Chapter 156 Regret
With the scarf and hat, the snowman looks even better.
Little Peach clapped her hands and jumped up and down: "It's so beautiful! It's so beautiful!"
Seeing Xiao Taozi so happy, Lu Aiguo rolled his eyes and lowered his voice: "Second brother, what do you think about giving the snowman an arm?"
The two brothers looked at each other and simultaneously looked at the two brooms by the courtyard wall...
While the adults were away, Lu Aiguo and Lu Baoguo tiptoed to the courtyard wall, picked up a bamboo broom and ran back to the snowman.
Little Taozi opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth with her hands while laughing.
"Is this... is this okay?" Lu Weiguo asked hurriedly after seeing this. "If we get caught later, our buttocks will be in trouble."
"It's okay!" Lu Baoguo patted his chest, "I'll return it after use. I promise it won't be damaged!"
The two kids promised not to break the broom, but their hands had their own ideas and they quickly and deftly untied the broom that was tightly tied together with the rope.
The two people also carefully selected the most suitable ones and inserted them into the sides of the snowman.
After some operations, a majestic "broom general" suddenly stood at the gate of the yard.
Little Peach clapped her hands for joy and circled around the snowman.
"Hush—keep your voice down!" Lu Weiguo nervously looked at the broken broom in the yard and said cautiously, "If grandma comes out, she'll probably hit someone."
Before he could finish his words, a cough suddenly came from behind him. The children froze in place. Uncle Lu was standing on the steps with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a fly.
Looking at the good things his grandchildren did, Uncle Lu was really having a headache. It would be strange if these naughty kids didn't do anything bad every day.
This time, even the broom was taken apart...
"All of you, come here." Uncle Lu yelled at the kids with a stern face.
Xiao Taozi was scared and hid behind Lu Baoguo.
Lu Baoguo thought quickly and said, "Grandpa, we are building a 'gatekeeper general'! You see, with this, evil spirits will not dare to enter our house."
"Ancestor, how dare you say anything? What will happen if someone hears it?" Yuan Yinnan, who was just walking out the door, heard his grandson's words and was frightened on the spot. He rushed over and covered Lu Baoguo's mouth.
In this day and age, words like "ward off evil spirits" are tinged with feudal superstition and can cause trouble if not used properly.
Even though their house is in a large compound, they don't know how many people are watching them, so they don't dare let their children say that.
Lu Baoguo was a little kid, so he naturally didn't know what was wrong with what he said. In his eyes, this snowman really looked like a great general, majestic and awe-inspiring.
Startled by Uncle Lu's roar, everyone in the house came out. They all smiled when they saw the snowman in the yard, but they became furious when they saw the scattered brooms lying on the ground.
"Lu Weiguo, who of you did it?" He Wanyi yelled at her grandson.
"Sister-in-law, it must be that brat Lu Baoguo. Weiguo can't come up with such an idea." Yuan Yinan knows his grandson very well.
"Everyone has their own responsibility for their own actions. This is what I did."
Lu Baoguo stood in front of his brothers, looking like he was ready to die bravely. He was indeed a responsible man.
Father Lu stared at the snowman for a long while, then suddenly burst out laughing. "You know what, it looks quite like the real thing. It's a pretty good 'gatekeeper general'."
The atmosphere instantly relaxed because of Mr. Lu's words. Mr. Lu walked over, patted the snowman's "helmet", shook his head and said, "It's this hat... It's not impressive enough!"
"Grandpa's hat is so majestic!" Lu Xingguo was young and didn't understand the lawsuit, so he made a suggestion without thinking.
His little face was flushed, and he spoke without restraint as a child, and he thought what he said made sense.
Uncle Lu stared at his little grandson, neither scolding nor laughing.
"You are a good picker. Isn't your great-grandfather's hat very impressive?" Lu Liangchen couldn't help laughing.
"Second brother, you still have to work harder. Look, even that brat Xiaowu doesn't like your hat." Father Lu teased his younger brother.
After being teased by his eldest brother, Uncle Lu calmed down.
"Lu Baoguo, I have an old military cap in my room. Take it out and change it!"
Several people talked at once and decided the matter. He Wanyi stared at the men with an indescribable expression.
"Just spoil them!"
"The broom is broken. I can just tie it up later. It's not a big deal. It's not good to get angry about such a thing on New Year's Day." Father Lu hurriedly persuaded his daughter-in-law.
He Wanyi thought that today was New Year's Day after all, so she could only suppress her anger.
Soon, Lu Baoguo ran back to the yard, skipping and jumping with Uncle Lu's old military cap. Although the five-pointed star on the cap had been worn white, it added a bit of heroic spirit when worn on the snowman's head.
"Second Grandpa's hat looks great!" Little Peach cheered and clapped her hands.
Uncle Lu felt a little embarrassed by the praise from the well-behaved, soft and cute little girl, but he began to envy having a little granddaughter.
"Little Peach, come here, let Second Grandpa hug you."
Xiao Taozi is indeed a very lively and courageous child. She is not afraid of Uncle Lu's naturally cold face and rushes over to hug Uncle Lu's legs.
