Materials in this era were relatively scarce, and there were not as many different kinds of food during the New Year as there were in later generations. Most of the food during the New Year was made by one’s own hands. Therefore, every time the New Year came half a month in advance, every household was slowly preparing for the New Year.

Ready.

After coming back from the New Year, Yu Qing was busy making various kinds of food. There were some things she knew but couldn't make. With the nanny at home taking charge, she didn't have to worry about not being able to make them.

In a village not far from the villa, there is smoke from cooking fires every day. The people in the village have smiles on their faces every day, preparing for the New Year.

Aunt Qiu asked: "Qingqing, I heard that people in the village are pounding glutinous rice every day. I see there is a bag of glutinous rice in the kitchen. Should our family go pound some and bring it back?"

The family has four children together with Qiao Jun, and the villa they live in now has a large area. Han Xue and Yu Qing have to take care of the four children and take care of the entire villa, which is too busy for them.

So this time Yu Qing hired two nannies in the provincial capital. One is Aunt Qiu, who is forty-five years old. Her family lives in the provincial capital. Her son and daughter are all working in other places. Her husband has not retired yet, and she retired at home last year.

She had nothing to do, so she came out to find this job, and she is very satisfied with this job so far.

The other nanny is named Shi Lu, who is about the same age as Aunt Qiu. She is called Aunt Lu at home. She is from a county below the provincial capital. She was laid off due to the closure of her factory. She had to come to the provincial capital to find a job in order to make a living for her family.

"Aunt Qiu, the village is about five or six miles away from us. How did you know they were making glutinous rice cakes in their village?" Yu Qing was just curious about how she had such good information.

Aunt Qiu explained: "In a village like this that is close to the provincial capital, more or less girls in the village marry into the city. Yesterday I met a lesbian who married into our family area outside.

She told me that her natal family is from this village."

Yu Qing suddenly realized and said happily: "Oh, that's a good relationship. I'm really looking forward to getting people in the village to help make some glutinous rice cakes. The bag of glutinous rice in the kitchen weighs thirty kilograms. You can use it to make some glutinous rice cakes."

Aunt Qiu said happily: "Okay, I'll go there after breakfast."

There is a lot of glutinous rice to make, and it’s really hard to do without help at home. People in rural areas here use the oldest method to make glutinous rice. It takes three grown men to work together just to pound the steamed glutinous rice, let alone pound it.

Rotten glutinous rice should be divided into small lumps as quickly as possible and then kneaded into glutinous rice cakes.

In rural areas, most people make glutinous rice cakes together with several friends.

Thirty kilograms of steamed glutinous rice can make about fifty kilograms and more than one hundred pieces of glutinous rice cake.

Yu Qing asked the nanny to make a lot of fish balls, meat balls and carrot balls. She divided out a portion of the meatballs and glutinous rice cakes, and she drove them to the Ruan family.

Parking the car at the door of the Ruan family's villa, I heard a man's voice faintly coming from the living room.

The sound became clearer as he walked into the courtyard. The deep and mellow male voice was something Yu Qing had never heard before.

"Auntie, who is coming to the house?" As soon as Yu Qing entered the door, she met Shi Huilan who was squatting at the door sorting her shoes.

Shi Huilan looked up and saw that it was Yu Qing. She smiled in surprise and said, "Oh, Qingqing is here. Come in, come in. Is it cold outside?"

"Fortunately, I drove here." Yu Qing handed the bag she was carrying to Shi Huilan, and then bent down to change her shoes.

A family sitting in the living room chatting stopped when they heard the movement at the door.

Mr. Ruan stretched his neck and looked at the door: "Girl Qing is back?"

"Yes, grandpa, I'm here."

Shi Huilan carried the bag and motioned Yu Qing to sit in the living room: "I will carry the bag in, and you go to accompany your grandfather and the others first."

Yu Qing smiled at Shi Huilan, pulled on her slippers and entered the living room: "Who is here at home?"

Ruan Xiuhua waved to her: "Qingqing, come quickly and meet your uncle."

"Uncle?"

Yu Qing swept her eyes across the living room and pulled out a man with an upright posture from the crowd of men. He had a tall and straight posture, a resolute face, and sharp eyes. This imposing manner made people awe at the first sight.

Especially his sharp eyes, which just glanced at her lightly, just like taking X-rays in the hospital, as if all the dark sides were invisible in front of him.

She raised her lips and smiled politely to say hello: "Hello, uncle!"

Ruan Xiujie glanced at Ruan Xiuhua, who was smiling like a fool, and then at Mr. Ruan, who was smiling with narrow eyes. He turned back and nodded to Yu Qing: "Come and sit."

Yu Qing smiled: "When did uncle come back?"

Mr. Ruan glanced at his eldest son and joked with a smile: "I came back last night. Just when we were talking about you, you came over. It's good that you came, just in time to meet your uncle, so that you don't know if you bump into him on the road in the future.

