Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Some people's social skills seem...
Zhao Ruyue returned to her parents' home with lots of things, and two "little soldiers" were leading the way on bicycles.
"Grandma, grandpa, uncle, aunt, cousin, we are here!" Before reaching grandma's door, Ning Shixia shouted loudly, "My dad and mom are here too!"
Chen Fangni, who was knitting with her neighbor at the door, sat up straight, stretched her neck to look in the direction they were coming from, and responded loudly: "Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia are here! Your uncle is weaving bamboo baskets in the yard. The chickens at home have laid several eggs today and are waiting for you to come. Go and ask your uncle to make you egg fried rice!"
In the city, eggs may not be considered a rare delicacy, but in their economically backward town, eggs can be saved and exchanged for money to supplement the family expenses and buy some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
Therefore, egg fried rice is a rare food for children, and they can hardly eat it once in a while.
But every time they come to grandma's house, my uncle always makes fried rice with eggs for them.
As she spoke, Zhao Ruyue also came closer: "Sister-in-law, don't spoil them. Shaoming cooked meat for lunch today, and they ate a lot. Save the eggs at home for Siyun and Guangwei."
Chen Fangni smiled and said, "Who says that you can't eat eggs after eating meat? Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia love to eat this. I am happy to see them eating so much."
"That's right!" Ning Shixia was carried by his father down from the child seat on the back of the bicycle and ran to his aunt. "Aunt loves me the most. Aunt and I are in the same group!"
As she spoke, she took out a handful of White Rabbit candies from her pocket and stuffed them into Chen Fangni's pockets: "Aunt, have some candy!"
Then, without waiting for Chen Fangni to tell her to eat it herself, her little hand had already taken out a handful of fruit candies from her other pocket.
He gave one candy to each of the aunties, wives and young wives sitting around the brazier: "Aunties, aunties and aunties, have some candy too."
An old lady took the candy and teased her deliberately: "Why is the candy given to us different from the one given to your aunt?"
Children sometimes take adults' questions more seriously.
Zhao Ruyue was worried that if others teased her casually, the child would believe it and think that it was a kind gesture and that the child would be overwhelmed and feel hurt by being told such a joke, thinking that he had done something wrong.
Unexpectedly, her daughter smiled and answered as if it was a matter of course: "Of course, I brought the candy specially for my aunt. My aunt is so kind to me, so the best candy should be reserved for my aunt!"
Zhao Ruyue had never noticed these things before, but now that she was observing carefully, she was simply amazed by her daughter's actions.
Some people's social skills seem to be born at the highest level.
In just a short while, all the women around had been bribed by her daughter.
Everyone was amused and smiled, and her sister-in-law was so fond of her daughter that she hugged her and kissed her several times.
Ning Shiqiu was already used to it and remained calm, looking for a place to park his car.
After my parents went to work, they often came to my grandmother's house for dinner, and my aunt liked my sister very much.
Sometimes they are left at their grandmother's house at night, sleeping together with their grandparents or cousins.
There are many brothers and sisters in my grandmother's family. In addition to the cousins from my uncle's family, the cousins from my aunt's family also live here. Ning Shiqiu and Ning Shixia both feel that living in my grandmother's house is much happier than living in their own home.
Zhao Hongfa heard the voice and came out to take a look. He and Chen Fangni were indeed a couple. When he saw Ning Shiqiu and his sister, he said, "Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia are here. Do you want some fried rice? Uncle will make it for you."
Without waiting for their answer, he turned and went to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, he had cracked the eggs when he remembered that his sister and brother-in-law seemed to have come as well.
Then he turned around and called out to his sister and brother-in-law: "You two are here too. It's cold outside. Come in and sit down. We don't have a brazier at home today. Third sister, take your brazier and firewood and go to the brazier next door to borrow some fire."
After that, he hurried to the kitchen to make fried rice. Zhao Ruyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm not as popular as the two little ones when I go home now."
