After Su Xia brought the two children home, the three of them were so tired that they lay down on the kang and slept for two hours before waking up.
꺶 Bao leaned in Su Xia's arms, still confused from just waking up.
Niuniu stretched out on the kang and said, "Mom, why are you so tired?"
Su Xia looked at the window blankly, then looked inside. In summer, when the windows were open, there would be a slight cool air in the room, and she wouldn't feel stuffy when sleeping. At this time, she realized the advantages of earthen houses: warm in winter and cool in summer.
"You just slept too much and lay down for too long, that's why you feel tired. Just get up and go to the bathroom for a while!"
"Mom, do you want to eat cold noodles?" Xiao Bao said in a buzzing voice.
Su Xia touched his forehead with her hand and breathed a sigh of relief. It was okay, no fever. She thought the child had a heat stroke.
"Well, let's eat in the evening. Come on, mom will take you to wash your faces!" She still has to feed the pigs and chickens. They must be hungry by now, right?
Then the mother and her two daughters got up and went about their own business.
The only ones left from the Su family are Su's father and mother, as well as Su Dong and Su Xi.
Thinking of Su Nan's future father-in-law's family, to be honest, both of us are a little jealous. Why does the younger brother always get all the good things?
Mother Su pounded her legs, "You should go back too. There are two basins in the kitchen. Take one away and give it to the child. Don't give it to your wife. She will be jealous of others every day, but she is too lazy to death!"
Su Dong and Su Xi had no choice but to take their things and leave obediently. No matter how jealous they were, they couldn't die. The key was to be too embarrassed. Not to mention Su Nan, even their parents would abandon them?
Father Su did not try to persuade his wife, as he knew how frustrated the mother-in-law had been all those years. Now that life was better, she could just vent!
"Master, have you ever talked about furniture preparation?" Mother Su was thinking about the wedding and wanted to ask how the furniture preparation was going.
"Well, the third brother has already found someone. The wardrobe will take a few days, and the rest are ready-made!"
Su's mother nodded, then stood up and began to organize the gifts brought by the Shen family, including: a pound of brown sugar, half a foot of sky blue cotton cloth, two pounds of pork, a bag of cakes, and two bottles of wine.
Father Su snatched the wine and touched it with surprise. It was still Fenjiu, a good wine.
Mother Su stared at him with disdain, "I didn't expect there would be so many things at the Shen family's place?"
Father Su casually replied: "Didn't you pack a lot of food?"
Su's mother nodded and thought of Xiaoxue. She liked her more and more as they got along.
"Boss, do you think Xia Xia took too many things? It seems that my in-laws are frightened?"
Father Su nodded and said, "Aunt, my brother even asked if it would be too much. Originally, they wanted to prepare things like washbasins, thermoses, and quilts."
"Yes, Xiaoxue's mother, Auntie, is going to ask about it, but they just need to prepare the rest, since it's for the two children anyway."
"It's a bit uncomfortable to be dead old, and Xia Xia is still so willful, doing it behind people's backs?" Su's mother couldn't help but complain about her daughter. She didn't want to go to school to prepare for her two ungrateful sons, but she just didn't want to be troubled.
Father Su thought about the girl's temperament and shook his head. "She doesn't care. Besides, the third brother is also a grateful person. Look, if there are any good things in the past two years, don't you give half to Xia Xia? Don't worry, this is a matter of getting along between them."
Su's mother also knew this, but she felt sorry for her daughter's things. "Hey, such a beautiful skirt can be given away if you want to. Even if you can't wear it yourself, you can keep it for Niuniu in the future!"
When Father Su thought of the beautiful red skirt, he also felt distressed.
Not to mention that Father Su felt sorry for D, even Su Nan felt sorry for D. Although he liked Xiaoxue, her sister was the closest person to him and was always helping him. If he bought it himself, he would definitely be happy to give it to Xiaoxue.
It was just his sister's. He sternly refused it at the time and was slapped twice by his sister. In the end, she said that she couldn't wear it, so she thought of giving it to Xiaoxue.
Su Nan was looking at Su Xia at the time, holding the skirt and comparing it to his own body. It was indeed small and a little loose.
But he has already made up his mind that he will buy his sister a nice outfit when he has the chance, or buy one for Niu Niu too.
The Shen family looked at Su Nan's back, and the whole family went back home to have some tea and rest for a while before going home.
