Wearing books in the 70s: the delicate educated youth have material space

Chapter 108

It’s the Spring Festival again, and the days are peaceful and peaceful. In a blink of an eye, it’s time to celebrate the New Year again.

Cheng's father and Cheng's mother have returned home, as have Uncle Liu's family, and her eldest brother Cheng Ran is going to He Yueyue's house to meet people this year.

Surprisingly, Han’s mother and father are also planning to come to Liujia Village to celebrate the New Year this year.

Cheng Xu was embarrassed to count the houses at home. There were only three sleeping rooms in total. Fortunately, her brother was not at home this year, otherwise there would not be enough room at home.

Cheng Xu walked to Dad Cheng in three steps and said with a sad face: "Dad, the house at home is not enough for living. We will build a bigger one after the new year. What do you think?"

Dad Cheng also feels that the house is a bit small. In the past, the house was just right for the family, and they could squeeze in occasionally when relatives came over. But now the family has to add children, plus the daughter’s husband’s family and the daughter-in-law’s family. In my mother's house, these three rooms are not enough.

"Let's make do with it this year. We'll build another house at the beginning of the new year. Your brother has to prepare for his wedding anyway, and you two brothers and sisters will watch at home."

There is no problem at all. Cheng Xu still plans to build three rooms this time. Building too many will be too eye-catching. The new house will definitely be for the eldest brother, and there will be a place for his sister-in-law's mother-in-law to live later when she comes.

Dad Cheng called Han Chen again: "Xiao Han, when will your parents get the car so we can pick him up."

Han Chen estimated the time: "We should be able to arrive tomorrow afternoon. They called and told us the train ticket time. If there is no delay, we can arrive tomorrow afternoon."

Han Chen still has only seven days of vacation this year. He just went home for the vacation yesterday. In such a short time, if he really wants to return to Beijing, he can only stay for a day or two. Father Han and Mother Han cannot bear the thought of their son taking their daughter-in-law back and forth. I can only rest for such a short time, so I might as well come directly to Liujia Village to celebrate the New Year this year.

That's why Cheng Xu felt that the rooms at home were not enough. She and Han Chen shared a room, her parents shared a room, and Han's father and mother shared a room. If Han's father brought Brother Tang with him, he would have to live in Liu's house. .

And if Cheng Ran were here, it would be even worse and it would be even harder to live there.

Cheng Xu had already greeted Uncle Liu, and the room was tidied up. If Brother Tang came with him, the place was also ready.

Dad Cheng was still very excited. He wanted to entertain his in-laws well.

"Xuxu, go make some snacks so that you can have something to eat when your parents-in-law come."

Cheng Xu: "Don't worry, there must be some things. Look at the melon seeds, peanuts, dried fruits, sugar, and spicy strips on the table. They are all for food."

There is nothing unusual about melon seeds and peanuts, but the whole family was amazed by the spicy strips made by Cheng Xu. Cheng Xu made the spicy strips with rice. I don’t know how she made them. They tasted delicious, spicy and numb.

Cheng Ran and Sibo both loved food. When Cheng Ran and He Yueyue were going home yesterday, they asked Cheng Xu to pack a big bag for him, just to prevent him from getting too greedy on the way.

When Cao Cao arrived, Sibo had already come to Cheng's house.

"Sister, I want to eat spicy strips."

Cheng Xu directly asked him to go in and eat: "Don't eat hard, it's time to eat at noon. Don't eat until you can't eat at noon."

Cheng Xu was now worried about Sibo that he would eat too many snacks and not be able to eat. At such a young age, she felt that she was not a mother, but she already had the nagging energy of her elders.

Sibo loves spicy strips so much that she eats them almost every day. However, Cheng Xu thought it would be troublesome to make spicy strips many times, so she made a lot of them at once. Now that she can't let them go in the winter, she regrets why she made so many spicy strips in the first place. There is still half a pot left in Tiao's house!

"If you keep eating like yesterday, I won't let you eat."

Yesterday, when Sibo knew that Cheng Xu had cooked a lot of spicy strips, he ate them so much that he didn't eat anything else all day long.

"I know." Sibo also knew that he ate too much yesterday, but the spicy strips made by his sister tasted so good that he accidentally ate too much.

The next day, Cheng Xu and Han Chen went to pick up Han's father and Han's mother in the town. Cheng's father wanted to go, but the couple refused.

Cheng Xu brought a kettle, which Cheng's father brought home. It contained hot water. She was afraid that her parents-in-law would want to drink water on the way. They would be hungry after traveling for so long. She was also carrying steamed buns, which had just been cooked. She put the white-flour steamed buns in the bowl and wrapped them with a cloth to prevent the steamed buns from getting cold.

It was already past lunch at this time. When I went to the state-owned restaurant, I didn't know if it would be hot or not, and I didn't know if they would open the fire. Cheng Xu could only prepare it by himself first.

There was still snow on the ground, small snowflakes, but it was very cold when it started to fall. The temperature on Cheng Xu's feet was slowly getting colder. She stamped her feet to keep warm and walked back and forth on the road.

Han Chen carried the kettle prepared by Cheng Xu, "You can warm yourself up if you drink some."

Cheng Xu shook his head: "Keep it for your parents. After traveling for so long, they will definitely want to drink water and eat."

Han Chen pulled the person to his side and did not allow her to refuse: "There is still a lot of water, you don't have to worry." He asked Cheng Xu to drink hot water, then went to the door of a house, said a few words to the person, and took Cheng Xu with him. Go to the side: "You sit down first, I will watch whether they have arrived."

The family was on the side of the road, and there was a brazier to warm themselves up. Cheng Xu nodded to the host: "Excuse me."

The host was an old woman. Every time Cheng Xu came to town, he would see this old woman sitting in front of her house.

The old lady was in good spirits, "Don't bother me. Your husband saw that you were very cold, so he asked me if he could let you come and sit for a while, and he also wanted to give me money. Young people don't know that it's not easy to make money. Baking If you need to pay for your love, you have to look at your husband, he is a bit extravagant, married people cannot spend like this."

Cheng Xu nodded sheepishly, knowing that the old man meant well: "Thank you, mother-in-law, I will tell him when I get home." She sat in front of the brazier and her body gradually warmed up, but Han Chen was still standing in the cold wind, wearing Not much, but with my back straight, I look like a small poplar tree standing in the snow.

Old woman: "Don't be too harsh. This young man feels sorry for you. You will be happy in the future with such a husband. You are lucky."

The old man looked at Cheng Xu as if he were seeing himself when he was young. She was also blessed. Her husband was kind to her when she was young. He is still obedient when she is old. Her son and daughter-in-law are filial people, so she can enjoy peace and happiness in her old age. .

This is why the old woman doesn't want the money from Han Chen. People who are forced by life will most likely accept Han Chen's plan to give money.

Cheng Xu lowered his head with a happy face, the bright light in his eyes undisguised.

When her body warmed up, she ran to Han Chen again and said, "You also go and warm yourself by the fire. I'll see if my parents are here."

When she touched Han Chen's hand, it was also cold, and she felt distressed and asked him to go and warm himself by the fire.

Han Chen's cold hands were covered by Cheng Xu's warm hands, and the temperature began to rise: "I'm fine, don't come out, it's cold outside."

Cheng Xu refused to listen to him: "I'm already warm, you go and warm yourself by the fire, and you'll come over when I'm cold."

Han Chen disagreed and looked at her with a frown. Cheng Xu didn't show any weakness and just asked Han Chen to warm himself by the fire.

The two were looking at each other in the strong wind, and suddenly heard someone calling them.

"Xu Xu, Shen Chen."