It was the second day after He Qiuxiang returned home.
Everyone in the village knew that she was back, and she had brought a foreigner with her. The foreigner was very rich, so the two of them came back by plane.
Flying back is a big deal these days.
Several women were sitting at the end of the village, fanning themselves with fans. One of them, a fat woman, said, "I heard that your Aiqiao is back, and she is taking her child and that man with her."
"Our family Qiuxiang said that the children are now grown up and look like that foreigner."
Nowadays, transportation is underdeveloped, and marrying out of town means marrying far away. People in the village agree that this means losing their daughter.
"Come back as soon as you come back. What can I do? Do you still have to kill chickens and ducks to celebrate? I don't know what to do. Anyway, I'm not her mother, so I can't care about these things."
The short woman pursed her lips and spoke harshly. This person was none other than Ai Qiao, her stepmother Li Chunyu, who brought a boy to marry Ai's father and gave birth to a boy with him.
I used to see Ai Qiao being pretty, so I went everywhere to discuss her marriage, just to get some gift money for my eldest son, but I didn't expect that the loser actually ran away.
She had been angry for several months, her family was poor, and her son's marriage was in trouble.
"That foreigner was moving bricks on the construction site, how could he do anything? Last time I didn't want Aiqiao, she hid in Fanglan's dormitory, and she didn't have the money to abort the child." Mother He patted her fat thighs , continued, "The children have been born, but I haven't received the marriage certificate yet. Maybe they already have a family."
"What a good girl, I don't know what she thinks. Even if her father is angry to death, she won't be afraid of being embarrassed when she comes back." Li Chunyu said in a loud voice, and looked at her again with a sour tone, "Your Qiuxiang's life is better, I see The gold chain on her body is really rich.”
"Yes, you will be blessed from now on. How on earth do you raise a daughter? Please teach me."
"It saves worry to raise a daughter like this. It doesn't matter if she marries far away. If she has money, she can get it back and help her family."
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Several women praised He's mother so much that they couldn't help but laugh happily, "She has always been a filial child. She also talked with her for a long time. She said she would bring her back to me to see, and she also brought her younger brother. Going to make money really saves me a lot of worry.”
"When are you going to drink your tea?" Li Chunyu teased He's mother, but she was actually greedy. After all, she was famous for being greedy for petty gains. She also warned, "Your son-in-law is rich, so he should buy more candies." Cookies, let’s go eat more.”
There is a custom in the village that when a daughter brings her son-in-law back, she has to buy some candies and biscuits, make some coffee and tea, and everyone in the village goes there to make the scene lively.
"If you want to buy, you must buy. Everyone will go there by then. You must come." Mother He continued to laugh.
Since He Qiuxiang came back, she raised her chin when looking at people. She even patted Li Chunyu on the shoulder and said, "Although Ai Qiao is not your child, you just turn a blind eye when I come back this time." I only have one eye, and I will marry far away in the future, so I won’t see you again.”
"I don't have time to take care of her. Her father can take care of her if he wants. What does it have to do with me?" Li Chunyu's tone was not good.
She couldn't stand Ai Qiao's little girl movie the most.
Mother He was about to say something, but another woman suddenly squinted her eyes and looked not far away, "That can't be Ai Qiao, right?"
On weekdays, no one comes back from outside the village.
Everyone looked over and saw a man and a woman not far away. The man was holding a child in his arms, and he was holding the woman's hand on the other side.
Slowly approaching, the women could see people more clearly.
As the sun gradually set, women kept coming to the village to fetch water and wash clothes. They also recognized Ai Qiao and gathered around to watch the fun with a smile.
Ai Qiao was wearing the long pink dress that Ji Huai bought for her. Compared to this place, the style was very novel. She had gained some weight after giving birth and stayed indoors to become whiter than before.
Ji Huai next to her is also very eye-catching. He is tall and tall, wearing a shirt, jeans, and sneakers. At first glance, he is different from the young men in the village. With his handsome appearance, he is very handsome.
"You have become so good-looking now? Is this your husband?"
"Are the children this old?"
"How did you raise this out-of-town kid who looks so fair and tender? Ouch."
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The little guy stayed in his father's arms, looking at the strange mother-in-law who kept squeezing his hand, still expressionless.
Neither smiling nor crying, just observing the surroundings with big round eyes.
His chubby cheeks made people want to pinch him, and the women sitting at the end of the village walked up to him and poked him in the face.
Most women married relatively close to each other, basically from nearby villages, and some even married into the same village. Ai Qiao was considered to have married far away.
Naturally arousing curiosity.
Ai Qiao introduced people in the village to him one by one. Ji Huai smiled and followed her to call people, speaking nicely.
Then, she pointed at Li Chunyu and looked sideways at Ji Huai, "That's Aunt Li."
"Hello Aunt Li, I'm Ji Huai." He said to Li Chunyu with a smile.
Li Chunyu looked at the handsome out-of-towner, then at the large bag of gifts he was carrying, and forced a smile, "Go back, your dad is also at home this afternoon."
After saying that, he looked at the out-of-town kid again and said, "You didn't come back last year. The kid is already so old."
"We arrived yesterday. It was too late and we didn't bother to come back. Today we went to complete the marriage formalities and then came back." Ji Huai did not answer her directly, but said this.
Li Chunyu only stared at the things he brought back. How could he hear the implication of Ji Huai's words
However, everyone knows that Ji Huai and Ai Qiao came back to renew their marriage certificate, which is legal.
