After seeing Qian Xiaomei leave, Father Lu finished tidying up the seedlings in the yard, turned back into the house and said to his wife: "Xiaomei came over just now and returned the key to the house to me."
"Then why didn't you let him in for a while? We've been away for a few days, it's really troublesome for him. Let him in, I'll give him some dried vegetables I brought with me." When Mother Lu heard what the old man said, she blamed him for not letting him stay at home for a while, but letting him leave like that.
"Let's do it tomorrow. We are so close anyway and we will be together often in the future. It doesn't have to be today." Father Lu shook his head slightly at the old woman's words.
"Yeah, then you see if there's anything else to clean up, and help me clean it up. I'm going to cook." Seeing that it was getting late, Mother Lu washed her hands, went back to the house to change clothes, took the dried vegetables she brought from home to the kitchen, and started cooking.
After Gu Mingze cleaned up the house, he returned to the camp for his vacation.
Lu Qingyan asked the two children to pack their things before letting them go out to play, while she packed her things in the house.
After she finished cleaning up, Lu's mother had also prepared dinner.
"It's time to eat." Mother Lu saved some food for Gu Mingze, brought their food, put it on the table in the main room, and shouted.
"Grandma, today's meat buns are delicious. Can we make some someday?" Gu Qiming heard his grandma say it was time for dinner, so he washed his hands and ran into the living room, pulling Lu's mother's clothes and saying
"Okay, wait a few days until your mother goes to the city and ask her to buy two more pieces of meat. I will make meat-filled buns for you." When Mother Lu heard her grandson say this, she agreed immediately.
"No, I don't have much meat coupons left. When your uncle and second uncle come over in a few days, I need to buy some meat to cook for them. I can't use up all the meat slices, or else when your uncle and second uncle come, there will be nothing left at home to entertain the guests." Lu Qingyan came out and heard what her mother and son said, so she walked over to refuse.
"Mom, when my eldest uncle and second uncle come, will they bring my two cousins with them?" Gu Qiming was not angry when he heard his mother's refusal. Instead, he stared at his mother with shining eyes and asked
"Come, when mom goes to the city in a few days, write a letter to your eldest uncle. When he comes, bring your two cousins with him." After Lu Qingyan said this, she smiled and said, "Then ask your second uncle to bring your two cousins with him, so that you will have four cousins to play with together."
"Yeah, that's great." Gu Jingming and Gu Qiming jumped up happily when they heard what their mother said.
"My daughter, according to what you said, are you going to give these four jobs to your eldest brother and second brother?" Mother Lu and Father Lu heard their daughter's words and looked at each other. Mother Lu hesitated for a while and asked
"Mom, two of these jobs are designated for my eldest and second brothers, but Mingze said he won't give the remaining two to the Gu family. So who should I give them to, you and my dad?" When Lu Qingyan heard her mother ask this, she knew that her mother was planning to give one of the jobs to her third brother.
So he gave the two jobs he had left to her parents and let them make plans.
"Old man, what are your plans? The eldest and second sons are both here to work, it's not good to leave your wife and children at home." Mother Lu didn't expect her daughter to say that, but she felt uneasy when she thought about her eldest son going out to work right after getting married, leaving behind a wife and two children who he married later.
After all, Liu Fang had just married into the Lu family. If Dashan came to the city to work, Liu Fang would be unhappy and have to take care of the two children at home.
The second child also came to the city, so these two children were really bullied, but they had no place to complain.
"Give it to the eldest and second sons. When the time comes, let them bring their children directly. We can rent a house near their workplaces, and the children can go to school there. This way, the whole family can be together, and we can all feel more at ease." Although Father Lu was also worried about having a son himself
But he couldn't separate the couples of his eldest son and second son just for the sake of his third son.
I can only let my daughter give the remaining two jobs to my eldest and second daughters-in-law.
In this way, both families can move to the city and rent a house. The children can go to school here, and the old couple can also take care of them.
Otherwise, of the remaining two jobs, one would be given to the third son, and the remaining job would be given to whichever daughter-in-law. I guess the other two would not be willing to do it.
Then we can give it to the eldest and second sons first, and if my daughter can't find a job in the future, we can give it to the third son.
"But if that happens, the eldest and second sons will move to our place, and the third son's family will probably quarrel with us." Mother Lu sighed and said after hearing what the old man said.
"Let them turn against each other, but I can't separate the couples of the eldest and second sons just for him." Father Lu also knew the temper of his third son, but he couldn't separate the couples of the other two sons just to accommodate one son!
"Mom and Dad, if my third brother wants to quarrel with you, you two can just tell him that I gave this job to my eldest and second brothers and it has nothing to do with you." Lu Qingyan felt bad watching the old couple sighing.
But it was very rare for her to get these four jobs.
There was no way she would ask Chen Xuhui to find her two jobs.
On the one hand, she also has selfish motives.
Her elder and second brothers were good to her, so she was willing to sell herself well.
Similarly, since her third brother treated her indifferently, she was unwilling to do him a favor and get him a job.
"That's what I said, but we all know that your third brother is narrow-minded. I'm afraid that when your eldest brother and second brother come over, he will definitely bear a grudge." Hearing this, Mother Lu shook her head and said
"Okay, we old couple raised them to adulthood, got them married and had children, and we did a good job. If he holds a grudge against us because of this, then it would be as if I had never raised him as a son." Father Lu didn't want the whole family to be worried because of a son.
He simply waved his hands and said that if his son held a grudge against them, he would consider himself as if he had never raised such a son.
"It's too early to talk about this now. Anyway, the work hasn't been completed yet, so don't think about it for now." Lu Qingyan knew that this matter was set in stone, but she still persuaded the two elders: "First, we haven't been home for these years, and we don't know what my third brother and his wife have become. It's better not to call them in front of us."
"That's right. Let's see what your third sister-in-law said when we go back this time. It's not pleasant to hear. We'd better not let them come over. If they come over, they'll come to make trouble in front of me all day long. I won't have enough to worry about all day." Mother Lu also felt that her daughter was right, so she supported the old man and her daughter and agreed to give the jobs to the eldest and second sons, and let the third son's family stay in the team and not bother her.