stonecrandall Chapter 189, 2 more
Chapter 189, 2 more
"Minglang, I have something I want to talk to you about, let's go out and talk about it?"
"Well, okay."
As it was getting dark outside, Qiao Minglang guessed what was going on when he saw his eldest brother coming to look for him, and the two brothers went outside.
"Just now my mother came to me and said a few words. I thought I couldn't make the decision on this matter alone. I still have to come and discuss with you." His mother brought this matter up to him just now, in the hope that they could give some brothers-in-law a hand.
After all, he and his little cousin opened the two stores in the city together, and the little cousin spent more money than him at the beginning. They can afford to open two stores in the city, thanks to this little cousin, He always felt that he was taking advantage of his cousin.
He can decide the small things in the store, but he still needs to discuss the big things with his cousin. Qiao Mingshan didn't answer his aunt's question, so he came over to discuss with his cousin, "What do you think about this?"
Qiao Minglang didn't mind giving the brothers-in-law a hand, but he was not very familiar with their character and character, "Brother Hall, what do you think of the character of the brothers-in-law?"
They have two stores now, and they will definitely open new stores in the future.Now there are only a few cousins in the two stores. After school starts, he has to go back to school to attend classes. He can't be in the store every day, and there may not be enough staff in the store.
If they continue to open new stores in the future, some people from the two current stores will go to the new store, and a lot of people will definitely be invited by then.
Anyway, they always have to hire someone when the time comes. If they can find a suitable person from their hometown, it will definitely be more reliable than the new person they find outside.Qiao Minglang is not opposed to finding someone to work from his hometown, but the premise is that the person must be able to work.
"I usually come and go, but I think it's okay." Qiao Mingshan knew a little about the husbands of his two younger sisters, but not so much about the husbands of his cousins.
But usually when he saw a few cousins coming over, everyone would say hello and say a few words when they met. His personality and impression of those cousins was not too bad.
"Since the big cousin thinks it's credible, if the brothers-in-law want to follow us to the city, let them come." Hearing his cousin's words, Qiao Minglang pondered for a while and said.
"But we still have to explain the situation to them clearly. After all, we are two small shops over there, and we do hard work. If any brother-in-law is willing to follow us, we welcome it. But if we go, we still have to do things well Yes, if you can’t, then think about it before you go.”
After all, they are relatives of their own family, and some unsightly troubles will affect the communication between the two families.Qiao Minglang didn't want to cause some conflicts between his cousins and their husbands because of these small problems. In the end, it must be his two aunts who were caught in the middle.
"Well, I know. I will explain this clearly to them. Only those who can bear the hardship will come with us. If they can't bear the hardship, I don't want people to go to the store." Qiao Mingshan knew the truth Well, he himself didn't want to invite a big Buddha to the store, lest sometimes it would be easy to ask the gods but difficult to send them away, and there would be troubles.
The two stores in the city were all the painstaking efforts of their brothers, and they will rely on the stores in the city to make money to support their families in the future.None of the younger brothers are married yet. As the eldest brother, he always thinks about his own brothers, and the second thing he thinks about is outsiders.
Although the younger sister is relative, there is still a layer of relationship between her and her brother-in-law.It's not my own brother, some things are different after all.
The two brothers talked outside for a long time, and when they saw that it was getting dark outside, they turned around and headed back home.
When Qiao Mingshan returned home, he saw his mother waiting at the door.
When Aunt Qiao saw her eldest son coming back from the outside, she took her son's hand and asked in a low voice, "What do you say?"
"It's okay to say it clearly, but if you don't go, you have to do things. Let me make it clear to people and let them think clearly before coming with us." Qiao Mingshan and his mother had different ideas. He knew that his mother wanted to What I want to do is to pull out the homes of several younger sisters.
But they want to open a store and do business, and they earn hard money, not everyone can bear that hardship.It is also impossible for them to invite people over and pay wages without working.
"Well, Auntie also knows about this matter. You can talk to some of them tomorrow and ask them what they mean." Aunt Qiao understood what her son meant. They also do this at home, every day before dawn Just got up.If it weren't for the thought of making some money, who would want to live such a life of getting up early and being greedy late.
If it weren't for the two daughters in her heart, Aunt Qiao wouldn't have opened the mouth to her son. At most, she would ask for help and get his son's consent.What happens in the future depends on the efforts of the sons-in-law.
"You can handle this matter on your own, don't worry about Auntie." Aunt Qiao said.
