Chen Xuan felt that, even at this age, Brother Anian was not stable at all.
Really, he doesn't look like a father at all.
When Chen Xuan woke up early the next morning, she looked grumpy, but Wei Nian was refreshed. He said to Chen Xuan very considerately, "If you feel sleepy, take a nap after dinner. Anyway, there is nothing to do during the New Year."
Chen Xuan glared at him, and Wei Nian became even happier.
In fact, the Chinese New Year is not a leisurely time at all. There are all kinds of visits to relatives and friends, especially for people like Wei Nian, Chen Xuan and Wei Yin, who are now quite sociable. The family also held two banquets. Wei Jin, who went back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, was very busy. Especially this year, Wei Nian took a car to pick up her eldest sister's family. Wei Jin felt very proud. Wei Jin had married a long time ago. For a girl who has been married for so many years, it is enough for her to go back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year. In order to show her status in her parents' home, Wei Jin forced her younger brothers to pick her up every year. When Wei Nian was seventeen or eighteen years old, she didn't get along with Wei Jin very much. She hated going to the Zhao family to pick up this eldest sister. Now that she is a few years older, she has gradually become more open-minded about many human relationships and is happy to give Wei Jin a face.
Wei Jin is also willing to go back to her parents' home, and she visits there every day.
Now that Wei Nian, Chen Xuan and Wei Yin were organizing the banquet, Wei Jin was really eye-opening. The Wei family's social circle was wide and diverse, including old friends from poverty and humbleness, business dealings when they were in business, and some people from the cultural and social circles that Chen Xuan, Wei Nian and Wei Yin had socialized with later. Therefore, different banquets had to target different groups of people.
Wei Jin, who had been involved in organizing several banquets, privately told her husband, "A Nian is no longer the same as before."
Brother-in-law Zhao also said, "Anian is really capable."
"That's right, no matter who is the younger brother!" Wei Jin was very proud of her brother's success. Wei Jin said to her husband, "Nephews look like uncles, and our Fenggeer and Yugeer look like Anian." After forcibly giving her sons a return gift, Wei Jin continued, "We have to make a suit for Fenggeer and Yugeer. It was fine when we invited them to our old family dinner, and they looked good in long gowns and jackets. You see, the people Anian invited later were all well-mannered and dressed in suits. Now they wear either long gowns and jackets or school uniforms. It's vacation time now, and they can't always wear school uniforms."
Brother-in-law Zhao thought about it and said, "That makes sense. Go ahead. I don't need it. I have clothes."
Wei Jin discussed with her husband, "Then when you get your salary next month, we will go to the tailor shop and make a suit for each of them."
Brother-in-law Zhao has no objection.
Brother-in-law Zhao asked his wife, "Are Anian and his family really going to study abroad?"
"How can I have a holiday?" Wei Jin said, "There is no rush right now. I have to take the exam in May or June. After passing the exam, I have to go through the procedures for going abroad. I have to go in the second half of the year at the latest."
Although Zhao's brother-in-law has always been a good person, he is also very knowledgeable about the ways of the world. In addition, he has always had a good relationship with Yue's family. He said to his wife, "I heard that studying abroad will take several years. We must prepare some things for my mother-in-law and Anian."
"I've been thinking about it. We need to make some clothes for mom and the little girl. Mom's clothes are easy, but the little girl is growing fast every year, so we need to leave some extra clothes. I heard that we need to take a big ship to go abroad, and it will take a month on the road, so we must bring enough dry food." Wei Jin discussed with her husband. Brother-in-law Zhao said, "For making clothes, you can come with me to our shop to pick out some materials. For other things, you can make a list. If we don't have them at home, I will go out to buy them."
The couple discussed it, and Wei Jin took on a new job, a happy one. Mrs. Li had been arranging the marriage of her eldest son before the New Year, and the auspicious date was set in February. Mrs. Li started sending out wedding invitations in the first month of the year. This time, she wanted Wei Jin to be the lucky man and go with him to pick up the bride.
In theory, a woman with good fortune needs to have both parents and parents-in-law, two sons and two daughters, and a loving husband and wife. However, in folk culture, there are not so many requirements. As long as there is a son in the family, life is good. In Mrs. Li's opinion, Wei Jin's life is good. I heard that Wei's eldest aunt's strawberry business is going smoothly recently, not to mention how popular it is.
