Huizi recognizes her relatives
"Huizi, I have a relative..." Yang Xiu couldn't stand the old lady's urging, so he went to Huizi's door the next day.
After trying the solution again and again, she decided to ask first under the name of a relative, so that Huizi wouldn't feel embarrassed when she saw the old lady even though she had no such intention.
Huizi smiled and listened to Yang Xiu's purpose, and asked with sparkling eyes: "Your relative is grandma, right?"
Yang Xiuhuo opened his eyes wide, "How did you know?"
Huizi just smiled and said nothing, only told him to go back and tell the old lady that she was very grateful and willing to do so.
After seeing Yang Xiu off, Huizi happily picked up Niuniu and spun her around: "Baoer, I'm going to have a grandmother, and you'll have a wife in the future..."
If her mother is happy, Niu Niu will be happy too. "Is she Xiaoshu's wife?"
"Yes!"
Niu Niu cheered happily when she heard this. She liked this lady.
Huizi thought to herself that she also liked this grandma. Her grandmother died before she was born, and she has never met Guo Shengli's grandmother. Sometimes after chatting with Yang Xiu, she would dream about her grandmother, and without exception, she would dream of Grandma Qin.
And now, she is really going to have a grandmother.
Yang Xiu was also very happy. Huizi's personality was compatible with hers. With this relationship, she would feel more at ease handing over the shop to her.
Hu Yufeng had a similar idea. There was no harm in having more goddaughters, and it would be a good thing to have another sincere person in business.
So she waved her hand and set the eighth day of the first lunar month as the date for the official recognition of her relationship.
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That day, the old lady put on the new clothes that she had kept at the bottom of the box, combed her hair neatly, and sat upright at the head of the table.
Huizi was also wearing new clothes. She knelt on the mat and took the tea handed to her by Yang Xiu. Taking a deep breath, she suppressed the emotions churning in her heart: "Grandma, your granddaughter invites you to have tea!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the old lady burst into tears and her hands trembled.
"Grandma, why are you crying over such a happy event? Even if you don't recognize me, I will." Yang Xiu deliberately joked.
The old lady took the teacup and said, "You wish!" She drank a sip without wiping her tears, then stood up and grabbed Huizi's hand, "Good child, get up quickly, we are family from now on!"
Huizi couldn't hold back her tears and nodded while choking up: "Grandma, I will have a grandma in the future!"
When relatives met, their eyes were filled with tears. Yang Xiu saw the two holding hands and almost crying, so she quickly pulled them apart: "It's not over yet, there's still godmother!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Huizi quickly knelt down and respectfully picked up the teacup, "Godmother, godfather, please have some tea!"
After the recognition ceremony is completed, the next step is to exchange gifts.
Huizi was thoughtful and made a coat for the old lady and Hu Yufeng and her husband, and a pair of shoes for each of Yang Xiu's family of four.
This gift was too expensive for Huizi. She knew that Huizi had used the money to pay off debts, and she was afraid that buying these things would empty the family's savings. Hu Yufeng felt a little ashamed. She accepted this marriage mainly because she considered the pros and cons, but Huizi wanted to give away everything.
Thinking of this, he reached out from his pocket and took out 50 yuan and put it on the ruler he had prepared earlier. "You call me godmother, and you will be my daughter from now on. This is a meeting gift from me and your godfather, take it."
Huizi waved her hands quickly. She had only spent more than fifty yuan on all that. How could she afford it?
Hu Yufeng did not allow her to refuse.
The gift the old lady prepared was a pair of silver earrings. She fled with her adjutant and only had a pair of silver bracelets left on her. Before marrying Yang Xiu, she melted three pairs of earrings, one for Yang Xiu and one for Xiao Qin. However, Xiaoqin thought the style was tacky and never wore it.
The remaining copy was prepared for Qin Yu. She never expected that she would meet such a granddaughter who was so suitable for her along the way.
Forget it. Now that the family is well off, she has more money for her retirement, and she has a great-granddaughter. She can slowly save money to buy a house for her children!
Yang Xiu and his wife had prepared a blanket, but now they felt that the gift was not enough, so they added a pair of pillowcases.
After exchanging gifts, several children were pulled over to change their words.
From now on, Qin Yu and Qin Shu called Huizi "Aunt", Niuniu called Qin Wenli and Yang Xiu "Uncle and Aunt", and Hu Yufeng and Qin Shengtian "Grandpa and Grandma".
After the children finished calling out, Huizi felt that the dreamlike feeling she had just had took root, and she felt so happy that she wanted to cry.
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After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all the markets, big and small, opened in the county, and Shangguan Town was no exception.
New Year, new atmosphere. The day before, Yang Xiu and Qin Wenli cleaned the shop inside and out. When the fire was lit, the stagnant air in the room slowly melted away, and the cold was driven out inch by inch by the high temperature. The house, which was as cold as an ice cellar, shed its bleak exterior and exuded a sense of vitality everywhere.
After all the busy work, both of them were sweating. Yang Xiu still wanted to cook, so Qin Wenli pulled her aside and simply took two cold steamed buns to roast by the stove, and the two of them sat around the stove.
The air was silent except for the faint glow of the stove and the tiny crackling of coals.
