After the two little guys had enough playing outside, they followed the two brothers to the main room to drink water, sweating profusely. The weather in Shanghai was already very hot by the end of May.
Coming in from the door of the main room, there were a thousand paper boxes stacked against the wall. This was the total number of boxes that Aunt Fen took home this time.
The twins also know that these cartons need to be exchanged for money. With money, they can buy meat and candies, so they never touch them. When you pass by, you have to stand on tiptoe. Her cute look makes you want to hug her and kiss her hard.
Today happens to be Sunday, so Xiangdong and Xiangxi don't have to go to school. Both children study very well and never take homework home.
Generally, their homework is completed before school, so that when they go home, they have time to help the family with any work they can, or to take care of the twins, so that the two little ones will not disturb other people.
Especially my sister is about to take the college entrance examination and has to study at home on weekends. It is already very hard for her to take care of the two young children at night. Now they have to do what they can to reduce the burden on the family.
"Is anyone there? Is Shufen at home?" Then the door outside was banged.
"Here, Yangyang and Nuannuan are also at home..." He said to Xiao Naoyin as he rushed outside.
"You two, run slower, be careful of falling."
Xiang Xi followed behind and walked out. Even though these two little guys were running so fast, they didn't have to ask an adult to open the door when they got to the door. However, they were both too short and couldn't touch the door bolt.
The two who ran to the door looked at me, and I looked at you, and then turned to look at Xiang Xi, who was following closely behind. The meaning is self-evident...
Xiangxi looked at the expressions of the two people and laughed: "Let you two run slowly, run slowly, you are running so fast to ask me to open the door." As he spoke, he took off the door bolt inside the door and opened it. He opened the door and called out to Grandma Zhang, and the two little ones followed suit and called out to people.
Grandma Zhang is the neighbor next to his house. She is sixty-five years old this year. Although she is more than ten years older than her aunt, they both went to old-school schools, are literate and sensible, and have relatively easy-going personalities, so they have a good relationship. Very good, we can talk a lot together.
"It's you little guys, is your aunt at home?" She said and walked in from the door with the things in her hands.
"I just finished pasting cardboard boxes with Aunt Fen, and I'm resting in the main room now."
"The two little ones ran outside when they heard the knock on the door. I was afraid that they would fall, so I followed them."
Auntie and Aunt Fen walked out of the main room. Auntie smiled and said, "Sister Zhang, come in quickly. When did you come back?"
After speaking, he looked at the two little guys and said with a little annoyance: "These two little ones, every time there is a knock on the door, they run so fast that they can't catch up. If the family doesn't pay attention, When you hear a knock on the door, you stupidly open it, but what if someone abducts you!"
"The two little ones in our family are sensible. They heard Aunt Zhang's voice and ran to open the door. The voices are unfamiliar to them and they always come to look for adults." Aunt Fen couldn't help but help the two. The little guy argued.
Grandma Zhang also smiled and said that the two little ones are smart, well-behaved and sensible.
My aunt said helplessly, "You all are so used to it, I'm the only one who thinks I'm the bad guy."
In fact, everyone in the family dotes on the two little ones, especially feeling sorry that they lost their parents at such a young age.
The three older children have all gotten along with their parents, and they go to the military to stay with their parents every winter and summer vacation. Only the two little ones returned to Shanghai when they were eight months old and have never seen their parents again.
Fortunately, they are both young. They have never seen their parents since they can remember, and there is no such concept in their minds. What's more, everyone in the family loves the twins very much, which makes them lively, cute, outgoing and cheerful.
Entering the main room, Aunt Fen poured Grandma Zhang a glass of water from the thermos bottle and the can bottle, took out the sugar can from the small standing cabinet against the wall at the end, grabbed a handful and put it in the can bottle, and then brought it to Grandma Zhang.
"Aunt Zhang, drink some sugar water to sweeten your mouth."
Grandma Zhang refused and said, "I'm not an outsider. White sugar is so rare now that you can't even buy it without a ticket. Let's give it to a few kids." As she spoke, she greeted the kids next to her.
Auntie put the cup she pushed back in front of Grandma Zhang: "Sister Zhang, you're welcome. We really don't have to give in. Jiajia said that eating too much sugar will damage your teeth, and it is stipulated that each person only has one cup per day. Two candies. We won't miss a few of them."
The few young ones who were very sensible waved their hands and said they didn't want to drink, and asked Grandma Zhang to drink it herself.
Grandma Zhang was very fond of seeing these children being so sensible. He opened the bag he had brought, took out the candied haws wrapped in oil paper, and handed it to several children.
"Sister Zhang, what are you doing?" My aunt quickly stopped her.
"Wenjuan bought this for a few of her children, and the things in the bag were all given to you by her specially asking me to give them to you. Don't accept them if you don't like them."
When my aunt heard this, she nodded to the children. Only then did a few people reach out to receive the food from Grandma Zhang and politely thanked them.
The two little ones ate candied haws for the first time and were instantly conquered by the taste. They squinted their eyes and licked them with their little tongues.
"Okay, let's eat one piece each and eat the rest later. If you eat too much, your teeth will be damaged." Xiang Dong acted like an older brother. When the two of them finished eating one piece and were about to continue eating, they were rarely cold. He put it away ruthlessly.
Yangyang looked regretfully at the candied haws that had been taken away, but was sensible enough not to cry.
Nuan Nuan is a clever little kid. After looking at everyone, he suddenly said: "Children will have toothaches after eating sweets."
