Chapter 214
The children get sleepy early, and it is impossible to keep them up until the end of the year. It was just after nine o'clock when the two children started rubbing their eyes and yawning.
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu said hello to the rest of the family and went upstairs each holding a child.
After washing the children's faces and bottoms and changing their diapers, they were put on the bed and covered with quilts, and soon they fell asleep.
When the children fell asleep, Lin Shu and Gu Jiu had time to do their own personal things.
Lin Shu took the child's diaper to the bathroom and washed it. After washing the diaper, he took a casual bath. In the meantime, Gu Jiu squeezed in with a bath towel.
When the couple came out of the bathroom again, Lin Shu was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes.
Gu Jiu hugged him and put him on the bed. He rolled into the bed and fell asleep soon after.
Gu Jiu checked on Dabao and Dabao and found that they were sleeping soundly and had not kicked off the quilt before he went to bed with peace of mind.
I wanted to talk to Lin Shu before going to sleep, but I hugged her from behind and realized that she had fallen asleep.
The Gu family's hometown is in the county town, so there are not many relatives from the family walking around to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year.
On the second day of the second lunar month, the daughters-in-law of several families took their children back to their parents’ homes to pay New Year greetings.
The nanny made breakfast early and waited for everyone to get up and have breakfast.
Lin Shu got up, packed the two children and went downstairs. The first and second bedrooms had already finished eating and went out to visit her parents’ house for New Year greetings.
"Youngest, younger brothers and sisters, get up."
Gu Zhiyuan saw the couple carrying their children downstairs, said hello to them, ate the last bite of dumplings in the bowl, took a drink of water and stood up, "The eldest brother and the second brother took the children and left first. I’m going to go to Jiang’s house to pay New Year’s greetings after the children finish eating, right?”
Gu Jiu looked at it. The two nephews who were eating in front of them nodded: "I'll be there in a moment. Did you eat dumplings this morning?"
Gu Zhiyuan: "Sister Chen steamed the dumplings, cooked rice-treasure porridge, and steamed them again. Hanamaki. It mainly depends on what you want to eat."
Gu Jiu didn't have so many requirements for breakfast and turned to look at Lin Shu.
Lin Shu sat down with the child in his arms, poured himself a cup of warm water, took a sip to moisten his throat, and then said: "Here comes a plate of steamed dumplings and eight-treasure porridge, and two flower rolls."
When breakfast was served, Erbao hurriedly climbed up the table to grab dumplings.
Lin Shu picked up a flower roll, broke it in half, gave half to each of Dabao and Erbao, and let them bite and suck slowly.
If you don’t comfort them first, the adults holding them will not be able to have breakfast in peace.
Wang Suzhen and Gu Changsheng heard the commotion in the restaurant, came out of the room, took the Dabao and Erbao, and let Gu Jiu and his wife eat in peace.
"Dad, Mom, have you had breakfast?"
"We have eaten. We are holding the baby, so you can eat in peace. Have the children been fed in the morning? Why do I look at them as if they have been hungry all night?"
Wang Suzhen looked at the efforts of Dabao and Erbao. He was gnawing on the flower roll. Because he didn't have teeth yet, he could only try to stuff the flower roll into his mouth and suck it slowly.
Seeing how hard his eldest grandson was eating, Gu Changsheng thought of tearing some rolls and feeding them into his mouth.
Wang Suzhen had just sat down on the sofa with Erbao in her arms, and was startled when she noticed Gu Changsheng's movements, "Oh, let him suck slowly, don't feed him the whole piece, be careful not to get stuck in the trachea. "
"Can't feed him?" Gu Changsheng paused and looked at her doubtfully: "I saw that he was struggling to eat, so I just tore it off a little, so it shouldn't matter, right?"
"Their ability to swallow is limited now, so let them suck slowly until the saliva melts and they will swallow it naturally. Besides, they have already fed milk, and chewing the flower rolls is just to appease them. They are only a few months old, are you really Want to see how they can eat steamed buns?"
