The streets were getting more and more crowded; the nearby factories were closing up for the day.
Xia Damei looked at Wang Jie running towards her from a distance, raised her right hand and waved to him repeatedly, calling his name.
Seeing this, Li Chunmei casually asked, "Wang Jie, I haven't been back much these past few years and I haven't had a chance to ask. Has he been playing cards these past few years?"
Xia Damei said, "No, after that time, his salary was all handed over to me."
Li Chunmei: That's great. Now that you two are both working here, as long as you work together and move towards the same goal, your future will definitely get better and better.
Xia Damei: "That's what I think too. Life is more hopeful than before! He's the only one in the family who works, and he's always very frugal when we need money. If both of us work, things will be much better than before."
Wang Jie followed the voice and walked up to Xia Damei. "Are you tired from the train ride? You must have had a hard time traveling with the child!"
Li Chunmei felt like a huge third wheel at that moment.
Xia Damei gave Wang Jie a wink, and only then did Wang Jie realize that Li Chunmei was still there.
Wang Jie scratched his head. "Second sister-in-law, you're here too?"
Li Chunmei joked, "Wang Jie, how could you not notice me standing here? You probably only have eyes for your younger sister."
After get off work, the discount supermarket gets more and more crowded. Many fruits and vegetables are discounted in the afternoon, and many people come specifically for these discounted items, since every little bit helps!
Xia Damei said, "Your supermarket is doing really well. So many people are coming to buy things. It's even more lively than the stores back home during the Spring Festival."
Wang Jie said, "These are just small-scale events. You didn't see the Sunday discount day. That's when there are really a lot of people. Many elderly people line up at the door before dawn. On the discount day, the entire supermarket is basically emptied out."
Xia Damei was stunned. She had thought that was already a lot of people, but she hadn't expected there to be a special offer day. "How much money can they make with so many people?!"
Li Chunmei laughed, "We don't make much money on promotional days. It's all about small profits and quick turnover. Plus, we give our employees double pay every Sunday."
Xia Jianshe and Chen Chunhua returned with the flow of people.
Chen Chunhua looked at the group standing downstairs and said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Li Chunmei asked, "How was your shopping?"
Chen Chunhua said, "It's great. I didn't expect the suburbs here to be more prosperous than our county town."
Li Chunmei said, "Now that everyone is here, let's go upstairs. The food should be ready soon."
Li Chunmei called the children upstairs.
The three children skipped and hopped upstairs, occasionally poking each other.
Seeing that the children were restless even when going upstairs, Li Chunmei said, "You all need to be careful. Don't jump around or play around when you go upstairs."
Hearing Li Chunmei's warning, Xia Minmin and the others dared not continue their recklessness and obediently went upstairs.
As soon as I reached the top of the stairs, I smelled a wonderful aroma. "It smells so good! My aunt must have made so many delicious things!"
Ding-dong…
The door opened in less than two minutes. Xia Jianguo hurriedly opened the door and left, leaving only one sentence: "Xiaomin, please help entertain them."
Wang Yu and Xiao Bao stood at the door, looking at the brightly lit room with its tiled floor. They were a little lost, looking at their dirty shoes, and hesitated to step inside.
Xia Minmin looked at them, "What's wrong?"
Wang Yu said, "Our shoes are a bit dirty, and we're worried they might make your house dirty."
When Xia Minmin heard about this, she said, "It's okay, I'll get you slippers. There aren't many other shoes in the shoe cabinet, but slippers are the most common. Slippers are the standard shoes for Shenzhen."
Wang Yu asked Xiao Bao, "What does 'market shoes' mean?"
Xia Minmin explained with a smile, "Slippers? At least half of the people walking on the streets of Shenzhen wear slippers."
Wang Yu and Xiao Bao laughed along with them.
"Why are the three children blocking this way?" Li Chunmei and the others who were walking behind them also came up.
"Mom, it's okay! I'm getting them slippers."
Xia Minmin took two pairs of children's slippers and five pairs of adult slippers out of the shoe cabinet and placed them on the floor.
Wang Yu and Xiao Bao changed into slippers and came in.
Wang Yu said, "Your house is really big, and so beautiful!"
Xiao Bao said, "Yes, this is the first time I've ever seen such a big TV, and even the lights are so beautiful."
Xia Minmin checked the time and said, "The Hong Kong TV channel will start broadcasting the cartoon in thirty minutes. Let's watch it together then."
Wang Yu asked, "Is it the place we returned to last year?"
Xia Minmin nodded.
Afterwards, Xia Minmin led Wang Yu and Xiao Bao around to familiarize themselves with the surroundings. The area was connected to the restaurant, and the two places alone were about 60 or 70 square meters.
Xiao Bao said, "Your dining table is really big."
"Yes, the restaurant is big, so it would look better with a large dining table."
Xia Minmin then led them to greet Xia Jianguo, Xia Xiaomei, and Xiao Wu, who were busy in the kitchen.
"Come on! I'll take you to the terrace! My mom grows many varieties of chrysanthemums there."
Xia Minmin opened the door to the terrace. The fifth-floor apartment was rectangular in the center, with eaves about 50cm wide on all sides and about 2 meters wide in the front and back. Chrysanthemums were placed under the railings around the apartment.
This was the first time Wang Yu and Xiao Bao had seen so many varieties of chrysanthemums, and they had many questions.
Xia Minmin introduced the varieties of chrysanthemums to them one by one. "These are my favorites: Green Peony, Heavenly Gate Hanging Colors, Silver Dragon Claw, Guanghan Palace, Fiery Tree Silver Flowers, and Golden Rooster Red Ridge."
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