◎Return to my mother's home◎
The next day, after delivering the finished sauce to Wu Yun and earning a few dozen dollars in return, Jiang Che and Wei Xuan were completely free except for working during the day.
It was only at this time that Wei Xuan realized that they did not have a holiday during the Spring Festival. Wei Xuan had already discussed with her colleagues at the supply and marketing cooperative to help cover her shift on the first and second days of the new year because Jiang Che's factory happened to be on holiday on those two days.
They had New Year's Eve dinner at Jiang's house, and early in the morning on New Year's Day, they got on a bus back to her parents' home, carrying their bags.
The bus only goes to the county town. Fortunately, the two of them had called the village brigade headquarters yesterday to notify the Wei family to pick them up. Brother Wei had already been waiting for them here in the early morning in the village's ox cart.
As soon as Jiang Che and Wei Xuan got out of the car, Brother Wei, who was not far away, saw them.
"Little sister, brother-in-law, I'm here."
Wei Xuan looked up when she heard the voice, smiled and waved in response: "Brother."
Jiang Che pulled Wei Xuan, fearing that she would fall. It snowed all night last night, and there was snow on the ground today. When people stepped on it, some places were very slippery.
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The two of them walked towards Brother Wei, one step deep and one step shallow.
When they got there, Brother Wei took the things the two were carrying and put them on the ox cart.
Jiang Che helped Wei Xuan onto the cart first, then turned around and called out "Big Brother" before climbing onto the cart and getting ready.
Brother Wei was a rather taciturn person, and he really didn't know what to say to his brother-in-law from the city, so he could only grin at the two of them, then jumped onto the ox cart, sat with his back to them, and drove the cart home.
Along the way, because of the strong wind, although the ox cart was not moving fast, several people were still very cold and had no mood to talk and reminisce.
It was not until they reached the doorstep that Brother Wei stopped the cart and turned to the two men and said, "You go home first. I'll go to the village to return the cart."
There are many people who want to borrow ox carts during the Chinese New Year. It is better to return it early so as not to delay others from borrowing it.
"Okay, big brother." Jiang Che jumped out of the car first and went to help Wei Xuan.
Seeing that the two had taken all the things away, Brother Wei turned the ox cart around and said, "Go in quickly. The family is waiting."
Just as the two were about to knock on the gate, it was opened from the inside.
"I said I seemed to hear some noise. You must have been cold on the way. Come into the house and warm up quickly. Where is your eldest brother?" Wei's mother welcomed her daughter and son-in-law into the yard, only to find that her eldest son was not there.
"My eldest brother sent us to the door and said he was going to return the ox cart." Wei Xuan walked over and put her arm around Wei's mother's arm.
Mother Wei was happy that her little girl was close to her, but when she saw her son-in-law standing by with a bunch of things in his hands, she quickly shouted into the house, "Second brother, third brother, come out quickly, your little sister is back."
When Wei's mother shouted like this, a group of people rushed out of the room.
Even Wei Xuan's younger brother Wei Xiaolong was there.
The original owner didn't have a very good relationship with this younger brother, mainly because she felt that she was the youngest in the family and everyone should give in to her. But since she had this younger brother, everything changed. Her parents were still good to her, but they were also good to her younger brother. Whatever she had, her younger brother would also have a share.
As time went by, the siblings became less close.
Section 18
Wei Xuan didn't know Wei Xiaolong very well. After she came here, she had only seen him twice, once on her wedding day. Wei Xiaolong usually went to high school in the county town and would only come back once a month.
He is a good student, unlike Wei Xuan who just goes to school to waste time.
Wei Xiaolong also couldn't like his sister Wei Xuan. In his mind, this sister was selfish and ignorant, and not smart at all, so he looked down on her.
But now seeing Wei Xuan talking to the family with a smile, he looked at her suspiciously for a long time, and felt that after not seeing her for a while, this stupid sister seemed not so stupid anymore.
Wei Xuan felt his gaze, looked up and smiled at him.
Seeing that he was stunned, she teased him deliberately: "Xiaolong, why didn't you call for help when you saw your sister coming back? Your sister also brought you a lot of delicious food."
Who cares about your delicious food? He's already so old, why do you still treat him like a child?
Wei Xiaolong suddenly felt that Wei Xuan was still the same Wei Xuan, without changing at all, and that it was all his illusion just now.
But under the gazes of everyone in the Wei family, he still called out reluctantly: "Sister, brother-in-law."
Having satisfied her own bad taste, Wei Xuan was in a good mood and liked this arrogant little brother a little more.
After stretching her arms and legs to feel less stiff, she took the bag she had brought back and began to distribute the gifts.
In fact, most of it was food. I brought three pounds of sausage and bacon. I also brought this much when I went to Jiang's house before. There were still about seven or eight pounds left at home for food.
I also brought a marinated duck.
In fact, people in rural areas also pickle meat in winter, but it is different from what Wei Xuan does. Basically, they just put some salt on the meat to keep it from spoiling for a long time. There is no other taste except saltiness.
In addition to these, she also brought some meatballs made by Wei Xuan for the children to eat. She also bought three bags of milk candy from the supply and marketing cooperative, which was enough for the children to eat for a long time.
Wei Xuan heard that seven pieces of milk candy are equivalent to a cup of milk, which is just enough to provide nutrition for her nephews and nieces. Compared with the two children of the Jiang family, Wei Xuan's nephews and nieces look much thinner.
The rest are gifts bought specifically for Wei’s father and mother.
Jiang Che picked up a bottle of white wine and said to Wei's father, "Father-in-law, let's have a drink later. I also brought some special snacks to go with the wine."
Father Wei took the wine, took a look at it and said with a smile: "Okay, this wine is not cheap, I will enjoy your blessing and drink it for once."
Wei Xuan's three brothers were also very envious when they saw it, because this bottle of wine cost several dollars.
Seeing this, Jiang Che invited them with great tact: "There are three brothers left, let's have a drink together at noon. I'll just have one bottle of Moutai, but I also brought other wines. I just don't know if the three brothers will dislike it."
"Don't mind, don't mind. This wine is much better than what we usually drink." Third Brother Wei's eyes turned red with envy. They usually just drank loose liquor and had no money to buy bottled wine.
Jiang Che just said that. In fact, the wines he brought were all good, but the Moutai was particularly good. But Moutai was hard to buy. There was only one bottle. He couldn't just bring one bottle of wine to his father-in-law's house! There wouldn't be much left if everyone got a glass.
So he picked something inferior and bought two bottles, each costing more than one dollar.
Mother Wei couldn't bear to see them talking about alcohol in such a shameless way, but for the sake of her son-in-law's face she couldn't say much, so she could only keep warning her sons with her eyes.
But these people are now fully focused on the wine, so they don't have the time to pay attention to Wei's mother's lawsuit.
Wei Xuan was afraid that her mother would be angry, so she quickly diverted her attention and took out two hats from her bag and said, "Mom, look, these are the hats I knitted especially for you and Dad. Try them on and see if they fit you well."
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