Chuan Shu Qi Leng: I own a department store

But after walking a few steps, she realized that there was a long trail of "tails" following her.

An aunt who used to have a good personal relationship with Lin's mother came forward and walked side by side with Lin's mother, saying dissatisfiedly: "Look at you, you are coming back soon. Why didn't you give us a heads up in advance? Just like last year, the village chief notified us so that we could help you clean the room."

"It's been over a year since anyone has lived here. The house is really dusty. If you don't clean it properly, you won't be able to sleep tonight!"

Mother Lin said with a smile, "Well, you decided to come back at the last minute. You came back as soon as you bought the ticket. You didn't confirm the time beforehand, so you didn't tell me. Don't you still need to buy New Year's goods? Go quickly, don't waste time."

"Now that you're back, why should we buy New Year's goods? Besides, there are so many people at home, why should we go? We will go back with you and tidy up the house so that you and your family can rest early!"

Xu Wanning once again truly felt the simplicity and enthusiasm of the villagers.

Even the villagers didn't give them a chance to refuse and enthusiastically helped with the cleaning.

Although the house has been uninhabited for most of the year, it still has all the necessary tools.

After Xu Wanning put down her luggage, she originally wanted to join in the work, but was stopped by the aunts.

"You've been on the bus for a few days, you must be exhausted. Clean a bench and sit down to rest for a while. We'll be done soon, you don't need to help!"

Xu Wanning and Lin Quan had no choice but to sit in the yard silently.

She sat for a while to recover her strength, then began to take things out of the package.

Most of the things are stored in the space, with only a small part in the luggage bag, just to hide it from others.

Including but not limited to various snacks brought back from Beijing.

Most of them were specially given to Xu Wanning by Factory Director Zhang when he heard that she was going back to her hometown. Many of them are not available in the supply and marketing cooperatives in Heilongjiang Province or even department stores, and are only available in Beijing.

She moved a table, wiped the dust off it, went to the kitchen to get some bowls and pans, and put the things in them.

When the aunts cleaned the house and were ready to go home, she gave each of them two bags of biscuits and a handful of candy, which was considered a good gift.

"A Ning is generous, so we won't be polite to you."

"Why are you being so polite? Every time we go home, it's thanks to the help of the aunts. Otherwise, the three of us would be busy all afternoon and wouldn't even have time to rest in bed. I should be the one to say thank you to the aunts!"

Mother Lin stood at the gate and yelled at the people who had just helped: "Tomorrow morning, remember to come to my house for dinner! Call all your family members, bring tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and other things, otherwise there won't be enough space for more people to sit."

"I'll have to trouble you to come early to help tomorrow!"

"No problem, no problem, we'll be here early tomorrow!"

Even though they hadn't seen each other for a year, the Lin family's current life was beyond the reach of people in Dajiang Village, but after a few words, there seemed to be no barriers between them.

At least not on the surface.

After seeing the guests off, the family was exhausted, so they simply heated up a kang, and the three adults and four children lay down together.

Although the winter in Heilongjiang Province is so cold that it makes people shiver, the kang underneath is warm enough for people who are tired after a few days to have a good rest.

I slept until the next morning.

A rooster is crowing outside the window. When I draw open the curtains, I can see a layer of mist on the glass window. I can imagine how cold it was last night.

Xu Wanning, who has always been self-disciplined, rarely stays in bed. She curled up in the warm quilt and was unwilling to move.

"If you want to sleep, sleep a little longer. I'll go around the village and buy some chickens and ducks from the villagers so that I can entertain everyone today."

Hearing this, Xu Wanning yawned and slowly lifted the quilt: "Mom, I'd better go. I'll borrow a bicycle from someone and go to the town to buy some vegetables."

"This year, we estimate that the scale will be the same as last year. We have to entertain the whole village, so we can't have less meat and vegetables."

Xu Wanning is rich now, so she doesn't mind spending a little more money to treat the villagers to a meal.

But since you are inviting people to dinner, you can't prepare too little, otherwise people will complain that you are too stingy.

Even if there are delicious fish and meat on every table, it won’t cost much.

Lin Quan was woken up. She was half asleep and said in a muffled voice, "I heard from Zhang's sister-in-law yesterday that her husband was doing a mobile banquet. Why don't we pay them to help? As long as the money is in place, we don't have to help with buying food and cooking."

"Mom, sister-in-law, I'll pay for this year's money, don't fight with me!"

Mother Lin slapped her head suddenly and said, "I think I heard this yesterday. You two should sleep for a while. I will go to your aunt Zhang's house to ask around. Don't worry about money. Mom has made a lot of money this year!"

As she said that, Lin's mother put on her cotton jacket and was about to go out.

Xu Wanning quickly pulled her back and said, "Mom, I'd better go. It's snowing outside and the road is not easy to walk on."

Mother Lin waved her hand and refused: "It's okay! You can't see such heavy snow in Beijing. I just want to go out for a walk!"

After all, Lin's mother was born and raised in Heilongjiang Province and had a deep love for this yellow land.

So, even though the snow on the road was as thick as an adult's ankles, she was still happy to go out in the cold wind.

Seeing the smile on her face, Xu Wanning stopped trying to persuade her.

She shrunk back into the covers.

Although I have to get up soon, I'd rather sleep a little longer.

After a while, several children woke up.

Seeing the snow outside the window, the four children jumped excitedly on the kang.

"Mom, we want to go out and play too!"

"I want to have a snowball fight!"

"I used to make snowmen when I was a kid, but the snow doesn't fall this heavily in Beijing, so I haven't made a snowman in years."

"I don't know if the ice on the river in the village is thick. I want to go ice skating."

Xu Wanning listened to their words with a frown on her face. "Put on your cotton-padded jacket and cotton shoes. You can go play snowballs and build snowmen, but you can't go skating on the river. I'll go with you guys when I'm free at noon. If the river is solid, we can go."

"I know mom!"

"I know, auntie!"

The four children quickly got out of bed, found their cotton-padded jackets and cotton shoes, put them on, and rushed out of the door.

Xu Wanning stayed in bed for another ten minutes. She looked at the time and it was already nine o'clock in the morning.

Thinking that most of the villagers are hardworking and have agreed to come to help in the morning, I guess it’s about time now.

She and Lin Quan had no choice but to leave the warm bed. Just after washing up and putting on their cotton-padded jackets, they heard someone shouting at the gate of the courtyard.