Learn from aunt
"Mom, you are creating every opportunity for me and Li Wei to be alone together. Is it necessary?" Xiuxiu was helpless and wanted to laugh.
Cao Bamei was happy, "Have you seen through all this? Yes, that's what my mother thinks."
"You young people, you should have more contact and cultivate relationships. I remember that before Aunt Qing'er and Uncle Tangyazi got engaged, they often spent time together. Their relationship gradually increased. Now they have been married for more than ten years and their relationship is still there.
It’s getting better and better, so you have to learn from your Aunt Qing’er.”
Soon, Li Wei came to the kitchen to pick up Xiuxiu.
Cao Bamei not only served Jin a bowl of chicken, but also a bowl of sauerkraut and pork sausage, and four braised lion heads.
All these things are placed in a multi-layer insulated mahogany food box.
Food boxes like this are found in almost every room of Lao Yang's family, and they are all of the same style, with a few words engraved on them: Tianxianglou.
"Mother-in-law, I'll get it."
Seeing Cao Bamei passing the food box to Xiuxiu, Li Wei quickly grabbed it and took it into his hand.
With this move, Cao Bamei and Yang Yongjin secretly looked at each other, and their affection for Li Wei grew to a new level.
"Then you go quickly and come back as soon as I deliver the food to you. Don't delay." Cao Bamei followed behind and warned the two young people as they walked out of the yard.
Li Wei not only carried the food box with one hand, but also used his other hand to support Xiuxiu behind her from time to time, lest she slip.
"Li Wei is really nice, attentive, diligent, and good to our daughter." Cao Bamei sighed again.
Yang Yongjin also nodded with satisfaction, "This is fate. Let's save more money in the past two years and add more dowry when Xiu Xiu gets married, so that the couple can live a better life after their marriage."
Of course Cao Bamei had no objection to this.
Girls get more dowries, are strong in their parents' families, and have the confidence to speak.
Just as Li Wei and Xiu Xiu were leaving, Bao Suyun, who was five rooms next door, also sent Mianmian out.
Mianmian was also carrying the same food box in her hand, but the recipient was not Jin, but Lao Yangtou.
On New Year's Eve, Yang Huazhong was in charge of the old man. On New Year's Day, it was originally arranged for the fourth room, but Yang Huaming and Mr. Liu said they wanted to go back to Liujiacun to visit relatives.
Because the three girls were coming to pay New Year's greetings on the third day of the first lunar month, they had to make some time, so they wished the Liu family's New Year's greetings first, so that they could take care of Old Yangtou on the second day of the first lunar month.
That's why Mianmian went out carrying a food box.
Unexpectedly, I met Li Wei and Xiuxiu as soon as I arrived at the door.
The two of them were walking in the snow, Xiu Xiu was wearing a red cloak, and Li Wei was wearing cyan clothes. He was holding a food box in one hand and holding it up behind Xiu Xiu with the other.
This action alone allowed Mianmian to see how close their relationship was, how much he loved Xiu Xiu, and how much Xiu Xiu relied on Li Wei.
This picture is so beautiful, Mianmian suddenly became a little distracted.
"Auntie, are you delivering lunch to my great-grandfather?"
Xiuxiu was very happy to see Mianmian and trotted over to hold Mianmian's arm.
Mianmian came back to her senses, smiled and nodded to Xiuxiu: "Well, what about you? Where are you going?"
Xiuxiu pointed to the north of the village: "Bring me a few bowls of food to honor my grandma. Auntie, let's go together."
"We are on different paths, so you should go first." Mianmian said.
The two of them were so perfect for each other. Walking in the white snow was as beautiful as a picture scroll. She stepped in and walked together, but she always felt that something was inappropriate.
"Well... okay then..."
"We can still go the same way, why don't you also go to the Tangba side?"
Li Wei, who had been silent until now, suddenly interrupted Xiuxiu. He looked at Mianmian with a smile. When he extended the invitation, his words were sincere and his eyes were magnanimous.
Xiu Xiu cast a surprised glance at him.
If I remember correctly, this was the first time he interrupted her in such a long time together.
But Li Wei's eyes were open and his face was innocent. Even if Xiu Xiu looked at him suspiciously, he could still give her a bright smile.
There are two shallow dimples on his face, innocent and gentle, as if he is purer and kinder than the white snow under his feet.
The little unhappiness that Xiuxiu had had earlier disappeared immediately, and she turned around and held Mianmian's arm again, "Yes, Auntie, let's go together. At worst, we can go our separate ways when we get to Tangba!"
But Mianmian smiled tenderly at Xiuxiu and said in a low voice: "We can see each other every day, so there's no need to be together like this. You'd better go with your Li Weini!"
"Oh, aunt, what are you talking about!"
Mianmian pursed her lips and smiled, then raised her head and said to Li Wei: "I suddenly remembered that I left something at home and I have to go back to get it. You guys go first."
After saying that, she turned around and returned to the yard.
Xiuxiu wanted to go into the yard and pull Mianmian out, but then Li Wei made a sound again.
"Forget it, Xiuxiu, since your aunt left something behind, let's go first."
Xiuxiu could only nod her head and continue walking next to Li Wei.
After walking a few steps, Li Wei quietly looked back and looked at the closed courtyard door of the fifth room, his face tensed and his eyes thoughtful.
On the way to the old house, Li Wei did not take the initiative to say a word to Xiu Xiu on the grounds that the snow was too thick and he had to walk carefully.
Xiu Xiu didn't take the initiative to talk to him.
In this way, when we arrived at the old house and saw Mr. Jin, Li Wei's face suddenly became less tense and he started to smile.
Not only did he respectfully greet the Jin family, he also picked up the daughter of the Yang Yongqing family and teased her.
Xiu Xiu is Jin's eldest granddaughter. Jin was very happy when she saw Xiu Xiu and Li Wei coming together.
They were rummaging around in the house to bring them food and pouring tea.
"Xiuxiu, tell our grandma to stop making tea. We'll sit down for a while and then leave."
Li Wei took the time to remind Xiu Xiu, and his tone was as cordial and easy-going as ever, as if he and she were a couple who had been married for many years, working together and working together.
Xiuxiu then expressed Li Wei's meaning to Jin.
Jin's tea was not brewed, but he grabbed several handfuls of food and put them on the table. He took Xiu Xiu's hand and pointed at the clothes on Xiu Xiu's body, and with difficulty squeezed out two words: "Okay... look."
Xiu Xiu smiled and glanced at Li Wei secretly, only to find that Li Wei was holding his little niece and playing there again, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Xiuxiu was inevitably a little disappointed, but she didn't want to show it in front of her grandma. She looked around and changed the topic and asked Jin:
"Nai, where is my brother-in-law? Why don't you see anyone else?"
Jin pointed to the back room and made gestures like Xiu Xiu.
From time to time, one or two vague syllables would come up. Xiu Xiu pieced them together, and the general idea was: My uncle had a stomachache. From last night to this morning, he went to the toilet eight times, but he couldn't make it to the last two times.
Chapter completed!