"Hey, Mom, how big a red envelope did you give each of them?" Xiang Jin suddenly asked after the car had driven a distance.
Her mother turned around and said, "Three hundred, what's wrong? Your cousins named Yang Hui and Yang Zhao are both so old, so one or two hundred can't be used."
The other two cousins are all entitled to three hundred, so the other two cousins plus your sister should be granted a different amount, right? This makes your second aunt and second aunt see it and say that we favor one over the other and treat others lustfully. So I
They were all sealed for three hundred."
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, it's nothing, it's just that my grandparents gave me one thousand, and my two uncles both gave me five hundred."
"Ouch, there are so many? Then I was the young master just now? What should I do?" Her mother's brows suddenly wrinkled.
Xiang Jin said, "No, don't worry too much. The New Year's red envelopes in our countryside are not that high originally. Usually they are tens of hundreds of yuan. Those with a hundred yuan are from very wealthy families."
In some cases, or if the relationship between relatives is particularly good, only one hundred yuan will be given to your child.
My situation is a bit special. My uncle and aunt have always felt that it was thanks to me that their food shop was able to open, and the business was still so prosperous every day, so they gave me such a big red envelope.
In addition, they all know that I am never short of money, so I may look down upon me if I give less. Of course, this is their guess, and it is not mine. In fact, I don’t care whether they give it or not.
I don't mind if you give me a red envelope.
The third thing is that I have always been very good to them and truly treat them as family members and relatives, so they also sincerely treat me as family members and relatives.
As for why my grandparents gave me such big red envelopes, it was purely because they loved me as their granddaughter, plus they were rich! My grandfather still earned tens of thousands a year from greenhouse vegetables.
, not to mention the chickens, ducks and pigs he raised.
Therefore, you don’t have to worry that the red envelopes they gave me are not equal to the red envelopes you sealed for their children. They won’t mind that much.
Besides, you should seal the red envelopes to their children first. It doesn’t matter if you seal fewer red envelopes first, but it would be embarrassing if you seal fewer red envelopes later.
Besides, in fact, they didn't suffer a loss after all. They both have two children. You have three hundred for one person, and six hundred for two people. Strictly speaking, they still made a hundred. Of course, my grandparents may have to eat some.
Sorry, but they are different."
Her mother and father immediately became happy, and her mother said, "You kid, you still talk in the same way."
Xiang Jin said, "No way? Aren't I afraid that you will feel embarrassed? That's why I explain so much to you."
Xiang Jin's mother said, "Why do mom and dad feel so embarrassed? Mom and dad are afraid that you will lose face."
"How could it be? I have always cared about real things and not false things. Face? Face is just a cloud here!
I think you have to rely on yourself to be strong in blacksmithing. Now that you have the strength, who dares to look down on you? Who can look down on you?!"
Xiang Jin's father then said with a proud face, "Well, that's right! You are indeed my daughter! She speaks with courage!
That's right, only when you are strong, others will not ignore your existence and will face you as a person. Only what you say will attract others' attention. Only then will others listen and do things according to your wishes!
As for face, there are some faces that must be maintained even at all costs, such as dignity, integrity, and reputation! There are some faces that there is really no need to worry about so much."
"Dad, it seems that you are a person who cherishes his feathers very much?" Xiang Jin couldn't help but joked.
Her father said, "That's not true? How else do you think your father got this position at this age? A person's ability is one aspect, and his loyalty to the party and the people is another aspect.
Some of our comrades just can't stick to their original intentions, forget their original intentions, abuse and use the rights given to us by the party, the country, and the people for personal use, so in the end they drag themselves into the quagmire and are unable to extricate themselves.
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So, Xiaojin, you and your brother must remember that there are some things that can be done and some things that cannot be done. Even if the knife is placed on the neck, the things that cannot be done are still cannot be done. A person must know how to keep himself clean.
, the heart should always move in the direction of light, but never lose yourself!"
Xiang Jin said, "I know! Don't worry, I won't do bad things, and every penny I earn is reasonable and legal, and can withstand the verification of the relevant state departments and inspection agencies."
Don't worry, I will never use the guise of you and my mother to pull the flag and cheat, I have to rely on my own strength to create a world of my own!"
