"Okay, I understand."
Lunch was still made by Li Chunmei. Xia Minmin really couldn't compliment Xia Xiaomei's cooking skills; they were consistently bad for the past ten years.
After lunch, Xia Jianguo took everyone to the mall to buy books. This time, they took a car there according to the map.
This is the first time everyone has been to such a large shopping mall. The interior is beautifully decorated and it's located on the third or fourth floor.
Xia Jianguo picked out some children's history books and some fairy tales for Xia Minmin.
Xia Xiaomei picked out a cookbook for herself; it seems she's going to seriously work on her culinary skills.
When passing by a building block toy store, Xia Minmin picked out the most complicated and expensive set of building blocks, which cost her nearly 500 yuan. After leaving the store, Li Chunmei exclaimed that she felt bad about the cost.
Although the building blocks were expensive, Li Chunmei felt it was worth it. Since buying the set, her daughter has become much quieter, spending her days either reading or playing with the blocks.
In the past two days, she and Xia Jianguo went to several wholesale markets, but Xia Minmin didn't say she wanted to go with them.
Xia Xiaomei's cooking skills gradually improved a little, and her dishes were no longer bad.
That afternoon, Li Chunmei, Xia Minmin, and Xia Xiaomei saw Xia Jianguo off as he boarded the train back to his hometown.
Of the three who stayed in Shenzhen, Li Chunmei kept teaching Xia Xiaomei how to cook, while Xia Minmin continued to tinker with her building blocks.
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Xia Jianguo, who returned to his hometown, had a much richer experience.
"What! I won 1.6 million!"
"Zhonghua, keep your voice down!"
After returning to his hometown, Xia Jianguo went directly to Li Zhonghua's house to visit his mother-in-law and gave them the things that Li Chunmei had bought.
After Xia Jianguo recounted the process of winning the lottery and buying a house to Li Zhonghua, everyone was shocked, never imagining that someone in their family would win such a big prize.
Xia Jianguo asked, "Mom, why don't you and Dad come with me to visit? How about staying for a while?"
“I can’t. I’m looking to help your brother open a restaurant. Your dad probably won’t go either. There’s a lot to do at home, and it’s almost time for spring planting.”
"Jianguo, I never expected our Xiaomin to have such good fortune," Li Zhonghua exclaimed in amazement.
"By the way, Jianguo, Mom has something to tell you. Don't let Xiaomin play with lotteries or anything like that anymore. If you use up all your luck too early, you might die young," Grandma Xia said solemnly.
"Mom, I remember, and I will tell Chunmei too."
"Jianguo, are you the train the day after tomorrow?"
"Yes, I'm going to transfer my household registration tomorrow and I'll go the day after tomorrow. Chunmei is still at home waiting for me to come over to do business."
"Go home tomorrow to transfer your household registration. Be careful and call us this afternoon if everything goes well. If you don't call, I'll come to your village to find you."
"Thank you, brother."
"Let's stay here tonight and have a good chat, then we'll take the early bus back tomorrow."
"good."
The next morning, Xia Jianguo took the early bus back to the Xia family's old house.
"Jianguo, why are you back? Did you come back alone?" an old man in the village asked.
"I have some things to take care of back here, and I'll be leaving tomorrow. I'm coming back alone. I have to go now, sir."
Xia Jianguo worked hard all day to finally get the relocation certificate. The relocation certificate had been prepared two days earlier. With these two certificates, they could register their household registration.
Xia Jianguo quickly called Li Zhonghua to let him know he was safe.
"Jianshe, your brother is back and has even transferred his household registration to Shenzhen. Why didn't the other people working in Shenzhen transfer their household registration?"
"Brother, I don't know. I haven't seen him today."
Xia Jianshe walked home with a heavy heart, and the light was on in Xia Jianguo's room.
"Jianguo, you're back? Didn't your sister-in-law come back with you?"
"Brother, I'm the only one coming back to transfer my household registration."
"Transferring household registration?"
"Yes, we bought a house in Shenzhen after winning the lottery. It will be more convenient for Xiaomin to go to school after we get residency there."
Xia Jianshe silently walked into the room.
Chen Chunhua was quite jealous when she found out. Her younger sister also lived in Shenzhen and spoke highly of the city, saying that she had been there for five or six years but hadn't been able to buy a house or register her residency. Chen Chunhua and Xia Jianshe's eldest daughter went to Shenzhen to work for her aunt at a young age.
Xia Jianguo's return sparked heated discussions in the village.
Xia Jianguo left early the day after receiving the relocation permit, and many people who wanted to borrow money from him left empty-handed.
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