Gu Changsheng touched his nose, looked at the restaurant, and felt relieved when he found that neither Gu Jiu nor Lin Shu paid attention.
"Brothers and sisters, when you go to your parents' house to pay New Year's greetings later, will you ride a bicycle or walk there?"
Jiang Chaohong asked curiously while feeding Gu Youxing porridge.
Lin Shu took a dumpling, dipped it in some vinegar, and took a bite. "We each hold a child and carry a gift. Walking is definitely not realistic, so we are going to ride a bicycle."
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Jiang Chaohong asked curiously: "What New Year's greetings did you prepare for your parents' family?"
Lin Shu raised an eyebrow. This was Jiang Chaohong's concern. She did not answer and asked instead: "Sister-in-law three prepared it for your parents." What New Year's greeting?"
"We just prepared some dried fruits and a piece of bacon," Gu Zhiyuan said before he started talking.
Speaking of the dried fruit gift box, I bought it from a store owned by Gu Jiu and his company.
The factory also distributed dried fruit gift boxes, but they were opened by the two children at home before the Chinese New Year.
In the end, Gu Zhiyuan had no choice but to buy two more boxes.
Jiang Chaohong didn't get a reply, so he asked again: "Brothers and sisters, where are you?"
"We also prepared gift boxes of dried fruits and several boxes of fruits. The bacon at my parents' house was smoked more than ours last year. There’s a lot of bacon, and we won’t mention the bacon. Then there are a few cans of malted milk and canned food.”
Lin Shu will pick up the candies and cookies for the New Year at the end of the year. A lot.
This time I won’t mention candies and biscuits when I go to celebrate the New Year.
"Wow, can you bring back so many things?" Jiang Chaohong was jealous.
The Lin family is so happy to move so many things to their parents' house.
“The fruit is tied to the back seat of the bicycle, and gift boxes and cans are packed in mesh bags and hung on the handlebars of the bicycle. The two of us ride one, with the child on our back, and we can ride back easily. . ”
It’s so sour!
Jiang Chaohong glanced at Gu Zhiyuan resentfully, "How about I go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some more canned biscuits on the way back later?"
How come Gu Zhiyuan didn't know that his petty daughter-in-law was feeling unbalanced again.
He asked back: "Okay, please remember to bring the bills."
Jiang Chaohong: "."
"We will almost use the bills by the end of the year, where can we have more?" Tickets."
Gu Zhiyuan shrugged: "Then I have no choice. If you have money and no tickets, you can't buy anything at the supply and marketing cooperative."
Jiang Chaohong glanced at Gu Jiu from time to time.
Gu Jiu turned a blind eye, lowered his head and ate breakfast attentively.
Jiang Chaohong wants him to open the door of the trading house, how is that possible?
The trading house has already decided to open on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. It is the first time at the beginning of the new year that it will be open. It is not just a random day.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we open the door to welcome the God of Wealth. Depending on the auspicious time, we also set off a firecracker for good luck.
How could Gu Jiu open the door and get into trouble for Jiang Chaohong?
Lin Shu also saw what Jiang Chaohong was thinking and quickly changed the subject and chatted with Gu Zhiyuan about some things in their unit.
After breakfast, Lin Shu peed the children, and Gu Jiu took out the gifts for New Year greetings. Those that should be tied were tied to the back seat of the bicycle, and those that should be hung on the handlebars were hung.
Finally, with the help of Wang Suzhen, Dabao and Erbao were carried on the backs of Gu Jiu and Lin Shu respectively with straps.
With a child on his back and gifts hanging on both sides of the bike, Lin Shu smiled as he looked at Gu Jiu who was walking in front, also carrying his second treasure on his back.
"Gu Jiu, I suddenly remembered a song."
"What song?"
Gu Jiu looked back at Lin Shu, wondering why she was smiling.
"A chicken in the left hand, a duck in the right hand, and a fat baby on the back. Hahaha!"
