Chapter 278 Tongtong is a professional in eating (4200 words chapter)
When they arrived at the ancient city of Zhoucheng, Xia Zekai found a parking space and parked his car.
After opening the car door, he took Yatou and Tongtong out one by one. Xia Zekai and his brother-in-law Luo Xincheng held a little baby and walked towards the entrance of the ancient city in the west, talking and laughing.
Opposite the entrance to the south gate of the ancient city, there is a row of old houses about two meters above the ground, where many people live.
There is also a nice name here, called Youfang Street.
Xia Zekai pointed to this place and introduced its history and interesting stories that had happened to the two sisters. His brother-in-law Luo Xincheng listened very carefully.
Luo Xincheng was particularly emotional and puzzled. He asked: "Brother-in-law, why do I feel that you are very familiar with this place?"
Xia Zekai turned towards him and said with a smile: "No, when I didn't know your sister, I lived here on Youfang Street for a year!"
"Ah!" Luo Xincheng was actually a little surprised. He never expected that there was such a reason.
He was still puzzled and asked: "Brother-in-law, why have you still lived here?"
"My cousin's family lives here. When I just graduated and didn't find a job, I went to study driving in Zouxian County, Bincheng next door, and I lived here when I came back."
"I took the course for more than half a year. At that time, even the instructor at the driving school said that my driving license was worth it, and the gas money was used for tuition." Xia Zekai said this with a bit of pride.
But it's not that he didn't want to take the test. At that time, the driving school in Zouxian County, Bincheng, was less strict and more relaxed than the driving school in Qicheng. Many people from Qicheng came to learn and couldn't even get in line for the test. Xia Zekai
Later, he didn't have to worry anymore. As soon as he passed the exam, he continued to practice driving.
Unknowingly, I arrived at the south gate entrance. There were several two-story buildings on the roadside. Most of them had restaurants. It was quite expensive to eat in there.
There are also antiques and jades sold here, and I don’t know whether they are genuine or not, but I can’t help but the clerk in the store insists on linking most of the antiques in their store to the history of the ancient city with his sharp tongue.
It’s related.
The roads entering the ancient street are all paved with bluestone strips more than one meter long, and the road surface is not smooth.
After years of baptism and the tempering of pedestrians coming and going, the road surface looks shiny and shiny.
To put it bluntly, a layer of patina has been formed on the surface, giving it a heavy sense of history at first glance.
Tongtong was naughty and kept playing back and forth on the smooth stone surface with her little feet stretched out. If she wasn't careful, she actually fell down. She didn't cry. After standing up, she kept staring at the stones on the ground.
Then he deliberately stood up and slid around, as if he had found a fun toy.
The girl was not interested in this. She looked up and saw the old stone house in front. There was a large stone millstone at the door of the stone house. There was a solid black iron rod in the center of the millstone, and a large stone mill of nearly one meter protruded from it.
An iron ring came, and the iron ring was put on the black iron rod in the middle.
"Dad, what is this? I've never seen it before." The girl showed great curiosity about this thing.
Xia Zekai explained to her with a smile: "This is a stone mill. Very early on, our ancestors used this thing to grind the grains they eat into flour, otherwise they would not be able to swallow it."
"Dad, who is the ancestor?" the girl asked a very sharp question.
Xia Zekai was stopped by the question. He was thinking about how to tell the girl more vividly.
But after much deliberation, he finally found no solution, so he said: "Your grandfather's father and grandfather..."
One sentence confused the girl.
Luo Xincheng was on the side. After hearing his brother-in-law's explanation, he burst out laughing.
But there is nothing wrong with Xia Zekai's explanation, otherwise why would there be a word called "Eight Generations of Ancestors".
Walking along the stone road paved with bluestone strips, there are many branches inside.
Xia Zekai and the others didn't care which road they went to play on, so they just chose one at random. Who knew they would run into a stage singer?
The famous actors on the stage are all wearing various costumes, and their singing voices are so precise that people can't help but stop and want to listen for a while.
The girl was still shaking her head and humming along, and she said: "It sounds good, it sounds really good."
"Girl, can you understand?" Xia Zekai was puzzled. He had lived in two lifetimes and had never been interested in opera. Could it be that he was worse than a little kid?
With this thought in his mind, he heard his daughter say: "Dad, I don't understand it, but it sounds really nice."
"..." Xia Zekai was silent, unable to communicate.
Tongtong and Xia Zekai have the same virtues. After listening for a while, she grabbed Xia Zekai's hand and walked forward.
