Chapter 95 Going Home for the New Year

Qin Shuang and Ju Peijun arrived early the next morning.

In addition to New Year's goods, Qin Shuang bought a lot of things, and the trunk was filled to the brim. Chen Guilan scolded her for buying too much and it would take more than half a month to finish them.

Qin Shuang said that you should buy more during the Chinese New Year, which is called having surplus every year.

Ju Peijun also gave two white-striped chickens, saying that they were raised by his own family. His mother and wife prepared them overnight and they could cook them directly when they got home.

The group returned to Wutong Village in a mighty procession.

The car stopped at the entrance of the alley.

This attracted many children to come and watch. Su Jinbao recognized Ju Peijun, walked up to him bravely and called him uncle. Ju Peijun simply carried him into the car and invited other children to get in and play.

Chen Guilan, Su Jiaojiao and Qin Shuang were busy moving the things out of the trunk. The yard was very clean. Although Chen Juan didn't come to feed the chickens, she still came to clean every day. However, the house had not been lived in for a long time, so it was cold and damp, and there was a musty smell.

As soon as she entered the door, Chen Guilan added a pot of water to the pot and heated the kang to warm the house.

Qin Shuang volunteered to light the fire. Before she came, she changed into the work clothes of Jiali Garment Factory. She was no longer the decisive female factory manager, but looked like an ordinary housewife.

Su Jiaojiao carried the bedding on the kang to the yard to dry. She saw that Qin Shuang brought three new quilts. She must be worried that there were not enough quilts at home. In fact, she also bought a new quilt for Qin Shuang.

There were five or six children in Ju Peijun's car. They were wearing thick cotton-padded jackets and had runny noses. They were touching things here and there, looking very curious. Ju Peijun asked Su Jinbao, "How old are you? What grade are you in?"

Su Jinbao sniffed and said, "Nine years old, in the second grade."

"What about you?" Ju Peijun asked another little boy in a blue flowered cotton jacket, "What's your name and how old are you?"

"My name is Zhang Xinbo, and I'm sixty years old." Little Xinbo wiped his snot on his sleeve.

"No, you're not sixty." Su Jinbao corrected him, "You're only in first grade, you're not that old. If you were sixty, you should be in junior high school."

"People in your village who are sixty years old go to junior high school?" Ju Peijun laughed. Xiao Xinbo said seriously, "That's right, because everyone in our village lives to be a hundred years old."

"So, what's your zodiac sign?" Ju Peijun found the little boy even cuter. Xiao Xinbo counted on his fingers and said, "I'm a donkey."

"A donkey..." Ju Peijun suppressed his laughter and asked Su Jinbao, "What about you? What's your zodiac sign?"

"He's a pig," Su Jinbao answered without hesitation, and then pointed at Xiao Xinbo and said, "He's the only one in our village who's born in the year of the donkey."

"Yes!" the three little heads sitting in the back seat answered in unison, "There's no one in our family who was born in the year of the donkey."

"My mom said I was born in the year of the donkey." Little Xinbo puffed out his chest and said confidently, "I am born in the year of the donkey."

Ju Peijun laughed heartily again.

The kids are so funny, I laughed to death!

After chatting and laughing for a while, Ju Peijun took out a handful of candies from his pocket and shared them among them before letting them get out of the car. Seeing that Su Jiaojiao and the others were busy cleaning the house, they stood in the yard for a while and then drove back to the unit. He would have to work until New Year's Day before he could really rest.

Su Jinbao skipped back home with the candy.

Xu Yuxiang and Feng Yuefen had already seen Ju Peijun's car, so they pulled Su Jinbao over and asked, "Was it an uncle who drove your sister and the others back?"

"Yes, there's another auntie." Su Jinbao ate the candy with gusto and wiped his nose. "That uncle is so nice. He gave my sister a lot of things. Everything."

"I'm saying, you two aren't good people out there." Xu Yuxiang snorted with a stern face. "When the generous gifts come back tomorrow, I'll have to talk to him. Even if we're divorced, I'm Jiaojiao's grandmother, so she should come and give me a New Year's gift."

"Mom, it's useless to say anything. His second uncle can't control Su Jiaojiao at all. He's hanging out with rich people now, and he doesn't even care about us!" Feng Yuefen said, looking down at the New Year's goods Su Cuicui brought back, and she became angry. "We've been busy for half a year, and Qimei Garment Factory only gave us this little New Year's goods. They're so stingy."

Ten pounds of apples, five pounds of dried persimmons, and four pounds of frozen shrimp.

