With the successful experience of raising chickens in the three families, every household in the alley was moved and came to the Qin family with gifts one by one, hoping to get some chickens back to raise.

Zhou Guilan only realized why Qin Hao had to keep a rooster at that time.

"I'll just say that our son is right in doing things. Look at these things, they are all here to ask for chicken seedlings." Qin Hongqi smiled so hard that he couldn't stop.

Zhou Guilan nodded with a smile: "Yes, I'm short-sighted."

"Thanks to our son who left this rooster, otherwise those who are petty would think we would only care about ourselves and not raise chickens for them."

At this time, Qin Hao and He Jiawen came back from outside, and looked at the main hall full of gifts, and there were several bags of canned fruits alone, and asked half a joke.

"Dad, have you been promoted? Someone has started to curry favor with you and give you gifts."

Qin Hongqi was amused: "What kind of official promotion is? These things are sent by the neighbors to ask for chicken seedlings."

Qin Hao frowned when he heard this: "Dad, please go back these gifts."

Zhou Guilan was displeased when she heard this: "Go back? Why?"

“According to the policy, as long as there are no more than five chickens, it will be fine.”

Qin Hao shook his head: "You have forgotten the news that we were reported to raise chickens before?"

"This kind of thing can be big or small. There is no need to take such a big risk for this little profit. Besides, how much is this little thing worth? If we don't charge money, will the neighbors owe our family a favor?"

It is easy to pay off money and debts, but it is difficult to pay off favors, especially in such acquaintances. If you don’t pay off your debts, you will be stabbed by someone. If you encounter difficulties at home in the future, it will be difficult to get others to help.

"Well, Haozi makes sense, return the thing."

Qin Hongqi made a decision.

"I'm not going to go back intact and feel good about the face. If you exchange these gifts and send them back at similar value, just treat them as a gift."

Zhou Guilan was completely convinced: "We will listen to Haozi's major issues in the future."

In the next month, Qin Hao hatched more than a dozen chicks with his eggs at home. This time, hens don’t have to be so troublesome. Just let them hatch themselves. Just take a little care and don’t let them step on the newly-shelled chicks to death.

However, just when the three neighbors came to pick up the chicks on this day, the market inspection team came again.

"Which eye of yours has seen our family sell chicken seedlings?"

Facing Qin Hao's questioning.

The inspectors pointed at more than a dozen chicks: "This is evidence, and you cannot deny it."

"Yes, these people who come to buy chicken seedlings are all human certificates!"

Qin Hao sneered: "Selling must be sold for transactions. We give these chickens for free to raise by neighbors. How can we call selling?"

"Yes, I can prove that they just hatched the hen and couldn't raise the chickens. They were afraid of violating the policy and gave it to us for raising them. Where did the business come from? Don't be wronged?" The neighbors present helped to explain.

“I can prove it too.”

"Your inspection team has nothing to do if you eat too much all day."

Seeing this, the people from the inspection team stammered their necks and said, "We came to verify it after receiving the report. Don't mess around."

"Report? Then you tell me who reported it, and do you dare to let them come and confront it in person?" Qin Hao's heart moved. The last time he reported it, it could be said that the neighbors were jealous, but this time the neighbors all have benefits and will definitely not do anything randomly. There is only one possibility.

Seeing that the inspection team did not say anything, Qin Hao continued to put pressure on: "Reporting must be responsible, otherwise everyone will report it at will, and will social work still be done?"

"That is, let the person who reported it comes out and confronts you in person!"

"I want to see which bastard is always staring at our alley."

Under the unanimous condemnation of neighbors, the inspection team finally brought the person who reported it.

Sure enough, it's Yum Pozi.

Tao Pozi gritted her teeth and said, "So what if I reported it? I have seen these people give you gifts with my own eyes. Even if you confiscate the money, you will definitely accept the gift."

Neither Qin Hao had to stand up, the neighbors pointed at Tang Pozi's nose and cursed.

"You only see us giving gifts, but why don't you see people sending gifts? We give gifts simply by the neighbors' gifts, and they have nothing to do with buying and selling chicken seedlings."

When Tang Pozi heard this, he shouted that it was impossible: "How can you spit out the fat meat from your mouth? You must be afraid of being implicated and said that."

"Tang Pozi, do you think they are like you. Lao Qin is so kind that he helps us hatch chickens. Even if he takes this selfless dedication to him, he will be commended."

"That's right, I think everyone is like your Tang family, either taking advantage of the public or thinking about how to mess with others. Lao Qin's ideological level is much higher than that of you."

Qin Hongqi's old face was so arrogant that he was blushing with shame. At the same time, he was secretly glad that if he hadn't listened to his son, he would have been staying in the interrogation room of the inspection team at this time.

"It's you again. It seems that your Tang family has not reflected on it all over the years. I will report this to the party organization tomorrow!" He Changsheng was proud.

"I'll be with you." Qin Hongqi also echoed.

As if he was struck by lightning, his feet softened and collapsed directly on the ground, muttering: "Impossible, how could he confiscate things?"

