Because of Gua Gua's bold speech, Zhou Chengning assigned her a lot of homework.
I have nothing to do all day, so writing is always a good way to kill time.
Guagua’s strong opposition was ineffective because her mother did not stand on her side at all. Her mother was determined and believed that her father asked her to write for her own good.
So Gua Gua is now sitting in the shed writing. When Niu Niu sees this, he also wants a pen to write with. Of course Xu Xiangjuan won’t give him one, so she just buys a few small toys from the market stall to attract Niu Niu’s attention.
As for her grandparents, Gua Gua knew it was useless to ask for help, and she still had to write for her grandmother during the Chinese New Year, so she had to practice calligraphy more now.
The leader's arrival did not cause much disturbance in the peaceful life, and not long after, it was Niu Niu's first birthday party.
Because of the one-year-old birthday party, the shed was closed for three days. Xu Gensheng and Wu Caifeng also had a day off and went back to their homes to rest. They would come back to help on the day of Niu Niu’s one-year-old birthday party.
Little Niu Niu had no idea about the first birthday party, he just ate and drank, but Gua Gua was looking forward to it because there was a lot of food, including meat!
"Sister Xixi!"
Guagua, who was picking cowpeas, didn't expect that Sister Xixi had also come with her father, so he hurried over to greet her.
Zhou Chengning invited several colleagues and grandpa over, and also invited grandpa's friends as well, so the two old men could talk together.
Today Xu Xiangjuan specifically told Zhou Chengning that they were just going to have a meal and not to accept any red envelopes. Niu Niu had already received them during the Chinese New Year, so there was no need to give any more. If someone else gave one, just push it back.
A few adults were chatting outside, talking about random topics.
"Uncle, can Sister Xixi stay at my house for a few days next month?" Gua Gua went to talk to Wang Qing.
She will have a bed next month and can invite Sister Xixi to sleep with her. She also invited Sister Xixi and Miaomiao to eat cold noodles.
Xixi: "Dad, can I live here when you and Mom go to Grandpa and Grandma's house?"
Wang Qing wanted to say that it was not nice to disturb others, but Zhou Chengning interrupted him before he could say anything, "Guagua will start living in a new room next month. She is very excited and wants to find a good friend to come and live with her. She has even found Miaomiao in the yard across the street. She is just a few steps away and asked Miaomiao to come and sleep in her new bed. She is just thinking about it."
Xixi's grandparents live in the next county, and our family goes there for a few days in August every summer vacation.
After thinking it over, Wang Qing finally nodded and asked Xixi to come and live with him. He would send her over and then give her some money and ask her to go to the store to buy some food for sister Guagua.
Zhou Chengning and Xu Xiangjuan didn’t mind Gua Gua inviting other kids to come and stay with them. After all, Gua Gua had his own room and it wouldn’t affect the two of them.
When I run a food business, it’s not a big deal to cook for one or two extra children.
Several of Zhou Chengning's close colleagues came over, and Liu Liangzhi was also there. He felt embarrassed not to bring a red envelope, so he secretly gave it to Teacher Zhou.
Zhou Chengning pushed it several times but it didn't work. His wife was busy in the kitchen, so he had no choice but to accept it. He remembered what his wife said at the end. He couldn't refuse it, so he had to remember who gave it to him.
At this moment, all the guests were seated in the outer room. Niu Niu was held in the kitchen by his grandfather. Gua Gua and Xi Xi went out to play with Miao Miao. Xu Xiangjuan and Wu Caifeng cooked and washed vegetables. Only Zhou Chengning was entertaining the guests in the outer room.
"The meal is not ready yet. Let's eat some watermelon to quench our thirst first. Just throw the rinds on the tray." Xu Xiangjuan put the watermelon slices that had been in the bucket for half the morning on a large tray and took it to the outer room.
A whole watermelon was cut into slices and placed on the tray. The quantity looked very considerable, and the watermelon was also good, with thin skin and plenty of flesh.
After his lover left, Zhou Chengning saw that no one was eating yet, so he quickly asked everyone to have some watermelon.
Guagua remembered that her mother said she would cut watermelons in the morning, and she happened to bring Miaomiao and Xixi over. The watermelons had indeed just been delivered, so she asked her father to get some for her.
Zhou Chengning gave each of the three children a piece of watermelon, and the children took the watermelon and ran out again.
