Time soon came to the end of 1976 with Qiao Yicheng's busy figure. Although it was indeed a bit tight for twenty yuan a month, with the help of his second aunt Wei Shufang and his second uncle Qi Zhiqiang, he could barely survive.

Although Qiao Yicheng felt a little reluctant to live, in the eyes of his neighbors, the Qiao family returned to the way Qiao's mother was before she was alive.

The five children of the Qiao family have undergone earth-shaking changes. Sanli and Simei wear clean clothes every day, and even the monkey Qiao Erqiang is much cleaner, not to mention the white and fat Qiao Qiqi who is raised.

Every neighbor who knows the situation of the Qiao family will give a thumbs up to Qiao Yicheng, the eldest son of the Qiao family, but when he sees Qiao Zuwang, he is sarcastic and despised him.

Qiao Zuwang is a very handsome guy. Realizing that he was ridiculed by his neighbors, he wanted to go home and teach the initiator Qiao Yicheng a lesson so that they can all see who is the father.

But as soon as I got home, I saw the fat and fat Qiao Qiqi. After all, Qiao Zuwang is not a beast that is inhumane. He unconsciously showed a happy expression, and the affliction he endured outside disappeared.

"You guys are the back of your head! You are a good guy to raise children!"

"snort!"

Too lazy to pay attention to the "scared father" Qiao Zuwang, Qiao Yicheng thought to himself that most of the money he spent every month on Qiao Qiqi, how can he not be fat if he eats it?

Looking at Qiao Yicheng who was helping Qiao Qiqi wash his diapers, Qiao Zuwang suddenly found that there was no place to go, so he could only hold the fat and white little cute Qiao Qiqi and tease him there.

Although Qiao Zuwang is very incompetent as a father, Qiao Qiqi likes being hugged by Qiao Zuwang because of his bloodline.

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As the end of the year approaches, every household has begun to store things for the New Year. It is really too scarce in this era and can only accumulate little by little. It is almost impossible to buy all the New Year goods at once like later generations.

There is a big difference between the Qiao family and other neighbors, because Qiao Zuwang is a person who doesn’t care about things. Qiao Yicheng wants to ask about things but does not have the ability to do so. He can only struggle to maintain the food and clothing of the five brothers and sisters.

"Brother, other people's families have started to buy New Year's goods!

Why don’t our family buy New Year’s goods?”

"Erqiang, are you trying to eat again, right?

As long as you stay at home these days and accompany Sanli and Simei, I will promise to make you enjoy this year!"

"Really? Brother!" Qiao Erqiang showed a surprise expression.

"Erqiang, don't be too happy too early!

Can you guarantee that Sanli and Simei won’t leave our door?"

“I can guarantee it!

Except for you, you come back, I will never open the door!" Qiao Erqiang heard what his elder brother Qiao Yicheng promised, and quickly patted his little breasts and promised.

"Well! Erqiang, remember what you said today!

I will take Qiqi out with you. Erqiang, you will be watching your two sisters at home.”

"Ah? Brother, you won't sell Qiqi, are you?"

Qiao Yicheng angrily grabbed Erqiang's ear, "What are you thinking about?

I took Qiqi out, I don’t worry about you!”

"Oh! Brother, can I ask you something?" Qiao Erqiang rubbed his ears and looked at Qiao Yicheng in front of him in confusion.

"What?"

"Brother, where have you put the food in our house?

Why can't I find it before?"

"Hmph, don't let it go, are you all going to make you feel bad!"

After arranging three younger siblings, Qiao Yicheng tied his younger brother Qiao Qiqi to his chest with cloth strips, and took Qiao Qiqi to the nearby supply and marketing cooperative.

Qiao Yicheng spent all his savings, bought a large roll of red paper, brushes, and ink, and then came to a lively market and borrowed a table from a state-owned hotel on the roadside.

Because the end of the year is approaching, state-owned hotels are not too busy, and other legal stalls and state-owned stores are already surrounded.

"Auntie, can you borrow your table and use it?"

"Uh? What are you going to use for?" The middle-aged woman who originally wanted to refuse, saw a strange combination of brothers, and the words of rejection turned into inquiries.

