The calendar has crossed into 1982—a new year, a new beginning, busy with New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
When Xu Qinghe took his family to pay respects to Xu Zhong, everyone in the house wore new clothes, even Zhuangzhuang, who was just over a year old, dressed in a bright red Tang suit, looking festive and adorable. His chubby little body made him look just like one of those New Year's poster children.
Xu Zhong was so happy that his eyes almost squinted shut, but Liu Sanmei wasn't nearly as pleased. The better Xu Qinghe's family was doing, the worse her own son's family looked by comparison!
Back then, Xu Qingjiang was a teacher; the family wasn't especially wealthy, but at the very least, they were living better than Xu Qinghe's family.
But now?