"Okay, I'll take a trip sometime tomorrow." Qiao Ming replied kindly.
After the mother and son exchanged a few words, Mrs. Qiao went to do other things.Qiao Mingshan stood at the door for a long time before going inside.
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When the cousins came back yesterday, Qiao Minglang thought that he hadn't seen them much, so he didn't bring his younger siblings to his grandpa's house for New Year's greetings.
The next morning, just as his eldest cousin was about to go out, they took the tricycle driven by Uncle Wu together, and he took the siblings to get off at the entrance of the village where grandpa lived.
The children knew that they were coming to their grandpa's house today, so they all put on the new clothes that their elder brother bought for them.
They are now living in the house of two aunts, and the food is pretty good. They can eat enough to fill their stomachs every day, and they can eat meat every day.In just less than half a year, the brothers and sisters have grown rapidly, and a little flesh has grown on their small faces, and they all look better than before.
The brothers and sisters were walking on the road, and few people in the village knew which family they were relatives from.
Someone still had a good memory, so he mentioned that they were the grandchildren of Mr. Zhang’s family. Only then did everyone remember which family the children passing by just now were relatives of.
"Grandpa."
"Come in, come in."
It happened that Zhang Mingde was outside the yard, when he heard the voice, he turned his head and saw that his grandchildren were coming.The door of the yard was not closed, and there were many guests coming and going at home these days. Some of the students he taught in the past would come back to visit him, so the guests coming to the house these days have not stopped.
But seeing that it was the grandchildren who came, the smile lines on the old man's face deepened a bit.
"Yesterday I thought you wouldn't come on the second day of the junior high school, so you will definitely come today." Yesterday was the second day of the new year. Originally, when the daughter was still alive, she would bring the children and husbands back together, but it's a pity that the daughter is a fate, Left early.
The son-in-law also went there the year before last, leaving a group of children behind. Zhang Mingde sent some things to the grandsons the year before, but he didn't see the grandson, so he knew that he was in the city and hadn't returned yet.
On such a day, the old man will inevitably think of his wife and daughter who passed away.People live in this world, they can live one more day, no one knows when they will leave this world, and no one can escape the law of birth, old age, sickness and death.
But seeing his grandchildren came today, Zhang Mingde swept away his gloomy mood before, and happily led his grandchildren into the house, "It's cold outside, hurry up and sit inside."
"Grandpa." Qiao Xiaohui and Qiao Sanmei called out grandpa. In front of this grandpa who was the principal, the siblings couldn't help but feel nervous.
There are only two twins who are still young. After their grandpa often visits them and brings them delicious food, the two twins are not afraid of this grandpa who always looks serious. They ran over and hugged grandpa from left to right. legs, shouting "Grandpa".
"Hey, put down grandpa's feet quickly, grandpa can't even walk." Looking down at the two little grandchildren hanging on his body, the always serious old principal Zhang has nothing to do with these two grandchildren.
His legs weren't very good, and now he was hugged by his two little grandchildren, so the old man didn't have the strength to drag them.
"You two, let go of grandpa, come on, take grandpa's hand and go in." It was Qiao Minglang who stretched out his hand to pull the two children away, and let the two children take grandpa's hand into the house.
Both hands were held by the little grandson, Zhang Mingde happily led the grandchildren into the house.
"A few cousins came back yesterday, and the house was a bit busy, so we stayed at home to help, thinking about coming to see grandpa again today." Qiao Minglang carried things in his hand, brought his younger brothers and sisters, followed grandpa into the house, Put things on the table.
"What did you bring here again, such a big bag?" Seeing such a big bag, Zhang Mingde opened it and took a look. Seeing that the child wasted money on things again, he couldn't help but reprimanded him. "I can't spend this money recklessly in the future. What do you buy so many things? Grandpa has everything here. Many people brought a lot of things here during the Chinese New Year. I can't finish them all. Take some with you when you go back later."
The principal and teachers of the school, as well as some of the students he had taught came to see him, and they all sent a lot of things over, and all the things in his room were sent out.
Seeing his grandsons coming over and giving him such a big bag of things, although he knew that his grandson opened a shop in the city to do business, he might have made some money, but the old man was reluctant to let his grandson spend this money.
Qiao Minglang smiled and said nothing.
Not seeing the uncle and aunts there, he asked, "Didn't the uncle and aunt come back for the New Year?"
Zhang Mingde asked the grandchildren to find a chair to sit down, and was going to find a kettle to pour water for the grandchildren.