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"Yaoyao, what you said is really useful! He is making egg cake for me in the kitchen now." The sister-in-law held Qin Yao's shoulders and shook her, as excited as a mouse falling into a rice jar.
Qin Yao smiled. She felt more and more that her elder sister-in-law was like Chen Baozhen, except that her elder brother Gu Xing was silent and restrained, unlike Gao Jianguo who was proactive and attentive in coaxing his wife.
After all, the eldest brother still loves his sister-in-law.
After jumping around excitedly for a while, He An held Qin Yao's hand and resisted asking about how Qin Yao and her husband got along. She smiled and said, "Actually, the men in the Gu family are pretty good."
Qin Yao smiled: "I think so too."
As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came out from the door: "I think so too."
The two sisters-in-law looked toward the door and saw their mother-in-law, Liu Shuqin.
He An: “…”
Qin Yao: “…”
My mother-in-law must have been a scout before she retired.
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On New Year's Eve, the Gu family was bustling with activity. This year, except for the absence of Second Sister Gu's family, the youngest son Gu Cheng brought his wife home to celebrate the New Year, so there were more people than in previous years.
Qin Yao and her sister-in-law rolled out the dough and made dumplings together.
Gu Miaomiao bragged to his grandfather outside for a while, then ran in to watch his mother and aunt making dumplings, shouting, "I want to make them, too. I want to make them, too."
She made some strangely shaped dumplings, chatted with Qin Yao for a few words, and then left happily. She almost slipped on the way out, and she walked out holding her butt.
With a smile on his face, He An thought about how his daughter had just relaxed and talked in front of Qin Yao, and asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, how do you get along with the children?"
"Miaomiao talks to you and to me differently. She is not close to me as her mother."
Qin Yao said: "Sister-in-law, it's not that she doesn't kiss you. You have to change the way you get along with your child. Don't treat her as your child. You have to treat her as your friend, a friend with the same status as you."
"Isn't it all the same?"
Qin Yao: "Don't think that just because you are the child's mother, you can do whatever you want to her, interfere with her life, and make her live the way you want. Although she is your child, she has her own life and her own preferences."
After saying that, Qin Yao smiled. She herself had never been a mother, but she was actually teaching others. However, this is what she thought in her heart.
In the past, her father always told her what to do. No matter what she did, he would find an opportunity to teach her a lesson. When she was eating, he would remind her not to waste food; when she was washing dishes, he would remind her to save water; when he saw children playing on the horizontal bar outside, he would remind her to strengthen physical exercise...
Later she had a younger brother. After his brother was born, his father focused all his attention on him. Of course, this was not a good thing. The same was true for her younger brother. No matter what he did, he would be criticized by his parents and educated in a condescending manner. No matter whether he did a good thing or a bad thing, there would be something to say.
Her father may be a "great" educator, but he is not a caring and affectionate father.
Away from home, without those suffocating instructions and nagging in my ears, I feel so free.
"If we're friends, we can play together."
He An nodded: "I'll try it."
"I used to want to be the best mother at educating my children, so I always paid attention to what she did wrong. Yes, I always found fault with her. No wonder my children don't like me."
Grandpa Gu took his great-granddaughter to put up Spring Festival couplets. The TV in the room was on, playing New Year's greetings programs, and bowls of dumplings were cooked and served out one after another.
Everyone sat around a big table. Gu Miaomiao was young, so she jumped around like a monkey.
"Oh, this little monkey."
"Grandma, I can't reach the food over there."
Gu Miaomiao: "Among you guys, huh, I'm the youngest."
She turned her head to look at Qin Yao and begged, "Aunt, when will you give me a brother or sister? Then I won't be the youngest."
Qin Yao dipped the dumplings in sauce without changing her expression: "Ask your uncle."
Gu Miaomiao looked at Gu Cheng, who was equally calm: "Let your mother give birth to brothers and sisters for you."
She turned to look at her biological mother, and without raising her head, she said, "Ask your father."
Gu Xing casually said, "Ask your grandmother."
Liu Shuqin: "Ask me, what's the point? Ask your grandfather."
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After the lively reunion dinner, it was another night for the two of them. On the second day of the New Year, Gu Cheng accompanied Qin Yao back to her parents' home. Only Chen Guixiang and his wife were at home. The eldest and second brothers had accompanied their wives back to their parents' home.
My eldest brother got his house and moved in before the New Year. Although it is not a new house, it is better for someone to stay in the house for the New Year. We cannot leave the house vacant during the New Year.
People in the old days said that if a house was empty during the New Year, it would easily attract ghosts.
After the eldest brother's family moved out, there are only Chen Guixiang and his wife, and the second brother and his wife living in the house. The space is much more spacious and less crowded, and it is decorated very warmly.
"My eldest brother's house is not far away. We usually have dinner here together. In the evening, the three of them ride their bikes back home..." Chen Guixiang's face was full of smiles. She didn't care that her eldest son's family went out to live alone and still came home to eat.