It's not a nurturing thing.
As long as you get married in a serious manner, everyone will gossip a lot less.
"Aunt Li, take some candies and biscuits back to eat." Ai Qiao looked at the people surrounding her and opened the bag in her hand.
When I come back for the first time, I definitely want to buy some snacks.
"Is there anything to eat? You can take it back." The woman whose name she called narrowed her eyes. Nowadays, everyone just wants to eat and wear warm clothes. They only buy candies and biscuits during the Chinese New Year. In fact, it's not Very happy.
"We bought more, it's enough." Ji Huai took the bag over and each person grabbed two handfuls.
His hands were big and he could grab a lot of them.
"Your dad is still waiting, go back." Li Chunyu watched him sorting it out randomly. One person was afraid that he had given half a catty, and he was so anxious that he had to take these things back and eat them slowly.
According to her temperament, asking her to give a candy to others would kill him.
"I'll take it back for my grandson to eat." When Mother He saw the biscuits, she rushed to them faster than anyone else.
The uncle of Ai Qiao's family was very generous. He would give to everyone he met. He would make everyone yell sweetly after Ai Qiao, and he was very polite.
When he saw the child, he squatted down, looked at the little hand stretched out by the child, and said with a smile, "I don't have enough hands, so I can pull up your clothes."
"like this."
As he spoke, he pulled up his clothes to form a "pocket", grabbed a lot of candies and put them on it, as well as biscuits.
The other person grinned, held his clothes and ran away.
Along the way back, word had spread throughout the village that Ai Qiao had brought his uncle, a foreigner, back to get candies and biscuits.
Some people were extremely curious, while others wanted to eat candies and cookies, so they rushed over there.
Li Chunyu followed behind and kept urging, "Walk faster, walk faster, go home and cook."
So a big bag has to be divided.
Unexpectedly, Ji Huai was a very "enthusiastic" person. When he saw a child from a distance, he would wave him over and give him a lot of candies.
When he met the old man, he looked at him with a smile and then at Ai Qiao. He took the initiative to say hello, "Old lady, I'm Ai Qiao's husband. I'm back for the first time today."
"Oh, Ai Qiao, I know." The other person moved his feet slowly, smiling with a smile on his face, "Ai Qiao has already given birth to a child, and this child is beautiful."
"Here are some candies and biscuits for you, please take them." Ji Huai was even more enthusiastic than she was. He looked at her granddaughter beside her and took some more for the two of them.
"This young man is doing well." The old man reached out and patted Ai Qiao, and said sincerely, "The longer he gets, the better he looks. If you want to live a good life, your mother will also feel relieved."
Ai Qiao is shy and sad. She lost her mother early, and Li Chunyu was mean to her, so she has a sensitive personality and doesn't want to come back. She doesn't want the villagers to come to drink tea or meet Ji Huai, for fear that others will laugh at her.
This kind of scene was something she didn't expect. Everyone who met them said good things. Ji Huai quickly integrated into the place and everyone was very enthusiastic.
After sending it all the way, most of it was gone. Li Chunyu was so angry that there were so many candies and biscuits, and there were cakes in them. She was not a good-tempered person, so she couldn't help but said, "It's getting dark, go back quickly!" "
Just give snacks to outsiders and eat their meals when you get home. Why are you so heartless
"Brother Huai, don't go back, come to my house for dinner." Fang Yizhou suddenly popped up from the house opposite and said in a loud voice, "My family killed the goose, hurry up."
Before Ai Qiao could react, Fang's mother opened the door and walked over with a smile on her face, "Qiaoqiao, come and eat soon, everything is ready."
"Of course I'll eat it at home." Li Chunyu felt that Fang's mother was planning snacks, such a big bag.
Those are all good snacks.
She hadn't seen any in town.
"Did you kill chickens and ducks?" Fang's mother, who lived in the same village and knew Li Chunyu, asked directly.
Li Chunyu felt guilty, "Today is too late, I will kill the chicken tomorrow."
"Aunt Li, then you remember to kill tomorrow, and I will go to your house to eat tomorrow." Fang Yizhou's voice sounded again, and everyone around him heard it. He urged Ji Huai again, "Come on, my dad is buying wine. , let’s have dinner right away.”
"Let's go, let's have dinner together, why are you so shy?" Fang's mother was afraid that Ai Qiao wouldn't come, so she took the little guy in her arms and walked to the door of her house. As she walked, she said, "Come to my mother-in-law's house for dinner." , playing with my brother.”
Rural people are simple. Ji Huai took Fang Yizhou to play, took him to work, and bought him new year's goods. Of course they also wanted to entertain him, and his son would have to count on him in the future.
Smart people all know how to do it. They want to give each other everything they have at home. What does it mean to kill chickens and ducks
Xu Guojie also carried the wine over and pulled Ji Huai inside. He was "extremely helpless" and "half-pushed, half-offered", so Ai Qiao could only follow.
Li Chunyu's face was dark, her chest was heaving violently, and she was out of breath. The most important thing was that Ji Huai, a foreigner, had brought all the snacks there. For her who was stingy, it would kill her.
She was going back to her parents' house to buy things, so it was good for this out-of-towner. All the money was given to outsiders. She wanted to curse a few words, but everyone around her said that the husband Ai Qiao had found was a good one.