New Year’s Eve is the day when families reunite. Ma Xiu Lan also took her New Year holiday and prepared delicious food for two days.
A few days ago, Zhao Xingguo and his wife had an argument.
Zhou Anan has now changed her surname to Su Anan. She feels that she has finally found her relatives and wants to reunite with the old couple of the Su family.
But Zhao Xingguo felt that after so many years, Ma Xiulan was finally liberated. This year was also the first year of Ma Xiulan's divorce. He was afraid that if he followed Su Anan to the Su family, Ma Xiulan would be lonely, so he wanted to stay with Ma Xiulan.
He suggested that Su Anan should not go to the Su family to celebrate the New Year, and he would accompany Ma Xiulan to celebrate the New Year.
Su Anan felt very aggrieved that Zhao Xingguo did not spend the first year of their marriage with her.
Ma Xiu Lan heard the young couple arguing, understood the reason, and immediately decided that the two families should live together, as it would be more lively with more people.
When Su Anan told Mr. Su, Mr. Su was very happy:
"Your mother-in-law is our goddaughter. It's only natural that we celebrate the New Year together. Let her come to our house. I'll serve her the best wine."
Yao Xinyu glared at him and said, "Drink less. Xiulan is here and we need to chat."
If it weren't for Xiulan, they wouldn't have been able to find their granddaughter. They usually stay at home and An An is going to college, so the probability of running into them is very small.
Even if they passed each other, she wouldn't have dared to recognize him. It was only after she looked at An An carefully for half an hour that day that she thought of this possibility.
The two families became one and ate happily. Yao Xinyu suddenly had a granddaughter and looked several years younger. Grandpa Su would look at his granddaughter from time to time and pick up food for her.
Zhao Xingmin looked at her sister-in-law with envy. Her grandparents were so kind to her.
Old Mrs. Wang only knew how to beat and scold him, and Old Man Zhao never cared about her.
Ma Xiulan pulled Zhao Xingmin's hand and said, "Eat."
Halfway through the meal, Gu Xiangze came over with bags of food:
"I originally wanted to bring some food to celebrate the New Year, but I didn't expect Sister Xiulan to be here. So the food I brought is redundant. No matter how good the food outside is, it can't compare to what Sister Xiulan cooks."
Originally, he had always politely called him Master Ma, but later he learned that Mr. Su wanted to adopt Ma Xiu Lan as his goddaughter.
Yao Xinyu asked about their ages, and they were the same, but Ma Xiulan was a few months older, so she asked Gu Xiangze to call Ma Xiulan "sister".
Later, Gu Xiangze learned that it was because of Ma Xiu Lan that he was able to find his mentor's granddaughter An An by chance, and that An An was also Ma Xiu Lan's daughter-in-law. He called her "Sister Xiu Lan" even more sincerely.
After dinner, Mr. Su took Gu Xiangze and Zhao Xingguo to the study. Yao Xinyu pulled Ma Xiulan, Su Anan and Zhao Xingmin to the kitchen, where they chatted while warming themselves by the fire.
Yao Xinyu saw Su Anan and Zhao Xingmin go to the room together to check out the new clothes she bought for Anan, leaving only herself and Xiulan in the room.
She looked around and said, "Xiu Lan, what do you think of Gu Xiangze?"
Ma Xiu Lan was confused. Why did he ask that? Could it be that he wanted to introduce her to remarriage?
Seeing that Ma Xiulan was still confused, Yao Xinyu directly grabbed her hand and said, "You are still young, so you can't have feudal and old-fashioned ideas. If you find someone suitable after your divorce, you should remarry. After all, your children will have their own families. Isn't it good for you to have someone who understands you when you return home?"
"I watched Aizawa grow up. He's a man of impeccable character. His wife divorced him when he was exiled. She took the child and broke off relations with Aizawa. She won't be coming back."
Ma Xiulan quickly stopped him:
"Godmother, I really don't want to get married again. I'm quite happy alone. I just need to take care of myself and do whatever I want. If I get married again, it will waste my time to take care of another person, and it will be troublesome if we disagree."
The most important thing is that she doesn't want to be a free babysitter. After the college entrance examination, Gu Xiangze offered to pay her to cook three meals a day, and he could come and pick them up himself.
The price is the same as that given to the two elders of the Su family, one hundred yuan a month, and he will pay 200 yuan every month in the future.
People helped her three children study so that they were admitted to university. How could she have the nerve to ask for money? She said she didn't want any money. Finally, after some persuasion, she started giving him money from the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was equivalent to giving him food for a month.
If we get married, not to mention the complicated relationship of a second marriage, the money will definitely be gone, so I definitely cannot agree to it.
Yao Xinyu wanted to persuade her, but seeing that Ma Xiulan looked very resistant and really had no intention of doing so, he gave up.
After this little episode, Yao Xinyu offered to teach everyone paper cutting, and Ma Xiu Lan and the others learned very seriously.
While everyone here was having a good time, the atmosphere at Zhang Jianxun's home was a bit weird.
Because Zhang Jianxun went to the police station to be on duty, the whole family was missing him, and since he was not married, his grandparents scolded Lu Wenying and her husband again and again.
"Young man, how can you delay like this? You will be 25 this year, and 30 in two years. If he doesn't get married, people will think our family is poor and can't afford a wife."
"Besides, if we delay any longer, all the good girls will be snatched away by others. The wife of our Zhang family's eldest grandson must be a capable and excellent person in all aspects."
Zhang Jianxun's father kicked Lu Wenying under the table: "You've spoiled your son so well."
Lu Wenying lowered her head uneasily and whispered, "I'll go and persuade him later."
She didn't even dare to eat, so she picked up her lunch box, packed a box of dumplings and a few slices of beef, and got up to deliver the meal to the police station.
Zhang Jianxun was guarding his post. When he saw the dumplings brought by Lu Wenying, his eyes lit up. Even if his mother was angry with him, she would not ignore him.
Xingmin knew that she had quarreled with her family because of her, but it was New Year's Eve, and she hadn't seen her bring her any food. Zhao Xingmin wanted to, but Ma Xiulan was cooking and everyone else was helping, so she had to help. After she was done, they would go to Grandpa Su's house to eat, and it would be dark by the time they finished.
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