Mr. Wen and the three sons of the Wen family, that is, Chen Xuan's three half-brothers, all returned in the evening. Chen Xuan had talked to several of her brothers on the phone before, and although they didn't say much, they knew each other's existence.
Mr. Wen was very happy to see the Wei family. He spoke to Mrs. Wei in a very friendly manner, calling her "mother-in-law" all the time. He treated Chen Xuan, Wei Nian and Wei Yin well, especially Chen Xuan, whom he valued more. Mr. Wen smiled, "When we learned your test results that day, your mother and I were so happy that we opened a bottle of red wine in the evening. Ah Xuan, you are really great. I usually tell your brothers to learn more from you."
Chen Xuan was a little embarrassed by the praise. "My test scores were average. Among the three of us, Anian had the best results. I know my younger brothers also have good grades. They will all be able to study abroad in a few years."
Mr. Wen said, "The things they can learn from you are not just your academic performance."
Mr. Wen also liked the little girl very much. The little girl even asked Mr. Wen, "Grandpa, can I call you grandpa?"
"Why not? Didn't you call me that on the phone before?" Mr. Wen put the little girl on his knees. He had only seen her a few times when she was just born, and had never seen her when she grew up. However, the little girl was born with a good social skills. One of her hobbies in life was taking pictures. She would ask her father to take pictures from time to time. Wei Nian was used to obeying his daughter. The little girl loved to send the pictures she took to her relatives, as if she was more popular because of her size. She would also send them to Mrs. Wen and Rong Yang. Since she learned to make phone calls, she would call from time to time, not afraid of spending money at all. Therefore, Mr. Wen, the stepfather, also called the little girl grandpa and was very close to her. The little girl actually didn't have the concept of being close to her. She said, "The old lady said to call grandpa and grandma, I think it's strange, we old Beijingers all call grandma and grandpa. Grandpa and grandma, it seems like outsiders, not close!" She is quite good at making up her own arguments!
Mr. Wen laughed and said, "You can call me whatever you want."
The little girl nodded solemnly, jumped off Mr. Wen's knee, ran to her three uncles and talked to them. She felt so proud to see them, and said in a circle, "Oh, my uncles are far away, otherwise they would help me fight! If only we had lived together earlier!"
Mr. Wen laughed out loud and said to the little girl, "It's not too late now."
The little girl thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right!"
Mr. Wen has three sons, namely Wen Shao, Wen Xin and Wen Yin. Wen Shao and Wen Xin are older, but Wen Yin is still young. She talked to the little girl and asked, "You are so young, why do you often fight?"
"If there is anyone who doesn't get along with me, of course I have to beat him up!" The little girl liked her three uncles very much. She said, "Uncle, you are so handsome."
Wen Yin laughed, "Do you know what is good-looking and ugly?"
"I'm not blind, how could I not know?" the little girl said, "You all look like grandma, who is so beautiful! Uncle, I have prepared gifts for you." As an old Beijinger, the little girl is very particular about gifts and loves to give gifts to everyone she meets. She really prepared them. The little girl ran back to the house and took out several dough figurines to share. The ones for grandma and grandpa were Chang'e and Wu Gang. The little girl said, "Chang'e is the most beautiful, this one is for grandma. Wu Gang chops trees all day long and has a very good body, this one is for grandpa, I wish him good health."
There are three more Sun Wukongs for the three uncles. The little girl said, "Sun Wukong has the greatest ability. One for the eldest uncle, one for the second uncle, and one for the youngest uncle." After dividing them up, the last one was given to Madam Wen. The little girl said, "This one is for the Queen Mother. It's for the old lady. The Queen Mother is the oldest and most majestic."
Everyone thanked the little girl, and she raised her head proudly, looking very happy.
