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Chapter 23 I'm Not Happy With Gifts

Ye Xinyan held the bundle in her hand, and said to Wang: "Here are the small things that grandpa bought for the children at home, and I will take them in for grandpa."

With the rich content in the previous basket, Wang's second daughter-in-law, Han, looked at the unremarkable old baggage and felt a little hopeful in her heart.At this time, I heard Ye Xinyan say that it was just a small item bought for the children, so I felt very disappointed.For our poor families, money is spent wisely. If you have the money to buy small things for the children, it is better to add a few feet of cloth to the family.

Ye Xinyan said it was a small item, but in fact the contents of the bag followed Han's expectations.

When Qi Younian's third brother's family heard the news, they came to meet Qi Younian and Ye Xinyan again.

Qi Younian's third brother is Qi Yourong, who is 52 years old this year. His wife, Song, has three daughters and two sons.The three older daughters are all married.

Qi Dong, the eldest son of Sanfang, married his wife Zhang.Although Qi Dong is only 27 or [-] years old, he is already the father of three children. He has two sons and a daughter, namely Qi Congwen, Qi Congwu and Hua'er.The eldest, Qi Congwen, is eight years old, and the youngest, Hua'er, is only two years old.

The second son, Qi Liang, is 24 this year and married his wife Pang.

What Ye Xinyan paid special attention to was the appearance of Ponzi.

Pang was holding a one-year-old boy, and Qi Yourong introduced to his second brother that this was Qi Congliang, the youngest grandson of Sanfang.

Pang saluted Qi Younian and asked the child to call him uncle.

The child under the age of two was very inarticulate, but he still called him uncle and grandfather in a respectable manner. Although the words were slurred, the young child's voice was soft and sweet, very cute.

Qi Yougui, who was sitting on the kang, did not show any joy, but frowned unrecognizably, and gave Qi Yourong a sideways glance with some dissatisfaction.

Ye Xinyan couldn't help but glance over, seeing that her uncle didn't care, she didn't look at Qi Yougui at all, and only looked at Qi Younian's distribution of items for the children with a smile.

Look at Qi Liang and his wife again, they are in their twenties, the young couple are very affectionate.Pang Shi retreated behind Qi Liang, and Qi Liang, who was sitting on the stool, thoughtfully carried the child in Pang Shi's arms and put it on his lap. It was normal and loving, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Ye Xinyan didn't understand, Qi Yougui, an uncle, why didn't he want to see this nephew and nephew of Sanfang?
The three of Qi Younian came to Qinghe Village, but they didn't know the situation of the Qi family's big house and the third house.Therefore, Qi Younian discussed with Nanny Jin, and only bought a piece of cloth for the eldest brother, sister-in-law and third brother, and the rest bought some bright cloth for the children of the two rooms, regardless of the size of the children, how many pieces of clothing can be made That's fine.

In addition, several packages of candy and snacks were distributed to several children.

Han Shi was still unhappy after distributing what Han Shi wanted.The things that the second uncle bought were wrapped in advance, and they were only divided into the first room and the third room, and they were not distributed according to the head.In other words, the two rooms have the same amount of things.

This is not beautiful. There are many children in the big house, and they are all big children. If they are divided in this way, one child may not be able to evenly dress.However, there are few children in the third room and they are young. If the few cloths are divided among the two families, the children will probably have surplus clothes for each of them. What is this?
But it was a gift from others, and it was not easy to care too much about it on the surface, and Han could only bear the unhappiness in his heart.

Lunch is eaten in the big room, and of course the cooking is also done in the big room.

While chopping the ribs, Mrs. Han chatted to her sister-in-law Xu with dissatisfaction: "I heard people say that most of the people who come back from abroad are like that... Returning home in good clothes, yes, returning home in good clothes. Looking at the second uncle like this, I'm afraid I just came back because I couldn’t survive outside. Since I have no money, I don’t have to worry about it. What kind of fabric can I buy? Can that little fabric be used to make clothes? Can a child make a sleeve?”

Mrs. Song of Qi Yourong's family was also working in the kitchen. When she heard her niece and daughter-in-law's words were not pleasant, she didn't stop her. She just listened quietly while choosing dishes.

The third room came late, and there were so many people at that time, it was not easy to inquire about things in the room.She just wondered in her heart, what did this second uncle named Qi Younian come back for?Looking at the clothes of the second uncle and his granddaughter, and the fact that Mrs. Han is talking now, it is obvious that the second uncle is not doing well.Maybe it's really hard to live outside, so I thought about coming back to share my family's belongings and fields.

When she passed the door, the second uncle had been away from home for several years, and she was really afraid that the second uncle would share the land and house with her when he came back.

The Qi family was originally an ordinary peasant family in the village, and the family was divided according to the two sons.Even if they were divided into two shares, each of them only allocated a little more than four acres of land. In order to maintain the food of the whole family, they also rented out the fields of large households in the village to plant.

If the two families share the land and house to Qi Younian, then their life will be even more difficult, which is not acceptable.

Besides, the two elders of the Qi family brought up the three sons, only Qi Younian did not fulfill his filial piety in front of his parents, so it would be unreasonable to divide the family property at this time.

Han seems to be whispering to his sister-in-law Xu, but in fact, he doesn't want to avoid his third aunt Song at all.She just said it to Mrs. Song, so that Sanfang could also make preparations.

The father-in-law always talks about his second brother several times a year. If it is for the sake of his second brother's life to decide to re-divide the family property, then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the two families need to work together to keep the family property.

Nanny Jin planned to come to help in the kitchen, but she heard Mrs. Han's nagging at the door, and looked at the people in the kitchen, they were all working and listening with their own minds, but no one came out to stop her.He had no choice but to back out silently, facing Ye Xinyan who came out from the main room, he shook his head helplessly.

When Ye Xinyan saw Jinmao's gesture, she could probably imagine the scene in the kitchen, so she didn't go there.

Erfang brought enough ingredients, and Mrs. Wang didn't want other people in Erfang to think she was stingy, so she kept everything together and made it together, and the three families comfortably ate a sumptuous meal comparable to New Year's Eve.

Together with He Quantai, the adult men set up a table on the kang in the inner room.The other two tables are women and children, placed in the main room.

Han Shi was very satisfied with the meal.Their eldest family had many children, except for Qi Cheng, who was married to a wife, most of them were half-children, even girls, who were also older children.The amount of food is not comparable to those little guys in Sanfang.

Except for a few stir-fried dishes, the meals made in the three big pots of Qi's family, apart from the ones served on the table, there are still leftovers in the kitchen.Han Youqi took good care of his three sons and added food to the table several times.

The Song family of the third room and the two cousins ​​and daughters-in-law rolled their eyes several times brightly, but they couldn't make the Han family restrain themselves.

After lunch, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Song led their daughter-in-law and two granddaughters to clean up the dining table and kitchen. Brothers He Quantai and Qi Yougui took a short rest and took them to see an abandoned house in the village.

He Quantai explained to Qi Younian while walking: "Uncle Younian, go and have a look first. Those are two adobe houses, which have been unoccupied for several years, and they are very dilapidated. If you can live in it first, you should live in it first. If you look at it No, let's go to another house to rent a house to live in. But that would mean living in someone else's yard, and the residence is probably not spacious, so it would be more convenient to live in our own yard."

(End of this chapter)