There were no outsiders around, but out of habit, the two of them kept their voices low while talking:
"Did Mom and Xiaoqin really have a falling out?" A few days ago, Yang Xu brought his daughter to pay New Year's greetings. He came and left on the same day, and he always felt a little embarrassed when he talked about Xiaoqin.
"Who cares about them? It won't affect us whether they have a quarrel or not..." Qin Wenli was very open-minded. He had extravagant hopes when he was a child, but reality made him realize time and time again that some things will never belong to him even if others feed them to dogs.
Yang Xiu was silent for a while, looked up at her husband, then lowered her head and fiddled with the stove: "Are you still saving it?"
Although her words were vague, Qin Wenli completely understood what she meant.
He nodded slightly and said "hmm".
The sound was barely perceptible, but to Yang Xiu's ears it sounded like a heavy hammer falling to the ground.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through her mind. She thought that her mother-in-law was doing well now. Wouldn't it be nice to put aside the past and be a family? And I can’t help but think that this is good, but who knows how long it will last.
They were in a panic because the shop they lived in was under the name of their mother-in-law. If she knew that they were saving money without her knowledge, she would be furious. But there is also a sense of steadiness in the panic. Their relationship with their mother-in-law is like walking on thin ice. Although both sides have been consciously strengthening their relationship through cooperation in the past two years, it is not smooth ground after all. No one knows when this ice shell will be completely broken because of someone.
Having this amount of money gives you a way out in the unpredictable future.
I felt a little regretful for a moment and wished I wouldn't talk about this topic. This year has been so busy and happy every day, why do we have to uncover the cloth? Isn't it better to take it one day at a time?
Various thoughts were running through my mind, but in the end they came down to one sentence:
"Do I need it here?"
Qin Wenli glanced at his wife in surprise, a smile flashing across his eyes: "You decide..."
He knew her dilemma. She was a timid and straightforward person, and it was difficult for her to make this decision. But he still couldn't help but be excited. She was probably the only one in the world who could stand by him. It would have been best if she hadn't been involved in these secret matters, but they were one and the same, and she couldn't stay out of it when that day came, so they had to face it together.
Yang Xiu looked a little more impatient. She sat for a while and then stood up: "I think the dough is a little too little. Let's make another bowl!"
Qin Wenli followed her, watching her pour water and knead the dough, his expression softened: "Don't worry, it's fine now anyway."
Yes, it’s pretty good at the moment. Who wouldn’t want it to stay like this?
Yang Xiu did not stop and kneaded the dough evenly. Qin Wenli took the basin and put it on the kang.
When he came back, he said with a mocking look on his face: "The kang is full of wash basins. We have to squeeze to the edge tonight!"
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The 16th day of the first lunar month is the day when the annual market in Shangguan Town opens, and it is also the beginning of spring for the Shangguan Market.
Just after eleven o'clock, the Maodong people scattered in various villages in Shangguan Town gathered from all directions. The streets were crowded with people and cars. The streets, which had been quiet for half a month, were bustling again.
The door of the "Yufeng Mahua" shop was wide open, and streams of sweet aroma mixed with the hot air from the stove rushed out of the shop door, attracting passers-by.
Qin Wenli, wearing a clean cotton coat and smiling, stood behind the counter, waiting for the person outside to approach.
"Happy New Year, Xiao Qin..."
"Happy New Year..."
Amidst the greetings, bags of fried dough twists came out of the shop and were carried into the crowd.
"Wenli, can you pack me twenty five-jin bags of fried dough twists of various colors and send them in later?" Secretary Liu passed by with a large order.
They took home the fried dough twists that the Qin family had given them, and their family members liked them very much. As soon as we opened the door, a colleague from the unit heard him coming to buy something by messenger.
Qin Wenli agreed with a smile.
But I was thinking in my heart that the cadres in the town came from all over the place, some even from other counties and provinces. If they can turn around, it means that their fried dough twists are indeed competitive in the market, and they still need to go out more.
Yang Xiu was asked to look after the shop, and Qin Wenli carried another bag of fried dough twists. There was a lot of news about the town cadres, so he should move around more often in the future.
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"Mom, this is the shop's revenue today, 186 yuan, count it." Qin Wenli handed Hu Yufeng a stack of small bills he had just taken out of his pocket.
Hu Yufeng smiled and took it, carefully counted it twice, and said with a smile: "You might as well just deposit it. It's very troublesome to take it back and change hands."
Qin Wenli smiled and said, "Today, the cadres in the town bought more than a dozen bags. I thought that after Yuyu starts school, we should go to a few towns in the south. What do you think?"
"Okay, call me when the time comes!" Hu Yufeng was looking forward to this. She used to run outside every day, but now that she suddenly had some free time, she felt something was wrong.
"How's Yu Yu's school going?" Hu Yufeng asked quickly when she heard him mention the town.
"I asked Secretary Liu about it, and he said it's almost ready today. I'll take him to say hello when school starts!"
Hu Yufeng nodded. The benefits of inviting people to dinner before the New Year were now apparent, and she put them to use immediately. Although Wenli was very tactful, she still said, "Then you will treat them to a meal."
Qin Wenli nodded in agreement.
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