"Of course not!" Chen Fangni imitated Ning Shixia's words and joked, "My little Xia and I are in the same group! By the way, you haven't told your parents that you are here, Guangwei! Guangwei!"
"What?" Zhao Guangwei was watching TV at his neighbor opposite. When he heard his mother shouting at the top of her lungs, he hurried out, fearing that he would be scolded for coming out too late.
Chen Fangni: "Go to the vegetable garden and call your grandparents back. Tell them that your third aunt and uncle are here."
Zhao Guangwei stood at the door of his neighbor opposite, his head turned inside and staring at the TV carefully.
After hearing his mother's words, he turned around and saw his third aunt and uncle standing at the door of his house. He hurriedly greeted them, "Aunt and uncle, you are here. I will go call grandpa and grandma."
Zhao Ruyue stopped her nephew and stuffed two egg yolk pies into his hands: "Take this and eat it for fun. If you pass by your aunt's house, ask her to come over."
Zhao Guangwei was so happy that he almost jumped up when he had snacks to eat: "Okay, thank you, Third Aunt!"
Ning Shaoming didn't let Zhao Ruyue carry the brazier. He put down what he was holding and went to the woodshed to get some firewood and straw to put in the brazier.
He carried the brazier to the door and borrowed fire from the brazier where Chen Fangni and the others were warming themselves. He was also teased by the aunts and grandmas. Didn't his brother-in-law just ask him to light the brazier, but he rushed forward to light it? He really felt sorry for his wife, but he just smiled.
Ning Shaoming knew from a young age that these aunties and grandmas were very good at talking, and he was probably not even as good at talking as his own daughter. He couldn't win a conversation with them, and smiling and pretending to be stupid was the best way for him to fool them.
Zhao Ruyue strolled into the kitchen with her hands in her pockets, and smelled the fragrance as she reached the kitchen door.
Zhao Hongfa fried the eggs, stir-fried the rice, added some salt, and then added soy sauce and chopped green onions. The aroma immediately became overbearing.
"It smells so good." Even though Zhao Ruyue had just finished her meal, she was already greedy after smelling it. She opened the cupboard, took out a small bowl and walked over: "Brother, give me a couple of bites to try."
"You're so old, yet you're still fighting with kids for food." Zhao Hongfa said with disgust, but he took the bowl very skillfully and scooped a shovel of egg fried rice for Zhao Ruyue, and then scooped another shovel.
Zhao Ruyue said hurriedly, "That's enough, one shovel is enough. We came here after we had dinner. Now that we are old, we can't eat as much as children, and we get hungry quickly."
She took a little bit, and the rest was shared by the two children. Each one didn't get too much, so there was no need to worry about them getting too full.
Zhao Hongfa couldn't help laughing when he thought of the children's appetite.
Their little stomachs were like bottomless pits. They would finish a meal, go out for a walk, and come back hungry again. "Being able to eat is a blessing. When we were little, we wanted to eat but couldn't. Go call Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia to come and eat."
Zhao Ruyue took her small bowl and went out, calling the two children in. As expected, they were still able to eat more.
The way the children ate seriously, one bite after another, made the adults smile unconsciously.
The vegetable garden was not far from home. After they finished eating the fried rice, Zhao Bin and Deng Ximei also followed Zhao Guangwei back.
As soon as Zhao Guangwei entered the room, he went to Third Aunt and reported the task to her: "Third Aunt, I went to my eldest aunt's house and told her. My eldest aunt said she would go find Tianbao first, and then come with my eldest uncle and Tianbao later."
"I understand. Our Guangwei has done a good job. Third Aunt will give you a reward." Zhao Ruyue opened the bag she brought and took out a box.
Zhao Guangwei's eyes widened instantly: "Wow - it's a four-wheel drive car!!!"
CCTV Children's Channel is currently rebroadcasting "Beyblade" on TV. Kids of all ages on the street, both boys and girls, are fascinated by the four-wheel drive cars.
