90s Little Struggle

Chapter 257 Ambition
After Xiao Hong and Xiao Fang had lunch at Uncle Zhao's house, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon.

They agreed to stay at Xiao's house for one night first, and then go back to the town's house for two days in the second day of junior high tomorrow and then go to the provincial capital, then they drove away in the old van.

Wu Julan chased them out and told them, when passing through the town, don't forget to take the box of New Year's goods with them at home.

She didn't want to go to her ex-husband's house to show off, but to make her cousins ​​feel that her daughter is filial to her elders.

In this way, even if there is another conflict between father and daughter someday, even if the elders are not on the side of their daughters, they will not be on Xiao Jianhua's side.

When the sisters arrived at their hometown, it was almost four o'clock.

The sky was still clear in the morning, but it became overcast in the afternoon, with the cold wind whizzing past, and it seemed that there were still a few scattered snow particles.

Therefore, in the village, except for a few children who are not afraid of the cold playing outside with cannons, the adults are almost at home warming up the fire and gossiping.

Of course there are exceptions.

For example, when the Xiao sisters returned home, there were two tables in the hall where double-deductions were being played, one for the father and one for the stepmother, and there were money in large or small denominations in front of everyone sitting there.

When it comes to money, everyone is excited and nervous. It is a scene of enthusiasm, and no one will feel cold.

Most of the people sitting there were from the village, and the sisters of the Xiao family carried a bottle of wine and a pack of cigarettes specially bought for Xiao Jianhua, as well as a large bag of dried longan and dried lychees, and called to each uncle and aunt.

Lest the stepmother tell the villagers that their sisters came back empty-handed.

Some people praised them for being more beautiful, sweet-mouthed, and filial to their parents. They brought so many good things home when they were still studying.

When Xiao Jianhua saw his daughters coming back, he first complained to them: "Did you forget your surname is Xiao, and you don't know how to go home during the Chinese New Year? It's shameful."

He believed in his heart that the store in the provincial capital was bought by Zhao Laosi and his two daughters to help take care of it.

Moreover, there must be people from the Zhao family who work in the store, and they won't rest assured that they will let their sisters take care of everything. Zhao Laosi must be afraid that the store will be emptied by the Xiao family sisters.

What he is most dissatisfied with is that his two daughters do not come back for the Chinese New Year.

That's not the new house of the Xiao family, why should his daughters stay in the provincial capital to cheer for them?
He believed that Zhao Laosi had earned some money and bought off their sisters.

It is also possible that Wu Julan deliberately wanted to make herself angry and insisted on keeping her two daughters by her side.

Anyway, this matter made him very unhappy, so he complained when he opened his mouth.

Xiao Hong and Xiao Fang also let him complain. Anyway, they were used to the left ear going in and the right ear out, so they thought he was chanting scriptures, and they would not lose a piece of meat when they heard it.

After he finished speaking, Xiao Hong apologized sincerely, and then said: "Dad, I want to pay homage to my grandparents."

When Xiao Jianhua heard this, he couldn't help but glared at her again: "I told you not to come back early, we went to the grave early in the morning."

However, for Xiao Hong who wanted to pay homage to his lost mother, Xiao Jianhua still stood up with dignity, and asked someone who was watching the poker game to replace him.

He took out the tomb lamps, incense candles and firecrackers, and went with them to worship in front of the tomb in the back mountain.

In fact, Xiao Jianhua was quite satisfied with their proposal to pay homage to his grandparents, which showed that Xiao Hong was not ungrateful, and he did not forget how much his own mother loved Xiao Hong when she was alive.

Anyway, he was jealous of his own mother's partiality, and he treated Xiao Hong much better than himself.

Obviously it was Xiao Hong's fault, but she was always scolded by her own mother.

Therefore, on the way back from the worship, Xiao Jianhua's attitude towards them was much better. The current situation of the fourth child and Wu Julan.

Xiao Hong resisted the urge to roll her eyes, pointed to her clothes, and said in a showy tone on purpose: "Uncle Zhao is very kind, he gave us a red envelope of 1000 yuan for the Chinese New Year, and bought us new clothes from head to toe. How about a few hundred dollars?"

Let you ask around, and I will make you doubt life.

She knew that her father was narrow-minded, so she couldn't see her stepfather being more generous than him.

So I said this on purpose, to see if he would give them a big red envelope for the sake of face.

It's not that she is greedy for his red envelope, but that even though she lives with her mother in name, when he gets old, according to the law, he still has the obligation and responsibility to support his father.

Then the money he gives himself now, he will keep it for him in the future.

Xiao Jianhua looked at their clothes. Xiao Hong was wearing a blue down jacket with jeans of the same color and beige cotton leather boots underneath.

Xiao Fang is wearing a pale pink down jacket, blue jeans, and light brown cotton leather boots on her feet.

The two sisters were originally fair-looking, and their facial features were also very good-looking. Although they can't be regarded as stunning, they both have a refreshing and pleasant bookish atmosphere, which can make people's eyes shine.

What's more, their outfits are really fashionable, they look like city kids.

At this moment, Xiao Jianhua smiled with great satisfaction, feeling that it was indeed his clock, prettier than the girls in the city.

So he took out two red envelopes from his trouser pocket and handed them to them, thinking that each red envelope was only [-] yuan.

Now it is not uncommon to pack five and ten yuan with relatives, but it is for his two daughters to go to school, so it seems a little less.

Especially Zhao Laosi, who is shameless and so generous to his two daughters, it seems that his real father is more like a stepdad.

He could only put it mildly: "There are more tractors in every village now. I plan to buy a minivan this year. I will give you 400 yuan first. When I earn money, I will give you more. Some pocket money."

When Xiao Hong just arrived home, she noticed that Liu Meijuan's long hair had been cut short, dyed wine red, curled and permed, looking extremely fashionable.

Also, their mother and daughter wore new clothes, and they probably made a lot of money selling braised fried chicken.

Although Xiao Hong taught the lo-mei, he kept a secret when he was teaching.

It is a pity that the current customers are really easy to pass, and the pursuit of taste is not too rigorous.

In addition, they have also figured out how to make fried chicken, even if it is only seven or eight parts similar, it is enough to attract customers.

Not to mention, they also hired a master who can make roast duck and stewed duck, and now the business in the store is even better.

Xiao Mengqiu had told them before that her second uncle had called her father and said that he had bought two stores in the town and planned to open another wholesale department.

Now that Xiao Hong heard that he wanted to buy a minibus, she knew that they earned a lot last year.

Of course, if they really want to open a wholesale department and buy a small truck, it will cost at least 6 to [-] yuan. I don't know if they want to borrow money or have other ways to borrow money.

(End of this chapter)