The happy life of the landlady

Chapter 284
"Old man Xu, I'm getting jealous of you more and more, what should I do?"

"Cold salad!" Mr. Xu blew on the tea foam and drank a sip of tea happily. Once again, he felt that the Xu family didn't know how many incense burners and how many Buddhas they worshiped in their previous lives to get such a cute, intelligent, sensible and filial Xu Lijuan. granddaughter!
Looking at Mr. Xu with a gratified expression, Mr. Fu only felt that his heart was even more sour. However, in the near future, Xu Lijuan will become his grandson-in-law, and he, as a grandfather, can also enjoy Xu Lijuan's love as a matter of course. His filial piety allowed him to suppress the emotions of envy, jealousy, and hatred that were about to burst out, and he returned to his usual unpredictable and profound appearance.

It's a pity that Mr. Xu is an out-and-out old fox, how could he not be aware of what Mr. Fu was thinking?However, right now, Mr. Xu is immersed in the dream of which clothes, accessories, and snacks he should wear tomorrow, and then to show off in front of his friends, so he has no time to pay attention to Mr. Fu. The mentality of "saying grapes are sour if you can't eat grapes".

Alas, I never thought before that such an old man, half of his body buried in the soil, could still worry about what clothes to wear every day.

It's such a sweet burden.

If Mr. Fu knew what was in Mr. Xu's heart, he would probably stop pulling Mr. Xu's arm and roaring with his full of envy, jealousy and hatred, so that Mr. Xu could understand how "born in a blessing without knowing his blessings" !
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Because there were more Mr. Fu who bickered with Mr. Xu regardless of time and place, the Xu family had a lively dinner that night, and they couldn't get involved in the argument between the two old men. They could only treat themselves as Xu Ankang, Du Mengqi, and Xu Lijuan, an invisible person, all got what they wanted from the information that the two elders revealed intentionally or unintentionally, and they couldn't help but look forward to such an argument between the two elders when they were not at odds. It’s also good for these juniors to try their best to learn the essence of it, and then use it in their lives, and adjust it at any time according to the actual situation, until this characteristic has been integrated into their own bones and blood and become a part of their body until.

But, no matter what, both Mr. Xu and Mr. Fu are very satisfied with this dinner. Even Mr. Xu is rarely looking forward to Mr. Fu's next dinner. Maybe I will make one or two more meat dishes with a strong taste...

Well, Xu Lao at this time has long forgotten that when Xu Lijuan usually cooks, she will also cook one or two heavy meat dishes, but it will limit how much Xu Lao eats.

After dinner, Mr. Xu and Mr. Fu went out for a walk together, and Xu Ankang and Du Mengqi also found another direction to press the road. Only Xu Lijuan was taken by everyone as "just finished the exam, rest early" The excuse was dismissed.

So, Xu Lijuan, who was lazily leaning on the bedside, took a novel placed by the bedside casually, and while reading it, whispered the old-fashioned dialogues and plots in the book, only lying on her lap and closing her eyes Yangshen Dingdang couldn't help opening his eyes any longer, and said with extreme dissatisfaction: "I said, Xiaojuan, just read the novel, don't comment while reading, and spit from time to time, okay? Is it okay to be commented like this by you?" , I suddenly felt that the TV series and novels I was chasing before were full of thunder, and I couldn’t watch them anymore, what should I do? Didn’t this take away my last entertainment activities to pass the time?!”

"Yo~" Xu Lijuan closed the book in her hand, and jokingly said, "Ding Dang, it's hard for you to finally wake up and realize that the TV dramas and novels you watched before are full of bugs and bugs, and they can't stand any scrutiny at all. what?"

"The so-called novels come from life, but are higher than life." Ding Dang rolled his eyes, "Do you think who doesn't know the 'Prince Charming', 'Sparrow Turns into a Phoenix', 'XX President', and 'XX Killer' described in novels and TV? "The plots of 'XX Agent' are all fake? Isn't it because these things don't exist in real life, and they are so cruel that people are chilling, so they rely on the plots of TV and novels, fantasizing themselves as the heroine in it, which is as cool as that. The domineering male protagonist talks about a vigorous love, and experiences a vigorous love that is cared and loved by a tall, rich and handsome man in the palm of his hand. Or you can cry and laugh with the protagonist in it, so as to experience the love that you encounter in life Vent out all the negative emotions generated by injustice, maintain a healthier mind, and then continue to fight for your future with a hundredfold spirit!"

