After everyone ate the watermelon, they chatted for a while, and then each took their children back, saying they were going to make dumplings.
Xiang Jin, her grandparents and parents did not try to persuade them to stay, but after saying a few polite words to everyone, they sent them to the door.
After watching them all go away, Xiang Jin and her aunt said in a low voice, "Oh my God, we are finally gone, and my face has not stopped smiling."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said to her, "How long have you been laughing? Your brother and sister-in-law have been joking with them all morning."
Ouyang Xue was surprised and said, "Isn't it right? Did they come very early?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Isn't that right? Almost as soon as you left, your brother, sister-in-law and others landed in the house, and then they were only half a cup of tea away when the children at home came.
"
Ouyang Xue looked at her brother and sister-in-law with sympathy, "It's really difficult for you two. You have to socialize with people at work every day. Now that you're home, the New Year's Eve celebrations don't stop either.
We have to socialize."
Xiang Jin's mother said, "I can't help it, they are all your brother's work partners and their family members."
After Ouyang Xue's eyes touched the large round tables in the living room, she said, "It seems that you spent quite a lot on this meal today. You bought two dining tables, several induction cookers, and
There are chicken and duck bones and hairy belly and yellow throat."
Xiang Jin's mother said, "It doesn't matter if you eat these, it only cost more than two hundred yuan in food expenses, and the chicken and duck meat are also made. The main thing is to use the chicken and duck bones to make soup stock."
Well, we did take a long walk today. We went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, the furniture market to buy tables and stools, and the shopping mall to buy induction cookers and drinks. It was a bit small.
tired."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "If you're tired, go back to your room and rest for a while. You don't have to participate in making the dumplings that are waiting for you."
Xiang Jin's mother waved her hand, "That's not necessary, just send them away and the house will be quieter. I just felt that there were too many people in the house at that time, which was a bit noisy and noisy, and there was not much air.
Circulation was a bit dull, but it’s getting better now.”
Then Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "In that case, I will take out the New Year gifts that Xiao Jin prepared for you and distribute them to everyone, so that you can all be happy."
Several elders were surprised, and then they all looked at Xiang Jin, their eyes dark with excitement and expectation.
"Xiao Jin, have you prepared a gift for us?" Xiang Jin's mother said as she looked at her with eyes full of little stars.
Xiang Jin said, "It's nothing, just one piece of clothing per person. I don't know what to prepare for you. I just think this is practical and practical."
Xiang Jin's grandmother looked at Xiang Jin's aunt, "Why did Xiaojin buy those clothes? Didn't you say you bought them at that time?"
Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "At that time, there were so many people on that occasion. If I didn't say it was me who bought it, how could I tell the truth that it was Xiaojin who bought it? People would inevitably not think too much about it then.
Some little thoughts.
Your granddaughter is already outstanding enough among the large group of children of the same age in this compound, right? Maybe people are secretly envious of her.
Oh, if she is a rich and filial person, she will buy hundreds of dollars of clothes for her family members. Then they will be jealous and jealous to death? So, keep a low profile, keep a low profile? "
Xiang Jin's grandparents nodded, and then her grandma lowered her head and said, "This is true."
"Xiao Bo, take out those sets of clothes from your grandparents or your parents that are in your room," Xiang Jin's aunt then ordered to Ouyang Bo.
Ouyang Bo said, "Auntie, I don't have any of their clothes in my house. I took them all and put them in my grandparents' house, right on their bed."
"Oh, then you come with me to get it."
Immediately, the aunt and nephew walked towards Jin's grandfather's room together, and soon they took out the clothes.
Xiang Jin walked over and first picked out the clothes of Aunt Liao, Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng, as well as her two pockets and put them aside. Then she explained to them and distributed them, "Those are the clothes I gave to Aunt Liao and Grandma Mo."
The gifts prepared by Grandpa Zeng and the others. Grandpa and grandma, these two bags are yours. You can try them on to see if they fit. If not, we will exchange them later. I bought them based on your past clothing sizes.
