising Children in the 1970s

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The car went back to the city at a slower speed, but it still arrived at Li Chengye's new home an hour later.

The two children were excited all the way and were still energetic. Li's mother was a little unaccustomed to riding in the car, and she closed her eyes and rested all the way in the car. Now that she got off the car, she was much more energetic.

Standing at the gate of the yard, Li's mother's face was full of surprise and joy, "Hey, this house is much better than our old house, and there is such a big yard! Then we can order more dishes."

Li Chengye smiled and opened the gate of the yard, "I knew you must like this big yard. There is also a large area behind the house."

"Then you have a good eye." Li's mother praised.

The four of them had already entered the yard, and Qi Peng got out of the car and started to unload the things on the roof. Li Chengye turned around and noticed it, and quickly said to Li's mother: "Mom, you take the two children around the house first, and Qi Peng and I will move the things in."

He handed the key to the house to Li's mother, who nodded at him, took the key and took the two children into the house, with expectations on the faces of the two children.

The things were relatively trivial, and it took the two people nearly ten minutes to move everything into the main room. When the last trip went in, Li's mother had already finished the house and was sorting things out.

She glanced at Li Chengye and said quickly, "Okay, leave the rest to me. Xiao Qi, you take a break first. Yezi, come to the kitchen with me."

"Coming." Li Chengye asked Qi Peng to find a place to sit, and he followed Li's mother into the kitchen.

"Hurry up and go to the street to see if there is any meat for sale, whether it is pork, chicken or any other meat, it is best to bring some back, otherwise how will you cook dinner later? Xiao Qi has worked so hard today, you should let him have a good meal, right?"

As she spoke, she took out a small cloth bag from her pocket, ready to take the ticket and money for Li Chengye.

"Mom, I have a high school classmate who insisted on inviting us to dinner today. I couldn't refuse, so I agreed. How about we invite them to dinner tomorrow?" Li Chengye hurried to stop him. It happened that tomorrow was Sunday, and he had a day off.

"Hey, you're moving today, and you're still asking others to treat you to dinner. How can you be so ignorant?" Li's mother was really angry with her son. What kind of thing did he do!

"Well, it doesn't matter, right?"

"Heh. Okay, we still have to buy the meat. Let's go there earlier and bring more vegetables." Li's mother still found the meat ticket and handed it to Li Chengye.

"Okay, then I'll go buy the meat now." Li's mother said so, and Li Chengye had no objection. He put the ticket in his pocket and went out.

Qi Peng was playing with two children in the yard outside. After saying hello to them, Li Chengye went to the street.

This is a regular place, so there is naturally nothing to sell. Li Chengye walked two streets and carefully turned into a small alley, which was the black market of this county. There were already quite a few people in the black market, but most of them were a bit far away, and there were not many people between them.

Li Chengye looked around and didn't find anyone selling pork, but he saw someone selling chicken and fish. He went directly to buy a chicken and a three-pound fish. After calculating the number of people who wanted to eat, it should be enough.