Gua Gua wanted to take Xixi and Miaomiao to visit her shed. Even though they had seen the shed a long time ago and there was nothing inside, the three children still stayed in the shed for quite a while.
Today, two tables were set up as usual, the big table was placed in the outer room, and the small table was in the kitchen. The small table in the kitchen was for guests who were relatively close and had a good relationship with, so Guagua was arranged to eat in the kitchen, and Xixi ate with Guagua, also in the kitchen.
As for Miaomiao's family, Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning went to Miaomiao's house to invite them, but the two old people insisted not to come, saying that they were not relatives and they were embarrassed to go.
It was really impossible to persuade them, and the two old people didn't want Miaomiao to come over to eat. Xu Xiangjuan had no choice but to ask Guagua to entertain Xixi who was eating here.
Xu Xiangjuan started cooking very early. After the dishes were cooked, they were put in the steamer to keep warm and served when it was almost time for dinner. The staple food at noon included not only steamed buns but also rice. The rice was stewed at Xu Xiangjuan's mother's house. After it was cooked, Wu Caifeng put it in a clean dish and brought it over.
A small bowl of rice was left in the kitchen, and the rest was sent out to the outer room.
There was chicken, fish and pork for lunch. The pork was braised. It was bright red and translucent in color. The meat looked soft and not hard and black. When it was first served, I could feel the meat trembling. I didn't know if I could pick it up with chopsticks.
"Everyone, take whatever you want to eat. Don't be polite. The rice is on that bench. I'll go get the rice first. Rice goes really well with the braised pork." The guests outside were rather reserved, so when Xu Gensheng was entertaining everyone for dinner, he went to get the rice himself.
My daughter is a good cook. To be honest, it was the first time I saw her make braised pork. It looked delicious.
With Xu Gensheng taking the lead, everyone started to eat. Zhou Chengning, a colleague, was not worried. The main thing was to let grandpa and his friends eat well. They should not be reluctant to eat this or dare not eat that. They could eat whatever they wanted today. Of course, they could not eat anything too spicy for fear that the elderly would choke and feel uncomfortable.
Xu Xiangjuan had prepared some wine yesterday, but it was rice wine without alcohol. She had told her father that no alcohol could be consumed at Niu Niu's first birthday party today, so if she wanted to drink, she used rice wine instead.
Because the food was delicious and plentiful, Xu Gensheng felt that he could enjoy himself even without drinking any alcohol, and it was also comfortable to drink some rice wine.
Kitchen room.
"Sister Xixi, don't forget to tell uncle that you will come to live at my house next month. I'll be at home all the time and you will definitely be able to see me when you come." Guagua's little mouth was dirty from eating and stained with a lot of sauce, but he still did not forget to remind Xixi.
"I remember. I will tell my father." Xixi is much cleaner than Guagua and eats gracefully. However, because the food is delicious, she eats faster than usual.
Niu Niu ate fruit puree and steamed buns today. He didn’t eat much of the steamed buns, but the little guy still liked them very much, but his mom didn’t let him eat too much.
Niu Niu was held in Xu Xiangjuan's arms, and she did not forget to use a small towel to wipe Gua Gua's mouth from time to time. It was so dirty, even dirtier than his younger brother.
Originally, most of the guests in the outer room were men, but now it is all men. The female guests would run to the kitchen to eat halfway through their meal. Xu Xiangjuan simply gave up her seat and sat by the fire hole. The two little kids, Gua Gua and Xi Xi, didn't eat for long as they were so full that they couldn't eat anymore, so they went out to play and continue eating later.
After the one-year-old party was over, Xu Xiangjuan and Wu Caifeng went to the outer room to clean up, and Niu Niu put the baby on the crib.
The rice bowl in the outer room was empty, there was not a single steamed bun left, and all the dishes on the table had been cleared away. The fighting power was much stronger than that in the kitchen.
Xu Xiangjuan still asked Zhou Chengning to give each of the guests a pair of steamed buns, wrapped in steamed bun paper, two very big ones.
After such a delicious lunch, the guests were all wondering if the money was not enough. When they left, they were even given two steamed buns, which was really a bargain.
Liu Liangzhi and Sun Hui were heading in the same direction, so they rode their bicycles together. On the way, Liu Liangzhi exclaimed, "It turns out that what Teacher Sun and Teacher Wang said was right, and little Guagua wasn't exaggerating."
