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Chapter 397 Letter!!
Seeing Zhang Fenjin, the fourth son of the Zhang family, turn around to wish her a happy new year, the deaf old lady took out a red envelope from her pocket and handed it to him, smiling happily from ear to ear: "Good boy, good boy. Come, madam will give you a red envelope."

Although these children are not related to her by blood, at that moment, she actually had the illusion that she had a large house full of children and grandchildren.

There was even more envy in the look he gave Grandma Zhang.

After suffering a loss just now, Zhang Fenjin did not say anything even though he saw only one cent in the bag this time.

After him, the other members of the Zhang family came to pay their New Year's greetings one after another, first to Grandma Zhang, then to the deaf old lady, Tian Zhigang, and finally to Zhang Shenfei.

Although the Zhang family has lived a much better life in recent years, Tang Danniu still maintains strict control over her children.

The children did not have a penny for pocket money, and all the money they earned from selling rags and collecting chicken feathers had to be handed in.

At this moment, everyone received four packages of New Year's money, and they all smiled with their teeth showing.

Seeing the huge red envelope of 80 cents from Zhang Shenfei, they all bowed in unison, led by Zhang Shunsui, and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Second Uncle!"

Zhang Shenfei sat there with his arms and legs spread out, looking very contented: "They are all good kids, good kids!!"

This eight-dollar red packet is worth it! !
After sending out ten red envelopes, the deaf old lady's expression went from being very happy at the beginning to becoming increasingly uglier.

This, this... having many children and grandchildren is a blessing, but too much of this blessing is not good, right? ?

Ten kids each got 20 cents, so they made two dollars in one go.

You have to know these principles. The monthly subsidy for the widowed elderly is only five yuan. This can cover her living expenses and food expenses, as well as various expenses for daily social interactions.

Wow, half a month's subsidy was gone in a flash...

The deaf old lady was sad, but she didn't say it.

After all, there is a large table of delicious food on the table over there. If you eat a little more, everything will come back.

There are many children in Old Zhang's family, and the New Year's greetings lasted for half an hour. When everything finally came to an end, Sha Zhu shouted that if the fire in the house had not been burning brightly, the food on the table would have been cold, and he quickly came to eat.

The children of the Zhang family had grown up to the age where they had bankrupted their father and were already extremely hungry. Upon hearing this, they immediately rushed to the dining table.

Zhang Shenfei was in a trance and always felt like he was in a pig farm.

Tang Danniu obviously didn't think so, and she yelled at her sons in a rough voice:

"Zhang Zhaomei, are you crazy? What are you wiping under the table after picking your nose?"

"Zhang Xiangmei, why don't you try putting some fried meatballs in your pocket? Yi Weihong won't be short of food!"

"Zhang Fenjin, you son of a bitch, be quiet, your grandmother hasn't said anything yet, put your chopsticks down first!!"

"Damn...damn it?" Zhang Shenliang's hand holding the chopsticks was shaking slightly.

But no matter what, the family finally sat down and gathered together to raise their glasses to celebrate the best year in three years, and at the same time look forward to a better next year.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Zhang Shenfei took out a letter from his pocket: "This is what Uncle Yan gave me this morning. This letter came from faraway Western Xinjiang. Guess who sent it?"

Frontier? ? ? ! ! The whole family stared with wide eyes.

"It's Ping An!! Ping An has sent a letter!!" Tang Danv shouted in a hoarse voice.

Zhang Shenliang's eyes lit up as well: "Don't keep us in suspense, Lao Er. Hurry up and open the letter and read it so that everyone can hear it."

"Hurry, Ping'an hasn't written for a long time. I don't know how the child is doing now." Tian Xiaozao also urged.

Western Xinjiang is a long way from Sijiu City, and Zhang Pingan is busy in the army, so they haven't received any letters from the child for a long time.

How can I not be excited when news suddenly comes from afar?
Zhang Shenfei looked at everyone's excited expressions with satisfaction, then sat down, slowly opened the envelope, shook the letter paper, and read aloud:
Dad, Mom, Uncle, Aunt, Madam, I’m glad to see you.

I sent this letter a month in advance, so it should reach you in the New Year of 1962. Here, I wish you all a Happy New Year!
Everything is fine in Western Xinjiang...Now the border is being harassed by the Elephant Country...I am ready to go to the battlefield...

Are my brothers doing well? Is my great-grandmother still healthy? My parents are getting old and not as good as they used to be. I hope they don’t think of giving us a sister anymore…

As Zhang Shenfei continued to tell the story, there was no other sound in the Zhang family's house.

The sea is bright and the moon is at this time.

Although there is no sea, at this moment, the Zhang family and Zhang Pingan's hearts are together far away at the border.

After reading the letter,
Seeing the old lady, Tang Danniu, and Tian Xiaozao wiping their tears, Zhang Shenfei shook his head: "You guys are so mean... If I had known you were going to cry, I wouldn't have taken out the letter tonight and would have waited until after the New Year."