Especially at night, she ate the steamed bread she had been thinking about for several days. The little girl was a real northerner, and her family usually ate rice. Occasionally, her parents would take her to eat Western food. The little girl was not picky about food, but as a real northerner, her yearning for pasta was almost inherited from her blood. Although she was small, she really ate a lot, eating a quarter of a steamed bread. Although the steamed bread baked by the Wen family was not very big, the little girl was only five years old. Mrs. Wen was worried about her granddaughter and asked Chen Xuan, "Is it okay to eat so much?"
Chen Xuan said, "It's okay. I ate half a pancake once."
The little girl was already very skilled at using chopsticks to eat by herself. She ate the food in the small bowl with great relish. She also finished a small bowl of millet porridge. She put down her chopsticks only when her belly was full. She kept saying, "The leavened bread is so delicious."
Mr. Wen smiled and said, "If you like it so much, I'll ask the chef to bake it for me tomorrow."
"Grandpa, I want to eat Hu Tazi tomorrow morning!"
"Okay, let's make glutinous rice cakes." Mr. Wen liked the little girl very much. The little girl's sweet words seemed to be free of charge. She said to Mr. Wen sincerely with her squinting eyes, "My grandpa must be the best grandpa in the world!" This made Mr. Wen laugh again.
Chen Xuan felt ashamed for having such a sweet-talking daughter. She felt that her daughter was not at all like the gentleman described in the books, but rather more like those dishonest and sycophantic ministers.
Instead, Madam Wen asked, "Didn't you ask Yaying to come home for dinner today? Why didn't Yaying come back?"
Mr. Wen was slightly displeased, but Mrs. Wen just said casually, "I called Yaying this afternoon, and she said there was a banquet tonight. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Wei Nian thought that Miss Wen's temper remained the same for many years. The little girl was naturally curious and asked, "Grandma, who is Yaying?"
Mrs. Wen smiled and said, "She is your uncles' sister. You should call her Aunt."
The little girl nodded, "Then I'll prepare another gift for Auntie."
Mr. Wen was even more upset. The little girl was so polite at such a young age. Looking at his eldest daughter, if Mr. Wen was depressed, she would die. Fortunately, he had more than one child. After dinner, everyone went to the living room to drink tea and talk. Mr. Wen mentioned Chen Xuan and Wei Nian's study abroad. Mr. Wen smiled and said, "Your mother has a house near Boston University City. She rented it to someone else before. Thinking that you are going to study abroad this year, she took it back. It's cheaper for you to live in Boston."
Chen Xuan was a little surprised, "Mom has a house there?"
Mrs. Wen smiled, "When I was studying abroad, I rented other people's apartments. Later, the economy improved, so I invested in some apartments there. Now I rent them out to agents. This villa is in a great location and has six bedrooms, which is enough for you to live in. The villa area is also a wealthy area with good public security. There are kindergartens, elementary schools and middle schools nearby, which will also be convenient for Sister Xin to go to school."
Wei Nian smiled, "I was thinking about renting a house first, but my father-in-law and mother-in-law thought of it for us and helped us a lot."
Madam Wen said, "You are all ambitious children. We will help you solve these trivial matters if we can. You should adapt to university life as soon as possible. There will be an interview before admission, so you should prepare for that as well."
When Mrs. Wei heard that Madam Wen had even prepared a house for them, she was so happy that she couldn't see her teeth and eyes. She said, "Don't worry, mother-in-law, the children are reading books every day on the train. Even our little girl studies every day." When it comes to studying, Mrs. Wei is very proud, "There is no stupid person in our Wei family. They are all top-notch in studying."
Madam Wen had to resist rolling her eyes when she heard such big talk, and said, "Didn't you take the exam to study abroad at a government scholarship? Why do you have to go through an interview when you get there?"
"It's not a public scholarship. There are only eight public scholarship students in the whole city of Beijing, and they didn't pass the exam." Old Mrs. Wei said regretfully, "It's not the children's fault, and it's not that our children don't have the brains. Our children have to run businesses to make money, and they study at night. How can they compare with others who sit in the school and study every day? Aunt-in-law, I'm not bragging. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. This time they didn't get a public scholarship. Our children didn't just go to college. They all want to get a doctorate and become professors! I'm not bragging, I heard that there is something called a scholarship in college, and they will definitely get a scholarship in the future!"
