Many people may be people buying steamed buns and steamed buns. Wu Caifeng asked again: "Is there a lot of people in the spicy hot pot stall?"
Guagua: "Grandma, there are a lot of people at Malatang too, it's full."
Wu Caifeng felt that she must have made a lot of money today, and while she was happy, she couldn't help but feel worried.
If you ask others for help, you always have to give some money. Her two elder sisters can easily agree, but she doesn’t know if her two daughters-in-law will think too much about it.
Her daughter was thoughtful enough to take her two sisters-in-law with her when shopping, letting them know that even though they spent so much money, the money they earned was also used to fill the gap.
After the kids finished eating two buns, Gua Gua asked his grandmother for another steamed bun.
Wu Caifeng had a paper bag, so she wrapped a steamed bun for Guagua. Wrapping the bun in the paper bag wouldn't make it so hot.
After handing the steamed buns over, I heard Guagua and his brothers and sisters saying that if they were hungry in the afternoon, they could share the big buns.
After eating, a few children ran out to play, but Wu Caifeng had to continue working.
At the end of the day, Xu Xiangjuan stayed at home counting money while Wu Caifeng and her two daughters-in-law cooked meals for the whole family.
No matter how delicious steamed buns are, I can’t bear to eat them for a third meal after eating them twice in the morning and at noon.
Xu Xiangjuan calculated her income today, which was rounded to just over 400 yuan, of which nearly 100 yuan was from a few steamed bun pre-orders.
"Just be busy for half a day tomorrow." Zhou Chengning sat next to his lover, holding Niu Niu in his arms, and felt that he had been too leisurely before.
I've been so busy these past two days that I've started to question my life.
Xu Xiangjuan: "We'll take a break next. Are you tired, Aning?"
Zhou Chengning: "I'm not tired. I didn't do anything except running back and forth. Juan, you are more tired. You need to rest after closing the door."
He was busy but not tired.
"Tired." Niu Niu learned a word.
Anyone can say they are tired, even Guagua who is not seen all day can say he is tired, but Niu Niu cannot. Zhou Chengning: "Why are you tired? You have a soft blanket and a cushion. You are tired of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating all day long?"
Fortunately, Niu Niu was able to control his defecation and urination, and knew to hold it in and then call for mom and dad.
Otherwise, Xu Xiangjuan would not have put the cattle in the shed, as that would have affected the customers' appetite.
Xu Xiangjuan spoke for Niu Niu: "It's tiring to sit all day. Let's put the crib in the inner room tomorrow morning and pile some toys on it so that you can sleep when you feel sleepy."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, will Niu Niu make a fuss? If he is alone in the inner room without anyone to accompany him, he might really make a fuss."
Xu Xiangjuan: "No, as long as there are toys, it's fine. When we have time, we can go in and take a look. If Niu Niu really can't stay here, then we can keep it in the shed."
After sorting out the money, Xu Xiangjuan took Zhou Chengning to help with cooking, but the meal was definitely not ready yet.
The money will be distributed to everyone who helped tomorrow.
The two aunts left after finishing their work. The family dinner was cooked at my parents' house, and the children were already at their grandparents' house.
There were only the couple and Niu Niu at home. When the family went out, Zhou Chengning was still worried: "Juan, lock the inner and outer doors. It's not safe to just lock the yard door."
Xu Xiangjuan felt that her husband was worrying too much: "Don't you usually lock the yard door when you go out? There's no need to lock the inner and outer rooms today."
Besides, she hid her money quite secretly, who could find it?
Zhou Chengning: "Our family made so much money today, I don't feel at ease."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay then, if the inner room can't be locked, lock the outer room, that'll be fine."
Zhou Chengning: "Is there any padlock at home? If there is a padlock, I can lock the inner room."
The inner room can be closed but cannot be locked, and since the outer room is usually locked, there is no need to lock the inner room.
Xu Xiangjuan: "The padlock is gone, Aning, let's just lock the outer room and then the courtyard door. Mom and Dad are getting impatient waiting for us."
Zhou Chengning: "Okay, just lock the outer room and the yard door."
After leaving her yard, Xu Xiangjuan held Niu Niu in her arms and whispered to Zhou Chengning, who was checking whether the door was locked, "Aning, don't touch the door lock again. Be careful not to be seen by others. If they see you, they might really want to come to our house."
