It stands to reason that relatives should go on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but the situation of the old Jiang family is special, the old lady has passed away, and only the three old man Jiang's brothers and sisters are left.

The second uncle of the Jiang family lives in the county seat and has not seen each other for several years, and Jiang Xiaolan, the third aunt of the Jiang family, is that virtuous, everyone can't wait to treat her as if she doesn't exist, let alone go to her to pay New Year's greetings.

Besides, even if it really has to pay New Year's greetings, it stands to reason that Jiang Xiaolan should come to Old Man Jiang's side to pay New Year's greetings.

In short, in this case, everyone is quite idle, from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Jingqiong changed her tricks to cook delicious food, fed the children and grew some meat, and Jiang Zhanting was also satisfied, like a big cat who was full of food and drink.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Zhanting wanted to go to the commune to see Shen Mozhong, but when he heard that the Shen brothers had returned to Beijing, he didn't know how long it would take to come back, so he had to rest.

However, the dull years are always short-lived, because after surviving the New Year, Xie Jingqiong also has time to worry about another thing, that is, the children's schooling.

Dabao Jianglu is already nine years old after the New Year, and this must be arranged, otherwise the child will be delayed in the future.

"Mother, Ting and I plan to go to the city to have a look."

On this day, Xie Jingqiong found Mrs. Jiang, who was sitting on the kang with the soles of her shoes. After biting off the thread, she wondered, "What do you want to do when you enter the city?" ”

"I see that the schools outside are about to open, and our family is not short of money now, I want to send them to school, no, just go around, and see if I can find a suitable school."

"Ouch!"

Mrs. Jiang patted her thigh, Xie Jingqiong had privately mentioned this matter before the New Year, and the old lady was very excited at that time, but because of the New Year, she was so busy that she forgot about it.

"It's done, yes! I have to inquire," Mrs. Jiang said in a daze, then took out a money box from the kang cabinet and grabbed a handful from it and stuffed it to Xie Jingqiong.

Xie Jingqiong couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly excused herself: "No, mother, I have money in my pocket." ”

The old lady bluffed and lowered her face: "You have it, that's what you have, what I give is what I give, can it be the same?" Hurry up and pick it up. ”

The money that the old lady has here is all the common property of the Lao Jiang family, and she has to pay for the children to go to school, and she can't let the big house pay out of her own pocket.

Even if the old lady knew that Jiang Zhanting brought back a large amount of bonuses from the army, as well as a passbook, all the money belonged to Xie Jingqiong for safekeeping, but those were two different things.

In the end, Mrs. Jiang couldn't be defeated, so Xie Jingqiong had no choice but to accept the money.

"Let's go!"

She and Jiang Zhanting went to the captain of the brigade to open a letter of introduction, and then walked out hand in hand, and came to the commune to take a long-distance bus, which was a long way, and it took more than an hour to finally arrive at the county seat.

This county seat is called Pingyang County, and the two of them plan to stay here for a few more days, when to take care of the children's schooling, and when to go back.

It was noon when I got off the bus, "Let's go!" ”

Jiang Zhanting put his arm around Xie Jingqiong's shoulder: "Take you down to the restaurant!" ”

"Downstairs? A state-run hotel? ”

"Yes!"

"Losers."

She complained quietly, not that she said that the master of this state-run restaurant is not as skilled as herself, and the food is still sold expensive, which feels very cost-effective.

But thinking that they would have to live here for the next few days, they didn't have a house here, so they could only live in a guest house, and they could only rely on state-run restaurants to eat, so Xie Jingqiong shut up.

……

The state-run hotel here in the county is very magnificent, compared with the two, the one on the side of the Daling Township Commune is like a small restaurant with flies.

When the two of them came, it was just in time for dinner, and there were quite a lot of people in the store. casually picked up an empty table and sat down, Jiang Zhanting greeted the waiter.

The waiter's face was not very good, and he glanced up and down at the clothes of the two.

Jiang Zhanting was wearing a military coat, which looked like a soldier, which made the waiter look up a few times, after all, the common people supported the army in these years.

But Xie Jingqiong is wearing a common big flower jacket in the countryside, even if the material is brand new, she is also beautiful, and the saffron jacket makes her delicate, even if she wears it in a tun and earthy way, she can wear an elegant and noble temperament.

But the waiter pouted as soon as he glanced at the big flower jacket, and he looked down on Xie Jingqiong, and made it clear that he would watch people put down dishes.

"What you eat, write it yourself." With a thud, the menu was thrown on the table.

Xie Jingqiong's eyebrows twisted slightly, and she was taken aback by this.

Jiang Zhanting frowned even more: "Comrade, your attitude is not quite right, right?" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted Xie Jingqiong's back. There was a wooden board behind the menu, and when there was a loud bang just now, the wooden board smashed on the table, and the sound was quite loud, and her daughter-in-law was frightened.

Xie Jingqiong sighed, "It's okay, let's deal with it first." ”

There are more such people, she is too lazy to get angry, and begins to think about what to eat later.

However, the waiter raised his eyes: "I said this gay man, what's wrong with me?" You can eat if you like it, get up if you don't like it, and don't take up a place here to delay things. ”

Jiang Zhanting smiled angrily, but when he smiled, the waiter was stunned.

Speaking of which, as soon as these two people entered the door just now, she felt that this man was a little familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

Now that the other party is smiling, the sense of familiarity is getting stronger and stronger.

"Ruby, what's wrong?"

At this time, another waiter walked towards this side, Jiang Hongyu was stunned, and said, "Not much." ”

It was Jiang Zhanting, who heard that the other party called her Hongyu, and then took a closer look at Jiang Hongyu's eyebrows, Jiang Zhanting was suspicious for a while.

No, is it really such a coincidence?

Xie Jingqiong saw that his expression was different, and quietly poked his arm: "What's wrong?" ”

Jiang Zhanting frowned again: "Are you Jiang Hongyu?" ”

Jiang Hongyu was stunned, "How do you know?" ”

"I'm Jiang Zhanting."

Jiang Hongyu: "??? ”

A bewildered face.

Jiang Zhanting? Who's that?

Ah, remembered!

No wonder I just saw this gay man familiar, daring to love is from the countryside, the son of her rural uncle's family.

Is it her lobby brother who has been a soldier for more than ten years?

The two were silent for a while, but although they were relatives, Jiang Hongyu's face was not much better.

"It turned out to be the eldest brother," she looked stupid, and then glanced at Xie Jingqiong: "Then this is the eldest sister-in-law?" ”

Jiang Zhanting shook his head, got up, and said nothing else: "Let's go, daughter-in-law, I'll take you out." ”

The county town is bigger, and there is more than one place to eat.

Jiang Hongyu is the daughter of his second uncle's family, but his second uncle's family is ...... That's hard to put into words.