◎Damn the desire to win◎
While Liu's mother was still thinking about how to help her daughter get over the incident in front of Wei Xiaolong, Wei Xiaolong had just received a reply from Wei Xuan.
If he wasn't in class, he would have wanted to open it and take a look right away, but he held back.
After finally waiting for the students to finish school, he could not wait to return to the dormitory to open the envelope. He wanted to know what his sister said. He eagerly tore open the envelope, took out the letter and unfolded it.
But after reading the letter, he became even more confused. His sister said that most people have many faces, but he thought that in front of Liu Qiao, he showed his whole self without reservation.
Two people are going to spend the rest of their lives together. If they have to rehearse and hide things in front of each other, wouldn't it be tiring?
If that's the case, he really has no confidence that he can stay with her until old age, then...is there any need for the two of them to get married?
Just when Wei Xiaolong was extremely conflicted, Mother Liu found his dormitory.
"Xiaolong, someone is looking for you." The roommate was hanging clothes outside when he happened to meet Liu's mother who came to the door.
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Wei Xiaolong heard the shouting, put the letter away and walked out.
"Auntie?" He didn't expect Liu's mother to come here.
Mother Liu first smiled and thanked her roommate, then handed the box in her hand to Wei Xiaolong: "I heard from Qiaoqiao that you have been busy recently, so I made this soup especially for you. No matter how busy you are at work, you have to take care of your health. A relative at home sent a goose. Do you have time tomorrow? Auntie will stew the goose for you guys?"
Wei Xiaolong was a young man in his twenties. How could he resist the enthusiasm and meticulous care from Liu's mother? He couldn't say no. After a long while, he could only stammer, "Okay, I'll go over tomorrow night. Thank you, Auntie."
After Liu's mother left, her roommate asked enviously, "Is this your relative? He is so nice to you." He also wanted to eat stewed goose.
Wei Xiaolong ignored him and raised the lunch box in his hand: "Would you like some soup?"
"drink!"
Wei Xiaolong turned and left: "Just drink and go."
"Hey." The roommate bent down, picked up the basin on the ground, and trotted after him.
When he returned to the room, he opened the lunch box and poured a bowl for his roommate first, then poured the rest into his own bowl.
In the past few months that he had been dating Liu Qiao, he had been to Liu's house quite a few times. To be honest, Liu's father and mother were really nice to him. Every time they went there, they would treat him to delicious food and drinks.
No matter what happens between him and Liu Qiao in the future, at least she has never treated him unfairly. Looking at the bowl of soup in front of him, Wei Xiaolong felt a lot.
The next day, after Wei Xiaolong got off work, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a bag of White Rabbit milk candy before going to Liu's house.
It took about a few minutes for him to arrive at Liu's house carrying the things. Wei Xiaolong smelled the fragrance of food through the door. After a moment, he took a deep breath and knocked on the door twice.
"Coming." Liu Qiao's cheerful voice came from the room, followed by the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer, and the door was opened.
After not seeing each other for several days, Liu Qiao's face appeared in front of him again. He realized that he was actually reluctant to leave her. Otherwise, after he found out that she did not respect her family, he should have decisively proposed to break up, but he did not.
Seeing Wei Xiaolong staring at her in a daze, Liu Qiao tugged at the corner of her clothes uncomfortably: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I was lost in thought."
"Oh." Liu Qiao carefully observed him and found that he didn't look angry. She breathed a sigh of relief and became a little bolder. She stepped forward and straddled one of his arms: "Come on, go in. My dad is waiting for you to have a couple of drinks with him."
Wei Xiaolong was half-dragged in by him. Father Liu was already sitting at the dining table in the living room. When he saw his future son-in-law coming, he immediately smiled and said, "Xiaolong, come and have a drink with me."
"Okay, uncle." Wei Xiaolong handed the candy in his hand to Liu Qiao and walked over to sit next to Liu's father.
The two of them drank a cup, and Mother Liu from the kitchen came out with dishes. She first directed Liu Qiao to go in and get the bowls and chopsticks, and then she put the dishes on the table and greeted Wei Xiaolong with a smile: "Don't drink too much, eat the dishes, and try the goose I made."
