Rebirth Era: After the Beautiful Sister-in-law Refuses to Open Business

"man?!"

Qin Yaxin pretended to look at the little guy in front of her carefully from head to toe and said:

"It's not that I despise you, your second sister. You are just a little kid. It's still a long way to go before you can become a man! Don't be so arrogant, or you may get your tongue stuck easily!"

"I'm a little man, not some little kid!"

The cute kid Xiaowu glared: "Second sister, you have to be polite to me, otherwise, I will be rude to you!"

Hearing this, Qin Yaxin deliberately teased the little guy. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "How do you mean rude?"

Pursing his lips, the cute kid Xiaowu had a serious face. He was silent for a moment and then said, "I'll tell my brother and sister-in-law that you bully the weak!"

Qin Yaxin laughed out loud: "You are wrongly accusing me! When did I bully you? I just said that you are a little kid and that you are not a man now. This is the truth, and it has nothing to do with bullying you."

"After that, the little carrot head is bullying me!"

The cute kid Xiaowu put his hands on his hips, snorted heavily, and said, "Children also have dignity. Second sister, you look down on me, it's obviously your fault!"

"I'm not very old, but I know a lot."

Qin Boyan smiled and walked out of the living room. He planned to boil a pot of hot water, take a good bath and change his clothes.

"Aunt, do you think I have bullied Xiaowu, a carrot-head?"

Qin Yaxin asked Li Jumei.

"Aunt, you have to tell the truth. You can't favor my second sister just because I'm young!"

The cute kid Xiaowu blinked his big black eyes and also focused his gaze on Li Jumei.

When Song Lan started talking, Li Jumei sat back in her original position and continued knitting.

She is an outsider and there are some things she cannot say. However, as the eldest sister-in-law in the family, she is fully qualified to discipline her brother-in-law and sister-in-law when she sees conflicts between them.

After all, one of the elders in the family has passed away, and the other is far away in Beijing. There is also a saying that "the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother."

Li Jumei felt that Song Lan was completely justified in teaching her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and no one else could complain about it.

At this moment, after hearing what Qin Yaxin and the cute little kid Xiaowu said, she looked at the siblings with loving eyes, but said to Qin Yaxin: "Yaxin, Xiaowu may be young, but children, like adults, need to save face."

I hope the little girl understands what she means.

Qin Yaxin understood and couldn't help but smile and nodded: "Aunt, I know!"

The cute kid Xiaowu's face turned red, and he was obviously embarrassed.

In order to save his reputation, he moved his mouth and said in a childish voice: "I, I am not a face-saver, I...even if I am still young, I am a little man, this is a fact!"

"Yes, yes, you are telling the truth. It is Second Sister who is wrong. She shouldn't call you little carrot head."

Qin Yaxin smiled. She raised her hand and gently pinched the little guy's chubby face: "Second sister apologizes to you. You are a little man, so don't bother with second sister, okay?"

"Stop pinching my face!"

After slapping away the hand of his second sister Qin Yaxin that was pinching his face, the cute kid Xiaowu distanced himself from her, his tone revealing dissatisfaction:

"I accept your apology, but you have to remember to control your hands from now on. You absolutely must not pinch my face again!"

"why?"

Qin Yaxin asked.

"I want to be as good-looking as my big brother when I grow up, but you often pinch my face. What if you pinch my beautiful face to make it ugly? Will I become an ugly monster when I grow up?"

The cute kid Xiaowu said this seriously. Hearing this, Qin Yaxin laughed out loud: "I didn't expect you to be so conceited!"

"I'm not vain, I just want to be as good-looking as my big brother!"

The cute kid Xiaowu retorted.

"Why do you have to be as good-looking as Big Brother?"

Qin Yaxin found it very funny.

"Don't tell you!"

The cute kid Xiaowu snorted proudly.

The secret is only known to him, he won't tell anyone else.

"You don't want to find a wife as pretty as your sister-in-law in the future, do you?"

Qin Yaxin expressed her guess, and the next moment, her clever little brother's face turned red.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

The cute kid Xiaowu glared, then walked back to his room on his short legs, leaving a message: "Second sister, you are the most annoying. I have decided that you will not talk to me for two days. Don't talk to me!"

Hearing the laughter coming from behind him, the cute kid Xiaowu's short legs involuntarily quickened his pace.

"You, why do you insist on teasing Xiaowu?"

Li Jumei glanced at Qin Yaxin, smiled and shook her head.

"It's funny to see the little carrot-head in a hurry, so I can't help but want to tease him."

Qin Yaxin smiled brightly: "Aunt, don't you think Xiaowu is fun?"

