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The Old Lady Xia felt a little panicked when Xia Qing said she was going to send her back.
“Can’t I stay at my son’s house for a few more days?”
“Of course you can! It’s just that I was thinking you’ve already stayed for a month! I was afraid it wouldn’t be convenient for you to walk, so I thought I’d offer to send you.”
In the countryside, a married daughter is like spilled water; the sons are responsible for taking care of the elderly.
The two brothers had agreed that each would take a month in turns; tomorrow is the first of the month, so it’s time to switch.
“It’s so close! I can just go over for meals,” the Old Lady said, frowning.
Where isn’t comfortable to stay, isn’t it okay to go eat a meal and come back?
Xia Qing curled her lips, not wanting to argue with her grandmother anymore, so she hurried upstairs.
She submitted the deposit on Taobao, and it was approved in two hours.
A lot of stuff on Xianyu was also bought; she’ll have to ship it all out tomorrow.
Next, she bought a lot of things from Taobao: instant noodles, dried noodles.
Now that online shopping is so convenient, she doesn’t have to go out to buy them.
Thinking that summer is just a month away, and the house doesn’t have air conditioning, every summer they just use a broken electric fan, which the whole family shares.
She directly ordered two air conditioners from Taobao, spending 5,000 yuan.
The toilet at home also needs to be replaced, as well as the refrigerator! And the TV!
She actually wanted to change the bed too, but there are jewelry boxes under the bed, so there’s no way to change it for now.
“Qing Qing, time to eat!”
“Coming!”
Xia Qing went downstairs. From the pile of jewelry Su Yu had given her from the space, she discovered a unique jade bracelet that was very beautiful. She liked it at first glance, but she was reluctant to sell it, so she decided to give it to her mother to wear.
If her mother doesn’t like it, she will take her to the gold shop to choose one! She’s just afraid her mother is reluctant to spend money; she has to slowly get them all used to it.
“I made dumplings today!” Yang Xia said happily. Since her daughter came back, everything has been good, and her mood has improved too!
The reason why the Old Lady Xia is willing to stay at the second son’s house is also because Yang Xia cooks well and is willing to do it, especially when Xia Qing is around.
A daughter is unlike his eldest son’s family, with three sons. At least they will have to buy an apartment, right? They will all have to get married and spend money in the future.
“We’re having dumplings tonight. I picked shepherd’s purse this morning; it’s so fresh.”
Yang Xia chopped the emerald green shepherd’s purse, added it to the plump local pork, and then took the soft dough to wrap it all up, and made a soy sauce and vinegar dipping sauce…
The taste was so delicious.
Xia Guohua ate three big bowls.
“Xia Xia makes the best dumplings. Save a bowl for Xiaopeng,” the Old Lady Xia praised.
Xiaopeng is the youngest son of the eldest uncle.
Yang Xia’s face looked a little unhappy. Every time the Old Lady said this, she would always take something from their family to give to the eldest uncle’s children.
Are their children children? Isn’t Qing Qing?
“Mom, I’m giving you this bracelet!” Xia Qing took out a jade bracelet and said.
Yang Xia was instantly attracted to the jade bracelet at first glance and didn’t bother to be angry with the Old Lady.
“This jade bracelet is so beautiful!”
The Old Lady didn’t know how much jade was worth; in her bones, she only recognized gold, thinking that this bracelet just looked good but wasn’t valuable.
Actually, Xia Qing didn’t know how much it was worth either; there was no tag.
“This jade bracelet is much more translucent than the one your aunt wears!” Yang Xia said, caressing it lovingly.
Xia Qing knew her aunt, Xia Mei, who had the best living conditions in her maternal grandmother’s family! She was the first person in the village to be admitted to university and also married someone in Shanghai!
So this is also the reason why Yang Xia worked so hard to send her daughter to university.
When she was working and studying in Shanghai before, her aunt helped her a lot, but although the two sisters were close, they would also compare themselves from time to time.
As she spoke, Yang Xia sent a short video to Yang Mei and sent a message.
[This is a jade bracelet my daughter gave me. Is it beautiful? I didn’t let her spend money to buy it, but she insisted on buying it for me.]
Soon, her aunt Yang Mei replied to the message.
[Take another video for me to see. Your jade bracelet is very translucent; it looks like it’s ice jade.]
[Ice jade, what’s that?]
Yang Mei quickly sent her a picture; the price of ice jade is about 30 to several million, and even the cheapest ice jade costs about 100,000.
[No way!]
[It looks like it’s real, very translucent, like high-grade ice jade.]
Yang Xia looked at the message sent by her elder sister and then looked at the translucent bracelet.
“Qing Qing, how much did you buy this bracelet for?” Yang Xia said nervously.
It can’t be tens of thousands! She wouldn’t dare wear it; she would have to put it in the cabinet and lock it up, and then press it under the bed board before she could feel at ease.
How would Xia Qing know how much this cost? Besides, the value in another space should be different from theirs, right?
Besides, she didn’t pay for it!
Xia Qing casually said, “Only a few hundred yuan.”
Although a few hundred yuan is not cheap for them, compared to gold, it’s nothing.
Yang Xia breathed a sigh of relief; it’s not a big problem for her to wear a bracelet worth a few hundred yuan.
“Your aunt said to let us go to their house next month; your eldest cousin is getting engaged.”
Going back to Shanghai again? Xia Qing frowned slightly, thinking of that city; she left in a rather sorry state.
“It takes a long time to get there by car. Train tickets cost a few hundred yuan per person,” Yang Xia said hesitantly.
Then she saw her aunt say that they would buy the train tickets to Shanghai and that they should bring her maternal grandmother and grandfather along.
Her maternal grandmother’s illness could be seen by a doctor in Shanghai.
“Go! You sisters haven’t seen each other for a long time! I’ll take care of the land at home!” Xia Jicheng said, looking at Yang Xia’s hesitant but wanting-to-go look.
He knew she was worried about the house.
“Don’t worry! I don’t even need to take the vegetables to the city to sell. I’ll just plant some cabbage! I can handle it myself,” Xia Jicheng said.
“Go, go! You’ve worked hard with me all these years; go to Shanghai to have fun!”
Yang Xia’s eyes turned red; her husband still cared for her!
“Go where? Who will feed the chickens and ducks at home?” The Old Lady Xia frowned, thinking that if Yang Xia left, no one would cook for her.
“These are all small chores; I can do them all myself! Mom, don’t interrupt in this matter! You’re supposed to go live at eldest brother’s house next month!” Xia Jicheng said, frowning.
“Wasting money!” The Old Lady Xia was so angry that her face turned red.
“Okay! Then you’ll go with me next month, Qing Qing!” Yang Xia said with a smile.
“Okay!” Xia Qing didn’t want to make her mother unhappy, but Shanghai… Well, this time she has a little more confidence!
At least she has money in her hands, right? While there’s still a month, she needs to make some more money! Shanghai is not like their small rural village.
A few hundred yuan can last a month here, but in Shanghai, a meal costs at least hundreds or thousands! They’re going there; they can’t have their aunt pay for everything.
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