Her father smiled and said, "Of course my parents believe in you! I believe that you have the ability and strength to create the life you want."
"Hey, Xiaojin, your cousin, Yang Hui, is Yang Hui, right?" Xiang Jin's mother suddenly said again.
Xiang Jin sat in the back row and nodded, "Ah, yes, my name is Yang Hui."
Her mother continued, "I see that the child is about the same age as your brother, but his temperament is a bit taciturn. He seems not as lively as his younger brother. Is that his temperament originally?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, he wasn't like this before. His temperament was pretty good before. Although he wasn't very talkative, he was never so boring. I guess it was because he had repeated his studies in the past two years.
So it’s a bit stressful.”
Her mother nodded, "Oh, that's not possible. He behaves like a little old man at such a young age, without any vitality. Did your uncle and aunt put pressure on him?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "My uncle and aunt never put any pressure on him. Instead, they supported him wherever they could read, and they also supported him if they wanted to re-study.
He put so much pressure on himself. Yang Hui is a bit stubborn and refuses to admit defeat. He also has a good reputation.
He repeated his studies for two years, and then failed to pass the exam for two years. This year is the third year of his repeat studies. He will take the high school entrance examination with his younger brother Yang Zhao. He is afraid that he will not be able to pass the exam again, so he will take the high school entrance examination at any time.
They are all taut and put themselves in a highly tense atmosphere at all times.
In fact, Yang Hui is not strong because of purely psychological factors. His usual academic performance is quite good, and he can still do well in every class exam, but he is easily nervous every time at critical moments.
Then it is very easy to make mistakes.
I also told him, don't be nervous, don't be nervous, just do it as a simple test homework, but he just can't listen. Every time he comes to some important test, he will be inexplicably nervous.
In fact, I know that in the final analysis, he pays too much attention to gains and losses.
Alas, I am too lazy to give him advice now, because you can never wake up a person who is pretending to sleep. No matter how much you tell him, he will still do what he wants. He will not try and correct according to your suggestions. Even if you say it, it means nothing.
"
"That Yang Zhao's brain is quite flexible, huh?" her mother then commented.
"Well, Yang Zhao's temperament should be better. He is not obsessed with pursuing something. He is the kind of person who can do it. It doesn't matter if I can't. His mentality should be better!"
Xiang Jin's father smiled and said, "Let nature take its course and do nothing. Don't fight or grab!"
Xiang Jin also smiled and said, "That's right! Yang Zhao is that kind of person!"
Following her mother, she asked Xiang Jin again, "Hey, Xiaojin, how big a red envelope is appropriate for mom to give to Yan Chen and another friend of yours later? These two children are already bosses themselves. If they give too little,
Aren’t you unable to take it?”
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, just block it as much as you like, it's just a little bit of your heart, they won't care about this, you also said that I am the boss, no matter how much you can give, you can still get more than what others have in their hands."
Money? It’s just that we are still in the stage of studying and underage at our age. In your eyes, this stage seems to be the stage where you should receive the red envelopes."
Her father also agreed with Xiang Jin's words, "Yes, yes, I think what Xiao Jin said is right. You don't have to stick to formalism. The key lies in your heart."
Then her mother nodded, "Okay, then mom will give each of them six hundred and sixty-six dollars later. It's the same as the seal for you. You all have to take the college entrance examination this year. This can be regarded as mother's support."
One of their best wishes!”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, but you brought so much change with you?"
Her mother said, "That's the advantage of working in a bank. It's convenient to exchange change."
Xiang Jin said, "Then you can help me change it for one yuan, two yuan, five yuan, one dime, two cents, five cents, or a hundred consecutive notes in these currencies at your bank."
Her mother laughed and said, "What are you doing? Collecting coins?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yes, maybe in a few decades the value of this currency will appreciate like the stamps and ancient coins. Then I can make another windfall."
Her father and her mother laughed, and her mother bluntly said that she was a money lover. Xiang Jin directly handed the red envelope of two thousand New Year's money she had just received to her mother.
Her mother said, "No, you can keep your own money. If mom has money here, she can buy it for you when the time comes."