"Well... well, there is some truth to what you say." Although Xu Lijuan is a top student, it doesn't mean that she is the kind of nerd who "keeps her ears off the window and only reads sage books". In Sun Manxue's intentional or unintentional actions, she still read these novels, and because of this, she believed in Sun Manxue's "good words of love" so much in her previous life, and used them reluctantly to pursue Lin Haocang.

And what happened later also proved that these novels that are too exaggerated and have no three views are really the best way to destroy people...

However, such people are a minority after all, and most people still rationally separate fiction from reality, and do not place their spirits on those illusory storylines, so Xu Lijuan touched Ding Dong's The head: "Then you can enjoy these thunder dramas slowly, I will not accompany you."

Ding Dang patted Xu Lijuan's messy fingers away, and said angrily: "You don't know that your head can be broken, but your hairstyle must not be messed up?"

"I don't know." Xu Lijuan spread her hands, her face full of innocence, "You are just a cute kitty, what do you want to do with such a cool hairstyle? Or, you made a little girlfriend before I knew it, so Want to maintain your best demeanor at all times?"

"What nonsense!" Ding Dang bared his teeth, and showed his sharp claws at Xu Lijuan, which were so bright that they could dazzle people's eyes under the light: "This food can be eaten indiscriminately, and the words must not be spoken indiscriminately. The word 'loyalty' is engraved on the soul, and you are always worried about when your merchant level will be raised again. The most perfect system, how can it be that kind of stupid and cute thing that eats, sleeps, and bites every day? It can be compared to a kitten playing with its tail!"

"Okay, I was wrong." Xu Lijuan patted Ding Dong's head comfortingly. When Ding Dong nodded in satisfaction and squinted her eyes, she quietly twisted Ding Dong's smooth hair into a small petal that reached the sky, and then Then he opened the plane trader with a smile on his face, and said, "If you didn't mention it, I almost forgot to talk to Hao." By the way, let's see if I can get the extra 50 catties of vegetables and fruits I bought in Province L a few days ago. Food and meat jerky and other items are traded, so that the system space can be emptied as soon as possible, and when Yu Jiayi, Lin Yuwen and Li Yingxue travel to L province and other places in a few days later, they will buy some things along the way to refill the space .

"Hmph!" Ding Dong gave Xu Lijuan a squinting look, and in the end, because Xu Lijuan finally remembered her responsibilities as a plane merchant again, she temporarily let Xu Lijuan go, and continued to lie back.

As for Xu Lijuan's temperament of inadvertently becoming a shopaholic and spending money like water?What does it matter? In short, Xu Lijuan is so good at making money, so of course she has to be even more good at spending money, so she won't waste her new life!

"Sir, it's a pleasure to see you again."

If two months ago, Xu Lijuan saw Hao with a ruddy complexion and a young man full of hope for the future, then at this moment, what Xu Lijuan saw was a pale face with thick black eyes. A middle-aged man with circles under his eyes, a trance-like expression, and a faint sense of despair on his body!
However, the moment he saw Xu Lijuan, Hao's dark eyes seemed to be injected with vitality.This kind of gaze that regards Xu Lijuan as a savior mixed with emotions such as sadness and despair that cannot be ignored is simply irresistible.

Therefore, Xu Lijuan couldn't help but asked with concern: "Hao, what's wrong with you?"

"Benefactor..." Hao looked at Xu Lijuan with a puzzled expression, hesitant to speak.I don't know what he suddenly thought of. While shaking his head frequently, he suppressed all the emotions that shouldn't appear on his face, and returned to the respect he had when he saw Xu Lijuan before: "Hao is nothing. I don't know that my benefactor contacted Hao today, but there is What needs Hao to deal with? No matter what kind of orders the benefactor has, Hao will try his best to do it for the benefactor!"

"Hao, I don't have anything for you to do for me right now, but you look like this..." Xu Lijuan rubbed her forehead helplessly, and said seriously: "No matter what difficulties you have, as long as I can help you , just say it.”

"This..." Hao's complexion kept changing. In the end, he was still affected by the despair and sadness that lingered over the entire tribe recently. For help, and because of the mellow persuasion from the patriarch, elders and others these days, he simply knelt on the ground and begged: "I beg the benefactor to save our tribe."

"What happened to your tribe?" Xu Lijuan was not surprised at Hao's plea for help. She even thought that what could make the people on the primitive planet so sad and desperate was either lack of food or clothing or sickness that required a lot of medicine. She didn't know Hao's tribe What kind of situation did you encounter.

"Is such that……"

It turns out that the snow season on the planet where Hao is located is earlier and colder than in previous years.A month ago, the three tribes near Hao's tribe had died of freezing and starvation one after another.After all, in previous snow seasons, those hunters with good hunting skills could still find their prey, but this year it was very difficult to find prey. Those three tribes had been forced to migrate months ago due to hunger and frequent hunting of large game.

