compromise
"The clothes on you and Xiaofeng are so beautiful!" Yao Huihui, the eldest daughter of the second uncle's family, touched the clothes on Yao Yi's sister and brother and praised them.
"Yes, Sister Yiyi, our county doesn't have such clothes that are tight around the waist, your clothes in Nancheng are so beautiful!" The second Yao Yanyan agreed with envy in her eyes.
"Yes! Then you can also taste the delicious food I brought back from Nancheng! Yao Yi got up lightly with a smile, found the New Year's snacks prepared by Li Mei, grabbed a large handful of colorful candies from it, and distributed them to the two sisters.
"This is peanut candy, this is corn candy, this is ...... Sister, show me what you have! "Is it a teenage girl, Yao Yanyan was surprised to say the appearance and taste of the candy in her hand, and asked at the end of the year.
"Shh......h The voice is quieter, my brother is sleeping! Yao Huihui stopped her mouth and pointed to Yao Feng, who was sleeping on the bed.
"Yiyina, let's wait for Xiaofeng to wake up and come back!" Yao Huihui put the candy in her pocket and dragged her sister away, who still wanted to say something.
"Sister, what are you doing, I still want to ...... with Yiyi again" Listening to the sound that was getting farther and farther away, Yao Yi didn't care about tying the open candy bag again, and then took off her coat and got into the quilt and hugged Yao Feng and fell asleep.
"How is Li Mei suffering in Nancheng this year?" Zheng Huajuan took two benches, brought half a bag of melon seeds fried at home, sat in the corner of the wall sprinkled by the sun, and asked curiously.
"It's okay today, I earn more than in previous years, but people are really tired, and I haven't slept more than half past five!" Li Mei said truthfully.
"Alas, that's what making money looks like, if adults don't suffer now, they will have to suffer children in the future!" Zheng Huajuan said with feelings.
"Who's to say it isn't? This kid is the motivation for all the efforts of us as parents! Li Mei agreed.
"Don't talk about that, how are Yiyi's grades now?" Zheng Huajuan changed the subject.
"Yiyi, she is now more sensible than before, she won the first grade in this exam and got a scholarship of 100 yuan!" When Yao Yi was mentioned, Li Mei's mouth couldn't close with a smile.
"Do you pay for this school?" Zheng Huajuan asked in surprise.
"Ahh......h That is to say, Yiyi is smart and sensible when he is young, unlike my family, who knows how to eat and play every day! Zheng Huajuan said with envy.
"Look at what you're talking about, Huihui, this kid is a good girl who is a famous hard-working sign in our village!" Li Mei gave her a blank look and said.
"Alas, no matter how well the girl raises her, she is not raised by others, but she still has a son!" Zheng Huajuan has always wanted to raise a son, so that she can support her husband and wife in the future, but she hurt herself when she raised Yao Yanyan.
"Actually, I've always been envious of you, both children are critical, and children are still sensible!" Zheng Huajuan said sincerely.
"Second sister-in-law, you just don't go out much, the woman outside can already hold up half the sky, I have seen a lot of people in Nancheng who have entered the woman's house, and when the time comes, the child is not the same as the woman's surname, so what is the difference between the son and the daughter?" Li Mei disagreed and persuaded her.
"How many of these people are capable of getting rich, and it's not that they can't marry a daughter-in-law." Zheng Huajuan shook her head, she didn't believe that a man with the ability and ability would be willing to join someone else's family, and she couldn't hold her head up for the rest of her life.
"Alas, think about everything for the better, just in case ......" Li Mei also knew that what she said made sense, but she could only be relieved.
"I'm happy to be back today, let's not talk about this, tell me what to eat and have fun in Nancheng!" Zheng Huajuan also knew that this topic was unsolvable, so she cleaned up her mood and diverted the topic.
"This Nancheng, let me tell you about a new shopping mall opened this year, the ...... in this shopping mall" Li Mei has not actually been to many places in Nancheng, she can only try to describe what she hears and sees.
By the time Yao Yi and his brother woke up, it was already dark, and the things they brought back were also packed up by Yao Jianguo and his wife.
"Wake up, go, go over and take a good look at your grandparents!" The husband and wife were muttering something in a low voice, and Yao Jianguo laughed when he heard the voice.
The family of four cleaned up again, carrying the things suitable for the elderly from Nancheng, and walked towards the room of the second elder of the East House.
"Yiyi and Xiaofeng are here, come to grandma!" Guan Cuilan saw the two sisters and brothers, a kind smile appeared on her face, and she hurriedly beckoned.
"Grandma!" Although they had already met at noon, Yao Yi was still like a stranger, she just shouted politely.
"Grandma, I miss you! You see, I want to lose weight! Yao Feng threw himself into Guan Cuilan's arms, lifted his pink little fleshy face, and said coquettishly.
"Yes, let grandma take a good look, this little face is not meat in the first place!" Guan Cuilan laughed and pinched Yao Feng's chubby face.
"Humph!" Yao Feng pouted in protest.
was beaten by Yao Feng, and the old man, who was still angry with Yao Jianguo, also unconsciously smiled, but he thought in his heart that maybe Yao Jianguo was right, the child living in a big city is indeed a little smarter and more clever than his own in a small place.
