The children were very excited as it was their first time riding a train. They ran around the rooms and had a lot of fun.
Lan Guoer took the opportunity to give them some safety education when they are out.
Things like not sharing personal information with strangers, not leaving the sight of family members, not agreeing to other people’s requests at their age... and so on.
The children saw with their own eyes the crowded scene when getting on the train, and nodded their little heads to remember their mother's teachings. There were too many people they didn't know on the train, and they couldn't run around, nor could they give bad people a chance.
Old Man Tang and his mother have been eager to go home for a long time. Today is the 24th day of the lunar year, and it will be the 25th day when they get home. There are still many things to prepare before the New Year, and the old couple are worried that they will not be able to finish them all.
Tang Ming received the telegram two days ago.
Tang's mother generously sent a ten-word message, "I'll be there in the afternoon of the 25th. I'll pick you up in the town by car."
In the past two days, he called Tang Zhe and Tang Wen to clean the house of the two elders and Tang Zhan, and the kang was also lit.
"It's been a year since Mom and Dad left! Kyoto is a big city. What good things do you think they'll bring back for us this time?"
The eldest son's wife, Li Jinhua, was leaning on the wall and chatting with the second son's wife, Zhao Laidie, about family matters.
"How would I know?" Zhao Lai Di said, cracking melon seeds.
"However, my fourth brother's family is doing well, so he won't come back empty-handed! I haven't bought the meat for the New Year yet. If each family can get a few pounds of meat, we can save a lot of money."
The three Tang brothers are now living a relatively good life in the village!
With the drawings provided by Lan Guoer, the three families earn fifty or sixty yuan every month, which is six or seven hundred yuan a year, which is much better than the villagers who only farm.
"How much are those few pounds of meat?"
Li Jinhua glanced at Zhao Laidie and thought to herself, what a person who is not presentable!
"Why don't you buy each of us new clothes? Preferably in the style of the Great Kyoto!
It's Chinese New Year, shouldn't we also change to something new and stylish? "
Zhao Lai Di's eyes rolled, and her saliva was about to flow when she thought of the beautiful clothes in the big city!
"That's right! Why didn't I think of this? Even if our parents don't buy it for us, the fourth brother earns so much money, so he should buy it for us, right?
No! I have to order this dress. If my mother and the others can't buy it for me, I'll go ask Guo'er for it. It's New Year's Day, how can the fourth son not buy a new dress for his wife?"
Li Jinhua laughed secretly and thought to herself, this second son's wife is really smart!
She had talked about this with Tang Ming last night, but she didn't expect to be scolded by Tang Ming.
As the eldest son in the family, Tang Ming is aware of his role as the boss.
He said that since the brothers had separated, they should live their own lives, and whether they lived well or not depended on their own abilities. There was no reason for anyone to subsidize anyone else. If they did it voluntarily, it was fine. If they didn't express it, they had no reason to say anything.
He also told her to keep her mouth shut and not say anything. If she really offended her fourth brother's wife, they would have no chance of keeping their current way of making money!
When Li Jinhua heard that it would ruin her own fortune, she didn't dare to say anything more!
However, just because she doesn't say it doesn't mean others can't say it.
Isn't this half done?
"What if Guo'er doesn't give it to you? Can you still take it away by force? Don't forget, we are separated. It is understandable that they don't give you anything."
The separation of the family was a fact. Li Jinhua was worried that Zhao Lai Di would not be able to hold out for even one round and would be hit back by Tang's mother, so she reminded her in advance.
Zhao Lai Di put the melon seeds in her pocket and really started thinking about this!
Lan Guoer is a smart person, and Tang's mother is on her side. No matter how stupid Zhao Lai Di is, she knows that using force will not work.
Since the hard approach didn't work, she decided to use the soft approach! Who can resist money?
Thinking of something, Zhao Lai Di patted the melon seed dandruff on her body, turned around and walked out of the courtyard gate, saying as she walked, "Sister-in-law, I have something else to do, so I won't chat with you for now!"
Li Jinhua saw that Zhao Lai Di had an idea and was waiting for her to say something, but she didn't expect her to just leave like that!
This made Li Jinhua stand at the foot of the wall, feeling anxious and frantic!
Her trick is like a mantis catching a cicada, no! Watching a tiger fight from a distance, no! Putting the blame on others... Oh, no matter what trick it is, does it work?
Zhao Lai Di went out and turned into Tang Zhan's yard.
Although the new house of the old Tang family was built together, after the family split up, they used courtyard walls to separate each house, and now each house has an independent courtyard.
The eldest brother Tang Ming and Li Jinhua live at the westernmost end. Going eastwards, there are the courtyards of the second brother, the third brother, Tang Zhan, and the old couple Tang.
Tang Zhan's yard seemed a bit empty at this time because not many people lived there. There were only three rooms in the north and a simple toilet built in the southwest corner.
Yesterday, the three Tang brothers had shoveled out all the snow in the yard.
After entering the yard, Zhao Lai Di rubbed her hands, picked up the broom from behind the door and started cleaning the yard.
After cleaning the yard, he added firewood to the kang and then started cleaning the room.
When building a new house, each family bought simple furniture, including beds, wardrobes, tables, and benches.
Zhao Lai Di wiped them all.
In the end, even the blue brick floor was wiped clean by her and became shiny and bright.
After doing all this, she stroked her waist and muttered, "Now it's justifiable for her to ask for clothes from the fourth brother's family, right?"
Next door, Zhang Xiaocui and her daughter Tang Xiu were picking mountain products in the room.
"We picked up a lot of mountain products this year!"
Tang Wen was coaxing his one-year-old son to sleep on the kang. When he saw the mountain products on the ground, he smiled and praised them.
"This is what my mother and I picked for my aunt! My aunt loves to eat black mushrooms from the mountains the most."
Little Tang Xiu is 5 years old and spoke in a crisp voice.
Tang Wen looked at his daughter, who was guarding her food like a little chicken, and laughed.
"How old were you when your aunt went to Kyoto? I'm afraid you don't even remember what she looked like? But you knew to support her!"
"Xiu remember! Xiu remember my aunt!" Tang Xiu stood up and twisted her body in anger.
"Auntie is pretty and treats Xiu well! Xiu likes Auntie!"
"Okay, okay! Xiu, remember!" Zhang Xiaocui coaxed her daughter to sit down and glanced at Tang Wen.
"If you have nothing to do these two days, go to the mountains and collect more firewood. Prepare some for Lao Si and the others. I think the weather is not very good these two days. I'm afraid it will snow again. It will be difficult to go into the mountains then."
"Do I need you to tell me!" Tang Wen curled his lips.
"Didn't you see that our east room is already full? I prepared some for them a long time ago! They don't even have a woodshed in their yard, so I was afraid it would be buried in the snow, so I piled it in our yard first. It's enough for them to burn for a while!"
"That's good!" Zhang Xiaocui nodded.
"We can't control what others do, but we can't forget the kindness of Lao Si and Guo'er. If it weren't for them, how could we have a son? And how could we have these tens of dollars every month? We can't do such ungrateful things!"
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