Chapter 97 Who sent the package (thanks to musang + more)
Xu Xiuyuan heard her mention her name and asked: "Has the household registration been completed?"
"The registration is complete, but the person in charge of sealing is not there that day, and I haven't gotten the household registration book yet. I guess it's a holiday now, so I'll go get it after the new year starts."
When talking about household registration, it's hard not to think of Xiao Baozi's other guardian.
In the past few days, outsiders have been coming in and out of the house, either coming to discuss trivial matters with her uncle in the fish farm, or asking if Fuju Island is still hiring part-time workers, so much so that even if she wanted to be alone with her aunt, she couldn't find a chance.
Now is an opportunity. After dinner, my cousin and his family went to my mother-in-law's house to deliver the holiday gifts. There were no children running in and out of the house, so it was much quieter.
"Auntie." She summoned up the courage and asked tentatively, "What if, what, Doudou..."
"Xiuxiu!"
"Xiuxiu!"
As soon as the word "Dad" came to her lips, the daughter-in-law of the Yu family next door shouted at the top of her lungs across the courtyard wall.
"Hey!" Xu Xiuyuan put down her work and ran out.
Xu Suizhu: "..." Wah!
After a while, Xu Xiuyuan came back and said: "The little grandson next door got angry and his throat was full of bubbles. He wanted to ask your brother to take him to the health center, but your brother was not here and he also rode away on his bicycle. I remembered that you had a folk remedy before,
It can be cured with borneol. I happen to have some at home. I'll take some over..."
After saying that, he took the yellow straw paper wrapped with ice flakes and went out again in a hurry.
Xu Suizhu: "..."
When I came back, it was time to make dinner again. Seeing her aunt busy working in the kitchen, she swallowed the words that came to her lips.
Forget it! Mr. Lu himself said that he came to find an opportunity to confess to his parents so that she would not cause trouble to his aunt during this Chinese New Year.
"Ey! Ouch!"
When she was distracted, the little bun was babbling and talking to himself very enthusiastically.
He quickly climbed from the head of the bed to the end of the bed, and then from the end of the bed to the head of the bed. Then, either because he was tired or because he thought of another interesting game, he sat in the middle of the bed, hugging his feet and started chewing happily.
It was really chewing, my socks were chewed up until they fell to the ground.
Xu Suizhu turned around and saw a black line!
"Hey, son! You can't chew on your feet, there are bacteria."
"Hey, you are a snack foodie. Instead of chewing your feet, you are gnawing on your numb hands... There are bacteria on mummy's hands too, maybe even dirtier than your little feet... Okay, okay, mommy, let's see if it's gum disease.
itch?"
"I lost to you!" Xu Suizhu took out a teething biscuit, "You can only grind your teeth, don't worry about eating, you will get fat if you eat too much, you know?"
Little Baozi didn't know whether he understood or not, so he squeaked twice, and after getting the teething biscuit, he started to chew on it with tears streaming down his face.
After biting for a while, he looked up and saw his mother looking at him with a smile. She tilted her head and thought for a while, then took out the teething biscuit from her mouth and handed it to Xu Suizhu, "Ah! Ah!" It's delicious.
Xu Suizhu patted his head happily: "Damn it, filial son! This is for you to grind your teeth, Mommy won't eat it."
When Little Baozi saw that she really didn't want it, he took back his hand and continued to compete with the teething biscuit.
Xu Suizhu rubbed her chin and said to herself: "Thanks to your mother, I have a universal lottery system, otherwise where can I give you a whole set of teething biscuits?"
In the blink of an eye, the new year is here.
This year, thanks to Xu Suizhu's 80% chance of winning the fishing rod, the family was able to eat the best seafood that they could not eat in previous years.
Fortunately, Xu Suizhu had to take care of the little bun and didn't take the fishing rod very often. Most of the fish were caught by Lin Guodong. Otherwise, everyone would be more surprised than this.
Even so, it is still shocking - not only did I catch a giant swimming crab covered in red cream, but I also caught a Chinese splendid lobster.
The rest were snappers, groupers, and sea bass that are common in shallow waters. They were not very big, so they would not arouse the villagers' suspicion. They could only be praised for their good luck.
Just after ten o'clock at noon, crackling firecrackers could be heard here and there in the village, and each family began to worship their ancestors and invite gods.
"Grandpa, grandpa, when will our family set off firecrackers?"
Zhuangzhuang heard the sound of firecrackers coming from outside and followed Lin Guodong like a little tail, asking eagerly.
"It's coming, it's coming."
"When will it be soon?"
"..."
Similar conversations occurred three or four times, and finally at the auspicious moment, Xu Xiuyuan lit the incense respectfully, began to worship Bodhisattva, and invited ancestors. After completing a series of procedures, she satisfied the little fat man waiting aside and said, "Go, call you."
Dad set off firecrackers."
"No need to call him, I'll release it, I'll release it..." Zhuangzhuang happily took the unburned incense and ran out.
"Build an army, build an army, and guard your son!"
"Why--"
As soon as Lin Jianbing responded, the sound of crackling firecrackers and Lin Zhuangzhuang's "ouch" were heard outside the door.
"What's going on?" Others stepped out of the door in fear, "Did it explode?"
"No." Lin Jianbing pointed to his son's charred trouser pocket with laughter and tears, "This kid hid a bunch of small firecrackers in his trouser pocket. When he lit the fire, the sparks from the explosion splashed into the trouser pocket and lit the exposed fuse.
No, a whole pocket of firecrackers has exploded."
"Oh my god, you little ancestor!" Wu Meili angrily pulled her son over and spanked him on his stocky little butt. "How many times have I told you not to put firecrackers in your pocket? What will happen if they explode?"
…Look, it’s really fried, isn’t it? I think I can skip the lobster tonight and eat your roasted leg instead!”
"Woo...wow -" Zhuangzhuang cried so hard at first because of his guilty conscience, but now he heard his mother roaring angrily and wanting to eat his leg flesh, and he was so frightened that he cried loudly.
Xu Suizhu came out holding the little bun who had just woken up. Seeing this, she persuaded him: "Sister-in-law, don't get angry first. Quickly see if Zhuangzhuang is injured."
"She's fine," Lin Jianbing said hurriedly, "The cotton trousers inside are a little burnt, but not torn. It's just the trousers that were burned."
Zhuang Zhuang was carried into the main room by Wu Meili, where he took off his trousers and then his cotton trousers. Indeed, no one was hurt. Fortunately!
Everyone was fine, and then they started to settle accounts after the fall. Unfortunately, Little Fatty had to bear the blame from the whole family. In the middle of the process, Wu Meili, who was very angry, twisted his ears and scolded him for ten minutes.
On the one hand, we are worried about the safety of our children, and if we don’t teach them a lesson, we are afraid that they will lose their memory and prevent such dangerous accidents from happening again.
On the other hand - "The new pants I just wore today were burned out in less than half a day, you loser!"
At this moment, the village committee loudspeaker made a loud noise, and then came the rough voice of the village cadre:
"Guodong! Lin Guodong! Did you hear that? Come to the village committee immediately when you hear it. There is a package for your family!"
The radio shouted it three times in a row, and it was hard not to hear it.
"Package?" Who sent the package to their house on New Year's Eve? Did they make a mistake again?
Xu Xiuyuan still remembered that pig hind leg, and she always felt that she had taken advantage of someone, but no one ever came forward to tell her.
After muttering something, he took off his apron and went to the village committee with hesitation.
When I came back, I borrowed the cart from the village committee to bring it. It was a big package and it was heavy as hell.