Before Wei Xiaolong could reply, Liu Qiao followed him out with a bowl and said exaggeratedly, "It smells so good."
"You're just greedy." Mother Liu scolded with a smile, then turned around and called Wei Xiaolong: "Eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Auntie."
In the middle of the meal, Liu's mother asked casually, "Xiaolong, are your parents doing well recently? The last time Qiaoqiao went to your house, she came back and praised your parents for being so kind to her and your three sisters-in-law for cooking delicious food. She was also worried that she couldn't cook. I wonder if your parents would dislike her?"
Wei Xiaolong was surprised when he heard this, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether what Liu's mother said was true or false.
At this time, Liu Qiao also showed her shyness at the right time: "Mom, what are you talking about in front of Xiaolong? Uncle and aunt are so nice, how could they dislike me."
Mother Liu ignored her daughter's words and continued to say to Wei Xiaolong: "Xiaolong, I don't want to listen to Qiaoqiao's words. I want to hear you say that your uncle and I only have this one daughter. She may be a little spoiled, but you know how much she loves you. Now give me a definite answer. Will your family dislike her for not being able to do housework?"
"Of course not." After saying this, Wei Xiaolong realized something was wrong. Shouldn't the problem now be that Liu Qiao looked down on their family? How come it turned out that their family disliked Liu Qiao?
However, Liu's mother did not give him a chance to think about it and continued, "Also, I want to thank your sister for the gift she gave to Qiaoqiao. It was very thoughtful. Qiaoqiao praised me when she came back, saying that your sister looked very beautiful and gentle. She said it several times. I think she almost took your sister as a role model to learn from."
These words really hit Wei Xiaolong's heart. Indeed, his sister was an excellent person.
After saying this, Liu's mother saw that Wei Xiaolong's expression was much more relaxed, so she said, "Xiaolong, you and Qiaoqiao have been dating for such a long time, and you have met each other's elders. Isn't it time to find a day for me and your uncle to meet your parents?"
When Wei Xiaolong came out of Liu's house again, the cold wind outside made him feel a little more clear-headed.
How could he have agreed to let the elders from both sides meet without thinking? Thinking back to the scene at the dinner just now, the aunt was really too powerful. She didn't even give him a moment to breathe.
Forget it, he has already agreed, and he can’t be a man who breaks his promise. He should call his parents tomorrow to ask what they think.
The next day, Wei's mother received a call from her youngest son and agreed to the meeting without much hesitation.
"Logically, we should have brought this up first. Now that they've said so, you can arrange a time to meet up when it's convenient for you. Your dad and I can do that."
Mom doesn't mind what happened last time? Wei Xiaolong couldn't figure it out, so he asked hesitantly, "Mom, do you like Liu Qiao? She was so hostile to you last time."
Mother Wei was stunned by her son's question. It took her a while to understand what he meant. She laughed and said, "She is going to spend her whole life with you. It's OK if you like her. Does it matter whether I like her or not?"
Of course it’s important!
But Wei's mother did not give him the chance to say this and continued, "Except for your eldest sister-in-law, the second and third sons' wives were not the daughters-in-law chosen by me. Haven't they been living well all these years? As long as you and your wife live in harmony, your father and I's opinions are not that important. Think about it carefully, she didn't do anything that day, did she?" At best, she is just a little girl who doesn't know how to conceal her inner thoughts. It's better this way than those with deeper thoughts.
"You have to think positively about things. If you insist on being too picky, you'll have trouble living your life."
The last sentence that Wei's mother didn't say was that if she chose the daughter-in-law herself, she would have to grit her teeth and live with her even if she didn't live well in the future. But if her elders chose her, wouldn't they have an excuse if they didn't live well in the future?
Mother Wei said to her youngest son earnestly, "It's mainly up to you. Have you made up your mind? Are you sure this is the right person? Then your father and I can go to the county town anytime to settle your affairs."
After being enlightened by Wei's mother, Wei Xiaolong recalled every detail of his acquaintance with Liu Qiao, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, let's do it this Saturday."