, I don’t know if it’s accurate.”
Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "Yes, let's try it on and see if it fits. If not, you can exchange it."
Xiang Jin and her grandparents took it and immediately took off their coats and tried them on.
Xiang Jin handed the other bags to his parents, "Mom and dad, these are yours. My aunt also bought a pair of shoes for mom. Mom, you can also take them with you to try them out."
"Oh, okay," the two of them took the bag. Xiang Jin's father immediately started trying it on, while Xiang Jin's mother went back to the house to try it on.
After Xiang Jin and her grandparents tried on the clothes, they nodded and said, "It fits, it fits!"
Xiang Jin said, "After fastening the zippers and openings, take a look to see if they are tight. Also, is the shoulder area narrow? Is the chest area comfortable? Is the chest tight and short of breath?"
So the two of them followed her suggestion again, and finally said, "It's not tight, it's loose and comfortable!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's good, then I can rest assured!"
Ouyang Xue and Ouyang Bo both said that the clothes the two elders wore were beautiful and fashionable. Even Xiang Jin’s father nodded and said that the clothes they bought were suitable and suited the temperament of the two elders. When the two elders put them on, they were immediately impressed.
She looked several years younger, and the old couple couldn't be happier with these compliments.
"Brother, your clothes are also handsome," Xiang Jin and her aunt Ouyang Xue praised her parents and then her brother.
Everyone immediately looked at Xiang Jin's father. When they saw Xiang Jin's father, they said, "There are a lot of people in the grade who are handsome or not."
Xiang Jin's aunt talked to him more casually, "Oh, just pretend to be polite. Maybe your heart is really bubbling right now. Look, look, how honest that smile is!"
Xiang Jin and her grandparents were all laughing.
Xiang Jin looked at her father and asked seriously, "Is it the right size? I asked my brother to try it on, and my aunt suggested the size."
"Suitable, suitable, not too big, not too small, just now," her father said quickly.
"My clothes are quite suitable," Xiang Jin's mother changed her clothes and came out at this moment, and everyone turned their attention to her again.
Xiang Jin's aunt was the first to say in surprise, "Ah, sister-in-law, this dress really suits you very well. It takes advantage of your skin color and your temperament. Look, you are so intellectual, so rational, so dignified and elegant, so super
With temperament!”
Xiang Jin's mother had a smile on her face, and then she looked at Xiang Jin's father.
Ouyang Xue immediately turned to look at Xiang Jin, "Xiao Jin, you have good taste and good taste. Look how stylish your mother is in that dress!"
Xiang Jin and her grandparents also smiled and nodded, saying that the clothes she bought for her mother were indeed very good!
Ouyang Bo said it looked good, and Xiang Jin saw a hint of amazement in the way her father looked at her mother. Of course, he praised it without hesitation, "Yeah, it looks good!"
Xiang Jin's mother's face instantly turned red, and Xiang Jin thought to herself: It seems beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Even her mother didn't react when people in the room said she looked good, and her father simply praised her mother.
She immediately became girlish and a little shy.
Xiang Jin walked over, took her mother's arm and said, "Mr.
When the time comes, people will imitate your dressing style, and maybe the owner of the clothing store will thank you secretly."
Her mother took her hand and said, "You kid, you are too exaggerated!"
Xiang Jin said, "Where is that? I'm telling the truth, you don't know, with your body and temperament, this dress is tailor-made for you. You are the living sign of this dress, I can tell you
, you look so elegant and stylish in this dress!
You have to trust my vision and taste. See how well I choose your clothes for them one by one, and how fashionable they are? My grandparents are several years younger, and my dad is also several years younger, and they are also several years younger.
You don’t lose your composure, you see, and you’re also quite elegant!”
As expected, her mother looked at everyone and found that this was still the case. Not only were Xiang Jin's grandparents several years younger, they looked even more energetic than before.