"Oh, take it," Xiang Jin put the money directly into her mother's hand, "I don't need to keep so much cash with me. I'm too lazy to go to the bank to save it. You can use this money to buy something for me."
, It would be best if there are ones from different years, hey, there are some here, you can exchange for more," she said and took out another wad of money and gave it to her mother.
Her mother was immediately dumbfounded, "If you change so many, where will you put them when the time comes? Our house is only that big?"
Xiang Jin asked, "Don't we all have a safe at home?"
Her mother said, "We don't have anything valuable to store at home, so where can we have that kind of thing?"
"My dad, and you, don't have any important documents that need to be placed at work?" Xiang Jin asked again.
Xiang Jin's mother said, "If your father and I have any important matters, they will be handled directly at the work unit. If there are important documents, we will file them directly in the archives."
, how can I bring it home?"
"Oh, okay, then you'd better keep the money and I'll take a look at it when the time comes."
"How much is this?" her mother asked.
Xiang Jin said, "Probably more than three thousand to close to four thousand yuan. I don't know the exact amount. You can count it yourself."
So her mother counted it seriously, "Including the two thousand you gave me before, the total is five thousand four. Mom will save it for you first. You see what you want to do with the money then, and you can give it to your mother."
Just tell me, and my mother will do what you say when the time comes."
"Well, okay!" Xiang Jin nodded.
Xiang Jin's father said, "You can ask Xiaoxue to rent a safe in the bank, and then store the coins she collected in the safe. Anyway, the rent for a month is not much, and it is much safer than leaving it at home."
Xiang Jin's mother said, "Oh, this is fine. Okay, Xiaojin, my mother will change it for you when she gets back."
"Okay," Xiang Jin was thinking about whether she should deposit the five yuan item she received and the few silver and copper coins she coaxed from Yan Fei into the safe in the bank.
If Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo really go to manage the large watermelon fruit field for them, then the things she put in their house before can no longer be placed in their house.
It didn't seem to be the same thing to put them in the family compound. She would have to find a proper place to place them, but before placing them properly, she wanted to confirm their authenticity and not to place them herself.
It's not worth it if it's just a pile of scrap metal.
I don’t know if Yan Chen’s uncles and aunts are back. If they are, she can ask his uncle to help her check to see if that thing is an antique.
About half an hour later, Xiang Jin's father's car drove into the small courtyard of Grandma Mo's house. Through the car window, Xiang Jin and the others saw that there was another military green car parked in the small courtyard.
An off-road vehicle, and that off-road vehicle was the one that Yan Chen's cousin Zeng Haoze drove back. It seemed that Yan Chen's uncle and aunt were back.
"Oh, come up and sit down, come up and sit down." As soon as their car entered the small courtyard, Grandma Mo and her family came out of the house. After seeing them get out of the car, everyone came out of the street again.
The eaves greeted him.
After greeting each other and exchanging pleasantries, Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng invited them to come up and sit down.
Xiang Jin waved to her parents and said, "You go up first, I'll get those things."
Grandma Mo pretended to be displeased and said, "Why are you bringing another gift? Have you given it before?"
Xiang Jin took Grandma Mo's arm and said, "The one before represented a little bit of my grandparents' and aunt's thoughts, and today's one represents a little bit of my parents' thoughts."
Grandma Mo said, "Well, how much does the family want to share?"
Xiang Jin's mother said, "Auntie, it's not anything expensive, just some local goods. How can you not bring some souvenirs when visiting relatives and friends during the New Year?"
Grandma Mo said, "You are the only one who is polite and polite?!"
"Auntie, let's go up and talk," Xiang Jin's mother also went to hold Grandma Mo's arm.
"Ahem, okay, go up and talk, keep talking!"
Xiang Jin opened the trunk and took out the things from inside, and then Yan Chen and Han Che who were standing aside helped her take them.
When several people were walking on the steps, Xiang Jin asked Yan Chen, "Are your uncle and aunt back?"
Han Che turned his head and glanced at her, "Hey, how did you know that his uncle and aunt were back?" They never called her.
Xiang Jin said, "Of course it's the off-road vehicle parked in the yard. It was the car Yan Chen and his cousin drove when he came back."
"Oh, so that's it?" Han Che suddenly understood.