Li Jumei looked helpless: "No matter how much fun it is, we have to save some face for the children."

"Second sister, my brother and I are not that big, but like what aunt said, we kids also need to save face!"

The little girl Qin Yaxuan looked at her second sister Qin Yaxin with disapproval.

"Okay, okay, okay, I'm your second sister, I was wrong, I shouldn't have teased your little brother!"

Patting the little girl's head, Qin Yaxin took her hand and walked to the fireplace. The two sisters sat on two bamboo chairs opposite Li Jumei.

"Auntie."

Li Jumei looked at Qin Yaxin with a smile on her face: "..." She didn't know what the little girl wanted to say to her.

"Do you think Qin Yaqing is stupid?"

Qin Yaxin complained about her elder sister: "My parents didn't agree with her going to the countryside back then, saying they could help her find a job. But she ended up stealing money from home and running off to Heilongjiang Province without my parents' knowledge."

"We are sisters from the same family. Please stop calling your eldest sister by her name. As for your eldest sister going to the countryside, it is a national policy. Take the educated youth in our village for example. Didn't they all leave their homes in the city and come all the way to our village to join the production team?"

Li Jumei had heard Song Sanhe talk about the educated youth going to the countryside many times at home.

The state has requirements, even if the villagers think that the educated youth cannot lift or carry anything, and cannot earn a few work points in the village, and will only cause trouble.

But since the country has made the arrangements, there must be reasons for it.

"Aunt, I don't want to call Qin Yaqing Big Sister, at least not yet. And she didn't go to the countryside with the great ideal of building the countryside, she went there for a man."

Qin Yaxin curled her lips and said, "Now that she can be brought back by my sister-in-law, I guess she must have been dumped by that guy, otherwise, she would definitely not follow my sister-in-law back obediently."

"..."

Li Jumei's face was expressionless. She looked at Qin Yaxin quietly for a moment and said, "Don't mention the words that affected your elder sister's reputation to anyone again."

After a short pause, she said solemnly, "I haven't been educated much, but I still understand the principle of 'people's words are scary'."

Qin Yaxin: “…”

There was no sound for a long while.

"Gossip can sometimes kill people like a knife. You are a good child. I don't want you to regret it one day."

Li Jumei looked at Qin Yaxin without blinking: "You'd better listen to what your aunt says."

Turning her gaze to the little girl Qin Yaxuan, Li Jumei's expression softened: "Xiao Liu, you should also remember what your aunt said. You must not mention what your second sister just said outside."

"Ok!"

The little girl Qin Yaxuan nodded her head.

-

"Rest in your room first. I'll come over and ask you to take a shower so you can feel fresher."

Just as Qin Yaxin and Qin Boyan had said in the living room before, Song Lan comforted Qin Yaqing with kind words, left this sentence, turned around and walked out of the room.

As her footsteps faded away, Qin Yaqing looked around the room where she was now.

A desk, a chair, a bed, a small wardrobe and a washbasin rack behind the door.

Standing up from the bed, Qin Yaqing turned around and looked at the quilt that was folded neatly, thick and soft.

She could see that the bedding, sheets and quilt covers on the bed were all brand new.

For a moment, my eyes were filled with soreness.

After a moment, she wiped the corners of her eyes, walked to the closet, and opened it casually.

What caught my eye were neatly folded base layers and blue floral cotton jackets and woolen coats hanging on clothes hangers...

It is not difficult to tell from the size of the clothes that they are prepared for her.

Unable to control herself any longer, Qin Yaqing closed the wardrobe, sat on the chair, covered her face with her hands, and cried silently.

Until she heard Song Lan's voice outside the door, she stopped crying, but did not get up to open the door, so as to avoid being seen by her sister-in-law Song Lan.

"Big sister, the hot water is ready, and the clothes are in the closet. Please pack up and go to the bathroom to wash up."

Song Lan stood outside the door and knocked lightly. She didn't think much about it when she heard no response.

"Sister-in-law, why don't you go wash first!"

This is Qin Boyan's voice: "At worst, I can boil some hot water later."

Standing in front of his door with a towel in hand, Qin Boyan said to Song Lan while wiping his hair.

"also."

As the door in front of her was not opening for a long time, Song Lan could only nod to Qin Boyan.

It’s cold, and hot water will turn cold after a while, so it’s better to prepare some hot water for her after she takes a shower.

"Big sister, I'm going to take a shower first in case the water gets cold. I'll call you later."

After the voice fell, Song Lan turned and left.

More than half an hour later, Qin Yaqing heard Song Lan's voice coming from outside the door again. This time she opened the door directly.

"Sister-in-law."

