Millennium
At noon, Huizi was watching the store, and Qin Wenli took time to send Lao Zheng home.
He helped to carry down the vegetable buns he bought, said hello to Qin Wenli and left.
In less than ten minutes, Zheng Yangcun's wife came in with her hands in her pockets. As soon as she entered the room and saw the things on the table, her eyes flashed.
"Dad, why are you back?"
"Is it a holiday?"
He came back and stayed for two days during the holiday last month, and after a month, the table was covered with a layer of dust again.
Old Zheng reached out and picked up his wife's portrait, brushing off the dust with his sleeve.
The person in the photo frame looked at her with a smile, and Lao Zheng also smiled. If you were still here, you would definitely say something when you saw me wiping the dirt with my sleeves.
He held the photo frame and looked at it for a moment before gently putting it back in place.
Picking up the things on the table, Lao Zheng slowly walked over, opened the kitchen door, poured water into the pot and started to boil it.
The niece's wife leaned against the door and said, "The Qin family is so wealthy, why don't you spend the New Year with them?"
"Do I have a home?" After saying this neither softly nor harshly, Lao Zheng put the firewood on the table and took a broom to sweep down the cobwebs in the house.
The niece-in-law asked a few more questions about the Qin family, but Old Zheng ignored them. After eating a mouthful of dust, she cursed inwardly and went home.
She didn't believe what he said because he felt sorry for her dad. Of course he wants to gain something, but... Dad has no money and no one to rely on, and he is too old to even sell his organs, so what can he gain?
This old man is still very tight-lipped. What's the use of being stubborn now? After he dies, the money will still be his.
With this in mind, I still packed a plastic bag of buns and fried cakes when I got home and sent my child to bring it over.
"Be sweet-mouthed, maybe your great-grandfather will give you two lucky money!"
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Old Zheng was waiting for his nephew's grandson at home, and Huizi in the shop was also waiting for her eldest daughter.
Mrs. Guo took time out to visit Huizi twice this year, and each time she brought vegetables that she grew.
"Don't worry about eating it. Huanhuan and I grew it." Mrs. Guo said with a smile.
It's hard to be a woman in this world, and it's definitely harder for a single woman raising a child. If she gives Huizi some, she can buy less, and the mother and daughter will have an easier time.
It is not difficult to tell from her words and deeds that she has established herself at home and is no longer the one who has to look at the old woman's face.
Huizi wanted to return the fifty yuan she had given her, but Mrs. Guo refused to take it. After pushing and shoving each other, she was almost pointing at Huizi and scolding her. In fact, Mrs. Guo really poked her with a finger.
"Do you have a lot of money? No matter what, I live better than you."
Her family has land, food, and several young laborers. To put it bluntly, if she felt unwell and lay down one day, they would have to pry open her mouth to feed her. After all, the Guo family has already lost one daughter-in-law, and if another one comes, the whole family will lose face.
But Huizi relied entirely on himself.
So even though Huizi repeatedly emphasized that she had no worries about food and clothing, Mrs. Guo believed that she was a poor little thing.
Last time, Huanhuan said she missed her mother, so she inquired about her vacation time, and in this episode, she brought the child here just in time. I don’t know how she communicated with her family, but she asked Huanhuan to stay with her until she started work in the first month of the year.
It was such a big surprise that Huizi burst into tears. With tears in her eyes, she hugged her child with one hand and pulled her sister-in-law with the other.
Mrs. Guo grabbed her with her backhand and pretended to be disgusted and said, "Why are you crying? It's almost the New Year, it's not good...Okay, I've sent you there, I'm leaving now!"
When Yang Xiu heard the news and chased out, he saw that the figure had already merged into the crowd.
"I packed some fried dough twists for my sister-in-law and took them back to feed the two children, but I missed it." Yang Xiu said dejectedly.
Huizi held Huanhuan, whose eyes were red, in her arms and asked her to recognize her as her aunt. Then she said, "Sister-in-law is a strong-willed person. I will buy some clothes for the two children and bring them back when Huanhuan returns."
After talking for a while, they saw Qin Wenli coming back, so Yang Xiu and Huizi took Huanhuan to buy New Year's goods.
This year is the first time that the Qin family spends New Year in their new house, so naturally the celebration is more grand than in previous years.
Huizi's two children are around, so it's a happy family reunion.
The two elders started shopping, and Huanhuan kept bringing home some things. The street was crowded with people, and beads of sweat appeared on Huanhuan's forehead after carrying the goods twice. Qin Wenli saw this and sent Qin Shengtian over.
I bought everything I needed before the market closed.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, Qin Wenli locked his shop and set off to go home for the New Year.
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Millennium, new era.
Red lanterns were hung on the streets, and Qin Wenli also bought one, one big and one small. The big one was hung on the new house, and the small one was hung on the old house.
The transition from the old to the new year is destined to be an extraordinary year. The Qin family, like the present era, has reached a new level by building a new house, and the coming year will surely be even better.
Early in the morning of the 31st, Qin Wenli asked Qin Yu to help him hold the ladder and hang up the two lanterns.
Once the red lanterns are put up, the house is already filled with joy, even if the electricity is turned on before dark.
The custom is that men visit graves while women cook.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the dining table was filled with delicious food that Yang Xiu had prepared after a busy day. Qin Wenzhen and Qin Wenqing's families also came over with food.
Without quarrels or ridicule, the three families sat together and celebrated the New Year in a lively atmosphere.
In the first month of the lunar year, all we do is pay New Year’s greetings.
We will not mention the two brothers of the Wang family who were always on New Year's Day.
