As the New Year is approaching, the streets of the city are becoming more and more deserted, and many shopping mall stores are closed.
The old sisters who usually danced square dances with their grandma also returned to their hometowns one after another to reunite with the whole family to celebrate the New Year.
Red Spring Festival couplets and festive window grilles are posted on the doors and windows of every household, adding a bit of joy and anticipation for the New Year.
Aunt Zhang's daughter will not go home to celebrate the New Year this year because of her studies. Aunt Zhang is a single mother. If her daughter does not come back, she will be alone for the New Year. Grandma and Qiao Yunshu thought of this and did not give Aunt Zhang a holiday and asked her if she wanted to I was willing to go back to my hometown with them to visit, and I was flattered that I could take the children with me. I hurriedly agreed, and my eyes were red with emotion.
Grandma had prepared all the luggage for returning to her hometown for the New Year a few days ago. Qiao Yunshu considered that she was a woman who had to take care of her elderly elders and take care of two babies. It was not convenient to carry luggage with her, so she prepared it in advance. I sent all my luggage back and only took two small bags with me.
The two babies were also very well-behaved during the trip. Perhaps they were attracted by the scenery outside. Even the usually noisy babies stopped crying so much. From beginning to end, they were either sleeping or staring at the scenery outside the high-speed train.
After a few hours' drive, the existence of the two brands was not that boring. After getting off the bus, they took a taxi to the bus station and boarded the shuttle bus. The scenery outside the window gradually changed from a bustling street to a slightly narrow rural cement road. , but the scenery is also becoming more and more familiar.
Grandma has lived in this land for decades and has a natural obsession with her hometown. When she sees the scenery outside the window getting closer and closer to home, she becomes increasingly unable to sit still.
After getting off the bus, Aunt Wang, who had a good relationship with Grandma Qiao Yunshu before, asked her youngest son to drive to pick her up at the entrance of the village.
The youngest son is Wang Wenli, who is slightly older than Qiao Yunshu by two years and is still single.
Qiao Yunshu often played with Wang Wenli when she was a child. She was very familiar with this childhood friend. When she saw him, she felt a sense of intimacy.
"You must be tired after coming all the way back from City A, right? I signed for all your luggage and transported it back from the express station." Wang Wenli looked at the two children and said, "Oh, they look so cute, just like you when you were a child."
Qiao Yunshu showed a relaxed smile, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and your mouth has become sweeter."
Wang Wenli's car was not a big-name one, it was a Toyota worth over RMB 100,000. After grandma and Qiao Yunshu got in the car, the car drove all the way forward. When passing a big tree in the village, Qiao Yunshu saw several people from the village with sharp eyes. Aunt and aunt are sitting under the tree chatting.
The roads in the village are not as wide as those in big cities. They are so narrow that only one car can pass, so the speed of the car is not very fast. Grandma rolled down the car window and said hello to the familiar people, "Sister Zhang, Sister Li, haven't eaten yet."
A group of ladies raised their heads and looked at her in surprise, "Hey, isn't this Qiao's grandma? Why is she back? Your niece and granddaughter Yun Shu is also back with her?"
Qiao Yunshu also showed half of her little face from the window and greeted them, "Aunt Zhang, Aunt Li, hello."
"Yunshu, I haven't seen you for a while. She's getting more and more beautiful, and she's getting more and more dewy on the ground."
Grandma exchanged some pleasantries with them before the car drove away. But after the car was far away, some of the people sitting at the entrance of the village suddenly put away their enthusiastic expressions, their faces changed, and they began to talk in low voices.
"Have you heard? Qiao Yunshu went to the city and married a rich man. As soon as she gave birth to a child, the rich man divorced her. Did she run back in despair because she couldn't survive in the city? ah?"
"I heard, isn't my Wang Yan in the same class as Tao Yunshu in high school? She also told me that if Qiao Yunshu doesn't work hard, why should he learn to be an Internet celebrity? He posts videos on the Internet all day long and shows his face. It's so embarrassing to go out, I see that the old face of Lao Qiao's family will be completely embarrassed by her."
"Let me tell you, girls should respect themselves and keep themselves clean. Don't take shortcuts by trying to climb high."
"Hmph." Old Mrs. Li, who had a good relationship with Grandma Qiao Yunshu, snorted coldly, "I think you guys are just jealous of Yunshu's ability to make money. I see you are more than ten years younger than me, and you have better ideas than an old woman like me. Be old-fashioned. I heard my little grandson say that he had caught Qiao Yunshu’s live broadcast on the Internet before. After one of her live broadcasts, someone threw millions at her. I want to give this money to you. Do you still want to give her money? No? It doesn’t matter how you make the money, as long as you don’t do anything illegal or criminal, isn’t it a good thing as long as you can make money?”
"That's right." Others echoed, "Didn't Qiao Yunshu run a factory selling snacks before? Later, the store collapsed. I heard that Qiao Yunshu started the store again and it was prosperous. Just tell me how much money your sons and grandsons like Qiao Yunshu can earn at their age?"
As soon as the two of them spoke, the ladies who had been slandering Qiao Yunshu just now fell silent.
Qiao Yunshu didn't know that she just passed by the village entrance and became the subject of conversation among the village's elders and aunts. At this moment, she had returned to the door of her home, took out her house key from the crack of the floor tiles at the door, and opened the door.
Wang Wenli helped carry in the luggage that had been delivered by express delivery, and explained in passing, "My mother heard that you were coming back a few days ago, so she helped you clean up the house."
Grandma said, "Oh, thank you for your hard work, Sister Wang. Tell me, hurry up and give Wenli the new year's goods we brought back."
Qiao Yunshu took two cans of bird's nests, a box of saffron and cordyceps, and several large boxes of Yunji snacks and handed them to Wang Wenli.
Wang Wenli just accepted the boxes of snacks, "The others are too expensive, how can we accept them? If you force it on me, my mother will have to come over and return the things to you later, and she will scold me again. Just a meal, this is the Chinese New Year, so don’t let me get scolded."
He was so eloquent that Qiao Yunshu and grandma couldn't answer. They just let him go and thought about making more dishes for them in the evening.
The house was cleaned both inside and outside by Aunt Wang next door. They cleaned it casually and it was ready for people to live in.
Qiao Yunshu looked at the familiar yard and pinched the cheeks of the two babies, "An'an and Naoshu, this is where my mother grew up. Do you like it?"
The two children were only a few months old and could not speak, but they both giggled as if they understood and responded to her words.
