Chapter 226 Careful
"Yan Qi, why haven't you told me yet?"
Fu Jiaming, who was squatting beside him, watched him start picking through several boxes.
"Choose some suitable gifts for Ningning."
If it is really as he wants, perhaps an engagement ceremony will have to be added.
With the corners of his mouth slightly raised, Yan Bei shook the mandarin duck jade pendant in his hand, "Why, you can't bear to part with it?"
"Hey, what am I reluctant to give up?"
After all, this is a windfall made by Suning.
Fu Jiaming waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating that he wouldn't feel bad no matter how many he picked, because even if this one was gone, there were still many boxes in the Baoshan Cave.
What made him uncomfortable and confused was that he and Shuangshuang confirmed their relationship first and met their parents first, so how come these two people came later and were likely to get engaged before them?
There are still more than two years before Shuangshuang finishes her studies, so come on, he should just wait patiently.
"Thanks, brother. I'll double the amount for you later."
"Who are you humiliating?"
He punched him in the chest and Fu Jiaming rolled his eyes in annoyance.
But knowing Yan Qi's personality, he was too lazy to argue with him. They would deal with it when the time comes. There was no way he could force it on him.
I glanced at the things he had chosen: a pair of emerald green mandarin duck jade pendants, a pair of jadeite bracelets with floating flowers, a hairpin with pink pearls, and a tourmaline bracelet with 108 beads.
"That's all?"
"That's enough."
"That's enough for a meeting gift, but how can it be enough for an engagement?"
The stuff is good.
But nowadays these good things can’t be exchanged for many kilograms of food in the market, and are not as valuable as large and small yellow croakers.
As Fu Jiaming spoke, he put his hand into the box containing gold and without saying a word, he took out a dozen gold bars that were easy to hide.
Finally, two boxes of small peanuts, melon seeds and other things made of gold were found.
"That's enough."
Seeing that he was about to search, Yan Bei quickly refused, "Cover it and hide it quickly."
"Okay, come find me if you remember anything else."
…
When Yan Bei returned to the foot of the mountain with a cloth bag in his arms, the places on his body that were wet by the snow were all hard and brittle.
Zhao Panpan felt distressed when she saw this, and quickly pulled him to sit down next to the brazier, and even covered his frozen purple hands with her own hands.
Because of their status, the clothes prepared by Suning were all made to look old and patched up on the outside, except for the brand new cotton lining inside.
So Yan Changrong could only change into clothes that didn’t have so many patches and looked a little more decent.
After I got myself ready and walked out of the inner room, I found that my grandson had returned. "How is it?"
"Almost done. I still have some small wooden boxes that I made myself. Just pack them up separately."
…
While the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were still discussing the matter, Su Ning was also preparing to take his godfather and godmother to Uncle Su's house.
She had marked the things she had prepared before to avoid confusion, and wrote small words on the outside of the hemp snake bag with a brush to indicate which family it was for.
Zhang Qi picked out the one with Uncle Su written on it and brought it up, "Ningning, it's ok, let's go."
When the four adults and one child went out of the door, Suning took Xiaoqiu's hand and led the way.
The snow was already half a palm thick, and it completely covered the tops of my shoes when I stepped on it.
Afraid that Xiaoqiu’s shoes would be filled with bubbles and get frozen, he bent down and picked her up.
"Ningning, why don't I do it?"
"No need, godfather. The road is not easy to walk on. You and godmother should be careful. I can still carry Xiaoqiu."
In the past few months, Hu Yingtao has been taking good care of Xiaoqiu with delicious food and drink. Not only has she become whiter, but she has also gained a lot of weight.
It was far from being as light and weighty as when we first met. Halfway through the walk, I felt my hands aching from the pressure and gradually becoming weak.
Just when she was considering whether to change from carrying the child in her arms to carrying him on her back, she heard a familiar voice.
“Ningning!”
It turned out that Su Jianqun, who was waiting not far away, saw them, greeted them loudly and quickly came over.
"Brother, why are you standing here?"
"Isn't it because grandpa and grandma are anxious that they let me stay here to welcome you? Come, give me the baby!"
Seeing that beads of sweat were oozing out of her forehead in such a cold day, Su Jianqun immediately reached out to Xiaoqiu in her arms, "Big brother, can I hold you?"
