As the days passed, the workshop was soon built, but it would take a few days to dry before people could move in.
Lin Xiangyi said she needed fifteen people, and Xie's father and mother had already found them. They were basically relatives and neighbors of the Xie family.
Opening a small workshop is not a big deal, but for Xie's father and mother, who have lived an honest and unknown life all their lives, it is indeed not a small matter.
They specially went to see a "master" and calculated an auspicious day for the opening.
It was two days later than the date originally scheduled by Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi, but they all respected Xie's father and mother and opened the store according to the time calculated by the master.
The wine party will not be held, but it is still necessary to notify the closest relatives.
Xie's mother said to Lin Xiangyi, "Xiangyi, let me tell you brothers and sisters about the workshop. It happens to be your father's birthday the day before the opening. Your father and I want to invite them back for dinner and let them witness the opening of the workshop the next day."
"The day before the workshop opened was Dad's birthday?" Lin Xiangyi was a little surprised when she heard this, "Dad, why didn't you tell us?"
"There's nothing much to say," Xie's mother said with a smile, "We didn't celebrate it in previous years, but this year is a little special. We took advantage of the happy occasion of the workshop opening, so it would be nice for the whole family to sit down and have a meal together."
At this time, the country people don’t care about birthdays or not. The most important thing is to have enough food to eat.
"That's fine," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile, "It's been a while since the whole family has had a meal together, so it would be nice to have a reunion dinner."
"Yes," Xie's mother said with a smile. The changes in the family over the past few months were really earth-shaking, but she was really much happier than before. She remembered something and asked again, "By the way, do you want to invite your father-in-law over as well?"
Mr. and Mrs. Xie still don’t know what happened between Lin Xiangyi and Lin Shan.
"No, he's busy," Lin Xiangyi said calmly, and changed the subject: "By the way, mother, have you told my elder sister and the others about finding helpers?"
During the busy farming season, Sister Xie and her husband came back. Seeing that they were having a hard time, Xie's mother wanted to discuss with Lin Xiangyi about letting them stay at home to help.
At that time, Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi had not yet discussed building a workshop, and they did not need so many people, so Lin Xiangyi refused and asked Sister Xie and the others to come back and raise livestock to sell.
There was no further news from Sister Xie and the others after they returned, and Lin Xiangyi didn't know how their livestock were doing.
After deciding to hire people in the workshop, she discussed with Xie's mother that if Sister Xie and her family were not doing well with the livestock, they could be asked to come back.
As the braised food business expanded, there was always work suitable for Sister Xie and her husband.
"Your eldest sister and her family have raised a lot of chickens and ducks, but they haven't taken them out to sell yet," Xie's mother said, "Wait until they take out this batch of chickens and ducks to sell and see how the business goes. If it doesn't work out, then ask them to come back to help?"
She also wanted to find a way out for Sister Xie and her husband from Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi.
"Sure," Lin Xiangyi said, "Our braised food business will probably expand. If my eldest sister and her husband come back to help, I'd be more than happy to have them."
"Okay!" Xie's mother smiled from ear to ear.
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The next day, Xie's mother went to the county town.
She first went to find her second daughter, Xie Erjie, and told her about the opening of the family workshop and the birthday dinner for Xie's father, and then came to Xie's eldest brother's house.
The school had already started, Sun Lanjun was not at home, nor was Brother Xie. Mother Xie did not have the key to their house, so she could not enter.
She went to the home of a neighbor in the housing estate with whom she used to get along well, and asked the neighbor to help wait for Brother Xie to tell him the news.
The neighbor readily agreed and pulled Xie's mother to chat: "Sister Xie, is your eldest son's wife pregnant?"
"No, I don't know what she's thinking now. You know my eldest son's wife's temper. I can't control whether she has children or not, and I don't want to control it now." Mother Xie cracked melon seeds with her hands and said, "What's wrong? Why are you asking about this?"
"She's not pregnant now?" The neighbor said, "Then she won't be able to get pregnant in the future."
Mother Xie paused and asked hurriedly: "What do you mean? Why can't you get pregnant?" Could something have happened behind her that she didn't know?
Otherwise, considering Sun Lanjun's age, it would be possible for her to have another child in two years.
The neighbor waved his hands and said helplessly: "News in the village doesn't spread that fast, so you don't know that many units in the city have issued announcements one after another, saying that the country is going to implement a birth control system. In other words, you can't have so many children, otherwise you will be punished!"
"What?" Xie's mother was shocked.
Fertility system? Isn't that the same as what Xiangyi said before? The country has indeed taken measures to limit population growth.
Xiangyi is really right!
"Hey, you said before that your eldest daughter-in-law wanted to have a son. I guess she will go crazy when her unit issues the notice?" The neighbor is a neighbor of Sun Lanjun, and she knows Sun Lanjun's personality very well.
Xie's mother had a complicated feeling: "It seems like this is all fate!"
The neighbor sighed.
After the two chatted for a while, Xie's mother prepared to go back.
As soon as I walked out of the gate of the family compound, I met Sun Lanjun who had skipped work.
Sun Lanjun had a gloomy face. When she saw Xie's mother, she said in a weird tone: "Mom, why are you here?"
"I'm here to tell Arong that his father's birthday is in two days, and ask him to go back for dinner," Xie's mother said indifferently.
Sun Lanjun was already in a bad mood, and she became even more angry when she saw Xie's mother like this: "Mom, you know that Arong is at work at this time. If you want to come, you should choose a time when he is off work. You come now, don't you want to see someone?"
The "someone" she was referring to was herself.
Xie's mother chose this time not to avoid Sun Lanjun, but because Xie Qingrong got off work too late, and she couldn't wait for him to get off work before coming, so she came at this time because it was convenient for her.
In the past, Xie's mother would explain, but now she will not indulge Sun Lanjun. She sneered and said bluntly: "Yes, I just don't want to see you, so I'm here now."
Sun Lanjun's face suddenly turned pale and blue.
Xie's mother didn't want to waste any more time talking to her, so she turned around and left.
Sun Lanjun pestered: "Mom, you are very happy now, right?"
"What?" Xie's mother turned around.
"I can't give birth to a son now, so you must be very happy, right?" Sun Lanjun said gritting her teeth.
Mother Xie recalled her neighbor's words: "What do you mean by birth control system?"
"You also know about the birth control system?" Sun Lanjun sneered.
When she first heard the news from the school, it was like a bolt from the blue, but the school leaders encouraged them to set an example.
She was in a state of confusion and went home after finishing her last class of the day without waiting for the end of get off work.
"Sun Lanjun, don't be so sarcastic. I'm your mother-in-law, not your maid. Don't blame me for not being able to give birth to a son. You can only blame yourself!" Mother Xie said coldly, "I reminded you at the beginning that if you want to have a child, you should hurry up and give birth. Now you want to blame me? Do I owe you?"
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