After hanging up the phone, Wei Xiaolong finally cleared up the problem that had been bothering him for many days.
He had always thought that Liu Qiao had two faces, but that was not the case. It was just that some aspects of her would only be discovered in certain situations.
He found some of her faults, but he couldn't deny her as a whole person just because of these shortcomings. What his sister said was right, no matter what she did wrong, as long as she wasn't bad and didn't hurt others, that was enough.
No one is perfect, including himself. He also has many shortcomings. Liu Qiao can accept his shortcomings, and he should also tolerate her shortcomings. If she makes a mistake, as her closest person in the future, he should help her correct it instead of abandoning her.
Although Wei Xuan did not hear the whole story from Liu Qiao, when the guests left, Wei's mother told Wei Xuan every word of the conversation with Wei Xiaolong.
These were enough for Wei Xuan to piece together the general cause and effect of the incident.
Wei Xuan asked her mother: "Then aren't you afraid that after Xiaolong and Liu Qiao get married, he will come home less often and will no longer be close to you?" Wei Xuan has experienced the power of pillow talk.
Mother Wei didn't care: "I know Xiaolong, he's not the kind of person who forgets his roots. If it's really like what you said, even if I tie him to my side, he will still leave. Besides, as parents, which one of us doesn't hope that you live a good life? As long as you live a good life, we will feel at ease. Your father and I are old, how many years can we live..."
"Mom!" Wei's mother was interrupted by Wei Xuan, pretending to be angry before she finished her words: "You will have many good days in the future, don't say such depressing words."
Mother Wei laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, I won't tell you. I haven't enjoyed my daughter enough, so I can't bear to leave."
I have to say that Wei's mother is a very wise elder. Even though she has never been to school and can't even read a few characters, the life experience she has accumulated in life is really worth learning.
After Wei Xiaolong's wedding, there was still a month left before the Chinese New Year.
Wei Xuan is taking advantage of the time now to train Jiang Sanjie, teaching her how to select goods and how to coordinate between the three stores. She needs to learn both personnel and goods.
Fortunately, Third Sister Jiang was very eager to learn. She learned whatever Wei Xuan taught her and never asked why she had to learn it.
That night, when she was almost going to bed, she was still writing and drawing on her notebook. Feng Jianshe looked at her in surprise: "Why do you treat your work like school? It's just selling clothes, is it so hard?"
Jiang Sanjie didn't even raise her head and replied, "What do you know?"
"I just don't understand. Tell me, what are you writing?" Feng Jianshe sat down next to her and reached out to grab her notebook.
Third Sister Jiang quickly changed direction and didn't let him succeed: "What are you doing?"
Feng Jianshe touched his nose awkwardly: "I just want to take a look." Especially the more Jiang Sanjie didn't let him see, the more he wanted to see.
Section 92
Third Sister Jiang wrote down the last sentence, then handed him the notebook as if giving alms: "Take a look."
Feng Jianshe ignored her tone and took the book and flipped through it. After a while, he frowned and asked in confusion, "Aren't you buying clothes in the store? Why do you have to learn how to keep accounts and purchase goods?"
"Hey, you don't understand this." Third Sister Jiang raised her head: "This shows that Wei Xuan and I trust me. Once I learn it, I can help them take care of the store more."
Feng Jianshe felt that something was wrong. It was not like they couldn't handle the problem themselves, so why should they bother teaching their wives?
But if his wife hadn't said that, he couldn't think of any other reason, so he didn't refute it.
As the days passed, Wei Xuan's belly grew bigger and bigger. Fortunately, she wore more clothes in winter, so it was not obvious.
It wasn't until the second month after the Chinese New Year that Jiang Che completely stopped allowing Wei Xuan to go out.
Wei Xuan thought about it and felt that Third Sister Jiang was almost ready to start her career. As long as they didn't open a new store for the time being, she should be able to handle it, so she agreed with Jiang Che's words.
Jiang Che's explanation to the public was that Wei Xuan had returned to her hometown and might stay there for a while, so no one became suspicious.
Only the old couple of the Jiang family and Fang Jing and her husband who lived next door knew the truth.