"Xiaofeng just wants grandma and doesn't want grandpa?" Yao Guinian pretended to be jealous.
"I think, in my heart, the position of grandpa and grandma is the same!" Yao Feng left Guan Cuilan's arms and trotted in front of him, kissing the face that had been deeply carved by the years.
"Oh, Xiaofeng, you're going to wash your grandfather's face!" Yao Guinian took Yao Feng into his arms, wiped the saliva on his face, and smiled happily.
"Mom, this is the clothes I bought for you and Dad, I'll try it later to see if it fits!"
"These are the native products of Nancheng, these are ......" Seeing that Yao Guinian's attitude had eased, Yao Jianguo hurriedly took out the things he bought for the second elder.
"Although you said that you made some money this year, but you didn't spend it like this, your father and I are half of the people who have fallen into the ground, just have those old clothes to wear, you ......" Although Guan Cuilan said on her lips, she never put away the smile on the corner of her mouth from the beginning of putting on the new cotton clothes.
"Grandma, you look so good!" Yao Feng gave a thumbs up and exaggerated.
"This ...... Grandma is old, so what's not to look at! Guan Cuilan bent down with a smile and kissed Yao Feng's little face fiercely.
Knowing that Yao Gui's elderly couple and two sons had something to talk about, Li Mei and her two took the children out to make room for them, and after telling the children not to run around, the two of them prepared dinner together.
"What did Dad and Second Brother say?" Li Mei knew that Yao Jianguo came back this time because of a showdown with the old man to settle in Nancheng, and she waited for the two children to fall asleep before asking in a low voice.
"Dad and second brother didn't say anything, but it is our duty to support our parents after all, since we can't take care of them in life, I want to give more money every year!" Yao Jianguo said in a depressed mood.
"That's the reason, in fact, if you want me to say that we can also take the old man over, Nancheng has much better living conditions than us here after all!" Li Mei considered that as the elderly get older and older, their physical discomfort will become more, and it will not be timely to send them to the hospital for treatment in case of any emergency.
"The old couple refused, and they couldn't bear the land and chickens and ducks at home!" was incapable before, but now that he has the ability, Yao Jianguo did not persuade the second elder, but they were all vetoed by the two.
"Then let's persuade later!" Li Mei also knew that for the elderly, it was tantamount to a fantasy to let them throw the ground when they could run and move, so she thought that she would persuade the old man when he was older in the future.
On the evening of the thirtieth night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the adults were busy making dumplings and rice balls, Yao Yi handed the two washed coins to Guan Cuilan, only to see that she wrapped the coins with the filling, and then said with a smile: "Let's see who ate this good omen!" ”
"Then I'll eat more!" Zheng Huajuan answered with a smile.
"Okay, let's ...... tomorrow" A few people said and laughed, but the movements in their hands did not slow down a bit, and after a while, they wrapped three dustpans of dumplings and one dustpan of rice balls.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yao Yi was awakened by a knock on the door before dawn, she got up from the bed, and saw three or four children coming together to pay New Year's greetings.
Wishing you prosperity one after another, from morning to night, Yao Yi silently sighed in his heart, this year is still the same as before, not like the later life to work until twenty-six seven, the dumplings bought in the supermarket, the fireworks that cannot be set off are as light as ordinary holidays.
"Sister, I want this rock sugar gourd, can you buy it for me?" Yao Feng tugged at Yao Yi's big red cotton clothes, disrupting her thoughts.
"Where's your New Year's money?" Yao Yi remembered that Yao Feng received a lot of New Year's money, and she was curious.
"That money is meant to be kept and useful!" Yao Feng muttered mysteriously.
"What's the use?" A rock sugar gourd is only a dime, Yao Yi is not reluctant to buy it for him, but is more curious about what the big thing he is talking about.
"I can't tell you right now, anyway!" In order not to tell the secret in his heart, Yao Feng didn't want the rock sugar gourd, so he directly left Yao Yi and chased after the little friend he met back to the village.
The old people, who are rarely idle during the New Year, also gather in groups to talk about common things.
"Cuilan, this dress is newly bought!" There are those who are familiar with Guan Cuilan, and they glanced at the brand-new dark flower cotton clothes on her body.
"Return your sharp eyes, this is the third daughter-in-law brought back from Nancheng!" Guan Cuilan touched her clothes with a smile and said.
"This dress is not cheap, the last time I went to the county town, I saw a piece that looked a little like this one for thirty or forty!" The other looked at the pattern on his clothes for a while.
"This is the children's mind, we will wear it if they buy it!" Guan Cuilan also asked about the price of the two clothes, but Yao Jianguo and his wife skillfully prevaricated, and then she didn't want to ask, anyway, the clothes had already been bought and paid, and the clothes couldn't be returned, so she simply wore them with peace of mind.
"So it seems that your third child is making a fortune this year?"
"What's the kind of fortune there, it's just that I can't see us a few times throughout the year, thinking about honoring and honoring our two old men and old ladies, by the way, I heard that your boss is in the county ......" Guan Cuilan knew the truth that wealth was not exposed, and hurriedly changed the topic.