Looking at the meat and pastries hanging on the bicycle, Wang Yingxue asked nervously, "Jianguo, are we taking too much stuff back with us?"
Because they set off immediately after eating, and all these things were brought out by Huang Jianguo, Wang Yingxue was afraid that he had secretly brought them out without Chen Zhaodi's knowledge.
"No, Mom prepared all of this. Since you didn't return to your parents' home before, Mom's idea is to make up for it today."
"As for the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, Mom plans to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival itself to give them to my uncles and the others."
Huang Jianguo felt that this was not much; when Huang Qinqin returned to her parents' home for the first time, she brought much more.
However, his family wasn't as wealthy as the Xu family, and his salary wasn't as high as Xu Junhui's, so he stopped comparing himself to others.
These meats and pastries are all within their family's means, and they will definitely prepare them.
Wang Yingxue assumed this was the Mid-Autumn Festival gift plus the homecoming gift, and when she heard that she needed to give another one for the Mid-Autumn Festival, she quickly refused, saying, "There's no need to give another one for the Mid-Autumn Festival, is there?"
"This is already a lot; it can actually be used as a Mid-Autumn Festival gift and a homecoming gift."
In the village, no matter how many people return to their parents' home, they can only bring a handful of candy or half a pound of meat.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, although everyone visits relatives, they usually just exchange inexpensive gifts.
Except for those who are relatively wealthy, most people only give meat and pastries as gifts during the Lunar New Year.
Based on Wang Yingxue's experience buying groceries over the past month, this piece of meat should weigh about a pound, and it's top-quality pork belly, making it even harder to find.
Wang Yingxue buys groceries every day, so she knows exactly how many meat coupons she has at home. Besides, it's already the end of the month, and they've run out of meat coupons.
She felt that Chen Zhaodi must have spent a lot of money and effort to buy this pound of meat, and she felt even more grateful to Chen Zhaodi and Huang Jianguo.
The actual situation regarding Chen Zhaodi's meat purchase was that she had Xu Junhui buy it in advance, and Xu Junhui delivered it to her at the steel factory this morning when he had some free time.
Just kidding. With a son-in-law who works as a purchasing agent in a food factory canteen, buying a pound of meat is a piece of cake.
It's just that Chen Zhaodi and the others didn't want to cause trouble for Huang Qinqin. Otherwise, if they were a little more shameless, they could have asked Xu Junhui for help all the time to buy meat without using ration coupons.
When Huang Jianguo and Wang Yingxue arrived at Wangjia Village, there weren't many people on the road. They originally thought that Uncle Wang and his family would be at home.
To everyone's surprise, the Wang family's gates were tightly shut.
Wang Yingxue peeked through the crack in the door and found that everything in the yard was normal. Most importantly, vegetables had sprouted in the yard.
So Uncle Wang and the others must have just gone out.
Wang Yingxue thought for a moment before saying to Huang Jianguo, "Jianguo, why don't we go to Aunt Qian's house next door and ask where my uncle and the others have gone?"
"good."
Knock knock knock
"Who is it? I'm coming!"
Since she didn't have to work today, Aunt Qian was taking out her quilts and other things in the yard to air them out.
I had just finished getting ready and was about to go back to my room when I heard someone knocking on the door.
When she opened the door and saw Wang Yingxue, she asked in shock, "Yingxue! Why are you back?!"
So shocked was she that she didn't see Huang Jianguo behind Wang Yingxue and blurted out, "You weren't sent back, were you?!"
"My God! Come in quickly."
Hearing Aunt Qian's words, Wang Yingxue turned her head to look at Huang Jianguo with some embarrassment.
She never expected that Aunt Qian would think she had been sent back.
Huang Jianguo pretended not to hear what Aunt Qian had just said, put the bicycle away, and walked over to Wang Yingxue.
"Hello Aunt Qian, this is Yingxue's husband. We've come back today to visit my uncle and his family."
"But we noticed that my uncle and the others weren't home, so we came over to ask if you knew where they went?"
Aunt Qian then realized that Wang Yingxue hadn't come back alone.
Realizing what she had just said, she blushed and stammered, "Uh, Yingxue's uncle... went... went to the vegetable garden."
"Should I go and call them back for you?"
As she spoke, Aunt Qian prepared to close the door and leave.
Huang Jianguo thought it was a good idea, since they were carrying so much stuff and it wasn't very convenient for them to run around.
However, before he could speak, Wang Yingxue directly refused: "Aunt Qian, no need, we can just go to the vegetable garden to find my uncle and the others."
Wang Yingxue took two candies out of the bag and stuffed them into Aunt Qian's hand: "Thank you, Aunt Qian. These are for your grandson to sweeten his mouth. We're going to the fields now."
Huang Jianguo didn't quite understand why Wang Yingxue wouldn't let Aunt Qian help her.
However, he went along with Wang Yingxue's idea and walked with her, pushing the bicycle, into the vegetable garden.
After walking a short distance, Wang Yingxue asked, "Jianguo, aren't you wondering why I'm going to find my uncle and the others by myself?"
"Hmm, I am indeed a bit curious. Wouldn't it be more convenient to ask Aunt Qian for help?"
Seeing that she brought it up herself, Huang Jianguo followed suit and asked.
Wang Yingxue casually picked up a foxtail grass and waved it around in her hand.
"Because I wanted the other people in the village to know that you came back to my parents' home with me, and that you brought back a lot of things."
"Jianguo, do you think I'm vain?"
Wang Yingxue hadn't originally planned to go by herself, but she felt upset when she thought about what Aunt Qian had just blurted out.
She had always thought that once she got married, her uncle's family would be better off than before, regardless of whether she came back or not.
But she forgot that in the village, gossip was more terrifying than hunger.
The fact that Aunt Qian immediately associated it with being kicked out by her husband's family proves that many people in the village think the same way.
They might even gossip about it together, so Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang would definitely hear these rumors often.
They must be feeling terrible.
Now that they were back, Wang Yingxue thought she might as well take Huang Jianguo for a walk around the village.
In this way, the rumors will be dispelled. Otherwise, even if Uncle Wang and the others try to explain later, some people will not believe them.
Seeing that she was looking down and somewhat dejected, Huang Jianguo stopped and gave Wang Yingxue a hug.
"How could that be? Are you bothered by what Aunt Qian said?"
"Yeah, I think I've made my uncles lose face in the village. Maybe everyone in the village is laughing at them."
Wang Yingxue was only a little sad at first, but after Huang Jianguo suddenly hugged her, she suddenly became very, very sad.
She leaned on Huang Jianguo's shoulder and began to sob silently.
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