The tea party was coming to an end and everyone gradually stood up and left.
Ji Huai bought a lot of things and gave out a pack of blue brand cigarettes to the men who came. The woman's children ate some candies, cookies and fruits, but the portion was sufficient.
The happiest ones are the children, hiding candies in their pants pockets, their faces full of joy.
Li Chunyu waited until the end, thinking about taking the remaining things back. Who would have thought that Ji Huai would actually distribute the remaining things to the last few old people who left, and each of them put a small bag back.
"It's hard to walk at night, please slow down." Ji Huai helped the old man walk out, still saying this, not to mention how considerate he was.
"Okay." The old man bent over, holding a flashlight in his hand, smiling so hard that his few teeth were exposed, he looked at Ai Qiao and said in dialect, "Young man is a good person and has a good heart. You are lucky. "
Ji Huai didn't understand and looked sideways at Ai Qiao.
She smiled and said, "Go slowly and be careful."
…
After seeing off the last few people, Ji Huai turned around and walked in. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Li Chunyu slipping away from the back door.
She held the flashlight in her armpit, holding a few packs of biscuits and two packs of instant coffee that she had just hidden in her hand. Her posture was no different from that of a thief.
"It's strange. Li Chunyu just said that she would help me clean it up. Why didn't she see anyone when she turned around?" Fang's mother was clearing the stools with a confused look on her face.
"Maybe it's urgent." Seeing that Ai Qiao was there, Fang Lan didn't tell the truth, so she turned to Ji Huai and said, "It's too late now. You guys should sleep at my house today. I still have some free rooms."
The Fang family's family background is relatively good in the village. Fang's father is a carpenter, and the family built a row of houses many years ago.
"No, I've troubled you enough." Ai Qiao declined quickly.
"You guys will still take care of Yizhou when he goes there. Now that he's back, of course Auntie will take care of you too." Fang's mother had a tougher attitude, "The room has been tidied up, so what's the point of just staying for a few days?"
"Is it possible that you still have to go back to the hotel? The child is still young and the wind is strong at night. How troublesome will it be if he gets sick?"
Ai Qiao was still persuaded.
In fact, apart from staying at Fang's house, they really had nowhere to go.
There are only two rooms in Ai's house. Until now, Zhang Jun has no room to get married. When he gets married, Ai's father's youngest son Ai Zhuo will probably be kicked out of his room.
Ai's father and Zhang Jun were two lazy people. Besides being greedy, Li Chunyu had no brains. She almost offended everyone in the village, and her family became poorer and poorer.
That's why the family is eager to "sell" her for a good price.
late at night.
Ai Qiao and Ji Huai moved into the house to the east of the room. The sheets were laid out and a new quilt was placed.
Ji Huai drank some wine and his face was still a little red. He lowered his head and looked at the little guy in his arms. The other person kept pushing him with his hands, frowning and looking disgusted.
"Do you dislike dad?" He wanted to tease him, and he smelled of alcohol when he spoke.
"@##..." He was babbling, and kept stretching out his chubby hands to push him, while glancing his head to the side.
"It stinks like hell. You even teased him on purpose." Ai Qiao hugged the little guy over.
The little guy hid in his mother's arms, smelled his mother's scent, and relaxed his brows. He looked at his father opposite, and grabbed the corners of his clothes with both hands, tugging at his own clothes.
He let go of one hand, patted the clothes he had pulled up, spoke bird language with his mouth open, and started to pull it out again with both hands.
"You keep pulling on your clothes today, and you're going to tear them apart." Ai Qiao looked down at him and released his chubby hands from the corners of his clothes.
As soon as he let go, the other party grabbed and pulled again, and continued to look at Ji Huai, saying in a milky voice, "@#￥#..."
Ai Qiao couldn't understand, so she hugged him and said, "Baby, you won't have any nice clothes if they are torn."
"@##..." The voice was louder this time.
