Winter in the north is long and cold.

In a high-latitude and high-altitude area like Yuanmeng County, once it enters nine days, it will be extremely cold to death.

If you don't take action in 1929, you can walk on the ice in 3949.

Even when the sun comes out during the day, the temperature hovers around zero degrees.

Some snow on the shady side will not melt all winter long.

In such weather, the primary school classroom in the village must have a stove.

Schools in the county have radiators, but all in the village have stoves.

Even the first-grade children are arranged in pairs and take turns arriving at school early every morning to make the whole class angry.

In the eyes of rural people, a seven-year-old child is already a grown-up child and must be able to work.

Not to mention making a fire, just simple cooking, that can be done.

All the children have their own tasks. They have to bring soft wood, hard wood, and charcoal from their own homes.

Most of the teachers in the school are from the same village, and their level is not high. They have basically graduated from junior high school.

It's quite rare to have one or two high school graduates.

Those who graduate from serious normal colleges are basically assigned to schools in the city.

Therefore, the voice of the teacher reading in the classroom is not standardized in Mandarin and has a strong local accent.

But such teachers are much more serious and responsible than those teachers in later generations who did not teach knowledge in the classroom and opened cram schools after class, forcing you to attend cram schools.

They may have limited abilities, but they try their best to treat every student without any evil intentions.

In rural areas these days, most of the people commuting to and from get out of class do not use electronic ringtones, but——

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Gongs, iron pots, iron pieces, and rusty iron bells.

In primary school in Sijiacun, the knocking sound in class is: Dang, Dang, Dang.

After class, knock twice: Dang Dang, Dang Dang, Dang Dang.

The rhythm of school is like this: Dang, Dang Dang, Dang, Dang Dang.

Ten minutes into the break, a group of children each dragged a paper shell and sat down on a small slope filled with solid snow——

Out! Sliding down!

Screaming and laughing like crazy.

Even though it doesn’t have all kinds of high-end toys and it’s not a playground, the crazy fun in the wild can make everyone fly with joy.

I played it every day throughout the winter. I played it every winter in my childhood, but I still enjoyed it every time.

Children who didn’t have paper shells ran to Si Chen’s house and asked Mrs. Si for paper shells:

"Grandma, I also want a paper shell!"

As Mrs. Si gets older, she becomes less and less interested in children.

There isn’t much else at home, but a lot of packing boxes!

A paper box of instant noodles was torn open by Mrs. Si and divided into two halves, one half for each person:

"Hey, take care of it. It won't be there next time. One person can only come and collect it once. Got it?"

"I know! Thank you, grandma!"

Seeing the dolls running away laughing and laughing, wearing thick cotton clothes as big as a ball, Mrs. Si smiled lovingly.

"Tsk, my great-grandchildren will soon be this big!"

"Babys, have a good time!"

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After entering the twelfth lunar month, every household is preparing for the New Year's Eve.

The New Year’s Eve food in Yuanmeng County is mainly pasta.

If it's the south, it's the Great Cold and Lesser Colds that kill pigs to celebrate the New Year.

Pickled sausages, bacon, cured pig's trotters, cured duck, etc. can all be arranged.

Northerners basically do not pickle bacon and other foods, because the winter in the north is long enough, full of ice and snow, and it is relatively easy to preserve meat.

The humidity in the south is high and the temperature rises quickly, so meat can be preserved more easily if it is marinated.

In the winter in the north, a house without a fire, or raw meat hung directly outside the house, is a natural refrigerator.

Every household in the village makes some fried New Year food, such as twists and dumplings.

Due to the heavy workload, a dozen or so women nearby began to work together to complete the task.

A group of people have agreed in advance that they will go to your house to help today and her house tomorrow.

Don't look at the steamed buns one after another, each one is thin and made by hand.

Take a piece of dough the size of your fist, poke a hole in the middle, then slowly pull it wide, then put your palm through it, and rub it open little by little with both hands, rolling it into thin circles.

This is a technical job!

In rural areas these days, women who don't know these fine craftsmanship will be ridiculed by the crowd.

Yan Lixia doesn’t know how to do it, she’s so anxious!

Mrs. Si is an old-timer, she belongs to the general controller and stands in front of the frying pan to fry the dumplings.

This is a more technical job!

Most people can't handle it.

In a New Year's Eve team, you must hire such a highly skilled person to control the heat.

Yan Lixia didn't know how to rub it, so she stood in front of the oil pan and started rubbing it for her grandma.

In his hand was a long rolling pin, with plates of steamed dumplings waiting to be fried on it.

The kneaded rice noodles are very similar to a string of ramen noodles pulled out by the master, with each root clearly defined and thin.

The two tools for frying steamed buns in Mrs. Si's hand are made of thick wire and shaped like a "5".

However, the middle one is long and the hook at the end is relatively straight and small, about the size of a palm.

The family was busy making New Year's Eve meals, while Si Chen ran around the shop and took care of business.

Over at Heijin Town, Song Gang controlled the entire scene, mainly at the county seat.

The main point is that the home appliance business is quite busy.

This winter alone, the exclusive sale of home appliances from both parties has given Si Chen two million in blood!

Especially here in Heijin Town, people are generally rich, and the home appliances are well-selected.

Those families who wanted their sons to have wives, even those who were slightly wealthier, gritted their teeth and provided them with a full set of equipment.

For them, if they buy home appliances once, they will use them for a lifetime.

Although home appliances cannot last a lifetime.

Of course, these days' electrical appliances are indeed more durable. Many people buy refrigerators that can still be used thirty years later!

Before January 1st, Si Chen distributed the bonus to Song Gang.

But Song Gang was so happy!

I didn't invest a single penny, but I still managed to win dividends. Tsk, if you follow Si Chen, you will definitely get something to eat!

On the counter on the first floor, he had a set of miscellaneous hardware and pots and pans.

It’s the Chinese New Year, so it’s time to buy new bowls and chopsticks!

Song Gang's business has been booming recently, and his mother-in-law and father-in-law have come to help.

After six months of experience, Song Qianqian has matured a lot. Although her emotional intelligence is average, at least she can no longer offend others with her mouth.

Seeing her brother's business booming and making a lot of money, she came up with the idea of ​​owning a counter.

Si Peng could get money by himself, so he hoped that his wife's main job would be to take care of children.

However, he couldn't stand Song Qianqian making trouble with him, so he organized a game and invited Song Gang and Si Chen to dinner.

"Brother Gangzi, Brother Chen, and this Qianqian, she has a little idea, what, she wants to set up a counter herself..."

Si Peng said the last sentence without any confidence at all.
Chapter completed!