It wasn't the first time Yuanyuan had returned to live in the countryside, so Jiang Che didn't need to give her any special instructions. He just sent her there and told her to listen to her grandparents before preparing to return to the city.
Just before leaving, Wei's mother asked one more question, why Wei Xuan didn't come back with her.
After learning from Jiang Che that his daughter was busy recently, he didn't say anything else. As for Yuanyuan, Jiang Che was not afraid that she would let the cat out of the bag. This child is very tight-lipped now and knows what she can and cannot say.
After Jiang Che returned, Wei Xuan asked him, "Are you not going to tell my mother the truth?" She was going to give birth in less than a month, so there was no need to hide it now, right?
Jiang Che put the food he brought from his hometown in the kitchen, and then came out and said, "We've kept it a secret for so long anyway, so it doesn't matter if it lasts another month."
Wei Xuan smiled indifferently and said, "Haha, you can go explain to my mom when the time comes."
Seeing his wife's gloating expression, Jiang Che felt his skin tighten a little, and asked hesitantly: "My father-in-law and mother-in-law shouldn't be angry, right? After all, I'm doing this for your own good."
"It's hard to say." After saying that, she saw that Jiang Che was really a little scared, so she patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "What are you afraid of? She won't hit you." Unlike her father-in-law, if Jiang Che really made him angry, he might hit her a few times. Her mother would definitely not hit her son-in-law, at most she would complain a few words.
Jiang Che:........
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Not comforted at all.
In the middle of July, Jiang Che began to slowly move things from the sixth floor to the small courtyard. It was not until the evening of the 20th, after the call was transferred, that Wei Xuan's family finally moved in completely.
This was also what the two of them had discussed. The small courtyard was closer to the hospital. If Wei Xuan was going to give birth, it would be more convenient to get from the courtyard to the hospital.
This was also the first time Wei Yu saw Wei Xuan after arriving in Beijing, and that was Wei Xuan with a big belly. She was not stupid, and the moment she saw people, all the doubts in her heart for these days were instantly resolved.
No wonder Wei Xuan hadn't even shown up to her for so long. Everyone said she was busy, but could she be busier than Jiang Che? Jiang Che could come over so often, so how could she not have the time to come over? It was obvious that being busy was just an excuse Hao Qing used to perfunctorily deal with her.
What she didn't understand was that Hao Qing was her man, so what couldn't he say to her directly? Now she understood everything.
So that's what was happening. She turned around and gave Hao Qing a look that said "I'll settle the score with you later", then she walked towards Wei Xuan enthusiastically.
"Wei Xuan, are you about to give birth?"
Wei Xuan held her waist and nodded with a smile: "Yes, it will take a few days. I moved here so it will be more convenient to go to the hospital." Then she nodded to the other party: "You are pregnant too."
In summer, people don’t wear much, and especially when the wind blows, the clothes stick to the body, so the four-month-old belly is still quite obvious.
Wei Yu also smiled and replied, "Four months. You are so good at hiding it. I didn't even know it when the baby was about to be born."
The two of them walked towards the main hall while talking. Wei Xuan said embarrassedly, "It's also because the investigation has been too strict recently. Jiang Che was frightened by the rumors outside, so he didn't tell anyone."
Speaking of this, Wei Yu didn't know what he was thinking of, and nodded sadly: "Yes, you don't know, there are people in our village who were arrested and tortured. It's pitiful, they haven't been able to keep the baby for six months, and I heard that it's still a fully grown boy. These people really need to be punished by God, they can do such a conscienceless thing."
Wei Xuan also felt that this practice was against the will of heaven, but since it was the policy, there was nothing anyone could do. She could only try her best to protect her child.
She asked Wei Yu curiously, "How did you get caught after six months?"
Wei Yu said with a sigh, "In order to prevent the family planning office from coming to check, the village has specially arranged people to keep watch. Whenever someone from above comes, they will send a message in advance, asking pregnant women to run and hide in the woods behind. As a result, the daughter-in-law was unlucky. On the day the family planning office came, she felt a little unwell and fell asleep in a daze. She didn't hear the knock on the door, so she was caught red-handed and taken away as an example on the spot."