Ji Huai laughed out loud, searched around, took his cigarette from the bedside, and threw it into the "pocket" of the clothes that the little guy had pulled up.
He has stopped smoking since the birth of his child, and he bought some this time because he was going back.
"What are you doing..." Ai Qiao couldn't understand, and without saying anything, she saw the son in her arms laughing and continuing to pull on his clothes, laughing so hard that his eyes became blurred.
Ji Huai threw the lighter in again and chuckled.
Aiqiao looked at this scene and understood, "This is to remember you giving candies to those children."
When Ji Huai handed out candies and biscuits to the children, he asked them to pull up their shirts so that they could wear more clothes.
"I learn pretty quickly." Ji Huai said as he took out the cigarette and lighter from his son's side, and threw them in again when he was dissatisfied.
The little guy frowned for a moment and laughed again, opened his mouth and closed it again the next second. His expression changed so quickly that Ai Qiao couldn't help but laugh.
Ji Huai got tired of teasing and put away his cigarettes and lighters. The little guy suddenly became angry. He let go of the chubby hand holding his clothes and patted his clothes.
"Little fool." He leaned over and called, with a smile in his eyes. The little guy looked at his father who was close at hand, smelling of alcohol. He stretched out his hands, one little hand patted his nose, and the other little hand Slapping him on the mouth and pushing daddy.
There is resistance in the eyes, and the clear black and white eyes seem to read: Daddy, don't come close to me, go away! Go away!
The more he acted like this, the more fun Ji Huai felt. As he kept getting closer, Ai Qiao could feel the rejection of his son in his arms. He pursed his lips and still screamed in grievance, "Ah...@##...ah..."
His chubby feet were raised and kicked wildly, trying to drive Dad away.
"Ha." Ji Huai smiled and took the chubby hand that was placed near his mouth, and felt the milky smell.
Ai Qiao saw her son's expression suddenly calm down, and then he started to cry or not. There was nothing he could do about his noisy father.
In the early stages of her pregnancy, Ji Huai never paid much attention to her. Later in her pregnancy, he began to pay too much attention to her. After the child was born, he changed dramatically.
This process should be a time for him to grow up and truly realize that he has become a father, and he works much harder now than before.
Although he loves to torment the little guy, he really loves him.
Before Ai Qiao could finish her emotion, the little guy looked at his father who was getting closer and moved his chubby hands.
"Snapped!"
He slapped his father on the forehead, and he yelled, "Ah!"
Dad, please wake up.
The child didn't have any strength. Ji Huai felt no pain or itching. He felt a little drunk and bit his chubby hand gently. The flesh was tender and smooth.
"Wow... wow... ah woo woo..." The little guy was frightened and cried, and kept pushing his father's furry head, "Wow woo... woo woo..."
"It scared him." Ai Qiao quickly rescued the baby and stopped Ji Huai's mischief.
She brought him over. Before Ji Huai could stand up, the little guy raised his short legs and raised his feet wearing little socks directly to his face.
Of course, it didn't hurt at all, but the little guy smiled, "Giggle..."
"Crying and laughing." Ji Huai then grabbed his short legs, put them on his neck, and leaned in to continue teasing him.
"Ahhhhhh..."
"@￥￥cluck...cluck..."
…
A burst of laughter came, and it was so magical that Ai Qiao couldn't understand it at first, so she put her son on the bed and let him toss around.
This pair of father and son makes people worry.
Ji Huai grabbed his son's little hand and shook it left and right making strange movements to make the other person laugh. He took the time to turn his head and said to Ai Qiao, "Honey, you have to give me some more money tomorrow. You have to buy some when you go back to eat." You can’t just eat things for free, right?”
Since he "lost" the money last time, all the money at home has been kept by Ai Qiao. This time he came back and withdrew a lot of cash, all of which was with her.
"I want to buy it." Ai Qiao nodded and emphasized, "Would you like to buy more? Do you want to give them some money?"