After his lover's reminder, Zhou Chengning realized that he was trying to hide something, so he immediately let go of the padlock and turned around, pretending nothing had happened. He took the cow from his lover's arms and walked away without looking back.
After walking a few steps and realizing that his lover hadn't caught up, Zhou Chengning still didn't turn around: "Juan, I'll wait for you, come over to me quickly."
"Haha, okay, I'll walk next to you." Her man's reaction was quite funny. Xu Xiangjuan said with a smile as she quickly caught up with him.
He walked so fast, as if he wanted to show that he had nothing to do with this wealthy family, that she couldn't keep up.
Mom laughed, and Niu Niu laughed too, as if they were playing a little game of mom chasing dad, with dad holding him and walking in front and mom chasing behind.
Zhou Chengning felt relieved when his wife laughed, but was upset when his son laughed, so he patted Niu Niu on the butt twice.
When the couple took Niu Niu back to his parents' home, dinner had not yet begun. His father and brothers were washing vegetables and chatting in the yard, while his mother and sisters-in-law were busy cooking in the kitchen.
Xu Xiangjuan just saw the children playing outside in the yard.
It was not completely dark yet, and Xu Xiangjuan was just about to go to the kitchen to help, leaving Aning and Niu Niu in the yard. She had not taken a few steps when she was stopped by her third brother.
Brother Xu: "Juan, do you really want to do business?"
When the third brother called her, Xu Xiangjuan sat on a small bench in the yard and answered his question: "Third brother, this is not really a business, it's just selling food."
Third Brother Xu: "Everything is a business. I heard from Dad that you are planning to rent a store in town."
My younger sister is quite ambitious and is willing to spend rent to start a business outside.
However, it is normal for my little sister to have ambitions since she has that skill. She has become addicted to steamed buns, steamed buns and spicy hot pot these days.
Xu Xiangjuan: "I plan to rent a store in town. I'll ask Dad about it after the New Year."
Brother Xu: "My little sister has good cooking skills. It's not a loss to run a food business. You can make money."
Brother Xu supports my younger sister unconditionally.
Brother Xu San didn't have the same "ambition" as his younger sister. When he heard his elder brother talking about making money, he said, "Juan, are you short of money? This business is so tiring."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Third brother, you're only tired for a few days, not for long. Aning is a teacher in the school, and her salary can support the family, but the two children are growing up, and we have to save some money. My sisters-in-law are all working, and I don't have any skills. I have nothing to do at home, so I do some small business to supplement the family."
When his two sisters-in-law moved out, my brother had nothing to say.
Xu Gensheng: "What Juan said is right. We are not busy during the weekdays, but we are busy during the two days of the New Year. Who in our village can afford to come here to eat every day? Only when people have a little money during the New Year can they afford to come here to eat."
Brother Xu: "That's right, I only spend money to eat here during the Chinese New Year. It's the end of the year, isn't it?"
Brother Xu San: "It's good that you're not busy. If you're busy like this every day, you'll be exhausted. You can't invest all the money you earn into medicine."
Xu Xiangjuan knew that her third brother was a person of leisurely nature, who lived for the moment, so she did not refute what he said: "If I can be so busy every day, I will hire help. How can a rich man do everything by himself?"
Brother Xu San: "You're right. It's better to hire help if you have money."
Only after the brothers had no problems did Xu Xiangjuan go in to help.
After dealing with my brothers outside, I still have to deal with my sisters-in-law in the kitchen. Why didn’t you ask earlier? Why did you have to wait until tonight to ask?
...
After dinner, Zhou Chengning carried Niu Niu and Xu Xiangjuan took Gua Gua, who had not been seen all day, home.
When they got home, they washed up first. As usual, Xu Xiangjuan stayed with Guagua first and only went back to the inner room after Guagua fell asleep.
Guagua is young now and has nothing to entertain himself, so her mother went over to listen to Guagua talk about what he was going to play today.
Guagua is always very enthusiastic when he starts speaking, but he fell asleep while he was speaking.
Xu Xiangjuan planned to leave Gua Gua alone and not go to her room until she started elementary school.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, why did you come back so late today? Niuniu is asleep."
