jdhmnovel Chapter 140 Love each other as a family
Chapter 140 Love each other as a family
He Qiaoyun spent two days clearing weeds and spraying pesticides before finally completing the greenhouse maintenance.
With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, many fruit shops and vendors started urging her to buy longans, saying they wanted to make a quick buck during the festival.
She wasn't in a hurry; she rested for two days before arranging for people to come and harvest the fruit.
A few days later, as the Mid-Autumn Festival drew closer, she confirmed the design of the gift box with Chen Jingzhou and then went to the custom shop to pick up the box.
Chen Jingzhou's law firm had grown big and was not short of money. In order to give his employees a good impression, he ordered two styles: the second was a transparent film window for longan, and the third was a combination of box and bag for grapes.
The box could hold two bunches of Shine Muscat grapes. He knew that it wasn't easy for He Qiaoyun to grow fruit, and how much money a few bunches of grapes would cost, so he didn't let her give them away for free and paid for the grapes himself.
During her free time in the evening, He Qiaoyun assembled all the cardboard boxes. In addition to Chen Jingzhou's share, she also took on two other companies' orders, but the quantities were not large.
The other two companies, unlike Chen Jingzhou, didn't spend money extravagantly; they ordered the first, simplified portable version.
Although it wasn't much, it took quite a bit of time to assemble. Luckily, Sister Xia came over in the evening and helped her out.
Sister Xia chatted with her while eating mooncakes and assembling the equipment. Time passed quickly, and the work was finished.
Before leaving, He Qiaoyun gave Xia Jie a small box of mooncakes, half a pound of five-nut and char siu flavor. She had bought three on her way to pick up the box today, thinking that she couldn't finish them all by herself.
Sister Xia quickly declined, "No need, no need. I just came to chat with you since I had nothing else to do. I folded it for you while I was at it. Do you think I'm your helper?"
He Qiaoyun laughed, "Of course that's not what I meant. I just wanted to give it to you so you can take it home and eat it."
Sister Xia accepted it. "Then I'll take it back. Oh dear, I'm so embarrassed. But this brand does taste pretty good. I'll buy a few later. I think they sell them in town."
He Qiaoyun nodded, "Yes, I saw people setting up stalls when I went to town to deliver fruit the day before yesterday."
"That's fine."
After seeing Sister Xia off, she closed the door, then piled up the boxes scattered on the ground to make way for her. She checked the time and it was already 9:30.
After taking a nice shower, she turned on her computer as usual and wrote down today's accounts.
After all that trouble, it was past 10 p.m. when I finally shut down the computer.
I lay down on the bed with my phone in my hand and finished editing 80% of the videos I'd been working on over the past two days. I'm exhausted.
Being a successful woman is never easy, she thought to herself.
Finally, I have some time to myself. A new WeChat group pops up: "We are a loving family." [heart emoji]
The family group chat was disbanded long ago because of her divorce from Xu Hui. Now, when you click on the group member list, the number of people is neatly arranged, including Xu Hui.
Xu Feichi: [Mom, do you have any plans for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival?]
Xu Xiucheng: [Mom, it's been so long since we've had a proper holiday together. Let's spend Mid-Autumn Festival together this year.]
The two sons spoke, while the two daughters-in-law and the daughter remained silent.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Lin Liu, remained silent because she knew her mother-in-law probably didn't want to spend the holiday with them. The second daughter-in-law was silent because she didn't want to talk to He Qiaoyun at all. And her daughter was working the night shift and didn't have time to check her phone.
After a moment, Xu Hui stepped forward and said, "I'll book a restaurant this time. Let's celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival there and have a lively family reunion dinner. What do you think?"
After more than a year of turmoil, Xu Hui finally saw through it all and realized that nothing is more important than a family having a lively meal together. He truly regretted his actions and was determined to win He Qiaoyun back.
However, the truth is that men only think of the warmth of their family when they are having a bad time outside, and try to get comfort and care from it. Xu Hui is exactly this kind of person.
But He Qiaoyun is no longer the same little woman who would compromise and give in if you just said a few nice words or softened your stance.
She declined, saying, "You guys can have your own gathering. I don't have time; I have other plans."
Xu Hui sent a voice message, praising He Qiaoyun highly: "You're wrong. A family should be together. How can you be missing? You're the head of the family. Besides, it's a major holiday, a national celebration and a significant traditional holiday. What other plans could you possibly have? Even if you're busy, you have to make time for this day."
Xu Feichi: [Yes, Mom. It's a rare holiday, so please take a couple of days off and give yourself a break.]
Xu Xiucheng: [That's right. Humans aren't machines. Even robots need to stop, rest, and recharge.]
Xu Hui: "Yes, Fei Chi and Xiu Cheng are right. Qiao Yun, just listen to your two sons. Let's sit down together as a family and have a Mid-Autumn Festival feast."
Seeing that her two sons were both siding with Xu Hui, He Qiaoyun couldn't help but force a smile and bluntly replied, "I don't want to eat with you."
The message was sent, but no one replied.
After a while, her daughter, Xu Hemei, replied: "I can't either, I'm on duty at the hospital for the Mid-Autumn Festival. You guys go ahead and have your get-together."
Xu Hui: "The Mid-Autumn Festival dinner will definitely be in the evening, right? Xiao Mei, ask your boss for leave tonight."
Xu Hemei: "No, I'm on the night shift, which starts at six o'clock. I can't take leave."
Xu Hui said with some disappointment, "What's going on at your hospital? How can this be?"
Xu Hemei: "What can I do? That's how the hospital schedules are."
After saying that, she ignored Xu Hui and turned to He Qiaoyun for a private chat: "Mom, I'm not actually on duty for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's go shopping and eat out. It's been so long since we've gone shopping; it's a good opportunity to spend that big sum of money."
She was supposed to be on duty, but the director suddenly changed her shift for some unknown reason, saying that she was a young person with a tough job and shouldn't be stuck in the hospital on duty all the time. She should spend the holidays with her family.
The director covered her shift, giving her a free day off. She figured she might as well take it; the director was being incredibly kind.
He Qiaoyun chuckled and replied, "Sure, I'll come find you in the city after I finish working in the orchard."
Xu Hemei: [Then it's settled.]
He Qiaoyun: [Okay, I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight.]
He exited the chat window, but instead of putting down his phone, he unconsciously opened Feng Jiashu's chat window and scrolled through the previous chat history.
Since their late-night phone call, he hasn't sent her any more messages, not even the usual greetings.
People are prone to overthinking late at night. As she scrolled through her chat history, her thoughts were like threads, intricately intertwined, leaving her restless.
I went through the entire chat history from beginning to end, and didn't put my phone down until midnight.