Chapter 337: Persuading Fourth Aunt (Page 1/2)

Huo Qingci went to his grandfather's room and retrieved a mahogany box that was 56cm long and 33cm high. Looking at the box, everyone in the Huo family was a little excited.

Huo Qingci put the mahogany box on the table, but Huo Li was in no hurry to open it. He said, "Qingci, what time is it?"

Huo Qingci looked at his watch, "Two twenty-eight."

"Then let's wait a little longer!"

Huo Qingyan didn't understand and asked, "Grandpa, who are you waiting for?"

Du Xiaojuan and Yang Huiling both felt a pang in their hearts. Could it be that the old man really wanted to divide the family property with his married sister-in-law?

Huo Li didn't say anything, but spoke for Huo Qingci, "Grandpa, please wait for my aunt and uncle to come back, because my aunt won't come until she finishes her work on New Year's Eve."

Huo Wenyao, who had rushed back from the northwest to celebrate the New Year, was very excited. If her aunt had a share of the money, then her granddaughter would also have a share, right? She wondered if her two married sisters would get any.

Some time ago, her mother wrote to her saying that her grandfather was preparing to divide the family property during the Chinese New Year, and that her grandfather might give some of the property to her aunt, and that they, as granddaughters, would also have a share, so she asked her to take leave and come back to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Anyway, it's winter and she's staying at home, so she's naturally happy to take a leave and come back for the New Year, but she's a little reluctant to spend the money on the bus fare.

Only after leaving home did she realize how difficult it was to survive alone and how hard it was to be an educated youth.

Even if her parents gave her all the housework at home, it would still be a thousand times easier than being an educated youth in the Northwest.

Seeing Huo Qingci finish speaking, Lin Man didn't dare to say anything, so she took the two fruit plates from the dining table to the coffee table near the stove and brazier, and said:

"Everyone, have some fruit, melon seeds, and peanuts!"

Huo Xi took a candied tangerine from the fruit plate, and Huo Yan grabbed a few candies from another fruit plate and gave one to Huo Wen Yao who was sitting next to them.

Huo Yan whispered to Huo Wenyao, "Yaoyao, have you found a partner in the Northwest? Are there any of the educated youth who went with you that you like?"

Huo Wenyao shook her head. "I haven't found a partner yet. All the men I went with were very poor and had to rely on their families for financial support. If I married them, I wouldn't be able to come back. Sister Yan, have you found one? You're a year older than me."

Huo Wen Yao really envied her cousin Huo Yan. Her uncle's family only had two children, and in order to prevent her cousin from going to the countryside, her aunt spent a lot of money to buy her a job.

Unlike her, her mother only has eyes for her brother and sister, and asked her to go to the countryside in place of her brother.

Huo Yan pulled Huo Wenyao and whispered, "My aunt introduced me to a guy, and we're getting married next summer.

My mother said that if Grandpa gave us granddaughters some money, he would give it to me as a dowry, and she wouldn’t give a single cent.”

"Won't your mother give you any additional dowry?"

"Give it to me. Buy me a quilt, a mattress, and a bucket. I won't give you the money. My brother hasn't gotten married yet."

"What about the gift money from the man?"

"The man only gave me a few pieces of fabric and 300 yuan, saying he would buy me a sewing machine after we get married."

"Where are the watches and bicycles?"

Huo Yan shook her head. "My boyfriend has two older sisters, two older brothers, and a younger sister. His job is actually replacing his mother's."

Huo Wenyao had thought her cousin would marry the son of a high-ranking official, but she didn't expect her cousin's fiancé to be just an ordinary worker with so many brothers and sisters at home. How could her shrewd aunt agree to this marriage? It's really weird!

Yang Huiling saw that her daughter and Du Xiaojuan's daughter were whispering to each other, not knowing what they were talking about, so she smiled and said to Huo Li.

"Dad, my daughter Yaoyao will be nineteen after the Chinese New Year, which is marriageable age. She's currently an educated youth in the Northwest. Can you think of a way to bring her back?"

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Huo Li looked at Yang Huiling seriously, "How do I do this? Can you teach me how to do this?"

"Didn't the military district build a new soap factory? You could arrange a job for Yaoyao there."

Huo Li smiled coldly, "Old Fourth's family, if you have the ability to arrange Wen Yao to work in the soap factory, I have no objection.

I'm almost eighty years old and retired. Are you planning to use my age and seniority to interfere with the decisions of those younger people?"

"Dad, those people will give you face..."

Huo Li really wanted to lose his temper. How could Yang Huiling be so ungrateful? She had finally gotten her son out of jail and solved her job problem.

Unexpectedly, she wrote a letter to call her granddaughter back, and also wanted him to command his former subordinates to arrange work for her granddaughter. She was really asking for more.

He is about to go into the coffin, but they don't want him to enjoy his old age and want him to worry about the affairs of his younger generations. He really doesn't want to bother with them.

Huo Qingci seemed to see his grandfather's displeasure, and he stood up and said, "Fourth Aunt, Grandpa is already old, and you still let him worry about his cousins' affairs. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?

If you want your cousin to be transferred back, you can buy her a job in the city, or find someone to marry her off to."

"Qingci, look at my Huo family. Only my Yaoyao became an educated youth..."

"Aunt Si, this was your own decision. Originally, Wen Jing was going to be an educated youth, but you bought him a job, so Wen Yao had no choice but to go to the countryside.

If you had found a job for Wen Yao, she wouldn't have had to go to the countryside. Aunt Si probably couldn't bear to part with the family savings in the end."

Yang Huiling didn't expect Huo Qingci to step on her face in front of so many people, and said angrily:

"Your fourth uncle and I don't earn as much as your parents, and we have four children to support, so we don't have much money to continue.

The newly built soap factory is hiring. If Dad gives them a heads up, Yaoyao can be transferred back."

"Aunt Si, even if Grandpa knows a lot of people, they will give him face. Don't forget, good steel should be used on the blade.

Favors are used up one by one. We are a large family in the Huo family. If we encounter the Wen Jing incident again, what do you want grandpa to do?

If grandpa hadn't intervened last time, and if Manman and I hadn't identified the spy's identity in advance, do you think Wen Jing would have been able to get out safely?

If things go wrong, our entire Huo family will face an irreparable disaster. Don’t you want your grandfather to be sent down with you at such an old age? "

As soon as Huo Qingci finished speaking, the room suddenly fell silent. Even those who had been cracking melon seeds quickly put down what they were holding.

Huo Yining suddenly broke the deadlock, "Dad, I want to eat cookies."

Huo Qingci took two scallion pancakes from the fruit plate and put one in one of his sons' hands.

At this time, footsteps were heard in the yard. Lin Man knew that her aunt and uncle had arrived, so she quickly got up to prepare hot tea.

Huo Junmo came with her husband He Zhongkang, eldest son He Zerui, second son He Zetao, and youngest daughter He Shiyu, carrying a lot of New Year gifts.

Everyone stood up and greeted each other. When they called someone, Huo Qingci brought stools and asked them to sit down.

Yang Huiling looked at the pile of gifts on the table and knew that her sister-in-law was here today and would definitely not come to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the New Year. The old man was really partial and even wanted to divide the family property among his married daughters.

If she dared to speak out against it, would the Huo brothers kick her out? Especially Huo Qingci.