Yang Xiu did not go to her parents' home on the second day of the New Year because Qin Xiaoqin and her husband said on the New Year's Eve phone call that they would come over today.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Qin Xiaoqin's family of four appeared neatly in front of Old Qin's house. This was the first time she had come to the house since the quarrel between mother and daughter.
Qin Xiaoqin looked at the brand new brick house in front of her, feeling both proud and jealous, with a very conflicted expression.
Yang Xu and Niu Niu were much simpler. They started praising the product as soon as they opened their mouths, from its structure to the materials, from the doors and windows to the sofas.
Hu Yufeng was so pleased with the compliment.
She touched Niuniu's head, then reached out to take her grandson from her daughter's hand and shook him up and down: "Look at this fair and tender little face, our Haohao is really good."
I have to say that Qin Xiaoqin's character is not good, but her face is really good-looking, and neither of her two children is ugly.
Yang Xiu also came closer to take a look: "Indeed, this child is just like Niu Niu when she was a child, and she is really well-behaved." As she said that, she gently pinched his soft palm and went out to clean up the food.
Qin Xiaoqin called out "Mom" as soon as she entered the door and hasn't spoken since. She didn't say anything and Hu Yufeng didn't say anything either. Really, who is the mother?
After sitting for a while, voices were heard in the yard again.
Yang Xu quickly stood up and said he was going to take a look, and rushed out the door before he finished speaking. He had been chatting for a long time and if he didn't go out, he really couldn't say a word.
Yang Xu also knew the person who came, but he didn't know how to address him.
He just thought it was an employee wishing a happy new year, but he didn't expect Huizi to smile at him and call him "godmother".
Yang Xu: Who is your godmother? !
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a voice of "Hey" from behind. Oh, it turned out to be his mother-in-law. He was really scared.
Hu Yufeng walked past him and held the hands of Huizi and her two children: "This must be Huanhuan, this child looks very well behaved."
Niu Niu called out "Grandma" in a crisp voice, and Huan Huan followed suit obediently.
Hu Yufeng's eyes narrowed with joy: "Hey, good boy, go play with Yuyu."
Qin Xiaoqin in the room was shocked at first by the word "godmother", and then when she heard the two children calling her grandma, her face instantly became gloomy. Well, she was still thinking about repairing the relationship, but her mother suddenly had a new daughter.
Good, very good!
In the courtyard, Hu Yufeng introduced Yang Xu: "This is my adopted daughter. You can call her Sister Huizi."
Yang Xu simply acknowledged her as his sister.
Qin Xiaoqin in the room slapped the sofa angrily: What a bullshit sister!
Yang Niuniu looked up and saw her mother's frightening face, so she tiptoed out.
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Qin Xiaoqin's gloomy face continued until dinner time, and her mother didn't come to explain.
She sat at the table holding her son angrily. Yang Xu pulled her several times but she pushed him away. Yang Xu was at a loss and could only pray secretly that he could have a peaceful meal.
After the food was served, Hu Yufeng called to the children's room, "Yuyu, bring your sisters to eat."
Soon, five children came rushing in, laughing and sitting on the lower children's table.
Qin Yu saw that all the adults were there, and said with a smile: "Grandma, we have two girls at home!"
Qin Xiaoqin threw down her chopsticks upon hearing this, unable to hold back her anger any longer.
Ever since Huizi came home, her own daughter has never been kind to her. She didn't care. She recognized the Qin family as her kin. She could get along with others if they wanted to, but there was no need to force it if others didn't want to.
So even if the other person has a cold face, she will still smile. Now that the other person had thrown his chopsticks, combined with what Qin Yu had said before, there was nothing left for her to understand.
Then he smiled and said to Hu Yufeng, "Godmother, I brought my child here today and I have something I want to ask you for help with. The child is already in elementary school, and I want to change his given name. Please help me choose a name."
She had really thought about this. Niu Niu was given the name by her mother-in-law when she was born. Since she was born, of course she had to give her a new name and change her surname as well.
Hu Yufeng was stunned when she heard this, and a trace of pity flashed across her eyes: "What's the trouble? I just happen to have a dictionary at home. We can pick them one by one after dinner."
"Okay..." Huizi nodded with a smile.
As for the children's table, Qin Yu immediately thought about it:
"How about calling her Lele? Your sister's name is Huanhuan, so happy and joyful!" Qin Yu immediately thought of an idea.
Qin Shu quickly clapped his hands: "Good, that sounds so happy."
The other children also joined in the chatter.
Hu Yufeng smiled and stopped him: "Okay, okay, let's talk after dinner. If the food gets cold, you might get a stomachache."
As for Qin Xiaoqin throwing the chopsticks, no one cared.
Hu Yufeng said that it was only because she was full that she had the energy to lose her temper.
Anyway, with this interruption, I finally finished the meal peacefully. Huizi helped Yang Xiu pack up. Qin Yu had already brought the dictionary. Several children sat around it, craning their necks to read it regardless of whether they knew it or not.
"An, Li An? Like a boy... Li Bing?"
"Oh~ It sounds cold..."
"Li Dan? Li Fang?"
"There are many girls named Fangfang in the class," Qin Shu disagreed.
"What do you think about Li Xiang?" Qin Wenli said with an idea in his mind when he saw several people turning the pages.
"Li Xiang, Li Xiang, this is a good name for Dad." Qin Yu nodded immediately.
Seeing her nod, the other children also nodded as if they understood.
After Huizi finished cleaning up, she nodded after listening to Qin Yu's explanation, "It's good to have ideals. People should have ideals."
Qin Xiaoqin had a gloomy face and a frown on her brows, and she felt that the happy family was an eyesore.
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