Then, Mrs. Wei said in a very proud manner, "My grandchildren are always in the top three in their class every year. Even my two grandsons win big certificates every year. It makes me so worried. Every year, they bring back all those certificates and cover the walls of my house with them, leaving no room for more!"
Madam Wen thought to herself, I was just saying one thing, why is this old country woman like she’s crazy? She keeps nagging non-stop!
Madam Wen was not willing to be outdone. "It's just a certificate of merit. It's not uncommon in my family. Shao and his family get several every year."
"Then why don't you put it up in the room? Once you come in, it's just a white wall with nothing on it! I've always said that our Chen Xuan brothers are so stupid!" Old Madam Wei praised the three Wen Shao brothers, glanced at the white wall, and said with a sigh, "My family's award certificates are pasted on one wall in the main hall and another wall in my room. There's no empty space! People who come to my house tell me that the feng shui of your house is prosperous, right? I've always said that the children are born smart, but what can we do about it? Aunt-in-law, don't you agree?"
Madam Wen told Madam Wei that she decided to collect all the awards of her grandchildren and put them all in the living room tomorrow! How could she, a member of the famous Wen family, lose to such a country woman
When Mr. Wen woke up the next day and saw half the wall of his European-style living room covered with glittering golden awards, he felt absolutely amazing!
Madam Wen pretended to be calm and said, "I think what my wife said makes sense. If you have powder, why not put it on your face? The certificates that Ah Shao and his friends earned for their good grades are always kept in the house. People who don't know would think that our Ah Shao and his friends have average grades."
Mrs. Wei didn't care to answer Mrs. Wen at the moment. She was in the courtyard listening to her little girl reciting the newly learned poems. Although she didn't understand a word, the little girl's loud voice with the unique ups and downs of the poems made Mrs. Wei feel that it was particularly beautiful. Chen Xuan sat in a rattan chair in the courtyard, and from time to time she simply explained the meaning of the poems to the little girl, and the little girl was very excited to recite.
Mr. Wen stood and listened for a while, and when Mrs. Wen came out after washing up, Mr. Wen said, "When Axuan and the others came, our house became more scholarly." He knew that this was a habit that Chen Xuan had cultivated in the little girl since she was a child, to recite a poem every day. It didn't matter if she didn't understand the meaning, and it didn't matter if she memorized it now and forgot it later, she had to recite one poem every day.
Madam Wen's makeup was exquisite, and she nodded with satisfaction, "Children should develop the habit of studying from an early age. If they can maintain it throughout their lives, they will benefit greatly."
Mrs. Wen said to her three grandchildren at breakfast, "The walls of our house are too big. You have to earn more certificates to cover the walls."
The little girl said, "Madam, it's not possible this year. I have reserved the certificates for my eldest uncle, second uncle, and youngest uncle this year. My uncles promised me that they would give them to me after I pass the exam!"
Madam Wen never liked the chattering little girl, so she asked her, "Why should I give it to you? It's not yours!"
"Because I like the big award certificate too!" The little girl even used such a high-level word as "because". She said, "My uncles all agreed to it!"
Madam Wen said, "If you study well in the future, you will naturally receive a certificate. It will only be glorious if you post your own certificates on your house."
The little girl said, "I haven't started school yet, so I don't have any certificates! I'll post my uncle's first, and then I'll tell my friends that my uncle is amazing! He wins big certificates every year!"
"Oh my, you're only a few years old and you already have friends!"
"I'm popular!"
Old Madam Wen was old and proud of her status. She couldn't compete with the little girl for the certificate. She just felt that this little country girl was even more annoying! She was just about to collect the big certificates from her grandchildren, and this country girl came to hinder her!
It's so annoying!
The little girl had no idea that she was being disliked. While eating the delicious porridge, she chattered to her uncles about how she would post their award certificates in her room.
The author has something to say: ps: The second update is here!!! Two updates today, good night!