Chapter 408: A Gift

Old House

Cousin Li Guilin asked his wife: "What did you do? Why did A Lei arrange for us to live here?"

In everything, respect for seniority is important.

Tan Yudai said with a dark face: "What am I doing? Not to mention arranging for us to live here, they didn't even give me a cup of tea! This is really looking down on you! This is not the first time you have felt this, right? Last time Zhou Chenglei got married, your mom, your sister and I went to greet Jiang Xia. Did she pay attention to us? Didn't you see with your own eyes that she ignored us?"

Li Guilin: "...But Alei is not that kind of person. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't do such a thing. Did you do something?"

Tan Yudai: "What did I do? I just asked Jiang Xia if she remembered me. If you don't believe me, ask your daughter, she heard it too! Jiang Xia must have arranged for us to live here, and Zhou Chenglei just followed her instructions. They are a couple, haven't you heard of pillow talk? I guess Jiang Xia knew that I was planning to introduce my little sister to Zhou Chenglei."

Li Guilin: “…”

is that so?

I did introduce her to him, but didn't A-lei refuse at that time? Is this old matter worth brooding over?

Women are so stingy!

You worry about trivial things all your life!

"Forget it, don't bother with her and go to bed early! You have to get up early tomorrow to catch the bus back home."

After saying that, he turned over, covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep.

Tan Yudai, however, couldn't sleep.

Her younger sister is still thinking about Zhou Chenglei, and her family doesn't like any of the other people she mentions.

She doesn't want to get married even at the age of 24.

How annoying! *In the new house, Zhou's mother was sorting out the gifts for her family in her mother's house.

When Zhou's father came out of the shower, he saw the ground was full of snakeskin bags and asked, "One bag per household?"

The child grew up, and Zhou's mother's family had already separated.

"Um."

"Which bag belongs to A-Lin's wife?"

Mother Zhou pointed to the bag with the most kelp.

Zhou's father went to look through it and found that Zhou's mother had put a large bag of kelp and a bag of the cheapest dried fish.

Father Zhou was satisfied, but the weight was too light and too obvious.

He said to Zhou's mother, "How can you return such a small gift?"

After saying that, Zhou's father walked out.

Mother Zhou: “…”

Soon, Zhou's father came in with two bags, stuffed them in, then picked them up and weighed them.

Well, that’s good, it’s finally a “valuable gift”!

Zhou's mother asked, "What did you put in there?"

Why did she feel that one of the bags was sand?

"Conch shells and sand."

Zhou's mother was speechless: "Why did you put sand in it? This is too much! What would my mother think?"

Father Zhou said, "Don't worry, Mom said she wanted to bring some sand back to grow bean sprouts. I asked A-Lin's wife to help bring it back."

Mother Zhou: “…”

*After Zhou Chenglei arranged everything for his relatives, he returned to the room. Jiang Xia was still sitting in front of the dressing table counting the gifts she had received today and reconciling the accounts.

She recorded every detail of how much money each family gave as a gift and what each family gave. These were favors that would have to be repaid in the future.

"Go take a shower first and don't worry about these things. Aren't you tired?" Zhou Chenglei went to the closet to get clothes.

"Right away. I'm afraid I'll forget it tomorrow, so I'll write it down first." Jiang Xia put away the notebook and the money and looked at him: "When did you order the car?"

Jiang Xia had already learned from Jiang Dong that the two jeeps were ordered by Zhou Chenglei. He paid a deposit of 20,000 yuan for two jeeps, and the balance of more than 40,000 yuan was paid by Jiang Dong.

"After you drive the motorcycle to town." He was really worried about her driving a motorcycle, so he thought about buying a car. Then he received a call from Jiang Dong saying that he wanted to buy a car.

So he ordered two.

Zhou Chenglei took their pajamas into the bathroom and walked out.

Jiang Xia closed the drawer and stood up: "Where did the 20,000 yuan come from? Did you get the money from Brother Zhang?"

