Chapter 24 Qingming Festival

On Saturday, grandma came back from her hometown. Yinuo called Xu Ling to pick her up. Grandma brought a bunch of things.

"Grandma, why did you bring the meat? You can buy it here." Yinuo carried the meat and put it in the kitchen.

"The meat at home is two yuan cheaper per pound than here. Also, the ribs at home are more delicious than here. The ribs at home have more meat, but the ribs here have bones left. I didn't eat it. head."

"Oh!" Yinuo really didn't notice this.

"Vegetables at home are also cheap. These small green vegetables only cost two yuan a pound, but they sell for three or four yuan here. Also, the vegetables I bought are grown in the open air by people in the countryside, not in greenhouses. Good eat."

Grandma said while taking things out.

"These are river shrimps. The river shrimps belong to Lao Qin. There is a river in front of his house. He raises chickens and ducks. Every day, he catches a lot of shrimps from the river. I asked her to buy two kilograms, but he only had It’s a pound of shrimp. I cooked it for a while, ate half of it, and put the other half in the refrigerator. These shrimps are fresh, and you can see they are quite big.”

Yinuo leaned over to take a look. The shrimps were quite big and very lively.

"It's quite big."

Grandma poured things out again, rice from Li Si's family, oil from someone else's family, and some food from aunt...the whole room was filled.

"Why did grandma get so many things? How did you get them?"

"Your aunt sent her to the station without any trouble." Grandma wiped her sweat.

"But there's no need to bring so much? How can we eat it?" Yinuo said, looking at the kitchen where there was no room for his feet.

"You kid, you never have too much to eat." Grandma took a low stool and sat down.

"We'll clean it up later, take a rest first." Grandma sat on the stool and said, "Don't move, be careful. I'll clean it up later."

"Three months have passed. It's okay." Yinuo tidied it up carefully.

"Be careful even after three months. Don't touch those heavy things." Grandma directed.

"I know!" Yinuo raised his head and smiled at grandma.

"Qingming Festival, your dad came back too and paid homage to your mom's grave. He also bought the oranges your mom loved to eat. Alas!"

Yinuo paused while packing his things and said nothing.

"I said you were pregnant, and your father was happy! He said he wanted to come see you. But... forget it, let's not talk about him."

Grandma sighed and looked at Yinuo in trance. .

"What's wrong?" Yinuo asked strangely.

"You look exactly like your mother. They say daughters look like their fathers, but you just look like your mother. They are carved from the same mold. The dimples on your face are all in the same place, and these eyebrows..."

Grandma recalled sadly.

Yinuo does look like her mother. There are still photos of her mother at home, and Yinuo often looks at them. Yinuo often thinks to herself, how wonderful it would be if my mother didn't come to pick me up that day! If my father hadn't been across from me that day, or if my mother hadn't seen it, the car accident wouldn't have happened. But, there is no if in this world.

"Your mother also married your father when you were your age. She was already a month pregnant at the time. When we got married, the in-laws didn't come. I heard that your mother and her father had a falling out. Your grandfather probably didn't agree. Your mother married your father. Alas! I didn’t expect that your mother passed away long ago. You can’t contact your grandfather either, so they probably don’t know about it yet! I’m so sorry! Your father didn’t do the right thing, but your mother has such a bad temper. Urgent. Alas! In short, your dad owes your mother, wait until he gets there to pay it back! Don’t hate your dad, he probably didn’t think of it! What Aunt Shen did was even worse, we Ignore her. This person is doing it, God is watching!..."

Grandma is sad...

How can God control so many things in the world? People still have to plan for themselves.

Everyone has their own ideas and lives the life they want, others cannot force it. Mom's life was her own choice. Why blame others.

Yinuo felt sad for a long time and started packing his things again.

"Today, let's just have pork rib soup. Should the river shrimp be fried or boiled? Where is that clever little girl Xu Ling? Why did she disappear after picking us up?" Grandma asked, looking at a pile of vegetables.

"She has to work overtime today. The company is busy."

Yinuo replied, pouring the river shrimp into the basin, filling it with water, and covering it with a basket.

Rinse the ribs with plenty of water and put them in the refrigerator. Leave a little aside for stewing the soup.

"Oh! Call her over for dinner tonight."

Grandma moved the rice to the corner and the oil to the kitchen cabinet. The dishes were also put away in a corner, and a few items were taken out and fried and eaten today.

"Just shout and she will be there. Haha!" Yinuo felt much happier thinking about Xu Ling.

"That's great. Straightforward!" Grandma praised.

"Then let's just have a simple meal for lunch and then prepare a whole table in the evening."

"good."

After putting things in order, we started cooking.

I called Xu Ling in the afternoon, and sure enough, I agreed immediately.

In the evening, the three of them had a lively dinner.

On Sunday, Xu Ling stayed for another day and didn't want to leave.

Xu Ling muttered, “Your place is too far away from my company, otherwise, I would stay at your house every day. Grandma's cooking is more delicious than what you cook."

Xu Ling was holding a stuffed mouse and leaning on the sofa, pouting just like the mouse.

"You just like my food."

"Are you stupid if you don't eat something delicious after seeing it?" Xu Ling looked at Yinuo with incredible eyes.

All right! Can't talk about her.

Yinuo looked at Xu Ling frustrated.