When Zhao Ruyue bought gifts for her own children, she also bought gifts for her nephews and nieces from her mother's side who were of similar age to her children.
She remembered that her nieces and nephews from her mother's side were a little older than her brothers and liked making clothes for dolls more, so she bought dolls for them.
Zhao Ruyue distributed the gifts she brought back to everyone and successfully became the favorite elder of all the children in the family.
Deng Ximei saw that her daughter bought so many toys for the children at home, and also bought them clothes, from inside to outside, from head to toe, even silk scarves, shawls, socks and gloves.
She worriedly found an excuse and pulled her daughter back to her room to whisper:
"It's not easy for you and Shaoming to go out and earn money. How did you buy so many things? Is the money enough to pay off the debt? If not, don't pay us back the money your father and I gave you. I have saved some money privately from selling vegetables. When the time comes, I will tell your brother and sister-in-law that you have paid back the money."
"No, no, no, let's put things in perspective, Mom. Please don't do this kind of thing secretly. We have such a good relationship as siblings now. If my brother and sister-in-law find out about this in the future, won't it affect the relationship between us?"
Zhao Ruyue took out her wallet and said, "Look, I brought all the money to pay you back."
Deng Ximei wanted to say no, but Zhao Ruyue knew what she was saying, so she continued to explain, "I bought all those clothes and toys at wholesale prices. Someone should have told you about Shaoming and I getting the goods to sell, right?"
"Your cousin Rutao and her husband passed by this morning and did tell us about it." There were also some other acquaintances, but Deng Ximei was too lazy to list them, so she didn't mention them. "They also asked us to go and see them together, but we thought you had just returned and had a lot of things to do, so we didn't go to join in the fun."
"The goods that Shaoming and I brought back were introduced by friends, including the clothes we bought for you and the toys for the children. However, we have never done business before, so we dare not expand the stall too much. We only brought back some socks, silk scarves and other things, and try to sell them all before the New Year so that we can celebrate the New Year."
Zhao Ruyue concealed the purchase price and other things that should not be mentioned and explained the matter clearly.
Deng Ximei was finally relieved: "I'll go with you later to check on the goods you brought back. Tomorrow is market day, I'll help you bring some goods to sell at the market."
"Aren't you still going to sell vegetables?" Zhao Ruyue knew that her mother's family had no other income except farming, and her parents grew and sold vegetables to earn some money to supplement the family income.
The New Year's Festival is the time when vegetables can be sold at a high price. The price of vegetables is much higher that year, and her parents can save some money by selling vegetables.
"When can't you sell vegetables? The most important thing is to sell all your goods." Deng Ximei thought, why not take some goods to visit relatives and friends' homes? The price is affordable, and she should be able to sell a lot.
Zhao Ruyue was touched and a little amused: "Mom, vegetables are not like my goods. My goods don't spoil easily. If you don't sell your vegetables before the New Year, the price will drop after the New Year, and the vegetables will be old. How can you make money?
Don't worry, I just came back this morning and I sold a bag of goods. Someone has also made an appointment to come back tomorrow to buy other things. But I do need your help with something. ”
"Tell me what's the matter." Deng Ximei felt more at ease knowing that she could help her daughter. Otherwise, she would have to worry about her all the time and would not feel at ease with the money her daughter returned.
Zhao Ruyue said, "After dinner, I want to invite you and my sister-in-law to come to my place and help me sort the goods. My eldest sister has to take care of Tianbao, so I won't ask her."
She really needed help. Ning Danping was a minor and had to go to bed early. Her father-in-law and eldest uncle were heavy smokers. Ning Shichun also learned to smoke from them and was covered in the smell of cigarettes.
Zhao Ruyue was afraid that some of the people who were sorting the goods would start smoking and the goods would be stained with the smell of cigarettes, so she didn't want them to touch the goods.
If she, Ning Shaoming, her mother-in-law and her elder sister-in-law were to do the sorting, they would have to work until midnight. They would have to get up early tomorrow to sell the goods, so they couldn't stay up that late.
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