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Wei Xuan got out of the car and opened the back door to let her daughter out. When Wei's mother saw her granddaughter, she took two steps forward and hugged her: "Yuanyuan, do you miss your grandma?"
"Yes," Yuanyuan raised her head and replied obediently, then glanced at the people gathered behind her and said sweetly, "I also miss grandpa, my eldest uncle and aunt, my second uncle and second aunt, and my third uncle..."
Seeing that she was still talking, Wei Xuan interrupted her with a smile, "Okay, go play with your brothers and sisters."
Several children from the Wei family had been waiting nearby. As soon as Wei Xuan spoke, Yuanyuan cheered and ran towards them. In an instant, a group of children pulled little Yuanyuan and ran away.
"Don't take your sister to play by the river." Wei's mother hurriedly chased after them and shouted a warning, but the children had already run far away and no one responded to her.
"It's okay. With Mingming and Tiantian watching over us, nothing will happen." Wei Xuan asked Jiang Che to take the things he brought. Then she smiled and said hello to her sisters-in-law, then walked inside with Wei's mother on her arm.
When she walked to the gate of the yard and saw Wei Xiaolong and the girl standing next to him, Wei Xuan's face instantly broke into a big smile: "Is this Xiaolong's girlfriend? She's really pretty."
Wei Xiaolong immediately stepped forward to introduce the two of them: "Liu Qiao, this is my sister, just call me sister with me."
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Is this really Xiaolong's sister? How come she is nothing like what she imagined?
Liu Qiao felt that she was from the county town and had always looked down on the countryside. She came to the Wei family today just to go through the motions for Wei Xiaolong's sake. But she never expected that Wei Xiaolong's sister would be so wealthy. Not only did she drive a car, but her temperament and every move looked more like a city person than she did. So what went wrong?
Seeing that Liu Qiao didn't respond for a long time, Wei Xiaolong frowned and called her twice: "Qiaoqiao, Qiaoqiao, what are you thinking about?"
Liu Qiao came back to her senses: "Oh, I, I didn't think anything," and then she reluctantly pulled the corners of her mouth towards Wei Xuan: "Hello, sister."
Now, Wei Xiaolong felt something was wrong. In his impression, Liu Qiao had always been a very enthusiastic girl. Why did she speak so little today? It might be because it was her first time to come to his house, so she behaved a little reserved. But her own sister was obviously speaking to her very gently, so why did she look so unhappy?
Is she feeling unwell? Wei Xiaolong thought a lot in a moment, but because there were so many people around, he couldn't ask in detail, and then introduced Jiang Che who was standing aside to her: "This is my brother-in-law."
"Hello, brother-in-law." Liu Qiao's attitude was obviously better when facing Jiang Che, and she even bowed slightly unconsciously.
After all, compared with Wei Xuan's smiling face, this brother-in-law doesn't seem to be easy to get along with. Especially recently, perhaps because he has gained more experience in business, Jiang Che has become more aggressive, and people who are not familiar with him will indeed feel distant when seeing him.
Jiang Che was very nice to Liu Qiao. After all, she was his wife's younger brother's girlfriend. Jiang Che smiled and nodded to welcome her.
Wei Xuan noticed something was wrong. Not to mention that the girl was distracted when facing her just now, her mother also looked indifferent, and there was no joy at all in meeting her son's girlfriend.
Look at the three sisters-in-law on the other side. The eldest sister-in-law Wei is okay, nothing can be seen. But the second and third sisters-in-law Wei started to quarrel with each other in front of everyone, covering their mouths as if they were laughing at something?
What are you laughing at? Wei Xuan didn't know what happened when she just got home. She was going to wait and see.
At that moment, in order to ease the atmosphere, she smiled and said, "Come on, don't stand at the door any longer. I came back this time and picked out a few clothes from the store to give to my sisters-in-law. I'll show them to you later. I wonder if you will like them?"
"I like it. Of course I don't like it. We've heard from my third sister-in-law that the clothes in your store are all very beautiful."
Mother Wei first glanced at her three daughters-in-law, then turned to Wei Xuan and said, "I told you not to bring anything back. Just coming back is enough. Why are you bringing so many things?"