Starting a new life and cooking would require a large amount of firewood and coal expenses. Even though the family was not short of money, Chen Guixiang was still willing to let her eldest son's family save more money.
"Thanks to you, your father is more famous now."
In the past, Qin Chuanrong worked as a cook in a factory. No matter how good his cooking skills were, he was only good at entertaining factory leaders and guests, and his reputation was only spread among the people around him. On the day when Qin Yao got married, Qin Chuanrong's cooking skills were known to many people, and many people came to Qin Chuanrong, wanting him to prepare a banquet.
“Who could have thought that there would be such a good life?”
Qin Yao said: "Mom, life will be better in a few years."
When the economy is liberalized in the future, with the skills of her father Qin Chuanrong and her eldest brother, the father and son can open a restaurant and make a fortune without worrying about it.
After the New Year, Gu Cheng didn't have much vacation time left, and they would have to stay on the road for a few days. Before leaving, Qin Yao and his wife planned to go play around the area and said they wanted to go to the zoo to see their fourth brother. Eldest brother Gu Xing and his family also said they wanted to go.
So the two couples took their child to the zoo.
They arrived very early. Gu Cheng got off the car and stood at the entrance of the zoo. He could still hear all kinds of noises from inside. In front of him were four pillars and three gates. Hearing the cries of monkeys and the roars of tigers, Gu Cheng couldn't help but said, "Let's go to the zoo to see your fourth brother."
Gu Miaomiao poked her head out: "Aren't we going to see the animals?"
Qin Yao got out of the car and kicked Gu Cheng's calf. The zoo had a wide view and she took a deep breath.
The eldest brother and his wife walked in front with their daughter. Gu Miaomiao was curious about everything. This was not her first time to visit the zoo, but it was the first time that her parents brought her to the zoo.
"Mom, I want to go see the monkeys!" Gu Miaomiao pulled He An's hand.
He An smiled and took her daughter to see the monkeys. The mother and daughter stood outside the Monkey Mountain Pond, their faces close together and counting the monkeys affectionately. "Mom, that monkey is so cute. It's also close to mom."
Then she rubbed her face and rubbed it against her mother.
He An smiled: "Yeah."
She also imitated her daughter, pinched her face and pretended to be a monkey.
Recently, she found a way to get along with her daughter. She regarded herself as a friend of the same age as her daughter. As time went by, the relationship between mother and daughter improved a lot, and Miaomiao became more and more attached to her.
Gu Xing stood behind them, holding a camera and taking pictures of the two of them.
Qin Yao and Gu Cheng went to find the fourth brother first. Gu Cheng thought about the figures of his eldest brother and his family of three that he had just seen, and felt envious. He walked side by side with Qin Yao and asked in a low voice: "When will you give me a little tiger girl?"
Dating and getting married, the wishes from the Year of the Rat and the Year of the Ox have come true, and now the only one left is little Tiger Girl.
Qin Yao glared at him: "You want beauty."
How can you give birth to a child whenever you want? What if it's a tiger cub? Who would want to give birth to a tiger girl or a tiger cub with him?
Qin Yao touched her belly. Although the couple had been having sex many times during this period, they had taken safety measures. Gu Cheng didn't want to get his wife pregnant right after getting married.
Once we get back to the island, we'll just let nature take its course.
Whether there will be a little tiger girl depends on fate.
Qin Yao and Gu Cheng arrived at the red panda breeding area, but did not see the fourth brother. After asking several people, they finally found the fourth brother Qin with red eyes. His voice was hoarse and his eyes were full of bloodshot: "Quanquan is gone. We can't find it anywhere--"
As he spoke, Fourth Brother Qin's eyes became even redder. A red panda he raised suddenly disappeared yesterday afternoon. He had been looking for it all night but couldn't find it. Fourth Brother Qin hoped that it had run away instead of being eaten by a bird of prey in the park.
This was the first time that Fourth Brother Qin felt so distraught.
After working as a breeder for some time, Fourth Brother Qin has established a deep relationship with these little guys. Although the human society is unpredictable, the animal world is extremely simple and clean.
Feeding them every day and watching them eat happily, Fourth Brother Qin felt that his soul was healed.
It takes only a short time to build up feelings with animals. Animals don't hide their thoughts. They will remember the people who feed and clean them and will get close to them. When they see them coming, their eyes will light up with joy.
This job as a breeder is even more tiring than his job on the street, but Fourth Brother Qin enjoys it. He wishes he could eat and sleep with these little guys and go to work in high spirits every day.
I just celebrated the New Year happily, but I didn’t expect an accident to happen so soon.
Quanquan was missing, and he looked for her more diligently than anyone else. He couldn't sleep last night and kept calling Quanquan's name in the middle of the night.
Qin Yao said: "Brother, we will help you look for it again."
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