"I forgot to tell you, I met Tianyuan last time." Yinuo suddenly thought while flipping through his phone.

"The pastoral? The pastoral in the university?" Xu Ling straightened up.

"Yes!" Yinuo nodded. There was only this pastoral, how could there be a second one.

"He likes you. Are you married? Do you still like you? If you like, just drag him into trouble!"

Xu Ling asked one question after another, and at the end, Yi Nuo slapped her on the shoulder. Xu Ling rubbed her shoulders and whined.

"What nonsense! I am friends with him." Yinuo emphasized.

"My boyfriend is also a friend. I think he is pretty good." Xu Ling muttered.

"Say it again." Yinuo raised his hand.

Xu Ling hurriedly retreated to the other end of the sofa and surrendered, “Okay, okay. No more, no more."

"Is he married?" Seeing Yinuo raising his hand again, Xu Ling hurriedly explained, "Hey! Hey! I just asked about his marital status. I didn't say anything else."

"I don't know." Although Yinuo put down his hand, he still glared at Xu Ling.

"No, didn't you guys meet? Didn't you chat for a while? Get to know each other's situation. Did you just ask, have you eaten? I've eaten or something like that." Xu Ling asked curiously.

"Could it be that when you met Han Hao, you went up to him and asked him if you were married?"

"I'm sick! I asked him this." Xu Ling rolled his eyes.

"Am I sick?"

Xu Ling giggled and said, "Hey! You're not sick, and neither am I."

"Let's make an appointment to have dinner together sometime!" Xu Ling suggested slyly.

"Stop being clever." Yinuo glanced over, "Find some time! He helped me last time."

"What help?"

"I'm not Zihe Mama yet. She saw that I was pregnant and said something about me."

After hearing this, Xu Ling immediately frowned and cursed, “She is sick! As long as his son can bring someone back, we can't get married and get pregnant."

"Forget it. Anyway, we won't run into each other normally. Why are you so angry?" Yinuo advised Xu Ling.

"This old woman, I didn't like her at that time. She is really not a good person." Xu Ling scolded unwillingly.

"What's not a good thing?" Grandma came over from the balcony holding clothes and asked.

"Ah!..." Xu Ling was dumbfounded by the question. He rolled his eyes and pulled away, "Durian is not a good thing. It tastes really bad. I really don't know why so many people like to eat it. I promise you Don't eat it, otherwise, I won't come to your place anymore."

"Then you'd better not come here and waste my rice and vegetables." Yinuo joked.

"Why are you so stingy? Grandma is so generous. You have to learn from her. Grandma, right?" Xu Ling ran to her grandma to please her.

"Yes, you are the most lovable. Grandma hopes you come every day!" Grandma said with a smile.

Xu Ling looked at Yinuo proudly. Yinuo couldn't help but laugh.

——

As soon as she got to work, Yinuo listened to Zhang Qin nagging, “It's really hard to raise children now. Yesterday, I heard from the parents of my son's classmates that he had signed up for piano classes. He said that piano can improve the child's temperament. She said: What will the school and the company have in the future? During a performance, you can sit on the stage and play a piece of music at random, which will attract a lot of attention! I was tempted and signed up a piano class for my son. Do you know how expensive the tuition for piano classes is? Also, you need to buy a piano. Piano, do you know how much an ordinary piano costs? Oh! It’s so expensive that I have high blood pressure.…”

Zhang Qin nagged that no amount of money he earned was enough for him, and all his wages were spent on his son.

Is all your salary spent on your son? It costs so much? I remember that I didn’t have any money when I went to school? Yinuo remembered asking this at that time.

Zhang Qin gave her a few blank stares.

Can you compare the past to the present, when you studied painting, piano, and Go? Want to make up a lesson? Let me tell you, make-up lessons are very valuable now. They are all one-on-one, costing five to six hundred per class! That’s a lot of money to spend!

Want so much money? Yinuo never thought about it.

Yu Lan, who usually doesn't join in the conversation, also spoke.

"Tuition fees, travel expenses, and domestic travel are no longer popular. Overseas travel is popular. These expenses! There is no bottom. I heard that after going to college, monthly living expenses, social expenses... ugh! There is a bottomless pit."

One day was spent happily and sadly while discussing how much money the gold-eating beast would cost.

It seems that we need to hurry up and make money! How to make money? You can't just sit back and rest in vain.

Yinuo returned home, finished eating, held his chin, and thought distressedly.

I heard that you can make money by getting a certificate. How about getting a certificate?

What's the test?

I have to see which certificate makes more money. The Internet is a good thing. You can know whatever you want to know.

"Registered HVAC technicians are expensive, but a diploma does not meet the registration requirements. There are still too few liberal arts students who can take the exam. This step seems to be unworkable."

"I can only work hard at my job? It's hard to get promoted! At least it's impossible in the past two years. I'm ten months pregnant, maternity leave, and breastfeeding. The company will definitely not promote me. Manager Hu's business He has strong abilities and good connections in tax matters. As long as he doesn't make a big mistake, it is impossible for the company to replace him. Manager Hu's position is simply not up to him. Jiang Shuzhen has the ability and professional title, so she should be able to sit in that position safely. Let's talk about the following And Zhang Xiaoqing is staring at her with red eyes. What can I do to squeeze her out? It’s hard to break through! How about changing jobs? "