Zhou Chenglei put his arm around her waist, let her lean on him, bent down and kissed her: "No, we negotiated with two foreign companies at the Guangzhou Trade Fair before, but they never paid. They paid after the Guangzhou Trade Fair and ordered dozens of units. I used the commission to place the orders."

The manufacturer originally said that the cars would be available after the Chinese New Year and after April next year, and the summer solstice will be approaching by then.

He planned to give it to Jiang Xia as a birthday present.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fuyan helped the manufacturer to transfer two more cars from Beijing so that they could get the cars in advance.

It turned out to be the balance of the Guangzhou Trade Fair. No wonder she didn't know about it.

Jiang Xia glared at him: "You didn't even discuss the car purchase with me, didn't you ask me which model I like, and let me try it out and choose? What if I'm not used to driving it?"

Zhou Chenglei kissed her again: "There will be no surprises if we discuss it. I know you like jeeps, and Xiaodong also said that you like them. If you are not used to driving, I will teach you."

She had ridden in Zhang Rong's jeep before and liked it very much.

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Although the jeep looks taller and more imposing than a sedan, it has a better view when driving and is easier to drive in the village.

Jiang Xia added: "I like the jeep, but I also like the sedan my dad has. Do you want to buy one?"

Zhou Chenglei kissed her and picked her up: "Then buy a car next time. Now take a shower and go to bed. I'll take you for a ride tomorrow."

He picked her up and walked into the bathroom.

It is convenient that the room has a bathroom and toilet.

He took a hot bath with her and coaxed her to sleep, and after the bed was warm, he took a cold shower.

I have never felt that the days are so long before. It will take more than half a year for the baby to be born. These days are simply torture.

*The next day, after breakfast, my grandparents had to go back early.

Zhou's mother prepared some return gifts for each family. In addition to the necessary preparations according to custom, she also gave them some dried fish, shrimps, dried oysters, small fish with various flavors and other dried seafood as return gifts for them to take back, a large snakeskin bag for each family.

All relatives sent dried fish, but because my grandparents' family lived so far away, they sent more.

Jiang Xia also prepared a red envelope of 500 yuan, a set of clothes and some health products for each of his grandparents, and put the red envelopes directly in the pockets of the clothes to avoid giving them directly to the two elders, who would refuse.

Then a snack bag was prepared for each child.

The things were all packed in snakeskin bags, and they all looked the same size.

But Tan Yudai always felt that the bag he had was different from those of others.

Father Zhou smiled and said to his mother, "Mom, didn't you say you wanted to take a bag of sand back to grow bean sprouts? I packed a bag for you to take back."

Grandma smiled and said, "Okay."

Then Father Zhou looked at the snakeskin bags and said, "I forgot which bag I put it in. If anyone sees it when they get home, just give it to Mom!"

Zhou's mother asked her parents to stay at home for a while longer: "Uncle, aunt, you stay here for a while, I will send you home during the New Year."

People there don't call their parents "dad and mom" or "father and mother", but uncle and aunt, of course speaking in dialect.

The two elders waved their hands and said, "We can't stay here anymore. It's almost the New Year. We have to go back."

Zhou's father didn't know the local dialect: "Dad, Mom, you guys just stay here for a while. It's cold now, and there's nothing to do when you go home."

Jiang Xia also smiled and said, "Grandpa, grandma, stay and play for a few more days. When you get tired of playing and want to go back, A Lei can drive you home. It's very convenient."

Mother Zhou nodded: "Yes!"

Because they live far away, Zhou's mother only goes home once or twice a year, and she also wants to have the opportunity to show her filial piety.

"No, we have work to do at home. When Xiaoxia gives birth, we will come and look after the baby."

The two elders had already learned from Zhou's mother that Jiang Xia was pregnant with triplets, and they were so happy that they couldn't sleep most of the night.

All their children and grandchildren are married, have children, and have established their own families and careers. With four generations living under one roof, they no longer have any wishes and are very content.

No matter how much they persuaded the two elders, they were unwilling to stay, so Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin drove their grandparents' family to the city to catch a bus.