Hua Qingyang was good friends with Gu Wen. Seeing his cousin looking at him like that, he thought for a moment and said, "I'll talk to Brother Xiao Fan and ask you to go and check the car."
Gu Wen was overjoyed: "Really?"
Hua Qingyang nodded: "Keep your voice down, don't let the adults hear, or they'll say we're making a ruckus." Then he went to Ye Yifan's side, lifted his foot and leaned on Ye Yifan's shoulder, whispering: "Brother Yifan, can you take my cousin to see the car? He's never seen what the inside of a car looks like."
Ye Yifan was also a boy, and he knew that little boys liked cars and guns, just like he did when he was a child.
So he said, "Of course, I'll let the adults know." After saying that, he said to Jiang Fengxian, "Grandma, my cousin and I are going out for a walk, we'll be back in a bit."
Jiang Fengxian said to Gu Wen, "Xiao Wen, take good care of your brothers."
Gu Wen quickly agreed and followed Ye Yifan and the others out to look at cars.
Hua Kai had just noticed the boys talking quietly. Ye Yifan gestured to her, as if they were going to the car. Since it was rare for Ye Yifan to be so relaxed and playing with them, she wouldn't ask any questions and let them go out and play.
Just in time for the flowers to bloom, she had a gift to give to Guling. She took her bag and beckoned Guling to the west room.
When they arrived at the west room, Hua Kai took out two pieces of clothing she had bought for Gu Ling: "These are for you, try them on to see how they fit."
A light pink turtleneck sweater and a pair of denim overalls are the most popular styles right now.
What girl doesn't love new clothes? Gu Ling jumped up happily: "Sis, did you really buy this for me?"
Hua Kai smiled and said, "Look at the size. If it's not for you, who is it for? Try it on quickly."
Gu Ling happily climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), changed into her new clothes, and stood on the kang asking Hua Kai, "Sister, does it look good?"
Hua Kai nodded and said, "It's beautiful, very beautiful. Come here, let me comb your hair."
Gu Ling sat down next to Hua Kai, and Hua Kai began to comb Gu Ling's hair. The two sisters chatted as they combed her hair.
Hua Kai asked Gu Ling, "Is your aunt still so protective of your uncle?"
Gu Ling, who was initially quite happy, lost her smile when this topic came up: "Don't even mention it. Before the New Year, he secretly gave my uncle a hundred yuan. I saw it, but I didn't dare tell my dad because I was afraid they would fight and not have a good New Year. But if I don't tell him, I feel so choked up. Sister, I was thinking that even if you hadn't come, I would have gone to your house to ask you what to do."
Hua Kai also thought of it. It wasn't so easy to change the aunt who was obsessed with supporting her brother. Either Gu Ling's uncle went too far and hurt Fan Lianfang's feelings, and maybe she would come to her senses. Or she could manage the family's money so that she wouldn't have anything to give to her brother. It seemed that for the time being, she could only choose the latter and keep an eye on the money.
Hua Kai sighed and said to Gu Ling, "I'll talk to your uncle in secret later and have him manage your family's money. Anyway, your family's income is transparent. After selling the grain, have your uncle deposit the money in the township. I was thinking of opening a small shop for your family in the village, but now I see that's definitely not going to work. Otherwise, your mother would have to take everything. So let's not arrange it for now. Anyway, the family doesn't have much surplus every year, so we can't give much away. After the New Year, you can come to me, and I'll arrange a job for you. You can save the money you earn yourself. I'll think of a way to deal with your uncle later."
Gu Ling asked Hua Kai, "Sister, can you really help us find jobs?"
Hua Kai said, "Yeah, don't worry, would I lie to you?"
"Sister, I really want to leave here, but I'm still a little worried about Mom."
"Don't worry, I'll secretly talk to my uncle later. When you and Xiaowen become successful and earn money, you can save it yourselves. My uncle will also save his own money. Then my aunt won't have any way to make a living."
“My mom has this good quality: she knows it’s wrong, so she doesn’t dare to do it openly. If she doesn’t have money, she won’t borrow it, but if there’s money left over, she can’t help but borrow it.”
"Then when your family has money, buy a house in your and Xiaowen's names. Your aunt can't give it to her brother even if she wants to. It's better to give the money to you two than to outsiders. When your aunt really needs money, she'll know that her brother is unreliable."
"Sister, we don't have such big ambitions, like buying a house. I just plan to save some money. I'm really worried that Grandma is getting old and her health isn't good. If she has any problems, we won't have the money to go to the hospital. Also, our house is too old. We'll have to build a new house in a couple of years."
Hua Kai laughed as she listened to Gu Ling's words: "You don't need to put so much pressure on yourself. These are things your parents should be thinking about. Don't worry about the house. When you really need to build a house in a couple of years and your family doesn't have the money, have your mother borrow from your uncle and see how your uncle's attitude is then. I think your mother will naturally change."
Gu Ling thought for a moment and laughed: "Indeed, I'd be surprised if my uncle, that tightwad, even gave my mom a dollar."
Just then, Hua Qingyang ran in: "Sis, Brother Xiao Fan is going to drive us out for fun, do you and Sister Ling want to come?"
Hua Kai had finished combing Gu Ling's hair, and she asked Gu Ling, "Do you want to go play?"
Gu Ling, being a child herself, nodded: "I want to go."
Hua Kai said to Hua Qingyang, "Go and tell Ye Yifan to wait for us for a while, we'll go too."
Hua Qingyang agreed and ran out.
Hua Kai and Gu Ling went to the east room to get cotton-padded coats.
As soon as she entered the house, Jiang Fengxian saw Gu Ling coming in wearing new clothes at the door: "Did your sister Kai Kai buy you these clothes? They look really good! Our Gu Ling looks like she's in a magazine when she's dressed up like this."
Upon hearing Jiang Fengxian's words, Fan Lianfang's eyes lit up: "This young girl really does look different when she dresses up."
Hua Kai said to Fan Lianfang, "Auntie, a young girl is most beautiful when she is seventeen or eighteen years old. You should dress her up more often. Otherwise, you will regret not giving her the best when Gu Ling gets married. Girls don't have much time to spend with their parents."
Fan Lianfang felt guilty, knowing that she had neglected her child quite a bit: "I have indeed made my child suffer a lot with me, and I will dress up Guling more often in the future."
Hua Kai didn't say much more, and Ye Yifan and the others were waiting outside, so she greeted the elders and then took Gu Ling out.
Once they got in the car, Ye Yifan took them for a drive around the village, not going far and driving slowly, afraid that they might get carsick since it was their first time riding in a car.
However, Gu Ling and Gu Wen were both very excited about their first car ride, and neither of them got carsick. They clung to the car window, looking out and chatting and laughing.
Hua Kai sat in the passenger seat next to Ye Yifan: "When I first met you, I thought you were a quiet person."
Ye Yifan smiled bitterly: "No one gives me the liveliness I crave, so I've developed that habit."
"Don't you find it noisy now?"
"I don't mind. I wish my younger brother could be like me."
"Yes, he will, but he doesn't know you well enough yet."
"I hope so."
"By the way, when are we going back to the city?"
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