"Didn't his family use their connections to ask for help after he was taken away?" Wei Xuan felt that if she gave some money, maybe he could be let off the hook. After all, having an abortion with such a big belly was risky, and the people in the family planning office shouldn't be so stubborn as to get rid of the person. It would be bad to have such a reputation if it got out.
"Why didn't they beg? Even giving money wouldn't work. They said they wanted to rectify the atmosphere. I think they just wanted to establish their authority. They don't worry about the consequences of doing such immoral things."
It's a bit cruel.
The two women were chatting animatedly here, while Jiang Che, with the help of Hao Qing, had already put everything in place.
Hao Qing came over and saw his wife gossiping endlessly, so he interrupted her and said, "Enough, why are you still talking about these messy things? It's time to go to bed, don't disturb Wei Xuan's rest."
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"What's wrong with me just talking about it?" Wei Yu muttered unhappily.
Wei Xuan said with a smile: "Then cousin, I will go back to my room and sleep first. We can talk again when we are free tomorrow."
Just then, Jiang Che came over to look for someone, and Wei Xuan stood up and followed him.
Just now, when there were outsiders present, Wei Yu gave Hao Qing face and did not get angry. Now that they were alone, Wei Yu asked him directly: "Did you know about Wei Xuan's pregnancy a long time ago?"
This time, Hao Qing was frank: "Yes, I saw it when I went to his house for dinner when I came here."
Wei Yu snorted twice and said, "Then why don't you tell me."
Hao Qing was stunned: "You didn't ask me?" After saying that, he saw that his wife's face was not right and quickly tried to make up for it: "No, it was Jiang Che who told me not to tell anyone, I can't go back on my word."
Wei Yu knew the truth, but she was still very angry about Hao Qing hiding something from her. In order not to get angry herself, she drove Hao Qing to sleep across the street. When she couldn't see him, she couldn't remember to get angry.
Hao Qing held a thin blanket in his hand, knocked on the door quietly and shouted: "Wife, how can I sleep when there is only a bed board opposite me?"
Wei Yu turned over and ignored him. She had seen people sleeping on open-air straw mats in the rice fields in the summer. Now she was at least sleeping in the house. There was nothing wrong with sleeping there, so she fell asleep peacefully.
The next morning, Jiang Che got up and walked to the yard. He happened to see Hao Qing coming out of the room on the left. He was stunned for a moment: "Brother-in-law, was it hot last night?"
Sometimes Wei Xuan felt annoyed that Jiang Che was too hot and would let him sleep on the floor, so he never thought that Hao Qing was kicked out because of a quarrel.
Hao Qing was feeling a little embarrassed after bumping into someone. Hearing this, he chuckled twice and said, "Yeah, it's a little hot."
"I think it's much better than the sixth floor." At least he had a rare good sleep last night and was not woken up by the heat in the middle of the night.
Seeing Jiang Che's energetic look, Hao Qing just wanted to say that people are sometimes really different from each other.
Wei Xuan’s second baby was born on August 1st.
That night, after dinner, the family was sitting in the yard chatting and killing time when she suddenly covered her stomach and started to cry out in pain.
Jiang Che quickly carried her to the tricycle and rode to the hospital. During this time, he did not forget to instruct Liu Ying: "Sister-in-law, I will take her there first. Please help me pack some things to take with me."
"Oh, okay, I'll be there soon."
Perhaps because she had experience giving birth once, Wei Xuan was faster this time. By the time Liu Ying arrived at the hospital, she had already given birth and came out of the delivery room.
After spending a day in the hospital and making sure that nothing was wrong, the family packed up and went home.
After arriving home, with the help of Liu Ying and Wei Yu, Jiang Che was not of much use.
Wei Xuan sent him to inform both parents.
Jiang Che then remembered that he hadn't called to announce the good news yet.
The Jiang family should not have gotten off work at this time, so Jiang Che called the Wei family first. As soon as the call was connected, he said excitedly: "Mom, Wei Xuan gave you another grandson."
What? Nier is pregnant. When did it happen? How come she didn't know?
Without giving her a chance to think, Jiang Che started to explain, "Mom, we didn't tell anyone about Wei Xuan's pregnancy because we were afraid that it would get noticed by the family planning office. Now that she's pregnant, it's okay. Do you and Dad want to come up and take a look? I'll drive back to pick you up."
