Standing at the steel plant's gate, Chu Tian glanced at Director Liu as he walked in, and whispered to the nervous Yao Youjun, "Youjun, if you need to fill out any forms, fill them out according to your actual situation. If you don't know how to fill them out, just ask Director Liu. Don't be shy. Since he took the initiative to take you to register in person, it means that he has given outsiders a signal that you are his!"
"Remember?"
Yao Youjun swallowed and said, "I remember that. But, brother-in-law, can't you go in with me?"
Chu Tian shook his head and said earnestly, "Youjun, you're almost an adult. You can't rely on others for everything! You need to eat your own food and walk your own path. Your brother-in-law has done his best to send you here. Your future depends on you!"
"Do you understand?"
"I····"
Yao Youjun opened his mouth and was about to say something when he suddenly heard Director Liu calling him. He turned around and saw Director Liu standing at the door waving at him.
Chu Tian smiled slightly and patted his shoulder again, "Go quickly, your brother-in-law and your brother Weiguo are waiting for you here."
Sun Weiguo also grinned and said, "Friendly brother, go ahead boldly."
Yao Youjun took a deep breath and walked into the steel plant with Director Liu.
Sun Weiguo sat on the shaft of the cart, looking at Chu Tian leaning against the wall, and asked doubtfully, "Brother Tian, are you really not going to take care of your allies in the future?"
Chu Tian glanced at him and asked, "How can I care? I'm just his brother-in-law, not his parents!"
"I don't care about his work, but if he encounters some difficulties in life that I can help with, I will still help him to an appropriate extent."
Sun Weiguo blinked, "Why is it the right amount?"
Chu Tian patiently explained, "Weiguo, although I'm talking about friendly forces, I hope you can also remember that even if they are relatives or even children, you can give them appropriate help within your own psychological scope, but you can't control everything and arrange everything for them. That will make them develop dependence and become giant babies. In the future, if there is anything that happens, they will not think about solving it themselves first, but seek help from others first..."
"I can't say all of them, but I can only say that the majority of young people who have just entered society are generally kind-hearted and have good family backgrounds. If we don't want them to become greedy and completely distorted, we have to find a balance and avoid going overboard!"
"Actually, I know what people are thinking right now. It's nothing more than morally blackmailing you. If you don't help, it's your fault. Why? Why else? Because we're relatives, because I'm your junior, or even because I'm your elder!"
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Sun Weiguo opened his mouth. He wanted to say that the longer he spent with Brother Tian, the more he felt that his three views had changed!
Chu Tian chuckled and changed the subject, "Weiguo, are you ready for your wedding?"
Sun Weiguo immediately forgot what he had just said, and a suspicious blush appeared on his face. "What do we need to prepare? Just drive the carriage to pick up Meiling in the morning, and invite everyone who came to the wedding to have a simple meal together at noon..."
Chu Tian recalled that there were no such things as weddings in this era. Those who were well-off could just have a meal together, while those who were not so well-off could just pile two quilts together and be considered married. Even when his original body got married to Yao Xiujuan, wasn’t it just that Yao Xiujuan brought a bag and that was considered a marriage?
"When you get married, I'll give you a big gift!"
Sun Weiguo chuckled, "Then I'd like to thank Brother Tian first."
Yao Xiujuan was learning to make clothes from Yao Xiuli when she heard someone knocking on the door. She called out curiously, "Who is it?"
"Xiujuan, it's me, Aunt Wu."
Upon hearing this, Yao Xiujuan got off the kang and shouted, "Auntie, come in quickly. The door is not locked."
Aunt Wu and Sun Guoan came in, each carrying a large basket. "We have a lot of vegetables at home, so I brought some for you..."
He paused and saw Yao Xiuli standing with Yao Xiujuan, and asked tentatively, "Is this your sister?"
Yao Xiujuan smiled and asked Aunt Wu and Sun Guoan to sit down. "Yeah, what? Does it look like it?"
Yao Xiuli smiled reservedly, "Hello, Auntie."
Aunt Wu smiled and said, "Okay, okay."
"Guoan is calling for help."
Sun Guoan put the basket on the ground and called out softly, "Auntie, Auntie," and his face turned red with shame.
Yao Xiujuan looked at her amusedly and gestured for Yao Xiuli to go make some sugar water. "Auntie, why are you here at this time? I remember before the New Year, didn't you say you would take Guoan back to your hometown to visit relatives on the fifth day of the New Year? Are you not planning to go back?"
Aunt Wu chuckled. "Why not? I just found out there are no tickets today, only tomorrow."
Yao Xiujuan was surprised, "The tickets have been bought?"
Aunt Wu took the bowl from Yao Xiuli and nodded with a smile, "Thank you."
"I bought it. It was bought with the help of a former comrade of Guoan's father. After he retired from the army, he started working at the railway station in Urumqi."
Sun Guoan smiled shyly at Yao Xiuli and said, "Thank you, Auntie."
Yao Xiuli smiled and thought that this child's calling of "Auntie" sounded much nicer than the other children in her family.
Yao Xiujuan glanced at Yao Xiuli who continued to sew clothes after pouring the sugar water, and continued talking to Aunt Wu.
"That's great. This way it will be much easier for you and Guoan to buy tickets whenever you want to take a train."
Aunt Wu waved her hand. "How can I ask for help every time? Actually, I didn't even want him to help this time. He came to see me on the third day of the Lunar New Year. When he heard that I was going to take Guoan back to visit my family, he said he would help buy the tickets."
Listening to his grandmother and aunt chatting, Sun Guoan looked around boredly, and finally couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Aunt, where is Sister Wu Ya?"
Yao Xiujuan pointed to the kang and said, "He's sleeping."
Sun Guoan said "Oh", and his face showed a little more disappointment.
After chatting for a while, Aunt Wu was ready to leave. She stood up and said, "Xiujuan, I'm leaving tomorrow. I estimate I won't be back until a month later, before the spring plowing season. Please ask Chu Tian to pay more attention to our yard."
Yao Xiujuan also stood up and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Wu, we will help you take care of it."
After seeing off Aunt Wu and her grandson, Yao Xiuli squatted down to look through the vegetables they had brought and exclaimed, "Sister, Aunt Wu gave us so many vegetables!"
Yao Xiujuan looked down and found that carrots, pears, and chamagu accounted for most of the food, in addition to a dozen potatoes and two slightly wilted cabbages.
“Yes, quite a few…”
Yao Xiuli put all the vegetables piled on the ground into the basket one by one. "Sister, can we just put them away like this? Will my brother-in-law be unhappy?"
Yao Xiujuan sat down, holding her belly, and smiled, shaking her head. "Just collect them, what's the harm? If we don't collect them, these vegetables will rot! And your brother-in-law is not the kind of person who gets angry easily. He won't get angry just because we collected some vegetables!"
Yao Xiuli said "Oh" and agreed, "I also found that my brother-in-law has a really good temper."
Yao Xiujuan chuckled and did not explain. Brother Tian’s temper is towards people, and his temper is not particularly good towards people he dislikes.
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