“Auntie, my brush is very well written!

I just want to take advantage of the end of the year to write couplets for others.

See if it can be exchanged for some New Year’s goods.” Qiao Yicheng explained with a smile.

"Really? Are you so young and good at writing calligraphy?" The middle-aged woman looked at Qiao Yicheng in front of her in question.

He looked at the two brothers in front of him carefully and saw the pen and paper in Qiao Yicheng's hand. He guessed that Qiao Yicheng was also a poor child, and then nodded and agreed.

"Just put the table at the door of my store. If someone drives you, call me out again!"

"Thank you aunt!"

"By the way! Don't charge money randomly, save others saying you're buying and selling!"

"I get it! Auntie, I only change food!"

Soon Qiao Yicheng easily dragged the idle table beside him and set up a couplet stall at the door of the store.

Qiao Yicheng didn't have to shout, but cut the red paper into the size of a couplet, and then began to write quickly.

The unique brother combination is the best magic weapon to attract everyone's attention. As Qiao Yicheng writes quickly, many people soon gathered next to Qiao Yicheng.

"Oh, yeah! This child is only in his teens, right? Look how beautiful the words are written!" One by one, one exaggerated voice came, and it was the most qualified "女子".

"Da! Su Laohan, the shoulder pole is down, you don't know it's a word.

Can you also tell whether the child’s handwriting is good?"

"I haven't eaten pork, and I haven't seen pigs run?

Beautiful means being beautiful, which is a hundred times stronger than some experts’ ghost painting talismans!”

"Hey, I didn't see that Mr. Su, you are quite knowledgeable!"

"That's it! Little brother, how do you sell this couplet?"

"Not selling! Just change food!

As for how much you give, it depends entirely on your mood.”

“Haha, this relationship is good!

Look how about I used this pack of candy to exchange for your decorative words?”

Qiao Yicheng looked at the pack of candy in Su Laohan's hand and quickly said in refusal, "This is not possible! You have too much candy!

Just give a few of them!”

The candy is hard currency now, and Qiao Yicheng is really embarrassed to take too much, so he can only refuse politely.

"Not to say, you kid are pretty good!

Then I will give you ten candies and exchange them for a couplet!"

"Okay! Thank you for opening it for me!

This couplet is just right for you!”

"The first couplet is about the New Year when the house is prosperous, the second couplet is about the Hongfuying Hall and the business is about the Shunchang, and the horizontal banner is about the bamboo to report safety."

"Haha, okay! It sounds festive! It's awesome!" Su Laohan said inexplicably.

Seeing Qiao Yicheng and Su Laohan complete the deal, Su Laohan's companions could no longer bear it, "Little brother, your couplet is so good!

Just write me one exactly the same one!”

“Haha, uncle!

I have many couplets!

There is no need to write the same one!”

"Ah? What other couplets?" the uncle said with surprise.

"Uncle, I just heard the conversation between you and this Uncle Su.

I feel that there is a couplet that suits you especially, so I will read it to you first, how about it?"

"Okay! OK! Read it and listen!"

"The first couplet is to celebrate the festival happily, the second couplet is to bring lanterns to welcome the New Year, and the horizontal banner is to bring happiness to the family."

"Okay! OK! Great! Great!

Little brother, I want this couplet.”

With the uncle's approval, Qiao Yicheng wrote the couplet in Yan style in one go, then blew the ink and handed it to the uncle in front of him.

With the opening of Su Laohan and his two people, Qiao Yicheng kept writing. Because it was unfavorable to withdraw money now, Qiao Yicheng did not write couplets about wealth, and everyone in the water was happy.

Soon Qiao Yicheng finished writing all the red paper and received a variety of New Year’s goods. Maybe he saw that Qiao Yicheng and Qiao Qiqi were both children, so there was no need for Qiao Yicheng to say anything. All the New Year’s goods exchanged were food.

After comforting several customers who did not exchange the couplets, Qiao Yicheng gave the couplets he left in advance to the middle-aged woman in the state-owned hotel.

"Auntie, thanks to your help today! Thank you so much!"

"Young man, your couplet is so good!
To be continued...