He is an uncle and nephew."

Yu Qing looked at Ruan Xiujie's appraising eyes and shook her head: "That's not possible. My uncle looks majestic and looks like grandpa when he was young. Anyone may admit his mistakes, but my uncle will never admit his mistakes."

"Ha ha!"

Mr. Ruan was amused. Looking at his eldest son, he indeed looked the most similar to himself.

Yu Qing asked again: "You just talked about me, what did you say about me?"

As soon as she said this, three of the four great Vajras of the Ruan family all blinked wildly at her. Yu Qing was so electrified by their eyes that she was a little confused.

What's going on?

When Ruan Xiujie heard this, the corners of his mouth that had been raised slightly drooped again, and he turned to glare at the Ruan Zheng brothers beside him.

He said with a hateful expression: "What else can I say? You are already married and have three children, but your eldest brother, second brother and third brother don't even have a partner, and you deliberately don't want your grandparents and I to have our grandson Xuan."

grandson."

Ruan Zheng and his two other adult brothers were helpless.

Yu Qing stuck out her tongue at the three brothers of the Ruan family. It was not her fault. She didn't know that she had walked into a real-life marriage urging scene.

Ruan Xiuhua patted Ruan Zheng on the shoulder. Regarding the marriage, he supported his eldest brother, "Eldest brother is right. You elders are no longer young. It's time to consider life-long matters."

Yu Qing looked at the slightly frowned brows of her brothers and asked with a smile: "Uncle, what kind of partners do you want your brothers to find? Are they looking for foreigners or locals? Are there any requirements for this?"

Ruan Xiujie: "I have no requirements, as long as I am a human being."

Yu Qing: "."

She thought for a moment and then asked: "If you don't help check it, what if you find a helper?"

Ruan Xiujie glanced at his sons and said seriously: "Marriage is a matter of their own lives. For me, as long as I don't find a goblin to come back, it will be fine."

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What should Yu Qing do if she really wants to laugh out loud?

She suspected that her uncle was a master of jokes!

However, this must be because the uncle and the elders in the family are really anxious. The eldest brother is already twenty-eight, which is considered an older youth in this era.

Shi Huilan carried the bag to the kitchen. She walked out and heard what everyone was saying, and then complained to her husband: "I can't understand what these children are thinking now? You haven't been at home these years, and the children are also very worried."

Don't listen to my opinions, and take good care of them when you come back this time."

Ruan Zheng pinched the bridge of his nose, having a headache and not knowing how to deal with it.

Seeing her son's helpless expression, Shi Huilan got angry and said, "Don't look like you have a headache. As long as you get married and have a family, it will be great if we all don't have to have a headache."

She didn't know why her sons were unwilling to get married. "Your classmates, like that one, have already been married twice, but what about you?"

Ruan Qiang pouted: "He got married and divorced, why bother? It's all a fool's errand!"

Shi Huilan was so angry that her chest hurt: "Why are you just messing around? He divorced and got married again, which only shows that marriage has many benefits."

Ruan Qiang didn't take it seriously and insisted on his own point of view: "Marriage is the tomb of love. I haven't even had a relationship yet, so I won't get into the tomb of marriage as you wish."

Yu Qing looked at Ruan Qiang in surprise. She didn't expect that the third brother could keep up with the trend of thought.

Late marriage and late childbearing have just been advocated, and my brothers have followed through on it. I wonder how my uncle will react?

Just as she thought this, her uncle's cold words came to her: "Even if your marriage is a grave, it is still better than your death in the wilderness!"

The two masters were in a stalemate, and Mr. Ruan leaned into Yu Qing's ear and whispered: "Girl Qing, polish your eyes and find some lesbians for your brothers."

"ah?!"

Yu Qing looked at the old man in horror: "Master, do you still have my business here?"

Mr. Ruan nodded: "It is your duty to find a partner for your brother!"

The women of the family prepared the meals.

Shi Ping loudly called everyone to eat.

Yu Qing felt like she was being pardoned. She stood up and happily called everyone to eat.

"Eat, eat first, and then talk about anything after having a full meal. Things can always be solved slowly."

As she said that, she helped Mr. Ruan up and said, "Grandpa eats first."

Mr. Ruan stood up and said nothing else.

Yu Qing was really afraid that they would discuss the matter of her brothers finding partners after dinner, and she was even more afraid of entrusting this arduous task to her.

After the meal, she said goodbye to the Ruan family without stopping, saying that she was afraid that Da'an and Xiao'an would not see her and start looking for her.

She drove out of the compound gate and breathed a sigh of relief.

I have never heard of family members urging marriage before when I came to Ruan's house. It was an unlucky coincidence that my uncle came back and mentioned the marriage of several brothers.

The frightened Yu Qing ran home as if running away. Fortunately, as soon as she got home, she saw Xiang Yisen holding Zhuzhu standing at the door of the villa to greet her.