Then she said to Xiang Jin, "Although you kid may be a bit over the top, what you said is true!"
Xiang Jin retorted, "What do you mean, Mrs. Wang sells melons? This is what I call confidence!"
"Yes, yes, be confident, be confident!" Her mother hurriedly agreed, followed by others, and changed their clothes again, and then said she wanted to make dumplings.
At the same time, at the mayor's house in the same courtyard, "Oh, originally I was still thinking that the daughter of the Ouyang family was a wild girl who grew up in the country. She has never seen the world, so she must be vulgar and unreasonable.
Not worthy of being on the stage.
But I didn't expect that the first time I saw her, my previous imagination of her was overturned. She was much better than the one they adopted by mistake before. No, it was simply incomparable.
From a young age, no matter how she was raised and carefully nurtured, she always had a submissive and petty attitude, which was really not worthy of her family background.
But this child is different. You see so many of us staring at her, but she doesn’t show any trace of nervousness or panic. Instead, she is open-minded and calm, without the slightest hint of timidity or panic.
Shy.
In the process of getting along with others, she is also polite and courteous. She does not speak hurriedly or slowly, neither too talkative nor reticent. She does not flatter, do not criticize, do not flatter or please anyone.
If you talk to her, she will answer you politely. If you don't talk to her, she will be so upright, sitting there quietly and listening to everyone, very much like a lady.
Unlike the previous one who always liked to interrupt and compete for the limelight when others were talking, as if she had no sense of existence if she didn't speak. To be honest, I really disliked the previous girl.
It can be seen from this that some of him are who he is in his bones. Even if his living environment changes, he will not be affected in any way. He can't be true about what is false, and she can't be true about what is true.
It can’t be fake.”
The mayor smiled and said, "Well, you are right. I was observing that child carefully today. From the perspective of people I have accumulated from so many years of experience in politics, that child is really good.
The Ouyang family is really proud this time.
That child is definitely not a simple person, and he will definitely be more promising than that kid from their family in the future."
"Hey, you think so highly of that child?" The mayor's wife was surprised.
The mayor said, "It's true. If you don't believe me, just look at it. As the saying goes, when you are three years old, you are older than when you are seven years old. You only think that the child is in the third year of high school at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but you don't know, that child is in high school.
It is a key high school, and it is said that the child's academic performance has always been among the best in the school. She has always been in the top one or two of other schools, and the school's scholarship has never fallen behind. "
"Really?" The mayor's wife was extremely surprised.
The mayor nodded, "Isn't that right? Do you know how much the scholarship was for that school?"
The mayor's wife shook her head, "How much?"
The mayor said, "It's said to be three to four thousand."
"So many?!" The mayor's wife was surprised again.
The mayor nodded, "Yeah!"
"Hey, how did you know?!" the mayor's wife asked.
The mayor said, "Isn't that Xiao Yang in our hometown the secretary of the municipal party committee leader? Their office is on the same floor as Secretary Ouyang's office, and their leader often has work-related contacts with Secretary Ouyang.
He ran errands for their leaders every day to deliver documents to Secretary Ouyang and also to pick up documents and so on.
Then one time when he went there, he happened to meet Secretary Ouyang talking to his parents on the phone, saying that their daughter had received a scholarship again, and that he had also given money to his parents and Xiaobo. At that time, Secretary Ouyang said
Very happy.
At the time, he thought they were talking about their previous child on the phone. Later, she wondered why the child's academic performance was so good all of a sudden. Wasn't he sick now?
Later, he went out of his way to inquire with a secretary in Secretary Ouyang's office, and found out that they were talking about his biological daughter, and he also clearly understood the true situation of Secretary Ouyang's family.
That time I went to the Municipal Party Committee meeting, and after seeing him we chatted for a few words, and then he asked me if I knew about this matter because I lived with Secretary Ouyang. I didn’t know, I only found out after hearing what he said.
Woolen cloth."
