Chapter 585 Do you know that person?
Yangmei was obviously hesitant.
"We don't plan to go to Beijing for the New Year this year."
Yang Tao said, "Big sister, I've already told you all that you three can go to the capital to celebrate the New Year. I'll take care of the family, and I guarantee it'll be fine."
Yang Mei shook her head: "No, your brother-in-law and I have already discussed it and decided to celebrate the New Year in Sihe Village."
Yang Tao looked at Shang Ruoting and said, "Sister Ruoting, my eldest sister and brother-in-law are worried about us, so they can't go to the capital to celebrate the New Year.
Please help me persuade them. I am already grown up and it is completely fine for me to take care of my younger brothers and sisters at home."
Shang Ruoting also felt that during the Chinese New Year, Li Jiasheng's parents must be thinking of them, so it would be appropriate to go to Beijing to celebrate the New Year.
"Yangmei, why don't you and Li Jiasheng take Taozi and the others to the capital?"
Yang Mei shook her head and said, "This is not good. I am a daughter-in-law. If I take my four younger brothers and sisters to my husband's house to celebrate the New Year, people will gossip about me. What's more, Li Jiasheng's house is not very spacious. There is no place to accommodate them if I take them there.
Li Jiasheng and I couldn't bear to leave them at home, so we decided not to go to Beijing for the New Year this year."
Shang Ruoting pondered for a moment and suggested, "Why don't you take Taozi and the others to the capital and send them to my place? My house is big enough for them to live in. That way, you and Li Jiasheng can spend the New Year with your parents, right?"
When Yang Tao heard Shang Ruoting's words, her eyes lit up instantly.
"Sister Ruoting, are you serious? Can we go to the capital, to your house?"
Shang Ruoting nodded: "Of course, I have a lot of rooms at home, there is more than enough for you to stay."
Yang Tao looked at Yang Mei eagerly: "Sister, how about we just do as Sister Ruoting said?"
Yang Mei was also a little moved. She had been married to Li Jiasheng for so long, but he had never returned to Beijing to spend time with his parents. The New Year was approaching, and he must be missing home.
However, considering that there are too many younger brothers and sisters at home, going to Ruoting's house will cause trouble for others. So far, Yangmei has been hesitant.
"Ruoting, this isn't a good idea, is it? You have elders at home too. Wouldn't it be troublesome for them to go there?"
"It's not a big deal. Taozi and the others are sensible and won't cause me any trouble if they go."
Seeing this, Yang Tao quickly put on his shoes and went downstairs.
"Sister, I'll call my brother-in-law over right now, and you two can discuss going to the capital to celebrate the New Year."
She knew her elder sister best. She knew that even though she was clearly attracted to him, she was still hesitant. This matter had to be settled while the iron was hot.
Soon, Yang Tao came in with Li Jiasheng and Tan Chen.
In fact, Li Jiasheng was very eager to reunite with his family during the Spring Festival, but thinking of Yangmei's family situation, he took the initiative to propose to stay in Sihe Village for the New Year.
Unexpectedly, the boss and his wife came back and solved the problem that had been bothering him for a long time.
The few of them quickly discussed the arrangements for going to the capital.
The Spring Festival in 1979 was relatively early, on January 28th of the Gregorian calendar.
There are still twenty days left until the Chinese New Year.
After discussing and deciding to harvest the current batch of oyster mushrooms and plant the next batch, they set off.
The hired couple was temporarily asked to help take care of the cultivated oyster mushrooms.
At that time, they would first take Yang Tao and her siblings to visit the Li family, and then send them to Tan Chen to rest.
After things were discussed, Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen chatted with Yang Mei and his wife for a while, and then prepared to leave. After all, they had not yet visited the greenhouse and farm at home, and Shang Ruoting also planned to visit the homes of several good villagers.
As soon as I came out of Yangmei's yard, I saw a strange woman with two boys who were about seventeen or eighteen years old and looked exactly the same walking towards the village.
The woman was wearing a maroon wool coat and a scarf of the same color around her neck. Her curly hair was simply tied up at the back of her head. She looked to be around forty years old.
Two young men followed her on either side, one of them looking a little impatient.
Speaking fluent Cantonese, he said, "I don't want to stay in such a place anymore."
The woman turned to look at the young man who was speaking, and said with some displeasure: "Shaoan, I've already told you not to speak Cantonese."
Seeing this, the boy pouted and said, "Huh! The weather is too cold, and you don't let me say it. I just want to find a place to warm up."
The woman soothed him, "This is our hometown. Even if you are afraid of the cold, you have to learn to adapt slowly."
The boy lowered his head, stomped hard on the snow in front of him a few times, and said nothing more.
As they continued walking towards the village, Shang Ruoting asked Tan Chen, "Do you know that person?"
Tan Chen shook his head: "I don't know him, maybe he's a relative!"
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