Several people chatted all the way, and at noon they all ate the dry food they brought with them from their bags.

There was nothing on the train at this time, but people buying cigarettes, melon seeds and mineral water.

Let alone three years ago, instant noodles have not yet been introduced into the country.

Jiang Xiaobai still brought scallion pancakes, and as soon as he took them out, he attracted the attention of everyone in the carriage.

A few people secretly took a sip of saliva, and Jiang Xiaobai was not stingy. The cafeteria brought quite a lot of scallion pancakes, and each of the six people in the carriage shared a piece.

After dinner, the noise in the carriage became quieter.

Jiang Xiaobai finally fell asleep on the bed. When Jiang Xiaobai woke up again, the train was already about to enter Longcheng Station.

There were many times more people at Longcheng Railway Station than in Zhangxuan County. Jiang Xiaobai held the bag in his hand a little tighter.

The few hundred yuan I brought were all in my inner pocket, but the cloth stamps, food stamps, and meat stamps I had prepared were all in my bag.

This is for my family to use during the Chinese New Year. If I lose it, I will have no place to change it in the provincial capital.

There were no taxis at this time, so Jiang Xiaobai could only walk towards home in the direction he remembered.

"Dingling bell, give way, give way." A man riding a self-confidence bicycle, his face was red from the cold, but the look on his face was very proud.

Half an hour later, Jiang Xiaobai walked into the alley of memory.

"Ah, isn't this the third youngest of Lao Jiang's family? Wasn't he jumping in line in the countryside? Why did he come home?"

"The third youngest of the Jiang family, Xiaobai, is this child back?"

Jiang Xiaobai was surrounded by people as soon as he walked into the alley. Having been a fellow villager for so many years, everyone is so familiar with him.

Jiang Xiaobai also greeted the neighbors with a smile.

"Uncle Zhang Er, you are in good health."

"Aunt Liu, work has been going well recently. Is my second brother at work?"

"Uncle Wang, you..."

"Hurry, the third child of the Jiang family is back. Hurry up and let the child go out and hide. That kid is back again."

"My girl hasn't gotten off work yet. I have to go to the factory to pick her up. Don't let him get in the way."

Jiang Xiaobai, who was greeting everyone with a smile, staggered and his face turned dark.

What does it mean? Is I the God of Plague? What about the mutual love between neighbors as promised and a family? The promised distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.

Do I have such a bad reputation?

"Brother Jiang, your third child is back..." someone started to shout loudly.

Jiang Xiaobai also stopped at the door of his house.

Jiang Xiaobai's family does not live in a factory, but in a small courtyard passed down from their ancestors. Of course, it is not the kind of courtyard house in the capital.

It's an ordinary courtyard, with two rooms on the east and west and one on the front.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back, brother..." Jiang Xiaobai shouted and opened the door.

At a glance, he saw Mother Jiang, who was washing vegetables under the water pipe, looking at her blankly.

"Mom," Jiang Xiaobai called and walked towards Jiang's mother.

"Bang Dang" the vegetable basin in Jiang's mother's hand fell to the ground, and the water in the pipe flowed down and wet Jiang's shoes.

"Son, you're back," Jiang's mother said, walking quickly and arriving in front of Jiang Xiaobai.

"Come, let mom take a good look at you. My son has lost weight and turned dark..."

Mother Jiang's rough hands gently stroked Jiang Xiaobai's cheek, and her eyes became red and moist involuntarily.

The mother is worried about her son traveling thousands of miles away. The youngest son has to go to a remote rural area to join the queue, and she doesn’t know if he will be able to eat.

In the days after Jiang Xiaobai left, Jiang's mother was worried all the time, saying that the youngest child was the thorn in her parents' side.

This sentence is correct. No matter how uneducated Jiang Xiaobai was and how he got into fights and got into trouble, Jiang Xiaobai was always Jiang's mother's most beloved son.

"I'm fine, Mom, I'm in good health, and I'm even fatter." Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

"My little brother is back."

"Brother, why are you back?" Second sister Jiang Honglan and third sister Jiang Hongxiang heard the sound and came out of the house and saw Jiang Xiaobai.

The two started talking. The second sister Jiang Honglan looked at Jiang Xiaobai and her voice was neither salty nor bland, but the third sister Jiang Hongxiang had a happy face.

There are seven children in the Jiang family, and the family is also very complicated.

The eldest sister is loyal and honest. She is married and is equally good to her younger brothers and sisters.

The eldest brother Jiang Zijun behaves like the eldest son of Jiang all day long, giving advice to everyone, acting like a big brother.

I particularly dislike Jiang Xiaobai's temperament of fighting and causing trouble all day long. Whenever he has the opportunity, he will nag Jiang Xiaobai, so the relationship between the two brothers is not very good.

The second sister, Jiang Honglan, is high-spirited and somewhat egotistical. Mother Jiang especially dislikes Jiang Xiaobai's preference for her younger son.

The third sister, Jiang Hongxiang, has the best temper and has a good relationship with her sisters and brothers in the family.

The second brother Jiang Zijian is a bookworm. He doesn't worry about anything except studying all day long. His relationship with his brothers and sisters at home is average.

The younger sister Jiang Xiaomei is very eccentric, and her brothers and sisters in the family love her very much.

"Well, second sister, third sister, I'm back." Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Come on, Xiaobai, come into the house with me and let mom take a good look at you to see if you have lost weight or if you don't have enough to eat."

Jiang's mother took Jiang Xiaobai's hand and said with heartache.

After taking two steps, he turned back and said.

"Second brother, go and inform your eldest sister and brother-in-law that Xiaobai is back and ask her to bring the children over for dinner together in the evening. Also, your dad and your eldest brother should come back early from get off work."

"Third brother, you go buy vegetables, cut meat, take all the meat tickets at home, and pick the fattest meat..."

"Mom, that meat ticket is for the family to celebrate the New Year." Second sister Jiang Honglan said reluctantly.

Materials are scarce in this era, so some meat stamps and flour are waiting to be used to entertain relatives during the Chinese New Year.

"Go if you are told to go. See how hungry your brother is in the countryside? I don't feel sorry for your brother. As for entertaining relatives, I will think of something else."

Mother Jiang's eyes widened and she said, Mother Jiang has the final say on 95% of the matters in the Jiang family. Father Jiang will not speak unless it involves major matters.

For example, letting Jiang Xiaobai jump in line was decided by Jiang's father, and Jiang's mother couldn't stop him. However, within the scope of what she said, Jiang's mother definitely loved her youngest son the most.

"Okay, let's go right away." The third sister Jiang Hongxiang pulled the second sister's sleeve.

Honglan snorted and followed Hongxiang away without any further resistance.

Because past experience told her that resisting was useless. This kind of thing would have no consequences other than getting scolded by Jiang's mother.

Even if his father knew about it, he would not interfere. Father Jiang only cares about major family matters. On such small matters, Father Jiang definitely respects Mother Jiang's opinion.
Chapter completed!