"Oh, the Ouyang family is covering it too tightly. I've never heard them say anything," the mayor's wife said.
The mayor said, "I am so humble and low-key, unlike you people who know how to make noise all day long!"
The mayor's wife broke up when she heard what he said, "What did I say? What did I say?!"
The mayor nodded vigorously, as if he thought I had said something wrong, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, no, no, no, oh, change your clothes and wash your hands and get ready to make dumplings, otherwise we won't be able to eat dumplings at night.
.”
So the two of them walked towards the bedroom together, and while walking on the road, the mayor's wife was still a little unconvinced and said, "Just because you are good at reading does not mean you will be good in the future. Maybe some people are just nerds."
The mayor snorted sarcastically, "Do you think that kid is a nerd? When you talk to others, there is nothing in their speech or behavior that is not an appropriate answer, a proper one."
In my opinion, that child is not only down-to-earth and stable in character, but also a very smart person. Have you forgotten that he still rents a piece of land in the provincial capital and grows vegetables in a greenhouse?
The big watermelon is produced in the fields of other people. At such a young age, he has such courage, courage, and foresight. This child's mind is far more mature and stable than we imagined.
Where do you think our municipal party committee and the city have been studying to vigorously develop the agricultural greenhouse planting and breeding industry in the city recently? Where did the inspiration come from? That was when Secretary Ouyang saw the achievements of her daughter.
, and then take it out to discuss and study with all of us.
Oops, if this thing is done, we will have made a great contribution to the country and the people, and we will definitely be valued and praised by our superiors in the future!"
"Oh, is this really a great kid?" the mayor's wife said, and then she made fun of another leader's family, "At that time, she asked someone if the kid could keep up in school.
Are you leaving? If she knew that the child's grades in school would be so good, she would probably want to take her words back."
The mayor reprimanded, "Oh, don't worry about what's going on in other people's houses. From now on, you should stay away from those people. Don't just get together and talk to the head of this family or that family."
The short answer is that we are now working together with the Municipal Party Committee to get the greenhouse planting and animal husbandry business done.
If it is successful, the living GDP level of the people in the city will be improved. In this way, I can be regarded as having achieved political achievements. If he is promoted in the future, won’t I also be qualified to join the municipal party committee? Even if I don’t join our municipal party committee, then I will be transferred to someone else.
The possibility of becoming a senior municipal official in a prefecture-level city is quite high.
If I can't make any political achievements, I'll have to do this. Maybe after my few years here, I'll be transferred to some other remote place."
The mayor's wife nodded, "Okay, I understand!"
The couple here were discussing and calculating matters through Xiang Jin's family, but they didn't know that several other families in the compound were also discussing Xiang Jin, the daughter of the Ouyang family who had just been recognized.
And at the end of the day, everyone without exception wanted to have a good relationship with Xiang Jin and his family. Even if some of the children in the family didn't like Xiang Jin, they couldn't show it or make it too obvious.
So much so that when Xiang Jin got up the next morning and went for a morning jog around the courtyard, children from several families came up to chat with her, saying either flattering words or words of admiration, saying that she was so
It's a cold day and I'm not afraid of freezing. I even go out for morning jogs and so on.
Of course, this is all a story for later, so I won’t mention it here for now.
"Hey, what do you think of this dumpling I made?" Ouyang Bo made a dumpling and brought it to Xiang Jin to show off.
Xiang Jin was very embarrassed and said, "So ugly!"
Ouyang Bo quit, "Hey, you can't ask for too much. This is my first time making dumplings. It's already very good to be able to make dumplings like this. Maybe you made dumplings for the first time."
It's not as good as my wrapping."
Xiang Jin snorted sarcastically, "You really feel good about yourself and are inflated. Even if it's my first time making dumplings, I think they look better than yours."
Look at you, one side has more fillings, while the other side has less fillings, and the fillings are unevenly placed. The dumplings you make are also handicapped. This shows that you are not only extremely lacking in aesthetics, but you are also bad at work.