"Niu Niu is asleep? That's good. Gua Gua had a great time today and talked more." Xu Xiangjuan closed the inner door, took off her coat and pants and prepared to go to bed.
We agreed to make steamed buns at three or four o'clock tomorrow morning.
I received several orders for steamed buns today. I have to make them and deliver them tomorrow. I have already talked to my parents, brother and sister-in-law and will go there in the early morning.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, count the money to see if it's missing."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, have you counted?"
Zhou Chengning: "I counted it, 405 yuan and 30 cents." It's a huge sum of money.
Xu Xiangjuan seemed to remember that this was the number: "That's right, go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, aren't you going to buy groceries tomorrow? You have to get money from it."
He just wanted his lover to confirm it again.
Xu Xiangjuan simply put on her coat and said, "The money for buying groceries has been saved. Let me count the money, okay?"
His lover finally agreed to count the money to confirm, and Zhou Chengning helped count it.
"Yes, it's 405 yuan and 30 cents." You should feel relieved now.
Zhou Chengning was indeed relieved, but he still had to explain: "Juan, I didn't steal it."
He always felt that his lover didn't care about the specific amount of money, so he just wrote 400 yuan in the account book.
Xu Xiangjuan: "What do you mean by stealing? If you want it, take it, but if it's over 10 yuan, you have to tell me. If it's less than 10 yuan, you can take it."
It's quite obvious that the 10 yuan is gone.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, one cent is still money. We have to talk about the money at home. You can't say I want to take the money. If it's less than ten yuan, I don't need to tell you... Juan, you don't need to tell me if you take the money."
Xu Xiangjuan joked: "Well, I understand. From now on, even if you spend one or two cents to buy a box of matches, you must tell me."
Zhou Chengning then revealed a relaxed smile: "Okay Juan."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, how much money do you have?"
Zhou Chengning, who had just shown a relaxed expression, immediately became nervous again: "Um... Juan, didn't you write the money you gave me in the notebook?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "No, Aning, didn't you read the book?"
The expenses recorded in the notebook were all large ones, such as a few yuan given to Aning or ten or two cents given to Guagua. She never recorded such small amounts.
Zhou Chengning hesitated: "Juan, I...that..."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay, I won't embarrass you anymore. Just keep your money safe. Let's go to sleep."
Zhou Chengning: "Okay, go to sleep."
Seeing her man's expression as if he had escaped a disaster, Xu Xiangjuan felt a little sad. Her son Aning also had his own little secret.
...
"I gave you steamed buns, why should I give you money? I'm just helping you."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aunts, please stop pushing it. You have worked hard these past two days. I can't let you work for nothing."
She gave each of the two aunts five yuan, plus a pair of buns and two pairs of steamed buns.
The two aunts helped for two or three days and were able to take home a pair of steamed buns every day. They thought it was pretty good. Today, on New Year's Eve, they thought they should be able to get two pairs of steamed buns, and indeed they had two pairs of steamed buns. But now they were suddenly given another five yuan, and they were embarrassed to accept it.
"We already have the big steamed buns and dumplings here, no need to pay anymore."
Wu Caifeng advised: "Why don't you give money during the Chinese New Year? You can give more red envelopes to your grandchildren with the money. It's not busy during the Chinese New Year. It's not busy at other times. There's no need to invite you over. It's a rare opportunity for you to come, so just put the money in your own pocket."
Now only Xu Xiangjuan, Wu Caifeng and two aunts were in Gua Gua's small room. Xu Xiangjuan specially called the two aunts in to give them the money.
What both aunts gave was the same, it was fair, there was nothing to say.
After much persuasion, the two aunts finally accepted the five yuan. They couldn't hide the joy on their faces, because it was five yuan.
The two aunts took the money and steamed buns and left. The next step was to call the two sisters-in-law over.
When the two daughters-in-law came over, Wu Caifeng went out to avoid suspicion.
Both sisters-in-law were nice people. Maybe because people who were far away were more attractive than those who were close, Xu Xiangjuan felt that both sisters-in-law were good. She could also understand her mother's behavior as a mother-in-law, so she let her mother go.
Wu Caifeng has no problem with her two daughters-in-law now. Although they are both out with her son and not around, there is no conflict. But she always thinks that as a mother-in-law, she should not get involved in her daughters-in-law's affairs. What if she causes a rift between the two brothers?