Yan Chen nodded slightly, "Well, they came back yesterday and are now visiting some elders in the clan."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then Han Che asked her again, "Hey, why did you come just now? We all thought we couldn't see you anymore?"
Xiang Jin looked at them and asked, "What, are you going back tomorrow too?"
Yan Chen said, "I'll come back the day after tomorrow!"
Han Che said, "Aren't you going back to school tomorrow?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yes, but I said last time that I wanted to visit my grandparents. I must visit them before I go back to school."
Yan Chen asked, "So you went to your grandparents' house at noon?"
"Yeah!" Xiang Jin nodded.
"How are they? Are they in good health?" Yan Chen asked next.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, they are all good and healthy!"
Back in the house, several people put down their things, and some elders were talking there, so the three of them went to the other side to talk.
Xiang Jin asked them, "Hey, are those pickled fish still being pickled?"
Yan Chen said, "No more, I've already taken it out to dry."
Han Che added, "It's being smoked in the iron pan near the kitchen."
"Where was the tin shed moved? I thought it was demolished?"
Han Che nodded and said, "It was dismantled, but wouldn't it be inconvenient for us to take the fish with us? And it would be difficult to smoke it in the city, so Grandpa Zeng and the others put the iron sheet in the shed and moved it there.
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Xiang Jin asked, "Why don't I smell it?"
Yan Chen said, "You have a cold?!"
Xiang Jin said, "No!"
Yan Chen said, "Then maybe the fire went out."
So a few people went there to check, and sure enough, they saw that there was no smoke at all. When they opened the iron shed and checked, they saw that the cypress branches in the iron pot were still a high pile, and there was no smoke at all.
Traces of burning.
"It seems that the fire went out not long after it started," Xiang Jin said.
Han Che said, "Damn, are you feeling lonely?"
Xiang Jin laughed and asked them, "When did you start smoking?"
Yan Chen said, "Around twelve o'clock in the morning."
"Oh, that's not a long time," Xiang Jin squatted down and took out the cypress branches from the pot, "Does any of you have a lighter or matches on you?"
"I didn't," Yan Chen said.
Han Che shook his head and said, "Me neither!"
"Go get it," Yan Chen squatted down after explaining to Han Che, "You stand aside, I will light the fire later, don't get your clothes dirty."
Xiang Jin lowered his head and glanced at his clothes, "If I had known, I wouldn't have worn this clothes," but he continued to carefully take out the things in the pot little by little.
Yan Chen stared at her seriously for a moment and then said, "It's beautiful!"
The corners of Xiang Jin's mouth curled up, "Really? On New Year's Eve, my aunt, I, and Ouyang Bo, the three of us went to the commercial street in the city and they helped me choose it.
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Yan Chen nodded, "Well, white suits you very well, and you are very suitable to wear white."
Xiang Jin said, "It's just that these clothes don't get dirty easily."
Yan Chen said, "Indeed, I will wear less clothes of this color from now on."
Xiang Jin nodded, "I think so too, well, I think you have changed a bit."
Yan Chen said, "How do you say that?"
Xiang Jin said, "You seem to be less of a germaphobe recently. You can help Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo pick vegetables. You washed and marinated the fish that day, and now you are making this smoked fish."
Yan Chen said, "Grandpa and grandma are old, I can't watch them working hard while I am idle, right?
And I can’t let you, a girl, do everything, so am I still a man?”
Xiang Jin burst out laughing when he heard his last words, "Macho chauvinism!"
Yan Chen said, "What kind of machismo is this? It's just you and me who would do this. Do you think I would do this if it were someone else?"
Xiang Jin was stunned for a moment when he met his playful eyes, and then curled his lips, "Does it feel like I took advantage of you?"
Yan Chen laughed, "I took advantage!"
Xiang Jin was stunned again, and Yan Chen said, "Of all the fish, I have half."
Xiang Jin said, "That's pretty much it! If you go back the day after tomorrow, when you take the fish back, you still have to ask your family to dry them for a few more days? You have to dry them, otherwise they will become moldy and deteriorate.
"
"Yeah, I know!"
"Did Uncle Tao take back the smoked bacon from last time and continue to dry it?"