Hearing this, Wei Xuan deliberately joked to her three sisters-in-law: "Mom, you're jealous because I brought clothes for you and didn't bring any for her."
Suddenly everyone in the room burst into laughter.
"Go away." Even though Wei's mother was amused, she still rolled her eyes at her: "You are so old, why are you still talking like a child?"
"Then I am just a child in front of you."
Faced with her daughter's coquettish behavior, Wei's mother finally felt better.
The family prepared for several days to meet the future daughter-in-law.
Before the person came, Wei's mother was full of expectations, but after seeing the person, her heart sank.
Section 88
There is nothing wrong with this little girl Liu Qiao. There is nothing wrong with her appearance. She is better than her other three daughters-in-law.
But no matter how good a person is, what’s the use if she looks down on the Wei family?
Wei's mother has lived to such an old age, what can't she see?
After this little girl entered the Wei family, she never said a single unpleasant word, and she always had a smile on her face when she spoke to people, but there was no intimacy in that smile.
For example, when the second son's wife poured her some water, she said thank you but her body showed no intention of standing up to take it. She just sat there calmly and accepted it, without any respect for her future sister-in-law in her eyes.
Moreover, after the second son's wife put the glass of water on the table, she never picked it up and drank a sip from beginning to end. It was not known whether she was really not thirsty or if she thought the glass was dirty.
But no matter how dissatisfied she was, Wei's mother had no intention of complaining to her son.
Considering that the younger son will most likely stay in the county in the future, and the number of times he can come back after the two of them get married is probably limited, it would be better to ignore him. As long as the younger son likes it and the two of them can live a good life, her opinion is really not that important.
As for people, who doesn't have some flaws? The girl just looked down on her rural family, which was not a big problem. Nowadays, there are many people who look down on rural people, and she is not the only one.
Even though she advised herself like this, it was not so easy to let it go. Others were others, she had no right to interfere. How could Wei's mother be happy when her future daughter-in-law looked down upon her?
She also knew that her daughter might have noticed her unhappiness, so she acted coquettishly and teased her daughter on purpose to make her happy.
She would definitely not waste her daughter's kindness, so she smiled cooperatively.
Seeing that Wei's mother finally smiled, Wei Xuan asked Jiang Che to take out the gifts she brought back for everyone and distribute them.
Jiang Che had been holding the things in his hand. Now that his wife had spoken, he put the package on the table, opened it, and moved aside.
Wei Xuan first took out the electronic watches she brought for the children and said, "I bought these when I went south last time. One for each of the children is just right."
Third Brother Wei was particularly interested in things happening in the South, so he stepped forward to take the electronic watch and took a look at it, then pulled Jiang Che aside to ask about their trip to the South.
Brother Wei Da Ge and Brother Wei San Ge were not interested in the clothes that the women were about to discuss, so they immediately moved over to them.
The clothes that Wei Xuan brought to her three sisters-in-law, including Liu Qiao, were all of the same style, medium-length cotton-padded jackets, with only slight differences in color and size.
The eldest and second sisters-in-law do a lot of work, so Wei Xuan picked black and navy blue colors for them, which are more resistant to dirt.
Mrs. Wei San has fair skin and looks good in sky blue.
As for Liu Qiao, Wei Xuan had never met her before. In order to make it festive, she chose red as a gift for her, a color that would never go wrong and is just right for people of her age.
Everyone was very happy to receive Wei Xuan's gift, including Liu Qiao. She liked this bright red cotton jacket very much, and she had never seen anyone wearing it in the county.
"Thank you, sister. I'm sorry for the expense." This time, the word "sister" sounded much more sincere.
"Don't be so polite. Since you are Xiaolong's girlfriend, we will be a family from now on. This is the first time we meet, so as your elder sister, I should show some appreciation." She then took out a scarf from her bag and handed it over: "This scarf is also for you. Do you like it?"
Liu Qiao took the scarf from Wei Xuan with surprise. As soon as she touched it, she was attracted by the soft touch of the cashmere fabric. Coupled with the fashionable style, she liked this scarf more than the cotton-padded jacket just now, not to mention that it was one of a kind.
However, no matter how happy she was in her heart, she still asked hesitantly: "This should be very expensive, right?"
