Chapter 502 Still the taste of childhood, ask for a monthly pass ^_^)
"Xia, you don't think it's embarrassing enough. What time is it? You forgot to eat while driving. How can you be so patient?" Zhou Yinghong waited until her wife came back and muttered for a while.
Xia Zekai was chewing chicken on the side and said nothing.
Luo Xiyun, her maid and Tongtong were talking to her grandfather Xia Shande. She looked at the scene in front of her with a smile. She felt that her mother-in-law was too domineering and she didn't dare to talk back to her father-in-law.
Her husband is not good at it. He is often disobedient. He will have to ask her mother-in-law for advice later.
"Grandpa, is your waist okay?" Xia Zekai asked his grandfather after dinner.
Xia Shande waved his hand: "It's good soon. Your dad said that even the bruises are gone. The medicine prescribed by the doctor in the hospital took care of it."
"Well, grandpa, if you still don't feel well, go directly to the hospital and have a look. If nothing else, we have to work hard to live to ninety-nine first." Xia Zekai teased his grandpa.
But he also knows that lifespan is a thing, and sometimes having more money is useless. He can only do his best to make his family live a more comfortable life.
"As long as you are filial!" Xia Shande said to him.
My father couldn't keep the door shut. He had just told him to keep it a secret. Who knew that before nightfall, my mother Zhou Yinghong knew the price of the car.
She took three steps and two steps at a time, ran over and asked her son: "Zekai, tell me the truth, how much did you spend on the car you bought for your dad?"
Seeing her like this, Xia Zekai knew something in his heart, thinking that his father was really worthless and he was showing off again.
"Three hundred thousand, Mom, it's just a car, don't take it too seriously," Xia Zekai advised her.
But Zhou Yinghong was not like Xia Weicheng who didn't think much about things. She was a little excited: "Why is it so expensive? Can I still refund it?"
"I can withdraw, but if it's good, I'll only withdraw 300,000. Maybe I won't be able to withdraw even 300,000," Xia Zekai said to his mother.
Zhou Yinghong didn't understand: "I just bought it not long ago, so why did I lose so much money?"
There is no way to explain this. After paying for a new car, you still have to lose a large amount of the cost. Who can I ask to explain this?
"Zekai, let me tell you, don't buy anything for your dad anymore, and don't let other people know how much this car costs. If this continues, the whole village will be staring at our family. By then, you can be as safe as you want.
No."
"Also, if you buy him such a car, his salary is not even enough to pay for gas... Oh, if I had known earlier, I would never have let you buy this." Zhou Yinghong said.
Xia Zekai said: "Mom, don't worry, I've got the gas card ready and recharged it with 20,000 yuan. You guys have worked hard this year to make it enough. I'll recharge it next year."
"..." Zhou Yinghong stared at her son for a while and left directly.
Can't chat anymore.
Is the normal annual expenditure of the family 20,000 yuan? It's a good thing for you, you recharged it for your dad when you first came up. It's really a waste of money!
During dinner in the evening, Zhou Yinghong asked her son again: "Is there really no problem with your aunt?"
"It's okay, Mom, just keep your heart in mind, I can trick my aunt," Xia Zekai said.
This is a fact, Zhou Yinghong thought about it and stopped thinking about those things.
Xia Weicheng said: "Son, Zezhen came back a few days ago and told me that he has found a construction team. Let's pick a date to start building the building. I think this is your house, so you should choose the date."
"No, dad, just make your choice. By the way, I don't have that much money, and I didn't bring a computer back. I'll transfer another 200,000 to you tomorrow to build a house." Xia Zekai was afraid that his parents wouldn't accept the money, so he
I also emphasized it specially.
He said: "I will call Zezhen later and ask him to give instructions to the construction team to make the new house beautiful so that we can live comfortably by then."
"As long as you can enjoy it, there is no one in the entire Xiazhuang who is as prodigal as you." Zhou Yinghong said of her son.
Xia Zekai was deflated.
Xia Shande said from the side: "Why shouldn't Zekai dare to spend the money he earned? That's it."
Grandpa's words are all that matters in this family, and my mother didn't say anything else.
…
Let's say that while Xia Zekai and his family were enjoying the joy of family reunion, the news of Xia Zekai buying a car for his father had already spread in Xiazhuang.
As Xia Weicheng himself said, Xiazhuang is so big that there is no way to hide secrets in this place.
In the morning, some people were still mumbling about why Xia Zekai and his wife came back in two cars. At that time, some people even maliciously speculated that they had a fight.
Now I suddenly realized that the unregistered car was bought for Brother Xia Weicheng.
This makes more than half of the gentlemen in Xiazhuang extremely envious. Some people are red-eyed. Who doesn't want to buy a car? But that crap is so expensive that it can't be that easy.
It just so happened that such a freak appeared in their village.
I heard from the gossip that it cost hundreds of thousands to treat my grandfather’s illness. No matter how much that car looks like, it looks better than the one that costs hundreds of thousands. Is it more expensive?
Over the past year, the living standard of Xia Weicheng's brother Xia's family has skyrocketed. Since last year, when 99% of people were still using electric fans to keep cool, Xia Weicheng's family has installed air conditioners. I heard that their boss also paid for it.
Installed.