"Yes! Uncle Tao said he put it in the refrigerator yesterday."
Oh, by the way, Uncle Tao is coming tomorrow?"
"No, Uncle Tao won't come. My uncle and aunt are going to visit my grandpa in the provincial capital. Han Che and I will take their car back then."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Oh, I'm sorry, I won't be able to prepare food for you to take on the road this time."
Yan Chen said, "It's okay. My grandma will prepare it for us when the time comes. You don't have to worry about this."
"Well," Xiang Jin nodded again, "When will Uncle Tao and the others go to Northern Xinjiang?"
"Maybe after the Lantern Festival!"
Xiang Jin said, "Then my aunt will also join them? My aunt has decided to resign after the year. If we really contract the dozens of acres of sandy land by then, we will let my aunt
You and your grandpa are taking care of us.
At that time, Grandpa Zeng and the others will be mainly responsible for growing fruits, and they can also continue to grow their mushrooms.
My aunt is in charge of sales. When the time comes, let her represent us in negotiating with those in the transportation industry. My aunt has been responsible for purchasing in the unit before, and they will often negotiate with people in the transportation industry.
Doing business, and actually purchasing and selling are the same, it’s just that one is buying and the other is selling, the identities are reversed.”
Yan Chen said, "Okay!"
Xiang Jin said, "Actually, I don't have to arrange for my family to do this. It's just that Uncle Tao is in the provincial capital after all. The so-called water from far away can't quench the thirst of nearby people. Grandpa Zeng can be responsible for this."
But Grandpa Zeng and the others still have their own things to do, and they still want to grow mushrooms for another two years..."
Yan Chen interrupted her, "No need to explain so much. I know what you mean. In fact, if you don't tell me, I have the same plan. I also want to tell you. One is that I believe in your aunt's ability and her character."
, the second is that we really need to have our own people responsible for this.
In the provincial capital, my aunt is responsible for the operation of all our cooked food shops, and Uncle Tao is responsible for the operation of all our hot pot restaurants and several greenhouse vegetable planting bases and animal husbandry. At present, they really cannot handle both.
There are so many industries.
And we are currently in a critical stage of learning, and this phenomenon will continue for at least a few years.
At this stage, if we want to expand any industry, we must find new suitable manpower, and I think your aunt is the very suitable manpower."
"Really?"
"Of course it's sincere!"
Xiang Jin said, "That's fine, as long as you don't think I'm nepotism!"
Yan Chen laughed, "How could that be? If you said that, wouldn't I be more nepotistic? You must know that my aunt and Uncle Tao are responsible for the industry in our provincial capital."
Xiang Jin said, "How is that possible? I believe in you, so naturally I can trust them!"
Yan Chen said, "That's it! But I'd better make an agreement with them when the time comes. It's just your aunt and my grandpa. When the time comes, I will share 10% of their shares, and you and I will each have four shares.
Each person gets one point."
Xiang Jin nodded and said, "Okay!"
"What are you talking about? Why does each person get one point?" Han Che found a box of matches and handed them to Yan Chen. Yan Chen took them and started to light a fire.
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, it's nothing. It's just a question of how to distribute the cured fish today when it's ready."
Han Che said "Oh" and then asked, "Then how do you plan to allocate it?"
Xiang Jin said, "We have eighty-four in total. When the time comes, Yan Chen will take twenty-five, Grandma Mo and the others twelve, Yan Chen and his uncle and aunt ten, Aunt Liao five, and the rest
I’ll take them all away.”
Yan Chen looked at her and asked with his eyes why she brought so many for him. Xiang Jin winked at him and said, "When the time comes, you go back and get a few for your aunt. And isn't your grandpa not at home all the time?"
, you can also bring him a few strips to the army and let the people in the cooking team cook them for him, and you and Uncle Tao will eat the rest at home."
Han Che said, "Then don't you only have thirty-two?"
Xiang Jin said, "Thirty-two fish are enough. My aunt needs to eat a lot of fish by herself. Just give her a few fish and that's enough."
My parents usually eat at work, that is, they eat at home in the morning and evening. For breakfast, they usually have buns, steamed buns, rice porridge, and eggs. They just cook a meal at home in the evening. But my dad often eats not at home, so they
I can't eat much.
