Deng Qingling, a recent college graduate, struggled to find work due to the pandemic, so she returned to her hometown. Her grandmother, who passed away from illness, left her a silver bracelet.
...The second day of the Chinese New Year.
Early in the morning, Deng Qingling and her friends had breakfast and prepared to go back to her parents' home.
When they were about to leave, Guo Haoran followed them out.
He took Deng Qingling's hand and shook it, and said coquettishly: "Big Uncle, can you take me with you? I also want to follow my brothers and sisters to go and play with my new cousin and cousin De."
During the slack season, Deng Qingling took her children back to her parents' home, and Guo Haoran also went with her several times.
After a few interactions, he became familiar with the child of Deng Qingling's third brother.
Li Chunyan felt very embarrassed after hearing this. It was inappropriate for him to go with the whole family back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.
Li Chunyan quickly pulled Guo Haoran into the house, and she coaxed him softly, "Be good, your brother and sister will be back soon, so we won't go.
We will wait for Jiazhen and the others to come back home."
On New Year's Eve, Guo Yu said that he would come back later on the second day of the New Year and stay at home for one night.
Deng Qingling didn't know what Li Chunyan was thinking. She felt that there was nothing wrong in bringing Guo Haoran along. After all, it was not Guo Haoran's first time there.
Besides, these days people would bring food with them when visiting relatives, so she would always bring a lot of things back to her parents' home.
Who asked her to go back with so many mouths to feed?
If I don’t bring enough food, I’m afraid that if I go back to my parents’ home a few more times, they will be bankrupted by food.
Also, if she goes back empty-handed but with a few mouths to feed, her parents might not say anything, because after all, their daughter and grandson are their own family.
But it’s hard to say about her sisters-in-law.
After all, no one wants to have a sister-in-law who often comes to ask for money.
If you want to have a good relationship with your mother's family, you must also know how to behave yourself. Even if you are poor, you cannot go back to your mother's family empty-handed.
Besides, respecting parents is what children should do.
In fact, what parents care about is not the gifts, but the thoughts their children have for them.
Also, my brother got married.
If I go back to my parents' home empty-handed every time, even if my brothers don't say anything, my sister-in-law and sisters-in-law will feel a little uncomfortable. It's better for me to go back to my parents' home in a decent manner with my things.
In fact, it is not a question of how much stuff you have, but a question of attitude and etiquette.
Let’s get back to the topic.
Deng Qingling looked at Li Chunyan and her son with a smile and said, "If Haoran wants to go, let's go together. We just need to come back early in the afternoon."
Guo Haoran blinked his big eyes, looked at Li Chunyan pitifully, and said coquettishly: "Mom, just let me go."
"If Haoran wants to go with you, let him go." Liang Xueying, who was standing next to them, also helped to plead.
Seeing that her sister-in-law and mother-in-law had talked to this point, Li Chunyan did not refuse anymore.
She lowered her head and warned Guo Haoran, "Then you must not cause trouble for Big Bom."
Guo Haoran nodded to Li Chunyan and said, "Well, I promise not to cause any more trouble."
"Let's go, go inside and change into new clothes." Li Chunyan said and pulled Guo Haoran back to the room.
After Guo Haoran came out, a group of people set off.
The things were carried by Deng Qingling and his wife, and the children were playing and chasing each other along the way.
There was laughter and joy all the way, it was so lively.
When we arrived at Tianxin Village, we saw Deng Xin and Deng De playing with firecrackers at the gate from a distance.
Seeing their aunt, uncle, cousins and sister coming, the Deng Xin brothers hurried home with them.
After entering the house, everyone started to ask about each other's well-being. After the elders gave the children red envelopes, the children grabbed some melon seeds and candies and ran out to play.
The adults were chatting in the house, and the children were not idle either.
Deng Xin and Deng De took a group of cousins to play with firecrackers everywhere. They either threw them into the ditch, blew up the toilet or threw them into the river to fish.
But they also knew their limits and didn't throw firecrackers into firewood or haystacks.
After having lunch at her mother’s house, Deng Qingling and Guo Jianping took the children back to the Lixia Brigade.
When they first arrived home, Guo Yu's family of four were already eating noodles in the main room.
While everyone was gathered, Deng Qingling expressed her plan to move to the town with her children.
When everyone heard this, they were all surprised.
I quickly asked why we wanted to move to town.
Where to live when moving to town?
How does she work?
Deng Qingling repeated to everyone what she had said to Guo Jianping.
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone was more shocked than when they heard that they were going to move to town.
Even Guo Yu and Zhou Feng were shocked by her idea.
Even if others don’t know, they don’t know either.
The country is now open to doing business, and an industrial and commercial department has been established in the provincial capital. I heard that as long as you get a business license, you can set up a stall legally.
They really didn't expect Deng Qingling to have such courage and determination.
Liang Xueying frowned and asked, "Can it really be bought and sold freely? Will there be no more checks in the future?"
She knew that her eldest daughter-in-law was a person with big ideas and a little cleverness, and she was very skilled in speculation and profiteering.
It would be great if she could really do business openly, otherwise she was really afraid that one day her eldest daughter-in-law would be arrested and her grandchildren would become motherless children.
Deng Qingling: "Really? If there really was a problem, Liying wouldn't have thought of taking Brother Fa out to develop. Could she possibly harm her own man?"
Guo Yu: "Mom and Dad, we know about this. It's legal to set up stalls and sell things in the provincial capital, and some people here have heard about it.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many peddlers in the county and towns.”
After hearing these words, Li Chunyan was also moved.
Although both she and her husband have jobs, she has two sons.
Raising a child costs a lot of money, so when the child is young, it is enough to make sure he or she has enough to eat.
But when the children grow up, we still have to build houses for them and find wives for them.
There are three big things you need to prepare when getting married, and everything costs money.
Guo Youxing thought about what everyone said, then said to Deng Qingling, "Since you have made up your mind, we can't say anything more.
However, you have to wait until the land is distributed to each household before you can transfer your household registration."
After all, the policy has not been implemented yet, and who knows whether it will be divided according to households or per person.
"Okay." Deng Qingling nodded and agreed. She didn't mind that little bit of time.
So, the decision to move to the town and open a store was made, and the next step was just to wait for the policy to come out.
That night, when Li Chunyan went back to her room to sleep, she said to Guo Jianjun, "Brother Jun, what do you think about me doing business too?"
Guo Jianjun frowned and said, "You want to do business? Are you crazy? You don't want to work anymore?"
It’s not that he looks down on self-employed individuals, he just thinks that having a stable job is more reliable and can guarantee a stable income regardless of the weather.
Li Chunyan: "I didn't say I wouldn't do it. I said I'd set up a stall after get off work to earn some money to support my family."
Two years ago, Li Chunyan was promoted to workshop team leader, and her salary was more than 40 yuan.
How could she bear to quit her job and do a business where she didn't know how much money she could make?
Guo Jianjun remembered what his sister and sister-in-law said and agreed.
Maybe if you try, your bicycle will turn into a motorcycle.