"Let's ask later," Sheng Yanchuan responded. It would be better to let the parents decide whether they are willing to work hard or not.
Nanqiao nodded, looking at the street outside the car window in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
The car arrived at the gate of the courtyard. Hearing the sound of the car, Aunt Xiumei came out to greet us.
"Hey, my dear grandson." Aunt Xiumei stood at the door with a smile on her face, and pulled Xiaoran and Xiaoche into the house, one on each side.
"Hello, Grandma"
"Hello, Grandma"
Xiao Ran and Xiao Che followed into the room, their chubby little faces were covered with bright smiles, and they happily greeted everyone one by one.
"Come in quickly, your aunt and aunt have prepared the meal, wash your hands and we will eat."
"Okay, grandma," Xiaoran and Xiaoche responded in unison.
After washing their hands, the family sat down at the table. Aunt Xiumei was the first to raise her glass and said,
"Today we can gather in Shanghai, thanks to Qiaoqiao and Yanchuan. Let's drink this to celebrate our family reunion."
"Celebrate our reunion" Sheng Yanchuan was in a very good mood today and also raised his glass to celebrate
"Cheers!" Xiao Ran and Xiao Che acted like little adults, raising their glasses of juice to toast with everyone.
A meal of joy
After dinner, they cleaned up the dishes and rested for a while. Sheng Yanchuan sent Xiaoran and Xiaoche to school. Nanqiao took the Sheng family to the renovated store next door.
The plaque at the gate was still empty, and the tables, chairs and benches in the yard were all brand new, and at this moment, they seemed to be glowing in Huiping's eyes.
"Qiaoqiao, this store is too big!" Huiping touched the table carefully, her eyes full of disbelief.
"I think the store will definitely grow bigger and bigger. If I open a small store and want to expand it later, I will most likely face relocation, which will also affect the customer base. Instead of that, it is better to start with a bigger one." Nanqiao said while looking around the store. In Huiping's eyes, this store is very big, but in Nanqiao's eyes, it is still a little not good enough. However, this is Huiping's store, she thinks it is good.
"But at first I was worried that I wouldn't be able to cook enough." Although Hui Ping usually cooks for the whole family at home, that's different from opening a store. She originally planned to open a noodle restaurant and then slowly add stir-fry dishes. But now that it's so big, she feels that she can't cook so much.
"You can open a part of it first to get used to it, and then just close the door of the private room at the back."
"That's fine. I'll try to make some tomorrow and you can help me taste it. I've been thinking about these things in my spare time recently, and I've come up with a lot of good ideas."
"Okay, then I'll come to my sister-in-law's place for a meal these few days." Nanqiao smiled and sat down on a chair
"Come on, come on" Huiping looked at the store with a smile, very satisfied
"Nanqiao, let's go to your home to see your parents tomorrow. We have to visit them when we come to Shanghai." Aunt Xiumei pulled Xiaoguo and said to Nanqiao who was sitting over there.
"Okay, my parents said they'll come over to visit after they're settled. Yanchuan and I will order dinner this weekend, and we'll have dinner together as a family," Nanqiao thought for a moment and set a date.
"Okay," Aunt Xiumei agreed with a smile. In the past few years, except for the time when Nanzhou and Nanbo got married, they would call each other every New Year and other festivals to greet each other. Now that they were in Shanghai, they naturally had to be polite.
"Sister-in-law, is there anything else to see here? If not, go sit at home and get to know the way." Nanqiao saw Huiping walk around several times and then sat down. He guessed that maybe she had seen everything she should see, so he asked.
"Okay, let's go. I haven't been to your big house yet." Huiping held Nanqiao's arm affectionately, pretending to call her family out.
Aunt Xiumei and Uncle Sheng looked at each other, and seeing that the other party had no intention of objecting, they nodded and said, "Then go and take a look. It's just right that you can bring some bacon and other things from home."
"Okay, Mom, then you guys go slowly, I'll go back and pack it up first, you guys just wait for me at the door" Huiping heard Aunt Xiumei say, and ran home happily
"Look at your sister-in-law, she's becoming more and more unruly." Aunt Xiumei looked at Huiping's back as she trotted away, scolding her with a bad smile, but the intimacy between their words could not be ignored.
"Sister-in-law, it's great that she's like this." Nanqiao looked at the energetic Huiping, who was completely different from the one he met a few years ago. Nanqiao really thought that Huiping was great like this, full of energy, with her eyes full of expectations for the future. She was always better than the Huiping whose heart and eyes were full of Sheng Yanjun.
"Thanks to you," Aunt Xiumei patted Nanqiao's hand with satisfaction. "Ever since the trouble with her parents' family that year, Huiping probably knows that her parents' family is unreliable. In the past two years, she has been thinking about family matters and blaming Sheng Yanjun for not living up to her expectations and disappointing her. Now that she has a new goal, her life is better."
Aunt Xiumei saw that Sheng Yanjun and Uncle Sheng were not looking over here, and whispered a lot of her inner thoughts to Nanqiao. A big part of the reason why she came to Shanghai was because of Huiping. She saw how the eldest brother and his wife had been doing in the past few years, but she was powerless and worried that they would not be able to make ends meet if things continued like this. So Nanqiao gave Huiping this motivation, and Aunt Xiumei was grateful and willing to do it.
"It will be fine in the future. Once the store opens, everyone will be busy and work together towards a better direction. Life will be better," Nanqiao comforted him. Sheng Yanjun did not mention going to Chaoyang this time. He was probably going to help in the store. In fact, Nanqiao thought it was better this way. On the contrary, the store was theirs, and it was also his credit if it did well. If he went to Chaoyang, he would not be able to make it with his ability. Once the family store was established, all the credit would go to Huiping. He, Sheng Yanchuan, would go from relying on his brother to relying on his wife. No matter how he looked at it, it was his incompetence... By then, he would probably say something even more unpleasant.
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