When the two sisters-in-law came in, Xu Xiangjuan stuffed the money directly into their pockets: "Sister-in-law and third sister-in-law, take the money. I will also give the money to the eldest brother and the second brother separately. I will not give it to them separately."
Mrs. Xu quickly took the money out of her pocket and tried to stuff it back: "Why do I need money to help you? I've been eating a lot of your steamed buns and spicy hot pot these past few days."
Mrs. Xu San also followed the eldest sister-in-law to return the money.
Although it was a bit hard these days, they ate enough, and the children came over all day long to ask for this and that. My younger sister had no objection and gave the profitable food to the children. She sold it at a certain price, and they spent several yuan on it.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Sister-in-law, please take the money, or I will be angry."
Mrs. Xu said: "You have spent so much money on buying vegetables. You can keep the remaining money for yourself and continue your business."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Don't push it to me, or I will give it directly to my eldest and third brothers. You know your man's temper, especially my third brother. Once you give him money, he will spend it lavishly... Count the money, 20 each. The eldest and third sisters-in-law will take 40 each. I will also give to my parents, so no one will be shortchanged... Okay, I have to go buy groceries later. We have a reunion dinner tonight. Hurry up and put the money in your pockets, sisters-in-law."
The two aunts definitely didn't do as much work as her sisters-in-law, and her brothers and sisters-in-law had to get up early in the morning to make buns and steamed buns, so naturally she gave them more money than the aunts.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't wait for her two sisters-in-law to say anything and went out first.
Mrs. Xu: "How about giving Niu Niu and Gua Gua more New Year's money?"
Mrs. Xu: "Little sister, you won't say anything about us, right? After all, it's my little sister who has to keep the lucky money from Guagua and Niu Niu."
Mrs. Xu: "That's right, then we'll take the money and tell our husbands."
Mrs. Xu: "Well, I have to tell you."
After talking, Mrs. Xu Da and Mrs. Xu San put away the money and went out of the room.
Xu Xiangjuan's giving of money made the two sisters-in-law feel very comfortable, and they felt that their younger sister was a good person.
...
On New Year's Eve, the children ran around after receiving their New Year's money. This year, Gua Gua received 50 cents as a New Year's money from his mother. He was so happy that he invited his brothers and sisters to the store to buy candy.
All the shops are open on New Year's Eve in order to make money from the children.
My sister has a small red envelope for New Year’s money, and Niu Niu also has a small red envelope in his hand. Although Niu Niu doesn’t know how much money is in it, he still likes to hold it. He likes red just like his sister.
When Niu Niu's hands are tired, he lets his father hold it for him first, and then he can hold it himself when he is no longer tired.
I chatted with my family for a long time, and only went back to bed after the children came back from playing.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I bought you new shoes."
"When did you buy me shoes?" Xu Xiangjuan was combing her hair when her husband suddenly took out a paper bag from under the bed. Her first reaction was to ask when he bought it.
My man seems normal these days... except for yesterday when I asked him how much money he had, he stammered and couldn't answer.
Aning herself has money, so she can definitely be precise to the cents... No wonder he didn't tell her, was he afraid that she would ask about where the money went?
Zhou Chengning took out a pair of leather shoes from the shoe bag. "I asked Teacher Sun to bring them to me. Juan, try them on. I remember your size. Teacher Sun asked me if I wanted fur inside. I said no. I thought it would be hot in other seasons if I wore fur. If it's cold in winter, I can wear thick towel socks."
Also, the ones with fur are much more expensive, and he wants to save the money for other things.
Zhou Chengning loves the reflective upper alone.
The little leather shoes that Guagua mentioned at the beginning of the year, he told himself that he would buy them for his lover during the New Year.
He had a lot of pocket money this year, and whenever his family needed to buy something, there would be a few cents left. His wife gave it all to him without blinking an eye, and he saved more and more money.
Although he spent 35 yuan to buy the pair of leather shoes, he still had 25 yuan, 39 cents left, which was a lot.
Yesterday, his wife asked him how much money he had, but he didn't dare to speak, let alone tell the truth, so he just answered vaguely.
