"He did. It's all because my eldest brother and his family renovated the old house. He always says he can't bear to leave the farm. Let him go for now. When the weather gets colder, we can bring him back."
Qiu Yuling was not lying. She now had several houses and could not live in all of them. Even if she went to the factory, she would have her own office to rest.
The small courtyards in the alley were all vacant, and they wanted Qiu Jianshe and his wife to live in the city for their retirement, but he refused to budge, always saying that it was not time for him to live off the land.
"That's true. The house on the farm is so beautiful. My father and his family probably wouldn't want to part with it. My cousins are also filial to my aunt and uncle..."
The two exchanged a few pleasantries. Seeing that it was getting dark, Li Yingfen urged them to hurry up and reply, "...otherwise we won't be able to see each other on the road soon. Just tell me what you have to say. Your brother-in-law and I are able to live such a good life thanks to you. We have never refused to help you..."
Qiu Yuling couldn't help but pinch her cousin's face, "Sister Yingfen has grown up."
"Look at you, you're already on your way to your 30s, and you still think I'm young? Come back quickly, and tell me if you have anything to say..."
"I know..."
After the car drove a distance, Lu Dou asked his aunt, "Aunt, why don't you let me live in my cousin's house?" His cousin was very hospitable to him. She gave the delicious food in the house to him first and then to his cousin.
"Because auntie can't bear to let you go. We finally have this chance to be together. Auntie wants you to spend more time with me and your grandma."
It's not that she really has no one to take care of the child. Li Qingmei is the child's grandmother and great-grandmother. Even if she goes on a business trip, there will be someone to take care of him. It's just that she doesn't want the child to just play when he should be gaining experience, so she wants to bring him with her.
When the two of them arrived home, it was already completely dark.
As soon as I walked in, I saw my parents-in-law there, "Dad, Mom, you're here. Have you eaten?"
Sun Tianxia lifted her eldest granddaughter up in her arms and said, "After you eat, your father and I will come over to give you some noodles and oil. By the way, let me ask you, our Tunan will be turning one soon. What should we do?"
The parents-in-law wanted to have a grand wedding. After all, a young couple's wedding was as casual as going to the market, but when it came to their granddaughter's wedding, they wanted to make it a little more grand.
Qiu Yuling said that nowadays there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, "...I mean we should just celebrate behind closed doors among our own family."
"Well, I wronged you before, and now I have to wrong our Tunan. But you are right, the world is in this state now, and we really can't stand out too much.
This is the one-year-old gift your father and I prepared for Tunan. Keep it for the kid. I'll come over to help tomorrow. Let's close the door and celebrate as a family."
Sun Tianxia handed Qiu Yuling an envelope. Just by the feel of it, she knew there was more than just money inside.
Her mother-in-law didn't let her open it outside. "Open it when you go back to your room to rest. Keep it for the baby first, and give it to her when she can use it later."
At night, Qiu Yuling opened the envelope and took out not only a lot of big unity coins, but also two gold bracelets with obvious origins and a small gold lock.
It felt heavy in her hand, a token of the old man's love, and Qiu Yuling collected it for her daughter.
Qiu Yuling likes people who are flexible like this. Her parents-in-law are indeed very career-oriented and selfless, but that doesn't mean they are fools and have no plans. It seems that they have hidden a lot of things that should be hidden.
After being here for a long time, Qiu Yuling feels that everyone is flesh and blood, fair, and selfish. They are not like the ones in history books, who are either selfless to the point of being stupid or selfish to the point of breaking the law.
She was originally thinking about Li Tunan's first birthday, so she just fooled around with it.
Unexpectedly, everyone took it very seriously. Even though it was held behind closed doors, the sense of ceremony was very strong.
Not only did the mother-in-law bring her eldest daughter-in-law to help early in the morning, but Li Xinghui also came with the other two children and a lot of bags.
The classic ceremony of the triplet brothers' birth date was recreated.
When it came to grabbing the small ornaments on the red cloth, the adults and dolls who were gathered around were all nervous for Li Tuanan.
But she turned out to be a useless person. She crawled around with her butt sticking up, throwing things as she went, like a monkey picking corn, picking one and throwing one down.
I remember her grandfather cheated directly, stuffing a bun into her left hand and putting a seal on her right hand. "Nannan is awesome, this is called balancing life and career, hehe!"
The old lady tried to smooth things over, "We Tunan have tried everything. From now on, just like Mom, you will be good at everything and have ideas about everything!" The old lady didn't know how to express her interest accurately, but everyone present understood and happily agreed. That's it, that's it...
For Qiu Yuling, this was just a formality and didn't mean anything. The same behavior could be interpreted in a thousand ways.
You can be like a monkey trying to pick corn, achieving nothing; you can also be like someone who works at one thing and then gets tired of it; of course, the best thing is what grandma said, that is, you can master everything you do, let go and explore new areas of interest...
What the children were most looking forward to was cutting the cake. The two children from Li Xingyao's eldest brother's family and Lu Dou had already been drooling over the aunt and auntie brand cakes.
Qiu Yuling did not let the children's appetites run wild too much. As soon as the red cloth was removed, the most anticipated part began.
When the eldest sister-in-law was feeding her daughter, she took a bite herself and said, "Sister-in-law, you are so skillful. It is exactly the same as the one I bought at the cake shop in Shanghai that year."
"Mom, make this for us when you get home. I want to eat cake every day!"
"Mom, I want one too. Celebrate my birthday tomorrow too..."
The two children chattered on both sides, demanding that their mother be no worse than their aunt.
Qiu Yuling generously shared her method in response to her sister-in-law's pleading look.
It's not that she didn't agree to take time to bake cakes for the children, it's just that she really didn't have that much free time.
This excuse was made up by the children's grandmother. "Your aunt is very busy every day. Nannan has been raised by your grandmother since she was a child. How could she have the time to make this for you? Ask Dad to buy you some snacks from Daocun later. It's the same..."
"It's different, not at all. There's no cream on top..."
Children are all like this. What's more, the Li family has few children and their conditions are not bad, so it is inevitable that they will be spoiled. When they make noise, Qiu Yuling doesn't seem to be very annoyed. After all, it is the children's parents who are worried.
However, except for a piece left for Lu Dou, the rest of the cake was packed up and taken away by Brother Li Xingyao's family.
The eldest sister-in-law was very embarrassed. "My sister-in-law has too much. Leave two more for Wenlu. They have already eaten enough today."
Qiu Yuling stopped her from going out to get it, "It's okay, sister-in-law, Lubao has eaten a lot, the children love it, you go back and eat it as soon as possible, don't let it go bad and get an upset stomach."
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