The crowd, having received their reward money, were all smiles. After thanking the Sun family, they gathered in groups of threes and fives to chat and eat sunflower seeds.
Today is the New Year, and the workshop is closed, so there's no work. The host has also prepared pastries and sunflower seeds, peanuts for everyone to enjoy at their leisure.
Everyone was very happy.
This morning, Yu Xiaolian gave New Year's money to almost every child in the village, five wen per child. As long as they came to the Yu Family to offer New Year's greetings and blessings, they received New Year's money.
Yu Changhe, along with Jiang Haiqiu, delivered food to several particularly needy families in the village.
There was plenty of coarse cornmeal and some fine grain, but only enough for one family meal, intended to let them enjoy a good meal for the New Year.