Wei Xuan said nonchalantly: "It's okay, the price is not important, what's important is whether the recipient likes it or not?"
"I like it, I like it very much, thank you sister."
It can be seen that she really likes it. The gift was not given to the wrong person. Wei Xuan's mission this time was half completed.
It was almost noon, and Wei's mother asked her three daughters-in-law to go to the kitchen to cook, while she stayed in the living room and entertained the guests with her daughter.
Liu Qiao knew to be polite at this time. Seeing her three sisters-in-law were going to make lunch, she stood up and asked, "Do you want me to help?"
Wei's mother nodded secretly in her heart, thinking that he was not too stupid, he just needed to know how to humble himself.
Wei Xuan laughed and teased Wei Xiaodi: "Hurry up and help Qiaoqiao sit down. It's not like you ask someone to work for you on your first day."
After that, he said to Liu Qiao, "The kitchen is small, so let's not squeeze in. By the way, I don't know how you and Xiaolong met. We just happen to have time, so let's sit here and have a good chat."
Mother Wei also said, "Yes, Xiaolong used to go to college in Beijing, and he often went to his sister's house to eat and drink. They have a good relationship, so you can talk more when you are free. You are not needed for other things, so just let your sister-in-law take care of it."
Beijing? Liu Qiao cleverly heard what she wanted to know from Wei's mother's words.
It seems that Xiaolong's sister married to Beijing. No wonder she looks so unusual. It is so difficult for a rural girl to marry to Beijing these days! She actually did it!
Suddenly, Wei Xuan's image in Liu Qiao's mind became more mysterious, and she wanted to know how she did it.
In fact, not only Liu Qiao was curious about Wei Xuan, Wei Xuan was also very interested in the relationship between Liu Qiao and Wei Xiaolong. So, the two people with purposes in mind quickly started chatting.
Seeing this, Wei Xiaolong finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was his first time bringing a girl home, and he had been nervous since last night, fearing that Liu Qiao would not get along with her family, and that he would be caught in the middle and it would be difficult.
Now, seeing that she was chatting so happily with her sister, Wei Xiaolong put aside his worries and joined in their chat.
Jiang Che was talking to several of his uncles about what happened when they went to the south. He took the time to glance at Wei Xuan and saw that she was chatting enthusiastically with Wei Xiaolong's girlfriend with shining eyes. He knew that his wife must be addicted to gossip again.
The last time he went to Guangzhou, she was reading a tabloid from Hong Kong with great interest. After reading it, she would pull him aside to discuss it, all they discussed were the little things between singers and wealthy businessmen.
In short, her expression then was exactly the same as it is today.
Jiang Che found his wife's occasional childishness amusing, but it didn't matter, as long as she was happy.
Then he turned around and started chatting attentively with several uncles.
The atmosphere in the living room gradually became better due to Wei Xuan's arrival. In the kitchen, Wei's second wife curled her lips in disdain: "You really know how to serve different dishes to different people."
"Okay, don't let these unhappy things affect your mood on a happy day. Besides, she didn't do anything excessive. Why are you fussing with a little girl?"
Sister Wei was always the most open-minded one. Compared with the two sisters-in-law who lived with her day and night, Liu Qiao's personality was not that important. It would not affect her at all. Not to mention that she and Xiaolong were not married yet, even if they were married for a year, they would only see each other a few times. Why bother to get angry with her?
Mrs. Wei San said, "I just haven't done anything to irritate people." Then she pretended to imitate Liu Qiao, stood up straight, raised her head slightly, and said in a pinched voice: Thank you.
This made Mrs. Wei Da and Mrs. Wei Er laugh so hard.
Mrs. Wei laughed so hard that tears came out of her eyes. She wiped her tears and said, "Don't mention it, you imitated it quite well."
"I think she almost wants to look at people with her chin. Why does she become cowardly when she sees my aunt? If you have the ability, don't stutter."
"That's right, but I really want to see how I will punish her if she dares to do that to me. It makes me happy just thinking about it."
Seeing that they were getting more and more excited, Wei's wife interrupted them, "Alright, alright, don't just watch the fun. You have to look after the Buddha. I'm usually very nice to the kids. Just for my sake, I'll let the previous things go. As long as she doesn't make trouble, you all should behave yourself. Otherwise, if you make mother unhappy, don't say I didn't warn you."
