My courtyard shelter

Xu Dong came back not long ago.

Father Xu is also home. There are guests at home. As the nominal head of the family, he deliberately leaves work half an hour early. .

"Sister, Xiudi and I were planning to go to your house to pay New Year greetings this year, but we didn't expect you to be one step ahead of us."

"It means that we want to get together. We haven't seen each other for seven or eight years. You two are still lucky. The longer you live, the younger you get."

After speaking, he hit his waist and said with emotion:

"I can't do it anymore. I'm old and useless."

In fact, Zhang Xiuyan is only two years older than Xu Ma, but they look at least ten years apart.

In addition to having no worries about food and drink, Xu's mother's biggest advantage is that she has the company of her grandchildren. She lives a fulfilling and happy life every day.

When you are in a good mood, you will naturally look younger.

"Sister, you are only in your early sixties, and you still have a long way to go!" Xu's mother immediately comforted her.

"Yes, today is a happy day. How can you say such unlucky words? Look at my mouth."

Zhang Xiuyan patted her mouth gently.

…

The time soon reached 12:30, and the Coco sisters and Ma Lingling came back one after another, and it was finally time to start dinner.

The lunch was quite sumptuous. Except for the fact that there was no time to kill the chicken, Xu Ma cooked ten dishes in one go.

However, considering that Zhang Xiuyan and Da Jie rarely eat meat, they only prepared two meat dishes, and the others were vegetarian. They didn't even add meat oil, but used rapeseed oil.

Before starting, Father Xu raised his glass:

"Sister, let me toast you."

"Lao Xu, I am not in good health, and you are not in good health either. We are all members of the same family, so just be considerate."

"Sister, I did it, you can do whatever you want."

"Okay, let's just have a drink, cough..."

Zhang Xiuyan can drink, and her drinking capacity is not small, but she is old and has not drank for several years, so she is a little uncomfortable for a while.

Xu Ma glared at her husband, and then removed all the wine glasses from the wine table.

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables. They don't taste good when they're cold."

Zhang Xiuyan helped her granddaughter with a bowl full of vegetarian dishes and a small half piece of fish steak, because she was afraid that her granddaughter would not have the self-control to keep her mouth shut.

Doing this is not only for health reasons, but also to prevent making a fool of yourself.

Fortunately, the vegetarian dishes cooked by Xu Ma are also delicious.

Da Jie couldn't help but have a big appetite and ate heartily. This was the sweetest meal she had ever eaten.

After the meal, Yang Lina cooked a pot of soy milk.

Lele held her mouth shut: "Mom, I want to drink strawberry juice."

"Strawberry juice is too cold. Drink it when the weather gets hotter."

Yang Lina made a random excuse.

She just watched a popular science video last week.

It turns out that the same amount of freshly squeezed juice has twice the sugar content of cola. All the claims about detoxification, weight loss, and VC supplementation are all fake.

Freshly squeezed juice is not a good thing at all!

No wonder the youngest daughter and eldest son never lose weight. It turns out they drank too much juice. They are the greediest two in the family and drink the most every time.

Since watching this video, Yang Lina has never squeezed juice again, replacing it with fresh fruit.

Erbao asked doubtfully: "Mom, when does it get hotter?"

"Waiting for your summer vacation."

"Summer vacation? It's too long!"

Lele couldn't help but complain.

Yang Lina ignored it and filled the children's cups with soy milk. Zhang Xiuyan and Da Jie also ordered a cup each. Xu Ma specially added two tablespoons of sugar to their cups.

After drinking the soy milk, Dad Xu continued to go back to the company to work.

Xu Dong and his wife took their children and cousin to go out for fun. It was Da Jie's first time in Yanjing, so she would definitely take her around and buy some clothes and souvenirs.

Zhang Xiuyan didn't follow him out. She was pretending that something was wrong and planned to have a good chat with her little sister in the afternoon.

Naturally, Xu's mother noticed that the eldest sister was worried, so she specially pulled her into the bedroom. The bedroom had air conditioning, which was perfect for chatting.

A pot of black tea and a large plate of snacks.

"Sister, there is no one at home now. If you have anything to say, just say it. I will definitely help you if I can."

Zhang Xiuyan suddenly showed an embarrassed look: "Little sister, have you seen it?"

"It's not the New Year's Day. You came all the way here, something must be wrong."

Xu Ma grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them in the eldest sister's hand.

"Then I'll tell you straight."

"Say it!"

Zhang Xiuyan paused, organized her words, and then asked tentatively: "Little sister, didn't your family run a company? Can you help arrange a job for Xiaojie?"

"What? If I remember correctly, Xiaojie is only sixteen years old this year. How can you bear to let her work at such a young age?"

Zhang Xiuyan nodded: "It's exactly sixteen after the New Year. In fact, we have nothing to do. This child's academic performance is not good and he did not enter high school."

"Is it better to study in a technical school than to work part-time?"

"The technical school we have there is incomparable to that here in the capital, and I heard it is very chaotic inside the technical school, and she is a girl, so we are really worried."

"Then there's no need to rush out to work, right?"

"Well, Da Jie is very angry and doesn't want to stay in her hometown and live a hard life. Since graduating in the second half of last year, she has been working part-time jobs to save travel expenses, and she wants to go to a big city to have a try.

You said, she is still so young, how can we rest assured, in the end there is really no other way, I shamelessly beg you, hoping to help her find a way out. "

"What do you mean by begging or not? After all, I am the child's aunt. If you are really determined, it will definitely be no problem to help her find a job."

"Little sister, I thank you here."

Zhang Xiuyan breathed a sigh of relief. This matter was finally done. With the care of her brother-in-law's family, the future of her granddaughter will definitely not be bad.

Maybe she can stay in Yanjing!

Mother Xu waved her hand: "Don't thank me in a hurry. I can find some connections here to help Xiaojie find a better technical school. Ask her if she is willing to go?"

"Okay, then wait for her to come back and see what she chooses. After all, this is her own way."

"Well, sister, don't worry. Whether Dajie chooses to work or go to school, we will take good care of her." Mother Xu promised.

"I'm sorry to trouble you. ”

“No trouble, sister, why do you always say such things? We are sisters. When Lao Xu and I bought a house, you also helped us a lot.”

“Okay, okay, I won’t say anything.”

Zhang Xiuyan smiled and nodded.

Mother Xu then suggested: “Sister, you finally came here this time, you must stay with me for a few more days.”

“No.” Zhang Xiuyan waved her hand quickly, “I can’t leave my family without someone. I have to go back the day after tomorrow morning. I have bought the ticket.”

“Why are you in such a hurry?”

“The New Year is coming soon, and there are still a lot of things to do at home. Don’t persuade me.”

Zhang Xiuyan made up a reason casually.

She didn’t have the face to stay at her younger sister’s house, and the big fish and meat every meal made her feel very uneasy. It was really too expensive.

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