The most surprising thing was that Dabao was excited when he heard Lin Shu laughing. Grinning silly and cheering, he applauded. When Erbao saw Dabao clapping, she also happily stretched out her little hands to applaud.
The couple felt the joy of their child and smiled at each other.
It was too cold outside, so Lin Shu helped Erbao put his hands into the quilt. Gu Jiu also helped Dabao tuck his hands into the quilt. The two of them didn't dare to delay any more on the way, so they got on their bicycles and rushed to the new house.
This year the Lin family celebrated the New Year together at Lin Guang’s noodle shop.
In Lin Shu's new house, the area on the second floor of the noodle shop is larger than that of Lin Wei's noodle shop. It is much more spacious for the family to celebrate the New Year here.
Comrade Liu Xiao'e also returned to the noodle shop on the 29th day of the year.
"My sister-in-law and uncle are back!"
"Sister-in-law, little uncle, Dabao and Erbao!"
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu just turned to Xinfang Street. Lin Xiaoyu, Lin Xiaoshuang and Lin Xiaojun came forward.
Lin Shu looked at his niece and nephew who ran up to him and asked with a smile: "You three have been standing outside the door waiting for us? Isn't it cold standing outside?"
"I'm bored at home, so we'll wait for you at the door. Fortunately, we're wearing down jackets given by my sister-in-law, so they're not cold at all."
Xiao Yu patted the down jacket on her body.
The two children were sent to the provincial capital after the winter vacation. Lin Shu bought each of them a down jacket before the Chinese New Year.
Xiaoyu and Xiaoshuang’s are bright red, and they are festively dressed for the New Year.
The down jackets given to Xiaojun and Dongfa are made of blue fabric.
After chatting with the three children for a few words, Dongfa and Lin Guang came out of the house to greet them.
"Sister-in-law, it's cold outside. Come inside quickly. If you have anything to say, let's talk inside."
Dongfa and Lin Guang took over the bicycles pushed by Lin Shu and Gu Jiu.
Park the bicycle and take off the gifts hanging on the bicycle one by one.
"Tell me, why are you bringing so many things when you come back to say New Year greetings? There is nothing missing at home now. Your trading shop is right next to it, and everything you should have purchased a year ago has been purchased."< br>
"Second brother, this gift is all from our heart. Don't talk about it during the Chinese New Year."
What Lin Shu and Gu Jiu are most afraid of is gossiping. It's really annoying to talk about it too much. collapse.
Entering the noodle shop, Liu Xiaoe helped untie the child.
When Dabao and Erbao saw Liu Xiaoe, they both shouted and stretched out their hands to hug her.
Liu Xiao'e plays with them every day. It can be said that she is the person who spends the most time with them besides her mother.
We haven't seen each other for two days, especially when Erbao actually pouts in grievance in Liu Xiao'e's arms, tears welling up in his eyes and almost falling down.
It took a long time to coax Liu Xiao'e's heartache, and then he made the little girl happy.
Lin Dashan greeted Gu Jiu, "Brother Jiu, let their woman carry the child. The cold wind blew all the way. Sit down and drink a cup of hot tea to warm yourself."
Lu Yinhua came to take it. Dabao in Lin Shu's arms asked her to sit by the stove and drink some hot tea.
Sister-in-law He Caiyun peeled off a toffee and asked Dabao to hold it and suck it slowly.
"Sister-in-law, don't give him candy. When he starts sucking, the saliva will flow out and his hands and clothes will be covered with candy." Lin Shu became anxious when she saw Dabao pick up the toffee.
"It should be fine. At worst, I will help him wash his hands later."
Liu Xiao'e slapped He Caiyun's hand away and said angrily: "Such a big man doesn't know how to use his brain when encountering problems? He You can’t hold it to eat, just hold it and let him suck it.”
“Yes, it’s such a simple question, why didn’t I turn the corner?” He Caiyun slapped his forehead and thought to himself that he was too stupid. .
