Coming back from the cemetery, Uncle Yi asked Qin Huairu to take a group of women to cook a few tables of meals and let everyone eat together.

Lao Yan's family has a large family, and the family occupies a whole table.

The three mothers sighed while eating: "You aunts are such good people, how can you say that if you don't have it, it's gone." ”

"Isn't Aunt Yi having a heart attack, you, don't be sentimental, let's hurry up and eat." Yan Jiecheng persuaded on the side, he was afraid that his mother would think too much, his first aunt was not a few years older than the third mother, and the third mother must have seen that the first aunt left suddenly, and couldn't help but think of himself.

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Two months have passed since my aunt died, and there are still a few days to go before the New Year.

"Alas, I don't know how Xie Kuang is doing over there?" The three mothers sat in front of Yan Jiecheng's sewing machine, sighed while making clothes, and said to themselves.

"Didn't Xie Kuang write a letter a few days ago? He is now teaching in the village and does not work in the fields. Life is more comfortable than ours, what else do you have to worry about. Yan Jiecheng saw that the three mothers wanted to relieve him again, and hurriedly said comfortingly. It was also the first time that someone had been away from home for so long and so far away.

"Who knows if he reports good news or bad news, and I don't know how he spends the New Year. Why don't we send him something? ”

"Okay, we are going to buy New Year's goods in the afternoon. By the way, send him the six yuan for this month, and you have to make a trip to save it. Yan Jiecheng didn't know what was going on on his side, although Yan Jiekuang wrote a letter to his family, but he said that he was a teacher himself, and he didn't mention anything else.

There are also three mothers, since the first aunt left, this time has become sentimental, a lot of attention to them, and they have become less picky than before. Otherwise, based on his previous character, he would definitely not take the initiative to send something to Yan Jiekuang.

"So what should we send him?"

Yan Jiecheng thought for a while and said, "Send him a set of clothes, as well as industrial rolls." Anyway, it's also in the countryside, and they shouldn't lack food. ”

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

"Okay, I'll go back and bring you the industrial rolls from your dad and their school." After the three mothers finished speaking, they didn't wait for Yan Jiecheng to speak, got up and went out to get the industrial rolls.

After eating at noon, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li took their two children, and the family went out in a big way, first went to the post office to send the things to Yan Jiekuang, and then went straight to the department store. At this time, I would definitely not be able to receive something for Yan Xie Kuang a year ago, but this was done to make the three mothers feel at ease and save her from nagging day by day.

"Daddy, I want this." Xiao Ziwan stared at a pair of small red leather shoes with shining eyes, and shouted at Yan Jiecheng.

"No, how old are you to wear leather shoes, didn't your grandmother just make you a pair of floral cloth shoes, I look very good, why don't you wear them." Before Yan Jiecheng could speak, Yu Li spoke up to stop him.

The boy stuck out his tongue and said with a disgusted face: "Don't mention it, my grandmother's cloth shoes are too old-fashioned, and my classmates laugh at me." ”

"Why don't you buy a pair of sneakers, you can't wear leather shoes to school." Yan Jiecheng proposed that the pull-back shoes produced in Shanghai are now the favorite of students, and he doesn't believe that the boy is unwilling.

"I want, I want, buy me a pair too."

As soon as Xiao Ziyang heard that he was going to buy sneakers for his sister, he immediately shouted that he wanted a pair too.

"Sneakers are too expensive, a pair costs eighteen yuan, which is enough to catch up with my half-month's salary." Yu Li said with a distressed face. This price is enough to buy a dress, or a cotton coat. Just gave it to it, and she was really a little reluctant.

"Buy it, just once a year, besides, our family is not short of this money. They did well in this exam, didn't you say you wanted to reward them both a few days ago? Yan Jiecheng saw that Yu Li was reluctant to buy it, so he told her what she said a few days ago that she was going to reward the boy Wan.

"Okay, just this once. You two know how difficult it is to make money, and these two pairs of shoes have caught up with your mother and my monthly salary. Although Yu Li agreed to buy shoes for the two of them, she couldn't help but educate them.

The boy couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard Yu Li's nagging: "Mom, that's because you earn less." Look at my dad, these two shoes are less than half of my dad's salary. ”

Yan Jiecheng didn't care about the noise between their mother and daughter, walked to a counter, picked up a hat made of wool and asked the salesman:

"Comrade, how much does this cost?"

"This hat is two pieces a piece."

Yu Li heard that this woolen hat was going to be a piece of two and hurriedly walked over: "This is too expensive, let's buy some wool and weave it ourselves." ”

"Then you have to have time, and besides, you can't weave." Yan Jiecheng said angrily to Yu Li, forgetting how many taels of dry rice he ate.

Yu Li was also a little embarrassed, she only cared about the money, but forgot that she didn't know how to do it. "Okay, then buy a few more, buy one for Ziqing, Ziming and Xiao Liu Ben."

After buying five hats, Yan Jiecheng bought a pair of leather shoes for Yu Li, and they didn't buy clothes, Yu Li bought a lot of good cloth in their factory, and asked the three mothers to make a dress for each of them, and the saved ones were given to the three mothers and Yan Bugui.

I continued to walk forward and saw the candy buyer, weighed a pound of fruit candy, and bought a few firecrackers. Then I went out of the mall and went to the vegetable market next to it to buy some meat and vegetables, and the four of them went home with a big bag.

As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I saw the three mothers waiting at the door of the house. "Mom, you, don't worry, the things and money have been sent to Xie Kuang, and he will receive them in a few days."

"I didn't ask this, didn't Jiefang just tell your father that he went to Wu Juan's house to eat on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, so he didn't eat with us, your father is angry about this, you better hurry up and go over and persuade."

"Ah, why, didn't we eat together a few years ago? What's going on today? Yan Jiecheng asked a little puzzled, it was all good before, why did Yan Jiefang do this.

"Isn't this Wu Juan's younger brother going to the countryside, her parents and her sister are at home. Liberation means that his father-in-law's family is too small, and he wants to go over to make up for popularity. The three mothers explained intermittently.

Yan Jiecheng was also speechless after listening to the words of the three mothers, this is normal, what do you let him say. "Okay, I'll go in and talk about my dad."

Yan Jiecheng said as he entered the house and watched the old man drinking tea with a sad face. "Dad, why are you worried?"

Yan Bugui looked up and saw that it was Yan Jiecheng, Ma Zhi said bitter water, what is the big New Year's Yan Jiefang actually went to other people's houses to eat.

I chatted with Yan Jiecheng about this matter for a long time.

"Okay Dad, let's go if we are liberated, we are not no one in our family, isn't there a big family of us, and there is also Xie Xuan."

Yan Bugui shook his head and said: "What you said is not right, who is not a family reunion during the New Year, and it is not right to liberate this matter, you have to talk about him as a big brother." ”