Uncle Lu picked up Xiao Taozi and held her in his arms, poking her with his stubble.
Little Peach giggled, her voice so clear and crisp.
Soon, many children passing by were attracted by this strange snowman.
The children in the compound have been playing together since they were young. They are not only good friends, but also competitive with each other.
The Lu brothers actually made such a beautiful snowman, how could they fall behind?
Soon, all the children in the compound began to imitate the Lu brothers' creativity.
Soon, the whole courtyard was filled with strange-looking snowmen. The fat kid from the Wang family used branches to equip his snowman with a "mace", the sisters from the Zhang family covered their snowman with a flowery bed sheet as a cloak, the Zhao family took out their pillowcases and put them on the snowman's head. There was also a "farmer snowman" wearing a straw hat, a "cooking snowman" with a winnowing basket on his head, and a "fisherman snowman" wearing a straw raincoat...
The courtyard was filled with children's cheerful laughter.
However, this happiness did not last long.
At noon, the sound of children crying heart-wrenchingly could be heard from many homes. It was so miserable.
Lu Weiguo touched his buttocks and said with lingering fear: "Our family is so nice, they didn't even beat us!"
"Just wait for me, all of you. Remember this beating today." He Wanyi put her hands on her hips and glared at her grandson in a pretended fierce manner.
Lu Weiguo ran away like a frightened rabbit.
My grandma really hits people, and it hurts, okay?
Jiang Haitang happened to see him running away and couldn't help laughing.
The Lu family is in great harmony, but the Li family far away in Jincheng is not the same.
This year was the most miserable year Wu Qiuyun had ever lived.
Liang Suya has not come back since she went back to her parents' home. As the Chinese New Year is approaching, she is still living in her parents' home.
On New Year's Eve, Li Shengli went to his mother-in-law's house to pick up his wife.
However, Liang Suya's tone was extremely firm: "As long as your mother and your sister are still here, I won't go back! Whether you want mother and sister or me, it's up to you."
Li Shengli advised her: "You are married now, it is not good to stay at your parents' home for the New Year..."
"Don't say this kind of nonsense to me. I don't have any brothers or sisters-in-law. My parents don't dislike me. What's wrong with me staying at my parents' home?" Liang Suya didn't give Li Shengli any face and drove him out.
In the end, Li Shengli, who failed to pick up the person, could only return to the factory dejectedly.
Thinking that there was no one at home who could cook, Li Shengli finally went to the cafeteria to get food.
Although there was food in the cafeteria today, not many people came to get it. Most people were at home preparing New Year’s Eve dinner.
When Zhang Shangwen saw Li Shengli coming to get food, he had a cold face.
Humph, it’s all his own fault that his life is so miserable today.
You deserve it for not cherishing a good wife.
"Hey, isn't this Director Li? Why are you in our cafeteria? It's so nice to cook at home."
A young man said in a sarcastic tone while serving food to Li Shengli.
Li Shengli was very angry, but he also knew that these people were standing up for Jiang Haitang.
In the end, Li Shengli ordered four dishes, namely braised pork, pickled cabbage, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and braised fish. He also ordered a serving of dumplings.
For Lee Seung-ri now, he has done his best to come up with this money.
In the past, he could feed his whole family as long as he was well fed, and he thought his salary was quite high.
Ever since my mother and sister moved to the city, the three of us have been relying on his salary and tickets for food, which is really not enough to support us.
Especially since Wu Xiuyun and Li Qiulan had rural household registration and were not supplied with grain, he had to find ways to buy expensive grain to subsidize them, and the money was not enough every month.
He originally thought that if he could persuade Liang Suya to come back, the two of them could support the family and it would be somewhat easier, but Liang Suya refused to come back.
After returning home with a few lunch boxes, Wu Xiuyun sat on the bed with a deadpan face. When she saw that there was no one behind Li Shengli, she became even more angry.
Once, she thought everything would be fine when she got to the city.
But I have only been in the city for a few months and my life is worse than before.
Even over the years, Jiang Haitang has never let her suffer such injustice. Every Chinese New Year, she has the dumplings and meat she deserves.
The more she thought about it, the more dissatisfied she became with Liang Suya.
"Shengli, tell me, what's the point of finding this wife? I thought city girls were good, but now it seems they're not as good as Jiang Haitang. She didn't even go home on New Year's Eve. Such a woman is not worth having!"
These were the real thoughts of Wu Xiuyun. Actually, she had been thinking about them for a long time, but she just didn't have the courage to say them out loud.
In the past, she looked down on Jiang Haitang because she was a country girl who only knew how to work in the fields and do housework, and was not worthy of her working son.
But now it’s different. Jiang Haitang not only has a salary, but the salary is also very high, almost twice that of her family’s Shengli.
A woman like this is worthy of his son.
Moreover, if Jiang Haitang came back, life at home would definitely be much better.
"Mom, what's the point of you saying this now!" Li Shengli sat on the stool and didn't want to talk anymore.
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