Yao Xiujuan heard Lele's screams coming from outside, and looked over. She saw Xinxin and the others running very fast to prevent Lele from getting close. She hurriedly shouted, "Xinxin, please let your sister go."
Xinxin looked back at Yao Xiujuan and said cheerfully, "Mom, we are just having fun..."
Yao Xiuhe glanced at Xinxin, who looked very similar to her brother-in-law, and after thinking for a moment, she asked, "Sister, I heard from Jiali more than two months ago that her brother-in-law went to Kouli to work as a driver. Could it be that he hasn't come back yet?"
Yao Xiujuan retracted her gaze, looked at Yao Xiuhe and nodded, "Well, my brother told me the day before we left that if we leave early, we can get back before the New Year, but if we leave late, it will probably be after the New Year..."
Yao Xiuhe was surprised. "It takes that long? What about Xiuli and her family of three? Can they come back before the New Year?"
Yao Xiujuan shook her head. "I don't know. When he left, he said he'd taken three months off, but he hasn't come back in three months. So I asked the team leader, and he said Jianmin called and said he'd taken another month off..."
Yao Youjun blinked. "So that means Xiuli and the others won't be back for the New Year?"
Upon hearing this, Yao's mother said, "Your brother-in-law hasn't been home for a few years, and Xiu Li is meeting her parents-in-law for the first time. It's the slack season for farming now anyway, so it's only right that she can stay at her in-laws' house for a while and spend some time with the Li family."
Yao Youjun was stunned for a moment, then muttered softly, "I didn't say it's wrong, it's just that Xiuli comes home every Chinese New Year, and I can't see her this year, so I feel like something's missing..."
Liu Jiali reached behind Yao Youjun and squeezed gently. Gritting her teeth, she leaned in close to him and whispered, "Whatever mother says is right. What are you mumbling about?"
Yao Youjun turned around and glanced at his wife with a grin, then smiled flatteringly, "Hey, we're family, it's okay..."
Yao's mother glanced at Yao Youjun and asked with a frown, "Youjun, Jiali, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Jiali showed a gentle smile, "Mom, it's okay, I was just joking with my allies!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Yao Youjun again, put his hand on his lower back again, and asked with a smile, "Youjun, don't you agree?"
Yao Youjun gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, yes..."
Yao Xiujuan and Yao Xiuhe happened to see Liu Jiali's actions. They looked at each other and immediately turned their heads away, pretending not to see anything.
Mother Yao nodded and turned to look at Yao Xiujuan. "Xiujuan, are you going to leave with the friendly forces tomorrow?"
Yao Xiujuan nodded, "Well, I'm a little worried about grandma being alone at home, and she's been home for three days this time. Tomorrow, when Youjun and the others go back, we'll go back with them.
Mother Yao nodded and said, "Well, go back. You have to take good care of your grandma when Chu Tian is not here."
Yao Xiujuan smiled and said, "Mom, I know."
Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Chu Tian family, Mrs. Chu looked at the eldest and second sons, frowning and saying, "What are you two doing? You're here and you're not saying anything. Are you just sitting here like decorations?"
Uncle Chu, Chu Ren quickly smiled ingratiatingly, "Mom, you see, you've been spending the New Year at Xiaotian's house for the past few years. This year, Xiaotian is not here, and Xiujuan has to take care of three children. Why don't you go spend the New Year at your son's house?"
"You also want your son to be filial..."
Chu Yi nodded repeatedly, "Mom, big brother is right, you can't let Xiaotian take care of you all the time, big brother and I should also be more filial to you..."
Mrs. Chu glanced at her two sons and sneered, "Forget it, huh? You two want to be filial to me? I think you two want me to take care of your grandchildren, right?"
Chu Ren and Chu Yi were shocked. "Mom, why do you think so? We sons really want to be filial to you..."
Before they could finish their words, they were interrupted by Old Lady Chu, "Alright, I know what you are thinking, and I know that you are both filial. But I, your mother, have nothing to ask for in this life. The only thing I miss is your little brother, but your little brother..."
After a pause, he continued, "Your little brother has been gone for more than 20 years. I want to live with Xiaotian now. This way, looking at Xiaotian is like seeing your little brother!"
I have said this, what else can Chu Ren and Chu Yi say? The two looked at each other and sighed in their hearts at the same time. The death of my younger brother is a hurdle that I can't get over in my heart. She will never forget it in her life...
Mrs. Chu stood up and said, "Boss, I remember Xiaojie said last time that he could buy some coal from the coal mine?"
Chu Ren nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, "Yes, mother, my second son and I have agreed to borrow a few carriages from the brigade tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to buy them back from the coal mine."
Old Mrs. Chu nodded, and while taking money out of her pocket, she said, "Xiujuan has gone back to her parents' home, and I don't know when Xiaotian will be back. We don't have much coal at home, and I'm afraid it won't be enough for the winter. You two go there tomorrow and buy me a thousand kilograms..."
"Take these five dollars. If there's more, I'll refund you. If there's less, you can pay for it first. I'll give it back to you when you get back!"
As she spoke, she handed the five dollars she took out to Chu Ren. The best coal is not expensive now, and the average quality coal sold by coal mines to the families of coal mine workers is even cheaper. She remembered that when Xiaotian bought it last year, he seemed to have said that one hundred kilograms was only forty or fifty cents. Five dollars can buy at least one thousand kilograms, right?
Chu Ren was stunned, then hurriedly pushed the money back, his face full of displeasure, "Mom, what are you doing? I can just pay for whatever you want, how can I let you pay? How much do you look down on me?"
"Yes, my son isn't as rich as Xiaotian, but he's not broke either!"
Old Mrs. Chu looked down at the money in her hand and said, "Hey!" "What do you mean by 'look down on it'? I was just thinking, 'This is for my family, so I'm going to pay for it myself?' How can it be linked to 'look down on it'?"
Chu Ren was also an elderly man. When he heard his mother say this, he turned his head away in anger and didn't look at Old Lady Chu.
Chu Yi grinned as he watched from the side. "Mom, just keep the money! You don't live with your sons anyway, so how could they ask you to pay for a few dollars worth of coal?"
Old Madam Chu looked at Chu Ren, who was still angry, and made a "tsk" sound with a mocking tone, "Boss, why don't you look in the mirror and see how old you are? Are you still angry? Aren't you afraid that the younger generations will see you and laugh at you?"
Having said so, Old Mrs. Chu still put the five dollars in her hand back into her pocket. Her two sons' lives were much better now than in their hometown, and they could save at least a hundred or eighty dollars a year, so they were not short of these few dollars, so there was no need for her to be too polite.
Chu Ren caught a glimpse of his mother putting the money away. Her tone became much better, but she still looked angry. "They dare! I'll beat them up!"
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