The van from the canteen at the village head came back. First of all, he shouted: "Lao Qi! Lao Qi! Your grandson is back with a courier!"
The mountainous area is covered with loess and is very empty. Although the two families are far apart, this voice can still be heard by half of the village.
The neighbor couldn't help but sigh: "Lao Qi's grandson picked it up well. He kowtows to his son's head at the grave. In the future, he can also wear sackcloth and show mourning for him, so that he won't have no heirs."
"That's right. Linzi is filial and caring." The old lady at home also said the same.
The man next to him snorted: "What's the point of being filial? Instead of going to college and going all the way away, it's better to quit and stay at home and farm the land honestly. Now I can have my great-grandson in my arms."
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As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sneer from the daughter-in-law next to him: "No matter how far Linzi goes, he will give Lao Qi a thousand yuan every month, and he will send special products to Lao Qi every time he goes back to a new place..."
"You are farming at home, and I don't want you to send me fruits, snacks, lotus root powder or anything like that. Why don't you give me a thousand yuan every month to my mother!"
The man immediately fell silent!
One thousand a month, darling, no... no... no more than twelve thousand a year!
He frowned: "Is twelve thousand a year more than that? If you work in a factory, you can earn it in two months!"
"Then go earn it! You're lazy and greedy... Look, there are a few like you in the village..."
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Lao Qi didn't know anything about the commotion at other people's houses. He just rushed to the canteen and wiped it with a hanging towel. His face was covered with sweat, and then he smiled and said:
"What's the point of sending this?"
The boss laughed and said, "How did I know that? It's sent by Fengfeng Express. The express delivery point here is too far, so I asked the postal service to pick it up."
"Tell your child that you should send it to the postal service next time. We are in a remote area and the postal service car can deliver the package to me."
Lao Qi also thinks so, but the child has sent fruit before, and it was still a problem, saying it was a waste of money. Then he transferred it to the postal service——
The people who drive the postal van here are from the countryside, and they often help carry other things to the town. It is convenient to go to the canteen here and buy some tofu and other things the next day, and then bring it back.
Lao Qi was still nagging: "My boy, he spends money lavishly. I have no shortage of food and drink at home. He keeps sending these messy things, and all the money is gone."
"You are already so old. If you don't save money to buy a house in the city, where will you find a wife?"
"Ouch!" The owner of the canteen laughed at him: "You didn't say that this one you picked up couldn't support the family, so you had to ask him to stay with me? If the college student who was teaching hadn't come to scold you, you wouldn't have done it!"
Lao Qi was not ashamed at all: "He didn't speak much before, and he always had that sullen mouth. How did he know he would be able to make a profit now? He had to take out loans to go to college, and he owed the country a debt that was only paid off the year before last...
Are you willing?"
"Besides, what's the use of staying with me? I'm learning how to farm, what can we grow here? It's better to work in the city and find a wife..."
As he spoke, he opened the package - people in the mountains don't care about privacy, so what the children sent was just food. Lao Qi complained, but he was not unhappy in his heart.
It’s inevitable to want to show off.
This is not——
"You said that straw mat you sent me last time... Oh, it costs so much! I went to the store last time and saw that the price of other people's straw mats has increased. Now it costs thirty, which is not as good as my old bamboo mat!"
The old bamboo mat has been around for many years, that is, the bamboo strips on the edges have become raised, so you can sleep in the middle.
The man at the canteen couldn't see him like this. He laughed and scolded him: "I think that straw mat is much better than the one in the market. I'm afraid it will cost fifty or sixty yuan, so don't give it to me!"
"That's a miss!"
Lao Qi sighed: "Don't tell me, the agriculture that Linzi studied at the beginning looks promising, and his vision has improved! Everything sent here tastes good, and this straw mat is also different. The fan didn't even blow when I was lying down last night.
, it was cool all night and I didn’t even sweat!”
How rare!
Moreover, bamboo doesn't grow here much, let alone lush wild grass. He smelled the fragrance of green grass all night last night, and when he woke up early, he felt like he was sleeping on sweet potato vines.
All nonsense!
The canteen owner thought to himself:
It's either sunny or windy here every day, and it's still over 30 degrees Celsius and it's still not hot?
Showing off your grandson is getting more and more outrageous.
"That's so good. I'll go to your house and lie down later - what did you send this time?"
As soon as Lao Qi opened the package, the unique aroma of fish and shrimp hit his face!
"Ouch! Ouch!"
Fish and shrimp are also rare here! Lao Qi’s surprise this time was much bigger than the straw mat he recycled last time!
“It smells so good!”
The canteen owner took a couple of strong sniffs.
Lao Qi was delighted, and stretched out his hand to grab a handful of dried fish: "Come on, come on, bring me the bag, I'll catch some for you."
After thinking about it, I also caught a handful of shrimps. But they were much less than dried fish.
Every time I did the express delivery, someone would help me carry it. This time, Lao Qi didn't even bother to search, he just picked up the bag and went home.
Halfway through the walk, I couldn't help but touch a piece of dried fish and eat it directly——
Oh my god!
Why is this dried fish so delicious!
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The owner of the canteen is also saying: "Why is this fish so delicious!"
At the same time, he went to look for the sauerkraut on the shelf: "Where is the sauerkraut that I brought in? I remember there..."
They don't grow well here, pickled sauerkraut, so the boss always buys a big can, and whoever buys it weighs one and a half kilograms... At this moment, after digging for a long time, he finally took out the plastic can and shouted: "Orchid"
, let’s stew pickled fish for lunch!”
While happily going into the house: "Linzi just sent it back, and Lao Qi grabbed a handful - it's very delicious!"
Farmers work with rough hands, but they are strong!
There is really no skill involved in that handful, but there is a lot of it.
My daughter-in-law was also very surprised: "Fish! Linzi is a good student in college. He lives all over the world and eats all the delicious food."
Looking at the shrimps again, I couldn't help but pick one up. The shell was so crispy and the shrimp meat was so fresh...
Ouch! Ouch!
She instantly felt distressed and took away all the fish and shrimps in the bag:
“We’ll eat it when our kids come back on Friday night!”
boss:……
It’s only Monday!
He discussed with his wife: "Look at what you are doing. It is inconvenient for us to buy fish and shrimps, but it is not that we cannot afford to eat them. In this way, you can make them for lunch first. I will ask Linzi later."
Where did he buy it? Give us a few more pounds!"
In fact, I still feel distressed. After all, I am still in this village, and even if I have money, my money is limited, and the fish and shrimp they sell here are also expensive.
But...it's so delicious, it doesn't matter if you eat more!
The daughter-in-law was still holding half of the crispy fish tail in her hand, and she was struggling for a long time: "Okay, then I'll do it all?"
"Do it, do it!"
The boss waved his hand: "I'll call you later and buy a few more pounds!"