"Got it, sister-in-law. We'll just talk about it here. We won't say anything in front of my little sister."
In fact, Second and Third Sister-in-law Wei just couldn't stand Liu Qiao's condescending attitude and complained about it, but they didn't really hold a grudge against her.
In addition, now that the family is living a good life, the three of them have calmed down a lot and become much gentler. Their minds have also become more open, and they no longer quarrel over trivial matters.
Some things can be overcome with just talking and laughing. As long as Liu Qiao doesn't provoke them, they won't pick a fight with her.
After having lunch at the Wei family, at around three or four in the afternoon, Wei Xuan and her family were ready to go back, and they also took Wei Xiaolong and Liu Qian, who were going back to the county town, with them.
Wei Xiaolong lived in a dormitory in the county town. Jiang Che drove the car directly to the gate of No. 1 Middle School. Wei Xiaolong got out of the car and waved goodbye to his niece. He then thanked Jiang Che: "Thank you, brother-in-law, for sending us back. It's getting late. Be careful on your way back."
Wei Xuan also said to him and Liu Qiao: "Come to Beijing City to play when you have time. We will leave first."
As she watched the car go away, the smile on Liu Qiao's face fell, and she asked Wei Xiaolong with a questioning tone: "Why didn't you tell me about your sister?"
"I told you," Wei Xiaolong said in confusion, "Don't I often mention my sister in front of you?"
Liu Qian choked up. Yes, Wei Xiaolong did mention her sister, and even often talked about his niece, and even showed her photos.
But all he said was some nonsense like her sister was a good cook, could cook a lot of delicious food and make clothes, but he never told her that her sister also married such a good man!
If she knew, she would definitely not have this attitude when she went to the Wei family today. Now, although she did not do anything rude in front of her sister, there was no guarantee that no one would provoke her.
Wei Xiaolong was a little puzzled to see Liu Qiao getting angry out of nowhere. So he asked tentatively, "Qiaoqiao, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay," Liu Qiao was so upset that she couldn't even express it.
After she calmed down, she said to Wei Xiaolong: "Xiaolong, tell me about your sister, especially how she met your brother-in-law. One of them is from the countryside, and the other is from Beijing. It is impossible for them to have any intersection. Also, what does your brother-in-law's family do? Does your sister have a job in Beijing?......"
Liu Qiao was so absorbed in her own thoughts that she didn't notice the change in Wei Xiaolong's expression until she noticed that Wei Xiaolong had stopped walking. Then she looked up and asked him, "What's wrong?"
Wei Xiaolong looked at her with a complicated expression, and after a while he said, "It's okay."
"Okay, then come to my house for dinner tonight. I have a lot to ask you."
Wei Xiaolong pulled his arm free from hers and said, "I suddenly remembered that I still have work to do, so I won't go today."
Liu Qiao didn't care. She gave him a few more instructions, told him not to stay up late, and then went home.
Wei Xiaolong returned to the dormitory and lay on the bed, thinking back on what happened throughout the day. Finally, he realized that something was wrong.
He couldn't understand why Liu Qiao was like this. She was completely different from the cheerful, generous and slightly proud Liu Qiao in his impression. If she looked down on his family, why would she like him? Didn't he come from such a family?
Wei Xiaolong didn't believe that Liu Qiao was a person who despised the poor and loved the rich. It wasn't that there weren't good people chasing her, but she chose him who was born in a rural family. This at least showed that she was not a person who valued money.
But her behavior today was so contradictory that Wei Xiaolong was completely confused.
At this time, the roommate came back and saw Wei Xiaolong, and joked: "How about going back to meet your parents today? Is it the coming of good things? I am still waiting to eat wedding candy."
"You're indispensable." Wei Xiaolong said perfunctorily and decided to ignore all these things for the time being. Things that you can't figure out will eventually be understood. Worrying about them will only add to your troubles and won't solve any problems.
In addition, he also wrote a letter and planned to send it to Wei Xuan tomorrow.
On the other side, Wei Xuan and Jiang Che drove to Beijing City at five o'clock in the afternoon. Wei Xuan saw that it was still early and wanted to go to the store first. She hadn't been back for a day, so she took the opportunity to settle yesterday's bills and check the recruitment situation.
