"Smile like a hammer! That's your old man. If he doesn't listen to you, who will listen to you? There's nothing wrong with that."
Malanhua drove Xiaobai aside. When she passed by, she saw the gifts Xiaobai put on the sofa and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"I bought them as gifts." Xiaobai ran over to introduce these gifts to his aunt. He was very interested and excited, waiting for his aunt's praise.
"Did you give it to me?" Malanhua was a little happy.
"It's for the aunts in Baijiacun."
"..."
After her aunt looked at her gifts carefully, she said, "Hammer, these gifts are for children."
Xiaobai introduced: "Giving it to the aunts' children."
"The children in their family have grown up long ago. The youngest is already a teenager. They will want these gifts from you."
"Clam?"
"You bought the wrong one."
Xiaobai was dumbfounded. He checked with Malanhua again and again, and received the reply that these gifts were not suitable for the children of his aunts.
Xiaobai almost cried, with tears in his eyes.
"Are you going to cry?" Malanhua was a little surprised when she saw this. It was rare to see Xiaobai cry.
"I, I, I'm going to cry! Huh, I won't cry."
Xiaobai turned her back and wiped her eyes secretly. She felt sad when she thought that she and Xiwa had bought the wrong gift.
There were sounds of leaving footsteps behind me. It must be that my aunt had left and returned to the kitchen.
Xiaobai muttered, feeling sorry for himself. Why did he buy the wrong gift? If he had known better, he would have listened to the old man and asked his aunt first.
At that time, Zhang Tan questioned the gift Xiaobai bought for the children, but Xiaobai was very sure that there was nothing wrong with it.
Now there is a problem.
The footsteps came again.
Auntie patted Xiaobai's shoulder gently and said, "Don't cry, come and have a bowl of chicken soup."
As he said this, a bowl of golden chicken soup was handed over, the aroma was fragrant.
"I won't eat."
Xiaobai was in a low mood.
"Eat thiophene, eat a bowl, you will feel better after eating it."
Malanhua put the chicken soup on the dining table, then pulled Xiaobai to sit over.
Xiaobai wanted to resist, but because he was small and weak, he was no match for his aunt, so he was dragged away like a little chicken.
"Eat, eat everything." Malanhua said forcefully.
Xiaobai muttered, holding the spoon absentmindedly.
Seeing this, Malanhua stopped her plan to go to the kitchen, sat down opposite Xiaobai, and said to her: "Guawazi, don't be sad. It doesn't matter if you bought the wrong gift. Your thoughts have been sent. If the aunts
If you know it, you will be very happy. Do you know what this means?"
Xiaobai looked up at her and asked, "What did you mean?"
Malanhua said: "It shows that you are a good baby, you care about them, and you have good intentions."
"But, but, if I bought the wrong gift, will they be unhappy?"
"Why are you unhappy? They must be very happy! Neither your uncle nor I expected that you would buy gifts for everyone. You really impress me."
"real?"
"Really, if you don't believe me, ask your uncle."
As if he could teleport, Bai Jianping immediately appeared at the door of the kitchen, stuck his head out and said, "I never thought, Xiao Bai, you have grown up and become sensible."
Xiaobai felt much better after being comforted by them. He bared his teeth and smiled, but when he thought that the gift was useless, he still felt depressed.
Malanhua patted her shoulder and told her not to be sad, then went into the kitchen and continued cooking.
However, Xiaobai almost fell off the chair when she photographed her, and said dissatisfied: "Auntie, you are so hard, are you trying to slap me to death?"
Not long after, the women from Baijia Village in the pancake and fruit shop came together. There were four of them in total. They were all about the same age, in their thirties or early forties. However, due to years of hard work, they looked
She looks older.
"Aunts - the aunts are here -"
Xiaobai was the first to notice, and immediately yelled into the kitchen, then got down from the chair, entertained the aunts warmly, asked them to sit down, and poured them water.
"Xiaobai is here too."
"Xiaobai is here."
"Xiaobai is so sensible~"
…
Everyone praised Xiaobai enthusiastically, making Xiaobai smile happily.
Malanhua came out of the kitchen with an apron around her waist. She greeted everyone with a smile and asked everyone to sit down again. The dishes would be fried soon.
