" Zhu Zi, it's almost the new year. I'm thinking that our families should invite the Jia family and their son to spend the new year with the Deaf Old Lady. We'll make dumplings to eat, I'll buy some meat, you can make some flour, and the Jia family can provide some cabbage…"
the First Uncle said.
He Yuzhu had no objections to spending the New Year with the Deaf Old Lady, and it was fine to have an old man and an old woman with them. However, spending the New Year with the mother and son of the Jia family was disgusting.
First Uncle was not a greedy person. He was thinking about retirement.
If he invited the Jia family to celebrate the New Year together, the mother and son of the Jia family would definitely take advantage of him. He Yuzhu was not a stingy person, but it depended on who he treated well. If he treated a dog well, the dog would wag its tail. If he were to guard the door, it would be stupid to let the mother and son of the Jia family do it.
"First Uncle, if you want to spend the New Year with the Jia family, don't drag me in. I'll spend the New Year with the Deaf Old Lady.”He Yuzhu said straightforwardly.
" Zhu Zi, that's not right. You and the Jia family do have some misunderstandings, but we're all from the same courtyard. We see each other frequently…" The first uncle said with a serious expression.
First Uncle was an elder after all, and he was also the First Uncle of the courtyard. If it was the original He Yuzhu, he would have compromised. However, He Yuzhu was not the original He Yuzhu.
"You don't have to talk to me about great principles. Anyway, I won't spend the New Year with the Jia family.”
Since he had no children, First Uncle wanted others to take care of him in his old age. The Jia family had only one child and one wife, so First Uncle wanted to be a good person and hoped that Jia Gan would take care of him in his old age. Now that He Daqing was gone, the He family had no elders, so First Uncle hoped that He Yuzhu would take care of him in his old age.
Now, He Yuzhu and the Jia family were not in contact with each other. They were practically enemies. This was not what First Uncle wanted. He also wanted to resolve the conflict during the new year.
However, He Yuzhu's attitude was beyond the first uncle's expectations.
First Uncle thought that he could persuade He Yuzhu, but he had underestimated He Yuzhu.
He Yuzhu did not give First Uncle any face at all, which made First Uncle a little angry. However, He Yuzhu was not willing, so he did not force him.
He Yuzhu had also said that he would spend the New Year with the Deaf Old Lady. Although First Uncle could go to the Deaf Old Lady's place with the Jia family's mother and son, He Yuzhu's attitude would definitely cause a scene.
First Uncle had to make a choice. Should he spend the New Year with the Jia family or with He Yuzhu?
The First Uncle continued to persuade him, but He Yuzhu was unmoved.
He Yuzhu would not waver even if the First Master said that the heavens were broken.
If he really listened to the First Uncle, He Yuzhu would not get any benefits. In the future, Jia Zhang-shi would definitely take advantage of her seniority.
He Yuzhu did not want to make things difficult.
There were still a few days before the new year, so the first uncle had not completely given up.
Unable to persuade He Yuzhu, First Uncle asked a middle-aged woman to persuade Qin Huiru. If they could persuade Qin Huiru, it would naturally be easier to persuade He Yuzhu.
……
Qin Huairu was sitting by the well washing clothes when a middle-aged woman came over to help. She could not refuse, so Qin Huairu thanked her.
"Zhu Zi's wife, my Old Yi is thinking that it's almost the new year, so he plans to have a few families join in the fun.”
"Just me, your grandpa, and the Jia family's mother and son will go to the Deaf Old Lady's place together.”
"Because of some misunderstanding, Zhu Zi still hates the Jia family. Please persuade him.”
The auntie was moved by emotions and reasoned with reason. All kinds of great principles were taught by the first uncle, and some were influenced by her when she followed the first uncle.
Qin Huairu remained calm as she listened to the middle-aged woman's words. She was calculating in her heart.
Qin Huairu was happy to spend the New Year with the Deaf Old Madam. She could also have an elder and an auntie. However, spending the New Year with the Jia family's mother and son made her uncomfortable.
With Qin Huairu's intelligence, she knew that First Uncle must have asked a middle-aged woman to come and talk to her. Since she asked a middle-aged woman to talk to her, First Uncle must have failed to convince her man.
"This matter still has to be decided by my Zhu Zi.”Qin Huairu didn't want to agree, but she couldn't reject him either. She could only push it to He Yuzhu.
He Yuzhu was the head of the family, so he naturally had the final say.
An elder and an auntie knew that Qin Huairu could not make the decision. They only wanted Qin Huairu to help persuade He Yuzhu.
An auntie was not satisfied with Qin Huairu's answer and continued to speak for a long time.
In the end, Qin Huairu agreed to help persuade He Yuzhu.
After fooling the auntie away, Qin Huairu threw her promise to the back of her mind and persuaded He Yuzhu to spend the New Year with the Jia family's mother and son. Qin Huairu's brain was not damaged.
Time passed day by day, and New Year's Day was getting closer and closer.
Some people were looking forward to the new year, while others were worried about it.
They had to eat something good during the new year, change into new clothes, and even have some lucky money. However, it was already good enough for many people to fill their stomachs.
For example, Third Master's family was scheming.
The Third Master was not Liu Haizhong. After He Daqing left, Liu Haizhong became the Second Master, and Yan Laoxi became the Third Master.
Yan Laoxi was a primary school teacher and he was raising a large family on his own. It was inevitable that he knew how to plan carefully. He was not poor in food, clothing, or anything else.
Before the new year, the rolling mill was also on holiday.
All the units in the city were on holiday.
For example, the Red Star Rolling Mill would be placed on the third day of junior high school.
Although it was only New Year's Eve the day after tomorrow, everyone was celebrating.
Children all hoped to celebrate the new year early, so they could buy candy and firecrackers with some money.
Many families had already prepared bacon, vegetables, flour, and so on.
He family.
He Yuzhu had been preparing since last month.
He marinated a rooster, a few fish, and half a catty of pork. There were some leeks next to his house, rice, flour, and corn cobs.
And just the little things that He Yuzhu had prepared made others jealous.
In addition, He Yuzhu also bought some good cloth. Qin Huiru made three sets of clothes for herself, one for herself, and one for He Yuzhu and He Yushui.
Qin Huairu's needlework was not bad. She managed to make three sets of clothes before New Year's Eve and even helped He Yuzhu make a pair of cloth shoes.
Since He Yuzhu was unwilling to spend the New Year with the Jia family, First Uncle had no choice.
After some consideration, First Uncle first went to the Deaf Old Lady's place to pay his New Year's greetings, and then spent the New Year with the Jia family's mother and son.
The first uncle took out some pork, and the Jia family took out flour to wrap some meat dumplings. The two families had a good meal.
He Yuzhu, Qin Huiru, and He Yushui came to the Deaf Grandmother's place to celebrate the new year.
Dumplings, meat dishes, vegetables, steamed buns, noodles, tortillas…He Yuzhu was busy with a whole table. Compared to this, the Jia family was far behind.
"Good grandson, you're really Grandma's good grandson.”The Deaf Old Lady was also very happy.
The old lady even gave him red packets. He Yuzhu received five yuan, while Qin Huiru and He Yushui each received one yuan.
When First Uncle came to visit, the old lady also gave him some money, but it was only one yuan.
If it was Xu Damao or Jia Gan who came to visit, the old lady would probably only give him 10 cents or even a few cents.
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