"Then I'll come pick you up later."
Jiang Che sent the mother and daughter to the store and then drove away. He had to return the car first.
Wei Xuan took her daughter to the store. When Third Sister Jiang saw them, she first walked up to her niece and touched her hair, then asked her to go play aside, and then she took Wei Xuan and talked about the results of today's interview.
"There are only two girls I think are pretty good, so I kept them. I've asked them to come to work tomorrow. Do you think we should continue recruiting?"
Wei Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead. Anyway, let's start with three employees per store. I plan to open two more stores in a while, a total of three stores, and we still need a lot of people."
Third Sister Jiang calculated that, including the new hires today, there were already six people in the store, so she said, "Then I'll hire three more as backup."
Wei Xuan paused and said, "Let's hire four. Once the other two stores are open, your job content may need to be adjusted."
It was fine that Wei Xuan was looking after the store now, but it would be inconvenient for her to come over in the future, so there had to be a general manager for the three stores. At that time, whether it was the dispatch of goods, or the account books and sales, everything would have to be handed over to this person in charge.
Not only clothing stores, but also grain stores need such a person. However, grain stores are not as complicated as clothing stores, so Wei Xuan plans to hand this matter over to Wang Xiaomei. She only needs to calculate the accounts of several stores in addition to her current job. Of course, she will be given an extra 15 yuan in salary as compensation for her work.
"Okay. I understand." Third Sister Jiang didn't ask how to adjust it. Anyway, her younger brother and sister-in-law would not lie to her.
When Jiang Che came to pick up Wei Xuan and her daughter to go home, Third Sister Jiang remembered something.
"Today someone came to the store looking for you. He said his name was Wu Yun. I told him you were not there, and he said he would come tomorrow. Brother, who is this person? Do you know him?"
"I know him," Jiang Che nodded thoughtfully to show that he understood: "I'm the only friend. Okay, Third Sister, I won't talk to you anymore. We're going home first. You should go home slowly after get off work."
"Don't worry, your brother-in-law has been coming to pick me up these days."
"Then we'll go." Wei Xuan said, and Yuanyuan waved at her: "Aunt, goodbye."
"Aye, bye."
Section 89
On the way back, Wei Xuan asked Jiang Che: "What does Brother Wu want from you?"
Jiang Che guessed: "Maybe it's about the watch!"
It has been a few days since he sold the watches to Wu Yun. Calculating the time, this batch of watches should have been shipped out by now. At the beginning, Jiang Che did not offer Wu Yun a high price in order to sell the goods quickly. He could make at least 20 yuan for each watch, which was not a small amount. It was definitely more profitable than other things he did. He had tasted the benefits, so how could he let it go so easily? Unfortunately, he made a wrong decision. Jiang Che did not have a second batch of cheap watches to sell to him.
Not wanting to talk about these things any more, Jiang Che changed the subject and asked, "What do you want to eat tonight?"
"Meat!" Little boy Yuanyuan replied loudly to his father.
"Meat? That's easy. Let's go to the state-owned restaurant and see if they have braised pork for sale. If they do, we don't have to go home and cook."
"Okay," Wei Xuan nodded. There was really not much food at home today.
Jiang Che's guess was correct, Wu Yun did come here for the watch.
I didn't find him today, but he found the store again the next day. Jiang Che had just returned to the store after checking the trucks from the transport team when Wei Xuan pulled him aside: "Brother Wu has been here for a while. He's next door and didn't tell me anything. Go ask him."
"Okay, don't worry about it. Go do your thing."
Wei Xuan had no intention of intervening. There were a lot of things waiting for her to do in the store, so she didn't have the time to take care of their affairs.
Jiang Che arrived next door. Wu Yun stood up as soon as he saw him and complained, "Xiao Che, you're finally back. You weren't there yesterday when I came to look for you, and you weren't there today either. You said you weren't in the store every day, what were you running around for?"
Before Jiang Che could say anything, Wu Yun asked again tentatively: "Could it be that you have some other business outside that I don't know about?"
Jiang Che:........
He felt something was wrong with these words. It sounded a bit like what a man would say when he was caught cheating by his wife...
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