Not careful enough and practical enough.
If you still want to do business in the future, I can tell you that business is not that easy. If you want to do a good job and make money, and you want to make more money, then you must first raise your
Make it a good habit to be serious and down-to-earth, otherwise you will suffer losses sooner or later!"
"Hey, where are these dumplings? Why did you suddenly get involved in business? Besides, you are too alarmist, right?" Ouyang Bo became even more unhappy.
Xiang Jin said, "I'm not being alarmist. First of all, your attitude towards doing things is not good. You only care about getting something done, and you don't care about how well it is done.
For example, if you open a company, it is a production-type company. You only focus on making products, but you do not focus on the quality of the products.
Let me tell you, the competition in the future will be huge. For a certain product, there may be hundreds, thousands, or thousands of companies producing it on the market.
At that time, people will not only have to compete on price, but also on quality, and even on service. If their products are of high quality and low price, and their service attitude is good, it will be easy for others to be selected by the merchants and stand out from the entire competitive environment.
, and your so-so product can only be eliminated.
Secondly, with your non-serious, steady, impatient and impetuous character and attitude, when discussing cooperation with others, I tell you, you can easily be tricked by others.
Don't rush to refute me. Listen to me. Some business agreements have tens or hundreds of pages of contract terms. Others may be seriously discussing things with you in the first few pages and the last few pages.
You also felt that the terms of the contract were quite reasonable, so you flipped through the front and back pages of the contract, and then signed the contract with them, but little did you know that they had set a trap for you in the middle.
Do you believe in the trap that will make you bankrupt and make you doubt your life?"
"No, it can't be. You said that you are so young and have never experienced any big storms. How can you conclude that there are such bad people in the world?" Xiang Jin's words immediately shocked Ouyang Bo.
He said he was scared.
Xiang Jin said, "I have known since I was a child that although there are not so many bad people in this world, there are not that many good people, and I have also known since I was a child that there is no harm in being more cautious in everything.
Also, although I have not seen much of the world, nor have I experienced any big storms, I have read quite a lot of books, newspapers and magazines, so I can learn a lot from those, and I also have a good understanding of the world.
Be able to have a preliminary understanding and judgment.
Young man, don’t think that everyone is so kind. You have to know that many people can turn into wolves in the face of interests. The future world will be an era of wolfish competition, and you are still dreaming about it.”
Several elders in Xiang Jin's family felt that what Xiang Jin said made sense, so they nodded in agreement. Although Ouyang Bo still seemed to disagree with Xiang Jin's words on the surface, he was already cheering in his heart.
, so he started to make the dumplings more seriously and at ease.
Then Xiang Jin's mother suddenly asked, "Grandma Mo, they brought so much stuffing for us, can they keep it for themselves? They won't give them all to us, right?"
Xiang Jin said, "Don't worry, they also have some. We bought a lot of shrimp that day, at least nearly a bucket. Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng prepared a large pot of this stuffing, and later divided it into
They bought two small basins like this, one small basin was given to us, and the other small basin was kept for themselves. The fillings in this basin can still make at least three or four hundred dumplings, which is enough to eat.
Already."
Her mother nodded, "That's good!"
Then her grandma asked, "When are you planning to go to your grandparents' house over there?"
Xiang Jin said, "Third and fourth grade of junior high school. Our school has classes on the sixth grade of junior high school, and we have to go back to school on the fifth grade of junior high school, so we can only go back to school for these two days. Moreover, my two aunts and uncles will definitely have to go back in the second grade of junior high school."
Even if I go to my mother’s side, they won’t be here either.”
Several elders in their family nodded again, and then Xiang Jin's mother asked her father, "Then shall we also go there?"
After all, her grandparents, uncles and aunts are very good to Xiaojin. One of the reasons we went there was to thank them for taking care of Xiaojin over the years, and the other was an attitude, that is, we didn’t object to Xiaojin recognizing them.