I have to say that Jiang Che is very good at talking. At first, when Wei's mother heard the news, she was indeed a little angry. "You didn't even tell me that my daughter was pregnant. Are you on guard against me, or do you not trust me, an old woman?"
But after Jiang Che explained it, she felt relieved. Yes, family planning is so serious now, it is right to be careful. And the son-in-law said he would drive to pick them up in person, what does this mean? It means that he values them, the old couple. What else can I say?
So she said in a gentle tone into the microphone: "You don't have to come to pick us up, just take good care of Ni'er, and your father and I will go up with the truck. By the way, do you want me to help you take Yuanyuan back?"
Jiang Che thought that his daughter had been in the countryside for almost a month, so he said, "Then I'll trouble my parents to bring her back for me."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Che patted his chest and said, "That was a close call. Fortunately, my mother-in-law is not as difficult to talk to as his father."
Although the Jiang family is also in Beijing, Jiang Che also called to announce the good news.
Apart from the parents on both sides, Jiang Che did not make any special phone calls to inform anyone else. It was not popular to celebrate the full month celebration these days. He would wait until the child was three months old and then invite friends to have a meal, which would be considered as the notification.
The old couple from the Jiang family came over the same night they received the news, and the old couple from the Wei family came over the next day, and Yuanyuan came with them.
As soon as little Yuanyuan came back, her parents informed her with regret that they were unable to give her a younger sister as they had wished.
Although she prefers a younger sister, it seems that having a younger brother is not bad. However, this younger brother...is he a little too ugly?
Seeing her looking at him with a look of hesitation, Wei Xuan took the initiative to ask, "What's wrong?"
Yuanyuan looked at her brother again, then turned around and asked, "Mom, why does my brother look so much like an old man?"
Jiang Che came in and heard this, and laughed, "You still despise your brother. When you were just born, you were not much better than him."
Yuanyuan opened her eyes wide, looked at Jiang Che in disbelief, and retorted after a while: "Impossible, I have seen my childhood photos." She was fair and clean, unlike her brother who was red and ugly.
At this time, Wei's mother, who was sitting on the side, said, "Your father didn't lie to you. He was very worried at that time."
Wei Xuan also thought of the blunder Jiang Che caused when her daughter was born. She smiled and pulled her almost crying daughter to her side, stroked her hair and said, "All babies are like this when they are born. It will be fine in a few days."
"Really?" Yuanyuan believed it too much.
Wei Xuan nodded and said affirmatively: "Really? If you don't believe me, just wait and see. He will definitely become more handsome before you start school."
Her mother had never lied to her, so Yuanyuan decided to believe her mother and walked to the crib and said to her brother, "Grow up quickly. When you grow up and look good, I will like you."
It turns out this girl is a complete face-obsessed person.
Yuanyuan didn't know what her mother was complaining about. She suddenly remembered something and ran to Jiang Che and said excitedly, "Dad, take out your camera and take a few more pictures of your brother."
"Don't you think he's ugly?"
"Oh my," Yuanyuan stamped her feet. "You don't know, my classmate said she has a brother who is so annoying. He always likes to snatch things from her. I took some ugly photos of the brother now. If he doesn't obey me in the future, I will show them to scare him."
Everyone:......
This naughty kid has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
But Jiang Che still spoiled her: "Okay, I'll help you take the photo."
Mother Wei couldn't bear to see the father and daughter tormenting the child, so she patted her daughter and said, "Why don't you do something about it?"
Wei Xuan spread her hands: "Why should I care? Just take the photos, just keep it as a record."
What kind of people are in this family...
Liu Ying was here, so Wei's father and mother stayed for three days and when they saw that there was no one who needed their help, they went back.
Hao Qing drove him back, and he also wanted to pick up his son.
Hao Qing and Wei Yu's son is called Hao Liwen, who is three years older than Yuanyuan. When he came, Yuanyuan was happy because she finally had someone to play with.
Jiang Che didn't care about them. Teenage kids were at the age when they loved to play, so as long as they didn't go too far and were out of the adults' sight, they could play as much as they wanted.
