The next morning, Gu Qinglin came to pick up Ye Jiaying with breakfast.
While eating, Ye Jiaying told the story about the three sets of valuable jewelry that the Li family gave her.
Gu Qinglin nodded without saying anything. After a while, he suddenly asked.
"Which one do you like best?"
"Pearl, right?"
Jade needs to be paired carefully. If you wear it with the wrong clothes, it will look weird.
The same goes for gold, and at her age, it's a bit ostentatious to wear gold.
She thinks gold looks better when worn by people who are older.
Pearls are more low-key and girly, and easy to match.
Gu Qinglin nodded and took note of it silently.
After breakfast, Gu Qinglin took her to the train station near Yejia Village.
Because Second Brother Ye's girlfriend was coming today, she, as the host, couldn't be later than the guest, so she told Old Man Ye that she would arrive when the earliest bus arrived.
In order to catch the earliest bus, the two of them left home very early and arrived at the train station at about the same time.
However, Ye Jiaying had to go through the side door to the station first, and then come out from the lobby.
She looked at Gu Qinglin with some guilt.
Gu Qinglin didn't say anything, but just told her that he would pick her up on the ninth day of the lunar new year.
"No need, Lao Gu, you must be tired from running around. I can go back by myself."
Ye Jiaying felt a little embarrassed. He had driven back and forth to pick her up so many times in just a few days.
Gu Qinglin shook his head and insisted on picking her up.
"I'm not usually home, but I finally have a few days off, so I wanted to pick you up."
Seeing him like this, Ye Jiaying did not refuse anymore.
She kissed him, got out of the car and ran towards the side door.
Gu Qinglin watched her back disappear from his sight before starting the car to return to Beijing.
Ye's father took her home on a bicycle, and Ye's mother was busy.
The house was cleaned during the Chinese New Year and was quite clean. She was busy looking for what needed to be cleaned.
I wanted to catch all the chickens in the chicken coop and dust it off.
"Mom, stop busying yourself. I think people are almost here, so hurry up and change your clothes."
Ye Jiaying had just arrived home for a while when she was dizzy and tried to persuade him.
"What time is it?"
"It's almost half past nine."
Ye Jiaying looked at the watch on her hand and replied to her.
"Then I'll go change my clothes quickly."
She had to prepare lunch ingredients and clean the yard in the morning. She was afraid of getting her new clothes dirty, so she wore an old cotton jacket. Now that she was told, she hurried back to the house to change clothes.
Ye Jiaying and Ye Xiaomei also followed into the inner room.
The cotton-padded jacket that Ye's mother was going to wear was newly made last year. It was made just over a year ago, and she only wore it for a few days during the New Year.
"Didn't your godmother send you a tuxedo? Why are you wearing that?"
Ye Jiaying reminded.
"That's right, that's right, Mom, you wear a puffer coat, and you see I'm wearing one today too, so we should wear the same thing."
Ye Xiaomei pulled her clothes and said.
"Is it appropriate?"
Ye's mother hesitated.
The puffer coat that Ye Jiaying's godmother sent to her was red. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for her to wear bright red today?
"It fits, it fits, put it on quickly, someone will be here soon."
Seeing Ye's mother hesitate, Ye Jiaying nodded repeatedly.
New clothes are meant to be worn. Why put them away after you receive them? They will become old clothes in a year.
Ye Xiaomei was also smart. She looked at the expressions of her mother and sister, walked forward to take out new clothes from the closet, and helped her mother put them on.
“It’s festive, spirited, and beautiful.”
Ye Jiaying praised.
"Then I'll wear new clothes."
Mother Ye looked at herself in the blurry mirror, but she was still a little uncertain.
"Wearing new clothes is a sign of respect for the guests. Let my dad wear new clothes too. I can't bear to wear them because they will be old clothes next year."
After fooling Ye's mother, he asked Ye's mother to fool Ye's father.
"Okay, go get your dad to come in and change clothes."
Ye's mother asked Ye Xiaomei to call Ye's father.
"Okay, Dad, Dad, my mother is calling you."
Ye Xiaomei agreed and went out shouting.
After a while, Ye's father was brought back and changed his clothes.
Today, Ye Erge’s girlfriend is coming to visit, and his grandparents, uncle and aunt are all coming.
They had just changed their clothes when the old lady's voice was heard in the yard.
"Hongyan, we are here to help."
"Here comes sister-in-law, come in and sit down, I've almost finished preparing everything, I'll cook when someone arrives."
Ye's mother started preparing for today before the New Year.
"Oh, you're wearing new clothes, they look great."
The aunt came into the room and saw her sister-in-law's festive new clothes and praised them.
Mother Ye smiled awkwardly, a rare occurrence.
Grandma Ye looked at her and nodded with a smile.
It was almost time, so the family sat down in the main room first.
Ye Xiaomei couldn't sit still, so Ye Jiaying sent her out to find out what was going on.
After a while she came back running.
Ever since she started practicing light-body exercises with Ye Jiaying, she has clearly felt that she can run faster and is not out of breath anymore.
She ran in, saying, "Brother and sister-in-law are back."
"Don't call me like that later. I'm shy. Just call me sister."
"knew."
Ye Xiaomei nodded.
The family waited for a while, and then Brother Ye spoke loudly.
"Mom and Dad, we're back."
Ye Jiaying and Ye Xiaomei stood up and walked out.
Second Brother Ye walked in with a girl with short hair, thick eyebrows, big eyes and rosy cheeks.
The girl has big features and is tall, probably around 1.7 meters, making her a perfect match for Brother Ye.
She walked into the room, glanced at everyone, smiled at them, and then lowered her head shyly.
Second Brother Ye grinned, revealing a row of big white teeth.
"Grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt, dad, mom, this is my boyfriend Chen Miao."
"Chen Miao, these are my grandparents..."
Chen Miao followed Brother Ye and called people one by one.
"Grandpa, Grandma..."
After the elders have introduced themselves, it is the turn of the peers.
My uncle's brothers and sisters-in-law all went to work, so Ye Jiamin took her third cousin to the south on the fourth day of the New Year.
Only Ye Jiaying and her sister are left at home.
"This is my sister Ye Jiaying, Ye Jialan."
"Two sisters."
Chen Miao gave the two of them a gentle smile.
"Sister Chen."
After the family was introduced, Ye's mother stood up and pulled everyone to sit down.
"Chen Miao, come and sit here. Are you cold on the road? You must be frozen. Drink some sweet soup to warm yourself up."
As he spoke, he picked up the thermos that had been prepared long ago and poured out the sweet soup.
Chen Miao took the sweet soup and took a sip, the warmth flowing through his mouth all the way to his stomach.
She smiled at Ye's mother and said, "It tastes good."
"If it tastes good, drink more. Auntie made a lot this morning."
Chen Miao nodded, "Thank you, Auntie. I just like sweet food."
Chen Miao is sweet-talker. Except for being a little shy at the beginning, he now chats with Ye's mother happily.
"Little Ni'er likes to eat sweet food, and your two sisters like it too. I often stew it. Come to my house often in the future, and I will often make it for you."
Ye's mother cooks delicious food. Last year, her godmother brought bird's nest, fish maw and other dishes home, so she learned to make them and feed them to her two sisters.
Today she specially stewed it and put it in a thermos to keep it warm.
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