"Xiao Bai, chat with the aunts and turn on the TV."
She entered the kitchen again, but came out not long after. The things inside were left to Bai Jianping, and she came out to accompany everyone.
She picked up a box of the gifts Xiaobai bought in the corner and smiled at the women in Baijia Village: "Look at the gifts my Xiaobai bought. She said they were for you. I didn't teach her these things.
She went to buy it by herself, saying that she took her old man with her. But she bought the wrong thing, hahaha, she bought things for seven or eight-year-old children."
"Oh! Did you buy it for us? Xiaobai is so sensible. He knows how to buy us gifts. It's so polite."
"We have received Xiaobai's thoughts, thank you Xiaobai."
"Xiaobai is so sensible. He even knows how to buy us gifts. We all come with nothing. We are so embarrassed."
…
Everyone thanked Xiao Bai for his kindness. Ma Lanhua had already taken these gifts and opened a box for everyone to see. They were all children's things, including things to play with and eat.
"Since it's Xiaobai's wish, let's keep it, hahaha. When you go home this time, you can have a second child, which will be useful in the future," Malanhua said.
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
"I'm too old to have a baby."
"My men don't have that ability anymore, hahaha~"
Having said that, everyone still accepted it enthusiastically, and then praised Xiaobai again.
When Xiaobai saw that his gift had been given away and everyone liked it, his mood suddenly jumped to the sky and he wanted to call the old man to tell the good news.
However, instead of calling the old man to announce the good news, she has a more important thing to do now, which is to introduce the gifts she carefully bought to her aunts. Each gift has her own thoughtfulness in it.
It’s not as simple as my aunt introduced it!
"It's a pencil case. There are pencils and water-based pens in it..."
Everyone listened to Xiaobai's introduction with great interest and truly felt her thoughts.
The lunch meals were all cooked by Malanhua and Bai Jianping, including a huge portion of Bangbang Chicken and many Sichuan dishes.
Everyone gathered around the table, laughing constantly.
Xiaobai finally no longer has to carry her rice bowl around the table. She has her own place and can move around the table whenever she wants to eat.
At the end of lunch, Malanhua went to the bedroom and came back with several big red envelopes in her hand, which she gave to everyone one by one.
Everyone was shocked.
"Where do you live? And you give us New Year's money?"
Malanhua said: "Thank you for your help during this time. This is a little thought from me and Lao Bai. You must accept it. Without you, my shop will not be able to open..."
In fact, these aunts from Baijiacun had to leave Pujiang a long time ago. They came with their husbands, and the husbands had already returned to Baijiacun. Because Malan Flower Shop could not recruit suitable people for a while, they
I stayed and helped until now.
After they return home this time, they will not go back to Pujiang. Some plan to work in a tea factory, some will stay at home and farm, and some want to open a pancake and fruit stand in the local town and start their own business.
They are leaving next year, so Malanhua closed her business for a day, cooked for them at home, and gave each of them a big red envelope to thank them for their continued help.
Without them, it would be difficult for the pancake and fruit shop to continue operating.
With their help, the pancake and fruit shop got through the hard time of establishing its business.
Malanhua's heartfelt words made everyone cry.
Several women were wiping away tears. They also had feelings for this place. They were grateful to Malanhua for recruiting them from the construction site. The early days of starting a business with Malanhua were hard but fulfilling. They looked at the pancake and fruit shop.
Their business is getting better day by day, and they feel a sense of accomplishment.
Now, the business of the pancake and fruit shop has stabilized, everything is on track, and they can leave with peace of mind.
Thanks to Boss Zhang for providing them with employment opportunities in Baijiacun, otherwise they would have had no idea how many years they would have been wandering outside.
And Malanhua seems to have already established itself in Pujiang.
There is envy in their hearts, but more importantly, they feel a sense of security at home.
Several women picked up the white wine, raised their glasses and drank it in one gulp, then hugged each other and shed tears.
Xiaobai was stunned. She glanced left and right, and saw her uncle secretly wiping his eyes, then picking up the wine glass and drinking by himself, occasionally picking up a peanut, which made him feel uncomfortable.
