90s Little Struggle

Chapter 126 Gifts
Xiao Jianjun looked at the whole ham in the big bamboo basket, and hurriedly refused: "No, I really don't need it, I don't want it."

Zhao Laosi also insisted on going out: "It's all my own stuff, Brother Xiao, don't refuse."

Xiao Jianjun has been using his mouth but not his hands these years. In terms of strength, he is really not as good as the eldest brother Zhao, and he has two nieces who are "holding back", so he can only watch him carry two bamboo baskets, one big and one small. in the car.

Zhao Laosi really gave him a gift very sincerely.

Not only because this is the second time for him to send his daughters back, but also because he is thinking that when his daughters are admitted to the provincial university, they will be close to his uncle, so that he can take care of him in case something happens.

Who told them to stay far away, it was really inconvenient to transfer and wait for the bus to go to the provincial capital.

It's not good to hold Buddha's feet temporarily, and we must deal with each other now.

The most important thing is that he looks at this boss Xiao much more pleasing to his eyes than the second brother Xiao.

He is being generous now, just to make face for his wife and let him know that Julan did not marry the wrong person this time.

Therefore, he endured the pain in his heart and gave a generous gift.

Now Xiao Jianjun also understood that he was giving it sincerely, not politely.

He could only be 'forced' to accept it, and got in the car after being polite.

Before he could turn the car around, an ox cart came ahead with several baskets full of moso bamboo shoots.

Xiao Hong saw that his uncle had brought bamboo shoots to his family, and hurriedly asked his sister to get the sack, then turned to smile at Xiao Jianjun: "Coincidentally, bamboo shoots were delivered from home, this is not worth much, but it must be fresh when you dig it, uncle You happened to take it home and stew it with bacon, my sister Mengqiu would definitely like to eat this."

Not only Xiao Mengqiu likes to eat it, Mengqiu's father also likes to eat it.

Thinking of the taste, Xiao Jianjun was almost drooling, and felt that he had taken all the valuable ham, and he would not refuse the bamboo shoots that cost seven to eight cents a catty, and said with a smile: "Then I will not be polite, Get me two."

Now is the season with the most moso bamboo shoots. A moso bamboo shoot weighs at least five or six catties, and some weigh more than ten catties.

There must be some to buy in the provincial capital, but it is definitely not new.

Xiao Hong asked Wu Julan to help her hold the sack, and she and her sister quickly filled a sack into it.

Anyway, the Shen sisters couldn't move it together, so it was Zhao Boss and Zhao Lao Si who carried it into the car together.

Xiao Jianjun, who only wanted two or three bamboo shoots, wanted to refuse, but he couldn't move on. In the end, he could only thank him three times before driving away.

He saw several people riding tricycles, driving tractors, and driving ox carts greeting Mr. Zhao, and he was afraid that if he didn't leave, something would be stuffed into the car when he got off.

He was a little embarrassed to face such a generous and enthusiastic person.

It's not that he didn't receive 'gifts' and 'specialties' privately in his work unit, but that was when others wanted something from him, so he did what he could and followed the trend.

Now facing people who didn't ask him for help, he was so generous, which made him a little embarrassed.

If you drive to the provincial capital by yourself, you don't need to wait for a bus, change trains, and stop constantly. The speed is naturally faster.

He went out at seven o'clock. Although he took the sisters back and made a detour and went out for more than half an hour, it was only after eleven o'clock when he got home.

He parked the car outside the door first, and went in to call his children and his wife who was on the night shift: "Don't eat, go and help take the things in the car home."

Sun Mingzhu works the night shift, they are all old fritters, and they will take the opportunity to sleep when there are no patients.

The main reason is that the hospital she works in is not the leading provincial university in the provincial capital, the attractive large hospital for women and children, but the nurses of the branch of the Chinese Medicine Hospital.

Most young people nowadays like to go to Western medicine. Fortunately, there are still some middle-aged and elderly people who are accustomed to Chinese medicine. However, there are relatively few hospitalized patients, and most of the time they can sleep soundly in the middle of the night.

So much so that after Sun Mingzhu came home from get off work, she could still go shopping and cook leisurely.

She was very dissatisfied with the fact that her husband borrowed a car to go back to his hometown. Besides, it's not that she doesn't know the iron-cocked temper of her younger siblings. When she heard what her husband said, she gave him an angry look: "You brought a bag of vegetables. Or a bag of radishes came back, and we all have to carry them?"

Xiao Haodong is also working as an intern at the Third Hospital, which is closer to home. Yesterday was the Ching Ming Festival, so it must not be his turn for a rookie who only entered the hospital to rest, but today is his turn to take a vacation at home.

He got up and asked in a good temper, "Dad, I'll get it."

They live in the unit building that Xiao Jianjun was newly assigned a few years ago, with a total of four floors.

The current railway bureau is an awesome unit, and it is still very generous to the cadres who have been on the job for many years. Each house has three bedrooms and one living room, about [-] square meters.

It is very enviable even now.

It's just that their house is on the third floor, so carrying important things will test one's physical strength.

"You can't do it alone!" Xiao Jianjun stood at the door, and said in a helpless tone to show off: "I will send Xiao Hong and the others back, their stepfather is really good, he insisted on bringing me a sack of bamboo shoots, and The bacon and stuff filled up the van."

When his mother was still alive, when he came back from his hometown, Grandma Xiao would prepare chickens, ducks, eggs, and fresh vegetables for him to bring back to eat.

But after Grandma Xiao passed away, he no longer had the rewarding treatment.

Unexpectedly, he was still the niece's stepfather, allowing him to enjoy this treatment again.

Hearing his words, Xiao Haonan, who also came back from get off work to eat, also got up: "No wonder our dad can't carry it. The bamboo shoots are really heavy, so I really have to go with my brother."

His grades were not good, Xiao Jianjun arranged for him to work in the railway bureau after graduating from high school, and now he works at the ticket office.

They can rest for two hours at noon, and they are not far from home anyway. Knowing that his mother is on night shift and will definitely be able to cook, he simply goes home to eat.

Xiao Jianjun also asked his wife to get a snakeskin bag: "It's not that I look down on you brothers, that bag is not light, should we divide it into two bags?"

Xiao Mengqiu originally wanted to go with his father yesterday, but he had a stomachache, and was afraid that it would be too painful to find a toilet halfway, so he simply stayed at home to rest.

Now he also got up to join in the fun: "It's Xiao Hongshi who knows that I like to eat bamboo shoots. I will definitely go back with my dad to see them next time."

When the family came downstairs, some neighbors who were eating out with bowls saw them and asked curiously, "Where are you and your family going?"

Sun Mingzhu, who was not sure how many bamboo shoots there were, was afraid that there would not be enough to distribute to the neighbors, so she smiled: "Nowhere, Lao Xiao brought some food back home, and I asked them to pick it up."

Xiao Jianjun opened the car door and signaled his two sons to get down a sack of bamboo shoots first, otherwise no one would be able to get in to get the other two baskets.

(End of this chapter)