90 Why Did He Smell A Rat?

This child's name was Chen Xiaobao, and he was the darling of the Chen family.

Most of the villagers in the seventies were not well-read, so names were very simple. Many households named their sons in sequence - like Dabao (First Precious), Erbao (Second Precious), and Sanbao (Third Precious), or Dazhu (First Pillar), Erzhu (Second Pillar), and Sanzhu (Third Pillar), or Dagui (First Treasure), Ergui (Second Treasure), and Sangui (Third Treasure).

There were many similar names in the brigade.

Chen Xiaobao was a fat, roly-poly child. In these times, it was no mean feat to raise a child of this physique.

He had been the family's darling since he was young and had never experienced hardship, or been beaten. Now that Chen Goudan pinched him, he immediately screamed in pain.

"Ah Ah…"