Even the old man installed a total of 4 units.
Even the electric tiger dares to use it like this, good guy, he is really rich.
In winter, when 99% of people use stoves to heat their homes, Brother Xia has installed water radiators in his house. Some people have been to his house and it is extremely warm. As soon as he goes in, he is so hot that he sweats and even wears thick clothes.
But when they looked at which construction site their son, who was the same age as Xia Zekai, was still working at, they felt unhappy.
Hey, I don’t want to think about it anymore, go to sleep!
…
The night passed like this. In the morning, Xia Zekai got up amidst the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs. He looked at the small house used for cooking in their family and began to smoke again. The smoke was floating into the air at dawn. His mother had already
I got up early and went to cook.
Xia Zekai also smelled the aroma of meat. He went over and asked, "Mom, what did you cook?"
"Stew the pork ribs with winter melon, stew the meat till it becomes tender, and give your grandpa some to eat." Zhou Yinghong said while putting wood into the stove.
"Zekai, bring me the cut winter melon later." Zhou Yinghong said to his son.
Xia Zekai quickly went to do this.
He felt that compared with Qicheng, his family was better. Although medical care, education, and shopping were not developed, he had his parents and his grandfather here.
"Mom, I'll buy a villa later. When my dad retires in two years, you guys can go live in Qicheng for a while." Xia Zekai brought up the old story again.
Zhou Yinghong frowned and looked at the burning stove fire. She said: "What are we going to do? No acquaintance can see us. At most, we can just eat well and wear clean clothes. But I
I feel it’s better to live comfortably at home.”
"Mom, you can't think like that. Think about how great it would be to see your two granddaughters hanging around you every day." Xia Zekai painted a picture.
Zhou Yinghong was indeed shaken when she heard this.
But then he shook his head: "Let's talk about it later. Let's wait until the day we can no longer walk anymore."
Xia Zekai didn't like hearing this. He said, "Why can't you walk? Mom, if you feel uncomfortable anywhere, go get it checked immediately. We'll treat it when it's time to treat it. Don't waste the money now."
"Zejiang, don't worry about it. He can earn it by himself. I will make up for the difference when we get married. Anyway, you, my dad, and my grandpa, you just need to take good care of yourself." Xia Zekai muttered.
I've said these words more than once, but it's obvious that I didn't listen.
The two acres of land at home were tidied more diligently than anyone else. If they hadn't come back these two days, my mother would have had to carry the hoe to the crop fields again today.
Zhou Yinghong was holding a fire stick to poke the burning wood into the stove. When she heard what her son said, she whispered: "Zekai, you must be tired from the past two years!"
"...It's okay. It's just like that when you're used to being busy. Mom, don't worry, there are people working down there, so your son won't be tired anyway." Xia Zekai said, putting his arm around his mother's shoulders.
"You kid, you never told me 'it's hard outside', you think I don't know anything." Zhou Yinghong started nagging.
In the firelight, her eyes were red.
Xia Zekai smiled happily: "Mom, I didn't mean to be joking, you really need to think about this issue."
"Why?"
Xia Zekai was secretly amused and said: "The second brother went to live with his partner, in my old house. People said they would get married after graduation. Mom, think about it, maybe they will get married by then."
After you get married, you will have your grandson. My grandpa is in good health now, why don’t you, the grandma, watch over me?"
"But...does Xiyun have any ideas?" Zhou Yinghong said something that Xia Zekai didn't expect.
Xia Zekai was stunned by the question. Zhou Yinghong muttered: "Your grandfather was not well in the first few years. Your father had to go to work. I was farming at home. Looking at your grandfather, I didn't help you when you gave birth to your daughter and Tongtong."
Even though I was busy, I didn’t give you any money. I know you were having a hard time at that time, but there was nothing I could do about it!”
"Your grandpa is well now, but you said that if I go to look after the children at the second son's house now, will Xiyun think that I, as a mother-in-law, am partial?"
Xia Zekai held his mother's shoulder harder and said, "It's okay, really, don't think too much about it, your daughter-in-law is not that narrow-minded."
"Besides, we are worried that you will spoil Yatou and Tongtong, and we have no intention of letting you help take care of the children." Xia Zekai found an excuse that was not an excuse. He also specifically warned: "Mom, when you arrive
When babysitting your children, don’t let them get into trouble, otherwise it will be difficult to correct them in the future.”
"You're such a naughty kid and you're the only one who's sensible. Mom's old and confused, okay!" Zhou Yinghong felt better now.
She said: "You open it, I'll pour the winter melon in, and we'll eat later."
When I opened the lid of the pot, water vapor floated up, and the exhaust fan buzzed, sucking away the water vapor and smoke.
The aroma of meat permeated the hut, and the aroma was astonishing.
Not long after, the pork ribs and winter melon stew were ready. Zhou Yinghong directly scooped the pork ribs and winter melon stew out of the large pot with an aluminum ladle and put it into a stainless steel basin. Xia Zekai moved his index finger as he smelled the aroma.
The smell of Chinese New Year when I was a kid.
At that time, my family was poor, so we could only eat a satisfying meal of meat during the Chinese New Year, and we had to add some winter melon, potatoes, and Chinese cabbage to the meat, otherwise the meat would not be enough.