"This matter has nothing to do with my parents. It's me who reported the false accusation. You guys come to me."

Tang Weimin squeezed into the crowd and knelt on the ground with a thump.

"No, this matter has nothing to do with him. It's me who falsely accused me. You must arrest me." Tang Pozi threw himself on Tang Weimin.

The mother and son hugged their heads and cried bitterly. At this time, Tang Youmin came out from somewhere, and he stared at everyone present fiercely.

"You deserve it. If it weren't for you, my dad wouldn't have written a review every day, and my brother wouldn't have been unable to find a job. You can wait for me, and I will definitely kill you when I grow up!"

Everyone who had already had some sympathy for the Tang family and his son was instantly in an uproar.

"Is this the second son of the Tang family? Is this so vicious at such a young age? How about growing up?"

"You look at his eyes like a wolf cub. Maybe he really dares to kill people when he grows up."

Tang Weimin looked at his younger brother in disbelief, and Tang Pozi also woke up and quickly pressed Tang Youmin's head to apologize to everyone.

In the crowd, Tang Weimin's eyes unconsciously fell on He Jiali, but he quickly avoided it. At this moment, he wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

In the end, the inspection team took Tang Pozi away and punished her for sweeping the streets. She swept her for a month. Although her eldest son Tang Weimin helped her, the cold wind that had been blowing for a month was really seriously ill.

In addition, the factory also punished Da Lao Tang, allowing him to conduct a review in front of all the workers in the venue for a month.

After a month of hard work, Da Lao Tang fell ill. The second child of the Tang family was still half a child, and the third child was only four years old. The burden of the family fell on Tang Weimin. Tang Weimin had no choice but to borrow food and money everywhere. However, Da Lao Tang offended too many people on weekdays, and not only did not borrow money, he also suffered a lot of humiliation.

That morning, Tang Youmin got up early in the morning and acted coquettishly. He saw a back flashing through the door, and then an envelope was added to his home.

When Tang Weimin opened it, he saw that it was a stack of change, which was more than five yuan together.

"Young Min, have you seen who it is?"

"No, I just saw a man wearing a red jacket running over from outside the yard."

"Red jacket?"

...

In the blink of an eye, the winter of 1971 came as promised. Because of the chickens and the eggs were saved, the children of every household were looking forward to a fat New Year. The adults were well-off, so they naturally were willing to buy things for their children.

However, a big family of five children like the He family can only live a life with a careful calculation.

"This year, the eldest and the second one should make new clothes."

As soon as Liu Meixin finished speaking, she was immediately protested by He Jiayi: "Why?"

"My elder sister pays two-thirds of her salary every month and makes contributions to her family. I won't say anything, but my second sister doesn't have a job and is unemployed at home. We are about the same height now, so why should I do it for my second sister or not?"

Liu Meixin glared at He Jiayi: "You can do this family."

"Look, I can give you some cloth tickets all year round. It's not enough to make two new clothes. I'll exchange eggs for some cloth tickets. What's wrong with you growing taller? Then you are also the third brother. Who told you not to be born early? This is fate."

He Jiayi was even more unhappy: "Then I can only wear old clothes from my elder sister and second sister in my life."

"Oh, this is the only way to do it in our family. Who makes our family have more children? You can wear new clothes. When you grow up and get married, if your man is capable, I won't say anything if you let you wear new clothes every day."

"Okay, I will definitely marry a capable man in the future!"

After saying that, He Jiayi ran out braved the heavy snow.

He Jiawen chased him to the alley while stepping on the snow nest. The ice chips got into the cloth shoes and made his ankle hurt. He Jiayi squatted under the locust tree and scattered snowballs, and tears fell into the snow and frozen into ice particles.

"Last brother, don't blame our mother. You know the conditions of our family. Our mother is afraid that once this hole is opened, the fourth brother and the fifth brother are asking for new clothes. We are about the same figure. When the clothes are ready, we will wear them for you."

He Jiayi sniffed: "Hmph, I'm not for a piece of clothing, I just think it's unfair. Since I was a child, I wore old clothes that you and my elder sister replaced. Because I was the third child for two years, I didn't have any good things at home, and I did the things that were at a loss."

He Jiawen smiled bitterly: "Three, I know you think it's unfair. Who makes our family have more children? I can only hope that our mother is pregnant with a boy this time, otherwise there might be seventh child..."

He Jiayi snorted: "That has nothing to do with me, anyway, I will get married by then."

"Okay, go back, it's so cold outside. Look at your face is red."

"I won't, I'll go to Brother Hao's house."

"Okay, let's go together."

The two of them came to the Qin family with a familiarity. Just as they were about to go to the inner room, they saw Qin Hao busying in the kitchen.

"Brother Hao, what delicious food should I make?"

He Jiayi rubbed his frozen hands and pulled He Jiawen into the kitchen.

After slapping off He Jiayi's hand that was searching everywhere, Qin Hao squatted down and brushed oil for a few eggs with a clean brush.

"Brother Hao, are you roasting eggs?"
To be continued...