She then beckoned to Yan Zheng and said, "Come here, good boy. Grandma will give you a dollar. You two brothers can buy some candy when you're feeling peckish." As she spoke, she handed a dollar to Yan Zheng.
Yan Ge walked over, hugged Grandma Yan's arm and said, "Grandma, we have enough candy from Nan Nan. You keep the money and when I grow up and earn money, I'll take care of you in your old age."
"Good child, it makes Grandma feel good to hear this. So listen to Grandma, hide the money well, and don't give it to anyone, okay? If anyone steals your money, tell Grandma later, and Grandma will beat them up." After saying that, she put the one yuan into Yan Jun's pocket.
Yan Ge felt incredibly warm inside. Nan Nan is a good little sister, and Grandma is a good grandma. He vowed that when he grew up, he would work hard to earn money, and once he earned money, he would definitely buy them nice things to eat.
He squatted down next to Yan Zheng and told him that his grandmother had given him a yuan. He told Yan Zheng that if he wanted candy, he should tell his brother and his brother would take him to buy it. Yan Zheng looked at Yan Ge suspiciously. Yan Ge took out a yuan and showed it to Yan Zheng. Yan Zheng stopped crying, but soon started crying again: "Brother, you can't keep this money."
Upon hearing this, Yan Erqiang and Cai Min's faces turned bright red. This brat still remembers the two cents from last year! His mother was even beaten for those two cents! But the truth is, he really did steal money from the two children.
Grandma Yan hadn't expected this, and her face darkened. Her words became harsh: "Erqiang, you're really something! You stole my retirement money and now you're trying to steal the New Year's money I'm giving to my grandson. It's only a few cents, and you can't bring yourself to steal it. There's plenty of money in that cooperative, why don't you go and steal it there?"
Next year, Daqiang won't be able to come back due to lack of vacation time. And you four shouldn't come back either. Every time you come back, it's chaos, giving me headaches and a sore head. Please, let this old woman live a couple more years! Also, this year I gave the two boys their New Year's money. If you dare to take it again, don't call me "Mom" anymore. I don't have a son who steals money from boys.
Yan Erqiang blushed and picked up Yan Zheng from the ground. "Good boy, Daddy promises to buy you and your brother candy when we get back. Daddy promises not to confiscate your New Year's money."
Yan Zheng wiped away his tears and asked again, "What about Mom? Dad won't snatch it, but Mom will."
Cai Min was furious. This brat was always like this, never knowing what he should or shouldn't say. His mouth would open and close, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
Yan Erqiang glanced at Cai Min and said, "Dad guarantees that your mother won't steal your money. If she dares to, Dad will kick her out and not let her come home. Dad means what he says."
Cai Min's face turned from red to white and then to pale ashen, and she was trembling slightly. She was furious. Seeing Cai Min like this, Nan Nan was even more certain that her second uncle was a scumbag. The day he had money in his pocket, he would definitely dump Cai Min and go find a second spring.
Grandma Yan didn't have as many thoughts as Yan Xiaonan. She just wanted them to leave quickly. They were going to Cuihua's parents' home tomorrow and needed to prepare a lot of things. She didn't have time to waste with them.
Yan Xiaoqiang had already borrowed the oxcart from his third uncle and was waiting at the door. In such cold weather, Dongnan couldn't bear to let his father freeze, so he picked up the basket and their luggage and headed outside. Yan Erqiang felt so embarrassed. It was one thing to be chased away by his mother, but his third brother Dongnan was so unruly.
Thinking back to how he had wanted to attack the southeast yesterday, and how his third brother had unhesitatingly sided with his son, he sighed. Oh well, Mother had already said she wouldn't let him come next year anyway. So be it. He knelt down and kowtowed to his mother, saying, "Mother, I'm going back. Take care."
Grandma Yan waved her hand and said, "Be careful on the road, and live a good life."
Watching the family of four get onto the oxcart, Yan Xiaoqiang started driving it. Xuemei slammed the courtyard gate shut. Yan Erqiang looked back at the closed gate and knew he would never be able to enter through it again.
Overwhelmed with sorrow, she was about to shed tears when she suddenly remembered the humiliation of being kicked off the bus by her third uncle on the first day of the Lunar New Year last year. She quickly composed herself and began to talk to Yan Xiaoqiang.
Yan Xiaoqiang really didn't want to talk. He knew he was sitting in the front of the carriage, and if he opened his mouth, the cold wind would go straight into his throat. So keeping his mouth shut was the best course of action. But Yan Erqiang saw that his younger brother had answered his questions with gestures twice, and he couldn't help but get angry. If he didn't want to talk, then he shouldn't. He wouldn't be able to talk to him in the future.
Yan Xiaoqiang escorted them to the train station, watched them unload all their luggage from the car, looked back one last time to make sure nothing was left behind, then raised his whip to signify goodbye. He didn't even get off the oxcart, turned around and left immediately. He knew that stopping the oxcart would incur a two-cent storage fee, which was unacceptable.
Yan Erqiang didn't know that you had to pay to stop an oxcart. Seeing Yan Xiaoqiang's cold attitude, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. This time, Cai Min was smart. She hid to the side and didn't dare to say anything. Yan Ge held his younger brother Yan Zheng's hand, with only one thought in his mind: to grow up, make money, find his grandmother, find Nan Nan, and stay far away from the two of them.
Village Chief Ma arrived with a basket of eggs. Delivering eggs on the first day of the Lunar New Year is a good omen. Grandma Yan quickly asked Cuihua to pour a cup of brown sugar water for the village chief. The village chief picked up the cup and took a sip. It was sweet and warm. The Yan family was living a very good life.
He went to find Yan Daqiang. That day, he went back to the village party secretary and the brigade accountant. After looking at the drawings, everyone felt that the method was good. Moreover, Yan Daqiang even went to the town to call and find plastic film.
According to the blueprints, what they need to do is find bamboo, cut it into strips, and then get some soil to make mounds, which will be placed at the bottom of the plastic film.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone is staying at home eating and drinking. Tomorrow is the second day of the Lunar New Year, the day when wives go back to their parents' home. I will also go back with Ma Dasao, so they decided to start construction on the third day of the Lunar New Year. They specially asked Yan Daqiang to go to the fields to take a look and make a reference.
Yan Daqiang calculated the days. He made the call on the 27th of the lunar year. It would take them two days to gather these things and about ten to half a month to transport them. They wouldn't arrive until the 15th of the new year at the earliest. So, finding materials and setting up the shed would take about a week. There was still plenty of time.
He was planning to stay with his mother for about a month before leaving, so he could help them set up the greenhouse. After hearing Yan Daqiang's words, Village Chief Ma felt relieved. He was worried that Yan Daqiang would leave as soon as his leave was over. The discipline in the army is very strict, and he would have to go back to report when the time came.
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