A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 284 Discussing Return Gifts

Rolling mills are not alone in their decline in factory output.

In fact, not only BJ City, but also factories across the country are facing such problems.

As for the emergence of such problems, everyone knows the reasons.

Li Xiang thought it was a pity that the productivity that he had managed to improve in the past few years had been brought back to its original shape.

Professor Hao comforted him that without the improvement in previous years, today's data would only look more terrifying.

Everyone’s efforts in the past were not in vain.

He encouraged Li Xiang to look forward, showing that he was more convinced that the future would be bright than Li Xiang, a man who knew the future.

Even though the couple are trapped here and have not been able to see their relatives for a long time.

Contrary to the problems in industry, agriculture has remained very stable in such an environment.

For a while, even individual agricultural products did not require tickets to be purchased.

This cola is bad. Women like Mother Li, who have to worry about the food for the whole family, buy agricultural products that are free of charge as if they are free of charge, and move them home as hard as they can.

Whether it's making pickles or jam, it's a joy to make.

On this day, Li Xiang came back and saw Qiu Fanghua helping Li's mother pickle pickles again.

Black lines appeared on his forehead. He pointed to several large vats in the corner of the yard and said, "As for you, you are already so old. You will have enough to eat until the next year."

Li's mother disliked him for not being a householder and didn't know how to spend money on firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Such a good thing that does not require tickets does not happen every month or every year.

The word "morning and evening change" is perfectly suitable to be used in the vegetable market.

This morning, a family can still buy half a catty, but in the afternoon, it can be changed to two taels per family.

Mother Li felt that she was preparing for a rainy day, so she couldn't get enough of it when she caught it.

Holding back your energy, you have to work hard to get all the sweet, salty, sour and spicy food at once.

"What do you know? I don't think enough of this. Mr. Hao's place, your uncle's house, Guoqing's house, Fanghua's house, and your classmates from other places have mailed a lot of things. We must not return the gift. , divide it into some more in the courtyard, now tell me, there are still more." Li's mother counted them on her fingers for Li Xiang to listen.

Qiu Fanghua watched Li Xiang being scolded by Mother Li without saying a word, covering her mouth and laughing.

Well, there are indeed a lot of people to take care of. Li Xiang raised his hands in surrender.

However, Li Xiang still has something to say about returning gifts to his classmates.

"Mom, you can't just pick up all the homemade ones. I brought back a lot of dim sum tickets a few days ago. Then I'll buy some of our BJ's special dim sum and mail them over."

"It's possible. Not to mention that it's easy to break. Our special ones are all in bulk. Don't let anyone tear them apart." Mother Li had no problem with buying pastries, but she was worried about being eaten by others.

Mother Li's worry is not unreasonable. It is common for things to get lost when mailing packages these days, especially when it comes to food.

Some people are very courageous, but even if they pinch it accurately, you can't find out which link is missing.

The ones in closed packaging can be more restrained, but if they are scattered and left unfinished, it will be considered polite to you.

"It's okay, I'll change the address to their work this time."

"Okay, those units of theirs are also prestigious and should be able to shock people." Mother Li felt that this was also a way.

Qiu Fanghua counted the number of people, fearing that Li Xiang didn't have enough votes, so she took advantage of Li Xiang's mother to go into the kitchen to get salt and asked him in a low voice:

"Are there enough tickets? I have a few more here."

Li Xiang rolled up his sleeves and came over to wash vegetables with her. When he heard her ask, he replied: "Didn't my mother tell you? The refrigerator factory received a reward a few days ago and gave a lot of money tickets, especially the snack tickets." , I don’t have to worry about giving gifts during the Chinese New Year this year, and I don’t know where they got all these.”

"Auntie mentioned it to me two days ago, but those are canned tickets." Canned tickets are indeed rarer than dim sum tickets.

Although dim sum is difficult to buy, the ingredients are not hard to come by.

No matter how tight the supplies are, there will never be a shortage of flour, sugar, etc. The basics are there.

On the other hand, even when fruits are in season, they are still rare, and the fresh ones are not enough to fill the teeth.

Not to mention that from the huge demand, some left over can be used to make canned fruits.

Qiu Fanghua had good intentions, but Li Xiang still refused.

It wasn't because he was embarrassed to reach out to the girl.

But I think it’s unnecessary. Although canned food is rare, it’s because it’s expensive, not because it’s unavailable.

It is a popular product that can be found all over the country.

Li thought, it would be more interesting to send gifts by mailing something that is not available locally.

After Qiu Fanghua listened to his explanation, she felt relieved.

The project of pickling pickles was due to the labor of Li Xiang.

The speed has improved a lot. The work that was originally expected to take two hours was almost half a point ahead of schedule.

By the time the eldest sister comes back from get off work, the finishing touches have already begun.

In addition, because of Qiu Fanghua's arrival, Li Xiaodi, who was sent out to buy vegetables by his mother, finally came back with a vegetable basket.

"You kid, where did you go? It took you so long to buy cauliflower." Mother Li became furious when she saw him.

From home to the vegetable market, it is only a short distance away at most, and that is when the vegetable basket is full and there is a long queue.

Little Brother Li was only assigned the task of buying meat, and there was no need to waste time buying other things.

It took more than two hours for him to be there, which was obviously very unreasonable.

Therefore, Mother Li scolded him as soon as she saw him. It was not just because she disliked him.

"Hey, Mom, if you knew what happened to me today, you would definitely not say this." Li Xiaodi put the vegetable basket on the ground, with an expression on his face that was hard to describe.

He even regretted why he had to follow him to find out why.

"Why, look at what you said, you are still a little aggrieved. Tell me, what could have delayed you for a while." Mother Li would like to hear what kind of thing made Little Brother Li what he is today. look.

Li Xiaodi was confused for a moment, what should he say about this kind of thing.

He is now half a child, and he is no longer as heartless as before.

And the shock from the moment he saw it made him wonder if he was blinded.

"What on earth is going on that makes you so entangled that you can't even tell your family?" Li Xiang became curious when he saw Little Brother Li's rare entanglement.

"I'm not sure, maybe I saw it wrong." Li Xiaodi said this, ignored the vegetable basket on the ground, and walked into the house.

The other people left in the courtyard looked at me and you, and they were all a little confused.

Everyone has common questions in their heads at this time.

What kind of thing does this have to be that would make Little Brother Li, who always speaks quickly and doesn't think twice about what he's saying, hold back and be unwilling to say anything like this.

(End of this chapter)