Such a season is not suitable for migration, so that after a long journey, there are less than a thousand people left in Hao's tribe.You know, among the three tribes in the past, the largest tribe had [-] tribesmen, and the smallest tribe had [-] tribesmen!
It can be seen from this that how many people will die from natural disasters during the snow season every year, and this is also the most critical reason why the primitive planet where Hao lives is not enough people, and technology will not be able to develop for a while.

And Hao's tribe was originally a small tribe with less than [-] people. Although the vegetables, fruits, grains, dried meat and other food that Xu Lijuan traded with Xu Lijuan were relatively abundant, because Hao did not expect this year's The snow season is the coldest in decades, so even if every clansman wears a heavy down jacket and lies in a warm bed, they still feel the chill emanating from the bones.And at this time, food, especially hot soup and the like, became something that everyone sought after!

Because of this, after accepting more than 1000 people from other tribes, in just half a month, Hao found sadly that there was not much food left that was quite plentiful.According to the current situation, no matter how frugal everyone is, several people sleep in the same quilt to keep each other warm, and the leftover food is only enough for five or six days of chewing!
What people fear most is not having no hope, but being forced to face despair after being given hope. Hao is like this.Because he is just the most common plane businessman, and his business level is only F-level. He is not like Xu Lijuan, a businessman who is bound to a plane landlady trader. No matter what level he is in, he can contact people from other planes at will. Merchant, Hao's merchant level is doomed that he can only passively wait for the initiative of other merchants to contact him!
So, faced with less and less food and imminent death, Hao has been unable to sleep for several days and nights, and the patriarchs and elders of the tribe have been praying for several days, hoping that Xu Lijuan will have a sudden inspiration Contact Hao immediately!
Tsk... This sour feeling of being regarded as a "savior"!

Xu Lijuan rubbed her stiff face, which had been maintaining a fixed expression, and said, "Hao, I still have some vegetables, melons, fruits and grains here. I can trade with you now. How much more do you need?"

"Also, do you still need the warm items I provided last time?"

"Benefactor, thank you very much." Hao made another big gift, and then respectfully handed over a list of required items that had been written long ago.

This is a list written on the cloth, Xu Lijuan just casually glanced at it, and knew that this piece of cloth was torn from Hao's down jacket, looked at Hao's cautious expression on the screen, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

If she guessed right, if it wasn't for Hao holding a plane trader, who could wait for contact from plane merchants in other time and space like her at any time, so as to trade some food, it is estimated that Hao's body can maintain the image and keep warm at the same time. Functional cotton clothes have long been contributed to the elderly and children in the refugee tribes to keep warm.

This is the biggest difference between people living on primitive planets and people living on the high-tech planet Earth.And even though Xu Lijuan has been wandering in the capital for a long time with the posture of a soul, seeing the ugliness and gloom hidden in the dark, and her heart has long been hardened by her, she still can't help but cry for such a simple friendship. move.

Looking at the spacious cave with only a few boxes of dry food left on the screen, Xu Lijuan can no longer imagine the pain, anxiety, and anticipation that Hao, who has been staying in this cave for storing food and waiting for her to contact her, has experienced in the past few days. In it, mixed with emotions such as desperation that cannot be ignored.

"Hao, I can trade the vegetables, fruits, grains and jerky you need to you right now."

When the words fell, Xu Lijuan passed all the 50 catties of vegetables, fruits, grains, dried meat and candy in the system space to the past, until Hao retreated again and again, and finally dug out the person from their tribe after working hard for several days After the extra-large cave was filled, the heart that had raised his throat at some point finally fell back to the original place, and a light smile of relief appeared on his face.

It wasn't until this time that Xu Lijuan discovered where the bad feeling that suddenly grew in her heart came from after she received Wen Zeyu's order for 150 million catties of vegetables, fruits, grains and other easy-to-storage items.If it weren't for one day when she was shopping for items, she suddenly found that she had bought some more items by accident, and the bad feeling that had been lingering in her heart would have faded a bit, which made her decide to buy more items. Decided, it's really hard to say how she can gather the items Hao needs in such a short period of time!
"Benefactor, in the spring of next year, the warriors of our tribe will work hard to find the widest and most fertile land for you, and build you the largest house in the whole tribe. At the same time, we will work hard to hunt, and all the fur this year will be given to you. Benefactor, to thank the benefactor for his help at this time."

