Chapter 178: Heartbreaking
In the next two days, people always come to my house to send New Year gifts, but in the end the kitchen simply won’t be able to put it down.
Xiuxiu is on holiday until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. If she had returned to her hometown during the Chinese New Year, Xu Lan would have let her leave long ago, but since she didn't go back, she kept keeping her busy until now.
Before the holiday, Xu Lan gave Xiuxiu a salary and also gave her a red envelope. In the end, she got eighty yuan this month, which was already very high.
You should know that the current monthly salary is about 30 or 40.
"Save this money." Xiuxiu is not a waste of food and drink here. She often goes to buy vegetables and helps clean or cook. But in the past six months, she has saved 300 yuan, which can be said to be worth the annual salary of many people.
"When Uncle and Auntie come, do you want to give them the money?"
"I want to save this after discussing with my parents. After working in Sister Xu's store for three or two years, I will use the money I earn to open a store, so that I don't need to ask my parents for it anymore."
"You have a good idea. Besides, the fourth uncle and fourth aunt don't expect you to make much money. As long as you live a good life, they will be content."
"I know."
On New Year's Eve, Jiang Yu and Xiuxiu were cooking in the kitchen, while Jiang Yan took Jiang Chuan to paste Spring Festival couplets outside.
Bai Chen and his wife next door have already gone to the Yan family to celebrate the New Year together. They have not been here these days, and they seem a little colder than usual.
But it is the New Year after all. On these days in the community, you can often hear the sound of firecrackers occasionally, which are all for children to gather together to play.
They follow the steps here, and the same goes for Hexi Village.
At the end of the twelfth lunar month, Jiang Changhai's three sons and daughters-in-law all brought their children back to their hometowns.
They are usually outside and only come back during festivals. They are fragrant and smelly in the distance. Whether it is between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, their relationship has always been very harmonious.
"Xiuxiu has been away for more than half a year, but she didn't expect she would not come back during the Chinese New Year." Yao Lin was washing vegetables and chatting with two sisters-in-law, "But living in Dani's house should be a good life."
"It's great." Li Ping has always lived with her parents-in-law. When Xiuxiu calls, she can listen to a few words and knows a lot. "Listen to her, she will work in other people's stores for a few years to learn from. After she has enough experience, she wants to open a store by herself, and her parents agree. Anyway, it's all the money that Xiuxiu earns herself, and the family doesn't think about asking for money from her children."
"But, at least, our family has three sons and daughters-in-law, how can we let my sister-in-law be retired?" Qi Shuangshuang put the clean cucumbers in the basin. "Didn't your parents say when will we go to the capital?"
Li Ping knew that his younger brother and sister were talking about Jiang Yan's marriage, "I said that our mother went there early. Dani has no parents and elders anymore. Our mother is her closest elder. We have to go there in advance to help buy things. Dad meant that we could arrive later, just three or two days before the wedding."
"Oh, I haven't traveled far away in my life. Who would have thought that this time I went out? I had to ask the children to take a leave from the school in those days and take them all over. After the wedding banquet of Dani, we will take the children around the capital and see the Great Wall of the Forbidden City."
The other two sisters-in-law nodded repeatedly. It was rare to go to such a far place. Of course, they had to have fun, otherwise they would be very regretful.
Xiuxiu called Jiang Changhai and his wife in the afternoon. After receiving the call, Zhao Caihua missed her daughter and talked about it for a long time on the phone. After hanging up the phone, her eyes couldn't hold on, and she cried so heart-wrenchingly.
After returning home, no matter how his son and daughter-in-law persuaded him, Zhao Caihua always felt that she couldn't let go.
My daughter has been carefully raised since she was a child. She doesn’t talk about the New Year, but she rarely leaves her side at other times. Who knows that she will never come back during the New Year.
In the end, Jiang Changhai couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he picked up the wet veil and stuffed it on the old woman's face, and said in a muffled voice: "Why are you crying? I'll see it in two months? Xiu said on the phone, "I'm eating well there, not cold or hot, I'm tired of working, but earning more money than at home, what else do you have to cry for?"
When Zhao Caihua heard this, she said that the truth was true, "But I just want to show, you don't think about it. When will the show leave home from birth to adulthood? This time she left so far and didn't come back during the Chinese New Year, so why don't I cry? "
"Okay, then you cry, your eldest daughter-in-law, let's watch the dinner."
"I know, dad." Yao Lin and the other two sisters-in-law nodded in agitation.
It is difficult to get along with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but Zhao Caihua treats them the same as their own mother. Maybe she can't say that. Yao Lin has been favored at home since she was a child. When she grew up, she found a husband she liked and gave birth to a son and a daughter after marriage. During the confinement period, the mother-in-law served her wholeheartedly and cares about her well-being, which is no worse than her own mother. The key is that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are also very harmonious and happy, and even whispered a lot.
But when Li Ping and Qi Shuangshuang were girls, they didn’t have a good time at home. After all, they all prefer boys over girls at home.
But when he got married to the Jiang family and met a mother-in-law as good as Zhao Caihua, he was even closer than his own mother.
The three small families were separated, but their parents-in-law didn't give much money, but they couldn't resist the ability of their three sons, and they didn't drag down Jiang Changhai and his wife at all. The three daughters-in-law didn't care about the money they had in their hands. Of course, they also envy the only sister-in-law, who earned Jiang Xiuxiu.
Fortunately, this sister-in-law is lively and cheerful, and she gets along well with her sister-in-laws. She has nothing to say about her nieces and nieces. As a sister-in-law, can she still compete with her sister-in-law?
Their lives are more comfortable, so naturally I hope that this sister-in-law will get richer in the future and will be able to live a straight waist in her in-laws' house.
If you don’t think it’s a bit vain. In their opinion, as long as your sister-in-law lives well, the three families can be less burdened. Everyone is happy and there is no need to be petty.
As for Jiang Xiuxiu, who was far away in the capital, after staying up with Jiang Yu for the rest of her life, she fell asleep when she returned to her room.
But when I woke up in the morning, the pillow was wet.
Fortunately, during the Chinese New Year, I always hope to be with my family, so how could I have no reaction at all?
"Xiuxiu, have you gotten up?" Jiang Yu knocked on the door outside.
"Come in." Jiang Xiuxiu sat up and began to dress quickly, "Why did you get up so early?"
"I'll get up early to make breakfast, and after eating, let's go to pay New Year's greetings together."
Jiang Xiuxiu was slightly stunned and said, "You guys go to greet New Year, is it appropriate for me to go with me?"
"Why is it not suitable? Do you want to be alone at home? Maybe we won't eat at home at noon. Today I have lunch at He's house, hurry up."
"Oh, go down right away."
I have to say that the winter in the capital is really cold, unlike at home, where as long as you live in a stove, the kang is so comfortable that people don’t want to move their butts.
For this reason, they all put three or four hot water bags in their beds when they sleep at night.
Chapter completed!