Chapter 179 Returning to the Village for the New Year
"I'm fine now, don't worry." Qin Shuang learned that she had won the phone in a lottery at the sales office and praised her luck. "I've asked Wang Hua, and Century Garden won't be ready until the end of December. I won't be visiting you this year. Xiuming will be staying here with me for the New Year."
"What kind of lottery gift? Did my elder brother give it to her?" Qin Xiuming didn't believe it at all.
"Xiuming, remember, Su Jiaojiao saved your mother's life. If you mess with her, you're messing with your mother." Qin Shuang gradually learned from Ju Peijun the details of the night they had the accident. She solemnly said to Qin Xiuming, "Forget about a phone. Even if she marries Lu Jingyou, it has nothing to do with you."
After Qin Xiuming returned from the imperial capital, he became sensitive and selfish.
It made her very depressed.
Although she had never treated Qin Xiuming badly, and his food and clothing were not shabby since he was a child, and were even above average, it could not be compared with the life of the Lu family.
In Qin Xiuming's words, it's a world of difference.
Qin Xiuming was suddenly in that environment, and his status and mental state changed accordingly. He didn't want the Lu family to look down on him, nor did he want his friends to look down on him.
She knew that he was also trying hard to adapt to the life of the Lu family in the imperial capital, and he longed to integrate into the Lu family.
But Lu Jiaping's wife and daughter reminded him all the time that he was not originally a member of this family, and he was just the result of Lu Jiaping's absurd behavior in his youth.
This identity makes him proud and at the same time makes him feel inferior.
No matter what he did, he was far less relaxed than Lu Jingyou. Just because the carpet in the old house was old, Lu Jingyou just made a phone call and asked someone to replace it with a new one without even asking for the consent of Mr. and Mrs. Lu.
And he can't.
Everything he did had to depend on their feelings. Even though they cared for him deeply and never disliked him, he was still hesitant and could not do what he wanted.
"Mom, it's precisely because you and Su Jiaojiao get along so well that I can't just sit back and watch!" Qin Xiuming frowned when he saw Qin Shuang still speaking for Lu Jingyou and Su Jiaojiao. "Su Jiaojiao is still young. She doesn't understand how treacherous people are. My eldest brother has a girlfriend in the capital, and he's so close to Su Jiaojiao. She's going to suffer."
"Didn't you say it was a blind date?" Qin Shuang heard from Qin Xiuming that Mr. Lu introduced a girl named Yan Xuewei to Lu Jingyou.
"But my grandpa is willing!" Qin Xiuming said depressedly, "Mom, don't quibble with me. Yan Xuewei often visits my grandparents, and she goes there as my eldest brother's girlfriend."
"Xiu Ming, no one can predict love. Only those who make it to the end are the true love." Qin Shuang sighed that her son was still young. She was an experienced person, so what could she not see through? "I still say the same thing, everyone has their own destiny. Don't get involved in these things, just take care of yourself."
She even had a child with Lu Jiaping!
So what?
Lu Jiaping's wife Wu Xinyue is his true love. Before getting married, no one dared to say who is the true love for whom.
What’s more, she’s a blind date!
Qin Xiuming said nothing more.
But I was secretly happy.
What Qin Shuang didn't know was that it was because he told Mr. Lu about the close relationship between Lu Jingyou and Su Jiaojiao.
That's why Mr. Lu transferred Lu Jingyou to the northwest.
Old Mrs. Lu felt sorry for Lu Jingyou and advised Old Mr. Lu to transfer Lu Jingyou back as soon as possible, saying that the climate in the northwest was bad and it was windy all year round.
Old Master Lu was unmoved. Instead, he said that Lu Jingyou lacked experience and it would be good for him to go out and train.
Lu Jingyou's parents also approached Mr. Lu many times, hoping that Lu Jingyou would come back, but Mr. Lu turned them away every time, saying that he knew his limits.
Knowing that the house would be delivered at the end of December, Su Jiaojiao was no longer in a hurry and discussed with Chen Guilan about returning to the village to celebrate the New Year.
They had originally planned to celebrate the New Year in their new home.
But it’s really too late at the end of December, so it’s better to go back to the village.