Wei Jin also liked to get involved in these matters. He even went to the Li family to help for two days to prepare for the marriage. He said to Mrs. Li, "Your vision is really amazing. I heard a long time ago that A Yan bought a three-story mansion in Jinyu Hutong as a dowry. Oh, when our Feng and Yu brothers reach the age to get married, sister-in-law, you must teach me some vision in choosing a daughter-in-law."
Mrs. Li smiled like a flower and said, "There is no secret to this. It's just that the couple thinks they are suitable for each other." She asked Wei Jin to see the new house she had prepared for her son and daughter-in-law. The new furniture had been put in place, all decorated with big red silk flowers. Wei Jin said, "It's delivered now?"
"We picked the materials at the timber store before the New Year and hired an old craftsman. My aunt knows that my mother-in-law is a weak person and she has to take care of two children. We asked our seventh uncle in the clan to help look after our daughter-in-law. They are all in Tianjin. They agreed before they went to Tianjin that they would send her here directly for me to take care of the placement. I invited my seventh uncle and aunt, as well as my uncle-in-law, to come and help with the placement." Mrs. Li was beaming with joy as she spoke, and said to Wei Jin, "There is another happy event. I have discussed with my second son and Miss Zhao about the marriage. After the eldest son and A Yan's wedding is over, we will arrange a marriage for the two children."
Wei Jin teased Mrs. Li, "You must pay a lot of money to Ah Xuan and Ah Yin as matchmaker. You must pay double!"
Mrs. Li said bluntly, "Of course it's necessary. I have already invited the second grandmother and second aunt. If it weren't for them, my two boys wouldn't have such a good marriage." Then she praised Miss Zhao again, saying that she was capable and knew how to manage life.
Wei Jin flattered Mrs. Li, "The main reason is that your son is a decent and honest person. You have brought him up well, so it's no wonder that he has such a good marriage."
Mrs. Lee laughed out loud.
The entire Wei family attended Sun Yan's wedding. Miss Bai, who was not in Beijing, also sent a generous gift. The wedding was quite lively and festive. The couple held a modern wedding. They did not ride in a sedan chair. Shopkeeper Li rented two cars to pick up the bride. The Li family set up a three-day banquet. The first day was for the neighbors and relatives who helped. The second day was the wedding day, and all the guests came. The third day was for the relatives from Sun Yan's mother's side.
After returning from the wedding banquet that day, they all came to Wei Nian's place. Wang Damei brought warm water, and Wei Jin handed the little girl's yellowish cup to her. He took a cup himself, drank half of it in one breath, and said, "Ayan's marriage was really decent."
Old Madam Wei said, "Ayan, now you have finally gotten what you deserved after all the hardship you've endured."
Wei Jin curled his lips and said, "What do you mean by hardship brings happiness? Didn't you see us go to pick up A-Yan? Her mother was crying and crying. It was so unlucky. It was only after A-Yan's brother and sister-in-law persuaded her that she got better."
Old Madam Wei understood Madam Sun very well and said to her daughter, "You are saying this because you don't have a daughter yourself. When you got married and I sent you out, I shed a lot of tears."
Wei Nian interjected, "More than one bowl, at least one basin." This made old lady Wei laugh as well.
Wei Jin clicked his tongue twice, "Mom, you only cried after I got married, didn't you? You didn't see Madam Sun, she started crying as soon as we got there. Oh, no one can persuade her. Fortunately, we have the seventh uncle and seventh aunt from their clan to help take care of everything, otherwise, do you think we, who are going to pick up the new bride, have to persuade the in-laws? I've never seen anything like this, it's a big day, and A-Yan is already in her twenties. If she doesn't get married, she will have to go back home. If this happened in our family, if A-Yin could get married later, you, mom, would be so happy that you would be stunned."
Wei Yin was not convinced, "How did this happen to me?"
"You are two years older than A-Yan, so you better hurry up. You don't like all the families in Beijing. If you go abroad, there will be foreigners everywhere. Don't try to find a foreigner!"
Wei Yin was so angry at her elder sister that she rolled her eyes. The little girl was in the same group as her elder aunt and said to her, "Don't worry, I and grandma will take care of you!"
Wei Jin hugged the little girl and gave her a kiss, saying proudly, "You are really my aunt's good daughter!"
Wei Yin said, "Xin Jie Er, don't learn the ways of your eldest aunt and the other aunts."
The little girl was a little confused and asked Wei Yin, "Aunt, I only have you and my eldest aunt, no aunts! And no seven or eight aunts!"
