Aunt Xie and her family just came back from the city yesterday. Many relatives and friends came to see Su Xiaomei and Shitou. Just after sending all the guests away, they saw Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi coming:
"Ah Xiao, Xiang Yi, why are you here?"
"We came to see Xiaomei. We were going to come this morning, but we had to go to the county town for something in the morning and just came back not long ago," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile.
"We won't misunderstand anything if you don't come over. If you have something to do, just go ahead and do it. You can come over later," Aunt Xie said angrily.
"Yes, so we went to do our work first, and now we are free and come here," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile.
Xie Qingxiao put two cans of milk powder on the table: "For my sister-in-law and the children."
"Thank you, Brother Xiao," Xie Guoqiang said hurriedly.
"Oh, you are so thoughtful. You care so much about Xiaomei and her son," Aunt Xie said with a smile from ear to ear, "Xiaomei and Shitou are in the house."
Lin Xiangyi carried Lele in her arms and followed Aunt Xie into the house.
It was not convenient for Xie Qingxiao to go in, so he stayed outside holding Kuai Kuai. Xie Guoqiang was also outside talking to him.
"Xiangyi," Su Xiaomei had just laid down, and when she saw Lin Xiangyi, she sat up again.
"Don't be so polite, just lie down and take care of yourself," Lin Xiangyi said hurriedly.
"It's okay, I've recovered well," Su Xiaomei said with a smile, "If it weren't for mom and Guoqiang asking me to take a good rest, I would be able to carry a hoe and go to work in the fields in a few days."
This was a bit exaggerated, and Lin Xiangyi and Aunt Xie both sneered.
Aunt Xie scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? Not to mention that our family conditions are better now, even when conditions were not good before, when you gave birth to Xiao Tao, you were not asked to work in the fields during the confinement period."
"No, I'm not saying that my family is in a hurry for me to work. I just want to say that you and Guoqiang have taken such good care of me, and I have recovered very well," Su Xiaomei said with a smile.
Although she was not taken care of as meticulously as Lin Xiangyi by Xie's mother, Xie Qingxiao, and Lin Shan during her pregnancy and confinement, Aunt Xie and Xie Guoqiang also put a lot of thought into her.
When she gave birth to Xiaotao, Aunt Xie helped her take care of Xiaotao, but she was rather rough with her.
Now, in addition to taking care of the stone, I also take care of her meticulously.
If Aunt Xie had taken care of her when she gave birth to Xiaotao, she would have been a qualified mother-in-law who took care of her daughter-in-law during the confinement period.
Now Aunt Xie is taking care of her, just like a mother taking care of her daughter during her confinement period!
Xie Guoqiang used to be a considerate person, but taking care of the family and children was a woman's job, and he would only lend a hand when he saw that she was too busy.
It’s not like now, where he also helps take care of the children.
Not to mention the thought put into food.
When they were in the city, Aunt Xie and Xie Guoqiang took turns going to the state-owned butcher shop before dawn every day, just to buy the freshest and most nutritious meat and bones for her to eat.
Eggs, milk powder, and brown sugar were always available at home. When the chickens at home were all eaten during the Chinese New Year, they went to the village to find someone to buy old hens to cook for her...
Which daughter-in-law in the village can be treated like her? Very few!
Her mother came to see her today, and was shocked to see how nice her parents-in-law and her husband were to her.
She also quietly told her to pay more attention to her parents-in-law.
Su Xiaomei is of course grateful. In addition to being grateful to her parents-in-law and her man, she is also grateful to Lin Xiangyi.
She knows exactly who her parents-in-law and her husband learn from.
Thinking of this, Su Xiaomei smiled gratefully at Lin Xiangyi.
Lin Xiangyi didn't know what Su Xiaomei was thinking. Seeing that Su Xiaomei looked a little weak, but overall in good spirits, she felt relieved and told her:
"I was also tired of the confinement period, but in order to avoid postpartum illness, I still finished the confinement period obediently. You too, don't think about working, otherwise you will have postpartum illness. When you recover, there will be plenty of work for you!"
"Really?" Su Xiaomei's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Can I go back to work after I'm out of confinement?"
"Of course," Lin Xiangyi said, "You can come back to work anytime you want."
Su Xiaomei was even happier when she heard this. She was already very happy when she could have enough food to eat while working in the fields.
After going to work in the workshop, she was even happier when she received her wages. She was even happier to receive the money she earned than when Xie Guoqiang gave her his wages - his salary was higher than hers.
However, she soon lost heart: "I almost forgot that Shitou has just been born. I have to take care of him. I can't go out to work for at least three years."
Lin Xiangyi felt a little regretful when she heard this, but there was nothing she could do. Wasn't she also tied down by the child? "It's okay, wait three years..."
"Xiaomei, if you want to work, I will take care of the stones for you!"
Before Lin Xiangyi finished speaking, she heard Aunt Xie say.
Lin Xiangyi and Su Xiaomei looked at Aunt Xie at the same time.
Aunt Xie said calmly: "I am old. I originally thought that if the workshop needed me, I would go to help. Now that Shengnan is here, I am no longer a problem.
It would be better for you not to work in the future, and let you and Guoqiang take care of Xiaotao and Shitou at home, so that you can go out to work. You are still young and have a long life ahead of you, you should not be trapped at home all the time. "
Su Xiaomei was so moved by Aunt Xie that she burst into tears. How lucky she was to have such a mother-in-law? "Mother, thank you..."
It was a sentimental moment, and Aunt Xie was about to say something tender, but before she could say anything, Xie Guoqiang's surprised and delighted voice came from outside:
"Brother Xiao, what did you say? Let me learn how to drive?"
Aunt Xie swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth, looked outside with some displeasure, and complained: "Guoqiang, why are you so excited? You scared me."
When Lin Xiangyi heard Xie Guoqiang's surprised voice, she felt relieved, so she said, "I guess Qingxiao told Guoqiang that she wanted to learn how to drive."
"Learning to drive?" Aunt Xie and Su Xiaomei asked in unison.
"Didn't we go to the county town today? We heard that the meat processing plant had an idle truck, so we went to buy it. We thought that if Guoqiang was willing, he could learn to drive with Qingxiao and become our transport driver in the future."
Aunt Xie Su Xiaomei: "What?"
Lin Xiangyi thought they were shocked to let Xie Guoqiang work as a transport driver, but she heard them say, "You bought two trucks?"
Lin Xiangyi: “…”
"Two second-hand trucks."
"Oh my god," Aunt Xie exclaimed.
They didn't have much idea about the extent of Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi's business. But in their opinion, trucks were something that only state-owned units had. Now Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi also bought trucks, and two of them!
Wouldn't that mean their businesses are almost as big as those of state-owned factories?
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