What made her even more angry was that Su Cuicui went to Su Xiumei's house and left ten kilograms of apples for her, and brought back persimmon cakes and shrimps. The meat processing plant distributed a lot of New Year's goods every year, including meat, fish and shrimps, and each person also received a large box of ham sausages.

The three members of their family no longer need to buy New Year’s goods.

"It's good to have one." Xu Yuxiang knew that Feng Yuefen was angry that Su Cuicui gave the apple to Su Xiumei. "You don't have to be angry. Cuicui can't go to see her aunt empty-handed. When Xiumei comes back tomorrow to give her the New Year's gift, yours will definitely be included."

"Hmph, anyway, whatever I say now is wrong, and whatever Xiumei does is right. Since she can't control Liang Kun, she shouldn't come back and brag and treat us like fools!" Ever since Feng Yuefen knew that Liang Kun had a girlfriend, she wanted to go to Su Xiumei's house and make a scene. It turned out that her daughter living in her house had become a joke, and she was really acting as a free babysitter.

"A son is no longer under the control of his mother. Even biological children may not be obedient, let alone those who are not." Xu Yuxiang naturally sided with Su Xiumei. Feng Yuefen sneered, "When she let Cuicui live in her house, she didn't say that. She said whoever she liked could marry Liang Kun."

What's the result?

Liang Kun has already brought his girlfriend home, and she also promised Xu Yuxiang that Liang Kun and Su Cuicui would get engaged after the New Year. What a joke!

"Alright, let's not talk about this on New Year's Day." Xu Yuxiang knew Su Xiumei was in the wrong, and it was not right for her to follow her daughter-in-law in making up stories about her daughter. "Everyone is destined to be with each other. Liang Kun doesn't want to, and you can't force him. I'm telling you, when Xiumei comes back, don't mention this."

Feng Yuefen snorted and went to the yard to collect firewood.

She heard Chen Guilan's voice coming from next door and couldn't help but lie down to look through the crack in the wall.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t look at it, but you’ll be shocked when you do.

The yard is full of New Year's goods, including chicken, fish, and many vegetables.

My god, they've only been out for a few months and they're already so rich.

He has definitely learned bad things!

Since there was no refrigerator at home, Chen Guilan put all the New Year's goods in the yard, sorted them neatly, and found an unused iron pot to cover it, and placed two bricks on it. Qin Shuang squatted in front of the iron pot, looking left and right, and praised: "This is a good idea. This iron pot is our natural refrigerator."

"The yard is cold and frozen solid. I'm just worried about cats stealing it." Chen Guilan was chopping chicken and washing vegetables by the well. "But if I put bricks there, I won't be afraid anymore."

"It's great." Qin Shuang walked around the yard with his hands folded, and said with emotion, "Rural life is also very good, quiet and comfortable."

She grew up in a mining area, and both her parents were working.

When she went to the countryside, she lived in Dama Village for more than four years. She was still young at that time. Although life was hard, her heart was always full of hope and yearning for a new life.

Chen Guilan worked efficiently and quickly prepared six dishes, a soup, and steamed rice.

Stewed chicken in a big pot, braised shrimp in oil, stir-fried cauliflower, cucumber with ham, braised carp, cabbage, tofu and vermicelli, and tomato and egg soup.

There are not many vegetables in the countryside in winter. People eat cabbage, radishes, cauliflower, cucumber, carp, clams, ham sausages, etc. stored in the vegetable cellar, all of which are bought by Qin Shuang.

Qin Shuang eats in the cafeteria all year round and is not good at cooking. Seeing Chen Guilan prepare a table full of home-cooked dishes, she was very moved: "It's not even the New Year yet, and we're already eating. You've worked hard."

This table of food is full of freshness and fragrance.

Very homely and warm.

"Cooking is not hard. As long as you like it, it's fine." Chen Guilan felt that Qin Shuang was a guest and should be treated well. Besides, there was nothing to do at this time, just cook. Qin Shuang smiled and said, "No wonder Jiao Jiao likes to be with you. She has good food to eat with her mother."

"No, we're just taking advantage of you." Chen Guilan finished cooking, took off her apron, and called Su Jiaojiao to eat, "Jiaojiao, come and eat."

Su Jiaojiao was cleaning the house with a dusty face. Xu Yuxiang was not at their house, so her two rooms were empty. However, she had not taken many of her clothes, so they were piled on the kang. She swept the floor, wiped the windows, closed the door and walked out.

They can't stay for more than a few days.

It's fine for three people to sleep on one kang, it's warm even if they are crowded together.

While they were eating, Feng Yuefen came with Su Jinbao.