"How dare you?" Grandma Zhang glared at him fiercely. "I haven't seen the boss for two years, and haven't received a letter from him for more than half a year. I look forward to seeing you day and night. If you dare to play tricks on me here, I will beat you to death with my pipe!!"

As he spoke, he raised the brass pipe bowl that was familiar to three generations of the Zhang family. Zhang Shenfei cooperated by holding his head and trying to hide: "Old lady! I will be 28 after the Chinese New Year, and I have a wife and children. You are still hitting me?"

"Don't even mention you're twenty-eight or eighty-eight, you still have to be beaten! Your eldest brother already has ten sons, did I beat him less once?" Grandma Zhang snorted. What's wrong with me beating her?

Zhang Shenfei acted as if he was extremely scared, and Tian Zhigang smiled at the side: "It's good to be beaten by the old lady, it means the old lady is in good health."

Tang Danniu said quickly: "It's not a big deal. As long as you can live a few more years, I won't mind beating Liangzi eight times a day. If you think beating him is tiring, I'll help you. Anyway, I beat him all the time, it's just a matter of convenience."

Zhang Shenliang just smiled foolishly.

Grandma Zhang glanced at her, sighed, and said nothing.

The deaf old lady looked dim in the eyes. Although Tang Danniu spoke without thinking and Zhang Shenliang was dull, the family was still lively together.

In comparison... oh...

After the reunion dinner, the family gathered together to celebrate the New Year.

The little guys were yelling loudly at first, but after 10 o'clock in the evening, their eyelids seemed to be glued together with 502 glue and they couldn't open them.

Finally, a row of little boys lay on the old lady's kang in the inner room. The old lady looked at them and nodded with satisfaction.

What could be more proud than having more boys in the family? She usually disliked it, but she still liked it in her heart.

Suddenly,

There were only a few adults left in the Zhang family's huge house, roasting peanuts around the fire.

The stove was already on and the iron lid was scorching hot. After placing the peanuts on the stove for a few seconds, you had to turn them over in time. If you were a little late, they would turn black.

Tian Xiaozao, Zhang Shenliang was flipping the peanuts with chopsticks, and Zhang Shenfei was pinching them whenever he could find a gap to eat. The two of them couldn't roast enough for him to eat alone.

After so many times, Tang Danniu was not happy: "No, Zao'er, is there anyone who pampers her man as much as you do? Oh, you do all the work, while Zhang Shenfei just waits for the ready-made food?"

Tian Xiaozao smiled sweetly: "Dafei loves to eat peanuts, and I love to serve him."

"I look down on people like you who only serve your own men." Tang Danniu rolled her eyes.

Zhang Shenfei rolled his eyes at his sister-in-law: "Look at what you said, Zao'er doesn't love her own man, so how can she love other people's men???"

"If my elder brother doesn't hurt you, you can be happy to change the woman outside ??? Oh, my elder brother is now a sixth -level worker. How many little girls may look at him?" Tang Niu turned to look at Zhang Shen Liang: "You dare to play those flower intestines outside, and the old ladies let the sons kill you.

Zhang Shenliang: "...No, I didn't do anything!! Dafei was talking nonsense, why did you believe it?? I have ten sons at home, how could I run away with someone? I wanted to tie you up with a rope at night, for fear that you would run away and your children would be left without a mother."

Tang Danniu came to her senses and realized that with her ten sons around, she and Zhang Shenliang formed the strongest alliance.

She also realized that she had overreacted, but she always had the final say in her own small family.

I can't admit my mistakes, I can't admit them in this life. I just snorted coldly: "If there is something wrong, correct it. If there is nothing wrong, try harder."

Zhang Shenliang was speechless: "..."

Dong Dong Dong, as the bells ring, the new year has arrived.

……

According to the custom in the old city, people do not pay New Year’s greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

After eating dumplings in the morning, Zhang Shenfei made an excuse to go out for a walk and turned around and went to Chen Xueru's house.

The rich young woman's family has few members, and she and Zhang Handong are the only ones there during the New Year.

As soon as Zhang Shenfei walked into the door, Zhang Handong, who was dressed in new clothes, rushed over and said, "Dad, you are finally back from your business trip."

Zhang Shenfei stroked his head and took out a toy gun he made from his bag: "Take a look, do you like it?"

"I like it, this gun is so beautiful!!" Zhang Handong couldn't let it go.

"Did you stay up with your mother last night?"

"Yes...but I fell asleep halfway through the guarding." The little guy touched the gun and smiled embarrassedly.

After warming up his son and coaxing him to go to the yard to play with his pistol, Zhang Shenfei went to build a relationship with the rich young woman.

After a fierce battle, the young rich woman lay on the bed with her legs shaking.