"Get your change of clothes and I'll take you to the bathroom."

Song Lan smiled as she saw Qin Yaqing pick up the clean clothes on the bed and the washbasin. She said, "Let's go."

There were towels and soap in the washbasin.

"Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Thank you for everything you prepared for me!

"You are welcome."

Song Lan walked in front and Qin Yaqing followed behind her.

-

After Song Lan, Qin Boyan and Qin Yaqing were all dressed, Li Jumei served three bowls of rolled noodles to the three of them in front of the big fireplace in the living room.

"Second brother, you come wash the dishes. I will take your eldest sister to complete the employment procedures while the factory is still busy. This way, she can go to work early tomorrow morning."

Song Lan was trying to prevent Qin Yaqing from having wild thoughts while sitting idle at home.

"it is good."

Qin Boyan had no objection.

Song Lan: "Big sister, do you want to go back to your room and tidy up?"

Qin Yaqing nodded and said "hmm".

About five or six minutes later, Song Lan came to the single room with her bag and saw Qin Yaqing returning to the living room with two pigtails that reached down to her chest, wearing the army green jacket and navy blue pants that she had made for her.

She was wearing a blue cotton jacket with floral patterns that she had sewn.

Wearing a red cashmere scarf and a pair of woolen gloves, she doesn't look bloated at all.

"very energetic!"

After the two sisters-in-law walked out of the door, Song Lan said, "After we finish the employment formalities, I will take you to the Propaganda Department to get acquainted with the place. You will be the Propaganda Department officer in the future."

"This job must cost a lot of money, right?"

Qin Yaqing asked.

“It didn’t cost any money, it was given by the state.”

Song Lan briefly explained the origin of the work indicators, and then heard Qin Yaqing's moved and guilty voice.

"Sister-in-law, you...you don't have to be so nice to me. I don't deserve it...actually, I shouldn't have followed you and my second brother back.

Based on my behavior in the past few years, I deserve to struggle in poverty in the village for the rest of my life.

But I shamelessly followed you and returned to my current home to enjoy everything you prepared for me, sister-in-law... I really don't deserve it!

When I left with you, I just wanted to leave the past behind and not see the person who hurt me again... Wasn't my mentality at that time to escape..."

"Didn't you let it go?"

Song Lan asked.

Qin Yaqing shook her head: "On the way back, I completely let it go. He and I are strangers. If! If I still think about the past and think about him, it would undoubtedly be a shame.

Besides, he never liked me. I was stupid and didn’t see through his mind. I thought he liked me as much as I did… Now that I’ve woken up from the dream, I won’t humiliate myself anymore.”

Qin Yaqing sniffed with red eyes and said, "He is not the only man in the world. Since he has no intention and only wants to use me, why should I care about him?"

"I'm relieved if you think so."

Song Lan's voice was light and contained a hint of smile: "We have to look forward as human beings. Let the past go. I believe that sooner or later you will meet a boy who is truly good to you."

"I just want to work hard now and won't consider relationship issues in the short term."

After calming down, Qin Yaqing said, "I am really unfilial to my parents. To my younger brothers and sisters, I am not worthy of being the eldest sister, nor the eldest brother's sister."

Song Lan: "Don't say that. Everyone gets confused sometimes. It's good enough to wake up now."

"I was able to wake up thanks to what you said, sister-in-law. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would be stuck in a dead end for the rest of my life."

Qin Yaqing said this from the bottom of her heart. She was very grateful to her sister-in-law Song Lan for the words she said to her alone outside the gate of the Youth League Institute.

A person cannot be without blood. Even if she is a girl, she should have some blood, stick to her bottom line and maintain her self-esteem.

What if... What if she didn't follow her elder sister-in-law and second brother to leave Qiaoxingtun, but continued to focus on Wen Qiming, humbly hoping that he would look back at her, humbly hoping that he would like her again, is this any different from trampling on her self-esteem?

What bottom line is there?

"Congratulations on your new life!"

Song Lan suddenly said this. Hearing her words, Qin Yaqing was stunned for a moment, then smiled. She wiped her eyes and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law! I really feel like a newborn now. Sister-in-law's description is very appropriate!"

"Girls should smile more, live a relaxed and happy life, and not worry too much."

Song Lan said slowly, "When you work in the Propaganda Department in the future, you can practice your writing skills in your spare time, such as submitting articles to newspapers to get your works published."

"Can I?"

Qin Yaqing said: "When I was in school, I actually liked writing. Later, when I went to the countryside, I didn't have the time and I didn't have the mood, so I didn't write again."

"Have confidence in yourself!"

Song Lan encouraged.