After Wei Xuan put down all the work in the store and stayed at home, the happiest person was Yuanyuan.
Every day when I go home, I can eat delicious food made by my mother.
But after being trapped at home for a month, Wei Xuan couldn't stand it anymore and always wanted to go out and see the world.
Seeing that his wife was unhappy, Jiang Che took Wei Xuan out for a walk every night when no one was around.
The two of them didn't go anywhere, just taking a walk and breathing some fresh air, Wei Xuan was already content.
She touched her growing belly and sighed, "If you dare to be unfilial in the future, I will beat your buttocks to pieces."
As the weather got warmer, Jiang Che's transportation business was getting better and better. One day, Jiang Che went to see his father to ask if he could cut in line and install a telephone for his family.
"I can ask someone to help you, but do you really need to install a phone now?"
Jiang's father didn't know that he was driving a sports car outside, so Jiang Che scratched his head and told him about it.
Father Jiang pointed at him and said, "You are so bold. Why don't you just run the store? You have a different idea every day. Okay, I know about your matter. I will call and ask for you later. Get out of here and stop getting in my way."
The matter he had been thinking about for months was finally settled. Being scolded by his own father was not a big deal. Jiang Che did not take it to heart at all. He smiled thickly and said, "Okay, I'm leaving first. You must not forget what happened."
Really, Jiang's father was made to laugh and cry by his strange behavior.
But although he looked angry at his son, he was actually very proud of him in his heart. After thinking about it, he took out the phone book and called a good friend at the telecommunications bureau.
With the help of Jiang's father, there was soon a message from the telecommunications bureau. After Jiang Che discussed with Wei Xuan, they decided to install a telephone at home.
Anyway, Wei Xuan is free now and can still answer the phone.
After the phone was installed, Jiang Che's business did get better and better. At this time, another problem arose.
It is already late April and it is time to buy summer clothes. It is definitely not possible to let Third Sister Jiang go to Yangcheng alone to purchase goods. But if Jiang Che is allowed to go with her, his business has finally started to pick up, and now it suddenly stops, which will definitely have a big impact.
Jiang Che asked her, "How about we do the same as with the spring clothes? You can call the wholesalers and ask them to directly send us the best-selling styles in the store, so that we don't have to make the trip ourselves."
"Of course not. How can spring clothes compare with summer clothes? We rely on summer and winter to make money all year round. Besides, if it weren't inconvenient for me, I wouldn't use this method for spring clothes. This is just a last resort. If you look at this month's account book, you will know that this month's sales have dropped by nearly half."
Of course, this is not only because of the product selection. After the Chinese New Year, it is the off-season, and business is indeed slow. But the peak season is coming soon, and she is unwilling to give up such a good opportunity to make money.
Jiang Che thought for a moment and said, "How about I recruit someone else?"
"You mean, you find someone to replace your current job, and you accompany Third Sister to Yangcheng to purchase goods? Is that okay?" She wondered whether the newly recruited person was reliable. Jiang Che had worked hard to build up a good reputation, and she couldn't bear to let anyone ruin it.
Jiang Che said, "Don't worry about that. I don't just hire people randomly. Even if this didn't happen, I would have planned to hire people anyway. Now it's just that I've moved up the plan. Not only do I want to hire people, but my business is getting better and better. I'm also planning to ask Brother Xue to help me find a car."
Since Jiang Che said so, Wei Xuan nodded and said, "Then you have to hurry up. The summer clothes must be on the market by mid-May at the latest. It will be too late if you are late."
"I understand." The next day after discussing with Wei Xuan, Jiang Che went to the transport team to find Xue Bin.
Xue Bin felt it was difficult at first after hearing his words: "It's OK if you want to buy a car, but it may be difficult if you want to recruit people from the transport team. How much salary can you offer? To be honest, the transport team pays a lot, plus there are some benefits. Who would be willing to give up this iron rice bowl to do odd jobs for you? To put it bluntly, they might not be able to continue working there one day."
Jiang Che knew that Xue Bin was telling the truth, but he couldn't think of any other solution for the time being. Not many people knew how to drive these days. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Brother Xue, please keep an eye out for me. If it doesn't work, forget it. I'll think of another solution."