"These are some small gifts brought by the migration of other tribes. They are not respectful. I hope the benefactors don't mind."

Ivory, wolf teeth, emeralds, diamonds, beautiful feathers of various colors, huge shells, beautiful coral trees...

At this moment, Xu Lijuan almost had the illusion that she was dealing with a businessman from the magical world.

Glancing at her with a look of expectation mixed with pleading, in the end, Xu Lijuan swallowed down her throat-rattling words of rejection.As a plane businessman, there should be contacts, so that we can maintain this kind of alliance relationship with the mutual help that only belongs to friends across the boundaries of time and space.

"Okay, at this time tomorrow, I will trade warm items with you again."

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The next morning, after breakfast, Xu Lijuan said to Du Mengqi: "Mom, let me prepare for this year's annual ceremony?"

Du Mengqi paused when she wiped her lips, and looked at Xu Ankang indiscriminately, then slowly put down the tissue and asked, "Xiaojuan, why did you suddenly think of this?" Xu Lijuan used to live in her own In the world, she helps to choose even the usual birthday presents, let alone such important gifts as annual gifts, and she doesn't even mention them.

"In a few days, I will go on a trip with Xiaoyi and Xiaoxue, and I will prepare some New Year's gifts, so that you don't have to worry about these tedious things while staying in the capital." Xu Lijuan tilted her head slightly, her pretty face The phoenix eyes blinked, and the look of "Look, I'm the most caring little cotton-padded jacket, so don't hurry up and praise me" was deliberately displayed on his face. Only when he sat on the side heard these words, he also felt different thoughts in his heart. Xu Ankang and Mr. Xu, who were once again angered by Lin Haocang and the Lin family, also laughed.

"Xiaojuan is such an obedient child. She knows how to share common affairs for me at such a young age." Thinking of the exquisite and thoughtful gifts that Xu Lijuan brought home every time during this period, Du Mengqi also breathed a sigh of relief, without hesitation After complimenting Xu Lijuan, she said with a smile: "In this case, I will entrust you with this great and difficult task. Later, I will copy a list of gifts that need to be given to you."

Xu Lijuan nodded proudly, and did not forget to give Du Mengqi a reassurance: "Mom, I will write a gift list according to the list you gave, and after I show it to you, I will prepare gifts."

"Okay." At this time, Du Mengqi once again realized the benefits of having a daughter. As for the son Xu Deyao who hasn't returned home for three to five years and only calls once a month, tsk...

It has to be said that at this moment, the same idea also appeared in the minds of Mr. Xu and Xu Ankang who were sitting quietly and watching the scene before them with a smile.It can be seen from this that Xu Lijuan can be favored in the Xu family, not because she is the only daughter of the three generations of the Xu family, the little princess of the Xu family, but because she also knows that the friendship between people is mutual care and love. Yes, you can't always accept but don't forget to give something in return. Then, in the long run, no matter how strong a person is, there will be a day when they can't bear it, and no matter how strong family affection is, there will be a day when it will fade.

While Xu Lijuan was tidying up the kitchen and cleaning the dishes, Du Mengqi compiled a list of gifts that needed to be given, including Wen's family, Yu's family, Gu's family, Yu's family and Fu's family who were close to Xu's family. , There are also some families who have a little less relationship with Xu's family, some people who have good friends with Xu Ankang, and even Du Mengqi's business partners.Of course, the relatives of the Xu family and the Du family who are scattered all over the country are absolutely indispensable.

In order to avoid Xu Lijuan who was preparing for the New Year's ceremony for the first time in a hurry, or the gifts she prepared were not careful enough, Du Mengqi also specially made notes behind the important people, indicating their preferences, so that Xu Lijuan could organize them easily.

"Thank you, Mom." Looking at the three pages of A4 paper covered with densely packed handwriting, Xu Lijuan couldn't help but be speechless. She didn't expect the Xu family to have contacts with so many people.Then, when the Xu family fell in the previous life, it could be explained that these people did not lend a helping hand—in this world, it is always easy to add to the cake, but it is difficult to give charcoal in the snow.However, in any case, most people just watched from the sidelines for various reasons, and did not add insult to injury, which is already considered good.

This is the reality of society, Xu Lijuan can't fight against it alone, and can only follow the rules of interpersonal communication.

Although Du Mengqi has given Xu Lijuan hints as much as possible, but for anyone else who comes into contact with these materials for the first time, it is inevitable that there will be various omissions, but Xu Lijuan is not this case.Who asked her to have the super brain of Xiao Q to help her, if she wants to know what the people on the list like, that's really So Easy!

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(End of this chapter)