Sun Hui: "How can I believe it just by hearing about it? I didn't believe it before I met him in person. But after I met him... Tsk, it seems that Teacher Zhou is abusing himself. He can't bear this or that."
Liu Liangzhi: "Mr. Zhou was very frugal when he was single. After getting married, he probably felt that he had to shoulder the burden of a large family, so he became even more frugal. With such a lover, he was willing to give all his money to her."
I can really understand why Teacher Zhou had no money left before.
"Mr. Zhou is a good man. He suffered hardship quietly outside and even lied to his lover that he had money...but he was finally discovered by his lover."
"After all the hardship comes happiness."
It turned out that they had never met Teacher Zhou's wife in person, and they all had strong opinions and deep prejudices. Now, both Teacher Sun and Teacher Liu have changed sides after seeing Teacher Zhou's wife, and have made up stories for Zhou Chengning that are not quite true but fit Teacher Zhou's image.
After Xixi left, Guagua went to the inner room to count the money in his small purse to see how much was left.
While cooking, the cooking wine at home was gone, so her mother gave her two cents to go get some cooking wine. Sister Xixi went with her. She used the two cents to buy two candies at the store, one for her and one for her sister Xixi.
Today’s money is equivalent to no income, but it doesn’t matter, there will always be money. She already has 80 cents!
After the meal, Zhou Chengning saw the guests off. After the guests left, he helped clean up the dishes.
Since I run a small business at home, I ordered two tables and a lot of chairs and stools. Now I don’t have to borrow chairs and stools from other places, which is more convenient.
The Niu Niu’s first birthday party is over, and we’ll take a day off before continuing with business.
The business will be closed for three days, so a notice will be posted ten days in advance to inform old and new customers when they arrive, so that they don't make a wasted trip.
After being closed for three days, when it reopened, sales increased significantly that day.
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On the last day of July, after the family closed their business, Xu Xiangjuan began to distribute wages.
In July, except for the first day of opening, the income was astonishing, with over 70 yuan, and the income on other days did not exceed 40 yuan. However, the total income this month was more than 300 yuan, not deducting the costs. After deducting the costs, I made about 100 or 200 yuan.
It cost nearly a hundred yuan to hold a one-year-old party for Niu Niu. The pork was cut very quickly, so of course we spent a lot of money.
She gave her parents 20 each, but they refused. Xu Xiangjuan then told them to spend half and save the remaining half for her.
Wu Caifeng accepted the money and said she would save it. Her daughter had been spending money lavishly recently, even buying small toys for Niu Niu. If she ran out of money someday, she could save the money and give it to her daughter in an emergency later.
Everyone was given separately. After giving to her parents, her husband's monthly pocket money increased to 5 yuan, a total increase of 3 yuan. Zhou Chengning was still very happy as he counted the "huge sum" every day.
Before going to bed at night, Xu Xiangjuan also gave Guagua her wages, "Guagua is working, on the last day of this month, mom will give you 20 cents."
Children always need some motivation to work. Although two cents may not be a lot for adults, it is a huge sum of money for Gua Gua!
"Thank you, Mom! I still have to work tomorrow!" Guagua took the two cents and put it in her purse immediately. She now had one yuan!
And she has a bed!
Guagua's bed arrived at the end of July, but Xu Xiangjuan still didn't let Guagua sleep on it. She wanted to air the bed out first to get rid of the smell.
Of course the bed cannot be placed in the sun in the hot summer, it can only be placed in a small room with the doors and windows open for ventilation.
The bed already surprised Gua Gua very much, and there was even two cents left today.
It's not two cents, it's two dimes!
I have to say that giving money to children does give them motivation to work. Guagua worked harder because of the two cents... Even if there is no work that requires a child to work hard, his attitude is worthy of recognition.
Guagua felt that she had to be worthy of the two cents, so every time her father asked her to write on another piece of paper, she would say that she had already finished one and she had to go work.
Of course Zhou Chengning didn't object to Gua Gua helping the adults, but he always felt that his daughter was making up a lot of excuses because she didn't want to write.
The elder sister doesn't want to write, but the younger brother Niu Niu wants to write. However, every time he asks to write, mom and dad won't let him.
Gua Gua thinks her younger brother is still young. When he grows up to be as old as her, he will know how painful writing is.
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