Gu Jiu looked at Lin Dongfa in a suit and tie. Two years later, he had changed the most among the whole family.
With her hair slicked back, both her skin color and temperament have undergone qualitative changes.
“How many people have been hired by the trading company in the past year?”
“We have hired a dozen people. This year we built a large warehouse, with five warehouse managers and porters, and the number of store clerks increased. Eight.”
Gu Jiu nodded. Head: "You have been in the city for two years, have you trained managers who can take charge of their own duties?"
Lin Dongfa looked slightly stunned, frowned and asked: "In the next year, What are the plans for my uncle?”
Gu Jiu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "We are all members of my family, and I won't hide it from you. What I mean is that I want you to come to the provincial capital to help me manage the trading house. You know that the trading house in the provincial capital will be in the future." I want to become a provincial agent, and all municipal trading houses are municipal dealers.”
Although the economy has not fully recovered, the framework of the trading house must be established first.
In the future, when various brands on the market start to develop, it will be his time to win the provincial general agent.
Lin Wei sat nearby and listened to their conversation. When he heard this, he couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Can you rest assured that the city is left to outsiders?"
Gu Jiu smiled lightly and said: " It is impossible for outsiders to be 100% assured that if he is put in charge, there will be supervision and there will be checks and balances on power.”
Lin Wei seemed to understand, but he didn't want to ask too specific questions, "Just make arrangements."
Gu Jiu said to Dongfa again: "After the Chinese New Year this year, you go back to the city first. Arrange everything there, and you can go back to the provincial capital to take over the affairs of the trading house."
Now that Gu Jiu is too busy to take care of the trading house, although Lin Shu can help take care of it, there is no need for the new house. There were several stores she needed to worry about.
When the hotel is renovated in a few months this year, Lin Shu will have to manage the hotel again, and he will be even busier by then.
Gu Jiu himself is also busy. He and Chen Fei's company used to start by opening a few small stores, but no matter how busy they are, they can't get anywhere.
It’s different now. Last year, we added a logistics company, and later we set up a food company to package and sell dried fruits.
There will definitely be some more categories added this year. Then we can’t be proud of squeezing Chen Fei.
I heard that Chen Fei also wanted to develop in Guangdong Province, and he would only be busier by then.
Seeing that Dongfa agreed, Lin Wei said, "When Dongfa comes to the provincial capital this year, we will definitely not be able to live upstairs in the noodle shop.
Brother Jiu, Do you think I should buy a house in the provincial capital? Or, based on your knowledge of the provincial capital, could you ask me who has a house for sale?”
"That's no problem. I'll help you find out when the time comes." Gu Jiu agreed.
If my uncle and the others want to develop in the provincial capital, it will be a matter of time before they buy a house.
Having a house and a big family can live comfortably.
Lin Shu asked: "Brother, it seems that you have saved a lot of money this year."
Sister-in-law He Caiyun: "Not much." Brother Lin Wei scratched his head and laughed. Said: "I can make more money than before by farming in the countryside."
Lin Dashan heard that his son wanted to buy a house in the provincial capital, and said happily: "If you don't have enough money, I still have some capital here."
Lin Guang: "Dad, how can I use your pension money to buy a house?" , if you want to borrow it, just borrow it from me. We just came here a few months ago, and we can’t even buy a house with the money we saved. Brother. If you are short of money, take mine first."
Lin Wei felt warm after hearing this, "Thank you, second brother. I will not be polite to you when needed."
"Brother, I also have money here. If you are short of money, just tell me." Lin Shu was not willing to lag behind and spoke quickly.
Gu Jiu also quickly expressed his position: "Yes, the second brother's money should be used to expand the business. The eldest brother needs money and tells us."
Lin Dashan wiped his eyes. His little son-in-law took good care of his parents' family from beginning to end.
Without his help, the Lin family would not have been able to leave the countryside so quickly and gain a foothold in the provincial capital.
The Lin family is blessed!
The youngest in their family is even more blessed!