When Wang Xiaolan saw Qian Yuanjun running over, she quickly asked, "Yuanjun, what are you doing here? There are so many people here, we don't need your help."
Qian Yuanjun took a long breath before replying, "Aunt, my brother is back. He said he'll have lunch at home and will go back to my sister-in-law's place to accompany her in the afternoon. My uncle asked me to help inform you that he'll be back home for lunch at noon!"
When Wang Xiaolan heard this, she asked happily, "Reinforcements, did your sister-in-law come with you?"
"No, my brother said my sister-in-law went to visit her sick master."
Wang Xiaolan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go home after lunch. Reinforcement, you should go home quickly. It's too cold outside. Be careful when walking and don't fall."
"Hehe, Auntie, you're such a fool! I'm not a child, how could I have fallen? I'll go back first then."
Wang Xiaolan looked at Qian Yuanjun who was leaving and thought to herself that these children were growing up so fast. In the blink of an eye, the eldest was about to get married and the second was about to go to work.
Ye Wubing didn't get into the technical secondary school. He didn't know if it was because of too much pressure or because the admission score was too high. He was so surprised that he didn't get in. He was so depressed for several days, but he only recovered a little in the past two days.
When Ye Zhiqiu heard this, he said to Ye Tianya, "Well, if he didn't pass the exam, then he didn't pass. I'll ask the second brother later to see if he wants to go to work or join the army."
Ye Tianya thought for a moment, then asked, "Son, I heard that we're expanding a workshop next year. Do you still have a job opening?"
Ye Zhiqiu understood that the reason Ye Tianya asked this was because he had just given a job quota to Liu Cuihua, but she would only report to work as a kitchen helper after the New Year. Although the salary for this job was only 28 yuan a month, the canteen director was Wang Lei, so it would be easier to get by with someone under his own care.
He smiled and replied, "If there's only expansion, there will definitely be a job quota, but we don't have to wait until next year. If it really doesn't work out, I'll talk to my boss and arrange for him to be a buyer. I'll help him get things, and he'll have a very good job as a buyer!"
Wang Fugui frowned and said, "Grandson, your whole family works at the brewery. Is this really okay?"
Ye Zhiqiu didn't think much about it. To put it bluntly, it was nothing more than getting a job and spending the next twenty years!
So he smiled and said, "Grandpa, with us here at the brewery, he can work much more smoothly. If he went to other factories, he would encounter so many bad things. It's really not as good as working at the brewery!"
Wang Fugui explained, "It's mainly because the whole family is at the brewery, so this might not sound nice. But you do have a point. Wubing is still not very tactful, so it's more reassuring if you keep him in charge."
We chatted for a long time, finished a bottle of whiskey, and lunch was ready.
As soon as Wang Xiaolan came back, she pulled Ye Zhiqiu and told him to bring her daughter-in-law back.
In fact, although Feng Xiaomei talked less with them, the whole family liked her very much. Otherwise, her two younger brothers and sisters would not call her sister-in-law even when he was not at home.
If Ye Zhiqiu dared to do anything wrong to her, she wouldn't have to get angry or do anything, the whole family would attack him first!
Wang Fugui went to get his good wine, saying that it was the descendants of his comrades in the Northeast who came to the city to work and sent it to him.
After just a few drinks, Ye Zhiqiu felt his whole body burning. He quickly asked, "Grandpa, what kind of wine is this? I've only had a few ounces, and my whole body is burning. What's this thing?"
Wang Fugui said with a smile: "This wine is soaked with medicinal herbs that replenish qi and blood. It's mainly because it has been soaked for a long time that the medicinal effects have been completely absorbed into the wine, so the wine looks a bit black."
Ye Zhiqiu was speechless. He was a grown man, and he lived in the same room with Feng Xiaomei, feeling suffocated every day. Yet, she even gave him tonic wine to drink!
He quickly said to Ye Tianya: "Dad, you drink this wine! I don't even dare to drink this glass, for fear of making a mistake."
Wang Fugui laughed and scolded, "You bastard, I gave you the opportunity to do something good under the influence of alcohol, but you didn't cherish it! Grandpa is old, I don't know how many days I can live, I just want to hug your child..."
"Old man, you're just talking nonsense. How old are you? You can at least take my grandson to a technical secondary school!"
"That's right, old man, he's always talking nonsense when he's drunk. Is this foreign liquor really that strong..."
Wang Fugui laughed and said yes, he was just confused because he drank too much, but there was some sadness in the depths of his eyes.
Because he really doesn't have much time left!
There was one thing that Ye Zhiqiu and the others didn't know. They always thought that Wang Fugui went out to go back to the unit to deal with something.
In fact, he did go back to the unit, but he went back for a physical examination and treatment, and also to check on the work.
He didn't have cancer, but he had suffered too many injuries during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which had worn him out. Now his organs were severely aged, and the doctor had told him that many of them were failing. At any moment, something could go wrong in his body, triggering a chain reaction...
So what he said was not a lie to them. He really wanted Ye Zhiqiu and Feng Xiaomei to get pregnant as soon as possible. Maybe he could even hold on until the day when he could hold their child.
He smiled and joked, "Grandson, are you still a man? You even get nervous after a glass of wine. You and Xiaomei are already at this stage, so if you're pregnant, then so be it! It's nothing more than waiting for Xiaomei to graduate so you can have a baby sooner!"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and replied, "Of course I'm a man. Do you think I want to be a monk? I'm just respecting my Aunt Chen. She said we're not allowed to mess around before we get married! Plus, now that my Uncle Feng is gone, she's already sad. We have to be sensible and not make her angry."
Ye Tianya said with emotion: "You should pay attention to your Aunt Chen's mood. When she comes back, she will ask you to spend more time with her. You can't let her stay alone. She will easily have wild thoughts.
I'm actually quite sorry. You and Xiaomei have such a good relationship. As a father, I really want to thank Xiaomei's father. It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to have a drink with him and chat about your future. It's a big regret in life!"
Qian Dafu consoled him, "Brother, life is full of disappointments. I'm sure Xiaomei's father would feel the same way when he heard about your regrets! Let's toast him together!"
"Okay, let me toast to my in-laws whom I've never met!"
Ye Zhiqiu also raised his glass and drank a glass together. He also felt regretful because he had never accompanied his skinny father-in-law, who had a bright look in his eyes despite his health problems, to have a drink together!
But this is how the world is. Regrets are more common than anything else. Even if you want to cherish something, fate will only play tricks on you, making it impossible for you to grasp it...
But no matter what, cherishing something seems difficult, but in fact, not caring about eating and drinking well, but living in the present every day, is cherishing it...
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