Chapter 115： this is my niece

Chapter 115 This is my natal niece

The woman raised her head abruptly, looked at Qiao Mai, and then burst into tears.

"I thought, I thought."

"As long as you are not like Qiao Shicheng's family, and have human touch, I will recognize you as an aunt."

"Mai Mai, thank you!"

"Tell me about the situation at home."

"My aunt doesn't have any in-laws anymore. They separated when they died. You have a cousin, a cousin, and a cousin. Your uncle is an honest guy who knows how to farm. He can do whatever he wants. It's a three-stick fight." Lord who doesn't give a fart."

Qiao Mai waved and asked the buddy to deliver another bowl of milk tea.

Qiao Cuihua swallowed her saliva and continued, "Your cousin is married, and her life is not very good. Your cousin has not married yet. Your cousin married a daughter-in-law and gave birth to a boy, who is now seven years old."

"How many acres of land do you have?"

"It's ten mu, but the yield of the land over there is too low. One mu can only cost three to four hundred catties. It's still a season of good weather. The ten mu of land only produces one season. It's not enough for a big family, your cousin. I found a job in the town over there, and it only cost a hundred yuan a month."

"Where's my cousin?"

"Usually cook and tidy up at home."

"You don't have a skill with her either?"

Qiao Cuihua blushed, "The family is poor, there is no one to teach, and there is no place to learn."

"It's not a problem for you to always rely on eating like this. You have to learn crafts and become self-reliant."

"I"

"How did you get here?"

"There are bullock carts coming here in our village, and they come by bullock cart."

At this time, the milk tea was brought to the table, "Drink it, and I will go home with you. I will pack something for you and take you back. By the way, I will see my uncle and cousins. If you are worthy of my help, it is not worth it." I won't make a move."

"Mai Mai, don't worry, they are all good, definitely not like your parents."

Qiao Mai's face turned cold, "Since you know about me and them, you will be a passer-by after breaking up the relationship, so don't say such things in the future."

"Yes Yes"

People are poor and short-sighted, don’t think she is Qiao Mai’s aunt, but she is poor, no matter how old she is, she has no confidence, so she still asks her niece now.

After she finished drinking the milk tea, Qiao Mai took her back to Jixiang Garden.

Along the way, Qiao Cuihua almost looked stupid, "Your family is really nice."

"If you work hard, you will live well."

"As long as you give your cousins ​​a chance, they will definitely do well."

Qiao Mai didn't speak, and took her to the stable, had the carriage ready, called a woman who could drive the carriage, and drove the carriage to the warehouse, and took out a bag of one hundred catties of cornmeal from it, and a bag of one hundred catties. Jin of flour loaded into the car.

Then Qiao Mai took three sets of his old cotton padded clothes from last year, one for his aunt, one for his cousin, and one for his cousin.

Yuan Jiaqi and the others didn’t attend class today. After knowing this, he packed up three sets of his old cotton-padded clothes.

Qiao Cuihua kept bowing and saying thank you. The most important thing now is food and clothing.

Qiao Mai greeted the family, and asked someone to help Qiao Cuihua into the carriage, and the mother-in-law drove the carriage out of Jixiangyuan.

Passing by the meat stand, she asked the boss to weigh ten catties of meat and load it into the car, before heading north.

"Mai Mai, thank you!"

"I hope you are all well, don't let me down, I also want to have relatives, someone to talk to, don't let me give in vain."

"I, I don't know what to say, let's just look at it later."

Qiao Mai didn't talk to her much along the way, the woman kept her head half down.

Starting from Tianshui Town, we walked about a hundred miles, which is the distance from Tianshui Town to the county seat.

Qiao Cuihua directed the mother-in-law to drive the carriage, and turned into a village road.

"My family is in Liushutun. Almost everyone in this village has the surname Liu. Your uncle's name is Liu Dashan, your cousin's name is Liu Hai, your cousin's name is Liu Mei, your cousin's name is Liu Ye, your sister-in-law's name is Sun, and your little nephew's name is Liu Bao'er." .”

"Well, the names are all nice."

