Happy days always pass by very quickly. Yang Liu returned home and except for a few days ago when she took the cloth to ask her elder sister to help make clothes, she spent the rest of her time at home eating, drinking and sleeping.
But after only a few days of coming back, she felt like she had gained weight.
The two children were like wild horses that had broken free from their reins. They could still get up early to practice calligraphy in the first two days after they came back, but now they have all thrown it aside.
It was because the two of them slept with Yang Shu and Yang Bai every night, pestered them to tell them stories every day, and always stayed up very late before going to bed.
So I got up very late the next day.
Seeing that they were being too wild every day, Yang Liu wanted to teach them a lesson after enduring for two days, but was stopped by Chu Yue, who said that he had finally come back and should let them have some fun.
She thought about it and it made sense. School was going to start on the 16th day of the first lunar month, and they were planning to go together on the 10th. They would only play for a few days, so in the end they gave up.
New Year's Eve is here in the blink of an eye. I have to say that the New Year atmosphere is better in the countryside. From morning on, the sound of firecrackers can be heard from time to time in the village.
We had agreed before that we would have the New Year’s Eve dinner at my parents’ house this year.
After getting up in the morning, Li Qiuhe was responsible for making breakfast, and Yang Guoqing was ordered to clean the house.
As for Mu Tou and Shi Tou, they followed their two uncles to go out and play after breakfast. The New Year was approaching, and the happiest thing for the children was to have pocket money to buy firecrackers to play with.
This thing is so expensive. I spent 20 cents to buy four boxes yesterday, and they were all finished in a short time. Now after dinner today, he is clamoring to buy more.
When Chu Yue saw his father-in-law cleaning the yard outside, he took a broom and tied it to a bamboo pole, and was responsible for cleaning the dust on the roofs of every house.
Yang Liu saw that he was wearing clean clothes, and he didn't look like he was working. So she went in and got a headscarf and handed it to him, "Come down, I'll put this on you. Otherwise, you don't look like you're working like this."
Chu Yue had no choice but to get down from the ladder, lower his head, and let her tinker with it above his head.
Mu Tou and Shi Tou were tired from playing outside and came back to drink some water and eat something. When they entered the house, they saw their father wearing a red scarf on his head. They almost laughed out loud. Shi Tou, who was like a big speaker, smiled like a flower and pointed at his head and said, "Dad, you look like an actor in the movie with this on."
Yang Liu was picking vegetables outside. When she heard him say that, she covered her mouth and laughed.
Chu Yue naturally knew that this was deliberately done by his wife. He walked over, put his arm around her shoulders, and whispered in her ear, "I'm lucky to be able to make a beautiful woman smile like this, huh?"
Yang Liu nudged him with her elbow and glared at him, "How shameless of you to speak in front of a child."
"Are you two sweating? If so, you should take a shower and change your clothes, otherwise you will easily catch a cold." She asked them in order to divert attention.
They each took one of the freshly steamed brown sugar buns made by Li Qiuhe, and ate with their cheeks bulging. They squatted there like little squirrels begging for food.
Chu Yue had almost finished cleaning. He walked over and touched the brothers' backs, then said, "It's okay, there's no sweat. Let's wash it in the afternoon."
Otherwise, I'm afraid that if I wash it now, it will get dirty again when I run around later.
Afraid that they would eat too much now and wouldn't be able to eat much later, Chu Yue took them out.
Yang Liu went to help in the kitchen. Her mother was chopping vegetables for dinner. As she was chopping, she asked, "Liu'er, if you guys go over this time, your dad and I won't go, right?"
If a whole family goes there, it will cost a lot of money just for food and drink.
She had heard from the villagers that everything in the big city costs money, even the air to breathe.
When I think about it, the countryside is still better.
And once they left, the whole area would be in a state of panic, and she really couldn't bear to leave this land.
Yang Liu casually picked up a cucumber and bit into it, "Mom, didn't we agree on this before? Why are you going back on your word?"
"Mom, you really don't have to worry about money. If I didn't have the ability, I definitely wouldn't be so arrogant. Besides, you don't have to feel embarrassed about going there. The house I gave you was all earned from my business. There's no such thing as relying on my son-in-law."
Even if they didn't say it, she knew her mother must be afraid of going there and adding burden to herself.
After all, Chu Yue's family background is very good. When her whole family goes there, it is inevitable that some people will say that they are going there to extort money.
Li Qiuhe sighed and didn't lie to her daughter. She confessed directly, "That's only one aspect. The main thing is that your father and I are farmers. We don't know how to do anything else in our lives except farming. When we go to the city, we will have nothing to do every day. It feels like life is meaningless."
They are destined to be hard-working. If they really go to the city to enjoy themselves and do nothing every day, she will feel uncomfortable. It is better for her to stay at home.
They originally came from poor backgrounds, so when they came to the city, they would feel inferior. If they couldn't do anything, they would feel even more miserable and think of themselves as useless people.
Yang Liu thought about it and realized the crux of their problem. She had no choice but to persuade them gently, "Mom, who said you guys would have nothing to do? My older sister and I are planning to open another shop together. You'll be in charge of cooking for us, and Dad will be in charge of picking up and delivering wood and stones every day. Sometimes he can even help us transport goods. This will help us save a lot of money."
Afraid her mother wouldn't believe her, she continued, "You don't know, in a big city like Shanghai, hiring someone costs dozens of yuan a month. If you go there, you can save me a lot of money."
"Can we really save so much?" Li Qiuhe asked hesitantly.
"That's not true. If you don't believe me, come back later and ask Big Sister."
Seeing that her mother didn't say anything, she knew something was going to happen.
As for the older sisters, they had already coordinated their statements beforehand, because all the elderly people have this idea, that is, they are afraid that going there will add burden to them, so as long as they speak with one voice and say that they are asked to go there to help, they will definitely be willing to do so.
Sure enough, Yao Caiying's family came over for dinner in the evening. She came early just to help in the kitchen with cooking.
Seeing that they were the only two people in the room, Li Qiuhe took her hand and quickly asked, "Caiying, Liu'er told me today that she wanted us to go to Shanghai with her to help. What did Nannan tell you?"
Since her daughter was the only one saying this, she still had some doubts in her heart, so she had to ask Caiying clearly. She was a smart person, and if she also agreed, then this matter was definitely true.
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