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Xu Dong, who was still on the way after leaving the power company, received a call from Director Cao midway.

"Uncle Cao, I wish you a happy new year in advance."

"Okay! Xiao Xu, are you free now?" After a few polite words, Director Cao asked directly.

Xu Dong simply parked the car on the side of the road and began to concentrate on answering the phone. With five children at home, he could not risk his own safety.

"Yes, I'm on my way to get off work. Uncle Cao, do you have anything going on here?" Xu Dong asked.

"That's just in time. You drop by my house. The families who changed the milk powder before have prepared some New Year's goods for you. Come to my place to pick them up quickly!" Director Cao replied.

"Ah?" Xu Dong was slightly surprised, and then said, "That's too polite. Uncle Cao, you'd better return it for me. I'm just a middleman. Everyone gets what they need. It's really unnecessary."

"Don't worry. I've seen the New Year's goods. They're not particularly expensive. They're probably welfare benefits from the unit. They've specially prepared a copy for you," Director Cao explained.

Xu Dong thought for a while, and since Director Cao said it was no problem, then it must be no problem, so he agreed: "Okay, I'll come over now."

"Drive slowly, don't be in a hurry!" Director Cao finally warned.

Ten minutes later, Director Cao's house arrived. This was Xu Dong's second time here.

"Ding dong..."

The person who opened the door was Mrs. Cao, the kind-looking old lady.

"Xiao Xu, have a great New Year!"

"Auntie, I came in a hurry today and didn't bring any gifts. This bag of dried sweet potatoes was distributed by the company in the afternoon. I'll give it to you as a snack!"

Director Cao was originally in charge of logistics, and there must be no shortage of good things at home. Xu Dong's gift of dried sweet potatoes was just a token of his sincerity. After all, it was not polite to come in empty-handed during this Chinese New Year.

"Okay, I'll take it then. Lao Cao has just returned and is in the study. Come over quickly!" Aunt Cao said after taking the bag.

Xu Dong nodded, went directly to the study door, and knocked on the door.

"The door is unlocked, come in!"

Xu Dong pushed the door open and walked in: "Uncle Cao, I'm here."

Director Cao put down his writing brush, pointed at the sofa and said:

"Sit anywhere!"

Next, the two talked about some incidents in the security department and the next time to change the milk powder.

Finally, the two returned to the living room again. Director Cao pointed to a corner of the living room and said, "Everything is here, take it back quickly!"

"Who gave them to you?"

"That box of frozen seafood was given by my old classmate. He works at Tianjin Port and would take you to visit him when he has time.

The rice and cooking oil were delivered by Manager Wu of Xia Liang; the wool was delivered by Director Xia and his wife of Beijing Cotton Group in person.

As for the rest, I can't remember.

However, there is a list in that red bag, which was compiled by your aunt herself. It is clearly written on it. You can go back and read it yourself! "

Xu Dong was a little stunned when he looked at these things. Compared with others, his company's benefits were simply perfunctory.

"Uncle Cao, look at the generosity of other companies, why in our company...many people below are complaining?"

Director Cao coughed heavily: "They only look glamorous on the outside, but in fact all our company's benefits are used to subsidize the canteen.

Otherwise, how would you be able to eat fresh vegetables every day? Not to mention three taels of food stamps, even one kilogram of food stamps would not be enough. "

"Uncle Cao, you are still the wisest."

Xu Dong suddenly realized that Director Cao is a smart man who is rich but does not show it. The real wealth lies in the "people".

"Stop flattering me, I'm not Lao Li, and I won't fall for your tricks." Director Cao scolded with a smile.

"Okay, let's be serious! Uncle Cao, there are so many things that our family can't eat all at once. Do you want..."

Director Cao waved his hand directly: "What do I still need from you? There are many things to do during the New Year, so I won't let you eat."

…

At 6:30 in the afternoon, Xu Dong finally arrived home with a trunk full of New Year's goods.

Ma Lingling was playing with the triplets in the yard. Before Xu Dong entered the door, he heard the laughter of Dabao and the others.

Compared to the Coco sisters, Ma Lingling, the cousin, is much more conscientious and conscientious.

"Uncle, you're off work."

"Well, are you tired of raising children? Are Dabao and the others naughty?"

Xu Dong was holding something in both hands and could only let the triplets run over and hug his thighs.

Ma Lingling smiled and said: "Not tired, the three of them are so cute. They are much better behaved than Xiao Xu when he was a child."

"Thank you for your hard work. I will give you a big red envelope as lucky money later."

"Thank you, uncle." Ma Lingling said happily, then coaxed the triplets aside and allowed her uncle to regain their freedom.

Xu Dong quickly carried the things into the kitchen.

"Mom, I'm back."

"Well, is this issued by your company, or did you buy it on the road?" Xu Ma asked casually, and then stepped forward to take a big bag.

"I bought it. It's the Chinese New Year soon. I stopped by Panjiayuan to have a look." Xu Dong followed his mother's words and said.

After all, the origin of these New Year's goods is not very glorious, and he is afraid that his mother will show off outside.

"Let me see."

After Xu Ma finished speaking, she opened the bag and looked at it. Oh, there are really a lot of good things, including food and drink. There are seven or eight items in total.

Xu Dong took the opportunity to return to the garage and moved the box of seafood over: "Mom, there is another box of frozen seafood here."

"Really? What's there?" Xu's mother asked in surprise.

Xu Dong himself had never opened it to see it. When he heard his mother's question, he took out his key chain, cut the tape with a nail clipper, and opened the foam box.

"Big lobster?"

Xu Dong really didn't expect that it was such a high-end product as big lobster. He counted and found that there were a total of eight in the box.

It's just not clear whether these big lobsters are wild or farmed.

However, at this time, big lobsters are definitely not as expensive as pork. Lobsters are not only less meat, but also have little fat, giving people a flashy feeling.

Unlike Xu Dong's surprise, Xu's mother looked embarrassed: "Third brother, mom doesn't know how to cook big lobsters, what can I do?"

"It's okay, mom will teach you, we can steam the big lobsters directly in the pot, and then add seasoning sauce, it's delicious." Xu Dong suggested.

Yang Lina just came into the kitchen and couldn't help interrupting when she heard this: "Isn't this the way to steam crayfish?"

"That's right, think about it, crayfish and big lobsters are both lobsters, and the methods are similar." Xu Dong smiled.

"Okay, let's make two to try later." Xu's mother nodded.

Yang Lina knew her husband was unreliable, so she drove him out of the kitchen, then took out her phone and searched for the recipe of lobster, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law studied it together.

Xu Dong moved all the remaining things into the warehouse in the basement. There was no shortage of grain, oil and raw materials at home, so they could only be put away for the time being.

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