Chapter 13: Lively Family Gatherings

The next day is the village market, and once every five days, people from all over the country gather in this small village to buy and sell their goods. Yang Qianxun was bored and wanted to go and see, so he went with his mother. The bazaar is still the same as it used to be, and the shouting and bargaining can be heard in the distance. Selling food, selling haberdashery, selling clothes, shoes and socks, a small stall on both sides of the only road in the village, the villagers are wearing clothes to go out to see people, glamorously appearing here, buying and selling are so devoted, only Yang Qianxun has the mentality of watching the excitement, looking around, and watching and leaving.

In front of a small stall selling socks, the tax officer was collecting taxes, and when he got closer, he saw that the tax officer was a classmate in junior high school, what was his name, I forgot, I only remembered that his surname was Xia, and he went to replace his father before graduating from junior high school and went to work at the tax office in the town. His sister is also in the same class as Yang Qianxun, and she used to be at the same table. Tax Officer Xia was wearing a uniform of the tax bureau, which was very conspicuous, and he wanted to say hello to him, but when he saw that in order to collect a booth tax of one or two yuan, Tax Officer Xia was arguing with the small vendors, and he felt bad to interject, so he walked away.

Looking back for his mother, he couldn't see where his mother had gone, Yang Qianxun was going to see if there was anything to buy and buy some casually, and then go home. Walking from the east side of the market to the west side, I didn't see anything, and slowly walked in the direction of home. On the way, I received a call from Li Hao: "Qianxun, I just came out of the Yuanda branch, and I talked to Manager Zheng here with my father, and he said that if we want to buy more than 30 cars at a time, the down payment can be lowered again." We are going to hold an event in the next few days, advertise it on local TV, and then launch it through relatives and friends, and together with the car sales company, we will charter a hotel to promote this car maintenance program. "Come and help me, there are few people here who can help, and I can't do it."

Chihiro was embarrassed and said: "I just came home, my parents may not agree that I will leave immediately, or I will go the day after tomorrow, you help me book a train ticket, from Jinan to Jiujiang, then you go to the train station to pick me up." ”

"Okay, it's a deal! I'm going to get busy first. Li Hao hung up the phone.

When I got home, my mother hadn't returned. My father was still at school, and I was bored thinking about it, so I went out to meet my mother again, and I didn't know what she bought, and whether she could take it. Walking slowly towards the market, at the edge of the market, I saw my mother carrying a lot of fresh vegetables and meat, hurriedly walked a few steps, took some of it, and the mother and daughter went home while chatting.

At lunchtime, Yang Qianxun briefly said that he was going to Jiangxi to help, and his mother said: "You just came back and left, and you didn't say a few words!" ”

The father also said, "Yes! Those relatives should also go, just come and go in a hurry! But it's important to do things, if you want to go, go ahead! ”

When I arrived in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, it was more than twelve o'clock in the evening, and at the exit of the railway station, Li Hao was already waving to Yang Qianxun who came out. In the end, it is a southern city, and Chihiro feels much warmer than Shandong. Li Hao ran to her quickly, opened his arms and gave her a hug, "You're finally here, I miss you!" ”

Yang Qianxun smiled and patted Li Hao's back, "We've only been apart for four or five days!" ”

"Let's go, I've already opened the room, put down the luggage first, and I'll take you out to eat." Li Hao took Chihiro's suitcase, and the two of them left the train station.

Li Hao drove the car, took Yang Qianxun to the Seven Days Hotel, put down the luggage, the two went out to find a restaurant, drove two or three streets, the restaurant was basically closed, some opened the door, and when they got out of the car to ask, it was no longer open, and it seemed that it was more difficult to eat. Yang Qianxun said: "At this time in Shenzhen, there are many people eating supper, why are your shops closed here?" ”

Li Hao said: "The mainland is like this! If you want to eat, there is also a place. With that, he turned the car around, turned a street, and stopped at the entrance of KFC. Yang Qianxun said: "Eating KFC so late, I'm afraid of gaining weight!" ”

Li Hao comforted: "Once in a while, it doesn't matter, the only place I know of that is open 24 hours a day is here!" ”

After not eating much for a day, Yang Qianxun felt his hungry stomach, "I can't take care of too much, let's fill my stomach first and then lose weight!" ”

"Staying here for one night can also be intimate and affectionate, it is not so convenient to go back home! Unmarried cohabitation is not allowed at home, and my mother has prepared all the rooms where you live. stayed in Li Xiaoxia's room. On the way back to the hotel, Li Hao happily explained.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, he arrived at Li Hao's hometown in the county seat. Yang Qianxun went to Li Hao's house for the second time, and Li Hao's parents were very satisfied with her. As soon as Li Hao walked out of the parking lot with Yang Qianxun's luggage, she saw Li Hao's parents, grandparents happily greeting her in the distance, which made her very moved, and she hurriedly raised her hand to greet them. Li Hao's house is very large, it is the kind of commercial housing with a duplex structure, grandparents live with them, surrounded by Li Hao's family, Yang Qianxun walked into Li Hao's house for the second time.

