Incentivized by triple overtime pay, the few people who had to work overtime during the Spring Festival did not complain at all. When they called home, they kept praising Tang Xiaoxiao for being kind-hearted and generous, calling her a model of a good boss in China.
Tang Xiaoxiao was unaware that her employees were praising her behind her back. She drove her SUV out to City A to pick up Xuanxuan.
Xuanxuan had already started her winter vacation, but because she had to attend several tutoring classes, she didn't have any classes until the Lunar New Year and could finally rest for a few days. Ever since she met Xiaoxiao and Qiqi at Tang Xiaoxiao's place, she had been thinking about them constantly. Now that the time had finally come for her to not have to attend classes or do homework and to relax and play freely, she couldn't wait to call Tang Xiaoxiao last night and ask to come over to her place.
Tang Xiaoxiao readily agreed. Tang Xinxin planned to close the shop on the 28th, and Xuanxuan would be taken care of by her for the next few days.
Upon arriving in City A, Tang Xiaoxiao went directly to Tang Xinxin's clothing store to pick up her child. Tang Xinxin was busy checking shipping orders and didn't have time to greet her. The Lunar New Year is peak season for the clothing industry, and the store was bustling with customers. Tang Xiaoxiao didn't disturb her, simply said hello, and left with Xuanxuan.
Xuanxuan will be eleven years old after this year. Her body is growing very fast. When Tang Xiaoxiao was reborn, she was still like a little bean curd, but now she is already a young girl. When Tang Xiaoxiao leads her around, she no longer jumps and skips, but has started to pay attention to her image.
Tang Xiaoxiao found it amusing yet somewhat poignant. In her previous life, she had gone to another city after graduation and returned home only a handful of times in the past ten years. Before she even realized it, this child had already been admitted to university and was even taller than her. Although he would still sweetly call her "Auntie," he no longer rushed into her arms for a hug as he did when they met when they were little.
Looking back at her little niece who is growing up, she feels a sense of pride and joy, like a daughter who has finally come of age.
She immediately perked up, realizing that constantly reminiscing about the past was unacceptable. She was only 22 years old now, with a face so tender it looked like you could squeeze water out of it. She was not Tang Xiaoxiao from her previous life, who was 30 years old and still hadn't had children, leading her mother-in-law to question whether she was too old to have kids.
Thinking about children, Tang Xiaoxiao wasn't actually unwilling to have them in her past life, but she had too many things to consider. When they first got married, she and Han Yunqi felt they were still young and not in a hurry, so they decided to wait two years. As they waited, they discovered more and more problems. First, Han's father passed away unexpectedly, and the pillar of their family collapsed. For more than a year, the couple had no mood for anything.
Then came a series of pressures. The Han family's shop was sold, and they lost their most important source of stable income. Their mother-in-law, Guo Mingli, moved into the small home that used to belong to just the young couple, and life became chaotic. Tang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but think that if she got pregnant, she would be unable to work for several years. Not only would she be financially strapped and dependent on her husband, but she would also be spending all her time at home with her mother-in-law. The thought of that made her feel suffocated.
So they kept putting it off until they were thirty. Even in their fifth year of marriage, having children was still not on their agenda.
She hadn't thought about when she and Han Yunqi would get married in this lifetime, but she figured that all the worries from her past life wouldn't exist in this one. As for the baby, she could ignore all external factors and just let things take their course.
Because of her past life experiences, Tang Xiaoxiao had something that seemed to be "motherly love" that she had more than a real 22-year-old girl. When she saw her niece Xuanxuan, she felt much closer and more affectionate than before.
That's why she was so angry when she learned last year that Xuanxuan had been wronged in the Chen family.
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