Xu Xiangjuan usually didn't pay much attention, so when her man brought a pair of shoes home hidden in his bag, she didn't notice and was kept in the dark.
Seeing Zhou Chengning squatting at her feet, ready to help her put on her shoes, Xu Xiangjuan quickly said, "I can put them on myself."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, let me help you put it on, just sit down."
His lover will be very considerate of his feelings and might even say he can wear it even if he can't.
Xu Xiangjuan couldn't refuse, so she had to sit on the edge of the bed and let her man put on her leather shoes.
My wife's feet are not big, so I asked Teacher Sun to buy shoes for her. I told Teacher Sun her shoe size, but Teacher Sun said that they didn't have that size and the smallest one was one size larger than her.
A size up is a size up, it should be more comfortable to wear, Zhou Chengning ordered a size up, he saw the shoes, he felt that the size up was still too small, now he put them on his lover, although his lover was wearing thick socks, it was not difficult to put the shoes on.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, take a few steps and feel it."
After putting small leather shoes on both of his lover's feet, Zhou Chengning asked his lover to walk a few steps.
Xu Xiangjuan stood up and walked a few steps. She felt okay, but she needed to walk more to know whether these shoes were comfortable to wear. She didn't want to discourage her man. "It's not uncomfortable to walk in. It's quite comfortable to wear."
His wife thought they were comfortable to wear, and Zhou Chengning became more and more satisfied with the pair of leather shoes: "As long as they are comfortable to wear."
With my love's words, buying this pair of leather shoes is even more worthwhile.
Xu Xiangjuan walked a few steps and was about to take off her shoes. Zhou Chengning hadn't seen enough, "Juan, please wear them for a while."
Xu Xiangjuan: "No need to wear it anymore. I want to hug you. Please sit on the bed."
"Juan, you said you wanted to hug me?" Although he was confused, Zhou Chengning still sat on the bed subconsciously.
"Um."
Xu Xiangjuan took off her shoes and simply sat on Zhou Chengning's lap. She didn't say anything at first, just hugged him.
After a while, Xu Xiangjuan said, "No matter how tired I am, it's worth it for you."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, if you are tired because of me, I don't want you to be so tired. I heard from Teacher Liu that in another six months, our salary will be increased. You don't have to work so hard. I can support the family."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, I want to go to Huadu."
When Zhou Chengning heard Huadu, he didn't know what to say for a moment, "Juan, I..."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, do you want to go to Huadu?"
She had to make a lot of money, enough money, so that her family would have the confidence to go to Huadu.
Zhou Chengning: "...I thought so."
Before he met his lover, leaving Huadu had always been his regret. At that time, he was teaching in a junior high school in Dezao Town. During the day, he had no time to think about anything else during classes, but when it was quiet at night, he would feel uncomfortable thinking about Huadu.
He always felt that no matter how hard he tried, it was useless and he couldn't escape at all.
After meeting his lover, his life had a new goal, and his previous regrets had long been forgotten or even disappeared.
When his lover mentioned it, he felt like his heart was about to beat out of his chest.
He went to see his grandfather in the afternoon and talked with his grandfather and his grandfather's friends for a long time. His grandfather's friends mentioned Huadu, but he didn't have much thought at the time. He had to stay with his lover and children. Huadu had long been buried deep in his memory.
When his grandfather's friend mentioned Huadu, he didn't feel much moved, but when his lover mentioned Huadu, he couldn't help but think more about it.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Let's go to Huadu and go home when we have waited enough."
Now this home will always be their home.
"Well, okay, I'll go home when I've had enough... Juan, I'm afraid..."
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's okay, I'm here, don't be afraid, your parents can't make a fuss without me."
Her daughter Aning is afraid that the same thing that happened a few years ago will happen again. That's because she is not by his side. If she were, his parents' home would definitely be in turmoil.
If they dare to bully Aning, they should not be afraid of her dealing with them.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I will make good money in the future."
Xu Xiangjuan: "A Ning, help our family make money. When our family goes to Huadu, An Ning will have the confidence to speak, after all, our family is rich."
Xu Xiangjuan thought it was a beautiful idea. Having money can make you more confident.
Zhou Chengning: "Yes, my family is rich and my wife is capable."
Xu Xiangjuan: "You are also capable. My Aning is very capable."
The couple looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.
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