"Haha, little brother, according to my address, Xiaoqiu should call you uncle, why are you lowering your generation?"
"Hehehe, I forgot, Xiaoqiu, come and hold your uncle!"
Knowing that it was tiring for her aunt to hold her, she wanted to get down and walk by herself several times.
Now that a little uncle with a silly smile had come, Xiao Qiu was not shy and smiled broadly at him, then obediently stretched out her little hands and hugged him.
Finally, I don't have to tire my aunt out~
"Uncle, aunt, brother, grandpa and grandma are all waiting at home. They are so happy to hear that you are coming. Let's go home quickly!"
"Okay, okay."
Zhang Fu smiled and nodded repeatedly, supporting his wife and quickening his pace.
After a short while, the group arrived at the place.
When two parties meet, there is bound to be some greetings.
When they politely entered the main room, they found that Su Qingshan and the others had lit two or three braziers in the room because they were worried that the weather would be too cold.
There is also a super large round table in the middle of the room for the reunion dinner during the Chinese New Year. The food on the table is kept warm by covering it with clean and extra bowls and plates.
Judging from the look of things, I'm afraid that the old man knew that he would come back and he had people start preparing meals, just waiting for them to come so that they can eat hot food immediately.
There was a large round table, with everyone sitting around it, just like a big banquet in the village, it was very lively.
However, there were so many people that the women and children set up a separate table in the kitchen.
Zhang Fu and Su Qingshan had a very pleasant conversation, especially after a few drinks, they called each other brother and sister and became very affectionate.
"Brother Su, it has to be you. I am so envious of you!"
Su Qingshan had three sons and one daughter. After his three sons got married, they gave him eight grandsons and six granddaughters. He was truly a man with many children and grandchildren.
Unlike him, not only does he have only one son, Aqi, but he also refuses to get married even at his age.
I'm really afraid that if I wait a few more years, I'll end up with nothing!
"Hahaha, Xiaoqi looks handsome and promising. One person is better than three. Brother Zhang now has a wonderful girl like our Ningning. What is there for him to envy?"
"Hahahaha, brother, you're right. That's right. With Ningning as our girl, we'd be happy even in our dreams."
"It's just that it's far away. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't reach over there."
"Hey, I'm here, don't worry, no one can bully her from here!"
"That will require more care from you, brother..."
Suning, who was sitting nearby, heard their voices getting louder and louder, and felt both amused and hot inside.
"Ningning, don't worry about those drunkards. Come on, eat more food while it's hot."
"Yes, Ningning, the soup made from this old hen is so delicious. Drink two more bowls!"
Without paying attention, the bowl that he had just emptied was stuffed into a small mountain again. He secretly touched his bulging belly.
He smiled and said "OK", picked up the bowl of chicken soup and drank two sips, then quickly picked up the chopsticks and continued eating happily.
The meal took more than an hour to finish.
They said goodbye and left only after Zhang Fu and Zhang Qi, who had drunk a lot, sobered up a little.
After sending the person to the gate, Su Qingshan returned to the house, rolled some tobacco leaves from his pipe, and started smoking with great enjoyment.
"Old man, come here quickly!"
"What's wrong? It really doesn't make me feel comfortable for a while."
With a fierce look on his face but honest steps, Su Qingshan knocked on the pipe and strode into the couple's room.
"The gift from Ning Wazi's in-laws is too generous. What should I do?"
I feel nervous after accepting her gift, wondering what to give as a return gift.
I saw a few small cloth bags in the big sack. In addition to the snow-white rice, there was also a pig thigh, a lamb leg, and a fish weighing ten pounds.
After taking a puff of his cigarette, Su Qingshan thought about it and understood the Zhang family's intention in sending such a generous gift.
In addition to expressing his appreciation for his family, he also wanted them to be closer to him so that they could take better care of Ningning, to give him peace of mind.
It can be seen that Ningning recognizes this goddaughter very well and treats her as her own daughter from the bottom of her heart.
However, even without these, Su Qingshan still had to consider Su Ting's face, not to mention that he really liked Ningning and was naturally willing to take care of her.
"Keep it. We'll make some good preserved food for them when we butcher the pigs for the New Year in a few days."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
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