"Comrade Xiang, when did you come back?"

The corners of Xiang Yisen's mouth were slightly raised, and Yu Qing's shadow filled his starry eyes: "I came back at noon."

Yu Qing walked up the steps, and Xiang Yisen put an arm around her waist: "Come in, it's cold outside."

Yu Qing pinched Zhuzhu's cheek and nestled in his arms, and the family of three entered the door.

"Mom, daddy is mine." Xiaozhuzhu shrugged her nose to express her dissatisfaction. She hadn't been hugged enough by her father's return, and now her mother also came closer.

"Well, it's Zhuzhu's."

Yu Qing withdrew from Xiang Yisen's arms and took Xiao An from the nanny's arms, "Mom, hug my brother."

Her provocative behavior earned Xiao Zhuzhu a dissatisfied snort.

Han Xue laughed and said: "Haha, this little girl is quite impressive."

Yu Qing looked at her arrogant little appearance, and looked at each other and smiled at Xiang Yisen.

The family in the villa is warm and happy, but someone always comes to interrupt this warm situation.

"Why is Uncle Zhou here?"

The sudden visit of the eldest brother of the Zhou family left Yu Qing and his wife at a loss as to how to entertain him.

Seeing the surprised look of the family, the eldest son of the Zhou family smiled coquettishly: "Excuse me, I came to see you last time, but unfortunately I didn't see you in person."

Yu Qing raised her eyebrows, knowing that he was talking about the day after her last housewarming, the time she avoided seeing him.

"Uncle Zhou, come and sit."

People have already come to your door, so escaping is not an issue.

But what is unexpected is that the boss of the Zhou family will come to visit on the 29th day of the new year.

The nanny brought tea over. The boss of the Zhou family hurriedly took off his gloves and took a few sips of the hot tea. While taking off his scarf and hat, he said: "You live here a bit far from the city. It doesn't matter if you drive. Come here on a bicycle."

It’s almost freezing me. But your house is really warm. Did you turn on the air conditioner?”

Yu Qing looked at him in surprise: "Uncle Zhou still knows about air conditioning?"

"I know something. A customer advised me to buy an air conditioner from abroad and install it in a restaurant. He said that when turned on, it can keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer." The boss of the Zhou family chuckled: "But without money, everything is just talk."

When she heard about Qian, Yu Qing raised her eyebrows and sat calmly beside him, waiting for the boss of the Zhou family to speak.

Seeing that Yu Qing and his wife did not answer his words, the boss of the Zhou family looked at Xiang Yisen who was playing with Zhuzhu, and then at Yu Qing who was holding her son.

After hesitating for a while, he finally plucked up the courage and said, "I came here just to borrow some money from you, my niece."

Yu Qing smiled, and her guess was indeed correct. The boss of the Zhou family wanted to borrow money now.

Seeing Yu Qing smile, the eldest son of the Zhou family thought it was a joke, and hurriedly promised: "Girl Qing, don't worry, I am the most trustworthy person, and I always pay back what I borrow. The thousand yuan I borrowed from you last time, I won't get a penny of it on schedule."

I'll pay you back the little. I'll borrow money from you this time and I promise to pay you back within a year."

Yu Qing thought about her words for a moment: "Uncle Zhou, last time it was not you who borrowed money from me, but Aunt Zhou who asked me to borrow money. I lent my money to her, not to you."

So borrowing money from her and you are two different things.

Yu Qing was really worried about skipping Zhou Jingfang and lending it to the boss of the Zhou family. She didn't need the boss of the Zhou family to owe her a favor. What she cared about was what attitude Zhou Jingfang had?

If Zhou Jingfang is ignored, what kind of relationship does she have with the boss of the Zhou family? After eight lifetimes, does she have to worry about lending him money?

The smile on the Zhou family's eldest brother's face froze for a moment: "My borrowing is not the same as your Aunt Zhou's borrowing. She also borrowed money for me, and I still have to pay back the money."

Yu Qing shook her finger: "No, no, no, it's very different."

As she spoke, she sighed: "You still come here to borrow money when you are twenty-nine. It must be a difficult time for you at this year's end. How about this? I'll ask my dad and Aunt Zhou first if I want to borrow money and see what they say.

?If my dad agrees to let me borrow it, then I won’t even say anything about tightening my belt and living my life, and I will also raise money to lend it to you.”

"Eh~, no need, no need to go to such trouble." The boss of the Zhou family wanted to stop him.

Xiang Yisen didn't give him any time to stop him, and directly dialed the number, and the Ruan family was quickly connected.

Ruan Xiuhua heard that the boss of the Zhou family was at the villa, so he drove over within half an hour after putting down the phone.

As soon as he entered the door, he asked: "Brother, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, why did you come to Qingqing!"

There were many people behind him, including Uncle Ruan's family, Ruan Zheng and Zhou Jingfang.
Chapter completed!