Zhang Shenfei took a shower, changed his clothes, and went to the kitchen to prepare a New Year's dinner for Chen Xueru and his son, as well as Xu Huizhen and Xu Jingli who had made an appointment to come together.

It's already half past nine, so it's just right for lunch.

His cooking skills have always been good, but he rarely has the opportunity to show them off.

A few years ago, he made a special trip to Qianmen Street to deliver food ingredients to the little rich woman and Xu Huizhen. Now the kitchen has everything.

Zhang Shenfei first took out a whole chicken and put it into the casserole to stew it, then put a few slices of ginseng and some red dates in it.

After the chicken soup is simmering, start preparing the fish.

Just as I pulled out the balance line next to the gills of the big carp, I heard a series of footsteps.

Then the kitchen door was opened:
"Dad, have you started cooking? Have you played the game of eagle catching rabbit with mom? Who won in the end? "

Zhang Shenfei carefully cleaned the fish, not looking away: "Of course, Dad, the big eagle, won. I made the little white rabbit drool... His legs were shaking, and he kept begging for mercy and calling Dad."

"Hi!! Dad, you are so awesome." Zhang Handong gave a thumbs up.

Chen Xueru finally recovered, changed her clothes and walked over. When she heard Zhang Shenfei's words, her eyes suddenly went dark.

"Da Fei, what nonsense are you talking to the kid about?"

"No nonsense, just tell him about his father's heroic deeds."

Chen Xueru sighed, "You are so unruly. My son, go out and play. Dad and Mom are cooking in the kitchen. We will entertain your Aunt Huizhen later."

After sending Zhang Handong away, the two of them worked hard for a while and the food was soon served on the table.

Not long after, Xu Huizhen and Xu Jingli arrived.

"Sister Li'er, you're here? Come and take a look at my new gun!" Zhang Handong immediately rushed over and showed off the toy in his hand.

His mother Chen Xueru and Xu Huizhen are good friends, so he also has the best relationship with Xu Jingli.

But this best relationship is one-sided, and Xu Jingli herself doesn't like to pay attention to him.

The same is true at this time.
Xu Jingli ignored Zhang Handong who pounced on her, but pounced on Zhang Shenfei like a little bird.

"Uncle Zhang, Li'er misses you so much."

Zhang Shenfei quickly put down the plate of meatballs in his hand and caught Xu Jingli who was running towards him: "Oh, my dear Li has gained a lot of weight in the past three months."

Xu Jingli pouted unhappily: "Li'er doesn't want to get fat. If Li'er gets fat, Uncle Zhang won't be able to hold me."

"Silly girl, even if you grow up to be 18 years old and weigh 100 kilograms, your uncle can still carry you." Zhang Shenfei laughed, "Come on, your uncle will take you and Handong to wash your hands and prepare for dinner."

"This child likes to act like a spoiled child every time he sees his uncle." Xu Huizhen looked at the backs of the three people and scolded them.

Chen Xueru stroked her hair and said meaningfully: "You are the same, aren't you? Who made our Han Dong's father popular with girls? Look at you, you know I gave birth to a son for him, but you still rush to get close to me..."

The two of them had talked it out long ago, and they even did it together once before... In short, the past was too painful to look back on, and it was all Zhang Shenfei's fault!!
So Xu Huizhen didn't feel embarrassed at this moment, and retorted: "A crow landed on a black pig, and saw others as black, but not its own black. Didn't you also steal Tian Xiaozao's wall?"

"Then I'm better than you. You came in later than me! In the old society, you would have to serve me tea!" Chen Xueru grew up in a big capitalist family and cared about this.

Zhang Shenfei dragged out the two children who had just washed their hands, speechless.

Well, why is there another quarrel???
"Come, come, come, eat first. Eating is the most important thing in the world."

The five of them had a delicious lunch, and Chen Xueru even took out a bottle of red wine so that everyone could make up for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Eat and drink

In the afternoon, Zhang Shenfei took his two children to the Changdian Temple Fair. After having fun for a while, it was already dark when they got home.

After dinner, Zhang Shenfei went to coax the two children to sleep, while Chen Xueru and Xu Huizhen went to wash up together.

The two children had enough fun during the day and slept like little pigs in bed at night.

At this time,
Zhang Shenfei's night life has just begun...

After a quick wash, he opened the door to the master bedroom...

On Chen Xueru's extremely beautiful European-style iron bed, two delicate flowers had been waiting for a long time, one was pure and beautiful, the other was enchanting, just like the white rose and red rose in the novel...

Zhang Shenfei was furious when he saw this! !

Outside the Chen family's villa, a strong wind blew, and the two broken bamboos in the yard made noises as they were crushed.

The wind gradually grew stronger, blowing through the bamboos. The bamboos swayed gently at first, but eventually could not withstand the strong wind and could only float and sink in the waves brought by the strong wind.

(End of this chapter)