There were no entertainment activities, and Wang Shuning, who usually went to bed early, did not wait until midnight. She went to bed and fell asleep at around eight o'clock.
Then, when it was almost twelve o'clock, Wang Jianjun called her up, "Little sister, it's almost twelve o'clock, hurry up and get up."
Wang Shuning felt warm all over and too sleepy to get up until a burst of firecrackers rang out.
It's twelve o'clock. Don't even think about sleeping for the next hour.
After putting on clothes and going outside, Wang Jianguo had already moved the fireworks outside and was waiting for Wang Shuning to come out to set them off.
The match lit the fuse and it took off with a bang.
Simple white fireworks scattered like falling petals of a flower, and the boundless night sky became a bright backdrop at this moment.
The firelight illuminated his face. Wang Shuning looked up, staring at the fireworks intently. It was very lively.
There really is a sense of ritual to end the last year and welcome the new year.
Then other fireworks rose into the sky, and the sound of firecrackers exploding was like the sound of a machine gun.
After the fireworks were over, Wang Shuning went back to his room to sleep. The sound of firecrackers outside would not stop in the short term. Wang Shuning closed his eyes and didn't know when he fell asleep.
After breakfast on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Jianguo, Song's mother, Wang Jianjun, and Zhang Xiuzhen all went out to play in their new down jackets.
Only Wang Shuning was sitting alone on the kang, eating snacks, reading comic books, and laughing out loud from time to time.
Li Lan walked in with her hands in her pockets, "Ning girl, where's your mother?"
Wang Shuning looked up, "Happy New Year, Aunt Li. My mother is out playing."
Li Lan looked around the house. She was the only one at home. "Why don't you go out and play?"
Wang Shuning smiled and said, "I don't want to go out. My mother seems to have gone to the big square with Aunt Liu."
"Then I'll go find her." Li Lan took out a handful of melon seeds from her pocket and started eating them as she walked.
Wang Shuning leaned back on the pillow and continued to immerse himself in the world of comic books. When he left, he would go to the used bookstall to buy a few more books to bring to the island.
The next day was the second day of the Chinese New Year.
Around nine o'clock in the morning, Wang Shuyi brought her husband and twin sons to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.
Song's mother opened the bag and took a look. She was already used to such simple New Year's greetings.
She tried every possible means to avoid moving to the countryside, but in the end the conditions for her marriage were just like this. I wonder if the eldest daughter has regretted it now that she sees how well the younger daughter is living.
As soon as Wang Shuyi entered the house, he found that all of her family members were wearing down jackets. The Shenzhen-Guangzhou manufacturers had set up stalls at the New Year's Goods Fair for a week. Although half of the cars were left unsold when he returned, people in Beijing already knew about such clothes. They were filled with goose feathers instead of cotton, and were light and warm to wear, but they were expensive.
"Sister-in-law, this dress doesn't seem to be the one you made before." Wang Shuyi directly attacked Zhang Xiuzhen. After all, in her heart, this sister-in-law was the biggest outsider.
Just as Zhang Xiuzhen was about to answer, she heard Wang Shuning calling Tuantuan and Yuanyuan.
Wang Shuning held two identical vests in her hands, bent down and shouted to the two children, "Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan, auntie bought a piece of clothing for each of you, come and see if you like it?"
What child doesn't like to wear new clothes?
Four-year-old Tuantuan and Yuanyuan ran over to Wang Shuning and reached out to take the clothes.
"This dress is for inner wear. Auntie will take you to the room to change."
When Wang Shuyi saw the two children being brought into the room, he hurriedly followed.
My brother-in-law Zhu Hua was sitting on a bench talking to the Wang father and son.
Wang Jianguo asked, "I heard that the paper mill has been unstable recently?"
Zhu Hua's eyelids drooped, and his heartbeat became a little faster. "Yes, the factory's performance has not been very good recently, and there may be a reduction in staff."
Wang Jianguo was worried, "Will it affect you?"
Zhu Hua quickly shook his head, "No, the superiors think highly of me, and my education is considered good in the factory, so they only lay off the people below them."
Wang Jianguo looked Zhu Hua straight in the eye. "Tuantuan and Yuanyuan are already four years old. They are not as noisy as before. Shuyi should also find a job so that he can help you share some of the burden at home."
Zhu Hua's upper and lower front teeth began to rub against each other, and he lowered his voice and said, "My mother is old, and I can't take care of the two children at home. Besides, it's hard to find a job nowadays, so I'm afraid it's difficult for Shuyi to find a job."
Wang Jianguo frowned, "It's hard to find a regular job, but you can try being a temporary worker. After working for a long time, you will have the opportunity to become a regular employee. The two children will go to school in two years, and the expenses will only increase. You are the head of the family, and you have to find a way to make them live a good life."
Zhu Hua felt a slight aversion to coming to the Wang family. He didn't have this feeling in the first year of his marriage to Wang Shuyi.
After all, if Wang Shuyi had not married her at that time, she would have to go to the countryside to suffer, and the other party took advantage of her in the marriage.
After that, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan were born. Zhu Hua's mother quit her job as a vegetable washer in the cafeteria despite her family's opposition, and the Zhu family began to live a hard life with only coarse food to eat.
Later, Wang Shuyi often went back to her parents' home to beg for money.
Zhu Hua felt increasingly humiliated and disliked coming to the Wang family. He always felt inferior and that the Wang family looked down on him.
In Wang Shuning's room.
The vest is a little long and slightly loose on Tuantuan and Yuanyuan.
"Children grow fast, so I can wear them next year." Wang Shuning looked at the fruits of his labor with satisfaction. How could he ask for so much from something that was given for free?
Wang Shuyi looked at the two children with a bitter heart, "Mom and Dad, did you buy the down jackets that my eldest brother and his wife are wearing?"
Wang Shuning stood up slowly. "I was at the goods exhibition a few days ago and happened to see someone selling them. My mother made new clothes for me and my eldest sister-in-law, but she was reluctant to make them for herself, my father, and my eldest brother, so I bought a few."
Wang Shuyi pouted and sulked, "I don't have a new cotton coat either, why don't you buy me one? Everyone in my family has one."
Wang Shuning looked up at her and smiled, "Sister's new clothes should naturally be left to brother-in-law to buy. I don't want to steal the limelight from brother-in-law."
Wang Shuyi: "How can he afford to buy me clothes? All the money in the house is in the hands of my mother-in-law. I have to ask her for money even to buy vegetables. I heard that a down jacket costs more than 10 or 20 yuan. You are really willing to spend that much."
Wang Shuning: “Only once a year.”
Wang Shuyi said, "The seafood and fruits in Jinshan Island are cheap. Next time you send something home, please send some to me as well."
Wang Shuning raised her eyebrows. "No matter how cheap it is, you still have to spend money to buy it. The postage is several dollars. Sister, if you want it, give me the money and I'll buy it for you."
Wang Shuyi glared, "How can I have money? You are my sister, isn't this what I should do?"
Wang Shuning said as she walked out: "Even sisters have to settle accounts clearly. It's not easy for anyone to make money."
Before lunch, Song's mother and Zhang Xiuzhen gave each of their two children New Year's money.
Wang Shuyi glanced at Wang Shuning and hinted, "Auntie doesn't have it?"
Song's mother said coldly: "Your sister hasn't gotten married yet, so it's not her turn to give her the New Year's money."
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