Although Xia Jin had gone out to pay New Year's greetings several times, everyone still kept reminding her when she left to prevent anything from happening to her.
Here, the younger and older generations go to pay New Year's greetings separately. It's okay for children, as they can go with their parents, but after getting married and having a family, most of them go to pay New Year's greetings alone.
People like Xia Jin, who are of their age, would rather go alone with friends than go to pay New Year's greetings with their parents.
The group of people walked around the village. Although they were not young anymore, they were still children in the eyes of their elders, so their pockets were filled with candies and melon seeds.
Everyone's pockets are bulging. Although they don't like to eat these things at their age, the elders still insist on stuffing them into their pockets.
Those close to me will be given a red packet, not much, just a few cents, just to make them happy.
By the time they finished their New Year's greetings, it was already past nine o'clock when they returned home.
Grandpa Xia doesn’t need to go out to pay New Year’s greetings. He just needs to wait at home for others to come and pay him New Year’s greetings, after all, he is so much older than him.
When Xia Jin and the others returned, Aunt Xia was sweeping up the melon seed shells on the ground. These were for people to eat when they came to pay New Year's greetings.
There was still some unfinished tea on the table. After they sat on the chairs to rest for a while, they cleaned it up together.
Of course, Father Xia and the others did not come back. After all, they must take advantage of such a good opportunity to have a good chat with the people in the village.
I don’t have much chance to talk when I’m busy, so sometimes when we do chat, it’s endless and I don’t know when I’ll be back.
"Let's ignore him and wait for me to heat up the meal from last night. We'll eat then. We don't know when those two will be back."
"Maybe they're having a good chat and they're playing cards at someone's house."
Sure enough, after they finished their meal, Xia's father had not returned yet, but the family members were not worried, after all, this situation was very normal.
The two of them played until lunchtime and came back with a lot of news from the village.
While eating, they talked at the table, and Xia Jin listened with great interest.
After all, the news that comes back is guaranteed to be first-hand information. Those who went to work in other places during the New Year have also returned. Who has found a partner and who I have conflicts with will know.
Don't be fooled by the fact that they are just a bunch of men, they are all quite gossipy. After all, what else would they do? In the middle of winter, wouldn't they just talk about these things?
After finishing their meal, they took a nap in the room. After all, they stayed up late last night and got up so early this morning, so everyone was a little sleepy.
Xia Jin got up the latest. When she came down from upstairs in a daze, she saw the people in the room.
If she hadn't been discovered and stopped, she would have run back into the house. After all, there were so many people there, and if she went over there, she would definitely be the center of their conversation.
"Xiao Jin, get up and come down quickly. We were just talking about you."
"The child has become more beautiful this year. Is business going well this year?"
"That's definitely good. I heard from my son that they've opened a branch factory and their wages have increased. My son will be very happy when he comes back."
"It's because of his hard work that he will bring me a beautiful wife next year. All this is thanks to Xia Jin. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't have such a good life."
After hearing what they said, Xia Jin smiled a little embarrassedly and said:
"Hello, aunties. I'm not as powerful as you say. I'm in partnership with others. If I were on my own, I wouldn't be that powerful either."
"They earn money because they work hard. If they don't work hard, who would pay them so much?"
After Xia Jin came down, he found a corner to sit down, then looked around and did not see his two brothers. He thought that the two men had left without calling him.
And now I'm in such an awkward situation, chatting with a bunch of people I don't know very well.
They praised Xia Jin at first. After all, they were really grateful to Xia Jin for giving them such a good life.
Without her, their greenhouse vegetables would have no source of income, and their children would have no jobs either.
Everyone wanted to please her and really wanted to thank her, so those compliments came out of their mouths one after another, as if they were free.
When Xia Jin heard what they said, she couldn't believe it. They were only talking about herself. After all, she was not worthy of what they said.
With so much chatter going on, Xia Jin almost thought she was not at home, but had accidentally entered some praise group.
In fact, before, after the Chinese New Year, everyone would come to their house to say some compliments to him, but not as many as this year.
There are more people coming this year, and what they say is much nicer than last year.
But it's also true that last year more people in their village participated in greenhouse vegetable farming and earned a lot of money. How could they not be grateful to Xia Jin?
He praised her like that before only because he found a job for his children and provided them with a stable income.
However, only a few people are selected to work in the city, so although there are many people coming to the village to pay New Year's greetings every year, it will not be like this year.
This year is the year they made the most money from greenhouse vegetables, and it was also the year with the largest number of participants.
Something that no one believed in at first, but as more people did it and made more money, everyone gradually began to believe it.
Two years ago, there were only about a dozen or 20 households in the village growing greenhouse vegetables. After all, everyone was afraid of the instability of making money one year and not making money the next.
But ever since Xia Jin told them that the store he opened would also sell their vegetables, the villagers felt more confident and bolder in doing so.
Those who had started planting before also expanded the acres they planted, and those who did not believe and dared not to participate before also invested money and participated.
Although they were afraid to take big steps at the beginning and only planted a few acres, these few acres brought them profits that they never dared to imagine.
The money they earn from these few acres of land is much more than what they earn from growing crops for several years. How can they not be happy? If they continue like this, they will be able to build a big house in a few years.
Their pockets are gradually getting fatter this year, and the children can wear better clothes. They can't say they have to squat to eat meat, but at least they can eat once a week.
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