It wouldn't be too late to clean up the new house after the New Year. She left her cell phone number with Chen Xiaohong so that she could let her know if anything happened.
Chen Xiaohong said she would wait until the end of December to get the key before going home.
Chen Guisheng had already said that he would let Chen Guilan and Su Jiaojiao go to their home to celebrate the New Year and have some fun together.
But Chen Guilan refused: "It is a custom in the village that married women cannot celebrate the New Year at their parents' home. People will laugh at us. Let's buy some food and celebrate the New Year at home. Then we can go to your second uncle's house on the third day of the New Year."
"If you don't want to go, then don't go. Let's buy some New Year's goods and go home." Su Jiaojiao didn't know there was such a custom. Anyway, the house in the village belonged to them and they could go back anytime.
"Okay, I'll ask your second uncle to pick us up." Chen Guilan was about to go out and call the village committee. Su Jiaojiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she took out her phone and gave it to her, "Just use this."
"I don't need your stuff." Chen Guilan thought it was too expensive.
In the afternoon, Chen Guilan and Su Jiaojiao took Chen Guisheng's tricycle and a cart full of New Year's goods back to Wutong Village.
The weather was cold, and it was even colder sitting in a three-wheeled convertible.
Combined with the wind, Su Jiaojiao's face turned red from the cold, and she wished she had a quilt to cover herself.
Especially since they were squeezed together with so many new goods that they couldn't even stretch their legs.
Chen Guilan was very excited.
She felt very happy when her brother from her mother's family took her home.
Chen Guisheng took the mother and daughter directly to his home.
He refused to let them go back no matter what: "What customs? This is my home and I have the final say. You can celebrate the New Year here. No one dares to say anything. Go home for the New Year every year from now on."
Chen Juan also ran out enthusiastically and pulled Chen Guilan into the house: "Auntie, this is your home. You have to go home for the New Year."
She doesn't care about these customs.
She really wanted Chen Guilan and Su Jiaojiao to celebrate the New Year at her house, where there would be more people around and it would be more lively.
Chen Guilan couldn't persuade the father and daughter, so she had to agree to stay for the New Year.
Su Jiaojiao doesn't care.
Anyway, she will be wherever Chen Guilan is.
In order to make it easier for Chen Juan to make clothes, Chen Guisheng built a new ear room, a small compartment, and a large kang. On weekdays, when Chen Juan was working, Xu Yue'e took Xiao Suisui to play on the kang.
Chen Juan let Chen Guilan and Su Jiaojiao live on the kang in the ear room.
Not to mention two people, even three more people can stay here.
There are some small toys and quilts piled on the kang, and two paintings of lucky dolls are pasted on the wall, which are bright and warm.
Xu Yue'e and Xiao Suisui are sleeping.
In her sleep, Xu Yue'e's hand was still tightly clutching Xiao Suisui's quilt.
Xiao Suisui is almost six months old. Compared to when she first came, she seems like a different child. She is white and chubby, has a double chin, laughs when she is teased, and is so cute.
Just as Chen Guilan was about to pick up Xiao Suisui, Xu Yue'e woke up. Chen Guilan didn't expect her to be so alert: "Second sister-in-law, it's me!"
"You're back." Seeing that it was Chen Guilan, Xu Yue'e finally let go of her hand. Rubbing her eyes, she choked with sobs, "I dreamed that Sui Sui was taken away. I searched for her for a long time but couldn't find her..."
"Dreams are always the opposite of what they used to be," Chen Guilan consoled him kindly. "She's fine here!"
"On weekdays, my dad and I don't dare to take Sui Sui out of the house. If she doesn't see Sui Sui for even a minute, she'll look for her everywhere." Chen Juan stood in front of the kang and said with a smile, "Sui Sui is our family's treasure now. Since we had Sui Sui, I've stepped aside."
"She's younger, and you're older. How can you be the same as her?" Xu Yue'e glared at Chen Juan, then suddenly lowered her voice and said to Chen Guilan, "On the day of the winter solstice, I prayed to all the gods and Buddhas. Just as I felt sorry for Sui Sui, others felt sorry for Lin Lin. If Sui Sui gets better, Lin Lin will get better too."
These words made Chen Guilan and Chen Juan cry.
Su Jiaojiao stood outside the door and listened, feeling sad.
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