SIAS Chapter 200.1

The family portrait was already agreed upon in the letter.

When Yi Qingqing was little, the family took a photo together once, but they hadn’t taken one since then.

This time, it was the photo sent by Yi Qingqing that reminded Zhao Xianglan that, since she couldn’t see her daughter, it would be good to have a photo. She could take one away with her daughter, which would also be a memory.

The photo studio in Nanping County is called the Red Photo Studio. They took the photo in the studio this time.

Zhao Xianglan and Yi Jianshe sat on the chairs in front, Xiao Hui was in Zhao Xianglan’s arms, and Yi Qingqing and Yi Jianshe stood behind them.

With a ‘click’, the picture froze, and the photo was taken.

It was agreed to develop three photos, one for Yi Qingqing and one for Yi Zhigang, and the rest for the two elders.

It was quite fast to take a photo. When they came back, it was still early. Then the whole family started to clean up inside and outside.

The next morning, the whole family went out together again, taking their household registration books and grain books to line up on the street to buy supplies.

Although the country is facing difficulties at this time, it is always thinking about people’s livelihood. Since the beginning of the New Year holiday, many supplies have been released.

In Nanping County, with their household registration books and grain books, each household can buy one pound of shelled peanuts, half a pound of sugar, two pounds of meat, half a pound of melon seeds at the grocery store, one pound of soybean oil, half a pound of rice, and one pound of flour per person at the grain station.

For a family with a small population like Yi Qingqing’s, the supplies based on household consumption are considered ‘lucky’, but for families with a large population, it is still more cost-effective to supply based on population consumption.

However, Yi Qingqing’s grain book has been transferred to the Xiangshui Village Brigade, so she is no longer included here.

In addition, there are some things during this period that do not require tickets, are not limited in quantity, and can be purchased with money.

For example, ‘Cuban sugar’, ‘Iraqi dates’, and some fish, shrimps, vegetables, and the like.

However, although there is no limit on the quantity, there are only so many items every day, and if you come late, they will be sold out. Therefore, basically, the whole family will go together and line up before dawn.

The streets are crowded with people. It is very lively, and everyone is smiling.

Yi Qingqing was also moved by such a festive atmosphere.

The atmosphere in the past two years has been much better than in previous years.

In the past few years, there were no holidays during the Spring Festival. It was a ‘battle-like New Year’. Even the popular Spring Festival couplets read: Don’t stop fighting on the 30th, and continue working on the 1st.

Yi Qingqing remembered that at that time, she and her brother, one with their mother and the other with their father, ate New Year’s Eve dinner in the factory cafeteria.

In the past two years, they had holidays during the New Year, but it was only for a few days.

She heard that there were no holidays in other places.

Although most of the customs of the New Year have been abandoned at this time, only the posting of Spring Festival couplets is still retained, but the reunion dinner is still retained.

The feeling of celebrating the New Year with family and friends is very different.

Yi Qingqing’s paternal and maternal grandparents are no longer alive, and there are fewer relatives to pass away, so this year is more relaxed than other years.

Yi Qingqing was the chef for this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner, and her brother helped her.

Her parents had a rare moment of free time, so they sat aside, listening to the programs on the radio, eating snacks and fruits, and watching their children busy themselves.

On the night of the 30th, the family sat together.

There was rare white rice on the table, and the dishes were also extremely rich, with both meat and vegetables, as well as fried peanuts specially made for her father as a side dish.

 

 

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