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Chapter 12 The Family

After a while, the children came back laughing and playing like a group of little ducks returning home.

"Third Aunt, Third Aunt, is the food ready? Can we eat?!"

"Third Aunt, can I still eat duck wings?"

"Third Aunt, do you still have some candy after dinner? Can you still sing?"

"Mom, hug!"

"Mom, Yangyang almost fell down, but I caught him, otherwise he would have broken his skin!"

……

The children came back and ran to Gu Xia, chattering excitedly and eagerly.

Gu Xia has become the favorite person of the children in the family by relying on candies, meat and children's songs.

Gu Xia smiled and picked up her son with one hand, and held her daughter with the other hand, praising her for doing a good job, then taking them to the basin, washing their hands and faces, and answered at the same time,

"You all go and wash your hands obediently. You can eat right away. You can eat duck wings. You can also sing after eating. But the candy is gone. I'll give it to you tomorrow."

The children cheered and swarmed to wash their hands again.

"Look at Xiaoxia, she has tidied up this bunch of monkeys." The mother-in-law said to Ye Zongxiang.

"She bought them off with sugar-coated bullets." Ye Zongxiang looked serious, as if this was a serious political issue.

"I'm afraid that sugar-coated bullets will corrode you, so don't eat the food cooked by Xiaoxia." Li Xianglian rolled her eyes at her wife and retorted.

"Analyze specific issues in detail, don't compare me with children." Ye Zongxiang hesitated and then said confidently.

Li Xianglian snorted and returned to the house.
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Five hot and cold dishes, a large pot of braised meat, a dozen bowls of rice soup, and a basket of steamed buns filled the big Eight Immortals table.

The children cheered and rushed to the dining table. After sitting down, they started eating one after another, shouting that it was delicious.

There are no rules in the house that say the children cannot eat if the adults don’t use chopsticks. In fact, we usually eat with the children first.

"There are so many meats and vegetables, how much does it cost?!" Sister-in-law Sun Mei frowned and said distressedly.

My sister-in-law is a very frugal person and can be said to be stingy.

People say you should break a penny in half and spend it, but my sister-in-law should break it into four halves.

They are the ones with the most patches on their clothes at home. Even if they have new clothes, they are reluctant to wear them. So they occasionally go back to their parents' house to visit relatives and put them on, and then put them away as a treasure.

"I can't stop you from eating, and I don't ask you to pay for it. Why are you feeling so sad?" Mother-in-law Li Xianglian glared at her eldest daughter-in-law.

Although he had to live a frugal life, his eldest daughter-in-law was so stingy that Li Xianglian sometimes couldn't stand it and felt that she was harsh on her eldest son and third granddaughter.

Fortunately, we are not separated now.

"I'm not allowed to spend money, and I'm very distressed." Sun Mei's face stiffened, she muttered, and said to Gu Xia,
"Xiaoxia, there will be a lot of money to spend in the future. If you don't save it, you will be blinded if you run out of money."

Gu Xia knew that her sister-in-law was not a mean-spirited person. She just didn't want to see others eating, drinking and wasting money, so what she said was out of good intentions.

Gu Xia wouldn't be upset because her sister-in-law thought she was being too lenient just because she said something. If they lived together, they wouldn't be so angry every day.After being tempered in his previous life, Gu Xia is now active and hard-working in his own work, but he is quite Buddhist in his approach to the world. He can treat other people's quirks calmly and tolerate each other's differences.

To outsiders, she seemed to have suddenly become very gentle, losing her temper and being easy to bully.

But this is just because she lived one more life, and the hardships she experienced in her previous life have turned into indifference to the world.

Therefore, Gu Xia smiled softly and responded to Sun Mei,
"Sister-in-law is right, you will have nothing to lose. So, I thought that if I could buy raw pig heads, livers, intestines, and duck wings, I would stew more of them and sell them. Anyway, now that the policy has been broadened, I can't Individuals are allowed to do business.”

As soon as Gu Xia said these words, the family was shocked again.

After all, it is only 1980, and we are still in the chaotic period of reform and opening up. Everyone is afraid that the policy will change back again, and we are also afraid of these new changes.

Therefore, mother-in-law Li Xianglian was the first to object, "Xiao Xia, it's not easy to sell things, you will be caught again! How much money you spent on shopping today, mom will give it to you later."

"Mom, you don't need to give me money. I have enough money. When I went to town, I saw a lot of people selling things, but no one caught them.

If you don’t believe me, just ask Dad. The country has proposed reform and opening up, developing the economy, making everyone fed, and making everyone rich. It also encourages our farmers to raise pigs and chickens and sell them to make money. "

Gu Xia looked at his father-in-law with a smile and put the pressure on him.

"Xiao Xia is right. Our country no longer engages in class struggle, but rather engages in economic development..."

Ye Zongxiang nodded solemnly, wanting to give his family a political education lesson.

However, as soon as he started, the second oldest brother, Ye Jiaming, slapped his thigh suddenly and shouted with a drunken look on his face,
"Ah ah ah, this is so delicious! Brothers and sisters, if you sell this braised meat, you will definitely make a profit. Anyone who has tasted it once will definitely want to eat it a second time as long as he has money in his pocket. , the third time, many times!”

The eldest brother, Ye Jiahe, finished chewing a duck neck, licked the juice off his fingers, and nodded in agreement.
"It's so delicious! Even better than the ribs at lunch! If I had money, as long as it wasn't too expensive, I would also think about... buying it every ten days or so. Even if your sister-in-law disagrees, I would secretly buy it. Give it to the kids.”

Ye Jiahe's last words made everyone laugh.

Sun Mei's face turned a little red when he said it. She glared at him in embarrassment and angrily grabbed a chicken paw and took a bite. She was immediately conquered by the delicious food!
He was also healed instantly.

Sun Mei was no longer angry and took another bite of chicken feet before saying,

"Although I'm stingy, if I want to buy such delicious food, it's not impossible to buy it once a month. However, it can't be too expensive. I can only buy it for [-] cents, no, one dollar at a time."

Sun Mei took another bite of chicken feet and increased the price.

"Oh, listen, listen, even my sister-in-law said she wanted to buy it! She even paid a dollar for it! This deal must be done! Whoever doesn't will be a fool!"

Ye Jiaming clapped his thighs and exclaimed exaggeratedly and excitedly.

Mother-in-law Li Xianglian felt that she had been scolded, so she immediately stretched out her hand and slapped the second son on the head, and said angrily,

"You're so excited! It's not you who sell it! It's not you who make money!"

Although the family has not officially separated yet, they have said that they plan to separate after the autumn planting.

Moreover, before the family was separated, Li Xianglian did not want his wife's money. Now that Gu Xia was doing business, all the money earned would naturally belong to Gu Xia.

That's why Li Xianglian made it clear that the money-making business was Gu Xia's and had nothing to do with the second son's family, and told him not to be so excited.

(End of this chapter)