.”
Xiang Jin's father said, "How about this? We will leave after dropping Xiao Jin off. Their mother-in-law and grandson will definitely have something to say by then. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for us to stay there.
We'll drive to pick her up in the afternoon, and we'll also stop by to see her Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo that day."
Xiang Jin's mother nodded after hearing this, "That's true! Okay, then I'll listen to you and do it like this."
"Um!"
Then Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "Well, Xiaojin, when you are in the second year of junior high school, you will follow your aunt to visit other people's houses?"
"Ah?!" Xiang Jin was stunned.
Xiang Jin's mother asked, "Do you want to take her to your husband's house?"
Xiang Jin and her aunt nodded, "Well, when I went to deliver groceries to my parents today, they heard that Xiao Jin was back, so they asked me to take Xiao Jin to show them the next time I go over.
But sister-in-law, you don’t have to worry. I send red envelopes to their children every Chinese New Year, so it doesn’t matter even if Xiaojin receives a few red envelopes from them, they still won’t suffer."
Xiang Jin said, "I don't care about their red envelopes. That's fine. I'll go with you then, aunt."
"Oh, okay!" Her aunt immediately agreed cheerfully.
There are so many people, so the work is fast. Xiang Jin, her grandfather and grandmother rolled out the dough, and Xiang Jin and her family of four helped her aunt and five people to make the dumplings. In a little more than an hour, they wrapped the dumplings.
Her aunt counted them and said, "There are three hundred and sixty-three."
Xiang Jin's mother said, "Then you can take some back with you. If you get up late in the morning or go home late in the evening, you can just order some dumplings to eat."
Her aunt was not polite, "Okay, then I will listen to my sister-in-law."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Just count those sixty-three!"
"Okay!" Xiang Jin and her aunt agreed.
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked, "Should we have a reunion at home tonight or do you want to eat dumplings?"
They said it was okay, and Xiang Jin reminded, "Oh, by the way, Han Che also brought me some shredded rabbit and roast duck. You still have to remember to take them out and eat them, even though it is winter now."
, the cooked food will not spoil so easily, but we still have to get them out and eat them as soon as possible."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother also remembered, "Oh, yes, yes, I have forgotten about this, so let's make some dishes tonight and celebrate the New Year as a family."
"Yeah, sure!" Xiang Jin and her grandfather nodded.
Xiang Jin then suggested, "Don't prepare too many dishes. When you save time, there will be leftovers."
"Okay, let's get a fish so we can have more every year," her grandfather said.
Then Xiang Jin remembered that she hadn't eaten the shrimps yet, so she ran over to take a look, and found that a few of them were dead. "Grandpa, grandma, please eat these shrimps too. If you let them go like this again,
Go, I guess they will all die tomorrow, and there are also these bass and carp, I don’t seem to feel that they are swimming so comfortably anymore, their reaction is very slow?”
"Ouch, let me have a look, let me have a look," her grandma also walked over quickly, and found that it was indeed like that, so she said with some annoyance, "Ouch, we forgot to change their water in the past two days.
No, no, old man, come here, pick them up and dispose of them, I guess these fish will die tomorrow if they don’t get eaten."
So Xiang Jin and her grandfather hurried over.
Xiang Jin and her aunt counted on her fingers, "There are rabbits, ducks, shrimps, and two fish dishes. That's five dishes. Then we can't get anything else. Dad, Mom, let's go
Just cook sausages and stir-fry vegetarian vegetables. I think, let’s stir-fry king oyster mushrooms or drumstick mushrooms."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded, "Okay, you go cut two sausages and cook them, and your dad and I will make these fish and shrimps."
Xiang Jin's parents walked over and told them that they would take care of the meal tonight and let them all go to rest.
Someone was cooking, so Xiang Jin was naturally happy to have some free time, so she retreated to the living room, then picked up the phone and dialed. She wished Grandma Demo and Grandpa Zeng a happy New Year.