When they arrived at Qin Baojun and Wang Guihua's place, the four children were the first to greet them, calling them "brother," "sister-in-law," and "elder sister."
Qiao Qiqi simply sat in the car and took out all the hair ties and hair clips she had bought for Xin Xin, as well as the toy guns for the three children.
"Everyone gets a share, don't fight over it."
As soon as Qiao Tianyou saw the guns, he grabbed one and exclaimed excitedly, "Toy gun! I have a toy gun too!"
Qin Guodong's eyes also lit up, but he was rather shy and didn't reach out to take it directly.
As for Chenchen, she stood at the back without moving.
Qiao Qiqi looked at the two children and shoved a handful into each of their hands, saying, "Go play!"
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Qin Guodong's eyes lit up with joy. He thanked Qiao Qiqi and then turned to find Qiao Tianyou.
Only Chenchen remained standing there, looking at her with a hesitant expression.
"Why aren't you going to play?" Qiao Qiqi jumped out of the car and patted his head.
Chenchen looked up and asked with a serious expression, "Is this gun very expensive?"
Realizing that Chenchen was worried about the money, Qiao Qiqi smiled and said, "It's not expensive, and I have money, so you can go and have fun."
Hearing this, Chenchen visibly breathed a sigh of relief, said thank you, and then turned to go play with Qiao Tianyou and Qin Guodong.
Only Xin Xin held onto Qiao Qi Qi's little hand and didn't leave.
Qiao Qiqi knew that she was too young to play with the three children, so she simply took her hand and directed Qin Huai to move the things into the house.
Wang Guihua went to the mountain to pick mushrooms and returned about 20 minutes after the two of them went inside.
Upon entering, seeing the pile of things along the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), she exclaimed in surprise, "Why did you buy so much stuff?!"
He had four pairs of shoes alone, two pairs of women's shoes and two pairs of men's shoes, as well as a floral shirt, two sets of shirts and trousers, and Qin Baojun even had a Zhongshan suit.
"Oh my, how much money is this?! You can keep the money for yourselves and buy things for yourselves. Why are you buying this for us? It's a waste of money."
Wang Guihua felt a pang of heartache just looking at these things.
Qin Baojun sat at the end of the kang (a heated brick bed), his face showing complete agreement. However, before Wang Guihua returned, he had already told Qiao Qiqi these things, but she hadn't listened at all and had instead argued her point—
“How can this be called a waste? It’s only right that Qin Huai and I are filial to you and Dad.”
Qiao Qiqi picked up the shirt and held it up against Wang Guihua, saying, "As soon as I saw this shirt, I knew it would look good on you, Mom. You should try it on."
Wang Guihua reached out and touched the shirt, and felt that the material was cool to the touch, indicating that it was a high-quality product.
She naturally liked it, but the thought that such a nice thing must cost a lot of money made her feel a pang of heartache. However, the question she asked was: "Did you buy it for your mother? If not, send it to her. I work in the fields every day, covered in dust and dirt. It would be a waste for me to wear this."
“My mother doesn’t have one, but she has other things, and this one was bought in your size, so she can’t wear it.”
Wang Guihua was a bit stronger than Lin Chunying; the two were definitely not the same size.
When Wang Guihua heard her say that, she went into the west room to change her shirt.
Qiao Qiqi's eyes lit up immediately. "This color looks really good on your skin, it makes your skin look even brighter."
Wang Guihua looked at herself in the mirror on the wardrobe and thought it looked pretty good, but she still felt bad about the money. "Keep your money for yourself in the future. Don't buy clothes for me and your dad. We already have clothes."
“Even if I agree, Qin Huai won’t agree!” Qiao Qiqi immediately winked at Qin Huai, who had just entered the room.
Qin Huai understood immediately and turned to Wang Guihua, saying, "Qi Qi bought it for you, so please accept it and don't let her good intentions go to waste."
Since her son and daughter-in-law had both said so, Wang Guihua could no longer refuse.
"Alright, alright, then you two rest now, I'll go cook for you."
As she spoke, she immediately turned around and changed out of her new shirt, afraid of getting it dirty while cooking.
"Mom, let me help you." Qiao Qiqi took out four pork ribs from the groceries she had bought and followed Wang Guihua into the kitchen.
Wang Guihua told her to take the ribs back and eat them herself, but Qiao Qiqi simply threw the ribs into the pot, saying, "It doesn't matter where we eat them, it tastes better when there are more people eating together."
Hearing this, Wang Guihua's eyes welled up with tears.
Her biggest regret in life was not having a daughter. But now that she's old, she's enjoying the blessings of having a daughter-in-law. It's a life well-lived.
Qiao Qiqi sensed the change in Wang Guihua's emotions. Her eyes flashed, and while she was blanching the pork ribs, she walked over to Wang Guihua and said, "Mom, Qin Huai and I went to the county today to buy you a sewing machine."
Wang Guihua paused for a moment, then resumed her normal movements. "Your mother is very skillful. Many people in the village used to ask her to make clothes. I even had one made by her. That dress is still in the closet."
Qiao Qiqi observed Wang Guihua's expression. "My mother's sewing machine has been broken for two or three years. I was thinking that she has nothing to do at home, so I bought her a new one. If there's anything we want to do, we can give it to her and let her do it for us."
“Okay, I happen to have a few scraps of cloth. I’ll take them to your mother another day and have her sew them together for me. It can be used as a mattress cover,” Wang Guihua said with a smile.
Qiao Qiqi finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she really had no complaints.
After the ribs were cooked, she made a large pot of stew.
At this time of year, there are all kinds of vegetables in the yard. The stew in the iron pot is fragrant and delicious. Potatoes, green beans, and corn are all picked from the vegetable garden. Add a handful of vermicelli, and when it's about 80% cooked, stick a ring of corn cakes around the edge of the pot.
If you turn the fire up higher, a layer of crispy rice crust will quickly form at the bottom.
Qiao Qiqi's favorite part is this crispy rice crust; it's fragrant, crunchy, and especially delicious.
But she forgot that there were three young men in the house today. At this age, they are at the age where they can eat a lot. Three or four of them would only be enough to fill them up halfway.
Seeing that there weren't enough pancakes, Wang Guihua quickly ran into the kitchen and hurriedly cooked a pot of corn porridge to make up for the shortfall.
As a result, Qiao Qiqi successfully overate again.
They couldn't even sit still in the donkey cart anymore, and simply followed behind it on foot back.
When they reached the fork in the road, Qin Huai went to Zhang Qing's house to return the car, while Qiao Qiqi and Chenchen unloaded their belongings from the car and headed home.
As soon as Chenchen entered the house, she saw the bicycle by the door and her eyes lit up. "The bicycle, is it yours?"
Qiao Qiqi smiled and said, "Yes, I just bought it today."
Chenchen circled the bicycle, even grabbing the pedals and spinning around, looking on with a longing expression.
Qiao Qiqi put everything inside the house, and when she came out, she saw him still lovingly touching the bicycle. She immediately understood what was going on. "You want to learn?"
After seeing Chenchen nod, Qiao Qiqi readily said, "That's easy. When your brother Qin returns the donkey cart, you can ask him to teach you."
Chenchen's eyes lit up. "Is it okay?"
"Of course!"
As soon as Qiao Qiqi finished speaking, Xin Xin stood up and said, "I want to learn to ride a bicycle too."
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