Chapter 374 Hometown 3

During the days before the Chinese New Year in my hometown, there is nothing else to do except eating, drinking and visiting friends and relatives. Today I go to visit and chat with this family, and tomorrow I go to visit and chat with that family.

As in-laws, Gu's mother also went to chat with her second brother-in-law's parents. It's not that the two families are very close, but Gu's mother was simply free.

I took Su He with me.

The king's father and mother were truly envious of the old couple's later years. The queen's mother insinuated, "Oh, Caiyun, your brother and sister-in-law are so filial. Look how they take care of the two old people."

"I don't know how they found a daughter-in-law who is so filial."

Sister Gu knew exactly what she meant, so she smiled and said,

"Mom, you can't say that. How good the daughter-in-law is depends on the mother-in-law. Haven't you heard the saying 'Ten years to look at the mother-in-law, ten years to look at the daughter-in-law'? It means that the first ten years depend on the mother-in-law, and the second ten years depend on the daughter-in-law."

"If the mother-in-law treats her daughter-in-law well when she is young, the daughter-in-law will naturally treat her well when she is old."

"Look at how my mother treated my sister-in-law when she was young. She loved her even more than her own daughter. Whoever is number one in our family is my sister-in-law. Whatever she says goes."

"Then my mother stewed a chicken for my sister-in-law every day while she was in confinement."

The Queen Mother listened and said, "At that time, only your family had the conditions to eat so many chickens. No other family could afford that."

"That's true, but any mother-in-law who is good to her daughter-in-law, or anyone with a conscience, will kill one or two chickens for her daughter-in-law during her confinement." Second Sister Gu snorted.

Queen Mother, "............" Isn't this pointing at her? But she just doesn't admit it.

She said, "I'm not bad to you two."

Second sister Gu laughed out loud, "Mom, you are getting old and confused."

"You were very good to your sister-in-law, but she didn't want to live with you anymore and ran away."

Yes, Second Sister Gu is very happy at the moment, because the old woman had wronged her a lot when she was young.

The Queen Mother gets angry when she mentions Ge Cuilan, her son. She says,

"Why call her sister-in-law? She ran away with the Zhang family's son. Now Guilan is your sister-in-law."

Gu Erjie, "Neither of them has obtained a marriage certificate."

Xu Guilan lived with her eldest uncle. They didn't get married and didn't plan to get one. They just lived like that.

No name or status, hey, I'm talking about her uncle.

To put it bluntly, once the three children grow up, the mother and her two children might kick him out of the house.

It's not easy to raise a child for someone else.

After hearing what Second Sister Gu said, Queen Mother came to her senses. Yes, her eldest son and that woman haven’t got the marriage certificate yet, this is not acceptable.

She had to remind her son that he had to get the marriage certificate, otherwise the money she gave to the family to raise the child would be spent on the four of them. In case they separated due to some problems in the future, he could still get half of the house in Beijing.

Otherwise, you will lose money and if something goes wrong, you will not get anything and be kicked out of the house.

The Queen Mother secretly told her eldest son Wang Dahu about this. Wang Dahu didn't care much about it, but since they decided to live together, they should get the marriage certificate.

I went to tell Xu Guilan

Xu Guilan was also a smart person. She agreed and said she would deal with it after returning to Beijing.

As for whether to get it done in Beijing or not, it is her business.

Soon it was New Year's Eve.

We invited my second sister and her husband to join us for the New Year's Eve dinner. It was lively with so many people around. The dishes were cooked by chef Gu Jianhua, who cooked eight dishes.

We didn't have many relatives in our hometown, so we decided to go to our mother's home in Dakuo Village to visit our uncle Gu Jianhua on the first day of the new year.

After returning to Suhe, Gu Jianhua and his wife went there once, but Gu's parents did not go. Tomorrow, Gu's parents will go there together.

Riding a bicycle is not very convenient, so I thought about borrowing a horse-drawn carriage from the secretary's house and driving there.

Gu Erjie, "We have to tell the third child that he and his wife will come over tomorrow."

Gu Jianhua, "I will ride my bike to the county in a while, and let them go directly to Dakuo Village tomorrow."

Gu's mother, second brother and second sister-in-law also have four children, two sons and two daughters.

Zhao Guobing and his brother Zhao Guoqiang are in the middle, the second and fourth oldest, with an older sister Zhao Yulan above them.

My eldest sister married far away, so they only visit each other during the New Year and other festivals. My youngest sister married nearby, and the two villages are only half an hour's walk away, so the two families visit each other very frequently.

During the Chinese New Year, Zhao Nannan came back from Beijing and brought a lot of things with her. Xu Hongyan took her daughters to deliver the things to her sister-in-law.

After staying in Beijing for half a year, Zhao Nannan has changed a lot. She is fashionable and fair-skinned, very different from the girls in the village.

And make money.

When her aunt Zhao Yufeng saw it, she told her sister-in-law.

"Hey sister-in-law, does Brother Jianhua still need anyone?"

As soon as Xu Hongyan heard what her sister-in-law said, she knew what she meant. She asked, "Do you want Meng Jiao to pass?"

Zhao Yufeng smiled, "That's what I was thinking. It's not a good idea for a girl of her age to stay at home all the time. If Brother Jianhua needs someone else, I want Meng Jiao to go over and do it."

Ma Mengjiao also wanted to go, "Aunt, I want to go out and make money."

"I heard from Sister Nan Nan that she takes orders, serves food and washes wine glasses for customers. I can do these jobs, too."

Ma Mengjiao is a few months younger than Zhao Nannan, but they are in the same grade.

Those of us who graduated from high school together last year also failed to get into college.

Xu Hongyan, "I don't know if Jianhua still needs someone. The couple is back for the New Year this year. They should come over on the first day of the New Year. You should go and talk to them in person."

So on the first day of the new year.

Gu Jianhua and Su He met Zhao Yufeng and his wife.

Gu Jianhua's second uncle had several children. His eldest cousin Zhao Yulan Suhe had only met them twice, but his cousin Zhao Yufeng met them often.

After the greetings, Zhao Yufeng came over and told Su He about this matter. Su He looked at her girlfriend Ma Mengjiao, who was also a pretty girl.

Zhao Yufeng said, "Sister-in-law, just give her a job, even if it's just mopping the floor, sweeping the floor or doing odd jobs. You said that a girl of her age wouldn't feel at peace if she didn't go out to work and stayed at home all the time."

"It's hard to keep a girl when she grows up. People come to propose marriage every now and then."

"If it was in the past, it would have been marriageable, but now people get married in their twenties, and Meng Jiao just graduated from high school..."

Su He listened and said, "Yes, nowadays children get married in their twenties. It would be best if they can get into college, and then get married after they finish college and start working. If they can't go to college, it's not too late to go out and have fun for a few years before getting married."

"That's right. I was thinking of letting her go out and wander around for a few years to broaden her horizons." Zhao Yufeng said.

Su He nodded, "Okay, Yufeng, your idea is good. We still need people in that restaurant. Let Meng Jiao and Nan Nan go to the restaurant together."

Zhao Yufeng smiled, "Oh, that's great. Otherwise, we would be worried if it was under someone else's control. Since you are Meng Jiao's uncle and sister-in-law, we don't have to worry."

"Let me talk about the salary issue..." Su He said.

Zhao Yufeng listened and laughed, "Well, whether it's salary or not, you guys provide her with food and shelter, and you just need to give her some pocket money so that she can buy daily necessities or something."

Su He said, "How can this be possible? They need to be paid."