My grandparents and I do eat them, but we don’t eat them every day. We have so much bacon and sausages at home, but the most important thing for us is to eat a lot of fresh meat, so I am thirty-two
It’s completely enough. It’s enough.”
Yan Chen asked her, "Aren't you going to give it to your grandparents?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, I have already been to their place today, and I may not have much time to go to their place later, so I won't take it. Moreover, their place is very close to the weir and pond. I want to eat fish."
Yes, you can go there and buy a live fish to eat."
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!"
"Oh, oh, oh, hurry up and put cypress branches on it, it's already burning."
After her reminder, the two hurriedly put cypress branches on the fire. When the white smoke became thicker and the fire below was rising upwards, Xiang Jin reminded them to add grapefruit peels and grapefruit peels on top.
Orange peel.
"Don't close this iron shed too tightly, lest air can't enter inside and it will be extinguished later. Let's try to smoke it for a few hours today and evaporate all the water vapor on it."
"Is this okay?" Han Che took the iron sheet and touched it diagonally.
Xiang Jin nodded and said, "Okay, okay!"
After everything was done, everyone went to wash their hands again. Han Che then asked, "Hey, how have you been in the city these days? Did you see anyone? And did you get anything?
Are you going to a relative’s house to pay New Year greetings?”
Xiang Jin said, "Yes, on New Year's Eve, several of my father's colleagues who lived in the family compound then brought their families to our house to eat together.
The hot pot caused my parents to buy two additional dining tables and several induction cookers."
Han Che chuckled, and then Xiang Jin added, "We don't have many relatives, but I followed my aunt to have a meal at her husband's house on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
On the third day of junior high school, two of my father's colleagues in the family courtyard invited guests to have dinner at their home, and then went to one restaurant for lunch and then to another restaurant for dinner in the evening."
Han Che teased her and said, "So you've had a pretty fulfilling life these days, rushing to eat in a hurry?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's not bad, but fortunately I'm in my third year of high school now. If I don't want to stay with others after dinner, I have a reasonable excuse to leave."
Yan Chen laughed, "That is indeed a good excuse to prevaricate."
"Girl Jin, can you stay here with your parents for one night and leave tomorrow?" At this moment, Grandma Mo and her mother walked over together, and then Grandma Mo said to Xiang Jin.
"Ah?! Do you want to live here?" Xiang Jin looked at her mother.
Xiang Jin's mother said, "Your father and I are here to see what you want. We said we would go back, but your Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo refused to let us stay for one night. If you said we would go back, your father and I would
I’ll take you back to school. If you want to stay here for one night, then we’ll stay.”
Yan Chen looked at her, and Han Che nodded at her, "Stay one night, stay one night, we will go back the day after tomorrow, and we won't be able to see each other for at least half a year. Let's talk more."
Well, you haven’t even given me the recipe for the pickled fish you told me last time.”
"Oh, sorry, forgot!"
Grandma Mo just looked at her with a smile and said, "Your bed is still there. We still have a room in our house. I'm not afraid that I won't be able to live in it, so I'll just stay here for one more night, ah? Grandma Mo also wants to see you more."
, you see, Chen Chen has gone back, and you won’t have much time to come back in the future.”
Xiang Jin said, "When I have time, I will come back to see you and Grandpa Zeng."
"Okay, okay!" Grandma Mo smiled and narrowed her eyes.
Seeing the expectant looks on everyone's faces, Xiang Jin nodded immediately, "Okay, then let's stay one night!"
The corners of Yan Chen's mouth curled up slightly, and Grandma Mo clapped her hands, nodded and said with a smile, "Oh, that's right, that's right."
Then Xiang Jin's mother reminded her, "Xiao Jin, let's go get her the gift from your Aunt Liao's house."
"Oh, good!"
Then Grandma Mo said to Yan Chen, "Chen Chen, you go with Jin Yatou and the others to say hello to your Aunt Liao and ask her to come to our house for dinner in the evening."
"good!"
Following Xiang Jin, her mother opened the trunk of the car, and then Xiang Jin took out the gifts prepared for Aunt Liao. Yan Chen helped them hold them, and followed the three of them toward Aunt Liao's house.