A few days later, everyone who was supposed to come from both the Jiang and Wei families had arrived, and Wei Xuan was being taken care of by Liu Ying. When Jiang Che had some free time, he started going to the store.
Clothing store, Sister Jiang San went to Yangcheng to purchase goods a few days ago. She said that she didn’t choose a lot of clothes last time, so she will go and have a look again this time.
Since she is so ambitious, Jiang Che will definitely not stop her.
Since Third Sister Jiang was not around, the boss Jiang Che would definitely come over more often, so he would often be out for the entire day and rarely come back during the lunch break, so that he could take inventory of the goods when no one was in the store.
This day was strange. Before noon, Jiang Che came back from outside with brisk steps.
Wei Xuan asked him: "Why are you here so early today?"
"Hey, you'd never guess who comes to see me today."
"Who?" Wei Xuan asked without thinking.
Jiang Che said, "The landlord next to our store came to me today and said he wanted to sell the house to us."
"Him?" Wei Xuan was surprised: "Why does he suddenly want to sell the house?" She still remembered that she wanted to buy the house to open a clothing store, but he asked for a high price and was unwilling to buy it. Why is he willing to buy it now?
Jiang Che snorted and laughed, "I asked someone about it. He had an affair with his neighbor's wife and was trapped by the man in the house. The man asked him for compensation or he would sue him. He had no choice but to sell the house in a hurry to raise money to pay off the debt."
Wei Xuan's three views were almost shattered. Wasn't this too intense? Catching a couple cheating in bed just sounded very exciting.
Jiang Che asked her, "Do you want this house or not?"
"Yes, of course." The thought of having such a disgusting neighbor made me sick to my stomach.
"But what about the price..." Hehe, this time the initiative is not in his hands.
Seeing his wife's malicious expression, Jiang Che immediately understood: "I think he will sell it for one thousand yuan."
"Then one thousand." Wei Xuan would not be soft-hearted towards this kind of scum. Compared with the two thousand he offered at that time, this was already very cheap. After all, the normal price of a house here was only about thirteen thousand. It was only two or three hundred to lower his price, which was nothing.
But the homeowner was not a fool. Jiang Che's offer of one thousand obviously could not satisfy him. Seeing Jiang Che's insistence, he said, "Then there is no room for negotiation." He angrily shook his hand and left.
Jiang Che didn't care about him. He didn't have to buy the house anyway.
The owner of the house immediately posted a house sale advertisement on the wall after he came out of Jiang Che's place. He just didn't believe that he couldn't sell the house.
As a result, ten days passed and no one came to see the house. At this time, the family next door could not wait any longer and began to urge him to pay back the money. It was okay if he didn't pay back, so they would just break into his house and smash everything they saw.
After two days, he finally couldn't stand it anymore, and ran to Jiang Che with a bruised face and nose: "One thousand yuan, I'll sell it, and I'll go and handle the formalities now."
Jiang Che didn't bother him, he just took the money and went to the Housing Authority with him.
In the evening, Wei Xuan looked at the newly-made house deeds and said with a smile, "After many twists and turns, this house finally fell into our family's hands. How do you know that he will come back to you in the end?"
"I don't know." Jiang Che said, "It's just that not many people can afford to buy a house now. Even if they have money, most people will buy a house first. This house is not only on the street, but also small. Most people who want to do business will not choose this place. There are too many limitations. The most important thing is that he is in a hurry to sell it. It's not easy to find a suitable buyer. But if he is so lucky to meet one, I have nothing to say. Anyway, we can buy this house or not."
After listening to his analysis, Wei Xuan decided that he was quite right, but this house was not something that could be bought or not.
She had planned it all out and planned to buy the store to sell braised meat and pastries.
Buying food was her plan from the beginning. She had two houses at that time, one of which was used as a grain store, and the other one was intended to sell food. However, she was delayed by various things and did not open the store. This time, after she is out of confinement, she plans to plan this matter carefully.
But since it wasn't an urgent matter, she hadn't told Jiang Che about it yet.
The day she left confinement was also the day Yuanyuan started school. This time Jiang Che took her to register. In addition to Yuanyuan, Hao Liwen was also there.
Hao Qing bought a house in Beijing last month and moved his family's household registration here, so when school starts this semester, Hao Liwen can go to the same school as Yuanyuan, the only difference is that one is in the second grade and the other is in the fifth grade.
