Guo Xiaojie is an ambitious woman. She secretly runs some businesses. Living in a crowded apartment building is very inconvenient. If someone gets jealous and reports her, she'll be finished.
Therefore, she hasn't dared to make any big moves in the past two years.
She had always envied Yu Rujia for having a large house with its own courtyard, and was thinking about getting one herself.
Unfortunately, it's too difficult to buy a detached house in town, and she doesn't want to buy a room in a tenement building, so she has been renting.
A detached house is hard to come by, but she can trade it for a bungalow. At worst, she can just build her own yard, which is essentially the same as having a detached house.
Thinking of this, Guo Xiaojie became so excited she couldn't calm down: "Rujia, can you take me to your brigade leader? I want to confirm the brick and tile matter with him first."
Yu Rujia: "Of course."
When the two arrived at Captain Huang's house, he was still entertaining guests.
Since there's no work during the New Year, everyone is visiting relatives. As one of the bigwigs in Shangfen Brigade, Captain Huang receives even more New Year's greetings from people over the holiday.
Upon seeing them arrive, Captain Huang greeted them with a smile and asked, "Young Yu, Happy New Year! And who brought this lady with you?"
Yu Rujia: "Happy New Year, Captain. I didn't know you had guests at home. Sorry to bother you. This is my friend Guo Xiaojie. She wants to ask about the bricks and tiles in our brigade."
When business came in, Captain Huang wanted to talk to Guo Xiaojie immediately; he couldn't just leave customers there.
Captain Huang pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, you wait a moment, I need to talk to my family, and then I'll go to your house to talk?"
Yu Rujia: "She's just looking into it, it'll only take a few minutes at most. It's the Lunar New Year, there's no need to make a decision so quickly. The team leader doesn't need to make it so formal."
Guo Xiaojie: "If the captain can't make it, we can come later."
Captain Huang: "If it's only for a few minutes, please come inside with me and sit down for a bit. I'll tell the guests and then come out to talk to you. There's no need to wait."
With Captain Huang's active cooperation, Guo Xiaojie quickly learned the information she wanted to know and said she would come over again after the annual meeting.
She's planning to go back and buy the house she's currently renting, and then find someone with a bungalow to exchange for.
When they finished talking and returned home, Wei Jianqiang was in the kitchen with Gao Shujing preparing lunch.
Guo Xiaojie glanced at the people inside and said, "Every time I come to your house, what I like most is watching your husband do housework. Every time Jianqiang comes over, he will take the initiative to do housework for a while afterward."
Yu Rujia: "When he's not taking the initiative, you ask him to do it. Do you think he'll refuse?"
Guo Xiaojie sighed, "It's not that good. You know a lot of people in the team, but how many men have you seen doing housework? Only your husband treats you like a treasure and takes on all the housework willingly."
"I don't ask for anything else now. I just hope that when I come to your house, Officer Gao can take Jianqiang to do more things, so that he knows how hard it is for us women, and he will do more work when he goes back."
After having lunch at Yu's house, Guo Xiaojie went to Huang Guihua's house again.
The two women, who shared a common goal, grew closer and closer after meeting. Now, Huang Guihua goes to town every week with a large amount of stuff, which shows how smoothly their business is doing.
When it was time to leave in the afternoon, Wei An, who had found a playmate, held Dorje's little hand and didn't want to leave.
Guo Xiaojie threatened, "If you don't leave, I'll leave you here and won't take you home."
To everyone's surprise, Wei An wasn't frightened at all; instead, he perked up and asked, "Can I stay here and stay with my brothers forever?"
Although his maternal grandparents and parents treat him very well at home, he prefers this place where he has many older and younger brothers to keep him company.
Unlike his older siblings who complained that he was slow and didn't play with him.
Moreover, there are many delicious foods here, all of which he has never seen before. If he goes back, he won't be able to eat these good things.
Dorje, that little rascal, wasn't afraid of making things worse and started stirring things up: "Anzi doesn't need to go back. You can change your name to Dorje from now on. That way, we'll be a family and can play together every day."
All the brothers' names contain the character "多" (duo), and if Anzi wanted to be one of their brothers, his name would have to include the character "多".
Wei An's eyes were full of anticipation: "Mom, I'll be called Duo An from now on."
Guo Xiaojie gave his little bottom a light slap: "Even if you change your name to Duoduo'an, you're still a member of the Yu family, you can't live in someone else's house."
Wei An pouted unhappily and said, "Brother Duoji said that my name is Duo An, and we are family."
Guo Xiaojie: "You have to stay here. I won't sleep here tonight, so don't get up in the middle of the night looking for your mother."
Wei An still sleeps with his parents. If he doesn't see Guo Xiaojie at night, he will cry and look for her everywhere.
Dorje put his little hands behind his back, looking like a little adult: "I haven't slept with my mom for a long time. Dorje sleeps with my older brother."
Duo Le was weaned before the New Year and has been sleeping with Duo Fu ever since; Duo Ji and Duo Shou share a room; all four of them sleep in Gao Shu Jing's room.
Duole was at the age where he was imitating others. He half-understood and followed his older brother's example, putting his little hands behind his back, raising his head and puffing out his chest, looking very proud.
Duole stammered, "No, I'm not sleeping, I'm going to sleep, brother is going to sleep." Only he understood what he meant.
Yu Rujia gave Dorje and Dorje a flick on the forehead each: "Don't cause trouble."
Dorje then hugged his mother's arm: "I didn't cause any trouble. My brother and I don't sleep with Mom. Anzi is older than Dorje, but he still sleeps with his mother. He's so useless."
Not to be outdone, Duole grabbed her other arm and said softly, "Xixi, Mom, hug me."
Yu Rujia reached out and hugged his small body, laughing, "A person who needs his mother to carry him has no ambition."
Duolu mocked, "That's right, Duole, look, we don't need Auntie to hold us."
Duo Xi chuckled and said, "Duole, you have to work harder so that you can run around everywhere without your aunt carrying you, just like your brothers."
Upon hearing this, Dorje released Yu Rujia's arm, kicked his calves, and said in a pretentious manner, "I just run around everywhere on my own."
Wei An spent time with the Yu family's children, and finally asked Guo Xiaojie for an impossible task.
Wei An pointed her little finger at a group of children and said in a soft voice, "Mom, I want lots of older brothers."
Guo Xiaojie picked her up and put her in the children's seat on the back of the bicycle: "No, brother. Rujia, I'm leaving. Remember to come find me when you come to town."
Yu Rujia: "Be careful on the road."
Wei Jianqiang walked over to the bicycle, where Gao Shujing had already tied the return gift to it. The two greeted each other and then followed Guo Xiaojie away.
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