When he couldn't pull it, he turned around and used his two fat little hands to pull his father's hand hard. He leaned back and yelled: "Dad, come on, I want to play in front."
There was someone buying candied haws in front, so she saw it.
"Skills have specializations." When it comes to eating, little chubby girl Tongtong is very good at it.
Xia Zekai finally bought four bunches of candied haws of various fruits.
Yatou ate rock-sugar oranges, Tongtong ate seedless candied haws, and Xia Zekai and his brother-in-law had it much simpler. They got the cheapest ones, the ones that hadn't been cored yet.
Walk, eat and play!
Occasionally, I met someone selling gadgets. As long as the two girls asked for something, Xia Zekai would buy it for them.
After Luo Xincheng saw it, he was thinking about how he would discipline his children after he had children. Would he be the same as his brother-in-law?
Obviously, this question is difficult to answer.
Before walking halfway through this ancient street facing east, Tongtong started to feel tired.
Either her legs hurt or her feet were uncomfortable. Anyway, there was no good place all over her body. The ultimate goal was to let her father carry her away.
Xia Zekai also muttered: "Why did I fall in love with a girl like you?"
But in fact, he likes the second child more than the eldest child.
His wife is the opposite, she prefers the eldest son.
Having no other choice, Xia Zekai held Tongtong in his arms and walked for a while. He saw a row of log-colored chairs on the side of the road. He said, "Xincheng, let's go there and sit down and rest for a while. I'll call my elder brother."
Make a phone call and ask him if he has time to go to his house for lunch."
Not long after the call was dialed, my cousin Xia Yunfei answered the call.
"Brother, why did you remember to call me today?" Xia Yunfei asked him.
Xia Yunfei is resting in the market at the moment, waiting for work. The freight market is generally sluggish this year.
There are almost no people looking for a four-meter-two-meter truck. Xia Yunfei is now very happy that he gritted his teeth and took out a mortgage loan in advance to buy this 13-meter truck. Naturally, there are more freight orders.
It's just that it's Saturday today, and many factories are closed. Xia Yunfei came out to wait for a job. In his words, if there are dates but there are no dates, it will happen three times, just in case it happens!
"Brother, are you free? I'm in the ancient street, thinking about going to your house for dinner later." Xia Zekai said.
Hearing what his uncle said, Xia Yunfei stopped waiting and said, "Just wait for me for half an hour. I'll put the car in the parking lot and go back right away."
Xia Zekai was not in a hurry, and took his two daughters to see the sesame cakes made in these stone houses. This one is different from the one made by the machine. It is made by hand, crisper, as thin as paper, slightly sweet or slightly salty.
It has the best taste. Sprinkle a layer of white sesame seeds on top to make it very appetizing.
"Dad, I want to eat." Tongtong started eating again.
Xia Zekai looked at her slightly protruding belly and was worried about her.
I'm thinking, my daughter, don't be like your grandfather and become so fat. It's not good for your health.
Xia Yunfei was riding his Mustang motorcycle produced by Jicheng Qingqi Factory, running back at a charge-like speed with the sound of "Woo-Woo".
After arriving at the south gate of the ancient street, Xia Yunfei immediately called his cousin. After getting through, Xia Yunfei told him that he had arrived at the south gate entrance.
The four people who were still playing in the ancient street immediately started to rush back.
This time, there was no need for Tongtong and Yatou to instruct them. Xia Zekai and Luo Xincheng ran back holding each other in their arms.
After meeting Xia Yunfei at the south gate entrance, before Xia Zekai said hello, Xia Yunfei stretched out his hand to Yatou and Tongtong: "Girl, Tongtong, come here quickly and let me hug you."
"Humph, I don't want it, I want daddy to hold me." Tongtong turned around and spread her hands.
The girl very obediently stretched out her hand towards Xia Yunfei and shouted sweetly: "Hello, uncle!"
"Oh, you girl is so good!" Xia Yunfei couldn't be happier.
He said: "Zekai, is this Ronaldinho? We haven't seen him for several years?"
"Well, brother, it's Xincheng!" Xia Zekai said.
Then he said to Luo Xincheng: "Xincheng, you also call me brother."
Luo Xincheng shouted after him.
Xia Yunfei quickly took them home.
Xia Zekai also drove the car over and bought a box of pure milk and a fruit basket at the entrance of a small supermarket.
Xia Yunfei didn't need to lead the way. He walked around the streets and alleys, passed through two small alleys, and skillfully drove the car to a stop in front of a house.
There is an electrical equipment factory next to it, and the one painted in red on the south side is the home of his eldest brother and sister-in-law.