While talking, she covered Yangyang's cheek with her small fleshy hands and said "ouch, ouch" for Yangyang with a painful look on her face.
He made hissing and hissing sounds from time to time, and his funny expressions made everyone laugh. Even Xiang Dong, who usually didn't talk much, laughed out loud.
Auntie had finished laughing. She wiped the tears from her laughter with her hands and looked at Grandma Zhang.
"It took a long time to go to my daughter's house this time. It's been almost two months since I got back. Is everything okay at Wenjuan's house?"
"It's not because of the second sister-in-law from her husband's family..." Grandma Zhang sighed and continued.
"Wenjuan's mother-in-law's family also had some assets before liberation, although most of the family property was donated during the war."
"But her father-in-law still has something left in his hands. The old man means that the world is unstable now, and he will take it out and divide it among the three families when the world gets better in the future. If he is gone, let the boss take care of it. When the world gets better, he will divide it among the three families. for everyone."
"But somehow the second daughter-in-law found out about it, and she felt unhappy. She felt that the old man was partial to the older one and felt sorry for the younger one. It was their second wife who was not favored in the middle. Although the eldest and second child were born to the same mother, who knew the old man How many more will be left to their second wife when the first wife is gone? Otherwise, one of them is a cadre in the government department and the other is a leader in the army, and their second wife is only a small leader in the factory. There is no helper who is the eldest brother. Help your brother who is the same mother as you."
Grandma Zhang finished imitating what Wenjuan's second sister-in-law said at that time, drank some water and continued.
"Ouch! There is a weird atmosphere at home every day, making the house restless. This time it's because Wenjuan's family lives in the army and they only have time to go back to their old house during the holidays. Her second sister-in-law made a fuss and said that there is no third bedroom. Support the elderly. They were noisy about dividing the family, housing, and property. The old man was so angry that he fainted and went to the hospital..." Grandma Zhang became angrier as she spoke.
Thinking about the appearance of the second sister-in-law of her daughter-in-law's family that she saw in the capital in the past two months, this was what she saw. When she couldn't see it, she didn't know how much her daughter had suffered.
She saw that it was the second-in-command who was making suggestions from behind and letting his wife charge in the front. This middle child is the most evil-minded among the three brothers.
It was also because the old man was admitted to the hospital and Wenjuan's husband was in the army and couldn't leave. One of the two children is a soldier in the army, and the other is still in school.
Wenjuan could only work while discussing with other two families to take turns taking care of the elderly. She felt sorry for her daughter, so she had to stay longer so that her daughter could have a hot meal when she went home.
Auntie patted Grandma Zhang's hand and said, "Sister, don't be angry. Fortunately, Wenjuan and the others usually live in the army and don't have to deal with her much." She quickly changed the subject.
"Didn't Wenjuan say that she wanted to see Haoxuan this time and asked you to help Zhang Zhangyan while she went to the capital to relax? How was it? Have you seen her? What's the situation with the woman there?"
No wonder my aunt asked curiously, even Aunt Fen who was sitting next to me stopped holding the soles of her shoes and pricked up her ears to listen.
They both care about the woman's character and her mother's family's character. This is Jiajia's future sister-in-law, the sister-in-law of her husband's family, and they will have to deal with her for the rest of their lives. If their character is not good, it will not be their children who will suffer in the future.
You heard me right, our Comrade Wei Jiajia has a baby-sitter, Grandma Zhang's grandson, Ms. Zhang Wenjuan's youngest son. The man is 5 years older than Wei Jiajia and is 21 years old this year.
Both parents were soldiers in the same army. Moreover, Father Wei and Zhang Wenjuan grew up together.
Wei's father actually had the best relationship with Zhang Wenjuan's third brother. The two families lived next to each other and they went to and from school together when they were young. Because Zhang Wenjuan is similar in age to the two of them, she has been their little tail since she was a child. I also joined the army with them to fight against Japan.
Zhang Wenjuan met her current husband while working as a health worker in the military health team. The two developed a revolutionary friendship while taking care of Qiao's father who was injured and hospitalized. Then they got married and had children under the witness of the organization.
Wei's father and Wei's mother fell in love at first sight and gave birth to Wei Jiajia after they got married.
Later, because Wei's father was about to return to the army, Wei's mother was reluctant to leave Wei's father. On the other hand, it was because Wei's mother had gone to school and knew too many stories about the hatred of the country's subjugation, and she also wanted to contribute to the revolutionary cause. He left little Jiajia with his aunt and went to the army with Wei's father.
Wei's mother was a high school student and was assigned to the health team, which needed more intellectuals. That's how she met Zhang Wenjuan, who was also in the health team.
Because of her relationship with Wei's father, Zhang Wenjuan took great care of Wei's mother, who had just joined the army, and the two became good friends who talked about everything during their relationship.
Knowing that Wei's mother had just given birth to a little girl, I thought that the child born from Wei's father and Wei's mother would be very beautiful, especially since both families knew each other well, so I wanted to make a baby wedding for my youngest son and Wei Jiajia.
Originally, Wei's father did not agree, but Wei's mother was a little moved because of her relationship with Wenjuan. In addition, she believed that Wenjuan and his wife were good people, so their daughter would definitely not be angry with her husband's family after she got married. So in the end, Wei's father stopped and asked Wenjuan's third brother and the leader of the army to be witnesses. The two families exchanged tokens and the engagement was established.