The talking kung fu car entered the village. It was rare for a car with a tall horse to come to the village, and it still looked like this.

Many people who saw it stopped far away, Qiao Cuihua pointed to the road, and the carriage stopped in front of an adobe house.

Getting out of the car, Qiao Mai saw that although it was an adobe house, the walls were not dilapidated, and the places that had been in disrepair for many years were repaired quite well.

Although the door is old, it is not broken. It seems that this family is hardworking.

Qiao Cuihua was a little excited, she didn't dare to pull Qiao Mai's hand.

"I called them over."

"Um."

I saw her trot a few steps, stepped forward to push open the door, stood at the door and shouted inside,

"The child's father, Dahai, Ye'er, come out quickly, look who is coming."

The voice was quite loud, and they all shouted out at once.

"Mother, you are back, have you borrowed food?"

"Damn it, who's here?"

Several people walked towards her, Qiao Cuihua moved away, and they saw a well-dressed young woman who was neither tall nor low.

"This is my niece from my natal family in Lihua Village."

"Is it really Mai Mai?"

Except for Qiao Cuihua, Qiao Mai has never seen these people. Her family is poor, and she has to save a few pennies when visiting relatives.

"Uncle!" She nodded at him.

"Hey, hey, I'm really sorry, my family has been poor for so many years and I haven't been back to Lihua Village with your aunt, come in, come in!"

"There is food I brought to you in the car, unload the car first."

As soon as they heard the food, the Liu family swallowed at the same time, and the boy next to Liu Hai looked up at him.

"Daddy, I'm hungry!"

Liu Hai wiped away tears, "Your cousin brought you something to eat, and you can eat it after cooking."

Two large bags of grain and ten catties of meat were brought into the house, and Qiao Mai sat on an old chair.

"Don't worry about me, cook for the children first, don't cook for me, I'm not hungry."

"Hey, hey, I'll do it right away, let your aunt, your cousin, and sister-in-law, talk to you for a while."

Liu Dashan took Liu Hai to the kitchen, Qiao Shi, she should be called Liu Qiao Shi at this moment.

She pulled Liu Bao and came to Qiao Mai.

"Call Cousin!"

Liu Bao shouted timidly to Qiao Mai, "Hello, Cousin!"

For children, she has always been kind, especially when she sees well-behaved and sensible children, her originally stern face softens.

She took out a silver ingot from her purse, "Since I called my cousin, there will be a meeting gift. This is from my cousin, let's play with it."

Cousin-in-law Liu Sun hurriedly said, "Cousin, this gift is too expensive."

"It's not valuable to me, take it."

"I thank my cousin on behalf of the child."

Qiao Mai looked into her eyes, there was only excitement but not greed. In the situation of this family, it is more suitable to give some money than anything else.

Liu Ye also stepped forward to salute Qiao Mai, "Hi cousin, my name is Liu Ye."

"how old are you?"

"fourteen."

"Three years younger than me."

Looking at the clothes on her body, although the patches are patched, they are very clean, and so is the cousin. She just looked at her and affirmed the character of this family.

They are all honest peasants, they don't have a heart, unlike Qiao Shicheng, whose name is Shicheng, but the person is not sincere.

Farmhouse rice is quick to cook. Once the fire is on, add water to it, boil a few pieces of sweet potatoes, and boil half a bowl of cornmeal, and it will be ready to drink in a while.

"Isn't my cousin working in the town?"

"It was cold and snowing, so the boss let him go home. It's hard to find a job in winter."

They took turns to eat in the kitchen, and then went back to the house. After all, they were strangers and didn't have much to say.

After saying a few words, Qiao Mai got up to leave.

"I'll send the willow leaves to my house in two days. I'll find her an errand. First, I will learn some crafts from the embroidery factory. There will be no wages in the early stage. After I learn it, I will be paid every month. It depends on how well she learns the crafts." That's it."

When Liu Qiao heard this, she was overjoyed, "Mai Mai, thank you, aunt!"

Liu Ye also wiped away tears, "Thank you cousin!"

(end of this chapter)