The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Erlong brought a box of moon cakes, several kilograms of oranges, and a dozen vegetable buns to Xiaoling's class teacher.
This gift was given very thoughtfully, and it can be said that it was a little bit of my own heart. The vegetable buns were steamed by myself, and the oranges could be said to be grown on the trees in my own field.
As for mooncakes, they are strictly seasonal snacks.
After all, these days, mooncakes don’t have luxurious packaging, and they don’t have the label of exorbitantly priced mooncakes. Giving them away can’t be said to be a bribe.
Xu Erlong personally delivered the gifts to his class teacher's home. After several attempts, the class teacher's wife accepted the gifts.
Xu Erlong gave this gift as a courtesy. He did not expect that the class teacher would look at Xiaoling differently because of giving him this little thing.
Xu Erlong still hopes that Xiaoling's current head teacher will be a caring and good teacher who will not favor others based on whether or not they give gifts.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaoling's school was also on holiday, and the whole family had a lively Mid-Autumn Festival.
Sitting on the small balcony on the second floor of the guest house, I can see the bright moon in the sky.
Xiaoling and Zhang Jinfang are both very happy today.
Unexpectedly, one day they would be able to relax and sit on the small balcony, eating mooncakes and admiring the moon.
In previous eras, when one’s stomach was not full, there was no time to think about admiring the moon.
Xiaoling even thought about the time when she saw other people eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. She was so greedy that she could only bite her own fingers.
Material civilization is the basis of all spiritual civilization.
"I hope we can still eat five-nut mooncakes next year." Xiaoling expressed her hope.
Today's mooncakes are all made with five nuts. If you choose a filling made from several kinds of nuts, half of the mooncake is worth the enthusiasm of a meal.
In later generations, various improvements were made to the fillings of these mooncakes.
Bean paste, egg yolk, lotus paste, fruit, caramel... Various flavors emerge in endlessly, and Wuren has been shouted out of the mooncake industry.
"I'm sure life will be better in the future." Zhang Jinfang is full of confidence.
They had only been away from the Xu family for a short time, and they were so hopeful for this day. Even Zhang Jinfang was very confident.
Zhang Jinfang makes quite a lot of vegetable buns.
In addition to eating it herself, she also gave some to the waiters at the guest house.
After all, I have lived here for a while, and we have a good relationship with each other. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. If anything happens, they will help and take care of me.
The waiter didn't get anything for free either.
As a courtesy, everyone also sent some fruits or moon cakes in return, as a token of their gratitude.
Compared with the prosperity of Xu Erlong's side, the Xu family's life is relatively difficult.
The Xu family's foreign debts are getting bigger and bigger.
Even when Xu Xiaofei shouted about the Mid-Autumn Festival and wanted to eat moon cakes, he was scolded by Mrs. Xu.
"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. What's the point of eating moon cakes? Don't you think you'll get tired of them?"
Xu Xiaofei retorted: "I'm not too tired to panic. Even if you give me ten, I can still eat them."
Mrs. Xu was so angry that she wanted to hit him with a broomstick.
"Xu Dongsheng, a letter from your family." The postman shouted from a distance on the field ridge.
At this moment, Mrs. Xu's troubles were swept away.
She walked across the field with small steps and took the letter from the postman.
"Where did it come from?" Mrs. Xu took the letter and asked, squinting slightly.
"It's from Beijing, Xu Damin." The postman glanced at the envelope.
When Mrs. Xu heard that it was a letter from her precious grandson, she narrowed her eyes with joy.
"My Damin wrote to us from the university." Mrs. Xu took the letter and shouted.
"My Damin is really a filial child. During this Mid-Autumn Festival, he is still thinking about us and is rushing to write me a letter."
Mrs. Xu became more and more enthusiastic as she spoke: "From now on, I will follow Damin into the city to enjoy the blessings."
Everyone else in the village heard this and said with a smile: "Mrs. Xu, open the letter and see what Damin said."
"Perhaps your family will remit money to you. The state subsidizes your university education."
The villagers said.
"I won't show it to you." Mrs. Xu said proudly, "I will save you people from being jealous."
Xu Dongsheng's face was also beaming with joy.
The depression of this period was gone.
As long as Damin can make a difference, everything will be worth it.
Mrs. Xu took the letter and shouted in the whole village. Seeing that no one was interested in listening anymore, she took the letter and went home.
When they got the letter back, she and Xu Dongsheng were worried when they looked at it.
Neither she nor Xu Dongsheng can read.
In the past, reading and reading newspapers at home was all Xu Damin's responsibility.
Even if Xu Damin is not at home, there are people like Zhou Fengru and Xu Erlong who can read and read letters without any problem.
But now, the matter of reading the letter can only be left to Xu Xiaofei.
Xu Xiaofei is still in village primary school and doesn't know many words.
He took the letter and began to read it stammeringly.
In the process of guessing, he finally completed his belief.
"Brother Damin said that he is doing well in college now. He studies hard and the teacher values him very much..."
Mrs. Xu smiled particularly kindly: "Yes, yes, this kid Damin is so promising. He is valued wherever he goes."
"Brother Damin also said that his current living expenses are not enough, and he asked you to send him some more money." Xu Xiaofei said the content at the end of the letter.
The smile on Mrs. Xu's face was a bit unbearable.
"Is this true or false? Damin's living expenses are not enough? Doesn't it mean that there are subsidies for them to study in college?" Mrs. Xu asked.
She also hoped that Damin would go to college and earn money for the family.
Didn’t those people in the village say the same thing just now? Maybe Damin would remit money to her.
"If you don't believe it, just read it for yourself." Xu Xiaofei handed the letter over unhappily: "Brother Damin said that he doesn't have enough living expenses now. It's cold over there, so he has to buy clothes, otherwise he will shiver from the cold.
I’ve already been sick once.”
Upon saying this, Mrs. Xu cried and wiped her tears.
"My poor Damin, you left your hometown to go to college in another place. There is no one to take care of you, you don't have enough food and clothing, you don't have enough warmth, and you still get sick. How can this be a good thing?"
"If you don't have milk by your side to take care of you, how will you survive when you are sick?"
She was crying here, and Xu Dongsheng's heart felt tight when she heard it.
When Xu Damin left, all the valuable things at home were exchanged for money and asked to be taken by Xu Damin.
There is a way for a poor family to become rich.
You can be poor at home, but you can't be poor when you go out.
I thought that after Xu Damin went to college, their family's life would be easier.
But now, Xu Damin wrote back, complaining that the living expenses were not enough.
"Dongsheng, you have to find a way to raise living expenses for Damin, but you can't let him starve and suffer outside." Mrs. Xu handed this matter to Xu Dongsheng.