After the wedding of shopkeeper Sun Yan and Xiao Li, Chen Xuan, Wei Nian and Wei Yin handed over their work while preparing for the entrance examination for studying abroad. There are government-funded study abroad programs now, but it is not easy to pass the exam, and there are some restrictions on majors. However, the three members of the Wei family have already made preparations. If they fail to pass the government-funded exam, they will study abroad at their own expense. Otherwise, why did they work so hard to make money in the past few years
As a result, before the test, Chen Xuan was diagnosed with pregnancy.
Because of her experience with the last time she was pregnant with a little girl, Chen Xuan was aware of it and told Wei Nian about it. Wei Nian was very happy and immediately asked for a doctor to come home. Chen Xuan said, "Why are you in such a hurry? I just think it's like this. Let's go to Tong Ren Tang tomorrow and ask a doctor to diagnose us. There's no need to bother asking a doctor to come home."
Wei Nian couldn't help it, so he went downstairs and told his mother. It was not easy for old lady Wei to go upstairs with bound feet, so she had to hold on to the stairs and stagger upstairs. She asked Chen Xuan several questions, and after asking, old lady Wei concluded, "She must be pregnant!"
The next day I went to Tong Ren Tang for a checkup and it turned out that she was pregnant.
Chen Xuan entered the examination room while pregnant. When Wei Jin learned about this, he said to her mother, "Oh, my second brother's wife is really fierce. She is already pregnant, why is she still taking the exam? Exams are really brain-intensive!"
"You're a country girl, and you're strong." Old Mrs. Wei looked at the chicken soup stewing on the stove. When she saw that the soup was boiling, she asked her eldest sister to move the chicken soup to the stove and simmer it slowly so that Chen Xuan could drink it when she came back from the examination room.
Wei Jin sniffed, "This chicken soup is really delicious."
"That's the soup made by chopping off the head and feet of an old hen. Mrs. Zheng next door gave me the recipe." Mrs. Wei was very attentive to Chen Xuan's belly. Thinking that the Zheng family was an educated family with officials in the Education Department, she went to their house to inquire about some good soups for nourishing pregnant women, and came back to make them for Chen Xuan according to the recipe.
Wei Jin said, "It would be great if my second brother's wife gave birth to a boy this time."
Old Madam Wei raised her eyebrows, called the little girl over and asked, "Girl, is your mother's baby a brother or a sister?"
The little girl immediately shouted at the top of her voice, "Brother!"
Old Mrs. Wei said to her daughter mysteriously, "They say that children have bright eyes. Ever since your second sister-in-law got pregnant, the little girl said that her mother was going to give birth to a little brother!"
"Oh, my dear aunt, what you said couldn't be more right!" Wei Jin praised the little girl fiercely, and the little girl nodded, "When I have a little brother, I will be able to take care of him!"
"Of course, as the eldest sister, you have to take care of your younger brother!"
Because the little girl is the youngest in the family, she has always been sad because there is no one at home who can control her. Now that she knows her mother is going to give birth to a little brother, the little girl is happier than her father and grandmother. She often comes to her mother's belly and nags, "Mom, please give me more little brothers and sisters!"
The little girl was really born with the ability to talk. Wei Jindu said, "Who knows, maybe our little girl was a magpie in her previous life. She is really good at announcing good news!"
Because of Chen Xuan's pregnancy, the regret of the three of them failing the public-funded overseas student exam was also alleviated. It is really difficult to pass the public-funded overseas student exam. There are only eight public-funded places in the entire Beijing city, including all the central and local public-funded places. Among the three, Wei Nian had the best score, but he was outside the top 20. However, this is the ranking of all the international students in Beijing. Even if he was outside the top 20, it was quite good for Wei Nian, who relied entirely on self-study, to have such a score.
Chen Xuan's biggest feeling is that she has worked hard to make money in the past few years, otherwise she would have to wait until next year if she failed the public scholarship exam. However, they have sufficient financial resources and can now directly study abroad at their own expense. When they are abroad, if there is something they can do, they should continue to do it. After all, Chen Xuan's ideal is not just to go to university. She has never forgotten her ideal. She wants to be a first-class professor in the future.
After seeing the test results, Chen Xuan didn't expect that the first call she received was from Mr. Wen. The first thing Mr. Wen said was, "Congratulations, Mrs. Wei."
The author has something to say: ps: The first update is here, good afternoon everyone!!! Does anyone have nutrient solution? Congratulations to Mrs. Wei~ The second update will be at 4pm~