Xie Sufen came in and called her daughter out for breakfast. "Your dad came back in the middle of the night yesterday. After you and your dad finish eating, you can clean up the dishes and let your dad have some rest. Your dad has been very busy these past few days."
Ji Xia sat on the bed in a daze, listening to her mother talking, but she didn't hear a word she said, and just kept making "hmm" sounds.
After a long while, Ji Xia came back to his senses. He raised his head and became more sober. "Why is Dad back? Isn't there something going on at the factory these days?"
"She said she encountered a difficult problem and came back to ask you. I said, why are you asking you? Your dad said you don't know who you learned it from, but you are better than anyone else in mechanics." Xie Sufen was proud of it. No wonder her daughter seemed like a different person. It turned out that she had some skills.
When Ji Xia was getting dressed, Xie Sufen quickly helped her daughter tidy up the bed and folded the quilt neatly, just like she learned from her husband.
When they came out and saw two groups of people confronting each other at the door, both mother and daughter were stunned.
Ji Xia ignored Tian Guifen and her two children and instead pulled her mother, "Mom, Qin Xiao is here!"
Qin Xiao did not come alone, but with his mother. He looked a bit like his mother, and you could tell at a glance that they were mother and son. His mother looked to be in her forties, wearing a military uniform and short hair, very decent and neat. Although she had no accessories on her body, the watch on her arm showed that she was of different status.
"Hello!" Chen Congying first looked at Ji Xia calmly, and was very satisfied with this future daughter-in-law, and then greeted Xie Sufen.
Qin Xiao hurried forward to introduce, "Auntie, this is my mother, Mom, this is Aunt Xie, Xia Xia's mother!"
Xie Sufen hurriedly greeted Shen Congying, and Shen Congying also quickly apologized, "I'm really sorry, I came here without telling you in advance, it was very presumptuous."
Nowadays, weddings are kept simple, and many weddings are arranged before the parents of both parties have time to meet. Qin Xiao is stationed here, and his family is from another place. Xie Sufen originally did not expect that his family would come from afar. Now it seems that this is a sign of his importance to his daughter, so how could she not be happy?
"No, no, you've come all the way here, it must be hard for you!" Xie Sufen led the mother and son into her home. Seeing the large and small bags in Qin Xiao's hands, she was happy to give them to him.
It's not that she is greedy for other people's things. Xie Sufen is a person who is content with what she has and never covets other people's things. She just sees from these things how much the Qin family values their daughter.
"Xie Sufen, why do you invite rich relatives home when you see them coming, and don't even care about your own family? In previous years, when your family was short of money and you came to me to borrow money, why weren't you so tough?" Tian Guifen said without showing any mercy to Xie Sufen.
Xie Xiurong glanced at Qin Xiao from time to time. She didn't know who this person was, but he looked very extraordinary. If she could marry him, all the women in Bing County would envy her!
When she was fantasizing, she felt that Qin Xiao had fallen in love with her. She didn't notice that he was secretly looking at her with his eyes slanted. He was probably afraid that people would see her and gossip about her. But she missed the wrinkles between Qin Xiao's brows that seemed to be pinching a fly to death, and the disgust that flashed across his face.
Why is this woman so annoying? Her eyes are almost glued to him. If Ji Xia sees it, will she be angry?
Ji Xia saw her cousin's infatuation. She remembered that before the restart, her cousin was married to the son of the police station chief. Later, her cousin-in-law had an affair with a married woman. When he was climbing over the wall to escape, his leg was broken. The bone was not set properly, and he walked with a limp afterwards.
Xie Sufen was not surprised at all that her sister-in-law was exposing her shortcomings like this. Her sister-in-law had always been mean and ungrateful, so Xie Sufen was not polite. "We have guests at home today. If you don't have anything to do, come back another day!"
Although it was so unhappy, Shen Congying was not a person who had never seen the world. Seeing Xie Sufen's neither humble nor arrogant attitude, he was quite satisfied. Ji Jianguo came in from the back door with an axe. Seeing the mother and son, he guessed who they were and quickly washed his hands and made tea, explaining, "I just came back in the middle of the night. I'm really sorry for neglecting you, in-laws!"
"No, I won't neglect her. We are engaged in collective production now and everyone is very busy. I also rushed here from the unit, thinking about the important matter of my two children. Although marriage is free now, children are always children. Without adults around, I was afraid of neglecting Xia Xia." Chen Congying took the tea from Ji Jianguo.
While they were chatting inside, there was still a commotion outside, and Ji Jianguo didn't care. A few years ago, he respected this eldest brother from Xie Sufen's mother's family as his eldest brother, but he didn't visit him in recent years. Ever since one year ago, when Xie Xiurong scolded Ji Xia so badly, he never went there again.
At that time, Ji Xia was young and accidentally dropped some snack crumbs on the ground while eating, so Xie Xiurong scolded her severely.
"Ji Xia, why are you so rude? My mother is your aunt. We are here, but you won't even let us in to sit down?" Xie Xiurong stood at the gate and spoke loudly, deliberately letting Qin Xiao and his mother inside hear.
Ji Xia ignored her and said to Tian Guiying, "Hurry back while my uncle is still breathing. Find out where the deposit is and what the password is. If that widow Liu from the county gets it, you won't have time to cry then."
Tian Guiying was furious. "What nonsense are you talking about? A girl saying such things. I would say your mother can't even teach a daughter. No wonder she can't give birth to a son."
Xie Sufen was furious. Ji Xia sneered, "You gave birth to a son, but my cousin doesn't even know that one plus one equals two. He can't even add up to one of my fingers. What's the use? If he wasn't so stupid, my uncle wouldn't have given birth to a son with that widow Liu."
Tian Guiying couldn't care less at the moment, and was also afraid that what Ji Xia said was true. She had heard that there was something fishy going on between Widow Liu and her husband. She didn't dare to delay any longer, so she took her son and daughter and left, "We'll settle this account another day!"
Ji Xia and her mother entered the house. She was also surprised to see Qin Xiao's mother. She thought it was just a strategic marriage, but she didn't expect him to make it so grand.
His family should be in Beijing. His mother came all the way here. These days, it is too tiring to take the green train. It takes at least twelve hours to get here from Beijing.
Ji Xia called out to Chen Congying, "Auntie," and was about to sit down next to Qin Xiao to serve as a backdrop when Chen Congying waved at her, "Xia Xia, come here, let Auntie take a good look at you!"
Even though Ji Xia had a thick skin, she felt a little embarrassed at this moment. She walked over obediently and let Shen Congying hold her hand and look her up and down. The more he looked, the happier he became. Then he took off the watch from her wrist and put it on her wrist.
"Auntie didn't bring anything valuable. I liked you the moment I saw you. Take this and wear it. I just bought it and put it on." Chen Congying really liked Ji Xia. This girl was so bright and beautiful. She was pretty in every way and never got tired of looking at her. Her son was able to marry a girl like this. It was really the Qin family's ancestors who had accumulated good karma for eight generations.
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