"That's no problem."
Although Xue Bin agreed, there was no response for several days. As May was approaching, Jiang Che was so anxious that bubbles formed in his mouth.
Wei Xuan made him a cup of tea to cool him down: "Why are you so anxious? If it doesn't work, forget it. Nothing is more important than your health."
Jiang Che drank a bowl of tea and grimaced at the bitter taste. He finally drank a glass of water to calm down. He said unconvincedly, "I will definitely do what I promised you, don't worry." After saying that, he walked out.
Wei Xuan:.......This damn desire to win is really everywhere.
The two of them don't know yet that someone will soon come to their doorstep to solve their problem.
During the spring ploughing season, the villagers of the Dalianhua Production Team are working hard in the fields in anticipation of a good harvest in the summer.
Only the Hao family was quarreling at this time. What was the reason? Just because Wei Yu was pregnant and slept a little longer in the morning, she was criticized by her eldest and second sisters-in-law.
Hao Qing, who just came home to get a hoe, heard this and immediately got angry. "You are not happy that my wife sleeps a little longer in the morning? You have so many children in both families, so many more mouths to feed, you have taken advantage of us so much, and I haven't said anything yet. You are the first to argue."
Hao Qing's two sisters-in-law are not easy to deal with. They responded to Hao Qing's words like this: Who can you blame for not having many children? No one stopped you from having children. If you have the guts, you can have a whole house of children to take advantage of us. If you can't have any children, you blame us.
"You..." Hao Qing's face turned red with anger because of these words.
In the yard, the brother-in-law and his two sisters-in-law were arguing fiercely. Wei Yu was afraid that her man would suffer, so she hurried out of the house and joined the fight.
It would have been better if she hadn't come. After all, no matter how fiercely the brother-in-law and sister-in-law quarreled, they would not fight. But now there was her, and no one knew who started the fight first. In short, the tension became more and more intense, and the two sides started pushing and shoving each other.
Hao Qing is a man after all, and he would never hit his sister-in-law no matter how angry he was. He could only dodge the whole time, and as a result, Wei Yu, the pregnant woman, was standing in the middle and accidentally fell down.
Just as this scene had been waited for a long time, Hao's elder brother, who had come back to look for Hao Qing, saw it. He knew that things had gotten serious, so he immediately turned around and went back to the fields to call back all the Hao family members.
When Mr. and Mrs. Hao heard this, they were afraid that something might happen to their daughter-in-law, so they dropped their work and ran home in a hurry.
At this time, Wei Yu had been carried back to their house by Hao Qing, and the doctor had also come to see him. Fortunately, Wei Yu was in good health and the fall just now was probably not serious. He just needed to rest in bed for a few days.
Mrs. Hao Dasao and Mrs. Hao Ersao, who had been cowering in fear, immediately became arrogant again when they heard that everything was fine.
Especially Mrs. Hao, she even snorted, "I don't think she's pretending. When I was pregnant with my first child, I fell in the fields countless times and I was fine. How can she be so weak?"
This sentence completely infuriated Hao Qing, and he raised his fist to hit him.
"Stop." Hao's mother shouted at the door. When they rushed back, they saw Hao Qing with a red face and looking like he was about to hit someone.
Brother Wei quickly stepped forward to block his wife and lectured his brother disapprovingly: "Xiao Qing, how could you fight with your sister-in-law? If anyone tells others about it, they will laugh at you."
"Heh," Hao Qing sneered, ignoring this sanctimonious elder brother, and turned to look at Hao's mother: "Mom, what do you think about what happened today?"
Facing her son's questioning, Hao's mother looked away guiltily and changed the subject, asking, "Is Xiaoyu okay?"
The author has something to say:
Wei Yu is my uncle’s second cousin, the one who married into our village as mentioned before.
In fact, Liu Qiao is not a bad girl by nature. She was just spoiled since she was a child and has a little princess temperament. We can't force everyone in the world to be a perfect good person. In addition, she really likes Wei Xiaodi, and she will change under the subtle influence of Wei Xiaodi later...
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