My niece Xia Yuxi is already in elementary school. She comes back from school for lunch at noon. My sister-in-law Li Aijuan does not go to work. She spends most of her time doing chores such as transporting her daughter to and from school and cooking for her.
Although it may seem inconspicuous, it is really time-consuming to work on it.
But even so, she was never idle. When she had nothing to do at home, she would take on some odd jobs. Most of them were clothes and fabrics received from some private processing workshops, and she was very good at making clothes.
When Xia Yunfei brought her uncle and brother into the house, she was busy. Xia Yunfei shouted: "Aijuan, look who is here, hurry up and buy some good food from the Dongmen Market."
This is the time to drink something at noon.
Xia Zekai hurriedly said: "Brother, I just came to your place today to have a meal and not to drink wine. I have to drag the three of them back."
His brother-in-law Luo Xincheng was carrying something behind.
"No need to be in a hurry. It's not too late to leave at night. I have plenty of places to sleep here. If that doesn't work, I can just leave tomorrow." Xia Yunfei said.
Xia Zekai quickly waved his hand, saying that he would not drink at noon today.
When sister-in-law Li Aijuan went out to buy groceries, the two brothers started chatting.
"Brother, I heard from your uncle that you went to Jicheng to visit our grandpa some time ago, and you did a good deed, and it was all on the news." Xia Yunfei suddenly mentioned this matter.
Xia Zekai knew as soon as he heard that he was talking about Yang Huihui.
Waving his hand: "It's just a convenient thing. I didn't want to do anything to make my dad agree randomly. Finally, I found a friend from Sina.com. I didn't expect that my friend actually made this thing happen."
"That's why, brother, you have so many magical powers. Your network of connections has gone to the capital. It's really amazing." Xia Yunfei truly admired his uncle and brother.
It's only been a while now, and I feel like I really don't know each other anymore.
In his impression, this uncle had changed so much.
"Brother, let's not mention that matter." Xia Zekai took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "How is your freight doing now?"
"It's not bad. After I changed my car, I have a lot more work than before. I can earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan after finishing it in one month." Xia Yunfei said.
He also specially thanked Xia Zekai for guaranteeing his loan.
"That's good. It's at least more than 200,000 yuan a year, which is better than anything else." Xia Zekai said.
Xia Yunfei shook his head: "Brother, I get tired when driving long distances. Not long after I changed my car, I went to Inner Mongolia. When I left, I found a friend to drive with me in shift. I was also tired in the end.
It took me two days of rest to recover."
Luo Xincheng listened to the topics discussed by the two brothers and couldn't get a word in at all.
Looking back on the past, he realized how naive he had been when he went to work in Sioux City.
He actually agreed to his classmate's idea of starting a joint venture together when he didn't understand anything. It was really naive.
When Li Aijuan came back, it was almost eleven o'clock. She asked Xia Yunfei to cook while she went out to pick up her daughter.
Letting his brother-in-law stay and watch Yatou and Tongtong, Xia Zekai went to the kitchen to help his elder brother.
Just like Xia Zekai said, during lunch, Xia Zekai didn't drink at all, but Xia Yunfei drank two bottles of beer by himself.
He said with the strength of wine: "Zekai, I have an idea. Please listen to it and help me make an idea."
"Brother, tell me." Xia Zekai said.
It turns out that after Xia Yunfei changed his truck to a 13-meter truck, his freight business was much better than before. Many companies he had cooperated with for many years found out that he had changed his truck and asked him to work for him.
But Xia Yunfei was unable to do all the work for one person and one car, so he thought about taking advantage of the fact that he had some money on hand to buy a car with a down payment and a loan, and then hire a driver to drive it. If he had two cars, all the lost work would be
You can pick it up again and make more money.
But the loan for the car has not yet been paid off, and his sister-in-law Li Aijuan firmly disagrees with him doing this. Xia Yunfei had several arguments with his wife over this matter. He felt that his wife's typical long hair and short-sightedness were short-sighted.
My uncle Xia Zekai came today, so I simply posed the problem and asked him for his opinion, thinking that since this brother is so capable now, he would definitely be able to help him come up with an idea.
After Xia Zekai heard what he said, he said: "Brother, the freight station is not very prosperous now. I think the competition may be greater in the next few years and the profits will be diluted. However, purely in terms of making money, it has not been very prosperous in the past few years.
no problem."
"You mean you're not optimistic about it in the long run?" Xia Yunfei immediately understood the meaning of his uncle's words and asked him.
Xia Zekai was not ambiguous. He nodded and said: "The next step is for a large-scale freight company to make money in this environment. It will not be easy for an individual!"
