Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

most of the time.

Opportunities are fleeting.

When a family encounters a big event.

It's hard to decide.

Especially matters concerning life and death in the future.

A few old men were smoking one cigarette after another.

After a while, the whole room was filled with fairy air.

"Alright, alright, stop smoking. What? Sanni has sent a letter, so just go! It's no big deal!" Li Qiao walked into the house from outside and opened the door. The cold wind outside blew and everyone shivered. She fanned the smoke in front of her with disdain: "Get out of here!"

Three grown men squatted under the eaves, with their wives and the third generation standing next to them.

Qin Daqiong's family, Qin Daqiong is the head of the family, the next generation is Qin Jianjun, Qin Jianguo and Qin Jingru, and the next generation, Qin Jianjun's son and Qin Jianguo's son have also grown up, and Qin Jianjun's son has already had a child. The fourth generation has also come out.

"To be honest, what my sister-in-law said is right." The eldest sister-in-law said, "Now our family is next to the farm, and life is good, but the child has to go to school anyway. Going to school in the city is better than staying in the village."

"Yes, yes, no matter what, we have to take care of the next generation." The second sister-in-law also echoed.

After Qin Jingru came back for the first time, she always talked to her two sisters-in-law about the importance of studying. In fact, from that time on, the two sisters-in-law listened to her, but the environment at that time did not allow it. The school was closed while they were studying, and many teachers became X Laojiu. Their children could not study even if they wanted to.

From now on, we can only farm.

If it weren't for Qin Jingru, it would be fine to live a mediocre life in Qinjia Village.

But the problem is that every time Qin Jingru came back, she would talk to them about this and that, and gave them a lot of good things. Especially in the past few years, she simply opened a big restaurant.

It was because Qin Daqiong was the one who was putting pressure on him, otherwise these two sisters-in-law would have come to his house long ago.

Their third generation, that is, the children of Qin Jianjun and Qin Jianguo, also wanted to go to the city to try their luck. When they were young, the thing they hoped for most was for their aunt to come home. When her came back, they could hear many stories and eat many delicious foods.

As for Qin Jianjun and Qin Jianguo, they naturally wanted to go too.

The only problem is the old man.

Qin Daqiong's face didn't look very good.

He also knew that his daughter was filial and his son-in-law was not bad. But this matter...

"Okay, this matter is settled." Before Qin Daqiong could speak, Li Qiao said, "By the way, let's divide the family property."

"Mom? Why are we splitting up?!" Qin Jianjun and Qin Jianguo were both stunned.

"Our family should have been divided long ago."

"No, Mom, I'm fine..."

"Alright, listen to me. This is the rule in our village. Normally, our family should have split up when Xiao Li was born. It has been delayed until now because, on the one hand, you two are filial, and on the other hand, the atmosphere in our family is pretty good."

Li Qiao was telling the truth. Although the two daughters-in-law often took things from their own small home, they were never vague about major issues. As for taking things from their own home, that was not a problem. The third generation of this big family was also harmonious and happy. Life was good.

"Now, we are going to the city and starting our business. Jianjun, Jianguo, you are grandfathers now. Go back and discuss this matter. But there is one thing I still need to make clear. Both of your families must keep someone in the village. Jingru said that it is unlikely to lose money, and at least it will allow our family to gain a foothold in the city."

"We can have a foothold, but we farmers need to be more cautious. We can't abandon the land in the village. Who will go to the city to sell goods and who will stay to look after the house? You can go back and discuss it. I only have one thing. If you can't buy a house in the city, someone has to stay in the village. No matter what, there has to be a way out. Do you understand?"

"I understand! Mom!" Before Jianjun and Jianguo could say anything, their two wives started calling out.

"Okay, go back and think about it. I'll discuss with your father how to divide this family."

The two sons were driven away by Li Qiao.

Qin Daqiong stayed under the eaves in silence for a long time.

"What's the matter? Are you unhappy that I, an old woman, have been your boss?" Li Qiao squatted beside him, took his pipe and took a puff.

"Ah." Qin Daqiong sighed, "Not really, I just don't know whether this is good or bad. In fact, I think our family is doing pretty well now. In the past, would you dare to imagine such a life?"

"Who should be blamed for this? You have to blame your daughter. I won't say anything else. Your daughter now looks like a girl in her twenties. When she stands next to her nephew, she looks younger than him. She comes home every day and is so happy. Her eldest and second sisters-in-law see it. How can they not want to go?"

Qin Daqiong opened his mouth, but in the end no words came out.

This person is afraid of comparison.

Yes, life is much better now than before.

But it depends on who you compare with.

According to Qin Daqiong, the days that Qin Jingru had lived were sinful. It was fine in the past few years, but now, she has opened a big restaurant. Although she didn't say how much money she could make, Qin Daqiong knew that this figure was something he would never dare to even think about in his lifetime.

"So, we can't stop them. Don't stop them, or they will become enemies. Jingru knows this herself. She won't make things difficult for them. All we can do is take good care of this family so that they don't have to worry about anything."

Li Qiao didn't say anything about letting Jingru have a strong backing.

Cao Wei has been very good to Jingru these years, and he is also filial to them. He comes back every year on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Even if he has something urgent to do and cannot come back, he will ask someone to bring back a message. In addition, in the past few years, the farm next to Qinjia Village was also built with the help of Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru. Their family has received too many benefits, and talking about being Jingru's backer, no matter how thick-skinned they are, they can't do it.

Now that people are willing to lend a hand, it's a bit embarrassing for them, but seeing the eagerness on their grandson's face, the two old people really can't bring themselves to ask for it.

Sometimes, people just have to accept aging.

"Yeah." Qin Daqiong said lightly.

"Let's go." Li Qiao stood up.

"where to?"

"Where else can they go? Just pack up your things at home and there's no need to divide the house. They can live in their own house in this yard. They are all doing business, so we have to let them have some capital first. Our children are all good kids, so there's no need to be on guard."