On the coffee table in the living room, there are several kinds of fruits and snacks, which seem to have been prepared in advance. As soon as Yang Qianxun sat down on the sofa, her grandmother had already picked up a big apple and handed it over: "Eat, you're welcome!" ”

In simple words, Yang Qianxun can still understand it, and the local dialect sounds no less than a foreign language to outsiders. The last time I came, Li Hao kept being a translator next to him, and if Li Hao left, Yang Qianxun tried not to speak, because she was afraid that Li Hao's family would talk, and she wouldn't understand.

"Thank you, Grandma!" Looking at the old man's kind smile, Yang Qianxun could only take the apple and hold it in his hand.

There was a knock on the door, and Li Hao opened the door, and it was his uncle, aunt and a cute little boy who was his cousin. Yang Qianxun got up again to say hello. At this time, Li Hao's father said: "Xiaohao, you go out to the hotel next to you and book a table of banquets, it's more troublesome to do it at home, wait a minute, your aunt's family will come over." ”

Li Hao agreed and asked Yang Qianxun, "Are you going?" ”

Yang Qianxun hurriedly stood up and said, "I'll go with you." In fact, she had long wanted to go out to breathe, she was more nervous and surrounded by many people, asking long and short questions, and heard that there were still people coming, so she couldn't wait to find a place to hide immediately.

Li Hao's mother said: "You two go together, Chihiro also see if there are any dishes you like to eat, order a few more." ”

The two agreed and walked out of the house. Downstairs, I met Li Hao's aunt and family of three, beckoned my aunt's family, and invited them to go upstairs, and Li Hao and the two drove to a nearby restaurant.

After ordering the meal, Yang Qianxun said: "You take me around the neighborhood, there are too many people in your family, I am a little difficult to handle, wait for a while and then go back." ”

Li Hao agreed and said, "Let's go and see the disc I burned, I don't know if it's done, if it's done, I'll get it back by the way." ”

Yang Qianxun said suspiciously: "Why is it carved again?" Didn't you engrave it in Xining? ”

Li Hao explained: "Aren't we going to have an event? I've made changes to the previous ones, with a commentary, and I'll send it to the people who come to the event when the time comes. ”

Yang Qianxun understood. made fun of Li Hao: "You are really racing against time!" I didn't miss any time, I wanted to visit your treasure land! You still have to do things! ”

Turning the street, I soon came to a shop that burned CDs, and Chihiro looked at the signboard on it, which was a shop that made wedding photography, and it was considered a bit large-scale in the local area. A clerk saw the two of them coming in, and immediately came over to greet them: "Brother Li, here, I'm about to call you, the disc you want is ready, you can take a look first." As he spoke, he invited the two of them to sit down, and took out a cardboard box from the cupboard, "You count, 520 sheets, you said you wanted 500 sheets, I engraved 20 more sheets for you, and I didn't charge you more." ”

Li Hao smiled approvingly and said, "Okay, there is a future, and I will do business." Thank you! How much does it cost? ”

After paying, the two carried the cardboard box and put it in the back of the car, and after getting in the car, it was still early, Li Hao called home and set up to meet at the restaurant at half past eleven, and they went directly to take her to continue shopping.

In less than half an hour, a county town was already driving around, and Yang Qianxun proposed to find a supermarket to buy some daily necessities. So the two stayed at the supermarket for some more time, bought some things, and saw that the time was almost up, before driving towards the restaurant.

The whole family had arrived, and they were all sitting in the private room drinking the tea brought by the waiter. When they saw the two of them come in, they all looked at the two of them with a smile. Li Hao arranged for Yang Qianxun to sit down and began to beckon the waiter to serve the food. After a while, the dishes came up one after another, Li Hao's mother and aunt kept picking up vegetables for Yang Qianxun, whether she liked it or not, the dishes were full, Li Hao on the side finally couldn't help it, and said to them: "You let her clip it herself, don't be too polite, otherwise she will be embarrassed!" As he spoke, he put all the dishes that Yang Qianxun didn't like to eat on his plate. My aunt said with a knowing smile on her face, "When did Xiao Hao learn to take care of people?" When are you going to get married? Your uncle and I have all your wedding gifts ready! ”

Li Hao said with a hippie smile: "Since you're ready, give it to us now, and we don't have to wait until we get married, we haven't decided yet." ”

Li Hao's mother said on the side: "I go to Qinghai this time, and I don't know when I will have time?" Xiaohao, you are in your thirties, your grandparents are in a hurry! ”

"You are the eldest grandson in the family, and your grandparents are anxious to value their grandson, so you still have to get married early."

Yang Qianxun lowered his head embarrassedly, it seems that he has encountered a forced marriage again, and the last time he went to their house, it was the same. No matter what they say, with Li Hao to deal with, I just have to eat. Chihiro thought to herself, her hands kept going, as if the only thing she had to do at the moment was to eat.