Li Chunyu used to always scold her as a freeloader and a loser, which led to her not liking what she owed her, and would rather lose a little than let the other person talk about it behind her back.
"As a family, how much money do we need to see each other? After my brother comes back with us, we can help him more. Wouldn't it be great?" Ji Huai spoke slowly and said this.
"Do you really want to take him there?" She hesitated and worried in her eyes, "Zhang Jun and Xiaozhou are different. They are not as practical as them."
"What does that matter? As long as you work hard on the construction site, you will have money. Besides, it's Xiaozhou and the others who will take care of him." Ji Huai said, reaching out and patting her shoulder lightly, saying softly, "I know you What are you worried about? We are just providing a way. After all, it is hard to make a living at home. I also made it clear to him that there is no guarantee. The key depends on him, not on us."
Ai Qiao was persuaded by him, and she sincerely hoped that Zhang Jun could solve her own problems, and that the mess in her house would make the villagers laugh.
"Don't think too much, I will do my best to help and it won't affect us." Ji Huai coaxed her.
"...Hmm." Ai Qiao squeezed out a smile.
The next day.
Ji Huai, Fang Yizhou and several young people from the village went to town to buy things and brought back five boxes of beer, as well as some peanuts and dried squid...
It’s all something to drink with.
Li Chunyu's family said in front of the whole village that they would kill a chicken and treat her to a meal. Even if she wanted to default on the bill, Ai's father and Zhang Jun would not agree if they wanted to save face.
In desperation, she had no choice but to go to the village vegetable garden to beg for vegetables. When she heard that his family was going to treat guests to a meal, the women in the village generously gave her some. In this way, the loss would be smaller.
After returning home, Li Chunyu hesitated for a long time, unable to kill the chickens, let alone two. In the end, he was so distressed when he finally killed a thin one. When he saw it, there were several eggs in the hen's belly. It's simply a crime.
Li Chunyu kept cursing, "I'm so angry. I wasted a hen. It will lay eggs tomorrow. There are so many eggs. How much do I have to sell them for?"
"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat, so greedy, eating other people's food will ruin your stomach!"
…
After scolding for a long time, Zhang Jun was tired of hearing it and cursed, "Okay, do you still want me to make a lot of money? I will buy you a chicken farm with the money and let you feed the chickens every day. You know these things every day." , how much is it worth?”
"Then you give me the money and bring it?" Li Chunyu stretched out his hand without showing any weakness at all.
Zhang Jun was too lazy to tell her.
Li Chunyu finally stopped scolding her. She felt distressed when she saw the chicken. She kept comforting herself. Seeing that the outsider could take her son to make a lot of money, she just gave him some to eat.
No more betrothal gifts, it was best for his son to make a lot of money, otherwise she would not let Ai Qiao and this outsider go.
evening.
Ji Huai and his party were carrying things and walking towards Ai's house. They passed by He's house. He's mother was sitting under the tree in front of her house, fanning herself. Ever since He Qiuxiang returned home, her face had become very beautiful, and she was chatting with the women in the village. They are all much straighter.
"Aunt He." Fang Yizhou called her with a smile.
"Are you going to drink?" Mother He smiled.
"Yes." Ji Huai responded first, and then said, "Where is your prospective son-in-law? They all came back together. Let him drink with us."
"He, wait a minute, I'll call him." When Mother He heard this, she also wanted her rich son-in-law to have a drink with the young people in the village, and let them know how rich her son-in-law was. In this case, the villagers people will also know.
How beautiful will she be by then
Not long after she walked in, He Qiuxiang and the man came out. He's mother waved her hand and said, "Xiaodong, go drink with the young people in the village. Young people should chat more and communicate more."
When Fang Yizhou heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Still young, this eldest brother is already in his thirties or forties, right
Is that considered middle age
"Hurry up and let's go together. We are all coming back from there. We have a common topic. Maybe we will go back together some other day." Ji Huai spoke again, pointing to the wine in his arms, "I want you to have a drink."