After the confinement, Wei Xuan still focused on resting. In addition, it was so hot outside and she had to breastfeed her baby, so she still couldn't go to work in the store. But there was one good thing, that is, she didn't have to be trapped at home all day like before, and she could still go out for a walk in the morning and evening.
It was not until October, when the sun outside was not so scorching, that Wei Xuan started bringing her children to work in the store.
The person who was most excited to see her come back was Third Sister Jiang. She almost wanted to hug Wei Xuan: "You're finally back." If she didn't come back, she would be driven crazy. God knows how much pressure she has been under these days. She is afraid that she has not done well in any way and let Wei Xuan down.
However, Wei Xuan praised her for doing a good job: "Third sister, I looked at the account book, and the business has not declined at all. This shows that you are very capable." Wei Xuan was not complimenting her. Third sister was really doing a good job. Without much experience, she maintained the sales of three stores. This was amazing.
Third Sister Jiang blushed a little at the compliment, and quickly changed the subject: "Come and see the goods I bought some time ago."
The child had just eaten and fell asleep, so he wouldn't wake up for a while. Wei Xuan asked Liu Ying to stay in the food store with the child, while she followed Jiang Sanjie to inspect the store.
After visiting three stores, Wei Xuan didn't think there were any major problems. There were just some minor details that needed to be modified. However, these are not the most important things now. The most important thing is staff training.
She asked Jiang Sanjie: "Is there any store manager among the three stores that you think is good?"
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"Zhang Daya is very hardworking and careful. I like her best among the three store managers."
Zhang Daya was one of the first batch of old employees, even earlier than Third Sister Jiang. Wei Xuan was quite familiar with her. She nodded to show that she understood, and then said, "Third Sister, I have time now after giving birth to my child. You can continue to recruit people for the clothing store. I think we can prepare to open the fourth and fifth stores."
Third Sister Jiang was surprised: "Still opening?" She felt overwhelmed with just these few stores.
Wei Xuan nodded: "We are already familiar with this model. If we can make money by opening a store, why not open one? We can keep it open as long as there are people." Wei Xuan wanted to take advantage of the current market gap and take in as much as she could. After a dozen years, when the clothing store industry is saturated and she has almost made enough profit, she would then consider quitting the industry completely.
Sister Jiang thought for a moment and asked, "Do you need me to help you look for a house?"
"That's great." Wei Xuan said happily. She really couldn't spare the time to look for a house outside. Her child was young and couldn't leave her mobile granary for a moment. It was best to have Third Sister Jiang willing to help.
"But Third Sister, there's no rush to find a house. Let's hire someone first. I need to tidy up the grain store in the next few days. When I'm done with this, I'll take over your current position. You can then go and look for a house."
"Okay, I'll go write the job posting now."
When she returned home in the evening, Wei Xuan discussed with Jiang Che the issue of registering the child.
“Is the fine too much?”
This is what Wei Yu asked. If nothing unexpected happens, she will also have to pay a fine for this pregnancy. Their family still owes Jiang Che and Wei Xuan 700 yuan for buying a house. Although the man's monthly salary is not small, there is not much left after eating and drinking. If the fine is added, it is really a bit too much to bear.
Jiang Che said, "It's not very expensive. I asked today. The fine for the first extra birth is between 500 and 800 yuan. If you have more than one child, it will double."
This is much cheaper than Jiang Che originally thought.
Wei Yu breathed a sigh of relief. A few hundred dollars was still within her means, and she could pay it back in a year or two if she gritted her teeth.
Hao Qing also felt that the pressure on him was much less, so he let out a breath and asked, "Have you named the child?"
"He named it Jiang Yuanlang, which just happens to echo his sister's name, which means sunny, bright, optimistic and open-minded."
"This is a good name. Who got it?"
Wei Xuan smiled and said, "I looked it up in the dictionary." Actually, they didn't think too much before choosing the name, they just wanted to find a nice name, but when they saw this character, Jiang Che said it was good, because it happened to be the same as his daughter's, one is "sun" and the other is "moon", and the meaning is very similar.
Wei Xuan took a look and thought it sounded good, so she decided on it.
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