After Mrs. Shen entered the house, she coaxed her son to sleep. It was the little guy's first time going out and he was already very tired.
In the living room, Shen's father and mother, Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen were sitting on the sofa, and they were also very tired.
Brother Shen boiled water, and Xiaoxue ate half of the watermelon she brought, and prepared the remaining half for her uncle to take back.
"Brother, sister-in-law didn't expect that our Xiaoxue found a really nice in-law family, but I didn't see his two sisters-in-law today?" Uncle Shen said puzzledly.
Aunt Shen also remembered that it seemed that only her two brothers and sister-in-law's children did not come.
It was the nun who came with her two children, but when I think of that nun, she didn't look like the village nun at all, and was even more fashionable than their Xiaoxue.
"Yeah, it seems like there really isn't one, but Xiaoxue, your aunt is a nice person, but she's really Western-styled, and doesn't look like a mother of two children at all."
Mother Shen: "Sister Su mentioned this a lot. She is at home looking after the children, so she can't come!"
Aunt Shen heard what she meant, she was also a mother-in-law, how could she not know.
"We've split up the family anyway, so it doesn't matter!" Uncle Shen concluded.
"By the way, Brother 꺶, how did your two families negotiate the betrothal gift, and how will you give Xiaoxue's dowry?" Uncle Shen asked curiously, thinking that if there was anything missing, he could just make up for it himself.
After saying this, Xiaoxue lowered her head shyly. She felt a little embarrassed to be discussed about marriage in front of her elders.
Mother Shen did not hide it and said it directly: “His family has already bought a house…”
"What, sister-in-law and the others bought a house?" Aunt Shen shouted in shock, and even Uncle Shen looked at Father Shen in disbelief.
Mother Shen looked at the two of them, and then said proudly: "Well, it's still an independent courtyard. We have all seen it before!"
Uncle Shen turned his head and looked at Father Shen: “Is it true or not?”
Father Shen: "Really, we are buying furniture now and packing it up to be the wedding room. But Brother Su wants to hold the wedding in the village, and then the couple will move back to their home in the county town!"
Aunt Shen was really jealous this time. She never thought about it. She bought the house without saying anything.
"Uncle and aunt, the house is very close to our school. You can go and have a look when you have time!" Xiaoxue interrupted.
"Besides, Sunan said it was nothing. His sister also bought a set, which is much more expensive than ours!"
At this moment, time stood still. Everyone in the Shen family, including Mrs. Shen who had just left the house, looked at Xiaoxue with their eyes open.
Xiaoxue, who was frightened by being stared at, hid back and said, "What are you doing? It was Su Nan who said it. He even took me to see it. It's twice as big as our house!"
"Oh, I didn't think about it. It should be because we are old. Why don't we live in the village? We can buy a house just by saying so!" Uncle Shen couldn't help but complain in front of Xiaoxue.
Aunt Shen: "Sister-in-law, the house has been bought, are you going to buy the rest?"
Mother Shen shook her head: "The betrothal gifts of the Su family are bicycles, watches, sewing machines, and 666. As for the others, they are some small items.
The quilt, washbasin, and pillowcase were all prepared by Su Nan's sister, so I just need to make some additions here."
Then she looked at Xiaoxue and said, "On the wedding day, just wear that red cheongsam. I'll buy you a pair of small leather shoes to match!"
Xiaoxue agreed with a blushing face.
Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen looked at Xiaoxue in shock again. How did you find it?
In the end, Uncle Shen reacted and exchanged words with his wife.
“Ahem—
Then sister-in-law, please ask her uncle to prepare a pair of thermoses, okay?"
Aunt Shen said that their family had discussed it at the beginning, and besides, this was the thing their family had the most.
Mother Shen was delighted when she heard this. "Thank her uncle and aunt. Anyway, take all these things back to Xiaoxue. Make another set of bedding here, and take all the other things back. As for the money, I won't give it to her. Xiaoxue's salary is in her own pocket, which is enough for her."
When the Shen family heard this, they also thought that this was the best approach. Since others had prepared so many generous gifts, they couldn’t let their children down.
Only Mrs. Shen was dissatisfied. She was still thinking about how to keep the bicycle at home, after all, Sunan already had one. She just watched the family discussing excitedly and had to stay aside quietly.
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